Author's note: I have read the very end of Inuyasha (the manga). This fan fiction takes place almost immediately after the end of the series. There will be spoiler-like details. You have been warned.

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Spying.

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Kagome, Shippou, and Sango searched through elaborate kimonos as Miroku hung back.

A pebble hit Miroku in the shoulder. He looked around for the source. Inuyasha was perched on the roof, hiding as best as a white haired, half demon can. Miroku figured this would happen.

'How long is this going to take?' Inuyasha mouthed the words to the monk.

Miroku shrugged, and then smirked. "Perhaps you should have obeyed Kagome. Perhaps she was trying to spare you." The monk whispered, sure that the dog ears could hear him easily, even from the great distance.

Inuyasha didn't like what he heard, however.

"Do you spy on her a lot? When she tells you not to look?" Miroku whispered the question, trying not to laugh at his friend.

Miroku was hit in the forehead by a pebble.

Far away, back at the village, Rin stepped out of the hut. Watching the twins sleep was peaceful, but for some reason she was restless. She told Kaede she was going on a walk and would be back soon.

Rin wandered through the village, to the edge of the forest. She into the shadows, wondering what was making her feel anxious. She wondered what it was that her human senses could not perceive. Her thoughts quickly traveled to Sesshoumaru. And it is there that they lingered.

Rin stepped into the forest.

She did not expect to see him, but somehow, in the coolness of the shade, she felt closer to him. Maybe she was. She probably was. And then, there was the glinting light of silver, oddly out of place beneath the trees. When she tried to find its source, it was long gone.

Would Sesshoumaru spy on her? She could only hope so.