Till The End Of Time [Inuyasha Fanfiction ]
The cjapter 13

Shura walked in silence, and behind her, Sakura followed him. Sakura's small footsteps could not be compared to Shura's. Therefore, the little girl could only run small to stay behind the boy. Seeing Shura's back in front of her, inevitably, Sakura recalled what happened this morning.

Sakura opened her eyes slowly. The sunlight that managed to enter the small cave managed to wake him up from a deep sleep. Yawning he rubbed his eyes. However, when he noticed that a pair of hands were hugging his waist, his activity immediately stopped. He quickly raised his face to look at the owner of the hand, and at once, his world froze.

A pair of golden eyes stared straight at him - the eyes of his new-known boy, Shura.

Sakura doesn't know what to do. Looking at Shura's eyes, looking at the boy's face which was only about three centimeters away from his face, he realized, he was still sitting in the young man's lap. In his embrace, he must have slept all night in that place. Feeling that he had done something troublesome, he tried to get up and move away from the boy. However, the hand that hugged his waist did not let go, it did not move in the slightest. Confused, Sakura raised her face back to look at Shura.

Shura remained silent with her calm expressionless face, as well as her golden eyes that were staring at the little girl.

Look into Shura's eyes, the hand that was still on her waist and the silence that existed suddenly made Sakura's face turn red. His heart was beating rapidly, he felt very embarrassed and confused. Gathering all his courage and putting aside the shame and confusion in his heart, he slowly and stammered open his mouth to greet the boy. "Good morning, Brother Shura.."

Shura remained silent. But a moment later, she let go of her hand that was hugging Sakura's small waist. Taking advantage of the opportunity, Sakura immediately shifted to the side. Silence was created again, until Shura suddenly stood up and walked out of the cave where they spent the night.

Fear filled Sakura's heart when she saw Shura was about to leave her. He wanted to follow the boy, because he was afraid of being alone and didn't know what to do. However, he was also afraid that Shura would reject him, as he felt, that the boy would definitely think he was just a burden.

Sakura's golden eyes became teary-eyed holding back the tears that would fall down. But, a moment later, Shura suddenly turned her face back to look at him. His face remained expressionless, as well as his golden eyes that remained calm. "What are you waiting for there? Come on, let's get out of here." He said slowly with flat.

Sakura's eyes widened to hear what Shura said. The boy allowed himself to follow him? Shura wouldn't leave him here alone? Joy and happiness filled his heart, and without wasting any more time, he immediately stood up and ran over to Shura with a wide smile painted on his face.

"Thank you, Brother Shura!"

Shura kept walking in silence, she knew Sakura was behind her. Slowly Shura turned her face back to look at the little girl. The little head bowed slightly down, it seemed like he was thinking of something.

Shura herself actually did not understand why she allowed the little girl - no! Not an ordinary little girl, but hanyou. Despite having a look very similar to a true youkai, the little girl named Sakura was a hanyou. He could clearly smell the smell of the little girl who was like cherry blossoms and the moon mixed with the smell of a human.

As the little girl hugged her hand in fear last night, the smell enveloped her, and in her heart, there was an intention to hold the little body. Therefore, without wasting any time, he also clutched her. He did not hate the smell of the girl, instead he liked it.

Shura then turned her face back to the front. He did not know who the girl in front of him was. But he was quite certain, he was the result of the union of the inuyoukai of the west and humans. His father was the Inuyoukai ruler of the western lands, the leader of a powerful inuyoukai clan. All inuyoukai in the world are under his leadership, and there can be no inuyoukai who dare to marry a human to have a child only, because it is no secret that his father hates humans. No inuyoukai was so foolish as to provoke his father's anger.

Not only that. There was something else that deeply disturbed Shura's mind. The smell of that girl hanyou. He could smell the moon from her. The smell of the moon is usually only possessed by the inuyoukai of the ruler's bloodline, the nobleman's blood-line of his family. Sakura was his relative, she was pretty sure of that. The only question now is, who are the real parents? Who is this inuyoukai who is not afraid of his father's anger?

"Yes!" sakura shouted suddenly and made Shura wake up from her reflection.

Shura slowly turned her face to look at Sakura who was grimacing in pain while touching her little legs. The girl must have fallen because she was so immersed in her own mind that she did not notice the roots of the large trees in front of her. Shura actually also knew, Sakura was trying hard to equalize their footsteps. And to be honest, he had already slowed his path. Only, this hanyou girl was still slow. In his heart, he so wondered, is everything just like this? Because this was the first time he had met Hanyou.

Shura then turned her body and walked over to Sakura. Noticing Shura's presence, Sakura immediately turned her head upwards looking at the boy. Her face remained expressionless in the slightest, and honestly, Sakura was completely unable to guess what the boy had in mind. However, all of a sudden, Shura crouched down and turned her back to face Sakura. "Good." the order was calm.

Sakura's eyes widened, she couldn't believe what she saw. However, he who was already tired and injured no longer cared about it any further. Laughing broadly, she immediately jumped hugging Shura's back, wrapping her little hand around the boy's neck. "Thank you, Brother Shura." Said slowly.

Looking at the laughter, smelling the smell, and feeling the warmth of the small body, Shura could feel a strange feeling suddenly appearing in her heart. She feels warm and also— fun?

Shura's body instantly pegged not moving in the slightest as she realized the feeling she had in her heart just now. Confusion filled his heart. Warm? Yep. The bodies of the two living creatures that came into contact must have been warm. So this warmth is common, right? Surely so. Yet, pleasantly? Why would he feel happy? Because of that smile of hanyou. Yes, he admitted that the smile of the girl hanyou on his back is quite charming, although still inferior to the smile of the spring Rin he loved so much. Just how could he be happy to see that smile?

"Sister Shura, what's wrong?" sakura asked confusedly looking at Shura who did not move in the slightest with an expressionless face.

Sakura's sudden question managed to resuscitate Shura. However, he refused to answer the question, he just kept silent. A moment later he stood up while carrying Sakura who was on his back and walked away where they were without caring about the confusion of the girl hanyou on his back.

What was? He himself did not know what was going on.

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"Sakura! Brother please! Come outside! Where are you?!" shouts Shiro continuously while staring at his surroundings. His golden eyes were now glazed over as they held back tears that seemed to be about to fall down his cheeks.

"How can you feel guilty now, Mamoru?" tanya Aya who is beside Mamoru kalem.

Mamoru could only smile clumsily at Aya's question.

"Dad, Mother and Sakura's parents both asked us to evacuate south for a while because of the war between the western and northern youkai. They don't want us involved in that war, don't want our lives to be in danger" Maya said. He paused for a moment and then stared intently at Mamoru. "And now you're putting Sakura's life at risk by leaving her alone to disappear."

Mamoru was unable to say anything, she could only laugh clumsily at her brother's words. He really never thought that they would not find Sakura until now. In fact he was quite certain that with Shiro's keen sense of smell, they would definitely find Sakura easily. However, it turned out to be wrong, they could not find it.

"The night of heavy rain accompanied by a legitimate thunderbolt" Shiro suddenly said as he lowered his head down to make everyone there look at him. "Sakura was most afraid of lightning. Every time he heard the sound of lightning, he would definitely run to look for Dad, Mom or me. But last night he was alone... She must be very scared..."

"S-Shiro..." Call Mamoru slowly. Sadness, fear and helplessness were all felt from his voice. Mamoru knew, he had actually made a mistake now, for never had he seen Shiro who had always been this feisty. But for a moment later, the hanyou suddenly raised his head upwards and grabbed hold of Mamoru's kimono collar. "I'll kill you! I should have killed you earlier!"

Aya and Maya immediately run up to Shiro and Mamoru to separate them. These two twin brothers are really very confused and tired of their current situation, because, until when will this situation stop? At any moment Shiro could explode and wanted to kill Mamoru.

'If their parents were here now.' that's what now fills the minds of these two taijiya twin brothers now.

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Sakura's mouth opened wide as she looked at the majestic palace that was in front of her. Never had he seen a palace this big and grand in his entire life. However, this enchanted feeling quickly turned into a feeling of fear and nervousness, as he felt himself in the wrong place right now.

Shura who was still holding Sakura on her shoulder could feel the fear and nervousness of the hanyou. However, he remained silent. Slowly, he stepped foot into the large gate that had opened.

Sakura could clearly see the soldiers who were all youkai immediately bowed their heads saluting and greeting Shura as she passed through the gate. And he could also see the bewildered look on their faces all at the sight of the one on Shura's back. Sakura's fear and nervousness grew bigger, she did not know who Shura really was, but she knew one thing now, this boy must be a very important person in this palace.

"Shura-gama!" yelled someone suddenly. From a distance Sakura could see a red-haired youkai woman running up to them. "Shura-sama, thank goodness you've come home. Servant and Tsubasa-sama are very worried about you!"

Shura did not answer the question, she just remained silent. However, when the youkai saw Sakura who was behind Shura's back. His eyes immediately opened. "Shura-gama! Who is this boy!?" tanyanya panic.

Shura remained silent not answering the youkai question. Slowly he lowered Sakura. "Himiko, take him to see Tsubasa-sama. Ask him to change his clothes and give him food." Shura's orders later.

Himiko, the red-haired youkai could only sculpt with her mouth open at Shura's command. Shura who had always been indifferent, cold and never cared about anything ordered him to serve an unknown youkai girl? Himiko's eyes immediately descended checking on Sakura who was now looking at her with fear. And as she was more clearly looking at the little girl in front of her, she realized, that child is not a youkai, she was just. Apparently personally very similar to the appearance of the inuyoukai clan from the west like Shura. Silver hair, taper ears, white skin and golden eyes. However, it all didn't mean much as he smelled the human smell emanating from his body.

Not caring about the confused Himiko, Shura immediately stepped her foot. But, just a step away he walked, a pair of small hands had hugged him tightly. Slowly, the inuyoukai then lowered his head to look at the face of the owner of the hand, namely; sakura.

Sakura raised her head to look at Shura. His big golden eyes that were now glazed over as it held back tears soon met those inuyoukai golden eyes. "J-don't leave Sakura alone.. S-Sakura's afraid..." The request was slow with a stammer.

"Go with him. No one's gonna hurt you." Reply Shura flatly while looking at Sakura's face. However, Sakura shook her head, tears had flowed down her sakarang, and she further tightened her embrace.

Himiko who was beside them could only see what was in front of her with a look of disbelief. His mouth was open and his eyes were wide. This was the first time she had seen Shura acting this way to someone else. Shura who had always been indifferent, cold and disliked being close to anyone now let someone hug her?

Shura did not care about Himiko's facial expression, she could only sigh, she knew that just in front of her this was impossible to let go. And seeing the tears flowing down the cheeks of the girl, a strange feeling suddenly appeared in her heart. She didn't like to see those tears, she couldn't let out a cry. Slowly, Shura raised her hand and held Sakura. "Stop those unnecessary tears." His order.

Hearing Shura's orders, a wide smile immediately rose on Sakura's face. He immediately wrapped his hands around the young man's neck. "Thank you, Brother Shura." He said happily as he buried his face on Shura's neck, inhaling the smell of fresh mint as winter mixed with the smell of the moon. The pleasant smell he likes.

"Eh." Reply to Shura and set foot towards Tsubasa's pavilion leaving Himiko still sculpting.

Shura could only ask herself now, why did she do this all for Sakura? Why can he behave like this? This is definitely not his attitude. However, not knowing why, he also did not care about these attitudes. She likes the body odor of Sakura that she now kisses. The smell of the moon and the smell of cherry blossoms - one of the spring flowers. Youkai smell and human smell. Although different, but this smell is quite similar to the smell he had ever smelled in a dream. Her beautiful dreams are very pleasant and happy. Her small dreams are in the arms of two people who love and love her very much. Dream of his forgotten childhood memories.

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