Till The End Of Time [Inuyasha Fanfiction ]
Chapter 161

"Sesshoumaru-sama."

Sesshoumaru's golden eyes did not change in the slightest when he heard Rin's voice slashing out of Shui's mouth. His expression was as emotionless as ever as if the voice he heard was nothing special.

Shui smiled wider and wider looking at Sesshoumaru's reaction that remained calm. His voice right now must have had a tremendous impact on the inuyoukai even though it looks calm. Past and present and never to change in the future, Rin is the only existence that can shake the world of the ruler of the western lands.

Jumping backwards, Shui laughed out loud still using Rin's voice. Landing, he looked at Sesshoumaru with a big smile on his face that did not disappear. "Sesshoumaru-sama."

Inuyasha, Kagome, Jaken and the others except Sakura who did not know Rin were stunned. They didn't say a word, a familiar voice, the voice of their family members who had gone missingthey didn't expect to hear it like this. However, for a moment anger filled the heart.

If one day Rin really is gone. Burn Rin's body. Let Rin's ashes disappear with the wind. For Rin does not want Rin's soulless body to be used as a weapon against Sesshoumaru-sama for anyone...

Rin's wish, they really can't accept that voice was used as a weapon in the face of Sesshoumaru.

Inukimi, Kenji, Kiri and Kira who were sealed in glass bottles also displayed an expression of overwhelming anger. For Rin, who was willing to be reduced to ashes by the wind because she did not want to be used as a weapon against Sesshoumaru, what Shui did was an insult to the sacrifice of the human woman.

Shura who heard Rin's voice was not angry, she was stunned and could only; silently look. The voice he heard calling his real father's name was a voice he always heard in dreams. Beautiful sound like the clink of a bell that brings peace—the voice of her birth mother.

"Shoppers!! The insolent!! How dare you!!!" inuyasha shouted with anger. Stepping forward, with the tessaiga in hand, Inuyasha prepared to attack Shui. However, Asano's spear immediately stopped him. The fox youkai appeared in front of the innuanyou holding his sword. "Inuyasha, it's a fight between Shui and Sesshoumaru—you shouldn't interfere" she said with a smile.

Inuyasha did not care about Asano's words. He was not a great noble or ruler, he did not care about the norms or rules, and were not they the first to start all this commotion? using dirty and sneaky ways.

Gathering strength and concentrating it on both hands, Inuyasha pressed down on Asano's spear with a tessaiga. The Inuhanyou knew, he had to defeat this fox youkai first if he wanted to attack Shui.

Asano also did not budge, he concentrated his strength to withstand the pressure of the Inuyasha sword. This was the first time he fought the only son of Inu no taisho, and he knew that he should not be careless or rash, because the inuanyou was recognized as the strongest hanyou in the world.

Akiko did not move a bit from where she was. He silently mutely with a smile on his face staring at Shura, Kagome and the others, then, a second later, he darted forward towards them with his hands that had long claws.

Shura was prepared, if Akiko intended to kill him, then she would not hesitate to kill the fox youkai whom she called 'mother' for several years. However, before he did that, Miroku and Kohaku had dashed forward to deal with him.

Throwing at the kusarigama of his weapon, Kohaku swiftly stopped Akiko who shot towards Shura and the others. Not giving it a chance, Miroku also throws his spell paper which the fox youkai can nimbly avoid.

"Dad, uncle! I'll help kali—aduh!! Mommy!!!" mamoru shouted, she also intended to come forward, but Sango immediately pulled the back collar of her son's kimono.

"You take care of Kagome and the others - I'm advancing." Sango's orders. Both of his eyes looked at Mamoru and then aimed at Aya and Maya who immediately nodded their heads in understanding.

"Mother! I've grown up and I cuku—" Mamoru protests, but Sango has run to help Miroku and Kohaku before his remarks are resolved.

Sango did not distrust Mamoru's abilities. But, she is a mother, and a mother in any condition will always put her child in a safe place and away from danger. So, he couldn't possibly let his children advance.

Kagome did not move from her place. He does not help Miroku, Sango and Kohaku, as he is unlikely to leave Sakura. He knew that he should not act recklessly, the youkai-youkai in front of them were the strongest youkai-youkai rulers of the Japanese territory, the strength and impact of their fight was the destruction all around, not to mention they are unpredictable and cunning.

Shiro clenched his hands unmoving from where he was. To be honest, he also wanted to help, but he could not. Of all that exists, he cannot leave Kagome and Sakura. Despite having strong spiritual power, physically, Kagome is the weakest, whereas for Sakura, her sister is too small and doesn't know anything. That's why, at a time like this, he had to be at his side to protect them.

On the other hand, Sesshoumaru again advanced against Shui, swinging the bakusaiga. A stream of electricity shot towards the dragon youkai, and once again, nimbly, Shui dodged it by jumping backwards.

Sesshoumaru did not give Shui a chance, he darted quickly and megayunkan bakusaiga. Once again, the dragon youkai managed to hold him down with a sword in hand.

Sesshoumaru's strength, Shui knew, he was desperate. The Inuyoukai continued to attack and Shui did not find the slightest gap to counterattack. The title as the strongest youkai in the world given to the ruler of the western lands is not wrong.

Pushing Sesshoumaru's sword back, Shui then again jumped up and flew up into the sky. Then, as he turned his back to look at those below, instantly, his face and entire body changed.

Sunless sky-black hair, snow-white skin, a pointed nose, stumpy lips and red rose-colored cheeks, big brown eyes—rupa Shui is now none other than the beloved western soil spring, the kisaki of the lost land of the west; Rin.

"Sesshoumaru-sama, Rin loves you." Laughing with Rin's bell-like face and voice, Shui looked at Sesshoumaru.

Sesshoumaru was stunned for a moment to see the figure of Shui who now resembles Rin. A second later, however, he showed no emotion. The Inuyoukai remained calm with its emotionless face.

Shui again laughed with Rin's look. Seeing the calmness of Sesshoumaru, he liked it. How long, that inuyoukai can hold himself? How does it feel to look back at such a precious figure that has gone like this?—sang ruler of the western land must have never thought existed today.

Following the jump flying up into the sky, Sesshoumaru again swung the bakusaiga attacking without caring about Shui's current figure. He knew that the one in front of him was not Rin but Shui, so he did not hesitate in attacking her. Changing its shape to resemble Rin—Shui has never changed.

Fending off attack after attack of Sesshoumaru, Shui laughed even louder. "Sesshoumaru-sama, Sesshoumaru-sama, Sesshoumaru-sama" she called him still with Rin's voice.

Sesshoumaru remained calm hearing Rin's voice slipping out of Shui's mouth calling out his name. His golden eyes looked at the figure of the beautiful woman he was fighting against and he did not show the slightest change in expression.

Below, within the garden pavilion east of the western land palace, Inuyasha and Asano had started their fight. Using a tessaiga, the innuanyou attacked Asano who skillfully moved the spear in hand to fend off without trying to fight back.

"Fight me right, damn it!!" inuyasha shouted. He won't lose to Asano, however, nor does that mean he will win easily. Merely, what did this fox mean that only survived when he was clearly also able to retaliate against his attacks?

Asano did not reply to Inuyasha's remarks. Smiling, he just continued to defend himself from the attacks of the Inuhanyou. The ruler of the eastern lands knew, he would not be able to kill Inuyasha alone, therefore why would he have to attack him for such an impossible feat? He does not want to waste energy—not for now. When the western lands were already fully within their grasp, that was the time.

On Miroku's side, Sango and Kohaku's fight against Akiko, the fight begins to look out of balance. Although Miroku, Sango and Kohaku are humans, the strength of the three of them is enough to suppress the fox youkai, although they are quite hesitant to kill him—at least the goddess of luck is still on their side.

As for Kagome, Jaken and the children who saw the fight in silence, they were very surprised to see the figure of Rin that Shui used. The cunning of the dragon youkai was truly incredible, not just the sound, he even used the already-defunct Rin as a weapon. However, it seems like he was wrong this time, because Sesshoumaru did not look bothered by his appearance now, instead his attack was getting stronger.

Shura also did not move, staring at the figure of Shui that resembled Rin, she was completely stunned. That face as well as that voice—That was the likeness of her birth mother, therefore, seeing her biological father swinging a sword like that to attack, even though she was fully aware it was Shui, that was, he still felt all that; wrong.

Shura knew, if she was in the position of her biological father, she would not be able to fight back, because her mother was the most important in her world. But, his father could without a doubt attack, as if his mother was an insignificant figure in his life.

Eternal bond. Forever, the bond of the three of us will never be broken...

the eternal bond is the only thing that makes Shura go forward even alone, because she knows she is never alone. There are fathers and mothers who will always be there for her those who love her so much.

But now—Shura doesn't know anymore.

The father who did not want to answer his question, the father who attacked the figure like a mother without burden—is the bond he held is a pseudo bond? His delusion. A biological father who does not want it, a biological mother who died because of giving birth to it, and a father who may not love the mother as he thought—he may indeed be a figure who should not be born in the world.

Still above the sky, Sesshoumaru and Shui who were in Rin's figure continued to fight. Their swords and swords clashed. The two powerful youki that collided created strong winds and some destruction on the garden below.

"Why Sesshoumaru-sama? Why did you attack Rin? Have you forgotten Rin, Sesshoumaru-sama? Don't you love Rin anymore?" ask Shui. While holding back and attacking as much as possible, there was no smile on his face that resembled Rin. Tears piled up in his big brown eyes, overwhelming sadness emanated clearly.

Sesshoumaru stared without replying to the question. Attack after attack of the bakusaiga sword did not stop at all.

"Why? Why did you let Rin die? Why don't you save Rin, Sesshoumaru-sama? Do you know what you're doing is the same as killing Rin?"

Shui's question this time made Sesshoumaru stunned for a moment. However, a second later, he again attacked with more strength and speed than before.

Shui realized that, even for a second, he could see the change in the pair of emotionless golden eyes. Despite not being able to read Sesshoumaru's mind, he knew he had just 'killed' the effect on the inuyoukai, and he immediately knew what to do.

Instantly, as the bakusaiga lifted up and was about to attack him, Shui pulled the sword in his hand back. Deliberately, he pushed his body forward, and let his right shoulder be pierced by the sword. Sesshoumaru squinted his eyes at Shui's attitude. What else did this dragon youkai plan to do?

Moving both of her hands, Shui pulled Sesshoumaru's hand. Leaning his face right in front of the inuyoukai face that was on his opponent, both of his brown eyes were wide open. "Killer. Why did you kill Rin?"

Sesshoumaru's eyes widened with Shui's question. Instantly, his body was sculpted because of the questions directed at him.

Smiling at Sesshoumaru's reaction, Shui then pushed behind the Inuyoukai's body. The bakusaiga sword stuck on his left shoulder slipped off, and looking at the unmoving Sesshoumaru, he again asked with his loud voice. "Why? Why did you kill Rin, Sesshoumaru-sama?? What is Rin's fault? What was Rin's fault that you killed Rin?"

Sesshoumaru did not move. Above the sky of the eastern pavilion of the western land palace, he was sculpted with questions that kept on pointing at him.

Sesshoumaru's reaction like this made Shui very happy. But, this was not enough, he knew, sooner this word would not have long effect, therefore, he needed something more. Looking down at Shura who looked back at him, the dragon youkai smiled even wider. "Shura," called out to her in Rin's soft voice.

"Dora!!!" shui shouted loudly calling out Shura's name. The gentle smile on her face changed, hatred evident on her beautiful face. "Just like your father, you are a murderer!! If you didn't exist, then I would still be alive!! You are my killer!!!"

Shura could not move hearing Shui's words. A killer?

Shura, I love you

The compassionate voice in his dream was a lie. The soft smiles and laughter that exist may be just a delusion. Her mother's real face was probably Shui's now, hateful, as she was the killer. There will be no one who can forgive the killer, no one who will love the person who killed him.

"Shut up!!!" the loud voice of Sesshoumaru suddenly sounded clear. Swinging the bakusaiga, a powerful stream of electricity quickly hit Shui who was trying to restrain him with a sword in hand.

Although she managed to hold it in, Shui's body was pushed and strongly crashed down. Striking the ground, cracks and destruction were created, as well as loud noises that filled the entire eastern pavilion of the western land palace.

Inuyasha and Asano who are fighting soon stop, as well as Miroku, Sango and Kohaku who are fighting Akiko. Staring at Shui, they saw the dragon youkai standing still in Rin's form. With the injured left shoulder full of blood, the pain was clearly visible on his face.

"Shoppers!!! How dare you wear Rin's look!!!" yell Inuyasha. That Huanyou was really very angry now, he who had fought with Asano only realized the injured figure. Apparently it was really exactly like Rin, but the smell she was smelling would never lie.— what was before them was Shui.

Miroku, Sango and Kohaku were also very surprised, and seeing Inuyasha's anger, they also immediately knew, it was not Rin but Shui. Not only the sound of even the appearance of the dragon's—youkai is truly outrageous

Asano and Akiko who had stopped fighting then jumped up and landed beside Shui. Silently, the two of them did not say a word. Giving everything to the dragon youkai and seeing is their choice.

"Shura, my son..," called Shui again and looked at Shura with a gentle smile on the face. He knew, Sesshoumaru would not budge in the slightest with his current figure, but not for his son. The little Inuyoukai will not be able to control itself. Moreover, Sesshoumaru's reaction was—maybe the weakness of the ruler of the western lands is not just Rin alone. "Rin hates you. Rin hates you!!! Rin hates you!!!"

Shura's golden eyes were wide-eyed. Clenching firmly both of his fingers, he desperately held back his facial expression.

Hates.

Unwilling to admit, not daring to accept, but maybe this is what her birth mother felt to herself—sang killer.

"Bad!!! Shutup!! Don't be so reckless!!!!" swinging his sword, the unconcerned Inuyasha launched a bakuryuha attack with all his might. He does not care about the destruction that exists, because the most important thing is to kill the enemy in plain sight.

Shui, Asano and Akiko jump to avoid Inuyasha's attack. Flying above the sky, their eyes stared at the Inuhanyou, and a second later, Sesshoumaru had suddenly been near them. Lifting the bakusaiga, the ruler of the western lands again attacked Shui.

Shui immediately raised the sword deflecting, however, once again, he again crashed down. Falling into the roof of the eastern pavilion of the western land palace, his figure that resembled Rin disappeared from sight.

Inuyasha and the others were unable to smile even though Shui was now receiving an attack directly, because, seeing his current figure that resembled Rin, it all felt very wrong. The shadow of the woman lying weakly with a gentle smile reflected in her mind, even though it was Shui, they really did not want to see the figure suffer any more even though she knew it was not the real Rin.

"Hahahaha," the sound of Shui's loud laughter in Rin's voice came back. Rising standing inside the pavilion room east of the partially destroyed western land palace, he looked at Sesshoumaru. "Why? Wh why? Why?!!"

As if he was crazy, the sound of Shui's laughter in Rin's form then turned into crying, then a moment later into anger and hatred. "Rin hates you Sesshoumaru-sama!!! Rin hates you, Shura!!"

Flicking the sword in her hand, Shui launched his youki attack. However, the attack did not attack Sesshoumaru or anyone else, but rather the attack attacked the room where it was located, namely; the bedroom of the ruler of the western land.

"Rin hates you!! Die!! It's ruined!! Die!!!!"

The existing attack destroyed the room that had indeed been partially destroyed due to the previous fight. The beautiful paintings on the walls were split and torn apart, as well as the shamisen from the cracked and crushed mahogany wood. The tatami floor became destroyed—and did not know where, the fire then lit up devouring the surroundings.

It all happened very quickly and unstoppably, then, as the blazing flames began to creep up to reach the white kimono on display as well as the painting of a smiling human woman hugging the flowers, Shura was unable to hide her panic anymore. "No!!"

Screaming loudly, Shura's feet immediately moved. He ran quickly not caring about anything, his two eyes fixedly on the painting of a smiling human woman.

Shura, I love you.

Just like his dreams-burning. The most precious human woman to him, the human woman he loved most - the only painting of his beloved mother on fire. If the painting disappeared, where else could she see her mother's beautiful smile? If the painting disappeared, where else could he stare at the face of the human woman who gave birth to it?

"Stop!! Stop it!!!"

Shura's feet that kept stepping unstoppable. In the blink of an eye, the small inuyoukai had reached the painting of the mother. Raising his hand, he immediately embraced the painting tightly sharing his mother's embrace.

Inuyasha, Kagome and the others were very surprised by what happened in a matter of seconds, but what is more surprising and frightening to them is that Shui who is in the form of Rin has now darted quickly towards Shura who turned her back to embrace the painting. The sword was drawn towards him.

"Dora!!!"

"Gatoshi-sama!!!"

"Sister Shura!!!"

Shura could hear as well as feel it, she knew, Shui had now darted towards her. Reversing his body, he wanted to withstand the attack that would be directed at him. However, seeing the face of her mother that Shui used to look at her hatefully, she was stunned.

The gentle face seen in the dream was struck with a face full of hatred before him. The one in front of her was not her mother, Shura knew that, but she still, she could do nothing. Looking at the face she so missed, she was unable to move.

"Dora!!"

"Gatoshi-sama!!"

"Sister Shura!!!"

The cry felt very close but also far away, then, in the confusion, Shura saw a silver-haired figure suddenly appear and stand in front of her. Not knowing when, the figure had been in front of him, with the sword in hand raised to withstand the attack of Shui, his biological father; Sesshoumaru.

A dazzling light filled the view, making Shura close her eyes. He could not see, but he could feel and hear it, the swords and swords clashing again, as well as the sound of a powerful explosion after it.

Still hugging tightly onto her mother's painting, Shura then opened her eyes. The eastern pavilion of the western earthen palace was completely destroyed, both its walls, floor and roof were swept away by the blast wind, narrating the flames that were still devouring what was left inside.

Unconcerned with his surroundings, Shura's golden eyes quickly looked back to the front. He could see clearly, in front of him, Sesshoumaru and Shui in the figure of Rin standing firmly with the sword clashing.

"Ayahanda.." call Shura in disbelief with the appearance of Sesshoumaru protecting her.

Sesshoumaru did not answer Shura's call, his two golden eyes still staring straight at Shui in the figure of Rin smiling full of madness.

All of a sudden, Shui's back enlarged tremendously, ripping apart the back of the kimono he was wearing. A lump of meat appeared and in a matter of seconds it turned into a body, a pair of hands and a head. The figure in front was a strange and terrifying figure, a petite body of a human woman with her back connected by a youkai body from head to waist. Blue-haired and blood-red eyed, a grin full of madness filled his face - that youkai figure was the real figure of Shui, the former ruler of neutral lands.

Shura was very surprised to see what was happening, she was still standing on the spot with the mother's painting in her arms. However, Shui's right hand quickly shot upwards and shot off a glide attacking the small inuyoukai that had not been able to digest what was happening in a single blink of an eye.

"Dora!!! Watch out!!"

"Gatoshi-sama!!"

The sound of screaming again rang out, and in the chaos that existed, Shura again saw his biological father move. With the right hand still holding the bakusaiga holding Shui's sword in the hands of a figure resembling Rin, the left hand of the ruler of the western land moved to catch the right hand of the original figure of Shui who moved to attack his son.

"Ayahanda.." call Shura confused to see Sesshoumaru who continues to protect her. However, instantly, fear filled Shura's face. In front of him he could see, the left hand of Shui's original figure moved. A small dimensional hole opened in front of the dragon youkai and the hand shot in quickly.

Lalu—'Tut'.

The sound of 'tut' is heard. The other dimensional door again opened, and the small dimensional door was right in front of Sesshoumaru's chest. Shui's hands shot forward at incredible speed, piercing through the chest of the western lord's inuyoukai to his back, a lump of organs in his hand, full of blood and beating fast; the heart.

"Yahanda!!!!"

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