Till The End Of Time [Inuyasha Fanfiction ]
Chapter 17's

Name no naka

Kaze no naka

Yume no naka's

A very soft and melodious sound like the clink of a bell. Her small self could only stand still at Shoji's open door staring at the singing human girl with an expression full of charm.

In her golden eyes, the human girl was so beautiful. Hair as black as the night sky without stars, skin as white as snow, nose pointed, lips that stump, big brown eyes clear that glows lovingly—uh very charming girl.

The girl was sitting on a futon while tightly hugging a small baby. His face was very pale, not as usual. However, he also could not deny the happiness that emanated from the charming face.

The girl's face then lifted up looking at him. A smile still remained on his face, as well as the song that flowed from his bare lips. His brown eyes sparkled, he nodded his head slowly as if telling him to join him. And wasting no time, he moved his feet closer to the girl.

Sesshoumaru-sama doko ni iru

Jakken - sama wo shita naete

As he was in front of the girl, curiously, he tried to peek at the face of the baby in the arms of the girl. The girl slowly lowered her arms, allowing herself to stare at the baby's face, though the two brown eyes were incessantly staring at the baby in her arms. The eyes filled with joy, pride, disbelief and also love matchless love.

Watashi wa hitori de machimashou

Shura wa hitori de machimashou

Wareware wa hitori de machimashou

Sesshoumaru - samomodori wo

The song ran through the air and then stopped. He could clearly see the face of the baby in his arms right now. Silver-haired with white skin, a crescent moon mark on the forehead as well as a line of achina. The baby's eyes were closed, but he admitted, this baby is very handsome.

Her little hands were raised to touch the baby's face hesitantly, for she was afraid to wake him from a sleep that looked so peaceful and sound. However, when his hand almost managed to touch the cheek of the baby, the baby's eyes immediately opened, revealing a pair of golden-colored eyes like his.

His still-child self was stunned. The pair of eyes that were now looking straight at him without any fear or curiosity made him feel, this baby would definitely grow into a very strong and formidable youkai.

"If later, Shura has a hard time, is Shiro willing to help her?" ask the gentle girl.

He immediately raised his head to look at the human girl's face, surprised by the sudden question. "Is Shiro willing to help Rin look after Shura someday?" ask the girl again.

Her small self could only nod her head quickly. He was so fascinated to see the face of that girl who was so close to him now. His little heart felt, there would be no one who might be able to refuse the request of a girl as beautiful as this.

The girl suddenly laughed raising her right little finger. "Promise?"

Her little self immediately hooked her little finger on the little pinky of the girl. "I promise, Rin. I, Shiro promise you, Shiro will definitely take care of Shura someday."

Shiro's golden eyes opened, he instantly rose from his futon. Dreamlike. Dreams of events that have happened for a long time. She did not understand why she could dream of the incident, however, just that you felt, it must be because of the song she heard before bedtime.

He immediately raised his hand touching the futon. Still warm, Shura and Sakura must have not left this room for long. Not wasting any time, he immediately stood up and stepped his feet out of the room to look for Sakura and Shura. "Where are you going to take my sister, Perverted Dog?" annoyed.

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Tsubasa looked at Shura who was in front of her now. The Inuyoukai stood up while holding Sakura who was fast asleep. His face remained as expressionless as ever, but the Southern Land Ruler's Concubine was unable to hide the smile that started to crack on her face. She knew why Shura was in her room this early in the morning; sakura.

Shura was really very possessive towards Sakura. He brought her to this room must have been due to him not wanting Shiro to touch that little hanyou. Tsubasa was so happy, that Shura coming to him had indirectly proven to him that within this Southern Land Palace, she was the person he trusted the most.

The Inuyoukai in front of him never looked like his age. Despite only nine years of age approaching ten, she always looked older, cold and emotionally controlled. That's good, considering the position he will hold later. However, Tsubasa also wants Shura to have a childhood as well as she should, although she knows, she may not need it. Then, now, after meeting Sakura and Shiro, little by little, it seems that this inuyoukai has started to show his emotions as well as a child should.

Tsubasa was very grateful for that.

"Just leave Sakura-chan to the servant, Shura-sama. I'll take good care of him until you get back." Smile Tsubasa and rise to hold Sakura. Shura hands Sakura to Tsubasa, though her golden eyes unceasingly leave behind the small hanyou figure. However, all of a sudden, Sakura's right hand moved pulling the tip of Shura's haori arm.

Sakura's closed eyes let Shura know that the little hanyou was still asleep. Slowly he brought his mouth closer to Sakura's ear, whispering something. Shura's whisper was quite effective, because, slowly, the small hand holding the end of her menstrual arm slipped off. Staring at Sakura's face for a moment, Shura then turned her back to leave Tsubasa's room without saying anything or even turning her face to the Southern Landlord's concubine.

Tsubasa's smile only grew wider when she saw Shura's attitude. Yes, what he thought was absolutely right. The ice in Shura's heart had now started to melt. Little Hanyou in his carriage now, this little hanyou easily without the slightest difficulty had managed to melt the ice. Although just met, although only know each other for a moment, already created a bond between Inuyoukai and hanyou this. Shura's whisper proved it.

"Calm down, I'll be right back."

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Shiro's footsteps came to a halt, never expecting him to be found after trying to track down Shura and Sakura's whereabouts within the Southern Land Palace was Akihiko, the Southern Land Ruler. His golden eyes looked at the alertness of the youkai and around them, the garden of the Southern Land Palace, because, there might be a trap around him now.

Akihiko who stood still could read the thoughts of hanyou in front of him easily. As his eyes looked at the figure of hanyou in front of him, a small smile adorned his handsome face, "It turns out, the unity of hanyou and man is still only you."

Shiro's eyes immediately narrowed when he heard the words, his vigilance grew even higher, because he did not understand the meaning of Akihiko's words. Akihiko did not care about Shiro, he raised his head to look at the morning sky, "Just like the union of youkai and humans."

Shiro remained silent not knowing what to say, because he really did not understand the meaning of the speech. However, slowly Akihiko then lowered her face staring at Shiro again. "Miracle. Only the miracle of the union of the youkai and man is the youkai."

Akihiko's words made Shiro stunned. In this world, the union of youkai and human is just like his father, himself and also his sister, Sakura. Although it has a shape and appearance similar to youkai, hanyou still hanyou. Humans may not be able to tell the difference, but not with youkai, just one look, they know it. The human blood flowing in hanyou's body made them different, the blood made their smell and yuouki different. Because of that, a miracle. Yeah, true! That was a miracle. For all those who were there at the time, what they saw nine years ago was a miracle—a miracle that only the human girl had.

The smell of Shura which was like fresh mint like winter mixed with the smell of the moon was suddenly smelled by Shiro. Not wasting any time, he immediately turned his head around staring at the source of the smell. His eyes saw Shura walking up to them with an expressionless face all by herself, her conversation just now with Akihiko instantly disappeared from inside Shiro's head. "God! Perverted Dog! Where is my brother now?!"

Shura did not care about Shiro in the slightest, her face did not show an annoyed expression or the like. However, Akihiko who was there immediately laughed out loud, because the time of one year Shura was in the South had made him quite able to read the nature of the inuyoukai. Although he looks calm, indifferent and does not care, he is actually very upset, because inuyoukai with high self-esteem seems, it is impossible to accept such a lowly nickname. What made Shura able to hold herself back and not kill hanyou was definitely only one, namely; sakura. Judging by Shiro and Sakura's relationship, Shura must have known how important this hanyou in front of her was to Sakura. If he dared to kill that hanyou, he would no longer be able to get a big smile and laughter from that little face.

"Hey!I'm asking you! Where is Sakura?!" ask Shiro again while shouting. His indeed thin patience had reached its limit. However, Shura yng in front of him suddenly pulled out the sword that was on his waist and made the hanyou immediately put the horses preparing to fight, "You want to fight? Come, come! I'm not scared!" shouts Shiro again with fire.

Akihiko who saw Shiro's attitude could only laugh increasingly louder. He knew once who Shura was actually pointing his sword at. The sword was aimed at him, for their fight that had stopped yesterday due to the sudden appearance of Sakura and Shiro. This attitude between Shura and Shiro really made him look back at the interaction between their two biological fathers. A truly remarkable resemblance.

However, Akihiko's laughter did not last long. Shura suddenly moved with incredible speed towards him. The sword in the inuyoukai hand was raised to attack him. A grin flashed across the face of the ruler of the southern land. Their fight had already begun, and like before, he would not let Shura win. Not caring about Shiro who was now looking at Shura and himself with a surprised look mixed with confusion, he raised his hand and moved forward.

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