Till The End Of Time [Inuyasha Fanfiction ]
Chapter 57's

The daytime sky darkened, the blizzard descended unstoppably, as well as the battle that had taken place at the top of the houshi mountain.

The youkai forces from the west and south collided. Unlike human warfare, the battlefield is not only above ground, but also above the sky.

There are youkai-youkai who launch their style to kill the opponent. The sound of explosions blared, smashing around. The trees were burning, making the tops of the houshi mountain red. Soils were destroyed, snow melted and holes both large and small were created.

The sound of cries of pain, anger and laughter accompanied the red blood splattered across the ground. The smell of blood rancid was strong, some of the youkai bodies that had lost their lives were cut into pieces that were terrifyingly scattered.

The Youkai War was a brutal and terrible war. They do not hesitate in killing, shredding or mutilating opponents.

The weak die and the strong live.

The youkai war is a jungle. There is no mercy for the weak and no compassion for the strong.

Tsubasa moved quickly, the two sword discs in his hand were full of blood, as well as his body. A grin with wide lips painted his face while his blood-red eyes exuded contentment and madness.

How many enemies he had killed, Tsubasa had no idea. But, he will continue to kill until the west is destroyed. She is strong and that is why Akihiko loves her. The more he killed, the ruler of that southern land would definitely see it.

Raising the disc in his right hand, Tsubasa prepared to slash at one of the youkai in front of him, but, something similar to a large feather shawl suddenly shot to tie his arm.

Surprised, Tsubasa has no time to cut off what binds his arm. The fur shawl easily threw him underground.

Tsubasa was unharmed, she immediately opened her eyes and got up to her feet. His blood-red eyes then fell on the figure of a female inuyoukai in front of him.

The woman's inuyoukai face had already changed almost back to its original form, blood-red eyes and wide lips that were smiling grinningly baring its sharp canines—Inukimi, the former ruler of the western lands.

"Yet," Inukimi laughed, her normally clean kimono now covered in blood, in her right hand, dragging the lifeless figure of a youkai. "You too you're the kidnapper of my daughter.."

Tsubasa immediately put up the horses ready to fight. The one in front of him was a powerful and dangerous youkai, and he knew, he should not underestimate him.

Inukimi throws the youkai in her right hand and jumps towards Tsubasa full of laughter. "He's mine!! I'll kill him!!!"

Tsubasa immediately dodged, he could clearly see Inukimi's sharp nails pointed at him. Jumping to the side he threw his disc sword. However, it was also easy for the former ruler of the western land to dodge.

While stepping foot on the ground again, Tsubasa stared at Inukimi in silence. However, the beloved concubine of the southern land lord then smiled. If he could defeat Inukimi, perhaps Akihiko would acknowledge her even more, and just maybe, the ruler of the southern land would also laugh and smile gently at her like he did to the human girl.

Catching his sword-spinning disc back to its owner, Tsubasa grinned and moved quickly to attack Inukimi.

Inukimi laughed loudly full of insanity at the prey that moved to attack. He took out his weapon in the form of a white whip and kicked it. "Good!! Come here little bird!!"

On the other hand, neither Akihiko the ruler of the southern land nor Sesshoumaru the ruler of the western land moved.

No youkai dared to attack them, because their youkai instincts asked them to distance themselves from the two daiyoukai. In this war, the two of them were the strongest.

"Sesshoumaru," Akihiko called out later, his blood-red eyes staring at the inuyoukai figure in front of him. "How long haven't we been face-to-face like this?"

Sesshoumaru did not answer.

"Fifty years? Hundred years?" akihiko's smile continued her words.

Sesshoumaru did not answer.

"You haven't changed," Akihiko's smile widened. "Therefore, Rin for me."

Sesshoumaru could not control his emotions hearing the name of the most meaningful human girl came out of the mouth of the ruler of the southern land.

She does not know clearly what Akihiko means that Rin is for her. But he knew that the wolf youkai wanted the human girl. Rin is not a thing. He would never allow anyone to treat and look at the girl he loved like that.

With the bakusaiga sword in his hand, Sesshoumaru moved forward at a speed that could not be caught by the eye.

Akihiko also moved forward. Just like Sesshoumaru, the ruler of the southern land also unsheathed his sword of fangs, Kazakiri no kiba.

Rulers and rulers fight, swords and swords clash— their fight begins.

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Sen throws Aya who is riding Shiro and Maya who is riding Mamoru on the white ground in the snow cover. His face was expressionless, his eyes directed straight ahead staring at the western and southern battlefields.

Sen's distance from the battlefield was not far, however, no one was aware of his presence. All youkai sudh dissolve in their killing lust.

The place is now enough to make the death of this inuanyou and human child as if dragged into an ongoing war.

Looking into her eyes at the frightened Aya and Maya in front of her, Sen gave a small smile. Killing a human child and a helpless little inuyoukai was actually not his penchant, but he could not refute the direct orders of his master.

His right hand then pulled out a small sword behind his back. Leaning upwards, the blade of the sword was fixed on Aya and Maya who closed their eyes firmly grasping Shiro and Mamoru.

"Your deaths will be quick, so there's no need to be afraid." He said slowly and moved the sword towards Aya and Shiro.

A sword suddenly shot out rapidly hitting the short sword in Sen's hand. The sword in the youkai hand instantly bounced backwards, out of his grasp.

Unaware of his shock, Sen could feel an extremely powerful youki attack hurtling towards him.

Not wasting time, Sen immediately jumped away. His eyes were fixed on who was attacking him. The expression on his face turned full of annoyance as he looked at who it was.

A short-haired inuyoukai woman with red eyes stared at her - the twin from the west; the left.

"It looks like the north also intends to enliven this war." Left smile smirked.

Sen clucked not like. He did not think he would be found out. In Takeru's plan, no one should know of his existence in this war. The North would not be able to engineer the death story of Inuyasha's son and his human friend if they knew he existed. After all, the only way left now was to kill Kiri.

Not saying anything, Sen dashed quickly towards the Left. Pulling out his weapon suddenly, a sasumata, a fork-like weapon with its tip curved in two directions out, the youkai attacked.

Left did not move a bit, he also pulled out his weapon, a white spear to withstand Sen's attack.

The left is angry. Ever since Rin was kidnapped and the south challenged the west, her anger has been growing bigger and bigger. When the war began, what he was after was Tsubasa, the kidnapper of Hime from the west. However, Inukimi has announced that the beloved concubine of the ruler of the southern lands is his prey.

Then while Kiri was slaughtering some southern youkai to vent his anger, he smelled Sen which he had once encountered in the north as well as Shiro, Aya, Maya and Mamoru.

Left does not know what Sen is after by killing Shiro and the others. But, the north under Takeru's cunning leadership must have bad intentions towards the west.

Staring at Sen's face, Kiri knew, this youkai in front of him was strong, therefore, he was a match he could do as he pleased with his opponent as long as he did not kill him. To the north he will not hesitate.

"I'm not going to kill you" the left smile widened. His blood-red eyes shone full of madness. "You'll explain to Sesshoumaru-sama what you did here after we won, right?"

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Kenji threw the stick in his hand towards Yukimura who was flying above the sky.

Kenji did not dodge, he held the air in his mouth until it bubbled and blew it out. "Hi no ibiki!"

A huge burst of flames shot out from Kenji's mouth. Yukimura was quite surprised, but once again, he managed to dodge and fly up into the sky.

Kenji looked at Yukimura and caught his wand spinning back towards him.

"You are undoubtedly indeed the right hand of Inu no taisho from the west, Kenji-sama," Yukimura said with a smile. "You are strong."

Kenji did not reply to Yukimura's words, he observed the tengu. Dodging and then attacking when the opportunity arose, this was indeed the attack style of the tengu clan under Yukimura from the east, but he had already started to get annoyed and lose patience with this fight.

"Quite the bases," cut off Kenji later and put up his horses. "Give up all your moves, I don't have time to serve you for long."

Kenji's words made Yukimura stunned, but for a moment a wide smile adorned his face. "If it wants you."

Swooping back down, Yukimura attacked again, but this time the speed was incredible. The pattern remains the same - back and forth and back to attack.

Kenji used his cane to resist the attack. He was pressed, he could clearly feel Yukimura's speed getting faster and faster with time, and also his attack power was not playful, he started to be pushed backwards.

Then, when Yukimura's short sword managed to scratch Kenji's dodging hand, he felt his hand grip weaken.

Yukimura smiled seeing Kenji's reaction. He knew, the monkey youkai had already realized the privilege of his two short swords—dokubari. But all of that is too late.

Moving the short sword on his right staircase again, Yukimura launched his manager. The two swords cast a dark green aura and dripped a liquid of deadly poison "Senbon no day!"

Yukimura's sword changed shape, it became a thousand small needles that shot towards Kenji.

With their close range and Kenji only able to defend due to his strength and attack speed, Yukimura knew, inu no taisho's right hand from the proud west will die in his hands today. "Mattles!!" happy laughter.

Kenji smiled at Yukimura's laughter. This tengu youkai really humbled himself a lot. Concentrating his youki, he then focused it all over his body. Instantly a fortune appeared covering his entire body and thickening the opponent's poisonous little needle.

Yukimura was surprised, but not yet lost his surprise, Kenji released his hand that grasped his staff and caught the two hands of the tengu.

"It still takes a thousand years for you to defeat me." Kenji's smile grinned.

Yukimura tried to escape, but the excruciating pain struck his shoulder, as he realized what was happening, Kenji had pulled both of his arms off.

"Hhhhhh!!!!!!!" yukimura's screams loudly. His blood poured out and he sat down withstanding the excruciating pain that assaulted him.

"You won't just die, you fool." said Kenji again as he held onto his casket hitting Yukimura on the head.

Yukimura was unable to dodge anymore, he lost consciousness when the wand hit his head.

"Kenji-san!!!"

"Kenji-san!!"

The voice of the call of women and men captured Kenji's ears, making the monkey youkai turn his head to the source of the sound. A smile flashed across his face as he saw Inuyasha, Kagome, Miroku and Sango running towards him.

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The pair of legs were walking as fast as he could down the snow-capped road. The dark sky and the blizzard that had been blowing made it difficult to walk forward, but it did not make him give up, despite the cold and hardship, Rin continued to step forward.

Rin pulls up a thick kimono jacket Kenji gave them as they leave the southern land palace, trying to warm up. He did not know the exact direction, but he could see the gunumg houshi in front.

"Let's hurry!!"

From a distance, Rin suddenly heard the sound of someone shouting. Raising his head and focusing his gaze, he saw a group of human beings walking towards him.

"Excuse me! Is this the right path to Mount Houshi?!" rin asked while shouting. Approaching them, Rin guesses they must be villagers around the hill house.

The villagers set their sights on the source of the voice, they were stunned when they saw the girl in front of him. The girl in front of him was the prettiest girl they had ever seen and also the luxurious winter kimono he wore clearly made them realize, the girl in front of him was a noble.

"Is this the road to mount houshi?" ask Rin again when he arrives in front of the villagers.

"P-daughter," called a stammered man. Fear filled his face. "This is indeed the road to mount houshi. But, don't go to mount houshi now. The western and southern Youkai have started wars there. You'll die if you get dragged into a war!!"

Rin bit his lower lip, his eyes then directed at the appearance of the villagers. Their makeshift clothes and luggage in this blizzard clearly prove that they fled the village unprepared to avoid the war. And with that situation - how many will die.

Rin knew that the villagers who fled the village would not be able to survive everything. Women, old people, small children will be victims. Someone will lose a parent, a child—lose a family like he used to.

War brings only sorrow and death. Rin was aware of that, and she never wanted it to happen. Why should war? What is war for?

"Daughter, come with us" said a woman beside the man, suddenly holding a baby in her hand. It was obvious that she was the man's wife, as the man's worried expression was obvious. "We have to leave this place right now, what if there's a youkai chasing us."

The woman's words made the villagers aware of their condition. Within a few seconds, the villagers who had stopped stepped back on their feet.

Rin shook her head, she then opened the thick kimono jacket that Kenji gave enveloping the woman and baby in her cradle.

"Go all of you" smiled Rin. "Rin won't follow you."

Not caring about the reaction of the woman and the man who panicked and wanted to stop her, Rin again stepped forward.

"Daughter!!" call the woman trying to reach Rin's hand, as well as her husband. However, the other villagers stopped them. "Leave it, we don't know who the girl is, we shouldn't waste any longer here. Remember our lives at stake."

The couple's husband and wife fell silent. Staring at Rin's increasingly distant back, they then reluctantly turned around and followed the group of villagers in silence.

Rin knew, the villagers would not chase or stop him. Humans would probably worry about it, but they would also not waste time stopping it since their lives were at stake. No one would want to throw away his life just for their unknown person.

Man is always self-serving.

Funny no, humans are always afraid and say hanyou or youkai are selfish beings who are selfish, but realize they are, that so is the human being.

The sentence may be true, but Rin also believes not all humans are like that. The faces of Kagome, Miroku, Sango then flashed, and Rin smiled. Aren't they such human beings?— unselfish and selfish. Then Inuysha-sama who is hanyou, is also not it? Then also—Sesshoumaru-sama who saved him first. Didn't he revive himself who was an unknown human child? Protecting and raising him, he was never selfish and self-centered.

And finally, he who is a human being. Rin thinks he's in which category?—he wants to be in the category of unselfish and selfish. He wants to be like Kagome, Sango, Miroku and Inuyasha - he wants to be like Sesshoumaru.

Humans, hanyou and youkai, aren't they really similar? Why do they always say they are different?

Humans grieve at the loss of their loved ones, youkai is like that too right? No living creature is sad if left by people close to them. Therefore, for this war, how much sorrow will be left behind?

A war that would leave such a wound, Rin did not want it.

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