Till The End Of Time [Inuyasha Fanfiction ]
Chapter 85's

Jaken entered the grounds of a large house that stood alone in the forest. There was fear in his heart every short leg he stepped on. But, he did not dare to go against Sesshoumaru's orders telling him to look at the development of kimono-making for Rin.

Jaken actually did not understand why Sesshoumaru himself came to a place like this just for the sake of a kimono for Rin, and also the ingredients for the kimono was–Jaken felt himself dreaming.

"Come in, Jaken-san." Onimura's voice suddenly sounded along with the door of the house opening.

Swallowing his saliva, Jaken recalled again with Onimura's facial expression three days ago. He didn't know what to do if the spider youkai attacked him. But, venturing out, he finally stepped in.

Inside the house it was very dark even though the sun was shining brightly outside. Spider nests both small and large fill the corner of the room like this house is uninhabited.

Stepping forward, Jaken's eyes caught the light in one room. Sighing, he opened the door and walked in.

Onimura was there. In a dark room with an oil lamp as the light, the spider youkai was sitting in front of a weaver weaving cloth.

"What are you doing here, Jaken-san?" ask Onimura flatly. He did not take his eyes off the cloth he had woven.

Jaken gulped once more, but there was a feeling of relief also filling his heart. At least this spider youkai was acting ordinary towards him. "I-I just came to observe the development of kimono making."

Onimura laughed at Jaken's words. He knew, surely Sesshoumaru who ruled this frog youkai saw the development of making this kimono.

"Hey, Jaken-san," called Onimura again slowly. Both his hands and eyes were still focused on his weaving tools. "Hime from the west, what was he like?"

"Eh?? What's rin like?" jaken asked in surprise.

Onimura nodded his head. In the past five years, he has always made the most beautiful kimonos for hime from the west, both at the request of Sesshoumaru and Inukimi. In fact, she also received a request to make a kimono for the girl from Akihiko from the south last month.

But, Onimura had never met the human girl in person. He only heard from word of mouth, how beautiful and charming the hime.

"Rin ya Rin." Jaken did not care. "She's a stupid, innocent human girl."

"I heard she was very beautiful, like a flower that blooms in spring." Sela Onimura again with a smile.

Jaken was silent at Onimura's words. Beautiful?–ya, she must admit Rin is indeed very beautiful. How is she not beautiful? Since living in the palace of the western land, she was raised like a princess with all the needs of the best quality of life in the world.

"Yes. Our Rin is indeed very beautiful," Jaken replied then full of pride. "Oh, she is also very good at playing Shamisen, dancing and singing. But, to me–he is a little boy."

Onimura laughed at Jaken's words. Looking at the way the frog youki was explaining what a hime from the west looked like, she knew–hime was a very innocent girl.

Staring at the cloth he had woven again, Onimura could only smile back.

Spring when cherry blossoms bloom.

That was what Sesshoumaru the ruler of the western lands said. But, the inuyoukai did not know, what exactly Onimura's pair of black eyes saw as he said that line.

Onimura the yarn spinner is the most famous youkai clothing maker in Japan. His work is sought after both youkai and human because of its beauty and uniqueness. With his black eyes, he could capture all the beauty and all sorts of feelings that would be poured into his work.

What his pair of black eyes saw back then was the silhouette of–siluet of a human girl in the middle of a cherry blossom garden.

Black-haired like the night sky, white skin like snow, a pair of brown eyes as clear as a lake, blushing cheeks like roses and blood-red lips.

But it's not the beauty that hypnotizes, it's the feeling that exists. The sacred white, the dazzling beauty, the dazzling innocence, the warm tenderness and the colors that symbolize spring; the cherry blossoms that she loved. The way Sesshoumaru, the ruler of the western land looked at the hime from the west was actually the inspiration of his masterpiece–love that exists.

Love of a youkai to a human. Very deep love, very sincere love and also very beautiful–love.

Then, the two main ingredients for his kimono. The most perfect material for his work– Never Onimura thought, inuyoukai it would be easy to give up without a second thought.

Laughing, Onimura's eyes glowed softly and were full of excitement. This kimono, he knew, would forever be his irreplaceable masterpiece. He will be able to close his eyes calmly if this kimono is resolved properly.

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In Rin's room, with an oil lamp as the dark light of night. Jinenji and Kagome sat in front of the human girl checking her health.

"Your health is very good, Rin-chan." Jinenji smiled as soon as he finished checking on Rin's health.

"really? Thank you, Jinenji-san." Rin's smile was happy.

Kagome who was beside Jinenji did not say anything with Rin's health examination results. However, his black eyes fell on Rin's chest, where the meido seki hung well.

Meido seki until now still can not be separated from Rin. Inukimi, who locked herself in a library looking for the cause, has yet to find an answer.

"Did you find anything strange to Rin-chan, Kagome?" jinenji asked Kagome.

Kagome shook her head. "My results are the same as yours, Jinenji. I think even if Rin-chan doesn't let go of the meido seki, as long as it's not used, she won't be anything."

"I think so too." agreed Jinenji.

Since returning home from the south, Inukimi had Jinenji check on Rin's health every day. Therefore, maintaining the health of the human girl is the top priority until the meido seki is released.

Rin who heard Kagome and Jinenji's words then lowered his gaze towards meido seki. Slowly, his hand was raised touching the heirloom of a youkai that only one could touch.

"Kagome-sama, Jinenji-san," call Rin slowly. He did not lift his face at all. "Actually, Rin doesn't feel meido seki is dangerous at all."

Rin's words made Kagome and Jinenji turn their heads at the human girl.

"Meido seki is always warm when Rin touches him," Rin explained quietly with a smile on his face. "And Rin felt, she always took care of Rin. Meido seki is so good."

Rin's words leave Kagome and Jinenji speechless not knowing what to say. Meido seki is something that until now they can not know what actually is. Dangerous or not meido seki, no one knows for sure.

"May what you say be true, Rin-chan," Kagome smiled later. Stand up and then laugh. "Alright, I won't disturb your rest time anymore, Rin-chan. I think Shiro's been looking for me, too."

Jinenji also immediately stood up and smiled. "I'm Rin-chan too. I'll go back to my study, get some good rest."

"Yes, thank you and sorry for bothering you, Kagome-sama, Jinenji-san." Rin smiled and stood up.

Raising his head upwards looking at the night sky, Rin clasped back the seki meido he was wearing.

The time that stopped has returned to moving.

The sentence again flashed through Rin's head, and a fright filled her heart. She had no idea what the word meant, but she was terrified every time she remembered it.

Rin never told this sentence and the fear he felt to anyone including; Sesshoumaru. Why?–Rin itself does not know. He did not dare; he was afraid.

Clutching even tighter the seki meido in his hand, Rin then closed his eyes. Taking a breath and exhaling it a few times, he tried to calm himself down and dismissed the fear.

"Sesshoumaru-sama.." murmured Rin slowly. He wanted Sesshoumaru to come home quickly, he wanted to see it, because he knew that the existence of the inuyoukai would be able to calm him down.

Sesshoumaru.

It had been a week since the inuyoukai left the western land palace and told him to wait. The presence of Inuyasha and the others did indeed make these few days feel very crowded, but deep down, he missed that inuyoukai terribly.

Slowly, in her quiet room, Rin opened her mouth and sang.

Name no naka

Kaze no naka

Yume no naka's

Sesshoumaru-sama doko ni iru

Jakken - sama wo shita naete

Watashi wa hitori de machimashou

Sesshoumaru - samomodori wo

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Sesshoumaru - samomodori wo

Sesshoumaru stopped stepping and turned his face back, stunned. In the wind, she felt as if she heard Rin singing a strange song that the girl wrote as a child while waiting for her.

"Rin..." Call Sesshoumaru slowly. There was a feeling of longing in his heart, it had been a week more passed without him seeing the girl. Does that girl miss him too? Did the girl sing that strange song again while waiting for her?

"Sesshoumaru-sama!! Wait servant!!" jaken shouted as he ran towards Sesshoumaru.

Taking a breath of his breath, Jaken's eyes then directed at Sesshoumaru's figure and gulped. He was still unfamiliar with the changing figure of this western land lord inuyoukai now, and he also did not dare to imagine the reaction of the entire western land palace upon seeing it.

As usual, Sesshoumaru did not care about Jaken. Both of his legs again stepped into the large house in front of him.

Sesshoumaru's golden eyes instantly caught the figure of Onimura kneeling before his door full of respect. However, most importantly, he could also see a black box in front of the spider youkai.

"Sesshoumaru-sama," called Onimura with a smile. "Kimono masterpiece servant has been perfect."

Sesshoumaru nodded his head softly without saying anything.

Slowly, Onimura then opened the black box in front of him and looked at the kimono that became his masterpiece.

Sesshoumaru's golden eyes shone with satisfaction upon seeing the kimono. Onimura actually managed to make the kimono he expected.

"This is the masterpiece of a servant that will be unmatched in this world, Sesshoumaru-sama. Thank you for giving this opportunity to me." Onimura said again and bowed respectfully.

Sesshoumaru still did not say anything hearing Onimura's words. Motionless, he just stared at the spider youkai back folding and stored the kimono into the box.

"Jaken." call Sesshoumaru. "Take that kimono."

"Good." Reply Jaken stammered and ran to retrieve the black box containing the kimono from Onimura's hand.

"If you don't mind, Sesshoumaru-sama," Onimura said again suddenly. "Let me make my shiromuku for hime-sama and black montsuki for you."

"S-Shiromuku?? M-montsuki??" jaken's face turned deathly pale. His body shook violently in surprise. He immediately turned his face back to look at Sesshoumaru. Was what he just heard right??

Onimura clearly knew what the kimono meant to Sesshoumaru. The love he saw, the material he gave–looked clearly the intent of the inuyoukai. A kimono is a milkatu used to propose to a woman in the human world; the ruler of the western lands wants to propose to a hime from the west.

Sesshoumaru looked at Onimura hearing the youkai words of the spider. But, still there was no reason to show, the face remained flat without expression. However, a moment later he nodded his head. "Make it."

Jaken can't say anything more. His pale face became increasingly pale. So right? Sesshoumaru will marry Rin???

"Thank you, Sesshoumaru-sama." bowing in salute, Onimura's old face shone full of happiness. "The servant will not disappoint you."

Sesshoumaru did not say anything more. Reversing his body, he then stepped away from the grounds of Onimura's house. "Jaken, we're home."

Jaken who was still stunned with a pale face immediately regained his senses at Sesshoumaru's voice. Staring fixedly at the box containing the kimono in her hands, she hugged it tightly. His head would break if something happened to this kimono. Stepping his short legs, he again chased after the master in front of him. "Sesshoumaru-sama, wait!!!"

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Inukimi stared dislikefully at the stack of letters in front of her. Invitation letters to Rin are getting more and more days. From the north, from the east even from the neutral.

Squeezing the letters, Inukimi felt very upset. What do these youkai mean?–in' to take his daughter? or want to use?

Throwing the letters away. Inukimi then stood up. Walking to the front of the window, he sighed. For almost two weeks he locked himself in this library without getting anything. When will his foolish son come home?

The spring breeze blew, and suddenly, Inukimi caught a smell that was very familiar to her. Both of her golden eyes immediately sparkled happily, as well as her beautiful face.

Not wasting any time, Inukimi immediately turned around and ran to the library exit. Opening the door strongly, he ordered Kira who was guarding in front of the door while laughing. "Kira! Call Taisho's son, the weird miko and the others to Rin's little room right now! Sesshoumaru is home!!!

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