Till The End Of Time [Inuyasha Fanfiction ]
Chapter 48's

Sesshoumaru stood on the balcony of his study room which was at the top of the Western Land Palace in silence. He did not stare at the slightest sight of snow that had blown up the entire plain outside the window, his golden eyes tightly shut with a small bottle in his right hand. Behind him Inukimi, Kenji, Kiri, Kira, Inuyasha and Kagome stood still.

The shoji door of Sesshoumru's study room suddenly opened, an inuyoukai palace warrior immediately entered and knelt down facing Sesshoumaru's back which did not budge in the slightest. "Report, Seshoumaru-sama. We can't find Rin-sama nor the kidnapper."

"Let's see you!" inukimi shouted suddenly. For a second he had been in front of the soldier with his golden eyes that had turned blood red. Her lips lifted revealing her long fangs. His voice was like a hissing. "No matter how and in any way, find my daughter and her captor!"

Inukimi's face and anger made the soldier afraid. Stuttered he immediately nodded his head. "H-servants understand, Inukimi-sama."

"Kill 'em! Don't you dare let any of them live!" inukimi's orders again. His hand which had sharp claws moved gripped the neck of the soldier who could not move in the slightest.

"Inukimi, calm yourself!" yelled Kenji looking at the attitude of the anger-controlled former Western Land Ruler.

Putting aside the prajuit, Inukimi looked at Kenji. His anger is growing. "Call said! When my precious daughter was kidnapped from me!"

Kenji was silent at what Inukimi said. Inukimi's anger, he could have taken it upon himself, but, being angry and killing a soldier who had nothing to do with it, was wrong.

"Sesshoumaru-sama!" call someone suddenly. The shoji door of the workspace where everything is located is open, and Kohaku and Sango walk in.

"Sesshoumaru-sama, who kidnapped Rin is Tsu—" Kohaku said again trying to tell him who Rin's kidnapper was. However, as yet unfinished Kohaku said, a soldier ran in. "Sesshoumaru-sama!"

The soldiers who entered were not Palace soldiers. His clothes despite still having the western emblem, were clearly not exactly the same as the palace warrior clothes. Kneeling in front of Sesshoumaru not caring about the others, his face was clearly in a panic. "Sesshoumaru-sama, the servant is a soldier from the Southern border. About ten thousand southern troops have now been stationed and camped in front of the border fortress."

Taking out a scroll, he raised up to hand it over to Sesshoumaru. "They're delivering this for you, Sesshoumaru-sama."

Sesshoumaru remained motionless, he kept his back to the soldier. Inukimi, still full of anger, stepped closer to the soldier. Raising his hand, he immediately grabbed the scroll and opened it. His red eyes widened and not caring about anything, he pulled the scroll in half and threw it on the tatami of the room. "Bad! The insolent! How dare! How dare that little wolf!" yell Inukimi.

Kenji who saw Inukimi's attitude immediately knelt up lifting the scroll. His eyes widened, because even though it had been damaged he could still clearly read what was written in the scroll. Inuyasha who did not understand what was happening immediately approached Kenji, seizing the scroll and reading it aloud.

...From South to West....

...Peace is boring....

...The rain of blood I truly miss....

...Let's let the screams and the levees determine...

...The West that survives or the South that succeeds....

...Akihiko's...

Staring at Sesshoumaru, all fell silent. Inuyasha, Kagome, Miroku, Sango and Kohaku do not know directly who Akihiko is, but they know, the name is the name of the youkai ruler of the Southern Land. Kenji also could not say anything, he was still less able to believe it, Akihiko the white wolf ruler of the Southern Land, through the letter, had clearly declared war on the west.

"Sesshoumaru-sama!" call Kohaku again. Fear fills him, if the south kidnaps Rin and declares war, unmistakably, Rin will become a tool of this youkai war; becoming a southern hostage. "Rin! The one who kidnapped Rin was Tsuba—"

Sesshoumaru raised his free left hand upwards, indicating that Kohaku was silent. Not told by anyone, he knows who kidnapped Rin; tsubasa, the beloved concubine of the Southern Landlord. He neither smelled nor felt the smell and aura of Tsubasa and all of his followers since this morning, along with the loss of Rin's smell and aura. They had tricked him by using the perfume potion bottle in his hand. To haunt him and kidnap Rin from his palace, then, now there's a letter for him, the south is declaring war on the west?

Reversing his body, Sesshoumaru stared at everything. His face remained expressionless calm, but when his eyes opened, everything that was there was not except Kiri, Kira, Kenji nor Inuyasha and inukimi instantly goosebumps. His golden eyes had now turned into a deep blood-red that was so intense it even looked like black.

No one dared to say anything, all silent. Looking at Sesshoumaru's eyes now, they knew how furious the inuyoukai ruler of the Western Land was. Inuyasha could only gulp, he had seen Sesshoumaru furious a few times, but his anger this time was completely different, and inevitably, inwardly, inwardly, she was grateful that the anger was not directed at her.

"Left, Kira," call Sesshoumaru. His voice remained flat, but the horror was clearly felt.

"Prepare the Western forces. If the South does want a rain of blood, then this Sesshoumaru will grant it." Sesshoumaru's Order.

"understand!" Reply Kira and Left again simultaneously. Not saying anything more, the two of them instantly got up and walked out carrying out Sesshoumaru's orders.

Inukimi smiled a smirk full of satisfaction hearing what Sesshoumaru said. His son's decision satisfied him. He will stand in front of the war line as the battle progresses, because with his own hands, he will tear the body and pluck the heart of Tsubasa who had dared to kidnap Rin from the West Land.

Kenji silently tried hard to think of the best solution to avoid war. He did not want the south and west to fight, how many lives he would pay, be it youkai or human. The peace that exists will soon be over. But, looking at the present situation, seeing the facial expressions of Sesshoumaru and Inukimi, he could not do anything either, as he did not have the power to stop the war that had been intensified.

Inuyasha, Kagome, Miroku, Sango and Kohaku are also just as silent as Kenji. Hanyou and the humans who heard the declaration of the war were also unable to do anything. Youkai war, they can't interfere, but, they don't want that to happen either. The youkai war has never been good news for anyone who hears of it.

Sesshoumaru did not say anything else, he turned back to look at the snow scene in front of him. Clenching his hands tightly, he tried to endure the overwhelming anger and hatred that filled his heart. For the first time in his life, the inuyoukai of the Western Land Ruler felt this kind of anger. The anger he directed at the South as well as himself. On the south who dared to declare war and kidnap Rin. To himself who let it all happen. The fact that for the first time he realized his true feelings for the human girl made him doubtful. He was immersed in his feelings all night, constantly trying to shake off the fact that he had become like his father; loving a human being. However, he did not succeed, and what happened was that he was caught off guard to the point of not knowing the girl had disappeared from his palace.

Sesshoumaru did not dare to act recklessly, because Akihiko was not an easy youkai to predict. In this youkai war between the South-West, one step only, Rin's life can be lost, and if that happens, she won't be able to revive it again for the third time.

Rin's.

Rin's laughing and smiling face was reflected in Sesshoumaru's mind. The human girl he raised and raised, the human girl who had bloomed into the most beautiful flower in the world, the human girl most precious to him, the human girl of his; his Rin. He will destroy the South. If they dare to injure the girl a single hair, then she will ensure that the South along with all its contents will be wiped out from this world forever.

....xox....

Opening his eyes Rin lay on top of a futon. Rubbing her eyes with her hands, she yawned. When did he fall asleep? He can't remember. However, as he scanned his surroundings, he realized, he was not in his own room in the Western Land Palace. The ceiling of the room was clearly very foreign to Rin, as well as the walls. There was not much furniture in it and the room was at first glance similar to one of the guest rooms in the Western Land Palace.

Rising, Rin finds herself still using her sleeping yukata. Looking around again, he saw oil lamps illuminating the room he was in. Walking slowly, the girl headed towards the shoji door of the room and opened it. The first thing he saw was a dark and long corridor passageway with several oil lamps as lights.

Stepping foot, Rin walked down the corridor slowly. From the window around the corridor, he could see now was night. There is no shining sun, only stars and moons. Continuing to step, he was sure, he was in a Palace, only, the silence and calm around him felt so awkward. In a place like this, no guard was clearly not something true.

Tracing the corridor even further, Rin then noticed it. It turns out what he was thinking was wrong. He could feel clearly now; there were dozens of eyes watching his every footstep from within the darkness, and he also knew, those were youkai eyes, not humans. However, not a single bit of fear was felt. He who had always been surrounded by youkai did not feel the slightest feeling that a human should feel in his current position.

Long walk Rin finally entered a park. Unlike the garden in the Palace of the West Land where it is enlarged, where even though winter although not flowering is still full of cherry tree trunks that will flower in spring. The garden is now empty and arid, without any trees, flowers or grass.

Pulling the yukata and rubbing his palms, Rin tried to fight the cold. His human eyes could still see his surroundings well thanks to the help of the moonlight above the night sky that was still quite full. But a light suddenly caught his attention.

In the middle of the dark and arid garden, Rin saw clearly, there was a beam of white light that kept moving rapidly. Not thinking much, stepping on her bare feet, the human girl immediately approached the light. The closer Rin is to the light, his eyes can finally see what the real figure of the white light he sees, namely; a man, or rather a youkai.

In the darkness with the moonlight as the light, the youkai was practicing the sword, jumping and pointing his sword as if he was facing an enemy. The moonlight made Rin able to see clearly the handsome face of the youkai, the bluish white hair that was cut short, the eyes were the same color as the blue sky, the nose was sharp, and the nose was sharp, pointed ears as well as two deep blue stripes on his cheeks. Her clothes were a blue haori and a black hakama. Just looking at it, Rin knew, his clothes were made of silk of the best quality. However, the most obvious, fleeting look, Rin also knew, he was a powerful youkai who had high power like Sesshoumaru.

The youkai's slash was very strong and sharp, but it was undeniably very neat and graceful, making Rin very enchanted. Movement after movement, a stroke and a puncture accompanied by a leap in Rin's eyes, look like a beautiful dance. Slowly, the human girl then sat on the ground watching the youkai in front of her, not caring about her sleeping yukata getting dirty.

How long Rin menonto youkai was practicing the sword, he did not know. However, his brown eyes continued to follow the movement until the youkai finally stopped, indicating that the exercise had been completed.

'Plok-plok-plok.'

Applause broke the silence. Looking at the source of the voice, the youkai was stunned to see what was in front of him. Not far in front of him, a human girl was sitting with moonlight shining down on her. A wide smile flashed across her extremely beautiful face, while her two large, clear brown eyes twinkled with excitement. Opening her bare mouth, a voice so soft and beautiful as a bell rang out.

"Great! How lovely!"

....xoxOx....