Till The End Of Time [Inuyasha Fanfiction ]
Chapter 95's

"What do you hear is true?" ask a fruit seller to his friend who is a vegetable seller.

In the bustling human-city inner market, the two men were telling stories aloud while guarding their trading booth. They care nothing for the views of those who are directed at them.

"What are you talking about up to this?" ask a woman suddenly. He walked over to the fruit stand while smiling. "Please pack a kilo of apples for me."

The fruit seller laughed at the words of the woman who was his loyal customer long ago. His hand immediately picked the apple from his booth. Smiling, he then turned his head to look at the woman. "We're discussing rumors about the youkai ruler of the western lands and his kisakinya."

"Oh?" exclaim that woman. The smile on his face grew wider. "I heard it too. About the human woman being the wife of the youkai, right?"

"Yes" said the vegetable seller, who could not help himself following the talks. His voice suddenly hardened. "Humans become youkai kisaki!! What will this world be like in the future!!??

The sound of his shout immediately attracted the attention of some of the city's walking residents. Approaching the fruit and vegetable stands, some people quietly heard while some people came to issue opinions.

"Hmn," screeched in dislike, a young man opened his mouth. "I heard that cheap lady is willing to be a kisaki because she is blinded by the luxury youkai offers."

"Not only that," a woman immediately connected the young man's words. "I heard he was also promised territory and power. That cheap lady wants to be the Queen of the humans. She's a greedy woman."

"If that happens, what will be our life ahead" an old grandmother who was there sighed at the woman's words. "Our days are going to be tough."

Everyone in the place was silent hearing the old grandmother's words. But, inwardly, they all agreed. Youkai the ruler of the western lands is a youkai that humans are very afraid of. His territory, power and power encompassed the entire land area of Japan, and also, it was undeniable that thousands of youkai were willing to die for that ruler, he can destroy people easily.

"B-but, I don't understand" the voice of a young woman suddenly broke the silence. "Why would the youkai ruler of the western lands want to raise a human woman to be his kisakinya?"

The question immediately caught the attention of everyone.

"I heard that cheap woman is very beautiful," replied the silent vegetable seller from earlier with a contemptuous facial expression. "The ruler of the western lands liked her beauty."

"You're wrong" cut a young man suddenly. He stood beside the old grandmother who said the days ahead of man will be difficult. "I heard that the ruler of the western lands raised the cheap woman to kisaki because she had tremendous power."

"Strength?" ask the confused vegetable seller. But for a moment he woke up. "You mean the power of raising dead youkai??"

The words of the vegetable seller immediately made all who were aware and began to whisper and assume in their own hearts. The western and southern wars that took place last year are still vividly remembered in their minds. A strange war that has no casualties on either side, and rumors say, kisaki land west which at that time was still a hime from the west that resurrected all youkai from death in the war.

"Yes," the young man replied as he nodded his head. His face was very serious, but it also contained fear and horror. "Therefore, the youkai ruler of the western lands raised him to kisaki. You can imagine?–how scary are youkai from the west, if even though they have been killed they can come back to life."

The young man's words instantly made everything there panic. Fear filled their faces. What the young man said was very reasonable, human beauty might be able to attract the attention of youkai, but not until it can become a kisaki. But, not for the ability to resurrect those who die–all humans would be in great danger if youkai could not die.

"Are the weak humans like us still able to move on in the future if youkai attack?" granny who was next to the young man again. The sadness on his face was obvious.

"Infell?" exclaimed the woman who had bought the fruit surprised and looked at the grandmother.

The grandmother nodded her head. "I've lived a long time, son. What youkai's like, I know. Them; cruel. If they have extraordinary powers, they will rule the world and destroy or enslave us humans."

The grandmother's explanation again became something that was discussed and thought of all that existed. But, they all agreed and believed in the words of her elder.

"We have to do something before it happens." Said a middle-aged man suddenly. His voice was very high, there was anger clearly visible on his face. "We can't let our children live like that!!"

What the middle-aged man said was immediately welcomed by everything. They all agreed–they did have to do something to avoid a future that would destroy human existence.

A commotion broke out within that market, everything that existed began to spew opinions and possible ways humans could do to stop an unwanted future. From renting taijiya to fighting youkai the lord of the western lands to–killing the troublemaker; kisaki the western lands.

In the commotion, no one noticed, the old granny who was sure of the youkai attack and the young man beside her disappeared from sight.

Away from the human crowd, the two figures turned into fireballs and vanished without a trace.

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Shui gave a small smile staring at the bonsai in front of him. His hand that holds scissors, edits the bonsai branch and tries to arrange the plant as he wishes.

"I really don't understand you" said Takeru, the ruler of the northern lands. Both of her green eyes were staring at the confused figure of Shui who was in front. "You're still relaxed like this. I thought you'd be moving right back from the west."

Shui didn't reply to Takeru's words, even he didn't allow his sight of the snake youkai, his focus was still on the bonsai ahead.

"The east has begun to move," Takeru continued, and laid his body on the tatami below. "The old fox wrote me a letter, and wanted to ask me to help make rumors in my territory."

"Oh, huh?" shui's laughter was slow, but she still did not turn her face to Takeru. "You're helping him?"

Takeru laughed, "I'm too lazy to do that," got up and sat down with a grinning smile on his face, he looked back at the neutral youkai leader. "You're not surprised?–you already know the eastern plan, huh?"

Shui did not reply, but the smile on his face grew wider.

Takeru looked at Shui's smile and tried to guess what was on his mind. Shui, the white one from neutral was a distant cousin, and although their relationship could not be said to be good, their relationship was not bad either.

Eight hundred years ago, the two of them grew up together as children in the northern land palace, and indeed, Shui was one of the candidates who competed with him to become the ruler of the northern land once. But, for no apparent reason, at the age of about two hundred, this white-eyed youkai suddenly threw all of that away and left the north.

Then, for no apparent reason as well, a hundred years later, he suddenly appeared again, becoming a highly trusted youkai figure of the neutral clan youkai and the adopted sister of Inu No Taisho, who was the first of his kind, inuyoukai the ruler of the western lands at that time.

Shui–dia is a youkai full of puzzles. He did not bind himself to anyone, neither to the west which was the territory of his adoptive brother, nor to the north, where he came from. In the eyes of all who exist, both youkai and human, he is a strange neutral youkai who loves peace.

The neutral white is the nickname given to it by humans hundreds of years ago, and it survives today. The nickname was given as a token of gratitude because he protected and saved one city from the rampage of a youkai. In the eyes of humans, even though he is youkai, he is pure white–a protector.

Then, the honorable of the neutral, the leader of the neutral youkai clan–julukan was also not obtained without reason. That Shui, just one look, everyone knows, he is a very powerful youkai. No one knew clearly his strength, but hundreds of years ago, in the presence of many youkai, Inu no taisho from the west had once said that his adopted sister was no less powerful than him.

The law in the youkai world is the law of the jungle. The law where the strong live and the weak die. For youkai neutral clans who were on average weak youkai clans, their existence could have been lost at any time. Therefore, they need a strong youkai figure who does not side with anyone as a place to lean. Shui was the only youkai who met all those requirements. Therefore, all the neutral youkai clans followed him.

Famous name, good reputation and high honor; good youkai. All the nicknames that explain Shui–Takeru really want to laugh hearing all that. Who Shui was, he who lived with her as a child knew very well.–she was the craziest youkai she had ever seen in her eight hundred years of life.

"Don't look at me like it continues," Shui laughed later. His two white eyes fell back on the bonsai he had cut. "I don't know about the east plan."

Takeru did not believe Shui's words at all. But he doesn't care either. Back lying on top of the tatami, he then laughed. "Then you must have known the little fox was heading south."

Shui again laughed at Takeru's words, moving his hands, he carefully cut the bonsai leaves. "Akiko definitely can't keep quiet when what she wants most belongs to Rin."

Takeru sat back down and looked at Shui. A grinning smile adorned his face. "Rin," he said slowly. "You're calling that human name so gently, it seems like you're really interested in him."

"Rin is so charming that I can't ignore her," I Shui with a wider smile on his face. The sweet smiling face of the human woman was reflected in her mind. "He's too bright.."

A smile grinned on Takeru's face as wide as possible. "Therefore I wonder, why don't you move? What are you waiting for?"

Laughing, Shui raised his face looking at the blue sky outside the window. "I want Sesshoumaru and Rin to be happy" he said slowly. "I want to see them both at the top of happiness."

"Then?" takeru asked holding back the laughter on his face.

Lowering her face, Shui looked back at Takeru. A smile remained on his face, but not with his eyes. Those two white eyes were shining full of madness. "When they fall from the peak of happiness–it will be the most beautiful looker I will see."

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Tsubasa stared with her expressionless face at Akiko, the hime from the east in front of her. Standing beside Akihiko, the ruler of the southern land who was sitting on his throne seat, he silently silently silently said nothing.

"You look a mess, Akihiko-san." Akiko Smile. However, his green eyes clearly laughed at the condition of the ruler of the southern land in front of him.

"Take care of your mouth, Akiko-sama." Tsubasa Sweat. His red eyes sharpened, while his lips lifted up showing a grin of anger.

Akihiko raised his right hand commanding Tsubasa to stop. Her sky blue eyes that were directed at Akiko then sharpened, but she still did not say anything.

Tsubasa sets her sights on Akihiko. He wanted to say something, but, in the end, he undoes his intentions. Akihiko, the ruler of the southern land has indeed changed in recent times.

The ruler of the southern land is a wolf youkai who is always relaxed not caring about many things. His two sky blue eyes always shone full of boredom. However, smiles and laughter, as well as the twinkle of warmth and happiness always adorned his handsome face not long after he had known a human girl.

Everything in the southern lands could see, how Akihiko was interested and liked the human girl. For all he did, no one would doubt if anyone said that the ruler of the southern lands wanted to make the human girl his woman. But they turned out to be wrong. The human girl turned out to be a kisaki of western lands–the most honorable woman in the great west.

Akihiko's reaction became something that was not expected of all those in the southern land palace. His generosity–how many maids, soldiers and concubines who were wounded or died without cause.

The sky blue eyes that were always bored now shone full of anger, as well as his face–ful of mercy. Akihiko clearly seemed unable to accept the fact that the human girl he wanted to be a woman from Sesshoumaru, the ruler of the western land.

Akihiko remained unanswered, but the anger on his face grew clearer.

"Although she has a legitimate mark as the Sesshoumaru couple from the west," Akiko continued with a laugh. Both of his eyes were shining with excitement. "You can't just let go of it, can you?–kisaki from the western lands."

Akihiko did not answer. But, in her heart, she acknowledged Akiko's words.

Akihiko.

The voice and smile of the human girl's laughter that meant so much to her flashed through the mind. The human girl is so different and like the spring sun in her life. The human girl he loved wholeheartedly–how could he let go?

The first time he loved, and without being able to do anything, he lost. Sesshoumaru deftly made the girl as a kisaki of the western lands.

Invitation.

The invitation Sesshoumaru uttered on the day the girl returned to the west, the invitation he was waiting for him to visit the western land palace and invite the girl he loved–the invitation turned into an invitation to attend the day the dog marked and raised the human girl he loved to be a kisaki west land?–ehim, the hatred in Akihiko's heart towards Sesshoumaru was immeasurable no longer.

Then, for the choice of the human girl who fell on Sesshoumaru. How Akihiko wanted to see regret on that pretty face in the end? Kisaki land west?–rearnya, he wanted to see how long the post can be held. How sad and devastated the girl when she found out that the dog did not really love her–all the ruler of the west wanted was the power of meido seki.

"I'm not interested in any of your plans from the east" Akihiko said later. A smile full of madness adorned his face. "Sooner or later, he'll come back to me."

Akihiko knew, sooner or later, Sesshoumaru would definitely throw away the human girl. At that moment, arriving, he was sure, the human girl would realize, who really loved her, who could always be by her side.

"Rin will come back to me.."

Akiko did not say anything more hearing Akihiko's words. But, the smile on the face still expands. He might not get an answer from the ruler of this southern land, but, at least what he wanted had been fulfilled–Akihiko would not be on the side of the woman by the time it arrived.

The silent Tsubasa heard Akihiko's words, unknowingly, had clenched tightly onto her hands until they bled. Akihiko– facial expressionis Akihiko still not giving up? Was this southern land lord still unable to let go of the woman even though the woman had been bearing the mark of another man?–this wolf youkai love had now turned into an obsession.

The woman who can turn Akihiko into this–why she envies and hates that human woman now! Why not himself? Why has Akihiko never seen her?

'Love you–Rin understand.'

Tsubasa was stunned for a moment as the remark flashed through his mind. A soft voice that spoke softly, as well as a warm embrace. A feeling of relief and also peace given–No! Tsubasa did not want to think about all that. He hated the woman, and hated her very much. If he could, he wanted to kill him with his own two hands.

But..

Why is the word understanding always in the head? Why in the depths of his heart could he not hate the human woman who seized what he wanted most?

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In the bedroom of the ruler of the western lands and his kisakinya, Jinenji turned a blind eye focusing on what he was doing; examining the health of Rin, the kisaki of the western lands.

Since Rin returned home from the southern land in early spring to this day mid-summer, Jinenji remains obliged to take care of the woman's health even though she has been declared healthy. Hanyou knew that this routine would be his daily duty until the meido seki could be separated from Rin.

"Rin's okay, isn't it, Jinenji-san?" rinn asked with a big smile on her face.

Jinenji smiled at Rin's smile. Nodding his head slowly, he laughed at the human woman he had known since childhood. "Do you have any complaints, Rin-sama?"

"Hmnn," Rib murmured softly. Grinding her forehead, she tried to think about whether she had any complaints about her health lately. "ah! There's Jinenji-san!!" suddenly full of spirit.

Rin's words immediately made Jinenji and also Kiri who was beside him turn their heads on the human woman.

"Rin has fallen down a lot lately" replied Rin quietly with a very serious facial expression. "Rin always lost his balance and felt his legs were not powered."

Jinenji laughed awkwardly at Rin's explanation. He is the person who was appointed as a personal healer of the western land. More than anyone, she knows the health of this human woman the most. The question Rin asked just now was a very simple question, but it had a simple answer to explain.

Still with an awkward laugh and a face that later turned red, Jinenji said slowly. "Hamba can't do much for that, Rin-sama. Maybe you can tell it to Sesshoumaru-sama."

"Eh?" rin is confused.

Jinenji's face turned red. Seeing Rin's innocent face styling her, only you found the conversation now very difficult.  "Your feet lose balance and feel weak, probably because of your activity at night."

Rin's face flushed perfectly hearing Jinenji's explanation. Silently, he did not know what else to say. An overwhelming shame filled his heart.

"B-but, you don't have to worry about Rin-sama," Jinenji continued quickly. He thought hard to take their topic in the other direction. "You're healthy. Overall, your body is very healthy."

Rin did not say anything, he just nodded his head with a face that was still flushed.

The left standing at the side did not say anything, even his facial expression did not change either. Indeed, he did not understand why both Rin and Jinenji expressed this way. Nighttime activity?–isn't that something a married couple usually do? What is so embarrassing about this activity?

"Hamba will concoct medicine to strengthen stamina and increase endurance for you, Rin-sama," Jinenji said again and smiled slightly. "So, no need to worry."

"Thank you, Jinenji-san." Reply to Rin and force a smile on his face.

"Do you have any other complaints, Rin-sama?" ask Jinenji again.

Rin shook his head quickly. "No, Jinenji-san."

"Alright," stood up, he then bowed respectfully. "Then excuse me."

Rin also stood up, intending to take the hanyou out. But a second later, he sat back down. He could feel both of his legs squeezing and losing balance again.

"Rin-sama." call Left surprised. Both of his hands instantly caught the human woman's hand.

Jinenji also moved quickly. Touching Rin's pulse, he again checked the health of the western land kisaki.

"R-rin is okay" said Rin slowly with a reddened face. He only returned feeling his legs limp and lost balance, and the cause Jinenji had explained earlier. But, for now, he really did not know what to say. "Rin.. Rin's..."

Kiri and Jinenji again looked at Rin together in silence. Looking at his red face, they immediately realized what was happening.

Making sure Rin really was okay, Jinenji again laughed awkwardly. "Then, I will go concoct medicine right now."

Rin nodded his head quickly. His flushed face grew even more red, he really did not dare to stand up and escort Jinenji now. Staring to the left, he then said slowly. "Kiri-sama, please replace Rin to escort Jinenji-san."

The left did not say anything and obeyed Rin. Not caring about Jinenji's repulsion, the inuyoukai with his flat face still drove Jinenji out of the room.

Rin lowered her head down. Both of his hands were raised covering his face that was still flushed. This was the first time she felt this kind of shame before Kiri and Jinenji.

"Sesshoumaru-sama."

"Sesshoumaru-sama."

Rin immediately lowered her hand hearing the voice of Kiri and Jinenji calling out the name of the ruler of the western lands. Looking towards the door, he found Kiri and Jinenji bowing in salute to Sesshoumaru who walked into the room.

"Sesshoumaru-sama." Call Rin slowly. With her face still flushed red, a smile rose on her pretty face.

Sesshoumaru walked up to Rin. Standing in front of his wife, he bent his body until their eyes were aligned. "Your face red. What's the matter, Rin?"

Sesshoumaru's question took Rin by surprise. His face turned red again, he did not know how to answer the question. Looking towards the door trying to seek help from this humiliating situation, he found no more Jinenji nor Kiri.

"Ri."

Sesshoumaru's voice calling out his name made Rin look back at the inuyoukai. But, as yet she had not had the chance to do anything, a pair of hands of the ruler of the western lands suddenly held her tiny body up.

"S-sesshoumaru-sama!!" rin shouted in surprise. Both of his hands immediately touched Sesshoumaru's shoulders looking for balance.

"What's wrong?" ask Sesshoumaru once more. The face looked straight at Rin's face, while her pair of golden eyes shone full of seriousness and wanted answers.

Rin really doesn't know what else to do. His face from embarrassment turned to surprise, then turned pale and came back again red from shame–what's wrong with him being in this condition today??

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