Till The End Of Time [Inuyasha Fanfiction ]
Chapter 96's

Sesshoumaru opened his pair of golden eyes. As usual, he finds Rin sleeping peacefully. Just covered in his mokomokonya, the western earth kisaki body that was not wrapped in a thread was in his arms.

Today is one day in the summer. A bright blue sky with a bright morning sun, a wind that blows slowly with heat, and the sound of insects that sound hard.

However, the newly opened Sesshoumaru could sense something very different today. Not the sun above the sky, nor the summer heat, moreover, nor the loud sound of insects on the tree— that is different today is Rin.

Staring at the peaceful sleeping human woman, her two golden eyes widened in shock. His keen sense of smell could clearly smell the change in smell of the eternal spring that there was a foreign—bau he had once kissed.

Sesshoumaru could feel clearly how his heart was beating so fast. The feeling of surprise that existed even made him unable to move. The first time in his life, he was confused and doubted his sense of smell—is the foreign smell he smelled now true?

Strengthening his heart, slowly, Sesshoumaru opened his mokomokonya that covered Rin's body. Carefully, he let go of his embrace without waking his kisak. Rise up sitting, his eyes could not be separated from the peaceful face in front.

Staring fixedly at Rin's face, Sesshoumaru's gaze then moved down and stopped on the flat stomach of the human woman. All sorts of feelings filled his heart. Unbelieving, surprised, confused, doubtful, warm, satisfied, proud, happy—all feelings combine and mix into one.

Moving his unwitting right hand now trembling slightly, Sesshoumaru touched the flat stomach slowly and carefully. The warmth of the snow-white skin was like seeping into the entire recesses of his heart. Then, in the morning of this summer, the daiyoukai ruler of the western land smiled—a big smile with eyes that glowed full of happiness.

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"What should I do!!?" cry Myoga loudly. Tears flowed unbearably like waterfalls from his big eyes. "I'm really going to die this time!!"

"Hmnn, you can simply bring the fushi no kusuri to Sesshoumaru," replied Totosai who was ordering a sword no matter what. Both eyes focused on what he was doing. "Thus, your problem is solved."

"Where am I looking, Totosai!!" myoga shouted in anger. Jumping from above the ground, he landed on the shoulders of the youkai swordsman tessaiga and tensaiga. "Tell me where should I find that cure!!??"

Totosai raised his right hand and patted the jumping Myoga and shouted loudly on his shoulder. He didn't care a bit about the flea youkai who was his friend since hundreds of years ago it fell back down on the ground.

"I don't know either" Totosai said later. Moving his left hand again, he scratched his ear. "I've even heard it for the first time that fushi no kusuri."

Myoga said nothing. With a trembling body, he tried to stand up again with both feet on the ground.

"You were always with Toga-sama as long as he was alive, " Totosai continued again and looked at Myoga. "I think you can calm down and think where the fushi no kursi might be hidden."

Myoga was stunned to hear Totosai say. The words of his friend were very reasonable, it seemed like he really had to calm down and think with a cool head about the existence of fushi no kusuri.

Saying nothing, the youkai louse then sat on the ground. Folding all four of his hands on his chest, he closed his eyes and thought of the past hundreds of years ago.

Totosai who saw Myoga was now silently thinking, again forging the sword he was working on. But, not long after, he spoke again. "But, I didn't expect there would be a day when Sesshoumaru wanted a human being to live a long life to be with him. Didn't he always hate humans?"

Sighing Totosai scratched his non-itchy head. Raising his head looking at the sky, he then smiled slightly. "Fruit does not fall far from the tree. Sesshoumaru is becoming more and more like Toga-sama, his father."

"Tousers!!" myoga shouted suddenly calling out his friend's name loudly. Standing up straight, his eyes opened wide with a facial expression full of seriousness.

"Have you got a lead?" totosai asked looking at Myoga.

"I-I," answered Myoga stammeringly. A second later, the serious expression on his face disappeared replaced by a desperate cry. "I have absolutely no clue!!"

Totosai shook his head looking at Myoga's attitude. Not caring about it anymore, he re-pasted the sword that was in front of him. Sesshoumaru has changed, but it looks like his friend Myoga the louse will never change.

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Rin felt that today was something strange. All day, Sesshoumaru was always by his side. From morning till night, the ruler of the western lands did not abandon himself for a second. He did not allow her to step out of their room, all day long kisaki western land asked to rest.

Sesshoumaru even ordered the maids and servants to bring all documents of their duties as rulers to their rooms. While doing his duty, the inuyoukai watched over Rin who he forced to rest.

Rin though confused, in his deepest heart, was actually also very happy. Being with the inuyouai he loved, he would not be able to resist. Therefore, today became one of the happiest days for him.

Sitting quietly beside Sesshoumaru who was doing the task, while arranging flowers, writing rhymes or painting, Rin did not mind the slightest day he passed. He likes it—with Sesshoumaru, he knows, he doesn't need anything anymore.

As now, sitting at Sesshoumaru's feet, in an embrace with his back to back against the inuyoukai, Rin could feel the warmth enveloping him. The hand that hugged her waist tightly, the special smell, as well as the breath of her—she wanted to be in this place forever.

"Rin!!" the loud voice of Jaken's cry suddenly sounded. The closed door of shoji's room immediately opened violently. Rin's eyes could clearly see the short, youkai frog body figure walking in with a small table containing dinner coming inside.

"Rin, this is eating ma—ahhhh!! Sesshoumaru-sama!!" jaken's shocked and frightened cry was clearly heard as he looked at the figure of the ruler of the western land who was also in the room.

Putting a small table containing Rin's dinner on the tatami floor, Jaken immediately knelt down. His little body trembled, he cursed himself. If only he had known Sesshoumaru was inside, he would not have dared to be as impolite as before.

Rin though he has become a western landmine, his attitude and behavior towards Jaken has not changed at all. The human woman still respects and considers the important youkai frog, and that is what makes Jaken unchanged— his traits and attitude at will.

Rin looked at Jaken who was kneeling in fear silently silent silence without saying anything. The sight of Jaken like this was not something rare, since childhood up to this size, it had not been counted how many times he had seen it.

Laughing, Rin then opened her mouth. "Thank you for delivering Rin's dinner, Jaken-sama."

Breakfast, lunch, afternoon snack or dinner Rin, usually delivered Rei. However, sometimes, it was Jaken who drove him, and usually, after delivering the food, the frog youkai would stay with Rin for a while. From telling stories, discussing the past or asking for help solving his problems—Rin knows, Jaken actually just wants to spend a moment with him.

"It's the servant's duty, Rin-sama." Reply Jaken quickly by using polite language to Rin. She seemed to want to cry, if only she did not see Kiri walking towards the western earth palace library and thought Rin was alone in the room, she said, he would open the door politely as well as call out the name of the human woman 'Rin-sama'.

Sesshoumaru did not say anything seeing Rin and Jaken's interaction in front of him. Staring at the woman sitting at his feet, he then said softly. "Rin, eat it."

Rin nodded his head. Trying to get up and move away from Sesshoumaru's legs, he felt the hand that was hugging his waist in no way come off, in fact, getting tightened.

"Sesshoumaru-sama.." call Rin slowly full of confusion. However, Sesshoumaru did not care, he looked at Jaken who was in front with his expressionless face.

Jaken was indeed unable to guess what was in the mind of the ruler of the western lands. But, wandering along with those inuyoukai for hundreds of years, he was quite able to read the unspoken command of that pair of golden eyes. Lifting up the small table containing the malan meal, he immediately placed it before Rin and Sesshoumaru.

"Eat." Repeat Sesshoumaru again and look at Rin. His face remained flat as usual with no expression.

Rin's face flushed red at Sesshoumaru's words, does this mean, this inuyoukai told him to eat in this position?

Seeing Rin still not moving, Sesshoumaru then released his hand which was on the woman's waist. Taking the chopsticks and rice bowls and side dishes, slowly, he then began to feed Rin.

Rin's eyes widened to see what Sesshoumaru was doing. His face turned red, but seeing the golden eyes that were staring at him as well as the rice-filled chopsticks that were in front of his mouth, he then opened his mouth.

Jaken's eyes widened, he did not move even a little to see the scene in front of him. Raising both right hands, he rubbed his eyes in disbelief. Is what he sees now real? Or his troubled eyes?—Sesshoumaru feeds Rin?

Rin's face was still flushed red, but a very beautiful smile was on her face. Both her big brown eyes sparkled with happiness—she was right like a spring flower that bloomed beautifully.

"Saishoumaru!!!!!"

A loud scream suddenly sounded. A second later, the door of the closed room again opened very hard and showed the figure of the former ruler of the western land, Inukimi who ran in.

"Mother?" call Rin surprised to see the adoptive mother and mother-in-law.

Inukimi is stunned to see Rin sitting at Sesshoumaru's feet, as well as Sesshoumaru feeding Rin. But, a moment later he soon came to his senses, the change and strange attitude of his foolish son while being near his wife, although unusual is not something strange anymore for him—Rin is the most valuable treasure for Sesshoumaru.

Sitting right in front of Sesshoumaru and Rin, blocked only by a small table containing Rin's dinner, she brings her face closer to her only biological son. "Shoumaru!! Accompany your mother to let go of all the burdens of her mind!"

Sesshoumaru still did not care in the slightest of Inukimi's orders. His hands slowly, clutching the fish on the table and feeding it to Rin who looked at him and his biological mother alternately.

Inukimi, who locked herself in the western palace library for about two months, found out about meido seki, seems to have reached the limit. The ever-present Inuyoukai could no longer endure being silent any longer, and he needed an outlet for all his suffering.

Releasing the burden?—Sesshoumaru knew, Inukimi's intention was none other than to accompany him to fight, and he was not willing to waste his precious time on that useless thing.

"Shoumaru!! Are you listening to me???" yell Inukimi again. Regret filled his heart seeing the indifferent attitude of his biological son.

"Mother," Rin's voice calling her softly made Inukimi turn her head to look at the human woman. His annoyed heart instantly softened when he saw a sweet smile directed at him. "What if Rin alone accompanied Mother to release all the burdens of the mind?"

"Oh, daughter..." Inukimi sighed adoringly looking at the smile and hearing Rin's words. It turns out that this adopted daughter and daughter-in-law loved her the most, in contrast to her son who was a jerk.

"Rin cannot fight with his mother" continued Rin again with a widening smile. "But Rin can accompany Mother to tell stories, play shamisen or sing."

"Oh, you are indeed my daughter, little Rin!!" inukimi again. Raising both of his hands, he immediately hugged Rin's head and kissed the human woman's forehead softly.

Rin laughed with Inukimi's attitude. Being in the middle of the two daiyoukai from the west that everyone feared and avoided, the happy expression on his face did not change in the slightest of— that existed, his bell-like laughter grew stronger.

Sesshoumaru still did not react in the slightest, but seeing the happy laughter on Rin's face, his golden eyes softened—he really liked that laugh.

Inukimi who hugged and kissed Rin's forehead also smiled happily. Being this close to this human woman, she could clearly smell the pleasant smell of spring, although it was undeniable, as well as the smell of her biological son who was left behind strong and this smell of—bau??

Inukimi's eyes widened as her keen sense of smell smelled a foreign and familiar smell from Rin's body. Releasing her embrace, with her eyes wide open, she again kissed the daughter-in-law thoroughly once again.

The attitude of Inukimi who smelled Rin made confusion fill the heart. Clenching his forehead, he asked slowly. "Mother, what's wrong?"

Inukimi did not answer Rin's question. His sense of smell was right not wrong, although it was not strong and very thin, the foreign smell was really there and came from Rin's body.

With eyes wide open, without blinking and mouth wide open, Inukimi then raised her face to look at Sesshoumaru. "Is this really?" tanyanya.

Inukimi's question only made Rin even more confused. But, not for Sesshoumaru, seeing his biological mother who had smelled Rin that close, as well as seeing the surprised expression that existed, he clearly knew the inuyoukai had realized Rin's state.

Slowly, with his face remaining expressionless, Sesshoumaru then nodded his head slowly.

The surprised expression on Inukimi's face immediately changed. A single smile filled his face, and a second later turned into an extremely loud laughter of happiness. "Good!! Nice one!! You've worked hard Sesshoumaru!!"

Inukimi's laughter of happiness and speech made Rin even more confused, looking at Inukimi again, she again asked, "What's wrong, mother?"

Rin's question immediately made Inukimi stare back at the human woman. A moment later, with a smile that never disappeared from his face, he looked at Sesshoumaru. "Little Rin doesn't know yet?"

Sesshoumaru shook his head.

"What's up, Sesshoumaru-sama?" rin asked and turned his head to Sesshoumaru. He was really tangled with the attitude of the inuyoukai mother-daughter beside him right now.

The question as well as the large, clear eyes full of confusion directed at him made Sesshoumaru then lower the chopsticks and rice bowl in his hand. Moving slowly, his right hand then grasped Rin's right hand and placed it on the human woman's stomach.

Rin remains confused and does not understand the intent of the Sesshoumaru movement. She did not ask any more, but her brown eyes shone beautifully asking for an explanation.

The expression on Rin's pretty face, those clear brown eyes - Sesshoumaru's eyes softened tremendously. A small smile then expanded on his handsome face. "Kid."

"Eh?"

Rin's stunned. His two brown eyes that were staring at Sesshoumaru were unable to hide the stunned feeling in his heart. What did Sesshoumaru just say? Did he hear wrong?—anak?

Rin's stunned feeling immediately turned into shock and disbelief. His two brown eyes were wide, while his hands were trembling. Lowering his gaze as quickly as possible, he looked at his queen stomach which was covered in his own hands and Sesshoumaru.

Child?—anak? What does the word Sesshoumaru mean is that there is a new life that will grow in his body now? Is she pregnant now? Is there a sesshoumaru with her in her womb?—their child?

Raising his head back to look at Sesshoumaru, with an unchanged facial expression, Rin again asked a question. But he did not find his voice.

Sesshoumaru tightly grasped Rin's hand which was above the human woman's stomach. Slowly, the other hand moved gently stroking Rin's cheek.

"S-sshoumaru-sama," called Rin stammering after struggling to find her voice. "A-is R-rin pregnant with a child?"

The small smile on Sesshoumaru's face grew louder, nodding he answered Rin's question. "Our son."

Our son—the children of both.

Rin didn't know what else to say. Time seemed to stop that very second, his world was like being shone by an endless dazzling light. The wind that blows is a warm wind, and contains happiness—happiness unequaled in the world.

Tears flowed down unstoppably. Stifling happiness and warmth filled the chest. Lowering his face back on his flat stomach, in tears, Rin smiled.

Their boy.

In her stomach, in her womb, there was now a child. Son of Sesshoumaru with him. How could? How could such happiness approach him?

The shadow of his past flashed like a show in Rin's mind. A little girl who lost her family and a little girl. The little girl who meets an inuyoukai, dies and is turned on. Inuyoukai is always there for the girl, inuyoukai who always loved her—inuyoukai who eventually became her husband. Lalu—kini, the little girl who has grown up has a child; the child of the inuyoukai she loves.

His life changed. A life that should have been lost but saved, and since then, it has all seemed to be the crucifixion. The miracle of happiness, and now it has become real, transformed into a new life that will grow in their womb.

Moving his left hand, along with his right hand, Rin hugged his queen pellet. The tears that flowed down along with the sobs of happiness that broke. "thank you. Thank you, thank you, thank you for being willing to be a miracle for Rin." raised his head slowly, smiled and laughed he looked at Sesshoumaru. "And thank you, Sesshoumaru-sama. Thank you for being willing to create this miracle with Rin."

Thank ye.

A sincerely spoken word full of gratitude and happiness. But, really, how Sesshoumaru did not need that word. Because, it is not Rin who should be grateful, but she is the one who should thank you—thank you for being the mother of her child.

Lifting both hands slowly, Sesshoumaru then hugged tightly yet gently Rin who was still crying full of happiness. Closing his face to the woman's ears, he whispered softly. "Thank you, Rin."

Rin's tears just broke, still hugging her queen's belly, she didn't know what to do to vent the happiness, and Sesshoumaru could feel it all. The smile on his handsome face widened, closed his eyes, the inuyoukai allowed himself to dissolve in the warmth and happiness that existed.

Miracle.

Sesshoumaru felt warm hearing that word. But he agreed with the picture. The child in Rin's womb their child is a miracle in their life.

Inukimi did not move to see what was happening in front of her. He could feel his gaze becoming a little blurry due to the buildup of tears in his eyes. She felt deeply moved to see and hear the thanks of a woman who was about to become a mother. But, even so the gentle smile full of happiness on her face did not disappear from her face.

The Jaken in the room did not move either. His eyes were still wide open with what was happening before his eyes. The kid? Son of Sesshoumaru and Rin? The great heirs of the western lands will be - who will the child be?

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