In Need of a Title

Snow: This is the last chapter of this story but I’m already working on the sequel, which picks right up after this chapter.

I do not own Inuyasha or Yu Yu Hakasho nor do I make money from this fan fiction.

Chapter 11

Hiei looked at his mate stunned. Was Sesshomaru really willing to give up everything for him? “Sesshomaru you should think about this a little more. Think about your lands and Rin. You have no heir.”

Shaking his head with a slight up turn of his lips, Sesshomaru pulled his mate to his chest. “Bufan has agreed to help Rin with the West and her studies are training her to be a taiyoukai. She is my legal heir. And that is not mentioning Chanas and Sisuri, those two love her as their own child. They’ll stay loyal and help Rin rule these lands as I and my father before me have. My only thing to worry about is following my mate.”

The shorter youkai looked as though he was about to disagree but Sesshomaru’s slight up turn of his lips turned into a full on hentai smirk. Snatching up his forbidden child mate, the inu lord showed the smaller youkai he would do nothing but benefit from his decision.

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Rin’s singing was filling the garden and Bufan’s ears. The simple song brought a smile to the dragon’s face. The song ended well before he was ready for it to. “That was beautiful, Rin-chan. Will you sing me another?”

“Of course, Bufan-dono.” The young girl smiled as she started another song that the miko, Kagome had taught her. Bufan listened to the girl sing until dusk started to fall on the garden. At the end of the last song he clapped his hands and offered the young girl his hand, escorting her to dinner.

Sesshomaru and Hiei met the dragon and young human girl in the dinning room. “Rin-chan sung to me all afternoon. She will grow to become a beautiful singer.” Bufan said to the silent couple once they were seated and severed.

“Really now?” Sesshomaru asked looking at the girl as though trying to see the years he was going to miss when he went with Hiei to the future.

“Sesshomaru-sama, you can go. I understand,” Rin said meeting his gaze with a soft smile. “You love Hiei-san and you should go with him.”

The three men turned to the young girl shocked she was so mature. “Rin, you may never see us again.”

“I’ll see you again. What’s five hundred years to an immortal?” Rin said before turning back to her dinner. Hiei looked to Sesshomaru before shrugging and returning to his dinner.

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What was five hundred years? Sesshomaru was that old now just as Hiei was. They each had seen much. Sesshomaru lived through both the wars between the inu and panthers, his fathering falling for a human princess, his brother’s birth and his father’s death, the long fight with the evil hanyou, Naraku and he, Sesshomaru Taiyoukai of the Western Lands becoming friends with a human miko. Hiei had once been a thief just to survive to the next day, he was there at the defeat of the Saint Beast, he was one of the standing champions of the last Dark Tournament, a commander of the three sided Makai war, and one of the strongest fighters in the Makai Tournament that ended the war. Of course where Sesshomaru’s events were over hundreds of years, Hiei’s events were mainly over just a short span of five years, the five years after he met Yusuke.

Hiei was thrown from his deep thinking when he thought of Yusuke’s name. Yusuke led to Kurama and they led to why he was in the past to begin with. Were they still together? Were they as happy as Miroku and Inuyasha or even himself and Sesshomaru? Hiei was surprised that where a great hatred once set for the couple new as a hope for their happiness. Figuring he would find out in a few short days, Hiei turned back to his lover.

Sesshomaru was sleeping next to Hiei, as they always sleep. The stripped arm around Hiei’s waist didn’t prevent him from moving just leaving. Sesshomaru really had stuck to the whole rule about Hiei not leaving without him knowing. It was something that would clearly stop when they moved into Hiei’s place in the future. Hiei was known for not sleeping all night. He often was forced to get up in the middle of the night and force his guards to do their job. Yes the Makai was under one ruler but that didn’t mean that Hiei and Mukuro weren’t really liked in their former lives. They each had enemies and there were always thieves to worry about. Something totally ironic but still something that had to be worried about.

The first light of the day wasn’t the light that came into Sesshomaru and Hiei’s room due to the window facing the West but the young girl who was more than happy to wake them up each morning was always there to announce it was here. Rin ran into the room after checking to make sure both Hiei and Sesshomaru were sleeping. Jumping up she landed on the foot of the bed knowing that they each knew her scent and aura well enough not to attack her. “Sesshomaru-sama, Hiei-san. It’s time to get up!”

Hiei opened his red eyes and couldn’t help but smile as Sesshomaru tried to just pull the cover back over his head and forget the bouncing girl at the end of their bed. Hiei leaned over and kissed Sesshomaru’s head. “I’ll take her to breakfast so you can sleep in.”

“Thank you,” Sesshomaru said before mumbling an I love you.

Hiei and Rin went to the dinning room to find Bufan already there. “When Rin didn’t come wake me up this morning I was almost worried.” He said good smiling at Hiei and Rin.

Rin ran up to Bufan and hugged the dragon. “I’m sorry, should I have woken you up to? Tomorrow I’ll wake you up first, then you can help me wake up Sesshomaru-sama and Hiei-san.”

‘She’ll wake us up tomorrow only for us to finish getting out things ready for us leaving.’ Hiei thought to himself as the three of them set down for breakfast. Bufan had asked about Sesshomaru but Hiei just shook his head and soon the table was silent.

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Rin did wake them up only for them to have breakfast together. Sesshomaru was soon dragged off to finish up a few detail pieces of paperwork and Hiei was forced to join him, meaning that Rin was spending the day with Bufan until he was called in to witness the whole thing. Chanas and Sisuri smiled as they found the girl alone outside of the garden playing with a blade of grass. “Rin?”

The girl looked up and put on a fake smile. “I understand their busy, but I wanted to be with them on their last day here.” The two generals just hugged the girl and held her close. There wasn’t much else they could do.

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Sesshomaru moaned out, he just couldn’t sleep with Hiei being right next to him. Groaning in a very un-lord like way he threw the cover off of him and got out of bed to get dressed. The black silk clung to his chest and he walked down the hallway to the dinning hall. Hiei, Rin, and Bufan were all sitting down just about to begin their meals. Walking past Rin, Sesshomaru patted the young girl’s head and then moved to Hiei. In a rare display of P.D.A. he kissed his mate on the top of his head then took his place at the head of the table.

“Bufan, how long are you planning on staying after we leave?” Sesshomaru said as a servant placed his plate in front of him.

“As long as it takes. Being able to fly is really helpful. I can always leave Chanas and Sisuri with Rin and return once a week or so,” Bufan said before pausing to take a bite of his breakfast and to wipe his mouth. “I think it would be good for me to help out as much as I can. And once everything is stable, I’ll go home and just check in on Rin-chan here from time to time.”

Hiei was surprised when he heard the sound of a slight gasp some where on the edge of his mentally barriers. ‘Isn’t he the best guy ever?’

‘For a dragon,’ Hiei replied to Rin’s future. ‘And so you’re back.’

‘Just for a couple of days. Rin’s going to need me to help get through her fathers leaving. Five hundred years is a long time for some one who wasn’t even suppose to make it to their tenth birthday.’ Hiei’s eyes turned to the young girl. Maybe they should really rethink this. Sesshomaru would live to see him again. Shaking his head no, Hiei couldn’t help but think he was being stupid.

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Rin’s eyes were dry but inside she was crying a flood. She understood that Sesshomaru and Hiei were in love and she was needed to stay here and grow up strong and brave and defend the Western Lands. Her future self was a little help. Having gone through this already she was willing to tell Rin a few things about what was going to happen.

Hiei looked down at Rin. “You’ll do well.” He touched her shoulder and then pulled her into a hug. “I already know you’ll be known all over the Demon World.” Rin nodded as Hiei pulled away and sniffed lightly. Her once firm mask was starting to crumble.

Beginning to see the watery gleam of Rin’s eyes Sesshomaru knelt down to her level. “Kagome will be here next week. She promised that she was going to stay with you as long as she can. You don’t have to be emotionless or fearless just be yourself.”

Chanas stepped forward and touched the girl’s shoulder. “My Lord, you have nothing to worry about. Sisuri and I will watch after her and there’s always Bufan-dono and Kagome-sama.”

The lord’s nod was all the general got. It had taken them all of yesterday to make sure that everything was set for Rin to take over to Western Lands and that Chanas, Sisuri and Kagome would be her guardians until she was old enough to take care of herself. Chanas and Sisuri had already told him that they would start training her in anything that she seemed to have promise in. Sesshomaru got by with just under twenty meetings the day before he was to level for five hundred years, the day he was suppose to spend with Rin. Shaking it off he hugged the young girl before standing up. “Rin, you will be a good lady for these lands. Promise me to do your best.”

“I promise,” the girl said wiping her eyes slightly. “I’ll see you in five hundred years…father.”

Sesshomaru nodded before turning to the dark portal behind him. Hiei was already standing next to the young woman that was sent to fetch him. Sesshomaru thought he knew the neko when she first walked onto his estate but she just shook her head and told him that she would remember meeting him.

The neko was just a few inches shorter than him and had sliver hair that contrasted with her black ears and tail. She didn’t look like she was bothered to be here to the dirty work of the fates but she didn’t look like she was happy either. It was almost if she was emotionless. “It’s time.”

Hiei and Sesshomaru nodded to her and followed her into the vortex that was a swirl of black and deep purple. After just a few seconds to them and five hundred years to everyone else Hiei and Sesshomaru stepped out of the portal to what almost knocked them both to their knees. The strong scent of the city was enough to cause Sesshomaru to cover his nose. “How did you live here?”

“I try to avoid the city most of the time. After a while you get use to it.” Hiei said trying to see where they were. It was familiar to him, it was where the forest touched the city near Genkai’s Temple. He was back, and ready to show Sesshomaru his world.

End Chapter

Snow: -trying not to cry tears of joy- I’ll be getting the sequel out as soon as I can but I’m starting a new job tomorrow 7-3-07 so I’ll just have to see how it goes. I would love to hear ideas about conflicts in the Yu-Yu world if you got any ideas.