I slowly gain consciousness, I open my eyes to a burning fire on the other side. My vision is fuzzy, and my arms are immobilized. I shake my head and look around, I'm still in the dark cave. Everything from last night flashes back to me, my arms are tied to my sides with strong vines in ropes of 2. I'm sitting on the cold rocky floor tied to a large rock. I remember the burn on my hand. I look down at my left hand, the back of it is red with burned skin and it's wrinkled and peeling. I thought he scorched my hand into black flesh, but I'm surprised he didn't. It will scar and I won't be able to feel any sensation on the part of my hand afterwards... well, who knows if I'll be able to live that long. I move my hand, my sore hand feels sluggish, also the scar that Sesshomaru gave me that day is barely visible anymore. I sigh and look at the stream in the middle of the cave that wells up in the center, unfortunately, I can't reach it. Since it's so "dark" in the cave I have no idea what time it is. I close my eyes and try to clear my mind and gain my composure back, I have to stay strong till the end. I hear heavy thumps coming closer from the dark long walkway of the cave, I open my eyes and see the bird demon come into view. I hold my breath and press myself back against the big rock behind me hoping to gain some distance. He crouches down in front of me and grab onto my chin with his clawed hands and turns my head to face him, he observes my face and grins.

"For a human, you are quite stunning. I didn't get the chance to look at you properly last night." He says in a low tone.

My heart begins to thump faster, I have no idea what is going to happen after hearing those words.

"Let me go." I say to him.

"Tsk tsk, that's no way to talk to your master. It would be shameful to burn and scar that face of yours, not that it matters since no one else will see it except for me from now on." He says with a laugh.

"Someone will come to save me, just you watch." I tell him.

"Quite fiesty and strong willed aren't you? Guess a few more burns will tame you soon enough. How about a scratch on the rosy cheek of yours to start things off?" He says.

"No..." I let out.

His clawed tipped fingers comes up to my face and he glides it on my skin with a fair amount of pressure and I feel a stinging sensation, it feels like trailing fire. He has cut my cheek, luckily it's not too deep. I have scars all over my body, what's another few. I take a deep breath and pull my face out of his grasp.

"How about washing that tear stained face of yours? Wouldn't want to see that when I get back at night." He says.

He unties me and with his strong hands holds the strong vines that binds my two arms, he drags me to the edge of the pond at the center of the cave and pushes me down onto my knees.

"You better take a deep breath." He tells me.

Knowing what he's about to do I quickly take in a deep breath, and not a second after he pushes my head under the water. The cool water submerges my head completely, my long hair floats around me like smoke. The cut on my cheek stings a little bit at first but it eventually subsides. The water is cool and soothing, so different from fire. Of course, it can drown you if you're not careful. Earth's elements can be frightening. He hold my head for about 15 seconds or so and pulls me back up, my smoke like hair now becomes a veil and conceals my face. I let my breath go and gasp heavily.

"All cleaned up. I'm going to tie you back up, I'll be out till night fall looking for food. I'll feed you tomorrow, tonight you'll starve." He says.

He then ties me back to the large rock and walks out of the cave. I'm alone once again. Is this going to be my life from now on? I'm in the middle of nowhere, Sesshomaru won't be able to find me here, Kagome, Inuyasha, Miroku, Sango, Shippo, and Lady Kaede are absolutely clueless about my whereabouts as well. Kagome and Sango probably just thinks I got lost... I didn't tell them exactly where I was going either... but I know they're out searching somewhere for me. Inuyasha, Miroku, and Suikyu will be back by tomorrow, if I can only hold out till then. I know I can do it, I've been in a similar situation before, although I got injured, I escaped, and Sesshomaru saved me. The new scar on my back reminds me perfectly of that day, and how Sesshomaru stayed by me all night. I smile at the memory, how I long to see him again. I will see him again, he'll be returning soon, and for him, I'll hold on. For the others, I'll hold on. I'm a strong person, even if I die, I'll die fighting. I start to wiggle myself hoping to loosen the vines, I can try slipping out from underneath it, but it will take a while. I don't know if my can handle getting new scrapes and cuts from the rock that I'm tied to. Regardless, I try, I wiggle myself against the vines, I try pulling myself away from the rock, hoping to loosen the strength of the vines. I'm at it for who knows how long, hours most likely with little breaks in between. Time passes and I finally lean myself against the rock, I managed to loosen it up a little bit, but not enough to free myself. I'm exhausted, I lay my head back onto the rock, and stare up at the rocky ceiling. The burning fire crackling away in the distance. I close my eyes and let fatique take over me. What's the point of making the vines loose? If I don't manage to break free before he returns at night, I'll be back to where I started. I pray that someone will come and save me. I fall into a stressful sleep, because it's the only thing I can do now till I regain my strength again. The sun-less and moonless cave completely blinds my sense of time, it's suffocating. I probably fell asleep for about an hour or two, if I started at morning, it's most likely late afternoon or evening now. He'll be back soon. I wake up to distant sounds, I open my eyes and adjust my vision. The fire is still burning away, that must be some mystical fire to be burning all day without diminishing. I shake myself awake and look towards the darkness that the fire couldn't reach. It sounds like gentle ripples, ripples in the water. It's weird, why is he walking in water? Isn't he afraid of water? I can't see anything, no figure no presence. Just the sound of gentle water ripples slowly coming closer to the middle of the cave. I begin to panic, what if it's some kind of sea monster or big fish that found it's way in. As the ripple sound finally enters the large cave, I can finally see the water ripples in the stream and coming to the pond in the center of the cave. I hold my breath, hoping to hide my presence from whatever is about to come upon me. The water ripple suddenly stops, it becomes quiet. It's unsettling to be honest. I stare at the pond without movement. Then the surface of the water gently moves and a pale hand with webbings between the fingers comes out and grabs onto the rocky ledge. My eyes widen at the sight and I feel like I'm about to lose my mind. It's not a sea monster or fish, but a fish human hybrid? Oh my I'm in trouble if it's like the fire bird demon, who knows what it's like and what it will do. The figure then pulls itself out of the water and onto the rocky ground, my eyes once again widen a little as I see the figure. In the lit fire, It looks like a man, he has webbed hands that's for sure, but he looks very human. He has back length long hair in a shade of pale blue, it's half tied up and he has bangs that frames his face and covers his forehead. He is barefoot, and he's wearing an armour made from huge fish scales it looks like, it is reflecting the light of the fire, it's decorated with shells, pearls, and barnacles lining perfectly and beautifully. On his arm and thighs are huge fish fins, and on his hip is a large long coral spear with a huge sea snail spiral shell tipped into a sharp point. His skin is pale and fair. Two long blue strands protrudes out from the top of his head, I can see gills on the side of his neck and pointed ears, he's for sure a demon, a fish demon perhaps from the looks of him. I just can't see his face yet. He doesn't seem hostile or dangerous at the moment, he lifts his head up and I can see his face now although it's heavily shadowed in the dark cave. He slowly walks towards me, and the feeling of hostility rises in me. I push myself against the rock. He kneels down in front of me, just a few centimeters away. He looks at my face, and now that he's closer I can see his face better. His pale skin is flawless(as expected from a demon) and he has fish scale markings on the edge of his eyes. He looks familiar in a way, very familiar. But just because he looks familiar doesn't mean I can't let my guard down.

"Who are you and what are you going to do to me?" I ask him in a defensive tone."

"Don't worry, I'm not here to hurt you. I'm here to get you out of here__________." He says.

My eyes widen at him mentioning my name. How does he know my name? His voice sounds familiar as well.

"Who are you?" I ask him again with a surprised tone.

He smiles at me.

"Do you not recognize these eyes?" He asks me.

I look at his eyes and focus mine onto his, in the lit fire and with deep observation, I finally see his eyes clearly. They are pale blue with tints of gray, they are like aquamarine crystals.

"Suikyu...." I murmer out still dumbstruck.

Suikyu smiles and brushes aside my messy hair from my face.

"There's no time to waste here, I'm here to save you. Let's go, stay still." He says.

He raises his right arm, and the huge fins on his forearm hardens and spikes shoots out from the edge, he brings it down onto the vines and cuts through them. He pulls me up, my legs are numb from sitting all day, Suikyu supports me to the edge of the pond. I turn to him surprised still at what he actually is.

"We're going to swim back to Lady Kaede's village. Don't worry about oxygen, I'll handle it." Suikyu says.

"Suikyu, you're a demon... but why di..." I start to ask him.

"There's no time to explain right now, the bird demon will be back soon since it's night. If we waste time talking he'll be back. We can talk later." Suikyu says.

I nod, Suikyu grabs my hand and we jump into the water. I hold my breath on instinct, I open my eyes underwater and I see Suikyu in front of me. He lifts his right hand to his mouth, and he opens his mouth, his blue eyes flashes white for a split second, then a small bubble forms as he pulls his hand away from his mouth. He comes up to me and place the bubble to my mouth and nose. Immediately I don't feel water around my mouth and nose, I take a breath and realize it's an air bubble. Suikyu nods and takes my hand, his legs are surrounded in strong currents and they disappear and in its place is a big fish tail. He holds me close to him and with a push from his tail we glide through the narrow stream and out of the cave, the underwater rocks soon disappears and the vast sea surrounds us once again. I'm so happy that I get to see the openesss of the beautiful water again, but I return my attention to Suikyu, I'm at his side holding onto him as he's swimming in front of me. I know that he's a demon now, but were there clues that I've missed? I think back to all of the times from the first day that we met. He was gazing out into the sea, almost as if he's longing to be in there or as if he misses it. His incredible stamina and strength in the water when he saved the boy and I from drowning. Not feeling tired or out of breath afterwards. Him knowing a lot about seafood and avoid eating the fish on the table. Him talking about his home being near the sea, him growing up close to the sea, if I had known that the sea is his home. Him asking me to accept the different side of him. And of course the beautiful and rare blue eyes of his, no foreigners would have eyes as gray and blue and as unique as his, only beings that are not human have such eyes. It comes as a surprise, but I became so close to him despite him being a demon. I suppose the questions on my mind now is how he found me, and why he concealed his true form from us. Also, how is he here? What about Inuyasha and Miroku? We swim for about 6 minutes or so without stopping, I hold onto Suikyu closely. We finally arrive onto dry land, not exactly on the same beach but somewhere I believe that's a few minutes away from Lady Kaede's village. Suikyu's tail changes back into legs and with a few kicks, he shores us both. I stand up on my feet, after being so long in the water, my legs feel like jelly and it's somewhat tingly. I look around the area, the sky is clear and star filled. The moon is bright and high illuminating the blackness around it with spirals of white halos, it's only been about a day or so, but to see the outside world again feels like a gift.

"Come on let's get you back home, but first let's get you dried up." Suikyu says."

"Ya, thanks." I reply.

Suikyu raises his hand and touches my arm, and I feel all the water on my body rushes towards that spot, he lifts his hand off of my skin and the water follows his hand and detatched itself from my body into a water sphere. He then opens up a pouch like container on his waist and places the sphere in it and seals it. My kimono is still a bit damp, but my body is now dry and my hair is also a bit damp but it's on the verge of being dry. Suikyu looks at me with his gray blue eyes and he turns and walks off, his long blue hair flowing behind him like cascade.
I follow behind him, and then beside him. We walk off from the sandy ground onto luscious green grass, we walk in silence for a little while, but there were no awkwardness between us. Well at least on my part that is. I decide to break the silence first.

"Thanks for saving me Suikyu. How did you find me? And how did you know I was danger?" I ask him.

"The sea told me." He replies with a smile.

"The sea? When?" I ask him.

"When you ran into the water yesterday trying to escape the demon, the heartbeat was felt through the water. I was in the water that night and I felt it. Then when you got burned and your hand fell in the water, the pain you felt travelled to me." Suikyu explains.

"Ah... you left Inuyasha and Miroku to come save me.. do they know that you're here?" I ask him.

"I told them that we have to head back immediately, I told them I'm going on ahead. I assume Inuyasha knows what I am now, Miroku I'm not so sure of. I changed back to my true form in order to escape the uneven land and instead swim my way back." Suikyu answers.

"Thank you so much Suikyu. Besides how old are you then? I'm for sure you're not 25." I ask him with a laugh.

"You're right, I'm not 25... I'm over 300." He says with a laugh.

"Wow, guess you're my older brother then... so much for being an older sister to you. You're older than Inuyasha but younger than Sesshomaru." I say giggling.

Suikyu looks at me.

"Sesshomaru? The great dog demon? You know him?" He asks me.

"Of course I do, he's my husband. He's the person that's dear to me." I answer him.

Suikyu's beautiful gray eyes seem so sad all of a sudden. For some reason I feel like I can relate to his sadness in his eyes.

"Suikyu, I know you've saved me twice already, but is there a reason as to why it's me? Have you saved anyone else in such situation?" I ask him.

Suikyu looks ahead his blue bangs swaying as we walk.

"No.. You're the only human that I've actually wanted to saved so far." He replies.

I stop in my track, Suikyu walks ahead of me without stopping.

"Did you save me because I was your sister figure? Someone you're close to or is it something else?" I ask him.

Suikyu stops.

"It's because you're the opposite of a sister figure to me, you are someone that I've grown close to yes. I see you as someone else." He says turning back to me.

"What am I to you then?" I ask him, having a hint of what his reason is finally.

There's a brief silence, and Suikyu shows me a faint smile.

"You're the person that I've come to love." Suikyu finally says.

My eyes widen a little, and my heart seem to stop at his words. It all somehow seem to make sense now. He could've saved anyone but it's me, that night when I asked him who he likes, he said someone who's strong and brave, kind, and understanding, which somehow describes me. We've looked at each other for so long that day, and recently I'm the only woman in his life that he actually spent time with. He loved me but I was oblivious. He told me that he wasn't sure how the other person felt, I... I only saw him has a close friend, a brother figure. Nothing more. Just when I'm about to say something, Suikyu's blue grey eyes widens as he looks slightly above me, he then dashes towards me. Not knowing what's going on I freeze, Suikyu grabs me and pushes me onto the ground, I landed on my back hard, Suikyu shields me from above and he raises his hand, the water that he collected earlier from my body flows out from the container on his hip and he spreads it above us, a streak of fire hits it and the contact between fire and water creates an explosion of smoke. Then a gust of wind blows pass us, then above us I see the fire bird gliding above.

"You alright________?" Suikyu asks me.

"Ya, thanks, how about you? Are you hurt?" I ask him.

"Don't worry about me, it's going to take a lot more that to bring me down. Come on we have to get you to a safe spot." Suikyu says.

He stands up and pulls me up quickly, he take his coral spear out from his hip and holds it up preparing to fight the bird demon. The demon flies down again and breathes out fire towards us. Suikyu stands in front of me protectively, he twirls his coral spear with great speed and a water shield forms in front of us. The fire hits and it disperses along with the water. The bird lands onto the ground, setting the grass below it on fire. Its wings comes in front of him and when it unveils itself it turns into its cape, and it's bird form disappears and in its place is its human form. He stands a few meters away from us. Such contrast between red and blue, such hostility between fire and water. The bird demon laughs.

"I see my little human pet escaped with a help of a fish friend." He says.

"She's not a pet and she's certainly not your pet. She's a human being. There are animals out there that you can hunt, why are you going for humans?! From the looks of it, you seem above than an average demon, shouldn't you have some morals at least?" Suikyu shouts at him.

"Because humans are weak, they live to be hunted. From the looks of it, you look above average yourself, why are you protecting a low mortal?" The demon says back.

"You're wrong, there are more to humans than you see and know. Leave them alone." Suikyu says.

"What if I don't?" He asks.

"Then you'll have to fight me to get to her." Suikyu says sternly.

"As you wish fish boy." The bird demon says.

He then pushes himself off of the ground and blows a stream of fire at us.

"Run________, get to somewhere safe." Suikyu says.

"But..." I start.

"Now!" Suikyu shouts.

I turn and run towards the trees, Suikyu raises his spear and blasts a water ball at the fire. He manages to cancel the fire out, but the bird demon keeps firing at us. I turn around and stop after gaining some distance from them. In my field of vision I see blue and red colliding with each other, the whole place is lit in the midst of the battle ground. They are like water and fire dragons flying through the air. I don't know what to do and I don't know what I can do. Suddenly, the bird demon turns towards me, I freeze again, he then abandons Suikyu, changes into a fire bird and aims towards me. Suikyu realizes that I'm it's main target this whole time, hoping to tire him out in order to get to me. Suikyu runs towards me.

"Run______!" Suikyu shouts.

My feet are like glued to the ground, but I manage to move my body, but a stream of fire comes straight at me. Suikyu raises his spear and manages to put out the fire. He bought that few seconds to reach me and push me to the ground. The bird demon flies back at us and blows another stream of fire at the two of us.

"Suikyu!" I gasp.

Suikyu only has time to turn his head, there isn't enough time to block the attack. Suikyu covers my body with his protectively, he swipes his hand across the grass around us and a layer of water extracts itself from the ground and forms a thin shield around us. It's our only defense, hoping for the best. I close my eyes, as the blazing stream streaks towards us. Suddenly, a loud snap is heard across the field and nothing happens, no burning sensation, nothing. I open my eyes and a gentle breeze blows across the field.

"Suikyu! _________! Are you alright?!" A familiar voice shouts.

It a voice that I know by now, high, loud and somewhat arrogant. I turn my head to the right to see that person land on his feet beside Suikyu and I. Suikyu lifts himself off of me.

"Inuyasha?" I breathe out.

Inuyasha's long white hair flows in the night wind, his dog ears twitching slightly. He's holding his Tessaiga in his hand. His gold eyes blazes in the night.

"Good thing we got here in time, or else you two would've been dead meat." He says.

"That's very kind of you to say that Inuyasha." Suikyu says with a relieved smile.

I got confused as to him saying "we".

"Who else is here?" I ask him .

Inuyasha smiles and looks ahead of us, I follow his gaze to what is in front of me. My eyes widen at the familiar sight. His long straight silver white hair gently sways in the wind, his snow white kimono tipped red at the sleeves ruffles in the night, his bundle of fur on his right shoulder trailing behind him onto the ground. My heart beats in relief and happiness. He turns around slightly and his golden amber eyes meets mine again. The magenta stripes on his cheek and eyelids that I haven't seen in so long has seem to enhanced his beauty even more. The whip sound was from him.

"Sesshomaru..." I whisper.

Sesshomaru shows me a gentle smile and turns back to face the bird demon standing away in a distance. Inuyasha and Suikyu helps me up.

"How dare you touch_________." Sesshomaru says flatly but with clear hint of anger.

"Th Great Dog General's first son is here to save a low human. How low did you fall Sesshomaru?" He asks him with a low laugh.

"Clearly not as far as you will go... physically. Also, she's not a mere human, she's my wife." Sesshomaru replies calmly.

I can see the anger burning up on the bird demon's face, but I know Sesshomaru can take on anyone and anything. Suikyu then stands up and walks up beside Sesshomaru.
Sesshomaru glances at Suikyu. See blue and white standing side by side is a beautiful combination as well, the pure whiteness of the wind and the crystal blue color of the water.

"What are you doing?" Sesshomaru asks him.

"I'm here to take down this bird beak." Suikyu replies.

"You would take down a fellow demon?" Sesshomaru asks.

"Who said he was a fellow demon? He's a demon with no sense of morals, he's full of evil and anger, he needs to be taken down." Suikyu says.

"I see." Sesshomaru replies.

"Let's finish this quickily, I have something to discuss with you about after." Suikyu says.

Sesshomaru looks at Suikyu, then nods. The bird demon is losing his patience, I see him change into his bird form and fire surrounds him. I can tell it's going to take a bit of effort to take down but it's not impossible. He can shift forms which gives him advantage in speed and agility quickily. Suikyu readies his spear, Sesshomaru doesn't unsheath his sword, he knows it's not a demon that requires him to pull a sword on. The bird then flies straight up into the air, and blows out a spiral of fire down onto the Sesshomaru and Suikyu. Suikyu creates a water wall above them, the fire disperses on contact, Sesshomaru then leaps into the air and ready his whip, he whips it at the bird demon, but the bird demon flaps his strong wings and dodges it. I'm starstruck at the battle that is going on.

"You alright________?"Inuyasha asks me.

His voice pulls me back to reality.

"Ya..... I never thought that I would witness a deadly fight between demons." I say.

"Well does it come as a surprise? I mean, you're married to that expressionless brother of mine. And he's practically the strongest demon in this era." Inuyasha says.

"You're right....Inuyasha, did you know that Suikyu was a demon?" I ask him.

"I did not... till last night. He managed to mask his demonic aura with water powers perhaps. Last night when I saw him transform and jump into the water that was when I realized he was a demon." Inuyasha says.

"How did you find Sesshomaru?" I ask him.

"I happen to come across him on the way here, and I told him what happened. He finished his travel early and was on his way home. The two of us decided to work together to rescue you, we managed to catch your scent and found you and Suikyu just in time. Not to mention Sesshomaru gave me a pretty good scolding for not keeping you safe." Inuyasha explains.

I nod, I then return my attention back onto the fight that has been going on. The bird demon seems to be dodging quite well, but it looks exhausted. I suppose two against one does give him a disadvantage greatly, he brought it upon himself. He was the hunter, but he's the hunted now. The bird demon blows a flame towards Sesshomaru, Suikyu extinguishes it with a water sphere, and hits the demon, the fire around his body vanishes, and he shifts back into his human form, it falls towards the ground. He lands onto the ground hard. Sesshomaru lands on his feet gracefully, he releases his green whip and wraps it around the demon's neck.

"You'll pay for it in the afterlife Sesshomaru." He growls.

"You'll have to wait another few hundreds of years, or thousands. I'm not going to die anytime soon." Sesshomaru says flatly.

With another growl, Sesshomaru long claws slashes across the bird demon's neck, I close my eyes at the ending blow. After a few seconds I open them again, the bird demon's body disintegrates in flames and disperses into the air. Sesshomaru turns towards me and Inuyasha, I'm finally reunited with Sesshomaru again after so long. I run up to him, Sesshomaru slowly walks towards me. When I finally reach him, I wrap my arms around his strong torso, his scent surrounds me once again. The softness of the fur on his shoulder brushes against my face, and it calms my beating heart. Sesshomaru wraps his right arm around my back and holds me close.

"Sesshomaru you're back finally." I whisper to him.

"I've missed you. Thank goodness you're alright." His soft voices answers me.

I look behind him, and my eyes lands on the pair of aquamarine crystals that reflects the two of us on their surfaces.

"Suikyu..." I say.

Sesshomaru releases me and turns to face him.

"I suppose I'll say thank you for keeping __________ safe and for rescuing her." Sesshomaru says.

"No need to thank me. She is someone important to me, very important to me. I would do anything for her. I was going to take her away from here." Suikyu says.

I can see Sesshomaru's brows furrows slightly.

"And why would you do that?" Sesshomaru asks.

"Because I'm in love with__________. I didn't know that she is your wife, till she told me today earlier. Seeing that you weren't here to save her, I assumed that you abandoned her or were too occupied to look after her. I was there to fill her loneliness when you were not. Because of that I don't think you deserve such a pure human being. So let's have a battle, if I win, I'm taking________ with me. If you win, I'll leave forever from your life and___________'s." Suikyu declares.

Sesshomaru's brows are furrowed deeply now, but I can tell he's trying to keep everything under control.

"You will never take__________ away from me, but I will accept this challenge. As a prince of the sea, you sure are immersed in your role of chivalry." Sesshomaru says.

"Since I'm the prince of the sea, I should be chivalrous to the end." Suikyu replies.

I grab Sesshomaru's hand. He turns to look at me.

"Sesshomaru don't do this..." I say to him.

Sesshomaru takes his other hand and places it over mine.

"Inuyasha, take__________ and move out of the way. Keep her safe this time." Sesshomaru orders his younger brother.

Inuyasha grabs onto my arm and pulls me away from Sesshomaru. I begin to worry for Suikyu's wellbeing, he is dear to me. I don't want Sesshomaru to kill him or hurt him. Sesshomaru then pulls out his Bakusaiga from his sheath and readies it. Suikyu raises his coral spear, the fins on his body hardens and spikes protrudes from the tips. Sesshomaru's blazing amber eyes and Suikyu's cool aquamarime ones glare each other down.

"Inuyasha they're going to kill each other... Sesshomaru's going hurt Suikyu." I say to him.

"It's a matter between them, you're the prize. If Sesshomaru loves you dearly, he'll do this. If Suikyu loves you deeply, he'll carry this through as well. I trust that Sesshomaru will not cross the line though. " Inuyasha tells me.

I grit my teeth and I turn back to them. Without another word, amber and aquamarine collide with each other ferociously. I just found out that Suikyu's the prince of the sea, which means that he is above average demons. He's strong, just like Sesshomaru. Perhaps it'll end in a draw? A draw where no one dies or gets hurt? Right? Right? At first I never realized that I would fall in love with a demon let alone to be the target of affection for two powerful demons. It's something that I never thought could happen, but it is, and I know that my heart only belongs to Sesshomaru. If Suikyu survives this, I'll have to tell him clearly, cut his feelings for me and let him go with a resolved heart. I have to do this because I care for him, and I love him because he is a brother figure to me. My eyes couldn't leave the battle, fang made sword and coral made spear clashing against each other in a dangerous battle. Sesshomaru's long white hair flying behind him like silk, Suikyu's blue hair floating around him like flowing water. It's a beautiful but dangerous dance between two strong demons. I pray that nothing will happen to either one of them, the love of my life and the person that I've come to call a "brother." The fight goes on for a few minutes, Inuyasha and I could only watch. Sesshomaru then releases his green whip towards Suikyu, Suikyu dodges it and fires a huge water sphere at Sesshomaru. Sesshomaru dodges it as well. Then, both Sesshomaru and Suikyu land onto the green grass across from each other with a few feet between them. Unable to stand by anymore, I run up to them, I grab onto Sesshomaru's arm. His breathing is calm and steady like aways, except that his brows are slightly furrowed. I look at Suikyu, his coral spear is pierced through the ground, his breathing is slightly uneven but he seems to be ok. None of them manage to hurt each other, just sword and spear clashing in a heavy battle. I let my heart calm down.

"Sesshomaru, don't do this anymore, I can't stand to see the two of you go on like this. Just know that no matter what happens, I love only you, I won't go with him so don't fight anymore. Suikyu is important to me too, I don't want to see him injured or you." I say to him.

His golden eyes looks down at me, he glides his fair soft fingers against my cheek and along the cut.

"You fought well Suikyu, your father will be proud. I should feel relieved to have formed an alliance with him. Let's stop here, there is no need to continue this. I care for_________'s happiness, and she would not want me to hurt you." Sesshomaru says.

"I can say the same to you Sesshomaru. I suppose if that's what_________ wants then, then I won't carry on for her happiness as well. Since it seems like a draw, I suppose my work here is done, I'll take my leave." Suikyu says his blue eyes dazzling under the moon.

"Where are you going?" Inuyasha asks.

"I have things to take care of, I don't think I'll be back for a while. Thanks for the hospitality Inuyasha. I'm looking forward to battling you again Sesshomaru.....__________...." Suikyu says.

Sesshomaru's brows loosens and he just looks at Suikyu. Suikyu looks at me, his gray blue eyes looking sad, he turns and walks away. I can't let Suikyu walk away like this, I can't let him walk away from my life like this... but I know that the feelings he has for me are still evident, and I need to help him let go of that. For a chance of happiness perhaps, for him to find someone that's meant for him. I turn to Sesshomaru.

"I'm going to talk to him, don't worry about me. I'll come back to you, I promise." I tell him.

Sesshomaru nods. I smile and kiss him on the lips, the familiar sensation returns, to feel his lips on mine again after so long, the sparks ignites again. I lean my forehead against his, and I run towards Suikyu who's walking away. I catch up to him.

"Suikyu!" I shout to get his attention.

Suikyu turns to me surprised. His blue eyes brightens as he sees me. Just like how mine did everytime I saw Sesshomaru. Everything between Sesshomaru, Suikyu and I all seem like a reflection of the past beteeen Sesshomaru, Rin, and I. Except Suikyu is me in this situation, the person who had to let go of the one they love for the sake of their happiness. This time though... I want to give Suikyu the answer he longed for, because I want him to move on.

"Can we talk?" I ask him.

"Sure thing, I mean didn't we talk every night for the past 2 weeks?" Suikyu asks me with a smile.

"Ya we did didn't we?" I smile at him.

At this moment, I didn't see him as a demon, but as the young man with the unique eyes that captured my interest. He was the young man that I've called a "younger brother figure", the young man that I've talked with openly, laughed with, and have come to care so much for.

"Let's go to the beach where we first met, I think the flower field is a bit far don't do you think? What do you say?" He asks.

"I'd like that." I reply.

The two of us walk towards the the hills, not far away is the beach where the two of us first met indeed. Hidzume isn't there anymore, I assume Sango and the others came here and took him back. Suikyu walks into the water when we arrive, he then turns and holds out his hand.

"Come inside the water with me, it's soothing." He says.

I take his hand and he guides me into the water, we walk into the water till it reaches our stomach. He then holds out his hand again.

"I was so busy saving you that I didn't pay attention to your burned hand and cuts. Let me heal them for you. I can only heal the recent cuts and burns, the scars that you've received previously will remain. Will that be ok?" He asks me.

"Of course. Thank you Suikyu." I say to him with a smile.

I take his hand with my burned hand, he holds it lightly and places it beneath the water surface, the cool water touches my burned skin, then it starts to swirl gently, the burned skin start to mend and repair itself. The water then travels up my arm and to my back, I can feel the cut on my back slowly healing as well. He then lifts my hand out of the water, It's completely healed, the scar that Sesshomaru gave me still remains as it did since that day. Suikyu then touches my cheek with his gentle fingers and glides it across the cut, I can feel it closing up. I touch it and all I feel is smooth skin in its place.

"Thank you Suikyu." I say to him.

"You're welcome________." Suikyu replies with a gentle smile.

He turns and looks in the distance. I look at him, his profile is beautiful but sad. I know it's going to hurt him, but not giving him the answer will torture him. That is the worst thing I can do to him.

"Suikyu, I thank you so much for loving me, but I can't return your feelings. I love Sesshomaru and only him. That's is my true feelings. I hope you can accept it and let me go, for your happiness please."I tell him.

Suikyu doesn't turn to face me but I can see him smile a little.

"I know, and I finally do accept it. I indeed intended to take you with me, but after finding out that you are married and love Sesshomaru dearly, I decided to take a step back. The reason that I challenged Sesshomaru into a fight, is to make him realize just how important you are to him, what losing someone you love can do. Whether I won or not, I wasn't going to take you away, because taking you away from Sesshomaru, is taking away your happiness. Like we talked before, love can bring you happiness, pain, and sadness, and your happiness is mine." Suikyu explains.

My eyes widen at his intentions for fighting Sesshomaru, although it hurt and was risky, I feel grateful towards Suikyu. He's letting me go because of my happinsss, he is the exact image of me when I fell in love with Sesshomaru.

"You know Suikyu, if I've had met you a season or two earlier, I wouldn't even doubt that I would have fallen in love with you." I tell him with a smile.

Suikyu smiles and turns to face me.

"Unfortunately, you didn't. The one you love isn't me, but Sesshomaru. But thank you, for showing me what love is." Suikyu says.

"You're right, it is Sesshomaru. What do you mean show you love?" I ask him confused.

"Life is interesting isn't it? When events happen, you think, "what if?" What if I chose a different path or decision in the past, would I have ended with the same result? You see__________, I've lived for over 300 years, I never fell in love, nor was I loved by a woman. So I would think that if we met two seasons prior, I wouldn't have known what love was. I've never really associated with humans before, but for some reason, I wanted to explore the human world that day, so I disguised myself as one and see what they are like. I've come to see feelings expressed by humans in that short time, and when I saw you that day on this beach, I fell in love. It was such a new experience and I could only stare at you, and in time, I've come to care and love you dearly the more we spend time together. But knowing that you see me as only a brother figure was painful, but finding out that you were already married, was the most painful, but I knew there was nothing I could do. Even for a demon, feelings are our weakness, but they can be beautiful if we want them to be. So thank you for showing me what love is, both the painful and happy part of it." Suikyu says with a gentle smile.

I look at him, a pain shoots through me.

"I'm sorry Suikyu." I manage to say.

Suikyu smiles and gently nudged me on the arm.

"Don't be, I'm grateful. I suppose I can finally come to term with my feelings and the clear rejection that I've tried so hard to deny. I suppose I just needed to hear you say it to me directly to pull me back to reality." Suikyu says with a laugh.

"I'm happy that you can find closure from this. Like we talked that night too, you are a kind, thoughful, caring, strong, and brave young man, I'm sure someone right will show up in your life, have faith. You've acquired love, you'll require your life partner one day. I'm cheering you on." I say to him with a nudge on his strong arm.

"Thanks, "sis." Suikyu says with a slight smile.

"You know, I see myself in you, in the aspect of love that is." I tell him.

"Is that right?" He asks me.

"Yea, I had to let Sesshomaru go too because I thought it was best for him to pursue who I thought he loved at that time. Little did I know that I was the one. I managed to my right mind back and returned to him." I say to him.

"You and him found each other and have a mutual love. The one that I love doesn't love me back, I suppose that's the only difference." Suikyu says sith an exaggerated sigh.

"Sorry Suikyu, I may not be the one, but I know you'll find someone who will return your feelings one day." I tell him with a comforting smile.

Suikyu looks at me and gives me a gentle smile.

"Are you leaving now?" I ask him.

"I am... there's no point of me staying here anymore, Sesshomaru is back to love you again, to fill in the loneliness at night. It's time for me to head home as well, I suppose I could use some time to sort out my mind if I'm ever going to find the love of my life." Suikyu says.

"You'll come back and visit won't you?" I ask him.

"Only if you want me to." Suikyu says with a gentle laugh.

"Of course I do! You're like one of my best friend and forever my younger brother figure." I say to him.

"Eh... guess I'm forever the "older brother figure" now. But alright, I'll come visit once in a while." Suikyu says with a sigh.

We both let out a carefree laugh, just like how were before. Suikyu then looks at me.

"Take care_________, I'm wishing for your happiness. Be happy with Sesshomaru." Suikyu says.

"I will. You take care as well Suikyu, and thank you for everything, especially for coming into my life." I tell him.

Suikyu nods, he then kisses my forehead.

"You should head back on land, I'll dry your clothes before I leave." Suikyu says.

I nod, we gently give each other a final friendly punch on the shoulder, and I head back onto shore. Suikyu raises his hand and the water on my kimono and body start to flow off of my body, he then releases the sphere into the water, back to where they belonged, the sea. Suikyu then looks back at me.

"Oh and before I go, I have a gift for you." He says.

"A gift?" I ask him confused.

"When I saved you from the cave and when we entered the water, the sea told me something." Suikyu says.

"The sea told you something? What did it say?" I ask him.

Suikyu smiles, his blue eyes dazzling.

"You're pregnant__________." He finally says.

My eyes go wide at the announcement.

"I am?" I ask him again.

"You are just about a week or two in. That is my gift to you. Tell Sesshomaru my congratulations, and to Inuyasha and Kagome, they're going to become an aunt and uncle." Suikyu says.

I feel a rush of happiness come over me, I suppose I know why I felt sick that day when we went fishing, I suppose that's a sign. I smile at Suikyu.

"Thank you Suikyu. Don't forget, you're going to be an uncle as well." I say to him with a big smile.

Suikyu smiles and gives me a nod. He then looks at me with his aquamarine eyes, they are more dazzling and blue at the moment then I've seen of them yet.

"Goodbye___________.." He says gently.

".... goodbye Suikyu. Take care." I tell him.

Suikyu nods, with a final smile, he turns and walks further into the water, his torso disappears, then his head, then the two strands on his head, then his pale blue hair that dives into the water and merging together into one. The beautiful gray blue eyes disappears completely, and who knows when I'll see them again. I just gazed at the place where he disappeared, I sit down on the sand and hold my stomach. I smile. Not did Suikyu saved me, he give me the biggest news of my life. I'm pregnant with Sesshomaru's child. I look out at the starry night and its reflection on the still surface of the sea. The love of my life is from the sky, and one of the closest person of my life is from the sea. Such difference, but to me, they are all important regardless of race, or origin. I hear footsteps behind me, and I turn. I smile as I see the two brothers standing side by side, their white hair gently swaying in the breeze, one in red, and one in white, one with magenta markings on his eyes and cheeks along with a crescent moon on his forehead, and the other doesn't. The only thing that they have in common, are those beautiful amber eyes of theirs. I stand up and walk up to Sesshomaru and Inuyasha.

"You alright? How did things go?" Inuyasha asks.

"I'm fine, we parted on a good and happy terms." I say to them with a smile.

"Then shall we head home then?" Sesshomaru asks me.

I nod. I hold his hand, and the three of us head back to Lady Kaede's village. To be able to hold Sesshomaru's hand again feels like a dream, I'm finally reunited with the love of my life. Sesshomaru holds my hand tightly in his, his cool hands holds mine in a way that makes me feel as if he doesn't want to let go. Inuyasha walks ahead of us with his arms crossed as always, if only he knows he'll be an uncle soon. Taking care of Sango's twins may have been stressful for him before, but perhaps playing with his own nephew or niece may be more fun. I look at Sesshomaru, his side profile beautiful as always. I suppose I'll tell him when we return to our house, for now, I just want to stay like this with him. No words exchanged, just the feeling of love and happiness being with the one you love. I have to thank Suikyu for everything that he has done for me in the past 2 weeks, up to our temporary goodbye.