He remembered what she looked like afterward, with tangled hair and blood-streaked skin. The sight had sickened him. It was a tableau to weakness; to urges that hadn't been controlled. Every time he saw her afterwards, it replayed in his mind. That was why he had sent her away.

But now here he was, retracing that path. Alone this time, but not for long.

She looked up when he entered, shifting the child in her arms. She smiled in welcome, as though she'd known he would come. Her words were simple but held worlds of meaning.

"He has your eyes."

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This is an extremely shortened version of a suspense fic I had planned. It was going to be one with a surprise ending of the fact that Rin's baby was Sesshomaru's. you'll have to take my word for it, but it would have been good. I still hope to write it out, full length, someday.