Disclaimer: I don't own the song or the characters.

Notes: This song is called "My Immortal" by Evanescence, and it's one of my all-time favorites. It makes me think of my dog, who I loved very much. Especially the part that says, "I've tried so hard to tell myself that you're gone, but though you're still with me, I've been alone all along." He did used to wipe away my tears, and when I screamed, his did come to see what was wrong. He didn't necessarily hold my hand, but he was by my side almost all of the time. I felt like i was going to die when we had to put him to sleep because of congestive heart failure. He was 16, and that's really old for a golden retriever mix. I have a new dog that looks almost exactly like him, and acts like him, too, but they're still not the same, and they never will be. That's the point of this story also.

I'm so tired of being here...
Suppressed by all my childish fears.
And if you have to leave, I wish that you would just leave,
'cause your presence still lingers here,
and it won't leave me alone.

"Rin," a very distraught taiyoukai said to no one, "Why do I miss you so much? Why do I feel this way after your death? Is it that I'm feeling remorse? Sadness? Whatever this emotion is, it's slowly eating away at my heart, and making me feel strange. I feel as though I'll never live normally again, as though I'll die of this emotion."

These wounds won't seem to heal,
this pain is just too real,
there's just too much that time can not erase.

Sesshomaru paced the floor in front of his bed, then sat down and put his chin in his hand to think. 'I know now, I realize why I'm upset of her death. It seems that she's so much of a daughter to me that I just feel sad because she died.' he thought, then said to himself aloud, "Heh... I remember all the times that you called for me, Rin. Why, just the other day you had called for my help while having Kohaku's child. And... I came. I always came when you called for me. And, even more recently, when you fell ill, I never left your side. You cried because the pain was so great, and I swept away your tears..."

When you'd cried, I'd wipe away all of your tears.
When you'd scream, I'd fight away all of your fears.
I've held your hand through all of these years.
You still have...
All of me.

Sesshomaru smiled at the fond memories that ran through his mind at that moment. "From the moment I saw you, you left a permanent mark on me, Rin. You softened my heart and gave me the ability to feel. Your innocence seems to have rubbed off on me, and I feel no anger towards anyone anymore, with the exception of Naraku. Now, your smile saddens me greatly when I think about it, knowing that I'll never see that smile again."

You used to captivate me,
by you resonating light.
I'm bound by the life you left behind.
Your face... It haunts my once pleasant dreams.
Your voice... It chased away all the sanity in me...
These wounds won't seem to heal,
this pain is just too real,
there's just too much that time can not erase.

At that moment Jaken walked through the door and looked up at his Lord's figure sitting on his bed with his head down and his arms on his knees. "Lord Sesshomaru, her death upsets you doesn't it?"

He looked up and smiled sadly. "She was like a daughter to me, Jaken. I needed to protect her, I needed to nurture her, watch her grow..."

"But you did, my Lord. You saw her blossom into a beautiful young lady,"

"I felt as though if anyone should hurt her I would tear them to shreds, if anything were to scare her I would destroy it, and if anyone tried to take her hand from mine I would kill them." Sesshomaru continued as if Jaken hadn't said anything. "I just loved her so much. Do you understand?"

When you'd cried, I'd wipe away all of your tears.
When you'd scream, I'd fight away all of your fears.
I've held your hand through all of these years.
You still have...
All of me.

Jaken left without another word and Sesshomaru looked out the window into the blue sky and whispered, "Rin, I really do miss you, and I really do love you, no matter how I acted when you were alive..."

I've tried so hard to tell myself that you're gone...
But though you're still with me,
I've been alone all along.

He sighed and walked into the next room where Rin's daughter, Jun, lay peacefully sleeping. Kohaku had died in a battle before she was born. Sesshomaru gently picked her up and held her in his arms. She looked just like her mother... Black hair, dark as midnight, and big, brown eyes. She looked up at Sesshomaru and smiled, reaching for a strand of silver hair that had fallen in her wake. He moved his hand to move it away, but, instead, Jun reached for his hand with her small one and held on to one of his fingers. She yawned and Sesshomaru began to hum to her...

When you'd cried, I'd wipe away all of your tears.
When you'd scream, I'd fight away all of your fears.
I've held your hand through all of these years.
You still have...
All of me.