Golden Veil by BelovedStranger

Chapter 49

Word Count: 100

Prompt from Stella Mira's Soundtrack Challenge #5: Darkness Comes

It wasn’t long, however, before her mind again clouded with a painful truth she could no longer suppress. Sesshomaru’s acceptance unlocked it all. Her need to follow him was not only to get away from Inuyasha for a time. No, it was also to atone for a past failure—saving Rin’s life.

She gazed at Sesshomaru surreptitiously. How could he forgive her? How could he bear to look at her when she had failed at the one thing he had ever asked of her? Her fists clenched. She had failed Rin as well.

She was too afraid to ask him.

CLIFF NOTE #1

Hidden memories and feelings can be unconsciously unlocked when a 'trigger' jogs the mind. Sesshomaru's praise was that trigger in opening Kagome's feelings concerning Rin's death, how she felt as if she had failed Sesshomaru, and her fear that he despised her for her failure.