Summary: A light rabble of friendship, lost, young love, and growing up. Rin(dignified,severe) and Sesshoumaru (killing perfection/ to take away life perfectly) get through their middle school and beyond.

I do not own, Characters; other than the ones I create, belong to Rumiko Takahashi. I will look for a beta, I just wanted to find a good SessxRin stroy and I was like heck might as well go for it, any tips or constructive criticism would be greatly appreciated!

Enjoy~

Umi No Hana

Chapter 1: Home is Where We Are

The rambunctious preteen nearly smacked her heavy backpack down when she squealed upon seeing her father sitting in the kitchen sipping from a clay cup. The light haloed around him from the small window, the wind rustling the curtains and his thick hair, and his smile brightening the shadow of his face. Rin whispered his name, hoping it was real and not another illusion. Placing the cup down he swung his arms open, mouthing her name. "Otou-san!" Rin jumped into his arms, tears prickling the sides of her eyes as she clung to his strong arms, the material rough against her soft cheeks.

"Otou-san, otou-san, where have you been for so long?" Her voice muffled, though sounded strained, he knew she was holding back tears.

His deep chuckle made her pull back, a frown set in her heart shaped face. "Why didn't you send a transmission or anything?!" His deep brown eyes gave away his laugh before he could utter more to her.

"Ah Rin-chan, my flower of the sea, I was stuck in a looooooong long long sea storm. Didn't you hear about it?" His gruff voice added a questioning tone, mirth swimming in his eyes as he patted her head, trying to smooth the endless curls and pieces of hair sticking up at spots.

Rin only huffed, pulling back to sit beside his kneeled form, "I got soaked a few weeks ago, that doesn't explain why it took you so long to return to me." Her lips curled downward, her arms circling around though only meeting half way with how large her father was.

Though knowing not to dwell on the loneliness, Rin smiled again, patting the large man on his sides and pulling her backpack from her side to her front, her hands ripping at what the bright orange and green bag concealed. "Otou-san look what we did in class this week!"

As the little girl prattled on, another figure walked into the brightly lit kitchen, her apron swishing back and forth as she crept up behind Rin. Deft, small hands grabbed hold of her shoulders, making the little one let out a screech of surprise, quickly turning to giggles.

"Konnichiwa, Okaa-san… modottekita." Rin let out a flustered smile to her mother, who was staring down at here with a raised brow.

"Sukoshi Rin, attacking your poor father like that." The older woman tsked as she let the younger right herself next to her beloved father. The sun spraying onto her making her ivory skin glow and the floral patterns on her apron shine bright. She smiled heartily, her arms coming up to the long brown hair she kept in a low pony tail, adjusting it so it laid over her right shoulder. She watched Rin 'hpmh' and began twiddling her fingers in silken locks, a sneaky smile on her lips.

"Shikashi okaa-san!" Her brown eyes were concealed as she looked up at the ceiling, a grumble coming from her lips, "You did it too, probably worse with all the smooching." Playfully Rin rolled away from her mother and father, making small kissing noises and faces at them making them both go into a hearty laugh. Looking at laughing parents Rin could only smile, enjoying that they were together again and happy that the nights ahead would be full of laughs and happiness.

Finally having been forced to work on homework and told numerous times that her father was relaxing at home for a few weeks for now, Rin could barely hold in her excitement when she heard her father and mother laughing downstairs, their voices muffled by the hard wood floor and her purple and green covered door.

Getting to a stopping point in her work she glanced quickly around her room. Small stickers layered the walls along with large posters, stuffed animals lazing on desktops and book cases.

Next to her bed was a thick pure white seal, the black eyes like black holes against the soft white of it's fur. 'Ruru' her longest living stuffed animal that her mother and father had given her at birth laid proudly atop the night stand, ready to be pulled into her comfortable sheets anytime she wished to rest.

She smiled at it, a good memory she couldn't remember but, a story that her mother told her every night.

She looked away, to her scrawling paper work and brightly colored folders, "Maa, finally finished!" Closing the items and storing them in her back pack to grab for the next school day she stood, stretching her curved back and short arms above her head letting out a heavy sigh.

Dropping her arms slowly she caught movement to the side, smiling at herself as she noticed the mirror. She stood there admiring herself for a few moments, twisting and turning in her school skirt and undershirt, which held a stain from her lunch from earlier that day. Looking up she stared at her hair, the annoying pieces sticking out unorganized, though she had gather a bit to a side pony tail that was drastically losing it's width. The dark brown hairs sliding out, rough on the edges but soft towards the center and top of her head.

Shrugging she skipped out of her room, singing her song as she took the steps one by one, "Umi no chichi wa, watashi ni totte kudasai… watashi wa uni no anat a no hanada!" She annunciated the last syllables to the last set of stairs, her face beaming as she heard her father speak up his voice gruff but, kind as usual "Umi wa, -fu de arainagasu koto ga dekiru hana kowaidesu."

She skipped up to him, her hands behind her back as she looked up to him, "Shikashi, anata wa umi ni yotte, watashi ni chichi o mamoru yo!" Ending their song the two laughed, mouths wide as they hugged one another. Hana came upon them her hands on her hips as she giggled at them, "You both look like the koi fish in our pond, mouths open big to swallow the world ni?" They all laughed again, though quieted down when Hana, the mother pointed to the kitchen, "Now dinner time, I didn't work hard for nothing."

Rin giggled, looking over at her father, Tsuyoumi, who only winked at her as he followed closely behind his wife, blowing her small kisses as he went to sit at the head of the table.

Their dinner went on smoothly, Rin happily informing her father of everything that had happened in the past weeks as well as her newly acquired friends in elementary school. Her face tightening up to make a stoic pout, "His name is Sesshoumaru, but he's nothing close to perfect, he likes being bossy and won't be nice, but I think I can make him nice." Tsuyoumi laughed loudly, bringing his tea cup down to the wooden table, "Nani Rin-chan, make a boy nice?" He raised a thick brow, the smile on his face but his eyes questioning Rin.

The bright eyed girl nodded, "Of course! Everyone can be nice!" She looked determined, with her hand tightly gripping the chopsticks she held along with the rim of the white and blue rice bowl. "He's only mean I bet because he's scared of something!" She went to take a large bite out of her nikujaga, hmming to the wonderful earthy taste of the potatoes and savory bits of beef.

Hana chuckled at her daughter, she had heard many times of her daughters friends, especially the day the young boy, Sesshoumaru had forcibly carted her home on his bike, his face still but his eyes full of emotion. She knew her daughter was very stubborn and head strong, heck she got both traits from herself and her husband though she wasn't sure as to why Rin continued hanging out with the young boy, especially when he seemed to be irate with her around. Though she digressed Rin had woven herself around the boy so tight he probably found it futile to try getting rid of her. The thought only made Hana giggle again causing the other occupants to glance at her, their mouths full with a bit of food on their chins.

She let out a snort and hid her face, laughing loudly as she tried telling them, "Ha-a-a y-your faces, c-clean yourselves!" Father and daughter both glanced back at each other, small laughs coming out as they tried cleaning at themselves.

The night went on as such; the loving embraces, the cuddling on the couch until the youngest feel asleep, a smile plastered on her face as she gripped her fathers thick shirt, the smell of the sea lulling her to sleep and into dreams.

Hana cleaned up the dishes, turning out the bright florescent light from the kitchen only to turn and gasp as she bumped into the large from of her husband. His squared shoulders rippling under the faded green wool shirt she had made for him years ago. Squeaking she steadied herself as he smiled down at her, "Tsu-kun… you told her the story right? She gets nightmares when you don't..." His wife made a disgruntled face; her tawny eyes looking up at him with soft lashes framing her loving gaze.

His face lightened and he chuckled deep, his arms wrapping tightly around his wife, his heavy head laying on hers as she hummed, "Actually, she wanted to know what happened." Hana blinked, her tawny eyes glancing up at his dark green, "The ship and storm right?" She was met with a grim nod, his gruff voice peaking up after a moment, "We have to go further out each time… better chances to catch the most fish since our competitors are swarming to our usual spots…" He left it at that, Hana nodded, a sad smile on her face as she thought about how long her beloved husband would be gone again. "Not too soon right? You said a few weeks…" Tsuyoumi nodded against his wives crown, "Koibito… Hai at least three weeks… I have missed my beautiful girls too much, the sea can only have me for so long." Hana laughed weakly, "Jaa, I fear the sea will have you soon enough sadly…" The couple dropped into an uncomfortable silence, though the warmth remained. Tsuyoumi kissing the crown of her head as he uttered words of love and forever to his wife, while she nodded, hugging tightly back and whispering her words of devotion to his sun kissed skin.

Translation: I am no expert, please correct me if I'm wrong, I only did one year of Japanese, I'm more into Korean, but for this story I couldn't exactly make myself turn them Korean lol. (nothing against it!)

Otou-san: papa (informal/ intimate)

Konnichiwa: Good afternoon

modottekita: I'm back, or I've returned (short time)

Okaasan: mama (informal/intimate)

Sukoshi: Little

Shikashi: but

"father by the sea, please take me, I am your flower of the sea" song lyric 1

"the sea is scary, a flower that can be washed away with the wind." song lyric 2

"but you'll protect me father by the sea" song lyric 3

Nikujaga: a popular dish of home style cooking made with sweet stewed meat and potatoes

Koibito: Lover