Chapter 1: Rememberance

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Four months. It had been four months since Sesshomaru's soon-to-be wife, Kagome had left him at the wedding altar to be with his half-demon younger brother, Inuyasha. He was furious that she wanted Inuyasha over him, but depressed that Kagome broke his heart. They had been together since their Freshman year of high school all the way to their Senior. They even went to Prom. When their relationship grew more intimate and serious, they began to confide in one another, sharing and expressing their true feelings.

She even told him the story of how her father died, something she rarely told people. He held her as she cried, reliving the incident in her mind. After her tears subsided, Sesshomaru showed her just how much he cared and the two made love. They took away one anothers virginity and proclaimed their love.

Soon Sesshomaru announced that he wanted to marry her and Kagome gladly accepted. They were happy as ever, but that all changed when he said 'I do,' and she said 'I don't.' That sent a knife through his heart. An then he watched helplessly as she ran from the altar.

When Sesshomaru discovered that Inuyasha was who Kagome wanted, he was at his boiling point. His younger brother? Of all people him? Kagome could do better than that. He approached the two one day, asking questions--mostly to Kagome; like, "Did you ever sleep with him when you were with me", and other things like "What do you see in him that you don't in me?"

He was so desperate for answers so he got them and everytime she answered honestly. Kagome had never lied a day in her life and wasn't planning to.

Days after their wedding was cancelled, he cried his heart out. His adopted five-year old daughter, Maya tried to soothe her father from his emotional stress, but nothing helped.

At times like this Sesshomaru wished that his old friend, Rin were still in his life. They had been friends since middle school, but sadly she had moved away with her family, and they never kept in contact. It was sad how he didn't have anyone to depend on (except for Maya) since Kagome left.

And now four months after the incident, he slowly started to get over it, and was dating regulary, but no woman could ever match his standards so he stopped looking. Maybe he would never love again. Just maybe...

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"I'm so glad to be back in Tokyo," said a beautiful dark-haired woman as she flopped on her couch in her apartment, trying to finish unpacking the rest of her belongings. It had only been two days since she got into her apartment.

"You must have missed this place alot Rin," said a pale-face, dark-haired woman.

Rin smiled. "Yeah. So are you going to head back home later, Kikyo?"

She shrugged her shoulders, "Might as well otherwise Jakotsu will probably complain about there no being food, so we'd have to eat out, which involves money."

Rin seemed to be in total thought as she tried to place the name Jakotsu. "Isn't he your gay roommate?"

"Yeah," she answered.

"Oh," said Rin.

She didn't really know Jakotsu all that well except for the fact that she was going to be working with him. She only knew about him from Kikyo's stories.

"So what are you doing tomorrow?" Kikyo asked.

"Start work," Rin simply said.

Before Rin moved back to Tokyo she was still living in Osaka and was looking for a job so she could move. She sent out emails and her resumes, and fortunately a small shopping boutique that Jakotsu owned hired her, so that required her to move and she did. But no one knew the true reason of my she wanted to move.

Rin and Kikyo were sisters. They got along very well. When Kikyo was old enough she moved back to Tokyo to become a professional make-up artist. She was very successful in what she did. And soon after Rin followed.

It was getting late and Kikyo said that she had to get going. Rin let her leave, watching her sister dissappear from her apartment. Rin noticed the time herself. It was already 9:15. She should go to be early, so that she was wide awake in the mor ning.

Rin changed her clothes, dressing into her nightwear and slipping into bed. Before drifting to sleep she thought about her long-time friend, Sesshomaru. They had been through alot together. From the time that she moved into his neighborhood when she was twelve, she somehow knew that they would become fast friend; and she was right. But he was shy at first, not sure how to be friends with a girl and Rin was his first (friend).

Eventually he warmed up to her and they began to hang out often. It was mostly with Sesshomaru's friends though. Rin said that she despised being around girls, saying that they were too prissy and that she'd rather rough house with the boys than play make-up and tea parties. Yup. Rin was a regular tomboy at heart, but soon her heart changed along with her appearance when she develped a crush on Sesshomaru.

It happended in her freshman year, that she started to see him as more than a friend, but her feelings wouldn't let her gather up the courage that she could to tell him. She always remained quiet.

The more she harbored secret feelings for him, the more that she began to notice that Sesshomaru had a crush of his own. It was with a girl named Kagome. She watched in the background as he slowly fell in love with her. There were rumors going around the school, saying that they were a couple, and being at the school that they attended, all rumors were true, no matter how unbelievable they sounded.

Rin's heart felt crushed. She really did liked him alot, but was still unsure about his feelings toward her. If she ever did tell him how she felt, how would he take it? Would he say the same thing?

Rin didn't know. And for an entire year until she was finally in the tenth grade, Rin released those bottled up emotions when her and her family moved, going all the way to Osaka.

And now that she was back, nine years later at the age of twenty-five, Rin was pleased that she was back in her old hometown and could maybe see Sesshomaru again. She wondered how he would feel if he knew that she was back.

She smiled at that beautiful thought just before falling to sleep.

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MidniteHearts: Yeah I know you don't have to say it that chapter was short, but there's more to come, so keep reading and review. Oh, yeah justto let you guys know. I update my stories everyday so there's always a new chapter, but you have to be paitent because I need to figure out what happens I chapter two. If you guys have ideas let me know.