Rin, now sixteen, is finally seeing her adoptive father, Sesshomaru, after many years of him not being there. Ever at her side is Lily, her bodyguard and best friend. Can Rin rekindle the flame between these former lovers, or will their past forever block their way.
Prologue: The Present
"Cess, come on! We're gonna be late!"
"No, not until you do it!"
"Are you freaking kidding me?"
"Do it or I'm not coming down!"
"Fine!" lily yelled back, knowing full well that it was useless to try and get her down. "Start it then."
"YAY!" she heard coming from the second story of the mansion.
"What do we do?"
"When there's no turning back?" she replied not knowing how long this was gonna take
"Stay steady on a course,"
"And never look back."
"What do we do?"
"When the wolf doesn't cry?"
"Hear it in our dreams,"
"Where its spirit never dies."
"What do we do," it was at the top of the stairs
"When the moon doesn't shine?"
"We let the rain show our sorrow," foot of the stairs
"And shed our tears on the needles of the pines. Now lets go or your dad's gonna be pissed!"
"Hey Lils?"
"Yeah Cess?"
"Do you think he'll like me?"
"Oh, oh sweetie," Lily said, taking the 16 year old into her arms, "your dad loves you, you know that.
Don't you?" She heard a small sob com from the young girl. "Shush, shush, it's alright sweetie your big sis is gonna take care of you okay. Now come on."
Lily opened her umbrella and escorted the teen to the car. When she was in, Lily walked the length of the limo, preparing herself to see him again. She put the key in the ignition, turned it, and listened to it roar to life.
"Hey Rin, ya ready?" she asked her eyes in the rearview mirror. Rin gave a small nod, her eyes downcast.
"If you promise to smile, we'll do class tomorrow." Rin's face instantly grew brighter.
"Then can we go to the batting cages?"
"Yes, then we can go to the batting cages," Lily replied, trying to sound exasperated but couldn't hide the grin on her lips.
"Sound like a plan?"
"Yes," Rin answered. Relief echoing in her voice just from knowing that as long as Lily was there, she would be safe. As long as Lily was there, not everything will change.
They waited at the private air strip for Lord Sesshomaru's plane. Lily was sitting in back with Rin, hating the severely tailored suit she was wearing. She dug into her pockets and found the little velvety case she was looking for.
"Hey Rin?"
"Yeah?"
"Happy Birthday," she said as she handed Rin the box. Rin opened it. She found a silver necklace with a butterfly pendent. The wings were black marble with ivory streaks.
"Flip it over" Lily whispered. Rin flipped it and read the inscription:
TO MY LITTLE SIS
HAPPY SIXTEENTH
WACKY BAT
Rin had tears rolling down her cheeks, but she couldn't help but laugh at her childhood name.
"But that's not fair"
"What's not fair?" Lily asked curiosity and some suspicion written of her face.
"I wanted to give you your present first," and with that Rin pulled out a small velvety case. Lily laughed. It was a silver necklace with a butterfly pendent. Lily gave Rin a big hug and said, "We really are twins!"
"Well…?"
"Well….what?"
"Flip it over."
Lily flipped over the pendent and read the inscription:
TO MY BIG SIS
HAPPY TWENTY THIRD
INKY WINKY
Rin saw a single tear go down Lily's cheek and smiled. Rin put her head on Lily's shoulder and Lily put her head on Rin's.
"Will things be okay?"
"I don't know," Lily said, answering honestly, "but I will always take care of you." Rin relaxed because she knew that no matter what, Lily would be there to make sure she was safe, even if it cost Lily her life.
They sat like that in companionable silence until the soothing patter of rain was rudely overpowered by another sound. The sound of jet engines. Both straitened out their clothes, both wiped their eyes and both proudly displayed their necklaces.
Lily walked under her umbrella to where the steps of the private jet were. Lily saw him descend the steps and start walking towards the limo. Lily walked right next to him never faltering in a single step.
"Lord Sesshomaru," it was a statement, not a question. His only reply was a small nod of his head.
'So, that's how it'll be' she thought to herself. The normally cheery dark blue color of her eyes turned to a mixture of pale blue and brown, like icy mud. That moment, he no longer held a piece in her heart.
By the time they reached the limo, Lily was thoroughly soaked because she held her umbrella for Lord Sesshomaru, not for herself, as was to be expected. She opened the door and looked at Rin as he entered the limousine. She gave a small shake of her head and Rin gave her a small nod to show she understood.
'Just like your dad,' she thought.
'This is gonna be a long night' she heard another part of her mind answer in return. She looked in the rearview mirror and thought 'Yes, yes it is.' She saw Rin slowly nod in answer.
She pulled up in front of the restaurant and escorted Lord Sesshomaru and Rin to the door. After giving Rin a small smile of encouragement she drove to the parking garage across the street.
She grabbed the duffel in the passenger seat and ran to the back of the limo to change. After changing she shoved her uniform in to the duffel and handed them to the driver in the jeep next to her.
"Got it on?" she asked him.
"Yes ma'am"
"Good, stay on this frequency. You'll know if you're needed."
Lily ran to the front of the restaurant. She closed her umbrella and pulled down the hood of her hoodie. She walked into the door with a smile.
"Hey Alonzo!" she yelled to the seating host when she was letting her hair down from its tight bun Rin put it in earlier and tucked a lily behind her ear.
"Madam Lily! I didn't know that you were coming! If I did I would have made arrangements and…"
"Oh, it's quite alright Alonzo, I was just wondering if I could have a table."
"One by her?"
"Yes, one by her."
Lord Sesshomaru regarded his daughter with curiosity. He didn't know what to talk about with her, so he settled for observing her for the time being.
He loved how she looked in the black halter gown he sent for her to wear. And how she did her usually strait hair raven hair and made it into a dark mass of tight curls. And how the one lily behind her ear balanced out all of the black she was wearing.
"May I be excused?" she asked, looking for a break from his cold gaze. He gave her a swift nod and she got up and walked to the ladies room.
He saw a mass of thick black curls only moments after Rin had round the corner and gone out of his eye sight. 'She's back rather quick,' he thought to himself, 'but why did she change, and what the hell happened to her hair?' when he was that she was wearing jeans and a black hoodie under a jean jacket with green converse. Her hair was soaked and instead f walking to their table she walked to the table to his immediate left.
The smell of lilies hitting his nose made him think of someone he lost long ago…
flashback
"What do you want Lord Sesshomaru?" she asked her mask in place, never showing emotions, never showing that she cared.
"You know what I want," he whispered coyly in her ear. She shot him an evil look and he threw his hands up as a sign of surrender.
"Why did you want me to meet you here?" she asked, letting the mask fall and letting her emotions find their way into her voice and on to her face.
"To tell you something." For once, she sensed nervousness in his voice.
"What is it Sessho, what's going on, are you alright?" worry shone in her every move, every expression. She was standing so close to him that he could feel the heat radiating off of her body, and he loved it.
"Lily, I came to say that I love you."
"Oh Sessho, I lo-"
Then movement from the other side of the table brought him out of his thoughts. He looked at where the movement was coming from and saw Rin sitting there; totally oblivious to what has been running through his head.
'Took you long enough.' Lily felt the words enter her thoughts and she looked over at Rin and gave her a small apologetic shrug and replied, 'yeah, sorry 'bout that'.
Rin felt the words and inwardly rolled her eyes. She then returned her attention back to the matter at hand, her father.
'What do I do? This silence is driving me freaking crazy!' she silently asked Lily.
'Ask about his business that he has considered 'oh so fucking important' all these years and if he treats you just like everyone else, then give his sorry ass a reality check and tell him that you're his daughter, not one of his employees.' Rin felt the iciness of Lily's thought and was glad that it was not directed towards her.
"So, father, how is business fairing?"
Sesshomaru looked at her, just looked at her.
Rin saw the hurt in his eyes and felt bad about her unattached use of the word father instead of the word daddy which she used to say with such warmth, but she figured that he would have to earn her back.
"Rin," he began, trying to open her heart back up towards him, just like so long ago with Her…
"I know that w…"
The cold ringing of a shot being fired brought all his attention to what had to be done. And that was protecting Rin.
The cold ringing of a gun shot being fired in this restaurant made Lily mad. The fact that she knew that it was meant to harm either Rin or Sesshomaru made her furious.
Her mask was back in place, the one that she hadn't used in years. Never showing emotions, never showing what was going though her head. 'Just like the night I said goodbye' she thought ironically to herself.
She reached behind her and stuck her hands in the back of her hoodie. Her hands calmly grabbing the cool pieces of metal as she drew her guns from their holster.
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