Disclaimer- I don't own Inuyasha or any of the other characters.
AN: This is my first Inuyasha fic. I mostly write fics on the Tribeworld board.
Rin stormed into her room and slammed the door. With a deep sigh, she looked down at the crumbled white card in her hand.
"You are cordially invited to celebrate the engagement of Inuyasha..."
She stopped reading and threw the card on the floor.
"He's getting married and he didn't even tell me." she said as she dug into the card with the heel of her boot. "You're an asshole."
Rin spotted a picture of him on her dresser. She picked it up and then smashed it against the dresser. She sunk down on the bed and buried her face in her hands. The anger she was feeling was nothing compared to the hurt. Inuyasha was her best friend and she should have been happy for him, but she wasn't. Like some stupid cliché, she had fallen in love with him. Normally his being with someone wouldn't bother her but this was different. No woman had ever lasted long enough for him to propose to. Someone knocked on her door.
"Go away." she yelled.
Rin knew that it could only be her stepmother. She knocked on the door once again and then walked in.
"I didn't say come in." Rin snapped.
"Too bad. Rin, you're nineteen. It's time for you to grow up. You can't sulk and pout because you don't get your way. He doesn't want to be with you so get over it. Your father said to tell you that you have an hour to get dressed."
"Go to hell." Rin said with a sweet smile. "What I find interesting is the fact that this is the first I'm hearing about this. He would have wrote me and told me what was going on."
"No modern convenience, no outside interference, wasn't that what it said in that retreat brochure you gave to us six months ago. We saw no point in sending you're mail to you if you couldn't get it. You're the one who wanted to go. So who's to blame if he couldn't get in touch with you?"
"Get out."
"Gladly." her stepmother said with a smile. "Like I said, you have an hour."
"And like I said, I'm not going."
Two hours later, Rin found herself walking into the ballroom that Inuyasha's parents had rented. I can't believe I'm here, Rin thought. A bit of curiosity, and lots of not so gentle pressure from her father, persuaded her to come. The minute she walked in the door, Rin moved to the back of the room and stayed there. She wasn't ready to face him yet. She scanned the room until she found him dancing in the middle of the room with his fiancée. Rin narrowed her eyes and studied her.
"She pretty but I've seen better." Rin mumbled bitchily.
She hated this intense feeling of jealousy. Truth was, the girl was more than pretty. She was gorgeous. She was wearing a cream colored knee length dress that made her look like an angel and she had long black hair that looked like it should be used in a shampoo commercial. And compared to her Rin knew that she looked frumpy. Rin hated dressing up and following fashion trends. She stuck to dark colors and her hair was so unruly that she kept it shoulder length just to tame it. Rin sighed deeply. She could understand why he wanted to marry the girl. If I were a guy, I'd want to too, Rin thought to herself sadly. A waiter walked by so she grabbed a glass of champagne.
"Hiding in the shadows Rin?" a cold voice said coming up behind her.
She turned around and faced the one person who could make the night even worse for her if he chose to.
"Sesshomaru." she said matching his cold tone.
"I'm surprised that you came."
"And miss Inuyasha's engagement party? Wild horses couldn't keep me away."
"More like you'd wish they'd drag you away."
"You're enjoying this aren't you?"
"Would I?" he asked with a raised eyebrow.
Rin gave him a look that said drop dead. He just looked at her expressionlessly and took a sip of his own champagne. She resisted the urge to strangle him. No jury would convict you if you killed him, she thought. Everyone thought he was cold and emotionless, but Rin knew better. Sesshomaru had a sense of humor and liked to have fun. Unfortunately, it was a dark and sarcastic sense of humor and his idea of fun was watching people squirm. Normally she enjoyed
it and gave as good as she got. But when it came to him making fun of her feelings for Inuyasha, she clammed up.
"They look good together don't they?" he asked not so innocently.
Rin was about to say something nasty to him when she heard someone call her name. She turned around and saw Inuyasha coming toward her. She smiled brightly and ignoring what people might say, ran over to him.
"I'm glad that you're finally back." he said hugging her.
"I got back today." she said as she reluctantly let him go. "I barely had time to walk in the door before Claire shoved the invitation in my face."
"Sorry about that. I tried getting in touch with you, but those freaks at that retreat wouldn't let me."
"It's my fault. I wanted to go and they're very strict about their no outside interruptions rule."
"You had a good time then?"
"It was enlightening." she said with a smile. "I met some really cool people."
"Aren't you going to introduce us Inuyasha?" his fiancée asked as she walked over to him.
"Kagome, this is Rin. Rin, this is Kagome."
"Nice to meet you Rin. Inuyasha has told me so much about you."
"Only the good stuff." he said with a smile.
"That must have been a short conversation." Rin said forcing a smile. "So Inuyasha, can I have a dance?"
"Yeah. I'll be back in a minute Kagome."
Rin grabbed his hand and led him away from Kagome. She moved close to him and they began dancing.
"So are you happy?" she asked.
"Yes. Kagome is great. And before you ask, she's not a bimbo. In fact, she's studying to become a doctor."
Rin groaned inwardly. She's gorgeous and smart.
"Is she going to last?"
Inuyasha pulled back and looked at her. She hadn't meant to say that out loud.
"What's that supposed to mean?"
"I didn't mean anything by it. It's just that you tend to run through girls."
"Not this time. There's something different about Kagome. I can't explain it."
"Then don't. I'm happy for you Inuyasha."
Rin didn't want to talk about it anymore so she leaned her head against him. It felt so nice being next to him. She squeezed her eyes closed to keep herself from crying. Why can't he feel the same way about me, she wondered.
"Can I cut in?"
Rin lifted her head and glared at Sesshomaru. She was going to tell him to get lost, but he grabbed her arm and pulled her to him. Out the corner of her eye, Rin saw Inuyasha dancing with Kagome again.
"Why do you refuse to let me have any peace?"
"You'll have peace when I do. You're stepmother begged me to come dance with you."
"Why would she do that?"
"Maybe she doesn't want to watch you embarrass yourself by drooling all over Inuyasha."
"I wasn't."
"You were."
Deep inside she knew that she had been. He looked so handsome in his dark suit and he smelled heavenly. Given half the chance, Rin would have jumped him. She let her gaze shift over to the couple in question. They were staring into each other's eyes as they dance. Maybe they won't last, she thought hopefully.
"Don't even think about causing any trouble. It'll just make them closer."
"I don't have to make trouble. It won't last. It can't."
"Look at them together. Anything that sickening is bound to last." Sesshomaru said with a sarcastic smirk.
"Trust me, anything that sickening can't last."
"But it will. I know it and so do you. Now can we let this tiring conversation drop?"
Rin nodded her head to agree to let it drop, at least for the moment. Even if she didn't talk about it, it wasn't far from her mind. Watching Inuyasha and Kagome was breaking her heart. She turned her head away from them and wiped away the tears that were welling up in her eyes. There was no way she'd survive if Inuyasha married Kagome.
"I have to get out of here." she said as pulled away from Sesshomaru and bolted for the door.
AN: This is my first Inuyasha fic. I mostly write fics on the Tribeworld board.
Rin stormed into her room and slammed the door. With a deep sigh, she looked down at the crumbled white card in her hand.
"You are cordially invited to celebrate the engagement of Inuyasha..."
She stopped reading and threw the card on the floor.
"He's getting married and he didn't even tell me." she said as she dug into the card with the heel of her boot. "You're an asshole."
Rin spotted a picture of him on her dresser. She picked it up and then smashed it against the dresser. She sunk down on the bed and buried her face in her hands. The anger she was feeling was nothing compared to the hurt. Inuyasha was her best friend and she should have been happy for him, but she wasn't. Like some stupid cliché, she had fallen in love with him. Normally his being with someone wouldn't bother her but this was different. No woman had ever lasted long enough for him to propose to. Someone knocked on her door.
"Go away." she yelled.
Rin knew that it could only be her stepmother. She knocked on the door once again and then walked in.
"I didn't say come in." Rin snapped.
"Too bad. Rin, you're nineteen. It's time for you to grow up. You can't sulk and pout because you don't get your way. He doesn't want to be with you so get over it. Your father said to tell you that you have an hour to get dressed."
"Go to hell." Rin said with a sweet smile. "What I find interesting is the fact that this is the first I'm hearing about this. He would have wrote me and told me what was going on."
"No modern convenience, no outside interference, wasn't that what it said in that retreat brochure you gave to us six months ago. We saw no point in sending you're mail to you if you couldn't get it. You're the one who wanted to go. So who's to blame if he couldn't get in touch with you?"
"Get out."
"Gladly." her stepmother said with a smile. "Like I said, you have an hour."
"And like I said, I'm not going."
Two hours later, Rin found herself walking into the ballroom that Inuyasha's parents had rented. I can't believe I'm here, Rin thought. A bit of curiosity, and lots of not so gentle pressure from her father, persuaded her to come. The minute she walked in the door, Rin moved to the back of the room and stayed there. She wasn't ready to face him yet. She scanned the room until she found him dancing in the middle of the room with his fiancée. Rin narrowed her eyes and studied her.
"She pretty but I've seen better." Rin mumbled bitchily.
She hated this intense feeling of jealousy. Truth was, the girl was more than pretty. She was gorgeous. She was wearing a cream colored knee length dress that made her look like an angel and she had long black hair that looked like it should be used in a shampoo commercial. And compared to her Rin knew that she looked frumpy. Rin hated dressing up and following fashion trends. She stuck to dark colors and her hair was so unruly that she kept it shoulder length just to tame it. Rin sighed deeply. She could understand why he wanted to marry the girl. If I were a guy, I'd want to too, Rin thought to herself sadly. A waiter walked by so she grabbed a glass of champagne.
"Hiding in the shadows Rin?" a cold voice said coming up behind her.
She turned around and faced the one person who could make the night even worse for her if he chose to.
"Sesshomaru." she said matching his cold tone.
"I'm surprised that you came."
"And miss Inuyasha's engagement party? Wild horses couldn't keep me away."
"More like you'd wish they'd drag you away."
"You're enjoying this aren't you?"
"Would I?" he asked with a raised eyebrow.
Rin gave him a look that said drop dead. He just looked at her expressionlessly and took a sip of his own champagne. She resisted the urge to strangle him. No jury would convict you if you killed him, she thought. Everyone thought he was cold and emotionless, but Rin knew better. Sesshomaru had a sense of humor and liked to have fun. Unfortunately, it was a dark and sarcastic sense of humor and his idea of fun was watching people squirm. Normally she enjoyed
it and gave as good as she got. But when it came to him making fun of her feelings for Inuyasha, she clammed up.
"They look good together don't they?" he asked not so innocently.
Rin was about to say something nasty to him when she heard someone call her name. She turned around and saw Inuyasha coming toward her. She smiled brightly and ignoring what people might say, ran over to him.
"I'm glad that you're finally back." he said hugging her.
"I got back today." she said as she reluctantly let him go. "I barely had time to walk in the door before Claire shoved the invitation in my face."
"Sorry about that. I tried getting in touch with you, but those freaks at that retreat wouldn't let me."
"It's my fault. I wanted to go and they're very strict about their no outside interruptions rule."
"You had a good time then?"
"It was enlightening." she said with a smile. "I met some really cool people."
"Aren't you going to introduce us Inuyasha?" his fiancée asked as she walked over to him.
"Kagome, this is Rin. Rin, this is Kagome."
"Nice to meet you Rin. Inuyasha has told me so much about you."
"Only the good stuff." he said with a smile.
"That must have been a short conversation." Rin said forcing a smile. "So Inuyasha, can I have a dance?"
"Yeah. I'll be back in a minute Kagome."
Rin grabbed his hand and led him away from Kagome. She moved close to him and they began dancing.
"So are you happy?" she asked.
"Yes. Kagome is great. And before you ask, she's not a bimbo. In fact, she's studying to become a doctor."
Rin groaned inwardly. She's gorgeous and smart.
"Is she going to last?"
Inuyasha pulled back and looked at her. She hadn't meant to say that out loud.
"What's that supposed to mean?"
"I didn't mean anything by it. It's just that you tend to run through girls."
"Not this time. There's something different about Kagome. I can't explain it."
"Then don't. I'm happy for you Inuyasha."
Rin didn't want to talk about it anymore so she leaned her head against him. It felt so nice being next to him. She squeezed her eyes closed to keep herself from crying. Why can't he feel the same way about me, she wondered.
"Can I cut in?"
Rin lifted her head and glared at Sesshomaru. She was going to tell him to get lost, but he grabbed her arm and pulled her to him. Out the corner of her eye, Rin saw Inuyasha dancing with Kagome again.
"Why do you refuse to let me have any peace?"
"You'll have peace when I do. You're stepmother begged me to come dance with you."
"Why would she do that?"
"Maybe she doesn't want to watch you embarrass yourself by drooling all over Inuyasha."
"I wasn't."
"You were."
Deep inside she knew that she had been. He looked so handsome in his dark suit and he smelled heavenly. Given half the chance, Rin would have jumped him. She let her gaze shift over to the couple in question. They were staring into each other's eyes as they dance. Maybe they won't last, she thought hopefully.
"Don't even think about causing any trouble. It'll just make them closer."
"I don't have to make trouble. It won't last. It can't."
"Look at them together. Anything that sickening is bound to last." Sesshomaru said with a sarcastic smirk.
"Trust me, anything that sickening can't last."
"But it will. I know it and so do you. Now can we let this tiring conversation drop?"
Rin nodded her head to agree to let it drop, at least for the moment. Even if she didn't talk about it, it wasn't far from her mind. Watching Inuyasha and Kagome was breaking her heart. She turned her head away from them and wiped away the tears that were welling up in her eyes. There was no way she'd survive if Inuyasha married Kagome.
"I have to get out of here." she said as pulled away from Sesshomaru and bolted for the door.