DISCLAMER: I DO NOT OWN INUYASHA OR ANYTHING ELSE MENTIONED IN THIS FIC!

A/N: I just thought of this idea not too long ago. It is basically Sesshoumaru adopting Rin when she is very young. It will take place in modern times. Inuyasha will still have his dog ears and Sesshoumaru will still have the stripes and crescent moon on his face. Just imagine everyone as they are in the series, but in modern time. Here's a list of their ages:

Sesshoumaru—23
Rin—6
Inuyasha—17
Kagome—17
Sango—17
Miroku—17

Sesshoumaru lives alone in a nice house, while Inuyasha lives his parents. Sesshoumaru only moved out a couple years prior to the beginning of this fic. Inuyasha, Kagome, Miroku, and Sango are all in high school. Ah-Un is Sesshoumaru's German Shepard dog and Jaken is his pet frog. The flow of this story is pretty much straight foreword. If you have any questions, feel free to ask in your reviews. Happy reading!

The beginning will be sad! You've been warned!

"Fatherhood"
Chapter 1 – Little Girl?

"I'm sorry, but you do not have very much time to live. We have done everything we can." Those were the frightening words that Naoko heard on the phone from the doctor. She had been diagnosed with some type of cancer over a year ago and she had been getting treated for it ever since she found out, but her body hadn't been responding to treatments. The doctor's had done anything and everything they could, but nothing was working.

Naoko lived alone with her six-year-old daughter, Rin. She didn't know what she was going to do; she didn't want to burden her young daughter with this information about her health. She never told Rin that she was sick. Two years ago, Rin already had to deal with the death of her father. He was a truck driver and he was killed in an accident during a snow storm.

Naoko didn't want Rin to be around when she would finally pass on. She needed to figure out what to do with her.

She decided it would be best to leave Rin with someone. Someone who would love her and take good care of her. After contemplating this and shedding tears for over an hour, Naoko packed many of Rin's things in a suitcase. They family didn't have much. They weren't wealthy at all.

This whole time, Rin had been sitting in front of the TV watching some random cartoons. She had been completely oblivious to everything that was going on with her mother; and that was the way Naoko wanted it to be. When Naoko was finished packing Rin's things, she went into the room where little Rin had been and sat down next to her.

"Rin, I need to talk to you for a minute." She was trying so hard not to cry in front of her daughter.

"What, mommy?"

"Rin, I need to go away…for a very long time." Naoko then pulled Rin into a hug and struggled even harder to keep her tears in.

"But why? Can I come with you?"

Naoko's heart skipped a beat. "No sweetie, I'm sorry. You will stay with someone."

"When are you coming back for me?"

Then it happened, a tear slid down Naoko's cheek. "I'm not coming back…I can't. Rin, I just want you to know that I love you very very much. You're the best thing that ever happened to me." Rin didn't understand. Why was her mommy leaving her for no reason? But there was a reason…she just wouldn't find out for a very long time.

"When do you have to leave, mommy?"

"Right now." After their little talk, Naoko jotted some things on a piece of paper, grabbed Rin's suit case, and took Rin's hand in hers and exited their little house.

It was a nice Saturday afternoon in mid-August, and Sesshoumaru had the weekend off from work. He worked for some big name company and made an amount of many that many could only dream of. He lived alone in an immaculate three-story house and had two cars. One was a silver Mercedes Benz convertible and the other was a black BMW. Both cars were extremely expensive. He normally worked Monday trough Friday at the office, with some occasional business trips. His father also worked at the same place, but he was ranked above Sesshoumaru.

Sesshoumaru loved weekends; mainly so he could have a couple days away from some of his co-workers who drive him nuts. He didn't really have anything planned to do over the weekend, so he decided to watch a movie titled "Kill Bill." He wasn't really too interested in it at first, but one of his co-workers leant it to him and told him that he "just had to watch it."

Naoko and Rin were walking down a street with many beautiful homes when one particular house caught Naoko's eye. It was a large three-story house and the lawn was perfectly kept. She thought this would be a good place to leave Rin. 'Perfect.' She thought to herself.

They stopped in front of the front lawn of the house. Naoko then kneeled down to be eye level with Rin.

"Okay, Rin…I'm going to go now. I want you to go to the doorstep of this house and ring the doorbell or knock." She then handed Rin a piece of paper. "I want you to give this to whoever answers the door, okay?"

"Okay mommy." Naoko then pulled Rin into a big hug and held her tight. "Rin, I know this is hard. This is one of the hardest things for me to do. But I want you to know that I'll always be with you. You my not be able to see me, but I will be with you." She then let go of Rin.

After they parted, Rin walked to the doorstep of the house and rang the doorbell.

Sesshoumaru was half-way through watching "Kill Bill." It turned out that the movie was quite good so far. While he was watching, the doorbell rang. Ah-Un started barking like many other dogs do when the door bell or phone rings. Sesshoumaru didn't want to get up, but his curiosity got the best of him. "Ah-Un, if it's another Girl Scout trying to sell me some cookies, go ahead and eat her." Of course, he didn't mean it; he was just annoyed with all the door-to-door people coming to his house. 'Everyone thinks just because a rich guy lives here that he'll buy 100 boxes of cookies.' He thought to himself.

When he opened the door, he saw a little girl wearing a pink shirt and denim shorts. She had long black hair and part of it was in a side pony tail. She held a suit case in one hand and a piece of paper in another.

So, what did you think? I know it seems a little slow, but this is only the beginning. I have plans for the next few chapters. What will Sesshoumaru do about this little girl at his doorstep? I know this chapter was a little angsty…please don't flame me! Anyway, PLEASE REVIEW! I wanna know what you think!