Life is no Walk In The Park

Chapter 2

Hello all my lovely friends! I know that many of you have been waiting for me to continue this story for longer than most of you wish to wait, but I am back in the game. With the help of some other fans I have gotten down a rough sketch of what the plot will look like before I continued. Keep in mind I am writing another story that I am slightly more inclined to at the moment so this story sort of takes a back seat. It will be relatively short as one of the first stories with more than one chapter. This is to satisfy all the hungry people waiting for me to finish it so I can get on with Candy Fit For a Demon Lord. Thanks for baring with me and being patient.

Disclaimer: I do not own InuYasha. All rights go to Rumiko Takahashi. I don't own Walkman either. Also a portion of the plot belongs to a lovely lady named Misfit band geek who helped me get inspired and revved up for writing. Thanks again!

Sess sighed deeply as he sipped his tea. He was sitting outside in the local dog park. He had first come here to sketch a few days ago, and he thought that was that and he probably wouldn't come back here. He had work to do and a job to run. He no longer had time to go around and relax, and it was already bad enough that he would probably have to take a weeks worth of time off of work for his brothers upcoming wedding. Then he had to come here, and call in late to work. His mind and body had been nagging him to come back for one reason or another. He would just get these urges to be there, so today, when they became unbearable, he had no choice but to act. He couldn't put his finger on it. No one had any idea how much that infuriated him.

He continued sipping his tea and decided to look at the newspaper from earlier that morning. The incessant nagging had dulled, but it was still there. He was here wasn't he? Why wouldn't these feelings leave him be now that he had fulfilled their desire? He hated the fact that he had no control over his own emotions. It made him feel slightly helpless. Sesshomaru Takahashi was not helpless, he growled to himself. He looked around, thoroughly in a sour mood. He caught a slightly familiar scent catch on the early morning breeze. He temporarily felt disoriented. It was such and odd feeling, like being slapped in the face. Looking in the direction of the scent he was greeted with a familiar sight.

The young girl from the other day was strolling down the path leading the rouge, dimwitted puppy. She was wearing khaki pants with a plain navy shirt and bandanna. It was odd for him to see her coming from the old apartment complex that was next to the dog park. For some bizarre reason when he had met her the other day, he had the feeling that she lived with her husband in some suburb a little outside the town. He just had the feeling that she would be the type of girl to be settled down by now. Not that he had thought about the rude girl from the other day. Not at all.

He continued to pretend to read the paper while watching from the corner of his eye. As she approached she didn't seem to recognize him at all. On one hand this was probably for the best considering how they had argued on their first meeting, but in a teeny, tiny part of his brain he wanted her to stop and say, "Hey you are that stuck-up jerk from the other day!" He promptly squashed that stray thought relishing it writhing in agony. While he was in his dream world torturing and watching stray thoughts suffer, he had yet to notice the small commotion.

Rin decided to walk Fluffy this morning before work, feeling completely content listening to her Walkman and enjoying the early morning sun. To everyone's great displeasure she was a morning person. She felt oddly relaxed for one reason or another and she had the feeling today was going to be a great day. She had no idea how wrong she was going to be in so many ways.

She had been in the park for barely four minutes when Fluffy started yanking on the leash and barking incessantly. It was terribly odd that Fluffy would do this because he usually only reacted this way to people he knew. She had trained him herself so that he would be a good walker and never bark at random people. She allowed him to become rowdy only around friends, so she couldn't imagine what would have him so riled up. She turned off her Walkman and allowed Fluffy to drag her to whatever was so exciting to him before carting him off to finish the walk before she left for work.

As soon as Rin gave Fluffy some slack he took off to a nearby bench where a man was sitting reading the paper. Fluffy ran up to the man and desperately tried to get up on the bench, when he was only able to get his paws trying to scramble up. He tried again backing up and lunging as fast as he could, but overestimated the length of his jump. He slammed his head into the back rest. Rin wasn't even able to save him from a concussion when he was on a leash.

"Fluffy!" Rin moaned as she quickly approached the bench. "Sorry, sir I don't know what got into…him," she trailed off the rest of the sentence recognizing the man from the other day.

"Didn't I tell you to put that mutt on a leash? If this becomes a repeat offense I may have to report you," he said coolly without a trace of emotion on his face.

"Look, you jerk I have him on a leash and I was apologizing! It's not like he would have harmed you anyway. He is a calm and obedient puppy who, at worst, would probably lick you. As long as nobody threatens me he is the most harmless and docile creature to walk the earth," Rin stated fuming.

"Yes docile and stupid," he murmured as he picked up the puppy and inspected it. He raised an eyebrow at how out cold it was, as the body dangled down from where he held it under it's front paws. The tongue ladled out as if thoroughly enjoying his inspection from the strange man.

Rin growled, "Fluffy is not stupid! He never acts this way around anyone else. Maybe it is your stupidity rubbing off on him every time he is around you." Rin promptly snatched Fluffy back, and cradled the sleeping puppy in her arms. "You still owe me that apology from the other day you know," she huffed.

"You will still have to wait for that then," he said monotonously.

Rin looked at the demon. She squinted and cocked her head to the side resembling the puppy she held in her arms. "What is your name?" She asked suddenly and he felt somewhat taken aback. For some odd reason he felt compelled to answer.

"Sesshomaru Takahashi," he said narrowing his eyes. She didn't seem familiar so he had no idea why she would be interested in his name. Her eyes widened to the shape of plates, and she stuttered briefly.

As hastily as possible she spoke, "Well Mr. Takahashi, it was a lovely experience talking to you today, but I am afraid I am a terribly busy woman. Things to do and what not. I guess this didn't exactly go well, but water under the bridge, eh?" She chuckled nervously. "Anyway I best get going, thanks for the interesting, ugh… conversation. We will have to do it again sometime. Bye!" And with that she hightailed it out of the park.

Sesshomaru was in such a daze at her fast retreat that he didn't notice anything for a couple of minutes. As soon as he was back in the real world he whipped out his cell phone. Quickly speed dialing his office he waited for his secretary to pick up the line.

"Takahashi Law, how can I help you?" Came the voice of his overly perky secretary.

"Senpai. Inform my father that I will not be in today. I am taking a personal day, but I want all my files to be taken to my father so they can be transported to my office at home," he stated clearly. He hung up before the lady even had a chance to respond.

"This girl, Rin, tries my patience. No one runs from this Sesshomaru. No one," he growled under his breath. "We will see who our mystery friend is, now won't we?" With that, he hid outside her apartment, waiting for her to come out, and he could resume being the predator stalking his prey. He would make sure that Rin's life would never be the same again, for insulting him.

AN: Well that was chapter two of the long awaited Life is no Walk In the Park! I know that everyone was waiting for this forever, and please let me apologize. I feel bad. I promise the story will continue on and that I will not ditch it like so many other people, it just might take a little while for me to update. I know you are all burning with questions like why did Rin leave and such, but that will just have to be left for the next chapter won't it? Yet again I apologize for leaving you hanging after such a long time. Thanks to all the people who reviewed the last few chapters and have given me support so far!