An: Kind of long chapter here... but this is where it takes a little twist
for those of you who thought finding out the father was a little to easy.
cackles
Chance sat on her bed that night, her head completely hazy. Christian came to her door and whispered, "Are you asleep?"
"No." she replied, staring into the small light that she'd kept on for years, not knowing why. Her guitar was in her lap, and she had now read the back. She had it memorized. It was ingrained into her eyelids, the back of her head, and generally burnt into her memory, just like the scent.
"What are you thinking about?" asked Christian, sitting on her bed.
"What the hell does this mean?" she asked, looking to her brother. "He smelt just like I remembered; trees and forests, rivers and wild berries. Not to mention the note on the back of my guitar."
"What does it say?"
"I apologize for not being there during your childhood. I was a coward, and still am. – Sesshomaru." she recited from memory. "Does that seriously mean that we have a rock star for a dad?" Christian shrugged. "I need to call Kagome..."
"For what?"
"Inuyasha's number." she replied, putting the guitar into the case Shippo had given her and heading for the living room. She was tip-toeing toward the phone and she picked it up, sitting on the couch and knowing this would be the farthest place from her mother's listening ears. She dialed the instinctive number and a groggy Kagome picked up.
"Hello?" she asked tiredly. Chance was betting her eyes were still closed.
"Hey Kagome, I need Inuyasha's number."
"Right now? It's fucking three am... go to bed."
"I can't sleep." she replied snappishly.
"Ugh, fine. His cell is 323 810 3130. He's bound to be sleeping or to be drunk, I'm just warning you now." she said.
"Thank you." piped Chance, scribbling down the number.
"Yeah, whatever, just don't call me this late ever again." said Kagome, hanging up the phone and rolling over.
Chance dialed the number Kagome had given her. The phone was answered by a laughing Inuyasha. "Heh, heh.... Hello?"
"Still sober, I see."
"Eh, barely." he replied.
Chance snickered. "You know what I'm calling you for."
"Mhm... I'm not allowed to tell you though."
"Why not?" she whined.
"Because, my brother is sitting right across from me, and can and will probably rip out my spinal cord, through my nose, if I told you." he said.
"Ouch... Can you put him on the line then?"
Inuyasha eyed Sesshomaru. Red-eyed and miffy, he didn't look in the mood to talk to a kid with a zillion questions. "He's sleeping." he lied.
"No he's not, you just said he's right across from you." she said.
'Damn! Why does she have to be the smart one!' cried Inuyasha's thoughts. "He is, but he's sleeping and he hears what goes on in his sleep. He's a light sleeper, trust me. He's got triggers too."
Sesshomaru was growling at him and Inuyasha glared at him in an I'm-saving- your-butt-so-shut-up sort of way. The growling ceased and Chance was skeptical. "Inuyasha, I have to know. I haven't been able to sleep at all tonight."
Inuyasha was positive that she would've been pouting at him in the most pathetic manner had they been in person right now. He sighed, "Fine, I'll put him on; s'yer funeral." He held out the phone toward Sesshomaru. Sesshomaru growled at his brother, but took the phone.
"Hello?" he said. Really, he was nervous to the point that his brain was shriveling to a pulp of nothing, so he couldn't think of anything more intelligent to say.
"Spill it." she directed. What the hell had Rin been teaching their daughter anyways?
Sighing, he slunk into his seat. Inuyasha eyed him warily. "I'm your father; I'm Christian's father as well. But, being the smart little girl that you are, I'm sure you already figured that out."
"Damn straight I did. Well, I didn't until just about two hours ago, but yes, I did. Where the hell were you for sixteen years, without a phone call or anything?" snapped Chance.
"Rin teaching you all those cuss words or was that my brother?"
"Both, actually." she replied.
"I figured... I was being a coward for sixteen years."
"That's what I thought, but seriously? Who, in the name of God, hides right under their daughter and son's noses for sixteen years? More so in Christian's case."
"A coward and an idiot." he was lowering himself sooo low right now and he knew it. It was the guilt of knowing that his daughter had found out with a little pushing on his part.
Chance tucked a strand of silver hair behind her ear. "When I actually needed a father, I didn't have one; father-daughter school picnics, I went with Christian. When my friends went for a weekend with their dads, I ended up staying home. Ah, and another thing, if you're a rock superstar, whose undoubtedly rich, why let your only kids live in a dump?" she growled. Sesshomaru rubbed the back of his neck. She was pissed; big time. "Mom has three jobs, three! Christian has to give us almost half of his Air Force profits just to keep the bills paid on time. You knew that, didn't you? My cousin is your brother's girlfriend; she's bound to say something! And Inuyasha is such a blabbermouth that you definitely had to know something about me. Why didn't you do anything? Why weren't you ever there?"
"Because I was a stupid, putrid coward that didn't deserve your presence." he said quietly, hanging his head. Inuyasha was surprised. His brother had never admitted anything. He must be feeling really guilty. "I didn't want to hurt you more by showing up and fighting with your mother, so instead I distanced us."
"That ended up well, didn't it? The mere fact that I learned most of the things about being a demon from Inuyasha should be enough to make me disown you, but I don't think I will. But then again, you're a big mighty demon, what would you care about a lowly halfsie like me? After all, I am your brother's kind and I've heard of some of the things you've done to him. He's told me all sorts of stories about you and him, and all along I never had a clue about who you actually were. I thought you were just his brother, but my father too? He probably didn't have a clue until a little while ago, didn't he?" Breathing heavily, Chance removed the bandana from her head, running a clawed hand through her hair. Her claws grew faster when she got pissed off. She blew upward and into her bangs. "Kagome's undoubtedly told you that I'm a huge Demonica fan. I never even knew that the bassist of that very band was actually my father!" she snapped. "Do you have any clue how this is going to change my view of the world?"
"Not a clue."
"Of course not! Because, guess what? You don't know me. You've never known me; you have no clue how I've changed since I was a baby. I'm guessing that's the last time you saw me, save for that concert." She sighed, "But either way... I have a father now. That's gonna change my life, big time. It's gonna take a while for me to get used to that fact...I'll call you later, I need to think." Chance hung up the phone.
Inuyasha coughed. "I probably should've let her know one simple fact..." he said quietly. Sesshomaru looked at him. He coughed again, inching away from Sesshomaru. "Rin kind of... had an affair..." he mumbled. "Oh shit." he muttered. "Shippo, Miroku, you might wanna start running." he said to his friends as he walked by. Shippo and Miroku looked up and squeaked. Miroku left a hundred dollar bill on the table and dashed away, Shippo shortly behind him.
The next morning, Rin got a call from Sesshomaru at work. She worked as a CEO's personal assistant, which is definitely not the best job in the world. "Hello?" she said, popping a French fry into her mouth from her boss' lunch.
"You had an affair?" growled Sesshomaru's voice.
'Uh-oh... Inuyasha blabbed.' Rin put on a set face. He couldn't smell her fear or guilt over the phone. "So what if I did? We're divorced now."
"So what? That means that Chance and Christian might not be mine!" he snapped.
"Pissy today, aren't we?"
"Chance called my brother last night, and I just happened to be with him. Needless to say, Chance and I had a little chat. Anyways, she's pissed off at me and,"
"She knows, doesn't she?" said Rin sadly.
"We knew she'd find out eventually."
"Well duh, I could've told you that." she snapped.
"I knew that was where she got her lingo..." he muttered, "Still, we were married then. Couldn't you have waited another year for us to get divorced?"
"I could've, but I didn't. I was impatient, what can I say?" She was really nervous, as said her outward sign of her tapping nails and twitching eyebrow. "Chance is mad at me, too. She knows that I knew, and now she thinks I lied to her all these years."
"Technically you did; it was lying by omission."
"Whatever, Mr. Lawyer-pants. Either way, she knows now, so what the hell do we do about it?"
"Wait it out?"
"She's got the patience of a saint and the will power of your brother, that's not going to work."
Sesshomaru sighed. "Then what will?"
"I don't think anything will. We have to let her come to us on her own time."
"That works?"
"Better than waiting it out. It'll happen faster."
"Whatever..." Sesshomaru scowled. His daughter was rubbing off on him already. "Who did you have an affair with anyways?"
"Honestly, I can't remember."
"There was more than one, wasn't there?"
"Mhm, sorry." she didn't seem very sorry at all, and probably wasn't.
Chance usually wouldn't even be touching the guitar Inuyasha had given her, but she needed to express herself in a way that only she could. She decided to sing a Demonica song for her trouble, using the guitar to back her up. Though it wasn't the exact instrument they had used, it would work for her purpose. "As I sit here and slowly close my eyes, I take another deep breath and feel the wind pass through my body." she sang, her eyes closed. She didn't go to school today; that was too much of a shock. Christian was in watching TV. "I'm the one it loves so, reflecting in a light. Protect the ones who hold you, cradling your inner child. I need serenity in a place where I can hide. I need serenity, nothing changes days go by. Where do we go when we just don't know and how do we relight the flame when it's cold? Why do we dream when our thoughts mean nothing and when will we learn to control? Tragic visions slowly stole my life. Tore away everything, cheating me out of my time. I'm the one who loves you, no matter wrong or right. And every day I hold you, I hold you with my inner child. I need serenity in a place where I can hide. I need serenity, nothing changes days go by. Where do we go when we just don't know and how do we relight the flame when it's cold? Why do we dream when our thoughts mean nothing and when will we learn to control? Where do we go when we just don't know and how do we relight the flame when it's cold? Why do we dream when our thoughts mean nothing and when will we learn to control? I need serenity... I need serenity... I need serenity... I need serenity..."
By now, Chance's face was streaming with tears. She had a father... Finally, after all these years. The relief, surprise, and happiness had turned into rage. Why hadn't he been there for her? Where exactly had he been? Was her mother not good enough for him? She sniffled, looking at the clock across her room. The guitar still lay across her bed. She eyed the signatures. Miroku wouldn't be much help, and Shippo was immature. There were usually two people she always counted on; Inuyasha and Kagome.
Now, she had Inuyasha's cell phone. Usually, she'd have to call his apartment phone, but it had been down for the past month or so. She dialed him up and he picked up almost instantly. She could hear a distant drum beat in the background, probably Miroku. "Hello?"
"I need to talk to someone. Kagome's at work, I'm pissed at mom, Christian doesn't have a clue, and I'm pissed at Sesshomaru; you're the only one left." she said.
"Shouldn't you be in school?"
"I didn't want to go."
"Understandable. I'll come by and pick you up in about a half hour. It's better to talk this kind of stuff out in person." he said.
"I'll be ready."
Short, I know, but it's kind of a follow-up/show of emotions. There'll probably be a few more songs on this one. Moron
Chance sat on her bed that night, her head completely hazy. Christian came to her door and whispered, "Are you asleep?"
"No." she replied, staring into the small light that she'd kept on for years, not knowing why. Her guitar was in her lap, and she had now read the back. She had it memorized. It was ingrained into her eyelids, the back of her head, and generally burnt into her memory, just like the scent.
"What are you thinking about?" asked Christian, sitting on her bed.
"What the hell does this mean?" she asked, looking to her brother. "He smelt just like I remembered; trees and forests, rivers and wild berries. Not to mention the note on the back of my guitar."
"What does it say?"
"I apologize for not being there during your childhood. I was a coward, and still am. – Sesshomaru." she recited from memory. "Does that seriously mean that we have a rock star for a dad?" Christian shrugged. "I need to call Kagome..."
"For what?"
"Inuyasha's number." she replied, putting the guitar into the case Shippo had given her and heading for the living room. She was tip-toeing toward the phone and she picked it up, sitting on the couch and knowing this would be the farthest place from her mother's listening ears. She dialed the instinctive number and a groggy Kagome picked up.
"Hello?" she asked tiredly. Chance was betting her eyes were still closed.
"Hey Kagome, I need Inuyasha's number."
"Right now? It's fucking three am... go to bed."
"I can't sleep." she replied snappishly.
"Ugh, fine. His cell is 323 810 3130. He's bound to be sleeping or to be drunk, I'm just warning you now." she said.
"Thank you." piped Chance, scribbling down the number.
"Yeah, whatever, just don't call me this late ever again." said Kagome, hanging up the phone and rolling over.
Chance dialed the number Kagome had given her. The phone was answered by a laughing Inuyasha. "Heh, heh.... Hello?"
"Still sober, I see."
"Eh, barely." he replied.
Chance snickered. "You know what I'm calling you for."
"Mhm... I'm not allowed to tell you though."
"Why not?" she whined.
"Because, my brother is sitting right across from me, and can and will probably rip out my spinal cord, through my nose, if I told you." he said.
"Ouch... Can you put him on the line then?"
Inuyasha eyed Sesshomaru. Red-eyed and miffy, he didn't look in the mood to talk to a kid with a zillion questions. "He's sleeping." he lied.
"No he's not, you just said he's right across from you." she said.
'Damn! Why does she have to be the smart one!' cried Inuyasha's thoughts. "He is, but he's sleeping and he hears what goes on in his sleep. He's a light sleeper, trust me. He's got triggers too."
Sesshomaru was growling at him and Inuyasha glared at him in an I'm-saving- your-butt-so-shut-up sort of way. The growling ceased and Chance was skeptical. "Inuyasha, I have to know. I haven't been able to sleep at all tonight."
Inuyasha was positive that she would've been pouting at him in the most pathetic manner had they been in person right now. He sighed, "Fine, I'll put him on; s'yer funeral." He held out the phone toward Sesshomaru. Sesshomaru growled at his brother, but took the phone.
"Hello?" he said. Really, he was nervous to the point that his brain was shriveling to a pulp of nothing, so he couldn't think of anything more intelligent to say.
"Spill it." she directed. What the hell had Rin been teaching their daughter anyways?
Sighing, he slunk into his seat. Inuyasha eyed him warily. "I'm your father; I'm Christian's father as well. But, being the smart little girl that you are, I'm sure you already figured that out."
"Damn straight I did. Well, I didn't until just about two hours ago, but yes, I did. Where the hell were you for sixteen years, without a phone call or anything?" snapped Chance.
"Rin teaching you all those cuss words or was that my brother?"
"Both, actually." she replied.
"I figured... I was being a coward for sixteen years."
"That's what I thought, but seriously? Who, in the name of God, hides right under their daughter and son's noses for sixteen years? More so in Christian's case."
"A coward and an idiot." he was lowering himself sooo low right now and he knew it. It was the guilt of knowing that his daughter had found out with a little pushing on his part.
Chance tucked a strand of silver hair behind her ear. "When I actually needed a father, I didn't have one; father-daughter school picnics, I went with Christian. When my friends went for a weekend with their dads, I ended up staying home. Ah, and another thing, if you're a rock superstar, whose undoubtedly rich, why let your only kids live in a dump?" she growled. Sesshomaru rubbed the back of his neck. She was pissed; big time. "Mom has three jobs, three! Christian has to give us almost half of his Air Force profits just to keep the bills paid on time. You knew that, didn't you? My cousin is your brother's girlfriend; she's bound to say something! And Inuyasha is such a blabbermouth that you definitely had to know something about me. Why didn't you do anything? Why weren't you ever there?"
"Because I was a stupid, putrid coward that didn't deserve your presence." he said quietly, hanging his head. Inuyasha was surprised. His brother had never admitted anything. He must be feeling really guilty. "I didn't want to hurt you more by showing up and fighting with your mother, so instead I distanced us."
"That ended up well, didn't it? The mere fact that I learned most of the things about being a demon from Inuyasha should be enough to make me disown you, but I don't think I will. But then again, you're a big mighty demon, what would you care about a lowly halfsie like me? After all, I am your brother's kind and I've heard of some of the things you've done to him. He's told me all sorts of stories about you and him, and all along I never had a clue about who you actually were. I thought you were just his brother, but my father too? He probably didn't have a clue until a little while ago, didn't he?" Breathing heavily, Chance removed the bandana from her head, running a clawed hand through her hair. Her claws grew faster when she got pissed off. She blew upward and into her bangs. "Kagome's undoubtedly told you that I'm a huge Demonica fan. I never even knew that the bassist of that very band was actually my father!" she snapped. "Do you have any clue how this is going to change my view of the world?"
"Not a clue."
"Of course not! Because, guess what? You don't know me. You've never known me; you have no clue how I've changed since I was a baby. I'm guessing that's the last time you saw me, save for that concert." She sighed, "But either way... I have a father now. That's gonna change my life, big time. It's gonna take a while for me to get used to that fact...I'll call you later, I need to think." Chance hung up the phone.
Inuyasha coughed. "I probably should've let her know one simple fact..." he said quietly. Sesshomaru looked at him. He coughed again, inching away from Sesshomaru. "Rin kind of... had an affair..." he mumbled. "Oh shit." he muttered. "Shippo, Miroku, you might wanna start running." he said to his friends as he walked by. Shippo and Miroku looked up and squeaked. Miroku left a hundred dollar bill on the table and dashed away, Shippo shortly behind him.
The next morning, Rin got a call from Sesshomaru at work. She worked as a CEO's personal assistant, which is definitely not the best job in the world. "Hello?" she said, popping a French fry into her mouth from her boss' lunch.
"You had an affair?" growled Sesshomaru's voice.
'Uh-oh... Inuyasha blabbed.' Rin put on a set face. He couldn't smell her fear or guilt over the phone. "So what if I did? We're divorced now."
"So what? That means that Chance and Christian might not be mine!" he snapped.
"Pissy today, aren't we?"
"Chance called my brother last night, and I just happened to be with him. Needless to say, Chance and I had a little chat. Anyways, she's pissed off at me and,"
"She knows, doesn't she?" said Rin sadly.
"We knew she'd find out eventually."
"Well duh, I could've told you that." she snapped.
"I knew that was where she got her lingo..." he muttered, "Still, we were married then. Couldn't you have waited another year for us to get divorced?"
"I could've, but I didn't. I was impatient, what can I say?" She was really nervous, as said her outward sign of her tapping nails and twitching eyebrow. "Chance is mad at me, too. She knows that I knew, and now she thinks I lied to her all these years."
"Technically you did; it was lying by omission."
"Whatever, Mr. Lawyer-pants. Either way, she knows now, so what the hell do we do about it?"
"Wait it out?"
"She's got the patience of a saint and the will power of your brother, that's not going to work."
Sesshomaru sighed. "Then what will?"
"I don't think anything will. We have to let her come to us on her own time."
"That works?"
"Better than waiting it out. It'll happen faster."
"Whatever..." Sesshomaru scowled. His daughter was rubbing off on him already. "Who did you have an affair with anyways?"
"Honestly, I can't remember."
"There was more than one, wasn't there?"
"Mhm, sorry." she didn't seem very sorry at all, and probably wasn't.
Chance usually wouldn't even be touching the guitar Inuyasha had given her, but she needed to express herself in a way that only she could. She decided to sing a Demonica song for her trouble, using the guitar to back her up. Though it wasn't the exact instrument they had used, it would work for her purpose. "As I sit here and slowly close my eyes, I take another deep breath and feel the wind pass through my body." she sang, her eyes closed. She didn't go to school today; that was too much of a shock. Christian was in watching TV. "I'm the one it loves so, reflecting in a light. Protect the ones who hold you, cradling your inner child. I need serenity in a place where I can hide. I need serenity, nothing changes days go by. Where do we go when we just don't know and how do we relight the flame when it's cold? Why do we dream when our thoughts mean nothing and when will we learn to control? Tragic visions slowly stole my life. Tore away everything, cheating me out of my time. I'm the one who loves you, no matter wrong or right. And every day I hold you, I hold you with my inner child. I need serenity in a place where I can hide. I need serenity, nothing changes days go by. Where do we go when we just don't know and how do we relight the flame when it's cold? Why do we dream when our thoughts mean nothing and when will we learn to control? Where do we go when we just don't know and how do we relight the flame when it's cold? Why do we dream when our thoughts mean nothing and when will we learn to control? I need serenity... I need serenity... I need serenity... I need serenity..."
By now, Chance's face was streaming with tears. She had a father... Finally, after all these years. The relief, surprise, and happiness had turned into rage. Why hadn't he been there for her? Where exactly had he been? Was her mother not good enough for him? She sniffled, looking at the clock across her room. The guitar still lay across her bed. She eyed the signatures. Miroku wouldn't be much help, and Shippo was immature. There were usually two people she always counted on; Inuyasha and Kagome.
Now, she had Inuyasha's cell phone. Usually, she'd have to call his apartment phone, but it had been down for the past month or so. She dialed him up and he picked up almost instantly. She could hear a distant drum beat in the background, probably Miroku. "Hello?"
"I need to talk to someone. Kagome's at work, I'm pissed at mom, Christian doesn't have a clue, and I'm pissed at Sesshomaru; you're the only one left." she said.
"Shouldn't you be in school?"
"I didn't want to go."
"Understandable. I'll come by and pick you up in about a half hour. It's better to talk this kind of stuff out in person." he said.
"I'll be ready."
Short, I know, but it's kind of a follow-up/show of emotions. There'll probably be a few more songs on this one. Moron
