Chapter 8
Regina was riding with Cara to pick up Rin from her first day at school. The little girl was so excited for her first day of school. "So Cara how do you like Rin being in Kindergarten?" She asked her.
"I'm happy about it. I just hope Rin will be okay with the other kids. I've taught her all I can." Cara sighed and pulled up to the school.
The school was a standard looking building that was for pre-k to the 4th grade. "Meh don't worry. Rin's a smart girl...a very smart girl. She'll be fine plus she's easy to get along with." Regina reassured her friend.
Cara nodded and she got out of the car. "I'll be right back." She slid a fake wedding ring onto her finger and walked into the building and she walked to the classroom and saw Rin drawing. She smiled softly and she walked up to Rin and knelt down to her. "What are you drawing sweetie?"
"I'm drawing you and daddy momma." She smiled at Cara and Cara smiled back along with a slight blush on her face.
"Mrs. Masters may I speak with you for a moment?" The teacher asked and Cara stood and walked to her. "Yes Ms. Melanie? Is something wrong?"
Ms. Melanie the teacher had a smile on her face as she looked at Cara. "Nothing is wrong per say it's just that Rin...she's very smart for her age and I thought I should run that by you. On her first day she was able to make friends with several girls. Rin's vocabulary is astounding. I've never seen or heard a little girl say such big words." She says and looks at Rin. "I say just let her be in kindergarten to have a social life with children her age but I believe that Rin is a little genius."
"Oh well that's wonderful. Her father and I have instilled a very good study ethic with her. She loves reading with her father." Cara smiled
Ms. Melanie smiled more and rummaged through her desk. "Here, it's an application to enroll her in the spelling bee. I think she could take on the 5th graders." She handed Cara the application.
"Oh wow thank you." Cara smiled and she signed the application quickly and handed it back to her. "Let's go Rin." Cara picked her up and strapped her into the car seat and got in the front and started driving. "Rin sweetie tell Auntie Regina about your day."
"Well Ms. Melanie said in really smart and I made a lot of friends." Rin smiled happily
"That's great. I knew you was going to make friends Rin and I knew you was smart." Regina turned around and smiled at her. "Did you have fun?" She asked.
"Yes! I had a lot of fun Auntie Regina." Rin smile grew more prominent.
Cara smiled and continued driving home. "Well Sessh will be happy no doubt."
"I bet he'll be proud." Regina commented and turned around.
Cara smiled and pulled up to the house. She undid Rin's car seat and she ran to Sesshomaru.
"I made a lot of friends today." She smiled
Regina went inside the house and made herself at home. She watched the exchange between Rin and Sesshomaru.
Sesshomaru looks and kneels down. "That is good...there was no trouble at the school?" He asked her
"No not at all." She smiled happily.
"That is good...I have a surprise for you Rin." Sesshomaru stood up and went to the back room and grab a bundle. He returns and gives Rin a white Persian kitten with blue eyes and black ears. "This kitten is for you."
Rin smiled happily. "Thank you!" She tackled Sesshomaru in a hug.
Sesshomaru had a small smile on his face and he patted Rin's head. "Welcome...why don't you go play with her and give her a name?"
Rin smiled and took the kitten outside and started playing with it. "I'll name you Iris."
Cara walked up to him with Regina. "Where did you find that little one?" She kissed her mate.
"In a box that read 'for sale'" Sesshomaru mutters and nuzzled into his mate. He looked at Regina. "Hello."
Regina nods. "Hey Maru." She said in greeting.
Cara blushed slightly. "You've been more affectionate lately." She smiled.
"Well we all will be leaving soon." Touga came up behind his mate and put his arm around her. Cara blinked.
"Oh yes that's right..." Cara mumbled and looked down
It was recently that Sesshomaru and Touga both had enlisted in the army. Inuyasha didn't care and will stay with Cara and Rin. Regina looked at Cara and touched her cheek. "It's okay sissy. We'll be back before you know it. Don't focus on the negative please."
Sesshomaru nodded. "Yes, Regina is right. We will be back before you know it." He pulls Cara to him and kisses her forehead.
Cara nodded slowly. "I'm just gonna go make dinner." She left to go outside however instead of the kitchen.
Touga sighed. "Leave her be. It's not easy."
Regina sighed and shook her head. "Alright...anyways Sesshomaru when are you going to tell Cara how you feel about her?"
Touga raised a brow at that and looked to his eldest son in question. "Well Sesshomaru?"
"What are you speaking off?" Sesshomaru cocked his head.
Regina sweatdropped and facepalmed. "You can't be that aloof and indifferent Sesshomaru. When are you going to tell Cara that you love her? And don't you dare deny it, I can see in your eyes that you love her. Your golden orbs brighten whenever she is around and your behavior changes when she or Rin is near. So killing perfection when are you going to tell her?" She narrowed her eyes and tilted her head.
"Yes son I wonder as well." Touga smirked.
"Yeah daddy you should." Rin giggled.
Sesshomaru's eyes twitched and he bit the inside of his jaw. "I'll tell her soon." He grumbled out.
Regina smiled. "Good, because I can tell you this she loves you. Cara is just afraid to to say it."
Cara sighed as she looked outside at her surroundings. "Inuyasha...so you know they will leave soon right?"
Inuyasha raised a brow. "Yeah they're leaving and I'm not going anywhere. Not my war to fight and I don't really care." He shrugged and sniffed the air. "Why? What's up with you?"
"I don't want them to leave Inuyasha..." She mumbled
"Cara." Inuyasha muttered. 'Shit...she's gonna cry...fuck what do I do?' He thought and jumped down from the tree. He sighed and wrapped his arm around Cara. "You're...underestimating them...they'll be back Cara."
"It's not that Inuyasha...I just worry that's all and I don't want Sessh or Regina to go. Regina and I have been inseparable since childhood and since Sessh came into my life...so have we." She kept her tears in
'Shit.' He patted her back. "Listen Cara...um how should I say this...some things are meant to happen that's...out of our control but sometimes we have to let it happen in order to...um gain something bigger." Inuyasha didn't know what he was saying he just hoped that what he said worked and get Cara to stop being upset.
Cara just blinked and looked at him. "Since when did you become so philosophical? "
"What?" He scratched his head
Cara rolled her eyes. "Nothing Inuyasha lets just go in. I'll be okay."
Inuyasha nodded. "Eh look on the bright side I'll be here to take care of ya and Rin." He shrugged and swung his arm around Cara's neck and walked with her to go inside the house.
Cara rolled her eyes and walked with him.
"Mommy are you okay?" Rin ran right up to her and Cara smiled and knelt down to her.
"I'll be fine Rin." She smiled softly
Regina smiled. "Good! While you was outside I went and made dinner. I figured you'd like a break." She smiled and put a pile of steaks on the table and some potatoes and a cream cheese cake.
Inuyasha eyes widen and he went to sit down at the table and packed his plate. Regina growled and smacked his hand. "Ouch! What was that for!?"
"Manners Inuyasha even Rin has better table manners than you and she's 5 years old." Regina scolded him.
"Keh...whatever." He growled but ate more slowly.
Cara smiled softly. 'I'll miss this...' She thought sadly but she shook it off as she quietly ate her dinner. "Thanks Regina." She said softly.
Rin gave her a saddened expression and then looked to Sesshomaru. Cara finished before everyone else and started cleaning up.
Touga sighed and looked at his mate. 'Maybe it's time we leave them be." He whispered in her ear.
Regina nodded. "We're gonna go." She says and walks with Touga back to their home. Once there she looks to Touga. "Do you think she'll be okay?"
Touga sighs and moved closer to Regina. "Eventually Cara will be okay." He rubs her cheek and leans down to kiss her. "Come time for bed."
Regina nodded. "Alright." She muttered and the two retired to bed early.
In Cara's home Inuyasha finished eating and watched what happened. He looked to Sesshomaru. "I'm gonna go...anyways tell her."
Sesshomaru sighs. "Come Rin time for bed." He takes her to her room and lays her down with her new kitten Iris.
"Daddy tell mommy or she'll be sad." Rin told him before going to sleep.
Sesshomaru turned the lights off and went into the kitchen and wrapped his arms around Cara. "You shouldn't worry."
Cara blinked several times. "Sessh I'm fine really. Let me just get some things down." She got out of his arms hiding her emotions and kept cleaning.
Sesshomaru sighed and leaned against the wall.
Cara kept herself busy late into the night cleaning the house.
-Weeks later-
The Inu-youki family was at the local recreational center. There Regina, Touga or his human name Hadrian Masters and Sesshomaru or Alexander Masters stood in front of the building about to load onto the bus to leave. Regina and Touga said their goodbyes to Cara, Inuyasha and Rin. Sesshomaru on the other hand kissed Cara goodbye. "I will return my mate." He says softly.
Cara's face held sadness and deep anguish as she watched her the one person she came to love outside of her adoptive family leave onto a bus that's meant to send him off to war. Her eyes grew watery and her breath hitches "I love you Sessh." She manages to say.
Sesshomaru heard it as he sat on the bus. Regina looked back at Cara then at Sesshomaru. "Tell her now Alex...we're going to war and you'll never know when we'll return back home. Tell your wife how much you love her...or else you'll regret."
Touga nodded and took on his human persona. "She's right 'brother' go and tell your wife."
Cara held her hand at her chest as a tear fell from her eye. 'I shouldn't have said it...' She thought and she turned to Inuyasha and Rin. "Let's go..." She mumbled and started walking to the car.
Inuyasha and Rin looked at one another and they started following her to the car.
Sesshomaru told the driver to wait for a minute before jumping off. He walked quickly to Cara and picked her up and kissed her deeply. He leaned into her ear. "I love you as well more than you know."
Cara cried softly and kissed him back deeply. "You better come back to me." She whispered against his lips.
"Come on Masters we don't have all day!" The bus driver yelled and Sesshomaru put Cara down.
"I love you." She whispered again.
"I'll come back." He kissed her again and ran to get back onto the bus.
Once Sesshomaru seated himself again next to his father he couldn't help but look back at Cara. 'I will return to you.' He thought.
Regina and Touga smiled at that and looked forward as they left town and went off to the airport and off to Afghanistan.
