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Ch. 9
Flashback
Studying hard. Nothing is more important than this. The way to succeed.
A nineteen year old Sesshomaru was reading one of his textbooks that he already knew by heart. Next week was finals and then graduation. He was ready.
He closed the book and leaned back into his chair, looking up at the ceiling.
His mind began to wander.
He wondered what she was doing right now.
His mind stopped right there. Sesshomaru shook his head in frustration yet again.
SLAM!
Oh great his roommate was back.
"Oi, Sesshomaru!" Koga came staggering into his bedroom, completely drunk. Sesshomaru turned in his chair to look at his friend. Koga staggered and ended up flopping on Sesshomaru's bed.
"You my friend missed an excellent party," he said, slurring his words.
"Koga you know I don't party. Besides aren't you supposed to be studying for your finals next week?" Sesshomaru questioned. He didn't get how Koga could party all night and be able to sober up to attend classes the next day.
"Hey I know my stuff. Besides you know your stuff just as well. Don't know why you need to study constantly," Koga said while slowly sagging slowly down on the bed. It looked like he was about to fall asleep right on his bed then sat up again.
"Sesshomaru. You need to come to the party after you graduate," he said suddenly, a determined look on his face.
"Koga, no-"
"Yes you are. You will be officially done with studying, no more tests, no nothing. It is time to live a little. Get laid. Have fun," Koga said now standing on unsteady feet, waving a finger in Sesshomaru's face.
Sesshomaru sighed. He knew he wouldn't be able to get out of it this time.
"Fine, I'll go," he conceded.
Koga fist pumped the air in success.
"Yes! You will not regret it!"
Sesshomaru didn't think so. As he watched Koga stagger out of his room he was already having feelings of regret and he didn't know why.
XOXO
"Sesshomaru Larrabee," the dean called his name. Sesshomaru, in his cap and gown, walked across the stage to receive his degree, with high honors. He heard noise come from the crowd but he paid it no mind. This step was complete. Now on to more important things, like learning how to run a company.
He turned his head slightly to the left and spotted his father, stepmother, and half brother in the crowd. He was surprised they managed to make it. Then he spotted Koga.
He had a very smug look on his face, which gave Sesshomaru an unsettling feeling in his stomach.
Then Sesshomaru remembered. The party that one of the other seniors was hosting, was tonight.
Sesshomaru almost grimaced but then again taking time to relax and party might be exactly what he needed. He has never stopped for anything that impeded in his studies, but now that that was over.
Sesshomaru was so into his thoughts that he didn't notice that the ceremony was over and everyone started to crowd around.
"Sesshomaru!"
Sesshomaru turned to see his father making his way over to him. Sesshomaru took off his cap as he too made his way out of the crowd.
"Congratulations my son," InuTaisho said now standing by his oldest. He clapped his hand on his shoulder and steered him to the edge where Izayoi and Inuyasha were standing waiting.
"Congratulations Sesshomaru," Izayoi said, looking like she wanted to hug him, but refrained, knowing how Sesshomaru disliked being coddled in any form.
"Congrats bro," Inuyasha said, looking bored out of his mind, although his eyes were wandering a bit at all the college girls roaming about.
Sesshomaru just ignored him and turned to his father.
"Well unfortunately we have to go son. We need to catch a flight to California, but we plan on celebrating your success when we get back. Is that okay?" InuTaisho informed him.
Sesshomaru wasn't surprised, but he nodded his head in understanding.
"My roommate is taking me to a party tonight anyways," Sesshomaru informed him and speak of the devil and he shall appear.
"Hey Mr. and Mrs. Larrabee. I'm Koga, Sesshomaru's roommate," Koga said as he walked up to them.
"It's a pleasure, but," InuTaisho looked at his watch, "we have to jet, quite literally. We'll have a party waiting for you when we return or you return. Which ever comes first," InuTaisho said, once again clapping Sesshomaru's shoulder and walked away with Izayoi and Inuyasha.
Sesshomaru watched them go and sighed. Then he felt his shoulder get clapped again, this time by Koga.
"Ready to get this party started?" he asked, smirking like he has something diabolical up his sleeve.
"I thought the party didn't start till nine?" Sesshomaru asked.
"It does, but we need to pass the time with something in the mean time," Koga said, dragging Sesshomaru away from the crowd and towards their apartment that they shared.
"Now," he said taking off his cap and gown and throwing them on the couch. Sesshomaru followed suit and watched Koga go to his room and heard him start rummaging in it.
He came back out with a bottle of liquor. Sesshomaru eyed it wearily. It was a bottle of seventy proof Tennessee Fire Whiskey.
"Now this may look intimidating, but this is actually light for alcohol," Koga poured some into two shot glasses. Koga took one and ushered to Sesshomaru to take his.
Sesshomaru hesitated, but took it in his hand.
"Ready on the count of three. One. Two. Three," Koga said and on count three through back his shot. Sesshomaru did the same and he ended up holding it in his mouth a little too long and when he swallowed it completely, he came back coughing.
"Some spicy shit isn't it?" Koga laughed at him. Sesshomaru didn't find it particularly funny and he tried to clear his throat.
Koga poured another shot and handed it to him. Sesshomaru once again took the shot glass once he recovered. Koga once again counted to three and they both shot back. Sesshomaru did better this time, letting the alcohol slide down quickly. By the time he set his glass back down Koga was once again filling it.
"Okay, last one for now. We don't want to get alcohol poisoning before the party starts," Koga said, taking his fourth shot in his hand and by this time Sesshomaru had his already gone.
Sesshomaru was starting to feel the effects of the alcohol and was undoing his tie because he was starting to feel hot.
Koga watched in amusement as a slight rosy tinge came to Sesshomaru's usual pale pallor. He put the cap back on his bottle of liquor and then stood up.
"Now this next thing," Koga took a piece of paper and pen and put it in front of Sesshomaru, "I want you to draw something. It can be anything."
"Koga, I'm not a child. What is the point-" Sesshomaru said while trying to stand up only to be shoved back into his chair by a firm hand.
"Just bare with me Sesshomaru. You will see the point once you are done with it," Koga said, clapping his hand on his shoulder and went to his bedroom, leaving Sesshomaru alone with his brooding thoughts.
Sesshomaru looked at the blank piece of paper. The alcohol was making him sway slightly.
Draw a picture eh? What the hell, he thought and picked up the pen and started to draw. Ten minutes later he was done. He liked it and he stood up, swaying slightly, and went to Koga's door.
Sesshomaru rapped the door a little harder than he intended.
"Hey! I like my door attached!" Koga yelled, yanking his door open. Sesshomaru noticed his clothes were changed to jeans and a t-shirt and his hair wasn't in it's usual ponytail.
"I'm done," Sesshomaru said simply, leaning against the wall.
Koga just shook his head and murmured 'light weight' under his breath.
"Well now that's done, get changed. We are going out," Koga informed him, walking back down the hall to look at Sesshomaru's picture. It was not that bad considering he wasn't an artist.
A moment later Sesshomaru came out in jeans and a t-shirt.
"Where are we going?" he dared ask.
"I need a new tattoo and you're getting one too," Koga said, shoving the picture he just drew into Sesshomaru's face.
Sesshomaru was momentarily stunned as he looked at his picture and then it clicked.
"No, Koga. I'm drawing the line here," he said, shaking his head in disapproval.
"Oh come on, you already have markings on your face, besides you can put the tattoo where people won't be looking for it," Koga reasoned. Sesshomaru was still staking his head in the negative, but the alcohol was starting to make him dizzy.
"Koga, I was born with these, there is a difference," Sesshomaru said, gesturing to his face.
"Now to add some character. Besides, the ladies like guys with tattoos. Hey it might even get you laid my friend," Koga countered and grabbed Sesshomaru's arm and dragged him out of the apartment.
Sesshomaru grumbled the whole way. They walked; Koga lead while Sesshomaru reluctantly followed with picture in hand.
The tattoo parlor was two and a half blocks away from campus and when they entered, Sesshomaru was genuinely surprised. The place looked like a barber shop, but with some slight differences. The walls were covered with pictures and there were partitions that ran the length of the small building.
"Yo, Koga! Come for another one!" yelled a man with braided hair down his back. His right arm was a complete tattoo sleeve and everywhere else had a tattoo here and there.
"Yea and this time a brought a friend and first timer Bankostu," Koga said, pointing behind him.
Sesshomaru was looking everywhere but at this guy, holding the picture he drew still in his hand.
"Oh nice. I like newcomers. What's your name man?" Bankotsu asked holding out his hand for Sesshomaru to shake.
"Sesshomaru," he said in reply, but didn't shake his hand.
Bankotsu took back his hand getting the gist.
"Well then who's first? I'm the only one here today," he asked lightly.
"Sesshomaru can go first," Koga said, shoving him forward. Sesshomaru glared at him, but he had no heart in it because the alcohol was really doing a number on him.
"Alrighty, sit there," he gestured to a seat and Sesshomaru sat down. "Do you have anything in mind?"
Sesshomaru just showed him the picture. Bankotsu took a moment to study the picture.
"This is really good detail. Now do you want this much detail or I can do exactly like this, but tribal. Your choice," Bankotsu said.
"What does tribal look like?" Sesshomaru asked trying to keep his head steady.
"Tribal looks like this," Bankotsu rolled up his sleeve and showed Sesshomaru a dragon. The lines were black and that was basically it. Lines were the detail.
"Yes, tribal will be fine, but make the eye red," Sesshomaru said.
"Alrighty last question. Which part of your anatomy would you like this bad boy on?" Bankotsu asked taking a sharpie to Sesshomaru's picture and outlining it.
Sesshomaru thought for a moment and then lifted up his right arm.
"Right here," pointing to his inner right arm.
"Okie dokie," Bankotsu said, putting on latex gloves and got his equipment ready.
"Ready?"
"Ready as I'll ever be," Sesshomaru said holding up his arm and closing his eyes, willing it not to take too long.
Thirty minutes later Bankotsu put down his needles to sanitize them. For a first timer, Sesshomaru was exceptionally calm and he did not move once.
"Hey Koga! He's done!" Bank said getting up and moving aside the partition. Koga appeared as Sesshomaru opened his eyes and looked at the new addition to his skin.
"That looks absolutely awesome," Koga said looking at the tattoo.
"Ready for yours Koga?" Bank asked standing up and discarding his latex gloves.
"Yep. Meet ya up front Sessh," Koga said as he followed Bankotsu into the next partition.
Sesshomaru got up from his seat, swayed just a little and went to sit in the waiting area and sat down.
Another thirty minutes later Koga came out and went to the counter. Sesshomaru stood up and was about to take out his wallet when Koga beat him to it.
"Consider this a graduation present," Koga said as they walked out of the parlor. Sesshomaru just sighed and followed, ignoring the dull ache that was now his tattoo.
"How's the buzz?" Koga said.
"I think it's wearing off," Sesshomaru said and then he looked at his friend. He saw a smirk cross Koga's face and knew he shouldn't have said anything.
"Well back to the apartment for a couple more. This time with a different liquor," Koga said as they made their way back to the apartment.
Koga went immediately to his room, this time grabbing a squat sized bottle. Koga showed him the label.
"Captain Morgan's Private Stock Spiced Rum," Sesshomaru read out loud.
"You will like this one. It's smooth and tastes like vanilla," Koga said taking their shot glasses from before and poured them both one.
Sesshomaru took the glass and threw it back. It went down smooth just like Koga said. With that Sesshomaru didn't hesitate to down another one. His buzz was back into full swing by this time.
Before they knew it though, they downed the whole thing. Sesshomaru was slightly disappointed. That was some good shit.
"Geez if I thought you were going to drink the whole thing, I would have bought two bottles," Koga commented sitting back watching Sesshomaru sway a little in the chair and then lean forward to set his chin on the table.
Koga watched with amusement as Sesshomaru started to flex his right hand in different ways. He stood up, tossed the empty bottle of rum and went to his room to lay on his bed.
Back with Sesshomaru he was still looking at his hand with interest.
His claws were perfectly maintained, the magenta stripes wrapped around his wrist and perfectly symmetrical. His skin flawless.
But with all of the perfection; why did he feel as though something was missing?
Then as if to answer his question a hand appeared and put it in his. He followed the hand, up the arm, to the shoulder, the slender neck…the face. At first he didn't recognize her, then her eyes; a deep brown. Her curly hair was another dead give away to the woman's identity.
Rin.
But that's impossible. She's only nine years old. He couldn't keep his eyes off of her though. This apparition leaned forward as if to kiss him. He stayed perfectly still.
"Hey ready to go!"
The apparition disappeared and in it's place stood Koga.
"Hey man. You okay?" Koga questioned, looking at his friend's dazed face. Koga approached and waved a hand in front of his face.
Sesshomaru startled at the close proximity of Koga's hand and leaned back with such force that he toppled backwards and onto the floor.
"Ow," was the only thing he could say, which made Koga start laughing histerically.
Sesshomaru growled and got up wobbly.
Once Koga was done with his laughing fit he said again, "Ya ready to go?"
Sesshomaru just nodded his head and they both left for the party.
The rest of the night was a blur for Sesshomaru. He immediately grabbed a vodka bottle and started to drink from it.
The music was loud, the people just a drunk as he was. He remembered faintly that most of the time he just sat and watched the other party goers until a very gorgeous woman came up to him and asked him to dance. He faintly remembered that Koga introduced her.
What the hell, he thought. He started to dance with her. Soon it started as a grind fest and the next thing he knew he was kissing her.
After that he must have blacked out because the next thing he knew he was ramming himself so far into her he didn't know whether they made it to a bedroom or not.
The rest of the night was spent like that. With this stranger woman. He fucked her senseless and he didn't know when he finally stopped.
XOXO
Sesshomaru barely opened his eyes only to shut them again. The glare from the sun was doing a number on his eyes. He had a major headache and had a bad case of cottonmouth.
Right now though he was cursing Koga to the deepest pits of hell for letting him drink so much.
He made the move to sit up and found an arm draped across his midsection. He followed the arm to the woman that was laying next to him.
What the hell happened last night? he asked himself.
He sat the rest of the way up and let the woman's arm fall to the bed causing her to stir in her sleep.
He swung his legs over the side of the bed and looked around the room. The room was clearly feminine and not his, but with much effort he stood up and made an attempt to find his clothes.
"Leaving so soon," said a velvety voice. Her voice sounded like she was still half asleep.
Sesshomaru looked at her as he was getting his pants back on and turned to look at her. She was quite beautiful and as she sat up, showing off her bust, she tilted her head.
"I'm guessing this was a one night thing?" she asked.
"Hn," was his answer and found his shirt on a lantern. He could feel her eyes on his back.
"Well not bad for your first time," she commented as she too made her way out of the bed, stumbling to the dresser and started to fish out a shirt.
Sesshomaru just ignored her and went about to get on his shoes. Then a though came to him.
"Did we-?"
"Yes we used protection and I am also on birth control. You have nothing to worry about," she said while getting some sweats on.
Sesshomaru sighed in relief and stood up, making sure he had his wallet and keys. He turned to the door and started to make his way out.
"My name is Kagura by the way," she said. He turned back around to face her, a questioning eyebrow lifted.
"I just thought you needed to know because you weren't yelling my name in ecstasy last night," Kagura said now leaning against the wall. This earned her more of a confused look.
"Just one question: who's Rin?"
His eyes widened at that. What did she just say? He turned back around, opened the door and left the room without giving Kagura an answer.
He quickly found out that he was still at the house that he and Koga partied at the night before, so getting his barring he headed back to his apartment.
The rest of the day was spent in his bed recuperating from his hangover and it wasn't until evening that Koga waltzed back in.
Sesshomaru couldn't fathom why he would yell out Rin's name. She was still nine years old for goodness sake!
Maybe it was his demon telling him to finally put a claim on her, but he wouldn't do it. He would not.
Without further contemplation he felt himself fall asleep.
XOXO
A couple weeks later, he pulled up to his apartment building in downtown New York City. He was glad to be home and away from the college life. He could finally concentrate on something even more important, but tonight his family was having a party. Guest of honor: him.
He had his stuff from school already sent to his apartment and as he walked in it was piled up around the door. He sighed.
He spent the rest of the day unloading stuff until he heard a knock on the door. He went to it and opened it to find his father standing at the door.
"Ready to go?" he asked.
"Just give me a moment," Sesshomaru replied, leaving the door open for his father to come in if he wanted.
Sesshomaru went to his room and quickly changed into casual clothing. A white turtleneck with a black blazer and khaki pants. He grabbed his wallet and keys and exited the apartment with his father.
InuTaisho led his oldest to the car out front.
"Where is Fairchild?" Sesshomaru asked.
They both entered the car as InuTaisho answered, "Well about three days ago, his daughter Rin was climbing that big oak that is in our backyard." He turned a corner and continued.
"She fell ten feet and broke her leg, so I gave Fairchild the week off to take care of her," InuTaisho finished and headed toward the house.
Sesshomaru listened and wondered if that little girl was all right, not that he cared or anything. They pulled in and parked in front of the house and climbed out.
The whole place was a buzz of activity as they went to the back yard and once everyone saw Sesshomaru everything was chaos. Sesshomaru didn't have a moment to himself.
Once he did though he escaped, he left through a side entrance which led him, consequently, to the garage. Lo and behold, there was Rin, sitting on the steps, reading a book. Next to her where her crutches.
He studied her for a moment, but was interrupted by her father calling her in for dinner. She gingerly got up and hobbled to the open door that was open for her.
He sighed and turned for the party.
XOXO
six years later…
The house was once again a buzz full of party goers. It was once again in Sesshomaru's honor. At the age of twenty-five he would be taking the role of CEO of Larrabee Co.
Sesshomaru was greeting guests, talking to business partners and potential clients. It would be his job now, a job he had been preparing for his whole life.
Yet still after all this time, he still felt like something was missing. In the back of his mind, the feeling was constantly there, but he made it his conquest to stamp the feeling down.
He turned his eyes in the direction of the tree on the edge of the party and saw the reason, perched on a branch, looking in.
Rin.
He turned his eyes away and did his best to ignore her until her father's voice carried over the crowd.
"Rin get down from that tree," he said.
"Just a little longer. Please," Rin begged.
"No you just came home from the hospital. You need to be resting," he argued.
He heard Rin groan, but reluctantly got down from the tree. Once he turned his eyes again, the tree was vacant. One thought though stuck in his head.
Hospital?
Very discreetly he left the group that congregated around him to locate his father. He found him by the bar and whispered something in his ear and his father whispered back. Sesshomaru nodded in understanding and left.
Sesshomaru waited a good hour by the edge to make sure before he his move toward the garage.
Her light was off.
Sesshomaru carefully looked around and made sure no one was watching before leaping onto the porch that went around their home.
He looked into her room and found her sleeping peacefully on her bed.
He checked her window and found it unlocked. He slid it open, but he didn't go farther than sitting on the sill.
Sesshomaru took a deep breath in. Her scent wafted into his nose and sent him into nirvana. It was quite alluring. She was now fifteen, young, innocent, and fertile.
Sesshomaru restrained himself from the temptation and held back. He hated how weak this girl made him. Just her scent alone was enough to drive him bonkers.
So when his father said that the reason she went to the hospital was because of appendicitis, Sesshomaru made a decision.
Sitting on that sill he closed his eyes and very carefully in his mind found what connection that they had and with an imaginary hand, snapped it.
Sesshomaru took a breath in and her smell wasn't as strong as it was a moment ago. Rin turned in her sleep.
Humans are weak. This one will make me weak, was his last thought before carefully shutting the sill and jumping off the railing. He walked away without looking back.
Without that one little distraction his attention was absolute.
Until twelve years later when she comes home from Paris.
XOXO
A/N: Hello readers. It has once again been a while. I decided to do one last flashback before continuing the story. Well here you go and hopefully my next update won't take too long.
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