When they arrived in Seattle it was well after midnight and the president had already gone to bed. They put Rin up in a hotel room for the night, where she slept until 10 AM. Thankfully for her the night before they had her take a pill that helps with dealing with hangovers. Once she had showered and dressed the same 2 gentleman from the night before took her to their headquarters there in Seattle. There she was greeted by him. "It is a honor to meet with you. I have heard a great deal about you from Lord InuTashio."

"I thank you for the kind words, but I can assure you that I have done nothing to deserve his praise."

"He states that he would like you to come back since he has found no other like you, but should you decide to stay here in the US I would like to offer you a job working for the Chairman of the Federal Reserve. It is my hope that maybe some day you could be the Chairwoman of the Federal Reserve, but I know there is little we could do to tempt you to stay."

"Tempt me to stay?" she asked rather confused. Just then she saw someone large approaching. When she looked up she saw Mamoru standing there behind the president. "Mamoru? What are you doing here?"

He smiled at Rin and said to her, "I have come to convince you to return home."

"Just you?"

Mamoru turned to the president and asked if he could have several minutes alone to talk with Rin. The president obliged and then left the room with his secret service team and the CIA agents. When they were alone Rin walked to the window and stared out of it. "Sesshomaru would have come if he hadn't been held up at home. He wants you to return and take your job back."

"But he knows about my feelings..." Rin said letting it trail off.

"He does."

"Yet he'll let me have my job back?"

"He will."

"What will his wife think about me being there?"

"His wife?" he asked her rather confused. "Have you not heard?"

"I heard on the news that they got married a month earlier than originally planned."

"No, SHE got married a month earlier. It turned out that she was in love with a human, but her father did not approve of it and forced her into an engagement with Sesshomaru. With Sesshomaru's full knowledge she ran off and married the human."

"He let her do that?"

"Yes. If you came home you would see that things have changed. I cannot tell you anymore."

Rin turned around and looked at him squarely in the eyes as she asked, "Why won't you tell me anything more?"

"I was advised not to give out too much information to you. All I can say was that after you left Sesshomaru spent a great deal of time and energy trying to track you down. I think that alone should be enough to convince you that he harbors no ill will towards you."

"If he was trying so hard, why didn't he come to get me himself?"

"If you must know, I was coming to America to talk to the Joint Chiefs of Staff, so Lord InuTashio thought it best that I just come given our history together. Lord InuTashio also wishes for you to return."

"And what if I don't?"

"After seeing your condition last night I fear that staying away any longer will continue to deteriorate your mental condition and therefore your physical condition."

"How long do I have to think about it?" she asked him.

His eyes lit up a little as he said, "I will be an hour north of here in a town called Everett for about a week's time. If you are interested in returning with me then meet me at the airport next Saturday by noon. I will have your plane ticket waiting for you." Rin nodded her head and then turned back to the window. Having said what he needed to, Mamoru had the agents drive Rin back to her apartment.

When she got back she found Justin standing outside of her apartment with the police. He ran up to her and asked, "Where have you been?"

"With the CIA," she answered so casually one would think it happens every day.

"The CIA?" he asked her rather confused. "Are you a terrorist or something?"

Rin smirked at the idea but then assured him, "No. They asked me to go back, or they said I could stay and work for the Chairman of the Federal Reserve."

"Wow," Justin said rather astounded. "So what are you going to do?"

"I don't know," Rin said honestly. At this point the police decided that since she was back they would go ahead and leave. Rin ushered Justin into her apartment and then sat down on her couch before saying, "He didn't come to get me, but I was assured that he couldn't make it."

"So what's he going to do now that he knows about your feelings?"

"I guess he's going to let me have my job back."

"That's it? He's just going to let you come back like nothing ever happened?"

"Well, Mamoru stated that he's changed some."

"Because of his new wife?"

"Actually, he didn't marry her. She ran off with some human that her father didn't want her marrying."

"So he's not married and he's asking you to come back?"

"I guess that's it in a nutshell."

"Then you ought to go."

"Why?"

"Because he obviously likes you. Think about it: he's not married, he knows you love him, and he wants you back there with him. It all leads up to the fact that he wants to be married to you."

"Really?" Rin asked rather surprised that she hadn't come to that conclusion earlier. "I guess it wouldn't hurt me then," she said with hope in her voice.

A week later she found herself standing outside of the airport in Seattle with 5 pieces of luggage and a cosmetic case at 11:59. Mamoru smiled at her and offered to help her get her bags checked in at the ticket counter. Hours later they were sitting in first class flying over the Pacific Ocean headed home.

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Note: There is a naval base in Everett, Washington. I have a friend from high school who is stationed up there.