Chapter 11: Letter

He was sitting in his room when his phone rang. He answered it to see it was his secretary. He asked what he wanted.

"It seems there is a letter here for you. The envelope is dated for six years ago."

"Six years ago?"

"It has your ex-wife's name on it."

"Open the letter and fax it to my hotel." He was a bit stunned.

"By the way, the envelope has her address on it. Do you want that as well?"

"Yes." He hung up the phone and made his way down to the front counter. He made it there as the lady there picked up the fax. She looked at the cover sheet to see that it was for him.

"These came for you." She handed him the sheets and he walked off. He looked to the address. It wasn't too far, maybe fifteen minutes by car. He moved that to see the letter.

Sesshomaru,

I do not know when you will receive this letter. I do not know if you will even read this letter. But I am writing you to inform you of your daughter. She was born a week ago. I thought you should know about her, seeing as she is your own flesh and blood. It is not up to me if you are involved in your daughter's life. Even if you aren't I will be able to raise her on my own. I told Inuyasha not to tell you of Rin, but even you deserve to know about your daughter.

Sincerely,

Kagome.

He felt stupid. He accused her of not telling him of his daughter, but she had sent him a letter six years ago telling him he had a daughter. But why did it take so long to get to him? But he remembered he had a female secretary. She was jealous of his wife. It must have came in and she had hid it so he would never know about the letter Kagome had sent him. But now he had her address. He would need to apologize and try to explain. He was hoping this time Kagome would hear him out. He could understand that she was upset at him for not even sending a gift to Rin for her birthday.

He quickly called his driver as he changed. He would need to make up for missing out on so much of Rin's life. But it wasn't his fault a jealous secretary hid the letter telling him about his daughter. He headed down to the lobby, knowing the receptionist was watching him with lust filled eyes. He didn't much care for the red head.

He got in the car and drove to a flower shop. He picked out orchids, knowing it was Kagome's favorite. He also stopped by a toy store. He wasn't sure what to get her. He could afford anything in the store, but none of it seemed to scream Rin. He knew she was a prodigy at the piano. Perhaps this wasn't the right place. He left there quickly and entered a music store. He was unsure of what to get her, but then he saw a violin. It was made of cherry wood. He purchased the violin and left quickly. One more stop and her would head over to Kagome's apartment. He was hoping Zhou Yuan wasn't there.

He got to her apartment without incident and knocked on the door. He heard a "coming" and stood ready. He waited as the door opened and saw Kagome standing there. She seemed shocked to see him.

"Kagome," he said lowly. "Can I come in?" She moved aside and he came in to see Zhou Yuan sitting on the couch with Rin. She was sitting in his lap watching a movie. He wanted to be angry but held back. He had to remain calm. "Can I talk to you?" He saw Zhou Yuan and Rin look towards them.

"There would be no harm in that." She led him to the balcony. She closed the door behind him.

"I am sorry about missing Rin's birthdays. I had not known."

"I sent you a letter about Rin being born."

"I know. I didn't get it till today. It turns out my old secretary hid it when it came in out of jealousy. My current secretary found it and faxed it to me. I had been angry when I thought you hadn't tried to tell me, but you had tried." He looked at her. She wasn't nearly as angry as before. "I brought you these. I know how much you liked them." He gave her the orchids.

"Thank you." She took them.

"And I got you this. I know your birthday is next week." He held forward a small box. "I cannot make up for every birthday I have missed."

She opened the box to see a diamond set. "I don't know what to say."

"You don't have to say anything. I have something for Rin as well, if I can give it to her." She nodded and they headed back in.

"Rin."

"Yes okaasan?"

"Come here." She watched Rin get up ad walk over to them. "This is your birth father and he has something for you." Rin nodded and looked at the silver haired man.

"Here, Rin." He held forward a case and she took it. She opened the case to see a cherry wood violin. She had wanted one, but her mother always got to the store and they were always sold out.

"Arigatou." She smiled brightly. "Okaasan, I always wanted a cherry wood violin."

"You have one now." She smiled at Rin. Sesshomaru was surprised. He had never seen her with such a smile before. He had been missing out so much, and now Zhou Yuan was blessed to have her.

"I should be going now." Sesshomaru turned to leave but Kagome stopped him.

"Maybe you would like to take Rin out, while you are still in town."

"I would like that." He smiled to himself and Kagome handed him her number. He looked to Zhou Yuan. "You are a lucky man. Do not hurt her." And he left.

Rin was tucked in to bed. She had fallen asleep. She was smiling. Kagome had been wrong about Sesshomaru, but she did not want to be hurt again. She knew Zhou Yuan would never hurt her. She smiled at him. They closed Rin's door and they entered Kagome's room, which was now his as well. She undressed and climbed into bed. Zhou Yuan had done the same and they soon curled up together to go to sleep. Zhou Yuan had a lot to do tomorrow and Kagome had to stop by the office and pick up some paperwork and return home since her office was still wrecked. She couldn't blame Sesshomaru though. He was upset and so was she.

He climbed into bed. He was glad he had cleared things up with Kagome and he almost accepted the fact that she was not going to be his again. He would live with just seeing Rin. Rin was his daughter and he would come to the states every now and then to visit. He had to see his daughter. He didn't want to be like a few of the people he worked with. They had children with other women they never visited or supported. He didn't want to be that way.

He rolled onto his side. At least Kagome didn't slam the door in his face. He would have been extremely put out by that, but she had let him in. It was obvious Zhou Yuan was living with her now. He wanted to be upset but couldn't be. Kagome wasn't his wife anymore and she was her own person, and it seemed Rin was comfortable and liked Zhou Yuan. Children were usually a good judge of character.

He sighed and closed his eyes. He would try to have lunch with Kagome to discuss when he will be able to see Rin. But for now he would sleep.

He sighed. His boss was hooked on his ex-wife. It wasn't that hard to see. He knew his sister liked his boss, but he hadn't paid any attention to her, only working and looking at pictures he had of his ex-wife. He would have gladly set his sister up with his boss, if he wasn't always cold to everyone around him. It didn't matter. His boss would be gone for the next week.

He reclined back and looked up. His sister was standing in front of him. He knew she was here to see Sesshomaru to convince him to go on a date with her.

"He isn't here today. He is in the states seeing his ex-wife. He'll be back next week." She pouted. "I don't expect anything to happen between them, but he probably only went to see his daughter. It would be the first time he saw her."

"You sure? Everyone says his ex-wife is beautiful."

"Of course she is beautiful, but she is in a relationship with another man, so don't worry about it." He shrugged.

"Fine." She turned and left. "But I'll be back later."

"Not to see me, I bet," he mumbled to himself. He watched the elevator doors close. "Maybe I won't hook you up with him, ungrateful brat." He sat up straight and soon decided to leave. He wasn't required to be here when Sesshomaru wasn't in, but he did come in just in case something came in.

Inuyasha scowled. His brother had gone on a vacation and hadn't told anybody but his secretary. It was all falling on him now. He was stressed and was working longer hours, causing Kikyo to worry. He was nothing like his brother though. He would remain faithful to Kikyo. Kikyo was his everything and he didn't want to do anything to lose her. He just sighed and rubbed his temples. It was going to be a long night. He had to get work done so he could go home and cuddle up to Kikyo and her enlarged stomach. Yes, he would be a father in a couple of months. He would he proud then. He would also take Kikyo and their baby to the states to pay Kagome a visit. She should see her niece or nephew, he wasn't sure which though.

Zhou Yuan thought about Sesshomaru. It seemed he had given up on pursuing Kagome and just wanted to spend time with his daughter before he went back to Japan. But he still didn't trust Sesshomaru. He wouldn't show it. And Kagome only talked to him because she felt Sesshomaru should be involved in Rin's life. He wouldn't mind anymore though. He loved Kagome and didn't want to lose her. He just tightened his grasp around her and pulled her closer. She sighed and nuzzled his chest before settling again. Yes. She was special.

Author's Corner:

That should clear some issues, but is Sesshomaru truly done pursuing Kagome? It is up to you. But here is this chapter. I need to get ready to go head up to Tokyo.