Hikaru-San: OMG! I'm so sorry! I completly forgot about this story! So anyway! here's another addition to East Meets West.
p.s.
I don't own any Inuyasha character and/ or products mentioned in story...
"Ok… so it's April 24th thru the 26th…?"
"That's when it is every year…."
"Well duh! I knew that!"
So… coming home for the best pow wow around?"
"That… and to compete in the Indian Rodeo with Cheyenne the weekend after that…"
"Yup! Show them cowboys up!"
Andy laughed. Her friend Arlene always had something snappy to say.
"You know it…" Andy replied.
"Oh yeah! We also have a softball game coming up on Saturday and we need an extra player. Up for it?"
"I checked the schedule you faxed me. Can't. Same weekend as the rodeo."
"Blowing me off?"
"It's a clan thing. You wouldn't understand…"
"Alright. Better go before phone bill hits the roof…"
"Too late for that… we've been talking for like four hours and counting!"
"Now you tell me!"
"Bye Arlene…"
"See ya in a few days! And don't forget your costume!"
"I won't! Now good bye!"
"Bye!"
When she hung up the phone, a sudden thought came to mind.
"GR! How am I suppose to tell him I'm leaving the country in a few days!?" Andy shouted at herself as she flung herself on her bed.
"Oh man! This will be interesting!"
"At your place? Are you sure about that?"
"Why wouldn't I be sure about it?"
"Just because of a little thing that happened last time I was there…"
"EW! Get your mind out of the gutter!"
"I didn't say anything…"
"But YOU were thinking it!"
Sesshomaru couldn't help but smirk.
"Ok… now I'm turning red…"
"Now who's thinking dirty?"
"Shut up! Anyway, don't forget to bring Rin along! She and I have a score to settle…"
"Don't tell me…"
"Guitar Hero! And I just got the 80s version!"
"No… now she's got you corrupted…"
"Chicken?"
"No…"
"Then see ya tonight! Love ya!"
"Love you too…"
"Bye!"
Sesshomaru then hung up the phone. Andy sounded like she had pretty big news.
"Takahashi- San… call on line 2…" Kaede called from her desk.
Sesshomaru picked up the phone.
"Takahashi…"
"Uh… Takahashi- san…" a croaky voice said on the other line.
"What is it now Jaken!?" Sesshomaru asked, very annoyed.
"Uh… Rin is… kind of…missing…"
"Didn't I say specifically to pick her up from school on time!? Did you call her friends?"
"They haven't seen her since the bell rang…"
"Then keep looking for her!"
SLAM!
Sesshomaru started to do something… well… un- Sesshomaru- like. He was starting to panic. Where could she have gone!?
He immediately left the office, leaving behind a very confused Kaede.
He called Inuyasha and Miroku at their firm. Haven't seen her.
He called Kagome at the hospital. No calls about bringing in a little girl.
Called his father and step mother. They'll look on their part of town.
There was just one person he hasn't called yet.
"… and what about John Wayne? He was the toughest of them all en' it?"
"Ya know what Thomas? In all those old movies, you never saw his teeth. Not once. I think there's something wrong when you don't see a guy's teeth."
"Ain't that the truth…?" Andy said, as she dug around in her closet for her suitcase.
"John Wayne's Teeth! Hey ya! John Wayne's Teeth! Hey Ya! Hey Ya! Hey Ya ! Hey!" the TV boomed.
Andy gave up her search and went back to the couch to finís watching her movie and to finish her can of soda (she was surprised to learn that she liked Ramune).
"Best song ever!" Andy said excitedly. (A/N: do you ever make your own commentary when you watch a movie by yourself? I do it all the time! )
"Are they false? Are they real? Are they plastic? Are they steel? Hey ya…"
Andy suddenly heard someone knock on her door.
"Shikon Magazine, Mori Ayame, tutitorials, how may I help you?"
"Why are you on Andy's phone?"
"Just happened to be passing by…" Ayame replied, taking a seat in Andy's chair.
"Do you ever get anywork done?" Sango asked, finishing her latest fashion article.
"I do too!" Ayame snapped.
"Focus please…"
"Sorry Sessh!"
"And don't call me that! Do you know where Andy is?"
"She took today off." Ayame said.
Andy already made it very clear that she was going to tell Sesshomaru about her out of country trip.
"Why?"
"Never mind…"
"O…k… bye!"
When Ayame hung up, Sango was on the phone.
"Well no… we haven't seen her around here…. I'll call him if she shows up… kay… bye…"
"What was that about?" Ayame asked.
Sango turned towards Ayame.
"Rin's missing…"
Everybody Let's get down!
Oh you need to give it up!
Living in the Funkytown!
Let's get down! Let's get down!
Sesshomaru's phone rang rather loudly. It was Andy (she messed with his phone one day…)
"Lose something?" Andy asked as soon as he picked up.
"How'd…"
"A little friend of yours stopped by…" Andy said, looking at the little girl on the couch, staring at the TV, trying to make out the English.
"Is she alright?"
"Physically… yes. Mentally, gonna find out."
"I'm on my way over…"
"Try not to sound mad."
"BUT SHE WENT MIA!!!!"
"And if you get mad, then she's gonna tell you nada…"
Sesshomaru sighed. As much as he hated to admit it, she was right.
"Just tell her I'm on my way…"
"See ya then…"
When Andy hung up, she went to sit next to Rin.
"So…" Andy calmly. "Mind telling me what's up?"
Silence.
"Ok… whatever…"
Rin looked around Andy's apartment.
Jaken would have been shocked that Sesshomaru was dating a girl like Andy. Her apartment was rather nice, despite the lack of expensive accessories. A comfy sofa, tv, DVD player, and plenty of food and the place can be called a home.
The thing that caught Rin's attention most, however, was the giant hoop on the wall. Inside of the hope, there was a web pattern, with beads embedded in the pattern. More beads and feathers were hanging from the hoop as well.
"What is that?" Rin suddenly asked.
Andy looked confused for the moment until she looked at the wall.
"Oh that? That's a dream catcher."
"A dream catcher?"
"Yeah. It's a Native thing."
Andy went into her room, reached into the side table drawer, and came back out with a pendant version of a teal dream catcher.
"See the holes in the web?"
"I can see the center hole…" Rin commented.
"Ok… see… the holes are meant for good dreams to pass through, while all the nightmares and bad dreams are caught in the web. Kind of like flies and spiders. Well, that's the theory anyway…"
"Really?" Rin said, taking a closer looked at the worn out dream catcher.
"Yup… that's why you don't see me hung up over a bad dream!" Andy replied cheerfully
"I wish I had one of these the night before…" rin said sadly.
"Why?"
"I had a dream that I was going to choke up on my public speaking assignment. Then it happened today. Actually worse than that. I got sick…"
So that's what happened…
"But why didn't you wait for Jaken when he went to pick you up from school?"
"I didn't want to wait around at school. There's this girl, Hana. She picks on me a lot. I usually ignore it, but today was worse because of when I got sick."
"Well, you should know that running away won't help anything."
"I know Andy… but I was scared. I needed your advise…"
"Hm… well, usually I would say 'Cowgirl up', but I save that for my younger cousin Cheyenne. You two woulda got along just fine now that I think about it…"
Andy thought for a moment.
"Andy… aren't you getting off track?" Rin said, waving a hand in front of Andy.
"Oh! Right! Anyway… you shouldn't run away from the problem. Just look at it face to face… and the best revenge is to prove the person wrong. Say that this 'Hana' keeps telling you that you can never master public speaking, prove her wrong by being the best one up there."
"But what if I get sick again?" Rin asked.
"You won't. I had the same problem too. But my Nana gave me that pendant." Andy replied, pointing at the teal dream catcher pendent in Rin's hand.
"When I was your age, I wore it when I went to bed, and I dreamt that I was going to be the bell of the ball at the Tribal Hall…"
"Tribal Hall?"
"I had to give a speech for the Pow Wow Dance Club at school…"
"Oh…"
"… and because I had those good dreams, I had the confidence I needed to carry the speech out and I rocked the house."
"That's neat…" Rin commented.
"And now… I'll give this charm to you…"
"Really!? But Andy, this is your childhood treasure… I can't…"
"You can… and you will. You need it more than I do."
Rin smiled.
"Thanks Andy!"
Rin hugged Andy. As soon as the two parted, Andy placed the pendent around Rin's neck.
"So… what else is there to do in America?"
Hikaru-San: In case you were wondering what Movie Andy was watching, it was Smoke Signals, one of the best Native movies ever made! Pretty much required to know it by heart if you wanna live on the rez... and Sesshy's ringtone for Andy is Funkytown by Namie Amuro... so anyway R&R por favor!
