Law and Disorder

I don't own Inuyasha

Chapter 26 - Life, Love & Law

The view of the city now was different now. He wondered if the errand boy had worked his way up the ladder or if the dog walker maybe owned a pet shop. How many sales had the Realtor made since that fateful day losing the heel to her shoe and the street vendor? Maybe he'd found a better job elsewhere. How had their lives changed? Their ghost images were replaced now by the woman who never missed kissing her husband good-bye on the corner right before his cab took off for work, a mother with her two young ones as they walked to the school, and the store advertiser who made the best of things listening to music and dancing while holding up a sign to persuade potential customers to enter the store. For all of them, including himself, life moved forward.

In the past, he'd settled for living life without leaving his heart in someone else's hands. But she'd walked into the firm on her first day with that smile on her face, an addictively bubbly personality and all the warmth ten women put together couldn't produce and he couldn't stop watching her. She'd made it easier to focus on work rather than the ordeal that left his heart in need of repair and never ceased to make the days brighter. It was those same characteristics that made her dangerous and the reason that he'd wanted to keep her at a distance. The fear of being pulled into a deep relationship only for it to end in his heart being broken again was hardly what he wanted. But like a magnet, she'd pulled him in and he realized that the love they shared now was inevitable.

Sesshoumaru's thoughts were interrupted by the sound of her voice as she moved past the doorway. The minute Rin hit the clock she was working. He observed the back of her as she talked to the assistant most likely naming off her own agenda for the day and making light of it as she and the assistant shared a laugh. Her hand was placed against her back beside the tidy little pink bow in the back of her blouse that was misleading when you compared it to the way that she ripped people in two in court. But that pink bow was also representative of the woman who was special to him and no one else. She was the one that liked to sleep in with him in the mornings, cuddle like they'd never have another chance to do so, or play around like they were still kids.

Rin nodded along to the information the assistant was repeating back to her to make sure she had everything right. Rin peaked over her shoulder to see if he was watching her rather than the window this morning. Satisfied, she turned her attention back to the assistant as she smiled and ran her fingers through her hair all the while shifting her weight onto her other leg giving her more of a curve to her hips, not that she really needed it at this point. He never let her feel for a moment that he was growing tired or impatient of her. Even when she wasn't looking her best he didn't seem to care. If she felt bad he picked her up and if he couldn't he wouldn't leave her side. He was where she was at all times and nothing got in his way when she needed him. Still, it made her feel just a little sexier to know that she still had the ability to peak his interest even now.

Rin looked over her shoulder again and noticed that smirk that she loved so much starting to form. She shifted the ring on her finger back and forth with her thumb. It wasn't the one that Kagura had given her to return to Sesshoumaru. When she'd questioned what Sesshoumaru did with it she didn't get a full answer that day. Instead she'd gotten it a few weeks later when he handed her a small box with a bow on top for her birthday. When she'd opened it, she knew she would have to provide her old car with a sentimental good-bye. How could she deny the new one sitting in the drive way?

Noticing Rin turn back toward her office he turned his attention back on the window until his view was obstructed.

"Guess who."

"Well if this is Sara Sukido, then I need to run like hell."

Rin started laughing. Sara hadn't called in some time. She guessed that knowing they were married helped to keep Sesshoumaru from being harassed even though the woman called a few more times before finally giving up.

"You're safe. Guess again."

"If I'm safe this must be no one other than Rin Takahashi. DA and Partner of this firm."

"You are ninety percent correct."

"Only ninety percent?"

"You're missing my favorite title."

He started to face her but she was already headed for the door. She winked as she looked back.

"Don't forget about Inuyasha's birthday party tonight."

He nodded before thinking of her favorite title. He knew exactly which one she was talking about and it had nothing to do with work. It was the one she carried at home.

… …

Inuyasha laughed and blew out all seven candles as everyone finished singing.

"Can I open my presents now?"

Taisho playfully sighed and thought it over for a moment.

"Well…I guess you can finally open one."

Inuyasha sprinted over to the largest gift first.

"It's from Sesshoumaru and Rin."

Sesshoumaru and Rin watched in amusement as Inuyasha seemed to be enjoying the mere ripping of the paper off the box. As large as it was, unbeknownst to him, the only requirement to see what was inside was to lift the box.

"Inuyasha…"

Sesshoumaru stopped Rin from saying anything. He was enjoying Inuyasha's attack on the box. It had taken him a while to get used to his little brother calling him by his first name rather than big brother but it stuck and only on the occasion did Inuyasha verbally remind him that big brother was still his title. Of course now, the wrestling matches were a completely new reminder.

Once Inuyasha was satisfied that he'd ripped all the paper off, he walked around the box trying to find a way to open it. He looked at Rin and Sesshoumaru shrugging in the process as if completely baffled before Rin pointed down at the bottom of it.

Lifting the box, Inuyasha's face immediately lit up and he took no time getting on the bike.

They all hoped that this one had a better chance against Inuyasha's reckless side. The child had no fear of rolling down steep hills or any uneven surface that presented a challenge and Inuyasha might have been a little too helpful when Taisho and Sesshoumaru both tried to fix the last one. It was a lost cause.

They all seemed to be clapping and laughing about something after a song and opening a box but that cake on the table looked too yummy to ignore. Crawling up underneath it she pulled herself up onto one of the chairs, a little wobbly at first, but she could do it. She'd accomplished the seat. So close yet still so far away. Finally onto a table she reached her palm out as her mom called her name.

"Kaname!"

She giggled as Sesshoumaru picked her up and she placed two cake filled palms against her mouth. She had no idea why they were surprised, of course she would share despite the fact that her father was doing everything in his ability to keep those little palms away. Why was he moving so much? Didn't he like cake? Well, she would just have to try harder. There.

Rin started to laugh and tried to keep from falling over on the couch as she winced. There the flawless DA stood, daughter in arms, a cheek smeared with cake. Kaname was completely oblivious to Sesshoumaru's demeanor which meant there was never a dull moment between the two of them. Sesshoumaru had met his match in this little princess that never got tired of being daddy's girl.

"Daddy"

Who in their right mind could get upset with this little one? Those two pigtails of silver hair held up by purple ribbons bobbed as she giggled and offered up the remaining cake. He sighed before shrugging and eating the rest of it right out of her hand. The cuteness always seemed to get him.

The corner of destroyed cake didn't seem to bother Inuyasha. The child had laughed and embraced it by grabbing his own handful while devilishly backing his brother into a corner as he'd handed Kaname off to Rin.

"Inuyasha don't..."

Rin smiled through the ordeal for fear that laughing might make the pain she'd been feeling all day worse. She didn't want to cut the visit short if she didn't need to. Instead she focused on Kaname's enjoyment of this sweet battle as the child clapped those icing filled palms together that only egged her little uncle on.

Rin could only predict their drive home as she took a deep breath. She'd been trying to keep the pains away since she'd gone into work that morning.

…

He noticed Rin place her hand on her stomach as Kaname slept peacefully against his shoulder. It wasn't the first sign she'd shown that day. When she was talking to the assistant, she'd placed her hand against her back. Rin hated that position and always tried to compensate for it. She claimed it made her feel like the old barefoot and pregnant wife. She'd taken one too many deep breaths and she'd struggled to remain sitting up during the birthday party when she really wanted to lay down. The minute she hooked her arm through his to help her up the steps to their home he knew.

"Sesshoumaru…"

"You've been having them all day haven't you?"

"Yes."

"And you were planning to tell me when?"

It was fair that he would have this reaction, especially after she'd gotten him to reluctantly agree not to worry about her working or being out and about right up until the baby was born. She knew she should have started her leave and stayed at home today but...

"I wanted us to enjoy the party. So now...you can take me to the hospital or we can have the baby on the steps. I'm ready either way."

She tried to laugh as she'd done earlier but the contractions were too close and she needed to sit down.

"Just roll me back to the car."

"Rin this is no time to be joking."

Somehow she still managed a smile. "So you'd rather me be screaming like last time. Hold on…Aaaaaaaaaaaaah."

Sesshoumaru just shook his head, trying not to laugh at her as he put Kaname back in the car. The way Rin was taking it one would think this was her eighth child rather than the second and noone would have believed he'd witnessed the birth of Kaname and one other child.

Instead of watching the clock as they waited for their child to arrive, Rin decided to reminisce on the last five years she and Sesshoumaru were together. They'd been packed with life changing events. After the mock trial, Sesshoumaru took leadership of the firm as his father promised and she'd gone back to school. Sometimes she felt like she was putting Sesshoumaru back through school with all the questions she asked but he never failed to answer them. So when he popped the question, later that year she didn't hesitate to answer with a yes. They'd agreed to wait on having kids until she'd finished school but that didn't quite turn out the way they planned. Sesshoumaru rewarded her too much for A's and any other reason that crossed his mind. But she'd shown him that he didn't need a reason and he wasn't the only one that could start things and finish them. The result of all their fun was her crossing the stage in a cap and gown eight months pregnant. Her parents couldn't have been prouder and she'd only considered it even more special that Kaname was graduating with her. Sesshoumaru didn't miss a beat taking care of a newborn and her transition to work was easier than she'd planned. By the time she'd gotten used to being a DA, the double lines came up again and she knew Sesshoumaru was silently hoping for a son this time. In the same time she'd challenged her husband to a mock trial and he'd come up with every colorful excuse due to her being pregnant. She had the feeling he didn't want to lose not just to his wife but to his pregnant wife.

The clutch cutting off all circulation on his arm was the physical communication to him that she was pushing again. He stayed still for fear that those fingers would squeeze harder and he would start to mirror her facial expressions of pain. He'd waited all his life for the one, nine months for Kaname and now just a few moments away from…

"It's a boy."

His son. If his favorite title was dad, Rin's was surely mom.

Much in the same way of the birth of Kaname, the announcement of the their second child brought together all of their friends, family, and coworkers once again...the reminder that he and Rin had it all through life, love, and law.

End

A/N: Thank you all for reading and leaving awesome feedback. It has been a great run! In the future, I may consider following up on this story because I loved writing it so much, but for now I bid you adieu. Peace and love :) PinkDS