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Ch. 3
three years later…
"Enter."
"Hey Rin you have something in the mail for you," said her Uncle Silas, entering her room with a thick envelope in his hands.
Rin got up from her bed and took it out of his hands. She flipped it over and opened it. Inside the envelope was an invitation.
"'You are invited to celebrate Sesshomaru Takahashi'S homecoming and promotion as CEO of Takahashi Corp. Please RSVP if you plan to attend.' Huh."
Rin thought about it for a moment. She was hesitant to attend. The event wasn't for another two weeks. So she had a little bit of time to think about it. Maybe she should ask her uncle's opinion.
"Hey Uncle Silas. Do you think I should go?" Rin asked as she handed the invitation to her uncle who was sitting at the kitchen table reading the newspaper.
Silas took the invitation and read it over quickly.
"In my personal opinion," he took a deep breath, "I think you should go."
"Really?" Rin cocked her eyebrow in disbelief.
"Yes," Silas said, going back to his newspaper.
Rin looked at him and crossed her arms.
"Why?"
Silas sighed and looked at his niece.
"Well my reason is that threw years ago after I found you crying your eyes out I went to go see InuTaisho," he started out, "Rin sat down to listen, "I had a talk with him about some interesting things that were happening to Sesshomaru and then I told him what happened to you and," he scratched his head, "This is a lot harder to explain than I thought."
"Just start from the beginning. What did InuTaisho say?" Rin prompted him. She was getting interested because InuTaisho was a long time friend of her uncle's.
"Well…"
flashback
knock, knock, knock (more like bang, bang, bang)
Silas waited impatiently at the front door of the huge mansion. He soon heard footsteps coming towards the door.
InuTiasho opened the door himself.
"Silas old friend. How are you?" he said welcoming him inside.
"It is goo to see you too but I've come to talk to you about something…private," he said, standing close to the great demon. His urged and impatience clear on his face. InuTiasho looked at him with a seriousness that Silas did not expect.
"Follow me," InuTaisho said leading him down a hallway to his office. He opened the door and let Silas in first. Silas looked about the room and heard the door shut behind him.
"So what has gotten you so riled up?" Initiate questioned, guiding Silas to a nearby seat.
"Your eldest. I want to know what he did to Rin," Silas stated not sitting immediately. "Where is he?"
Initiate sighed. "He is currently no longer in Japan."
"What?! I want an explanation on why my niece came home in tears and it has something to do with your son!" Silas shouted.
InuTaisho waited for him to be done with his outburst.
"I will explain in due time, but first please sit." Initiate said sitting himself. Silas reluctantly followed suit and quietly fumed in the process.
"How much are you familiar with daiyouki mating rituals?" Initiate questioned. "What does that have anything to do with-?" Silas questioned before InuTaisho cut across him.
"Everything I think. I found my son with six sake bottles around him last night. He was in quite a state. He never drinks excessively like that. Never. I have never seen him so uncomposed. I asked him what had brought him to this. He only said one word and that was 'mate'," InuTaisho said, letting the information sink in.
"So Sesshomaru has found his…mate?" Silas said. InuTaisho nodded his head in affirm. "Sesshomaru has found his mate and the reason he drank so much was that he is denying the calling for said mate and that mate is none other than your niece."
Silas looked shocked and then he looked thoughtful.
"To prove my theory even further does Rin have any distinguishing marks on her body, like slash marks or-"
"A crescent moon?" Silas finished the question. He turned his head to his friend.
"She has a birthmark in the shape of a crescent moon on her left hip. I had the privilege of changing her diaper when she was baby a couple times. It's the only reason I know. Just don't tell her I said that. She gets maddeningly embarrassed every time I do."
That statement instilled chuckles from both men, lightening the mood considerably. After a moment of thoughtful silence, Silas spoke up.
"So what now?" Silas asked.
"Since Rin is still underage I have sent Sesshomaru on an extended leave of absence to out American branch in Chicago. He will stay there till Rin is of age and then…let them take it from there," InuTaisho informed Silas. He nodded his head in understanding.
They ended the conversation there and parted ways.
end flashback
Silas ended his little story and watched Rin's reaction carefully.
Rin was deep in thought.
'So thats why I never saw him again. It actually explains a lot.'
Rin sighed
"Rin?"
She looked up, taken out of her thoughts.
"So the reason I want you to go to this party is to show him what you are capable of," Rin turned her lips up in a small smile because she knew what he was going to say next, "Dance your ass off."
"You uncle, are devious."
Silas smiled at that.
XOXO
two weeks later…
Sesshomaru stood at the railing at his balcony, looking over the city he had missed in three years. To think the reason was one female. A human female.
He now wondered how much that certain female had changed.
Rin.
Her name resounded in his head.
He wondered what he would do if he saw her again. Either way he had to keep tight control over himself. It would not go over will if he rushed things.
Sesshomaru stepped away from the balcony and the setting sun to get ready for his party.
XOXO
Rin smiled at her reflection. She had to admit…she was hot. She chose to wear one of her black numbers. Her uncle suggested one of he red ones, but in her opinion they were a little ostentatious.
The dress she wore had then straps going over her shoulders and crisscrossed in the back. The bodice was heart-shaped to show off what cleavage she had and it went smoothly down till it hit her hips where it split on one side so when she extended her right leg it would show.
Rin did a twirl before her full length mirror, in her scrappy heels and smiled at herself.
'Now lets see if Sesshomaru notices.'
knock, knock, knock
"Come in," she called out and her uncle came in.
"Kohaku just arrived and wow Rin. Are you trying to impress somebody?" Silas smirked as Rin playfully smacked him. Then she looked nervous.
"Do you think he will notice?" she asked.
"Rin if he doesn't notice you then he is blind as a bat. You are beautiful Rin, you parents would be proud," Silas said, smiling kindly at his niece.
"Thank you," Rin said giving him a hug.
"Oh before you leave," Silas said stepping back to reveal a red rose, "for your hair."
Rin smiled as she turned and he put it in her hair.
"Now you don't look so depressing," *smack* "Now you look mysterious," Silas finished saying recovering from another smack to the arm.
"Well here goes," Rin said, grabbing her clutch, making sure everything was in it, turned and left the room, leaving her uncle behind.
At the front door, her dance partner waited. Kohaku turned and smiled in her direction.
"Ready to get this party started?" he asked.
"Yes," Rin said taking his arm as he led her to his car.
XOXO
Sesshomaru looked amongst the people that were in his father's ballroom. He sighed.
'Why was he here again?'
Oh yea his father thought it be nice for him to finally take over the company. Not that he minds one tiny bit.
He walked around the edge of the room, the middle was dedicated to dancing, since it was a ballroom. His eyes flitted among the dancers, not really caring for the music.
Sesshomaru took a flute of champagne from a passing waiters tray and continued to meander some more while sipping his drink. He eventually made it back over to hi father not noticing two dancers entering the throng. They danced with precision and grace and wasn't noticed by Sesshomaru until he roved his eyes across the dancers again. It was then that the song ended and another began, the beat more upbeat.
A tango.
Sesshomaru nearly dropped his champagne flute when he recognized her. Initiate followed his son's gaze and recognized the girl with her dancing partner. They were tearing up the dance floor by this time, the crowd moving to the sidelines to watch them. It was quite the sight.
When they started to move together he started to shake. The dance was too sensual, too…intimate. Of course he had to remind himself that was the essence of tango.
"You need to calm yourself," InuTaisho said in his ear. He also had taken his drink because apparently it had almost broken in his hand.
He continued to eatch them dance. It was unnerving, but he kept his control in an iron grip.
They ended the dance with him dipping her, the rose in her hair falling out. They came up slowly and then the applause separated them and they bowed to the audience. They bowed each other and they went separately into the crowd.
The boy towards the main house…Rin towards the garden.
Sesshomaru noticed the rose still on the floor. He walked over and picked it up, now wondering if she had this planned all along. Whatever the reason…it worked.
Sesshomaru turned, with rose in hand, and went to the gardens in search of the woman who was to become his mate.
InuTaisho watched his son go and smirked.
XOXO
Rin sat on a ledge to one of the Takahashi's many fountains. She waited wondering if her little play worked. It wasn't long before she started to hear footsteps on gravel.
She turned to see the one man who had been on her bid since she first laid eyes on him.
He walked with the grace of the demon that he was and his golden gaze was only on her. She swallowed in anticipation on what he might do.
Sesshomaru stepped up to her as she stood up. She was slightly taller than the last time he saw her. Her curved had filled out, just as he had predicted.
He held out his hand that held the rose.
She accepted it with a smile.
"Thank you," she quietly said.
"Rin," he said her name like it was a precious jewel.
"Sesshomaru," she said his name in return.
Then he stood closer to her and took her in his arms. She then realized he wanted to dance. She smiled and off they went into a simple waltz. It was so much different than the last time they danced. This time it felt like…they were meant to be.
Rin felt so relaxed in his arms and safe.
"I did it on purpose," Rin opened her eyes and looked up at him when he spoke.
"The last time we danced," he clarified. They had stopped moving as they looked at each other. "I did it because I was in denial about having a human as a mate. Now that I've had time to contemplate I have come to accept it."
"So what now?" Rin asked.
Sesshomaru looked away for a time and then returned his gaze to her searching look. He chose the safest course for them both at the moment.
"We take it one day at a time. Since my father has yet to officially sign the company over to me, I will still be busy," he informed her. Rin smiled.
"Well that will make both of us. I have a dance competition in a month and a half and I will be busy practicing for that, plus college entrance exams," Rin said also informing him of her busy schedule.
To Rin it seemed near impossible for them to work.
"Rin," his voice broke through her thoughts, returning her attention, "we are mates. You know this don't you."
Rin breathed in deeply and nodded her head. Yes she knew. It all fit and made sense about Sesshomaru's behavior toward her.
"Then we will make this work," he said, taking her in his arms again and off they twirled. Rin loved it.
After a moment of silence between them, Sesshomaru spoke up again.
"Did you always want to be a dancer?"
Rin looked up at him as he slowed them down so now they were just swaying back and forth.
"Yes, I've always wanted to be a dancer. I started out in ballet when I was four, but I didn't really get into ballroom till I was ten," Rin replied thinking back on those fond memories and a time when she still had her family around.
Sesshomaru watched her face as it changed from happy to forlorn.
"Rin what are you thinking about?"
Rin stepped away from him then and sat back down on the fountain ledge. Sesshomaru sat next to her waiting for her to speak.
"Have you ever wondered why I live with my uncle?" Rin asked turning to face him.
Sesshomaru just tilted his head for her to continue.
"My parents died when I was eight. I also had an older brother. They were driving in the rain to come pick me up because I was at a friends house. There was a semi in the other lane; it slipped. My parents died on impact, my brother died five days later in ICU."
Rin sighed after her little speech.
Sesshomaru took her hand in his. He had no idea, and he had a no answer, no words of comfort to say.
"You don't have to say anything. It was a long time ago," Rin said taking comfort in his had on hers. They sat there for what seemed like forever, until Rin was started to notice less noise coming from the ballroom.
"Looks like you party guests are leaving," she said, now leaning against his shoulder.
"Hn, I don't care," Sesshomaru said, steadily taking in her scent. It was calming and comforting at the same time. They both simply taking comfort of each others presence after a long absence. Sesshomaru was the one to speak first and the statement was not directed towards her.
"What do you want?" a slight irritation etching his voice. Rin looked up in confusion seeing Sesshomaru looking into the darkness. Rin looked herself but saw nothing. A voice spoke and only then did she recognize who it was.
"Hey you two lovebirds, party is over so it's time to go home," the voice of Inuyasha came through the dark.
Rin sighed and Sesshomaru stood up, his hand still in hers making her stand up also. They walked in silence back to the ballroom where few people lingered. Kohaku being one of them.
"Hey Rin, I better get you home. Your uncle is going to get worried," Kohaku said as they came closer. Before Rin could answer, Sesshomaru spoke up.
"I will take her home. You needn't worry," Sesshomaru said, still holding Rin'd hand, walking past Kohaku. Rin looked behind her to apologize, but Kohaku just winked at her. Rin turned around surprised that Kohaku wasn't offended, not in the least.
So Rin just followed Sesshomaru to his car. Helped her in and settled in the drivers seat a moment later. He took off down the driveway and down the road.
Rin plugged in her address in his GPS and let the voice tell him where she lived. It was a quiet drive home, but before Rin knew it they were at her house.
There was an awkward silence.
"Shall I see you later?" he asked, totally unsure of what to say.
"What is your phone number?" Rin asked getting out her own phone from her clutch. Sesshomaru rattled hs cell phone number a sin typed quickly. Sesshomaru's phone went off in his pocket. He saw the text message; it read:
Test message :) Rin
"That way we can contact each other if or when we are not so busy," Rin said putting her phone away and grabbing the door handle to step out of the car. Sesshoamru followed suit and walked her up to her house.
"Well until we see each other again," Rin said sticking out her hand to shake his, not wanting to rush things, like he said.
Sesshomaru took her hand and pulled her into an embrace that surprised her, but then relaxed after a moment.
Sesshomaru inhaled her scent in deeply, not knowing when he will see her again. He stepped away, kissed her hand, turned and left, going to his car. Rin watched him go, his long white hair swaying with his every step.
He drove away with Rin looking after him, did she finally turn to put her house key into the lock. She entered her home and not two seconds later a lamp light turned on.
"Oh my gosh!" Rin gasped in surprise.
"I was wondering when you'd be home. I told Kohaku to bring you home by ten and it's past midnight," Silas let the sentence hang a moment, Rin biting her lower lip in nervousness. "That was not Kohaku that dropped you off."
Rin sighed.
"Well, no that was not Kohaku. It was Sesshomaru that dropped me off," Rin explained.
"Then why were you so late?" Silas questioned further.
"Well I-I…um…me and…uh-," Rin stammered, never ever had she explained anything to her uncle. She always made sure she was on time to anything she did.
Silas smiled.
"Rin you are old enough now. I don't need an explanation," Silas said, standing up to walk to his niece, "The only thing I was wondering though was…did you have fun?" Rin expelled a sigh of relief.
"Yes uncle, I had fun," Rin said, now smiling brightly.
"Good now get to bed, you have a long day tomorrow," Silas said, watching his niece turn around and head to her room.
Silas turned and switched the light off on the lamp and went to bed also.
Rin laid on her bed in her bed clothes when her phone went off. She grabbed to see it was Sesshomaru.
'Goodnight Rin'
She typed back, 'Goodnight Sesshomaru'
Rin smiled, burrowed under her covers and went to sleep.
XOXO
A/N: Chapter three is up. Hope you like it. Now I'm going to go to bed.
