Chapter V

Rin woke up bright and early to the sun shinning on her face and the quiet giggles of Kazumi on the morning of her daughter's birthday and her family's anniversary. Smiling at her daughter's antics and wondering how she could be so happy so early in the morning, Rin lifted her head up a little bit to peek down at the little girl standing by the side of her bed, her golden coloured eyes twinkling as she looked up at her with a smile on her face and her tiny hands out stretched to touch her back.

"Ohayo Kazumi-chan," Rin mumbled, a smile on her lips, "let Mommy sleep for a little longer, okay?"

"Nooo!" Kazumi exclaimed, eyes wide and lips forming a pout, "Mommy up!"

"In a few minutes," Rin said as she rolled over to her other side, her smile unmovable as she heard the pattering of Kazumi's tiny feet following her as well her quiet giggles at the sudden game they were playing. It took a few more tossing and turning before she opened her eyes fully to look at her smiling, giggling daughter.

"Okay, okay I'm up," Rin said as she stood up in bed and swung her legs to the side so that they touched the marbled floor. Looking down at Kazumi, Rin couldn't help the widening of her lips before a small laugh came tumbling out her mouth as she took in her small daughter's appearance. She was dressed in her cute little footie pajama that had tiny little dogs chasing after some balls from the night before, holding her brown teddy bear, and her wavy brown hair was a tangled mess. Bending down at the waist, Rin picked Kazumi up, planted a giant kiss on her cheek, before fixing herself so that she was leaning against the bed's headboard, and unbuttoning the first few buttons on her night shirt before offering Kazumi a breast.

While Kazumi nursed, Rin closed her eyes and began reflecting on the past year she's spent with Kazumi. In the year she had Kazumi, she learned so many things, the main one being that youkai are very different from humans. While the first couple of months with her were normal and she acted like any human baby she knew, Rin started to notice difference between Kazumi and other children when Kazumi was around three months. She noticed that she began reaching milestones much earlier than regular babies, and that she was more...intelligent than children her age. An instance that she can recall with clarity was when Kazumi was six weeks old; at six weeks you wouldn't expect much out of a baby but at six weeks Kazumi was already trying to mimic the sounds and words she heard, even if she didn't actually start talking until she was seven months she still showed signs that she was beginning to talk and extreme frustration when she couldn't, letting out a cute little growl to show her frustrations. Now, however…

A small, gentle pull at the nipple brought Rin out of her thoughts enough to gaze down at Kazumi and see that she was about done. Not even a minute late, Kazumi was pulling away from her breast and staring up at her with her beautiful golden eyes. Giving her a wide tooth smile, Rin quickly fixed her shirt before lifting her up into her arms, getting out of bed, and walking out of her room.

"Okay! What do you want for breakfast birthday girl?" Rin asked as she walked down the hall leading towards the kitchen.

"Panny c'kes!"

"Pancakes it is."

Eyelids fluttered open as the sunlight fell on top of them, golden coloured irises scanning their surroundings for a second before they closed again. Porcelain coloured arms pushed an equally coloured body up and out of bed as silver-white hair cascaded down a masculine body to stop just below his waist. Cold, calculating eyes looked back at the bed in disgust as the naked female in it moaned in her sleep.

The Adonis that was completely male made his way to his bathroom, knowing the woman who had had the pleasure of gracing his bed the night before would be gone by the time he got out of the bathroom. When he went back inside the room the woman was no where in sight, no scent of the previous night in the air, and the bed made as if she had never been there in the first place. With a towel wrapped low around his waist he made his way to his walk-in closet with his hair dripping water on to the otherwise clean floor. He went through his clothes and took out one of his black business from the clothes rack before exiting the closet. He went through his morning routine in a pace so fast no human could see and was out his bedroom door in no time at all.

As he was making his way down the stairs and towards the exit, a high pitch voice cracked the silence of the house before a green toad like thing was praising the ground his master was walking on, babbling complete nonsense.

"Jaken."

"Y-yes S-Sesshomaru-sama"

"Silence."

"M-m-my a-apologies mi'lord"

"Jaken."

Taking the hint, Jaken left his lord in peace.

Sesshomaru was already producing a headache and it wasn't even five in the morning, with an inaudible sigh of irritation he exited his bachelor's condo and down the hall to the elevator.

Sesshomaru arrived at Koizumi Inc. for the meeting taking place with Koizumi, Rin for the first time in a year-since she hasn't been seen by the public eye or by anyone that he's aware of for that matter-even though her company flourished under her iron fist. He entered the brightly lit interior of Koizumi Inc. and came a mental appreciation to the design of the lobby and its organization, though his steps never faltered as he headed straight to the elevator. When he arrived at the top floor he was greeted with silence and an empty hall, looking around he only saw a secretary's desk and three doors, knowing exactly which door lead to where, having been in this building many times when the girl's father had been alive.

Walking towards the secretary's desk, he stopped a feet away from the desk and waited for the secretary to acknowledge his presence. When she did he was met with azure eyes staring up into his molten gold ones and the blush that graced her face almost made him smirk. The key word being almost. It took the woman a moment to regain her bearings before she wave him into Koizumi's office after she got the affirmative. When he entered Koizumi's office he was assaulted with the scent of milk, wisteria, and him. Surprised, his eyes widen in shock before they narrowed into a glare and since the chair was facing the window, no one saw his lapse in character, if even for a moment. He closed the door behind him with an audible click and saw the chair slowly turn around to face him.

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