A few months and a lot of sleepless nights later… Sayuri and Sesshomaru were back on the career paths.
Sayuri walked into a posh looking business building. She was wearing silky black pants with a pink button up shirt, a black jacket, and sandal heels to match.
"Good morning, Mrs. Tashio. I see you decided to come into work this morning." The receptionist said, greeting Sayuri. Sayuri smirked.
"But only for the morning. I got to take care of my baby for the rest of the day." Sayuri said, waving her portfolio around. She entered the elevator and disappeared.
"SISTER! Where were you!?" Chiyo shouted in relief. She tried to get a head start on the spring line, but the files were mixed up with Sayuri's interior designs. Now the entire office seemed like a mess. But Sayuri didn't seem to mind.
"What was this lecture you were giving me the other day about abandoning my chaotic order and therefore rearranged my office so it's more organized and I can't find anything…?" Sayuri said playfully. She pulled out three poster boards with the designs that Chiyo was looking for.
"Ok, Smart Ass…" Chiyo huffed, as she went back to her orderly desk.
"So…"
"Ok… messages that was on your desk…" Chiyo said, pulling out her note pad.
"Namie Amuro called, hoping to get an appointment with you about the re decoration of her autumn home in Kyoto…
"That should be fun…"
"The Emperor's secretary called…"
"Wait! I get to decorate a room at the palace!?"
"No… to have her house re decorated…"
"Damn it…"
"And sexy husband called to say good morning and have a nice day…" Chiyo slammed the notebook back down on her desk.
"Well, I think I better call back sexy husband…."
"Oh yeah… he also said that his phone's going to be busy all day… so he'll see you girls at dinner."
"Oh darn… a beautiful morning gone…" Sayuri reached for the intercom.
'Hey Kaguya, who's my nine o clock today?" Sayuri asked.
"Gwen Stefani just landed at Tokyo International. She'll be running a little late…"the demoness replied.
"Super…" Sayuri mumbled.
After the morning sift, as Sayuri loved to call it, she went off to go play mom.
The rest of the afternoon was devoted to making sure Rin was doing her homework, and Karei was being played with.
"I'm home…" Sesshomaru called out through the house.
Rin and Karei perked up.
"Daddy!" Rin cried. Karei just made a happy noise.
"How's my number one girl?"
"She's doing just fine…" Sayuri said, walking up behind him, kissing him on the cheek.
"I'm exhausted…" Sesshomaru said, as he crashed on the couch. Sayuri took his left side, while Rin, with Karei, took his right side.
"Long day?"
"You have no idea."
"I had a long day too!" Rin said, joining the conversation.
"Tell him what happened at school today! Exactly how you told me!" Sayuri said.
"Ok! I was running down the field today, and I accidentally kicked Muso in the crotch today. I was running in, he tried to block me, and I tried to pass the ball to Kimiko! You should have seen the look on his face!" Rin said.
Then, the door knocked.
"Who could that be?" Sayuri said. She got up and went to answer the door.
In front of her was a tall young boy, with black hair that reached his shoulders. He had on a gray sweatshirt, baggy blue jeans, and converse.
"May I help you?" Sayuri asked.
"Is a Mr. Tashio Sesshomaru here?" the boy asked, his demonic blue eyes looking Sayuri over.
"Yes he is. Would you like to come in? I'm Mrs. Tashio." Sayuri said, letting the boy in.
I wonder who he is… Sayuri thought to herself.
"Sesshomaru…"
Sesshomaru looked up from the paper he was reading. Rin took Karei upstairs while Sayuri was getting the door.
"Who's this Sayuri?" Sesshomaru asked.
The boy stood up.
"My name is Tsukino Ryusei. My mother was Tsukino Sara." He said. Sesshomaru looked up and got a good look at Ryusei. Sayuri was wondering why saying who his mother was, was important… unless.
"According to this…" Ryusei said, pulling a birth certificate out. "I'm your son…"
Sesshomaru's eyes went wide. He wet through his mind…
Sara…Sara... Sara…
"I don't blame you for not knowing about me. Mom kept quiet about it." Ryusei said. "She died last month."
Sayuri was surprised. She thought the ex- fiancée incident was bad. This was something completely new.
Sesshomaru was still at a loss of words. Then he suddenly remembered. Tsukino Sara… she was his girlfriend in high school. She disappeared a month before graduation. No body knew why. Now he knew. But… it couldn't be.
"Well," Sayuri finally said. "It's really nice to meet you!"
Sayuri didn't show of any sign of kicking Ryusei out of the house. She just wasn't that kind of person.
"I think I'll leave you two alone for a moment." Sayuri walked out of the room, leaving Sesshomaru and Ryusei to glance at one another.
Sayuri thought to herself. She flung herself onto the bed.
"I wonder… how close he was and this Sara…" Sayuri said. What if Ryusei wasn't lying and Sesshomaru really was his father? Sayuri decided that there was nothing wrong with having another kid around. This Sara must have put a lot of thought into it about not telling Sesshomaru about Ryusei. But that would be like… Sayuri's head spun from doing the math. Though Sesshomaru hasn't aged passed the age of 23, he was like… 35 years old, in human years. That would mean that he would have been 18 when Ryusei was born. Sayuri reached for the aspirin. This was too much math for her…
"Sara… was your mother?"
Ryusei nodded.
This was awkward. But it was difficult to tell who felt more awkward, Sesshomaru, who just found out he had a son for 17 years, or Ryusei, who just met his father.
"She died of breast cancer last month." Ryusei said. "I was kind of hoping… that you could take me in…"
Sesshomaru could tell that Ryusei was a boy that thought things through. He had to of put some thought into it or else why else would he be sitting in the living room right now?"
"I'm not sure… to be honest…" Sesshomaru said.
Ryusei continued to look at the floor.
"I wasn't expecting a warm welcome. I just though…"
'However…" Sesshomaru cut him off. "What kind of a person would I be of I just threw a teenager out into the streets. At least stay here tonight and we'll figure the rest out in the morning."
Sayuri just walked into the room, with an icepack on her head. Sesshomaru and Ryusei looked on.
"Sae… are you ok?" Sesshomaru asked. Sayuri gave him a look.
"I… hate… math…" Sayuri mumbled, as she went into the kitchen. Ryusei and Sesshomaru looked at each other.
"What was that about?" Ryusei asked.
"No idea."
"Sesshomaru! Could you come here for a minute?" Sayuri called out.
"Excuse me." Sesshomaru got up.
Ryusei looked around the house. They seemed to be making a decent living, compared to the one bedroom apartment he and his mother were able to afford. He used his demonic powers to listen into the conversation in the kitchen.
"A son…" Sayuri said.
"I would have remembered if we conceived a child. I don't know if he's telling the truth."
Sayuri looked up from her sandwich project and looked her husband straight in the eye. She placed a reassuring hand on his shoulder.
"If he does turn out to be your son, we'll make it work…" Sayuri said with a smile.
"Sae…"
'I know this is... quite a surprise… but there's no reason why you should just kick him out. He's looking for someone to help take care of him. Even if he's almost out of high school, he still needs the support of a family. Of course I'm a little hurt. But that was before we met each other and if Sara kept him a secret from you, how could you have known you had a son?
'So don't worry. Son or not, let's welcome him into the family with open arms."
Sesshomaru looked at his mate and smiled.
"Where would I be without you?"
"Bored to death…" Sayuri said with a giggle, as she leaned in for a kiss from Sesshomaru.
Ryusei heard all he needed to hear. The woman in his father's life seems nice enough, even willing to treat him as if he was her own son. But she couldn't have been that much older than him. 19… 20…21 tops…
"Ok!"
Ryusei jumped from the sudden re appearance of Mrs. Tashio.
"So, what do you like to eat? I was going to start dinner and I was wondering what you liked."
"Um… Mrs. Tashio…"
"Please… Mrs. Tashio is my mother- in- law. Call me Sayuri."
"Ok… Sayuri…" Ryusei was a little uncomfortable with the sudden informality. "How old are you, if I'm not being too rude to ask."
Sayuri was surprised with the question.
"I'm 24, going on 25 in October." Sayuri replied.
"24!? You're old enough to be my sister!!!!"
Sayuri giggled.
"If I was 18, I could be your sister…" Sayuri gave Ryusei a smile.
Ryusei relaxed and smiled back. Maybe coming here wasn't such a bad idea.