Ah… Hello all. I see that many of you have been fretting over me updating. Um… well you see a lot has happened in the past few weeks and each time I go to type the rest of the chapter I get side tracked with an anime or with Manga…

-.- my excuse is valid but pathetic. I know this.

PLEASE DON'T BE MAD AT ME!

I tried very hard to stay focused and get the chapter done but it has taken me until now to do so. But I promise- NO- I swear I will update the next chapter sooner than this one was done.

My last little bit of what not before Chapter 2; I apologize for all of the spelling errors from chapter 1. I did not stop to re-read through my work {And I probably won't start doing so either… I'm too lazy for that…} so there were a lot of mess ups. Such as:

1. All of the Spelling errors.

2. She is 8 weeks pregnant the week she meets with her doctor. Therefore it has one been 10 weeks as of this chapter, since she and Sesshy did the nasty… with the sheets and { / ßmy face} ANYWAY! S-so therefore in chapter 1 when it says it has been a little over 3 months and then a little over 2 months… Well it was the latter.

3. I don't think I have a third point..

Alright now that all the nitty gritty is out of the way and we are refocused on the important parts of everything we can get back to the main point of this Chapter. The Omiai meeting! Enjoy my lovies.

Chapter 2- A Chance Meeting

She was late.

It caused her to be furious. She seethed venomously as she tried to hail a cab from her place of employment.

'Damn you Naraku. As if it weren't bad enough being called into work last night, why of all days did you have to call me into the office!?' Kikyo ran a hand through her hair as she waited for a cab to stop for her, her free hand drifted its way down to her stomach. He had known. In some strange twisted way that was disgustingly Naraku, he had known that she was pregnant. That fact irritated her further.

There was a nagging voice in the back of her mind that she should phone Kagome with her reasoning for being late, however stubbornness that ran in both sisters kept her from doing so. Instead she stood at the corner trying to flag a cab down as the decent weather she had woken to turn to a sudden rain storm.

'What a day… Kami please let things go easy from here…' The nagging voice returned her prayer with the doubts she knew echoed in her heart; this was only the beginning of a very long and irritating day, which had begun one week ago when the Omiai meeting had been canceled. She had in a foul mood since that day.

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Hiro watched the clock nervously. 15 minutes late, that was not so bad. Traffic. It was definitely due to the traffic. Or perhaps her employer had called her in. Yes work. Work and traffic. That had to be it. There was simply no way his golden child would ever think about skipping out on something she knew was very important to her Father.

Oh Kami… Would my daughter shame me so? No! of Course not. What is the matter with me!? Get a hold of yourself, Hiro, Kikyo is a good child, she had worried so when she had found out the meeting had to be postponed. Come now Hiro you are simply obsessing. Now if it were Shouta…

Hiro glanced at his youngest child; the boy was sitting in a corner of the room ignoring everyone as he played some new confangled videogame his eldest sister had given him for his birthday. This inattentive behavior caused Mr. Higurashi to fidget even further as the family across the table simply sipped their tea.

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Shouta glanced around the room. He could see perfectly well that things were not going as planned, and that suited him just fine. Though he would never bring himself to admit it, the thought of two of his older sisters at one time depressed the youth.

Not that anyone even cares what I think…

The thought caught Shouta by surprise. Of course someone cared, the boy mental chastised himself for thinking such thoughts.

Kikyo cares. Kaede cares. Kagome would care too if I told her.

He looked up at his sister, Kagome sat happily next to Inuyasha, holding his hand as though there weren't a care in the world. No there was no way he would tell her. He reasoned with himself that it would take away her happy look. So instead he stayed in his corner to cause his father to fret.

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Sayuri watched as her husband began to crack. She tried her best to keep up a lively conversation with the group. But each time she would try to involve the Inu who would take her eldest step-daughters hand, she would be met with a silencing ice glare. And each time she was met with that glare, her husband would fret all the more. She reasoned that instead of trying to continue this rouse she would let the silence continue its awkwardness.

"Is it normal for your daughter to be so late?" The cold monotone words shattered the silence that had only lasted minutes.

"Uh… Well no. No Kikyo is very particular on being on time. There must have been something that kept her." Sayuri looked to her husband for support. He, unfortunately, was too far gone from embarrassment to say anything helpful.

"Hm. Clearly that is not the case here. If it had been she would have at least phoned one of you would she not?" Again the Inu pierced Sayuri with his icy glare. She was frozen in place; mouth gaped completely unable to say any sort of reprieve.

Once more the group was set in an agonizing silence; the only sound was the rain beating against the window.

"I will wait no longer. This was clearly a waste of my time." Sesshomaru stood, taking up his coat, he gestured to the young girl that had been sitting on his father's lap. "Come Rin, we're leaving" The girl did not hesitate to follow the Inu toward the door.

It was in those last few moments, the small time it took for the Inu and his human child to gather their things and walk the short distance to the door; the power went out in the hotel. A large crash of thunder rang through the room just seconds before the group was enveloped in darkness. Rin was in tears in a matter of minutes, much to Sesshomaru's irritation. He still felt clumsy when he saw her this way.

Both Sayuri and Izayoi tried to settle the girl as staff from the hotel brought the group candles as a make-shift form of light. The two women cooed the child, singing soft lullaby's as they took turns rocking the small girl in their arms. Sesshomaru, if for nothing else, appreciated the gentleness his step-mother had always offered the human child; it had been Izayoi who had made the transition of bachelor to single parent that much easier for him. As a demon—No, as a man, where would I be if she had not showed me that I needed to keep my temper with the child… Sesshomaru sighed, holding his hand out to Rin.

"Let's go home Rin."

The young girl looked up at the only father she had ever known with tear stained cheeks, she gave the man a toothy smile. The innocence that protruded from Rin brought forth a very small smile to the normally emotionless demon. She peeled herself from the two mothers, given both a happy smile before taking Sesshomaru's hand.

"I am truly sorry Mr. Tashio… Sorry for wasting your time…" Hiro bowed his head, it was quite apparent he was still cracking due to the sudden turn of negative events.

"Worry not. Father, Izayoi, I shall see you next week for dinner." Sesshomaru opened the door and gestured Rin to go ahead of him. The child grinned and ran ahead, singing about getting to push the button to the elevator. Sesshomaru shook his head and followed her out, keeping an easy pace with her so as to not lose sight of her in the dimly lit hall as the emergency lights began to flicker on.

Rin bounced as she waited for Sesshomaru to catch up to her at the elevator. Sesshomaru almost smiled at her when he saw how excited she was. Almost, however that was not the Inu's manner whilst in the public. Instead his eyes softened slightly.

"Rin I do not believe the elevator shall work with the power being off." Just as his monotone words were spoken, the soft hum of a generator brought most of the lights back on and caused the emergency bulbs to shut themselves back off. Rin looked up at her adoptive father and grinned even more, clearly thinking that the power was back.

However, just as Rin went to push the button a small voice called out from inside the elevator.

"H-hello? Is someone there? P-please, I'm trapped in the elevator. Hello?" A soft musical voiced called out to them. Rin stared at the button where her hand lingered; convinced the voice was coming from it.

"Papa, there's a lady in the button!" Rin looked up at Sesshomaru with large doe eyes. His weaknesses, when it came to the child, were those eyes and her incessant need to call him 'Papa'. These gestures caused the demons icy heart to thaw long enough to want to give the child anything that would make her cease the actions.

"Rin, she is in the elevator not inside the button." The proud Inu ruffled the child's hair as he got down on his knees. "Woman? I am going to open the elevator doors on this side. But I will need you to do the same on you end. Understand me?" His words were met with silence. What was a matter of seconds for Sesshomaru turned in to what felt like hours for Rin. A full 30 seconds had passed before the voice spoke again.

"I can try… Please do not… Think ill of me if I… Cannot comply fully." The woman's voice strained on the last few words, Sesshomaru guessed she had already begun to pry the doors open. He simply rolled his eyes as he easily opened the elevator doors on his part. He froze in place as he caught sight of the woman in the elevator struggle to get the doors to stay open on her side. Just as she managed to get her shoulder in the small space to push the damned thing further, her eyes locked with Sesshomaru's golden orbs.

"… You…"

Kikyo could not help but shrink back into the evaluator, causing the doors to slide shut once more. Her arms instinctively crossed over her growing stomach.

Why... why is this man here... Oh Kami please give me strength to face him.

~Miss FioLee's Kitty Corner~

Well everyone thank you all so much for being patient-ish... I really hope that this chapter does not seem to all over the place, so many thoughts raced through my mind as I set out to finish it that I was a little distraught... I hope you all enjoyed it anyway. As always I love to hear from you guys, mostly because its the reviews that keep me wanting to write the chapters! so please REVIEW!