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Kagome peered in the fridge with a sigh, a whole lot of nothing.
"I seem to have misplaced my keys." Sesshomaru announced as he walked through the kitchen.
"Well they're not in the fridge that's for sure," Kagome remarked.
"You are going to need to go to the store," Sesshomaru told her as he grabbed a cup from the cabinet.
"I noticed there was a list started on the black board," she said.
"Hn, yes it's my wife's calligraphy I haven't wanted to erase it yet," Sesshomaru replied.
"Well, I'll just add on from there," Kagome assured him.
Sesshomaru leaned over and kissed Rin on the head as he spoke gently to her.
"Rin, You will go with Kagome to go shopping for something for breakfast. Have a good day."
"Kagome, the keys to my wife's car are on the dresser, you know how do drive correct?" Sesshomaru asked her as he prepared to head out the door.
"I'm an old pro," Kagome replied with a grin.
A short while later Kagome and Rin were traveling down the street to procure food as Kagome came on a shocking discovery.
"Shit! I'm going the wrong way! Oh I didn't say that word, forget I said that, hehe," Kagome remarked as she grabbed the steering wheel and abruptly did a 180 in the street. As horns blared and cars screeched to a stop she took off back in the correct direction.
"Ah ha! There it is, I knew it was around here somewhere," she said.
Kagome pulled the car in with a smash, as she busted the front bumper and light on a post.
"I was just testing the breaks, and it will do your heart good to know they're fine. I Also made a slight boo boo which I really hope you wont tell your father about will you? Well of course you wont you don't talk. You're the short silent type aren't you? I can tell."
Kagome and Rin both got out of the car and walked into the restaurant. They sat down at a booth and looked over the menu.
"Oh here comes the waitress," Kagome announced.
"Would you like something to drink?" the waitress asked sweetly as she walked up the table.
"yes, very strong coffee for me and, Rin would you like a hot cocoa or some tea?" Kagome asked.
"Ayame, Order up!" A voice screamed near the table.
"Just a minute!" she hollered back as she tapped her foot.
"Look ladies, I don't have all day." Ayame told them as she tapped her foot quickly and her eyes peered back to the counters.
"Ayame is it?" Kagome asked as she continued speaking," where is your boss right now?"
"Oh well he's in the back." Ayame replied as she peered around.
"Well why don't you take a seat here and take a load off for a minute, I need to talk to my friend here, take a load off, come on, I used to do your job, you deserve it, relax for a minute." Kagome told her gently.
"well, okay okay for a minute." Ayame replied as she sat down in the chair and put her feet up in the chair across from her as she let out a gentle moan.
"Okay, now Rin, I understand you don't want to talk, and you have your reasons, but we need to figure out a walk to communicate here. If you want something, pat your nose, if you don't want something, do what you are doing now okay?" Kagome said.
"Now, do you want the western style breakfast with pancakes and syrup and butter?" Kagome asked.
Rin stared at her and blinked.
"Okay that's good, that's good what your doing right there," Kagome said, "would you rather have the small breakfast with rice and fish or rice and egg?"
Rin continued to stare at her.
"Honey, if it's a question between those delicious pancakes and that stupid rice, for goodness sake just pat little nose." Ayame said sweetly as she leaned forward.
Silence continued to greet the ladies.
"Good try Ayame," Kagome replied with a sigh.
Rin gently lifted up her hand as she tilted her head to the side and pondered. She tapped her nose gently.
"Ah hah! She did it! She did it!" the women exclaimed together.
Sesshomaru sat in his office stroking his temple as he played random notes on his piano.
"Tater tots, Tater tots, Tater tots." He replied to himself.
"Tater tots, the untold story, I like it. "
"Miroku, I have here some ideas for it," Sesshomaru replied quickly and he shuffled though he papers.
"Sesshomaru, I'm all for you coming back to work, we are in this together okay," Miroku replied as he sat near Sesshomaru.
"Thank you, Miroku." Sessomaru said as he looked at him.
"I can imagine this job is difficult enough, never the less when things get shaky in your home life." Miroku replied as sweat dripped down his brow.
"Why, did someone say something? Miroku? You will tell me what was said." Sesshomaru stated as he looked at him.
"No, yes, okay well once, it was always said very affectionately, they ask when you would be back, I would say any day now and they would say great because it's you're job too, but it was all very positive, very positive." Miroku replied with a smile and a reassuring nod.
"We got sunglasses, Yeahhhh we got Sun- glasses, Oh we got some Sun glasses, Cuz Sun glasses, Protect our eyes from the sun, you look good girl," Kagome told Rin as she looked over at her in the passenger seat with her massive pink butterfly sunglasses resting on her face.
"Sunglasses, Yeah Sunglasses." Kagome sang their whole way back home, Rin peered out the window with a gentle smile on her face.
Sesshomaru poked at his chicken that night ,which resembled packaging peanuts more than chunks of chicken. He gently nibbled on something he thought was rice as he heard felt a piece of his back molars chunk off. He grabbed his glass and gulped it down.
"Does anyone want some more? does anyone want any?" Kagome asked as she stirred the pot from the kitchen.
"It is very tasty Kagome, I am just not used to the spice."
Sesshomaru replied. Rin just sat quietly and stared at Kagome with her sunglasses on.
"Right, the spices." Kagome muttered with vengeance as she stirred harder.
"You can make it tasty, you can eat it when your hasty, it's not a French fry it's a tater surprise," Sesshomaru pondered out loud as he looked at Rin. Rin stared back at Sesshomaru. "Do you like it Rin? Do you think my boss will like it?"
"Maybe the wording is off," Kagome remarked as she looked at him."
The doorbell rang and Sesshomaru got up to answer it as Kagome walked up to Rin.
"You thought that was really clunky too didn't you?" Kagome whispered to Rin quietly.
Rin tapped her nose as she looked at her.
"I just knew we were in sync, " Kagome commented with a smile as she turned back around and went back to stirring her food.
" Where do you want it? " a delivery man asked as he held a table.
"I'm sorry, what is this?" Sesshomaru asked.
"Why don't I just talk to Mrs. Takashi," the delivery man replied.
"She is , she is in the bathtub right now, " Sesshomaru replied.
Rin got up from the table and ran into the bathroom. Tears slowly streamed down her face as she burst through the door, only to find it empty. Kagome watched on quietly with sad eyes.
The next day water cascaded over the vehicle as Kagome popped a piece of candy in her mouth.
"I bet if you were on the inside of a maraca this is what it would sound like. "
The soap went over the vehicle in the car wash as Rin ate her candy and stared out in wonder with a smile on her face.
"Oh that tickles, oh stop that, oh it's tickles, ha ha ha ha ha it's tickles," Kagome claimed in a funny voice as the rubber spindles brushed the car. Rin giggled in response.
They pulled out of the car wash and headed down the road.
"Oh wait for me, " Kagome claimed as she blew a kiss to the red light. The red light suddenly changed green as Kagome continued to smile as she glanced over at Rin staring her with wide eyes.
The next red light came up as Kagome looked at Rin with a smile and blew another kiss to the light and it suddenly changed to green.
Rin stared at Kagome in amazement.
"I hate the lights on the poles, Oh I just don't know If I can do this one on my own, could you help me out with this one Rin?" Kagome asked as they neared the red light.
They both blew a kiss to the red light and with a held breath it turned green.
"Ah, See I knew there was something special about you when I met you, I knew you had this magic, Oh look here comes another one, can you help me with this one too Rin?" Kagome asked with a smile. Rin responded with blow kiss to turn the light green.
"Well done!" Kagome exclaimed.
"I think your dad is really going to love this present we picked out for him," Kagome told Rin as Rin played with her new pet. " But you really need to emphasize that YOU picked him out to your dad." Kagome told her. Rin petted her new komodo dragon.
"What would you do, if you could be Empress for a day?" The TV boomed in the background.
"Rin, I don't understand why you watch this garbage, why do you listen to this, " Kagome replied as she dusted the bookshelf.
"There was a guy in my neighborhood that thought he could be Empress for a day and you know what happened to him right? Mhm, that's right." Kagome said with a nod as she glanced back at Rin.
"With her husband gone, she is."
"Well, my husband is gone too, that doesn't make me an Empress does it?" Kagome replied with a scoff as she sat down next to Rin.
"Okay we have heard from all of our contestants. Is it going to be, Yui?" Kagome asked as she picked up the komodo dragon. Applause roared in the background from the TV.
"Yes, Yes Yui, Empress Yui, " Kagome cried out as she caused the dragon to dance around.
"I want to thank all the little people it took to get me to the point I am at today," Kagome exclaimed as she sat the dragon up right and made a farting noise.
"Oh Yui, Yui, That's horrible!" Kagome laughed. As her and Rin continued to watch TV with their new pet.
Rin sat in her room that night, staring out the window as she felt a breeze tickle in through the open window and caress her face. The gentle scent of her mother wafted to her nose as she jumped up and ran into the other room.
Sesshomaru was sitting on the floor watching old family tapes of their family. Rin watched from the doorway as he glanced over and got up suddenly. Tears streamed down her face as she looked at the beautiful smiling face of her mother and she turned and ran back into her room.
Sesshomaru sat down and ran his hand through his hair as he stared at the images of his wife run across the screen.
The next day Kagome, Sesshomaru, and Rin all were out on on the rooftop enjoying the beautiful sunny weather.
Rin sat outside laying on top of the building with her mothers favorite kimono laying next to her as she looked at the clouds stroll by. She squinted and opened her eyes again looking closely at the beautiful blue sky. She looked over at the kimono and looked back to the sky.
Kagome looked at Rin as started speaking to her,
"you know what I think Rin, I think your mom is in Heaven looking down on you right now. I bet if you look closely enough you'll see she's waving." She replied as she looked up at the sky. Rin smiled gently as she looked up at the sky.
Sesshomaru went up to Kagome with his hands in his pockets.
"I really appreciate everything you've doing and everything you've been doing for me, "he replied as he gazed at her and continued," whatever you believe in his fine, your Heaven is fine for you, but Rin's mother was an atheist and I am too, I do not want you telling her that her mother is residing somewhere which she is not."
"Of course Mr. Takashi, I'll just continue to tell Rin that her mother is in the bath tub." Kagome replied as she glared at him and turned around to go inside.
Sesshomaru sat and watched TV as he smoked a cigarette, the sound of footsteps brought him out of his reverie.
"What's wrong Rin? Can't sleep? " he asked as she came and sat next to him on the couch. "How about some cookies and we can watch TV together until you fall asleep?" He asked her as he got up and went to the kitchen.
Rin sat and watched the TV as a public service announcement scrolled on TV.
"Cigarettes cause lung cancer which kills billions every year." A loud voice boomed to her.
Sesshomaru got back into the room carrying some cookies . He set down the tray as Rin grabbed the cigarette from his mouth and put it out.
"Rin, what are you doing. " he asked as he reached for another one. Rin grabbed it and threw it on the ground.
"Rin, cigarettes are for adults, if you want I will get you some candy cigarettes in the morning." He told her as he tried to grab another one.
Rin grabbed his pack of cigarettes off the table and crushed them in her hand. She threw them on the ground as she ran out of the room.
"Rin, Rin, What is wrong with you, Rin?" Sesshomaru asked as she ran off.
A flashlight light up the dark as footsteps echoed in Sesshomaru's room, his snore the only other thing that could be heard. A hand reached and grabbed the pack of cigarettes on his dresser and the footsteps retreated into the dark.
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