All Grown Up Chapter 5: Rin's Party Planning, an inuyasha fanfic

**A/N please note. I am redoing this story. So please understand for the others who have already read the other/old story; it is the same basic outline and plot. I am just adding in more detail and going more in-depth in the characters. Thanks.**

Chapter 5- Rin's Party Planning

The three girls walked and were talking about things like Kagome's school, the boys that went there; and Miroku's idea of romancing.

"So this is just a guess, but I doubt you asked us to come talk about bad gifts and immature behavior. Did you want to talk about something Rin?" Kagome asked. Rin stopped smiling and slightly bit her lip to hold back her tears.

"I do," Rin said with a shake in her voice.

"What is it?" Sango asked looking at Kagome concerned. It took Rin a minute to work through her thoughts, Kagome and Sango waited patiently.

"Well," Rin began, "My party is about me… being grown up, right?" they both nodded. "I don't know how to say this but um… I think… um no, I know I want to finalize my… you know... adulthood… womanhood… with the one person that I can't." They looked at each other knowing her thoughts before she said them. "Sesshomaru."

Their jaws dropped; surprised she knew everything about her party and what it really was about. They looked at each other. "I don't know what to do," Rin cried and let her tears flow freely now, "I'm in love with him."

Kagome and Sango hugged her together, both raking their brains with the right thing to say or advice to give her.

"I've wanted it for so long. I've dreamt about it. But I'm human, he wouldn't want me." Rin cried out.

"Have you talked to him about it?" Sango asked her voice barely over a whisper?

"Kind of…" Rin said. She wiped her cheek and sniffed hard, and after taking a long breath in she continued. "This morning we kissed. It was on an accident, he was going one way and I was going the other and our lips touched. It was short," Rin said, afraid to tell the whole truth. "But still so wonderful. But he said never again." Rin choked, trying to hold back her tears once again. "He said we could never do that again. He said, he couldn't take the chance of having half-breed pups with me," Rin crumpled to the floor, crying freely.

"Oh Rin," Sango whispered.

"Its okay, sweetie," Kagome said. They sat next to her and just held her.

"I know I'm pretty," Rin continued to vent. "A man asked me to stay with him a few days ago, and he's not the first. I just don't know why he doesn't want me." Kirara rubbed up against Rin's knee, purring.

"It's going to be okay," Kagome and Sango cooed. Not knowing what to say, or how to act. Rin gripped at her friends while they held onto her.

"The girls have been gone awhile, maybe I should go look if they are okay." Sesshomaru said standing up, and looking in the direction the girls walked off. The food Sango brought was already cooked and getting cold. The fire was starting to die but still radiated enough heat to warm the area. Miroku looked up at the sky, which was almost black. Sesshomaru started to walk after them when he said nothing.

"They'll be fine," InuYasha said while jumping down from a tree. "Sango can take care of herself and Rin."

"Kagome's back early," Miroku said and InuYasha stopped in his place while his face filled with panic. "Where did you tell her I was? Please tell me you didn't tell her I was hunting?" "Nope, I didn't," Miroku said.

InuYasha signed in relief.

"Sesshomaru did," Miroku remarked with a smirk on his face.

"Damn it!" InuYasha cried. "Why, Sesshomaru, why!" he climbed up in a near by tree and hid.

"Afraid of a couple girls? Sesshomaru teased.

InuYasha replied with dread in his voice, "no, just Kagome."

Soon they heard the girls walking back. Once Rin stopped crying, the two girls washed her face. "Try to act normal Rin, Sango and I will do some digging." Kagome whispered.

"What do you mean?" Rin whispered back.

"We know what to do, don't worry." Sango said quickly before Sesshomaru could hear what they were talking about. Rin only nodded slightly and followed the other girls back to the camp fire.

"Has InuYasha come back yet?" Kagome asked. Miroku looked down at the fire.

"Dinner's done," he said.

"Sesshomaru?" Kagome asked.

"He's in that tree." He replied his eyes locked on Rin. 'She's been crying,' he thought.

In the world around Sesshomaru, Miroku cringed and whispered, "This is going to be ugly," and pulled Sango out of the fight about to happen.

"InuYasha?" Kagome called, with no reply. "SIT BOY!" suddenly InuYasha fell from the tree making a big thud.

"Sesshomaru you son of a bi-," InuYasha mumbled.

"Were you hunting?" Kagome asked.

"Oh, hello dear," he said his face smashed in the dirt.

"Kagome, how do you expect me to eat?" InuYasha bellowed. "I'd die of starvation in a day." He said, the spell wearing off. "The only solution is with you staying here, permanently."

"Sit Boy," Kagome said one more time turning around. She sat by the fire between Sango and Rin.

"Let's talk about Rin's party," Miroku suggested while attempting to lighten the mood. Sesshomaru pulled himself back from the group; he would try not to interfere.

"Well, all the lords from the near by towns should come, for sure," Kagome said. "Isn't there a bunch of available men in the one village about a day away? What's the village called?" Kagome pretended to remember. Sesshomaru closed his eyes, fighting the urge to say something.

"Oh um, isn't it High… no that's not it…" Sango said playing along.

"Hey Rin, you might know, weren't you and Sesshomaru just there." Kagome said.

"Bri… Brigand," Rin answered. Sesshomaru looked up. "That's the village with the boy…" he realized to himself.

"That's right. We'll have to invite everyone from there."

"What about Cymorant?" Miroku suggested.

"Oh yes, for sure," Kagome agreed. She caught eyes with Sango and flicked her own to Sesshomaru who was almost shaking with anger.

"This is sounding pretty size-y, where are we going to have it?" Miroku asked, "And what about the gold it's going to cost."

"Good point," Sango said.

"But that's ok," Kagome said. "Sesshomaru will flip the bill, right?" Sesshomaru looked to see everyone was looking at him. "I mean isn't Rin like you daughter?" Kagome caught eyes with Rin who looked hurt, so she reached down and touched her hand.

"If that is what she wants?" Sesshomaru said, followed by locking eyes with Rin. "If you want it," Rin only smiled in response.

"Why can't it just be us?" InuYasha asked. Sesshomaru looked at his brother, thankful.

"Because, Rin is now of age. And the young, hot lords should know that," Miroku answered. "She can't follow Sesshomaru forever."

"Miroku has a point," Sango said.

"She needs to become a wife, and have children. Like every other girl," Miroku continued. Sesshomaru felt sick.

"Shouldn't we ask Rin what she wants?" Sesshomaru said, "It is her party." Everyone looked at him with surprise.

"I'd like to invite the lords from Tantgo as well, if that's alright?" Rin said.

"Whatever," InuYasha said, loosing all interest.

"Where would you like to have it?" Sango asked Rin.

"Keade's village would be prefect I think," Rin said. "The big field with the little white flowers would be prefect for my first dance," Rin said looking up at the sky, smiling and day dreaming.

"Dance?" Miroku questioned.

"In my village, my parents choose my groom, and before we finalize the marriage, we dance." Rin explained. "I guess my people think that the first moment of marriage should be share as a romantic one, before the sweat and passion of the first night." Rin said. Miroku choked on the food he was eating; completely shock Rin would say something like that. Sango and Kagome's eyes widen. Everyone stole glimpse of Sesshomaru, curious and frightened of his reaction.

Rin locked eyes on Sesshomaru. In her glare she might as well has said, 'your turn,' and Sesshomaru knew

"This is going to be some party," Kagome said the tension filling by the moment. Rin and Sesshomaru's eyes still locked.

YAY chapter 5. I'm starting to find out I like writing about teenage stubbornness. I find it personally entertaining. And honestly I don't think it matters what time you're born in, 15-17 year olds are pretty much the same.

-Counting down the days-