Takahashi Sesshomaru. Best defense attorney in Tokyo. Now trapped in a conference room with two bickering cat demons fighting over the custody rights of their three year old daughter. He rested his head on his hand. This was getting rather ridiculous. He could have been making a breakthrough on the Miko case but no, he decided to take on the divorce case. They were always the ugly ones.

The opposing lawyer, a blue haired female hawk youkai, twirled a stray stand of hair out of boredom, and to try to attract Sesshomaru. He growled in frustration.

"Look…" he said in a cold voice, catching the attention of everyone in the room.

"Obviously, this is getting us nowhere. Mr. and Mrs. Nekomura, this cannot continue if you two continue to act like your daughter. Sometime this week, inspectors will investigate your homes to see if it's a suitable environment for young Namie. If your home is found unacceptable, then Namie will go to the one more suited. Is that understood?" he continued. He loved it when he had control over the situation. The others nodded.

Sesshomaru tried to get out of the courthouse as fast as possible before…

"Mr. Takahashi!!!!" the cry…

Sesshomaru turned to find the female hawk youkai chasing after him.

"I was wondering…" she said, as seductively as possible. "If maybe you and I could go out for coffee today…"

"Sorry…" he said flatly. "I already have a previous engagement…" He left, leaving the hawk youkai stunned.

Sesshomaru practically pranced through the parking lot, trying to prevent any other women to try to ask him out. It wasn't his fault that he was on the top bachelors list. He made a promise to an important someone and he intended to keep it. He was so lost in his thoughts that he didn't see the person in front of him.

BAM!

"OW!" a woman screeched. For once, one that wasn't looking for a date. She was about 5 foot 9, long legs, full c- cups, round butt, long black hair that reached a little passed her waist (currently tied back in a messy bun), tight white wife beater, wore flared blue jeans with black flip flops. She also had claws, fangs, purple strips on her writs, and brown wolf like eyes. Judging from her accent, she was a foreigner.

"Hey! Mind watching where you're going!?" she shouted, baring her fangs. She picked up all the stuff that fell out of the giant box she was carrying and stormed off.

Sesshomaru caught a different scent in the woman's. She was a hanyo… a hanyo dared try to tell him to watch where he was going. CRAP! He was running late. He shrugged off the event that just happened, climbed into his Lexus, and took off...

"Boy, why are you crying?" a little girl asked, sitting up on the bed.

"I wasn't crying!" the boy said.

Sesshomaru sat in the back, but made sure his presence was known to the little girl on the stage. She smiled.

"Who are you?" the boy asked.

"Wendy Mora Angela Darling…"

That was his girl. Rin Otonashi Takahashi. Eight years old… his daughter for seven.

Rin was probably the only spontaneous thing Sesshomaru has ever done in his life. It was a messy case; it always was a messy case. Rin was the daughter of Makoto and Yuri Otonashi, a wealthy family in Nagoya Japan. Makoto and Yuri died in a plane crash when Rin was only a year old. She only had one living relative, her Aunt Ai. Ai was after only the family fortune and didn't give a damn about her niece. After seeing that flaw in her, Rin was going to be giving up for adoption. But after Sesshomaru laid eyes on the little girl, he fell in love (in a fatherly sort of way… mind you!). Six months later, after finalization for Rin's inheritance and the adoption progress, Rin became an official member of the Takahashi family.

"Daddy! You came!" Rin cried, as she ran to her 'father' at the end of the play.

"I promised you I would, didn't i?" he said.

"Yup!" Rin replied with a smile. She was the only one that could get any emotion from the inu taiyoukai. Especially with those puppy eyes.

"Dad, can we go out for ice cream?" Rin asked innocently.

"Sure…" he said, placing the little girl on his shoulders, making her giggle.

"Uncle Inuyasha said he was planning on taking me to the zoo this weekend!"

"Is he really?" Sesshomaru said, playing along.

"Yup! With all the lions, and tigers, and bears!"

"Oh my…" (A/N: tee hee sorry! I had to add that!)

They got into the car and sped off. Rin knew the reason why for the rush. She really didn't want to be another pawn for any women tonight. Though she was young, she could tell a desperate woman when she sees one, especially since a LOT of them tries to get to her papa through her. Rin was always cautious when it came to dad's girlfriends. So far, five months, no new woman in his life. Rin liked to spend the extra time with her father, but she knew he was lonely, despite the cool exterior he had.

Maybe I should help daddy out somehow…Rin thought to herself, as Sesshomaru helped her out of the car, and into the ice cream parlor.

Hikaru- San: Ok… not bad for a first chapter, right? I think I went into more detail than usual, but please, tell me honestly, what do you think? R&R people! You know the routine…