Hikaru: I am so sorry for not updating this story (almost four months!? Where have I been?)
Honestly, I lost the will to continue this story for a while. If I said I lost the will to write completely, my regulars would be sending me messages saying that's bullshit!
So I made up for the long delay with an extra long chapter… with a little spice…
Anyway! Hopefully you guys that love this story will still leave me reviews. I swear I'll keep up with this story as the will to continue finally came back!
Sesshomaru let himself into Andy's apartment as soon as he got there. He found the two on the couch, looking over a few photo albums.
"What the heck's going on in this one?" Rin asked, pointing at one with two girls with matches, with a bunch of Barbie dolls tied to a bunch of firecrackers.
"That would be my cousins, Shelby and Gypsie, celebrating their 12th birthday by blowing up 'their childhood toys' with firecrackers…" Andy replied.
"But aren't fireworks illegal in the America, except for Independence Day?" Rin asked.
"Not on my reservation. We sell fireworks year round. We always go off to the lake and my cousin shoots off the last of his stock as the fireworks show. It's really cool to watch."
"Cool. Did Barbie survive?" Rin had to ask.
"It didn't quite work as planned. All the dolls got was a few burnt marks. Not one exploded…" Andy said, thinking back. "But then I tied them to a Grand Finale and that was the end of them. Remember; always have adult supervision when handling fireworks…"
"Why?"
"After lighting a grand finale, that almost blew you and your friends up… that stays with you. I know a guy that's been burnt by a firework every year…"
"Are you sure you should be telling her that?" Sesshomaru spoke up, making the girls jump.
Rin jumped up and hugged Sesshomaru, knowing how worried he must have been.
"Sorry I disappeared dad…" Rin said. "Andy's been telling me about her family back in America!"
"Really?" Sesshomaru said, playing along. He'd let Rin have it when they got home. In the meantime, it was just nice to hang out with Andy for a while.
"Oh! Look at the costumes!" Rin said, pointing at a picture of a man, dressed in the traditional costume. He was dancing.
"That's my dad." Andy said. "He was competing at the Stanford Indian Powwow when he was in law school."
"What's a powwow?" Rin asked.
"A powwow's a big gathering of natives from a bunch of different tribes. There are dancing contest, where they break it down into categories, such as the fancy shawl dance, hoop dance, northern and southern buckskin, jingle dress, grass, and traditional. And then there are drumming contest, pipe, among others. Then there's a bunch of stands where they sell handcrafted items, like drums, hair accessories, jewelry, blankets, and other things. And there's a lot of food too!"
"It sounds like fun!" Rin commented.
Sesshomaru was busy staring at a photo of a little girl in a light blue and magenta shawl costume. She had her hair back in a braid, with a hawk feather weaved into the braid.
"Is that you?" Rin asked Andy.
"Me at my first powwow…" Andy said. "I was three…"
Sesshomaru took a closer look. The toothy smile proved that it was her.
"I want to go to a powwow sometime!" Rin said.
"Well… that's why I kinda invited you and your dad over…." Andy said. All attention was placed on Andy.
"I'm going back to America for a few weeks." She said. "My friend Arlene managed to get us into the dance competition at the Gathering of Nations Powwow this year, so I have to go and compete…"
"Really!?" Rin said, missing the shocked look on Sesshomaru's face.
"Is your costume here? Can I see it!?"
"It's at my parent's house." Andy said regretfully. If she'd known that Rin was doing a history project on Native tribes, then she would have asked her mother to mail it.
"You defiantly have to e-mail me and tell me all about it!" Rin continued, as she flipped through the album.
"So… you're going to be gone for a few weeks?" Sesshomaru asked.
"Yeah… I kind of miss my family. Plus, it tradition that we go to the Gathering every year."
"Tradition huh?"
"yup…"
Sesshomaru blocked her way.
"Um… I have to get dinner started…"
"I didn't know you can cook…"
"Shut up…" Andy said, pushing Sesshomaru's arm out of the way.
"What are you making?" Rin asked with sudden interest.
Andy smirked.
"Indian Tacos!"
"Indian wha?" Sesshomaru and Rin said, both tilting their heads.
"Oh come on… I'll show you how to make them…"
Andy led the way to the kitchen. Rin followed, while Sesshomaru though it was a better idea to stay in the living room. Rin plus the kitchen equaled trouble…
"Hm… what to start on first…" Andy muttered to herself, tying her long hair back and placing on her apron.
Rin turned a page in Andy's cookbook.
"What fry bread?" Rin asked.
"The yummiest stuff on the planet…" Andy replied with a fanged smile. "I think well start with that first. It takes the longest…"
"Rin… in the top cupboard, there's flour, baking powder, baking soda, and coffee creamer. Could you get those?"
"Coffee creamer?"
"You get what I tell you…." Andy said, narrowing her eyes.
Rin shrugged and got what Andy asked for.
"Ok… first things first… you take the flour and you fill up the bowl…" Andy said, showing Rin what to do.
"That's a lot of flour…"
"Shush… and then you even it out by adding a tiny bit of baking powder, a tiny bit of baking soda, and a dash of coffee creamer…"
"I still don't get why you add coffee creamer…."
"It browns the fry bread so you know when to flip it…"
"Oh!"
"And then you add water!"
"No milk?"
"I know! Neat huh?"
"That sounds like instant pancake mix…"
'But this one has sugar in it!!!" Andy said, putting a giant spoonful of sugar into it.
Rin looked at Andy like she was crazy, but she got the cup of water anyway.
Andy took it and poured it into the bowl gradually, while mixing the substances with her free hand. Soon… the stuff actually started to look like dough.
"Rin… could you taste it? Just to make sure everything's even…"
Rin took a piece and took a bite.
"Wow! It's delicious!"
Andy smirked.
"Well… just wait till you try my mom's. Nobody's bread is as good as hers!"
Andy then covered it with a clean dishtowel and walked over to the stove. She got out a pan and a bottle of oil. She then filled the pan until there was an inch of oil in the pan.
"Um… that's a lot…" Rin said.
"Well… it's called 'fry' bread…" Andy said, as she turned on the stove to heat up the oil.
What ever peace was left in the household… it was soon gone…
"RIN! The pan!" Andy cried out, taking the finished piece from the hot oil.
"I'm coming!" Rin cried carrying the rest of the bread in a basket.
Sesshomaru couldn't help but shutter from the living room. It sounded dangerous in there…."
"We're done!!!" Both girls cried out triumphantly.
"Wow… what a mess…" Sesshomaru commented, as he looked around the kitchen.
"Shush up or no food for you…" Andy said, while showing Rin how to put the Indian Taco together.
"Sorry…"
After everyone ate, Rin and Andy were playing Guitar Hero for an hour, and then they decided to watch a movie.
Rin was asleep on the floor, wrapped in a blanket, while Andy and Sesshomaru were on the couch.
"What time is it?"
"Midnight…"
"We got to get going…" Sesshomaru said, heading over to pick up Rin, but Andy beat him to it.
"Oh come on… it's late. Rin's out. Why don't you guys just spend the night?" Andy said. Already taking Rin into the second bedroom.
"She has school tomorrow…"
"Oh mi gosh! Did you actually forget that Rin's already on Spring Break!?" Andy said teasingly.
"Wha?"
"Today's Friday…. Well… Saturday if you want to get technical. It's late. Just stay the night…"
"But…"
"please?" Andy asked, with puppy eyes.
Sesshomaru sighed.
"You shouldn't beg. It doesn't suite you…" Sesshomaru said, wrapping his arm around Andy.
"Then quit making me act like a dog…"
The two kissed.
Sesshomaru broke away for a brief moment, to slip Andy's glasses off.
"Why do you even wear those?" he asked.
"Just to see what you would do…"
"You mean this?" Sesshomaru asked, tugging at her shirt, breaking a few buttons off in the process.
"Wait till we're in the room… Andy said, leading the way into the master bedroom.
Sesshomaru closed the door behind them.
Andy had her back turned to him. She was trying to get her house slippers off. But Sesshomaru sneaked up behind her. She jumped a little, not expecting that, but loosened up. Sesshomaru slipped the rest of the unbuttoned shirt off so Andy was just in her bra.
He quickly unhooked it and cupped her breast in his hands, massaging them. He also kept distracted by nibbling on her earlobe.
Andy moaned as Sesshomaru continued to work his magic…
She turned towards him, and they kissed. Sesshomaru lifted her up, as she wrapped her legs around his waist as they continued their tongue war.
With quick nimble fingers, Sesshomaru's shirt was thrown to the other side of the room.
Not long after the two got onto Andy's bed, the rest of their clothing came off.
"I want to be on top…" Andy said, switching their position.
Sesshomaru did not like the sound of that. Usually, He never trusted when a woman wanted to ride. All his partners jumped up and down, pushing all their weight on his pelvis. It felt good, but at the same time, it hurt like hell.
Much to his surprise, Andy seemed to know exactly what she was doing. No pressure on his pelvis, making it more enjoyable for him.
Unexpectedly, he switched their positions.
"Oh… come on…" Andy whine, not really minding the switch.
"Will you just shut up?" Sesshomaru said, silencing her with a kiss.
Not long after, they both came…
After the 'grad climax', the two rested in each other's embrace and fell into a fitful sleep, neither one even thinking of Andy's departure in the next few days…
It finally came down to the day of Andy's departure. Rather than just Sesshomaru and Rin as she preferred, Andy ended up what seems like half of Japan come to bid her bon voyage.
"Is the menagerie really necessary?" Andy asked Ayame.
"Word just gets around…" Ayame said nervously, as Andy was giving her the same look she had when Ayame accidentally deleted an entire article of hers.
"Have a good time back home…" Kagome said cheerfully.
"Hopefully you'll be back soon. I think I'll go insane at work with only Ayame around…" Sango said.
Andy smiled.
"Come on… it's not like I'm moving back to America. I'll be back for sure and the odd person out again!" Andy said cheerfully.
Well, let's face it; if you're a hanyo, and a Native American that speaks Japanese very well, of course you're going to stand out…
After a few more good byes, Sesshomaru escorted her as far as the security check point.
"I swear… I feel as if I live at the airport most of the time…" Andy mumbled, thinking back to her private school days.
Sesshomaru stayed silent. He was still trying to get this thoughts organized. Sure, he showed off a bit of feeling towards Andy every once in a while, but a stoic youkai such as himself, might be feeling just a bit more for a hanyo. A Native American hanyo no less.
Strange as it sounded, it just seemed right.
"Well…" Andy suddenly spoke up, pulling him from his thought.
"It was great…" Andy continued, suddenly finding her converse interesting. "Let's keep it touch… kay?"
Before she knew it, his lips touched hers.
A total surprise, especially coming from Sesshomaru, but who said that she didn't like it?
She closed her eyes and leaned into the kiss. Who knows once she got back if they were still going to have the same feeling of intimacy. It was like that with interracial couples, the question of how long it can last. But those questions were pushed aside as they shared that moment.
"Flight 7589 to San Francisco, will now begin with zones 1 and 2…"
Andy had to pull away.
"I have to go…"
"I'll keep in touch…" Sesshomaru said.
Andy slipped out of his arms and with one last look, she went through the door.
No! Don't go yet! Andy's inner youkai called out.
Don't you dare start it now!
But I want hiiiiimmmmmm…. We want him… you know nothing's gonna satisfy us now!
Andy cursed under her breath so violently, that she kind of scared a few flight attendants.
That damn dog! Andy thought angry to herself, taking her seat and tried to relax. Why did he have to trigger off my time of heat…!?