A/N: Takahashi Sesshoumaru: 27
Harada Rin: 21
Kaze Kagura: 24
Takahashi Inuyasha: 23
Higurashi Kagome: 22
Houshi Miroku: 23
Taijiya Sango: 22
'Italics': Thoughts
Bold: Emphasis
'Bold Italics': Flashback
Hello once again! Yes, it's slightly over than month since my previous update. But I'm sorry ok? :) I really was busy. More responsibilities as you grow older. Sigh. But not to fret, here's another chapter for ya and I really hope it's good enough for all of ya!
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Rangiku Matsumoto: Haha, well surprise! A chapter's waiting for ya right now. Hope you enjoy it!
g27: Did I ever mention that I was a devil spawn? I love to keep you guys at edge! Heh heh. Well I hope it wasn't a long wait for ya too.
Gaialy: Lol, find it out yourself in this chapter. But seriously you can't blame Kagura. Sometimes you give in to your desires even though it's morally wrong. Agree? :)
clarissa: Well it's a rather good idea if you ask me. But I'm sorry to disappoint you that there will be none of that. Rin's too nice for revenge. But I might consider of making Sesshoumaru suffer in the later part of the story. Winks
Twilight: Well not much of writer's block currently. Just a little busy and I really hate it because I want to write! Sheesh. Well you don't have to wait any longer to find out what happens next. Grins
Sesshy Rin 4ever: Lol, your review made me laugh a lot. Chill. Don't use up too much of your emotions right now. There's lots more to come! Heh heh. Like I mentioned to clarissa, Rin's too nice for revenge but Sesshoumaru will suffer a little in the later part of the story! Stay tuned ne? Oh, and you decide if he meant what he said or not? Hehe
gerigirl: Aah, you've got Rin's character. Well you're right! Rin's going to stand back. But rest assured, I'll definitely find some justice for Rin in the later part of the story. I'm not that bad to let Rin suffer you know? Haha.
HawkAngel XD: Thanks! Find out if it was Rin or not in this chapter. :)
Hinata-chan: Well here I thought there'll be no one who sympathise for Kagura. Haha, well I really like Kagura even though she's doing something wrong right now. Haha and I hope to get her some justice too in the later part of the story. And you don't have to worry, I'll make Sesshoumaru suffer. I'm a devil spawn after all!
ScarletofTheBlue: Sorry you had to wait for long for this chapter. :( Don't worry Rin'll be back soon. In fact very very soon. Well, I hate to make you sad, but you have to bear with SessKagu for another one or two more chapters ne? Please pretty please?
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mysterious advisor: Lol, thank you too. I will not give up on anyone of you. Not anytime soon at least. Lol. Well there'll be a little bit more on SessKagu in the upcoming chapters, but not to worry the outcome of the story will be a happy one. I hope it's a good assurance for ya. Lol. Sorry, took me quite long to update!
Disclaimers: Nope, not mine. Not now not ever. :(
Chapter Twelve: Revelation
We pulled back from our kiss and turned to the entrance of my office, where my father and Rin stood. Both of them looked at us without uttering a single word. Father had a look of disbelief and disgust while Rin had looked surprise. She recovered faster than any woman who caught her husband kissing another woman.
'She expected this,' I thought to myself. Come to think about it, it all made sense. All the while I thought I was the one plotting making her the victim. But I was wrong. It seemed that I was the victim in her plot.
She had planned all this. She had planned Kagura and me to get closer.
And so she decided to leave for India. She claimed to leave for India.
I snapped out of my trance when Kagura pushed away from me. My eyes fixated at Kagura once more. She seemed scared and ashamed. Her beautiful eyes were now filled with tears. Tears of guilt.
I felt something in me snap seeing her shedding tears. I was angry. No, I was enraged. Not with Kagura but with Rin. How dare she plot all of these and then pretend to be ignorant?! Did she even know that Kagura feel guilty because of her?! Did she even know that what she did affect her so much?!
Of course she wouldn't. After all she wanted all of these to happen for whatever reasons. Even I, the great Sesshoumaru, didn't know her motives for her actions.
"R-Rin… I'm sorry… but I didn't want this to happen. I-I… betrayed you. I'm so-" Kagura stuttered but to be cut off by my father.
"THAT'S ENOUGH! JUST LIKE A COMMON WHORE, TRYING TO BREAK THE BOTH OF THEM APART!"
Hearing those words from my father made my blood boil almost to inferno. I clenched my jaws so tightly that I wouldn't be surprised if my teeth started falling off. Balling up my fist I was about to defend for Kagura when Rin spoke in a reproachful manner to Father.
"Taisho-san! It was very unkind of you to say such thing to Kagura!" Father looked at Rin with incredulity before he composed himself once more.
"She's kissing your husband, Rin!! This isn't the way you're to react. Don't tell me you don't feel hurt or whatsoever seeing the both of them behaving in such a shameful manner?! After all you love-"
"I don't have any kind of romantic feeling towards Sesshoumaru. It doesn't matter what he does. He deserves to be happy and if it's Kagura who makes him happy, then so be it," my wife said sternly.
For a moment my heart failed to function when Father said that Rin loved me. Though he hadn't completed his statement, I knew it was that. I felt a little happy despite my feelings for Kagura was burning in my heart fiercely. But Rin had to spoil that little bit of happiness by affirming what she felt for me was anything but love.
This only fuelled my anger towards her.
"Kagura is the only one I love. I told you so just now too. Since the feelings are mutual, I want to spend the rest of my life with her. Which means-" I hesitated a while before forcing the words I wanted to say out of my mouth while looking directly at Rin, "- I want to file a divorce."
Something in Rin's eyes stirred as I said those words. Was she heartbroken?
A part of me hoped she was while the other hoped for otherwise. She deserved to be hurt after all she had put Kagura and me through but that meant she loved me… Right?
Pushing away those thoughts, I turned to Kagura with a smirk of reassurance, giving her some comfort. But what I saw in her eyes weren't comfort or happiness. It was guilt. Guilt was eating her alive. She was still sobbing quietly as she pleaded me silently to take back my words.
A frown marred my face as I pulled her to me by her waist. She gave out a strangled gasp of shock. On impulse I kissed her in the presence of my father and Rin. Kagura struggled to stop my ministration but to no avail.
"WHAT IS THIS NONSENSE!" I heard my father yell. I ignored him and continued kissing Kagura. And before I could react, Father jerked Kagura out of my grasp and gave me a punch straight on my jaw that had me land on the ground.
I didn't know what happened after that or who made the next move. But all I knew was Inuyasha and Miroku were there trying to pull my father away from me while Kagura and Rin tried to get me away from Father, screaming at him to stop.
After much effort from Inuyasha and Miroku, Father got up off me breathing hard.
"I brought you up to be a respectable man. I didn't teach you to behave in such disgraceful manner. Whether you love her-" Father pointed at Kagura, "- or not, that was the past. Now you're married and you're to forget all this nonsense and conduct a family with Rin. Not pursuing Kagura once more for your satisfaction! There are certain issues concerned where sacrifices are necessary and this is one of them! Do you realise that what you did actually affect everyone around you?! Do you Sesshoumaru?!"
Anger once again fed my blood. I got to my feet with much effort, shrugging off Rin's aid but accepting Kagura's. This only made my father seethe with anger. I returned him with one of my death glare and spoke words out of my gritting teeth.
"Do you know that all of these were very well planned? Do you know that your beloved daughter-in-law find so many ways to bring the both of us together? Do you know she wants all of these? Do you Father?"
My father, for once, was left speechless while the rest either gasped or took in breaths of shock. He gazed at Rin and she merely avoided it. Biting her lips she fixated her stare on everyone's shoes. Her reaction was driving me crazy to hell. I grabbed her arms hard enough to make her wince. She looked up at me with pleading eyes. I tightened my grab on her making her wince once more. I had a feeling I'd already bruised her.
But that didn't really matter. Still gazing at me with pleading eyes I jerked her forward, towards Father. Without mercy, I urged her to tell him the truth.
"Go on, beloved wife. Tell father the truth. Tell him that you brought Kagura into our house and gave her a place to stay. Tell him that you've always put me in Kagura's good book, no matter how much I ill treated you. Tell him you create opportunities for me to be with Kagura. Tell him Rin. Quick tell him!"
Rin made no noise but her eyes were filled with tears. She looked back and forth from me to Father. Father simply looked at her, anticipating her to deny all of it.
No one made any move. By now, Miroku, Inuyasha and Sango were gathered around us. Everyone stared at Rin waiting for her to speak.
"Why aren't you speaking Rin? Cat got your tongue?" I taunted her. I felt so good when I saw tears trailing down her cheeks. She deserved this. She deserved this for making me choose Kagura over her. She deserved this for making Kagura look as the guilty party. She deserved this for making my father believe Kagura and I were the ones in the wrong.
She deserved this and more!
Finally after so long, she pinned my father's gaze.
Taking a deep breath she started to speak, "None of them are to be blamed Taisho-san. It was my fault. I planned all of this to happen. Whatever you saw today was all going according to my plan. Don't blame Kagura or Sesshoumaru for this. Please blame me. Yell at me or hit me if you want to, Taisho-san, but don't be angry towards the both of them."
Father's faith in Rin started crumbling in front of all of us. Trust was replaced with disappointment. He turned back to me and then back to Rin.
"What did you intend to get from all of this, Rin? Why did you destroy your own relationship? I got the both of you married; knowing the both of you will grow fond of each other. I thought…I thought you wanted this all along Rin? You love Sesshoumaru don't you Rin?"
Rin blanched hearing the question Father asked. Subconsciously I chanted the word 'yes' in my mind. 'Say yes Rin. Say yes.' I didn't know why, but all of a sudden I felt as if I had known her and loved her all my life. I knew it was ridiculous but I felt as though there was a connection between the both of us. 'Come on, say yes Rin,' I continued chanting fervently.
Rin knitted her brows together and retorted, "How can I ever love a heartless man like him Taisho-san?! He never treats me with respect all these times!"
My heart plummeted all the way to my feet. 'She doesn't love me after all.' Snapping out of my thoughts, I silently reprimand myself for having such stupid thought when I loved Kagura and she, in return.
"What? What do you mean Rin?" Inuyasha, for the first time, spoke up. If it weren't for the tension situation, I would have laughed my head off. Inuyasha, whose mouth never stops chattering, was able to keep quiet for more than ten minutes!
"He never treats me like his wife! No matter how much I tried, he never sees me more than a stranger!"
All eyes cast at me while mine was on Rin. Did she try? I didn't remember her trying to please me. Or maybe she did, but it slipped out of my mind?
"I'm ashamed to acknowledge you as my son!" I heard my father whispered vehemently. My head whipped around to look at my father. Though my exterior did not change, I felt my heart contracted in hurt of what Father had just said. Even though, I had never seen him much of a father figure, I still respected him as my father. I looked up to him as my role model. And he had to break all the beliefs I had for him.
"Taisho-sama!" Sango and Miroku said at the same time. They, including Rin and Kagura, had the looks of disbelief while Inuyasha had a look of sympathy for me.
'I want no sympathy from anyone!' My gaze hardened as I grabbed hold of Kagura and left my office with Kagura trying to catch her steps.
Before I exited from my office, I turned to my father, "I'm resigning from my post. I don't think you would want anyone other than your son to have such an important role in the company."
I turned to Rin and gave her a contemptuous glare before asking her what I wanted- and what she wanted to hear. "I'm filing for a divorce."
With that said I turned away from all of them once pulling Kagura along with me and not heeding any of them calling my name.
I presume not many of you are happy with the way the story is going. Haha, well what fun would there be without a little bit of spice in the story. Lol. And I'm going to make all of you feel much worse. Sesshoumaru won't be realising his feelings for Rin anytime soon. He's a stubborn man after all.
Well patience is a virtue after all. So just continue to read on to find out the twist of the story.
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