False Pretense

Description: He had fallen for her and her him. But he screwed up, when it came to it he dumbly rejected her to uphold a reputation, but will he cave in when they start spending even more time together because of a band? SessKag, mainly

Recap: Sesshoumaru shook his head and exited the room, and headed for the principal's office before the Japanese teacher could see what was going on and ultimately send him there anyway. He sighed.

"It's 9:50, the third day of school, and I'm about to get my ass suspended.. Dad is going to ground me longer… He wont let me see Rin, or let me go to band practice. Fuck my life…" Sesshoumaru sighed entering the office. As soon as he walked in he picked up a scent he never thought he would.

"Dad?"

Chapter 13. Please Don't Cry

"Sesshoumaru, what are you doing in here?" InuTaisho looked up also catching his son's scent as he walked in.

"Well.. You know the Uchiha is here an' all…" Sesshoumaru started but stopped when he saw his father's dark expression. The only person Sesshoumaru will ever be afraid of is his father. Ever.

"Sesshoumaru, what did you do?" InuTaisho pinched the bridge of his nose and sighed.

"He'll be fine. I just.. Roughed him up a little bit, as they say. Gave him some stuff to think about… Heh." Sesshoumaru said and sighed. "Should I just get in the car?" He added.

"Yes…" InuTaisho said as he turned back to the principal, as Sesshoumaru opened the door to exit the office. "Oh, and Sesshoumaru, take him with you." InuTaisho gestured towards Gaara, who was sitting in one of the chairs next to the door. Sesshoumaru was taken aback. Why? Was his only question.

"Wh-.. I'll ask later.." Sesshoumaru started to ask but didn't want to waste more of his father's time, so he just gestured for Gaara to follow him to the car. Not a word was exchanged between Gaara or Sesshoumaru until Gaara broke the silence when they were seated in the car, Gaara in the back seat behind the driver, and Sesshoumaru in the front passenger seat.

"H-Hello… I'm Sabaku Gaara of Sunagakure." Gaara introduced himself, but very nervously. Sesshoumaru turned in his seat now on his knees, and leaned over the seat, and he genuinely smiled at Gaara.

"Hi. I'm Sesshoumaru. What's up?" He replied, he kinda liked Gaara, for the obvious, and because he seemed to be the opposite of what Sesshoumaru was expecting.

Gaara shook his head. "Your father seems very n-nice." Gaara said still a bit nervous, but slowly being reassured by Sesshoumaru.

"Thanks, he is. Very. So is his wife, Izayoi.. Well my step- mother. No one bites." Sesshoumaru said assuming that Gaara was going to his house, he should be at ease, because no one there was going to eat him alive. Well maybe InuYasha will.. He was 5 and for some reason Sesshoumaru will never know always wanted to bite EVERYTHING, including people.

"Hehe, well maybe my little brother does. But he's only 5. It don't hurt." Sesshoumaru smirked at Gaara who let out a small chuckle.

"What's his name, your little brother?" Gaara asked this time with more confidence in himself to talk to the demon who was actually younger then himself.

"InuYasha." Sesshoumaru answered as he heard his father's footsteps, and quickly sat down normally in his seat before his father got the urge to smack him upside the head.

InuTaisho climbed in driver's seat and shut the door, and sighed.

"Sesshoumaru.. Didn't I already speak to you about behavioral issues? This is ridiculous, don't you understand, that you can't just smack some kid around and get away with it, without consequences? InuTaisho asked obviously flustered.

Sesshoumaru was feeling a bit childish, and couldn't help himself with his next answer.

"He started it."

Silence.

"So, how much longer am I grounded?" Sesshoumaru asked wanting to know so he could just get to sulking.

"Your not grounded anymore then you were before, I'm just going to warn you, Sessh.. Just ignore him. He knows how to push your buttons now, and he's going to take advantage of that knowledge. If you just ignore him, It'll just make him even more mad, you'll be getting at him more then he is you, by getting no response out of you. Trust me. I have been there." InuTaisho informed smirking. He loves these little father-son talks, where he gets to share his knowledge with his son.

"Alright. I'll try.. But I will not tolerate it if he insults you, or mother." Sesshoumaru said turning to look out the window.

"Sesshoumaru, I know your defensive of your mom, and I, but really is it worth getting kicked out of school for it?" InuTaisho asked grabbing Sesshoumaru's chin, forcing him to look at him.

"Yes, it is, to me." Sesshoumaru said grabbing his father hand, lowering his head, resting his forehead on the back out his father's hand. And for the first time, since Sesshoumaru was about five or six, he cried…

Neither InuTaisho or Sesshoumaru realized Gaara had gotten out of the car, to let them have privacy.

"Se- Sesshoumaru… Don't cry, you know it breaks my heart to see you cry." InuTaisho could almost feel his heart crack all the way down the middle as he heard his son begin to cry, and feel his hand get wet from tears.

Sesshoumaru said nothing, as he cried to his father. He suddenly felt his father hand rip from his own, and go under his arm as well as the other. And the next thing he knew he was in the driver's seat with his father, with his father's strong arms wrapped around him. He looked up with tears streaming from his eyes, and met his father's soft and gentle warm amber eyes.

InuTaisho leaned his forehead on Sesshoumaru's so his crescent moon birth mark was perfectly even over Sesshoumaru's.

"I know you really wish more then anything right now that your mother was here. And truth be told that even though I was not in love with her, I loved her as my dear friend, and as a sister, I really did, and I too wish she was here. I really do." InuTaisho whispered softly to his son trying to comfort him. Sesshoumaru continued to cry.

InuTaisho brushed Sesshoumaru's bangs from his flawless face, and softly ran his hands through his son's hair, and continued to whisper comforting things to him.

'He's just like a little kid. He's just over tired, and feeling stressed. And so he cries. But this is the first time he's ever actually cried. Though, I'm sure he's wanted too. Just like when he was little..' InuTaisho thought as he continued to cradle his son in his arms, as he rocked ever so slightly.

He listened intently to his son's breathing. He was sleeping. InuTaisho smiled, and sighed contently. He didn't know he was so good at this. But it made him feel better that he was. He kissed the top of Sesshoumaru's head, and settled him back into the passenger's seat, making sure he was comfortable.

"I love you, Sessh," InuTaisho said this, suddenly thinking he didn't say it enough.

He sighed and rolled down his window.

"Gaara, you can get back in now."

"Yes, thank you, Mr. Taisho."

Gaara got back into the sleek black Mercedes looking up into the passenger seat, which held a sleeping Sesshoumaru. He fastened his seatbelt, and kept quiet.

InuTaisho started the car, and backed out of the school parking lot, and drove to his home, where he would drop off Gaara and Sesshoumaru. InuTaisho gently picked up his son like you would a small toddler, and Sesshoumaru unconsciously wrapped his arms around his father's neck, and legs around his waist, while nuzzling his face into his neck, as he continued to sleep. He walked into the house without any trouble carrying his son. He actually felt like doing that little hoppy- thing that you do when you pick up little kids like that to get them to calm down and sleep. He still did with InuYasha, who was only five. But now here he was doing it with his fourteen year old. But Sesshoumaru had every right. He definitely was a troubled child, and more then deserved special treatment. It may have been very childish but InuTaisho missed being able to cuddle with Sesshoumaru so he wasn't complaining.

As InuTaisho walked over to the staircase, and began to take the first step when he spotted Izayoi watching them with the most confused on her face. Why was her husband carrying his fourteen year old son like that? She was almost scared to know.

"I'll explain later." He whispered very softly but enough for her to hear him. He then continued up the stairs and to Sesshoumaru's room. He carefully set Sesshoumaru down on his bed, and put the covers over him and brushed the bangs from Sesshoumaru's face before kissing him softly on the forehead on his crescent birthmark. Automatically Sesshoumaru curled into a ball, and cuddled to the blanket.

InuTaisho exited the room, gently closing the door behind him. He proceeded back down the stairs, to find Izayoi quickly walking to the dining room. He smirked. She could be annoyingly overly curious sometimes. He might as well rid her of her curiosity before he began to ail him more.

"Izayoi, come back." He said just standing where he stopped when he noticed her. She walked back to him, and couldn't help her self.

"Dearest, what's going on?" she blurted out her question out. Rather rudely in fact. He smirked again.

"He wants his mother is all. Very badly." He said. She frowned.

"I don't understand why he could want her so badly, he never knew her, and besides from what I heard she was a heartless woman anyway." Izayoi said, in a rather… Snobby way. This did not sit well with InuTaisho.

"Izayoi, you will do well to watch your tongue. She wasn't in anyway a heatless woman, she loved Sesshoumaru very much from the moment she became pregnant with him… She loved me as well. And you know what… If she wasn't killed by your father, you nor InuYasha would be here right now. Do not misinterpret my words, I do not regret InuYasha at all, he is my son, and I love him as much as I do Sesshoumaru. But sometimes I do wonder about the real reason, your father killed my wife. I loved her but I wasn't in love with her I will admit. But some marriages are better off without that certain type of love being there. Honesty, trust, and friendship are key. I loved her as my dear friend, and sister. And that was good enough for both of us…" InuTaisho was furious by the time finished, and Izayoi looked hurt. But he didn't care right now, he wouldn't fall for her crocodile tears.

"InuTaisho, that makes no sense! How could you marry a woman you didn't love? Marriage is for couples who are in love! What happened? Why did you get married? Was it because she was pregnant, and you felt you needed to do it? Was it for Sesshoumaru? What!" Izayoi pleaded. "What are you saying, when you say 'the real reason your father killed my wife'? Are you accusing me of having my father kill her, so I could have you to myself? That's absurd!" Izayoi spat out at him attempting to look hurt by his so called 'accusation'.

InuTaisho's eyes widened at her accusation that he was accusing her. It was true.. He knew it now. He had said nothing about her having her father kill his wife so she could have him to herself at all, not a word of it. So it was true. She had just blown herself in. His face darkened considerably.

"You did didn't you? You had your father kill Sesshoumaru's mother.. DIDN'T YOU!" InuTaisho hadn't realized that he was raising his voice now. He felt sick. How could he? How could he be so blind?

"O-Of course not, dearest! That's such an absurd accusation!" Izayoi said, as she tried to force herself in his arms, but he pushed her away.

"DON'T LIE TO ME, DAMNIT!" He yelled at her, as he now realized he was yelling, for he heard Sesshoumaru stirring in his room.

"Damnit… We've woken up Sesshoumaru." InuTaisho said sighing. "Izayoi, I think you should leave. I don't care where you go. And… I don't want you to go anywhere near InuYasha. I'll take care of him.. Now, really… Leave…" InuTaisho looked away from her and headed upstairs to check on Sesshoumaru.

AHAHA! Clifffyyyyy! Oooo, things are getting really heated, no? Anyway, hope you liked it.

~Akio Toshiya