(Author's notes)

HEY PEOPLE! I've missed working on this story! I'm not sure if you guys have heard from my 'Author's Notes' on my other story, 'Destiny', but another website I've been writing a bunch of Sesshy x Rin stuff on is shutting down next month. So rather than updating all of my current stuff, it's just been mostly moving everything from there over here to . So now that that's going to get done soon, I feel like I can work on all of my stuff without losing all of my old stories because I fear that they will be deleted if this other site shuts down next month! O.o Anyway, STORYTIME! This chapter is very short, but it's necessary if we want the story to move along, so bear with me! ;)

(Story)

Sesshomaru was patiently waiting for Rin outside of the English classroom again. He then watched as she appeared around the corner and strolled over toward him.

"Mr. Oda told me that he wasn't going to be able to stay after because of a family emergency that he had to go to." Sesshomaru informed Rin.

"Oh gosh, is everything all right?" Rin asked worriedly.

"He assured me that everything was fine, it was just another family member that got sick and went to the hospital." Sesshomaru explained to her.

"Oh wow, I hope they turn out all right. Poor Mr. Oda." Rin replied. Sesshomaru quickly changed the subject.

"He said in the meantime, we should try to maybe take a trip to do some 'inspiration exploring' for our upcoming writing contest. Any place in particular that you would like to go Rin?" Sesshomaru asked her. Rin then stared at the floor and her eyes went blank as she pondered the places that they could go to.

"Hmmm…well, my Aunt owns a flower shop nearby in town. I'm sure that if I gave her a call that she would be fine with us going there. Hold on, can I check with her?" Rin asked. Sesshomaru nodded his head in consent. He then watched as she dug her hand into her pocket as she searched for her phone. Sesshomaru then noticed that she had to pull out a homecoming ticket and receipt in order to reach her phone. She held onto them as she called the flower shop her Aunt owned. As she made the call, Sesshomaru glanced over at the receipt of the ticket, and noticed that the payment was made in her name.

What? She paid for her ticket? I thought that was what Kohaku was going to do. Hmmm…something must've happened.

He quickly brought his attention away from the paper as Rin finished her call.

"Good news, my Aunt has a greenhouse that she said she can let us study in for a little while!" Rin said excitedly. Sesshomaru then swung his bike keys around his index finger.

"Ready whenever you are Rin!" Sesshomaru said with a smirk.

"All right, let's go!" Rin said as she happily followed Sesshoamru over to his bike and did the usual ritual of helmet on, then holding on for dear life as he blazed out of the school parking lot.

Hmmm…I wonder how she'll feel if I ask about what happened. Well…it may seem cruel but I have to give it a shot to find out what's going on.

(Author's notes)

Don't worry, I have a better chapter ahead of this one that I will post later today, so don't be disappointed if this was too short for you! ^_^