(Author's Notes)
Just one more chapter after this one and I will feel so much better! XD Fyi, in my time, it's almost 2am right now. I hope you appreciate this!
(Story)
Rin had heard enough, understood enough, felt angry enough…she'd just had enough. She felt herself growing increasingly angry at Inutaisho and Yuzuki as they told their own son he had no future, his ambitions were useless, and that he would never be happy! As she kept her ear firmly pressed to the door, she heard Sesshomaru's voice grow more and more furious and dire as he tried to explain he wanted no part of his parent's plans. When he was finally dragged into a full-fledged fight, Rin couldn't stand it.
Then…it hit her…that conversation that she had with Kagome earlier about her feelings for Sesshomaru. About why Kagome couldn't stand to see Inuyasha in a dilemma; about how when the time came she would know her feelings for him. With newfound resolve, she knew she wasn't going to regret her next action.
She didn't even think as she shoved the door open. She underestimated how heavy the door was and how much force she put into it as she slammed it open. She heard it crash into the wall and felt sure she dented it, but at this point she just plain did not care. She stood at the door in full fury for a few moments before she acted out on raw emotion. She took a few prideful steps in the room and stopped just a few feet from the chairs.
"How…dare…you!" Rin stated in a strong voice, getting the adults total undivided attention before she continued her rant.
"You summon your own son in here only to yell and scream orders in his ears like he's some kind of dog! What kind of sick parents do that! Sesshomaru has told you time and time again that he wants to part of your plan, yet you insist on shoving this so called bright future in his face! Do you not listen to him?!" Rin exclaimed. By this point, she was fidgety and was beginning to pace around the office.
"Do you realize just how you talk to him!? Making all these plans for him, corporations, merging companies, ensuring business bloodlines! That's not a future! It's a scheme with your son as the primary tool!"
"Well I'm telling you right now, he's no tool! He's a wonderful guy with dreams and ambitions of his own! He likes to create and inspire! He likes to make people think outside the box and be fearless about expressing their ideas! It's true that I'm not his parent, I'm not family, but I can tell you that that's the reason I can say now I know him more than you ever will!"
"I met him when he was away from your nagging, when he was being nothing but himself. When he was escaping these ambitions you had for him!" Rin then stopped in the middle of her pacing and extended a hand towards Sesshomaru.
"He inspires me so much! In the past few months that I've known him, he's helped me through the petty trials high school introduces you too. He's helped me grow not as a writer, but as a person! He taught me to forgive and forget, how to listen to others as well as yourself, how to be inspired to inspire others! You say that he has no future! Well guess what? You are dead wrong! He does have a future because he has people who look up to him, appreciate him for who he is, not what you want him to be! You love him only as a tool! No, that's not even love! But if that's the only way that you'll ever view him…!" Rin screamed. She suddenly approached Sesshomaru. He instinctively lifted himself out of his seat as she approached him. However, to his utter shock, she grabbed him by the arm and just held it close to her.
"Then I will be the one to listen to his dreams and ambitions! His initiatives and the future he wants to have! I will love his presence and personality, not the empty promises you promise him! If you won't see him for who he is, then I will!" She stated as she dragged Sesshomaru towards the door. She shoved him out of the door and scooped up her notebook she left of the floor. She then approached the office door that was still open. She paused as she threw one final bit of truth at them, the truth that came to hear as she was hearing Sesshomaru suffer a few minutes before.
"I won't see you treat him like a tool anymore! If you won't love him, THEN I WILL!" Rin screamed as she threw that final spat at them before slamming the door in their shocked, wide eyes, absolutely appalled faces. She didn't even give herself a chance to see Sesshomaru's face after that final comment. She couldn't stand whatever reaction he had to her last comment. But she knew she didn't want him anywhere near that office anymore. She grabbed his hand and started leading him on the only route she knew in the house, out the front door.
(Author's notes)
All right…just one more…and then I will have my rest!