I would like to mention that this is strictly a SessxRin pairing, Kagome and Sesshomaru have nothing going on, perhaps Kagome flirting out of loneliness, but nothing will come of it. I am personally not a fan of that shipping myself. Thanks for reading. –Ainsley

Sesshomaru sat behind his large desk, reading over the contract he had most recently formed. Kagome had gone downhill fast, she was completely mad with grief, and he no longer saw her fit as a suitable mother. He knew his brother would be heartbroken, but he also knew his brother had somewhat of a brain and even he would recognize that Kagome was not suitable in her state. Not only was he working for his brother, and his nephew, but for himself. He had finally found a loophole in caring for the woman and her child and he was more than happy to use it. He still cursed his brother for putting him in the position in the first place, but he had found a way to slip out of it just as quickly as he had landed there. Who knew his way out would have come in the form of a petite, irritating young woman.

He recalled the night before when he had arrived to her apartment when Rin had called him. She and he had become relatively civil towards each other in the weeks after the funeral. They had a system worked out where she would care for the boy during the day and return him to his mother at night, where Sesshomaru would then take over, and babysit Kagome, rather than the boy, until both fell asleep. Then he would return to his own lavish home in the less populated part of the city and prepare himself for the next day. The previous night he had received a call from Rin stating he needed to return to the apartment immediately. He had groaned and demanded Rin handle it, but when he heard yelling in the background he had decided he was better off handling the situation himself.

He had arrived to his late brother's apartment as the sun was setting. Rin had stated his presence was urgent, so he opted for the stairs rather than the elevator, he took the steps by twos, his long legs easily scaling the steps. He approached the door to see it was already ajar, he saw neighbors peeking and scowling out of their doors. He heard yelling and screaming again and was livid, the damn woman had lost her mind. He stepped into the apartment to see Rin on the floor holding a crying Kyou, both of them huddled up together, Rin had her hands over his ears, and she was pleading with Kagome. "Kagome please! It was an accident. He's your son for God's sakes!" He realized they didn't know he was there, and he continued watching the scene, trying to gather what had occurred, "You little BASTARD!" Rin cringed at her harsh words towards Kyou and glanced to see Sesshomaru, his eyes were on Kagome. He watched as she desperately was clawing at the sink drain. He stepped further into the room, both Rin and Kyou looked up at him as though he was their hero. He smelled the alcohol permeating from Kagome's location, slowly the pieces began to click. Kyou had obviously lost something valuable of Kagome's down the sink drain. He rolled his eyes, the woman had truly lost her mind. "Kagome." He strode towards the kitchen, he felt like a father dealing with his rowdy daughter. She stopped clawing at the sink and looked up, she pleaded with him, "Please get it out." She clung to his shirt and began to wail, her mascara leaving stains on his white work shirt. He growled and shoved her away, holding her drunken body up by the shoulders, "Kagome, you're extremely intoxicated, please go to your room and quit making a fool of yourself." She whined some more and he rolled his eyes, women were impossible. He lifted her up and threw her up over his shoulder and carried her to her room, she screamed and punched at his back the entire way there. He got to her room and tossed her off his shoulder onto the bed. Her body hit the mattress with a soft thud, he pinched the bridge of his nose in frustration as she slowly began to drift out of consciousness. He slowly walked back into the living room to see Rin holding a still shaking Kyou. He nodded his head and walked toward the kitchen. He heard quiet movement behind him as he unscrewed the pipe below the sink, he pried it open and the clatter of something metal was heard as something small and wet fell into his hand. He placed the pipe back and glanced in his hand, it was Kagome's wedding ring. He scoffed, 'such a fuss over such a pathetic little thing'. He stood to see Rin with Kyou in her arms facing him. The small child was rubbing his red eyes and Rin was giving him a concerned look. He held the ring out in front of him and inspected it, the only comment he made on the situation was, "Kyou, do not touch your mother's jewelry." He set the ring down on the counter and walked back towards the living room. He felt Kyou grab his pants leg and pull, he looked down, "Thank you Uncle Sesshomaru for making mommy stop crying." He nodded and sat down on the couch, trying to relax after the insanity of the previous moment. He felt a larger hand grab him by the shoulder, he turned around and looked up to see Rin's sweet smile. "Thank you Mr. Takahashi." He nodded and shut his eyes, he heard Rin grab her purse and take her leave, "Have a good evening Ms. Higurashi." He heard the door quietly click shut and it was suddenly just him and the boy.

That was what had led him to the contract he had drawn up, he was quite pleased with himself that it only took him one day to write it. He had already had both his, and his brother's former lawyer, look over the contract, both agreeing it was reasonable, now all he needed were the three other signatures that were needed at the bottom, his already was written neatly below. The contract had stated that Kagome must go to a residential facility until she was more stable, he was nervous about this because he knew Kagome would never agree; it would be most likely that he would have to trick her into signing. Then there was Rin, who would sign to agree to become Kyou's legal guardian while his mother received treatment. It was his part to provide them with financial aid as well as anything else the woman would need to help her provide for the child. Then Kyou would have to sign as well, stating that he was willing to go with his Aunt Rin. He figured it would be easy enough to get all parties to agree if he could get some alcohol in Kagome first.

The contract had led to him, his lawyer, Kagome's lawyer, Kagome, Rin and Kyou all sitting at a table in a lovely restaurant near his office. As he had expected, Kagome had ordered wine the second they were seated, although he couldn't judge, as he himself had also ordered his favorite, whiskey, as soon as the waiter turned to him. Kyou played with his utensils, Rin casually slipped another spoon into his hand and took the knife he was playing with. The two lawyers were looking over and discussing the contract once more, wanting to make sure there wasn't anything they hadn't previously noticed. Rin sat quietly in her seat, her mussed hair hung down in her dirty face, she appeared as though she had been gardening. He decided he would go ahead and go over the contract with the group while he was waiting for the opportunity for them to sign it. "Kagome, do you know why we're here?" She took a long slow sip of her wine and eyed him suspiciously, "You're trying to con me." He smirked, the woman was quick. "Yes I suppose you could say that, but I see it more as a proposition." She eyed him curiously, "I, too, am Kyou's guardian, the fact that I do not desire to be aside, and I believe that both you and he require greater care than you are currently receiving. I propose that you go for a getaway and leave the child in Ms. Higurashi's temporary care." Rin interjected into the conversation, "How long is temporary?" he thought about that for a moment, he truly had no idea how long Kagome would be gone. He answered with the only reasonable response he could come up with, "Temporary." She snorted, a soft clatter was heard as Kyou's fork fell out of his small hand and onto the floor. Kagome ignored him, and Rin leaned down to pick up the utensil, she handed it to him with a small smile and he gave her a tiny grin. "I would rather like a vacation." Kagome tilted her head back and drank the rest of her glass of wine and motioned for the waiter to bring her another.

Rin's head was spinning, she was glad to help out her cousin, but she never agreed to basically adopt her child! She eyed her cousin, she had definitely seen better days. Her long black hair hung loosely and slightly knotted down her long back. Her eyes were drooping from lack of sleep and she had bags under her eyes. It had only been a month and a half since Inuyasha's death, and Rin figured at the rate Kagome was going she would drink herself into her own grave soon if she didn't receive help. Rin turned her head towards Sesshomaru. She felt bad for him, his brother had swindled him into forming a will that stated he would be the responsible party for Kagome. It wasn't fair at all in her eyes, it wasn't his job to care for Kagome and Kyou. And he definitely didn't sign up to deal with Kagome's most recent behavior, 'but come to think of it, neither did I.' She was also amazed at the man's willingness to follow his brother's wishes. He had quite the sense of duty and honor. But she realized that he was now shoving the duty onto her, he was sending Kagome away and giving the boy to her. She couldn't raise a child, she worked out of a workshop in her backyard making garden gnomes and painting birdhouses. She had no money, no help, and definitely no guidance. "Why is it my job to raise Kyou when he has his grandparents and many other people who love and care about him?" He didn't answer for a moment, and paused to take a sip of his drink, "because he likes you." She was slightly miffed at his statement, "he likes his grandparents too." She growled, not liking that he was trying to guilt trip her into taking the child. "I won't put such a big responsibility on my father and his wife, they are getting older and deserve time to themselves." He looked at her calmly and she felt her anger begin to boil within her, "I am twenty eight years old! Don't you think I deserve time to myself? I'd like to date and get married and have my own children!" He scoffed at the statement, "don't you think I have a similar agenda? I also have an actual profession and multiple businesses to run, I have no time for such useless things." Her eyebrows furrowed, he was making her angry, but she snapped out of it when the little boy giggled next to her, "Aunty Rin you're gonna get married? Can I come to the wedding?" She smiled at him and stroked his cheek, "not that I'm aware of, but you'll be the first to know if I change my mind." She winked at him and turned her attention back to Sesshomaru, who was back discussing things with the lawyers. She glanced over at Kagome, her eyes were spacey and she appeared distant. "Kagome what do you think about all of this?" Kagome shook her head and looked at Rin, her eyes began to tear up, she whispered to her over Kyou's head so he wouldn't hear, "I really need a break. I can't even look at him. He's too much like his father." Rin felt her heart clench. That did her in and she cleared her throat, catching the lawyers and Sesshomaru's attention. "I agree, although I have my own terms that I would like to arrange with you." Sesshomaru smirked and laid the contract out on the table, "that just leaves you Kyou. Would you agree to stay with Ms. Higurashi while your mother went on vacation?" He nodded his head slowly, "she's not going on vacation like daddy is she?" Rin gave a worried look at the adults at the table when Kagome suddenly spoke to him, "no dear, I intend on returning." With that Kagome's lawyer handed her a pen and she signed her name in a fancy scrawl. Kagome handed the pen to her and she blushed, looking at the neatly written signatures and clumsily signed hers, frowning at its messiness. Then she smiled and handed the pen to Kyou, "just write your name do you remember how to spell it?" He shook his head no and Rin giggled. "I'll help you, can you write a K?" She motioned towards the line he was supposed to sign on and he wrote a backwards K. "Now write me a Y." He wrote a capitol Y a few spaces away from the K. "Now an O." He made a circle with his fingers, "an O looks like this?" She nodded and he drew a circle next to his Y. "Now a U and you're all done!" He made his U and Rin clapped, she was the only one who seemed amused. The others stared impatiently and Sesshomaru's lawyer snatched the contract off the table. He shook hands with Kagome's lawyer, "we will keep in touch." They nodded and both headed out of the restaurant. Kagome and Sesshomaru began to discuss different treatment places, he pulled out some brochures.

Rin stood at the airport awkwardly shuffling her feet. Kyou was telling his mother goodbye and they were both crying. It had been a week since she had signed the contract, and since she had seen Sesshomaru, she felt like she had been duped and he was never going to get back to her to discuss her own arrangements. Kagome stood up and removed her son from her arms. She motioned towards Rin, "Thanks for doing this for me." Rin nodded, "just promise you'll try to get better." Kagome gave a small smile and wrapped her arms around Rin, she slowly wrapped her own arms around Kagome's curvy body. Kagome walked toward the gate and waved as she headed to get on her plane. Rin sighed, glad that she wouldn't have to deal with Kagome any more, but also worried about dealing with Kyou.

Sesshomaru sat in his office, he was tired and wanted nothing more to return to his home. He felt like he had aged ten years dealing with the drama his brother had left behind for him. He thought of Rin and felt a pang of guilt at not meeting with her so she could set her arrangements. However he saw no point in wasting his time with her as she had already signed the contract.

He planned on sending her a check every week that should cover her and the boy for groceries and medical costs and anything else. His brother had left a rather large amount of savings for his son and he had no problem handing the money back to the boy. His phone buzzed, he had a text, "Kagome just left for Chicago." Her lawyer had been kind enough to inform him of her departure, for which he was grateful. He leaned back in his chair and stared at the ceiling. Less than five years ago this was his brother's office. He wondered if Inuyasha designed the office the way it was or if it was given to him in its condition.

He had reluctantly agreed to run Inuyasha's company all those years ago, only because he knew he would greatly benefit from the profits. The company was expanding rapidly, in only five years he had expanded business throughout Japan and into China, he was even working on a headquarters in Europe. The company was raking in profits which he had all to himself. He didn't quite know why he cared so much about the business, or the money. Money was such a frivolous thing. Sure he had a million dollar home and a Ferrari in the parking lot, but he was still bored. He wore Armani and Ralph Lauren and a new business suit every day, but still he failed to see the point. It wasn't as though he was immune to the desire to settle down and have children, he wasn't fond of the idea, but he wasn't against it. He had failed to find a suitable woman for him to relish in his riches and classy lifestyle with. He had tried to date several women, all from him social class, and definitely those who reached his standards, but after a few moments of time together and their willingness to go to bed with him, he would get bored and leave them. He was thirty six, and as his mother would say he needed to settle down. However, he enjoyed his time alone as well, he could have a woman's company any night he wanted if he chose, so why have to work at a relationship when he could bed a woman for free. He sighed, unsure of where all these thoughts were coming from in the first place.

Sesshomaru arrived home to his large estate early that evening. He opened his front door and was greeted with the silence of his empty home. It was comforting and eerie at the same time. He was happy that he didn't have to spend his evening in the company of his drunken ex sister-in-law and his nephew, but was also disappointed at the lack of company. He sighed and made his way to the kitchen to scrounge up a meal.

Rin was humming to herself as she stirred the soup on the stove. Kyou was playing quietly in the living room, giving her a moment of peace. She took the pot off the burner and set it down on the other side of the stove, she heard Kyou screech and she hurried to the living room, carelessly tossing her oven mitt onto the hot burner.

Kyou was crying when she entered the living room, he had been bitten by a spider. She groaned, 'looks like another doctor's appointment.' She quickly rushed him to the car grabbing her keys and her purse off the counter, his bite slowly began to turn a yucky purple.

Of course Kyou's bite had been nothing to worry about. She sighed in relief as she drove back home with Kyou sleeping in the backseat. The doctor had said his reaction was normal and gave him a steroid shot to work out the poison is his system, causing him extreme fatigue. She didn't mind his drowsiness as it meant an early night's sleep for her. She heard the sirens of a fire truck and politely pulled out of the way for it to pass. She glanced up in curiosity when she saw it turn down her road. The light she was sitting at turned green and she continued on her way home. She gasped in horror when she saw black smoke coming from the direction of her house. She hit the gas pedal and zoomed down the road, she pulled in front of her house to come face to face with her home in a fiery blaze. She hurriedly took off her seatbelt and stormed out of the car. She left Kyou sleeping in the backseat while she ran up to her burning home. "What's going on!?" She screamed at a fireman who was talking with the neighbors. There were firemen with hoses everywhere trying to spray away the fiery heat, however the flames only rose higher. Her eyes began to tear up, her home was on fire! "Are you the owner of this house?" The firefighter who was speaking with her neighbors approached her, "yes! What happened!?" She was sobbing now, all her memories of her parents had gone up in a blaze of hell fire. The house her father had built, the house she was born in, and the house she had lived her entire life in was in ashes in front of her. Everything was gone. "I'm sorry ma'am we aren't sure what happened. Is there someone we can call? Is there a place you can stay?" She continued crying and shook her head no. She couldn't think of anyone she could call. She fell to her knees on the ground and began to scream, tears gushed from her eyes. She felt a tiny hand on her face and she looked up to see a drowsy Kyou staring at her in concern, "not you too Aunty Rin." She felt her heart ache, of course he didn't want to see her cry, he had already seen his mother cry so much, she couldn't cry in front of him. She sniffled and wiped her eyes and pulled him into a hug, "mommy said to call Uncle Sesshomaru if anything bad happened." He dug in his pocket and pulled out a crumpled up post it note with a number scrawled on it. "I guess we don't have a choice do we?" She whimpered and pulled out her phone to dial his number.

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