Disclaimer- I don't own any of the characters.
AN: Sorry for the long wait and that this part is kind of dull. I needed it to help set up for things to come.
Sesshomaru put the report he was trying to read down. It was useless to try to finish it because he couldn't concentrate. His mind was fixated on Rin. At any moment she was going to walk into his office and begin to destroy it. And then once she was done, she was going to move onto his apartment. The last person he wanted to touch anything of his was Rin. Everything about her irritated him to no end. For no reason at all, Sesshomaru mentally began listing her faults. She was spoiled beyond belief, self-obsessed, and flighty. From the moment she had graduated high school, she had changed her major more times than he could count. Chef, architect, interior designer, accounting, and now artist. Not to mention she was mouthy, disrespectful, childish, and stupid. Correction, he thought suddenly. She just acts stupid. Sesshomaru knew that she had been her school's salutatorian and that she had only gotten A's and B's in her many college courses. Although, he would begrudgingly admit that some of her paintings that Inuyasha had weren't exactly horrible. But then again, she had painted those for her beloved Inuyasha. Naturally she would try her best on those. Sesshomaru could just imagine what she had in mind for him. Something hideous with neon colors no doubt. But he had a surprise for her. With one phone call he had gained the upper hand. Sesshomaru leaned back in his chair and smiled slightly. His office door flew open and Rin walked in. The smirk dropped off his face and was replaced with the familiar Rin induced irritation.
"Good morning." she said brightly. "Isn't it a great day?"
Even though he was wearing his usual bland expression, Rin knew that Sesshomaru was scowling inside. His misery made her day so she couldn't stop smiling. Rin looked around his office. It was just like she thought it would be, cold and clinical feeling. The whole room seemed to scream "I am the boss, obey me!" Just like Sesshomaru. She sniggered at this thought. Despite the cold feeling of the room, it was still gorgeous. She almost felt bad about what she was planning to do. Almost. He deserved this for what he did to her.
"Nice view." she said pointing to the window and then to the wall opposite it. "That's the best wall to put the mural on."
"You might want to rethink this whole thing."
"Why should I?" she said as she came and sat on the end of his desk.
For the first time, Sesshomaru noticed what she was wearing. She had on dark green camouflage pants, black tee shirt and army boots. A small smile tugged at the corner of his mouth. She was dressed as if she was prepared for war. Well he was about to show her that her little war with him was over before it even began.
"Rin, do you know a woman named Allison Rohan?"
"Who doesn't? She's the editor of Artistic Style magazine. Not to mention she's helped launch the careers of up and coming artists."
She stopped talking and looked at him suspiciously.
"Why?"
"She's one of my clients wife. I met her last night at a meeting with him and I happened to mention the murals. She was interested in seeing them so I've invited her to look at them once you're done."
This time Sesshomaru openly smirked at the shocked look on Rin's face. He knew that she wasn't going to back out of doing the murals, especially since she knew that it annoyed him. So the only thing he could do was make sure he got the best work out of her. Rin wanted to scream. She hated the fact that he had been able to stop her from screwing him over. There was no way she could do the inferior work she had planned on doing if Alison Rohan was going to see it. Rin could just imagine that he was gloating inside. Well she wasn't going to let him know that he had gotten the upper hand. She planted a huge smile on her face and started jumping around excitedly.
"Alison Rohan is going to see my work. Alison Rohan is going to see my work. This is so fabulous and I have you to thank for it."
Rin launched herself off the desk and into Sesshomaru's arms. He immediately pushed her away.
"Don't touch me."
"Sorry, but this is the greatest thing to ever happen to me. And it's all because of you."
You bastard.
"Look, I skipped breakfast and now I'm starving. I'm going to go get something to eat. Want something?"
"No."
Rin gave him another smile and then walked out. She got in the elevator and once the doors closed she dropped her smile. Instead of going to get some food, she was going to spend her day fixing the whole mural mess. She had to rethink and redesign them, and then she had to return the cheap house paint that she had caught on sale and buy the appropriate kind. She was going to have to work harder than she imagined.
"One of these days I'm going to strangle him." she said with a sigh.
Satisfied that he had thoroughly provoked Rin, Sesshomaru picked up the report and began working on it again.
Rin spent the rest of the day returning then buying new materials and at the library. Afterwards, she went home to sketch some preliminary sketches. She was in the kitchen getting snacks when Claire walked in.
"Rin, I need to speak to you."
"About what?"
"These murals of yours."
"You'll see them when they're done."
"What did you do to make Sesshomaru let you paint them?"
"Nothing. He offered."
"He can hire top designers and painters so why would he choose you?"
"Because he adores me." Rin said sarcastically.
"He didn't have any idea about the murals when you announced it did he?" Claire asked as she realized it. "This is another one of your games that you play to annoy him."
"I'm tired of this conversation." Rin snapped.
"That means my guess is right." she said with a self-satisfied smile. "Why don't you grow up and stop playing these childish games."
"Why don't you grow up and stop taking your anger at my father out on me." she said angrily. "And just so you know, I'm not playing any games with Sesshomaru that he isn't playing with me."
Rin left the kitchen and continued out the front door. She went for a walk to calm herself down. She knew that she shouldn't let Claire get to her but she couldn't help herself. After awhile, she realized that she had walked all the way to Inuyasha's apartment building. Since she was tired, hungry, and didn't want to go home she went upstairs. Once there, she knocked on the door and smiled brightly when Inuyasha opened it.
"Got an extra bed for a homeless friend?"
"You and Claire arguing again?" he asked as he moved aside to let her in.
"Of course."
"About what?"
"Does it matter with her? As long as she's bitching at me she's in heaven. One day she'll realize that it's not my fault that my father cheated on her. I'm just the innocent accident." Rin said with a sigh as she sat down on the couch. "Enough about me, what are you doing?"
"I'm supposed to be doing some report for my father. Instead, I'm watching the Terminator."
"Cool."
Rin noticed a plate of food that Inuyasha had sitting on the table. Her stomach rumbled slightly so she picked it up and began eating.
"Yummy shrimp, one of my favorites."
"There's more in the kitchen." he said taking it back. "Go get your own."
"Yours tastes better." she said taking a few shrimp off the plate.
After Rin helped him finish his food, then they settled down and watched the movie. Toward the end, Inuyasha stretched out and fell asleep with his head in Rin's lap. Even though her legs were falling asleep, she refused to move. Instead she stared down at Inuyasha's sleeping face. She ruffled his hair slightly and smiled at cute he was. All I need is one good chance and I know I can make him mine, she thought to herself.
"Even if you had a thousand chances, he still wouldn't be yours. He loves Kagome." a voice that sounded infuriatingly like Sesshomaru's mocked.
The smile dropped from her face and she groaned. Not only did he taunt her in person, but now he was taunting her in her thoughts.
"Well just for that I'm going to be extra annoying to him tomorrow." she said to herself.
Somehow the thought of bothering Sesshomaru always made her happy so the smile returned to her face.
"No matter what the evil one or anyone else says, I'm not going to give up on us." She said to Inuyasha's sleeping face.
Rin leaned forward and placed a soft kiss on his lips. Then she laid her head back against the couch and went to sleep.
DiLLiRgA- thank you very much for the compliment. I hope you continue to like it. This is definitely going to be a Sess/Rin
Ookami Spirit Hishana- thank you. As you can see, she's not going to be able to do anything evil to his room. Even though she's going to be doing the murals, I'm not going to really focus on them. It was the only thing I could think of to make them spend time around each other. :D
Avalonian Witch- I'm glad you liked it.
duckknight- thank you. No one told me that they didn't like the characters. I just wanted to warn everyone that they would be OOC.