"Speaking"

-Rin writing-

Izyoi had picked the biggest most expensive dress shop in the city.

Rin and her mother had arrived using her mother's favorite mode of transportation...flight, and startled her soon to be mother-in-law when they landed gracefully in front of the store.

"Hi, I'm Izyoi. Sesshomaru's step mother!" Izyoi said cheerfully shaking the hand of Rin's mother.
"I am Mother Nature, but you can call me Kira." Rin's mother smiled.

Rin noticed another woman sitting on the couch by the run way. She looked like Sesshomaru and was clearly an Inu demon.

Well she doesn't appear to be too friendly...or happy to be here at all. Rin thought.

"This is Inukimi...Sesshomaru's mother." Izyoi said with much less enthusiasm.
"I do not approve of my son marrying this mortal." Inukimi said snobbishly.

"My daughter is not mortal!" Kira snapped jumping to her daughter's defense, "and in all honestly I don't approve of her marrying something as weak as a demon."

Rin and Izyoi silently watched silently as the two women glared at each other with so much hate.

"Who are you to speak to me in such a manner?" Inukimi demanded clearly not happy with Kira's tone.

"I'm a Kami!" Kira snapped glowing with power as a wave of thunder rolled shaking the entire city.

If possible Inukimi grew paler at the display of power and decided that it would be in her best interests to just shut up.

And with that everyone's attention switched back to Rin, since the day was after all supposed to be all about her.

Inuyasha was back to visit Kagome only to enter her room and find her up and packing her things, and Sesshomaru waiting patiently.

"What's going on?" Inuyasha asked.
"Kagome and Hiro can go home now, and I am giving them a ride." Sesshomaru answered.
"I can do that!" Inuyasha said quickly.
"That is up to Kagome." Sesshomaru told him.

Kagome, after thirty minutes of Inuyasha begging (much to Sesshomaru's amusement.) had agreed to let him give her a ride.

"Kagome...we still need to talk about when you'll be coming back home." Inuyasha said as he drove to the address Kagome had given him.

"Who said that I was going to move back in with you?" She asked arching an eyebrow.

"You...you forgave me." He answered confused. Kagome had indeed forgiven him after seeing how miserable and truly sorry he was.

"True." Kagome said, "but that doesn't change what you did, I still don't trust you. I still want a divorce, but I will allow you visitation rights to see Hiro."

The rest of the car ride was silent.

"So what's bothering you?" Kira asked. Rin had been off and not as enthusiastic as they had helped her pick out the perfect dress, and both Kira and Izyoi could tell something was up.

-I keep having terrible thoughts about after I'm married.- She wrote.

"Like what?" Izyoi asked.

-Like he's just pretending to be such a good and caring person, and that I'll be miserable.-

The two women looked at Rin completely understanding what she was trying to say.

"Every woman feels this way at some point before getting married sweetie." Kira said, "You're just nervous."

"And I can assure you that Sesshomaru isn't pretending." Izyoi added, "he's actually really happy to have found his mate. He's been working really hard to prepare his home for your arrival...he was grumbling because he didn't know if you had any hobbies or decorative preferences."

Rin was relieved to hear that she was worried over nothing and not making a huge mistake, and was happy and content for the rest of the day.

Sesshomaru was finally done.

He'd done everything he could do to make Rin feel comfortable in his home without her actually being present.

Perhaps I'll surprise her with an outing this evening...He thought. Perhaps she'll be happy to see me after trying on dresses all day.

AN: Kira 1 Inukimi 0. R&R