InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Heart's Landfill ❯ Sunny Sunday Afternoons ( Chapter 8 )

A/N: As always all characters will be walking that thin line called, OOCness, especially Sango. This is more of a filler chapter than then anything else, but it's enjoyable just the same. I really shouldn't be updating this right now, because I desperately need to start packing, but hey, you guys come first. Thanks for your continued reviews and support and enjoy. In case I haven't already told you, my fic Confrontations II won 2nd place Best Canon from the Inuyasha Fan Guild 1st 2007 Quarter. Maybe next quarter, this fic will win something…lol.

 

Disclaimer: I do not claim ownership to anyone, with the exception of Nya and Dr. Aikio. All others are owned and created by the wonderful Rumiko Takahashi.

 

Chapter 8:

 

Sunny Sunday Afternoons

 

Inuyasha barreled through traffic, his music blaring out the window of his imported `68 Ford Mustang. He'd found it online a few years ago and had it sent over from America. It was what he called his weekend car or rather, his toy.

 

It was in mint condition. Midnight black with a red streak that ran from the trunk to the hood, red bucket leather seats and a simplistic dashboard tied it all together. The previous owner had spent so much time under the hood that the damn thing seemed to hum when he drove it and growl when he cranked it.

 

Gunning the engine, he thought with a smirk, as all eyes turned just in time to watch him fly by, `That's a good bitch, show them what you're made of.'

 

He was currently on his way to his brother's home for his monthly Sunday dinner that he allowed Rin to talk him into every freaking month.

 

It would start out simple enough. He'd chitchat with Rin for a few minutes then he and Sesshomaru would insult each other, which would in turn cause them to venture out into the backyard, that looked more like a forest than anything else. There, they would spar, beginning with their fists and claws and ending with their antique swords, one of many things that their father had passed down to them upon his death.

 

Turning off the main road, Inuyasha revved his engine and sped down the quiet street, lined with beautifully well-trimmed trees and gigantic iron gates, each hiding a different and more extravagant mansion.

 

No matter how often he came to this area, and regardless of the fact that he probably had more money than most of these up-tight bastards that lived here, he never actually felt like he fit in.

 

Slowing as he neared the last gate that took up the entire cul-de-sac and sat back just far enough from the other homes that it gave his brother the privacy he desired, Inuyasha reached into his visor and pushed the button on the gate opener. Sesshomaru had given it to him when he found out that Rin was pregnant.

 

Knowing that it would irritate the hell out of his brother, Inuyasha gunned the engine, causing his tires to squeal and burn rubber as he sped up the driveway. He then slammed on the brakes while turning the wheel sharply as he slid to a halt in front of the door, almost hitting one of the groundskeepers.

 

Laughing as the man fell to the ground and rolled away; Inuyasha began to climb out of the car, but stopped when his cell began to ring.

 

Glancing at the caller id, he flipped it open and asked, “Did he put your ass out this time?”

 

Nya laughed and replied, “If only you were that lucky.”

 

Stepping out of the car, Inuyasha parried as he closed the door and shoved his keys in his front pocket, “Blah, blah, blah, what the hell do you want, you're killing my minutes.”

 

Nya laughed again and stated, “First of all it's Sunday, you're using weekend minutes and second of all, I can't call the best boss in the whole wide world on a beautiful Sunday afternoon just to see how he's doing?”

 

The hanyou groaned as he stepped towards the house. “Actually, no you can't, and I don't have weekend minutes on my plan.”

 

“You're such a liar! Did you forget that I'm the one that sends out your bills? I know what plan you have and you do have night and weekend minutes,” Nya replied, calling him on his line of bullshit. “Anyway, since I already have you on the phone, what are you doing today?”

 

`Oh, hell no,' Inuyasha thought as he stopped dead in his tracks. Turning on his heels, he headed back to the passenger side of his car. “I'm busy.”

 

“Doing what?”

 

“Jesus H. Christ, Nya! Didn't I just say that I was busy? You act like my wife or something with all the goddamn questions,” Inuyasha replied, knowing that she was heading in the direction of another hideous blind date, because she had absolutely no other reason to be calling him.

 

Ignoring his abrasive tone, since she was more than used to it, she stated, “Fine, whatever, are you going to be busy next Saturday?”

 

Inuyasha hesitated a moment too long.

 

“Good,” Nya chirped happily. “I'll make an 8pm reservation for two at Che Le Rosa.”

 

“Oh hell,” Inuyasha groaned as he ran his hand down his face exasperatedly. “Nya, didn't I tell you that I'd appreciate it if you didn't set me up with anymore of your grotesque family members?”

 

“Ha! She's not a family member. She's my Gynecologist,” the enthusiastic woman stated proudly, and then finished, “And the best damn one in town too.”

 

“You really expect me to break bread with someone that has had her hands anywhere near your crotch? You must be joking.”

 

Nya laughed and replied, “Oh, please. That just means that anything she touches will be that much sweeter.”

 

Inuyasha pretended like he was gagging. “I seriously doubt that,” he stated in a huff as he balanced the phone between his shoulder and ear and leaned back against his pristine antique automobile.

 

As Nya chatted on about god knows what, he waved back at Rin, whom had come to one of the windows on the 2nd floor and was waving at him excitedly.

 

“So will you be there?” Nya inquired hopefully. “I want to be able to tell her tonight, so that she can arrange her week properly.”

 

Inuyasha was quiet for a moment. “Hello Nya? Nya you there?” He knew good god damn well she was there, he was just pretending like his phone had somehow lost the signal.

 

“Inuyasha, can you hear me?”

 

He wanted to laugh at the distress in her voice but instead maintained his calm. “Nya if you can hear me, I'll call you back later. I think my phone is acting up,” he shouted.

 

Not sparing a moment more, Inuyasha closed the phone and hit the button on the top of the device to turn it off.

 

Once again, he felt trapped. True enough, he didn't have any plans for Saturday night, but that didn't mean he had to let her pimp him out every chance she got either.

 

Tossing the phone through the window and onto the passenger seat of his car, Inuyasha frowned slightly as he shuffled towards the front doors. He knew Nya meant well and perhaps it was a little mean what he'd just done, but outside of saying an outright no to her, what else was he supposed to do? Sit there and listen to her praise some chick that played with vaginas for a living?

 

Sighing, he pushed against one of the heavy oak doors as he quietly resigned himself to the fact that tomorrow was Monday and Nya would no doubt pick up right where she left off.

 

`Goddamn nag,' he thought with a grimace then he smiled at his brother's mate who was waddling as fast as she possibly could down the stairs to meet him.

 

Moving quickly towards her, Inuyasha wrapped his arms protectively around her waist steadying her and hugging her all at once. “Oi, where the hell is that prick? You shouldn't be walking down those damn steps alone.”

 

Returning his hug, Rin stated breathlessly, “He's not a prick, and he doesn't know I came down here alone. So you better not tell him.” Leaning back, she smiled up at him as she palmed his cheek in a sisterly fashion. “You look good, Inuyasha. I'm so glad.”

 

Chuckling uncomfortably, he held on to her as he led her into the sitting room, slowly. “What, did you actually think I was wasting away?” Sitting her down in the recliner, he was sure his brother had purchased specifically for her, he stated jokingly, “My goodness woman, it looks like I could pop you with a pin.”

 

Sitting back, Rin rubbed her protruding belly slowly as she replied with a soft sigh, “Can you believe that I still have two months to go?” Sighing, she finished, “I swear these little monsters are trying to kill me from the inside out. If they aren't kicking me, they're taking turns bouncing on my bladder, and heaven forbid I decide to lay on my side, it feels like they're actually trying to roll me onto my back.”

 

Inuyasha stared at her as she spoke. Her skin seemed to have its own unearthly glow that made her appear goddess like. Her nose had spread ever so slightly and her skin was absolutely flawless and radiant. He'd always wondered if Kikyo's body would have reacted to pregnancy in this same manner, but he supposed that was something that just was not meant to be, at least not in this lifetime and definitely not with him.

 

Sitting down across from her, Inuyasha replied with what was the running joke between the two of them, “Well maybe if you would've listened when I told you to marry me instead of that ass, you wouldn't be in this predicament!”

 

Rin laughed softly and responded the same way she did every time he said that, “If only I had met you before Sesshomaru. I'd be riding motorcycles and sun bathing on a nude beach in Europe, but alas, I'm confined to this horrid mansion with one too many maids and butlers at my beck and call.”

 

Inuyasha always joked with Rin like that. He'd never actually looked at her as anything more than his sister-in-law; it was just innocent fun.

 

It actually started on the day of her and Sesshomaru's wedding. Rin had been unbelievably nervous, almost to the point where she wanted to bail on the wedding. He'd gone to welcome her into the Takahashi family early when he found her sitting on the windowsill of her dressing room, one leg dangling outside while the other was poised to push her the rest of the way out the window.

 

After calming her down and getting her to tell him what was wrong, he quickly realized that it had nothing to do with her love for his brother. She was simply a nervous wreck. She wasn't accustomed to all the attention she was getting from people she didn't know. The fact that the majority of attendees were strangers had quite honestly, sent her over the edge.

 

In the end, he told her that she had two choices, walk up that aisle and marry his brother who, even though he was an asshole, loved her more than he'd ever loved anything or anyone else, or marry him and they'd escape to the nude beaches of Europe where they'd ride motorcycles and hop from town to town. However, one way or the other, she was definitely going to leave the chapel, a Takahashi.

 

Ever since then, he and Rin had had a special relationship. It was more that of a blood brother and sister, than anything else.

 

Leaning forward, Rin whispered softly, “Are you still seeing Dr. Aikio?”

 

Inuyasha groaned, “Unfortunately, yes.”

 

“How's it going?”

 

“It's going,” he replied with a shrug of this shoulders. He didn't want to go into depth about what they'd discussed but he did have a question that he wanted to ask her. “Rin, tell me something. W…why did you like Kikyo? Sesshomaru never liked her, but you…you liked her from the beginning.”

 

Taking Inuyasha's hand, she smiled softly at him as she responded, “I liked her because you liked her.” Knowing that he probably didn't understand exactly what she was saying, Rin elaborated, “Whenever I saw you with her, you seemed so happy. It was like you'd finally found what you were searching for. So for that reason alone, I liked her. ”

 

“I see,” the hanyou replied with a gentle nod of his head, and then continued with a smirk, “Do you still like her?”

 

“You know me, Inuyasha, there aren't many people I don't like, but Kikyo… I'll cut her for what she did to you.” Giggling, Rin continued, “She better be glad she did that crap before I had these two, because I would sure let them loose on her.”

 

Chuckling, Inuyasha stood quickly to his feet and kissed Rin's forehead. That was the answer he was looking for, finally somebody hated that miserable bitch as much as he did.

 

As he sat back down, Rin smiled at him sympathetically. He'd come such a long way from the earlier months after Kikyo left him, but she could still see the sadness that he hid behind that golden smile of his.

 

“Don't do that,” Inuyasha mumbled, looking away.

 

“Do what?”

 

“Look at me like I'm a wounded pup or something,” he replied almost scornfully.

 

“Don't be silly,” the young woman stated as she gently rubbed her belly in a circular motion. “I was just thinking… Well wondering, if you'll ever get serious with anyone again.”

 

“Me?” he chuckled nervously, as he looked quickly away, then back at her. “I don't know if I'll ever be able to allow anyone else to get that close to me again,” Inuyasha whispered as if he was just thinking out loud. “Besides, when these two get here, I'll be too damn busy playing Uncle.”

 

“Don't you dare use Itsy and Bitsy as excuses to not date. The woman for you is out there; you just haven't met her yet. And before you say it, it damn sure wasn't Kikyo.”

 

Inuyasha stared at the woman as she spoke. He had to admit that she was the only person that he had ever spoken to like this. She was the only person whose advice he'd even consider taking. It was probably her gentle nature that allowed him to let her in, in such a way.

 

“Enough talk about me. Have you guys chosen names for those little guys?”

 

Rin sighed, lovingly. “I like Taylor and Tyler, but your brother says that's too American. He said that if he wanted American or even half American children, he would've married an American woman in America.” Sighing, she finished, “So I gave up. I told him to name them whatever he wants to. After all, I'm just the one carrying their little behinds in my abdomen like I'm a walking talking human incubator.”

 

Inuyasha would never admit this out loud, but he was actually a little jealous of his brother. He not only was able to find the mate of his heart his first go around, but he also had not one, but two sons on the way. He had the perfect family and it was everything that he had wanted with Kikyo.

 

The doorbell rang loudly around them, but neither party paid it any attention as they continued with their conversation.

 

“I'm so glad you decided to come today. I just wish you'd come by more often,” Rin stated softly.

 

Before Inuyasha could respond, Sesshomaru stepped into the room holding a legal folder. Leaning down quickly, he kissed the top of his mate's head and passed the folder to her. “Hoko, intercepted this for you.”

 

Taking the folder, she inquired, “Did he say who dropped it off?”

 

“He said someone by the name of Kohome or Kagome or something like that.”

 

“You must mean Kagome. She's the new Attorney at the office and the youngest person to ever make partner. I wonder why she didn't come in?” Rin queried rhetorically.

 

Sesshomaru questioned, one eyebrow raised curiously higher than the other, “Kagome?”

 

Grabbing his arm in an attempt to pull herself to her feet, Rin replied, “You met her the last time I went into the office and at a dinner that the Firm threw for her. She has long dark hair and a real pretty round face. She's my height, just thinner.”

 

Standing to his feet, Inuyasha adjusted his slacks as he interjected sarcastically, “Damn, you just described every woman in Tokyo, Rin. Can you be a little more precise?” He honestly had no interest in whomever this woman was they were talking about, he just felt like a third wheel and felt it necessary to say something.

 

Finally standing to her feet, Rin playfully swatted him as she replied, “Oh shush! Trust me, if you see her, you'd never forget her.”

 

“Feh, whatever. They're all pretty damn forgettable if you ask me,” the hanyou stated as he pushed past his brother and walked towards the massive sliding glass doors that led to the backward.

 

Making sure that his mate didn't fall flat on her face, Sesshomaru stated dryly, “The only one that should have been forgettable to you was that pathetic excuse of a…”

 

“Sesshomaru, stop it,” Rin snapped, knowing that he was only about to add insult to injury.

 

Inuyasha ignored his brother as he reached down and pulled his sweatshirt up over his head. Pulling the glass door open, he quickly stepped outside as he stated over his shoulder, “Hurry and bring your bitch ass out here so I can clean the yard with you. Oh, and grab Tetsusaiga while you're at it.”

 

Sesshomaru growled low, and then quickly turned his attention back to his mate. “Why are they sending you files? Aren't you on maternity leave?”

 

“Yes. And it's not the law office; I called Kagome and asked her to have someone bring this to me. I just need to do a little research on it.”

 

Sesshomaru frowned in concentration as he rested his hand on her swollen belly. “I guess it won't hurt if you read in bed.”

 

Rin smiled softly up at him. “You're almost too good to me, you know that?”

 

Handing his wife over to Hoko, the butler, so that he could escort her up stairs, Sesshomaru lightly kissed her cheek and turned to join his brother outside for their monthly sparring session.

 

Stopping at the door, he turned slightly and watched his mate hobbled up the stairs leaning heavily on Hoko. Every time he saw her…sat with her…looked at her…laid with her, it reminded him of just how lucky he was.

 

Turning his attention back to his brother, he thought, `One day Inuyasha, perhaps even a moron like you will find what I've found in Rin.'

 

Until Next Time…(Your .02 cents are greatly appreciated.)

 

Next Chapter: Her Husband, Her Fiancé, and My Fantasies

 

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