InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Hereditary Secrets ❯ Chapter 10
[ Y - Young Adult: Not suitable for readers under 16 ]
By: avoria 
I've done a lot of traveling lately. So if this chap ain't that good, don't blame me; relieving horrendous boredom doesn't mean an inspired chapter or story.
Anime/Manga: InuYasha Fan Fiction | Genre(s): | Type: Alternate Universe | Uploaded On: 08.13.2007 | Pages: 2 | Words: 1.7K | Visits: 385 | Status: Completed
I've done a lot of traveling lately. So if this chap ain't that good, don't blame me; relieving horrendous boredom doesn't mean an inspired chapter or story.
Anime/Manga: InuYasha Fan Fiction | Genre(s): | Type: Alternate Universe | Uploaded On: 08.13.2007 | Pages: 2 | Words: 1.7K | Visits: 385 | Status: Completed
Erm… (super disclaimer not here…)
Chapter 10
While Rin was off fuming about Sesshomaru’s supposed infidelity, Inuyasha made a super-quick trip to the nearest bathroom and came back looking at least semi-presentable. Kagome, who had not even known that Inuyasha did formal, was pleasantly surprised at how good Inuyasha looked. When he escorted her out of the side room, she was smiling, and all the other ladies attending the charity ball were fuming. They had no idea of the pending contractual engagement between the two - all they knew was that Kagome was with one of the most handsome men there.
Sesshomaru, on the other hand, had the most expressive look on his face that had ever graced it: pure, unadulterated astonishment. His dumbfounded expression seemed stuck to his face as he watched Rin storm out of the room and disappear into the crowd.
The lady of the house, Mrs. Higurashi, didn’t know what to think. She had expected her daughter to rebel at the first opportunity, but instead she was ecstatic to be engaged. Unfortunately, she was ecstatic to be engaged to the wrong person for the ultimate culmination of years worth of effort - the only way that their corporation would be combined with that of the Taisho’s at the utmost profit would be for both the heirs/leaders of the companies to get married. But, that wasn’t going to happen. The merge might not even go through if Sesshomaru Taisho took offence at her niece’s behavior! All of this just combined into one large problem, and Mrs. Higurashi had no idea what to do.
“Rin, he’s a guy. You have to expect this kind of thing from him. Just look at what I put up with from Miroku. No matter who they are, guys are going to do things that totally disgust and exasperate us. I mean, Miroku has a perma-slap-mark on his face, and still gropes and ogles every girl he comes across. Just go back in, pretend that you’re only suffering his presence for your aunt and he’ll apologize, treat you like royalty, take you on romantic dates, and before you know it, you’ll be eating breakfast in his bed with silk sheets wrapped around you.”
Rin giggled. “Are Miroku’s silk sheets black?” she asked innocently.
“No, they’re purple. No idea where he… hey!” Sango glared at the small woman next to her. “That’s not fair! See if I ever try to make you feel better again!”
“All’s fair in love and war, Sango. Face it.”
“So is this love or war?”
“With you, love. With him, I’m leaning towards war.” Rin glared in his direction - Sango thought that Sesshomaru could probably feel it.
“You really should give him another chance, Rin. When he met you, he probably didn’t even know if he was going to sign the contract and go through with the merger. Besides, you probably blindsided him with your irresistible charm and grace and sophistication.”
Rin thought back to the coke-and-mint episode on the long flight, and grinned, thinking, ‘That probably wasn’t it…’. Sango continued, “Besides, you should at least act like you forgive him just to get at his wallet. I’d marry that if it was legal; the guy is loaded, Rin! If you can’t find it in yourself to forgive him, you could get even just by using him. But you should forgive him, just to get a permanent taste of his credit card… among other things, of course. He is hot!” Sango grinned, then whipped around, with a muffled scream of “Hentai!!” and an echoing slap.
“Sango, my lady, you wound me - literally. Oww! Besides, how can you, in good conscience, be mad at me for something like that, or even a wandering eye, when I have heard you clearly speaking about another man?”
“Completely different situation, Miroku. With you, a wandering eye is quickly followed by a wandering hand. And I don’t like being groped in public!”
“Is there another time that you like to be groped, Sango?” Rin asked innocently, while Miroku tried to hide a grin.
“That is a deliberate misinterpretation, Rin, and you know it. I don’t like to be groped, ever, and somebody,” she turned a full-battle glare on Miroku, who gulped and looked ready to run, “better remember that.”
“Getting back to my problem, I don’t think that I should forgive him that easily. He was in the wrong. He needs to realize that, and apologize for it.” Rin turned away from her friends, pretending to watch the people dancing on the floor.
“You should understand, though, Rin, that he’ll have problems actually saying the words - you’ll have to interpret his actions into an apology.” Miroku slung his arm over her shoulder in a brotherly fashion, and shook her gently. “Either way, he won’t come to you to seal the breach; you’ll have to make the first move to let him know that he’s still welcome in your presence.”
Rin “hmph”ed quietly, and continued to “watch” the dancers.
“I’ve never seen my brother put in his place before. I think I like the sight. No one really has the balls to stand up to him, but your cousin does. It’s great to see, and to keep seeing… ’cause Sesshomaru will have to suck it up and apologize to her if he wants this merger to go through.” Inuyasha grinned at Kagome. “And it’s kinda nice not to be the one in the middle of a dressing down by someone, and being the star attraction. Hard as it is to believe, I’m usually the one in trouble, not mister stick-up-his-ass.”
“You know, that shouldn’t be so easy for me to believe, but it is - very easy. Kagome laughed as her partner spun her around the dance floor in a waltz. “You are much more graceful and refined than someone would guess you to be from the way you talk and act, Inuyasha. You should play a gentleman more often.”
“Well, thanks, I think. Are you telling me that I don’t act like a gentleman most of the time? And you shouldn’t be so ready to believe that I’m a troublemaker!”
“If it makes you feel any better, I think that you are a wonderful dancer.”
“Oh, yeah, loads better. That just boosts my manly ego up the wall.” The music ended, and all of the dancers paused to applaud the orchestra before they struck up another piece - a Viennese Waltz, this time. Inuyasha groaned. “Can’t they have any decent songs to play? At this point, I’d listen to country Honky-Tonk. Jeez, how many waltzes can they play in a row?”
“How about we go wait this one out by the snack table? I could use a punch, anyway.”
“Dress up like Miroku and sneak up on Sango?” Inuyasha said as he led Kagome off the dance floor.
“Oh, it’s not that bad, Inuyasha. You know that.” Kagome giggled. “She at least waits until his hand starts moving to slap him. And he kinda deserves it, you know. He shouldn’t grope her in public; he should show more respect for her than he does.”
“Miroku respects Sango, but it’s a family curse that he’s inherited. His whole family has been full of lechers from the beginning of time.”
“I have a feeling that Sango will put a stop to that.” Kagome said confidently.
“Keh.”
“I apologize for my niece’s outburst, Taisho-san. She is much more reserved than that usually - it was probably just nerves getting the better of her, this time.” Mrs. Higurashi attempted to reconcile with the angry looking business dynamo. Actually, he completely understood and accepted Rin’s reasons for slapping him and yelling at him. His stoic face let none of his thoughts be revealed, though, so Mrs. Higurashi kept trying to pacify the already pacified man.
“She is very well bred, and has never before made such an outburst, Taisho-san. In fact, she is usually docile and compliant - outside of business, that is. She has never before exhibited such behavior; it is an anomaly to her usual conduct.”
“This Sesshomaru is not upset with your niece, Higurashi-san. This Sesshomaru is merely distressed with his own conduct; the lady Rin was completely within her rights to upbraid this Sesshomaru the way she did. Do not feel as if you need to make excuses for her.” Sesshomaru was tolerant, but not that tolerant. He had to make her stop talking while he tried to think of how to get her to forget about his brief lapse in judgment without debasing himself and apologizing to her!
“Of course, Taisho-san.”
“Oba-san, may I please speak privately with Taisho-san?” Rin’s voice cut into their thoughts, and Mrs. Higurashi made a quick beeline for another important business relation.
The two stood in silence for a few minutes, then Rin said, “I’m not ready to forgive you yet, but my friends have convinced me to at least give you a chance. I don’t want to hear any excuses about your behavior, I want you to prove that it was a momentary lapse of judgment on your part; as of this moment, you are on probation.”
“I appreciate your offer to prove that I am not the complete boor that you have accused me of being. To begin, I would request a dance with you. May I have the honor, Lady Rin?”
He held out a hand, and Rin smiled gently as she took it.
It was a good start in her opinion.
Chapter 10
While Rin was off fuming about Sesshomaru’s supposed infidelity, Inuyasha made a super-quick trip to the nearest bathroom and came back looking at least semi-presentable. Kagome, who had not even known that Inuyasha did formal, was pleasantly surprised at how good Inuyasha looked. When he escorted her out of the side room, she was smiling, and all the other ladies attending the charity ball were fuming. They had no idea of the pending contractual engagement between the two - all they knew was that Kagome was with one of the most handsome men there.
Sesshomaru, on the other hand, had the most expressive look on his face that had ever graced it: pure, unadulterated astonishment. His dumbfounded expression seemed stuck to his face as he watched Rin storm out of the room and disappear into the crowd.
The lady of the house, Mrs. Higurashi, didn’t know what to think. She had expected her daughter to rebel at the first opportunity, but instead she was ecstatic to be engaged. Unfortunately, she was ecstatic to be engaged to the wrong person for the ultimate culmination of years worth of effort - the only way that their corporation would be combined with that of the Taisho’s at the utmost profit would be for both the heirs/leaders of the companies to get married. But, that wasn’t going to happen. The merge might not even go through if Sesshomaru Taisho took offence at her niece’s behavior! All of this just combined into one large problem, and Mrs. Higurashi had no idea what to do.
“Rin, he’s a guy. You have to expect this kind of thing from him. Just look at what I put up with from Miroku. No matter who they are, guys are going to do things that totally disgust and exasperate us. I mean, Miroku has a perma-slap-mark on his face, and still gropes and ogles every girl he comes across. Just go back in, pretend that you’re only suffering his presence for your aunt and he’ll apologize, treat you like royalty, take you on romantic dates, and before you know it, you’ll be eating breakfast in his bed with silk sheets wrapped around you.”
Rin giggled. “Are Miroku’s silk sheets black?” she asked innocently.
“No, they’re purple. No idea where he… hey!” Sango glared at the small woman next to her. “That’s not fair! See if I ever try to make you feel better again!”
“All’s fair in love and war, Sango. Face it.”
“So is this love or war?”
“With you, love. With him, I’m leaning towards war.” Rin glared in his direction - Sango thought that Sesshomaru could probably feel it.
“You really should give him another chance, Rin. When he met you, he probably didn’t even know if he was going to sign the contract and go through with the merger. Besides, you probably blindsided him with your irresistible charm and grace and sophistication.”
Rin thought back to the coke-and-mint episode on the long flight, and grinned, thinking, ‘That probably wasn’t it…’. Sango continued, “Besides, you should at least act like you forgive him just to get at his wallet. I’d marry that if it was legal; the guy is loaded, Rin! If you can’t find it in yourself to forgive him, you could get even just by using him. But you should forgive him, just to get a permanent taste of his credit card… among other things, of course. He is hot!” Sango grinned, then whipped around, with a muffled scream of “Hentai!!” and an echoing slap.
“Sango, my lady, you wound me - literally. Oww! Besides, how can you, in good conscience, be mad at me for something like that, or even a wandering eye, when I have heard you clearly speaking about another man?”
“Completely different situation, Miroku. With you, a wandering eye is quickly followed by a wandering hand. And I don’t like being groped in public!”
“Is there another time that you like to be groped, Sango?” Rin asked innocently, while Miroku tried to hide a grin.
“That is a deliberate misinterpretation, Rin, and you know it. I don’t like to be groped, ever, and somebody,” she turned a full-battle glare on Miroku, who gulped and looked ready to run, “better remember that.”
“Getting back to my problem, I don’t think that I should forgive him that easily. He was in the wrong. He needs to realize that, and apologize for it.” Rin turned away from her friends, pretending to watch the people dancing on the floor.
“You should understand, though, Rin, that he’ll have problems actually saying the words - you’ll have to interpret his actions into an apology.” Miroku slung his arm over her shoulder in a brotherly fashion, and shook her gently. “Either way, he won’t come to you to seal the breach; you’ll have to make the first move to let him know that he’s still welcome in your presence.”
Rin “hmph”ed quietly, and continued to “watch” the dancers.
“I’ve never seen my brother put in his place before. I think I like the sight. No one really has the balls to stand up to him, but your cousin does. It’s great to see, and to keep seeing… ’cause Sesshomaru will have to suck it up and apologize to her if he wants this merger to go through.” Inuyasha grinned at Kagome. “And it’s kinda nice not to be the one in the middle of a dressing down by someone, and being the star attraction. Hard as it is to believe, I’m usually the one in trouble, not mister stick-up-his-ass.”
“You know, that shouldn’t be so easy for me to believe, but it is - very easy. Kagome laughed as her partner spun her around the dance floor in a waltz. “You are much more graceful and refined than someone would guess you to be from the way you talk and act, Inuyasha. You should play a gentleman more often.”
“Well, thanks, I think. Are you telling me that I don’t act like a gentleman most of the time? And you shouldn’t be so ready to believe that I’m a troublemaker!”
“If it makes you feel any better, I think that you are a wonderful dancer.”
“Oh, yeah, loads better. That just boosts my manly ego up the wall.” The music ended, and all of the dancers paused to applaud the orchestra before they struck up another piece - a Viennese Waltz, this time. Inuyasha groaned. “Can’t they have any decent songs to play? At this point, I’d listen to country Honky-Tonk. Jeez, how many waltzes can they play in a row?”
“How about we go wait this one out by the snack table? I could use a punch, anyway.”
“Dress up like Miroku and sneak up on Sango?” Inuyasha said as he led Kagome off the dance floor.
“Oh, it’s not that bad, Inuyasha. You know that.” Kagome giggled. “She at least waits until his hand starts moving to slap him. And he kinda deserves it, you know. He shouldn’t grope her in public; he should show more respect for her than he does.”
“Miroku respects Sango, but it’s a family curse that he’s inherited. His whole family has been full of lechers from the beginning of time.”
“I have a feeling that Sango will put a stop to that.” Kagome said confidently.
“Keh.”
“I apologize for my niece’s outburst, Taisho-san. She is much more reserved than that usually - it was probably just nerves getting the better of her, this time.” Mrs. Higurashi attempted to reconcile with the angry looking business dynamo. Actually, he completely understood and accepted Rin’s reasons for slapping him and yelling at him. His stoic face let none of his thoughts be revealed, though, so Mrs. Higurashi kept trying to pacify the already pacified man.
“She is very well bred, and has never before made such an outburst, Taisho-san. In fact, she is usually docile and compliant - outside of business, that is. She has never before exhibited such behavior; it is an anomaly to her usual conduct.”
“This Sesshomaru is not upset with your niece, Higurashi-san. This Sesshomaru is merely distressed with his own conduct; the lady Rin was completely within her rights to upbraid this Sesshomaru the way she did. Do not feel as if you need to make excuses for her.” Sesshomaru was tolerant, but not that tolerant. He had to make her stop talking while he tried to think of how to get her to forget about his brief lapse in judgment without debasing himself and apologizing to her!
“Of course, Taisho-san.”
“Oba-san, may I please speak privately with Taisho-san?” Rin’s voice cut into their thoughts, and Mrs. Higurashi made a quick beeline for another important business relation.
The two stood in silence for a few minutes, then Rin said, “I’m not ready to forgive you yet, but my friends have convinced me to at least give you a chance. I don’t want to hear any excuses about your behavior, I want you to prove that it was a momentary lapse of judgment on your part; as of this moment, you are on probation.”
“I appreciate your offer to prove that I am not the complete boor that you have accused me of being. To begin, I would request a dance with you. May I have the honor, Lady Rin?”
He held out a hand, and Rin smiled gently as she took it.
It was a good start in her opinion.