InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Sing ❯ The Life ( Chapter 11 )

“Please rin,” Ayame begged. Rin rolled her eyes.

 

“But I had them yesterday,” Rin complained. The girls wanted to go Christmas shopping. This meant that she would be stuck babysitting the guys again.

 

“That's why you have to stay home,” Kagome said.

“We need to do our Christmas shopping and you're already done,” Sango said patting rin on the back.

 

“Fine,” Rin said in defeat, the three girls cheered. “But you guys have to get me somethin good,”

 

The three girls ran out of the house. The guys came downstairs. Rin went into the kitchen and started cooking breakfast. After a while Sesshoumaru came up behind her and kissed her cheek.

 

“What are you making,” He asked trying to look over rin's shoulders.

 

“It's a surprise now go get the other babies and we'll start eating,” rin said blocking the food from sight.

 

“Okay I'll go get them,” Sesshoumaru said turning around, Rin turned towards the food. “Not before I see what you're making,” He said turning around fast and picking rin up and put her behind him.

 

“Hey that's not fair,” Rin said hitting sesshoumaru's arm.

 

“How's it not fair,” He said turning around chewing on the sausage.

 

“Go get the boys,” Rin said pushing him out of her way.

 

“Yes dear,” He said kissing her on the neck. Rin grabbed his face.

 

“Go,” She said letting go of his face. Sesshoumaru left the kitchen. Rin walked over to the cupboard and got out some plates and cups, and put the food on the plates then put them on the table. The guys walked in the kitchen and sat down at the table.

 

“Hey rin where's the drink,” Inuyasha complained. Rin turned around staring at inuyasha. Sesshoumaru looked at his brother in self pity. Miroku and Koga looked at their food as to say that they had nothing to do with this.

 

“Listen here little boy I made you breakfast and I didn't even have to so if I were you I would get my own damn drink,” She said pointing the spatula at him. Inuyasha opened his mouth to say something but Sesshoumaru interrupted him.

 

“Listen to your mother inuyasha and get your own damn drink,” Sesshoumaru said looking at rin trying not to laugh. Inuyasha got up and went to the fridge. Sesshoumaru got up to and walked over to rin, “You're brilliant,” he whispered kissing her on the cheek and guiding her to the seat next to him at the table. Rin looked at Miroku and Koga who were staring at their cups.

 

“O my god,” She said getting up, picking up their cups, going over to the counter and went to get the Orange juice. She poured them each a glass and got Sesshoumaru some coffee. She handed the guys their drinks, and sat down and started eating her food. Then the phone rang. Rin started getting up but Sesshoumaru gave her a look that said to sit back down. Sesshoumaru got up and answered the phone.

 

“Hey rin,” Sesshoumaru said. Rin turned around. Sesshoumaru started pointing to the phone. Rin mouthed the words who is it. Sesshoumaru shrugged. Rin sighed and got up and grabbed the phone.

 

“Hello,” Rin said into the phone.

 

“Hi is this rin,” Came a woman's voice.

 

“Yes it is,”

 

“Hi my name is Carmen and were you the one singing yesterday,” She asked

 

“Yeah that was me,”

 

“Well you have some real talent,”

 

“Thank you,”

 

“Well anyway the radio station said that I should call you,”

 

“Why,”

 

“Well we wanted to know if you would like a singing contract,”

 

“Of course,”

 

“Great we were going to start out with you in the studio recording songs for your cd,”

 

“That sounds okay,”

 

“Yeah do you write songs?”

 

“Yeah I have a notebook full,”

 

“Great we are going to send someone over to pick it up to decide which songs you will have on your cd,”

 

“Okay what time,”

 

“Around noon,”

 

“Okay that sounds good,”

 

“It was nice talking to you rin and I cant wait for the chance to work with you. Cause you seem more level headed than the singers I've tried to produce,”

 

“Thank you, Well I have to go, inuyasha stop throwing that food, sorry about that im babysitting,”

 

“Oh are they your baby brothers and sisters,”

 

“No their my 3 friends boyfriends,”

 

“Ha, good luck,”

 

“Thank you bye,” Rin said and then hung up the phone. Rin walked back to the kitchen table smiling.

 

“Well,” Inuyasha said. Rin looked up.

 

“Well what,”

 

“Well who was it,”

 

“A record producer that wants to give me a singing contract,” She said.

 

“You're kidding,”

 

“Nope their sending over someone at noon to pick up my notebook full of songs I wrote,”

 

“Congratulations,” Inuyasha said standing up “And I think we should celebrate with more orange juice,” He stated, “Rin would you be so kind,”

 

“Inuyasha I'm about to pound you with an inch of your life you big…,” Rin said getting up, But Sesshoumaru threw her over his back and walked out of the kitchen with her screaming. Miroku and Koga got up and walked over to inuyasha.

 

“Inuyasha you have a lot to learn about women,” Miroku said.

 

“Aint that the truth,” Koga said as him and Miroku walked out of the kitchen.

 

Sesshoumaru carried rin upstairs and into her room. Then he put her down softly and kissed her. Rin pulled away and gave him a hug and told him to leave. When he left rin ran to the trunk at the end of her bed. She rummaged through it for a couple of minutes before finding her notebook. She looked through it.

 

“Wow most of these songs are from when I was in my depression stage,” rin said to herself. She closed the note book and headed down stairs. She found the guys all sitting around and watching a movie. Rin sat next to Sesshoumaru and leaned on his shoulder.

 

The movie ended right at noon. They were deciding which movie they wanted to watch next when they heard the door bell rang. Rin got up and walked towards the door followed by Sesshoumaru. Rin opened the door and saw a boy that was about 5'6 and had blond hair and blue eyes. Basically he was cute.

 

“Hello can I help you,” Rin asked.

 

“Yeah is there a Rin Higurashi here,” He asked.

 

“That's me,” She said.

 

“Wow you're hot,” The boy said looking up and down. Rin heard Sesshoumaru growl.

 

“How may we help you,” Sesshoumaru asked hugging rin close to him.

 

“Well actually I came here for rin not you,” the boy said.

 

“Excuse me,” Sesshoumaru said standing tall in front of the boy and pulling rin behind him.

 

“Sesshoumaru leave him alone,” Rin said. Sesshoumaru stepped back and gave rin a kiss on the lips.

 

“What do you need,” Rin said sweetly.

 

“I came to pick up your lyrics,” He said trying not to look at Sesshoumaru.

 

“Oh right come in,” She said walking over to the couch where the guys were arguing over a movie. “Stop it we're going to watch pirates of the Caribbean ok,” Rin said.

 

“That sounds good,” The guys said looking at each other. “Who's that,” inuyasha asked.

 

“He's here to pick up my lyrics,” She said walking over to the door. The boy was looking around the room in awe. “Here you go,”

 

“Hey do you live her alone with those guys,” He asked.

 

“Oh no their girlfriends live here to they just went to do some last minute shopping,”

 

“Oh okay well that's all,” He said walking out the door. He turned back around, stepped back in the house, and grabbed rin's hand and kissed it, “It was a pleasure meeting you beautiful girl,”

 

“That's it out,” Sesshoumaru said pushing the guy out of the door and slamming the door. He turned to Rin, but was caught of guard when she threw her arms around him and kissed him.

 

“What did we say about showing signs of affection in front of us,” Miroku said with inuyasha making gagging noises. Rin and Sesshoumaru walked back to the couch to watch the movie.

 

The girls got home at around 6. They entered with tons of bags and boxes and went upstairs. When they came down stairs they looked around the room and saw that rin was missing.

 

“Hey where's rin,” Sango asked sitting on the couch.

 

“She's on the phone quitting her job,” Miroku said eating popcorn.

“What in the world would possess her to do that how are we going to pay bills or anything if she quits her job im gonna go in there and…,” Sango started.

 

“Sango shut up,” Inuyasha said still looking at the movie. Inuyasha told sango why rin was quitting her job.

 

Rin walked in the room and was tackled by sango.

 

“Oh Congratulations Rin,” She said.

 

“I see Inuyasha told you,”

 

“How do you know it was me?”

 

“Because you've been the only one plucking my nerves today,” Rin said. She heard a knock at the door. Sesshoumaru got up and walked over to the door to answer it.

 

“Can I help you,” Sesshoumaru asked trying to sound polite. Ayame walked over to the door.

 

“Are you rin omgod you're so pretty,” The woman said to Ayame coming in the house and handing Sesshoumaru her coat. Rin got up and walked over to Sesshoumaru.

 

“Um I'm not Rin,” Ayame said. The woman looked at her. Ayame pointed to rin who was giving Sesshoumaru a peck on the lips. Sesshoumaru had put an arm around her shoulders and Rin rested her head on his shoulders. “That's Rin,” Ayame said still pointing to her

 

“Thank god you're so much better,” The woman said pulling rin away from Sesshoumaru and in for a hug.

 

“I don't mean to be rude but who are you,” Rin said.

 

“Oh I'm Carmen,” She said.

 

“Oh hi it's nice meeting you,” Rin said.

 

“You have a beautiful speaking voice too,” Carmen said circling rin, “Well this is going to be the easiest thing next to making toast,”

 

“What's going to be easy,” Rin said as the others joined them. Koga wrapped his arm around Ayame. Inuyasha gave kagome a kiss on the cheek, and Miroku grabbed Sango's ass. Sango slapped him.

 

“Oh well turning you into a star,” She answered. “All we really have to do is give you a tour and make a cd. I mean you have the look and the personality,”

 

“What do you mean by personality,” Rin asked.

 

“I mean just from talking to you on the phone I realized that you're very polite, you're what this industry calls loveable. You're the type that no matter who you meat everyone is going to love you,” Carmen said. Carmen looked at Sesshoumaru and started circling him. “Hmm, very cute he'll be perfect,”

 

“Perfect,” Rin said holding on to Sesshoumaru's arm. Sesshoumaru jerked his arm back and wrapped it around her shoulders. “Perfect for what,”

 

“Well perfect to be you're boyfriend, fans will love seeing you with him,” She said looking at the pair, “You two are almost to perfect for words,”

 

Rin looked up at Sesshoumaru and smiled. He leaned down and gave her a kiss.

 

“Now for your friends if their going to be hanging out with you then we're going to have to see what their like,” She said circling rin's friends. “Well the girls are pretty and the guys are good looking, but I would still say that you and your boyfriend are the hottest out of all of you. Which is the way it should be, by the way what is your boyfriend's name?”

 

“Sesshoumaru,” Rin answered. Carmen made a funny face.

 

“Sesshoumaru I guess that's a good name,” Carmen said thinking about it, “How about we call you Lars,”

 

“Rin and Lars,” Inuyasha said everyone bursted out laughing.

 

“Sure why not,” Carmen asked, Sesshoumaru glared at her, “Sesshoumaru is fine, Anyways rin how about we go and sit down and talk about your album.”

 

They all walked over to the couches. Rin just noticed that Carmen was carrying rin's notebook. They sat down and Carmen sat across from Rin. She set the notebook on the coffee table. Rin noticed pieces of paper sticking out of it.

 

“Well rin the pieces of paper are marking the songs that I think should be on your album,” Carmen said. Rin picked up the note book and looked at them.

 

“No we can't use these,” Rin said looking at them. “These songs are were either written during a depression stage that I was going through, or the others were written thinking that no one would ever hear them,”

 

“That's why I like them you seem to put a lot of work putting those strong of emotions into a song. Their what a teenage girl going through tough times can listen to and relate,” Carmen said. “Also I want you and Sesshoumaru to write a duet together to be on the album as well,” Rin and Sesshoumaru looked at her, then each other and nodded. “Great now that we have that settled well send a car to pick you and your friends up tomorrow to start recording,” She said getting up and walking to the door.

 

When she left everyone continued to watch their movies. Rin got up after the movie and went up stairs to go to bed.

 

“Night Rin,” sango said putting in another movie. The others said the same.

 

“Goodnight everyone, night Lars,” Rin said everyone started laughing again. Rin looked at the songs the woman wanted her to use. `Well maybe she's right. Maybe it will be good for the album, Rin thought to herself. Rin went to her room and went straight to sleep.

 

 

“RIN TODAY'S YOUR BIG DAY,” Ayame said jumping on Rin's bed.

 

“The day that the guys grow up,' Rin said sleepily.

 

“Hey,” The guys said. Rin opened her eyes and sat up. She saw everyone in the room looking at her.

 

“NO SILLY YOU GET TO MAKE AN ALBUM,” Ayame yelled in Rin's ear.

 

“Oh yea,” Rin said. Everyone got a sweat drop. Rin climbed out of bed and headed to take a shower. Rin pulled her shirt off and turned around and saw everyone still looking at her. “You guys can go now,” she said covering her boobs.

 

“No were okay here,” Inuyasha stated and the other guys agreed. The three girls pushed the guys out of rin's room.

 

Rin came downstairs fully dressed. Everyone was sitting in the kitchen. Rin walked in the kitchen and sat next to Sesshoumaru. Everyone was in their own conversation until they heard a knock at the door. Rin got up and started walking towards the door, but was knocked down by everyone rushing to answer the door. Rin just sat there on the floor with her arms crossed. Ayame happened to be the first one at the door. She opened the door and there stood a man a little shorter than Sesshoumaru.

 

“Car for rin,” The man said. “Are you rin?”

 

“No,” Ayame said looking around

 

“I'm right here,” Rin said. Everyone turned around and looked at the girl sitting on the floor. Sesshoumaru walked over and picked her up off the ground and put her on her feet. “These are the friends that are going to come along,” She said walking out of the door followed by her friends. Rin looked up and saw a white stretch limo. Rin walked towards the car in awe. The man opened the door for her and walked away. Rin got in and was followed by Sesshoumaru who sat next to rin. Kagome sat next to Sesshoumaru and inuyasha next to her. Across from them Sango sat across from inuyasha and Miroku sat next to her and across from kagome. Koga sat next to Miroku and across from Sesshoumaru. And Ayame sat next to Koga and sat across from rin. Once they got there everyone poured out of the car and headed for the building.

 

“Rin hi,” Carmen said walking up to rin and hugging her catching rin off guard. She led rin to this room where she would be recording her songs. They sat down on the couches. “Rin we will be doing 3 songs a day today we'll be doing 4,”

 

“Um okay which songs am I going to be doing first,” Rin asked.

 

“Well that depends have you and Lars I mean Sesshoumaru created your song yet,” She asked. They nodded and Rin handed her the song. Carmen looked at it and started crying reading it, “Okay we'll be doing this first so you and Sesshoumaru can go in the recording booth.”

 

“But what about the beat of the song,” Rin asked.

 

“Oh well we will need you to come here and give us a beat to go with the song,” Carmen said. Rin and them talked for a while and they gave her the music sheets with her songs on it. “Okay now you two go into the booth wait Sesshoumaru you can sing right,” He nodded, “Okay then go ahead,”

 

Rin and Sesshoumaru walked into the booth and in front of the podium. Rin put the music down. Rin and Sesshoumaru put the earphones on. Sesshoumaru looked at rin. She had a nervous look on her face.

 

“What are you nervous about you know you can sing and its just me, you, our friends, Carmen, and that man there,” Sesshoumaru said.

 

“I know but these songs were written in secrecy not for anyone to see or hear and now the whole world including the others are gonna know what I was thinking during my depression stage a year ago,” Rin said. Sesshoumaru put his arm around her.

 

“If they don't hear them how are they gonna know who you are,” Sesshoumaru said. Rin looked at him and nodded. “You're gonna do great and everyone is gonna love you,”

 

“Yeah I just hope that next to the song on the cover it doesn't say featuring Lars,” She said. Sesshoumaru smiled, kissed her on the head and put his arm down.

 

“Okay people are you ready,” Carmen said into a microphone on the other side of the glass. They nodded “Great,” Then the music started to play.

 

[: Sesshoumaru:]
If I never knew you
If I never felt this love
I would have no inkling of
How precious life can be
And if I never held you
I would never have a clue
How at last I'd find in you
The missing part of me
In this world so full of fear
Full of rage and lies
I can see the truth so clear
In your eyes
So dry your eyes
And I'm so grateful to you
I'd have lived my whole life through
Lost forever
If I never knew you

[: Rin:]
If I never knew you
I'd be safe but half as well
Never knowing I could feel
A love so strong and true
I'm so grateful to you
I'd have lived my whole life through
Lost forever
If I never knew you

[: Sesshoumaru:]
I thought our love would be so beautiful

[: Rin:]
Somehow we made the whole world bright

[: Both:]
I never knew that fear and hate could be so strong
All they'd leave us where these whispers in the night
But still my heart is singing
we were right

Sesshoumaru grabbed hold of rin's hand threatening not to let go. They looked each other right in the eyes.

 

 

[: Rin:]
If I never knew you

If I never knew this love
I would have no inkling of
How precious life can be
[: Sesshoumaru:]
There's no moment I regret
since the moment that we met
if our time has gone too fast
I've lived at last...

 

[: Both:]
I thought our love would be so beautiful (so beautiful)
somehow we'd make the whole world bright

[: Rin:]
I thought our love would be so beautiful
we'd turn the darkness into light

[: Both:]
And still my heart is singing
we were right

 

[: Sesshoumaru:]
We were right

And if I never knew you (if I never knew you)
I'd have lived my whole life through

[: Rin:]
Empty as the sky

[: Both:]
Never knowing why
lost forever
if I never knew you

 

“That was so beautiful,” Carmen said whipping the tears that were running down her face. The Girl were crying as well, and the guys were holding them. “Now Sesshoumaru you have to come out so rin can do her songs,” Sesshoumaru started to walk off. Rin grabbed his arm. Sesshoumaru looked at her and saw that she was still a little scared.

 

“Don't worry you'll do great,” He said giving her a kiss and leaving the booth. Rin walked back over to the microphone putting the earphones back on.

 

“Ready rin,” Carmen asked. Rin turned the page to the next song and nodded.

 

Everyday I realize that this might be the last day of my life
Walking down the street I find air
I'm coming closer and closer to losing my mind
'Cause when it rains, it pours Isn't life worth more?

I don't even know what I'm hustlin' for

You've gotta do what you gotta do just to make it through
All the hard times that's going to face you

This is the life, trying to survive
this is the life, trying to survive

Living will always be a struggle

Looking for someone true to love you
looking back at single horrors,

this madness makes me want to hide
I want Slowly, internally, I'm dying
Pillow case is wet from all my crying
There is nothing more for me to live for
Take me away, I can't live that life no more

 

This is the life, trying to survive

If you look into my life
this is the life, trying to survive

 

This is the life, trying to survive

My life
this is the life, trying to survive

hustlin

 

This is the life, trying to survive

Can you see what I'm seeing
this is the life, trying to survive

Gotta keep prayin movin

I'm just trying to get over

 

“Perfect rin, now were goin into the next song,” Carmen stated. Rin waited for the music.

 

You don't know my name
you don't know anything about me
I try to play nice
I want to be in your game
The things that you say
You may think I never hear about them
But word travels fast
I'm telling you to your face
I'm standing here behind your back

[Chorus:]
You don't know how it feels
To be outside the crowd
You don't know what it's like
To be left out
And you don't know how it feels
To be your own best friend on the outside looking in

If you could read my mind
You might see more of me that meets the eye
And you've been all wrong
Not who you think I am
You've never given me a chance

[Chorus:]
You don't know how it feels
To be outside the crowd
You don't know what it's like
To be left out
And you don't know how it feels
To be your own best friend on the outside looking in

Well, I'm tired of staying at home
I'm bored and all alone
I'm sick of wasting all my time

[Chorus (x2):]
You don't know how it feels
To be outside the crowd
You don't know what it's like
To be left out
And you don't know how it feels
To be your own best friend on the outside looking in

You don't know how it feels
To be outside the crowd
You don't know what it's like
To be left out
And you don't know how it feels
To be your own best friend on the outside looking in

 

 

“Next song rin and that will be it,” Carmen said.

 

2 AM and she calls me 'cause I'm still awake,
"Can you help me unravel my latest mistake?,
I don't love him. Winter just wasn't my season"
Yeah we walk through the doors, so accusing their eyes
Like they have any right at all to criticize,
Hypocrites. You're all here for the very same reason

'Cause you can't jump the track, we're like cars on a cable
And life's like an hourglass, glued to the table
No one can find the rewind button, girl.
So cradle your head in your hands
And breathe... just breathe,
Oh breathe, just breathe

May he turn 21 on the base at Fort Bliss
"Just a day" he said down to the flask in his fist,
"Ain't been sober, since maybe October of last year."
Here in town you can tell he's been down for a while,
But, my God, it's so beautiful when the boy smiles,
Wanna hold him. Maybe I'll just sing about it.

Cause you can't jump the track, we're like cars on a cable,
And life's like an hourglass, glued to the table.
No one can find the rewind button, boys,
So cradle your head in your hands,
And breathe... just breathe,
Oh breathe, just breathe

There's a light at each end of this tunnel,
You shout 'cause you're just as far in as you'll ever be out
And these mistakes you've made, you'll just make them again
If you only try turning around.

2 AM and I'm still awake, writing a song
If I get it all down on paper, it's no longer inside of me,
Threatening the life it belongs to
And I feel like I'm naked in front of the crowd
Cause these words are my diary, screaming out loud
And I know that you'll use them, however you want to

But you can't jump the track, we're like cars on a cable,
And life's like an hourglass, glued to the table
No one can find the rewind button now
Sing it if you understand.
and breathe, just breathe
whoa breathe, just breathe,
Oh breathe, just breathe,
Oh breathe, just breathe.

 

 

“That was great rin let's call it a day and go home,” Carmen said as rin came out of the booth. Rin nodded and walked over to Sesshoumaru and gave him a hug. And then they walked out to the car.