It had to be you- Chapter 6

******STANDARD DISCLAIMER HERE***** I DON'T OWN INUYASHA IN ANY SHAPE OR FORM*******

A/N:  I  finally got up another chapter before the ended on 2004, Yea!!!! I so happy.  I thought I would have this story finished before the ended of this year. But, with me going back to school, I really messed up my agenda. Oh well, life go on. I hope to have two more chapters up before school starts again. So please bear with me, I have no plans of not finishing this story.
So with that said,  I want to wish everyone a "HAPPY YEAR, AND MAY ALL YOURS WISHES COME TRUE IN 2005!!!!!!!!!"

Now let's get back to the story……
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Last time…

At the table, Inuyasha was standing up cheering on his friends more loudly then everyone. While Sesshomaru was also clapping, but with much more restraint than his brother. However, in his mind, he was coming to very important decision.

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'She's the one I need. I'll ask her to be my new model.'  He thought, as he watched Rin's graceful form as she stepped back up to the microphone.

"Wow!! Are you sure you guys would like to hear another song?" Rin asked jokingly to the crowd. The crowd chanted their respond over and over again, "ENCORE!! WE WANT MORE!! ENCORE!! WE WANT MORE!!"  

She looked back at Miruko and he held up his hand signaling the number thirty-five to her, the band, and the backstage crew. She nodded and said, "Your wish is our command. For our next song Miruko and I will do a duet from one of the band's favorite singer."

Suddenly, the stage lighting changed from one bright white solo spot to two colored spotlights. The one on Miruko gave off a pale bluish hue while the other illuminated Rin was pale red tint giving her the illusion of a devilish vixen.

As the intro music started Rin unconsciously began slowly swaying her hips from side to side and lightly caress the microphone, then she looked at the table where Sesshomaru was sitting at and smiled.  

Sesshomaru immediately felt as if the room temperature went up by fifty degrees. His hand shook a little as he undid his top button of his shirt. He felt a slight sheen across his body, his breathing and heart rate doubled. 'What the hell is wrong with me?' He thought not understanding why his body was behaving the way it was. His consider about his body condition vanished as soon as he heard Rin start singing again.


Unforgettable, that's what you are
Unforgettable, though near or far
Like a song of love that clings to me
How the thought of you does things to me
Never before has someone been more
Unforgettable in every way
And forevermore (and forevermore)
That's how you'll stay (that's how you'll stay)
That's why darling, it's incredible
That someone so unforgettable
Thinks that I am unforgettable too

(Musical interlude)


"Sesshomaru…come on let's go!! The music in this place is to old fashion and the singer is terrible."  Kagura whispered in his ear as she pulled his arm.  She felt his arm go rigid then she looked at his face, she met the most coldish and ruthless stare that she had never seen in her life.  She quickly let go of his arm and scooted far away from him.

'Why is he acting this way? It is all her fault! I'll make sure she regrets the day she mess with me and my Sesshomaru!' Kagura thought as she looked at Rin.

No, never before has someone been more
Ooh unforgettable (unforgettable)
In every way (in every way)
And forevermore (and forevermore)
That's how you'll stay (that's how you'll stay)
That's why darling it's incredible
That someone so unforgettable
Thinks that I am unforgettable too.

The audience once again went wild giving the band a standing ovation again until the stage lights faded to black. The band left the stage on a wave of euphoria like they never felt before.

"Did you feel that out there? We had them right in the palm of our hands, we were in the zone!" Kohaku shouted and jumped around backstage.

"Yea! A lot of thanks should go to Rin's beautiful singing." Ayame said as she hugged Rin around the shoulders.

"AYAME NO!  I-I-I didn't do anything special, you guys are the real professionals. I'm just still an amateur." Rin said nervously biting her nails and looking down at the floor.

"Rin… you're very talented. You shouldn't feel that way about yourself." Miruko said as he was making his way from behind the curtain, overhearing the conversation between the two women.

"Thank you for being so sweet to me Miruko." She replied with a blush across her cheeks. "Oh, excuse guys. I need to go and find Sesshomaru before Naraku come and get me. I'll be right back." She then disappeared to the side of the stage.

"Can you believe that Inuyasha's stickup brother really save her?" Shippo question as he threw a bottle water to Kohaku.

"Hell No! The few times that I've hung out with Inuyasha and we've seen Sesshomaru, he was a total a-hole to us.  He always gave me the impression that he didn't cared for anyone else but himself." Kohaku answered.

"Well you never know about some people. Rin seem to really like him, and it's obvious that he didn't treat her the some way that he has treated each one of us." Miruko replied, "We'll just have to wait and see what happen next."

"Well I'll tell you one thing" Shippo said, "If he never harms her in any way, his but is mine." then he cracked his knuckles and threw out his slender chest.

Ayame started giggling and said, "So Shippo, which hospital would you like us to send the flowers to after he breaks your bony behind in two." After she said that Kohaku and Miruko started laughing too.

Shippo face turned as red as his hair and said, "Stop laughing at me you guys."

------------------------ Out in the main club area-----------------

"Man, they really kick ass tonight." Inuyasha said as he sat back down at the table and grabbed his drink. "Plus that girl Rin is someth…." He stopped mid sentence when he finally noticed that Kagura was at their table.

"WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING HERE?"

"Why Inuyasha …when did you creep in here?" she answered coyly

"Sesshomaru! You better get your bitch under control." he snarled.

"Well at least he has one and I won't ran away from him." she replied cruelly at him in reference to Kikyo.

"Kagura …you should shut up about things, you have no understanding of." Sesshomaru spoke suddenly surprising the two of them.

Inuyasha had never liked Kagura since the moment that he found out that she was the one that told Kikyo about Naraku Kase.

"You are so damn lucky; I don't feel like getting my hands dirty tonight." Inuyasha then got up and start to walk away, but stopped and yelled over his shoulder, "Hey Sesshomaru! Don't take this the wrong way, but thanks." He then left and walked towards the stage.

Sesshomaru did not believe his ears did his little brother just say "Thanks" to him. For some reason, he did not like the underhanded comment Kagura made about Kikyo to Inuyasha. They may not be the closest of brothers but even he did not deserve that from her.

"Now that the nuisance is gone, we can get back to more important business." she said, moving back closer to him.

'Enough is enough' he thought, 'It's time to get a new manager and get this possessive freak away from me.' Then from out the corner of his eyes he saw Rin coming around the stage area, and then she stopped and started to talk to Inuyasha. 'Finally, the person he had been waiting for all this time.'

He brought his eyes back to Kagura who position herself to within kissing distance of him and said, "As I told you before Kagura. I'm not alone, so if you would excuse me my companion is waiting for me."  He quickly left the table and walked over to where Rin and Inuyasha were standing at leaving Kagura seething at the table.

"Oh …so you're Sesshomaru's brother?" Rin said curiously.

"Well as he would say 'half-brother'. And you're the girl he was nice to… huh?" He then eyed her up and down taking in her unique beauty.

She started to blush again and answered, "Yes, he save me from drowning the other day."

"WHAT! MY BROTHER DID THAT!"

"Yes"

"Well…well…well, I have to talk to him about that." Inuyasha smirked and then he notice Sesshomaru was making his way toward them. "I see my brother is coming over, I'll just leave you two to talk alone. It was nice meeting you Rin. I hope to see you again."

"Well, I'm here every Friday with the band; I hope to see you again as well. Bye." she turned to wave to him as he walked away.

"Bye" Inuyasha waved back as he made his way to the backstage looking for his friends.

When she turned back around Sesshomaru was only two feet away from her. They stood there regarding each other for a few moments. He was could not believe that she looked even more beautiful up-close than far away.  In addition, she could not once again find any other better word to describe him than angel. He was dressed in a crisp tailored made white shirt with a black leather jacket, and black tailor pants. She so amazed by him that she didn't notice that her mouth fell slightly opened. She just stared at him thinking about how it would be to kiss him.

"Rin"

Not hearing her name, she remained lose in her thoughts. She started thinking that she had never seen him smile once in her presence. Did he not want to be there? Was she a pest and he was just tolerating her so he wouldn't be bothered again by her?  

"Rin, if you don't close your mouth, flies might fly in" Sesshomaru smirked as he closed her jaw with his fingers.

She lost counted at how many times she blushed in this one day alone. Now the humiliating fact that she was caught gawking at him with her mouth open, she just wanted to die. "I'm sorry to be a nuisance, Sesshomaru." her head hanging toward her chest.

He looked at her and then placed his fingers back under her chin to lift her head up so that they were eye to eye and said softly, "Hey, there nothing to be sorry about. Shall we go to dinner now?"

Her happiness from hearing his words was short lived, as she remembered that Naraku was taking her to dinner to meet some executives.

"Oh Sesshomaru, please forgive me, but I can't take you to dinner tonight. My manager just told me today that he made plans for me after the show to meet some important people from Virgin Records. I didn't have time to leave you a message at the front door. I SORRY …PLEASE FORGIVE ME!!" she cried, grabbing his hand and holding it tight within hers.

He looked on as her tears fell down on her face, and then took his other hand and tried to wipe away the salty residue from her eyes.

"I just told you, there is no need for you to say you're sorry about anything. And stop crying, it's quite disturbing to see you sad."

"I'm sorry," She was still crying a little.

Sesshomaru just shook his head out of frustration and said, "It's okay about dinner. We can do this; I have to be at the Takahashi museum on Sunday. Why don't you meet me there around four o'clock and we can go out to dinner… my treat."

She started smiling and wiping away all her stray tears with her free hand and answered, "That would be perfect! However, I insist that I pay for dinner since I am the one who couldn't make it tonight. Okay?"

"As you wish."

They were still unconsciously holding hands when a familiar voice come from the side of the stage called out taking them both by surprise.

"Rin, so there you are."

She turned and said, "Hello Naraku, I ready to go when you are."

When two men eyes meet, it signaled their silent battle of who was more dominant. Sesshomaru sough silently to himself at the very thought that the person in front of him was trying to frighten him with an intimidating look. While Naraku felt as if he met the man before, but was sure that he didn't, there was just something familiar about the way he looked. Nevertheless, then he noticed that they were holding hands, that really annoyed him.

"And who is this, Rin?" He asked bitterly pointing to Sesshomaru.

"Oh I sorry, I forgot my manners. Naraku Kase, this is my friend Sesshomaru. Sesshomaru, this is my manger Naraku Kase." When she gestured toward Naraku, she realized that she was holding Sesshomaru's hand; she quickly released it and began playing with her own fingers.

"So you're the man who was so nice to Rin the other day." Naraku said, his ruby colored eyes showing his disgust for the person in front of him.

"Yes, I was." Sesshomaru responded his golden amber eyes reflecting his sentiment to Naraku of you do not scare me; you just bored me with your presence.

Naraku quickly stepped beside Rin, snaking his arm around her waist and said, "Well, we had to go. Goodbye. Rin, let's go." and then proceeded to pull her away fast and down an aisle way.

She had little time to react to his swift action, but she glance over her shoulder toward Sesshomaru and yelled, "Bye Sesshomaru, see ya!" and waved.

Sesshomaru was upset at how quickly Naraku had Rin walking down the aisles, and the way his arm was possessively anchored around her waist. However, the thing that really pissed him off was the fact that he saw Naraku kiss Rin's cheek and then peered over his shoulder and smirk at him. His eyes went red with anger, he flexed and cracked his knuckles, and he growled loudly.

Back at the table, Kagura watch with great interested the conflict between Naraku and Sesshomaru in reference to the little whore in the purple dress. She was quite pleased to see Sesshomaru anger come forth when Naraku swipe the little harpy from his side and ran away with her. "I'll have to ask my dear cousin about his relationship with that tramp. It could be very useful to me." she muttered to herself before her lips curl into a wicked smile.


-------------------------Sunday Mid-Afternoon at the Art Museum---------------------------

"Sesshomaru, I like to introduce you to Mr. Mantan of the Brooklyn Museum in America, Mr. Ginkotsu of the Louvre Museum in Paris, and Mr. Hiten of The Art Institute of Chicago in America."

"It is an honor to meet all you gentlemen." Sesshomaru said as he bowed slightly.

"No, the honor is all our Mr. Sesshomaru. You're work is exceptional, you will definitely be in the history books with all the greats one day." Hiten said.

"You are much to kind." He answered back, 'Great another leech that willing to kiss my ass for commissions.' Sesshomaru though as he just began to nod at the conversation that Kagura and men were having.

For the last day in a half, he hadn't been able to think about his work. The only thing that he was interested in was Rin and that damn manager of hers Naraku Kase.  He so want to run after him that night and beat him the living shit out of him. But, he did not want Rin to see that darker side of him that shows up occasionally.

Plus, he was curious about Rin's relationship with Naraku. He thought it was strange that she did not push his arm from around her waist, or pull away from him when he kissed her and harried her out the club. He knew most women would not tolerate being treated in some an appalling manner. However, she seemed to be happy in his embrace. Were they a couple? Should he even ask her to be his model?  He sure as hell did not want that Naraku bastard hanging around his studio during their sessions.

"Sesshomaru, can you or can't you?"

"What?" he shaken from his thoughts by Kagura's question to him.

"I said that I was going to take the gentlemen to lunch with me. And I want to know if you can come with us?"

"No, I need to stay here and work on a few projects before I leave the Museum today. Just make my excuse to them, I'm not feeling very well."  

"You do look paler than usual. Would you like for me to stop by later on to make you a rum nightcap?"  She asked seductively.

"No! That will not be necessary, I will be okay."

"If you say so Sesshomaru. But, I will call you later. Bye" She then kissed him on both cheeks and headed off toward the waiting men.

"Damn it, she left lipstick on me again." He said frustratingly, looking at the hand that tried to wipe away her kiss. He turned to make his way to the restroom, when he was suddenly facing the one person he did not expected to arrive until later on.

"Sesshomaru…