Last NEW story I promise you guys. Dunno if you read my profile, but I won't update any stories until the 29th of December, at the earliest. I have exams coming up so it's a no go...gotta study hard and do well and stuff.

AN - I don't own InuYasha

"Oh Kagome, she's beautiful," the young woman breathed as she gently cradled the baby in her arms, the infant sleeping peacefully while the family's crowded around her, the tired-looking young woman in the bed looking up with a satisfied expression while her husband looked over with such pride.

"Thank you Rin," Kagome smiled, craning her neck to look up at the face of her sleeping infant, still amazed that she had given life to that tiny little angel, Rin understanding what she wanted and tilted the small body towards her mother, her friend's smile growing wider.

The entire room buzzed with activity and life, all of them well-wishers and smiling faces, each waiting their turn to hold and croon at the small babe, even InuYasha's elder brother showed up, though he remained leaning by the door, shaking his head whenever someone gestured or asked him to come in, preferring to remain away from the milling crowd, his outfit ever immaculate though he looked on at the scene with a calm face.

"You two should be so proud," InuYasha's father commented, smiling as the slim woman handed the baby to him, his lips into an unmoveable smile.

"Thanks Dad," his son muttered, his cheeks blushing and his ears flattening in embarrassment, his amber eyes looking over at his wife, her hand rubbing the one on his shoulder, "I think I can say we are."

The eldest dog demon merely smiled before he handed the baby over to his wife, who crooned softly, commenting on how much the baby looked like InuYasha when he was that small, the half demon telling his mother not to tell everyone that, the crew laughing at him.

"All right, let's give mommy and daddy and baby a few minutes to themselves," Izaoi murmured softly, handing the baby back to her mother who in turn muttered her thanks, the young infant cradled in the woman's protective arms, "I hear the cafeteria food is only half atrocious."

The group milled out, everyone's eyes lingering on the pair by the bed, a tired voice stopping them.

"Actually, could we talk to Rin and Sesshomaru for a second?" Kagome asked her friends and family, the eyes turning to the young woman and tall demon, both of them glancing at each other.

"Uh, sure," Rin stammered slightly while Sesshomaru only nodded, the rest of the large party filling out until only the five were left in the room, the door shut quietly while silence fell upon them, Rin shuffling her feet slightly while Sesshomaru stood impassively against the wall.

"So," Kagome started, determined to break the small tension in the room, "um, well, we were wondering-"

"What do ya mean 'we'?" InuYasha asked, following it up by an ouch when Kagome elbowed him in the ribcage.

"We," the young woman emphasized practically glaring at her husband, "were wondering if the two of you could do us a huge favor."

"Name it," Rin said automatically, smiling at her friend while Sesshomaru's body tensing slightly, his brother rolling his eyes.

"It's not that bad, brother," InuYasha shot at him, "and you can say no, though we'd rather you didn't."

"What it is," Kagome interjected quickly, "is we were wondering if the two of you would like to be her godparents."

The other two froze slightly, Rin wide-eyed and with a huge grin on her face while Sesshomaru seemed slightly shocked.

"Really?" the dark-haired woman practically giggled at the idea, "you want me to be her godmother?"

The new mother beamed, "I can think of no one else."

Rin bounced on the balls of her feet at the thought, her smile radiant while she made her way over to Kagome's bed, her hands touching the baby's small head.

"What do you think, Aimi?" she asked softly, "want auntie Rin to be your godmother and spoil you rotten before handing you back to mommy?"

"Can I take that as a yes?" Kagome grumbled jokingly both young women giggling and hardly noticing the two brothers slipping out of the room, InuYasha shutting the door behind them.

"Look," he turned to his brother, the elder hardly saying anything to the young parents, "I get that this is…a bit of a surprise to you, hell, it shocked me when Kagome asked me."

"So why does she want me?" Sesshomaru finally asked, his arms over his chest yet his face remained calm while his brother fidgeted.

"Combination of hormones and an epidural she received I think," the half-demon told him truthfully, Sesshomaru groaning slightly, "but…in all honesty, I don't think it's that bad an idea."

"I beg your pardon?" the elder brother asked him, his eyebrow arched in confusion while InuYasha pressed on.

"I think that…you were one of the better choices for our daughter," InuYasha confessed, "we just want to make sure that there's someone else looking out for her and if, God forbid anything should happen to us, that there's someone she and I can trust will watch over Aimi when we're not around."

"And you picked me over Koga and Miroku?"

"I'd rather her become an asexual than a butch lesbian or a flirtatious lesbian."

"Getting stereotypical, aren't we?" Sesshomaru commented, his eyebrow still raised while his brother waved his hand in front of his face.

"Whatever, that's not the point," he sighed lightly, "the point is…Rin is wonderful with children, she was hands down the best choice for a godmother but…Aimi also needs someone who's stable-"

"And she's not?"

"That's not what I mean," InuYasha pressed, "what I mean is...Rin's like Kagome and she's not, they'd do everything on their own if they could but Rin would let the stress just build and insist she's fine when she isn't."

"So this choice has more to do with her than the baby," his brother pointed out, his eyes now narrowing.

"Sort of," the half-demon admitted, "but it's more to do with the fact that you can offer stability to her and to the kid. You may not like me all that much, but you think things through logically and thoroughly, you'd make good decisions when it came to Aimi and her future."

Sesshomaru remained silent, his eyes flitting around while his jaw twitched, allowing his brother to press on.

"Please?" he tried to look at his elder, "I'm asking you this as my brother, as a favor to me."

The elder sighed, his head jerking towards the hospital room, signaling for InuYasha to reunite with his wife and child, the half-demon sagging his shoulders while he walked into where the two women sat crooning over the child, both heads looking up when he walked in followed by his brother.

"Kagome," he told the new mother, his voice controlled and business-like, "it would be an honour to be the godfather of your child."

The woman looked shocked for a moment before her face lit up like fireworks in the night sky, her squeals contained for the sake of the baby's sleep.

"Oh, thank you thank you thank you thank you big brother!" she giggled while Sesshomaru shot daggers at her, Rin smiling lightly, she knew a few things about him, including how much he despised being called that, "this means so much to me, thank you!"

"You're welcome," the demon clipped, his arms crossed over his chest, his silver watch flicked over to glance down at the time, "unfortunately, it'll be dawn soon and I have a meeting in the morning, I need to leave you all to freshen up."

"Hey, um," Rin interrupted, standing up nervously, "do-do you think I can get a ride with you? Just to the university I mean, I have a concert this evening and I need to practice before hand."

The demon looked at her and nodded slowly Kagome looking at Rin with a sudden interest.

"Rin," she asked, her voice snapping, "didn't you have one tonight? Like, when you were here with me?"

"Um," Rin paused for two seconds longer than Kagome liked, her eyes narrowing, "well now, Kagome, I-I finished the set quickly and made it off the stage…quickly too."

"But, you were preforming that really slow piece right? The one that's seven minutes or something? How fast did you finish it?"

"Well," Rin blushed, her eyes darting around the room for some kind of out, "I didn't time it or anything, but, I'd say…a minute and forty-five seconds?"

The new mother's jaw plummeted to the ground, InuYasha and his brother looking mildly impressed.

"B-But…that was like, in front of a panel of judges with the Dean of Music!"

"I suppose it was," the other girl smiled sheepishly, "but, you were in labour and everything-"

"But your tenure-"

"Can wait another year," Rin smiled, "I'm only twenty-five Kagome, I can afford another year."

The other woman opened her mouth before the movement of her baby alerted her to Aimi's needs, the small crying telling everyone she was hungry.

"Look, I'll just get perfect this time around and get my tenure while simultaneously helping you and InuYasha with the baby okay? Sounds good so I'll let you get to feeding her and be back as soon as I can!"

"Rin-" Kagome stopped the young woman halfway to the door, her brown eyes confused amidst the crying babe, the mother sighed, "good luck."

"Don't you know that's bad luck in the theater?" Rin joked, "we say break a leg."

"Fine then, do that," the other smiled, "but get your butt back so you can help me."

"Will do," Rin called as she left though the door Sesshomaru held open for her, "once again, congratulations you two."

"Thanks Rin," InuYasha smiled, "and thank you too Sesshomaru."

The elder dog demon nodded at the two of them, giving his congratulations as Rin did but with less enthusiasm, the door shutting softly behind them.

"Thank you, for the ride," the young woman told him once they had made it to the elevator , her face smiling up at him while he hummed in response, the two of them stepping into the metal box, the dark-haired young woman's lower lip bitted as she thought of what to say. "I hope this doesn't make you late for your meeting," she said to him timidly, her eyes hopeful.

"It won't," he told her curtly, "the university is on my way anyway."

Rin nodded and let the awkward silence fall between them until they reached the sleek black car, Rin respectfully withholding her awe as she slipped into it, her side of the door shutting gently while his slammed.

"Next time," she spoke up, her yawn stifled, "I'm telling Kagome to have the baby at lunch time, or a reasonable hour."

"Your fairly talkative, aren't you," Sesshomaru commented, the car turning out of the hospital's parking area, a note of annoyance in his voice.

"Oh, I'm sorry about that," she blushed, "it-it's sort of a nervous tick of mine."

"Hmm," the demon grunted, his wheel turning as he sped down the highway, the silence unbearable, him this time forced to break it, "so, Kagome mentioned something about tenure?"

"Oh, yeah," Rin smiled up at him, her embarrassment forgotten, "I'm a concert pianist and the music department at the university wants a new performance professor and since I was an assistant professor already at another university, I applied for tenure at this one since it was closer to everything and now their judging me to see how well I do."

"So, you would have been twenty-one when you got your PhD," Sesshomaru injected, impressed at her academic standing.

"Kagome told me you were brilliant," the young woman told him softly while she nodded, "but yeah, I was pretty young when I got my PhD."

"Your parents must have been proud," he murmured quietly, her face falling slightly while he continued, "having a piano prodigy in their family."

"I suppose they would be," she responded quietly, her eyes looking away from him while they pulled into the university's entrance, Rin guiding him as best she could, "you can just drop me off here."

"All right then," he murmured, the car pulling into park while she turned to smile at him.

"It's nice to finally meet you," she told him, "I've heard a lot about you from Kagome."

"I see," was all he thought to say, he rarely bothered to keep in touch with his family.

"I suppose we'll see a lot of each other," she continued, "being Aimi's godparents and everything."

"I'm very busy," the demon cut in, "I'll only be around now and then."

"Oh," her face fell a little, "I see. But, if something, God forbid, happens to them-"

"If something happens to them I will do as their will wishes," he told her, his amber eyes looking at her, "but as it is, I doubt anything will happen to them."

It wasn't until three months later did he realize just how wrong he'd been.

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