So um...yeah...came up with this awhile ago, sorry for not updating other stories, I'm working on them I swear, but I also want to get my Yullen fans something too so I don't know how it's going to work...

Anywho, enjoy and review please ^^

A loud buzzing echoed through the room, a soft groan emanating from the lips as the slim young woman as she rolled over to press the snooze button on the alarm clock, her delicate hands retracting to the warmth of the sheets after a moment, her body rolling over to touch the other side of the bed, her heart wincing slightly at the emptiness. It wasn't a huge surprise that there was no other occupant on the mattress with her, there hadn't been one for five years, not since he had walked out on her.

Rin sighed slightly as her memories decided to torture her once more, memories of her standing in the kitchen, a smile on her face after receiving what was probably the best news of her life from the doctor, the shutting of the door alerting her to her demon lover, her dark brown eyes bright as she turned from the tomato sauce she was stirring to greet him, his lean form having moved from the front door to the kitchen doorframe, his amber eyes refusing to meet hers, no matter how often she called his name.

It was then he decided to tell her that he was moving out and when she questioned him, the only thing he told her was that their relationship was over and, without another word to her or an apology, he left her standing in the hallway, tears falling down her cheeks before she leaned against the wall for support, her lithe form slipping down the wall to collapse onto the floor, her pleads and questions unanswered. For the next several days, she tried to call him, get in touch by any means necessary but his cell phone number had changed and the assistant she reached wouldn't connect her to him short of driving to his parents and banging on their door, he had chosen to sever their bond entirely.

Her calls went from daily to weekly to monthly and then she finally stopped altogether, her last one being a little under eighteen months, finally accepting the demon's rejection and starting the entire transition of moving on with her life with the one good thing Sesshomaru had left her with.

"Mommy?"

A soft smile slipping on her lips at the timid voice, her head turning to peek out at the small boy standing by the edge of her bed, his amber eyes looking at her while the dog ears twitched on the top of his head, his tiny hand reached out to poke her back.

"Good morning Akihiko," Rin murmured smiling, "let mommy sleep for a few more minutes, okay?"

"Nooo," the boy whined as she rolled over, his feet taking him to the other side of her bed to look at his mother's closed eyes, "get up! I wanna eat breakfast with you!"

"Few more minutes," Rin murmured, rolling back over to her other side, the pattering of the boy's feet following her, her smile unmoveable as the child giggled at the game they played every Saturday morning.

It only took a few more tossing and turnings before she opened her eyes fully to look at him, her smile still as kind and loving.

"So you think I should get up?" she sighed softly at her boy who nodded vigorously, his smile wide, "well," she continued, "I'm not the only one in bed you know."

"Huh? Yes you are, I'm not."

"Oh yes you are!" Rin teased, her hands shooting out to grab her child, the boy squealing as she began tickling him, Rin laughing along with the little boy, the squirming figure placed onto her comforter, the boy kicking his socked feet in the air.

"Okay," she smiled at him once he had calmed down, "so, we'll have breakfast and then we'll get dressed and then…"

"We're going shopping?"

"Yes we are!" she smiled at him, her lips raining kisses on his forehead and nose, "you are such a smart boy you know that!"

"You tell me every day," he smiled bashfully, a dusting of blush across his nose and cheeks, Rin thankful that he had not inherited his father's pride, she was sure the boy would never stop boasting his intelligence.

"Well it's true," she smiled at him, her finger playing with his white hair, her thickness, his colour, "now, what do you want for breakfast?"

"Cereal and juice?"

"Then cereal and juice it is," Rin announced, picking him up under the arms and putting him back down on the carpeted floor, her own bare feet touching down lightly after him, her white robe slipped around her arms and shoulders, tied at the waist while she followed her excited boy down for their shared breakfast, stopping shortly at the door for her paper.

The cereal rattled in the bowl before Rin poured milk into it, the glass of orange juice placed beside it in front of the little boy, his small spoon in his tight fist as she returned to her steeping tea, the steaming mug taken as she took her place beside her son at the table, the paper flipped open as she simultaneously read the stories and listened to her boy chatting between mouthfuls.

Her smile faltered at the sight of the article in the business section, the picture of an official looking demon staring back at her with a piercing gaze, his marked cheeks and forehead all too heart wrenchingly familiar to her, his hair still immaculate and as long as she remembered it.

"Mommy?"

Rin looked up at her son, his amber eyes watchful and attentive while she closed the paper swiftly and tried to force her smile back on.

"Yes sweetie, what is it?" she asked softly, his head tilted in curiosity.

"Is anything wrong?"

"Oh no," she murmured, simultaneously admiring and hating the boy's quality of reading people, "nothing honey; are you done with breakfast?"

He nodded, Rin looking over at the milk filled bowl, a few circular cereal pieces left over while his glass held remnants of orange pulp up the side of the clear plastic.

"Alright then," she smiled, standing up to pick up his dishes, the paper tossed into the recycling bin, "you go get dressed and meet me by the door, I'll be fast okay?"

The eared head nodded as his mother's back was turned to the sink, his feet soft and silent and he moved towards the bin, his hands reaching for the paper his mother had thrown away, the pages shuffled as silently before he drew out the section with the small picture of the demon peeking out, the paper shoved under his shirt while he made his way out of the kitchen and to his bedroom, finally looking at the paper when the door was shut. He always noticed his mother stopped smiling whenever she read or saw something in the newspaper and since reading was difficult for him, pictures were all he had to go by.

Amber eyes stared back at the gray ones, the photo offering him no colour about the demon but he remembered that they were the same colour as his own; he had seen coloured photos of him before. Swiftly, he moved to pull his shoe box out from under his bed, the lid pulled off to reveal a stack of papers with pictures of the same man or others that had seemed to make his mother sad, all folded carefully since his mother never let him have scissors, the most recent folded and stacked on top of the rest, the box slid under his bed before he walked to his dresser, Rin having put three outfits on the bottom for him the night before.

"Akihiko?"

"Coming mommy!" he called as he adjusted his shirt and ran out of his room to meet his parent, the woman standing by the door waiting patiently for him, a laugh slipping from her lips at the sight of him, his eyebrows knitting in confusion, "what is it?"

"Come here," she told him softly, kneeling down to him, her hands grabbing his shirt and pulling it off him, flipping the blue material inside out, the boy blushing at the realization of his mistake.

"Sorry," he mumbled while his mother kissed the top of his head,

"It's okay," she whispered, putting the shirt on him before his coat, "we all make mistakes."

"Now," Rin murmured, her fingers dancing across the coat hangers, "which colour do you want?"

"Blue!"

"Blue?" the young woman asked smiling, "you have plenty of blue! What about red? Or a nice yellow, that'll go lovely with your eyes."

The little boy pouted but complied with his mother all the same, his amber eyes wandering around the store across the racks of clothes, some for men, women, and children but all organized into sections. His mother began looking through jeans, commenting on how fast he grew while his mind wandered, his eyes lingering on a line of woolen black coats akin to the ones businessmen often wore in the winter.

"Akihiko?"

The boy turned back to his mother her brown eyes following his to the coats before she looked back at him.

"Can you try these on please?" she asked, guiding him to the changing rooms, the white door opening and the little boy slipping inside, his mother handing him the clothes, asking him is he wanted her to come in with him, at the shake of his head she told him she had to grab one more thing and not to let anyone but her come in.

The boy was left to himself, not that he minded terribly, he knew his mother would be fast and she never left him alone for long. Indeed, her soft knocks echoed on the door moments sooner and her voice called out to him. Without a word, Akihiko let his mother in, the woman smiling down at him as she locked the door behind her, her own coat and handbag placed on the stool made for sitting.

"Okay," she murmured clapping her hands, "let's see what you look like."

The boy tried on several pairs of clothes, yellow shirts, sweaters, pants, and a red polo before he was dressed in his own clothes and ready to leave, the clothes he liked and fit into stacked separately from the others.

"One more thing," Rin told him, bending over to grab underneath her coat, "close your eyes okay, it's a surprise."

The boy nodded and squeezed his eyes shut, his mother taking his arms and slipping something over his arms, her hands adjusting something over his chest.

"Okay," she sighed, "done! You can look now!"

Akihiko opened his amber eyes and turned to the mirror, his mouth slacking in surprise.

"Mommy?"

Rin just smiled down at him as she adjusted the black coat he had been eyeing earlier, the large black buttons off to the left side while the hem reached his knees, the collar folded over the front in a professional manner, the sleeves slightly too long for him.

"It's a little big," she murmured, looking at him in the mirror, "but I hope this means you'll get more than one winter out of it."

"But-"

"You were looking at them right?" she asked, her eyes looking over her son with softness, her heartstrings tugged at how much he reminded her of his father, memories of her buttoning his cost as he prepared for a morning meeting, "you're not the only one who can read signs."

"So…you want to get his for me?" the boy asked as she nodded, "but, isn't it expensive?"

Rin giggled, "let mommy worry about that okay? Besides, it's no more expensive than any other winter coat. So," she announced, her eyes looking down at the boy, "is this a yes or a no?"

The boy raised his sleeve covered hand to look down at it, his cheeks red once more.

"Yes?" he half-asked, eyes hopeful as he looked up at his mother, her smile kind as she began undoing the buttons on his coat.

"Alright then," she murmured, "I'll put it on the yes pile and we'll go wander the mall a little, maybe get a little popcorn and stop by that new jungle gym?"

The boy seemed to brighten at the thought of a snack and play time, his ears perking up and Rin gathered both piles of clothes in her arms, the ones he didn't want handed to the woman behind her desk, the elderly lady smiling down at her little boy, Akihiko politely smiling back, Rin filled with pride at the sight of her polite child, his kindness unwavering to everyone he met, the boy resembling the man she fell in love with all those years ago, the good memories out weighing the bad for once in a long time.

"Can we just go?"

Kagome turned to InuYasha, his hands in his pockets as he sighed dramatically, her own eyes narrowing.

"No! I want to grab a new fall coat and these are on sale!"

"But fall's almost over! You'd never get to wear it!" the half-demon protested as Kagome thumbed through the sale rack, "besides, I run a company with my brother, they don't need to be on sale!"

The dark blue eyes glared at him as she turned around, "InuYasha, just shut up."

The man grumbled but took her advice, his eyes sulking as he looked around the store wondering exactly how he was going to slip out of all this mess, his inhales deep as he steadied himself, his nose flaring slightly, pausing when he caught the scent of someone familiar.

"Oh, this red one's nice but so is the green one… InuYasha, what do you think-InuYasha?"

Her eyes narrowed as her husband began looking through the racks at people, the confusion on her face matching his.

"InuYasha," she asked, "what are you doing?"

"I'm looking for someone," he murmured, moving around the masses of clothes, "where's the nearest checkout?"

"There are a few around-why?"

"Cause," he explained slowly, "I'm catching someone's scent that I haven't seen in years."

"Who?"

His amber eyes looked over at her, pausing before revealing, "Rin."

Kagome seemed to freeze at the name, her eyes widening as she walked over to the lines of coats InuYasha was looking around for the woman, the half demon worried that he might have said the wrong thing to her; five years ago after his brother left her, Rin had broken off all contact with them after a few phone calls to them in desperation, the pair trying their best to help the two back together but after the reason why was released, Rin stopped talking to them all together even moved without telling them where she was going too.

"So," Kagome whispered, "can you see her?"

"Not yet no," he murmured back, moving throughout the racks, Kagome following him softly, her body stopping altogether when she walked into her husband.

"InuYasha!" she hissed turning to look at the half-demon's face, his eyes wide with shock, Kagome following his line of sight to see a young black-haired woman talking to the sales person, her face when she turned slightly was unmistakeable. "Rin-" her words were cut off by a hand over her mouth, InuYasha telling her to keep quiet, her eyes in confusion.

"Shh," he whispered after releasing her, "I get that she's your friend that you haven't seen in years, but … not right now okay?"

"Why not?"

"Because," InuYasha murmured looking fervently at the young woman, "if that's Rin, then who's the kid next to her?"

Kagome looked at his to Rin, her eyes catching sight of a small boy looking up at the counter to the young woman, his ears perched on the top of his head white as his hair were similar to her own husband's.

"I'm the only Inu half-demon I know," InuYasha whispered to her shocked face, her wide blue eyes staring back at him, "that kid is obviously one too, he smells like it."

"So," Kagome murmured quietly, "if…she's his mother…than the father has to be…"

Her voice trailed off while InuYasha nodded, their thoughts on the same page, InuYasha's hand digging around in his pocket for his phone, Kagome stopping him.

"What are you doing!?" she hissed at him, InuYasha looking at her as though she were insane.

"What do you think?" he snapped back, "I'm calling my brother to inform him of his kid!"

"You can't do that!" Kagome snapped, "we don't even know if that's his kid!"

"How many other dog demons do you think she's been with!?" InuYasha retorted, "besides, the kid looks old enough to be no one else's but his. We know Rin! She wouldn't cheat on my brother and after the way he left her, I have my doubts she'd be running into the arms of another dog demon, whether to spite him or she had a thing for them it doesn't matter, she wouldn't do that!"

"Well don't call him!" the young woman snapped, "we don't know how he'd react to this. Let's just find a way to work this out."

"So what do you suggest?" InuYasha's eyes narrowed, "we tail her?"

"That sounds like a great idea!" Kagome suddenly lit up, her hand gripping on his arm to pull the half-demon towards the exit, the young woman and her son kept in their vision, InuYasha spluttering and protesting the entire time.

"B-But, we'll look like stalkers or-or-"

"Don't you want to see Rin again?" Kagome asked her husband, "don't you want to see your nephew!"

"If it is my nephew!" the dog demon retorted, "besides, what if my brother just hurts her again?"

"He won't!" the young woman told him excitedly.

"Yeah, we thought that the first time remember?" InuYasha told her pulling the young woman after finally getting his footing back, "look, I'll agree that it is…suspicious that she has a child that looked like it could be his and that…yes, I think it is his but," he took in a deep breath, "if Sesshomaru finds out about him I don't know how he'll take it but I can guarantee Rin won't take it well, she might…refuse him access to his own son!"

"Okay," Kagome conceded, her hands held up, "how about this? We get back on good terms with Rin and we find a way to interweave their lives back together, without psychologically damaging the child."

"Deal," InuYasha sighed after a minute, "but let's just make sure it's actually Sesshomaru's kid we're dealing with, I don't want to give the poor kid hope only to dash it."

"Fine by me," the young woman agree, "though you were the one who pointed out it couldn't be anyone else's; I just hope Rin's heart is healed enough to accept forgiveness."

"After what Sesshomaru did to her," InuYasha murmured, "it must kill her to see her own kid grow up and resemble him, it'll be like pouring salt on the wounds when and if we start talking to her again."

"So I'll take that as an I don't think so," Kagome muttered sadly, her eyes glued to the retreating back and dog ears, her own heart sore as she thought of a way to help all parties involved without causing too much damage to everyone.

The two remained silent as they followed Rin around to a shoe store, the boy trying on several pairs of shoes before they settled on a blue pair of winter boots, the young woman then taking the boy to the popcorn stand before she took the child to the indoor play structure, her feet resting as the young woman sat on the bench, her eyes watchful as the child ran around, laughing and waving to his mother, Kagome and InuYasha watching as she smiled and waved back. It plucked at the Kagome's heartstrings to watch Rin's smile falter when her boy wasn't looking, knowing the reason.

"So," InuYasha started, his face almost as somber looking as Kagome's "still think it might not be his kid?"

"No, it's defiantly his kid," Kagome sighed, her arms crossing over the back of the bench, her chin resting in her arms, "she just…looks so happy and yet so sad at the same time."

"He reminds her of him," the half-demon interjected, "I would be too."

"I still want them back together," the young woman announced, sitting up, "I think they were perfect together and had that whole fiancée scandal not come up, I'm sure they'd still be together."

"They would be," InuYasha agreed, "but it happened and I think she's still hurting from that and now, on top of everything, she's got a little boy, his little boy."

"And that's more than enough of a reason for them to get back together," Kagome pointed out, watching as the little boy ran towards her, her arms outstretched as she hugged him tightly, her lips kissing his cheek, "at least let's give it a try."

Her husband sighed, his thumb rubbing the back of her hand, "alright," he conceded, "for their little kid, let's give it a chance."

AN - the name "Akihiko" means bright prince, I thought it was befitting