"How can two people argue as much as them?" Kagome asked sitting up a tree in the school yard. She was speaking of two seniors standing on the front steps, arguing over something from one of the many book they had for school. One was a tall and very male, most popular with the girls. He had white blond hair hanging well past his waist. His arms crossed across his chest causing the jacket of the school uniform to tighten over his shoulders. He had a very bored expression as the girl standing in front of him poked a finger into his chest.
She was a head shorter and a year young younger, but that never stopped her from give him her two cents. Her long dark hair swaying around her as she made a point to poke a finger into his rock hard chest. It never failed to find them arguing over some paper, some grade, or some achievement one one of them had received. Sesshomaru Tango and Rin Hilltop.
"What subject this time?" Kagome's boyfriend, Inuyasha, asked poking his head out of his bag for a second to look at the two before diving back into his bag. Inuyasha was the half younger brother of the male senior arguing with the female. He had white blond hair as well, though not as long. Ran in the family, Kagome thought, remembering their father also had the white blond hair was well.
"No clue, Rin threw the book at him awhile ago."
"Hmp." was his muffled replied, head still buried in his bag.
"Kagome, those two fight worst then Sango and I." Miroku added, eying his best friend as he got his head stuck inside his bag again.
"Neither of them are perverted."
Miroku was beyond a pervert as well as a fellow junior classmate of hers with a short dark pony tail at the nap of his neck. He was touching any pretty girls' butt, asking them to bare his children. Sango, his girlfriend, didn't take it well, even when he asked her to bare his children. He had ended up on the ground with a bright red hand print on cheek.
"Those two just need to kiss and get it over with." Sango sighed after giving a warning look at Miroku's hand which was inching closer to her butt.
"Those two would fight over who kissed better." Inuyasha stated freeing his head from his bag with a frown.
Suddenly a brown paper bag fell before his eyes followed by a stern voice, "Like I would ever kiss that thing you call a brother."
Inuyasha grabbed the bag from Rin and stuffed a sandwich into his month. He swallowed the bite whole, "Half and where you find it?" He asked waving the bag as she sat down across from him.
"That 'Half Thing' said you left it on the kitchen counter this morning."
"Oh." He took another bite.
"So," Kagome started slowly, "What was the argument about this time?"
Rin sighed, "Our book reports." She took her own lunch bag out, "We got them back today. Low and behold, I got two points more then him." She started to unpack her lunch.
Kagome groaned, "Weren't you upset over the exact same thing with that math test last week?"
"There is just no way that thing is better in math then me." She growled back.
That was the thing between the two. After had jumped a grade ending up with Sesshomaru's graduating class, the two have been butting heads ever since. Both were smart, well spoken of, and always arguing over who was better. Thank god they were graduating that year. The rest of the group would have a nice quiet year, before joining them in college.
"Hey, Rinny, mom wanted to know if you come by and help her bake this afternoon." Inuyasha said frowning at his empty lunch bag.
She rolled her eyes, knowing full well that Inuyasha had told his mother about her talent in the kitchen just because he fell in love with her sugar cookies. "I like your mother, dude, and I would love to be able to bake in that huge kitchen of yours, but that brother...
"Half!"
"Whatever, half, whole, he's still your brother and I wouldn't be caught in that house with him."
Inuyasha pouted, "Please, she's offering to pay you. I'll make sure the thing is out of the house while your there." He begged, crawling on his knees his hands clasped together in front as he inched towards her. Inuyasha knew Rin needed the money for college. She wasn't rich and the only reason she was at Shikoku High was because of a Scholarship program.
"If you promise..."
"Deal!" He took her hand kissing it.
"Hey, Rin," Kagome stated drawing their attention, "You should kiss Sesshomaru..." She ducked as an apple came flying at her head. "I just meant as shocker, during an argument. Bet it would shut him up quick, huh?" She took off as another, heavier object came flying at her.
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Later that afternoon, Rin found herself in the Tango's kitchen, her black hair covered in flour, frosting in her nose, and rolling sugar cookie dough out to cut more shapes out. As promised, Inuyasha had done something to keep Sesshomaru from coming home after school, and Rin caught the bus to their neighborhood. Izayoi Tango, Inuyasha's mother and Sesshomaru's stepmother, was waiting for her at the stop, since Inuyasha had called her after lunch to tell her Rin had agreed. She was upset that Sesshomaru hadn't offered to give her a ride. Rin, knowing that the Tango didn't know about the disagreements between Sesshomaru and herself had just told her that he might not have known she was coming, which she also wished was true.
"Inuyasha was right, you are very talented in the kitchen." Mrs. Tango complemented her causing her blush.
"Thank you very much, Ma'am."
"Oh, posh," She waved a hand at her, "please call me Izayoi, dear." She turned away from frosting the cookies that have cooled, "Now, where on earth is that boy?" She poked her head into the garage before sighing.
"I believe Inuyasha is out with the gang today." Rin offered. Looking at the timer before cutting some cookies out of the dough before her.
The woman smiled, "Not that one sweetheart. I asked Sesshomaru to straight home after school so he could take an order of bake goods down to a shop in town. That's the reason I was so upset he hadn't offered you a ride."
"Sesshomaru?" Damn that Inuyasha.
"Yes, you're in his class, right? I'm sure you remember him. Tall as his father, handsome with that white blonde hair, though I swear it's silver on all three males."
Rin just smiled and started placing the uncooked cookies on a sheet when the timer went off. She took the pan out and replaced it with another batch before going back to the dough, allowing the fresh batch to cool.
"I'll give him a call. Maybe he broke down on his way here and is having problems getting someone to come get his car."
'Let's not and say we did.' Rin thought. That damn male made her so mad she couldn't think straight. On top of his arrogant attitude, he would cause weird feelings to creep up on her at the oddest times. She would try to be nice; to be his friend, but then something was said that would either upset him or her and the argument would start.
They could never meet on the same page and she was sure they never would. He was rich while she was just a poor foster kid, attending the greatest school in Tokyo because she was smart. Sure he was smart as well, but he didn't have to be. The money his family had would get him anything in the world. He would be able to choose the college he wanted, the jobs and everything laid before him in reach. She be lucky to even pay after of what was needed to go to college.
"Sesshomaru? Where are you?" Izayoi's voice drew her back to the task at hand. She was standing at the wall phone, frowning. "I did no such thing. Put that boy on...Inuyasha, how dare you lie to your brother...Don't you dare use that tone with me, you're grounded. Now get in that car with Sesshomaru, and come home right now." She sighed before starting to talk again. "Sesshomaru? Yes, thank you. See you when you get home."She hung up, rubbing her temple.
Rin felt sorry for her. The only reason Inuyasha did what he did was so Rin would come and help her, and they ended up making it worst off. "Cookie?" She offered, trying to make her feel better at the same time figuring out what to do now that Sesshomaru was on his way home, the same place she was right then.
"Thank you, but no, dear. That boy," She sighed again and turned to start pack up the baked goods, "lying to get a free ride to the mall." She shook her head.
'And to help a friend out...or maybe just for the cookies...' Rin thought. She waited a few minutes before looking at her watch and acting shock.
"Something wrong, child?"
Rin hated lying to the woman, but there was no other way for her to get out without tell her about the arguments between Sesshomaru and herself, not to mention the true feelings she had towards him. "Oh, I was told to be home by seven." Six thirty now, leaving her plenty of time to get there, not that this foster family would care if she showed up dead. They never told her when to be home, or when dinner was. She always woke herself up, made her own meals, and cleaned her own clothes. She even had to sign their name to her report cards and school letters.
"Oh, well" Izayoi looked out the back door, "It's getting dark already. I hate to have you walk after dark. Sesshomaru can take you when he goes to town for me. "I'll call your parents to tell them why you're going to be late." She stood up to head back to the phone.
"No, that's alright. I can take the bus." She does everyday either way. "Nothing to it." Before the woman could argue, Rin took off out the back door, just as the garage door opened to allow Inuyasha to fall flat on his back with a groan.
"Try and stop me, little mutt." Sesshomaru said as he stepped over him, barely missing his hand with his foot.
Rin's sudden odd behavior and escape left Izayoi's mind as she turned to her stepson and son. "Cookies are ready, Sesshomaru. Thank you for doing this for me." She turned to Inuyasha, "Now, you..."
Sesshomaru tuned the scolding out as he carried the boxes out to his car. He was just taking the last few boxes when something caught his eye. It was a red book. He picked it up and turned it over to see "Diary" gold lettering embossed on the front. He flipped it opened and to see Rin's name before it was snatched from his hands.
Inuyasha ignored his mother as he marched from kitchen, not caring he added a few another week to his already two week long grounding, or that his brother would more then likely kill him later. Izayoi was watching both with wide eyes before shaking her head and continued packing the cookies. Sesshomaru just went on as if nothing happen, but in the back of his head he was wondering how Rin's Diary end up on the kitchen floor within his father's house.
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"Good grief, I can't believe I lost it!" Rin was rummaging through her locker again after tearing her backpack apart, dropping books on the floor. She was going crazy over the lost of her diary. It was more or less a like a love book, really. Love letters never sent, thoughts of the one she wrote to.
She would just die if the one got a hold of it and read it. She be the laughing stock of the school. Little poor Rin, in love with the richest, cutest, and best guy in school.
"Moving out or remodeling, Rin?" Sango asked leaning on the locker next to her.
Rin pulled her head out of her locker, "No, my diary is missing." She dove back in.
"Oh, that read one with the gold lettering?"
"Ya, you seen it?" The books stopped flying.
"Saw with Inuyasha."
"What?" She took off, leaving poor Sango to clean up the mess she left as she tore down the hall. She skidded around a corner and saw him, standing with Kagome. Rin raced at him, pouncing on his back, "Where is it?"
"Hey! Rin! Get off!" He jumped around, trying to shake her off. "Come on, I have it right here." He held the red book up which she grabbed before jumping off his back. "Jeez girl." He rubbed his back the best he could. Everyone was looking at them like they were crazy. He smiled, waved good bye to Kagome told her he see her in class, before pulling Rin down a hall to the back of the school where a stairwell was hidden. Not many kids knew of it and the ones who did, only used it when it got them to their class faster. "You really need to get a lock for that thing, Rinny. Sesshomaru found it in our kitchen when we got home yesterday."
"OH, NO!" She plopped down on a step holding the book to her chest as if it was a life line.
"Don't freak, I got it away from him before he read any of it."
Inuyasha was the only person who knew of her feelings for Sesshomaru. They had been childhood friends, until her parents died in the car crash when she was eight. They didn't see each other after she went into foster care. She was moved around so much, different schools then him as not having the money any longer to pay for it.
But they never lost touch, writing each other everyday, calling when she was allowed to use the phone. He was the reason she was at the school in the first place. He had heard about the scholarship from him and his father had gotten her caseworker to agree to move her to another foster home closer to the school so she could go after earning the right to go.
"You really should ask him out, Rinny." He told her, sitting next to her.
"Why? So I can be the joke of the school." She shook her head, "No thanks, dude."
"Come on, you too are the joke of the school. Somethings wrong if you too don't fight at least once a day."
"How are our fight a joke?"
He laughed, "Tall, male student...short little female? Come on that is funny as hell." He started laughing harder, falling after the step onto the floor. He rolled, holding his stomach.
"Oh, shut it." She threw the book at him, missing him and causing the book to slide across the floor. It came to a stop at the feet of the "Tall male".
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Sesshomaru bent to pick the book up, starring at the two before him. Inuyasha was on his back looking up at him upside down. Rin, in all her glory, stood on the steps, wide eyed, mouth gasping, and pale as a ghost. She was the only girl who had been able to catch his attention. Any other girl at school would throw themselves at him, but he would always keep walking, ignoring them.
This one, however, he had to talk to, well argue with really. Yet another thing no other person was able to do, make him boil over. He was more upset that she didn't throw herself at him, yet that was what drew him to her. However, he could never help but argue with her, he has tried.
Oh, has he tried, but something was always misspoken or mistook, starting the heated words between the two. He knew she was his half brother's friends, and had hoped he would someday catch her at his house. He thought if they could get away from the one thing that they argued about the most, it might help, but alas she came over or he was unable to be there when she was, as when he found her diary the first time.
"You seem to be losing this a lot." He stated walking around his brother, to hand the book back to her. She slowly took it, not looking him in the eye. Here, a girl who was brave enough to poke him in the chest, wouldn't look him in the eye. "Bell about to ring." He said not taking his eyes off of Rin.
"Ya, ummm, thanks for the info."
He heard his brother answer back.
"Umm...come on Rin, I'll walk you to class."
His little brother came into view, behind Rin. Sesshomaru shook his head. "The Headmaster wants us both in his office. Sent me to get her. It seems he has chosen one of us for valedictorian."
Inuyasha looked between the two and shrugged, "Just don't kill each other on the way." He took off up the stairs.
The two stood there, Rin starring at her feet with Sesshomaru watching her. "We better go." Rin whispered bending to pick up her backpack.
Sesshomaru couldn't take it any longer. He reached out, taking a hold of her wrist and pulling her up against his chest, his lips crushing hers. She melted into his arms and he was in heaven. His lips moving over hers, taking the sweetness of her, his arms pulling her closer. The bell rang causing her to jerk away at the sound of it. They were both breathing heavily, her cheeks flushed from the heat of her passion that she tries to hide from him.
"Rin..."
She shook her head not saying a word and grabbing her bag, she took off up stairs leaving him there as the final bell rang.
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Inuyasha had enough. He couldn't put past his mind at how fast things could change between two people. He didn't know what happen, but something happen did. Even since the encounter on stairs, Rin had taken to avoiding Sesshomaru now. From what he heard from the other seniors who were starting to worry over what was happening, any class the two had together, she would bolt for the door as soon as the bell rang. Sesshomaru wouldn't have a chance to even blink let alone say a word to her.
Sesshomaru had even taken a different tone as well. He hadn't made a fuss over being chosen for Valedictorian or about his grades compared to anyone. He had offered rides to Inuyasha many times after school and would be seen in the front yard during lunch time, which somehow explained why Rin wasn't around the gang anymore.
It took the junior a week to hunt her down, but he found her tucked away in the back room of the library, munching on her packed lunch and studying. He tried to get her to tell him what happen, guessing she was upset that Sesshomaru made Valedictorian only to come to find out Rin had gave it up before even knowing who the headmaster choose. She refused to tell him anything.
Now, two days until graduation, three months after thing changed. Inuyasha had enough of the silly games and was coming close to telling Sesshomaru where she was hiding. The school was going crazy without the two fighting. He marched down to the library after telling the others he had to return a book.
Slamming his books down, gaining her attention. "Oh, right what happen?"
Rin lifted her head and looked at him like he was crazy.
"Between Fluffy and you." He growled.
She rolled her eyes, "Nothing, I just need to study. I heard of a scholarship at Hirosho College. There's an entry exam I need to study for." She bent her head again.
"Hirosho College? Rin I thought you wanted ti join Tokyo University. Dad even set up an appointment for you to meet the Dean."
"Inuyasha, I can't afford T.U. Besides, your father should be getting Sesshomaru set up, not me."
He plopped down across her, "Please," He scoffed, "He's been accepted to dozen of colleges and Universities. The mail box is stuffed full everyday with those acceptance letters. He don't need help."
"Ya, mine box is the same way, just no money to go to any of them." She stated flipping another page.
"Dad said he give you the money or even give you a job should you need it." He snapped his finger, "I got it, come be my dad's assistance. He's always complaining too much work not enough hands. You know he pays well."
Rin knew all too well how well he pays remembering how much Izayoi paid just for her to make cookies. "Yep, twice what I'm worth pushing three if he thinks he can get away with it." She sighed, "Inuyasha, please. I know what you're trying to do and you can stop." She stood and started to gather her things.
Inuyasha played insulted and hurt, "Me? Doing something besides school work? You wound me Rin!"
"I come from a different part of life. I would never fit in." Rin sighed.
"You did once."
"Not anymore, now leave me alone and don't go messing around. In two days, I'll be gone."
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So, as Rin said, two days later she graduated and boarded a bus, her friends and new foster mother wishing her luck and goodbye. She left only one thing and it was her diary. She asked Inuyasha to give it to his brother along with a note saying goodbye.
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(Me walking on to stage) I have nothing to say but this story goes out to fan of my stories, or at least I hope she's still a fan of my writings. This goes out to Jolie. I do hope you're out there waiting for this...if not, oh well (Sniffs) I'll be fine, don't worry about me.(Sniffs and wipes eyes) Ok, now read review, I'll get the next chapter up soon, that is if you all like the tale.
