Summery: Rin is both blessed and cursed. She has power that even the celestial beings envy and yet, because of that power she is cursed with silence. During the dark hours she is free to talk, to be like every other demon. But during the daylight she is silent, not to speak a word or phrase. No one notices her, thinking her but a shadow, as she is known among the teachers. But one day she takes pity on a proud demon and gives him a hand. Said demon cannot stop thinking of her so goes after her. So what happens when you throw two powerful demons together? Shocking chemistry.
Rin watched from her table in the corner of the library and tried not to laugh. Even though she couldn't talk she could still make noises and laughter was paramount as of now.
She was watching Sesshomaru Tenseiga, powerful demon, most lusted after bachelor in the school, and second best in the class rank of grades, try to learn History, which he was currently failing horribly, from the smuttiest demon in the entire world, and school whore.
It was so comical that Rin had to put her hand over her mouth and think of something disgusting, that wasn't this scene, so she didn't crack up. Finally, from what she could see and hear, Sesshomaru gave up and ordered Kagura to leave since he wasn't learning a thing and all she was doing was trying to seduce him with showing him her cleavage and arousing herself so he could scent it.
Hell Rin could scent it all the way over here and the scent was making her sick. Kagura tried again to get him to let her stay and this time Sesshomaru mildly flicked his nails, which had grown into claws, and Kagura got the hint and left, muttering bad temperately.
Sesshomaru sighed and ran a hand through his silver blue hair, "how the hell am I supposed to learn this shit if I can't get someone to help me with it that doesn't speak Swedish, wants me to somehow die, or wants to fuck me?"
Rin tapped her finger to her lips and got up and walked over. She stopped at his table where Sesshomaru looked coldly up. Since she was in his History class she knew what section they were doing and she took his piece of paper and his pencil and started to sketch.
They were going over the Reign of Terror when Robespierre ruled a dictatorship over France and was guillotine happy. So she used her artistic skills and drew Inuyasha (it was common knowledge that the brothers hated each other) as Robespierre and then drew several anime cartoons that featured Inuyasha ruling.
Then in the last few it showed Sesshomaru, his face emotionless, but with that almost hidden glee, as he pulled the rope that let loose the blade over Inuyasha's head as he was beheaded. This all took about five minutes and Sesshomaru watched her work and noticed he actually enjoyed her scent of sakura blooms and raindrops.
Then she stepped back and indicated her sketch. Sesshomaru took a look at it then did something he hadn't done since his mother had died, he laughed. The sketch was so well drawn that he could actually feel the rope as he pulled it over his blasted brother's head.
He then looked at the girl, who then signed in sign language, "what kind of weapon did Robespierre prefer?" Sesshomaru thought for a moment and remembered the glee of pulling the rope…
"A guillotine." She nodded and started to return to her table but he caught her wrist and was surprised to feel a spark when flesh met flesh. "Wait. Can you help me with the rest of the section?"
She turned and seemed to think then nodded. For the rest of the hour and the next Rin did the same thing with the other major points and they actually got along doing so. Sesshomaru remembered what she drew too since she did it in such a funny way and they often consisted of him killing Inuyasha or Kagura or someone else he detested.
He found that he wanted to remember the events so that the next time he had an urge to kill Inuyasha, and he could never go more than five minutes in the mutt's company without wanting to do so, he could just bring up the scene and then think he had actually killed him.
Five o'clock came around and the girl stood to leave. Sesshomaru then asked her name as she grabbed her knapsack and started to leave the library. She simply signed "Rin." Then left. Rin, he thought. This won't be the last time we meet.
The next day he sat in History class trying to memorize the damn events that they were reading about. He had looked and asked after Rin all day but had found no one that knew her. It was now 5th period and he really didn't get a thing the teacher was saying so he glanced around and was surprised to find a girl in the corner idly doodling.
It was Rin. But shouldn't he have noticed her before… that thought trailed off as he brought up memories of previous periods and realized he had her in every class he just hadn't noticed her since no teacher called on her and she never raised her hand or anything.
He also wanted to talk with her so he wrote a quick note and flicked it over to her seat. She caught it in mid-air with her free hand, not even bothering to look up from her doodling until she had finished.
Then she opened the note and read, 'didn't know you were in my classes. Mind if you give me some help before I decide to kill this Swedish idiot?' Rin stifled a chuckle as she wrote back, 'just ignore him for now and I can draw you up the notes for this chapter after school. Nice to see someone knows I exist.'
She flicked it back and when Sesshomaru finished reading it, he nodded to her. After class Sesshomaru waited as Rin walked to his desk. "When will you be available for me to draw them?" She signed as they walked to class.
Sesshomaru answered, "The library after school." She tapped her finger to her lips, a habit he decided, she did when she was thinking, then shook her head and signed, "the library is closed on Friday's though so where?" Sesshomaru hoped to God she wasn't a prep or some gold digger as he said, "my place.
Inuyasha and company should be out so we would be left alone." She nodded, not disturbed by that fact as they entered Trig and took respective seats. Sesshomaru wondered what she would think about his home. Rin wondered what she had gotten herself into.
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