Diz: So, I wrote this story a long time ago and the few chapters I have up I'm not exactly… pleased with. I've decided to do some massive re-vamping, but it's going to take awhile since I'm just getting back into my groove writing-wise. Bear with me, okay?
This is the first straight pairing I've ever wrote. It's also the first straight pairing I've ever fallen in love with. Something about the Sesshoumaru/Rin relationship called out to me. So, here's the story summary:
Shikonara High was an average high school with the usual cliques and a demanding social ladder that you'd be a fool to try and cross.
In one of the main cliques, there was a girl... well, four girls to be exact, but one in particular. Rin Higurashi wasn't exactly the most popular girl in school, but she was up there. She was generally nice, easily annoyed, and fairly pretty in a conventional way. Her laughter was infectious and her smile earned her many fans. She was biting, sarcastic, and witty, a fact which did not go unnoticed by most of the student body. Despite being labeled a weird hybrid between a punk/emo ( a fact she noted with extreme unease ), she was still popular with generally most of the school. Saying she was mouthy was an understatement when it came to Rin, however. She was easily the most deceiving, most sarcastic person in the group. One second, she'd be bubbly, happy-go-lucky Rin and the next moment, before you could snap your fingers, her eyes would take on a dark look, coldly calculating you and your responses.
If you were to ask her about the sudden change in her demeaner, she'd stare at you for a long time, silently gauging your reaction to her silence, then she'd divert the subject back to the topic at hand with a lovely sounding, "We're getting off topic!", her confectionate voice like silver bells, tinkling around you. The most popular theory seemed to resort back to her childhood. Little is known about how Rin came to live with the Higurashis ( who gladly adopted her ) and the student body came up with wild stories, each as outrageous as the next. Rin refuses to divulge any information and most generally let the conversation drop after the awkward silence ensued.
Along side her stood her three best friends - Kagome Higurashi ( also her sister ), Sango Taija, and Ayame Wulf. The four had very different personalities, but each suited the other in a way that gave their group something no other clique had -- a true dynamic.
Kagome Higurashi, being the older, adoptive sister to Rin, was no stranger to Rin's sarcasm. Choosing to ignore the majority of the comments rather than get irritated, Kagome was labeled, easily, the quiet one in the group. When Rin and Sango were shouting at some poor, unsuspecting freshmen and Ayame was flirting with the next guy who thought he'd have a chance ( but none ever did ), Kagome would be sitting there, casually leaning against the nearest object and regard her best friends with a silent, amusing look. She observed rather than participate. On rare, RARE occasions, she'd step in and start something herself, but the moments were so rare that people generally overlooked them.
Sango Taija was known for getting into insane amounts of trouble. Detentions didn't hold their threatening appeal to Sango anymore. Her explosive anger problem, coupled with her devil-may-care attitude and a mouth that could rival Rin's ensured that every teacher in Shikonara High had a close eye on Sango, a fact Sango took massive delight in. No one messed with Sango unless they wanted to be pushed down a flight of stairs.
Ayame Wulf wasn't the promiscuous girl she made herself out to be ( only having one real bedmate her entire life ), but flirting was a nice release from stress and Ayame was thrilled with the looks she got from both men and women. It filled her with a certain pleasure that she could resort most people to stuttering with a slight flick of her red hair and a wink in her green eyes. She couldn't help it, though. It came with being a social butterfly.
On the not-so-opposite end of the social ladder, Sesshoumaru Taishou stood, pretty as a picture. It wasn't a far stretch of the imagination to say that men envied Sesshoumaru. It's only human. He was gorgeous, top in all of his classes, came from a life of luxury, and was dating Kagura, who was known for the racy lingerie ads you can see when you enter the mall. He was arguably the most popular guy in Shikonara High. His only visibly downsides could be counted on one hand and were reasonably small mentions such as: Exceptionally quiet, broodingly cold, and stunningly mean. He could pierce through you with a simple look and he only seemed to socialize with his own group of four, the self-dubbed "Playboys".
Among these playboys were InuYasha Taishou ( Sesshoumaru's brother ), Miroku Houshi, and Kouga Wolfe. InuYasha was usually seen shouting about something or pouting ( though he wouldn't call it that ) over something that didn't quite go his way. Spoiled, handsome, rich boy-brat came to mind, if you wanted to associate words. He was constantly in a fight with someone ( usually Kouga, as the two were rarely quipped without insults ) and had an extreme reputation for the being a manwhore. Though both would die if ever confronted, InuYasha and Kouga were eerily similar. From the raging attitudes to the manslut appearances, it was almost scary.
Miroku Houshi was the school pervert. Most of the peeping tom instances in the school were in some way related to Miroku. Though he wasn't bad looking ( to the contrary -- he was very good looking ), his not-so-subtle attempts to woo every female he met left his playboy reputation leaving something to be desired. Never one without a joke and a charming smile, he was known as the funny one.
Cliques don't usually mix well, so when a teacher chose members from Rin's punk-popular group to be paired with Sesshoumaru's Playboy-group, the ending results were bound to cause a riot. The school might never be the same.
Though their life wasn't exactly perfect, it was perfect for them... Until their groups clash.
Diz: So, reviews are helpful and kind. You should give me one.
