Chapter One: A
Def.: A grade rating a student's work as superior.
"What's it take, HUH?!"
Sesshomaru was startled out of his light doze in a low branch of a tree near the elder miko's village by the well and turned to glare at the girl not far below him.
"Report cards came out yesterday," she said as though answering someone's question, though no one had asked. "I just looked up the courage to look, though." She sighed. "What's it going to take for me to get an 'A'?"
"Explain, miko," he said, tiring of her use of words he didn't know.
She set her paper down and turned to look at him, sitting on her knees in the grass. She seemed to think for a moment before speaking.
"You had a teacher when you were a kid, right?"
"A tutor," he corrected, wondering where she was going with this.
"Whatever," she said, waving her hand dismissively. "Teacher, tutor, same thing." He blinked, and she continued. "Anyway, in my time, everyone goes to this place called school. There, a single teacher instructs an entire group of people in one room of the building, while other teachers do the same things in other rooms. They give the students homework, class assignments, tests, and stuff like that. And everything is graded using a letter that tells you how good you're doing in the class. An 'A' means you're doing the best possible, more or less, a 'B' is just good, a 'C' is barely passing, and so on." She stopped and sighed again. "And I have all 'B's'."
"This is bad?" he questioned, not really following. Didn't she just say 'B's' were good?
"In a way, yes," she replied. "If I don't get better grades, I can't get into the college I want."
He shook his head, deciding not to ask, and jumped down off his branch, kneeling before her to capture her lips in a kiss. She immediately responded, wrapping her arms around his neck and pulling him closer. When they pulled apart, he said, "I give you an 'A' for kissing."
She smiled. "I have a good teacher." She leaned in and kissed him again, her report card flying away in the breeze.
Owari.
A/N: ALWAYS READ THESE! NINE TIMES OUT OF TEN, THEY WILL BE IMPORTANT! And I will not be bugging you often, so please just bear (bare?) with me!
Rating may go up FOR CERTAIN CHAPTERS ONLY! Don't worry, I WILL warn you!
I apologize ahead of time for the delay between chapters. There's going to be a LOT of them, and it's going to be slow going. Some chapters will be related, others not. If they will be related, I'll let you know. Most of these are Sessh/Kag, but some will also be chapters about the brothers (NOT in a romantic way!), and maybe even some stuff with just Kagome and her modern friends, with Sango, with her family, and that sort of thing. The brothers chapters are a for sure, but I haven't decided on the rest of these. These are just ideas I'm bouncing around in my head. Let me know what you think, what you'd like to see, your impression(s) of the story so far, whatever you want! I LOVE constructive criticism by the way. NO flames though, or I'll send Sesshy to kick your butt! (Not really, 'cause I doubt he'd listen to me. :P)
Also, a quick note about the chapters themselves; there is no set word count. Some will be short, others very short, some average, some long, some very long, and probably plenty in between. No complaints about this, please! And don't say I didn't warn ya!
One last note: if you'd read the title of this story, you'd know that this is called "Part One". Each letter, A-Z, will get it's own separate story. The reason for that is this: I'm basing each chapter from words from my, admittedly, slightly old dictionary. It's all alphabetical. I also use a definition for that word as the prompt. Simple, right? Needless to say, there are MANY words for each letter that I want to use. Also, some words have more than one definition I want to use. DO NOT ASSUME THAT THEY ARE RELATED. YOU WILL BE VERY CONFUSED. I promise I will let you know if and when two or more chapters are related!
Well, that's all I have for you for now, so I'll let you know when anything else comes up. Also, this will probably be the longest Author's Note you'll ever see from me. Ever.
Sayōnara!
- Kymma
P.S. No, Kymma (literally "Kim-ma") isn't my real name. It's my (favorite) penname (Usually with "Raven" attached to the end, sometimes with a space but usually not). Just putting that out there.