After class
"Woo Sesshy, this latest one is so kawaii! Did you say she'll do ANYTHING?" Hojo moved up so close, attempting to tickle her cheeks with one out stretched pointer but Rin slammed his forehead, pushing him back, at the same time bunching a fist threateningly. He shifted next to her ear lobes, hissing, "In that case, can I see your little panties?"
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Hojo: Profile
Height: six feet
Weight: 73kg
Race: Japanese
Hair: Colored auburn with breached highlights
One of Sesshy's group members
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"Hey Hojo, don't be so nasty!" Another voice chipped in, shoving away Hojo and presenting himself to Rin. "Don't mind him. He's always like that. Never had a girl one day in his life. Hi, I'm Naraku and I'm the nicest guy here." He winked. "So, can I get a first kiss?" He scrunched his lips inching forward as Rin stared with her teeth chattering noisily in trepidation.
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Naraku: Profile
Height: six feet two
Weight: 75kg
Race: Japanese
Hair: Colored golden, long, always with a head band
Also a Sesshy group member
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Two kicks swung in the air, although mild, but still had its effects. Both Hojo and Naraku were flung back to their individual chairs and Sesshoumaru circled Rin by her waist, bringing her to his side.
"Get the idea once and for all. She's for MY personal usage!" He breathed down her neck causing her to twitch uncomfortably. "Aren't you?"
Rin gulped as she thought of her letter, that CURSED letter!
"Y…Yes, I'myourpersonalslaveforever." The words fell from her trembling lips. Myriads of thoughts swirled in her, one came out the loudest.
IS THIS THE END OF MY PEACEFUL LITTLE LIFE?
Near a supermarket
A most depressing and miserable sulk clung to her brows the whole journey from the supermart as the last command of Sesshy rang continuously in her ears.
"I am hungry. Listen carefully." His tone was so arrogant, so full of himself it made Rin sick to her stomach. "I want pizza, apple pie, double chocolate chip cookies, vanilla coke, chips and whatever you think it's good….."
Rin struggled futilely with the five paper bags in her hands as bits of small packets slipped off as she staggered back. She heaved en exasperated sigh, bent to pick up that left behind bag of chips but instead dropped two more. She tried reaching for that two but what did ya know, she dropped three more.
She was about to re-pack everything when an unholy intruder yanked on her pony tail, leaving her screaming out in pain, dropping every single item currently still resting in her arms.
"Hey Bitch! Just who do you think you are buzzing around Prince like an irritating housefly?" The voice was sharp and high pitched.
Rin looked up. It was a girl, folding her arms at her chest and shaking one foot impatiently.
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Kagura: Profile
Height: five feet four
Weight: 50kg
Race: Japanese mixed Chinese
Hair: Shoulder length Pitch Black with two strips of cobalt blue highlights, one on his side.
One of Sesshy's admirer and friend from high school
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"PRINCE? Who's that?" Rin retaliated, swinging her right hand to pull back her hair.
Kagura feigned a sensuous chuckle, though not at all successful, as she announced rather formally as if broadcasting some important news.
"Sesshoumaru, also known as Demon Prince of Seduction…" She would love to continue listing all the seemingly wonderful aspects of him where no one appreciated and only she could see but an outburst of laughter shocked her back to where she was. One corner of her lips twisted in the most unsatisfied manner.
"Prince? HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.." Rin stopped and spoke as if only to herself. "Yah right. I say he's an asshole of a prince." She stood up face on with Kagura. "You can drool over him all you want, like I ever will care. If he hadn't taken my letter, I wouldn't even be doing this!" She shoved her aside. "Get out of my way!"
Hack! With a fretful growl, she hurled everything on the ground, panting and blowing between her teeth with pending rage.
Why that evil conceited bastard! Thinking that he's so charming. I know what I'll do. She made a decision on that exact spot. I'll confess to Inuyasha, letting him know how I feel about him. Then, I'll rid myself of this, this, this demon from my life FOREVER!
Rin threw all she was lugging onto a table where Sesshoumaru was seated, every littlest content inside spilled out filling the whole wooden area.
"Listen up you, you… I'm done with all this! I'm going to declare my love to Inuyasha now! After today, I'll never be your slave again! HA!" She turned to leave, pretending not to see Sesshoumaru's increasing annoyance.
"Do you really have the courage to do that?" He passed an entertained smirk as Rin turned back to stick out a spiteful tongue.
"Pull open that big eyes of yours and watch me!"
Rin found herself in that same position as though like déjà vu, behind the same old pillar. She held on to her bag twirling her extremely straight re-bonded hair like spaghetti.
This time, I'll make it right. She let her eyelids drift shut, playing a possible scene in her mind.
Inuyasha has agreed on a date and he swung one lean arm round her waist, pulling her into a romantic tango position, moving in little by little. Rin closed her eyes expectantly once again but he stopped suddenly.
"Rin.. did you just eat onions?"
That single question hurtled Rin back to the present as she rummaged through her bag hurriedly, spraying a splash of mint into her mouth and smacking her lips. Then she held up one palm and tested briefly her own breath.
There! Nothing will go wrong now. Wait a minute….
"Inuyasha! Stop!" She spotted the captain, shouting on top of her voice and half ran toward him while zipping up her bag.
"Rin. What a pleasant surprise!" Inuyasha was still as dashing as ever and Rin felt her pulse rate shot up without the ability to cease it from happening.
"I… I just… wanna say … X!f?A?jm!" Her last words trailed off into a mumble so hushed Inuyasha couldn't make out what it was at all.
"What was that?" He implored, a definite look of concern hung on his chiseled jaw.
Rin squeezed her eyes shut so tightly, heaving a deep deep breath.
Here goes….
"Inuyasha, I've admired you for the longest time and I really like you a lot!" There, she said it, though still with her eyes closed.
There was a long silence. Inuyasha did not speak and Rin slowly peeled open one iris, wanting to gauge his reaction.
Inuyasha was…..smiling at her? And that expression on his face. Does it spell the word 'shy'?
And he speaks, Rin swallowed hard.
"I don't know what to say, Rin-san." The basketball captain scratched his head bashfully. "I never expected that…. the girl that I have a crush on will be the one to tell me first." He forced a grin on his slightly flushed cheeks.
Rin felt her cheeks burn just as heatedly, or perhaps worse.
What? Is he saying he feels the same way… Yipeeeeeee, I'm in heaven…definitely.
Inuyasha threw his sunshine smile at the girl beside him as he led her down the school corridor. But Rin's eyes at this moment weren't at all focused on him. They were pin pointed to a crowd of students gathering at the notice board, as though having an intriguing discussion of some sort. Suddenly, someone raised a hand in their direction.
"Hey! Isn't that the lovely couple on the latest news?"
Everyone channeled their attention on them almost instantly, a selection of woo and wows emerged in an overlapping chorus. Another pointed at the something and added a comment to spice it up further.
"I didn't know you're so popular, Inuyasha. Rin-san here says that you're her favorite basketball player of all times and she attends your every match without fail even she has class. How sweet!" This was followed by a tail of scattered giggles.
How did they know the contents of my letter to Inuyasha? Could it be that….
Rin dashed toward the row of A3 sized papers now pinned on the wall beside the general notices. She blinked and rubbed her eyes hard. Still, she couldn't believe it.
It was her letter!
Speechless and flooding with the mixture of downright shame and disgust, a certain emotion reign---hate! And one particular name too--- SESSHOUMARU!
He really did it! He copied her letters for all to see. THAT SCUM BAG!
With a loud yell, Rin swept her hands wildly across the papers, ripping whatever she could gather in that few swipes, then she shot like an arrow away… from the unwanted limelight, from this romantic turned overly-tensed situation, from Inuyasha.
Nonetheless, she knew actually where she was heading for…
In the art class, right after dismissal
Rin stormed into the room, the heels of her knee length boots clanking like a ferocious stampede, purposefully heading for a dark figure at the window. She pulled his shoulder around, raising her hand and swinging him an agitated slap she couldn't control.
Both Naraku and Hojo stood rooted as if an impending battle was inevitable. No one had ever dared to hit their leader like that! The girl's as good as dead. Sesshoumaru's eyes narrowed and he glared at her while clenching a strangled bloodless knuckled fist.
"You scum! I didn't think you would put up my letter like that! Do you really think you can have what you want by such extreme actions? I have nothing but pity for you." Rin tugged both her hands by her waist, suppressing her tears and holding up her firmest front. "The only reason why you're capable of doing a thing like is that you have never known what love is. That is precisely why you can manage to so heartlessly disregard it when others express theirs."
With that, Rin marched out as an unrestrained tear drop escaped the corner of her eyes. Sesshoumaru took in a lengthened breath, his eyes still fixed on her fading back view intently, as if engaging in a certain musing.
Wiping off all the excess moisture from her cheeks, Rin let her head drop gazing to the ground, sighing intermittently as she passed by the school main gate. Just that moment, she thought she caught sight of a pair of sports shoes and following it up to its owner, she realized who it was.
"Inuyasha… what are you doing here?" Seeing the one that she thought she had induced so much publicity to, she was overwhelmed with guilt and humiliation.
But Inuyasha surprised her to the core.
"I…I've taken down all those ..err.. letters. I've torn them and dumped them. Don't worry." He consoled, only daring to put a careful hand on her shoulder.
Rin's tears flowed fast and free. She didn't wish to but just couldn't help it any longer.
"I'm so sorry. You must be very affected by this. I've disgraced you. You probably don't want to see me ever again."
Inuyasha's brows furrowed with much gentleness.
"Don't be silly. There're always people who just wanna make your life miserable." He lifted her chin to gaze into her eyes, wiping away the last traces of tears with his handkerchief, then passing it into her hand. "But there'll always be someone who will be miserable because you're troubled."
Rin's pout switched swiftly to a slight smile. She was greatly moved.
"Come. I'll see you home." Her eyes twinkled with renewed joy as they took a slow walk home together.
At Rin's house
"Mom, I'm home…." As the door parted, Rin noticed her mother humming an old tune as she placed two dishes on the dinner table. "Mom?"
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Izayoi: Profile
Middle aged lady
Single mom
Equally forgetful and blur
Still retaining a childlike nature
Actions are mostly extreme and dramatic
Basically the older replica of Rin
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"Rin, you're back! Dinner's almost ready." Izayoi seemed to have something else to say and Rin could sense it.
Could it be that recent date she was talking about two days back? Did something happen? Did they have a fight or even break up? The girl pondered internally. At first, her mother was hesitant about beginning a new relationship and Rin knew exactly the reason why. Her mom was worried that she wouldn't be able to accept it but why wouldn't she? After all these years since dad passed away, it was about time that mom finds new love and happiness, someone who can take care of her in ways that she herself would never be able to.
"Mom," She said in a sing-song manner. "What's the special occasion? What's with that look?" Then, Rin grabbed Izayoi by her elbow, turning her body to face her as she scrutinized. "I know that look. You can' escape telling me. Out with it. Now!"
"Ho Ho Ho…" Izayoi hid a series of girlish chuckles that changed Rin's mind. Her mom wasn't upset after all. "I… I have good news."
"What good news?" Rin was clouded for a moment. Is tonight some special day that she had carelessly forgotten again? But it was either her birthday nor her mom's nor her deceased dad's nor their anniversary nor….
"Rin, my dearest daughter…" Izayoi couldn't conceal her jubilation any further. "I'M GETTING MARRIED! HE PROPOSED! Rin, aren't you happy for mummy?"
"WHAT! You're getting married? So soon? I thought you guys just started dating a month back." Rin found herself speaking in a jumble and out of control. "How can you make such rash decision? Aren't these things supposed to be taken slowly? You haven't even introduced us. I haven't even met him. What if I dislike him? What if…"
"Rin, you're over reacting. He's out of town for a couple of days for a meeting." Izayoi flashed an over seductive wink causing Rin to flinch slightly. "He says he'll meet you at your school."
"School?" Rin flipped back her fringe, still baffled. "Why on earth is he going to my school?"
"Ho Ho Ho… I'm so forgetful." Her mother sat down, pulling Rin along and she chucked her a pair of chopsticks. "I forgot to tell you that he's the chairman of your university."
Just then, the door bell chimed that all-too-familiar melody.
"I'll get that. I've invited his son over for dinner. It must be him." Izayoi did a little samba toward the door as Rin froze, her mind challenged to piece a certain puzzle together.
The school chairman and his son? Why does that sound so…
"NOOOOOOOOOO! Don't open that door!" Rin's cries echoed through the room as she raced to over take her mom!
Sesshoumaru! It's him!
By a pure stroke of distorted luck, Rin screeched to a halt just when Izayoi pulled the door handle and she found herself staring right at him, standing with one hand leaned on the ledge. Thank goodness she stopped before slamming into his arms!
"Sesshy! How nice you can come! This is my daughter, Rin." Izayoi was completely oblivious to the tension evident. "When your father and I wed, she'll become your elder sister. Oh how sweet!" she clapped joyously. "You two will make the cutest siblings in the world!"
Rin couldn't close her mouth even when she knew she looked totally ridiculous in front of the one who had almost sank her life into an absolutely bottomless messy pit.
Sesshoumaru looked up for the first time as he flashed the sleaziest lopsided grin Rin had ever seen.
"Hi, big sis!"
Rin's mind exploded into one long singular syllable.
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!
She stamped her feet grudgingly as her operatic mom ushered Sesshoumaru to the dining area, flaring like an imminent inferno and at the same time rubbing her knuckles.
I'll show him who the BIG SIS is!
"Sesshy, sit down. It's so nice to have you for dinner." Izayoi set up the cutleries for her guest.
Sesshoumaru peered at the girl opposite him now gritting her teeth, her eyes blasting with unspoken war and her lips contorted to the ultimate inverted U shape. He couldn't help but to hide a grin.
"Aunty, I'm so honored." He sounded too gentlemanly it must be fake. Rin concluded as she turned to make a puking face. When she looked again, Sesshoumaru was about to pick up a piece of Sashimi. She intercepted it immediately.
"HA! Where are your manners? Who asked you to start eating?" Rin held up the other end of his chopsticks as Sesshoumaru watched her with amusement. That made Rin even madder and more flustered. "Who says you're welcome here? Mom! Don't be deceived. He's a totally sickening jerk and he…"
Rin halted as she heard one soft sob, then followed by another. She turned and was shocked at the sight of Izayoi weeping frantically, sniffing and coughing simultaneously.
"Oh Rin, I just know it. You hate me. You're against my marrying Sesshy's dad. I should have known it wouldn't be so easy. Happiness is just something I'll never possess…."
"Mom, it's not like that!" Rin felt so remorseful she wanted to cry along-side. But someone just had to rub it in.
"Aunty, I'm sorry that big sis hates me even from the first time we meet. It's all my fault. She must have heard that I was not a good boy at school. I wanted so much for you to take care of me but Rin One-san dislikes me. What am I going to do?" Rin decided that was even more pretentious than the previous one he made. She rolled her eyes.
"Oh Sesshy. I'm so sorry to disappoint you. But if Rin is against this marriage, I'll have to cancel it for her sake." Izayoi blew her nose into a piece of soft tissue.
"Mom, it's not like that. I do not hate him. Really! And I'm not against the wedding." Rin glared with her eye balls wide like a fish at Sesshoumaru who was now smirking devilishly at her.
Why that son of a … Rin paused. Oops! Would she be accidentally scolding her own mother?
WHAT THE HELL IS HAPPENING TO MY LIFE?
Outside Rin's house
Rin grimaced in internal agony when she was asked by mom to see Sesshy out. She was glad though that at last he was leaving. She couldn't wait to get rid of him. Throughout the whole night, she felt exceedingly uncomfortable, having to entertain him as he acted so courteously, even refilling her cup and passing her food she couldn't reach.
HA! He should rightfully get an Academy Award for Best Actor! She huffed inwardly watching as he seemingly wanted to mount his bike. However, he didn't but instead paused momentarily, then turned to regard her. He gestured her to him and Rin obeyed without knowing why she actually did comply in the first place. Still she hated that gutsy calmness he possessed.
"Hey, big sis.." He stopped letting out a clipped cough. "If you really hate me calling you that, you should tell your mom not to marry my dad. Then, you won't have to put up with me any longer."
Rin was taken aback. Why did Sesshy say that?
"I won't do that. You can do whatever you wish with me but I'll never stop my mom from re-marrying."
This time, Sesshoumaru was stunned and slightly shaken.
She's not protesting even after all he had done?
"Don't be silly. You don't have to force yourself like this." He feigned a menacing chuckle. "I can be much worse, especially when we live under the same roof."
"I already said I will not. I can put up with anything." She swallowed, her deep set eyes gleaming with full resolution. "I can… if mom is happy. As long as she's happy, I'm okay with anything. Good night."
Sesshoumaru watched with a strange mix of awe and astounded curiosity as the girl made her way into the house, pondering over her last sentences.
Hiya
Thank you for all your wonderful reviews. Like I've said in my profile, this story is partially adapted from Akuma de sorou…. Not entirely though… I'll be changing things, adding things… esp 'adult naughtiness'
But most importantly, akuma touched me so much last December that I wish to share this tale with ya…. Infuse into the world of Inuyasha…Tailored to Sess and Rin…written in the style of evil-buny
So, hope you like it