Sesshomaru walked into the classroom, and all was quiet. He walked over to the teacher, and several girls giggled.
The teacher looked up from her paperwork. "Oh!" she said, surprised, "You must be new student." He nodded and glanced at the class. "What's your name?" she asked.
"Takahashi, Sesshomaru."
"Takahashi? The Takahashi. From Takahashi Corps.?" She said, getting up.
He nodded again, rolling his eyes. 'Here it comes…' he thought. 'The blush…' Just then, the teacher began blushing. 'The bow and clumsiness…' She bowed, and tripped over her bag to get to him. 'The apology…'
"I'm so sorry!" she said, shaking his hand, still flushed.
"It's okay." He answered.
"I'm your AP Biology teacher, Miss Kimiko." She walked in front of the class, and he couldn't help but let his eyes wander to her round, full backside, very noticeable under her jet black hair.
"Everyone," she announced, "This is Takahashi Sesshomaru."
"You mean from Takahashi Corps.?" Someone yelled. Sesshomaru nodded again.
The group of girls giggled. "Hi, Sesshomaru-kun!" they said in unison. Before bursting into a fit of giggles again.
Miss Kimiko turned to him again. "Why don't you tell us a little about yourself?"
Sesshomaru shrugged. "What's there to know?"
"Why don't you start with your name, age and what you like to do? Things like that."
He sighed and cleared his throat/ "My name is Sesshomaru. I'm seventeen years old—"more giggles erupted from the group of girls, "And..." he thought for a moment, "I don't like to do much." He said, turning to Miss Kimiko.
"And what do you dislike?" Miss Kimiko asked.
He scoffed. "What I dislike?" he asked. "People who are too happy, dumb blondes, unicorns, rainbows…gay stuff like that." He paused again. "Oh, and groupies..." he said, staring at the girls. They giggled some more.
"Why is he staring at us?" one girl whispered with a smile.
"Oh, my goodness, he is so hot!" another said. Sesshomaru winced. They were dumb groupies. "He must be so rich…" another girl whispered. They giggled again.
"That's nice, Sesshomaru." Miss Kimiko told him, "You can take the seat between Kagura and Koga."
He moved his eyes to the girl and boy sitting at the back of the classroom. He walked to his new seat, and sat down. The girl rolled her blood red eyes at him.
"Oh, jeez, not another one." She glared over at Koga, who was scratching his armpit. He picked something out of it, smelled it and grinned. Kagura rolled her eyes again.
Sesshomaru noticed her remark and glared back at her. He wasn't going to be nice to her, though she smelled like a demon, with short black hair pulled back into a ponytail by a clip adorned with three feathers. She was wearing a conservative teal sweatshirt and jeans. He sniffed the air, and got a whiff of a fuka, wind scent, on her body. He sniffed the air once more, catching the scent of wet fur, rotting food and dirt. 'Wolf…" he thought, disgusted.
"Pssst!" Koga whispered, "Oi! Sesshomaru!" Sesshomaru turned to look at him. The smell was overwhelming, and he wrinkled his nose. "You're a demon, too?" he asked, stupidly.
Sesshomaru raised his brows in surprise; he'd never met a demon, let alone a wolf demon, dumber than him. "Yes, why?"
Koga snapped his fingers. "I knew it! 'Cause you smell like a dog!"
Sesshomaru's eyes narrowed. "Judging by your hygiene and clothes, I'm guessing you're a wolf demon."
Koga grinned. "Got that right!"
"Idiot…" Kagura mumbled, "He just insulted you."
"Aw, shaddup!" Koga said, rather loudly.
Miss Kimiko looked up. "Hush, Koga."
Sesshomaru looked around and noticed some sort of barrier separating the humans from the demons and other creatures. Koga was maybe too stupid to notice, but he was sure the girl could see it. All one had to do was squint a little and they would see the faint pink bubble like wall, cutting the middle of the classroom from one end of the wall to the other.
He leaned over to his left, and whispered to Kagura, "You're a wind sorceress, correct?"
She looked at him funny. "Yeah…"
"Why are the demons sitting in the back of the classroom?"
Her eyebrow twitched in annoyance. "I dunno. Do your work!" The barrier seemed to cause anger and frustration to the girl.
"Wench." Sesshomaru growled.
"Dog!" Kagura spat.
"Wolf!" Koga whispered.
Kagura glared at the wolf, as Sesshomaru slouched in his seat. This would be a very long day. Somehow, his mind kept wandering to the small brown haired girl who was helping him. He couldn't understand why he had the oddest urge to bite into her neck, hard enough to break the skin, but not as to injure her. He wanted her to realize he was much stronger than her; better than her. He wanted to show her that she was not the boss of him. Not now, not ever. She did something no other living organism on the big blue marble like planet has ever dared to do; question his authority. Sure, she had some sort of power, but not enough to collapse under like his. He would not give into her, she was just another human. So why did he have this yearning, this longing to hold her close and protected in his arms, away from the rest of the world? It was nothing he had ever felt before.
"Hey, Sesshomaru", Kagura whispered. His eyes swiveled to hers. "I don't know why Miss Kimiko makes us sit in the back. She just bunched us all together and put this barrier up. She's a priestess."
"A priestess?" Sesshomaru asked. Weird, he sensed no spiritual powers coming from her. "She doesn't look like one." He looked over at Miss Kimiko's form fitting dark jeans and shirt. "She sure as hell doesn't dress like one."
"I think she's scared of us." Kagura said.
Sesshomaru raised a brow. "Shouldn't she be?"
Kagura grinned. "I guess."
"Aren't most humans afraid?" he questioned.
"Most of them, with a few exceptions. Humans aren't allowed to show fear. They wouldn't dare. Ms. Higurashi's rule." She explained. "This school is mixed with so many kinds of people, but she is determined to keep peace. Yeah, it's been this way for a while now, but I wouldn't bet on it staying this way. It's only but a matter of time…"
Hmm, interesting. "And you said something about exceptions."
"Yeah, only two though. They're the only ones who us don't treat us like monsters, or are even afraid of us for that matter. Everyone else who isn't afraid is the students with spiritual powers, or slayers."
"And who might these two humans be?"
Kagura smiled. "The Higurashi girls."
Sesshomaru's eyebrows went up. Way up. "Higurashi? Like Rin Higurashi?"
Kagura looked at him. "Yeah, and her cousin, Kagome." She put her feet in the chair, hugging her knees, and pulled her sweatshirt over them. "You know Rin?"
Sesshomaru paused. "In a way."
Kagura chuckled. "Nice girl."
"I like Kagome." Koga blurted out. "One day, I'm gonna make her my wife." The two looked at him, and he grinned proudly.
"Don't lie to yourself, Koga. You know that Hojo boy has basically claimed her." Kagura said, shaking her head.
Koga laughed. "Ha! That human? I'll rip him to shreds." He cracked his knuckles menacingly.
Sesshomaru had difficulty holding in his laughter. The mangy wolf was pathetic; even his younger brother, Inuyasha could kick his ass. He couldn't wait until his father enrolled Inuyasha into the school. This would be a very interesting year. He listened to Kagura and Koga argue throughout the period, his mind occasionally slipping to that girl. No, he wouldn't think about her. He forced himself to listen to their conversation.
"Kagome would never fall for the likes of you. You're too arrogant, let alone stupid."
"I am not stupid!" Koga protested.
"So spell 'it'!"
"S…t…o…o…p…e…d… Stupid." Koga said, proudly.
Kagura snorted. "Oh, please. 'Stupid' is spelled s-t-u-p-i-d. And I said spell 'it', not 'stupid', stupid."
"I can too spell stupid!" Koga said, dumbly.
Kagura slapped her forehead. "I give up…"
"Kagura…" Sesshomaru said. "How old is Rin's cousin?"
Kagura thought for a second. "Fifteen."
"What else do you know about her?"
"Why?" Kagura asked, suspicious.
Sesshomaru glared at her. "None of your business." Just then, the bell rang.
Kagura got up. "Bye." She grabbed her book bag and walked out of the classroom.
Sesshomaru also picked up his bad and walked out of the classroom. He looked around the hallway for the classroom Rin pointed to. He spotted it, and walked down the hallway, and into the room. Another class full of obnoxious looking girls. Oh, joy. A girl walked up to him.
"Hi!" she greeted, waving.
Sesshomaru looked down at her. She wasn't a bad sight at all, with brown eyes and pretty black hair. Her smile seemed outrageously contagious, and Sesshomaru fought the urge to smile back.
"Hi." He said, gruffly. Something about this girl reminded him of someone. Someone frustratingly annoying. She resembled one who could get whatever they wanted, effortlessly.
"You're Sesshomaru, right? Rin told me I had class with you." She said.
Sesshomaru mentally slapped himself. Rin. That's who she reminded him of. Of course, it was all very clear to see; the smile, the kind eyes; it all made perfect sense.
"By any chance, might you be Kagome Higurashi?" he asked.
She grinned. "The one and only!"
Sesshomaru's mouth twitched. It was that damned smile… How it irked him so.
"Wanna sit down?" Kagome offered. Sesshomaru shrugged, and slumped down in a seat. She slipped into the seat right next to him, expertly ignoring the hateful stares she was getting from the group of girls behind them.
"I don't know if you've noticed, but you're being shot by daggers." He informed her. "You know, the ones coming out of those girl's eyes?"
Kagome rolled her eyes. "I know; this happens all the time. Watch this." She turned around and flashed a dazzling smile in their direction, and the glare of it hit one of the girls straight in the face. They all smiled back. Sesshomaru chuckled. "That's better. All smiles. I love happiness." She turned back around.
Sesshomaru watched as the girls kept the smiles plastered on their faces. "I think they're going to stay that way for the rest of the period…."
Kagome looked back at the girls who were still smiling. "Yeah, I think I overdid that one…oh well."
The entire period, Kagome helped Sesshomaru with his work. The truth is, he didn't need it, he was just being nice. Whoa, back up. Since when was he ever nice to someone? He needed to change that. He would not be like the rest of the idiotic school who slumped down under the power Kagome's smile. He would show her.
He growled loudly, startling Kagome. She looked at him, confused. He growled again, more menacing and louder. The students around them backed up out of their seats. Kagome sat at her desk, completely unafraid.
"What are you doing?" she asked him.
"I'm going to kill you, human." He growled at her.
Kagome rolled her eyes, as the students retreated to the door, as quiet as possible. Even the teacher moved. "Oh, please. Spare me." She said, picking up her pencil.
"Prepare to die." He said, baring his fangs.
"Sesshomaru, do your work, please. What, do you need help again?"
That was the last straw! He was tired of these arrogant humans! He got up, abruptly, knocking down his desk in the process. Kagome didn't look up once. He grabbed her by her waist, lifting her into the air.
She roiled her eyes again. "Put me down so I can finish." She told him, "At least I care about my grade." The muscles in his arms flexed, as he contemplated on what to do. "Down." Kagome commanded, "Now."
Oh, how he loathed her. Obediently, he put her down.
"Thank you." She said, going back to her work.
"I hate you…" he mumbled.
-x-
The last ten minutes of the period Sesshomaru spent cursing himself out. Why couldn't he just have killed her? It wouldn't have been a problem. He could have snapped her neck, not caring about the number of witnesses; he'd kill them too. But as he was holding her, his hand betrayed him. He couldn't find a way to punch through her chest, or slice her into bits. He didn't know why when she said, "Down" he complied like a pathetic little puppy.
"Stupid! Stupid! Stupid!" he muttered, smacking himself in the head.
Kagome looked over at him. "Did you finish your work, Sesshomaru?"
Sesshomaru glared at her. "Leave me alone." He said, realizing that it came out as a whimper, rather than a growl. Dammit…
Kagome sighed, "Do you need help again?" He continued to glare at her. "Here lemme see what problem you're on." She reached out for his paper, and he snatched it away. "Fine, fine…" she said, returning to her work.
"Stupid sophomore," he said, "Why are you in a junior's class anyway?"
"Because…" she said, putting her pencil down. "I past Geometry and Math B. I'm too smart for that kiddie stuff."
Sesshomaru raised a brow. "Oh? So what class is Rin taking?"
"Rin's a junior on a senior's level. She's taking senior classes, and she already took her SAT's. She's done for the year."
"Did she pass?"
"Duh. Now you won't if you don't finish your work."
Sesshomaru sighed and picked up his pencil. Just then, the lunch bell rang.
"See? Look what you did! Now I'm not finished!" she exclaimed. He snatched her paper from her, and quickly filled in the rest of the answers.
"There. Happy?" he asked. She flushed and gave in her paper to a nervous looking teacher. She picked up her bag, and went outside.
"Hi!" he heard her exclaim. He made his way out into the hallway, and for the first time, witnessed his heart skipping a few beats.
"Hi there." Rin said, with a smile. He nodded at her.
Rin snorted. "What's with the 'Nod of Nobility'? What is this, 'Lion King'?" Kagome giggled, and Rin turned to her. "So how was he in class?"
Kagome shrugged. "He was a good boy. We had some…complications…" she said slowly, looking up at Sesshomaru.
Rin's eyebrows went up. "Oh?"
Sesshomaru glared at Kagome, making her giggle once more. "I'm hungry, Rin."
Rin held out her arm and Kagome took it. "Shall we?" she asked.
"To the lunchroom!" Kagome exclaimed, and they skipped down the hallway, getting smiles from the students all the way to the cafeteria. Sesshomaru rolled his eyes, and tried to keep up, making sure that he didn't look like he was trying to join them.
So yay! Here's the second chapter! Here's the deal with the new characters so far:
Miss Kimiko: She's sort of a slutty priestess, and it's a wonder how she keeps her abilities, but yeah….
Kagura: Is an undercover spaz-cake. She may act all cool with her feathered hair and large sweatshirts, but she's really a… Naw, I'll let you find out when I get to that part.
Koga: Is an idiot. I'm sorry, I couldn't help myself. It was just too tempting. It was either make him a preppy smart kid or a really dingy idiot. Hi, I'd like to try the dingy idiot for 400, please. So yeah…but don't worry. He won't stay that way for long!
Kagome: The amazingly cute girl in this story, who always sees the bright side of everything. It is impossible to hate her, and say it in her face.
There you are, your guide, and review, please! I like reviews. They make me happy. 3
