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Rin's first class finally ended giving her roughly twenty time to talk to her friends before the next lesson begins.
"I can't believe you're in our class." Ayame squealed as she sat down next to Rin, giving her a small side hug.
"Yeah, transferring from nowhere and then ending up in the elite class? What are you?" Inuyasha asked jokingly. Rin gave him a smile in return at his teasing question.
"It's going to be so much fun with everyone here." Kagome said happily, plopping down on a chai next to Rin's other side.
"I know right?" Rin chirped backed.
"You all knew she would attend here?" Sesshomaru asked a bit annoyed as the others sat around them, forming a little circle.
"Yeah, she told us before you came to the party." Kouga stated as others nodding in agreement with him. "By the way, how did it go with your father? I forgot to ask last night."
"It was simple and effortless. The demon was quickly contained as usual." Sesshomaru said cooly.
"Somehow I find that hard to believe. You're the strongest demon here so I doubt it'll be as easy for the rest of us." Miroku chuckled.
"You're the strongest demon here?" Rin asked curiously and slightly surprised. Sesshomaru looked at her as if why it should matter, then he gave her a nod. She gave him a warm smile in return as if she was proud of him which shocked him. They didn't meet on the greatest terms so he thought she was one of those girls who hold grudges.
"Yeah, Sesshomaru's dad is on the demon council and the founder of the Youkai Control Agency which maintains the peace and stability of the youkai society in Japan. He's also the strongest demon in all of Japan and since Sesshomaru and Inuyasha are his kids, they're both insanely strong, especially with their inherited swords." Ayame explained, knowing Rin would probably ask her those questions soon enough.
"We also have to help dad with the demon and human problems around here so it's not the greatest thing in the world. It gets pretty boring and tiring after awhile." Inuyasha complained, slumping his head on top of Kagome's head.
"But doesn't that mean your father has a lot of faith in you to help him with his work?" Rin inquired.
Inuyasha's head jerked up. "I guess." he replied, whipping his head to the side, hiding his blush as Rin giggled at his shyness.
Sesshomaru stared at her wondering why she seem so different compared to last night. I guess she not so bad.
The rest of the classes went by really fast for Rin since the lessons were reasonably easy to understand and quite interesting. They were mostly about the history of youkais, their society in Japan, and how to deal with different situations when it comes to a youkai outbreak.
Their last class was held in an arena on the combat grounds for the students to train in. The arena had fifteen courts equally spread out on the lower level, some designed to enhance weaponry skills, while others were more for sparring with other students. There were bleachers surrounding the arena on the upper level, almost like a real football stadium but with a capacity of 3000.
Since the class was more like a gym class, everyone had to change into something more appropriate. Rin borrowed one of Ayame's clean set of training clothes, it being her first day and not knowing about having to have a different set of clothes. She wore some calf length training leggings with a white t-shirt with the school's emblem of a jewel on the back. Most of the girls were dressed similarly, but some wore shorts or different pants or shirts.
Sesshomaru wore one of his usual white v-neck with black training pants attire, sometimes the colors would change. Inuyasha was wearing a red baggy workout capri with a white cut-out sleeve hoodie. Miroku was wearing purple capris with a black v-neck shirt while Kouga's some black shorts and a navy blue t-shirt.
Since today was Rin's first day, she was allowed to observe the other students to see how things worked during the enhancement class. She stood next to the instructor, Myoga, by the bench area as he explained some details with her and asked her what kind of skills she had, which were mostly physical strength and handling different weapons.
Rin observed everyone carefully, memorizing what kind of power each youkai had or what their techniques was like. She searched the arena for Sesshomaru and saw that he already defeated his fifth opponent on the other side of the arena. The youkai he defeated walk over to Rin to lay on a bench with the other youkais Sesshomaru defeated previously. Rin watched Sesshomaru walk over to the wall by his court and sat down against it, staring into space and boredom instead of exhaustion.
Myoga saw Sesshomaru and sighed exasperatingly beside Rin, "Is no one strong enough to challenge you besides your brother?"
"I'll give it try." Rin chirped, walking over to where Sesshomaru was.
"Rin wait. You're human and a woman at that. We try not to pair different species or sex opponents until we know you're at about the same level." Myoga shouted to the girl but she was already halfway down the arena.
When Rin finally approached him, she stood there, string down at him. Sesshomaru looked up from where he sat, wondering what Rin wanted from him.
"Let's spar together." Rin suggested, giving him an encouraging smile. If it were possible, Sesshomaru's would have looked at her as if she was out of her mind, but his face remained vacant.
"No thanks. You won't be able to keep up with me." He stated in a monotone voice.
"You never know." Rin half sang, leaning down slightly, closing the space between them. When he didn't respond, Rin just openly begged. " Come on, please? I'm bored from watching everyone and since your bored too, I thought maybe we can cure our boredom together." Rin suggested, her hand held out for his hand. He stared into her eyes and saw that she was indeed being serious about wanting to spar with him and not just to flirt like the others have in the past.
Without accept her hand, Sesshomaru stood up too gracefully for a male, "You can pick any weapon you want." he said, walking out onto the empty court he was at earlier.
"Okay." Rin piped, turning around to head to the armory. She knew Sesshomaru won't need any weapons from the matches she saw earlier. Rin choose a katana, swinging it around to familiarized herself with it. Once she approved of it, Rin walked over to the court Sesshomaru was waiting at. She got a few glances from the others when they saw her standing in the same court as Sesshomaru.
"Is Sesshomaru really fighting with Rin?" Kagome asked Inuyasha in the court next to hers. Kagome was practicing her archery skilled, entwining her miko powers within each shot.
"He's probably toying with her but… lets go over there just in case." Inuyasha suggested, sheathing the katana he was borrowing since he cant use his real sword, the Tessaiga, at school.
Ayame, Kouga, Sango, and Miroku all stopped what they were doing when Inuyasha told them about Rin and Sesshomaru. They all walked over to Sesshomaru's court to hopefully stop him from fighting with Rin.
"He's crazy. He can't fight Rin." Ayame yelled, walking a bit faster than the others.
"I just hope he doesn't hurt her to badly." Kouga said, quickening his pace too.
Other students stopped to see what Sesshomaru was doing, fighting the new human transfer student as they gathered around their court.
"Sesshomaru! You can't fight Rin." Ayame yelled when she approached their court. Sesshomaru stayed silent, ignoring her orders since he doesn't take any from anyone, except sometimes his father of course.
"Don't worry Ayame, I asked him to." Rin gave Ayame a reassuring smile then turned her attention back to her opponent.
"You can go first." Sesshomaru offered after looking at their audience.
"Okay but don't underestimate me" Rin replied. She got into a fighting stance then charged at a remarkable speed, too fast for a human, even if they did attend this school.
Sesshomaru was surprised at Rin's speed but kept up with her easily. She was fast, but not faster than him. She would be a good opponent against Inuyasha.
There were many "ooh"s and "ahhs" as Rin showed her strength and kept up with Sesshomaru. "Wow, this new girl is something." Kagura, a beautiful wind demoness with red eyes and short black hair in a bun, cooed within the crowd. She was the strongest demoness in the school and among the top five strongest students.
"I'll say." Kanna, a short, pale and snow-white hair demoness said in agreement.
Rin started swinging her katana, calculating what Sesshomaru's next movement might be and barely missing him each time. Rin swung towards Sesshomaru's head, shielding a part of his vision as he easily dodged it but missed her left fisted slamming into his chest. Even though her attack didn't phase him, he was still shocked by the strength and speed of the impact, but even more so that she actually made contact with him. Rin took this opening to strike him with her sword once again, giving him a small cut on his cheek, just below the left magenta stripes on his cheek.
Sesshomaru jumped back a few feet away from Rin, reached up to cup his cheek then brought down his hand. He looked down and saw the tiny amount of blood on his palm.
He heard whispers of gasped and astonishment from the others then "Kick his ass Rin!" Inuyasha cheered from the crowd in amusement. "You already hit him once, you can do it again." he laughed.
Many whispered erupted from the others students after Inuyasha's comment. "I can't believe she actually hit him." "Who is she?" "I guess he's not so great if a human girl can injure him." The last comment set Sesshomaru's blood boiling. He was embarrassed to let the human injured him but now others were questioning his strength and looking down on him.
How dare they? He gave out a menacing growled towards the crowds to silence them then charged toward Rin without holding back.
Rin barely blocked his powerful punches that will surly leave bruises, but that was expected from the attending this school, it was common to have many injuries from all the training. Sesshomaru didn't want to draw blood like she did to him, but didn't want to let her go without making her pay. He hated appearing weak even though he knows he's anything but that.
The fight traveled towards the other end of the arena as Rin constantly backed away to created space and retaliate. Sesshomaru stuck with punches and pushing while Rin went all out with her sword, punches, and kicks. Sesshomaru finally had Rin backed ten feet against the wall, trapping her.
There wasn't enough space for Rin to more anywhere else, she couldn't go to the side without being caught and can't back up anymore without hit the wall. She was breathing heavily but needed to push beyond her limits. "What? Can't take me down yet? I told you not to underestimate me." Rin taunted him, trying to buy time and catch her breath.
He gave her a deathly growl then charged at her, sending a powerful blow to her stomach with his right fist. He knocked the breath out of her as Rin went flying backwards, her body slamming against the hard wall with a loud thud.
Rin collapsed forward onto the ground, breathing heavily. Barely lifting her body up, she crouched on her knees, her arms shaking as they held her up, and her head hung low toward the floor. She stared at the ground and noticed her vision turning red. She immediately hid her eyes behind her bangs, not allowing anyone to catch even a glimpse of it. Her eyes were completely blood shot and her pupils became a brownish red.
"Admit defeat." Sesshomaru stated more than asked, towering over her tired body. Rin didn't respond, waiting for the redness in her eyes to hopefully fade away before she did.
"Rin!" Ayame yelled, running towards her with the others. She went straight her Rin with Kouga as the others stayed behind Sesshomaru. "Are you okay?" Ayame crouched down beside Rin, trying to help her up. Rin made sure Ayame couldn't see her eyes and refused to budge, wanting to stay in place until the redness in her eyes disappear.
"How can you do that?" Kouga yelled at Sesshomaru. "She's only human, not a powerful demon like you." He leaned down to help Rin up with Ayame.
"Sesshomaru, I can't believe you would go this far." Myoga said in belief, giving him a disappointed look. " I know you're stronger than everyone else here, but you didn't have to go to the extreme."
"Yeah, you didn't have to be so rough." Kagome interjected, her face very irritated.
"I agree. You went overboard." Sango added.
Sesshomaru stood in silence then spoke, "She asked for it." in an unsympathetic tone.
"Seriously!" Ayame yelled, glaring at him when they finally got Rin to stand up with her bangs still covering her eyes but closed. She didn't want anyone to see her eyes knowing they'll ask her about it.
"You just had to prove you're better than everyone else don't you?" Inuyasha asked sarcastically.
Sesshomaru was annoyed with the remarks and turned around to look at everyone, silencing them with a spine tingling glare and receiving a gulp from them.
"We should get her to the nurse's office." Miroku suggested after a long silence.
"Yes Rin. Please head to the nurse's office and then head home early to rest. I don't want you to feel worst and want to quit our academy after only attending one day of it." Myoga recommended.
Rin lifted her head up with her eyes still closed "Thank you Myoga-sensei." she replied, trying to keep her voice even.
"I'll go with you." Ayame offered.
"I'm fine Ayame. I can go by myself." Rin turned her head towards Ayame forcing a smile.
Sesshomaru turned back around to look at Rin. She was trembling and trying to keep her heavy breathing down to a minimum.
"Are you sure Rin?" Ayame asked worriedly.
"Yes. Class is still going on so I don't want you to miss it." Rin got out of Kouga's and Ayame's hold on her and walked to the exit. "I'll see you tomorrow," she said, waving to everyone before exiting the arena.
Everyone watched Rin leave the arena. "I hope she'll be okay," Ayame said, her voice full of concern.
"I'm sure she'll be fine. She got into this school for being a tough human remember. Plus, she actually injured fluffy over here." Kouga smirked at Sesshomaru. Sesshomaru was deeply annoyed by the nickname and wanted to roll his eyes, but ignored his comment instead.
He turned around to head back to his wall. "She's better than you thats for sure," Sesshomaru said, his back to everyone else. A lot better he smirked inwardly. Everyone's eyes widen, shocked that Sesshomaru actually praised a human.
Instead of heading to the nurses office, Rin went back into the girls locker room. She quickly opened her locker and reached into her bag to take out a portable syringe(like the one in Naruto) with a thick, deep red liquid inside. She opened the cap and looked around to make sure no one was there then stabbed herself with it on her left arm. She slowly slumped down against a locker and sighed with her eyes closed in relief as the red liquid slowly drained into her body. When Rin opened her eyes, her vision was crystal clear again and the the redness of her eyes vanished.
After letting the the red substance infused into her system, Rin quickly changed in her school uniform to go home.
The next day, Rin came into class as cheerful and energetic as ever, as if what happened yesterday never occurred.
"Rin!" Ayame ran toward her friend. "Are you okay?" She checked around Rin's body to make sure she wasn't too injured.
"Yes I'm okay. I got plenty of rest yesterday so I'm perfectly fine now." Rin giggled at her friend's sweet gesture to check every inch of her body.
"Okay…But if you feel any pain or anything, tell me immediately." Ayame commanded, in a worried way of course.
"Okay okay." Rin chuckled, heading to her seat.
"Morning" Rin chirped Sesshomaru as she sat down, giving him a smile and waiting for him to greet her back.
Sesshomaru didn't return the greeting but glanced over to her in the corners of his eyes, studying her strange behavior. She should be mad at him, loathing him for beating her up yesterday but instead she still gave him that same sweet smile. He decided to nod his head to show he acknowledge her presence. "Were the injuries bad?" he asked moments later, surprising himself that he even asked, let alone cared.
Rin's face immediately brightened up when he asked, "Yes…but I've had worse, felt worse." whispering the last part, she looking down, a sad smile on her face.
He immediately noticed the somber expression on her face and thought it was his fault. "I won't apologize since you asked me to spar with you first." he said feeling somewhat guilty for the first time in his life.
Rin's head jerked up to stare at him "I know and you're forgiven." she said, giving him a wide grin.
"I didn't apologize and I just told you I didn't intend to do so." Sesshomaru said flatly.
"But you did." Rin interjected, her voiced sounding very convinced.
"When?" Sesshomaru asked, quirking a perfect eyebrow..
"When you said "I wont apologize since you asked me to spar with you first."" She tried imitating his deep voice as best as she could, her voice flat and her face emotionless like his, giggling a bit when she finished. "I said "I know" for the part where I asked you to spar first and I take full responsibility for my injuries." She paused, noticing the hint of amusement in Sesshomaru's eyes. "And the "you're forgiven" part is when you said you won't apologize but you did, or the hidden meaning was there." Rin shrugged happily.
"I don't think so." Sesshomaru stated, his eyes sightly narrowed but not in a "i'm going to kill you" kind of way.
"Think what you want but… I know you still cared." Rin smiled at the last part, her eyes filled with so much euphoria.
Sesshomaru's eyes widen for a split second then went back to normal. He was going to counter her allegation but Kirara-sensei entered the classroom. He turned his head to the front like everyone else, giving up on rebutting her accusation.
Throughout the class period, Sesshomaru's eyes would wonder back to Rin's smiling face every now and then. He was so absorbed in staring at the girl sitting next to him, he didn't noticed the ghost of a smile on his lips.
Okay, I know I made Rin strong in a story again but it's for a really good reason so please believe me. I won't tell you why as it will be unravel MANY chapters from now. I hope you enjoyed this chapter and the way the story is going as this is NOT a story where it's all about Sesshomaru trying to capture her heart, which he will do eventually, being a SessXRin story and all;D
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