*Chapter 2:Skipping class
"Why are you skipping class anyways Rin?" Kagome asked pulling a familiar deck of cards from her large many pocketed purse. They had been through this scene many times before. Rin didn't know why Kagome ever expected a different answer. It was time for her friend to try Mothering her again. Rin smiled as Kagome began to shuffle. "You have straight A's. Any ways… How does poker sound?" she asked already dealing the cards. The question already irrelevant as Kagome stormed ahead without listning for an answer. It was usually Kagome's way or the high way.
"Alright Kagome, my dear," Rin said giggling, Kagome was always doing things like this. it was most likely subconscious, because she usually cared about what others thought, just not enough to give up her dominance. She could match Inuyasha in stubbornness. "Besides, you know I hate that arrogant fucker they call a teacher." Rin said taking her seat across from Kagome. Inuyasha sat next to both girls, forming a triangle. Rin looked at Inuyasha, and smirked. "You should have gone though, Inuyasha. You could have used it."
"Why?" he asked, looking hurt, and confused in a playful way "I don't live up to your guys' standers either?" He held up his hand, and examined his hand. As usual his hand held all the good cards, but he was to ignorant to realize he had a straight.
"You dunce." Kagome plainly stated as if it was a form of 'I love you darling' Inuyasha smirked and folded his hand. When Inuyasha wasn't looking, Rin caught Kagome's eyes linger on his profile and blush. Usually it was Inuyasha she caught stealing glances, either way, Rin loved to see that her freidns had the chance to be happy.
"No, it's just that ass munch in there, is your brother..." Rin started.
"Half-brother..." Inuyasha corrected her as if that one flaw was fatal enough to end mankind as we knew it. It sounded nearly as cold as Sesshomaru could have managed. The two brothers were more alike than they ever would want to believe.
"Whatever... it's just that you live with him, and you're the one who is going to get an hour lecture about how stupid you are... again, and how you can afford to miss his class any more. Also, your father will lecture you, and then Izayo will give you that 'oh woe is me, my son Inuyasha is a failure' Skit until you feel so guilty that you can't move!" Rin said in a perfect Izayo mock. Inuyasha's mother was a sweet woman if she liked you, but some how Rin had managed to get on her bad side. The human woman did everything in her power to make sure that Rin knew she was unwelcomed. InuTaisho was a whole different story. He was overly friendly, to the point that you didn't even realize he was a father half of the time. He was a big business tycoon and a father of two very angry boys born within a year of each other, and he still gave you the impression kindness and compassion. Perhaps that was why his sons were so serious, they had to overcompensate for their fathers short comings.
Inuyasha looked pissed, you couldn't really call him a momma's boy he was more like a suck up. "Whatever, I don't think you forgot anything this time, Rin" Inuyasha said irritably. More and more often as of late that seemed to be his only tone.
"And he loves you... not," Kagome added sarcastically "Can't forget that" everyone laughed at her joke. The two brotherly enemies would never get along. Sesshomaru on more than one occasion had nearly killed Inuyasha as an infant. Sesshomaru was just under a year older, but they had it out for each other since the beginning. Many people joked that they must have been stuck as brothers in a past life before.
They had fun playing cards. There were only four classes a day and each class was eighty minutes long. What made it even worse was that they all droned on forever. The good part of the block scheduling was it was so easy to skip class. All the classes had over forty students in each lecture hall, and teachers found it hard to keep track of them all, or they just didn't care.
It was only by their stupidity that they got caught for Japanese classes. Each of them had Japanese that block, with the same teacher. It was almost like a dream come true for the group but the irony of it was that they all sat in a row next to each other. So Sesshomaru, who was a temporary educational advisor to the school, would quite easily know that they were missing. Not only because he shared numerous classes that day with some of them, but they all tended to gather at his and Inuyasha's house like moths to a flame. Of course, he would make his displeasure known, they would almost rub it in his face that they were all blowing him off. The Ice Prince hated to be disrespected.
"Sango, and Miroku are going to be pissed that we skipped without them. They would have loved to have seen Inuyasha loosing. God you suck." Rin said giggling to herself. Even the memory of Miroku groping Sango in the middle of a deal was quite amusing. He was raised in a very spiritual household. Miroku came from a long line of monks, until the holy blood of his family was "tainted" with demon blood. He was raised with very respectful values, but he still was the biggest lecher in the school.
"Yeah Inuyasha, if this were strip poker you would be naked." Kagome joked. She wouldn't have been opposed to seeing the young half demon undress, Kagome just didn't want anyone else to see it either. She was feeling awfully possessive towards someone who was not hers as of late.
"Hell if this were strip poker I would actually be trying to win" Inuyasha said. He paused as if he were trying to imagine him winning at poker or trying to imagine at least one of the two girls besides him naked. Either way nether of them was ever going to happen.
"Like you would ever beat Rin at poker! Inuyasha that wouldn't even happen in your dreams" Kagome said snapping Inuyasha out of his hopeful trance.
"I can always hope, can't I?" he asked. His grouchy face was back. Rin smirked as she watched Kagome tweak his puppy ears on the top of his head. Rin was the only one who could tug on his ears without being tossed across the room. Rin was like his little sister, and he protected her as such… and he teased her as such, sometimes their friendship was a double edge sword.
"No," Rin said picking up the cards. not even seconds later the final bell rang, "There's the bell. I'm going home now." Rin got up and walked away. She had to hurry home and try and clean up her house before her dad woke up.
"Bye Rin," Inuyasha screamed. Rin waved back to show she acknowledged him. Suddenly Inuyasha's obnoxious fun side came through once more. That was the man she had befriended.
"See ya' girl," Kagome screamed after her as well. She then sat back down next to Inuyasha. "I hope you have fun when you get home."
"What do you mean?" He asked laying back. his long silver hair sprawled out behind him and he twitched his adorable dog ears.
"Skipping your brothers class to play poker with two very attractive girls." Kagome said. Inuyasha looked over, and gave her his sexy, yet irritably cocky grin. "Rin is right what will your father say? Better yet your mother?" she asked in mock horror.
"Whatever, I didn't see any attractive girls, I just saw my sister, and a bitch. You can figure out who's who can't you?" he said smirking his grin again. All of a sudden he felt a sharp pain across his cheek he then sat up. "What was that for, bitch?"
"HOW DARE YOU CALL ME A BITCH?" She screamed back, as people began to pour out from the doors to go home for the day. A few students began to stop and watch the show in the court yard. Watching Kagome and Inuyasha fight usually always a worthy stop on the way home.
"You don't like being called a bitch?" Inuyasha seemed surprised. Despite having one of the highest educations he still couldn't grasp that some people didn't like the idea of the feudal compliments that he was raised with.
"No woman does you asshole!" Kagome stomped her foot like she was a child.
"But its a complement." Inuyasha cowered. Kagome hovered over him in the most menacing manor, the energy in the air was palpable even to humans.
"Oh really?" She asked sarcastically. She rolled her eyes dramatically to emphasize her point.
"Really, really."
"Your a dirty liar" Neither one of them seemed to notice the crowd surrounding them. Neither noticed the cameras that some people held up. If Inuyasha or Kagome had seen then neither one of them cared enough to put an end to it.
"Ask my dad and mom he calls her a bitch all the time." Inuyasha tried to reason. Why was she so upset about a stupid word?
"I can't believe you!" She yelled hitting him again. The people in their school were so used to their fighting they stopped caring about what they were arguing about, most just liked to take bets about who was going to be the victor.
"I'm going home you jackass."
"Fine, I don't care!"
"Good." she said and stormed off leaving a very angry, yet also a very confused Inuyasha.
"Bitch," he said silently to himself getting up, and walking home. He walked past the teacher lounge, on the way, and saw his half-brother grumble in annoyance at Kagura in the parking lot. She seemed to be begging for a ride home. Another one of her tactics to try and worm her self back into Sesshomaru's good graces.
Sesshomaru only used her for sex, he knew this, but she was disgusting. Sesshomaru had been keeping his distance from her since the middle of the summer, But the wind witch didn't seem to get the hint. Sesshomaru would go weeks without looking at the nasty woman or even acknowledging her, then a flip would switch, and he would be back to screwing her brains out. She must have thought she was playing a great game with the Ice Prince, but he was really playing the game with her. No one knew that he only succumbed to his animalistic urges when he couldn't rid his mind with unwanted thoughts. Sex was a stress reliever, and that was all Sesshomaru used her for.
She had slept with almost every man in the school that served a purpose, including the geeks so they'd do her homework, the AV club so she could get on the school's video announcement reporter, and almost all the teachers. That was including some of the females. Sesshomaru was the only man she wanted to trap to try and secure her future. Thankfully Inuyasha's brother was more than aware of the situation and was skillfully avoiding it.
'What a whore' Inuyasha thought to himself. He started running, hoping that his half-brother wouldn't notice him sneaking by. Inuyasha also hoped that he could go at least an hour without his lecture. His brother had more than likely already caught his scent as he walked by, so if he were to run, it would be then, or never.
He hit a dead run almost making it to the main road when he heard a car speed up behind him. It was his brother, of course. He looked pissed, as usual. Inuyasha couldn't tell if it was because he skipped his class, or if it was because of the purple lipstick that was smeared down the side of his face. Kagura had been persistent this afternoon.
"Get in," Sesshomaru commanded, as he stopped the car beside his brother. Inuyasha ignored him and kept on walking. Sesshomaru stayed by his side slowly coasting and was slowly beginning to get irritated. "Get in the car Inuyasha." He said even more coldly the before. An angry rumble formed in Sesshomaru's chest and the points of his teeth became more prominent. Something had really crawled under Sesshomaru's skin that day. Perhaps it wasn't in Inuyasha's best interest to piss off his brother even more.
"Why? all you're going to do is lecture me beside why would I get into that car, after your whore has been in it. I don't know what is on those seats." After hearing that Sesshomaru smirked.
"You would have an excellent point if I even let Kagura in this car." Inuyasha thought for a moment. Sesshomaru might have been prime evil, but he wasn't a liar. Inuyasha reluctantly got into the car, and Sesshomaru sped off to their home.