A/N: Hello, and thank you j. wintercrow and NekoXUsa, Neko, sorry for your loss, i've been going through a rough time to with my classmate passing away. Anyway, please enjoy this chapter. and j. wintercrow, I hope you are enjoying this.

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Chapter 3: Friday Frights

The next morning, I avoided my mom's questions of school.

"Ok, well, how about we do something this weekend? I have the weekend off." Mom said.

"Well, Saturday I am going to Kagome's house to work on our history project, but Sunday, I can go to the store and get some stuff, and we can veg out." I said.

"That sounds great." Mom said.

I nodded, and mom took me to school.

As I walked in the school, I realized that I was pretty early.

I went to my locker, to get the first three periods' supplies, the English teacher had told us we would be writing an essay in class.

I walked into the cafeteria and sat down with my stuff.

There were only two or three other people.

When I looked outside, I noticed a familiar form, roaming the side walk... Sesshomaru.

Taking a deep breath, I stood and walked out the door, 'Here we go.'

As if Sesshomaru had noticed someone following, without turning to see, he walked off.

I followed after him.

He took a left turn, and I when I came to that turn, he was gone.

I continued walking down the sidewalk, and halfway down, in a blink of an eye, I was suddenly pushed against the wall of the school.

I was behind the school, so there were no windows.

"Why do you continue to follow me!" Sesshomaru growled.

He stood before me, his hand at my throat.

"I just...Wanted to...know more...about you...why you...acted the...way you did...Yesterday." I choked out, my hand pushing against his arm, but there was no use, it was as if his arm was made of heavy metal.

"I can't..." I started, but was trying to breathe.

Was Sesshomaru really this way?

I began to take back everything I had said about him.

Finally, he lightened his grip, and all too soon, released me.

I gasped in air, coughing a couple times.

"You should forget about what happened yesterday. My inner demon was overtaking me at that time. If you do not wish for death, then stay away from me." Sesshomaru said, his face so close to mine, his voice so venomous.

He backed away then, and walked off towards the entrance of the school.

For many minutes, I was too scared to move.

Suddenly, a red blur flashed before me.

I screamed, cowering down.

"Rin? Is that you? What happened?" InuYasha's worried voice made me sigh with relief.

His hand gently rested on my shoulder, "What happened Rin?"

I faced him, "I...I upset your brother."

InuYasha's ears twitched, and he looked around the lands.

"It's ok, it's my fault. I shouldn't have pressed him for answers." I said.

InuYasha refocused his sights on me, "Did he hurt you?"

I shook my head...I wasn't really sure why I was lying for the person who just choked me.

"Ok, let's get to class, we can discuss this at lunch with Sango and Kagome." InuYasha said, helping me up.

We walked into the school, just in time.

The first bell rang, and InuYasha and I headed to English.

He seemed to notice me, still shaken up.

"Don't worry Rin. We won't let him touch you again." InuYasha said.

At his words, I had another flashback of yesterday's event.

Great, at lunch I'll have to tell them about that too.

InuYasha would probably go on a killing spree after hearing that one, from the way I saw his genuine concern for me.

We entered the classroom early, and this time, I sat right behind InuYasha.

As we wrote our essays, InuYasha would constantly look back at me.

Once the bell rang, my blood went cold, now it was time for science, same class as Sesshomaru.

I tried to reassure myself, "Come on Rin, surely he can't do anything to you in the middle of a bunch of students." I told myself.

When I entered the room, I avoided any eye contact with the back of the room, though I felt two ice cold golden ones on me.

"Ok. Today we are going to take a test, Rin would you like to step out and study your notes, and take your test on Monday?" Miss Holder asked me.

I nodded without thinking. Of course deep down I was ready for the test, but I couldn't stand to be in the same room as the full dog demon that scared the living daylights out of me.

"Ok. Go ahead, and go to the library. Do you know where that is?" Miss Holder asked.

I nodded again, "Yes, I went by it yesterday."

"Ok, head down there, and when the bell rings, you may head to your third period class." Miss Holder said.

I stood, taking my notes with me, and went to the library.

There were tables scattered, and bookshelves piled high with books.

I set my notes down, and looked around until I found the label on the shelf , fiction.

I scanned through the isles until I found an interesting title, Demons in Our World.

I pulled that out, and the front, it had many creatures on it.

Taking a deep breath, I went to the table that my notes were resting on.

I set the book down, and sat down.

First thing, I went to the back, where the index was.

I scanned through the many names.

My finger stopped on the familiar name, Dog Demons.

"Dog demons." I whispered.

I turned to the page to the middle, where the page was, and when I saw the page, with the top left labeled, Dog Demons.

On that page, there was a dog formed animal, excpet it was huge.

It had a lot of fur, but there were more than one, and they were each a different color.

Black, White, and Silver.

They stood in a group, all snarling, their eyes a blood red.

I looked aside the picture where there was a story with a title labeled in bold Legend of the Dog Demons.

I began to read:

The legend of the Dog Demons, is actually ancient, people today refer to them as 'The Hounds of Hell'. Most of these dogs live most of their lives in a human form, and use their true forms when threatened. Some people say that these monstrous creatures are guardians, others just may not be able to live to tell the tale. Dog Demons today are mainly extinct, experts say that they died out over 500 years ago...

I found the last sentence strange, five hundred years ago? Then what of InuYasha, and even Sesshomaru?

I looked over on the other page, where there were more arts.

A human figure was there, and a dog demon standing beside it, and I understood, it was the difference between their sizes.

The man figure stood many feet below the formed dog demon.

The dog demon made this human figure look like an ant, or a very small animal.

"Dang, that's a pretty big creature."

I jumped at a voice sounding behind me.

When I turned, there was a boy standing there, with short black hair.

"Sorry." The boy said.

"Oh, it's ok. I get scared easily." I said.

"So, you're looking up demons? What got you onto that subject?" The boy asked.

"I don't know. Curiosity I guess." I said.

"Oh. Well, my name's Kohaku." The boy said, holding out a hand.

I took it, shaking it lightly, "Rin."

"Well Rin. May I join you?" He asked.

"Sure." I said.

Kohaku moved a seat over beside me, and looked at my book.

"May I?" He asked.

"Sure." I said.

He flipped a couple pages over, and revealed a cute little cat looking demon.

"This cat almost looks like my sisters'." Kohaku said.

"You have a...Cat demon?" I asked.

"Uh, n-no." Kohaku said.

"Oh ok." I said.

"Listen here." He said, pointing at a paragraph.

"This cute little ball of fluff is no house cat. Once threatened, this cat demon can burn into flames and enlarge to almost the side of a human, and make the sounds of a sabor-tooth tiger."

Kohaku finished reading, then looked at me.

"Wow, you're right, I wouldn't want a cat like that in my house." I said.

"Y-yeah." Kohaku said.

"So, what grade are you in?" I asked.

"Oh, I'm only a Freshman. My sister is a Junior. What about you?" He asked.

"I am a Junior too." I said.

"O-oh, that's cool. Well, the bell is about to ring. I have to go. Bye Rin." He waved and left.

After he was gone, I turned back to the page with the Dog Demon page, and read the last paragraph, that had a human below it, with dog looking ears. This was titled Half-Breed.

These Dog Demons sometimes find a certain desire to mate with a human, which is what creates a half-breed.

Half Dog, half Human, it is rare that a Dog Demon will do that, they'd rather have their mates for dinner.

I took a deep breath and closed the book, just as the bell rang.

I put the book back where it was, and grabbed my things and went to Algebra.

We were taking a test over Pythagorean Theorem today, so I barely got to talk with Sango and Kagome.

Sports was a drag too, Kikyo was too busy dragging us into her own fantasy place.

When lunch came around, I began to feel a bit nervous, so I didn't get lunch.

"Rin, are you ok? Aren't you going to eat?" Sango asked, as her and Kagome sat down at the table I had already gotten comfortable in.

"Actually, I need to talk to you guys." I said.

"About what?" Sango asked, clearly alert.

"About her encounter with my brother this morning." InuYasha said, sitting down beside Kagome.

Kagome gasped, "Sesshomaru hurt you?"

"N-No..." I sighed, "Yes." I mumbled.

"What, I thought you said he didn't!" InuYasha barked.

"Shh!" Sango shushed him, and had her full attention on me, as did Kagome.

"Well, I saw him this morning and I followed him. He ambushed me, and...Choked me." I said.

"Why the hell did you follow him in the first place? Were you trying to tell him to kill you?" InuYasha asked.

I looked down, this was the part that they are waiting to hear.

"Rin, don't worry. You can tell us." Kagome said.

I sighed, "It all started yesterday, when I went to my locker to get my things for second period. Naraku had sneaked up on me, and told me something about giving Kikyo a hard time. He was threatening me, but then, Sesshomaru appeared... He walked me to my science class. But that's not it." I paused and looked over at InuYasha, who was listening but was in shock.

"In my last period, I stayed in the room, because I wasn't feeling well. I began planning out the project for history. And, Naraku appeared again. I don't know what he wanted that time, but once again Sesshomaru came, and once Naraku was gone, he..." I paused.

"Rin?" Sango said.

"He...He walked up to me...He touched my cheek, where the bruise was below my eye. He asked where I got it, and after my answer, he came extremely close to me, and breathed on the bruise, before backing away, and asked me...What are you?." I stopped there.

"What?" InuYasha asked.

"I asked the same thing, but he just walked off. He said it was something about my scent." I said.

"You're scent? You don't smell bad to me." InuYasha stated plainly.

It went silent after that.

Once the bell rang, Kagome and I walked to history.

"Don't worry Rin, stay with us, we won't let anything happen to you." She said.

I nodded, and during history, we began planning out the project.

"I told my mom I am coming over tomorrow so we can finish the project." I said, pulling out my phone.

"You have a phone?" Kagome asked.

I looked at her, "Yeah why?"

"Oh, well, I just never seen you pull it out. You want my number?" She asked.

"Sure." I said.

Kagome took my phone and entered her number, then handed it back to me.

I checked my phone for any text messages, then put it away.

When the bell rang, I went to choir.

We began singing, I heard a bird sing.

During the end of class, the students wanted to hear me sing it solo.

I was quite embarassed, but I sang it out right.

Once the bell rang again, students left, congragulating me.

When I walked into POET, we were already getting prepared for leaving to see the younger kids in the Elementary.

This time, I went.

When we walked into the little kids' classroom, all the children looked at us.

We were put in groups, with a certain child.

While I was waiting for my name to be called, I noticed a kid in the corner, focusing on something.

I left the group, and walked up behind him.

"What are you doing over here?" I asked.

The kid turned around, and I noticed behind him, he had a bushy tail, and he didn't wear shoes, but had padded feet.

"Who are you!" The kid asked scaredly.

"I am Rin. One of the Juniors." I said.

"Oh." The boy said.

"What is your name?" I asked.

"My name is Shippo. And do you know Kagome?" The kid asked.

"I do." I said, sitting in one of the small chairs.

"Did she tell you?" Shippo asked.

"Tell me what?" I asked.

"Well, I'm a...Fox demon." He said.

I thought over this, Dogs, now foxes?

"That's cool." I said.

"Rin!" The teacher called.

"Yes?" I spun around.

"Oh there you are, Shippo was exactly who I wanted you to be with." The teacher said, then turned away.

I smiled, "Well, looks like we'll be spending two hours together."

"Oh, you want to see my drawings?" He asked.

"Why sure." I said.

He ran off, and came back with a bunch of papers.

I looked over them, all similar.

Shippo standing next to a girl with black hair.

"That's Kagome, she's my sister." Shippo said.

"Sister?" I asked.

"Well, sort of, you see. My parents knew Kagomes' and when they passed away, Kagome took me in, and I became her brother." Shippo explained.

"Oh. Does anyone else know you're a..."

"No." Shippo said.

"Oh. Well, what do you want to do?" I asked.

For the next two hours, I helped him make new drawings, and taught him card games.

When the final bell rang, Shippo was almost in tears.

"Aww, don't worry Shippo, I'll be at Kagome's house tomorrow." I said.

"Really!" He popped back into joy.

"Yep." I said.

"Oh, well, good bye then." Shippo said, and bounced into my arms.

I hugged him back before setting him back down, and heading out of the room.

"You're really good with children Rin." The teacher commented.

"Oh, thank you." I said.

"You're welcome." The teacher said.

I grabbed my things from the classroom, and put it in my locker, before heading home.

As I walked, a black car came up beside me, and a window rolled down.

Once I noticed the face, my blood ran cold again.

I pretended not to look at him...Sesshomaru.

He drove calmly beside me.

"Do you want a ride?" He asked.

"No." I said.

Sesshomaru pulled aside the road, a couple inches in front of me, and got out.

"Listen. I wanted to...Apologize for my actions this morning. It's not like me." He said.

I met his eyes, "Of course it's like you. I've heard everything from Sango, Kagome and InuYasha. Speaking of, if InuYasha is making you do this, then apology not accepted!" I said, and attempted to walk past him, but he blocked my way.

"You told me to stay away from you! Now look who's going back on his word." I said.

"Rin." He said smoothly.

The way he said my name, it almost sounded like a soothing melody.

I looked back up at him.

"I am coming to you on my own accord." He said.

His eyes held no lies.

"Ok, so are you going to tell me why you so pervertedly put yourself onto me?" I asked.

His eyes began to go cold again, "I would prefer not to be called such insulting names. And I did not come onto you..."

"Then why the hell were you touching me, kissing my face, or whatever the hell it was!" I said.

Ok, I had never planned to ask him like this, but he had the chance to have it easy earlier, but he threatened me, now it was my turn.

He strode forward as if he was going to do something to me, but stopped right before me.

"I didn't...Mean to do any of that." He said slowly.

"Then why did you do it?" I asked, becoming frustrated by his ridiculous answers.

He was silent for a few mintutes, then backed away, "You wouldn't understand. I myself don't quite understand it. That's why I am telling you to stay away from me."

I nodded, not sure if I was understanding anything he just said.

"Well. I guess I have explained myself enough to you. I must leave now." He said, and returned to his car, and drove off.

I continued walking home, thinking about his strange answers.

'You wouldn't understand.'

Understand what?

That evening, I stayed up, just watching TV.

I thought more about Sesshomaru, and about the book I read today.

This all made me curious, it made me want to...Know him.

I felt as if he were lost, and...Possibly alone.

Didn't demons always feel that way?

I pitied him, that was for sure. I wanted to know more about him, I wanted to know why he was so independent.

With these thoughts spinning around my head, I fell asleep on the couch, hoping that next time I tried to confront him, he would give me a chance to talk.

Sesshomaru...