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"Takahashi-san?" the school nurse asked while looking up from her patient.

"Hai? How is she? Is she alright?" Sesshomaru interrogated.

"Well she could be better. She hit her head pretty hard and now has a concussion. Kinomoto-san should be awake any moment but you should probably get back to class, you're already late as it is, you've been here waiting for about forty minutes already."

"That's alright Ms. Kikyo, I don't really like that class anyway and if my teacher complains then I'll have Father deal with her; no one should get on my father's bad side," the white haired junior smirked.

"I'll try to remember that. Alright, you can stay until Rin wakes up but then I'll need you to go to class."

"Alright."

Sesshomaru waited in the nurse's room for a few more minutes while Kikyo checked Rin's temperature and pulse. The sleeping girl's eyes started fluttering, catching the nurse's and Sesshomaru's attention.

"Unghh…where am I?" Rin mumbled and tried sitting up however an intense throbbing in her head caused her to fall down. The nurse steadied her and smiled lightly.

"You shouldn't try to get up for a while Kinomoto-san," Ms. Kikyo ordered.

"O-Oh…okay," the girl replied and turned her head to the right. "Sesshomaru-sempai! What are you doing here?"

"He was waiti-" the nurse started but was quickly cut off by the boy.

"-I had a headache and came down here for some aspirin, don't flatter yourself and think I came down here to wait for you to wake up," he smirked. Rin glared at him, well at least she tried to glare but it didn't work too well since her head felt as though it had been stepped on by the largest elephant in the world.

The nurse gave Sesshomaru a questioning look but he paid no attention to her and stood up from his seat. "Ms. Kikyo, if you don't mind, I'm in a hurry."

Kikyo nodded and rolled her eyes but still went and got him an aspirin and Sesshomaru quickly left.

"That jerk…he keeps teasing me," Rin muttered venomously.

Kikyo laughed softly while she took a seat at her desk, "He's actually a lot nicer than you think."

"Yeah right! How could someone that teases me so much be a nice guy?" Rin scoffed.

Kikyo sighed, "Anyways, would you like to go back to class or would you rather just go home?"

"Home!" Rin cheered and pumped a fist into the air.

"Okay okay, I'll write you a pass," the nurse smiled. As Rin made her way out the door Kikyo whispered, "By the way…he did wait here until you woke up."

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The next day, Rin's head felt considerably better and she happily plopped herself in her first period seat.

"Yay! Today's my first art class! I can't wait to start! I wonder what where going to- awww come on! Why the hell are you here?!" she cried as she saw a familiar white haired demon enter the room.

Sesshomaru rose an eyebrow in amusement, "Me? I'm in this class…hey, don't glare at me, this wouldn't have been such a surprise to you if you hadn't missed this class yesterday because, due to your clumsiness, you got a concussion."

Rin growled as he stepped closer to her with a smirk, "What are you doing?"

He took the seat next to her and Rin sighed in defeat, "Is it your goal to sit next to me in all the classes we have together?" she asked in fake exasperation.

Sesshomaru's smirk grew wider, "Of course," he stated matter-of-factly.

Rin's frown suddenly turned into a bright smile, catching Sesshomaru off guard.

"W-Why are you smiling?"

"Because…you're a lot different than what I thought you would be like."

The demon raised a fine white eyebrow, "What do you mean?"

Rin's smile only grew wider and she closed her eyes happily, "Thank you for staying with me in the nurse's room…it really means a lot to me."

Sesshomaru was left speechless.

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(one month later - cooking class)

"So Rin…you and Sesshomaru seem to begetting pretty close eh? Are you guys a couple?" Kagome whispered in excitement to the younger girl's ear.

Rin laughed, "No silly, we're just friends. But you should have seen him the other day when we went to the movies-"

"-you went to the movies together and alone I presume? Did anything good happen?" a male's voice broke into their conversation.

"Oh shut up Miroku!" Rin whispered and threw flour at her friend.

"Really Miroku, get your mind out of the gutter," Sango sighed.

Miroku smiled, "I've tried, but once I see your breathtaking face, my darling Sango, my mind goes right back into the gutter!"

Sango blushed and threw a bowl at Miroku's head. It hit its mark with a loud 'clank.'

"Stop messing around and get back to work!" the cooking teacher's voice echoed through the room.

"Gomen!" Kagome, Sango, and Rin muttered together while Miroku was rubbing his head.

"Oh look, the cake's done!" they all chimed and pulled it out of the oven only to be greeted with a black cloud of smoke.

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(two months later)

"Se-sho-ma-ruuuu!" a sing-song voice greeted him at the doors to the school building.

"Yes Rin?"

"Look! I made lunch! It's probably not too good seeing as I didn't have a lot of money to buy any food this week but oh well, we'll just have to eat it to find out, won't we?" Rin laughed.

"'We'? You can go ahead and eat it if you want but I'm not going to risk my life again by eating something you made," he smirked and she pouted.

"Oi! That's not very nice. Besides I've improved in my cooking!"

"U-huh, sure you have."

"Hey, I have…a lot…okay well maybe not a lot but at least it isn't burnt like that cake I made…hmmm well it's not as burnt I guess eheh," she scratched the back of her head but her laugh soon turned into a sad frown, "Anyways I stayed up really late last night to make it and only got three hours of sleep last night because I forgot to do my history homework…"

Sesshomaru's eyes softened for a split second as he saw her expression but he quickly composed himself and sighed, "Fine. Meet me at that tree over there at lunch time, 'kay?"

The girl brightened immediately after hearing his response, "ARIGATOU!" she cheered, "Oh, I forgot, I have to go to my locker to get my math book. I'll see you in class! Ja ne!"

Sesshomaru shook his head slightly as she ran into the school building and nearly collided with one of the teachers. 'Who would have known that she of all people would become one of my closest friends? Oh well, off to math.'

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(with Rin at her locker)

She got her books and closed the locker. As she turned around she was met with a group of half a dozen angry girls causing her to stop dead in her tracks.

"Can I help you?" Rin asked dully…she knew these girls…these were some of Sesshomaru's fan girls.

"Yes. Stay away from Sesshomaru, we saw you two this morning and we don't like how friendly you are with him," one of them, the leader apparently, said from the front.

Rin sighed, "Why would I do that? We're friends. I'm not going to stop talking to him just because of you guys."

The leader snarled, "You…You think you can steal Sesshomaru-kun from us so easily?! You tramp! What could he ever see in you?"

"Don't talk to me like that," Rin warned.

"Make me," the leader spat and jumped on the brown haired girl.

'Damn!' Rin thought as the whole group started throwing punches, 'If I fight back then I'll be kicked out of school and I won't let that happen, not after all the studying I've done to get here!'

Rin stood there, defenseless, as the jealous girls attacked her.

The leader saw the bento box (lunch box) on the ground and smirked, "Were you going to share this with him?"

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(With Sesshomaru in math class)

'Where is she?' he thought to himself as he stared at Rin's empty seat next to him. 'She should have been here minutes ago.'

Sesshomaru looked up at the clock; there was only two minutes until the bell rang. He stood up and asked to go to the bathroom.

Once he left the classroom he turned the opposite way from the bathroom and headed towards the lockers. His demon ears could hear what seemed like a struggle up ahead. Something was wrong. He turned the corner and saw a scene that made his eyes go red with anger.

A group of his fan girls were relentlessly kicking and scratching Rin who was on the floor.

He ran up to the girls and pulled them off the girl with little effort and bent down and picked her up.

"Rin?" he whispered and wiped a small trail of blood from the girl's cheek. The girl didn't awaken and he cast his red stare towards his fan group. "Never. Harm. Her. AGAIN!" he yelled.

The girls cried and ran away to class.

Rin started stirring in his arms and she looked up at him. "Sesshomaru…they…they…"

"It's alright Rin they're gone," the demon reassured her.

"No, they… broke my bento box! Now we can't share it!" she roared.

Sesshomaru just stared 'how can she care only about that when she was just beaten up?' "Uhh...I'm sorry I didn't come sooner."

Rin's anger was repleced with a smile, "It's not your fault Sesshomaru, come on we need to get to math class," she said while she squirmed out of his hold and started limping down the hall.

"No, you need to go to the nurse!"

"No I don't I'm perfectly fine! Now come on before we're late…anyways I can't miss any classes today because we have so many tests!"

Sesshomaru sighed in defeat and nodded, "Alright, but…"

"But?"

"I'm going to carry you there," he grinned.

Rin blushed and picked up her pace, "No I'm fine! Stop chasing me! Ahh!"

"There's no use trying to run away, with that limp of yours. Even if you didn't have a limp I would still be able to catch up to you," he grinned as he picked her up and took off towards class.

(later that night at Rin's apartment)

The rest of her day didn't go so well for her. Not only had she been fired from work and unable to find any part-time jobs but she was also informed that if she got less than a B- in any of her classes then she would be kicked out of Shikon High School. If she got kicked out then she would have to move and right now all she only had enough money for food to last the week and she didn't have enough money to move so she would become homeless.

She tiredly walked into her apartment and slipped on the mail that was on the ground.

"Itai…hmm? What's this?" she muttered aloud as she picked up one of the envelopes. She ripped it open and her eyes grew wide, "Oh no…" she whispered and a tear trailed down her cheek.

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