Chapter Three

Rin was alone in the art room working on her project. The others had gone home or to another class. She was finished for the day and was thankful the professor didn't mind her staying a bit late. She put earbuds into her ear and put her playlist on shuffle.

Art was her passion and nothing else existed when she immersed herself into her work. It was her way of escaping the world, her go to stress reliever. She tuned everyone and everything out.

She had her back to the door and didn't notice three girls walk in. Two of them had black hair and the third had white. One of the girls with black hair had red eyes and they were narrowed in on Rin. The white haired girl stepped back just outside the door and shut it, leaving the other two in the room with Rin.

Kagura, the girl with red eyes pulled the ear phones out of Rin's ear startling her. Rin turned so fast with the paint brush in her hand and splattered blue paint all over the girl. On her face and clothes.

Rin was wide-eyed. "Oh I didn't mean too, you scared me. I'm so sorry."

Kagura looked down at herself and then back up to Rin. "You little bitch."

Rin took a step back, shocked. It wasn't her fault; the girl had snuck up on her. "I don't know why you're so mad at me, it was an accident. You snuck up on me."

Kagura glared at Rin and bared her teeth. "I've seen you hanging around Sesshomaru."

Sesshomaru? Hanging around? She hadn't been here long enough to hang with anyone. "He showed me to class, I wasn't exactly hanging around him. It was one day."

"Today too, I saw you hand him something you little slut." Kagura snarled at her.

Little slut? "It was a tin full of cookies…"

Rin watched Kagura pick up a bottle of paint and squirt it at her, covering her. Then to her horror, Kagura did the same to her painting. Both girls laughed. "This is your one warning, stay away from him."

Kagura dropped the bottle and left, the other girl on her heel.

Rin looked at her painting and felt tears come to her eyes. She was so confused at what just happened. Was the girl his girlfriend and she thought Rin was trying to steal him? All he did was literally show her to her classes and as a thank you she gave him cookies. It was totally harmless. She hadn't meant to offend anyone.

Yes, she admitted she found Sesshomaru quite attractive and there was something about him that made her curious about the demon. She just met him, hardly a chance to say she had feelings for him.

Clearly the girl felt threatened but her actions were juvenile.

Rin left her painting where it was and grabbed her bag. She was just ready to go home and get cleaned up. She'd fix her art work tomorrow. Rin wasn't a violent person, she preferred to stay away from conflicts, but she wasn't a push over. She'd let this slide. It was one thing to mess with her, but to destroy her precious art? That didn't sit well with her.

Rin ran into her classmate, Kagome, going down the hall. It seemed she had knack for that. Running into people and causing some sort of problem. There were smudges of blue paint on Kagome's jacket. "Goodness, Rin. What the hell happened to you? I just saw the slut clan come from this way…which is weird. They have no reason to be down here." Kagome looked over Rin. "Kagura had blue paint on her too…Rin what happened?"

Rin teared up at Kagome's genuine concern. They had a couple classes together, art being one of them. Rin thought she was a nice girl. She had gone out of her way to introduce herself to Rin and invited her out to lunch yesterday.

Rin told Kagome what happened. Kagome had pulled her to the bathroom to help clean her up some. "Kagura is jealous he was showing you the kind of attention she wants from him. She's been trying to get a ring from him since high school, if you know what I mean. She feels threatened."

"So they aren't dating?" Rin asked. "She was so mad."

Kagome snorted. "Hell no, I'm sure they've bumped uglies a few times. She's an easy lay and despite Sesshomaru's high and mighty attitude, he's still a man." She dabbed at Rin's face. "It isn't a secret that Sesshomaru dislikes humans, he sees us as weak creatures. He's an asshole and he was acting all kinds of different towards you. Kind almost, and you just got here. That's major when it comes to Sesshomaru. We even thought it was weird. It was so out of character. She noticed and it must have infuriated her."

"He isn't normally like that? I'll pay to clean your jacket, by the way."

Kagome shook her head no. "Don't worry about it. No, he's mean. If you were anyone else, he wouldn't give you the time of day. He must see something different in you. I mean I see it. You got a good heart, Rin. Sometimes you can just tell, doesn't matter if you've known them for a day or years."

Rin smiled at the compliment. "Thanks, Kagome."

Kagome gave her a hug, not caring about the blue paint. "That's what friends are for."

Since there wasn't much of chapter two, here's chapter three. Hopefully four won't take me long to finish.

Thank you all!

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