A/N: You should realyl all go and thank Taijiya Hatake Uchiha for this chapter. If she hadn't come and begged me for it, it wouldn't have ever come. -; I'm so lazy. Anyway, enjoy!
Disclaimer: Not mine. Or yours. so HAHAHHAHAHAHA!
CHAPTER 3: Meeting the Boys
Koga Riggs stepped out of the bathroom in nothing but pants with a towel slung over his shoulder and his hair dripped water all over himself. I will say it again, nothing. But. PANTS! I mentally drooled as I quickly looked him over before he noticed me and was keenly aware of the fact that he was in great shape. His brown hair as earlier mentioned, was sopping wet and thrown up into a messy ponytail and his lightly tanned skin glistened with droplets of water that slid down his tone chest down onto his low ridding, baggy khakis. His lean body stretched to about six feet and every inch of him was well manicured. Definitely rich.
Since he had yet to look at me, I figured it would be up to me to start the introductions. " Yo, I'm Luke O'Leary. You're Koga right?"
Koga glanced over at me from the corner of his eye and then turned more fully towards me as he finally acknowledged my presence. His powder blue eyes swept over me with an assessing gaze before he answering me in a rumbling voice. " Yeah, I'm Koga. So you're the new guy who started a fight with Inuyasha? I heard you were some seven foot Goth on steroids who pounded Inuyasha into the dirt." He said as he looked at me once more before walking over to his armoire and pulled out a white under shirt along with a dark brown polo.
I blinked and cocked my head slightly to the left as I watched him put on the shirts and redo his hair using the mirror on the door of his armoire. " Umm, yeah well, you can never trust a rumor. And I would have ground that ass into the grass had the idiot in the crowd not grabbed my shirt. But since he did, I most definitely lost. Got the bruised ribs to prove it." I muttered as I felt my ribcage and winced as my fingers lightly breezed over them. It would be worse tomorrow. Everything gets worse on the second day.
He looked over at me and gave me a wolfish grin, not unlike the one in his school photo, as he finished his hair and closed the door so he could lean against it. " Yeah, a tiny guy like you wouldn't be able to beat Inuyasha. Believe me, I fight with him almost every day and his punches hurt me. Kinda. A girlie guy like you wouldn't stand a chance." He snickered.
I knew I would get picked on for looking like a girl, seeing as I was one, so I had decided to stick to my personality as much as possible. As long as I was as truthful as I could be, the chance of me getting found out were less probable. So I would have to deal with this in a way I would normally handle it. Except I would have to cut out any girlish things I had ever done before. That shouldn't be too hard, right?
" Whatever dude, just cause I'm short and a little on the scrawny side doesn't mean that fool could beat me. Like I told you a few seconds ago, he only won cause someone interfered with our fight. And as for the girlie guy remark, I am perfectly secure with the way I look and girls like short guys. They think we're cute. So stop being jealous of me already." I finished with a crooked smile and sat on my bed a few feet away. " By the way, nice ponytail. You gonna curl it? Oh, and don't you want to put on your make up?" Though the remark was mean in my opinion, my tone held no bite nor did my expression. We were just having a good nature conversation that would tear a lesser guy's ego up.
He arched a brow at me before snickering. " Only if I can borrow yours."
I laughed out right at that one and was about to shoot a smart reply back when the door flew open and someone entered with dramatic flair. He was about Koga's height, perhaps a tad shorter, and had short, dark brown hair that was held back in a small ponytail. His navy eyes held hidden wisdom and intelligence, something rarely seen in teens, and both his ears were pierced. One the left ears and two on the right. At the moment they had gold loops in them.
' A friend of Koga's?' I pondered to myself.
" Hello ladies. Discussing the latest fashions?" He teased as he came over to stand between us. His dark purple shirt with the words" Too much man for just one woman" was untucked and loose on his tall frame and he wore faded blue jeans that were baggy. His Nikes looked expensive.
" Hey Miroku, thought you'd show up sooner or later." Koga said as he ignored this Miroku guy's question. " Though I have to admit, I thought it would be later or have the people at St. Catherine's finally figured out a way to keep you out?"
Miroku pressed his hand against his heart in mock hurt. "I am offended Koga! I merely wished to see how my friend was doing and to meet his new roommate. By the way, where is he? And why is there a little girl in here? Are you lost? St. Catherine's is quite a ways down the road." He turned, addressing me like one would a very small child.
My eyes widened a bit, as he did not look like he was kidding with me. My insides froze with panic as my terrified mind tried to come up with what to do about this odd turn of events. ' Mad.' I decided. ' I should be mad but not too mad. Don't want to make another enemy.' And I was about to tell him off, not too rudely mind you, when Koga beat me to it. Well, sort of.
Laughter exploded from Koga's mouth and his entire body shook with its force. I narrowed my eyes at him and tried to keep the smile off my face. His laughter was infectious. Miroku arched a brow at Koga before shaking his head. " Was it something I said?"
" Yeah, I think it was. By the way, I'm Luke O'Leary. Koga's new roommate." I held my hand out to shake and smile pleasantly at him. I couldn't act mad at him now. Not with him being correct about my gender and being called wrong. That would be mean. And I wasn't mean. I really wasn't...
His face was incredulous as he looked at me with pure shock. My statement had renewed Koga's laughter and he looked like he was about to pass out from lack of air. It didn't look like Miroku was going to shake my hand anytime soon so I put it down and looked over at Koga, worried. " Um, dude? Chill out and breath."
Koga finally stopped laughing and took a few deep breaths as he wiped the tears off his face. " I never thought I would see the day when Miroku's intuition was wrong! Are you loosing your touch?"
" A man has the right to be wrong every once in a while. This is my one time." He said as he walked over and peered at me more closely. " Still, I am rarely wrong when it comes to females." His intent stare was beginning to make me nervous. His intuition was incredible and it seemed that he trusted it more than his own two eyes.
" Look, I am fully aware that I closely resemble a girl but if you are trying to say that I'm a girl in disguise, than I will have no other choice but to beat the crap out of you. And seeing as I have already been in a fight today, I would really like to avoid another one." I told him in a calm though threatening voice.
" Already been in a fight?" He asked, mind momentarily off the questioning of my gender.
" Yeah, you haven't heard? The hobbit here went and picked a fight with Inuyasha within his first hour here." Koga said, sauntering over to sit on the bench at the box window.
Miroku raised both eyebrows at this new information and turned to look at me with even more curiosity than before. If that was in any way possible. Wonderful. " But I heard that it was a gang of mobsters from Italy who came to collect a gambling debt. Are you telling me that this mouse gave Inuyasha that black eye he's now sporting?"
" Ah yes, one of my best hits." I smiled fondly at the memory of him cursing and rubbing his eye. " But I have to say that he won the fight. I probably have a giant bruise by now." I muttered as I once more thought about my throbbing belly. I won't be able to bend over for a week!
" Yeah I heard about that hit. Someone said that you flew into the air fifty feet and thirty feet back where you slammed into a giant tree and almost died. Maybe you should go see the school nurse." Koga stated as he eyed my midsection dubiously.
" Oh for crying out loud! The rumors here are ridiculous! I was blown back ten feet at the most, I was flung at a medium sized tree, and I was not almost killed! I was knocked out for only five minutes! And I definitely don't need to go see some nurse." I finished annoyed at them and their stupid rumors and at myself for yelling. ' Deep breathe Rinishi, stop acting so damn nervous.'
Koga blinked at me and held out his hands infront of himself in a non-threatening way. " Chill out little dude, we believe you. Don't we Miroku?"
" I have to say, I am a bit skeptical that you caused one of our toughest students to have a black eye. Only a handful can touch him in a fight and even less cause damage. I am afraid I will need some kind of proof." He said as he folded his arms waiting.
' Proof? The only proof I have is… my bruise?' I pondered. I hope I have one. I yanked my shirt up, just enough to see the large black and purple bruise and not enough to see my chest wrap, and watched as they both winced with a small amount of satisfaction.
" Oh yeah, that's Inuyasha's handy work all right! Woo! He really got you good. Probably bruised your ribs, maybe fractured a few." Said Koga as he squinted at my stomach and leaned forward a little more to get a better look.
I shrugged slightly and lowered my shirt, not comfortable with my midsection exposed. " Maybe. So, what do you guys do around here for fun?" Must distract!
" Oh the usual, prank and torture the staff and new students, so you might want to watch out, go to parties after hours, and sneak over to the all girls school down the road." Miroku listed on his fingers.
I inwardly moaned. ' Great, I've found the school pervert.' and said, " It all sounds great except for that last one."
" What, afraid of a bunch of girls? I thought you said girls liked short guys." Koga smirked.
" Oh they do, and I'm not afraid of a group of girls. I am, however, more than a little worried my girlfriend will find out and will do what she has always threatened to do." I informed him with a fake wince, though they didn't know that it was fake of course. I had made up the lie of a girlfriend to keep myself from getting set up.
Koga rolled his eyes. " Afraid of a girl? You really are a sissy."
" What does she threaten?" Miroku asked curiously.
" I believe her exact words were, ' If you so much as look at another girl, I'll castrate you.' And believe me, she'd do it." I mumbled as I mentally patted myself on the back for my excellent lie. Such the little master mind I was.
Both boys winced and shuddered slightly. " Enough said." They said in union.
I had to hold in a sigh of relief, glad that, for the moment, I didn't have to think up another lie. I had never liked lying, though I was particularly good at it. I decided it was time to turn the subject onto something a little safer.
" So, I read that you're on track Koga. You fast?"
" Of course I'm fast! I'm the star runner and haven't gotten anything lower than second in two years! I have more medals than I know what to do with." He boasted as he puffed out his chest slightly.
I mentally rolled my eyes. " Yeah well, sorry to have to tell you this but I'm going to be winning all the medals from now on." I said with a smirk. I wasn't good at much, but I was good at running. Speed was my best attribute after all.
" Care to make it interesting?" Miroku said slyly.
" Miroku, haven't you learned your lesson from last year? How many times do you have to be beaten up before you realize your swindling will get you killed?" Koga asked with a smirk while Miroku merely smiled and shrugged.
I jumped as my cell phone rang from deep within my pocket and I glared at it for scaring me. Miroku and Koga snickered at my for jumping and I glared at them too as I flipped the silver cell phone open and grunted a hello.
" Rinishi? Is that you? Girl you sound pissed! What crawled up your ass? Or did the phone scare you again?" I widened my eyes in shock to hear Katie's voice on the other end and turned my back to the guys.
" The phone didn't scare my you little twerp!" I growled and shoved my other fist into my pocket. Privately glad to hear from her. " Why'd you call? Everyone okay?" I asked, knowing she would never call me without a good reason.
She laughed. " Yeah, sure it didn't. Everything's cool. We had a little trouble with Adam's gang again but there wasn't any bloodshed. Mitchell is getting cocky without you here though. He keeps trying to take over our turf so I thought I should call and give you a heads up!"
My back was ramrod straight as I quietly seethed with anger. " Oh really? That bastard. I'll handle it Kat, don't worry. Just keep a close eye on him and if he gives you any more trouble go to Hisashi Kyogoku. He owes me one. Oh, and make sure Sam doesn't do anything stupid."
" Don't worry we're all keeping a close watch on her. Thanks Rinishi, see ya later!" I clicked the phone off and slowly put it in my pocket. I took slow measured breaths, trying to calm down.
" Dude, you okay? You look like a rabid dog or something." Koga said and I turned to face them.
I smiled slightly and tried to shake off my anger and come up with a good excuse. " Yeah, I'm fine. Just a guy back home is hassling my girl." I said with very real anger in my voice.
Miroku remained quiet as he watched me thoughtfully. " Hisashi Kyogoku… Isn't that the name of that big time gang leader? How do you know him?"
I balked at his question and answered honestly. " Uh…We went to grade school together. I was in the same class as his little sister." It was true. He had been like a big brother to me most my life. He had been the one who taught me to fight.
I watched as Miroku took this in and, after some thought, decided to believe me. He certainly was a smart guy, and very suspicious. I would have to keep a close eye on him if I didn't want to be found out and loose my freedom, the freedom that was promised to me by Tomonori.
' Not that a promise by a fat old jerk is worth much.' I thought before I said. " Damn Miroku, you sure are suspicious. What do you think, that I'm hiding something?" I stood tall (as tall as I could get anyway) And dared him to say I was.
He smiled slightly. " Not suspicious just, careful. As for hiding anything…" He chuckled in a disarming way. " Who isn't? We all have our secrets."
' Oho! Mysterious dude.' I nodded at him and relaxed a bit. I was still upset with the phone call and was just freaking out over nothing. ' Chill out Rinishi, don't pick fights.' Man I talk to myself a lot!
Koga watched this exchange with a quirked eyebrow. " Ookay, now that that's out of your systems. Luke, whose supposed to be your big brother?"
I blinked. Then blinked again. " Koga what the hell are you talking about?"
Miroku snickered as Koga looked at me like I was an idiot. " You don't know whose going to show you around?"
I continued to look at him like he had three heads. " What do you—" A light bulb went off in my head and I reached for the information packet and dumped its content onto my bed. " Do you mean this?" I asked as I held up a page with the title. ' Big Brother'.
Koga nodded and took the page from me. After reading it through he started to snicker and snort. Miroku took the page from him and after a minute he began to laugh as well. I arched a brow at them. Miroku shoved the page at me and after reading it, I groaned in disbelief.
Big Brother
Hello new student, and welcome to Saint Bernard's school for world leaders.
We understand how hard the first year can be so the schoolmaster created Big Brother to help you through.
Your Big Brother, Sesshomaru Kugyo, will be obligated to:
Show you around campus and keep you from getting lost.
Teach you the School Rules and make sure you obey them.
Hear all your problems and help you solve them peacefully.
Assist you with your schoolwork and keep your grades up.
Your grades, actions, and attitude will reflect upon your Big Brother.
If you are disruptive in class or inattentive to your schoolwork, your Big Brother will be called to the office.
There, he and the schoolmaster will discuss ways to return you to the road of success.
Good luck on you first year here at Saint Bernard's student, Luke Itsuki.
" They gave me the wrong last name." I muttered distractedly. Sesshomaru? Why Sesshomaru? WHY!
" You are either going to be the most well behaved student around, or have your ass kicked by Sesshomaru daily. That guy is perfect, and if you mess that up…" Miroku trailed off.
"Let me guess. Death shall fly on swift wings to carry me down to purgatory. Where the hounds of hell will feast on my flesh for all of eternity." I muttered, still deeply submerged in my horror.
" Couldn't have said it better myself." Miroku said with a half smile.
" Whoa! Who're the babes?" Koga asked. I rolled my eyes (couldn't he see I had a huge crisis!) and looked over to see him leering at the photos on my wall. Hormonal boys. Guh.
I walked over and looked at the picture he was pointing to. When I saw it I couldn't decide if I should laugh, cry, or pass out. It was a picture taken at the beach of Katie, a strawberry blonde, in a blue one piece and me back when my hair reached my waist. I was wearing a dark green bikini because I had wanted to tan that day. We were both wet for we had just gotten out of the water. Our friend Samantha had taken the picture, saying every girl needed a picture of herself looking her hottest.
" Uh the blonde is Kat, The girl I was just talking to and the other one is…Rinishi. She's one of Kat's friends." Why the hell did I us my real name you ask? Because I'm a moron.
" That Rinishi looks like a female version of our buddy Luke." I looked up to see Miroku had come over and was looking at the photo over my head. Damn him and his intrigued...ness. Yes, that's the word. Damn it to hell!
Koga looked at the photograph more closely then me. He raised both eyebrows at this realization and whistled. " He's right! I heard everyone has a twin in the world but I didn't think it was possible for the twin to be opposite gender!"
" Shove it Koga." I growled, not knowing what else to do, and went to answer the door while the two idiots continued their guffawing. I jerked the door open and came face to face with a glaring Sessomaru. Well, face to lower chest. Why is everyone so bloody tall around here! His cold eyes were filled with with bored disdain as he stood rigidly in my doorway. Obviously this was not a visit of pleasure. " Uh, wassup?"
A/N: And that's that! 'Bout freaking time I updated, eh? I think I may have driven one or two of my readers to insanity. XDD I apologize most profoundly.o.o;
