Chapter 5 Wednesday
Phoenix: Just a little note to say that when I do weeks more then likely they will be a Monday, Wednesday, Friday schedule. Except the week of the breaks then it's normal.
Kitty: Get ON with it!
Phoenix: Fine I don't own Inuyasha, just my characters. (Lawyers walk away disappointed) *sticks tongue out at lawyers*.
~Beginning~
It had been two days since the incident with her "sister". Her family had come and gone periodically, which made Rin happy to see them. Her friends had done the same thing except they had brought her different things such as wildflowers, homemade cards, bouquets of candy and cookies. It was really sweet but one. . .. OK two things where bugging her. Those two "things" where named Shippo and Kagura, they kept hovering over her like she was some kind of china doll and it was driving her nuts. The medical doctor had told her to take it easy and she would be doing things she normally did by the end of the week. Rin sighed as she looked around the room, she felt like she would scream if this went on for much longer. She smiled to herself as an idea struck her; there was one good thing that came out of her sister dating Sesshomaru for a week. Granted the relationship was a little one sided, but meeting Lady Mayura was definitely a good thing. A visit from her could always help thing go better.
*Flashback*
"I don't see why mom insists you come with me." Kikyo said as she tossed her hair back over her shoulder, as she walked up to the front of the mansion. Kikyo waited there for Rin to join her on the step and looked at Rin pointedly.
"Well . . . . .ring the doorbell already." Kikyo said in an impatient tone. Rin rolled her eyes and rang the doorbell. No sooner had Rin lifted her finger off of the bell than she was roughly shoved out of the way by Kikyo so she could stand in front of the door with a seductive smile on her face. The door opened to reveal a scowling hanyou who quickly plastered a fake smile on his face.
"Kikyo . . . . . . .. what a . . . PLEASANT surprise." The teen said in a frigged tone.
" Inuyasha . . .. is Sesshomaru home?" Kikyo said with fake politeness as she changed her smile to sweet and innocent in five seconds flat.
"Sure, he's in the living room." Kikyo pushed past Inuyasha and headed down one of the many hallways, leaving a confused Rin and an annoyed Inuyasha in her wake.
"So . . . . . . .yeah . . . . . . . .why don't you come in?" Inuyasha asked. Rin nodded politely and entered the house. She quietly followed Inuyasha down a hallway to an outside patio where two Ladies sat. One was obviously a demon, she was wearing a business suit, her silver hair was pulled back into a half-pony tail, she had molten amber eyes, with ears that where pointed at the tips, and when she spoke you could visibly see her fangs though they where small. The other lady looked quite a bit different. Where the other lady was demon, this lady was quite visibly human. She wore a kimono that told you she was a princesses or a very wealthy noble mans daughter, it was not only expensive looking but looked completely comfortable. They lady's eyes where a deep lavender, her hair fell past her waist and was as black as a raven's wing. The two lady's sat talking animatedly and didn't stop until Inuyasha had cleared his throat.
"Inuyasha, who's this? Your new girlfriend?" The human lady asked.
"Now Izoyoi, you know your son has never dated before." The demon lady said giving him a slight smirk.
"Lady Mayura, mother, this is Rin and she is not my girlfriend. She's just a friend." Inuyasha said blushing a little.
"Now Inuyasha don't be shy. She's your friend right?" Lady Izoyoi asked her son and was answered with a quick nod. "And she's a girl right."
"Last time I checked." Inuyasha said not seeing where his mother was getting at.
"Then that settles it, she's your girlfriend." Lady Mayura said in a knowing voice. Inuyasha just blushed a deep crimson and stomped back to the house, leaving Rin behind with the ladies. The ladies just laughed at their little joke, when they got over their giggles; they quickly looked Rin over. Rin just stood there blushing as she was looked over with scrutinizing eyes.
"Well you certainly don't smell like Kikyo. As a matter fact you smell like a kitsune I once knew." Lady Mayura said softly. "Please sit down. JAKEN!" She hollered over her shoulder. A green little toad demon appeared and quickly prostrated himself next to Lady Mayura.
"Yes, malady?" Jaken squeaked from his position.
"Bring a extra cup and saucer, and kindly bring me the phone." Lady Mayura asked kindly while giving the command.
"Of course malady." Jaken said as he quickly got up and brought what his lady had asked of him.
"Thank you. Jaken, wait a minute. Rin could you please dial your parents' phone number. Thank you, dear." Lady Mayura said as she received the phone back from Rin. She quickly got up and headed into the house.
"Don't worry dear, you wont get into trouble." Lady Izoyoi said as she poured Rin some tea. "Would you like a cookie?" Rin quickly nodded her head and said,
"Yes, please." she replied softly as Lady Izoyoi passed her a plate of cookies. Lady Mayura returned and whispered something in Jaken's ear, who quickly nodded and ran off to do his mistresses bidding.
"Well, Rin I talked to your parents and they said you could stay even if your sister left as long as you where home by ten." Lady Mayura said sweetly as she smiled at Rin. Rin just nodded because she had a mouthful of cookie. Rin swallowed and was about to say something when she heard a screech. Two minutes later Kikyo came stomping onto the patio set from the house, glaring at Lady Mayura.
"What is the meaning of this?" Kikyo demanded angrily.
"The meaning of what?" Lady Izoyoi asked feigning innocence. The meaning of telling me to leave and never come back!" Kikyo said in outrage.
"It means exactly as you where told Kikyo, now kindly leave before you are forced to leave." Lady Mayura said in an icy voice.
"FORCE me to leave, don't make me laugh, I'm a miko you couldn't touch me." Kikyo said haughtily. "Besides I'm not leaving without Rin."
"Really? Kikyo you'll be leaving and you'll be leaving without Rin." Lady Izoyoi said in an icy tone as she snapped her fingers. A pair of guards appeared on either sides of Kikyo.
"Escort her to the gate and make sure she stays out, that is all." Lady Izoyoi said, the guards grabbed Kikyo by her arms, turned, and left with the struggling Kikyo between them. As she disappeared around the corner Lady Mayura dropped her cold mask and turned back to Rin.
"Now that, that is taken care of, I have already taken the liberty to speak with your parents. They have agreed that you will come here every night and be trained in your abilities. You will also be spending the weekend here. That is if you agree to it."
Rin agreed to it immediately earning her a smile from the Lady.
"Good now that is decided lets finish our lunch."
*end of flashback*
Rin smiled at the old memories, she then picked up the phone and started to dial. On the third ring she heard the voice of her adopted mother.
"Why Rin what a surprise."
With the others
"Miss Ryosaki." Kagura twitched as she heard her last name, she hated that name.
"Kagura." This time she didn't even move but kept on dreaming.
"KAGURA!" Someone shouted in her ear. Kagura's head snapped up as the yard stick came down on her desk, she jumped up and started to recite the preamble to the United States constitution in flawless Japanese.
"Thank you for that flawless translation of the preamble to the United States Constitution . Would you care to impress again and kindly repeat what I said without using your majik." Mr. Shepard said with a stern glare. "No, well then you and Sesshomaru will stay after class to hear your punishment." Mr. Shepard then turned around and continued his lecture on the history of the healing majiks.
*thirty minuets later*
"Ok class, your assignment is to read chapter four and give me five pages of DETAILED notes. SIT back down Miss Ryosaki." Kagura plopped back down in her seat, grimacing at the fact that she had been caught trying to sneak off. As everyone filled out of the room they either gave Sesshomaru and her looks of sympathy or just sneered at them. When everyone was out Mr. Shepard shut the door behind the final student and turned around to face them.
"Ok, Kagura, I understand that you have been staying in the hospital , but you need to focus on your work. You are slipping in your grades and not in just this class. I know that the people that you consider family, especially your friends, are important to you, but your school work is also important. For these reasons I am going to give you AND Sesshomaru an extra assignment. You will have to split your fall break between your two houses. You WILL keep a journal about the stays, and you WILL turn them in when you come back to school. Yes Mr. Tashino?"
"If she was the one to fall asleep in class shouldn't she be punished not me?"
"That may be true but you let her stay at the hospital, you let her sleep in class, so you are at fault as well. End of discussion. Now like I said I want these turned in IMMEDIATELY when you come back from break. You are dismissed." With that Mr. Shepard turned his back on his students and got ready for his next class. Sesshomaru sent a glare at Kagura then briskly walked out of the room. Kagura just sighed and gathered her things then quickly followed Sesshomaru's lead and left. As soon as the door was closed she was pinned against the wall by the neck. Kagura looked down at the offending appendage and followed it up to see the face of the person that had pinned her. Sesshomaru glared at her to which she just rolled her eyes, grabbed his wrist, and started to use her purifying powers to make him drop her.
"Now that you have kindly let go of me. What was that about?" Kagura questioned coldly as she returned his glare.
"Your idiocy has gotten us into a worse arrangement then we already are." He said in his usual monotone.
"You know if you got that cold ice pick out of your ass then maybe we wouldn't have such a problem." Kagura turned on her heel and started to walk away, but once again she was grabbed from behind. Sesshomaru flipped Kagura so she was facing him, as he pinned her wrists above her head.
"How dare mphhh" Kagura's protests were silenced as Sesshomaru covered her lips with his. At first Kagura was outraged, she struggled to get out of his grasp but she soon started to relax and kiss him back. After what seemed like forever they broke apart for air. Slowly Sesshomaru let go of her wrists and brought his hands down to her waist while he captured her mouth in another kiss, her arms immediately went to circle his neck. When this kiss broke off he rested his forehead against hers, just content to be in her presence for the moment. When Kagura finally came down from the mental high that the kisses had given her, she stiffened when she realized who she had been kissing and who was holding her. Gathering her strength she pushed him away and ran as fast as she could till she was back in her room. Seshomaru just stood there trying to understand what had just happened.
*With Kagura*
Kagura didn't stop running till she got back to her dorm room. She fumbled with the keys as she stood there crying. When she finally got the lock undone she threw the door open and ran into her room. She flung herself down on her bed and hugged her pillow. After a while she heard someone knock on he bedroom door.
"Go AWAY Sesshomaru!"
"No and who said I was Sesshomaru? What did you not remember that we were going shopping today? You were supposed to mee...whats wrong?" Kitty asked as she saw Kagura sitting up on her bed. "What did that jerk do?"
"Who said he did anything? Maybe I just feel like crying." Kagura said trying to wipe away her tears.
"First of all since when do you cry for no reason? Second I haven't seen you cry since Inutashio passed as a matter a fact I remember you vowing you would never cry again." Kitty said softly giving a knowing look as she reached over and hugged her friend around the shoulders. "Besides it is ALWAYS supposed to be the guys fault. Who else would we blame it on?" At this last statement Kagura gave a small smile. "Now lets go shopping and you can tell us all about what happened. So we can knock him on his ass with how good you look." Kagura just nodded her head as she let her friend drag her out of her room and out of the dorm room.
*4 hours later*. After a more then welcome stop at the local Chinese place Kagura proceeded to tell her friends about what had occurred between Sesshomaru and her. All the girls agreed with Kitty they had to get Kagura into something that would make Sesshomaru eat his heart out. Unfortunately they had yet to see what that perfect thing was. There was one little store they had yet to go into. The name, Sukanai Suzume, in elegant scrawl across the top of the store front.
"Well this is as good a place as any." Holly said they dragged Kagura into the store.
Kagura was the first to walk into the store, and turned to look around.
"Are you sure this store is right?" She asked while picking up a random piece of clothing from the sales rack.
"This is your last chance to make him drool. Otherwise, you're going to have to wear one of my leftovers." Holly said while walking around the store.
"And you know, we don't want to take your title of official 'class slut.' Oh wait, that's already been taken away."
"You know, you're about as funny as my brother's ass." Holly said and walked even further into the store.
Kitty started going through the dress racks, and stumbles upon a couple of possibilities. She holds them up to Kagura to see if she likes them. "Are you serious about that one?" Kagura asked while laughing and pointing to an unusual color blue that was the dress in her right hand.
"That one on the right is a joke! I'd look like a freaking sea creature!"
"What? It's a beautiful dress." Kitty said and looked at it again.
"Yeah, so beautiful, my mother would wear it." Holly muttered and turned to another dress.
"And my grandmother would try to steal it," Kagura said and laughed to the next rack.
"Well, what about the other one?" Kitty said while moving a red dress forward to the front.
"Pretty, but not her style. In fact, I own that dress in purple." Holly said and Kagura shook her head.
"Well then that's a definite no." Kitty said as she placed both of the dresses back on the self.
"What about this one?" Ed said as she held up a black dress.
"I like that one!" Kagura said as she rushed over to Ed and took the dress.
"And that is the reason WHY you are not getting that one." Holly said as she took the dress and placed it back on the rack. "That dress screams gothic bitch and that is not something that we want...this time."
"Is there anything that I can help you with lady's?" a lady asked as she walked up to the group.
"At this point we are just looking for a evening dress for her." Kitty said as she pointed to Kagura.
"Hmmmmm" the lady circled around kagura "I think I might have the just the thing for you. If you would follow me please." the lady took off at a brisk walk and headed toward the back of the store. She walked past the curtain that said "Employes Only". The group hesitated at the curtain before the lady popped her head back past the curtain "Come quickly and don't dawdle."
The group quickly walked after the lady trying to keep up with her as she dissappeared behind the curtain again. They were led to a small back room that looked to be a storage room for other dresses. The lady was already searching through the dresses, picking up different ones, looking at them, and then either reshelving them or placing them on the rack that was behind her. She picked dresses that stayed to the darker colors but varied in sizes and in styles. The group watched her search for what seemed like an hour when she pulled the final dress, she ushered the group into a room that was surrounded in mirrors.
"Ok now strip," the lady said while her back was turned to Kagura as she was pulling the first dress from the rack. Kagura just gapped at the lady, in pure wonder of what she was just asked. She then quietly shook her head and took the dress the lady offered. Kagura then turned and hesitantly started to do as the lady ordered, checking back at the lady once more before completing the task and trying on the dress. She turned to look at the dress in the mirror.
"I'm not to sure about this one." Kagura said as she turned her body to get a look at the back of the dress. The dress was a white holter top that's skirt came down to five inches above her knees falling from the dress was what looked like "shreds" were the dress looked as if it was torn.
"Yeah I believe we can do better then that." the lady said as she held out her hand for the dress. kagura quickly stripped and handed her the dress. This went on for another hour till they had narrowed it down to eight dresses. The first dress is a light green halter top dress that knoted in the front, the skirt was at an angle and was clasped with a brooch at the waist. The second dress was a spaghati stap dress that had a satind red with a black shear overlay, it stoped about knee length with a rhinestone belt and brooch around the waist. The third dress was a black halter top dress that had pretty lacy work around the top for the stap with a sweetheart top the lace work following the sweatheart shape, the bottom of the dress stoped about five inches abouve the knee and angled down in the black so it stoped just above the ankle, with lace work around the bottom. The fourth dress was a royal blue spaghati strap dress that had a sweetheart top with a empire waistline with the skirt stoping right above the knee. The fifth dress was a burgandy red dress with straps that had dark purple flowers on the strap the bodice was bunched up till about the waist from the skirt stoped just under the knees with sheer skirts that was agled so it was given texture. The sixth dress was a red halter spaghati top that had a sweetheart top that had rhinestones around the chest with a brooch in the middle of the chest. from the brooch a sheer fabric seel till the bottom of the dress which, hit just below the knee, which was angled back. The seventh dress was a satin blue halter top that wad rhinestones around the neck, the dress stoped just below the knees and had a bow that was atached to a belt that was of rhinestones. The eigth and final dress was a satin red halter top with a empire waist line, the dress was stoped at the knee with a bit of lace undlay peeking out from below the dress.
The group looked at each dress as Kagura tried them on, giving a thumbs up or down depending on the dress. The first one got a thumbs down from everyone including the lady, the second got a half and half review, the third got a three quarters thumbs up review the only one not likeing the dress was holly and jenna, the fourth got another three quarters review. The fifth got a resounding thumbs down from everyone, the sixth got a thumbs up from everyone but the lady, the seventh got another thumbs down from everyone, the eighth and final one got a thumbs up from everyone but Kitty. The third, fourth, sixth, and eigth dresses were set on aside on the rack while the lady picked up the others and walked out of the room with them so she could place them back where they belonged. Kagura looked over the remainging dresses, they were all very pretty but not exactly the drop dead they were looking for. The Lady was mumbleing something incoherent when she came back in the room carrying a dress that some what resembled rags.
"Strip." The lady ordered, as she turned her back to hang the "dress" up. Kaugura complied as she stripped thinking "What the hell its not like they haven't seen it all before." So she stripped and waited for the lady to hand her the next dress. When the lady handed Kagura the "dress" she looked at her like she was crazy.
"How in the seven hells am I suposed to wear that, let alone put it on?" She asked the lady as she held up the "dress".
"Well you can put it on like a dress or you can stand there and look silly." The lady said as she cleared a few more dresses from the rack. Kagura just stood there looking at the dress before she sighed and attempted to put the dress on. Instead of putting it on properly she got stuck. The lad sighed in exasperation and walked back to Kagura from the door and helped her to straighten the dress out. When the dress was in correct order the lady stepped back and reviewed her work. She broke into a large grin, she turned to the other girls and asked :
"So what do you think girls?"
No one said anthing just sat a stared for a moment. Kagura was slightly unnerved with everyone staring at her, so she turned around to look in the mirror.
"It's perfect." Kagura said as she staired at her self in the mirror. She tore her eyes away from the mirror and picked the tag that was hanging off the side off the side of the dress. Her face fell as she read the price, she took off the dress, got dressed and turned to the lady with the dressin hand.
"Thank you very much for your time, but I just can't afford this. I am sorry to waist your time." Kagura turned and walked out with her friends in tow.
"We have to head back to the school guys. Other wise we will be late." Kagura said as she continued to walk out of the mall. Her friends just followed her and headed back to the school to get ready for the date. What they did not notice was the lady followed them out of the mall and watched them take off. When they were out of eye sight she pulled out her cell phone as it was ringing.
"Why Rin what a surprise. Of course dear, I would love to come by to see you. Just let me pick up a few things that I have to drop off at the school for a friend. Ok love, I will see you in a bit." Lady Mayura shut her phone and smiled as she walked briskly back to her shop.
***Back at the school***
"What am I gonna wear? I loved that dress but it was soooo expensive." Kagura said as she flopped over onto her bed.
"Well you shouldn't have been so picky back at the store, though there wasn't very many choices that were there." Holly said as she flipped through Kagura's closet.
"Well I suppose we are gonna have to look in my closet to get her something that's gonna make him drop dead...or at least make him embaress him enough that he refuses to take her to the any place." Holly said.
"Real classy Holly." Kitty said from the where she was leaning on the door frame.
"You have any better ideas then?" Holly said as she turned to face Kitty with her hands on her hips.
"As a matter of fact"*knockknock* Kitty was interupted by someone knocking on the front door. Looking confused Kagura got off the bed and headed towards the front door. She unlocked the door and opened it to see a man stading in a delivery uniform.
"Are you Kagura Ryokotsa?" He asked
"Yes I am. How may I help you?"
"I just need you to sign here for your package ma'am." he said as he held out a ledger.
"There must be some mistake though, I didn't order anything." She said taking the ledger and looking it over.
"Unless there is some other girl with the same name and address as you, then there is no mistake." He said getting snippy as he waited for her to sign the ledger. She just kept looking over the ledger making things were all in order before signing her name. When the guy handed her the package she took it, he glanced at the ledger and his face drained of its color.
"Next time be sure the person your pissing off isn't someone that can end your life, or at least take a very vital part of your body." She said as she slammed the door in the mans face. She sighed and walked back to her room looking over the packages as she walked back to her room. She shook the package wondering what was in it.
"What's in that?" Holly said from her spot. Kagura just shrugged as she sat down on her bed. She poped the tape on the side of the box. As she lifted off the top and moved the tissue paper she couldn't help but stair.
"I think the problem is solved now..."
