Chapter ten: Girl Talk

It was the end of cram school for Iuzmo and the other students. She packed up her papers and school supplies quickly. A figure came up to her desk just as she finished. Assuming it was Rin she ignored it.

"Um…uh…Kamiki c-can I ask you a question?"

That wasn't Rin's voice. Looking up she saw it was Shiemi Moriyama. Izumo frowned and resisted the urge to groan. What could she want? Sighing Izumo stood up.

"What do you want Moriyama?" Iuzmo looked at Rin. He shrugged and motioned for to continue with a wave of his hand.

Shiemi went red and looked at the ground. She fidgeted nervously and ducked her head down a little. "Well it's just um…c-could you help me with some homework? I mean from normal school! I-I'd ask Yuki but he's really busy and um you're really smart! I mean Rin's been doing so much better thanks to you!"

Rin scowled causing Iuzmo to smirk. While she certainly hated the girl still Izumo could stand her thanks to the Kyoto incident. Sighing and Izumo put her hands on her hips.

"Yeah I'm free today so I'll help," Izumo said.

Shiemi looked up at Izumo. Her eyes sparkled as a big smile spread across her face. "Thank you Kamiki!"

"It's not a problem. Do you mind if we study at my dorm?" Izumo shrugged. Despite their relationship this was pretty normal for girls their age to do. Usually she'd just head to Rin's dorm to study but since it was just Shiemi that was out of the question. If she was lucky Paku would be at their dorm already and Izumo wouldn't have to deal with Shiemi as much.

"Y-your dorm!? Yes! That's fine! Whatever you're comfortable with!" Shiemi bowed to Izumo. "Thank you Kamiki!"

"Yeah, yeah. I've got something to do real quick so I'll meet you outside the classroom," Izumo looked at Rin.

"Oh yes of course! I'll wait right outside," Shiemi picked up her things and headed out.

With her gone Izumo approached Rin who was grinning ear to ear. He leaned against his desk with his arms crossed.

"That was really nice Izumo. I didn't expect that out of you," he patted her head.

"I think your stupidity is rubbing off on me," she scowled and slapped his hand away.

"I'm proud of you," Rin snickered. "I'll text ya later then. Be nice okay?"

"I am being nice," Izumo grumbled.

Rin bent down and kissed her lips. A yell and a whistle came from Ryuji and Shima as they parted.

"See you later," Rin gave her one more kiss on her forehead. He turned and headed towards the Kyoto boys. Izumo glanced at the door before sighing. This was going to be a long night.

"Oh that makes so much sense now! Thank you Kamiki."

Shiemi was amazed by the girl next to her. Izumo was so smart and strong. She wished she was just as strong herself.

Frowning a little Shiemi thought back to what Konekomaru had said about her during their fight with the shape shifter demon. He'd said she was just as strong as any of them…she just needed more confidence. With that memory bubbling up Shiemi had decided to ask Izumo for help. She knew the girl couldn't stand her and found her very presence annoying. But she really did need help and she wanted to be better friends with Izumo too. Maybe if she was lucky the girl next to her would start to like her! She just had to work at it.

"It's not that hard," Izumo rolled her eyes. "But I can see how you got confused. Rin had the same problem."

"R-really?" Shiemi knew Izumo and Rin were closer lately. They seemed to be really close friends now. Rin even put her arm around her at times! It was really sweet.

"Yeah he's always having problems with social studies. He's really bad at math though," Izumo smiled a little. "He really is a big idiot."

Shiemi listened with awe and smiled at the end. "You two are such good friends! I'm so happy for you Kamiki."

Izumo snorted. Was this girl really that dense? Everyone knew Rin and her dating now. Then again this was Shiemi…

"We're not friends," the blond girl looked confused. "We're dating you know," she watched Shiemi's face.

"'Dating'?" Shiemi knew that word but it wasn't connecting for some reason.

"Yeah. He's my boyfriend," Izumo watched her reaction a small satisfying smirk appearing on her lips.

"B-b-b-b-boyfriend!?" It connected. Shiemi was blushing and fumbling over her words. Rin and Izumo…were dating! How did that happen? "W-w-when d-did-"

"When did we start? A couple months ago," Izumo shrugged. After the Kyoto boys finding out about them Izumo had stopped caring who knew. No one could be more annoying than that gorilla really.

"T-that long ago!? I'm so sorry I didn't notice! Congratulations!" Shiemi smiled sweetly. "I'm happy for you both."

Izumo rolled her eyes. "We're just dating. It's no big deal."

"N-no big deal!? But you're dating! That means you love each other! That's wonderful," Shiemi waved her hands. This was great! Rin had someone else to love other than his brother. And Izumo seemed so much happier too.

"L-Love!?" No way! We are just dating," Izumo was blushing now. She didn't love Rin. Hell she even didn't trust Rin. She trusted no one but herself completely. And there needed to be trust for love to blossom.

"But you're dating. Don't you have to be in love to date?" Shiemi tilted her head. She didn't know much about relationships.

"You just have to like each other to date," Izumo corrected. "You fall in love by dating."

Or that's how she was sure it worked. TV shows seemed to work that way…

"That…doesn't seem right," Shiemi mumbled. "I mean I get it but what if one person doesn't return the others feelings all the way? Wont that hurt someone more than being alone?"

Izumo frowned at Shiemi's naïve words. But they had meaning to them. Izumo could never see herself falling in love. Liking someone? Yes. Loving? No way in hell. She hardly trusted one person let alone another. She kept everyone at arm's length, even Paku for the most part. Rin had been the closest person ever.

She liked him but trust was out of the question. Her chest hurt at that thought. Rin was too sweet of a guy for her. He deserved better than a cold hearted bitch as herself. Rin needed a girl like Shiemi. A girl who'd love him and trust him without hesitation.

If he stayed with her it would only hurt him at the end.

Shiemi watched the pain cross Izumo's face as she thought. She felt her heart hurt for the girl next to her. Fidgeting nervously Shiemi decided to change the subject fast.

"Um…ah s-sorry Kamki. I didn't mean to hurt you I just um…" Shiemi held back tears. She'd hurt a friend.

"No. You didn't do anything wrong," Izumo shook her head. "Let's get back to work. What else do you need help with?"

"Um Right! This question really confused me right here," she wiped her tears away and pointed to a question on her work sheet.

Peaking over Izumo read the question. Sighing she decided on a few things then. First she needed to talk to Rin tomorrow. Second…

"Shiemi."

The girl looked up her. Her eyes twinkled happily. That was the first time Izumo called her by her first name!

"Y-yes?"

"You're a lot smarter than you look. Thank you," Izumo said. She smiled softly at Shiemi causing the blond to blush.

"Um…you're welcome?"

The air around the girls seemed to lighten only a little bit. Despite that it was still quite dark and solemn for the rest of their time together.

This chapter wasn't as happy as the others was it? With romance there is always drama right? It'd be boring if there wasn't. I really liked writing this one too. And of course there was a little bit of a cliffhanger at the end. Sorry about that.

Thank you Fireminer for inspiring this chapter. You pointed out that I needed to do a girl talk one too after Rin's and Yukio's bro talk. Thank you so much!

I really love Shiemi by the way. She's just so cute and her character development is fantastic. She will probably be in this more now that I've finally written a chapter with her.

All of you keep asking questions about the demon sex talk and it makes me giggle. But this is also a T rated story so I'm trying my best to keep it tame. I think I'm pushing the limit with all of Rin's swearing (I'm worst than him in real life though). Either way I will describe a few things in later chapters I suppose. I'm sort of making this stuff up as a I go. A few of you seem to want a lemon chapter too. Well...I'm not exactly great at writing lemon type things. I've tried and it' was just bad. It made my eyes hurt just by re-reading it. For the most if I decided do write a lemon chapter it might be a one story shoot off by itself. If not I'll just change the rating to M and make a warning.

Other than that thank you all for the great reviews! They are so much fun to read and I get excited for each one! Thank you!

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