Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha, nor do I make a profit from this story

Rin stared at the test in front of her, willing her brain to remember the answer. She was only on the fifth question and she was already having trouble.

-What were the Daimyo armies made up of?

When did they talk about that? Probably when she was half asleep during class. Great, just great. The one day she doesn't fully pay attention, and then there's a test the next day.

She glanced up and saw Mr. Takahashi looking at her. She gave him a small smile before looking back down and reading the question again. 'I'll just skip that one for now'

Sesshomaru reluctantly tore his gaze away from Rin to look down at the assignments he was supposed to be grading. He had tried concentrating but found his gaze constantly drifting many a time to the frustrated girl.

It amused him to see her practically glaring at her test, and he found himself almost smiling while he watched as her cheeks puffed up in annoyance before moving on to the next question.

He gave a low growl, forcing himself to concentrate on the mess of scribbles that was supposedly a well composed essay.

Could he just fail them for their horrid writing?

The bell rang only five minutes later, signaling it was time to head to their next class.

Inuyasha shoved the test away from him, jumping out of his seat to get out of class. He hated tests.

Shippo stood and walked to stand in the doorway of the class, waiting for Rin before leaving.

Rin stood and walked up to Mr. Takahashi's desk, placing her test on top of the pile of the other students' tests. While turning to leave, she was stopped by her teachers' low voice.

"Rin."

She turned to face him "Yes Mr. Takahashi?"

He frowned at the fact that she had to address him as Mr. Takahashi and not just Sesshomaru.

"Did you" he glanced at Shippo "get an appropriate amount of sleep?"

She smiled at him, feeling somewhat happy that he seemed concerned. "Yes I did, thank you"

He nodded, seemingly pleased with her answer. She turned and walked over to Shippo, who smiled at her. "So how do you think you did on the test?" he asked as they walked out the classroom.

"Definitely failed it."

o~O~o

Rin stood with a plastic tray in her hand, sliding it along the aluminum rails of the lunch line.

"What the fuck is that stuff?" Inuyasha said as he stared at the mushy food in disgust.

"Hamster litter?" Shippo stared at the food in his tray, poking it with a plastic fork.

Rin giggled, but also stared at her food in distaste. She suddenly wasn't that hungry.

Walking over to the lunch table where their other friends were seated, Rin sat and pushed her tray a little to the side, grabbing a notebook from her backpack to quickly do the science homework she had forgotten about last night.

Glancing at Rin, Inuyasha then turned to Miroku "Hey let me copy your math homework from yesterday, I didn't get a chance to do it"

Miroku pulled out a piece of paper and handed it to Inuyasha, who quickly copied all the answers. Once finished, he shoved his and Miroku's papers into his overstuffed backpack.

"Hey give me my homework back, once it's in there I'll never see it again" Miroku said.

Inuyasha shot him a dirty look, but pulled out the paper and handed it to Miroku.

Shippo laughed and looked around the cafeteria, frowning when he saw someone walk in. "Here comes the queen" he said sarcastically.

Kagura and the group of her friends had just started walking by their table when Shippo waved at her. "Hey what's up?"

She stopped and merely looked at him as if he had three heads. Rin looked up from her homework and gave Kagura a polite smile. "Hi Kagura, I like that shirt, it looks nice on you"

Kagura looked Rin up and down before replying. "I'm trying to think of a nice compliment, but somehow, nothing comes to mind." She stared at her face a moment before continuing "Also, you obviously don't know how to properly wear makeup."

Rin blushed in embarrassment. She was only wearing lip gloss, was that so bad?

Inuyasha glared at her. "You're one to talk Kagura. Your makeup looks like it was applied with a shotgun" he sneered.

Kagura glared daggers at him before turning to leave.

Shippo quickly whispered to Rin "You're not gonna eat that rite?" he pointed to her tray. She shook her head 'no'.

Shippo grabbed a handful of mushy food and threw it, making it hit the back of Kagura's head.

The cafeteria became silent.

She slowly turned around and looked at the tray in front of Rin. She looked at Rin. "You bitch!" she yelled, grabbing a jello off her friends tray and throwing it at Rin, but due to her aim, it instead hit Inuyasha, who decided to throw two handfuls of food toward the group of cheer leaders. Thus, a food fight started.

Various food was thrown, juice and milk seemed to rain down on them, trays were used as shields.

Basically, it was messy.

It wasn't long before everyone stopped and grew quiet, all of them paused in the middle of what they were doing.

Sango still had her hand on Miroku's cheek from slapping him, Kagome was standing with a tray in front of her shirt, protecting it from being stained, and Inuyasha was holding a tray up, getting ready to hit someone with it.

They all stared at the doorway of the cafeteria where the principle stood. He looked around the lunch room with a blank face before saying "Who started this?"

Kagura pointed a long finger at Rin "She did."

Shippo stepped forward, about to tell the principle that he was the one who actually started it, but was stopped when Rin placed a hand on his arm and shook her head. She didn't want her friend to get in trouble.

Totosai looked at Rin "A week of detention."

"Yes sir" she answered quietly. That wasn't too bad.

The principle then turned to walk out of the lunchroom.

o~O~o

Rin stood awkwardly in front of her teachers' desk after Demon Ed. All the other students had left.

"I was informed you would be having your week of detention with me." Honestly, he didn't mind. Not at all.

Rin nodded. She was embarrassed. 'Detention yesterday, and now detention for a week. I hope he doesn't think bad of me' she thought.

Sesshomaru nodded toward a seat that was once again placed next to his desk. "Sit."

She immediately placed her backpack on the floor and walked over to the desk, and then sat in the chair. He then pushed a stack of papers over to her. She groaned and grabbed the top paper, reading it over before glancing at the answer sheet.

After a few minutes she asked "How do you even read some of this handwriting?"

He looked up at her after grading a paper, a smirk forming. "It is not without difficulty."

She frowned, looking once again at the paper in front of her. 'I seriously can't read this'

The paper in front of her was pulled away, and she looked up to see Mr. Takahashi still looking at her.

"I heard about what happened during lunch."

She remained quiet, suddenly upset with herself for deciding to come to school today. 'Should've just stayed home.'

"It would seem" he continued "that many have a strong dislike for that girl." He of course, also did not like her in the least.

"I can't blame them. She treats everyone badly" she answered.

Sesshomaru narrowed his eyes slightly. "Does she treat you badly as well?"

Rin shook her head "She usually ignores me. It's rare for her to speak to me because she dislikes me, but if she does, it's usually to mention how she thinks I'm not pretty or something."

"I would have to disagree with her Rin." He moved his chair closer to hers, but she didn't notice. She was too caught up in her own thoughts at the moment.

"Rin." A clawed hand came up to grip her chin lightly, lifting her head to look at him.

She blushed, and tried to ignore the fact that her heartbeat had increased immensely.

"The beauty of a woman is not in the clothes she wears, the figure that she carries, or the way she combs her hair." He used his other clawed hand to push a stray strand of hair behind her ear. "The beauty of a woman is seen in her eyes, because that is the doorway to her heart, the place where love resides. True beauty in a woman is reflected in her soul."

Rin stared at him, growing uncomfortable with her fast pacing heart and the blush that wouldn't fade. She smiled at him "Was that a quote?"

Sesshomaru let his hand drop from her chin. "Indeed" he smirked "Audrey Hepburn. My mother was quite fond of that particular quote."

"I can understand why, it's lovely."

Sesshomaru stared at her. He wanted to touch her again, to feel her soft skin. But he had to be patient.

Rin looked up at the clock in the classroom and saw it was time to go. She stood up and grabbed her backpack, opening it and looking inside for a minute. She frowned when she couldn't find her cellphone. She must have left it at home. Shippo and her other friends weren't still at school so she didn't have a ride home. And without her phone she couldn't call a taxi.

She put her backpack on he floor and turned to her teacher "Mr. Takahashi? May I borrow your phone for a moment? I need to call a cab."

"No" he stood and started walking toward her.

Rin gaped at him. No? Well that was rude.

Sesshomaru picked her backpack up off the floor and started walking toward the door. "I will be taking you home. Come, Rin."

She followed him "Mr. Takahashi, you don't have to. I don't mind taking a cab"

He ignored her and continued walking until they were outside. Walking over to his car, he put her backpack in the backseat while Rin hesitantly got into the front seat.

Why didn't he just let her take a cab?

Sesshomaru got into the drivers side and pulled out his keys. Her stomach growled loudly, making her blush in embarrassment. 'He definitely heard that'

Well, she didn't have lunch , so of course she'd be hungry.

He turned to look at her, and she was pretty sure she could see a sparkle of amusement in his eyes.

"Where is an acceptable place to eat around here?" he asked. He knew of a few places but wanted her to choose where to eat.

"Mr. Takahashi, I can eat when I get home" she insisted.

"You will tell me where you would like to eat, Rin."

She frowned. "No."

His eyes widened slightly. "Excuse me?"

"I said no. I don't want you spending money on me, and like I said, I can eat when I get home."

Sesshomaru narrowed his eyes. His mate-to-be needed to learn to submit to him.

"I suppose you wouldn't mind failing my class then?"

She gaped at him. Really? Involving her grades in this? How unfair. "You wouldn't..."

"Would you like to test me, Rin?"

She stayed silent for a minute before turning her head to glare out the window. "Cucina Tredici Aprile" she mumbled.

o~O~o

Sesshomaru looked up to see Rin clearly enjoying her food as she stuffed it into her mouth. After swallowing, she looked up to see him watching her and glared.

The corners of his lips twitched slightly "Is something the matter?"

"Not at all" she said "I've just never been forced to go out to eat with my teacher. This could be considered kidnapping you know"

This time, he couldn't stop the chuckle from leaving his mouth. "I highly doubt a person that was kidnapped would be sitting here enjoying her food with her kidnapper."

Rin giggled and took a sip of her water. "I'm sorry, thank you for this though Mr. Takahashi."

He growled. "We are not in the school Rin. You will address me as just Sesshomaru."

She smiled at him, and he couldn't help but stare at her lips. "Ok, well thank you, Sesshomaru"

He closed his eyes breifly, enjoying the sound of his name on her lips.

The rest of their time spent at the restaurant was enjoyable for both of them. Rin did most of the talking, but she would occasionally ask him questions about himself. He was slightly surprised when she even managed to make him chuckle again.

o~O~o

Sesshomaru drove out of the parking lot and glanced at Rin "Where do you live?"

He wouldn't tell her that he knew yet.

"Hm? Oh I live on Cherry Grove Road"

He feigned a look of surprise by widening his eyes slightly.

"Is something wrong?" she asked.

"I live on that road too."

She was silent for a moment, trying to comprehend what he had just said. He lived there too? But how? There were only two houses on the street, hers and...oh.

"But...that...you... Are you serious? You live in that huge house?" she asked in disbelief.

"Yes" he answered, thoroughly amused at her rather shocked reaction.

"Wow I never even knew. Your house is beautiful by the way" she decided not to mention that she had been in the forest. Would he be mad that she went there without his permission?

Once they arrived at her home, Rin was surprised at how she felt reluctant to leave. She grabbed her backpack from the back seat and closed the door before turning back to look at him. "Bye Seshomaru! Thanks again, I had fun." She waved to him before turning and walking back toward her front door.

Sesshomaru watched her until she got inside her house. He already missed having her near him, but he was pleased at the progress that was made today. He hadn't planned on driving her home or taking her out to eat, but he had enjoyed the time they spent together.

No, he didn't mind that he too had to stay after school because of her detention. He didn't mind at all.