A/N: Yeah, I know that the last authors note was a lie… that last chapter was SUPPOSED to have been posted a LONG TIME AGO… I already got back from camp, and went paintballing too. Word of advice… don't let people use you as a decoy. You get shot. And it hurts. Sometimes. And the paint tastes really nasty if you get it in your mouth. I don't advise that either. Oh, and thanks for your encouragement on those tests, I think I did pretty well! Enjoy!
"Ah, cleavage," Miroku sighed, "the only thing you can look down on and approve of at the same time."
"Would you like me to extend the 'finger threat' to your eyeballs, monk?" Sesshomaru asked angrily. The black-haired boy quickly looked away as I gave him a disgruntled look and pulled up my v-neck sweater.
Sesshomaru had returned to school two days ago, and promptly had to be restrained by Inuyasha, Koga, Jinenji, Shiori, Kagome, Ayame and Sango before he stopped trying to take Kagura's face off with his claws.
I have to admit, it was pretty funny. A low growl rumbled in his chest and I could feel it vibrating the table as the dog demon gave his death-glare to Miroku. I had to stifle a grin at this. Ever since the freezer thing, Sesshomaru had been much more protective of me than before.
"Oh look," Kagura sneered from behind me as I was sitting at the lunch tables, "Enjoying yourself, you little slut?" Sesshomaru's bass snarl deepened as he turned around to face her.
Beside Kagura was a tall boy with the same red eyed, black haired combination as Kagura, a freshman boy with shimmering pink hair and purple eyes, and Juromaru, who now that I looked, had a strong resemblance to the freshman, as well as Kanna.
"You better shut up Kagura. No one is close enough to keep me from tearing you to shreds this time." Sesshomaru snapped.
"Try that on my sister and I'll rip your head off." The boy behind Kagura hissed.
"I got your back Sessh. I'll take Naraku if you get Kagura." Inuyasha inputted, glaring angrily at Naraku, who stuck out his tongue in defiance.
"Agreed." Sesshomaru said grimly, mouth set in a thin line as he stood. I simply watched. When the pair of them was in the mood to fight, there was no stopping those silver haired demons.
Juromaru began to leak silver fluid from the corner of his mouth that looked rather like mercury before Naraku put out a hand to stop him.
"I'd like to enjoy myself. Juromaru, Hakudoshi, Kanna, get the hell out of here before this fight starts. If you stay, I'll tear you to pieces right along with these bastards." Naraku narrowed his eyes at Inuyasha and Sesshomaru as he said this.
Sesshomaru was clenching and unclenching his fists as his he could hardly wait to get to Kagura.
"Oh darling," Kagura said in poisoned-honey tones, "Are you really going to hit a girl?"
"You're a demon; you should be able to take it!" Sesshomaru yelled, launching forward. His movement signified the start of the fight, and in an instant, Naraku and Inuyasha were grappling on the ground while Sesshomaru and Kagura were trading blows more cautiously, reading their opponents movements.
An excited crowd gathered to watch; why they were enjoying it, I don't know. Things were looking pretty ugly. It was hard to see, but both Naraku and Inuyasha were bleeding from their nose or mouth and Sesshomaru and Kagura were shouting curses and threats at each other and preparing for the next opening. Among the four of them, Kagura looked the worst, with a swollen cut under one eye and a bruise developing on her wrist from blocking Sesshomaru's hits. Sesshomaru looked a bit worse for wear, a black eye slowly coming to light and his fangs bloody from a cut on the inside of his mouth.
"I already know why Sesshomaru and Kagura are pissed off at each other, but what's up with Naraku and Inuyasha?" I asked Miroku.
"Girl problems. They both liked the same girl, but the girl liked Inuyasha. Naraku became a stalker and Kikyo became so freaked out she killed herself. Thus, Inuyasha hates Naraku, Naraku hates Inuyasha and Kagome is jealous about Kikyo." He replied over the roar of the crowd.
"Wait, why would she be jealous over someone who died?" I called to him.
"Cause Inuyasha never really got over Kik- Oh crap." I turned to follow his gaze and saw Principal Midoriko glowering at the still oblivious fighters. One wave of her hand and a barrier was erected to stop the blows. Anyone could see that Midoriko was pissed.
"My office." She gritted out, "Now." All four demons shot each other angry glances that quickly shifted to uneasy fear. When you're a demon, having a principal that can turn your soul to dust in the blink of an eye is generally a bad thing.
….
Naraku and Kagura had already been talked to and left, Inuyasha and Sesshomaru having just entered the office as Miroku and I arrived with Kagome and Sango. Even outside the office, I could feel Midoriko's strong purifying aura.
The powerful priestess's aura had been known to make a few weaker demons puke, make some of the middle class demons nauseous, and make several upper class demons like Inuyasha and Sesshomaru feel extremely uneasy about their surroundings. This was shown in Sesshomaru's white-knuckled grip on the arm of his chair and Inuyasha's twitching ears and wide eyes.
"Boys," Midoriko began calmly as I leaned close to her office window to hear, "do you know why you're here?"
"Feh." Inuyasha snorted.
"Of course." Sesshomaru growled, "For fighting."
"Yes, Murakami and Murakami." She replied, "Fighting. Which I'm sure both of you know is prohibited seeing as I've given you both this lecture more times than I can count." At this point, Sesshomaru seemed to begin turning her out. "I've noticed a drop in Sesshomaru's office visits, but an increase in yours, Inuyasha. Will you listen to me, Murakami?"
"I'm listening, I swear!" Inuyasha cried earnestly.
"No, no, I'm talking to your older brother." Midoriko said exasperatedly.
"Hn?" Sesshomaru snapped out of his daze, focusing on the principal now.
"I think the reason for Inuyasha's behavioral decline is a bad influence from you." Midoriko said.
"Haaaah?" Inuyasha cried in surprise, "If that were true, wouldn't you see Rin, like, every day? I mean, she freakin' lives with him so…" Sesshomaru shot Inuyasha a glance I very easily read as, 'dude, shut the hell up before you say something stupid… oh, too late, dumbass!' "Oh, was that a…" he the half-demon lowered his voice to a whisper, "secret?" Sesshomaru responded with a low growl and one of his favorite death glares.
"Rin? Another student? Male or female?" Midoriko asked due to the fact that my name can be used on both sexes. For boys is means 'park' and for girls it means 'ice cold'. Ah the irony…
"Female." Sesshomaru bit out through clenched teeth, giving Inuyasha a look that even he could read as, 'I'm so gonna kick your ass when we get out of here.' Inuyasha gave a nervous laugh.
"What is your relationship with Ms. Rin?" Midoriko questioned.
"Girlfriend I suppose." Sesshomaru responded dully, "not officially." I could have screamed in delight. Though I doubt he knew I was listening.
"Officially or not you know that sort of thing is against the rules!" Midoriko yelled.
"Oh sure," Sesshomaru shot back, "Let me go find my box on the corner then. I'm sure no one has taken is yet, I made sure everyone there knew it was mine!"
"What are you talking about, boy? You're living with your mom, correct?" Midoriko queried angrily.
"I was until there was a mutual, 'I'm running away,' 'Oh no you can't because I'm kicking you out!' kind of fight. I don't live with her anymore." Sesshomaru replied fiercely. Midoriko sighed massaged her temples.
"Fine. Just… fine. I'm letting you off the hook today, don't let it happen again, understand?"
"Yes ma'am!" Inuyasha said quickly, scrambling out of the room.
"Hn." Sesshomaru indistinctly answered, shoving his hands into his pockets as he left.
"Holy crap, that was scarier than usual!" Inuyasha complained in a faintly trembling tone. Sesshomaru simply rolled his eyes and headed for the door. As we walked back to the lunch room, I decided to bring something up that both of us had been avoiding.
"Hey Sunshine, you know when we were in that freezer…?"
"Hn."
"And I fell asleep on your arm…?"
"Hn." The rest of the group was listening in now, but I paid them no mind.
"Do you always touch me when I sleep?" Sesshomaru stiffened and Miroku bounded forward excitedly.
"Welcome to the Perverts club Sessho-buddy!" the black haired boy cried, clapping Sesshomaru on the shoulder. Sesshomaru pushed him away without looking.
"Don't put me in the same league as you, perv." Looking back at me, he replied blankly, though I could see the hint of nervousness in his eyes. "Sometimes…. Why?"
"Just wondered…" I suddenly leaned up and kissed him. There was a universal gasp in the hallway. "Now I can say I kissed you while I was awake!" Sesshomaru seemed to be in shock because he was just staring at me with his happiness shining through his eyes like little windows full of warm candlelight in a blank-faced house.
"Oh my… what the hell? Did you just get kissed by your girlfriend and/or landlady? No fair! Kagome! Come here! I wanna try that!" Inuyasha called. Kagome backed away a bit.
"Oh no, don't you get any ideas mister!" Kagome shrieked, beginning to run back down the hall.
"Awwww…" Inuyasha complained, "How come my bastard of a brother can get his girlfriend to kiss him?"
"Hey Sango… how 'bout us?" Miroku asked innocently, inching his hand over to her butt. Sango pinched his hand and removed it from her vicinity.
"Not now, not until two things happen. You stop womanizing, and you brush your teeth." Miroku shook his head sadly.
"How do you keep your breath fresh Sesshomaru? Tell me your secret! Maybe then Sango will want to kiss me."
"My fangs are coated in venom," Sesshomaru said, baring his teeth to show off the hooked canines, "the venom kills everything it touches, bacteria included."
"So it's like the ultimate Germ-X!" I said in surprise. Sesshomaru shook his head at me.
"No, more like acid. It eats away at virtually everything. If I were to lick a wall, it would have a hole in it in under ten seconds." He replied grimly.
"Ohhhhh…." I gasped, "That's handy!"
"Not really," Sesshomaru shrugged, "It's kind of a nuisance actually… I mean, I can't eat a lollypop… or lick the frosting off a cup cake… etcetera. Luckily, as far as I know, getting it in other people's mouths is okay. Otherwise, you would have died by now, Rin."
"Wow… I never thought of that." I furrowed my eyebrows. "Yeah, I guess you're right!" The bell rang at that point, and we all scattered, gathering our books before heading to Yura's class.
The rest of school passed quickly enough, and I hummed to myself as I packed up my things out of my locker.
"Say, a-cup…" Sesshomaru began.
"Yeah?"
"Instead of going home today, can I take you to like, a cake shop or something?" the silver-haired demon asked tentatively.
"Like a date?" I cried eagerly.
"I-I guess so." Sesshomaru said nervously rubbing the back of his head.
"Hell yeah! Let's go!" I yelped, grabbing his hand and heading for the door.
This was going to be fun.
My first date with Sesshomaru… actually, my first date ever.
A/N: Muahahahahah! Cliffy-sorta-not-really! Thank you for all your wonderful reviews! I'm happy to know you all are enjoying the story that much! XD Review please! Suggestions are accepted, I'm running out of ideas for awkward situations… if I don't get one, we may have to reintroduce Sessho-mom, which would spell 'THE END' for this story. Mind you, I'll only take about three ideas before I actually have to get back to the story line and really bring the Sessho-mom back XD