Chapter 10: Transformed

The next morning, as I got dressed, I wasn't sure if I was excited or anxious to go to school today.

I remembered that I had admitted to InuYasha that I had feelings for his older, and full fleshed demon brother, Sesshomaru.

Just saying his name in her mind made her feel all warm inside.

"Rin!" I heard mom call from downstairs.

"Y-Yeah, I'm up!" I called back, shaking my head out of my little fantasy.

I finished getting dressed, and headed downstairs, eating a small breakfast.

I heard my phone make a chirp sound, which meant I had a text message.

I got up and grabbed my phone.

Sesshomaru.

I pressed read.

I am outside waiting.

I looked out the window in the living room, noticing a black car.

"Mom, um, Sesshomaru is giving me a ride to school." I said.

She came to my side, looking out the window.

"Ohh, that boy you had the experiment with?" Mom asked.

"Yeah."

"Are you sure you two aren't..."

"Mom! He's a Senior!" I said.

"Well that just means he's just one year older than you." Mom said, and walked off, getting herself ready for work.

I sighed, and grabbed my bag for school, and headed out.

I got in the car, Sesshomaru watching me.

"You didn't have to do this, you know?" I said.

"Yes. But I wanted to ask you something."

"What?" I asked, waiting for him to continue.

"Do you want to see my true form?"

"Your...Your true form? Now?" I was stunned.

"After school, I noticed you have opened yourself up to me, and I wish to do the same. You are the only human I've ever...Trusted." Sesshomaru said the last word as if he was trying to change a word he was about to say.

"Oh, well, I'm glad." I smiled slightly, though he never took notice.

He remained quiet for the rest of the ride.

Once we got to the school, I got out, thanking him, and he just nodded, and walked off.

I wondered what he did while waiting for his classes to start.

I sighed, and walked in the building, and got my supplies out of my locker.

When I closed my locker, my heart nearly stopped at the sudden figure that was there.

"Hello Rin." Naraku said, a small smile playing on his lips.

"Stay away from me." I said shakily, preparing to go around him, but his arm stretched out, curling around my waist, and pushing me back to my locker.

"Will you let me say something before you treat me like an enemy?" He stood in front of me now, staring down at me.

"I know you were listening to us yesterday. Kikyo and I... I could smell you on the other side of the door." He said.

"What are you talking about?" I asked, trying to push him away, but that just made him move closer to me.

"You don't need to be afraid, Rin." He said.

I gave up struggling.

"I will not hurt you, I never meant to hurt you." He sounded sincere, but he was too close to me for comfort.

"Just answer me this... Do you love Sesshomaru?" He asked, his face was near my neck, and I could feel his breath on my neck, and I knew what he was doing, he was checking for a mark.

"U-Um, N-no." I whispered shakily.

My eyes squeezed shut when I felt his lips against my neck, and I could feel his teeth lightly scrape it, they felt sharp, and I stayed as still as I could, hoping he wouldn't do anything, Sesshomaru should have come by now...Sesshomaru?

"Good." Naraku whispered, and his lips left my neck.

He moved away from me, then walked off.

I still leaned against my locker, my heart was beating so fast I could feel it, and almost hear it.

I thought over my strange hope, 'Why did I all of a sudden think of Sesshomaru?' I still barely trusted him, yet, I felt as if I could trust him, and he would protect me from everything.

I cleared all thoughts of him when I heard the bell ring for the day to start.

As people began crowding around their lockers, I left mine, heading for my first period class.

InuYasha was already in, sitting in his normal desk, and I took my regular seat behind him, giving him a small smile as I passed him.

"Alright class, get out some paper for notes. There will be a quiz tomorrow." The teacher instructed.

When the bell rang for science, I gathered up my notes, and walked out.

A sudden feeling of worry and hopelessness entered me when I came into the classroom.

Sesshomaru wasn't there.

I took my regular seat, and as the bell rang for class to start, Miss Holder stood from her desk, turning on the projector for notes.

I took one more glance at the door, hoping to see Sesshomaru arrive.

Nothing.

"Ok, today we will be taking notes over Mass and Density." Miss Holder explained.

I pulled out my science notebook, and focused on taking the notes.

When Algebra came around, Miss Kimi assigns us to a two-day review over Pythagorean Theorem, and a test on Friday.

Everyone worked separately on it, until the bell rang.

When it did ring, many people other than me sighed in relief, quickly preparing their things.

"Ok, you may work on this review for homework if you wish, so we can study it as a class tomorrow." Miss Kimi said.

Just as I was about to pick up my stuff, and catch up with Sango and Kagome, Miss Kimi spoke again, "Um, Rin. Can I speak with you for a moment please?"

I turned to her desk, surprise in my eyes.

The rest of the students as they exited, gave me a glance.

"Sure Miss Kimi." I said, taking a deep breath.

I went to her.

"Have you seen Sesshomaru lately?" Miss Kimi asked.

"Uh, um...No." I lied.

"You're lying." She said simply.

"W-what?" I was a little scared now rather than nervous.

Miss Kimi sighed, and pulled something glassy out of her eyes, then looked back at me, and now rather than black pupils, she had soft golden eyes, and then I understood, her silver hair that was tied up, it made sense, she was a dog demon too!

"Now," Miss Kimi stood up, walking around her desk, and stood before me, "I know you have a certain connection with him. I just want to know where he is."

"I-I honestly don't know. The last time I saw him, he drove me to school, and then walked off." I said, showing complete honesty.

"Hmm, last time I saw him, he left the house early this morning, but when I checked attendance slips in other classrooms, Sesshomaru had been counted absent his past three periods." Miss Kimi sounded concerned and scared.

"I-I don't know what to do." I said, "H-he asked me if after school, I wanted to see his true form, and I said yes."

"Well, if he shows for that, then please tell him to come to me." Miss Kimi said.

"Ok. And, I'll keep an eye out for him in gym." I said.

Miss Kimi nodded, and moved back to her desk.

"Ok, here, sorry to keep you." Miss Kimi said, handing me a note.

I nodded, and left the room, heading for sports.

"Hey, Rin, where were you?" Sango asked.

"Um, nothing really. I just...Nothing, let's just get started." I said, taking a racquet from the equipment room and headed out.

I took a small look around at the other guys playing basketball, no sign of Sesshomaru.

Sango and I played a successful game, without anything going wrong. Kikyo was oddly quiet, she kept staring at me, and I wondered if what Naraku had done this morning, was a plan of hers.

When the bell rang for lunch, I took a different path to the lunchroom, glancing outside to where Sesshomaru had parked his car.

It was still there, which made me all the more concerned.

I went into the lunchroom, got my lunch, and sat with InuYasha, and the others.

Once everyone was seated, InuYasha smirked at me, "Go on, tell them Rin."

Sango and Kagome focused their attention on me.

"What is it, Rin?" Kagome asked.

"Um..." I was about to start, but a familiar figure caught the corner of my eye.

I looked over at one of the hallways, noticing a flash of silver hair disappear into the hallways.

'Sesshomaru' My heart strangely leapt for joy, and relief.

"Um, excuse me." I said, standing from the table and heading for the hallway.

InuYasha was held back, explaining things to Sango and Kagome.

When I reached the hallway, the figure I thought I saw was nowhere to be found.

I walked down the hallway, noticing that most of the classroom's lights were off.

All rooms were empty, but one room I almost passed, had its light on.

I moved back a little, easily hearing voices on the other side.

The door had a sign, saying, 'Miss Kimi's room'.

"I couldn't help it. Better than breaking the school down." A smooth male voice sounded.

I peeked through the little window on the door.

Sesshomaru was standing with Miss Kimi.

Miss Kimi was saying something, but her voice was too soft for me to her.

Suddenly, Sesshomaru shot his head over to the door.

I gasped, and moved aside from the door, and shakily began fast-walking back to the lunch room.

I looked back, relieved to see no one followed.

I took a deep breath of relief, and just as I looked right ahead of me, I ran into a hard body.

"Rin." The soft voice sounded venomous.

I backed away, looking up at him.

"What are you doing, shouldn't you be at lunch?" He asked.

"Uh, um, I-I..." My courage was replaced by sudden fear.

"You shouldn't eavesdrop on people, it's rude." Sesshomaru said.

"I-I'm sorry, I-I was j-just...Worried about you..."

"Worried?" Sesshomaru cut me off, tilting his head slightly to the side as if he'd never heard of the term.

"Y-yes. I was." I nodded, not sure what to say next.

"And why-" Sesshomaru started, backing me into the corner of a wall, "-Would you be worried about me? I am capable of taking care of myself. We are stronger than humans."

I let out a shaky sigh.

His body was barely touching mine, but just the close distance between us, made me speechless and breathless.

"Hmm?" He whispered, his warm breath on my face, making the rest of my body tremble, and I could feel goose-bumps travel up my arms.

"B-because...I-I care a-about y-you." I said, hating how I sounded so...Shaky.

I felt his claw tilt my chin up.

The bell rang, but Sesshomaru took no notice of it, but said, "I will see you after school. Until then. My Rin."

His claw left my chin, and he backed away and walked off.

I remained in place for a minute.

My legs felt so weak and shaky, I wasn't sure if I would be able to move without falling to my knees.

For a split second, I barely noticed the students begin to fill the hallway.

"Rin, are you alright?" A stranger student asked me.

I shook my head, clearing out my stance, "Yeah, erm, yeah, I'm fine." I said, and moved away from the wall, heading down to history, surprised my legs kept me up.

I came in the classroom just as the tardy bell rang.

"Alright, today we will take a quiz over the revolutionary war. If you would please, get out some paper." The teacher instructed, not seeming to notice me coming in.

I sat next to Kagome, and immediately began getting some paper out.

Kagome tapped my shoulder and when I looked, she mouthed, Where were you?

Nowhere, I mouthed back to her, and before she could reply back, the teacher spoke, putting up our quiz on the projector.

I sighed and began writing down answers.

About twenty minutes later, I finished the quiz.

I stood, turning my paper in, along with a couple other people.

When I sat back down, a new piece of paper was on my desk.

I sat down, glancing over at Kagome.

She eyed the paper, then back at me.

I sighed, and read the note.

Where were you?

I pulled out my black pen, and wrote:

I was looking for Sesshomaru, I saw him in the hallway.

I passed the paper over to Kagome.

I watched her read it over, and then begin writing.

After a couple more minutes, Kagome handed the paper to me.

I read over it:

What happened? And why the HELL are you looking for him?

I wrote back:

I told you Monday, that I would try to open up to him. And he trusts me.

I handed her back the paper.

She read it, then began writing again.

When I got the not back, I read:

How is he taking it with you?

The bell rang in the middle of my reply.

I have to say, it is a little scary around him, but all the same, I trust him too, bye.

I gave the note to Kagome, and grabbed my things and left the room to go to Choir.

The last two periods flew by fast, and once again, I wasn't sure if I was excited or anxious to see Sesshomaru. What happened this afternoon, I couldn't explain how I felt.

"He probably won't be out there anyway" I told myself.

Of course, I had to be wrong.

I could see him, sitting patiently in his car.

Maybe I could just try to walk home, maybe he'll... Oh don't be such a wimp, you promised yourself you'd open your heart up for him, and I doubt his thoughts are anywhere near to killing you, or doing any harm to you!

I sighed, and calmly, and bravely, went to Sesshomaru's car, getting in without a word.

Just as Sesshomaru pulled out of the parking lot, he spoke, "Forgive me, about earlier."

"Huh?" Was my only reply.

"I did not mean to come onto you the way I did." He said.

Oh that, I thought he was talking about disappearing this morning.

"Hey, where did you go this morning? What happened?" I asked aloud.

Sesshomaru suddenly stopped the car, and I noticed we were out in a forest, but there was no road, or anything that we were driving on but leaves and grass.

"This is where I came today." Sesshomaru said softly, staring out of the windshield.

I looked around us, "Here? Where is here? Where are we? Why did you come here?"

Sesshomaru sighed, "This is where I go to transform. To hide from any civilization."

He then got out of the car, and I followed.

I walked around the front of the car, looking around the dark forest.

I felt my foot drop, and I almost fell into something.

"Careful." Sesshomaru said, grabbing my upper arm, pulling me back, and held on until I regained my balance.

I looked at what I was about to step into, it was a hole, but... It made the shape of a giant paw.

My mouth dropped of the sight, if this was Sesshomaru's paw, then he must be...Huge.

Sesshomar stepped in front of me, "Are you ready to see my true form?"

"Um, you won't...Hurt me, will you?" I asked.

"My inner demon, is my true form, and it still claims to think you are to be my mate, he will never harm you." Sesshomaru said.

I nodded, taking a deep breath.

Sesshomaru took a couple steps back from me, and I noticed his eyes were red.

I could hear a deep rumble come from his throat.

His face turned pale, and his face became a snout, covered with white fluff, then he glew a bright white, and the orb flew up a couple feet, before dropping back down, and the ground under me, vibrated wildly.

I tried to find something to hold onto, but, I lost my balance, and fell back on my bottom.

When I looked up, a huge dog face was staring down at me, eyes blazing red, a couple sharp fangs were visible, and a low growl was sounded.

The dog demon lowered its face towards me, and I whimpered, hiding my head beneath my arms, I was still on the ground, due to the heavy shake.

I felt a wet nose poking down on the top of my head, warm breath released, the air smelled like...I couldn't explain it.

The nose left my head, and appeared under my chin, and he forced my head upwards, and I found myself looking up at a huge pair of red eyes.

He moved back slightly, letting me hold my head up myself, and he laid down, his muzzle so close to me, and he was huge, his furry body stretched out a long way.

I sat in the leaves, shakily holding out my hand.

When my hand was right above his muzzle, he lifted his nose, to where my hand met the bunch of thick fur on his muzzle.

I ran my hand up and down, slowly smiling.

He seemed to growl lightly before laying his huge head on my legs, which made me twitch, before noticing what he was doing.

His red eyes closed, and a strange noise sounded from him when I pet the top of his head.

I noticed a purple crescent moon blended in with his snowy white fur.

He made the strange sound again when I ran my hand past the mark on his forehead.

I observed the strange ears, they stood straight, and ended at the top with another bunch of fur.

Also, just at the end of each side of his muzzle, was a two streaked magenta mark, curved around the corners of his cheeks.

'I do not believe it. I am petting a dog demon.'

"Sesshomaru." I whispered, wondering if he would respond.

Almost immediately, the dog demons' red eyes snapped open, and he lifted his head, to look at me.

"Y-you can turn back now." I said, though I didn't move, for fear he could or would attack.

The dog demon stood, towering over me for a minute before the huge form was surrounded by a bright light, and I had to shield my eyes.

After a few blinding moments passed, I heard Sesshomaru's soft voice.

"Here."

I looked up at his offered hand, I took it, and he helped me up.

"I am sorry I abandoned you. Did Naraku hurt you?" He asked, and I hardly took notice that he had an arm around me, holding me close.

"N-no." I said.

"I could smell his arousal on you. It upset me, so my inner demon broke free, and I ran for the forest. I could not risk destroying such a peaceful..."

"Sesshomaru, it's ok. I understand..." I started.

"No you don't, Rin. I would have saved you...But... I'd expose myself...Rin, you are the first human that I've ever felt drawn to. I cannot hide myself from you anymore." He said, and he sounded like he was struggling with his words.

"Sesshomaru." I whispered, but got no further when he lowered his face closer to mine.

His arm around me tightened a little, and I felt my stomach drop almost.

'I can't do this! I-I don't...'

Give into it Rin, you like him, you said so yourself.

I was blocked off of my mind argument, when I felt something cold but soft press against my lips.

My eyes widened a little at the sight, Sesshomaru had closed the distance, and was now kissing me.

My eyes lowered as quickly as they had widened, and I couldn't help it, I responded to his kiss.

As he noticed me respond, he deepened it, and I slowly put my arms around him.

Once I had done that, he loosened his grip on my waist, but he didn't stop.

He moved me back, and soon, I felt my back it the hard bark of the tree.

His lips left mine, and travelled down to my neck.

If his body hadn't been so tightly pressed against mine, I would have fallen to my knees, I felt so weightless right now.

He pulled back, once I had kissed his marks on his cheek.

His body was still pressed to mine, and he looked hungrily into my eyes.

I looked back into his with shock, and...Love?

"Rin..." He whispered, pressing his forehead to mine.

I waited for him to speak again, I was breathless at the moment, and even more when he lowered his head again to kiss the side of my neck, before meeting my eyes again.

"You taste good." He whispered.

I slowly loosened my arms around him, though I wasn't sure if I would be able to stand on my own this time.

Sesshomaru stepped back a little, and I amazingly was able to stay on my feet.

"We speak of this, to no one." Sesshomaru said.

I nodded.

"For now." He added.

I nodded again.

Now it was really getting dark in the forest.

"I should take you home now." Sesshomaru said.

I nodded once again, no words were or would be audible.

Sesshomaru helped me to the car, and we had a silent drive, and within seconds, at least what it felt like seconds, I was home.

"Goodbye, Sesshomaru." I said quietly.

"Goodbye...Rin." He said back slowly.

I got out, and went in the house, watching him drive out of sight.

When I got in bed, after taking a warm shower, and getting my night-clothes on, I took a very deep breath, and I felt very relaxed, and exhausted.

A small smile formed, so, it's true, I really do like Sesshomaru, and he just happens to have a certain feeling for me to. This was going to be hard secret to keep, but, if we didn't have another moment like we did that night, maybe everything would be alright.

Of course, Love is the strangest thing...

A/N: Well, this took a lot of work! This took me two days to write on paper(Which was 10-15 pages long! Front and back sheet), and it took me almost three hours to type this! I hope you enjoyed this. Please Leave Reviews!

~Wolflover235