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A Cool Kind Of Punishment

Chapter Three : The Job

First half of lunch, Rin made her way to the school library, intent on starting on the other people essays. Filling the space under the computer table with her bag, she sat down and pulled out her school diary. Turning over the cover, she slipped her fingers under the soft leather and pulled out several hidden sheets of paper. As she skimmed over each page, she placed them on the keyboard in front of her. As she got to the last page, she placed it in her diary and stood up to throw away the other pages.

Returning to her seat, she took out the single sheet and read it. Placing it on the small space next to the keyboard she logged into her school user account and opened up a new Word Document. She chuckled.

"It's amazing how rich these desperate idiots really are" she said to herself as her fingers flew over the keys.

Diary, I'm going to tell you a secret. The only other people who know are my best friends Theresa and Pristine.

I have a job, and if anyone finds out, I could get expelled. Of course, I'd take down the morons who pay me down with me, but the point is, if I'm found out, I'll probably be forced to go to a public high school. I don't want that to happen. I've worked too hard to get dragged down now.

I do people's Essays and Assignments. Not much, but the pay's good - about $100 or more for every one. Time though, is precious. I usually only take on one or maybe even two a week. Don't get me wrong though, I'm not doing it for the money, after all, I don't need it. My dad works as partner in a law firm. I'm doing it because being the naïve person I am, I believe I can start making these people study. Stupid theory I know. But what I'm planning to do is start jacking up the prices every time they come back. After the third go, I threaten them with what they've done, forcibly persuading them to start doing their own thing. I've said it once, and I'll say it again. I know it's a stupid theory.

I also have another job. I gather information. People's information, more importantly. Most of the guys ask me to get info on the 'hot chickz'. And vice versa. Valentines Day brings in a lot of business too. I know this is weird, but I get a weird thrill, knowing something that other people don't. Being able to sneak around so well. I may be a couch potato, but I'm quite agile.

On the outside I may be a lovable person, but on the inside, am I just another freak?

Fingering the single strap of my bag I made my way home at a leisurely pace. A normal person would probably have taken the shortcut, effectively cutting off ten minutes of the walk, but I liked walking the long way around.

While the shorter route is basically just a lot of cutting across grass and open areas, the long way has decent pathways and it passes beautifully kept parks and an estate. Not just anyone's estate.

The estate of Icy Prince himself.

Despite belonging to such a jerk, the grounds are surprisingly healthy. In the morning it's absolutely spell bounding. The dewy drops clinging to the leaves, grass and petals of the flowers – there's no other way to describe it – it's like an Earth-bound piece of Heaven. In the afternoon, with the sun setting, casting a golden glow over the ground, it looks so incredibly real, but so fake as well. Do you know what I mean? I hate saying it but… I think I envy Sesshoumaru. God help me.

My pace slowed as I pass, my eyes drawn its' beauty. I sped up as I made it to the other side of the estate and thought about my own home. I lived in a two-story house, with four bedrooms (I'm guessing that they were meant to belong to the children that my adoptive mother was planning to have),a bathroom on the top floor, kitchen, dining, living and rumpus room on the bottom story.

I slipped the key into lock, opening the door before making my way to my room, where just as I'm pulling a comb through my hair the phone rang. I went into the hallway and picked up the cordless then walked back into my room to continue combing my annoying hair.

"Rinz speaking"

"And Kagura on this end of the line" Kagura? What could she be calling about? Maybe she wants to know about my 'relationship' with Ice Prince…

"I'm calling about your… services"

I was shocked. I mean, contrary to her ditzy personality, she did pay attention in class. How did she find out about my homework services? It's only circulating around the… less intellectually inclined groups.

"I was wondering if you had some stuff on Sesshoumaru"

Wow, I was wondering when I'd get the call to research Mr. Supposedly-Hottest-Guy-in-the-Grade. Despite only attending Port Street Preparatory for three months (basically the first three months of the school year 1), no-one had paid me to stalk him yet. Perhaps they thought I would charge too much.

Or even worse, perhaps they thought I wasn't good enough.

"No-one has shown enough interest in him for me to get some 'stuff' on him" I replied.

"Well I'm interested, and I've got a very big bank account" My eyes narrowed.

"Don't assume that I do this because I want or need the money" I said. "My reasons are my own and you are not to touch the subject"

"Fine, fine" Kagura said in a disinterested tone "How much will it cost me?"

"Depends, what exactly do you want to know?"

"Everything" Everything? Oh, this would cost my dear Kagura a lot "His likes, dislikes, what angers him, even what conditioner he uses… if you can do that. Everything"

"There's a down payment of $250, after all, I could get into serious trouble for this. Depending on the value of each piece I get you, I'll charge as I go. Is that fine with you?"

There was a pause.

"That's fine. But I don't want you spreading his information to every other sucker after him, you hear me?" I laughed.

"And what? Lose the major profits? Sesshoumaru is highly sought after, and once the news that I know about him reaches the grapevine, I'm going to be getting very generous offers…"

"Then I'll pay you 10 more of what they're asking just to keep you quiet. Is that good enough?" My, my, my. Kagura must have a very big bank account.

"We'll see, darling, we'll see"

"I want whatever you can get as soon as possible"

"Of course, darling" I said, smiling as I hung up.

Having sufficiently combed out my hair and changed out of my uniform, I lay back on my pillows.

Sesshoumaru would be a very hard… project, notorious for his iciness as well as his sudden mysterious start at our school. Plus Kagura wanted the works, ASAP. I'm thinking perhaps I might have to put my homework services on hold.

Poor, poor morons.

A/N: Well there you go! Plot development! Sorry if it's a little shorter than the other chapters, but to add more would make it a bit… two part-ish, if you get me!

1: In case you've wondered, the story is set in Australia, in a Private School. School here starts at the end of January. And seasons are as follows:
-Summer: December, January, February
-Autumn: March, April, May
-Winter: June, July, August
-Spring: September, October, November

Since they're just starting the second term, it's around the end of April. Hope that clears up any misapprehension.

Punklunargoddess0: lol you mean that furry thing that no-one has a clue about? Um, no he doesn't wear considering it'd be against school uniform policy hehe. But eventually Rin will start calling him by an affectionate nickname due to an unexpected Fluffy character Sesshie keeps! It's a secret though, so shhhh!

Rayearthann: Sorry about the short chapters, but to me, each chapter tends to focus on a part of her life and for me to add more seems to feel a bit two part-ish for me. Maybe only I can see it shrug

Demoness: thanks, I don't know if I can keep him in character much longer though, because I feel a modern version of Sesshoumaru would be arrogant and speak a bit more. Hope you don't mind!

Nekurahime: What about 'now'? lol

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