Tears of a Fallen Angel
Chapter IV: Cigarettes and Contemplations
A/N- uh. ok. a couple of important announcements. I dont think i am going to continue this story. Apparently, not that many people like it. Usually its the same four or five people that review. So, please if you at all like this story, just send a review once in a while to let me know its not a complete waste of time. Any comments, including criticism, and even flames if necessary to express your view on this story. Also i would GREATLY appreciate it if any of you sent me any reviews commenting any possible way to get people to review more often... sweatdrop
With that said, on to the main event!
Sesshoumaru took a deliberately slow drag of the thin cigarette as he allowed his intensely burning eyes to stare off aimlessly into the vastness of the sky above him. His relaxed body was strewn across a low, thick, and relatively wide cement wall, one leg stretched out, boot pointed up, the other bent at a ninety degree angle so that his other booted foot was flat on the wall.He sighed, exhaling the pent up smoke, watching as the tendrils swirled in exotic smoky patterns above his head before fading softly away.
"Don't be stupid. Why would he say something so obviously unjustified?" A pretty girl with wavy, pitch black hair and a red and gray plaid mini-skirt scoffed from beside Sesshoumaru. She rolled her glittering red eyes rimmed with black liner and scarlet eyeshadow. Her carefully painted lips lifted at the corners as her eyes landed on the contemplative male laying next to her. "Sesshy will side with me, won't you, Sessh?"
Sesshoumaru's eyes turned silently to regard the grinning girl looking down at him. He released another breath of swirling smoke into the air as his gaze returned to the stars once more.
"Ha! You see, Sesshoumaru doesn't like skanky whores like you, so what makes you think he would bother to side with you, Kagura?" a young male smirked from the ground, where he was laying, hands behind his head. The girl named Kagura pouted her bold red lips as she looked down at the boy who had insulted her. His painted black lips were still pulled into a satisfied smile as he swung his dark eyes surrounded by black makeup and long blue triangular tattoos that hung down from each of his eyes. "Besides, you know that Sesshoumaru would rather have me--"
"Don't even say it you disgusting pervert," Kagura said, abruptly cutting off the boy's remark. "I'm not in the mood to hear your gay sadistic fantasies."
It was the boy's turn to pout now. His feigned agitation received a brief laugh from Kagura.
"Oh, don't even, Jakotsu. You know I'm right," she said casually while leaning over to tug the cigarette from Sesshoumaru's long fingers. "You know you're gay as shit."
Jakotsu smiled in amusement at that comment. He hopped up, dusting the grass from his backside as he went.
"Well it really doesn't matter, because Sesshy likes me better anyway, bitch." Jakotsu smirked, satisfied with himself. Kagura shrugged as she took a drag of the stolen cigarette. She held the item in one perfectly manicured hand, while the other absently toyed with long strands of silver hair.
"Yo, Sesshoumaru," Kagura called out to him, taking another drag of the cigarette. "What's up with you anyway? You're being too quiet, even for you."
Jakotsu nodded, agreeing with Kagura for once. Sesshoumaru tore his fiery gaze away from the endless sparkles above him. He sat up swiftly, releasing his silver locks of hair from Kagura's loose grip. Kagura's eyes trailed his moving profile, a glint of longing trickling like a poison into their red depths.
"Just because I choose to abstain from your foolish arguments, does not mean anything is wrong with me." Sesshoumaru explained serenely, his slender left hand sliding casually into his back pocket, where he withdrew a new cigarette from a pack. Kagura snorted at Sesshoumaru's predictable answer. A soft grin graced her features as she watched Sesshoumaru light the end of the cigarette, igniting it and leaving the steady glow of an ember. He inhaled a deep mouthful of the product, turning towards Kagura as he exhaled. He regarded her for a while, a contemplative mist enveloping his piercing gaze. Kagura shifted uncomfortably under his pensive stare, willing herself not to blush at the beauty of his piercing orbs directed at her.
Abruptly, he turned his statuesque visage away from the fidgeting female, looking vaguely off towards a shadowed bush.
"Do you know of any new students in the school, recently?" he queried in a carefully masked voice, making him sound characteristically uninterested. Kagura looked over at him dubiously before shaking it off and smiling.
"Hmm... new students... Sesshoumaru wants to know if there are any new students in the school..." Kagura began, her long finger tapping her full lips thoughtfully, and watching as Sesshoumaru's indifference was betrayed by the gleam in his eye as he turned to listen to her. "...Perhaps I may know someone..." Jakotsu sat down next to Sesshoumaru, watching the proceedings with curious interest.
"Now... what was her name... Oh yes! Now I remember!" Sesshoumaru's eyes remained locked on her mischievous red ones, "She doesn't have one! I don't know any new students."she ended derisively, smirking at the sight of Sesshoumaru's immediate change of emotion. His eyes now took a thoroughly displeased glint, and he instantly scowled at her administrations.
"It was simply a question, Kagura. You should not have answered if you did not wish to deliver me a serious answer." He muttured in irritation, taking a long drag from his cigarette before setting his gaze to the sky once more. At his response, Kagura burst out into a delightfully melodical, yet still jeering laugh. Her action only added to Sesshoumaru's mental annoyance, but he did not respond to her ridicule any further.
"I'm only joking, Sesshoumaru. I haven't really heard of any new students lately. And if I had, it would be likely I'd have told you by now," Kagura said, her voice still alive with amusement. "Either way, what's your interest?" She cocked her head slightly back, taking another slow drag from Sesshoumaru's old cigarette.
Jakotsu laughed from beside Sesshoumaru, grown bored of his uninvolvement in the conversation. He laid back against the wall, answering Kagura's question in Sesshoumaru's place. "He's just tired of a stupid woman like you pestering him so often, and wants to get a replacement."
His remark earned a fierce glare from Kagura, who did not bother to mask her dislike. Her reaction only made Jakotsu laugh harder. Kagura immediately berated him, remembering to include a full variety of expletives for Jakotsu's hearing pleasure.
Meanwhile, Sesshoumaru continued to look off to the distant shimmers above him, his mind contemplating Kagura's words. Was it truly possible that he had not ever noticed the astounding beauty of the mysterious girl before? Sesshoumaru allowed himself to remember the flawless beauty that had taken his breath away only mere hours earlier. He eased his crimson-tinted eye lids closed, willing himself to recall the enticing female.
"...She's simple yet confusing, her sparkling eyes make me weak at my thoughts ..."
A/N- okee doke. well, i reeeeally hope you guys liked that. um.. i noticed that while i was typing this up, every time i returned to the document, some words would be lacking spacing in between them, so i deeply apologize if thats how it turned out on the final product. t'wasnt my fault. well, in addition to the obvious plea for reviews, i want to know how you guys feel about slight slash. like not big time, but since jakotsu is one of my fav characters, and i had to include him, there might be some slash. of course, sesshy's heartstill belongs to kikyo so no worries, but if you guys oppose, then i wont do that. Thanks a bunch to the people who DID review, and actually seemed excited about this story. You guys brightened up my day!
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