Lola: And once again, we have a new chapter. Sorry it took so long. I've been busy with Vacation and stuff (my parents went to Hawaii, I had camp, etc.) So I hope you'll forgive me and enjoy this chapter. Thanks to everyone for the reviews!
Disclaimer: Lola-Gurl does NOT own Inuyasha or any of it's characters. They Belong to Rumiko Takahashi. That's pretty much all she owns.
Note: This chapter contains voilence, and makes me question whether this should be rated R or not. Hmm...
Chapter 4: HELP!
Kagome stood up and said, "Ms. Aiosun, I really must request another partner. Me and him, I mean, he and me, I mean." She stopped and started over, "we just don't work well together."
Ms. Aiosun gave her a sympathetic look. "Sorry Kagome, but that's part of what High School is about. You have to learn how to work with people, even if you despise them."
She looked over at Inuyasha, who looked equally displeased.
"Alright," She said reluctantly, sitting down. All chances of working with any of her friends had crashed down and shattered into a million pieces. And what was left...was him.
"Now, I'm only going to explain the project ONCE so listen well!" Ms. Aiosun said, scanning her eyes around the room. "You and your partner will be assigned an issue of today, along with whether you will be pro or con in the argument. Then, after extensive research on your part, we will have an in-class debate against another team." After that point, Inuyasha droned out. 'Damn this class! Not only is this project stupid, I had to be partnered with that stupid wench'. He glared at Kagome from across the room, who gave him a similar glare.
He scowled and looked down at his desk. 'Not only is she annoying, bitchy and two faced, the girl just happens to look like Kikyo.' It was true, of course, that the two girls looked like a mirror image. Except for a few small differences. Unlike Kikyo, Kagome had soft brown eyes and a much kinder face. Inuyasha suddenly stirred when Ms. Aiosun clapped her hands and said, "Ready, go!" he turned to Miroku with a confused look.
"What are we doing?" He asked him bluntly. Miroku made a tsking noise and shrugged.
"You should have paid attention," He said. Inuyasha gave him a murderous glare, under which Miroku shivered. "On second thought, who cares. Your supposed to get together with your partner and discuss points of the project." Inuyasha groaned and stood up.
Reluctantly, he crossed to room to where Kagome was sitting. Her glare softened none the less as he spoke quietly,
"Listen, I don't want to work with you and you don't want to work with me. Tough. I don't want to do all the work in this project, understand?"
Kagome gave a small scoff and replied curtly, "You? I hardly expected you to lift a finger. YOUR not going to dump the whole project on me, you hear?"
He furrowed his eyebrows and sat down. "So what's are topic?" He asked halfheartedly.
"Renewable Energy." Kagome said happily.
"Pro or Con?"
"Pro."
"Damn."
Kagome raised her eyebrows, surprised. "What?" Inuyasha put his hand to his mouth in mock sympathy.
"Oops, I'm sorry. Are your ears a little sensitive to those kinds of words? Do you need me to give you a hug and make it all better? Too bad. We're in High school, deal with it."
She shook her head vigorously. "No, not that. Your against Renewable Energy Resources?" He shrugged.
"Why spend all that money when we've got a perfect source of energy we're already using?" She frowned.
"Because, we're using fossil fuels, which harm the environment-"
"Who gives a damn?"
"AND are eventually going to run out of." She finished icily.
He gave her a glare and said simply, "not anytime soon." The two fought back and forth for quite a few minutes, while other partnerships discussed tactics. It was only fifteen minutes before class was over when Kagome held up her hands to show she was done arguing.
"How are we going to complete this project and work together if we can't even agree on the topic?"
Inuyasha gave a small mischievous smirk. "I was just kidding. I'm fine with Pro." You could almost see the steam spewing from Kagome's ears. Instead of screaming bloody murder, which she would have if no teacher was present, she simply gave him a deadly smile.
"I hate you," she said, voice dripping with venom.
"It's good to know I'm loved," he gave her a fake smile.
"Well if you weren't so damn self absorbent, cruel and annoying, I wouldn't hate you so much."
"Well if you weren't such a temperamental, conniving bitch, then I wouldn't hate you," he spat back.
"What did you call me?" She said, voice slightly raising. Inuyasha didn't dare reply to that since Ms. Aiosun looked up from her desk in their direction.
"I was saying that I good point to make in our argument is that more than one renewable source can be used to create less problems," He said hastily, avoiding the teacher's glance. Ms. Aiosun gave a small shrug to herself and went back to her paperwork.
"Well, that was close," Inuyasha muttered to himself.
"Yea, and it was your fault," Kagome scoffed. Inuyasha ignored her and looked at the clock.
"Five minutes left." He said aloud, happy that yet another long day of torture would soon be over. And to think, he actually enjoyed his time away from school when he was suspended. Maybe he should do that more often...
"Inuyasha," Kagome's voice awoke him from his thought process.
"What?" he replied irritably. "We need to do some work outside of class. Actually, pretty much all of it needs to be done outside of class. Are you willing to meet at the library?" He shook his head and said,
"In public? With you? Not in a million years, no." Kagome folded her arms.
"Well you're not coming to MY house, that's for sure," she scoffed.
"You're not coming to mine either," he replied. Kagome rolled her eyes. "You'd probably STEAL something," he added to annoy her.
"I would not! My family may not be as rich as you over in the Shinikwa district but I am NOT a thief!" He shrugged.
"Library's fine. How does Saturday at Noon sound?" He asked her. She was surprised he had given in so easily. "Sure, that's fine. And you're going to show up, right?"
"No, I'm going to take a last minute vacation to Peru. Of course I'm going to show up. That is the point right?" He said dryly. 'Not if you're a lazy ass like yourself,' Kagome thought as the bell rang. The class got up and left hastily, one by one out the door. Kagome met up with Sango and Rin before they left the classroom.
"So, how'd it go?" Kagome asked Sango. She shrugged. "I dunno. I warned that pervert to keep his hands to himself before he could say a singe word."
Kagome gave a small laugh before she said, "What about you Rin?" Rin shrugged.
"I don't know. My partner's smart, but she's really quiet. I'm not sure how she'll hold up in debate. Other than that, she's really nice! We get along well."
Kagome sighed. "I wish I could say the same for me and that jerk Inuyasha."
"Yea, how did that go? I didn't see either of you hurt or getting sent to the office, so I assume it went ok," Sango said, impressed. Kagome shrugged.
"I dunno. It went ok, I guess. He was still being a jerk though. Spent a good 10 minutes arguing with me about Renewable Energy before he told me he was just kidding."
"Maybe he's preparing you for the actual debate," Rin suggested.
"So what are your topics?" Kagome asked, willing to change the subject off of Inuyasha.
"Human Cloning," Sango answered.
"Animal Rights," Rin said.
"I think Ms. Aiosun went a little topic crazy," Kagome sighed. "They're hard topics. I have a feeling everybody's going to be spouting opinions, not fact. And then it'll be like Jerry Springer...at school... and without rednecks."
"We might just want to talk to Principal Seinou about hiring some body guards in that case," Sango said lightly. Rin grew silent for a moment, whishing she had a bodyguard.
Rin walked the rest of the way home alone, reluctant with every step she took. School was her escape from home. The end of the day was always unsettling, and weekends were worse. To think, most high schoolers were the exact opposite. She kicked a small stone far ahead of her, watching it skim across the sidewalk. She was less than a block away from her house, and then the torture would begin. Her uncle would probably be angry with her for taking to long.
Suddenly, she heard a small curse and realized she was not alone. She looked up ahead and saw a distressed figure with his car, right in front of her house. As she neared, she realized it was someone from her high school. An upperclassmen, in fact.
"Excuse me, do you need any help?" She asked cautiously. Sesshoumaru looked at her with cold eyes.
"No, I'm fine. There isn't much you can do really. Unless you just happen to have a tank of gas lying around. I thought I would be able to make it home. Apparently this car doesn't have as good of gas mileage as I thought." Rin set down her back pack and rushed into her garage without a word.
She came back dragging a can of gas. "It's leaded, I hope it doesn't matter. My uncle is a mechanic, and sometimes he has cans like this lying around. It should be enough to get you home." He looked at her, amazed at her sudden act of kindness. The girl looked familiar, but he couldn't put a finger on exactly how.
"Thank you," he muttered, taking the can from her easily. (A/N: this isn't a little can of gas you know. It's those big red ones you use that can be quite heavy)
"What's your name?" He asked suddenly. Rin was slightly taken aback, but answered, "Rin."
"What's your surname?"
"Makino."
"Didn't you used to live in the Shinikwa district?" He asked, looking at her intensely.
She hesitated, but gave a slight nod. "Hai. I live with my uncle now. I moved here to the Kaisun district almost a year ago." Sesshoumaru gave a small nod.
"I should be going now. Thank you. You saved me quite a bit of trouble." With that, her upperclassmen gave a small nod of appreciation and got into his car. Without another thought, he drove off, leaving Rin behind. She sighed in discontent, almost wishing she was in the car with him. She had no idea her uncle sat in the living room window, watching scornfully.
"I'm home!" Sango called as she stepped in the door. Her father looked up from his book.
"Hello sweetheart. How was school?" He smiled kindly at her. She shrugged and set down her bag on the couch.
"It was okay, I guess. We didn't do much. Math class is picking up a bit, and we've started our first unit in LA, but nothing else special."
"Have you made any new friends?" It was a classic question. Parents could never go wrong with that one.
"One. Her name is Rin. She lives somewhere near by, although, I'm not exactly sure were." Sango said, walking to the kitchen in search of snacks. She found a bag of chips in the pantry and quickly opened it. She gleefully indulged herself until her father gave her another question.
"And how's Kagome?"
Sango munched thoughtfully for a moment, then answered, "She's okay. She's having a tough time getting along with her partner in Language arts class though." She laughed slightly at the though of the two. 'Someday they'll get along,' she thought shrugging.
"Any boys giving you trouble?"
Sango stopped at this point. Her thoughts immediately went to Miroku, that stupid lech that couldn't keep his hands to himself. She slowly shook her head and gave a fake smile. "No...not at all."
Rin sat in her room, quietly doing her homework. Her uncle had been gone for about two or three hours. She had made herself dinner, assuming he would be fine on his diet of beer nuts at the local bar. When she was completely finished, she sighed contently and sprawled out on her bed.
Her thoughts kept wandering back to earlier that day, when she helped her upperclassmen, Sesshoumaru was his name? She shrugged it off. He had lived in a nearby area, within walking distance, but she paid no attention to that when she was young. Now that she looked back, she realized how lucky she must have been. All of her parents money had gone to relatives, and what her uncle had gotten of it, he had spent. On alcohol, no doubt. Suddenly, she sat up, hearing the front door open. Her uncle was home, and was probably intoxicated.
"Rin, come here."
Big trouble. Whenever he used that tone, things were bad. Cautiously, she stood up. She quivered as her knees wobbled. She knew she was in for another slap in the face, for whatever it was she had done. Not taken the garbage out. Left a dirty dish in the sink. Not gone out to check the mail.
"Yes?" She replied carefully, stepping into the family room. Her uncle staggered a little bit as he lurched forward and grabbed her shirt collar tightly.
"You've got some nerve you little bitch." He shoved her forcefully backwards, into the couch. Her back ached painfully as she gave out a small yelp of pain.
"HOW DARE YOU GIVE MY THINGS TO OTHER PEOPLE! THAT COSTS ME MONEY! YOU'RE WORTHLESS! YOU'RE A DISGRACE! YOU'RE MOTHER AND FATHER WOULD BE SICKENED BY YOU!" He bellowed as he kicked her repeatedly in the stomach. She coughed heavily after each blow, waiting for it all to be over. He picked her up and slammed her against the wall threateningly.
"Get out of this house. Stay away. Anyone's better off without you. Never come back here again," with that he threw her down to the ground. She whimpered slightly, drawing in her breath slowly.
"What did I just say! LEAVE!" He screamed, pointing towards the door. Without a word, Rin found the strength to get up and run out the door.
Tears mingled with the falling rain as she ran. She was running out of energy, and fast. In the fog and rain, she couldn't tell where she was going. 'God, I'm going to die,' she thought, going into a coughing fit. She coughed blood into her hand, only adding to the amount she was already covered in. 'Please,' she thought desperately, 'someone help me'
A more serious chapter...not to mention a shorter one. Ah well, it's pretty late and I just wanted to post this chapter. I hope the rating of this fic his high enough, I'm not sure if I'm going to get yelled at for not rating this R. Let me know what you guys think! Either email me, or better yet leave a review. So here's the question for you to answer:
Should the fic be rated R?
And any reasons if you strongly think yes or no...
More Miroku/Sango coming up. Sango's going to get a little fed up and within the next 'month' of the story will start changing herself drastically...
So yea. I hope you liked this chapter (I know all I'm thinking right now is 'Poor Rin!') and please Review!
Thank you everyone!
Lola-Gurl
