Innocent Kisses In The Rain
"The boy-hybrid-demon who the she-angel thought was the other angel insulted her and made her feel hurt and hated sometimes - but she couldn't help but develop a mutual liking for him. Because she thought she was a human, her abilities decreased with her belief, and soon she might as well have been born a human. She was not good at anything - and this was the basis for his insults. When she accidentally shattered his most prized possession, he told her that it was her responsibility to help him find a person who could either fix it perfectly or create an exact duplicate. Unfortunately, they ended up traipsing all across Japan for the only magical-jeweler that could put it back together, chasing false rumors and fighting many demons because the angel still felt unmatched compassion for the rest of her supposed race."
"A math test?!" Kagome yelled in shock and agony.
"That's about the gist of it, Kagome. You need to learn to accept these things. You're such a poor math student. I used to have a friend that aced every class and still had every guy on her tail… You're so pathetic…" Inuyasha looked away with a scowl, but froze when he felt her glare.
"I don't care who I'm like or not like! I don't come from where you were, so I wouldn't know! I'm sorry for being so much more horrible than your girlfriend! I'm going home to study now, goodbye, Inuyasha." Kagome spun on her heel and stomped away, swiping away angry tears.
"Eh! Wait! Kagome!… She's not my girlfriend!!" Inuyasha called after her, worried that she had gotten the wrong idea.
"Oh, so you were just one of the obnoxious guys that was 'tailing her'! I hate you Inuyasha!" Kagome broke into a run and away from Inuyasha.
He looked despairingly after her.
As soon as she reached the park, she regretted saying what she did to Inuyasha.
"I shouldn't have been so mean." She mused and sighed, bowing her head as she slowed to a depressed walk.
"Do you like my little brother so much that you would regret speaking your mind or acting as yourself?" A voice interrupted her thoughts. For once she wasn't so flustered by his voice - perhaps it was because she was so used to t by now, perhaps because she felt so glum.
"It's not myself. I'd like to think that I'm not usually like that…" Kagome choked back a sob.
"You can't change what you are. It must be a part of you that someone loves." Sesshoumaru said, falling into step with her.
"Love a raging psychopath with an anger problem and a big mouth?" Kagome said monotone.
"That is a bit of an exaggerated synopsis, don't you agree?" Sesshoumaru fought a smirk at her intense wording.
"I don't care. I said I hated him." She kicked a rock.
"He does demand that sort of remark most of the time." Sesshoumaru agreed and finally grinned down at her. "It's in his own… 'lovable' nature… Or else you wouldn't be despairing over such a minor insult. He hears it often enough." He turned his head up in silent glee and laughter.
"You're so mean to him." Kagome said but smiled a little smile up at him. He looked so amused - in an evil sort of way.
"… Did Inuyasha send you to calm me down?" Kagome suddenly asked suspiciously.
"No. I would not have agreed or consented to any such petty demand or question of favor." Sesshoumaru stated bluntly, serious all of a sudden.
"You came because you could feel my mad aura all the way from your high school?" Kagome asked skeptically - with a fait amount of worry in her voice. The majestic Sesshoumaru would have such an ability… And after the vanishing house… Anything was possible, right?
"No. Inuyasha was sulking and said he had insulted your intelligence." Sesshoumaru said, an air of teasing reaching his tone again.
"I'm sure he did not use such long words." Kagome sighed as she watched the pavement.
"No, something more along the lines of… 'Kagome hates me cause I said she does math bad.'" Sesshoumaru sniffed, regarding the sky.
"It couldn't have been that grammar-ridden Sesshoumaru." Kagome reproached him with disbelieving eyes and he flicked his eyes back down at her for a brief second before raising them again.
"It does not matter. He's a being without a cause." Sesshoumaru stopped walking with a resigned smirk, his eyes closed and his head slightly bowed as if in silent remembrance or laughing. "But tomorrow I'll help you study for your math test, if that's what you want." His eyes flickered open again as he turned around and the wind picked up his ponytail again.
"… That would be soooo nice of you Sesshoumaru!" Kagome squealed finally, spinning around. "Do you want to come to my house or should I go to yours?"
"We will study at your own house, Kagome." He said, and she could almost hear laughing in his voice again. He was in a good mood today.
A few days later
"Wei! I got an 'A'!!!" Kagome cried out triumphantly, waving her perfect paper high in the air.
Inuyasha's jaw dropped across the classroom.
"… What did you get, Inuyasha?" Kagome asked slyly, slinking over to his 'corner'.
He quickly hid his 89% 'B' in his notebook.
She looked like the cat who had caught the mouse.