It was after school and Sesshomaru was waiting at the steps for Rin. They had agreed in Trig that they would meet at the entrance since they had different 7th periods, him Chemistry, her Gym.
So he waited here and wondered how much the bail for massacring every female but Rin in the school would be. It couldn't be high enough that he couldn't pay himself out of it. He was thinking of the possible ways of going about this when Rin exited the school at a break neck run as if she were running from the devil him or herself.
She spotted him, grabbed his wrist, and with surprising strength for one so small, dragged him away from the entrance and into the parking lot. Looking around wildly she gave him a look that was pleading they leave.
Bemused Sesshomaru led her to his custom fabricated Ford Mustang in sky blue with gold velvet interior. They were in and about a mile away before Rin breathed a sigh of relief. Sesshomaru raised an eyebrow, "mind explaining why we left the school as if the demons of hell were after us?"
Rin shook her head and signed, "Yura Hairnini." Now Sesshomaru understood. Yura had an insane, and he meant this to its full potential, obsession with hair. Especially long hair. Which inevitably made him a victim.
Rin also since her hair was longer than his only hers was midnight black and kept in a single braid that brushed the bottom of her calves.
Sesshomaru nodded, "now I see. The demon hairess was in truth after you and I thank you for dragging me out of there since I have no wish to have my hair fondled as if it were the crown jewels."
Rin snorted and nodded her head in agreement. They rode in comfortable silence along the winding road, neither making any move except for Sesshomaru to steer the car. Now that he thought about it, Sesshomaru had never really been at ease in a female's presence.
He had to be tensed, ready to run for when they threw themselves at him. But for some reason he knew Rin wouldn't do that. He was about halfway there and he had the sudden urge to open the top.
He glanced at Rin, "do you mind if I take the top down?" Rin shook her head while not moving her gaze from the speeding landscape. Sesshomaru pressed the button and the top folded down immediately exposing them to the winds since Sesshomaru was going about 80.
Rin's long braid flipped out and trailed out behind them, coming out of the tie so that it trailed out to whip out to the back of the car. Sesshomaru's own hair reached about the back and he yanked out the hair tie and the headache he had been sporting from school almost instantly diminished.
Then he turned as Rin laughed. She just threw back her head and laughed. That laugh hit Sesshomaru right in the gut and knocked him breathless. There was sheer joy on her face, exactly what he felt whenever he let himself the luxury of letting his hair down, was so simple, so instantaneous, that it brought out his own smile as they went racing down and around the narrow road that ran along the ocean.
It was about 20 minutes later when they pulled into the driveway of Sesshomaru's home. He looked up into the camera in the guardhouse, "let me in." The gates opened and he drove sedately inside.
Rin was busy raveling up her mass of hair so it didn't get run over and he saw her fingers pause for a moment as his home came into view. Any other would call it a mansion, since it looked exactly like one with white brick layout, about ten windows along the front, and a massive front door.
She didn't gasp, jump, or even gawk, but looked it over as one might a lover, and nodded her approval before continuing raveling up her hair. They pulled up as Rin finally got the last strand of her hair back into a braid and slipped out of the car, grabbing her black battered knapsack in the process.
Together they walked up to the to the great doors and Sesshomaru took his key out and unlocked them. (This author is lazy and thus this author will not describe every inch of Sessy's home. Just think of it as a Persian palace)When they approached his room Rin saw red letters etched in the dark mahogany wood.
Rin squinted to read it then chuckled shaking her head as she signed, "and I thought I was anti-social." On the door it read
If you value your life
You will not come into
Physical contact with this door
Or make any noise around this door
If you do so you will have an
Instantaneous death by my hand.
This is your only warning.
Sesshomaru just shrugged and opened the door. His room was adorned in gold, white, and sky blue with hints of green here and there. Rin looked around in approval, kicked her shoes off, and climbed onto his bed, sitting Indian style as she pulled out her history book and sketchbook along with a few pencils.
Sesshomaru gestured to the bed, "make yourself at home." She just nodded absently as she set up. Sesshomaru went to the mini bar and grabbed a couple sodas, tossing one to Rin who, like the note, caught it in mid-air without looking up.
She then glanced at it and grinned when she saw it was Code Red Mountain Dew. Cracking it open she sipped it and set it on the stand on one of the cup thingy ma jigs. She then turned and signed, "two things if I help you with your History."
Sesshomaru braced thinking she was going to sign that he had to sleep with her or pay her or something but she just signed, "1. You have to buy me sketchbooks or give me money to do so since doing this will eat up my paper faster then me being bored and sketch paper isn't exactly cheap and I don't have the money to be buying a new book every week."
Sesshomaru breathed a sigh of relief, "done. Is that all?" She shook her head, "I normally walk home and could possibly do so from here since I live about two miles from here but I think this is going to take longer so I'll need a ride."
Sesshomaru nodded again; glad there were no catches, "done. Ready to start?" She nodded as he took a place beside her on the bed as she started to sketch while he read a section of the appointed reading material.
It was later, about seven when Inutaisho and Inuyasha returned home. It was already dark out and they were earlier than they had anticipated. Izuki, Inuyasha's mother and Inutaisho's mate, had arrived a little ahead of them to finish some chores.
She came scurrying into the entrance hall now, a scared look on her face. Inutaisho was immediately at her side, "what is wrong?" She pointed a shaky finger at Sesshomaru's wing. "I heard laughing.
I heard Sesshomaru laughing. I fear for our lives." Inuyasha and Inutaisho had paled as a sound reached them as Sesshomaru and someone else moved down his wing and towards the entrance hall. They entered and the three just stood there and stared in fascination and apprehension.
Sesshomaru was walking beside a petite girl of only about 5"2 with long black ebony hair, alabaster skin, and dancing silver eyes. She had a knapsack slung over her shoulder and was easily keeping pace with Sesshomaru's long strides. They turned and saw the stunned gazes watching them and they both closed up.
Both became straighter, stiffer. The laughter went out of their eyes and Sesshomaru became his normal emotionless self while the girl became a block of ice, if not colder than even Sesshomaru. The three watched as the two passed them and closed the doors behind them as they left the hall.
Outside Rin turned to Sesshomaru and signed, "do they always do that?" Sesshomaru just sighed and shook his head, "they are not used to me actually showing emotion and they were surprised that I had another being with me and you were not manacled, bloodied, torn to shreds, etc…"
Rin shook her head and signed when they got into the Mustang and he started the engine, "and to think, I thought I held the scariest reputation here in Japan. Guess I was wrong." Sesshomaru chuckled and pulled out of the drive to take Rin home.
As they neared the first curve he asked, "same time same place?" She nodded and they drove to Rin's home in a comfortable silence.
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