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Truth in Lies
Sunday had passed and the weekend was over. It would be a joyous feeling to be able to play video games again, but school would have to come first. Sesshoumaru had stayed over Saturday night and left early Sunday morning. He said he had appreciated our hospitality and had hoped that we would have him over again some time. Though, it didn't matter to me as long as I wasn't being punished the next time.
When I got into my first class - which was English - Mr. Po looked at me with a smug smirk on his face.
"I'm sure that you finished your homework over the weekend and got lots of sleep."
'Great he's already on my tail… just what I need. The worst weekend of my life and now it's going to be one of the worst days of my life…'
"Yes Mr. Po, I finished all seven pages of homework, just like you asked," I groaned before dropping my head against my books that were on my desk.
Some of the other students in the class snickered at me and I rolled my eyes even though they couldn't see. 'What are they laughing about? They'll just have to do the same homework tonight.' The teacher walked away and went to his desk to prepare for the next two classes.
One girl came over with two of her friends and leaned on my desk to look at me.
"What do you three want now? Have I done something against the laws of fashion again?" I asked sarcastically as I lifted my head slightly to look at them.
"We saw you Friday on the way home from school," one of them said in a tone as smug as Mr. Po's.
"So?" I muttered with annoyance, "You all see me on the way home from school every day,"
"Friday was a special occasion," replied the same girl.
"Kasi I don't know what the hell you're talking about. So why don't the three of you just leave me alone and go back to your whorish business?"
"Someone's testy," Kasi mused with a small smirk.
"Just shut up and listen Jayden," said the leader of the three, "We saw you accidentally run into that hot silver haired guy,"
"Yeah, and then you got him to kiss you," Kasi mocked.
'…I did what? Wait… Friday I ran into Sesshoumaru and then he gave me my hat back. Then he…'
"I did not get him to kiss me!" I growled hatefully at them for ever thinking that.
The leader laughed something evil and then looked at me with an idea in mind.
"Do our homework for the next month and we won't tell anyone that you convinced a boy to kiss you in public."
"Taka, I really don't care if you tell anyone. No one would believe that a tomboy would convince some random guy to kiss them. You see, guys and whores like you are dense that way."
I spun my hat so the beak was at the front and so that they could not see my face anymore; it was my proof to them that I was ignoring them.
"Taka, Kasi, Tomo, take your seats so the class can begin," Mr. Po said with annoyance to the three.
'Whatever, it doesn't matter if they tell anyone anyway. There's no point in denying that Sesshoumaru did kiss me. Why he did it, I'll never understand. Maybe he's just a pervert who flirts with every woman he sees. That would explain what he did on Saturday.'
My mind started to wander as Mr. Po told everyone to take out their weekend homework. The sound of paper being crumpled could be heard and then something was thrown at my head. 'What the hell? Why don't they just give it a rest?' Taking hold of the crumpled paper and un-crumpling it, I read the words that were written.
"If we're considered whores for flirting with every hot guy that passes, just think what all the guys will think about you for kissing some strange hot guy. At least then you wouldn't have problems finding a guy to have sex with you."
My eyes wandered over to Taka, Kasi, and Tomo who were laughing at their note. I rolled my eyes and then decided to write something myself.
"At least I haven't lost my virginity to some gay guy who was looking for a good time. But I guess you know what that's all about since you were twelve. I don't give a crap about what these stupid mules think about me at school. I'll just beat the crap out of them if they decide to come near me."
I crumpled the piece of paper back into its ball and threw it back at Taka, hitting her on her nose. Mr. Po looked back at me and then saw that I was looking out the window instead of causing trouble.
"Now, can anyone tell me what it takes to write a short story?" he asked the class.
'It needs a beginning, a middle, and an end. Then it needs a climax, main characters, conflict, a solution to the problem, and dialogue.' My eyes wandered to a girl who raised her hand to test if my theory was true.
"For a short story to take place it needs a type of dialogue, main characters, and climax."
"Very good, but don't forget that some short stories don't have solutions because authors wish for their readers to figure out the solution on their own," Mr. Po said as he wrote the things in a list on the board.
'Ah close enough. It's not like I don't know this stuff, I just choose not to raise my hand.'
Taka looked at the note that she had received from me. I glanced at her to see her reaction. 'That should teach her to try to blackmail me.' Taka was rather surprised that I had known what had happened to her and then she stuck her tongue out at me. Looking away, I continued to listen to the blabbering Mr. Po.
"Now, today we will be reviewing how to write a short story. I know that a good percent of you know how but we shall review anyway," Mr. Po rambled as his eyes looked directly at me.
The end of the class came and the bell rang. 'It's about time that the bell rang. English is so boring…' I thought dully with a yawn, grabbing my books to leave.
"E-excuse me… Jayden," a quiet voice said from behind me.
"…Yeah?" I questioned, hearing my name.
Turning back to see who was talking to me, I saw a rather short girl standing there. 'I didn't even know that anyone sat behind me… I thought that I sat at the back of the class…'
"Um, would you mind if I went with you to math? I mean… only if you want me to. It's no big deal if you don't…" the girl said shyly.
'Is she alright? Has something happened to this girl that she needs protection?'
"It doesn't matter to me, but why would you want to go with me? I mean I don't even know you."
"My name is Yuki. I'm in all of your classes."
'She's in all of my classes? I didn't know that!'
"I wouldn't do it if I were you," Kasi said as she walked up on the conversation.
"Yeah, she might have some stranger come and kiss you!" Tomo said with her mocking tone.
Taka was already in the doorway with a smirk on her face. I made a puking gesture towards her in annoyance before I looked back at Yuki.
"Are you afraid of something to make you ask me to go with you?" I wondered.
Yuki looked away from me, afraid to answer my question.
"Ah whatever, come on let's go before we're late," I shrugged as I turned to go out the door.
When we were in the hallway everyone seemed to be staring straight at me. 'What the hell are they staring at? Taka probably started her fake rumor already…'
"So um, what were those three talking about when they said you'd get some stranger to-"
I sighed at the question.
"On Friday this guy - who's apparently my brother's friend - ran into me. I had no clue who he was and the jerk kissed me for no reason," I said in a low voice.
'Whatever. They can believe Taka if they want… It's not like I'm really liked around here anyway.'
"Um, thank you for walking with me to math… It seemed smart to ask, since lots of people seem to leave you alone," Yuki said shyly as the classroom approached.
"I still don't understand why you would ask me."
"Would it be alright… if I told you something Jayden?"
"Sure, I guess," I shrugged again though slightly interested.
A few seconds of silence passed until we were in our math room.
"I'm kind of a shy person… and I don't really like telling people things but this is something I really need help with…"
"All right," I said quietly.
"There are these guys that won't leave me alone… They even tried to corner me the other day," Yuki started to explain with a quiet tone.
'So these jerks beat her up all the time because she's quiet… I know what that's like; how hard it is to come out and tell someone that someone's picking on you all the time… Yuki only wanted me to come along with her because she didn't want them to bother her.'
"Don't worry Yuki," I assured her with a slight grin on my face, "As long as I'm around, those jerks will stay away from you. As a friend, I'll protect you."
As soon as math class had ended, Yuki and I went to both of our lockers to get our things to go for lunch.
Yuki had long black hair that was tied in a low ponytail, kind brown eyes, and a very kind smile. She wore our school uniform which was a blue skirt, a white long sleeved shirt with blue around the collar, and a red bow that was a custom accessory.
We had agreed to go out for lunch that way we could talk more about the issue. When we had gotten outside, I froze and furrowed my brows at who I saw standing not even ten feet away. 'What the hell is Sesshoumaru doing here? His school is seven blocks away from here…'
"Jayden, what's wrong?" Yuki wondered with worry.
"Just a second Yuki… I need to go talk to someone," I replied with some annoyance, "You can come if you want, but I suggest you don't really listen."
I walked up to the rather amused Sesshoumaru and turned my hat around so the beak was at the back of my head.
"What are you doing here? Shouldn't you be at your school?" I asked; agitated.
The last thing I needed was for him to come to my school.
"Seth had told me to come here. He wished that I take you home once you were finished school," Sesshoumaru explained calmly, noticing that Yuki was behind me.
'Now what's Seth planning?' I started to become suspicious of Sesshoumaru as he seemed more calm than usual.
"Why would he send you instead of himself?" I asked with suspicious eyes, "And why now? School's not even over yet."
"Um Jayden… today's a half day… So we only have classes in the morning," Yuki whispered into my ear, "Maybe Seth had extra work to do and couldn't come get you."
'Why would he come get me anyway? Seth never comes to pick me up after school.'
"Wait, we have a half day?" I wondered, a little confused.
My words caused both Sesshoumaru and Yuki to laugh slightly.
"Aw let's go get lunch! I'm hungry!"
"Where are we going for lunch?" Yuki asked as she walked after me and Sesshoumaru.
'I know just what to do.' I thought with a grin on my face.
"WacDonalds, here I come!"
The three of us walked down the road to WacDonalds; Sesshoumaru more or less silent the whole way. 'I don't know. This is kind of weird… First I kind of make a friend, and now Sesshoumaru comes to pick me up after school…'
"Hello. Welcome to WacDonalds. May I take your order?" a girl asked me.
"Two large fries and a coke please."
"Do you mean pepsi?" the girl wondered.
"No… I mean coke," I replied with annoyance; right eye twitching slightly.
"So you want pepsi cola?"
'It's like talking to a four year old! Is she really that dense?'
"Jayden, just get pepsi," Yuki whispered.
With a sigh I looked at the overly happy girl.
"Fine, I'll have a pepsi then."
"For here or to go?"
"Here," I muttered with even more annoyance.
"That comes to $3.68 please."
Paying the girl, I took my food and found the three of us a table to sit at.
'Lousy no good pepsi… Take over coke society… I'll teach you to mess with coke by drinking you!' I thought diabolically as I stared hatefully at my drink.
"That was weird… How could she not know what coke was?" Yuki said quietly as she sat down next to me.
"I don't know, but now I'm upset," I grumbled as I continued to stare at the soft drink.
Then Sesshoumaru came over and sat down, though he didn't seem to have anything except for a drink.
"Didn't you get anything?" I asked him, slightly becoming aware of everything besides my drink.
"Not hungry," he stated emotionlessly as he looked out the window, "Why eat food if you have no desire for it?"
'Oh right, I haven't introduced these two yet… That's probably why they aren't saying anything to each other. It could also be the fact that Yuki's really shy and doesn't like being around guys…'
"So uh Yuki, this is my brother's friend Sesshoumaru… and Sesshoumaru this is my new friend Yuki," I introduced them before eating my fries.
"Nice to meet you," they both said at the same time.
Yuki started eating and Sesshoumaru just stared out the window, thinking about different things. 'They still aren't talking…' Shrugging it off, I continued to eat.
When it was about 1:00, we all left and Yuki went home. It didn't feel right talking to her while Sesshoumaru was there. 'I just hope that Yuki gets home alright. I, too, know what it's like to be pushed around by little bastards…'
"So you have made a friend," Sesshoumaru said softly as we walked down the street.
"She's being bullied by some jerks at school. She asked me if I would go with her to all our classes so I went with her. After all, I should know what it's like," I laughed without humor.
'Where are we going? I've never been around this part of town before..'
"So why did you really pick me up? Seth never picks me up and he would never tell one of his friends to do it," I asked; suspicious tone back in my voice.
"I am taking you to a park for a while. Then I wish to take you to a shrine… a place where I go very often."
"Whatever," I muttered, "That doesn't answer my question."
"You will know soon enough," Sesshoumaru replied.
His voice was rather cold, but it sounded as if it was hurt in some way.
'What is with this guy? He decides to kiss me when we don't even know each other. Then he comes to my school to pick me up. Then he wants to take me to a park and a shrine. Now that's what really confuses me.' I thought as Sesshoumaru led the way toward the park. His long silver hair was swaying in the wind with each step he took. As if feeling my stare, he looked back at me with his head slightly turned to the right and his eyes looking in my direction. At that moment the raspberry marks appeared on his face, but it was only I that saw them. With one simple blink, they were gone again.
"What?" I asked with annoyance.
"Nothing," he replied, walking on.
We walked down an almost empty street where there was a large park with a small forest that covered about half of it. 'Why would he bring me here?' I wondered with slightly furrowed brows.
"Go into the forest and I shall meet you there," Sesshoumaru said calmly as he turned his walk into a run.
"Whatever," I muttered before I started to walk toward the luscious green trees.
'He's planning something. I know he is… Sesshoumaru and Seth are up to something. I mean what's with those marks that I keep thinking I see on his face?'
Getting annoyed with all of my own questions, I, too, ran toward the forest. Reaching the dark green trees, I stopped and looked around to see if I could find Sesshoumaru. 'Why the hell am I doing this? I mean, I don't really know the guy and he wants me to come into the forest with him?'
"Sesshoumaru, where are you?" I called through the trees, still slightly annoyed.
There was no answer. 'All right… I'll just have to look for him.' I thought dully as I started to walk deeper into the small forest. The leaves and branches on a few trees moved slightly, as if something was moving on them. 'So someone's here… Better keep my guard up incase it's someone I don't know.'
There was a place where the trees weren't so gathered. At first everything was silent, but then something moved through the trees again… sending a chill down my spine.
"You took your time to get here," a cold voice came from right behind me.
Before I could move they took hold of my wrists and pulled my back against their chest.
"Sesshoumaru," I said calmly, knowing that it was him from the tone of voice.
'What is he doing?' I tried to jerk away from him but I couldn't even move my arms.
"What are you doing? Let me go," I demanded with agitation.
At my words Sesshoumaru released my wrists but wrapped his arms tightly around my shoulders.
"Ah, let me go! What are you doing?" I growled as I started to blush slightly at his touch.
"I have heard what happened to you three years ago… how those bastards harmed you," Sesshoumaru whispered into my ear.
'Seth must have told him about what happened… Sesshoumaru knows why I became a tomboy… why I keep away from everyone else.'
"So I got beat up once, or twice… I'd rather not trust other people anyway," I said coldly, trying to make it sound like I didn't care.
"When I heard that story, I remembered something," he whispered with a gentle tone, "There was a girl trapped in an alleyway with four men harming her… I saved her from them, and she ran away… almost as if she were afraid."
At Sesshoumaru's words… a flash of memory came to mind. Everything was dark… all but the four faces staring hatefully at me with scowls on their faces. Then there was a person standing by the alleyway with long silver hair… The stranger made four swift movements that could barely be seen by the eye. And it was over… there was no more pain.
"It was you," I whispered with realization, "You were the one who knocked those guys out."
His embrace became tight and more protective than it already was. I felt him nod his head slowly.
"Now I have found you again. Your scent is quite intoxicating," Sesshoumaru whispered gently, "If you would have me… I would like to go out with you."
My heart started to pound and I felt my face become warm with embarrassment. 'He wants me to go out with him? Why the hell would he want to go out with me?'
Everything was frozen for a few minutes. I was confused by Sesshoumaru's words. It felt like he was examining my actions - my feelings - as he held me against him. He moved his face almost against mine; knocking my hat off my head. Sesshoumaru was taller than I was and it seemed strange to have him where he was.
"Let go," I stated quietly.
Still Sesshoumaru did not release me from his hold and my heart started to beat faster. My face was pure red from feeling embarrassed by his actions.
"Tell me… why do you want to go out with me?" I wondered with a small laugh – a real laugh, "I'm a freak at school and nobody likes me."
"I ask you because you have the power to make me feel emotions… to make me love," Sesshoumaru whispered as he rested his head against my own, "That is what I feel for you… and I wish to know more about this feeling,"
'He wants to know more about this feeling? But is he not human? Those markings that were on his face, do they mean that he is something else?'
"I'll think about it. I'm not sure if I can trust you yet. I know nothing about you except that you're my brother's friend," I said quietly, trying to think things over, "I'm not even sure that I feel the same for you as you do for me."
"It is your decision to make. Just know that my secrets are something you will learn if you fall come with me."
I sighed slightly without realizing it and then I felt Sesshoumaru press his lips against my neck. He wasn't kissing me… just resting his head against my shoulder. 'This is too weird for me. I need to think of something to keep him from holding me like this.' I could feel my heart pounding like mad in my chest. I didn't know why it was doing it, but I had to assume that it was because Sesshoumaru was holding me so close to him.
Sensing discomfort, Sesshoumaru released me from his embrace. Having my release, I took a few steps forward to keep some distance between us. I turned around to look at him and saw that there was a calm look on his face. His golden eyes were looking straight at me with what could have been concern or care.
"Let us go to the shrine. I am sure that there will not be many people there at this time."
'He brought me all the way to a park so he could ask me out? That's all it was for?'
"Why did we come here if you were just going to ask me out?" I asked Sesshoumaru with furrowed brows; a little upset by his actions.
Sesshoumaru walked by me and then stopped when he had heard my words.
"Those people at your school were saying things about you. They called you a whore for kissing a guy on Friday. If that is what they think of you… then maybe you are better off in a place where they cannot see you," Sesshoumaru explained emotionlessly without turning around to look at me.
'A place where no one can see me? Wait… they were calling me a whore? Those bastards!'
Sesshoumaru waited until I walked after him before he decided to go to the shrine. Everything was silent on the way to the shrine; except for all the cars that drove by and the few people who decided to talk instead of just walk. Sesshoumaru led the way up the large shrine steps until we reached the top.
There was a fairly large house that stood off to the right, a medium sized storage hut that was straight ahead of the stairway, and another small hut off to the left that was like a small shop. A large tree stood near the medium sized hut. It had a white rope around the trunk to show that it was sacred. 'This place is amazing. I can't believe that this was up all those stairs. We went pass this place so many times when we were younger…'
"Higurashi shrine," I whispered with some astonishment.
"I come here often to stare into the well. The owners do not mind as long as you do not jump in," Sesshoumaru said as he pointed to the medium sized hut.
'…A well? Why would he stare into a well? Why would anyone jump into a well?'
It was the tree that attracted my interest the most. It was so large that it made the house look rather small. Walking over to the large tree, I placed my hand on the trunk and closed my eyes. 'This tree must be so old… The size is unbelievable.' Sesshoumaru came over as well and placed his hand over top of mine.
Underneath my closed eyes, a few images of another world appeared in my mind. There were many villages, forest covered almost everything. Mountains could be seen and a large amount of plains where a castle stood.
Opening my eyes, I realized that Sesshoumaru's hand was over mine. Jerking it out from under him, I went to the small shop where an old man was.
"Ah, so you've come back!" he said, slightly amused.
'Is he talking to Sesshoumaru?' My eyes wandered to Sesshoumaru's face which seemed to be rather confused. The old man turned around with an orange and white cat in his hand by the scruff.
"W-who are you?" the old man wondered; realizing that he had guests.
'Okay… now I need to assume that he wasn't talking to Sesshoumaru…' The cat had a small fish in its mouth and it was the old man's lunch.
"Uh, no one… We're just leaving," I said with a smile as I slipped out the door.
I left the shrine and went down the steps to the road. Sesshoumaru had followed me, and then realized something that I hadn't.
"You dropped your hat in the park," he said calmly.
"Damn it!" I growled with frustration.
A wind blew gently as I turned to Sesshoumaru with a rather devious idea. 'I'll have to find a way to answer his question and for that, I need to be alone.'
"Thank you for doing all that stuff Sesshoumaru," I said before running on ahead of Sesshoumaru. "You go home and I'll go get my hat. So I guess I'll see you tomorrow."
Sesshoumaru waited a few moments for her to get ahead of him so he could then follow silently. He had sensed something wrong in the city and knew that it was bound to run into her.
End of Chapter 3
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