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Chapter 2

Deal with it before I hyperventilate

It's that moment in life when everything goes downhill. And when I say everything, I mean everything. My whole life flashed before my eyes as I saw the handcuffs around mine and Sesshomaru's wrists. I wasn't going to survive this. I was doomed. DOOMED!

Now any girl would've loved to be in my position. But me? Yeah, no. Yes, it was a pleasure and yes, I should be jumping up and down like a little school girl but all I could think about was the fact I was handcuffed to my enemy and not just any enemy, it was Sesshomaru; my number one enemy. Not one of my best days but it could be worse…I guess.

I pulled and pulled with all my might, hoping that maybe, just maybe it was just a joke and these very real handcuffs were a fake. Unfortunately, these very real handcuffs were very real. Even Sesshomaru tried pulling. What the hell were these?

Then there was Ayame, standing there with her arms crossed, portraying a very smug look. It pissed me off. "Oh wipe that smug look off your face and unlock this stupid thing!" I argued.

She shook her head. "I'm going to leave you two like that for the rest of the lunch hour," she said sitting back down. "Sorry."

Sesshomaru growled, making me jump back. "Let us go or I'll rip your tongue out."

"Ooo, that won't get you anywhere at all. You've just added another five minutes."

My eyes widened. "Ayame! Why are you doing this?"

"Why?" she stood up. "I'll tell you why. Every day since elementary school all I hear is I hate him, I hate her. Well, you know what," she started to laugh, "I'm done. I've taken it for years now, and I'm sick and tired of hearing you two bicker at each other's throats. If you can't stand each other, that's fine. But I don't want to hear it anymore."

I always knew she would crack sooner or later. Ayame has really heard it all. Sometimes, I would even call her in the middle of the night when I would have a dream…no scratch that, nightmare of Sesshomaru. Wow, was I ever a bad friend to her over the years. She seemed to be fine about it though. Well, I guess the handcuffs explain everything.

"Then why the handcuffs wolf?" Sesshomaru asked. Did I just explain that? Goodness!

"A test. I don't want any bickering or arguing from you two for the rest of the lunch hour. If you can survive that, then I'll let you go and you two are free to hate each other at your heart's desire. Just don't involve me in any of it." Her eyes focused on me for a split second. "But if I hear one teasing word or arguing of any sorts, then you will be stuck together like that for the rest of the week."

See what I mean when I said Ayame was intimidating? She is able to control an army with that tone. Now I know why everyone in the school fears her. Well almost everyone.

When I tried to cross my arms, I realized that being handcuffed to Sesshomaru, it wasn't going to happen. I'm pouting people, and when I pout I need to cross my arms. It's my number one rule. That and never wear socks with sandals. Yeah, that's just weird.

"You can't do that!" my cuff mate hissed. "I demand you let me go or I'll sue you."

"Wow, first you threaten to kill me now you're threatening to sue my ass? You sir, sure have deadly threats. What's next I wonder?" she stood up and came right up to Sesshomaru's face. "My mother is a cop and my father is a judge. I would love to see you sue my ass. Oh and that is where I got the cuffs from." She backed up and sat down again. "My mom owns these special handcuffs she uses for strong demons. It's the only pair in the world, and impossible to break. The steal is enforced with adamantine. The only way out is with a key."

"I will destroy you!"

"Whoa, dream big!" she smirked.

Besides me, Ayame is probably the only other person that can back talk Sesshomaru and get away with it. My hypothesis was because of her reputation around there and being a big bad wolf the school. Sesshomaru could hurt her, I know he could. He just doesn't want to because it will…well it will…I don't even know why. Huh.

I sighed out. "Might as well get this over with." I sat down and watched the clock on the wall. Only thirty minutes was left and then I would be free to harass Sesshomaru to the next ice age.

My eyes looked around, realizing that everyone in the room had been watching us and our little show. Must've been entertaining to them; too bad for me it was like going to hell and back.

But it looked like my departure back to earth was delayed when Kagura came into the room, searching for Sesshomaru. This should be entertaining. "Okay, just stay quiet Rin and don't open your mouth," I mumbled to myself.

Sesshomaru's eyes narrowed on me for a second as I gave him the stink eye. Ayame said we couldn't argue with each other with speech, she never said we couldn't glare at each other until we burn holes into each other's heads. However our little staring contest was interrupted by Kagura annoying voice. I knew she would come looking for him sooner or later.

"Sesshy," she stopped five feet away from the table, eyeing us disgustingly, "what are you doing? Don't you know how infected you're getting?"

What was that? Did Sesshomaru just roll his eyes at his girlfriend? Well, so much for Kagura, looks like Sesshomaru was getting tired of her. "I'm stuck," he said boringly.

"What do you mean? And why the hell are you sitting to close to…her." Oh I already know she meant me. "Don't you know she's the worst one? God Sesshy you're so lucky I came right in time to rescue you from this…death trap."

"I'm handcuffed to her, Kagura. I can't go anywhere without her."

"Then just get un-handcuffed with her."

Un-handcuffed. Was that even a word? All in all, I was just trying to keep my mouth shut. Just ten more minutes until freedom. And I swear it was the slowest ten minutes of my life. It's like time slows down just to torment you into every bad thing you've done. It's torture.

And the worst part was that I wanted to burst out at Kagura on how much of a doorknob she was. Wait a second. "Kagura, you doorknob!" I yelled out, interrupting a brawl between Ayame and Kagura. Beside me, Sesshomaru had a hand covering his face. "I swear you have no brains at all!" Ayame cleared her throat reminding me of her little rule. The thing was the rule wasn't broken. "No, you said I couldn't fight with Sesshomaru, you never said I couldn't fight with Kagura."

"You don't deserve to talk to me you disgusting cockroach," Kagura sneered. "Actually, you should be bowing at my feet at what a pleasure it is to even be in my presence."

Now it takes a lot of effort to make me snap but from all the years Kagura has annoyed me, well let's just say Mt. Rin was about to erupt and it wasn't going to be pretty.

When I snap, my mind goes into Xena warrior mode. In easier terms means I fight like a football player slash wrestler. The last time it happened I was in grade five and this boy thought it would be funny to pour glue in my hair then dump feathers on my head. This was the first time I saw Sesshomaru chuckle. But for me, it meant revenge and I ended up giving the boy a black eye. This resulted in a two day suspension and me moving to another foster home.

Let's just say I never did it again.

The reason that I have a high snap rate is because I would rather not fight with anyone. I hate it and it leaves a horrible feeling in the pit of my stomach; except when I argue with Sesshomaru. That was normal everyday routine for us.

But Kagura would soon feel my fist in her face unless she shuts up. "I mean why you exist is beyond me. I didn't even know humans could create creatures like you." That did it.

"THAT'S IT!" I snapped, charging at her. But before I could get close, I felt a strong arm around my waist; holding be back. I struggled to get free from whoever was doing it but failed. When realization struck me that Sesshomaru was still tied to me, my brain focused on the arms around my waist.

Kagura shrieked, "AH get that crazy manic away from me!" Then she gasped and said, "Oh my god, Sesshy, your touching her! Ah! Does anyone have a disinfectant? We need to get you away from her Sesshy before you contract the disease!"

Sesshomaru fiercely growled at her and for a moment, his arm had pulled me closer to his body. What the hell was he doing? "There is no disease Kagura! You're delusional! Now get out of here."

Did Sesshomaru just…? No, he couldn't have. But maybe….

Not once have I heard him argue with Kagura like that. They have argued a lot but nothing where Sesshomaru spoke. Usually it would be her doing all the arguing and him standing there quiet as a mouse. Then Kagura would cry saying it was over and Sesshomaru would walk way. I don't know how many times they have broken up and have gotten back together, but it must've been at least twenty not thirty times. Anyways, the next day they would usually be back together.

"I'm not going until you do," she said. Man was she ever stubborn.

"Fine then, we're done." Whoa, what? Were my ears working right? I didn't just hear Sesshomaru break up with Kagura, did I? This was sure different. My mouth hung open just like everyone else at the table.

"You can't break up with me!" She shrieked.

"I just did," he responded with a smirk.

Then the most high pitch scream left Kagura's mouth. It was like the banshee times ten. I was surprised the windows did shatter from the noise.

Everyone in the cafeteria stopped and stared at the wind sorceress. A giggle escaped my mouth as I bit my lip to stop anymore laughing. It was always amusing to witness their arguments.

"She is such a bother," Sesshomaru mumbled.

I shrugged, knowing it wouldn't last. "You'll be back with her by tomorrow."

He narrowed his eyes at me before turning his attention to Ayame. "Wolf, time is up. Get these ridiculous things off of me."

He was right, time was up. The bell would be ringing in a few minutes. I did it. I actually spent the whole lunch hour beside Sesshomaru without arguing with him. This caused for a celebration. After I was far away from him.

"Okay, okay," Ayame surrendered. We both watched as she dug into her bag, searching for the key. The key to freedom. After a few minutes the bell rang and everyone was leaving the room.

"Hurry up, wolf," Sesshomaru growled.

"I-I can't find it," she confessed.

I laughed, knowing she was just pulling my leg. But her expression told me otherwise. "What-what do you mean you can't find it!?"

"I mean, it's not in here." She froze turning her bag over and spotting a medium sized hole in the bottom. I froze as well, praying that the key wasn't… "I think it must've fallen out."

"Okay, well, that fine. We'll just call your mom and get a spare," I suggested.

"That's the thing Rin. The key I had was the spare."

I heard a growl from Sesshomaru as I started to panic. "Okay, then call your mom, maybe she has a key."

Ayame shook her head. Bad sign. "No, this was the only key we have and even if I could call her, I can't."

"Why?"

"She's in New York."

"NEW YORK! Why is she in New York?!"

"She's doing a course there with my dad. My grandfather is here taking care of us."

"Well how long will she be? Maybe she can come back tomorrow or today…"

Another shake of the head. "She'll be gone three to four months."

"Thirty-four months!"

"No, three to four months." Damn human ears.

Well, it was better than thirty-four but I was still freaking. I couldn't be stuck with Sesshomaru for that long. It was like the world wanted me to suffer; made me think that it was punishment for us fighting for all of these years. Either way, I didn't think I would last the day.

"You are doing this on purpose wolf!" Sesshomaru snapped.

"I'm not, I swear."

My breathing became shallow and yelled out. "Well, deal with it before I hyperventilate!"

"I'm sorry Rin. I can't."

Ayame didn't seem like she was doing this on purpose. I felt a pull on my left hand as Sesshomaru rose. I gasped when he was about to lung onto Ayame. "Takahashi, she didn't do this on purpose."

"She's the one who did this in the first place. So it makes it her fault."

"Maybe, but I swear she didn't do it on purpose. Ayame might be threatening sometimes but she would never intend for this to happen. She's my best friend, Takahashi." I stared at him, pleading not to hurt her. It took all my might to hold him off. "Please, don't hurt her."

He backed off, his eyes still filled with anger. "We'll go down to the police station after school and ask if they have a key."

"Fine. Let's go."

A slight pull almost made me trip. I glanced back to Ayame who stood there in shock. I waved at her before I turned the corner.

Sesshomaru pulled be along in a fast pace. Well, fast for me. For him, this was average speed. For me, it was like race-walking. I tried to slow him down but because of his tall and muscular form, it was impossible. At least we made it to class on time.

Maybe one day won't hurt me. All I had to do was not fight with Sesshomaru. Yeah, right not fighting with Sesshomaru is as hard as winning the lottery. During lunch, I didn't fight because Ayame threatened us but now since she was no longer an issue; what's to stop me from telling him the list of things I hate about him.

When we entered the class room, something went terribly wrong. Sesshomaru decided it would be great if he sat in the back while I wanted to sit in the front. I think you can figure out our problem.

"Freakazoid, where are you going?" He hissed.

"The front!" I pulled my hand. "And you're coming with me!"

"No, I'm not sitting in the front with a bunch of humans!"

"Well, I'm not sitting the back with a bunch of demons!"

People in the room looked at us like we were crazy and I agree. I mean we argued over the most ridiculous things. Like where to sit. Huh, once I thought about it all our arguments were silly. Except the lollypop incident. That….yeah I don't even want to talk about.

Good thing the teacher came in and told us to just sit in the middle or we would've never of stopped.

xXx

After school was…difficult, and awkward. A lot of humans and demons stared at us as we walked outside. And don't even ask about getting into Sesshomaru's car. It was a nice car but because Sesshomaru was so…protective of it, he was yelling at me about if I ever ruined the genuine leather seats, I would taste my own eyeballs. Not the image I want to see …er taste.

We started heading to the police station when he spoke to me. "Touch one thing…" he started.

I rolled my eyes. "Yeah, yeah… and I will taste my own eyeballs."

"Hn."

When we arrived, he pulled me inside and headed to the front desk. I stayed quiet, knowing that it wouldn't be a good idea to start yelling at Sesshomaru in front of dozens of officers.

In the end, they had told us there was only one pair of the handcuffs and two keys. Without the keys, we weren't separating any time soon.

Which meant we were stuck.

Together.

For months.

Great.

Once we were back in the car, I kept silent. I wasn't in the mood to talk to anyone. "Well, since we are stuck like this," he started, "I guess you'll be staying at my place for a while. Your parents are fine with that I hope."

I never told Sesshomaru about my parent's death. It was none of his business to know and it still isn't his business to know. Even though we're tied together, it didn't mean I was about to tell him my life story. He was still my enemy. That was never going to change. So I just nodded trying not to cry.

I told him where I lived and by the time we arrived I was over the fact I was stuck with him. It was just a few months. It wouldn't be that bad, right? Right!?

Wrong, because it was Sesshomaru.

I know he was suspicious of me because of where I lived in town. It wasn't the most fancy place around and held a lot of drugs, violence, gangs and other bad stuff little girls shouldn't be around. But I've kept myself save.

"This is where you live?" Sesshomaru asked.

"Yes," I hissed. Here come the insults.

"Hn."

Or not.

"Where are your parents?"

Crap! "Ah…on vacation."

"Wait, so your parent can afford a vacation but they can't afford a nice house?"

"Look, they won it in a draw. This is all we can afford."

"Whatever Mutant. Just hurry, we have a party to get to tonight."

Here's the thing. I don't party. Never been to one; never going to one. "I'm not going."

"You have to," he said.

"No I can't. I have to work."

"You will no longer work while we're stuck like this. Call them up and say you're going on vacation for a while. Besides, going to my house," he looked around with a disgusting expression," you might as well be on vacation."

"I can't lie to them!" I hollered.

"Then I'll do it," he said, picking up his phone.

I quickly grabbed it from him. "Fine, I'll call."

"Hello?" an elderly woman's voice answered.

"Hi, Kaede, it's Rin. I'm not going to be able to work for the next few months. I'm…leaving for a while."

"Oh, I see. Where are you going?"

"On vacation with a friend."

"Oh," oh here it comes, "is this a boyfriend?"

And I'm pretty sure Sesshomaru heard it since he started smirking like an idiot. I rolled my eyes and continued to speak. I hung up and gave the phone back to Sesshomaru. "So now I'm a friend?" he asked.

"In your dreams," I scoffed, grabbing my bag. "Let's get this over with."

xXx

I gazed out the window as fancy mansions passed by. They just kept getting bigger and bigger. This area of town was where most 'cockroaches' would love to live. I, however, did not. No big, fancy house was going to impress me. It wasn't.

It was a dream for a lot of people and because it was such a rich area, it's a life time opportunity to visit one of the houses. But the annual high school party always happened at The Takahashi's so, the once in a life time thing was more the once for a lot of people.

The Takahashi party is like…it's like the party of the year. Think of a huge house full of people. In the back, people would be jumping into a large pool; sometimes naked. They would talk, drink, make-out, blah, blah, blah. Now, this is just what I heard from people, I've never witnessed it myself and I was afraid tonight, I would.

Awesome.

At the end of the street must've been the biggest house or mansion I had ever seen. It was beautiful. It was like I had traveled back into 17th century England. It must've been over two hundred years old.

But it still wasn't going to impress me! It wasn't!

"Nice house," I commented, shortly.

"Let's go."

When we got inside and we were immediately greeted by some small, green frog thing. I don't know what in gods it was. Kind of reminded me of a Ninja Turtle but smaller and without the shell.

"Lord Sesshomaru, welcome home!" I squawked. Then it turned its attention to me and narrowed its yellow eyes. "What is that and why is it here?"

"Silence, Jaken!" Sesshomaru snapped.

"Y-yes, sire." It bowed as we walked passed it.

I giggled. "Lord Sesshomaru? What are you, living in a fantasy?"

He growled, making me smile more.

We headed into a large kitchen where a lady with long black hair was currently humming and making some tea. She turned and gasped. "Oh my, Sesshomaru welcome home," she greeted with a smile. "Who's this?"

I glanced at Sesshomaru- noticing he wasn't going to say anything- then back at her. "I'm Rin. Rin Mori."

"It's nice to meet you Rin. Are you a friend of Sesshomaru's?"

She seemed confused at the fact that I was human standing beside a human hating demon. Now these days human and demon relationships were quiet rare. Half-demons even more rare. I think Inuyasha was the only half-demon I've known. But what was more confusing was the fact that Sesshomaru was living in a house with a human. I know this lady wasn't his mother from the thousand times Inuyasha has yelled 'half-brother' but I was surprised Sesshomaru was living with her.

"No, we we're just…well…" I lifted my hand to show the handcuffs. "Tied up."

She giggled. Yeah, yeah it's amusing. We're all laughing. "How did you end up like that?"

"My friend thought it would be hilarious if we were handcuffed together. Too bad she lost the key."

"Oh I'm sorry to hear. So I'm guess you'll be staying with us? I would show you to the guest bedroom but it looks like you'll be sharing with Sesshomaru." Yeah, don't remind me. I felt a pull on my arm, slowly dragging me out of the room. "Just no funny business."

Ah, now that's a picture I don't want; Sesshomaru's body. I wonder what he looks like under there. Is there a six pack? A swimmers body? Oh hottie lamaty with a swimmers body! Okay focus! You don't like Sesshomaru that way! I hate him! I HATE HIM! "Oh don't worry," I smiled. "I would never do anything like that. It was nice to meet you Mrs. Takahashi."

"Oh please, call me Izayoi!" she called back.

By the time she answered, I was out of her sight and heading up a large stair case. Sesshomaru dragged me through a pair of double doors at the end of a long hallway and into a bedroom the size of my apartment. This must've been Sesshomaru's room.

It was…unbelievable. A beautiful deep red covered the wall. Across from the door was a large balcony; adjacent from it on the left side was a king size bed with red silk sheets-typical. On the other side was 62 inch plasma TV. Beside it was a walk in closet and a bathroom. The bathroom was amazing. Wooden walls with a stone shower and an underground Jacuzzi with a small waterfall hanging off of it.

I must say, I was in heaven.

I was officially on vacation.

But I was still not impressed!

"Nice room," I commented, shortly.

"Hn."

"So, how are you going to have a party with Izayoi here?" I asked, placing my bag on the floor.

He narrowed his eyes at it then at me, mentally telling me bags on the floor was a big no no. I picked it up and placed it on a table

"Her and my father goes out for their annual honeymoon around this time every year. They're gone until Sunday morning."

"Where do they go?"

"I don't know. Last year they went to Guam. This year I can care less."

Then he started to take his pants off. Now don't ask how the hell we change out of the clothes because I had no idea. I was pretty sure there's some demonic, supernatural, magic power that allowed us to change clothes.

"Oh god," I looked away. "Do you mind?"

He sighed. "What? Haven't you seen a demon's naked body?"

Okay now he was being a moron.

"No, and I don't think I'm missing much."

"Hn. I'm done."

I peeked out of my fingers to see he was LYING! I shrieked and covered my eyes again. Oh man, now I was going to get nightmares. "You said you were done!"

"At least I know you trust me."

"Not anymore!"

"So you trust me?"

"Wait, what? Now you're putting words in my mouth!"

"You just keep telling yourself that, but you can't deny that you trust me. By the way, you can look now."

I peeked again and found he was telling the truth. Good. "Well if I ever did. I don't anymore."

"Hn, well you should change. Can't go to a party looking like…that."

I glanced down at my wardrobe and back up at him. Okay, so I didn't have the latest fashions but come on, my fashion sense wasn't that bad. "What's wrong with my wardrobe?"

"Nothing, it just makes you look like a homeless person."

And he looked like a crazy troll. "Whatever, I don't care. I'm not going anyways."

"Yes, you are. I'm going so that means you're going."

"No, it doesn't!"

"Look at what's around our wrist! We are stuck together whether we like it or not. So stop whining and get changed."

My eyes narrowed at his growl. "Fine! Asshole," I muttered, knowing he could hear it. "Turn around."

I changed with a little help with demon magic. I swear without it, I would smell like a pig in a garbage dump.

By the time we were ready, Izayoi and Sesshomaru's father were long gone. And downstairs was a loud booming noise

There were so many people when Sesshomaru and I showed up, and I had to say, I was nervous as hell. This was my first party. And I couldn't believe I was saying this but…I was glad I was with Sesshomaru.

Many people-like back at school- were staring at us like we had two heads. The snobs stayed back worried about catching 'loseritis'. Man was Kagura ever convincing. For a second though, I thought Sesshomaru rolled his eyes.

"Sesshy!" a cheery voice sounded behind us.

Great, just what I needed. Drama.

"What is it Kagura?" he growled.

She stopped five feet away and scowled at me. "What are you doing here?"

I held I left hand up mentally telling her. Her eyes narrowed on me before stepped towards the far side of Sesshomaru. "Sesshy? Why are you still stuck with her?"

"We had some difficulties. What do you want?"

"I was wondering if you would like to show me your room and we could have some fun."

Ugh, now that's definitely a picture I don't want to see. I'd rather see Saw II thousand times over then watch them make out. Trust me, I don't do horror movie. But I would watch them in a heartbeat then witness them …yeah.

"No."

"No?"

"No because one, Rin would be there and two, we broke up. Now, I suggest you leave my sight Kagura before I call security."

Wait, did he just call me by my first name? I stood there confused as Kagura walked away shrieking.

I snapped out of it and smirked. "Wow, nice one Takahashi." Now how was I going to forget that he just called me on a first name basis?

Yeah, I wasn't.

"Hn."

We headed to the kitchen and met up with one of his friends; Koga. I remember Koga from the sixth grade. He had pushed me onto the ground and stole my ball. I never forgave him and he was also on my enemy list. Unfortunately, Ayame had a huge crush on him and still does.

"Hey Sesshomaru!" he called. "Hey, looks like you brought some fresh meat! It's Tin, right?"

"Rin," I corrected.

"Right, right. You drink?"

I shook my head, just wishing this would all end and I would wake up in my own bed.

"Come on," Sesshomaru whispered. "One won't hurt you. Besides, it's your senior year."

I eyed the beer in Sesshomaru's hand and took it. "Eh, why not. One beer won't hurt."

One beer wouldn't hurt he said. Well one beer became two, then two became four and well...

Let just say I blacked out and don't remember most of the night.

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Updated: December 27, 2013