Teacher's Pet
Installment #3: Lab Partners
Rating: M (for language)
Genre: Romance/Humor
Word Count: 3,200
"Hey!" Kagome exclaimed and looked at the hand that had grabbed her arm. She looked up and saw the fuzzy eared haynou who resembled Sesshomaru.
"The asshole wants you." Inuyasha said and closed the door, standing beside it so no one would get inside.
"Do you..." Kagome began, then turned to Sesshomaru. "Does he know?"
"He is in the room. And yeah, I know. My name's Inuyasha."
Kagome smiled weakly. "Sorry." She mumbled.
"Are you alright?" Sesshomaru asked Kagome.
"Yeah. I'm fine."
"Good. You lied to me. You said that your major was history."
"I didn't lie. At this school, they're getting you ready for college, go you do have majors and minors, like in college. And my major here is History."
"That makes no sense. You are all high school students, and you change your mind quickly." Sesshomaru countered.
Kagome shrugged. "It wasn't my idea. And I don't change my mind about anything but clothes."
"You are still a child."
Kagome ground her teeth together. There was nothing she hated more than being called a child. "I am not a child. I may be a minor, but I'm nowhere near a child. I've been through so much more than you can imagine." Her aura spiked, and the youkai and haynou got a small tingle of her miko powers.
"Hn."
Kagome looked at Inuyasha, trying to calm her raging aura.
"You didn't tell me that you are a miko." Sesshomaru told her.
"Well, I don't exactly start off my conversations with, 'Hey, my name's Kagome and I'm a miko', ya know?" Kagome was still slightly upset about the 'child' jab. "How do you know anyway?" She looked back at Inuyasha.
"I smelled you on him when he came home last night, then I smelled you this morning." Inuyasha looked at Kagome from head to toe, and decided that she was pretty hot. "I'm not dumb."
"I beg to differ." Sesshomaru rebutted. "Kagome...in my professional opinion, I don't think that we can continue what we have..."
Kagome nodded. She knew it would come to this. She knew that there was no way a teacher could have a relationship with a student. It had been obvious to her, and that was what she was going to ask him before she lost her nerve. Kagome walked out of the classroom with her head held high, despite the pain in her heart. She wasn't one to fall quickly, but she knew that there was something between her and Sesshomaru...and she had hoped it would last for a while...if not forever.
"Did you have to say that?" Inuyasha asked when Kagome was out of ear shot.
"Yes. I am her teacher, and a relationship with a student is highly frowned upon. I could lose my job."
"Yeah, and get another one just as quickly! But it doesn't matter..." Inuyasha said. He shook his head, and followed after Kagome. He found her at her locker, with her head inside, fighitng back tears. "Hey Kagome..."
Kagome sniffed and pulled herself together. "Hi Inuyasha. What do you want?"
"What's your next class?" He asked.
"Physics." Kagome answered.
"Mine too. Will you show me the way?"
Kagome nodded meekly. She didn't have a lab partner since her ex boyfriend had moved when she broke up with him, so Inuyasha would have to be her lab partner. They walked to the class and sat down beside each other.
"It seems we have a new student. What is your name young man?" The teacher asked Inuyasha.
"My name is Inuyasha Taisho." He said quickly and sat back down. In his haste, he almost missed the seat, but thankfully, Kagome was the only one to notice.
She hid a laugh behind her hand and Inuyasha glared at her playfully. He saw something in the young girl that he felt he would like.
"Alright class, I'm giving you a project to do." The teacher passed out papers and they read what they had to do. "You have three weeks to complete the project, and I expect only the best." She gave a look to Kagome, her best student, then at Inuyasha, who was wearing his goggles upside down. "Kagome, would you like another partner...Hojo perhaps?"
Kagome smiled and shook her head. "Inuyasha will do just fine."
"Are you sure?"
"I'm positive. And I promise that the project will be my usual standard."
"Alright. But I don't want you doing all the work."
Kagome looked at Inuyasha. "I won't. Trust me."
The bell rang and they went to lunch. "So how did you meet the asshole?"
"I met him," Kagome didn't want to say his name because she didn't want to be overheard, "last night when I was taking my brother out to dinner."
"You take your brother out to dinner?" Inuyasha was shocked.
"Yeah. I always take my younger brother places." Kagome stated it like it was obvious. Then she realized that Sesshomaru and Inuyasha had never had that kind of relationship. She placed a hand on his shoulder. "It's ok. Your brother loves you, just like you love him."
"Feh!" Inuyasha scoffed and followed Kagome to the lunch table.
"Hey guys, this is Inuyasha." Kagome introduced Inuyasha to everyone at the table. "This is Sango, she was in History with us. Miroku, her boy toy. Koga-"
"I'm Kagome's boyfriend." Koga cut in with a growl.
Kagome laughed. "Koga's been thinking that he's my boyfriend since the third grade. This is Ayame, she's had a crush on Koga since the sixth grade."
Everyone waved as Kagome called their names and Inuyasha studied them.
"So, Inuyasha...where did you move from?" Miroku asked as he stole a fry off Kagome's plate.
"I just came back from America not too long ago." Inuyasha didn't tell anyone that he'd been sent to a boarding school. Sesshomaru had found out that his mother sent Inuyasha away because she was a constant reminder of her husband's affair. As soon as Sesshomaru found out though, he got his brother out, and brought him to live with him. Maybe Kagome was right after all. Inuyasha mused.
"Miroku, if you take another fry off my plate, I'm gonna kill you." Kagome threatened.
"So how about the new history teacher?" Sango asked, and Ayame was instantly animated.
"He's soooo friggin' hawt that it isn't even funny! I almost friggin' peed on myself when he came into the room!" Ayame said with a blush.
"That's gross. But he is pretty hot." Sango looked at Kagome. "What do you think Kags?"
Inuyasha looked at Kagome and saw that she didn't want to talk about Sesshomaru. So he pulled out the paper from Physics and held it in front of her face. "I don't understand any of this shit."
Kagome blinked a couple of times before she smiled, thankful Inuyasha had sensed her discomfort. "Give me your number and I'll call you tonight."
"I'm the type of person that I need visuals. What are you doing tomorrow?" Inuyasha asked.
"Sota has a soccer game, then I was gonna take him out for pizza. We should be done around seven."
"Ok. So I'll come to your house then?" Inuyasha asked.
"Umm..." Kagome mulled it over. "Ok. That's fine." She figured that it was better than going to Inuyasha's house, since she knew that he lived with Sesshomaru.
"But we were supposed to go shopping tomorrow." Sango whined.
"Well we'll just have to reschedule. What about this Friday?" Kagome looked at her best friend.
"That's fine with me. Miroku? Koga? Ayame? Is Friday ok with you all to go shopping?" Sango asked.
"Why do we have to go shopping with you?" Koga asked.
"Because we need a boy's opinion on what we buy. Don't you wanna see us try on clothes for hours on end?" Kagome teased.
"But there is a new section in Victoria's Secret that I've been meaning to check out. If you guys don't wanna come...then that's on you..." Ayame trailed off, knowing that it would work.
"I'm in!" Miroku said.
"Me too!" Koga agreed.
"Inuyasha, you wanna come?" Kagome asked with a smile.
"Uh...sure." Inuyasha agreed.
"K." Kagome was still smiling and they ate their lunch. The end of the day came quickly and so did the next morning.
Wake up Kagome! Kagome's phone vibrated with that text message from Sango.
Kagome groaned and rolled over before getting herself ready for the day. The class that was she was looking forward to the least came the fastest and lasted the longest. Kagome tried not to let her mind wander to the way Sesshomaru's lips felt on hers...or the way his tongue danced wonderfully in her mouth. She tried so hard to listen to his lecture on the...on the...what the hell was he lecturing about? Kagome didn't even know!
She always paid attention in History! She just couldn't today. Not only because her heart was hurting...but also because Sesshomaru was just so damn sexy! He had the sleeves of his light blue button up shirt pushed up to his elbows and his black slacks showed the imprint of his...Kagome blushed at the thought.
Finally the bell rang and she zoomed out of the class in a hurry, not stopping to wait on Inuyasha. He found her at her locker. Again. With her head in her locker. Again.
"Kagome, I can't find you like that everyday." Inuyasha said with a small smile. "I'm beginning to think that there is something wrong with you."
"There is something wrong with me!" Kagome hissed as they walked to Physics. "I like your brother a little too much for it to be healthy, and seeing him everyday isn't making things any better." Kagome took a deep breath.
Inuyasha patted her shoulder. "It'll be ok."
"You can't know that."
"I do." Inuyasha smiled.
Kagome sighed.
The day ended on a good note. Kagome knew that she was going to get a little work on her project with Inuyasha done today, and science was something she liked almost as much as history.
Inuyasha's cellphone rang and he picked it up when he recognized the ringtone he'd set for Kagome. "What's up?"
"I'm so sorry Inu, Sota has some friends over and they're gonna spend the night. We're gonna have to postpone our project studies."
"Oh no we're not. I can't get anything about this homework!" Inuyasha growled playfully, though he was serious.
"Well...what are we gonna do about it?" Kagome asked.
"I'm coming over there to pick you up. We have no other choice." Inuyasha was serious.
Kagome hesitated for a few seconds before answering, "Fine." They hung up the phone and Kagome began to panic. She was going to Sesshomaru's house! Where the man ate, slept...and...bathed! Kagome's heart was beating too fast for it to be healthy.
Kagome changed clothes until she finally found an outfit that said, 'I didn't try that hard, but I want you to know that I'm into you'. She looked at herself in the mirror and approved of her clothing choice. She was wearing some skinny jeans that hugged every part of her bottom half, and a blue shirt that matched her eyes and showed just the right amount of clevage. Inuyasha called her again to ask for directions and ten minutes after they hung up, he was ringing her doorbell.
"Hey." She greeted at the door.
He looked at her from head to toe. "You know we're just going to study...right?" Inuyasha teased her.
Kagome laughed. "I know." She grabbed her books and left some money for Sota and his friends on the counter. "Sota, don't burn down the house, k?"
"Alright sis." He said and smiled at his sister.
She leaned down and kissed him on the forehead before mussing up his hair.
"Awww Kags! Not in front of the guys!" Sota whined.
"Whatever." Kagome laughed. "I'll be back later."
Inuyasha watched the display of affection, and didn't say anything until they got in the car.
"You're a great big sister...you know that?" Inuyasha said.
It caught Kagome off guard. "Huh?"
Inuyasha shook his head. "You're just a really great big sister."
Kagome smiled. "Thanks. After mine and Sota's dad died, I've pretty much raised him since our mom threw herself even deeper into her work. She barely has time for us anymore." She shrugged.
Inuyasha sensed that the subject was a touchy one, so he turned on the radio.
"Ooooo! That's my favorite song!" Kagome laughed and turned the radio up, before she started singing the words to the song. "He put them low profiles on my car. He treats me to a pedi plus manicure. Anything I ask for from my sponsor he go and bu-bu-bu-buy buy. A baby blue madalion I just got. My feet they speak italian walk so hot. I tell him baby thanks alot. My sponsor he go and bu-bu-buy buy."
Inuyasha listened as Kagome sang the song in a beautiful voice. When the song ended, he was shocked. "Whoa...you can sing."
Kagome blushed. "I only sing in front of Sango and I used to sing to Sota whenever he had nightmares when he was youner, after our dad died."
"You should do it more often." Inuyasha smiled. "We're here."
They pulled up at one of the largest condos Kagome had ever seen. "W-o-w..." She breathed.
"Yeah, Fluffy likes living in big houses. He ain't here right now though."
Kagome didn't know whether she was happy or sad at this fact. "Oh...ok."
They walked into the house and Inuyasha instructed that Kagome could put her books on the table in the living room.
"You hungry?" Inuyasha asked.
"Can you cook?" Kagome answered his question with a question.
"Uh...I can use a microwave." Inuyasha smiled sheepishly.
"I'll get started on dinner...you just get the books ready."
"Kagome...how are you so comfortable in a strange place? I mean, you've never been here, yet you're about to cook something for me. You're alone in the house with me..." Inuyasha trailed off when he saw Kagome smiling.
"I'm a miko Inuyasha. I don't sense any ill will in you anywhere. You're like a harmless puppy." Kagome smiled at him.
"I'm not a puppy." He mumbled.
Kagome laughed and walked in the kitchen to see what they had to cook. "Hmmm...I'll make my some chicken alfredo. How does that sound?"
Inuyasha shrugged. "I'll eat it as long as it's dead."
"I think you'll eat it if it wasn't dead." Kagome said lowly, but she knew Inuyasha had still heard her. She flashed him her bright smile and he settled in the living room while she got started in the kitchen.
While the food was cooking, Inuyasha and Kagome got started on their homework and got most of it done before the food was ready. They laughed and joked while Kagome explained the homework to him.
"Dinner is served!" Kagome said with a smile as she sashayed into the living room with two plates of food, more on Inuyasha's than on hers. They sat on the floor with their backs against a couch and their plates on the table. Kagome was out of her shoes, and Inuyasha kept using his foot to tickle hers.
"Stop!" She laughed. "If you cut me with your toe claws, I'm gonna purify you!"
"You wouldn't if you wanted to." Inuyasha growled playfully again, and lifted his fork to his mouth.
"Oh shit!" Kagome cursed when she looked at her phone. "Inuyasha it's almost eleven! I've gotta go!" She scarfed the rest of the food in her mouth and threw Inuyasha his keys.
He dropped Kagome off at home and thanked her for dinner and helping her with her homework. Kagome smiled and gave him a friendly peck on the cheek before dashing into her house. Inuyasha sped home happily and walked into the house he shared with his brother.
Sesshomaru was standing in the living room, a few feet from the door, staring.
"What's up Fluff Butt?" Inuyasha called playfully as he threw his keys on top of the entertainment center for the TV.
Sesshomaru turned suddenly and glared at Inuyasha, his eyes outlined in red.
"What's wrong with you?" Inuyasha asked.
"Kagome was here." Sesshomaru growled.
"Yeah. She's my lab partner." Inuyasha shrugged.
"She cooked dinner."
"We were hungry. At first we were gonna meet over her house, but her little brother was having friends over. And she canceled on me, but I really needed help with my homework so I asked her to come over here. She offered to cook while we studied."
"You want her."
Inuyasha was shocked that Sesshomaru had figured it out so fast. Then again, Sesshomaru had always figured stuff out faster than average. "She's cute and funny. And the way she cares about her brother...man, you should really take lessons from her."
"Do you think that this is so fucking joke?" Sesshomaru roared. "Kagome is mine." Sesshomaru hissed the last word.
"You said that you two couldn't be together."
"I made a mistake! And I plan to correct it tomorrow. You will stay away from her."
"No can do. We're lab partners, remember? And we have a project due in a few weeks."
In a flash, Sesshomaru's hand was around Inuyasha's throat. "Do I need to repeat myself? Kagome. Higurashi. Is. MINE. Do you understand?" He let his poision leak from his hand and heard is burning through Inuyasha's throat.
"Yes!" Inuyasha choked out. Sesshomaru released him and Inuyasha fell to the ground on his knees, coughing and trying to regain control of his lungs. Blood dripped to the floor from his neck, and Inuyasha put his hand to the skin on his neck and flinched when the touch burned. He knew that Sesshomaru meant business...but he also knew that he wasn't going to stay away from Kagome. Slowly, Inuyasha rose to his feet and began to put away the dishes, all the while grumbling to himself.
Sesshomaru went up the stairs and got in the shower before climbing into the crisp sheets of his bed. How dare the half breed try to take what was his? What he had claimed first? What was his problem? He picked up his phone and punched a few buttons before placing it down and rolling over to go to sleep. The meeting with the school board had gone over...way over, and DaiYoukai or not, he was tired. He closed his eyes and began to drift off into sleep...dreaming of a certain blue eyed girl.
Kagome was in her bed when her phone vibrated. The young girl sat up and rubbed the side of her face, that was still stinging and was sure to be turning red. She opened her phone and saw who it was from, then hesitated before reading it. The words caused her heart to speed up, and a small smile to grace her features...though the words could be good, or bad. Kagome shook her head and forced all thoughts out of her head. She would find out what Sesshomaru wanted to talk about tomorrow, but right now, she needed sleep. Kagome knew her dreams would be of him, just like they had been the previous night, and the night before that.
I hope you liked it! And look! It's longer than the others! A little over 3,000 words! YaY! Lol. Please review. I'll try to have the next chapter/installment or whatever you wanna call it posted soon.
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