Chapter One New Kid…
Rin woke up and stretched, yawned, and brushed her ebony hair until it was as smooth as silk. Which was her nightgown. Today was going to be her first day at Shikon Private School and she did not want to be late. Even if they said rich people should be fashionably late. Rich was an understatement for what Rin was. She had inherited 14 billion dollars at age seven from her deceased parents. Needless to say, she lived comfortably. She looked at her perfect reflection and wondered why in the world she had been accepted in Shikon Private School.
She had absolutely no special talents and she wasn't exactly brilliant. All that made her stand out was her beauty and richness. She herself would have never noticed it, but what made her her was her innocence and gentle nature. She was as wild as a deer and as refined as an elegant swan. Though her eyes were always like the sun, shining brightly, they held a deep, darkness that no one knew. Except herself.
Rinnnnnnnnnnng! Her alarm clock sounded off as her personal butler came and served her breakfast of porridge, lettuce, and fish. A spectacular horse-drawn carriage waited at the front door for her and a maid gave her her needed items in order to live at the school.
"Anita! Did you pack everything I needed?" Rin called out to her maid as she boarded the carriage.
"I am pretty sure! Mistress Rin, you need not double check for I have packed all of your needed items! Oh wait!" Anita scurried into the hut once more and threw a package to the awaiting carriage. Miraculously, it landed in the window, on Rin' s lap. It was as if it was drawn to her. Rin looked at it and realized that it was her family photo album. She rarely went ANYWHERE at all without it.
"Thank you so much, Anita!" Rin said happily as the carriage sped off to Shikon Private School. Meanwhile, on the carriage, Rin inspected her three petite suitcases; just to be sure Anita had had packed everything.
She saw that her maid had packed everything that she had needed. She found her checklist and began to check everything off. Makeup kit, (check) sealskin coat,(check) silk coat, (check) leather coat, (check) velvet coat(check) fur coat, (check) satin coat, (check) 16 silk shirts, (check) 2 pairs of blue jeans, (check) 4 pairs of black jeans, (check) 6 mini-skirts, (check) 26 pairs of silk socks, (check) 20 pairs of shoes, (check) 8 necklaces, (check) flower barrettes, (check) 12 blouses, (check), paper, (check) pencils, (check) diary, (check) photo album, (check), hair curler, (check) shampoo, (check) conditioner, (check) towels, (check) hair bands, (check) and wish stone. (check) Thankful that Anita had packed everything needed, Rin looked at the flat, dusty, road littered with soul less bodies. Disgusting. Putrid. She closed her eyes as the bumpiness of the ride took her over. It was going to be a long ride.
Meanwhile, at Shikon Private School, an assembly was being held. They all groaned. An assembly could only mean one thing : a new student was coming to be tortured…er…taught. As the carriage drew nearer, the students could tell their newest classmate was very rich. Kagura was extremely annoyed; as was Kikyo, for their prayers had not worked. Oh well, there was always plan B : make school even worse than it is for the new kid. Since they were the most popular, they could do that with ease. Extreme ease.
"You know, I think there should be a rule about having them tell us before coming! I mean it's just plain rude for any random new kid to just barge in and say that they are going to be a student at Shikon!" Kagura said rather brashly. A couple of heads nodded in agreement.
"So, who is with me for going into the new kid's room on her first night and spraying whipped cream all over the place!" Kikyo said as she cackled to herself; she loved torturing new kids.
"Ha-ha! Kikyo is scared of the new kid! Kikyo is scared of the new kid!" a sing-song voice said. Kikyo turned to look at who it belonged to; it was none other than her rival in love; Kagome.
"Why you little b, why don't you run off with your stolen love or hide under a rock?" she retorted.
"Hey! Don't you DARE go insulting Kagome!" a rude voice said out of no where. It was InuYasha, who Kikyo had loved since forever. He liked Kagome, though.
Kikyo was about to make a rude comment, but the carriage doors burst open. Rin walked calmly out and she smiled at the rather ominous faces that were looking at her. She was used to them since she saw similar ones when she was out walking.
"Ahem! This is Rin, she is in fifth grade and is a multi-billionaire. Please treat our newest student with respect! Now then, will a prince of Shikon come out and welcome our newest princess? Hmmm…how about you, Sesshomaru? Go and show her around today at lunch," Principle Kim commanded rather than said. Rin wondered who this Sesshomaru was and why he was to show her around.
At the time Rin was wondering, many things began happening at once. Kagura looked like she was about to faint because HER Sesshomaru was about to be stolen by a new student! How and why? (note: Kagura has simply ADORED Sesshomaru ever since they met. Love at first sight!) InuYasha practically choked from not trying to laugh by Kagura and Sesshomaru' s faces. His half-brother would have to escort the new girl! Kagome toppled over in laughter along with her best friend, Sango at the look on Kagura' s face. It said by itself : "What the !" Sesshomaru himself wondered why she was here; she was not a demon, half-demon, or priestess. The Shikon only accepted students who needed to perfect those skills. She did not seem extremely powerful, either. Jaken, Sesshomaru' s faithful servant, nearly got a heart attack, thinking that his master, future Lord of the Western Lands, was to escort a HUMAN on her first day of school! It was unheard of! Principle Kim, on the other hand was just gushing away at how great of a school Shikon was. Rin seemed about to fall asleep. But he took no heed of that and continued talking until the bell rang.
"Oh! Dearest Students, it's time to go to your classes! You don't want to be late, now do you? Oh, Rin! Here's your schedule!" Principle Kim called out, completely unaware of the students' ruckus and fuss. He handed her a slip of paper. Then, he handed her to Sesshomaru in order for him to show her which classroom she needed to go to. She wondered how all the ruckus was caused and never thought she could have caused it all with her being paired up with Sesshomaru. Of course she didn't know he was the oldest, most popular, most handsome boy at Shikon Private School. She just thought he was weird. Downright weird.
"So, what is your first class?" he asked in a monotone voice. Rin opened her schedule and checked. "Ummm…Let's see. I have magick with Ms. Artemis Coriania for an hour and a half!" she said, attempting to imitate his monotone voice and actually succeeded. Sesshomaru did a triple take. First of all, she had imitated his voice perfectly. Secondly, she had magick classes with him. Thirdly, she had the same length of magick class as him. Meaning she definitely possessed powerful magickal abilities. She was either masking them currently or she did not know she had them. Sesshomaru couldn't tell currently. Not like he cared.
Rin studied Sesshomaru' s face for a second and found it in good condition. He was adequately handsome and showed little or no emotion at all. But she could sense that his aura itself was enveloped in a hatred for humans. All humans. She cringed at the thought of him recklessly and ruthlessly killing random humans. It was a weird thought. She had never ever even seen a murder in her life before. She lived in the utmost innocence. Her powers allowed that.
Sesshomaru was puzzled. Here a HUMAN of all species was scrutinizing him! It was unbelievable. And what was even stranger was that she had found some sense in his never changing facial expression. She was indeed queer.
"We are to study here," he said (still in monotone). Rin looked in the building and found an ice-cold woman looking deeply into her. It was if she pierced her soul itself.
"This woman…she must be a new teacher…" thought Sesshomaru as he felt her intense gaze. "She must have very strong magick to be able to gaze directly into people's souls. Especially mine." Sesshomaru had put an extremely powerful spell upon himself letting only even stronger magick-users able to see what he was truly aiming for. Most of those people had no sides anyway. So they would never be able to use the information learned against him.
"Okay! As you can all see, I am Artemis Coriania! I will be your magick and music teacher! But this course is specifically for those who have very strong magick! I have the magick of deception, the powers of the moon itself. So no misbehaving in this class." Artemis said happily with a rather mischievous grin. "I can make all sorts of creative punishments for you, okay?" before anyone answered, she continued, "Okay! I knew you would see it MY way! Now, let us all introduce ourselves and say a bit about ourselves and point out one person you would like to befriend this year!" she said WAY too cheerfully with her voice dripping like poisonous honey. There was a bunch of groans as they got in a circle with Artemis in the center .
Chapter Two Classes
Rin wondered why everyone had groaned. In her opinion, an introduction was not that bad. After all, she only knew one person, Sesshomaru; and that like knowing a brick wall. As you can tell, Rin was more or less the type that could chatter nonstop forever. The type of person that Sesshomaru would like to kill any time.
"Okay, class! I want you to state your name, grade, personal likes, dislikes, special talents, and a demonstration of your magickal abilities!" Artemis said (cheerfully and not bothered a bit by the descending gloom of the other students). She decided to begin herself since no one seemed to want to go first.
"I am Artemis Coriania, guardian of the Moon itself and I am a teacher! I love the dark and sweets and cute things and black things and fuzzy things and… so much other stuff! I hate brilliant light and bad smells," she said hyperly and quickly. Rin only caught "guardian of the moon" and "love the dark." Not much.
"My 'act' for you is to pick who we will begin with! We will go counter clockwise!" she said a bit slower. She raised her hands in a complex motion and let darkness appear on her fingertips. A moon appeared on the room's floor and suddenly, darkness covered everything. The moon moved around quickly and appeared on someone's forehead. Then, the students began to switch spots by magick. As Artemis dropped her hands gently, the room lit up once more and the moon was under… Kagura! The order was: (counter clockwise) Kagura, Sesshomaru, (much to his horror) Kanna, Rin, Naraku, and Hakudoshi! Kagura grinned a slightly insane and very evil grin and she began to speak.
"Hello, everyone! I am Kagura and I am in eighth grade. I specialize in wind magick and I love the wind and freedom! I despise wanna-be's because they are so disgusting!" (at this, she shot a dirty glance at Rin) "Well, anyway, this year, I would like to befriend Sesshomaru and I can control the wind around me! Watch!" she gleefully said as she gracefully opened her fan and whipped it in a quick motion. A very, very, very strong gust of wind blew in the classroom, messing up a couple of papers. (Amazing how they all didn't blow off!)
"Very, very, very good Miss Kagura!" Artemis said and applauded. Kagura smirked( to Rin). "Next!" Artemis called out.
"Sesshomaru. Next Lord of Western Lands. Don't need friends. Likes silence and death, dislikes loud noises and hyper showoffs," he said, still in monotone voice (still). Kagura was shocked at this and took all her anger out on a glare. (Obviously sent to Rin because she thinks Rin likes Sesshomaru! ) Artemis began to get a bit impatient.
"Well, Sesshomaru, shouldn't you show us an example of your magick?" she said sternly.
"Very well…I will perform for you my poison flower claws," he said (still in monotone) he raised his left hand and blood-red stripes appeared on it. "Now, any volunteers?" he said. Kagura' s hand shot up at the speed of light. Since she was the only one, he chose her to be his 'assistant.' He raised his hand higher and it began to shine a sickly, putrid lime-green. Kagura gulped. It did not smell good. Sesshomaru drew it back and then stabbed it in Kagura' s arm.
"Eiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii!" she shrieked as she felt the searing pain and dropped to the floor, unconscious by the poison and the pain. Rin was relieved, since Kagura kept glaring at her like she was always doing something wrong. Which of course she didn't know what. Thus, it made her feel squirmy on the inside. She hoped that she wasn't dead, though. Even if she was a bit (actually very) mean, it was wrong to wish for anyone's death. That was how pure-hearted Rin was. Artemis rushed over to check on Kagura.
"Sesshomaru, that was very unkind of you. Even if Kagura herself allowed herself to be an 'assistant' you shouldn't hurt her!" Artemis said in a scolding sort of way. In her mind though, she was laughing; that Kagura girl was beginning to grind her nerves and she would have disposed of her if Sesshomaru hadn't 'stepped' in.
"Why? She saw and heard that it was poisonous and still, she wanted to assist me in my demonstration. Besides, she is a fairly powerful demon, so she should be able to heal almost instantly from an attack as small as that. Either that, or she is a poor excuse for a demoness." Sesshomaru said rather un-lovingly. He pointed to Kagura; it was true. Her hurt arm had already healed. Now it returned to its regular pale-peach color. Though, in the very, very back of his mind, Sesshomaru had hoped he was wrong. Oh well.
Meanwhile, in the other class, InuYasha, Sango, Kohaku, and Koga were practicing P.E. It was well… downright disastrous. The P.E. teacher, Ms. Mai Holopainen was way too strict. The teacher had told them that they were to learn hand to hand combat today.(Or in Koga's case, foot to hand combat! ) She took all their weapons and began to teach them how to be "light on their feet." It was rather saddening to watch and deafening to hear.
"NOO! YOU STUPID DOG! YOU BEND YOUR LEG BACK AND STICK YOUR TOES OUT! NOO! AT A 90 DEGREE ANGLE YOU IMBECILE! YES, YES, THAT IS IT!" Mai said (or rather hollered) at InuYasha. He scowled in annoyance and had to hold back the urge of just clawing her to ribbons. His dog ears flattened at the "STUPID DOG" part.
"NOOO! YOU BRAINLESS EXTERMINATORS! IN ORDER TO BE LIGHT AND GRACEFUL, YOU MUST POINT TO THE EARTH! NOT THE SKY! YES, YES, YOU ARE FINALLY GETTING IT RIGHT…NO, NOT YOU! THE BOY! 25 PUSHUPS, GIRL! BOY, BEGIN TO STRETCH!" the teacher screeched at Sango and Kohaku. The two siblings glared at her as Sango began to do pushups and Kohaku began to stretch. Boy would they be thankful when this class was over!
There was one person in which Ms. Holopainen did not holler or screech at. That was no other than Koga. His Shikon Shards embedded in his legs helped him move gracefully and quickly.
"Yes, that is perfect! Absolutely perfect! You will be great, Koga! See, class, the 90 degree angle, the south-pointed toes, the balanced figure, the calm face and the quick reflexes? That is a true foot worker! God job, Koga!" Ms. Holopainen said as she applauded for him. Koga smirked to InuYasha. He had beaten that idiotic mutt that Kagome liked. Now, maybe she would pay more attention to him. He imagined it. He liked it. Ah, yes, him and Kagome together. His little fantasy was abruptly shattered when InuYasha stuck his tongue out at him and swore to him. Ms. Holopainen couldn't hear, for she was human, but Koga picked the words up with his wolf-hearing. "F You!" he made a mental note to slaughter the half-breed at lunch. Just you wait, you smelly dog! He thought.