Well, guess what?? I've finally updated! Holy shit, it's been over a month! I'm sorry, but I'm just so lazy... lol, and my phones not working, but otherwise, things is pretty good!
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Inuyasha: Grease'd
Kagura lead him to a group of people as motley as her taste in clothes. There he recognised Shiori, the nervous girl from this morning, and another girl, Kanna, who was a freshman, not juniors like him and Kagura. Shiori was a sophomore, and Rin, a human senior, who was tall and beautiful and quite out of place, though he did not question her presence; she sat and talked quietly with Shiori, who seemed to come out of her shell. Lastly, a freshman demon, Shippo, completed the scene.
Inuyasha stood to the side behind Kagura as she introduced him to everybody, Shiori smiling brightly at him. "You guys, this is Inuyasha Takahashi. The other new guy."
Inuyasha nodded his head curtly in greeting to the several hellos and smiles. He plopped down where he stood and began to eat his dessert: a Flaky, messy but oh, so tasty...
Kagura leaned forward slightly. "So, Inuyasha, why don't you tell us about yourself?"
"Because it's none of your business," he mumbled around the pastry, and she frowned. Fine, be that way. "Okay then."
She turned her attention to the rest of the group. She knew just the thing to pique his interest - or his anger. She sat next to Rin and whispered, "Our unfortunate friend over there is in love. And you'll never guess with who."
Inuyasha rotated an ear in their direction, but had been munching noisily on his Flaky, and hadn't heard anything but his name. Rin grinned, her beautiful face tan and flawless in the noonday sun. "Who? Not Kikyou?"
Kagura snorted. "She's a bitch. He's not that deluded."
Inuyasha swallowed his last bite and caught Shippo grinning devilishly at him, listening to the whole conversation with his superior hearing.
Kagura shook her head. "No, no. He's fallen for Miss Perfect herself."
Shiori's eyes widened and Kanna's eyes narrowed. "You don't mean…?"
"Yup, you know who I'm talking about. The one and only Humanitarian Higurashi. I caught him looking so dejected when Houjo kissed her, I just knew he was totally smitten."
Inuyasha began to grow annoyed. Getting up, he placed himself before Kagura and asked her innocent-looking upturned face, "Don't you have better things to talk about than my personal affairs?"
She laughed out loud. "Isn't it obvious that I don't? Besides, we might just be persuaded to help you realise your dream."
He shook his head and fisted his hands, once again pulling at the constraining collar of his stupid uniform, "What dream?! You need to stay out of my business! I don't like that girl, okay? She's… dumb," he finished lamely.
Kagura smirked. "That's not what your actions were telling me, hun. You are so in love with that girl you're in denial! You need help, and we are going to give it to you!"
Inuyasha rolled his eyes scornfully. "You guys? Help me? What help do I possibly need from a bunch of freaks and outcasts?"
Kagura's mirthful expression turned mutinous, and soon everyone was glaring at him save Rin, who merely frowned in disappointment.
"I suggest you think about who you're calling an outcast, Takahashi." Her tone was hard, as if she was used to dealing with an attitude like his on a daily basis. He recognised the light of fire in her eyes; she was ready to do verbal battle with him, something which he was not very proficient at, and, he sensed, she was.
"We were nice enough to take you in. Don't make us cast you out, too. None of us deserve to be treated like they all think we do. It's bad enough coming from them, but coming from our own kind? Tread carefully, Takahashi. Don't throw away friends when you've got something to lose if you do."
He let her words wash over him and he calmed down, albeit reluctantly. "Fine. I'm sorry."
The whole atmosphere changed then, and he was welcomed among them like he used to be welcomed among his friends at his old school. Shippo came over and sat next to him, smiling yet still silent.
"Okay, so if I'm going to get her away from that Hobo guy, what do I have to do?"
Kagura grinned and pulled them all close. "Just you sit tight, Takahashi," she assured him. "When we're through with you, Higurashi won't know what hit her!"
Inu G'd
After lunch, Rin went to her most hated class: Calculus. She couldn't remember why she had signed up for it; math was so difficult for her. Although she knew she was bad at it, she still suffered through the teasing remarks that she should have been born a blond, she was so stupid. She was trying very hard to dispel that image.
She sighed and straightened her skirt. She knew she was long and lean and pretty, but she felt uncomfortable in her body. Only two years ago she'd been short and childish-looking, only to seemingly blossom into a woman overnight. She was still getting used the attention she attracted from guys, both demon and human.
Sitting down right up front, so she wouldn't have to wear her glasses, and so that she didn't have to look at anyone but the teacher, she idly watched people filter in the room that was almost stifling in its heat. Summer weather was beautiful, but was wasted when you had to stay cooped up in school.
The new guy everyone had been talking about walked in, and Rin looked at him objectively; or, at least she tried to.
Sesshoumaru carried naught but a pencil in his pocket by way of supplies. Everyone else had a pack full of things they thought they might need, but not him. Rin's bag was mostly full of clothes because she had Gym after Math, but she had a whole pencil case full of stuff, and a geometry set. Her calculator was brand new.
Sesshoumaru sat at the back of the room with the rest of the demon guys, but didn't speak a word, and no one seemed to want to speak to him. As soon as he was out of sight, Rin forgot all about him, clutching her eyeglasses box in case she needed them.
Their teacher, Mr. Myouga, a short, fat man with a jolly personality and the buoyancy of a teenage girl, walked into the room and shut the door. Rin's seat was closest, and he recognised her instantly from her Latin class, which he also taught.
"Good afternoon, Miss Rin," he greeted, just when a hush had fallen over the class. Rin smiled, hearing the snickers and whispers behind. Let them play their silly games, she thought. "Good afternoon, Mr. Myouga."
"And how are you on this fine summer's day?" They carried on the conversation as if no one else were in the room.
"Oh, can't complain."
"Good!" One of the demon guys shouted, and Rin looked over her shoulder, spotting the guilty party. It was Hakudoushi. No one knew his first name because they'd called him by his surname for so long that no one bothered to remember his first name.
She kept her face a blank as she turned herself toward the front of the room, commenting loud enough for him to hear (which wasn't very loud at all), "Take it up the ass, dick-face."
All the demons in the room heard her and began to giggle but Hakudoushi stood up, knocking his desk over and yelling, "Say that to my face, bitch!"
Suddenly, a hand reached out and bodily sat him back down in his chair, and although Hakudoushi did not know Sesshoumaru, he knew a more powerful rival when he saw one, and allowed the other boy to reseat him without uttering a word.
"Thank you, Mr. Takahashi," Mr. Myouga said, flipping open his lesson plan. "Rin, dear, would you like to work up the first problem on the board?"
Rin looked at the equation he'd scribbled on the slate during all the fracas and gulped. "Umm, I'll try," she said, getting out of her chair.
Sesshoumaru couldn't seem to control his eyes, for they kept wandering surreptitiously up and down her long, tan legs, the knee-high socks stopping at mid-calf and the short skirt riding high, threatening to expose her talent at the slightest movement.
Rin picked up the chalk and Mr. Myouga hovered nearby, helping her along whenever she hesitated, until finally she'd worked out the equation correctly, and was allowed to return to her seat. She wiped the perspiration from her brow. She silently thanked Mr. Myouga for choosing her to work the first problem; for the rest of the class he worked his way around the room, getting to know people as they came forward to solve the new problems on the board.
When Sesshoumaru's turn came, he walked to the board, stared at the equation, then, picking up the chalk, simply wrote the answer and then sat down again, without showing his work.
Rin raised her brows at that. A genius, huh?
Mr. Myouga stared at the board, and then, putting his hand to his chin in thought, concluded the answer was correct. "Very good, Mr. Takahashi. I'm afraid, though, that your mathematical talent will be wasted if you don't show your work. Most of the marks are in the process, not the answers."
Sesshoumaru simply stared back at the teacher and said nothing, then propped his foot up on the chair in front of him. Suddenly the bell rang, and Rin, relieved, tucked her things into her shoulder bag and stood up to leave. Mr. Myouga pulled her aside.
"Rin, dear, if you ever need help, you just let me know, and I'll work something out." He respected her for at least trying to better her math skills.
Rin smiled at the elderly man. He was so kind to her; he knew she hated math because she was no good at it. "Thank you. Sir. I'll let you know when something doesn't make sense."
Smiling, she left the room, Sesshoumaru watching and eavesdropping on their whole conversation as he awaited his turn to leave. He found himself strangely attracted to the girl with the sweet disposition and the mile-long legs. He was willing to bet that she was almost as tall as he was, in her bare feet.
She tied her hair up in a top-knot and left the room. He decided to follow her. He had no idea what possessed him to follow her to her next class, but his last period was a spare and he didn't feel like going home and dealing with his father, so, for lack of anything better to do, he decided to see where she would go.
Rin met up with Kagome on her way downstairs, and Kagome asked her, "Are you going to the gym, Rin?"
Rin nodded and gave her a smile.
"Mind if I walk with you?"
"Not at all." Rin had known Kagome for a long time; occasionally they hung out together or talked on the phone. Rin was who Kagome called for advice when she really had a huge problem.
Sesshoumaru spotted Inuyasha exiting the room behind Kagome, a strange, love-sick look in his eyes. Sesshoumaru raised a brow in his direction, but all he got in return was flipped off, and, hunching his shoulders, Inuyasha stomped off to his last class of the day.
Sesshoumaru followed Rin and Kagome covertly to the gym, where they disappeared into the girl's change-room and all he could hear was laughing and about ten different conversations all happening at once. Shaking his head, he allowed a small smile to creep up his face as he left the school and walked leisurely home. He was driving his car to school tomorrow, he didn't give a damn what the old man said.
Inu G'd
Kagome smacked the volleyball as hard as she could over the net, scoring the final point for her team. The teacher, Miss Yura, blew her whistle and screeched, "Hit the showers, ladies!"
Untying her shoes, Kagome slipped them off and followed the other girls to the showers, where she opted to shower at home and just changed into her pink work skirt, but left her gym t-shirt on. Rin sat next to her on the bench, pulling her socks up and muttering, "Damn things, don't fit like they used to…"
Kagome giggled. Rin was such a crack-up.
"What's so funny?"
"Oh, nothing. I just enjoy listening to you talk to your socks."
Rin grinned and smacked her arm, replying, "At least they listen, unlike that boyfriend of yours."
Kagome sighed. Rin was right. Houjo had planned their whole life together, but never once did he ask her what she wanted. He was a nice guy, and sweet, not to mention cute, but she couldn't help dreaming of someone new to sweep her off her feet.
"I know. I just wish…"
Rin looked up at her from under her bangs. "What?"
Kagome shook her head. "Nothing."
Rin laughed and, tying her sneakers, stood up and flung her bag over her shoulder, slipping her shades on. "You never know, maybe Mr. Right is just under your nose. You just gotta know where to look." Turning, she left, to walk home to her mother and three older brothers, who were waiting to go to the downtown district of Tokyo to go shopping.
Kagome found Rin's words rather ominous. Right under her nose? Did Rin know something she didn't? She could only guess. Sighing, she slipped her loafers on and left the school, heading to her family's burger joint, where she waited customers on her pink roller skates.
Inu G'd
Well, dust off those pesky cobwebs!!! I hope it was worth the wait! Once again, I apologise for the delay. I solemnly swear to never do that again, on pain of death, or may I be turned into soup. I hate to be presumptuous, but feed me reviews...Please??