Chapter 3

Kagome dragged herself up the campus stairs to her room, all the while ignoring the shocked looks coming from the other late night students. Her jeans were torn at the knees, and her left shirt sleeve was ripped at the cuff. When Kagome got to her door and found it locked, she started banging on the door loudly and yelling.

" Sango! Sango, open up!"

Sango was sleeping on the couch when someone started banging on the door. She jerked awake and sat up, groggy.

"Hang on, I'm coming..."

She opened the door and let out a scream. Kagome jumped into the room and slammed the door shut.

" Shut up Sango, you'll wake the whole campus up!"

" I'm sorry, but...Jesus Christ Kagome, what happened?"

Kagome started laughing quietly, then it turned into a manical laugh.

" You wanna know what happened? Oh, I'll tell you what happened. I ran into a certain prick at my bookstore and the fucking bastard is making me pay him off five-hundred thousand dollars!! It was an accident!! Oooo...If I see the little dick anytime soon, I'll tear him a new asshole!!"

Sango just sat there. Both girls jumped when someone knocked at the door. Sango looked out the peephole and turned back around, a grin splitting her face.

" It's Sesshomaru."

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Kagome opened the door a crack, safety chain on. Looking out at Sesshomaru she felt foolish, hiding behind a door.

" What do you want Sesshomaru?"

Sesshomaru looked down at Kagome, feeling slightly bad for being partially responsible for her messy look. He could have given Kagome a ride, but he wasn't ready to listen to Miroku questioning him or Kagome about each other. It wasn't like she couldn't have callen for a ride as well. Sesshomaru knew that Kagome knows the guy at Barnes & Noble, so she could have hitched a ride from him.

" I just came by to give you the time I'm free so you can make up your debt. Its mostly on breaks and birthdays or whenever I decide to slack off."

" So even you need a break from work?" Kagome inquired. Sesshomaru gave her a blank look.

" I looked through your background. I know your family is the multi-billionaire type, your to inherit all of it except for a few million and a house in Cancun which goes to InuYasha. Your mother died in a car crash with you in it, and your therapist says that you still haven't gotten over it, and that you actually blame yourself. Now since you've been in college, you have been slacking off in all your classes but still manaing to pass them all."

Sesshomaru leaned up against the door frame.

" Learned all that did you?" he said softly.

" Yes. Did I miss anything?"

Sesshomaru reached through the crack in the door, effortlessly unlatched the chain, and opened the door.

" Miss, do you mind if I borrow Kagome for a minute?" Sesshomaru asked Sango.

Sango seemed flustered as she was still sleepy, and she waved her hand to shoo them. Sesshomaru grabbed Kagome's arm and dragged her to his room, where he shoved her in and locked the door. Kagome was fuming.

" Who the hell do you think you are? Tossing people around isn't the kinda thing to get used to ya know. I could charge you for harrassment if I wanted to."

Sesshomaru ignored her and sat down in a Lazy-Boy. He gestured for Kagome to sit, but she refused.

" Did your little papers find everything?" he started.

" Huh? Of course. At least, I think so..." Kagome fumbled. What did she miss?

" Did it tell you that I killed a boy who was going to shoot me? He was only thirteen. Did it tell you that I was part of the Mara Salvatrucha, or MS-13, the most dangerous gang in the world? Probably not. Did it tell you that I was charged with countless rapes, murders, and robberies? No?" Sesshomaru's eyes had gone cold, and Kagome drew back from the intensity of it.

" Wh-what? No, you couldn't have been, I would have found it..." Kagome didn't know what to say. Sesshomaru, in a gang? No, it couldn't be...could it? Of course, what did she even know about him, really? So she knew a few facts. That didn't tell anything about his likes or his dislikes, or what he feels about things. Kagome felt suddenly ashamed for even bringing it all up.

" My parents used their money to hush the press, then they disowned me. I don't get to see the billions you mentioned earlier. Everything goes to InuYasha. I pay my own way for college." Sesshomaru cursed himself for his bluntness when he saw how white Kagome's face was. Feeling uncomfortable, he got up and crossed the room towards her. Kagome didn't flinch when Sesshomaru stood right in front of her. Instead, she wrapped her arms around his waist and put her head on his chest, sighing. Sesshomaru's eyes widened and he held his arms away from Kagome, not quite sure what to do.

" Kagome...what are you doing?"

Kagome sighed and pressed her face harder against his broad chest. She didn't know what came over her, but she definitely felt sympathy for the man. Kagome started speaking softly.

" Sesshomaru...Do you regret any of it?"

Sesshoaru looked down at her as she looked up, both searching each others eyes.

" No. I don't regret a thing. Life is too short for regrets. You and I both know that."

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Kagome left Sesshomaru's dorm room early the next morning and entered her room, Sango waiting with two cups of coffee. Kagome gratefully accepted the cup and they both sat down, and Kagome told Sango everything except for the hug, and the other stuff. All she told Sango about was his past. Then they both went to sleep. Kagome woke up and stretched, and her hand hit something. She shot up and collided with someone's face. Swearing, the figure jerked up and held his face. Kagome wasted no time to grab the side lamp and wield it like a weapon. She was swinging it downwards when the intruder caught it and yanked it away from her while snaking his arm around her waist and pulling her against his body.

" Dammit Kagome, STOP!!"

Kagome stopped her struggles, and looked up at Sesshomaru's shadowed face.

" Sesshomaru?"

The light flashed on overhead as Sango stood there with a fire poker.

" What's going on? Jesus Sesshomaru, how did you get in here?"

Sesshomaru let Kagome go and felt his nose, which was bleeding profusely. Kagome saw this and gasped.

" Did I do that?"

Sesshomaru glared at her.
" Yes, you did. Your fist connected with my nose. I think you broke it."

Kagome smiled.
" Good. Then next time you'll knock and not sneak in and get your face busted, now won't you?"

Sesshomaru grumbled and Kagome went to get a warm washcloth. Sesshomaru followed Kagome and shut the sliding kitchen door.

" Kagome. You start paying off your debt as of now. Today, you shall give me fifty dollars and clean my dorm room wearing only what I tell you you can wear. Which today will be a maid outfit."

Kagome looked at Sesshomaru.

" Today? As in now? Or later?"

Sesshomaru looked at her for a long time without saying anything.

" Now will definitely be good."

Yay!! Third chapter is finally up!! I had to write the second parts to it for quite some time. Sorry for the wait!