"I will leave her alone if she leaves me alone, I will not be told what to do, or who I can do them with. If I choose to hang out with my brothers or Sesshomaru, I will not listen to someone bitching at me because of who I hang out with, my parents don't even do that, and she doesn't want to be around me when I'm pissed off." I said, "I will not back down from anyone, I did that once and it almost got me killed, but now I will not stand by and allow someone tell me how I'm going to live my life, and if you don't like it you can go to hell with her." I added, I opened the door and Sesshomaru was standing there, I walked past him, grabbed my things and walked out of class.
I sat under a tree in the court yard of the campus, I took out my cell phone, called my dad and told him what happened, "don't worry about it honey, it will blow over soon." He said, and then the phone went dead.
"Do you mind if I sit with you?" someone said I looked up to see Sesshomaru standing there with his arms crossed over his broad chest.
"No, I don't mind at all" I said as I scooted over. He sat down next to me with his arms probed up on his knees.
"So is what you said the truth? That you were almost killed because you backed down and you'll never do it again" he asked and I looked up at him.
"Yes, I only speak the truth" I said looking back at the ground.
"I'm sorry, but can I ask what happened?" he asked, I shivered a little remembering the pain I went through.
"At my last school there was a guy who wanted something from me, but I would not give it to him. Soon after our fight about it, he became possessive, abusive, and insane. My brothers found out about it, when they found me lying on the kitchen floor in our home, lying in pool of my own blood and covered with bruises. They hunted him down, but I do not know what they did when they finally caught up with him but I have not heard or seen him since the trial." I said staring at the ground. I felt Sesshomaru's hand rub my back, my heart beat started racing.
"Well I'm glad you got away from that." He said and smiled when I looked at him. "Because now you're stronger willed, your mind is stronger, and so is your spirit. I am proud to call you my friend" he added. My brothers came out of the school just then and looked from Sesshomaru to me.
"Koga, Shippou, Bankotsu, Sesshomaru is my friend from our class." I said as they looked at him. "Sesshomaru, Koga, Shippou, and Bankotsu are very protective of me since that incident." I added as I stared at my brothers hopping they would behave.
"I'm glad you have the protection of your brothers but I need to get back to class. Hey Rylie, thank you for finding the courage to stand up for yourself and telling me your secret" he said and then disappeared into the school. My brothers stared at me with confusion on their faces.
"Don't worry I didn't tell him that secret, I told him about Naraku, I never gave a name, just the outline of what happened." I said as I grabbed my things and walked with them to Koga's car. That night ended up being like every night at our house training, throwing food at the dinner table, and bed. I would always watch out my bedroom window every night it became a habit after a while. The next day was Saturday so we were going to spend all day training.
"How is Sesshomaru?" Koga asked as we stopped practicing for a break.
"He's fine I guess, why? Are you going to tell me not to see him?" I asked as my heart skipped a beat. I trusted my brother's instincts, and I followed their advice.
"No, we want you to go for it. He is a great guy, he's kind, and he would never hit you. And after he jumped in your defense against Hiten we can't tell you to stay away from him." Shippou said as we all looked at him, unaware he was standing there listening to our conversation.
"That's nice, I finally find a guy I like and you guys like, but I can't seem to get to him with Kikyo and her friends around all the time." I said and smiled at them.
"Work hard at it, he is worth it, I promise" Shippou said and we headed back to our training.
"Guys time for dinner, Rylie get off of Koga" mom yelled from the back door and we all started laughing.
"How was training today?" dad asked as he walked into the kitchen.