Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha in any way shape or form. The beautiful manga and anime belong only to Rumiko Takahashi. Nor do I own the idea of the Lying Games or the figure of A from the Pretty Little Liars. Those ideas belong to Sara Shepard. But Kira and Kenji belong to me. Also, I created the sorority.
Summary: When seventeen year old Rin Fumiko began her first year at Shikon University, she didn't expect to be to be courted by the powerful and dangerously sexy Sesshomaru Takahashi. She didn't expect to fall in love. And she damn sure didn't expect to get caught up in her lying games. As Rin tries to keep a mind-blowing secret from him, she's also trying to keep herself and her friends safe from an unknown figure with ties to her past. Who is this stranger? Why is he after her and her friends? And what will happen when Sesshomaru discovers the truth?
Hey people! I am truly sorry about not updating this story and then updating another. If you've watched The Vampire Diaries, then you know that the plots have all been created for me; I simply need to add another character's story into it. That's easy. This story comes from my own creative juices and I've had writer's block every time I think about the next chapter because the story is a lot more complex in my mind. It's gonna be awesome…just bear with me.
The Girl in Red
"Someone's in a good mood, I see," Kira commented as Rin sashayed through the door. Rin tossed her a dimpled smile as she closed the front door.
Kira wasn't lying. Rin looked good in a red sleeveless knee-length dress. It had a rounded neckline, the skirt was billowy and flowing around her knees, and there was a black studded belt around her waist. Rin wore black studded boots with three inch heels, a black leather jacket and her hair was out and slightly tousled.
"And once you see what I have planned, you'll be in a good mood too," Rin promised and hopped on the couch. Kira set her book down and gave Rin a skeptical look.
"And what does the amazing Rin Fumiko have planned for me today?" Kira inquired sarcastically. Rin rolled her eyes.
"Well, if you must know," Rin exclaimed dramatically and Kira grinned. She watched Rin reach into her purse and pull out tickets. "You and I have a spa date." Kira's eyes widened.
"No way!"
"Yes way," Rin exclaimed with a grin at her friend's face. "Ya see, I have a friend who has a friend that owns a nice little spa. And that friend just gave us free tickets to get the whole nine yards!" Kira just stared at Rin.
"Why are you doing this?" She asked. Rin smiled sadly.
"Kenji's not talking to me. He's not ready yet," she admitted and Kira stared down at her lap. "And you're not exactly happy either. So, this is my way of reaching one of you. I'll…work with him eventually." Kira sighed.
"So, what is this? A pity party?" Kira asked bitterly and Rin shook her head.
"Of course not, sweetie. But this is a girl party…one in which we can talk about how much we hate stupid boys and eat chocolate and be pampered. All at the same time." Kira smiled at Rin.
Usually, even days after Rin depressed herself with the thought of her parents' deaths, Rin would still be depressed or just getting to a point where she was actually smiling. But now, for some odd reason, Rin was strangely happy and energetic. And Kira truly believed that it had something to do with that silver-haired God of a teacher.
"Where is this coming from?" Kira asked suspiciously and Rin could feel her heartbeat pick up.
"Nowhere," she said quickly. "Just wanted to be a good friend."
"Uh huh," Kira smirked. "And this has nothing to do with your coming to the dorm late a few nights back? Or the fact that Mr. Takahashi was nice to you in class?" Rin scoffed.
"You call that nice?" Rin inquired, recalling class yesterday.
"Ms. Fumiko, glad to see that you haven't allowed your pride to prevent you from coming to class," Sesshomaru commented the minute Rin walked into the English class. Kira gave Rin a warning look, reminding Rin that she wasn't allowed to snap back.
Rin coolly ignored the looks from her classmates, walked to Sesshomaru's desk and placed a stack of papers on his desk. Sesshomaru glanced at the stack before meeting her bright hazel eyes.
"Those are the required essays you assigned me, my tickets back to class," she said to him. Sesshomaru just stared at her for a long time and Rin's heart began to race as she recalled the other night when he'd held her.
They hadn't talked since then. Sesshomaru had left that next morning quickly, leaving Rin wrapped in the soft blue blanket from his car. A note on her dresser told her to stay away from that bar and to study. Other than that, Rin hadn't heard or seen Sesshomaru. On the day of the test, there had been a substitute, some asshole named Jaken, who seriously hated humans. He even tried to say Rin cheated, but Rin heard Sesshomaru squashed that.
Sesshomaru, remembering they were in class, took his eyes off her face and pushed the papers into a folder.
"I will put these into the grade book," he told her. Rin tilted her head slightly, giving him a puzzled stare. It was…cute, if Sesshomaru wanted to be honest. But he didn't want to be honest at the moment and he damn sure didn't say cute.
"But you never said these would be graded," she reminded him. It wasn't that the papers were bad and that they would ruin her grade. But putting those papers into the grade book would be boosting her grade and that would be…well, nice.
Sesshomaru Takahashi didn't do nice.
He did sweet and you had no problem about it then, her mind reminded her.
"Do you want to keep an A in this class?" He shot back and Rin could feel herself softening at that. She gave Sesshomaru a sweet smile, one of the realest he'd ever seen her give anyone.
The smile made her face even prettier, but it was her eyes that caused him to feel very uncomfortable. They were brighter than normal and Sesshomaru really wanted to ignore his heart at the moment.
"Thank you," Rin said sweetly. Kira raised an eyebrow at her friend and teacher, hearing the conversation slightly but not enough. But whatever was going on must be something big because Rin was cheesing like crazy.
"Just take your seat, Ms. Fumiko," Sesshomaru said dismissively and Rin walked away with a bounce in her step.
"And what would you call it, dear?" Kira asked. Rin shrugged with a secretive smile.
"Being courteous," Rin replied. "And you're stalling. Come on, I want to get there before one."
"Why," Kira asked as she stood and slipped into some boots. Rin grinned.
"Because they're still serving breakfast. And I want chocolate-chip pancakes." Kira giggled at Rin and shoved the girl towards the door.
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Sesshomaru watched with narrowed eyes as Rin and that pink-haired girl laughed their way down the stairs from their dorm. Their arms were linked and they were chatting nonstop about pancakes and chocolate and massages.
"If you don't mind my asking, my lord –
"Which I do," Sesshomaru said. But Jaken continued.
"…why are we following that…human?" Sesshomaru glanced at Jaken momentarily, causing the green toad demon to flinch at the stony gaze. Sesshomaru didn't like the way Jaken spoke of Rin. It wasn't the first time Jaken had done it, but each and every time, it slipped out.
And it pissed him the fuck off.
"Jaken, do me a favor." Jaken nodded shakily.
"Anything, my lord."
"Shut up," Sesshomaru growled and Jaken nodded, turning his eyes away from Sesshomaru, fearing what Sesshomaru would do if he disobeyed.
Sesshomaru sighed as he turned his attention back to Rin as she closed the passenger side of her ugly, old truck. She paused as if she could feel someone's eyes on her, looked around her, and then climbed into the truck herself.
Years ago, when he first learned that he had been mated to some child – a human child at that – Sesshomaru had been heated. It hadn't been a conversation Sesshomaru wanted to have and she damn sure wasn't what he wanted. Or needed. But somehow, after seeing her just one time, Sesshomaru couldn't possibly understand how he could go another day without seeing her.
It was too rowdy tonight, but after a day like his, Sesshomaru didn't care. He didn't want the expensive drinks. No, he wanted the good stuff and it wasn't at his house. Not when his father was probably still there.
"Bourbon," he demanded the minute he sat on the stool. The bartender nodded and poured the drink. Sesshomaru downed it the minute he got it and the bartender was quick to give another.
"Strawberry daiquiri, please," a female voice that didn't belong in this place requested and both Sesshomaru and the bartender glanced at the girl.
She couldn't have been any more than thirteen. She was fair skinned and had tousled dark brown hair. She wore a red little summer dress that fell around her knees in ruffled layers under a light jean jacket. But what caught Sesshomaru's attention was her scent. And her bracelet.
She smelled of strawberries and vanilla. The scent flowed from her, probably from a spray. But if he got closer to her skin, he'd probably smell it seeping from her pores. And that bracelet…there was no mistaking that bracelet.
So, this is the human, Sesshomaru mused before downing his drink. Rin shuffled her feet nervously as the bartender chuckled at her.
"A virgin one, right sweetheart?" He joked and Sesshomaru watched emotions flash upon her face. She fixed the bartender with an impressive glare.
"If I wanted a virgin one, I would've stayed home," she snapped. "Now give me my drink."
"Sure thing," the bartender replied with a smirk, poured Sesshomaru another, and went to work on Rin's. She took a seat on the stool next to Sesshomaru and he growled low. Her scent flooded to him even more, drowning him in strawberries and vanilla.
Rin jumped at the sound of Sesshomaru growling and turned her eyes to him. Immediately, the girl appeared to be captivated by him. Sesshomaru could feel the irritation biting at his flesh as she stared at him, making him feel highly uncomfortable.
"Didn't your parents teach you not to stare at people?" Sesshomaru inquired coldly. Rin turned her eyes away from him and Sesshomaru smelt the oncoming tears.
"They're dead," she said. Sesshomaru knew that and without wanting to, he felt like one of the biggest assholes in the world. Rin didn't say anything else and when she got her drink, she was gulping it down like it was nothing. At the third gulp, her face scrunched up and she shook her head as she pushed the liquid down.
"Aren't you a little young to be in a bar, girl?" Sesshomaru asked. Rin cut her eyes at him.
"And you care, why?" She retorted. Sesshomaru glanced at her.
"I don't." She nodded.
"Then don't question me," she shot back. Sesshomaru raised an eyebrow at her.
"I would refrain from speaking to this Sesshomaru with that tone," Sesshomaru warned her.
The demon in him was conflicted. One side of him wanted to install fear into the girl because of her blatant disrespect. But the other side wanted something a little darker than that. It wanted to tame her; lock her in his bedroom and not release her until she knew not to speak to her alpha as she had previously.
And that scared the shit out of him.
And not a lot scared Sesshomaru.
"I would simply refrain from speaking to whatever your name is. Point blank," Rin replied dryly and finished her drink. Her cell phone blared in her jean pocket. She took it out of her pocket and rolled her eyes. Sesshomaru didn't care, but she must not have wanted to hear from whoever that was.
"Rin, where are you? I am so worried," the older female voice said and Rin rolled her eyes again as the woman went on and on about how concerned she was and how Rin should have told her where she was going. Sounded like nothing more than some bothersome wench in Sesshomaru's eyes.
"I'm fine, Auntie Sakura," Rin told the woman. "I just needed to get away. Bye." Rin ended the call rudely and shoved the phone back into the pocket. Sesshomaru chuckled to himself, catching Rin's attention. "What?"
"What kind of a name is Rin?" He asked. Rin shot him a smirk.
"I don't know. What kind of a name is Sesshomaru and please, give me a convincing story."
"You have a lot of guts, little girl." Rin grinned at Sesshomaru's words.
"Get used to it."
He did.
That night, Sesshomaru had to take Rin home. She had had three daiquiris. After the second one, Sesshomaru threatened the bartender. But somehow, Rin snuck another. So, he'd been stuck with the task of taking her home. Of course, like always, she resisted and put on a show. But that first night, she cried. And without needing to be asked, Sesshomaru held her.
Sesshomaru growled low as he pulled into his driveway at the memory. Without trying, the damn girl had snuck into his life and was now permanently stuck. And if those fateful nights weren't enough, his father made it that much more obvious.
InuTaisho's car was already in Sesshomaru's driveway.
Mother is never this annoying, Sesshomaru thought as he slammed his door and tossed Jaken his car keys. The toad limped away, ready to bark orders at someone else. Sesshomaru pushed his door open and allowed one of the maids to take off his coat.
"Well, hello, son," his father's voice called from Sesshomaru's study. Irritation crawled on Sesshomaru's flesh as he stepped into the room. InuTaisho sat in Sesshomaru's swivel chair, leaned back and feet on Sesshomaru's desk.
The older demon looked too much like Sesshomaru's pesky half-brother, Inuyasha. The playful smirk. The mischievous glint in his eyes. And that was annoying as fuck.
"Father," Sesshomaru spoke calmly. "What an unwanted surprise." InuTaisho chuckled at his oldest son as the younger demon poured himself a glass of Scotch.
"Now, Sesshomaru. For shame! I thought I taught you more manners than that," he teased. Sesshomaru glared at his father.
"What do you want?"
"To see how my soon-to-be daughter-in-law is," InuTaisho said with a grin. Sesshomaru inwardly rolled his eyes. InuTaisho knew damn well how Rin was; as stubborn and smart-mouthed as she was years ago. "How is our elusive girl in red?"
"Just charming," Sesshomaru replied sarcastically. InuTaisho chuckled.
"Come now, Sessho, old boy –
"Stop calling me that," Sesshomaru growled.
"I would think your relationship would blossom by now. You've been…so protective of her, even when she was young." InuTaisho watched different emotions flash upon Sesshomaru's face and almost laughed. His son may seem cold and aloof to everyone, but InuTaisho knew him.
The idiot cared. He just wasn't ready to admit it.
"I do not wish to discuss my relationship with Ms. Fumiko with you, Father," Sesshomaru stated sharply and InuTaisho chuckled again. "Now, if you please, I'd like my study to myself. I have tests to grade."
"Come now, dear. You can always make time for your parents, can't you?" Another voice purred smoothly and Sesshomaru cringed.
Of all the fucking days in the world, they both just had to decide to fuck with him today. I stand corrected. She is much more annoying, Sesshomaru thought before gritting his teeth as he glanced at his balcony. Leaning against the doorframe was a woman he really did not want to see at the moment.
His mother.
Rei Nakaruma was as beautiful as she was deadly and Sesshomaru knew that all too well. His mother oozed superiority, sensuality, and coldness better than any female known to man. She wore a deep blue dressy shirt under a stylish black blazer which fit her hourglass figure and looked good against her pale skin, she wore dark skinny jeans which a mother should not be wearing according to Sesshomaru's mind, and ankle-high heeled boots. Her long silver-white hair was actually out of their usual bun and curled, long bangs falling over red eyes.
She looked young and hip. Sesshomaru didn't know if he wanted to like that or not.
"Mother, I thought you were in Spain. You were hosting a fashion show in Nantes, remember?" Sesshomaru ground out. Rei grinned.
"Oh, I was. But Izayoi is taking care of it for me. I hope you don't mind, Inu," she said with a careless flip of a hand. InuTaisho shook his head, not truly caring. After all, he was not about to refute the idea of his mate and his ex-wife getting along. That was a damn miracle. "Anyway, I wanted to see my boy and his little…human." Sesshomaru narrowed his eyes at Rei.
"If you are going to refer to my mate as such, then you can always not be around. I think we'd both rather that," Sesshomaru told her and gulped his liquor down. InuTaisho choked back a laugh when Rei shot him a look. She then smiled at her son.
"Now, where would the fun be in that?" She asked, glossy red lips parting into a sinister smile. Sesshomaru didn't like that look. "After all, I have to be actively present in your lives if I am to tell the council about my supervision of your courting." Sesshomaru deadpanned.
"What?"
"Oh, you heard me right. I didn't raise you to be incompetent. Then again, I left you with Izayoi and Inu for three years. Who knows how much damage your intellect has suffered?" Rei's grin really made Sesshomaru wanted to throw her off the balcony.
"I can assure you, Mother, that my intellect is intact. Whose idea was this?" He glared between his parents, knowing damn well they both brought this idea to the council. Rei glanced at InuTaisho who nodded in return.
"Well, it would've been the half-breed, but that wouldn't have been as fun," she purred and Sesshomaru growled at her. She raised an eyebrow. "Don't growl at your mother, boy."
"Mother…" It was that warning growl and Rei narrowed her eyes. Sesshomaru had better watch who he growled at like that. She was the last person who would accept it.
"Anyway, seeing as how your father is already on the council, we agreed that it would be…interesting for me to supervise this." Sesshomaru raised an eyebrow.
"So, this is for your entertainment?" Rei giggled. She fucking giggled. When the hell did Rei Nakaruma giggle?
"Mostly," she replied honestly. "Besides, mother always knows best. If I am going to let some human wench take over my position as the Lady of the West, she had better learn quickly." Sesshomaru glared even harder at her.
"I will not accept this," Sesshomaru said. Rei narrowed her eyes further.
"You don't have to, but the council has already made their decision. Refuse this and we will make sure that you will never mate with that girl." Rei said.
Sesshomaru could feel the beast inside of him clawing its way out and he didn't care. His talons grew and his fangs grew larger. The crescent moon on his forehead – normally covered by makeup – glowed brightly. InuTaisho tensed. Rei simply stared at her son.
No one ever told Sesshomaru to stay from his mate. She was his and he would claim her eventually. Until then, no one had the right to take her away. No one, not even the bitch that birthed him. Mine, he growled viciously in his head.
"You will not keep my mate from me," he growled in a deeper, animalistic voice.
"Watch us," Rei shot back and Sesshomaru lunged at her.
Sesshomaru wrapped a large hand around his mother's throat, claws digging into her flesh, and slammed her into the nearest wall. Rei gripped his arm and with surprising strength, threw Sesshomaru onto the floor. Sesshomaru felt the air escape his lungs as he crashed into the wooden floor, sending a few chunks of wood flying into the air. Before he could even take a breath, Rei was on top of him, straddling him and holding him down by his throat with an iron grip. She bared her fangs at her son and hissed.
"Listen here, pup," she growled as Sesshomaru struggled beneath her. But she refused to budge and honestly, Sesshomaru wasn't trying as hard as he could have. It wouldn't have mattered. Rei was stronger than most people believed and she could overpower even InuTaisho if she wanted. "I brought you in this damned world and so help me, I can take you out without any remorse."
"Rei, Sesshomaru, calm yourselves," InuTaisho demanded smoothly. He was used to this. Sesshomaru and Rei had a…different kind of mother-son relationship. They fought, verbally and physically. At the end of the day, Sesshomaru loved his mother. Everyone knew that violence and short temper ran in the family.
Rei hissed at Sesshomaru warningly one last time before releasing him and standing smoothly. Sesshomaru finally took a breath before towering over his mother. She just glared at him.
"As much as I have stated that I don't want you with some human child," Rei began and Sesshomaru growled again. "I would never keep you from your mate. Not unless I was ordered to. You know that." Rei calmly straightened her clothing and raked her fingers through her hair to make sure that the curls were still perfect. As she finished settling her stylish necklace, she shot Sesshomaru one final glare. "But don't ever attack me again over some bitch, pup. Next time, the whole world will see you being put back in your place and that is not an idle threat."
Sesshomaru knew that.
"Now that that is settled, who's up for some family time? It's been a minute since we had the whole gang over. Perhaps we could –
"I'll pass," Sesshomaru said quickly and stormed out of his office, leaving his parents alone. Rei smirked at InuTaisho and went to fix herself a drink.
"That is your son," she told her ex-husband as she poured some Scotch.
"You birthed him," he pointed out.
"He came from your sperm first, meaning that the apple doesn't fall to far from the tree. And trust me, that apple is closer than you think." InuTaisho raised an eyebrow at her, too much like Sesshomaru in Rei's eyes.
"And what does that mean?" He asked as Rei slowly walked up to the desk. She slid onto it, seated before him, so InuTaisho removed his feet.
"The once feared and cold InuTaisho changed once he mated his little human, softening just a little," she said and sipped her drink. "And Rin, whether Sesshomaru wants to admit this or not, has already begun to change him. And that might not be such a bad thing after all." InuTaisho smirked at her.
"Look at you growing up! It's just so beautiful!" He exclaimed and stretched out his arms. "Come here, beautiful!" As soon as InuTaisho tried to envelop her in his arms, Rei threw him out of the balcony doors. InuTaisho crashed into the balcony.
"Dumbass," she muttered and threw her glass at InuTaisho's head, which would probably leave a bump on his head. InuTaisho dazedly watched his ex-wife strut out of the room with a small smile.
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"Oh my God," Kira moaned as the large hands carefully massaged her skin. "Best day ever!" Rin giggled at her best friend as Kira received a massage. Rin was relaxing in the mud bath, face covered with the creamy stuff that would "soften her skin better than anything in the world" and cucumbers over her eyes.
"Told you," Rin chimed.
"I am so glad that you made me come here. I was way too depressed for my own good," Kira added.
"Tell me about it," Rin said. "You were way to quiet and come on, you're the fashion model between us. There's a problem if I'm the one getting dressed up and you're decked out in sweats. Hell, that's not even a problem. That's just scary." Kira giggled.
"Gee, is that all I'm known for?" Rin thought about the question for a second.
"Yeah, kinda," she replied and Kira found the nearest object – a cucumber slice – and threw it at a laughing Rin. Rin felt the vegetable fall onto her shoulder, so she picked it up and ate it. She was glad it was a cucumber. It could've been anything and Rin would've eaten it.
"So, Halloween is coming up," Kira recalled. "What's the plan?" Rin shrugged.
"I was thinking about sexy angels or something," Rin suggested and Kira got excited.
"Oooh…and Kagura could be the head angels because she's so tall and old," she added and Rin laughed.
"I am so snitching on you," she exclaimed while laughing. The timer beside Kira went off and Rin sighed. "Guess it's time for me to wash all of this ick off." The man massaging Kira grinned.
"The showers are on your left as you walk out," he told her. Rin removed the cucumbers and ate them as she pulled on her robe. She flashed Kira a smile as she walked out.
"Have fun," she yelled and heard a small, "I will." Rin threw her robe into the dirty clothes hamper and grabbed a clean towel. She placed it on one of the many shelves and stepped into a secluded shower and closed the screen door, stepping into a spray of pure hot heaven.
Rin let the steaming water run down her hair and her body, cleaning herself of the mud and the cream. She sighed, allowing the water to soothe her muscles even more. This is what she needed. Despite all of the Sesshomaru and Kira and Kenji mess, Rin was already stressed. College was more than she thought it would be. While it did remind her of high school, college was a different ball game and Rin had never been prepared for it. She had Kagura to lessen the stress, but there were two essays due tomorrow, a three-hundred Calculus homework assignment due the day after, and she had to reply to three blogs by midnight. She needed a moment to just relax and –
The sound of a glass-shattering scream filled Rin's ears and tore her from her thoughts. Sliding the screen door open slowly, Rin stepped out cautiously. She reached for her towel and wrapped it around herself, not even bothering to dry herself off. Her wet hair clung to her shoulders and her bangs clung to her forehead. She took small footsteps as she turned to the left, the place where she heard the scream. Thinking quickly, Rin grabbed a large piece of stone that should have been in the sauna room and opened the door to the sauna.
Hot steam invaded her pores and clouded her eyes. Rin squinted her eyes as she peered into the room, overcome by the overwhelming heat and steam.
Once the fog cleared, Rin saw herself in red. All red. At least, that's what it looked like if she wasn't perceptive. But Rin was and she could make it faint images of white. So, underneath the red was a white dress. The wings were stained with red too and with the way it looked, Rin could tell it was blood. But that wasn't what caught Rin's attention.
She peered into her eyes to see fear and terror. Her hands were covered in blood and her skin was ghostly pale as if she had seen a ghost or witnessed the most horrible thing ever. She watched herself tremble and fall to her knees and Rin fell as well, breathless and terrified for herself. Something called to her, but Rin could not pull away from the image.
"Rin!" Kira yelled and shook the unresponsive girl. Rin blinked slowly, taking in the sauna room. It was empty save for herself and Kira.
"Wha - ?" Rin strained her eyes in the room, thinking that she would see herself again. But all she could see was steam and Kira.
"I think the heat's getting to you. Let's get outta here," Kira told her and dragged Rin to her feet. Rin allowed her friend to lead her out and they sat on one of the benches in the shower room. Kira stroked Rin's face – which was very much softer than it already was – and pushed hair from Rin's sweaty face. "Hey, look at me. What happened in there?"
Rin focused on Kira. Well, she tried to. But the image of herself as an angel covered in red was engrained her mind and Rin didn't know if that feeling of terror would go away. However, she didn't want to freak Kira out. The girl was under enough stress as it was.
"N-nothing," Rin said and gave Kira a soft, reassuring smile. "Just spaced out for a sec." Kira nodded, smiling back at Rin.
"Alright then. Let's get outta here. I want a smoothie." Rin giggled at Kira and they stood making their way to the dressing room. Rin then stopped.
"Hey, Kira?" The pink-haired beauty turned around, hand on the door.
"Yeah?"
"I changed my mind," Rin said. "How about we do witches?" Kira raised an inquisitive eyebrow.
"Why the sudden change?" She asked and Rin shrugged in response.
"White stains too easily," Rin replied and then gave Kira a grin. "Besides, witches are so much more badass." Kira giggled.
"Whatever!" She exclaimed.