Angel of Mine Chapter 2, an inuyasha fanfic

A.N. This is Part Two of part one of the Angel of Mine. Thanks for the reviews.

Dedication:

This story is dedication to my fellow authoress TAJE.

A dedication also goes out to my grandmother who passed away recently.

Disclaimer: I do not own the characters of Inuyasha.

Angel of Mine

(Tsuki)

Part One: Magic, Magic, Mayhem

It was one week exactly after Rin's meeting with Sesshoumaru and though she had only spoken with him twice or so after that, she had come to love him.

Not as anything other than an older sibling (who granted had a very introverted personality, constantly made callous remarks, and was always doing things that made her say he was hell bound) though.

Guardians really could not fall in love.

They could feel emotions only to certain points.

It made their jobs easier when they were not ruled by strong feelings.

And Rin did not mind that. As long as she could love her Kagome and her Sesshoumaru-nii-chan in some way she was happy.

It made her feel her loneliness evaporate.

(Tsuki)

The brown haired guardian had strayed back at the school, wanting to see if she could find her nii-chan.

She knew he could not always be in the arts wing of the school, but she still hoped to see him anyway.

Rin poked her head into the room and a quick glance told her that he was not there. Rin let out a frustrated sigh and extended her wings.

"I'll walk Kagome home, then." She feigned aggravation and stuck her tongue out at the empty room, "Since a certain nii-chan can't devote less time to academics and more time to goofing off with me."

She playfully huffed as she lifted from the ground.

Today she had opted for a male ensemble she had seen in personal Kagome's sketchbook. Her top was a blue striped sleeveless shirt that fell a little past her waist and the bottom was a strange mix of khakis and denim that spirals to her ankles. Kagome had crafted a pair of blue sneakers to go with the attire. It was probably done in thought of her younger brother. 'Souta…I think that's his name.'

It was common knowledge that her parents were divorced. They had once been a happy family of four; her mother had been a devoted housewife, the husband an aspiring designer…

They had split due to irreconcilable differences and the father left to pursue a career halfway across the globe with their son and the mother stayed and worked endless hours… with the daughter.

Rin assumed that was why Kagome never wanted to bring anything to life.

It would only serve to remind her mother that her daughter was following in the footsteps of a man who had broken not only their family, but her heart as well.

Rin looked over her charge with sympathetic eyes.

She suddenly frowned. Something seemed off with her today.

As Kagome walked home after a long day of school, the raven haired girl felt somewhat anxious.

Rin thought back to what could have been bothering her charge and the answer came immediately. Kagome had been accepted into her school's International Baccalaureate Visual Arts program at the end of last year and while the first month they had been satisfied with only skeletons and sketches they now wanted a physical project.

She rubbed her forehead, "I can't…"

Rin looked up at her ward, her brown eyes shining with sympathy, "Poor Kagome-chan. It'll be alright."

She gave the raven haired girl a pat on the hand. "You make the most comfortable clothes I've ever been in! There's no reason why you shouldn't be in this program nee-chan."

Rin suddenly redrew those words.

Her mother did not really know of Kagome's aspirations, she did not even know of Kagome's acceptance into the prestigious arts program. To find out that Kagome had her heart set on her father's vocation would crush her.

As far as she knew Kagome was doing sketches for other designers in the program and was only into drawing.

Kagome stopped walking and watched as the cars passed along the road. She let out a lengthy sigh and walked on again, leaving Rin only able to watch her depressed form.

(Tsuki)

She saw him again when he decided to skip his math class in favor of graphing a painting. Rin immediately hugged him, "Nii-chan!"

He took on a look of slight annoyance and she retracted her hands, "Sorry, I was just excited to see you! I have something to ask…."

Sesshoumaru let a ghost of a smile grace his lips as he drawled, "What a surprise."

Rin let out a sheepish laugh and pointed her index fingers together as she questioned. "Sesshoumaru... What would you say to a designer who is unwilling to assemble?"

The man looked at her, "Why do you ask?"

"I'm curious, is all, nii-chan…"

"To answer your question, I would say that they were undoubtedly pathetic."

Rin sighed and averted her gaze, "I see."

Sesshoumaru looked at her, "I suppose by that look, your question was not hypothetical."

The brunette rubbed her brows, "Not in the least." Rin sighed, "My ward is in a sensitive position. But to make a long story short, her mother wouldn't consent to Kagome designing, so Kagome's unprepared to make anything but she needs to to stay in the IB program."

Sesshoumaru spared her a glance, "I still stand by my earlier comment."

(Tsuki)

Once in a while, the lunch staff would decide to serve a special drink, snack, or dessert. Today the special drinks were smoothies.

"Kagome-chan! Guess what," Without waiting for an answer, the girl responded, "It's Smoothie day! I'm getting strawberry kiwi. How about you?" A short haired girl with chocolate brown eyes named Yuka leaned against Kagome's desk with a wistful smile, "I'm trying to slim down for my next performance, so that's all I'll have."

A wavy haired girl in the desk next to Kagome's let a reproving sigh, "That's very unhealthy, Yuka."

Another teen with a golden headband and shoulder length hair nodded, "Ayumi's right. Besides, you're thin enough anyway."

Yuka frowned, "Eri! You and Ayumi always gang up on me! It's so mean! Kagome, take my side!"

Kagome shoved her books into her backpack and stood with a smile, "I'm sorry but I agree with Eri and Ayumi." She winked, "But I do like the sound of strawberry kiwi smoothies, so how about we head to lunch?"

Eri, Yuka, and Ayumi were all in the performance aspect of the arts.

Yuka acted, Ayumi danced, and Eri sang.

Kagome was the only oddball and loved the visual arts. That somewhat distanced the four friends. They had known each other for years however; Kagome always felt that she was different in someway than they were.

Rin was waiting for them in the hall, trying to solve Kagome's problem.

"She has no fabric…no sewing machine….and no will to construct. So how do we solve that?" Rin pulled at her pigtails in frustration, "Ugh! Kagome-chan! You're screwed!"

Kagome turned around with a frown and looked at her friends, "Did you say something?"

The three girls looked at her strangely, "No, why?"

Kagome smiled and waved it off, "Never mind. I must be tired or something."

Rin covered her mouth in surprise. As Kagome resumed walking and chatting with her friends, Rin sighed, "You chose then to hear me? Whenever I'm encouraging you never quite hear that…"

She giggled, "Jeeze."

(Tsuki)

Rin never quite understood the students' obsession with smoothie day. "If it was ice cream day, then I'd see why," Rin remarked thinking back to the popsicle that Sesshoumaru gave her.

She had never helped herself to smoothies.

She was curious about the idea that people preferred taste over nutrition, but she did not really have any desire to eat.

Rin suddenly ascended into the air and waved good bye to her ward. "I'll be back, K-chan! Don't do anything stupid while I'm gone!"

Now would probably be a good time to check up with her superiors. That had asked to see her and what better time to go than lunch…?

Kagome and Eri exited the lunch line carrying identical red trays with the same food on it. They held tall plastic cups filled with colorful drinks, a salami sandwich, French fries, and a bowl of fruit.

It was lunch where Kagome felt the most connected to her friends.

They had the same taste in foods that she had and they usually ended up with the same order.

To prove that point, Yuka and Ayumi trailed out holding the same order on their trays.

Halfway through lunch and listening to Yuka's description of her upcoming role in the fall drama since it played alongside her crush, Eri accidentally knocked over her fruit cup and spilled the contents onto her tray.

Kagome and Eri grabbed some napkins and dabbed at the tray while the others scrambled for more clean napkins to take care of the mess with. Ayumi frowned, "I should have taken more…"

Eri cursed, "…Kagome could get some napkins?"

Kagome nodded and quickly got out of her seat, "I'll be right back!"

The raven haired girl quickly rushed to the area where lunch was distributed and search for the napkin dispenser. She found it quickly and got as many napkins as she thought they would need.

As she moved to exit the area, she tripped over a fallen water bottle from the center island and fell into someone exiting the lunch line. Her arms flailed as she tried to catch herself. Kagome let out a shriek as her body twisted and she made contact with them.

She heard several gasps as she fell backwards into the person with enough force to knock them both into the floor.

The back of her head contacted with the floor harshly with a thud.

The sound of a splatter seemed to echo in her ears as Kagome lay on the cool tiles, half sprawled on the person she knocked down and half on the ground. Cold droplets of liquid rained down on her.

The room spun crazily before her eyes.

Kagome's eyes fluttered close as she blacked out.

(Tsuki)

Kagome woke up in the nurse's office with a slight headache. "Ugh… What happened?"

A cool voice with a velvety tone answered her unexpectedly, "You fell and decided to take me down with you."

Kagome sat up quickly, regretting it as her head spun. She teetered between falling off the bed and back onto the pillow. She settled for falling back against the pillow. Slowly she rose again and brought her knees up to place her head between it.

After the room stopped spinning she looked up…Only to become nauseous once again, "Oh God…I didn't…!"

Sesshoumaru Taisho...

Her brown eyes met amber timidly and she rubbed her sticky temples, "I am so sorry." Apparently it had rained in the cafeteria.

Unfortunately it was Sesshoumaru's smoothie that caused the shower.

She surveyed the damage.

His raven locks were drenched in a deep blue liquid and his once immaculate white shirt was indigo. His skin was slightly blue.

Sesshoumaru scowled, "Sorry does not quite clean this mess."

Kagome winced and looked at her own ruined uniform already visualizing the hours she would have to spend cleaning her uniform. "I really am sorry though. I didn't even see the water bottle there. I shouldn't have been in such a rush…"

The raven haired man merely arose from the bed. He walked over to a counter that was across from the beds that was covered with various papers, office supplies, and writing utensils.

Kagome cocked her head to the side, "What are you doing?"

He did not even bother turning back to look at her, "Leaving." He wrote a note to the nurse saying he was going home.

He would have preferred speaking to her himself but she went out to lunch after setting the two up in beds.

Kagome blinked owlishly, "You can do that?"

Sesshoumaru shrugged uncaringly, "Who knows? However, it is not my desire to stay in this state."

Kagome pointed her index fingers together, "Then could you possibly take me home?"

Sesshoumaru turned to her with a raised eyebrow and Kagome let out a nervous giggle, "I know I really shouldn't ask for any favors after I tackled you like that in the lunch room but I really need a shower."

He turned back to the note and crumpled it. He tossed it into a near by trash bin.

He took a new leaf of stationary and wrote:

I am taking the girl home; she is not feeling well enough to continue the day nor was she well enough to wait for your return.

-Sesshoumaru

Kagome walked over and looked at what he was writing. Her brow twitched as she drawled, "Oh what a good Samaritan you are!"

Sesshoumaru smirked as he placed the note in a visible position. "Now, follow me."

Kagome did as she was told, not wanting to stay covered in the sticky substance any longer than she had to.

When they reached his car, Kagome gingerly touched the seats, "Are you sure it's alright if I sit down? I don't want to ruin the leather."

Sesshoumaru shrugged and slipped into the seats, "It's my brother's car. And I do not mind you walking."

Kagome groaned and slid into the seat stiffly. "How is he getting home, then?"

Sesshoumaru started the car, "He has friends."

Kagome made an 'o' with her mouth.

It was strange that someone so caustic produced such fragile work. His paintings had a delicate feel that reached out to the viewer and everything appeared so precise and realistic. But it was odd that artist was that …recluse.

She idolized Sesshoumaru's work and the work of his friends. They were not only seniors, but they were the motivation of all the IB Arts students.

Kagome sighed.

And seeing their work made her think she should resign from IB. If she could not commit like someone like Sesshoumaru could, was she really meant for the program?

Tears pricked at her eyes.

Sesshoumaru suddenly looked at her, "Tell me," he began, "What's you're name?"

She jumped, not expecting the question. The raven haired girl turned and smiled, "I'm sorry, I'm Kagome."

Sesshoumaru looked at her with instinctively veiled surprise, "Kagome?" He almost laughed, wondering if a certain 'angel' had a hand in their meeting. She had certainly stressed numerous times how he should meet her.

So apparently he had finally met Kagome.

"My name is Sesshoumaru."

"Nice to meet you."

Kagome smiled a bit.

She was actually thankful in a way that she had tripped…in a way. She was thankful only because she had met him. If there had been a choice of meeting other than the mortifying moment that happened, she would have chosen it in a heartbeat.

(Tsuki)

Rin hurriedly searched for Kagome, "I leave for an hour and I come back to find that my ward sent home early! What happened, Kagome-chan?"

Said girl was sitting at her desk with her sketchbook, sketching dully as she stared into space.

Rin frowned and climbed onto Kagome's desk, the function and convenience of her wings forgotten. Rin gasped as she saw what exactly was on the once blank sheet of paper.

"Sesshoumaru?"

Kagome seemed to jolt back to reality and shut her sketchbook. She ran a hand through her hair, "Ugh…what am I doing?"

Rin pouted playfully, "How unfair! You met him when I was away! And I had nothing to do with it too," she crossed her arms, "Sesshoumaru cheated."

The brunette smiled a bit and laid on Kagome's bed, wishing tomorrow would hurry and come.

She wanted to hear all the details.

(Tsuki)

Rin found Sesshoumaru on the roof this time. He was using water colors to paint the view the high provided.

He had set an easel against the railing of the roof and was scrutinizing the layout when Rin flew up to his side.

"Nii-chan! I heard you met my Kagome-chan! Isn't she like I said! How'd you meet her? I was so upset that I had to be away during your first meeting! How was it, nii-chan? Did you like her?"

Sesshoumaru spared her a short glance and smirked, "If you must know, she ended up tackling my tray out of my hands, effectively ruining my meal and spilling a smoothie onto my person."

Rin blinked, her smile dying a little and she gave a small laugh before clasping her hands together, "How wonderful…"

Sesshoumaru snorted, "Yes."

Rin covered her eyes with her chubby fingers and sat onto the metal railing, her wings supporting the bulk of her weight, "So I'm guessing you don't like her?" She peeked through her fingers to gauge his reaction.

Sesshoumaru smirked, "Were I to say 'no' would you proclaim that I am going to hell?"

Rin narrowed her eyes, "Mean!"

He chuckled. "So I've been told." He continued to paint, the watery streaks of color slowly building a scene. "I do not dislike her, and I do not like her. I have no real opinion of her."

The brunette nodded, "Well that's good, I guess, seeing as she did spill a smoothie on you. I half expected worse once you mentioned that."

Sesshoumaru paused to rinse his brush, "I know a person who has a small studio where he constructs clothes. Would I be wrong in guessing that it would be acceptable to offer to set up an introduction?"

Rin grinned, "Not in the least! Thank you, nii-chan! You're better than ice cream!"

Sesshoumaru gave her a look, "A compliment, I suppose?"

Rin nodded and he resumed his water color painting.

(Tsuki)

The second time Sesshoumaru spoke to Kagome was that afternoon when he stopped her on her way out of school.

Rin happily waved at him from behind Kagome's leg. She had felt uncreative that day so she was wearing the uniform along with her ward.

He pulled Kagome aside, "I wish to introduce you to someone."

Kagome blinked, "…Oh?"

Sesshoumaru nodded and gestured for him to follow her, "An acquaintance of mine is interested in your work."

Kagome laughed, "I think he must be mistaking me for someone else. I haven't showcased my IB work to anyone other than the teacher."

Sesshoumaru led her, using a side trail, to the seating area behind the cafeteria. Seated there were four seniors.

Two were male and two were female and the four had chosen a decorated circular table in the beautiful area.

Kagome recognized them easily from the program. She was half certain that she had remembered their first names; however their last names were lost to her.

One was a raven haired man with midnight blue eyes. He had completely discarded his jacket and white button up shirt for a sleeveless royal purple shirt and the school slacks were removed in favor of black jeans. If she remembered correctly, his name was Mirouku. He was exceptional at design and would jokingly craft cosplay pieces which he set up on mannequins in the display room.

They had never spoken before, but she knew a lot about him when it came to his arts record. In fact that was applicable to all of them.

A long haired brunette that was named Sango was athletic and artist at the same time. She was a three sport captain with a love for pastels. Her layering with soft and oil pastels was incredibly enviable. She also ditched her uniform. She had swapped them for gray sweat pants and a green tank top.

The second female was Kikyou, she branched herself within the performance aspects of the arts and the visual. She danced and spent seven years of her life doing ceramics. She was the only one in their group who was actually wearing her uniform. Sesshoumaru would have been grouped in with her for that as he was wearing the pants and the button up shirt. His jacket however, was nowhere to be found.

The last person was Inuyasha, noticeably Sesshoumaru's brother. They had the same raven locks and the same amber eyes. Inuyasha had changed into a red long sleeved shirt and a pair of faded blue jeans. He spent most of his time switching between using charcoal and pencil pieces and oil paints.

Kagome waved gingerly when they all paused in their conversations to look at her.

Sesshoumaru waved his hand listlessly between the five, "This is Kagome. Feel free to introduce yourselves."

Rin sighed, "Try and sound more enthusiastic, nii-chan! You're acting like you're at a funeral."

He soundlessly took a seat in an open space between Sango and Kikyou. As he sat Kikyou waved with a smile, "Hello, I'm Kikyou Taharoki."

Rin followed Sesshoumaru and climbed into his lap, so that she could move to the table. Sesshoumaru gave her a look. He inconspicuously gestured towards her wings and Rin hit herself lightly on the forehead, "I always forget that they're there!"

Sango grinned, "Hey, I'm Sango Aiira. I've been wanting to meet the person who made Sesshoumaru bust his ass like that!" Kagome blushed.

And Sesshoumaru promptly gave Sango a scowl. Rin patted his cheeks, "Turn that frown upside down, nii-chan!"

Sesshoumaru gave her a warning look, knowing that she had already guessed that no matter what she said or did, Sesshoumaru could not give any response without appearing insane.

Inuyasha waved a bit, "Yo! I'm Inuyasha—his brother." He thumbed Sesshoumaru's direction. "I second Sango's comment. I got a good laugh outta that…"

Kagome gasped, "By the way, sorry about the car!"

Inuyasha waved it off, "No worries…Not a trace of anything left so it was cool."

Rin raised her brows, "And you're brothers? It's like your personalities are night and day!"

Sesshoumaru rubbed his brows.

Mirouku blew her a kiss, "Now for my introduction. I am genius… But you can simply call me Mirouku." Sango rolled her eyes slightly amused, "I love your modesty."

Mirouku laughed, "I'm only kidding."

Kagome let out a small giggle, "Hi! It's really nice to meet you all."

Sango gestured for her to take a seat, "These tables are big enough, take a seat."

Kagome scrambled over and sat in between Inuyasha and Mirouku as they both made room for her to slip in.

Mirouku moved to sit on the table top so he could face her. He propped his elbow on his knee and questioned, "Do you have any samples on you."

Kagome slipped her backpack off her shoulders and opened it. She pulled out two black wire bound books. "I always keep these with me. The one on top is more recent, but the second one has more in it."

She passed both to him with flushed cheeks, not used to others seeing her work.

Mirouku skimmed the second book's pages with a scrutinizing look to his eyes. He closed it after a moment and frowned, "And yet you haven't put anything solid together? It's a shame."

Kagome ran a hand through her hair. "I have my reasons."

Kikyou sighed, "Well none of them will be good enough to keep you in IB if you said you were a designer."

Sango leaned onto the table top and took one of the books, "Kikyou's right. I don't see the harm in just going home and making one of these. It'll keep the teachers off your back."

Kagome rubbed her temples. "Even if I wanted to, I don't have the materials nor do I even own a sewing machine."

Inuyasha snorted and drawled, "And you're positive you were sober when you selected design? You are aware that you can't half ass IB."

The brunette angel crossed her arms, "I take back my earlier comment. He's an ass too." Sesshoumaru did not even bother to even give her a look.

Mirouku reached over and patted Inuyasha's head, "Down boy. It's fine."

Kagome made a noise of frustration, "How do you figure? I don't mind sending in a resignation for the program. I rushed into the idea without considering anything."

Mirouku frowned. "Well, I don't mind letting you use my studio. I have supplies that are just going to waste and I wouldn't mind such beautiful company, Kagome-chan." He wagged his brows at her.

Rin looked horrified, "Sesshoumaru! You're friend is indecent!"

Sesshoumaru stifled a snort.

Sango reached over and grabbed his shirt, effectively pulling him towards her, "I swear, Mirouku, you probably hit on girls more now that we're dating!"

Mirouku laughed nervously, "You know it's all in good fun, love." Sango frowned and released him, "Well you need to find a new way to have fun…"

Kagome sighed, "I want to take you up your offer—"

Sesshoumaru interrupted her with a drawl of, "Then by all means do." Rin waited with baited breath for Kagome's response.

Kagome bit her bottom lip and after a moment said, "And you won't mind?"

Mirouku shook his head with a coy smile, "Not if you make me something, I won't."

The raven haired girl smiled, "Then I'll graciously take your offer."

Rin instantly hugged Sesshoumaru tightly. "Thank you nii-chan! You're the best!"

Sesshoumaru let out a sigh from the contact but let a ghost of a smile grace his lips.

The smell of paint and cologne swirled in the autumn air.

(Tsuki)

A.N. R&R