InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Strike a Pose ❯ Inuyasha Vs School ( Chapter 5 )

Chapter five: Inuyasha Vs School

This was why he hated school. Inuyasha was sat in his maths class and looking at the boring teacher like he was speaking some kind of foreign language. He was slowly losing the fight to stay awake and he knew that if his ass of a half brother would tell him he was childish and stupid for not understanding. It irked Inuyasha how perfectly pulled together Sesshoumaru was every goddamn second of the day.

Kagome was sat next to him, paying less attention to the droning voice than Inuyasha was and tapping her pencil against her sketch pad. He glanced down at the formerly white piece of paper that was now covered in random dress designs and bizarrely enough she seemed to be drawing sets of intensely staring eyes down the side as well. He didn't think she even realised what she was doing.

She gave a long sigh and serrupticiously stretched her cramping muscles before putting a hand on his shoulder and leaning in to speak in Inuyasha's ear.

“Did you see that?” she asked pointing out the window

“What?” he was confused

“My will to live, it just flew out of the window” she rolled her eyes and they both chuckled darkly.

Ayame, who was sat on the other side of Kagome, leant across “Be quiet or they bring out the thumb screws next” she smiled revealing her wolf fangs

Inuyasha smiled at the girl whilst Kagome battled with her giggles, he liked this ookami, the same couldn't be said for the one who sat in front of Kagome though.

As if he had been waiting for the cue Koga turned around to glare at the proximity of Inuyasha and Kagome.

“Hey half breed, you shouldn't be touching something as pure as a Miko” he growled so low that Kagome's human ears and Ayame who was too far away couldn't hear him. Inuyasha's ears flattened to his skull as the comment hit home slightly.

It wasn't like he had any interest in Kagome that was anything other than platonic (his brother might kill him otherwise) but he knew a Miko who he'd love to be on a less than platonic relationship with. He'd been treated all his life like a second class citizen, his brother was acceptable because that was just Sesshoumaru being Sesshoumaru but it stung to have to listen to insults from the ookami. He was probably right Inuyasha though dejectedly, Kikyo wouldn't want something as disgusting as a Hanyou touching her.

***

Kagome wasn't stupid; she knew something was wrong with her Hanyou friend. He had been dejected and his ears plastered to his head since math class. She knew he hated math as much as she did but she didn't know he hated it that much. Which meant it had to be something else.

Sesshoumaru could also sense the Hanyou's discomfort that was more melancholy. He had no idea of the source of the bad mood however and due to his blatant lack of social skills he was unsure of how to get the relevant information from the Hanyou without sounding like he cared. Because he didn't.

Yeah right, we all know pack law rules.

Shut up, I'm telling you if you weren't part of me you'd be dead already.

Calm down, I'm supposed to be the angry one

Shut up

They were sat in the cafeteria, against Sesshoumaru's wishes. His lunch time spot of choice was outside away from the masses, but he wasn't stupid enough to leave the relative safety of Kagome's side. While he was with her he was only treated to longing looks and flirtatious smiles, if he strayed from the safety of her company he was more often than not tackled by a bunch of mad hormonal women. He was really beginning to regret making the promise with Kagome that he wouldn't kill anyone. He stepped marginally closer to her and she hit him.

“Don't use me as a human shield” she warned him

“I would never do something as cowardly as hide behind someone” he sneered at her and she scoffed

“Don't make me leave you alone,” she sniggered “maybe I should let them have their wicked way with you in a broom closet somewhere”

He chuckled darkly “Don't project your own fantasies onto others” he teased

She blushed slightly and treated him to a glare “My fantasies are a lot less grubby, who would actually have sex in a cupboard anyhow?” she said

“I'm sure I could convince you” he whispered in her ear running his claws along her back seductively. He was sick of her always teasing him; it was about time for some revenge. She blushed furiously and tried to think of a comeback.

“Aw, come on some of us are trying to eat” Ayame wrinkled up her nose

“Speaking of eating, why haven't you touched your food Inuyasha?” Kagome turned a concerned gaze onto the Hanyou who was usually the black hole of food. By this time he had usually eaten all of his food and was trying to filch some of theirs.

Inuyasha continued to gaze out of the window of the cafeteria with a vacant look in his eyes.

“Inuyasha?” Kagome asked trying to gain his attention and failing spectacularly he looked stoned or something his eyes were so vacant.

Sesshoumaru sighed and hit the Hanyou around the back of his head. This effectively gained both the Hanyou's attention and his glare.

“Why the fuck did you do that?” he demanded

“Because you had been abducted by the daydream fairies” Kagome said as she began to lazily braid some of Ayame's red hair.

“Seventy percent of what comes out of your mouth is complete babble” Sesshoumaru sighed

“More like a hundred percent” Ayame sniggered

“I have in the palm of my hand power over you” Kagome said giving a gentle tug on the red hair to demonstrate “don't make me exercise it”

“Gomen” Ayame yelped

“The point still stands” Kagome pivoted her attention back to Inuyasha

“Yeah? And what question is that wench?” Inuyasha growled, he was wallowing in the pits of self pity and didn't appreciate being bothered.

“What is the matter?” she asked slowly like she was speaking to a child that was learning to speak and had barely limited understanding.

“Nothing, keh” he grumbled

Kagome was beginning to get seriously pissed off and was considering hitting Inuyasha upside the head with something, or someone when a certain wolf demon intervened.

“Kagome!” Kouga exclaimed in delight as he sat at their table jamming a chair in-between her and Sesshoumaru without a backwards glance at the obviously irritated Yokai.

“Kouga-kun” Kagome's reply was less enthusiastic, but this flew over his head.

“What the hell do you want baka ookami” needless to say Inuyasha wasn't exactly happy over seeing him again

“Shut up half breed, I don't have to listen to you” said Kouga rolling his eyes

Both Kagome and Sesshoumaru tensed at the venom in his tone and turned to frown at him whilst Ayame rolled her eyes.

“Yeah well no one invited you into this conversation” Inuyasha bit back

“Yeah I may not be welcome in this conversation” Kouga grinned “but at least I'm welcome in the presence of normal people, same can't be said for you huh Hanyou?” he jeered

Sesshoumaru growled and cracked his knuckles in a threatening manner, he was the only one allowed to taunt the Hanyou and he was preparing to rectify the situation when he was beaten to it by a severely annoyed Ayame.

She leant over and grabbed the offending ookami by the lobe of his pointed ear and dragged him down to her mouth.

“Shut the fuck up” she snarled before tossing him onto the floor of the cafeteria with an ease that was faintly comical. She got up from her seat and loomed over the fallen ookami before pinning him to the floor by his neck in a show of dominance.

“Is she his mate?” Sesshoumaru whispered in Kagome's ear

“I didn't think so” she replied in a hushed tone “but now I'm not so sure”

Sesshoumaru smirked. Within the ookami Yokai hierarchy the female is more dominant and a challenge such as the one she was presenting by dominating him in front of the entire cafeteria of enthralled students was unlikely to be taken lying down. Kouga would, if he had a lick of sense he would accept the challenge.

Sesshoumaru gazed down at the fallen, stupidly grinning ookami, and he knew in that second that this ookami wouldn't take up the challenge.

Baka ookami

Like you can say anything with Kagome sat right there

Shut up already

***

“Are you okay Inuyasha?” Kikyo was concerned, not that you'd know it by her tone, she sounded kind of bored and if you didn't know her you'd assume she was bored. They were sat in the penthouse kitchen, Sesshoumaru had vanished to his darkened sanctum, Inuyasha was slurping instant Ramen with less gusto than usual and Kagome was playing with Rin's hair as she sat at one of the bar stools eating a gingerbread cookie.

“Keh, I'm fine” he snarled

Kagome hit him with a flip-flop she had procured from seemingly nowhere and he rubbed his head before turning to glare at her.

“What'd you do that for wench?” he asked

She hit him with the flip-flop again “Don't call me wench and stop snarling at everyone who is expressing concern for your welfare.” She scolded

Kikyo looked at Inuyasha intently for a moment before privately concluding that depression didn't suit him. She tapped his shoulder and he turned to glare at her instead and she hugged him in the same way she used to hug Kagome when there was a thunderstorm.

“Wh-what... Kikyo?” he stuttered blushing ten shades of red, she was standing whilst he was sitting so he currently had the side of his face pressed against her breast bone.

She released him and took the cup of his finished Ramen and put it in the bin calmly. He looked to Kagome for reassurance and she raised an eyebrow at him.

“That's how Kikyo soothes people, silent hugs” Kagome told him “next time if you're lucky she'll kiss you on the top of your head too”

The Hanyou blushed an even deeper red and Kagome tilted her head to one side in mock concern “are you okay Inuyasha, you're awfully red”

“Keh, shut up wench” he muttered but inside he felt better. He had worried Kikyo wouldn't want a filthy Hanyou to touch her but then she had gone and hugged him. The last time he had been hugged had been a long time ago and the familiar forgotten feeling was soothing.

Kikyo's blackberry beeped and she flipped it open read the message and then smirked the most evil of smirks, it was so scary it rivalled Sesshoumaru. Both Inuyasha and Kagome took an unconscious step back from her and Rin whimpered.

“What?” Inuyasha demanded whilst Kagome muttered something like `the apocalypse is nigh' and hid behind Rin.

“Guess where we are going?” she shook her blackberry in his face and he narrowed his eyes as he tried to read the text.

Kagome gave a yelp as she realised what was going on and tried to bolt only to collide with the firm chest of Sesshoumaru.

“Hold her!” Kikyo ordered and in confused shock Sesshoumaru obeyed clamping his hands around Kagome's upper arms in a vice like grip.

“No let me go” she whimpered

“What's going on?” Sesshoumaru asked in confusion, an emotion he wasn't well versed in and was uncomfortable experiencing it.

“We are all needed to do some modelling for Okasan's new summer wear” Kikyo grinned

Inuyasha paled and whimpered his ears flattening to his head “Aw, come on my day sucks already, don't I get a free pass?”

“No” Kikyo slung her bag over her shoulder and grabbed Rin's hand “Come on Rin” she then proceeded to grab Inuyasha by one furry appendage and drag him out as well she paused in the door way “come on and bring the next victim” she tossed over her shoulder as she nodded towards Kagome.

Sesshoumaru smirked and it was terrifying before he slung a wailing Kagome over one broad shoulder and carried her from the apartment, ignoring her when she pounded her fists on his back. Revenge was indeed sweet.

***

They had set up the set on location, which was unusual for Megumi who mostly made them work off a set but it had been explained that they wanted it to look more realistic. So they were all stood alongside a privately owned outdoor swimming pool in one of the most exclusive hotels in the city that had been paid to close the pool just for the shoot. The pool overlooked the beach and although it may have been freezing, it didn't look it. The view was the scary kind of perfect that postcards always seemed to depict.

Rin was sat across from Kagome on the makeshift desk that was supposed to hold makeup for Sango, she was sucking on a lollipop that she had procured from somewhere within Sango's bag of doom. Kagome had gone inside that bag before today and found condoms, a Mickey Mouse fountain pen, a plastic tea cup and a Barbie head. Strangely enough she's never gone back into Sango's bag again.

Sango was charged with looking after Rin for the extent of the shoot as she was not needed to model today.

“I hate you” Kagome glared at Kikyo who chose to merely beam at her, which was scary in itself.

“I love you too” was the reply

“How can you do this to me?” Kagome questioned as Sango carefully applied blusher to her aristocratic cheekbones

“I simply do not know what you are talking about” said Kikyo tossing her newly styled hair in a way that made the hair stylist grit his teeth together and count to ten in his head.

“Done!” Sango exclaimed throwing Kagome out onto the set with a reckless abandon that nearly resulted in breaking Naraku's precious camera. He jumped from wherever he'd been lurking and grabbed it out of the way with the scary grace that only he could posses.

“Watch it” he snarled at her

She gave him a look that blatantly screamed `overreaction much?' but apologised anyway “Gomen”

“What's eating him?” Inuyasha asked appearing behind Kagome and nearly giving her a heart attack. He was wearing beach shorts and a vest that exposed the muscled biceps of his arms, he was tanned a golden colour and it suited him enough that hewas distracting the other females who were supposed to be working.

“Don't do that” she hit his arm and bruised her hand “don't worry about him, he's just an ass who's in love with his camera”

“Why are you freaking out over the shoot?” he asked “I thought you were used to this modelling shit”

She rolled her eyes at his coarse language “I help out sometimes, but I hate doing bathing suit shoots!”

“Why?” he asked dumbly and Kagome slapped her hand onto her forehead

“And therein lies the key as to why you dear brother have no girlfriend” Sesshoumaru did the appearing out of nowhere trick that seemed popular on that day and they both jumped out of their skin. He like Inuyasha was in casual beach wear and the top three buttons on the shirt were undone exposing sculpted ivory chest muscles to Kagome's gaze, she blushed and thanked whoever might be listening for him not noticing.

“What the hell do you mean?” Inuyasha threw at Sesshoumaru once he had recovered

“You're an idiot” Kagome simplified

“If you weren't a girl I'd have hit you already” he glared at her

“If it came to a fight between the two of us I'd purify your ass before you could twitch your ears” Kagome was dismissive and her tone caused Sesshoumaru to crack a rare and thankfully unnoticed smile that he hid quickly.

“Yeah?” Inuyasha glared at her

“You two need to stop acting so juvenile” Kikyo commented as she walked up to them

“I thought you guys were supposed to be in bathing suits” a proverbial light bulb went on above Inuyasha's head

“We are” Kagome wondered where he was going with this

“So what's with the robe thing?” he asked plucking at the robe sleeve covering Kikyo's arm. She slapped him away and gave him a look.

“Even though it's sunny it's cold and we don't want pneumonia” Kikyo pointed out

“Someone's a pervert” Sesshoumaru smirked

“Shut up!” Inuyasha yelled

“You get here!” a woman yelled at Kagome and Sesshoumaru before grabbing a wrist in each of her hands and dragging them away after her leaving a flabbergasted Inuyasha and a bemused Kikyo in her wake.

“Where'd she come from?” Inuyasha muttered

“There's a lot of that happening today” said Kikyo musingly

Meanwhile Kagome was becoming involved with an altercation with the woman who had whisked them away. She was trying to get Kagome to take of the robe and Kagome was clinging to it like a drowning man clings to a life preserver.

“What's her problem?” Inuyasha asked

“When we were younger people used to tease her about her weight” Kikyo said “because we were twins and I was always so bony”

“She was bullied?” Inuyasha asked in concern for his new if a little weird friend. He knew the sensation of being picked on for no fault of your own.

“Yeah I guess, she wasn't fat she was normal but because I was so small and we were twins they wailed on her. When we moved schools when I was ten she punched the first guy in the face who said she was fat”

“Sounds like Kagome” Inuyasha nodded and chuckled

“She says she's over it” Kikyo said strangely comfortable for talking for a long period of time due to the fact that had always been Kagome's job, she realised her new found comfort in the spoken word was all the dog eared boys doing and wondered “but she's still a little uncomfortable when she's not wearing many clothes”

“Which leads to this” Inuyasha raised an eyebrow as Kagome folded her arms across her chest and stubbornly turned away from the woman.

The woman was apparently unwilling to be shown up by a teenage girl and whipped the robe from Kagome forcibly revealing her standing there in nothing but a white and blue bikini with a blue sarong thrown around her shapely hips.

The way the woman revealed Kagome's bare flesh held the essence of someone doing a magic trick and everyone had turned to look. The new lighting guy's mouth fell open and he dropped the seriously expensive equipment he was carrying.

“Bitch” Kagome muttered glaring at the woman who had promptly hidden her robe somewhere and was now stood behind Naraku with a self satisfied smirk decorating her features.

“I see why you wanted to cover up” Sesshoumaru intoned in her ear.

She froze, what the hell did that mean?

“I've never seen one woman cause so much mayhem by just uncovering her body” Sesshoumaru was oblivious to her reaction and was watching the lighting guy recover stupidly and receive a tongue lashing from Naraku for breaking the equipment.

Kagome relaxed when she realised what he meant, for one brief terrifying moment she was five years old again, being heckled by the kids at school.

Sesshoumaru on the other hand was beginning to view modelling in a less negative way. If posing to some camera provided him with unadulterated access to Kagome's almost naked body he was happy. Perverted, but happy and that was not something that happened much.

Naraku recovered from his little tantrum over the smashed, ludicrously expensive equipment and turned back to the two he wanted to pose. Megumi's instructions had been happy, carefree and fun, he surveyed the two models musingly before clicking his finger's together as he thought of something.

“Sesshoumaru-kun, Kagome-chan I need you to do something” he called gaining their attention they both looked at him expectantly. “Can you put Kagome-chan on your back?”

The two models glanced at each other and shrugged before Kagome jumped onto Sesshoumaru's back and he held her as she tried to use his as a getaway vehicle to escape the shoot. He glowered at her and she stopped and sulked.

“Okay, Kagome-chan don't cross your legs let him hold them, Sesshoumaru-kun move your hands further up her legs towards the tops of her thighs, Kagome-chan I need you to lean back from his body so we can see more of the bikini, okay can someone give Kagome those silvery sandals to hold in one hand and can someone undo another two buttons on the shirt he's wearing?”

Sesshoumaru growled at the woman who undid his buttons and Kagome `accidentally' pinched his neck which led to an undignified yelp which made her start laughing. He pinched her thigh and she stopped laughing abruptly.

“I need you guys to look contented and happy” Naraku ordered

Inuyasha burst out laughing “Hate to break this to you man, but Sesshoumaru doesn't know what happy means”

Naraku gave him a look that would have turned most people to ice, he wasn't comfortable with how close Inuyasha was to Kikyo but he was too professional to say anything about it.

“Come on Sesshoumaru you have to smile!” Kagome encouraged in the same manner one might encourage a turbulent puppy.

“I will drop you”

“You love me really” she grinned inanely and he rolled his eyes

“Hey, Kagome” Inuyasha yelled from his place beside Kikyo “if you want him to smile then try tickling his ears”

Sesshoumaru growled viscously at the Hanyou and both Kikyo and Kagome looked perplexed. Actually it was rather that Kagome looked comically perplexed whereas Kikyo with a certain air of dignity merely looked enquiring.

“The ears are one of the most sensitive places on an Inu Yokai” Inuyasha pointed out and then chuckled darkly, a chord stuck within Kikyo and she realised that the Hanyou was merely saying a half-truth, there was some hidden agenda and due to the increased volume behind Sesshoumaru's growls .

“What are you planning?” she whispered in his furry dog ear

“Who, me?” he acted innocent and she smirked

She grabbed said furry white appendage and yanked him down to the level of her mouth “Talk” she ordered

“They are really sensitive!” he whimpered and she wondered suddenly if she were some kind of sadist as she smirked at his annoyed expression. Ah well, all is good as long as she doesn't start spilling hot wax on him...

“But what's your agenda?” she asked softly

“If you touch them right it can be incredibly arousing” he said that so fast that she struggled to hear it and when she finally deciphered the random jumble of words she did something she never did and started to laugh, a genuine belly aching laugh that wasn't teasing or scornful. Sango raised an eyebrow and silently concluded that the apocalypse was coming.

Kikyo recovered from her laughter and rubbed the ear she had just abused, causing his chest to reverberate with something she could only describe as a purr. If Inuyasha still harboured any doubts over what Kouga had said he didn't after that, he'd just told her that rubbing ears was sexual and yet here she was; rubbing his ears.

Kagome who was not a demon had no idea what Kikyo and Inuyasha were arguing over and decided to shrug it off and try what Inuyasha had suggested.

Sesshoumaru tensed as he felt her nimble fingers trace the tips of his pointed ears and he grit his jaw to stop from purring or moaning or both. Her delicate touch on his ears was stimulating an entirely different part of his anatomy and that goddamn Hanyou had planned that. What really irked him though was not the teasing she was naively inflicting on him; it was the fact that she was inflicting it naively.

“Stop or prepare to meet with the floor rather sharply” he threatened

She jerked upright from her slouch and raised her eyebrows “Why? I'm only trying to help”

“You are not helping, desist”

She glowered at the back of his head and pouted.

“Stop pouting, we're doing a shoot” he said in a bored monotone as he watched Naraku lose patience with them and grind his teeth together.

She gasped in shock and began to check the back of his head for a third eye or something, how the hell had he managed to be able to tell the face she was pulling?

“You're very predictable”

And now he can read minds, she pouted some more and smirked when Naraku looked like he was going to tear his wavy black hair out; she never really liked that guy.

“Stop pouting it is unbecoming”

“I'll stop pouting when you start smiling” she gave him and ultimatum which he hated, it was not as if she had any control over him.

He turned to look at the camera and smiled...

Several of the women working on the shoot fainted, more swooned and Kikyo rolled her eyes.

“What did you do?” Kagome asked in surprise, she was the only one who couldn't see his face

“He's smiling!” Inuyasha crowed as Kagome laughed and Naraku started to take his shots. Inuyasha was glad someone was taking photos of this, he needed proof that such a thing had ever occurred.

Kikyo and Inuyasha had an easier time when they were called to pose. Kikyo was asked to sit with her legs dangling in the pool and kick the water which worked well for what Naraku wanted to achieve. Inuyasha was coerced into swimming through the pool whilst Naraku tried to get good shots of a moving entity, it was hard to do but it would be even harder to pose him to make it look like he was swimming. Then he got Kagome and Kikyo to jump in the pool together. Kikyo, Kagome and Sesshoumaru sat around a table on the terrace with a parasol offering some shade whilst laughing...

“And that's it, nice work everyone, we have some good shit here” Naraku wouldn't sound enthusiastic about the shoot to the average listener but he had to admit it had been good. What the two brothers lacked in experience they made up for in looks, not to mention the girls were very patient in schooling them. He couldn't help but worry about how patient Kikyo was being; she was normally cool and detached with everyone other than Kagome and Rin but she was warming up to Inuyasha more than he had been able to achieve over four months. It was irritating and he left the shoot pretty fast.

“Hey guys” Megumi appeared out of nowhere and got her knees tackled by Rin as Sango bid them farewell.

“Hey Okasan” Kagome smiled and Kikyo nodded

“Megumi-san” Sesshoumaru nodded and Inuyasha saluted her

“I bought the pool for the entire day but you guys finished early” she grinned as Kagome widened her eyes in anticipation “so you guys can play for a while as long as you don't come back too late”

Inuyasha grinned and Kagome gave a whoop of happiness whilst Kikyo cracked a small smile and Sesshoumaru remained impassive.

“Can I stay?” Rin questioned looking up at her Obasan

“Gomen, Rin-chan but you have to go to Rei-chan's birthday party” Megumi smiled and then glanced at her slim watch “Which we are already late for”

“Yay!” Rin giggled “birthday cake”

“See you guys later” Megumi smiled “take advantage of those bathing suits I made you model”

“Do you ever stop to think how sad it is that Rin-chan has a better social life than us?” Kagome asked as Rin and Megumi left.

“Speak for yourself” Kikyo tossed her hair and Kagome elbowed her in her ribs

Inuyasha jumped straight into the pool causing a tidal waved that soaked the other three teenagers.

“I think that answers your question” Sesshoumaru noted

“He demeans us” Kagome sighed

“Shut up and jump in!” Inuyasha ordered tossing his now soaking hair back off his face as he breached the surface of the pool.

“Go drown” Kagome rolled her eyes at him

Sesshoumaru smirked and casually pushed her into the pool, there was an almighty smack as she hit the surface of the water and then sank into its depths. Sesshoumaru's eyes glinted in an evil manner revenge it seemed truly was satisfying.

“What was that for?” she threw at him when she broke the surface of the water gasping. Sesshoumaru allowed himself a moment to commit the view of her with drops of water clinging to her skin to memory before he answered.

“If you don't know I'm not going to tell you” Sesshoumaru rolled his eyes

“Insufferable” she muttered glaring at him

“Hn” he smirked and she smirked back reaching out and grabbing him by his shorts before pulling him into the water. Of course a young ningen onna shouldn't have been able to do that to a Yokai, but he was unsuspecting and she was pissed. When he surfaced she started to laugh and a water fight was quickly undertaken.

Kikyo smiled softly, unseen by the others and then dived elegantly into the fray. Unbeknownst to everyone she loved moments of complete stupidity, they made her feel safe and wanted. It was hard being her but being her with them was easy.

She gasped as a tidal wave of water hit her courtesy of a certain Hanyou.

Acting stupid was fun.

A/N: I do not own Inuyasha and no profit is made from this. Yay another chapter, is everyone happy? Thanks to those people who reviewed last time; Moonlight X Luna, Serenity digo19, Vampire-princesses, gigglez30, Kiya-Eye of the beholder, White-cloud1 and Pcebabe. Please review again mina-san!

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