Love Through Roses: Chapter 1

#12: Inuyasha (Sesshōmaru & Kagome)
Prompt: Red

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Kagome blinked her eyes several times before closing the locker. After counting to ten, she opened the locker once more, and this time, she was finally convinced that she was not seeing things. There were indeed red roses in her locker. The question was how on earth it could end up there when she told no one about her locker's pin number. She carefully took out the enchanted roses – she could feel the spell around the roses. She couldn't really guess who the sender was because there were hundreds of students in this prestigious academy, and not to mention that every student in this academy had the power to cast this kind of spells.  

Shikon Academy was the only academy in Japan that accepted humans, hanyous and demons. Humans could enter this academy, only and only if they had spiritual power. And she was one of these groups of human. A miko, to be exact. Didn’t mean to brag, but currently, she was the strongest miko in the academy. She, of course, didn't flaunt this fact around, so only the lecturers and higher-ups knew this. Her cousin Kikyō, on the other hand, told everybody that she was more powerful than her. While some would believe her, most who had the eyes could tell that Kikyō was lying. Because of the immense power she held, she couldn't take off her necklace that suppressed her power.

As soon as she took out the roses, she finally realised how quiet her surrounding was. Nervously, she looked aside and saw how everyone looked between her and the roses. She sweat dropped as Kikyō approached her.  

"Oh, my beloved cousin received red roses. Who is the sender, dear?"

Kikyō's voice was sickeningly sweet that she cringed inwardly. Why she wanted to pretend that she cared about her was beyond her. Though they were cousins, for some unknown reason to her, Kikyō hated her. Before she could stop it, Kikyō snatched the roses with a sadistic smile on her face.

"Thirteen roses, hm? Dear, you don't actually believe that you have a secret admirer, do you?"

Knowing that it was useless to argue with her, she remained silent. Kikyō didn't even realise that they had gathered quite a crowd.

Kikyō gasped dramatically. "Don't tell me that you put this in the locker yourself?!"

Only Kikyō would come out with something like that. Envy was such a scary thing.

"These roses are beautiful. You won't mind giving it to me, right?"

Still, she offered no reply, and she could clearly see Kikyō's fuming face at being ignored.

Finally having enough, Kikyō threw the roses into her face. Before she could catch the flying bouquet, a striped arm caught it first. Her breath caught in her throat as the saviour of her roses turned to her and silently returning the flower. She blushed scarlet and accepted the roses before muttering, "Thank you."

He nodded and glared at Kikyō hard enough that she took a step back in fear. Everyone was afraid of him, but who wouldn't when he was the President of the Student Council and the eldest son of the Western Lord? Sesshōmaru Takahashi despised troublemakers that threatened the peace of the academy, and he had the power to punish anyone that was wrong in his list. It was good to say that everyone would try not to get into his bad list. Otherwise, life in the academy would never be the same.

"One warning is given, Kikyō Higurashi." His cold and clear baritone voice was enough to chill anyone to the bones. "Dispersed."

Without delay, everyone left the locker halls, leaving her and him alone.

She openly gaped at him when he left her with, "A rose reminds this Sesshōmaru of you."

Chapter 1—Secret Admirer Chapter 2—Desire Chapter 3—Friendship Chapter 4—Freshness Chapter 5—Unattainable Chapter 6—Deeply Loved Chapter 7—Eternal Love Next