New Story for my InuYasha crowd ^^ REVIEW...I'm addicted to the bloody things

Warnings: except for a few bad word here and there, nothing thus far.

AN- Don't own InuYasha

The sun shone through the parted clouds, beating down on the students as they ran around the university campus, some scrambling to get to class others blaring their horns at the scurrying students as they tried to get home for the day. Sesshomaru relaxed on the stone steps next to the soccer field, his muscular body lounging as he watched the busy life of university.

His cell phone buzzed in his pocket, alerting him to someone he was most likely avoiding. Peaking at the number, he groaned as he returned the device to his pocket and picking himself off the steps. Stepping on light feet, the great dog demon of the west made his way over to his silver Ferrari spider. Turning the key, Sesshomaru listen to his car purr before shifting into gear and looking over his shoulder

"What's up, mutt?"

Sesshomaru growled and turned to his driver's side window to see the waist of his most hated thing he had ever encountered. Pulling out his keys and shutting off his car, Sesshomaru leaned back to look up at Naraku's smirking face, his body leaning casually against the car and his right arm placed on the top of the top of his car's cover.

"Get off my car," Sesshomaru growled, moving to open his car door so that he can stand tall and face Naraku. Leaning off the car and ghosting away, Naraku watched with the smirk still plastered on his face as Sesshomaru stepped from his sports car.

"Did you get my text?" he asked innocently.

"Yes," Sesshomaru snapped, clearly agitated.

"Then why didn't you respond?"

"I'm trying to give you the hint to fuck off."

"Oh, ouch!" Naraku winced in mock pain, clutching his heart, "you hurt me so."

Sesshomaru just shot him daggers, fully pissed at the spider in front of him feigning hurt.

"What do you want?"

Naraku looked up from his pitiful acting, "well, if you read my text," he sneered, "you would know that my brothers and I wanted you to come over for a drink with us."

Sesshomaru looked to where Naraku was gesturing and felt his frustration grow at the sight of Byakuya, Hakudoshi, and Goshinki all standing around at the entrance to the university, waving cheerily in his direction.

Turning back to Naraku, Sesshomaru pierced him with another deadly glare before responding, "No."

Never faltering with his smile, Naraku gently placed his hand on Sesshomaru's car door and leaned into it as Sesshomaru seemed to grow in fury.

"Come on, just one drink?"

"No, now get the fuck off my car, I just had it cleaned," Sesshomaru snapped, moving toward Naraku with the intention of fully hurting him.

Laughing, Naraku held up both his hands and stepped away from the shiny convertible, avoiding the raging demon.

"Come on, go with us for one drink and we'll leave you alone dog," came the velvety voice of Hakudoshi; during their argument, neither Sesshomaru nor Naraku noticed Naraku's brothers approach the two of them, now eager to join in on the fun.

A perfectly sculpted eyebrow was raised in doubt as Sesshomaru looked down on Hakudoshi.

"Apparently," Sesshomaru started, "all of you are too stupid to understand the meaning of the word no."

Chucking, Byakuya decided to take the reins, "look, it's in a bar, nothing seedy, and just one drink, what can go wrong?"

"Let me count the ways," Sesshomaru mumbled, wondering how much he would have to bribe people if he just hopped in the car and drove through them; then again, there was no telling what damage they would do to his car.

Growling in anger, Sesshomaru rubbed his temples as the four brothers kept bantering and bothering him on and on about going out with them.

"I've told you countless times now, NO!" Sesshomaru half-yelled, stunning the four into momentary silence, before Goshinki decided to goad him even further.

"What's the matter?" he sneered, "you too good to hang out with us? Too much of a pretty boy?"

Sesshomaru visibly tensed at the comment, his pride surging to the fore front of his mind.

"First of all, of course I'm too good for you guys, I'm too good for anyone really, and secondly, just because I can get any girl I want doesn't make me a pretty boy, Goshinki," Sesshomaru sneered, his attitude and ego visibly showing.

The four brothers looked at each other and grinned maliciously.

"Any girl?" Naraku slyly asked, his grin becoming more snake-like.

"Any girl," Sesshomaru repeated, crossing his arms over his well-defined torso.

"Care to put that to a bet?" Byakuya asked, his grin equalling in Naraku's deviousness.

Sesshomaru perked up at this,; normally, he wouldn't take their goading, but this sounded interesting.

"What kind of bet?" he asked slowly, caution keeping him from jumping head first.

"Simple, we pick a girl for you, and you just get her to confess to you."

"Sounds straight forward enough," Sesshomaru reluctantly agreed, "what are the rules?"

"One," Hakudoshi said, holding up a single finger, "you can't force her to say it, she has to do it on her own."

"Fine," Sesshomaru murmured, "then I have one of my own; you can't tell her this is a bet. If you do, I win automatically."

"That's fair," Naraku agreed, "then here's another one, it falls under the no forcing rule but, you can't pay her off. Oh! And one more thing, we need to hear her say it."

Sesshomaru nodded in agreement, "anything else?"

Naraku pondered it for a moment before continuing, "alright, how about this? If and when you get the confession and no one's around, you find a way to tape it and post the results on Facebook or YouTube, deal?"

Sesshomaru tilted his head in thought, "So I can use any means, buying here expensive gifts and the like provided I don't buy her off?"

Goshinki nodded, "sounds fair," he grumbled.

A grin etched on Sesshomaru's features as his eyes narrowed, "O.K, so what happens when I win?"

The four brothers looked at each other before silently agreeing, "we leave you alone for the rest of the school year. No texts, no invites, no nothing, we just go away."

Sesshomaru smirked at that, a whole year without them, how wonderful that sounded.

"But if you lose," Naraku continued, knowing he was only edging on his competitor, "you do what we ask, when we ask. That means no turning down invites and hanging with us when we call you."

Sesshomaru looked at the four brothers for a moment, mulling over his options. Feeling his grin growing even wider, Sesshomaru extended his hand. Taking Naraku matched the other's grin as they shook on their agreement.

"Five months pup," Naraku grinned, "you gotta get a girl to say those three words in five months."

"And I know just the girl," Hakudoshi sneered, "meet me by the library in half an hour, I guarantee this one's perfect."

Standing by the stone lions that guarded the library, Sesshomaru and the others stood waiting as Hakudoshi had run off in search of the perfect one. Growing impatient, Sesshomaru looked at his watch.

"He's seventeen minutes late," he glowered, looking angrily from one brother to the next.

"Patience Sesshomaru," Naraku simpered, "he'll be here."

Huffing, Sesshomaru leaned his back against the stone feline, wanting nothing more than to get the damn bet over with.

"Speak of the devil," Byakuya cheerily said, watching as the albino runt came hurrying their way.

"Where's the girl?" Sesshomaru practically demanded.

"Eager, aren't we?" Hakudoshi sneered, "don't get your ears in a twist, I came to show you, not introduce you. She's over there, you can't miss her."

Sesshomaru's eyes followed Hakudoshi's finger as he spotted a frazzled looking girl run across the field, her arms laden with books that her crammed backpack couldn't fit. Before his eyes, Sesshomaru watched as the messed haired girl trip and fall, directly into a puddle of mud.

"Her?" her asked incredulously, as the pathetic looking girl picked herself up and started searching through the mud to find her now soggy and ruined books.

"Yep," Hakudoshi beamed, "unless, that is, if you think you're up to the challenge."

"Hmph, getting her to fall in love with me won't be a challenge, it's the fact that she looks like that," he sneered, gesturing at the poor creature as she gathered up the muddied books in her arms, bowing her head against her peers jeering as she hurried away from the field, "I wouldn't be caught dead with something like her."

"Then let's up the ante," Naraku sneered, "you make that freak into something half decent as well as making her say I love you with feeling," Naraku emphasised, "and I'll transfer schools and leave you alone for good."

"Deal," Sesshomaru said quickly, the opportunity of Naraku never bothering him again was too good to pass up.

"Well now, you best go help your future girlfriend no shouldn't you?"

Smirking, Sesshomaru turned on his heels and walked back towards his car, "her name," he asked Hakudoshi, "what is it?"

"Rin, Rin Todoke."

Sesshomaru leaned back in his chair, a mug of hot tea steaming in his hands, his eyes resting on her class photo. She wasn't a total loss, her skin was clear at least; but her eyes lacked luster and her face seemed to be in permanent dismay. Not only that, but after a few bribes, Sesshomaru had managed to ascertain her bio, and found out that she was here on a scholarship and came from a foster home.

Sesshomaru smirked, she was poor and ugly, there was no way he was losing this bet. Placing his mug of tea down on the desk, Sesshomaru ran a clawed had across her picture.

"Rin Todoke," he mumbled, "you will fall head over heels for me whether you want to or not."

Sooooo...what d'ya think, REVIEWS PLEASE. I writes more if yous do ^^