"speaking"

He was seriously starting to get on her nervous. Rin was nice, easy going, and strangely against violence; but right now she would love to drive the thickest, sharpest knife in existence through her best friend's skull as hard as she could.

Bankotsu just wouldn't stop.

For the past seven months he's been trying to convince her that past relationships had only failed because the two of them were meant to be together. But she'd rejected him every single time. Due to the constant rejection he'd grown angry and more pushy, now he kept going on about how he was the best she could do since it was more than obvious no one else wanted her. She'd ended their friendship after that, but that didn't mean the bastard had given up.

Sesshomaru sat at a booth in a quaint little restaurant that he never would have set foot in before of his own free will, but he was there meeting someone to discuss business and had let her choose the place.

"I hope you weren't waiting long..." A child like feminine voice asked as a small woman with waist long dark brown hair, chocolate brown eyes that were both innocent and deep, and pale skin sat across from him. He silently admitted that she was attractive...for a human, but he was Lord Sesshomaru which automatically proved that his silent admittance was as far as it would go.

"You do not have a scent." He stated his expression remaining cold.
"I mask it whenever I leave my home, I'd hate for him to catch me while I'm out." Rin replied.

"This male you speak of is the reason you contacted my father's office?" He asked.

Rin nodded. Her father and Inutashio went way back, and when she'd come to him with her problem he'd given her Sesshomaru's number. She knew that the demon sitting before her had once been a cop of some sort, so keeping Bankotsu away form her shouldn't be too hard for him to do. Hell maybe she'd get lucky and Sesshomaru would kill him.

"Tell me about your problem." He said.

Rin sighed and decided it would be best to start from the beginning.

"Bankotsu and I grew up together." She started, " we were best friends up until June." Rin stopped her explanation to place her order with the waitress, Sesshomaru deciding to do the same since he hadn't eaten all day.

"What happened in June?" Sesshomaru asked. He needed to hear the rest of the story and determine the exact nature of her problem, so he could come up with a plan.

"He suggested we go beyond just friendship and I respectfully declined, explaining that I didn't share the same feelings that he did and never would." She explained.

Sesshomaru nodded in understanding taking a sip from his cup of coffee.

"Then in July he started spewing a bunch of nonsense about us being mates." She sighed.
"How do you know you're not his mate?" Sesshomaru asked.

"Because Bankotsu has a choice in who becomes his mate, whereas a demon like yourself has a mate that is pre chosen by fate." She explained. "Bankotsu wouldn't even have to remain faithful to his mate after marking her."

Sesshomaru was surprised by this, not a lot of humans knew how demons worked, but it seemed as if Rin knew as much as every purebred demon would.

"Anyway last month it became apparent that my rejections have only served to make him aggressive. Last weekend he even went as far as to attack and hospitalize one of my coworkers when he invited me to join him for drinks after work, and yesterday he spent all day sending me threatening and hurtful messages." She finished.

"This doesn't sound like a job that will be all that time consuming." Sesshomaru said.

"I am fine with whatever must be done." Rin told him. "I was informed that you normally just kill the cause of the problem depending on the situation."

"That is what shall be done if my presence does not deter him." Sesshomaru said as their food was placed in front of them.

R&R Please.