"Life's unfair. What's even more unfair is that we can't do a damn thing about it."

Darkness was everywhere. The half breed could hardly see his de-clawed hand in front of his face. It was always like this, day in and day out. There hadn't been many customers lately. He figured Naraku, the owner of this lovely establishment, must have scared them all away with his evil appearance. The cleaners hadn't even been around very much. His cell in particular was getting rather dusty and dirty. He hadn't even taken a bath in a while. No wonder no one ever bought him. Then again, did he really want to be purchased by some unknown vermin?

And then suddenly the door opened at the far end of the hallway, emitting a long stream of light. It burned Inuyasha's eyes. For a brief moment he could see how grimy his hair looked and the dirt marks on his cheeks. Then it was gone. It was silent besides the sound of breathing demons, humans and half demons alike and calm footsteps. Then a voice echoed through everyone's ears. A familiar voice. "Alright everyone. Look alive now, we have a few visitors seeking to buy a concubine. I'll give you a few minutes to straighten yourselves up." Naraku.

Suddenly the lights blinked on and the door clicked shut again, signaling the proprietor of his soul had left. Inuyasha looked around, all the female demons began applying their red paint to their puckered lips and varying colors to their eyelids. He grimaced in disgust. They were ugly whores. The reason everyone but himself was a woman was because only women and hanyous could bare children. Sad to say, he was the only hanyou here besides Naraku. Inuyasha then proceeded to prepare himself for the guests. His dull golden eyes glanced at his reflection in the cracked and filthy mirror as he splashed some water from his mini sink onto his face to clean himself. After this he ran his fingers through his silver hair quietly, waiting patiently for the bastard half breed to enter again and announce the others' entrance.

He didn't have to wait long. A few minutes and a slam of the steel door later, the two newcomers and Naraku were inside. Inuyasha thanked whatever god was above that he was at the end. Most of the purchasers didn't get to the end before they bought somebody. But these people were different…

Inuyasha strained his forehead against the bars to see the two demons that walked down the hall with cells on the sides, searching and probing at a fine pace. One had long, long silky silver hair that reminded this hanyou of the moon. And ironic enough, their was a blue crescent one on the man's forehead. He also had magenta stripes running down his cheeks and wrists, probably in other places too. His eyes were of pure gold, they held chunks of ice, but were still so pretty to look at. The youkai wore armor that was spiked and a red dotted haori. His yellow and blue obi swayed with his walking legs, his feet not even making a sound on the tiled floor. To describe him in one word…beautiful. Maybe even gorgeous.

The one next to him, who stood rather close, the two must have been mates, he had furry armor on. His jet-black hair was pulled back into a high ponytail and his blue eyes gleamed in hatred as they walked on. He was definitely angry at something. He wore also something akin to a skirt and had wristbands and the lot all over him. He must have been a wolf. To describe him in one word…frightening.

As the pair got closer, Inuyasha could feel their powerful auras radiate them in every which way. They were strong, no doubt about it. He could also confirm one of his suspicions, they were mates. He'd seen a mark on the beautiful ones neck when he turned to look into a cell to his left. The scents hit his nose and he breathed deeply. He was a dog demon! Just like him! Inuyasha craned his neck to see further out at them.

They were steadily making their way to him. He could hear them now. "Ugh, too ugly…Whore…too masculine looking…too weak…" Well, look's like the beauty's a bitch. Funny.

"Sess, we need to choose somebody! I swear, we've been to three of these sicko things and you haven't liked even one of these…these…people!" The other one, the frightening one, said as he gazed into one of the cubicles that held a principally ugly demoness. He quickly returned his gaze in front of him.

"Well that's because they're all…not right for me." The beauty said, turning to look at his mate with a spiteful glare. Naraku looked nervous.

"I assure you, we have many, many here for you to see. I could even offer a discount." Naraku said, fumbling with his feet, trying to keep up to the speed the two were at.

The frightening one looked to the beautiful one pleadingly. "Sesshomaru?" The beauty, apparently named Sesshomaru, growled in annoyance and nodded stiffly, returning to searching for a concubine for whatever reason they needed it. The other smiled and sighed contentedly.

"Kouga…what about this one?" Inuyasha suddenly noticed, with utmost fear in his eyes that this Sesshomaru was looking at him! The wolf's, Kouga's, face once again came back to a malicious stare.

"Do what you want…I mean, it's not me that has to fuck him…" Kouga stated with a narrowed glowering. Inuyasha thought he was going to have a mental breakdown. He'd never really been speculated like this before. And what the hell did that Kouga guy mean! Why would Sesshomaru need a sex toy if he had a mate? Wait…what?

Inuyasha looked intently upon the silver male. He knew that name. He knew that hair, that face, those eyes. He knew the posture, the icy looks, and just about everything right down to his skin texture, which was as smooth as marble. He'd known this man forever, literally since birth. This guy was his half brother, Lord Sesshomaru of the Western Lands! How could he miss that? Had he really been in this hellish place that long as to forget his past? Even the people in it?

This was not good. Sesshomaru was looking him up and down, trying to find enough flaws to deny him. Inuyasha had had a crush on his brother in the past, suddenly it was all rushing back to him like a huge tidal wave. The half demon knew that Sesshomaru could see the recognition of person in his eyes, and to any ordinary person you'd think the taiyoukai didn't know him, but Inuyasha knew better. Sesshomaru was doing this on purpose. It was all an act. He always did things like this, from what he could conjure in his blurry mind. All Inuyasha had to say was 'why me, brother?'. But of course he didn't.

And so the investigation continued. Inuyasha could hardly stand the mellow eyes that traveled almost everywhere on him. He could really feel the caress of his gaze upon his body. Abruptly Sesshomaru snapped his back into a straighter position from peeping at Inuyasha in his cell and said with finality, "This one will do. How much for him?" Inuyasha's heart plummeted to the ground like a bullet accidentally shot from a gun. Yes, it really happened that fast…

"Life has a way of doing unkind things to you, things that make you want to scream."

-PL

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