Summary: 600,000 yen a month- he agreed to monthly payments so they'd keep her safe. Kagome struggles to cope with the fact she's become Mafia cargo. "Oh, no, it's always been a dream of mine to have a price put on me." The snarky little miko is very unhappy with her new situation.

Pairing: Kagome x ? ; Sesshoumaru x Kouyou.

Disclaimer: I don't own either series. Each belongs to their rightful owners.

Note:
Will lack canonicity.
Rated for potential dark themes/and lots of descriptions of blood and violence

Prologue

She could barely recognize the sound of the shutting door, and the cold voice filling the space between them was practically unheard by her.

"This might not be ideal for you-"

Kagome focused on her lap as every thought coursing through her head tried to bring her some sort of understanding of everything she had just been forced to hear, witness, and even sit through.

She had the urge to pinch herself, just to be sure this wasn't some kind of horrible dream.

Had she really just been-

"Are you even paying attention to me, Kagome?"

At the mention of her name, Kagome jumped out of her chair, blinking light blue eyes as she searched for the source of the voice. She shook her head a second later. Her hands captured her attention as she shrugged apologetically. "No, sorry, Sesshoumaru-sama."

She heard his intake of breath.

"Your inability to pay attention will be what inevitably gets you killed."

Kagome felt her expression twist into a sour glare. "I think you're overreacting."

"Is that so?" Sesshoumaru challenged, narrowing gold eyes at her. He heard her exasperated sigh.

"Did you really just do that?"Kagome asked, her voice dipping to a softer octave. "I know you mean well, but…"

"But what?"

Kagome dug her fingers into the material of her skirt, gripping tightly as she hunted for the proper words to say to the demon lord standing and glowering down at her. She wasn't afraid of him, but he was intimating. A second later she sighed and shook her head. "You've literally turned me into cargo for the Port Mafia to protect. You're paying them to protect me. Don't you see anything wrong with that?!" Kagome finally snapped at him, finding no better way to phrase her frustrations.

"No, I don't," Sesshoumaru responded honestly, and Kagome could feel her frustrations continuing to mount. "They have their rules to follow when it comes to you, if that's what bothers you so much."

"That's not the point!" she shrieked before recalling that the only thing separating them and her new protectors was the closed door they stood behind. She spared it a quick glance before quieting down again. "Oh, god, why am I even trying to explain this to you?" she muttered to herself, "you won't understand."

"I saw no other option," he said, dismissing her agitation without any worry. "You have your standards about killing humans, and, no matter how ridiculous they are, I have no choice other than to accept your-"

"My standards aren't ridiculous!" Kagome snapped at him. "I'm a miko, I- I can't kill humans! I won't do it!"

"See? All the more reason for you to be here. This organization doesn't get caught up in minor things as you do."

"There's got to be a better way," she said, almost pleading for him to take this back. "I- I don't want to be here. I don't belong here."

Sesshoumaru sighed. "You won't allow yourself to kill humans, you left me no other choice than to place you here. The group after you, after the jewel, is human. If you won't kill to protect yourself, you'll be guarded by those who will. At least, until I've hunted them all down."

"I…" Though she tried, Kagome found herself unable to keep the argument alive. She didn't have it in her to keep trying when it was obvious he refused to change his mind.

Sesshoumaru could see she had submitted to the arrangement he had put into place, and he made his way to the door. "I'll check in every other week with you to be sure they are upholding their end of the agreement."

"What if they aren't?" Kagome asked, despite already having an inkling as to what his response would be.

"Do you even have to ask?" Sesshoumaru said, not even turning back to her. "I'll kill them- oh." Sesshoumaru was halted in front of those waiting outside the door while they were speaking. He chuckled, the sound strange and unnatural coming from him as he pushed through them. "Just kidding."

She watched his departing form as she was rooted to her spot, feeling so uncomfortable in the shadows of that room.

Kagome knew those words were a lie, and she got the feeling so did the other people. Neither was it an accident- letting them overhear.

It was a warning.

Fail at this task, and you are dead.

C.R: Been busy and feeling a little under the weather lately. Finished this up today, so I'll go ahead and post it. I have updates for other fics in the works, so don't worry.

Kagome's pairing is undecided. Up for suggestions, though.

That's it for now. Hopefully you all enjoyed. I hope I caught all the errors, but, if not, apologies (again, still a little sick.)

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Bye for now ~