"Are you sure you're up to this?"
"Yes, Koga. For the last time. I am completely capable. This is my job. It's what I do."
"Alright, alright. But, Rin. Listen, I know you have a PHD in Demon Psychology and everything but, Sesshoumaru is-"
"He's a big bad wolf, right?" scoffed Rin, as she walked briskly through dark halls; the sound of her's and her entourage of security guards' heels clicking over bleach disinfected tiles.
"Please, Rin. Don't insult me."
"Wouldn't it be more of an insult to him? Dog Demons are higher up in demon hierarchy, especially those from Sesshoumaru's blood line. And that's Dr. Himawari to you while I'm here, not Rin."
"Well, yes..." Koga grunted as he hated having to agree with her, "His immediate family is...was...the highest ranked in the demon world and in that of the Dog Demon clan."
"But his Mother still lives, correct? He didn't murder her like the rest did he?"
"Yeah. His Mother owns a villa in a different prefecture entirely. She wasn't there to witness what happened. And well, you already know that Inuyasha is still alive, as is his wife, Kagome."
"Of course not. She'd have been dead too. Is Inuyasha also in this prison?" she asked as she stopped walking, waiting for Koga to put in a number of various codes for the entrance to Cell Block A of the Maximum Security section of the demon prison.
"Yup. Inuyasha is a half demon though, so he's been put in Cell Block J of this section."
"Cell Block J? But he was Sesshoumaru's accomplice in murdering their parents as well as the entirety of their staff, was he not?"
"Yeah, but Inuyasha is a half demon. He doesn't require nearly as much of an effort to keep locked up as his brother does."
"Ah, that explains it."
"Shouldn't you have known that already? Since you're going to be working with Sesshoumaru?"
"My files only stated that Inuyasha was his half-brother, not that he was half-human."
"Ah, gotcha." he replied, as he stopped in front of a 40ft tall steel door that had a smaller door at it's base that was the right size for humanoids to pass through. He looked at Rin and noticed that she seemed unimpressed, "Well, you don't seem very phased."
"I've seen Sesshoumaru's father transform before, he visited various Universities, mine being one of them, and would volunteer to transform for those of us who were studying courses on Demons; And I assure you that a 40ft door wouldn't be able to hold him. Sesshoumaru is a baby in comparison."
"Hah. Just don't let HIM hear you say that. You ready?"
"Get on with it Koga. Open the door."
"Alright. Men." he turned and walked out of the way of the door with Rin, so that the guards could open up the heavily secured door for them.
"OK Rin. Just let me go talk to him first, and then I'll call you in."
"Alright."
He walked into the almost pitch black room. The lights they had installed weren't doing much in a room this big. If not for the spotlight hanging above the desk that Sesshoumaru sat at, you wouldn't have known where he was. That is unless you were a demon of course. Demons didn't need light to see in the dark.
Koga made his way over to the middle of the room where Sesshoumaru was. Sesshoumaru's head was tilted slightly with his chin pointed up, he sat forward, and his mokomoko slid slowly over the ground behind the chair he sat on. His eyes, however, were closed. He made no move to acknowledge Koga's presence. Not that he needed or intended to. They may have been old friends, but that didn't mean that he was about to start submitting to Koga just because he had ended up being jailed in his prison-the largest Demon Prison in the country, if not the world. Koga didn't expect him to change either.
"Sessh."
"Koga."
"Ah. Being cordial today are we?"
"Only because it means that this Sesshoumaru will rid himself of your presence faster."
"Ouch. Not in a good mood today either?"
"Did you come here for something?"
"Answering a question with a question?"
"I take it you want me to rip off both of your tails today." That wasn't a rhetorical question or a threat. It was a promise. He'd ripped off one of Koga's tails the week before for irritating him with endless banter; it was still in the process of growing back.
"Let's not have you do that again, mutt."
Sesshoumaru's eyes opened then, to small moon-like slits. "Thaaattt's not good…" thought Koga as he recovered with his next sentence "I didn't come here to fight with you Sessh. Calm down." Sesshoumaru blinked in response. "Yeah, yeah. I know you won't repeat yourself. I'm here to introduce you to your new Psychiatrist."
To that, he raised an elegant brow, "Have we not been down this road before?"
"This one is different. She can help you, and you won't be able to scare her away like the others."
"And what, pray tell wolf, makes you so sure of this. You carry the scent of human on you."
"She is human, yeah."
"What makes you think a human could possibly, 'help me' as you so eloquently put it."
"She has a PHD in Demon Psychology, with an emphasis on Dog Demons specifically."
"Hn."
"I take it that that means you'll meet her?"
"Hn. Send her in. She'll be gone within minutes." replied Sesshoumaru, seemingly intrigued by the information he heard. He had met a number of demon psychologists before, of both human and demon origin, and none of them had managed to stand up to him so far. He always purposefully attempted to scare them into giving up before they even had a chance to try counseling him, and had succeeded every time. He assumed this woman would be no different.
"Dr. Himawari! You're free to come in now!"
Sesshoumaru watched as the woman who would attempt to be his new Psychologist, entered into his gargantuan cell. She must've been about 5'5", but the heels she had on made her appear to be 5'7". She had long midnight black hair that flowed down her back in a ponytail that ended at her waist, a dainty-looking frame with a fairly large chest for her size, high cheek-bones, hazel brown eyes and bright red lipstick on that accentuated pouty lips. He was impressed by her looks, though he doubted she'd be able to stand her ground where he was concerned. "I might have to be slightly more careful with this one...she looks as if I could break her without intentionally trying to do so," he thought as he watched her walk pass Koga to stand directly in front of him at his desk.
"Hello Mr. Mori. It's a pleasure to meet you. I'm Dr. Rin Himawari, and I'll be the new Psychologist that you'll be seeing from today onwards. I hope we'll be able to get along." she said, smiling brightly at him and avoiding direct eye contact, waiting for a response. Nothing. "An immediate dominative attitude, as I expected."
"I don't think you should bother being nice to him. It won't work."
"I'm being polite, Koga."
"Don't be polite either." Koga scoffed as he watched her give him a disapproving side glance.
"Rin." came Sesshoumaru's deep baritone, disturbing their mini banter.
"Please, Mr. Mori. I'd prefer if you addressed me as either Mrs. or Dr. Himawari." she sighed inwardly, "I don't suspect this dominant behaviour will stop anytime soon. As expected of a Dog Demon of his stature…"
"Rin, will do fine."
"I'd just let him do it Doc. There's no sense upsetting him for no reason." chimed in Koga again, before she could respond.
"I believe I made myself quite clear, Mr. Mori. Just Mrs. or Dr. Himawari, will be fine."
"Oh God...here we go." Koga sighed. He knew just how stubborn Rin could be, and that she was perfectly capable of handling herself, but Sesshoumaru needed to learn that. If anything, he had security ready to take care of things should Sesshoumaru get out of hand. He was completely aware that Sesshoumaru's charade to scare away all of the Psychologists and Psychiatrists that they brought in was an act, and he had yet to actually get angry with any of them. But he had a deep itching feeling that with how stubborn Rin was, that Sesshoumaru's inner demon might not be too tame for long.
"This Sesshoumaru will refer to you, human, as Riiiiin."
"Let me make something perfectly clear to you, Sesshoumaru. I respect people who respect me. If you do not respect me, then do not expect any in return. I am not apart of your pack, nor are you my alpha in any way. It'd do you some good to remember for the future."
This caused a slight smirk to form on Sesshoumaru's face. But not because he was amused, on the contrary. She was managing to rile him up. 'For the future?' Did this woman think he would submit to her? Well, he thought it was about time he showed this woman her place.
He stood up and began walking toward her, very much like that of a predator. His mokomoko twitched behind him, his eyes had turned pink. She had managed to piss him off. "Good job, Rin. Irritate the Dog Demon even more with your smart mouth." He then pressed himself as close as he possibly could to her, his face now fully formed into a snout, his sharp teeth elongating, his eyes blood red as he growled at her in Dog Demon Language.
"Human will submit to this Sesshoumaru."
"I will agree to respect you if you show me the same courtesy Sesshoumaru. However, I will not submit to you." she replied calmly as she stared at his nose. While she refused to submit to him unless absolutely necessary, she would not make direct eye contact with him and cause him to become enraged even further. She noticed his eyes widen; probably surprised that she could understand him. She then looked down as her head was forced to look up at him. Strong hands with long deadly claws held her chin in a vice grip. He could've snapped her neck if he wanted to, but she still didn't fear him. She knew she wasn't in danger. He was just very irritated with her at the moment.
"Human understands. Intriguing. Human will still submit."
"This one will not submit." no sooner had the growl left her mouth, that she felt herself forced hard up against the steel wall behind her, with Sesshoumaru's teeth now snapping in her face. She could hear Koga call to the guards into the room to subdue Sesshoumaru if need be.
She knew she was playing it risky, but she decided that now was a good time to make direct contact with him. "If I don't challenge him now, he will never respect me" she thought as she stared deep into his eyes. He slammed her further into the wall, letting her know he didn't appreciate the challenge, but he accepted it, staring back at her with the same amount of intensity.
Sesshoumaru hadn't seemed to notice, having been locked in their staring contest for who knows how long, but Rin did. Three different guards had placed themselves in various different positions in the room, ready to shoot Sesshoumaru with what looked like tranquilizer guns. Sesshoumaru's eyes and face went back to normal as he blinked at her. He was feeling rather pleasantly surprised. No one had ever challenged him that way before. He could respect this woman. There were no traces of fear coming from her at all. Her pulse remained steady and her scent hadn't changed either.
"You're an interesting woman, Dr. Himawari." her eyes widened at what he thought was his unintentional compliment of her character, "You do not fear this Sesshoumaru in the sligh-"
"NO!" she screamed, but it was too late. All three of the guards had shot him with the tranquilizers on Koga's command. She watched in horror as Sesshoumaru immediately morphed into a half demon dog creature on hind legs with human features. The tranquilizers had prevented a transformation, but his sheer will power seemed to have made him transform to what was now standing in front of her. A low dangerous growl came from deep within him as he turned to attack whoever had fired at him. "Sesshoumaru, NO!" Blood red eyes turned back to look at her before he vanished.