Dreamtails

Dreamtails

Chapter 2: Painted Joy

By: Raven612

Summary: Sango thinks about the offer made to her by Sesshomaru and decides to take it, but after she meets him and another demon in his office, things start to get a little heated for Sango.

Disclaimer: Okay obviously I do not own Inuyasha or its characters, so this is the last time I shall tell ya all cuz you should know!!

Sango decided to pack up shortly after 6pm and head home. From the painting she sold to Sesshomaru she made 150 dollars and decided to be smart and buy up as many groceries as she could to last her and her little family to survive on if she decided to not to take the demon lords deal. Sango stopped by the tiny grocery store snuggled between a gas station and an adult novelty store. For the life of her she couldn't figure out why someone would want to degrade themselves by putting a family grocery right next to an adult video store. As Sango walked in a tiny bell above the door signaled her entering.

"Hello Miss Sango," the old man behind the counter greeted her and she bowed to him showing her respect.

"Hello Mr. Natagashi," she grabbed a basket and navigated her way though the aisles in search of food.

After an hour of shopping Sango had spent close to all of her earnings and bought what she thought was enough groceries to last them at least a couple of weeks. She loaded her arms with the groceries and made her way back to their apartment. She was busy balancing her groceries on her arms and her paintings strapped to her back that she didn't hear a warning being called at her. A body slammed into her and sent her groceries flying. She was shoved onto her back, once she regained her equilibrium she noticed that a young man sat atop her looking bewildered.

"What the hell?" she demanded shoving him off of her.

"I said watch out," he snarled at her.

"Kouga you bastard get back here," an angry female voice boomed not far behind him.

"Gotta run," he said with a devilish smile as he leapt from Sango and continued to run down the street.

"Bastard," she said under her breath as she gathered up all her spilled groceries. She was almost knocked down again by the girl running after the man. Sango noticed she was rather pretty with two fiery red pig tails and she wore a short black skirt with a clingy red shirt.

Sango had managed to salvage close to all of her groceries except for a few things in glass jars. Once she got home Shippou and Kirara helped her put away her groceries. Just seeing the looks on their face when she arrived home with food made up her mind for her, she would take the deal.

"Shippou I have some great news," she said as she started to prepare supper.

"What is it Sango?" he asked excitedly as he made his way onto her shoulder.

"I was offered a job for the next few weeks and I can make a lot of money doing it, we'll just need to move into a new home," she told the youngster, a sense of happiness on her voice.

"Really?" he asked excitedly, and Kirara sensing a change in everyone's mood grew excited also and jumped into Sango's arms and cuddled against her.

"Tomorrow morning I'm going to accept the offer; while I'm away I'll need you two to start packing things for the move."

"We'll do it Sango, you can count on us," Shippou assured her with a huge smile. He could barely contain his excitement as he excitedly ate his supper and when he could barely get to sleep that night.

Sango was happy that she had finally given the little demon hope and also herself, she was just worried about how the hanyou and his bride would like her. She decided she would worry about that once she met the pair. She finished up the dishes and put the leftover food into their fridge. She smiled lightly to herself as she passed Kirara and Shippou's sleeping figures as she made her way to their bathroom to take a long and hot shower. Once she had finished and dried off and put on her pajamas she settled into her old lumpy mattress and fell swiftly asleep.

The next morning she awoke with a start and looked around her small dark room in a daze, she wasn't sure exactly what had woken her up. She yawned loudly and rubbed the sleep from her eyes. She could hear Shippou and Kirara in the living room and it sounded like they were making a lot of noise. Sango got dressed in what she considered her best clothes, which consisted of a pair of clean jeans and a purple tank top that bellowed out slightly at the bottom like a dress does.

"Good morning Sango," Shippou cried with a joyful smile as he leapt into her arms with a warm hug.

"Mreow," Kirara offered as a good morning to her mistress and snuggled into her arms.

"I guess I'm not the only one who is excited about today," she said with a smile as she ruffled both their heads and set them on the couch.

"Sango, we have all of our things packed and ready to go!" Shippou exclaimed excitedly, he was close to shaking out of his fur and Sango was ecstatic to see the youngster so happy.

"Good, when I get done talking to Shessomaru this afternoon I'll come by for you two and we'll start our new life," she said with a smile as she threw on her black zip up hoodie and started on her way to the Inu. Corp. Offices.

She stood in front of the foreboding building and suddenly felt a little unsure of herself. She looked up as it towered menacingly over her and she gulped. She shook her head and chided herself for being so childish. She was Sango, an ex taijya and so squared her shoulders and gathered all her courage and walked through the large glass doors. She went straight to the front desk and inquired on how to get to Shessomaru's office. The lady looked at her oddly but told her which floor to go to.

Sango rode the elevator to the 34th floor and tried to hide in the corner as sharp dressed demons and humans alike made her feel inferior. Finally a little ding told her she had made it to her destination. She stepped out and was welcomed by a large open space all enclosed by shimmering glass, one whole wall though was a large aquarium filled with all sorts of sea life. In the center of the room was a black desk with a woman sitting boredly behind it. To the left of the desk Sango spotted two large black doors and next to them a gray couch with a table next to it holding some of the most beautiful flowers Sango had ever seen.

"Hello," the woman behind the desk called rather rudely as Sango stood gawking at the room she stood in.

Shaking herself from her trance Sango walked up to the large desk and looked down at the woman sitting there. "Hello, I'm Sango," she said hoping Shessomaru had given her, her name.

"Ah Sango, the artist," the woman said with a snicker and a glare.

Sango glared back and had her mouth set in a firm line holding back all kinds of snide remarks she could be making.

"Follow me," she said wistfully as she came out from behind her desk and led Sango to the large black doors, the secretary opened them and let Sango in and left her.

Sango stood in the doorway unsure if she should fully enter. Shessomaru had the back of his chair facing her and she could hear faint voices coming from the other side as if he were talking to someone. Sango tenderly stepped forward and stopped, she didn't want to disturb him so she waited for him to acknowledge her.

"Come in little Sango, I'll be with you in just a moment," Shessomaru called with his back still towards her and she walked up to his large glass topped desk and sat into a cushioned black chair to wait for him to finish.

Sango sat for ten minutes staring out the large windows and into the city outside the windows and hardly noticed when Shessomaru and another young demon turned to look at her. She jumped startled by the two sets of eye looking at her intently. She recognized the other demon as the one who had knocked her over the previous night. She glared at him.

"Sango, I'm assuming since you have shown up here today you are going to take my offer?" Shessomaru asked as he looked her straight in the eyes.

"Yes," Sango answered looking him equally in the eyes.

"Good," Shessomaru said with a smirk.

"Hmm, and what was this deal? Is she to be your new whore?" the other demon asked with a smirk as he looked Sango straight in the eyes as if daring her to retaliate.

"You bastard," she spat at him venomously as she rose from her chair gripping the arms of it tightly.

"Sango, sit," Shessomaru barked, he then turned towards the other demon, "Kouga, this is Sango, the artist I was telling you about, she is to paint Inuyasha and Kagome's portrait for me as a gift to them."

"Hnnn," Kouga remarked, Sango had also saw the way Kouga flinched at the mention of Kagome's name. "Surely though with a lithe body such as that you may want to put her to a better use," Kouga stated with a smirk as he looked to the irritated woman.

"Enough you demon or I will ripe that smug head right from your body," Sango hissed as she took a step forward.

"Enough, the both of you, once I am through with her you may have her," Shessomaru said lazily as he swiveled back around to look out his large windows.

"Heh, I have no need for such an ugly creature like her," Kouga remarked as he walked past her.

Sango had had enough and turned on her heel and slapped his smug face. Kouga snarled fiercely and jumped on her and pinned her to the ground. He held her wrists above her head as he straddled the lower half of her body. She wriggled and tried to pull her wrists from his grasp but couldn't. Her vivid brown eyes which simmered with anger pierced Kouga's own fierce eyes and he smirked.

"Keep moving like that human and you may not like the results," he growled under his breath as he leaned closer to her.

"Get off of me you disgusting demon," she snarled and brought her knee up and into his groin.

Kouga snarled viciously as he rolled off of her. She could hear a low, almost silent snicker come from Shessomaru's chair, "On your way out leave your address with Kagura and I'll send a car to pick you up at 5 o'clock."

Sango was too angry to answer, instead she stalked angrily out of the room and stopped by the desk to leave her address with Kagura. Kagura looked at it and smirked, she knew which part of town Sango's apartment was located and snickered rudely.

Sango had had about enough of all these demon's superior attitudes and found herself wishing she had not given up her slayer roots. She made her way quickly to the elevator but sensed an unwelcome presence behind her. She spun on her heel to come face to face with Kouga who had a sneer on his smug face.

"How convenient," he said as he got a step closer to her.

Sango glared at him and just turned to wait for the doors to open so she could get away from him. Not only was he rude, but he was also very handsome and was having an unwelcome effect on Sango's body. He had gleaming black hair which he kept held back in a ponytail, a few bangs hung in his eyes, his face was sharp and handsome, she could tell he had a nice build and a lot of muscle under his shirt which she was sure looked gorgeous on him. She bit her lip hard in order to distract her thoughts and drew blood. She heard a loud sniff from behind her and was about to turn and slap him but the doors to the elevator opened and she about jumped in. She made her way to a far corner and tried to close the doors before Kouga could step in but she was unsuccessful.

"We're alone now little artist," he said in a seductive tone as he ambled up to her and trapped her in her corner.

"Get the hell away from me demon or so help me I will kill you," she hissed from between her teeth with a very angry look in her eyes.

"I'd like to see a weakling like you try," he whispered as he put his hands on either side of her head and leaned down close to her face.

She did not back down and kept her gaze steady with his. She dared him with the look in her eyes to try something.

"You know you could actually be considered pretty if you dressed decent and put on some makeup," he whispered to her, his hot breath caressing her face as he leaned in closer, he was now a mere inch from her face. Sango saw his heated gaze fall upon her full lips, which she began to bite out of habit and nervousness.

"Shut up and leave me alone, stop toying with me you ugly pathetic little demon," she hissed hoping he would recoil and possibly back away from her.

He smiled and pressed the lower half of his body against hers, not so much in a sexual manner, but to prevent any one of her knees from finding his groin again. Sango stiffened when he did this; she was fighting the urge to become turned on but was loosing the battle. She brought her hands to his chest to push him away but as she moved them he swiftly grabbed them and held them above her head in a vice grip. He smiled evilly down at her.

"Whatchya gonna do now?" he asked with a smart ass smirk.

Sango frowned and looked evilly at him. She had no idea what she could do and even more frightening to her, she had no idea what he was going to do to her. She then stated to wonder why no one else was getting on the elevator. She began to struggle against his hold on her. Kouga smirked as she tried to get away from him; he tightened his hold and shoved her back into the railing that ran the width of the elevator car.

"It's no use little Sango," he said in a hushed tone, he then lowered his head to her neck and licked her where her pulse beat rapidly.

She shivered but had grown so furious that she was able to wretch her hands from his grasp and shoved him into the other wall of the car.

"You sick fucking bastard," she shouted at him as she wiped away the saliva he had left on her neck.

"Don't be so quick to judge little flower, you enjoyed that almost as much as I had," he smirked then licked his lips as he looked her straight in the eyes.

"The hell I did you hentai, I barely even know you!" she shot back furiously as she wished the elevator would hurry and get her to the floor she needed to be on so she could leave this place and never see the perverted demon again.

Kouga only chuckled as he leaned casually against the other wall and continued to watch her. He had his hands shoved in his slacks and had undone the first few buttons on his white dress shirt in order to cool off.

For the rest of the ride Sango kept her eyes on her feet and her hands shoved deeply into her hoodie pockets. As the bell chimed announcing their arrival at the first floor Sango quickly ran out and into the spacious lobby, just as she was about to reach the heavy and very large glass doors a clawed hand grabbed her elbow and spun her around.

"Listen good little artist, you'll be living in Shessomaru's and that means we'll be seeing a lot of each other, and I'll warn you just this once, I don't play fair," and with a smug smirk he walked off in the other direction and Sango winced when she saw him pinch the behind of a female worker who in turn yelped but walked away with a satisfactory smile.

'What the hell does he mean by "play fair,"?' Sango wondered as she walked out of the building and plopped down on a bench in order to get her head back on straight.

A/N: So how did you guys like this chapter? I enjoyed writing it! I'm hoping to update a little sooner as I'm starting to get some good ideas for this story, but we'll see how school and work let me do that! Review please!!