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Part 1

Sesshomaru sipped the scotch his secretary Kagura brought to him. He leaned back in his chair and groaned in frustration. Stop groaning…I can't help it. Last night he didn't get any sleep, not that he really needed it though. He had a dream, no. more like a nightmare.

He dreamt that he was walking in a forest when a large beach appeared. There a woman with raven hair and wore a long white dress. She sung softly wading in the water. Her voice sounded familiar to him and he walked forward until water licked his bare feet. She knew he was there at shore, and slightly turned her head around.

Flashback

"Sesshomaru"

His heart pumped faster. Kagome…

"Sesshomaru why did you leave me"

No! I didn't leave you! He opened his mouth to speak but no sound passed his lips. Her singing had stopped and everything was in complete silence. He commanded himself to move but his feet were imbedded in the ground.

"I begged and I begged, but you still left me"

I wanted to protect you!! Sesshomaru tried to budge from his bondage but it didn't give way. He stiffened when the smell of salted tears assaulted his nose. His head yanked up and grimaced at the figure before him. No longer did she look the way she had minutes before. Cuts and bruises disfigured her body and blood stood out sharply upon her dress. She appeared the same way she did 500 years ago the night she died…

Her voice was laced with more pain and hatred than he could ever muster.

"I died because of you!" she yelled. "If only you would've listened, I would be there with you"

She turned around and the crash of the waves could be heard, the bondage on his feet disappeared and he was suspended into the air thrown away from her as she diminished into the sea.

End

He must've been deep into thought because he didn't hear when Kagura made her way into his office. She waved her fingers back and forth in front of his face and yelped when he gripped her wrist.

"What do you want" he said coldly.

"I… I have the documents. You wanted" She stuttered.

He released her. "Put them down and do not ever do what you just did again."

"y.yes sir" Kagura quickly made her way out of the office.

It took him only half a minute to read the 3-page document and he stuffed it along with the other papers on his desk. He stood and walked towards the large window that over looked Tokyo from his father's company Taisho Inc. It was almost sundown and sky was streaked with soft colors of orange and pink.

His head suddenly fell upon the window with a thud and he ran his clawed fingers through his hair. Something he tried not to do lately. The dream was taking a toll on him harder than he thought. Could it truly be his fault? Kagome was worried out of her mind for months, crying endlessly through the night when he was out fighting…For her protection. If only he would have listened, she could've been saved.

A loud knock interrupted his thoughts and the glass slipped from his hand crashing to the floor, the translucent glass flickered in the last remaining rays of the sun. He stared at it until the knocking interrupted again.

"Who is it" He growled.

The door opened and Inuyasha stepped through along with Miroku in the door. His half brother Inuyasha was dressed in a red shirt and black leather jacket and jeans. His long silver hair was pulled up revealing more of his dog-like ears. Miroku had black spiky hair and wore a more casual look with a dark navy collared shirt and black slacks.

Sesshomaru folded his arms and glared at Inuyasha with a 'what-the-hell-do-you-what' look.

"I don't recall saying you may enter" also staring at Miroku.

"Feh, you enter my office without even knocking" Inuyasha said.

"That is because this Sesshomaru doesn't need another's approval to do what he wants"

"Whatever, bastard" Inuyasha looked around and sat on Sesshomaru's couch and relaxed.

"What are you doing tonight, Sesshomaru?" Miroku said leaning against the wall next to the couch.

"Why" Sesshomaru grabbed another scotch from his secret stash and 3 glasses. He knew what they were trying to do but he didn't feel quite up to it.

"There's this new club that opened and some of the guy's decided to go check it out" Inuyasha spoke up. "So we were wondering how long you need to get ready"

Get ready? Did Inuyasha just assume right off the bat that he was going? Maybe going out would keep his mind off some things. He glanced back at his desk and looked at the large pile of work that he had held off for the past two days.

"I have work to do" He walked back to his desk and sat, drinking the last of his scotch. "Maybe another time"

Inuyasha suddenly had a headache. It took him almost four months last time to get him to go out to a birthday party for his nephew last year. He looked at Sesshomaru and pitied his brother; ever since his mate died Sesshomaru was as cold as ice if not colder. His eyes no longer held any warmth and he shared his life with no one. He glanced at Miroku who just shrugged his shoulders; maybe he was thinking the same thing.

"Is it because of her, Sesshomaru" A deep voice ranged.

Sesshomaru slowly stopped writing clinching the pen until he was sure that it broke in his hands. Anger surfaced in him and he flicked his wrist, a green neon whip appeared from his hand and lunge it at the man near the door. No one had ever spoken about Kagome out loud, especially in front of him. It was his pain and it was his to bear alone.

Inu Taisho caught the whip that was inches away from striking his face. His son was staring at him with deep crimson eyes and claws dripping in poison. Little flickers of light caught his eye, shards of glass and liquid stained the floor. Inu didn't know why he had let this go on for so long. His eldest son was supposed to be happy not blaming himself for something that wasn't his fault.

Inuyasha eyes were bugged wide as he stared at what just happened. His eyes switched back and forth to his calm father and his enraged brother. He and Miroku just so happened to shrink back into the sofa giving themselves some distance between the two werewolves. Sesshomaru yanked back his whip but his father held his grasp.

"What do you think she would say if she saw you like this?" Inu voice was as calm as ever.

Sesshomaru's eyes returned to their normal golden color. What would she say? More like what she would do. She would scream in his ear and tell him to get a grip on his life. He chuckled to himself and retracted the whip from his father. He turned to his desk and trashed the pen that ran ink all over his desk.

"What are you doing here father?" Still clearly angry.

"I came to check up on my son, celebrating his 725th"

Oh shit. My birthday… So that's why they wanted me to go out. My birthday… my birthday is today! He turned to his brother and father with an innocent look on his face.

"I forgot" He said.

Inuyasha was stumped. His brother never forgot anything. Not even when Inuyasha was still a pup and he bit Sesshomaru's fluffy tail. Of course his brother back handed him and Inuyasha went crying to his mother Izaiyo.

"How the hell could you forget your birthday Sesshomaru!" Inuyasha yelled clearly surprised.

Sesshomaru glared at him. "I been busy"

"Yeah, we can see that. Ol' boy forgot his birthday" Miroku said laughing.

Sesshomaru glared back at Miroku but he still didn't stop laughing, not until his father said something unexpected. "That's it Sesshomaru, I'm giving you some time off."

"What" All three said in unison?

"You heard me; you spend all day here drowning in shame, pity and surround your whole life around your work, so therefore you are suspended until you get your head straight." Inu went to the phone and made a call.

Sesshomaru wished he had hit his father with the whip. "You can't do that and I do not drown myself in shame." He aid defensively.

Inu sighed and slammed the phone on the hook.

"Do you not think that we all miss her? Do you think I do not know how you feel; I lost my mate also…your mother. You do not see me hiding from the world instead I chose to move on just as she would've wanted me too and I found another woman just as wonderful as her, so stop acting like a damn bitching pup and move on already!!" He did not mean for it to sound so unsympathetic but he would do anything to bring his son back to reality.

Miroku and Inuyasha stared at Inu and Sesshomaru taken aback. Inu stared at Sesshomaru. Sesshomaru stared back at Inu, his face completely emotionless. Sesshomaru just stared not saying a word. He doesn't understand. How can I move on if she still has my heart? Sesshomaru turned to the door, opening it and began to walk out. He stopped halfway not bothering to look back. I can't believe I'm doing this.

'Give me an hour"

On his way to the elevator, Inuyasha and Miroku yelled in triumph only then to be scolded by Inu for hurting his sensitive ears.

Part 2

He felt like slapping himself for agreeing to this. He stood near the bar, holding a glass of gin and tonic not in the least bit interested in what was going on around him. It seemed other wise that the people was showing some interest in him. Women swarmed around him, touching his hair and rubbing his muscular chest. Some were even bold violate his personal space in which he was not quite happy about. The men were intimidated by his large build and powerful aura. He smiled; He was always up to a fight.

Sesshomaru was getting quite annoyed. The music was too loud and not very good, the bartender was too slow making drinks and there were hardly any one here. He turned to the bar, even if it was his birthday he would not spend it on some lousy club. He searched out Inuyasha who was dancing with a blonde haired woman. Miroku was in the far corner doing kami knows what with a red haired girl. Hiten and Ginta was chatting with two women in the VIP.

They had left him at the bar as soon as they hit the door. Didn't even bother to see if he was enjoying himself. He turned around and drunk the rest of his drink. He motioned to the bartender to get another. Again he was too slow in pouring the drink in the glass. He finished it in one swallow and the bartender raised an eyebrow.

"What" He said.

"Hav'n a rough night, buddy" the bartender chirped. He had a country accent

"What I do with my night is my business, buddy" Sesshomaru was getting very annoyed.

"Ah, I see a man like you often gets bored at a place like this, same old thing you used too." The bartender laughed.

Sesshomaru didn't think it was funny. "A man like me?"

"Didn't mean anything by it." He held his hands up "I was just meanin that a man like yourself likes to be spontaneous, have a little adventure once in a while" He smiled a crooked grin.

"You don't know anything about me" Sess took another drink and gulped it down.

"Well, if you do tend to get bored, people usually go to this secret club underground" (hint hint) I hear it's very good may even cheer up a ol' downer like yourself"

Underground club? Hhmm. Something new indeed. "Where is it located?"

"I had a feeling you would ask, it's on the corner of Everest and Beaver, an old building that looks worn down you can't miss it, just behind it is a huge door that leads underground. Just follow the music and you there!"

Someone slapped him on the back."Having fun Sesshomaru" Inuyasha said. The blonde female giggled clinging to his waist.

Sesshomaru looked at the female; she wore too much makeup and didn't smell so good either. "Kikyo is going to kill you when you get home" He said loud enough for the woman to hear.

Inuyasha stiffened as the woman shot a glare at him. "wait Amy…" Amy pulled herself from Inuyasha, slapped him and called him a dirty pig. She stomped away going back to the dance floor.

"What the hell did you do that for!" He rubbed his cheek.

"Tell the others we are leaving" He paid the bartender extra for the tip.

"Like hell we are, I'm getting laid tonight!!" Miroku said from the corner.

"If you horny bastards would shut up, we are going to another club, one that is underground and I'm told it is far better than this pathetic trash" He said standing from the stool and walked out the door.

A smile spread across Inuyasha's face. Now's he's getting somewhere.

About fifteen minutes later, they pulled up in separate cars in front of the old building the bartender said about. It stood at least 3 stories high and the windows were broken, wood was splintered and rotten. Sesshomaru stepped from his car and looked at the decaying building.

"This is it?" Inuyasha said. "There's nothing here."

"I said it was underground idiot" Sesshomaru growled and walked around the back of the building. A large red door was covering what look like a basement.

Sesshomaru and the others walked down what seemed like a hundred stares before they heard music vibrating through the thick walls. They were quite deep under because it looked like they were actually outside. A tall neon sign that hung over a door.

Club KaSan.

No one was at the door so they walked right through. Inside the place was crowded. People danced and laughed as they talked and played with their friends. There was an upstairs to what looked like a VIP room for people of Sesshomaru's status. Below a stage was built and a DJ was mixing to the latest music. It was quite an improvement. But something seemed a little off, the smell, there was something about the smell that made him twitch. He looked around. The rest of the guys were snapped out of their trance looking at the beautiful woman when they heard Sesshomaru growling.

"There are Vampires here" He said not bothering to lower his voice.

The others looked around and surely enough they were vampires and werewolves at that. A couple of humans could be smelled. Why were they not tearing at each other's throat? A female vampire walked by and flashed a brilliant smile at Miroku, who seemed to not even care anymore.

"I don't know about you all but these woman are too beautiful to pass up" He left the group and chased after the female vampire.

The other's seemed to be waiting for Sesshomaru's approval. Inuyasha looked worriedly at his brother. "You know we can leave if you don't feel comfortable" Someone slapped Inuyasha on the back of the head. Hell even they didn't want to leave.

Sesshomaru looked around the club everyone was dancing with one other, no hatred in the air. He relaxed a bit and looked behind him to see the rest staring at him with puppy dog eyes, he sighed.

"You have an hour" He said walking away to the bar.

Everyone scattered out within a heartbeat once again leaving him by himself. As he made his way to the bar, a group of female vampires were staring his way licking their lips as if he was their next dinner for the night. Damn leeches. He merely walked through them paying them no mind. They hissed in anger and walked away finding some one else to flirt with.

He decided that he could just drink the night away and maybe later bed down with Misaki. Yeah the perfect birthday gift. He sat on the tall and comfortable stool and rested his hands on the blue luminescent counter. Not bad… The bartender came directly to him when he was situated.

"Whiskey sour" he said. He wanted something strong tonight.

The bartender fixed and handed him his drink, just before Sesshomaru grabbed it a slim hand ran along his shoulder and onto his hand. The touch hadn't caught him by surprise, he smelled her as soon as he sat down. He turned and stared into a pair of half lidded black eyes.

Serene smiled as she fingered his striped wrist. "I thought you didn't like to celebrate your birthday"

"I don't" He took his wrist from her and returned to his drink. Serene was his ex-lover, well kind of. Now she only called him whether she wanted help with something or if she was horny. For the last couple of months he avoided making any contact with her.

"How come you haven't returned my calls" She was touching his hair lacing it between her fingers.

Because you're not worth my time. "I have been busy at work"

"Poor Sesshomaru, All business and no play" she tugged on his hair and he shot her a glare.

Sesshomaru took her wrist and twist it slightly, a small groan escaping her lips. He smiled briefly before releasing her. If she was angry she showed no sign of it, it looked as if she was turned on by his action.

"Where is your mate" He stood from his stool drink in hand. Her arousal disappeared instantly.

She was shocked. How would he know? "What"

"Your mate, you're bathing in his scent. I wish to talk to him" He saw fear in her eyes.

"What do you need to talk to him about" Kaguya began to shrink back. "Youe would actually tell on me"

"Two things you will do, one stop calling me and two I do not want to see your face again, or I will tell your mate your frequent midnight rendezvous with the other males." He cupped her chin. "Do I make myself clear?"

"Jerk" she bit out snatching her chin away and leaving him near the bar.

Another person bumped into him and he looked up. The VIP room was getting less crowded so Sesshomaru chose to sit up there away from the crowd. So far the club was actually well design and managed. He thought maybe he wouldn't mind coming back again. He made his way through another thick crowd that was dancing. He noticed the few glances from the males when their female partners stopped to admire his flawless facade.

Sesshomaru was tempted to flirt with one of the woman that had caught his attention. But a young man knocked into Sesshomaru and he spilled his drink onto him. He just stared at the young man while he was cursing and shaking his shirt from the liquid. Sesshomaru had thought whether or not to apologize to the boy but he made up his mind when the boy rudely cursed at him.

"Man, What the hell, is you blind" The young man said. "You just waste all your damn drink on me!"

"Well it wouldn't have happened if you would have been able to control your wild movements" Obviously the boy had no idea who he was talking to.

Three built men surrounded Sesshomaru and the young man was in front of him. His female partner called out to him, not wanting to cause any trouble. Muso was his name.

Muso definitely did not know who he was messing with. From the clothing Muso wore he was some spoiled rich kid. This just made it a whole lot better.

A crowd was beginning to form around them, making bets that the silver-haired guy would get his ass kicked.

"What did you just say to me…" Muso stood to full height and jumped into Sesshomaru's face. Sesshomaru was taller of 3 inches.

He was not fazed. "Little boy, do not cause trouble you can't handle""

"Little boy? do you know who I am? I am Muso! Son of Hay-ate the Japan's greatest heavy weight champion" A loud cheer erupted through the crowd.

"Never heard of him" and the cheering died down. Sesshomaru lifted his glass to drink the last bit but Muso knocked his drink from his hand.

Sesshomaru knew the hit was coming. He easily dodged Muso's second attack and punched Muso in the stomach. One of Muso friends ran up to jab Sesshomaru in the rib, but Sesshomaru counterattacked and rammed a fist into his face knocking him into the crowd behind him. Muso pulled out a knife aiming for Sesshomaru's face. Sesshomaru grabbed his wrist twisting backwards breaking Muso's arm. Muso yelled in pain and fell to his knees. Two men rushed Sesshomaru, from out of nowhere Inuyasha and Miroku knocked them down.

"What the hell Sesshomaru, we haven't even been here for twenty minutes" Inuyasha said taking the gun from their hands.

"Quite the troublemaker you are" Miroku ever so calmly tucked his hands in his pants.

Muso came up from the ground almost in a blur and pulled out a gun from his waistband.

On instinct Sesshomaru, Inuyasha and Miroku pulled out theirs. All around them Guns were cocked and aimed at the three in the circle. Hiten and Ginta came over to see what the entire ruckus was about, upon seeing Sesshomaru's situation they jumped in and pulled out their guns as well.

Muso chuckled menacingly. "You think you're going to walk out just like that" Muso wiped his mouth. "Think again"

"You wanna get your ass kicked again" Inuyasha said. Apparently he was up for some action.

"You fucking wolves, God I can't see why she lets you prowl around in here. You do nothing but cause trouble."

She. This club belongs to a woman…

Muso moved his finger to pull the trigger but a woman's voice screamed throughout the crowd. A woman stepped in facing Muso with her back turned to Sesshomaru. From his view she had long raven loose curly hair. The dress she wore was short but not offending to her nature. The dress hugged every amount of curves she had and the swell on her backside. She wasn't very tall but she was quite attractive. From the back.

"Muso what the hell is going on here!?" Her hands placed at her hips.

"Don't look at me like that! It's his fault" he pointed his gun.

She whirled around eyes blazing in anger. "Who are you!?"

Her face… that smell… It couldn't be.


Yay... It's sessho's birthday and i decided to get him a very special gift. what would you get him... Review if you like the chap. Chapter 5 coming soon!!

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