Hey, everyone!

It's Heather, doing what she does best. :)

Writing mediocre stories whilst guzzling caffeinated beverages and stuffing her face with fruity Tootsie Rolls.

I really hope you guys are enjoying the fic, and I guess this is going to move slower than my other stories.

But at least I'm already on chapter ten!

-D.O.C

Random Prompt: "Protagonist finds that a major antagonist isn't as evil as they seem."

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I do not own Inuyasha characters. I own only this plot.

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Rin excused herself from Inuyasha's presence a few minutes later, walking slowly back to her room, praying that the elder brother wouldn't be in the hallway.

No such luck.

There was Sesshomaru, leaning against the door of his room, sleepy gaze directed to her as soon as she rounded the corner.

"Ah, Ms. Tsukiko. I wish to apologize."

'He wants to apologize... Since when does the captor apologize to the hostage?!'

"I should not have snapped at you for making such a clever observation." His serene expression turned into a mocking smirk.

"Excuse me?" Rin bristled.

The smirk turned into a dark, twisted parody of a grin. "I know that it's dangerous to tamper with prescriptions. But if I want to do that, who's going to stop me?"

"No one, I guess." Rin murmured, shifting her feet towards her room door. If she had to make a break for it, she could run to her private space and lock the door.

She was sure that Sesshomaru wouldn't break down a door in his own mansion.

"Precisely." He leaned his head against the door, studying her uncomfortable features. "I enjoy having such power over the people around me... Even you." The maniac's grin was back.

Rin squeaked, her eyes wide as Sesshomaru patted her hair.

"You are a good little pet. You have not even tried to make a call to the police yet! You will be a good human, and someday, you might even serve a pathetic purpose in your sad, short life!"

He smelled a spike of pure rage in her scent and saw her jaw clench as her fists started to tremble.

'Why does she not strike me? Why does she display such hate for my very being, yet not act on her anger?' Humans confounded him.

'You will not hit him. You will not make things worse for yourself. You have been around him for a total of one day, and if you don't make him angry, he might let you live for a second day...' Rin squeezed her eyes shut and shuddered as his hand left her head.

She knew where this was going. Every other man to ever come around her hadn't been able to keep their hands somewhere modest.

She braced herself for the imminent gropes to come. For the harsh strikes to her face. Both of which she had become... used to since her days in foster care, before her 'family' had adopted her.

Her eye cracked open. He just looked at her, confused. His nose twitched.

"Why are you so afraid?"

"It's nothing. Goodnight, Mr. Taisho." She hurriedly said, turning around, still stiffened, just in case he decided to hit her when she was, seemingly, off-guard.

"Hold on." Rin flinched as a large hand was wrapped around her wrist, stopping her from escaping his question.

Sesshomaru turned her to face him. "I demand that you tell me why you are afraid."

"Other than the fact that you threatened my life and kidnapped me?"

"You are quite sarcastic when you want to be, little human." His eyes narrowed, their temporarily glazed quality still present.

"Well... What else would you keep me here for?" She whimpered, looking at her feet, letting the implications fall wherever they might have.

He threw her arm away from his person, snarling in nearly tangible disgust. "You cannot possibly believe me to be so low."

"I don't know you. We just met yesterday. How do I know that you-"

"I would never take an unwilling female," he growled, "that is for the sick, disgusting vermin of this earth."

She nodded, grateful yet still apprehensive.

"Retire to your room, Ms. Tsukiko. If you need anything, do not hesitate to call upon a serv-" he paused, "on a second thought, call upon me. I shall take full responsibility for you, miss. I have not personally taken care of one of my possessions in a while."

She nodded mutely, turning and disappearing through the door across from his.

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Sesshomaru hadn't met such a strange woman, ever.

Her eyes held a spark of defiance that was held in the gazes of demonesses, so many years ago, before their kind was killed off nearly to extinction.

She did not fear him constantly, her scent mostly held caution, which was very intelligent for her to have.

She enthralled him.

Though he often loathed humans for their fragile nature, their weakening emotions, their pitiful life cycles... their ability to die... while he was stuck to roam the earth for... A very long time.

But this little human, she was different.

Not to mention she was more attractive than any demoness he had ever seen.

Yes, the steam and scents of bath products had masked her presence in the bathroom, so it was, indeed, an accident, but he wasn't entirely adverse towards seeing the little woman unclothed.

He lied down in his large bed, sinking slightly into the soft mattress as he contemplated this fact.

She was his pet, now. He could technically do anything he wanted with her, but seeing her tiny, trembling form had made him reason with his inner, carnal self.

He wanted this small human in a sexual way, but that was alright, he guessed.

As long as it didn't run deeper than that one primal desire, he didn't mind taking a female from a lower species.

Yes, a lower species...

That dark grin spread across his face. He always enjoyed a game of Cat and Mouse. Or, in this case, Inuyoukai and Human.

It was clear. He was the predator, and she was his prey.

He could lay a trap, one to lure her, quite willingly, into his bed.

He nodded to himself.

His eyes getting heavier and his heart slowing slightly, his mind got increasingly hazy as he gave himself to the sea of darkness creeping in on him.

Dreams of his new pet were already starting to play in his head.

He smirked right before he went limp.

These pills were good.

Really good.

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Again, don't do drugs!

HUGS NOT DRUGS! \(^-^)/

Wow, I need a life, eh?

-D.O.C