Sango was sleeping peacefully when her cell phone rang. She woke up and looked at her watch: it was three in the morning. She sighed heavily before answering in a very sleepy voice.

"Yes?"

"Sango?" asked a very sad voice. Sango took a little moment before responding.

"Kelly, why are you crying?"

The other girl continued to shed tears on the other side of the phone.

"Kelly, you can talk to me, we're friends right? Come on, where are you so that I come?"

"I am home."

"Did someone hurt you?" asked Sango as her friend continued to weep.

"I cannot live without him." She finally answered between her tears. Sango bit her bottom lip. She knew that Inuyasha was a jerk, how could he hurt someone as sweet as Kelly?

"Are you talking about Taisho?"

"Yes, I…I love him." She murmured as if she was ashamed by her own words. Sango turned on the light of her room as she settled herself comfortably in her bed. That's why she never approached Inuyasha or his gang, they were heart breakers.

"Don't you say that Kelly, you do not love him, you simply think that you do."

Kelly stopped to cry but her voice was very hurt.

"No Sango, you don't understand, I love him, I adore him, I cannot believe that he finally saw me and began to date me, I thought that maybe he will love with time, I gave myself to him…" she stated before beginning to whimper again.

Sango was speechless.

"Kelly, did you sleep with Inuyasha?" she asked in a worried voice. Silence came to the line.

"Kelly, please tell me that you didn't."

"You don't understand!" cried Kelly as she sniffled. "He went to my home and told me to prove him that I loved him, and I did. I thought he loved me back, how could he, he is everything for me. I am going to kill myself."

"No!" shouted Sango, hearing her friend's desperate voice. "Don't be silly, killing yourself is the most idiotic thing you can do!"

"But I cannot live without him, he is the air I breath, I cannot handle the fact that he will be sleeping around while I am alone, dreaming about him. I want to die."

"Kelly, you knew Inuyasha was a player…"

"I thought he changed!" she cried. "I thought that if I give him the time he needs he will love me back, but he didn't, he just ditched me as if I was a piece of garbage, a toy. I am so humiliated, and more than anything, I am hurt. I love him." She whispered the last part. "I cannot live if he hates me."

"You will forget him."

"No! Never! I love him, how could she steal him from me! He's my boyfriend, my lover! Oh my God, I need him!"

Sango sighed. Kelly was having a nervous breakdown and Inuyasha simply ditched her. How could a person be so insensitive? He toyed with her emotions; he used her body to pleasure himself then dropped her like an old piece.

"You know Kelly, you shouldn't be so unhappy. Think that he will do to that girl the same thing he did to her. The difference will be that you are now aware that he is a jerk, ad for that you are freed from his manipulation."

"You didn't see Sango!" she shouted on the phone, desperation reaching her friend even if she could not be seen. "He hugged her like if she was his salvation, and said that his girlfriend is the one in his arms. She is so evil, she knew that he is with me but didn't mind the fact that he left me there so that Kouga would drive me home!"

Her voice stopped as she cried again. Sango furrowed her eyebrows. Wasn't Kagome the one with Kouga?

"And from all girls, Sango, it was your friend Kagome who did this to me; she stole my lover from me."

"It is impossible," answered Sango, "Kagome knows that Inuyasha is an asshole, she would never behave with you that way."

"Well…" trailed Kelly with a broken voice, "she did not seem to bother when he said she was his girlfriend. She even danced all naughty with Kouga so that he will be attracted by her. She was luring him and he didn't even want to look at me anymore."

"Oh my God, Kelly I don't know what to say, I…"

But Kelly's sobbing voice interrupted her.

"But if he wanted her, why did he play me like that? I mean, if I knew, I would have never done with him what I did. If he wanted her, why did he use me, or was it to make her jealous?"

Sango leaned her head to rest it on her pillow.

"Maybe there is a mistake, Kagome is not that type of people and in addition she hates Inuyasha."

"Why are you defending her? She used Kouga to make Inuyasha jealous, she's a manipulator. I hate myself; I hate myself because I believed all his promises of love. I am such an idiot, I am pathetic."

"It is not your fault!" Sango shouted back. "They are the one who toyed with you! You are just a victim."

"Yes, I am a victim, but I am not theirs. I am the victim of love."

Sango wanted to reply but Kelly simply hung up.

"Why Kagome, I thought you were different." She said as she drifted back to sleep, her mind still saddened by Kelly's sadness.

Inutaisho was working on some papers with Anne. He stopped suddenly and watched her as she brought a hair strand off her face. She looked absolutely divine. Everything in her was perfect, her face, her form, her laughter, her voice. He smiled to himself. When he worked with her, he didn't feel the stress and the tension. She made everything look so easy, so simple.

"I think that we must look to the files of Mr. Naraku's company. I think that he is the one who is trying to break us down."

"Do what you find appropriate, and if you find anything illegal, he will be saved by the tension he's putting on us, right?"

Anne smiled. He was so clever and she would dare say it, handsome. She pushed the last thought immediately.

"That is right Mr. Taisho. Now, I will go to my coworkers and ask them to find anything in Naraku's past that we can use against him so that he lowers his pressure. Our company is in a very critical situation, a lot of shares have been sold to an unknown direction but now everything is stable again."

"Thanks to you," he replied.

"It is not just me, your son, the younger Mr. Taisho has been with a great help. He was the one to doubt Chris in the first time, leading us to Naraku."

"Yes, Sesshuamru is the intelligent one in the family." He responded as his eyes shone with paternal pride. "He is a man to count on in such situations; however, Inuyasha is not as intelligent as his brother. He is the source of my problems."

"I believe Inuyasha is your younger son Mr. Taisho?"

"Yes he is and thanks God that he is unique because I don't believe that this world can fit to two of him."

Both of them laughed for his statement.

"And what about your girl?"

"Kagome, she has a fiancé. I know she is too young to be engaged but she was in love, and love cannot be controlled."

"No, love is free from all boundaries." Inutaisho said, looking at her intently, making her blush.

"I must go to deliver my report." She said after an awkward silence.

"Yes, I will see you tomorrow Anne."

"Okay."

She walked out of the office, feeling her cheeks redden more than they should. Inutaisho watched her as she walked away. When he was alone, he leaned into his chair.

"Anne Higurashi." He said with a smile on his face. "Such an interesting person you are. I think that there still is a positive aspect in our crisis, and it is you."

He flipped his cell phone and dialed Sessumaru's number.

"Yes father?"

"Now I remember Sesshumaru. Doesn't Chris have a sister?"

Silence came for a while before Sesshuamru answered.

"Yes, indeed, Rin if I remember correctly."

"Do you still have her number?"

"Maybe, why father?"

"I think that you should call her and try to get some information out of her about the relationship between her brother and Naraku."

"But…"

"No buts son. I don't wish for you to call her, I demand you to call her."

Inutaisho closed his cell phone and smiled.

"'maybe', he says, he thinks he can fool his old man by pretending to have a formal relationship with her. I bet he slept with her."

He was interrupted when his interphone rang.

"Mr. Inutaisho?" asked his secretary. "You have an appointment now.

"Okay, let him come." He said as he sat again in a professional manner. He took a deep breath. He was strangled by work.

A man with big eyes, going to a red color and long brown hair was sitting in his very large dark office. He smiled when the door opened and Chris entered.

"Chris," he said while he turned to face him, "how much shares did we have?"

"Not enough. We have only secured 37% of the shares."

"Why?"

"I don't know what the Taisho family did, but they were able to stabilize the price of their products and now they are secure. Rumors say that they have hired the best economist, Anne Higurashi."

"Is that so?" He asked as he leaned on his desk. "So, Inutaisho wants to play with me. Tell me chris, haven't I hired you as to be a genius with brilliant ideas?"

"Yes you did."

"Then what should I do to get the rest so that I can control 51% of the shares? What should I do to get the full control of the Taisho's company?"

"We are going to use plan B Mr. Naraku."

"And what is plan B?"

"We are going to destroy the Taisho's from the inside."

"I like it. You know a lot about them Chris, use what you know to plant disagreement between them."

"I am working on something even better Mr. Naraku. In fact, I am using the plan you proposed yourself one year ago."

"Oh, I see that you have been finally convinced by the success of my idea. Hurry up Chris, I want that company and you want your revenge from the Taisho's as well, so we must work together to secure our higher benefits, right?"

"Of course," responded Chris as he left the dark office. Once outside, he took his cell phone and dialed a number.

"Hello, are you home?" he asked. After a few seconds he responded.

"Okay, anyway, I want to see you tomorrow. We will talk about the progress our plan has made. See you later and by the way, Mr. Naraku sends you his salutations."

Sesshumaru took a deep breath before dialing Rin's number from his office. He put his cell phone on his ear. His heart almost stopped when he heard his name coming from her lips.

"Sesshy?"

"Hum, hello Rin."

"How are you?" she asked in a very timid voice.

"I am fine," he replied coldly. "I wanted to ask you about…"

"Won't you ask me how I am doing?" she interrupted him shyly. He swallowed before asking."

"How are you doing?"

"I miss you."

"Rin. I told you that there is nothing more left between us."

"I love you."

"I want to ask you about Chris." He said ignoring her statement that made him feel lighter than air. "I want to know about his relationship with Naraku."

"All what I know is that Naraku has merged our company with his and since then they have been partners."

"Do you know anything about their activities?"

"No, but I overheard my brother saying that he is preparing for something huge. I can find out more for you Sesshy."

"No, it won't be necessary."

"I was not useful, right?" she asked in a broken voice.

"It is not your fault Rin. Bye."

She was about to tell him about how she missed him when he left her hanging on the phone.

"I love you." She said to herself.