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~Chapter ten: Sexy lil' darkness~


'Just admit it! You've fallen in love with her.'

He was not one to hesitate. So then why did he? And only when it came to Rin? He couldn't take it, anymore. This had to stop.

Sesshomaru realized that he had fallen in love with this innocent, yet beautiful woman. But, he wasn't sure what she felt for him. She seemed to be putting up a barrier between them.

Perhaps, he should return to Kagura. He had started ignoring Kagura ever since Rin first started tutoring him.

'No,'

He didn't want to return to that bitch. Kagura had a pretty face, but her personality was deceiving. He didn't trust her.

There is a saying that it is a wonderful sensation to fall in love, but pain staking if the person doesn't return those feelings. Sesshomaru didn't want to feel that. To avoid such type of pain he would have to control himself, be cold and calculating. He would not let this feelings overpower him.

He wasn't weak.

Sesshomaru's intense amber eyes stared up at the ceiling of his bedroom. The image of Rin smiling down at him appeared in his mind.

He clenched his hand into a fist. His sharp claws pierced his skin allowing a single drop of blood to spill, before the wounds healed. He flexed his hand, before allowing his fingers to reach out and touch his mouth.

He reminisce the feel of her soft, sensuous lips. The seams of her parted lips and her soft breath on his lips.

He also recalled her tears. They made him want to protect her. But, did he have to protect her from him? Was he even indicted for such an innocent sweet girl like her?

Sesshomaru sat up and stared at the digital clock. It was past nine. Tonight, they were having customers stop by to pick up the merchandise samples. His customers had readily accepted to undergo his studies.

He stood up and slipped on his dark boots, before walking over to the closet and grabbing his black leather jacket. He, also, made sure to grab the Dunhill cigarette brand from his top drawer.

He walked out of his room taking out his favorite lighter and pressed a knock on Inuyasha's bedroom door.

"What do you want, asshole?" Inuyasha's voice reached his ears.

"Stop brooding, we have work to do," Sesshomaru replied back in a cold, indifference tone. He walked off hearing his half-brother shuffling behind him.

Sesshomaru stepped out into the porch and lit a cigarette. He placed the cigarette in his mouth and resumed his stride towards his car.

He unlocked his car and opened the trunk of his car, unlatched the locks of the large suitcase and took out a small black box from inside.

'Father was highly impressed of the idea I came up with. At least, I was able to please him in being able to work with Inuyasha. This project will defiantly heighten and increase the popularity of the company. I just need to graduate and continue my studies in order to attain power to congress the company.'

He chewed on the tip of the cigarette, enjoying the taste. He didn't fail to notice that the Higurashi were having a party, tonight. He didn't mind the extra witnesses. It mattered not to him what they thought of him or his family.

Inuyasha walked outside, glancing at the Higurashi house. He could hear the vibrating music playing. He pursed his lips into a frown, before he sat down on the porch waiting for the first customer to arrive.

A hot pink Porsche car parked a few feet behind Inuyasha's Lamborghini, a luscious red car that was parked in the circular driveway.

A woman stepped out of her car and walked over to stand in front of Sesshomaru.

"Hello boys, I'm here for my treatment."

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Kagome flaunted her outfit to her party guests. She was wearing a yarn skirt dress that had two layer folds. A pattern of empty flowers was designed throughout the dress. She was wearing a pair of red high heels. The stiletto on the shoe could be used to stake a vampire's heart.

The raven haired girl soon spotted her best friend, Sango. Sango was standing near the punch bowl table arguing with Miroku. She seemed to be angry with him. Kagome could only guess that Miroku was caught flirting with another girl.

'Men. Will they ever learn?' Kagome thought with exasperation.

Kagome noticed that Sango was sporting a new outfit that her friend had brought for the occasion. Sango was wearing a vibrant pink, splicing long sleeve dress. Around her thin waist, she wore a black belt decorated with a black rose on the center.

"Miroku, you know how much I dislike you flirting with other girls." Sango jabbed her index finger in his dress shirt. Miroku grabbed Sango's hand and held it near his lips. "Sango, I wasn't flirting with her. I promise you are the only girl for me." Miroku placed a kiss on her finger, before placing another kiss on her hand.

Sango blushed feeling her guard weaken. "Y-you cheater,"

"We came out here to have some fun. Why don't we go dance?" Miroku whispered zealous into Sango's ear. Her ears were a ting pink from the touch of his lips to her ear.

"Fine, but don't think I've forgiven you just yet." Sango mumbled, before she led the way to the dance floor.

Miroku followed behind her wearing a playful smile on his lips.

Sarah walked inside the Higurashi house. The tables were filled with snacks and favorable drinks for the guests to take. The rooms were decorated with flourish plastic green vines and scented candles were placed in various sections of the household.

Sarah glanced at the outfits the girls were wearing. She didn't have time to change to a flirty dress for the party, so she arrived wearing the outfit she took for a conference meeting. Her father's company had a very important meeting today that she had the privilege to attend to. He had wanted her to wear a formal lengthy, cocoa colored dress. She had also added accessories to make her outfit stand out.

She had a pearl necklace around her neck, and had a floral headband that matched splendidly with her outfit.

"Sarah, do you want me to get you something to drink?" Paul asked. Her date was standing next to her, wearing a pair of white pants with a soft blue striped dress shirt, and a blue vest over it. They both stood out from the crowd, but Sarah found out that she didn't mind the result, after all.

"Mh, sure, I'll be waiting here for you." Sarah said, raising her voice over the loud music.

"Alright," He said, before he walked off into the crowd. Sarah sighed absently. 'Maybe, I shouldn't have invited Paul. He is always so polite and nice to me, but I bet it's because Paul works for my father and he just wants to look good in front of him.'

Paul soon returned back and handed Sarah an unopened can of flavored orange soda. Sarah took the can from his hands and smiled warmly back at him. "This party looks great, right! I'm really glad that my dad gave me permission to attend."

"Yeah, everyone here is having fun and the music is very vibrant and upbeat. Thanks for letting me accompany you, Sarah. I really appreciate that you choose me to give you company, tonight." Paul said with a happy grin. 'Her eyes are so beautiful. '

Paul had been interested in Sarah for a long time now, but he just didn't have the courage to declare his feelings for her. He was too shy and modest to want to ruin the friendship between them.

"Sure, it's no problem." Sarah said, before taking a sip from her soda. She allowed Paul to place an arm around her waist as she continued viewing the crowd.

Kagome was standing near the staircase that was taped off with yellow tape that said, "No trespassing."

"Souta, here's the pizza box you ordered." Kagome said, handing the box over to her younger brother. Souta grinned. "Thank sis!"

He removed the yellow tape and reached for the pizza box.

"Is everything okay with you and your friends?" Kagome asked Souta. "Yeah, thanks for letting me have my friends over and letting me move your TV into my room to play video games."

"Alright, just try not to make a ruckus." Kagome replied back rubbing her younger brother's head. Souta fixed his hair. "Hey!"

He turned around and walked back upstairs.

'I'm glad I was able to pursue Souta to not tell mom that my small party turned into a full blast party. I know mom trusted me to be responsible, but surely nothing will go wrong with having a bigger party than planned. Mom won't be back until tomorrow night, and grandpa went to visit his friend in the retirement home and decided to stay overnight. Nonetheless, I will continue to try to keep this party under control.'

Kagome had a determined face as she pumped her arm in the air ready to take any challenge.

"Rin, there you are!" Kagome exclaimed with a happy smile. Rin walked over to hug Kagome, before pulling away. "Kagome, I haven't seen Sesshomaru. Do you think he'll show up?"

"Mh, well why don't you go over to his house and find out if he's going to come over?" Kagome suggested.

"I don't know," Rin mumbled, feeling shy.

"Come on, Rin. You don't want to miss on the opportunity to declare your feelings, right?"

"F-fine, I'll go." Rin answered, feeling her palms become sweaty. She anticipated the moment she would get to see Sesshomaru, again.

"Good luck!" Kagome said waving her off.

Souten glanced nervously around the place, before she sighed feeling relieved that the attention she attracted was the opposite of what she expected.

She was wearing a dress that brought out her body curves. Some whistles were thrown in her direction making her blush.

She spotted a handsome boy within the crowd.

Shippo was poking his straw casually in the punch juice box and looking around into the crowd. 'This party looks like fun! But, I still want to find Rin to thank her for inviting me. She really is kind even after what occurred between us.'

His eyes met Souten causing Shippo to gulp his juice awkwardly and blush. 'It's her. I always end up thinking about Souten. I wonder if I should walk over and say hi.'

A red tint formed across his cheeks. Souten glanced away shyly and tried to ignore Shippo's embarrassed stare.

"You should go over and talk to her." Rin assisted as she stood next to Shippo. Shippo looked surprised to see her, before grinning. "I think I'll go do that."

"By the way Rin, I want to thank you again for everything. I really do feel bad about what transpired between us. I didn't want to be so harsh." Shippo said with apologetic eyes. His green eyes twinkled with sincerity.

"Don't worry about that, anymore. I'm okay. Now go!" Rin said as she pushed him forward to where Souten was standing. Rin then turned around and walked off.

Rin walked out into her front house porch and spotted Sesshomaru conversing with someone. She watched as Sesshomaru handed a small box to the tall, bulky man.

The man took out an envelope from his jacket pocket and took out a couple of dollars bills, handing them over to Sesshomaru. Sesshomaru counted the money, before he said something and allowed his customer to leave.

Rin walked over as the bulky man left. "Hey Sesshomaru, what are you doing?"

He glanced up at her placing the money into his pant pocket. "I'm working,"

Sesshomaru noticed that Rin was wearing a low cut sexy white dress, accompanied by the pair of ivory satin high heels. The dress had a flowery season lace.

She was wearing a necklace around her neck and her hair had been pulled up into a high ponytail.

He glanced away from her provocative image.

Rin leaned forward and smiled, "Do you always work this late?"

"It's only on occasions." Sesshomaru answered. He noticed that Inuyasha had noticed Rin even though Inuyasha was attending another customer. Sesshomaru walked over to his car noticing that Rin followed behind him.

"So, what do you sell?" Rin asked innocently.

Sesshomaru stared at her passively, "Nothing useful to you."

Rin pouted, "Meany…"

Sesshomaru pulled out another small box from the back of his car's trunk and threw it to her. Rin caught it awkwardly and she stared down at it. Sesshomaru looked over her shoulder as an expensive vehicle parked into the driveway.

Sesshomaru went to greet his customer, leaving Rin alone. Rin opened the lid of the small case and stared at the small bottles filled with a red liquid. There was also a pair of five needles on the side of the case.

Rin pulled one out and stared at the bottle. The moonlight was hidden by clouds creating a blanket of darkness. It was hard to read in the dark. "Take two doses every day," Rin mumbled to herself as she squinted to read the small letters.

"Can I have that back now?" Rin looked up see Sesshomaru standing beside her.

"Sesshomaru, what is this? Is this a… drug?"

He stared at her with a firm gaze. "Yes,"

Rin placed the bottle inside the box and returned it to him. "What does it do?"

He handed the case of medicine to the woman, who had arrived earlier. She was one of his regular customers. They talked for a few short minutes, before she left them alone.

"Rin, it lets you give up addictions to drugs. It reestablishes the body's organ system."

Rin stared at him surprised. "Then, this is good medicine. Why do you sell this during the night?"

"My father allowed us to work during the night to sell these samples to selective customers that were chosen from the company. " He motioned to Inuyasha when he mentioned the phrase, us.

"This product is not under file, yet. I made the product."

"Why not register the product, then? Aren't you worried that people might get the wrong impression?" Rin dared to ask. She was so curious to know more about Sesshomaru's job at his father's company.

"That's what I plan on doing, but I can't do that just yet. I have to wait until I graduate from school." Sesshomaru informed Rin. He wasn't surprised Rin had so many questions about what he did. "I'm also not worried about what others might think of me. Rumors are rumors, after all."

Rin nodded understanding him. She smiled and pointed to her house, "Do you want to join the party? We invited you, after all."

He glanced at his watch. "Sure,"

Inuyasha dismissed their last customer, before he noticed that Sesshomaru had closed the trunk of his car. He was silently notifying Inuyasha that he was dismissed.

Inuyasha stared at his neighbor's house, before he grinned and decided that he would crash the party.

As they walked to her house, Sesshomaru lit a cigarette. Rin pulled it out from his mouth and stepped on it, "No smoking."

He stared at the burnt out cigarette. "That was my last one."

'Typical Rin, it's amusing to know she is so willing to contradict me. I bet she doesn't even realize it.'

Rin pulled on the sleeve of his jacket, "Even better."

A grin tugged at the edge of Rin's mouth.

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