"Come on," Inuyasha sighed as he crouched in front of her. "Kaede should have some water going so that you can wash off that blood."

"Is Sesshomaru really so terrible here?"

"He is a monster. I suggest that you get rid of that piece of jewelry, I think only the crescent moon has his energy so you wouldn't have to completely remove it."

"Okay," Nova spoke, removing the dangle off the silver hoop and dropped it on the ground and brushed some dirt over it before climbing onto the inuhanyou's back. "How do you know him?"

"We share the same father," Inuyasha muttered as he jumped out of the well and started running back to the village.

"I'm sure your father is lucky to have a son like you."

"I wouldn't know. He died protecting my mother when I was a baby."

"I'm sorry… I lost both my parents ten years ago."

"What happened?"

"Some crazy gang broke into our house and murdered them while I was hiding in a cupboard."

"Damn and I thought my childhood was bad."

"Is being hanyou tough?"

"I've gotten used to it but yeah. I don't really fit in with Youkai or humans."

"Seems like you've made some good friends though. Doesn't really matter what you are when you have people who accept you as you are."

"Yeah…"

"Seems that you have found yet another weak mortal to pine after, half-breed." Inuyasha halted to a stop as a figure dressed in white hamakas and haori under his armor came into view between a couple trees. Nova gasped quietly as she saw silver hair and molten gold eyes, his face adorn with magenta strips and a blue crescent moon on his brow. "Another mortal with strange tastes in clothing."

"Run, Nova," Inuyasha hissed as he set her down and drew the sword at his waist that grew as it was pulled.

"So this is how you actually look…" Nova frowned, feeling nothing from him.

"Stop dawdling and run you idiot!" Inuyasha snapped.

"Don't yell at me. Why don't you sit like a good boy?" Nova scoffed before Inuyasha went face first into the ground. "I wasn't being serious…"

"How'd you active the subjugation beads?!" He snapped as he got to his feet and turned to face her.

"I don't know what you're talking about, but I think we have bigger problems. His eyes turned red," Nova whispered as she glanced at the man who would become her boss 500 years into his future.

"Shit, run!" Inuyasha snapped as he grabbed her arm and pulled her with him as he picked a direction.

"Your hurting me, Inuyasha," Nova gasped as she got pulled roughly as she tried to run with him. "What's going on?"

"Red is bad. His beast has taken over. I don't have a chance winning most days, to have his daemon take over, good luck."

"And do you really think that dragging me with you will last long? I'm not a runner!"

"Right," he made a move to pull her onto his back when she felt an arm around her waist and jerked her out of Inuyasha's grip, his nails leaving bloody scratches down her arm. "Nova!"

"Why do you carry our scent, human?" His voice growled and Nova stiffened as his face pressed against her neck and his other arm came to wrap around her neck. "Jewelry you wear holds our energy."

"I…"

"Don't say anything Nova."

"Really, Inuyasha?" Nova hissed as she felt teeth on her shoulder. "I'm pretty sure I don't have any options!"

"He'll kill you…"

"I'm pretty sure I'm dead either way…" Nova gasped in pain as she felt him bite into her shoulder hard. "You gave it to me…! 500 years in your future… I work for you… your personal assistant…"

"Damn it Nova!" Inuyasha snapped as he paced a few yards away.

"I am unable to return home, what other choice do I have…?" Nova whispered, feeling blood roll down from where she had been bitten as hot tears rolled down her cheeks. Feeling nails dig into her side she whimpered and her hands came to his arm and dug her nails into him only to receive a threatening growl.

"I'm sorry, Nova…"

"I know…" Nova cried softly. "This was my own fault… not yours… Go while you still can…"

"I will find a way to get you home," Inuyasha promised before dashing off into the forest.

"You humans and your constant need of emotion," his voice growled deeply as he stopped biting into her shoulder.

"What do you want from me?" Nova whispered.

"Anything and everything I desire. If I want you dead, you'll be dead, but there are other desires. Your blood is intoxicating."

"I don't want to die," Nova whimpered as he dug his nails deeper into her side.

"For this Sesshomaru to have asked to court a human… I must have become weak in 500 years."

"I don't know. I don't remember much of the past couple months, you never showed emotion towards me that I remember," she gasped as his fingers tightened around her throat. "Please…"

"Hn."

The hand around her neck loosened while the one around her waist moved to be at the center of her exposed abdomen as she felt movement below her. Looking down, she gasped as she saw the ground start to get further away as a cloud seemed to form below her. She saw a flash of red in the trees below before she noticed that she was being flown west. After a short time, the ground started to get closer and she noticed a small spring that had a mist over its milky surface as they landed by its edge.

"Undress yourself and wash the blood from your person before it stains your clothing," he spoke as he sat against a tree, the red in his eyes gone as he faced her. "I have not seen such style but it suits you."

"It's from my home country in India."

"This Sesshomaru will have to commission some more to be made while you remain in my service."

"For however long that may be?" Nova asked quietly and he nodded.

She pulled off the veil from her shoulders and folded it before placing it on a rock. She turned her back to the silver-haired inuyoukai as she pulled off the bodice top and it earned her a threatening growl. She glanced at Sesshomaru before turning back around to face him with a small sigh. She unzipped the skirt and stepped out of it as it fell to the ground, left only in a pair of navy blue lace underwear and bra.

"Remove the rest."

"I'm not your plaything," she huffed as she put both hands on her hips and glared at him.

"You are, unless you'd rather die now," he growled as he appeared in front of her, his eyes bleeding red, and she let out a small scream in surprise. "Unless you'd rather we tear your garments and leave you with nothing to cover your human dignity."

"Very well," Nova whispered and unhooked her bra and let it slide off her arms, refusing to step away from the man invading her personal space. She moved to the edge of her underwear and started to pull it down when his hands moved to her hips and pulled her against him, making her hiss as her skin touched the cool metal of his armor. "I thought you wanted me to wash the blood off."

"Eventually," he growled softly, his nails piercing skin.

Nova winced at the action but lowered her head to focus on his chest and let go of her underwear and let it fall to her ankles. He moved his hands, letting his claws dig into her flesh as he moved his hands up to her ribs. Trying to contain the pain as she felt blood roll down her sides from the new scratches he had just created, a whimper escaped her throat. He growled in response but she couldn't tell if it was good or bad as he let go of her and she could hear the straps of his armor being loosened. She let her hands tighten into fists as the armor fell to the ground somewhere behind him and his haori opened to reveal a chest she vaguely remembered from when she had seen her boss practicing in his dojo.

His hands came to her arms and she found herself against a tree with the bark digging painfully into her back, causing her to be unable to quiet her cry of pain at the action. His hands moved to her waist and lifted her up as he bit into her shoulder again, his hands sliding down her legs and moving them so that they wrapped around his tattooed waist. She obeyed as her hands moved to grip his shoulders as she felt a hardness trapped against their abdomens. He growled viciously against her bloody shoulder as one hand remained on her thigh and the other moved below her and she felt movement of fabric against her bare body. Soon both hands came back to her waist and lifted her up slightly before impaling her on his hardened length.

A scream escaped her as pain shot through her entire body as it protested against the intrusion. Not only had she not been prepared for his size, he had entered her with nothing to help ease the movement. The inuyoukai didn't even give her time to adjust as he started to thrust inside of her, not removing his teeth from her shoulder as his claws dug back into her hips. Each thrust caused her pain and she couldn't stop the tears as she could only hold onto the daemon as he took his pleasure. It was unwilling but she knew that she couldn't say no for fear of him actually killing her. Even she knew that in the end, letting someone rape her over and over was better than being killed.

Eventually, it was over as he finally stopped biting her and seemed to roar as he released himself inside of her as a pressure inside of her exploded and her vision went white. The moment he let her go, she let her battered body collapse to the ground painfully, the tears still flowing freely down her face. Disgusted that her body had betrayed her, she kept her face hidden as she remained still, her body trembling from the pain and her own release, warm fluid rolling down her inner thighs of her own fluids mixed with his.

She silently hoped that he would leave her to her own bitter humiliation but knew that it was wishful thinking as she was pulled into his arms and carried to the spring. The moment the warm water touched her wounded body, she cried out as her body screamed at her as the water ran over the wounds she had received. He held her shoulders as he waited for her to gain her balance on her feet and soon let her go and moved to wash his own body from her blood. She worked as quickly as she could to wash her body from the blood and noticed that the wounds had stopped bleeding since entering the spring. Washing the blood from her hairline last she slowly made her way back to the edge, every movement painful as she waded through the water.

"Rest woman, your body is in no condition to be moving around," his voice was neutral and as she glanced at him, she noticed no red in his eyes as he sat in the water watching her.

"Well, who's fault is that?" She snapped as she turned to face him, easing into the water slowly so she was sitting and hissed quietly as it caused discomfort.

"This one's beast," he spoke simply.

"You are one and the same."

"A mortal who has never dealt with daemons would say that. My beast's wants are much more primal than that of my own, it simply wants you. As long as it does not interfere with my goals, you will remain for its pleasure."

"So when your eyes bled red… it was in control…?"

"You learn quickly."

"Why me…? That hanyou, Inuyasha, said you hated humans."

"You bore a claim of courtship and this one's beast enjoyed the smell of your blood. You did well considering but you will not last long against my beast. Eventually either my beast will tire of you or your body will not survive the constant torture that will come each time."

"There's no winning, is there?" Nova sighed as she forced herself to her feet and made it to shore and sat on a rock as she worked to get the water out of her hair. "Either way I die? To be kidnapped from my home and kidnapped again only to be rapped at tortured until I die? Why don't you just kill me now and be done with it?"

"It is not within this one's goals. There is a human child in my care and my retainer, Jaken, is not very knowledgeable of humans."

"Jaken… so even he was a daemon…" Nova snorted in amusement. "Should have known with how annoying he was in meetings. Makes me wonder how many daemons I actually worked with. If I actually did well in caring for this child for you, would there be any chance it would lessen the torture of your beast?"

"Hn."

"It's not much of a life, but I guess it's better than being dead…" she whispered as she pulled on her underwear.

"Your shoulder still bleeds, woman," Sesshomaru spoke and she glanced at him as he moved closer to her and drew a nail across his own wrist, letting blood pool in the palm of his hand. "It will help heal you."

"Does every daemon get off when blood is involved?" She muttered as she drank the warm liquid he offered her.

"There is a certain excitement that comes with it."

"Strange."

Nova glanced at her shoulder and grimaced as it looked like a wild animal attacked her. Blood started to roll down and she caught it and wiped it off before it bled to far and his hand came into view and used some water cupped in his hand to wash off the stray blood. The wound seems to stop bleeding so she continued to dress and braided her damp hair over her shoulder even though she had nothing to tie off the end before wrapping the veil around her body.

"Come," Sesshomaru spoke as his hand came into view.

She glanced up at him and saw that he was dressed, and hair already dry. Wondering how he had managed that, she took his hand and let him help her stand. He stepped away before turning and walking into the forest as the sun started to set and she followed slowly, her body still aching but it seemed to be less than it was.