Sesshomaru was a very smart man. He was quiet yet observed many things around him subtly, so it came as no surprise when he took note of a young woman with wavy black hair that flowed just past her shoulders, parked across the street from Inuyasha's house. She was in a 2007 black Ford Focus with the windows rolled up and she was looking at the house and him as he walked out of it.

Being a master of hiding his true motives and true emotions, he switched his features into one of calmness and gentleness. He didn't smile, no, but he made sure he didn't look threatening either. As their eyes locked onto each others, his gold, hers dark brown, he titled his head in acknowledgment. She put on a smile that was meant to be easy and happy but Sesshomaru being able to read people like an open book clearly saw that something was worrying her. Something coming from Inuyasha's house. After her fake smile, she drove off but Sesshomaru made sure to memorize her license tag number.

W38-9204

Sesshomaru had murdered before, countless times but he did so with elegance, class, and chose his victims carefully. There were never any traces of the people he murdered and the people murdered usually were kidnapped from far away or of little importance to the city with hardly any relatives or friends. They certainty didn't have a large loving family or caring friends like Yuka did.

That was Inuyasha's mistake.

The girl Kagome was different from Yuka in the regard that she had no big family making a fuss over her disappearance. She had one sister, Kikyo, who was as murderous as Sesshomaru and of course she wouldn't be able to go to the police on Inuyasha. Thus, Kagome's disappearance is not noted. Her job simply thought she had quit and she had no friends there so neither called or came by her house to check on her. Kikyo sold the car they had after Kagome's disappearance as well as grabbed some of their belongings before leaving the apartment they shared for good, which means that the bill collectors would not be snooping for Kagome either.

Kidnapping Kagome was fine but not Yuka, a girl people would notice went missing, and Sesshomaru was willing to bet that Inuyasha had met her in a place where there were cameras all around. While Sesshomaru did have influence in the city, it was always in his best interest to not test the limits.

Not all police could be bought, that also went for prosecutors, judges, and jury, and not all police, prosecutors, judges, and juries could be killed. If they had a damning piece of evidence that could not be disputed such as video or photos then there would be no doubt he would be convicted and sent to prison. Maybe not for a long time but definitely for a couple of years. The judge, even if bought, would not be able to let Inuyasha go on probation otherwise suspicion would arise and neither would want anymore attention brought onto them, especially not from the media or the public.

Sesshomaru stepped into the backseat of the silver Rolls Royce Phantom while Jaken got into the driver's seat. He was concerned about who that woman could be but decided not to follow her or that would raise even more suspicion. It would be best to let her think she went unoticed. Groaning in quiet frustration as he shouldn't always have to watch Inuyasha's ass, he made a reminder to look up the woman's tag and find out as much about her as possible.

She looked too young to be an officer or a private investigator. Perhaps she was a friend of the two women Inuyasha kidnapped. That was the only reasonable explanation Sesshomaru could come up with.

X

Her long black hair was covering half her face which she hurriedly scratched away. Upon waking, Rin rushed to the bathroom, nearly tripping over the clothes on the floor, and threw up in the toilet. Rin had been pregnant a couple of times and she always hated morning sickness. It always happened when she was least prepared.

Spitting a few times, she wiped away the acidic vomit on her lips before going to the sink and washing her hands. They hadn't been living with Inuyasha for too long but she already hated it. Unlike Sesshomaru, Inuyasha has no slaves. If her room needs to be cleaned, she does it herself. If she is hungry, her or Kagura cook for themselves. It was hard living like this. Rin enjoyed having people bow at her whim and being too afraid to look her in the eye.

She stepped into the shower and made the water go as hot as it could and stood under it. She liked to feel her skin burning., see it turning red under the extreme heat. Kagura often joked that Rin made the water scalding hot to prepare herself for the burning flames of Hell when she died. Both had no doubt that's where they would end up, considering the things they did. Rin tried to think back to her life before Sesshomaru but nothing came up. Was she happy back then? Was she a good girl that her parents doted over? She could never answer those questions and usually gave up. No use dwelling on the past.

After showering, she threw on an oversized t-shirt and gave a smile to the baby. His eyes had been pulled out after he died and replaced with glass eyes, cold and forever seeing. It had taken her a year to be able to look at the dead infant without breaking down in tears. Of course the fingernails pulled out by Sesshomaru whenever she cried also helped Rin to control her emotions.

Another thing Rin hated about living with Inuyasha was how bored his house was. There was nothing to do. Fed up with the never ending boredom she decided to pay the girl kept in the basement a visit.

If she can't get Sesshomaru's cock to fill her womb then Rin would get blood.

She opened the door and walked down the steps slowly and quietly as she seen the girl sleeping. She was skinny, ribs clearly showing, and she sported an array of bruises. Rin thought she looked absolutely gorgeous, bruises and starvation and all. Rin had come to love the dark side of things. Instead of finding healthy, in shape, women and men beautiful, she found starving, gaunt, and bruised people the most beautiful. People who were broken, in pain, and suffering.

Just like her.

Though it seems Yuka wasn't that broken after all. Rin got close to her and leaned down to pat her hair when the not-sleeping-girl lunged. Her mouth opening and slamming shut on Rin's ankle as her teeth (that would be knocked out soon) bit into her flesh.

Rin was more surprised than in pain. Rin shook her leg like she had an insect on it before Yuka whipped her head back, taking a chunk of Rin's skin and a little meat. The blood began streaming down her leg and Rin threw her head back and laughed. It was funny though painful but like always Rin would have the last laugh.

She limped up the stairs and allowed Kagura to clean and bandage her injury before limping back down to the basement with a few gifts in a black purse. The girl bared her teeth at her and threw curses around the room but Rin simply pulled out her stun gun that Sesshomaru gave her and pulled the trigger.

Yuka's body convulsed and shook like a fish out of water. She immediately removed her hand from the trigger, not wishing to make Yuka lose consciousness, before quickly moving towards her in Yuka's dazed state and handcuffing her ankles and wrists behind her back.

"I have a lot of gifts for you, my dear." Rin said, standing up and reaching into her black purse. "The stun gun was the first gift, the cuffs are the second, and the third and fourth are...drumroll...a needle and thread. Since you can't control that mouth, I.." She placed a hand on her chest for added emphasis, "will help you."

X

Kagome didn't notice anything different about herself. She wasn't throwing up, she didn't feel nauseous or faint. She just felt exactly like herself. She couldn't deny that she was a little excited about being pregnant but as much as Kagome loves Inuyasha, she realizes that whatever it is they got together, it is not ideal or the fairytale relationship she had dreamed of.

If Kagome was pregnant, she could kiss her old life goodbye as well as her dreams and aspirations. The best life she could hope for would be being Inuyasha's wife and occasionally going out with possibly Rin and Kagura for cupcakes and coffee, if Sesshomaru allowed it.

There would be a no going off to college moment, there would be a no landing her dream job moment, or getting a promotion moment. Yet even if she did somehow escape, she could never go back to being the same Kagome, she realized sadly.

She had changed. She couldn't put this behind her and just forget about it no matter how hard she tried. Not only that but her view of her sister Kikyo has also changed. It's quite clear there were a lot of things Kikyo didn't tell her which is what got her in this problem in the first place. Kagome wasn't dumb or naive, if Kikyo somehow knew or was associated with Inuyasha then it's clear she's not the sweet innocent loving woman Kagome had thought she was.

Kagome wanted to know how Inuyasha knew Kikyo but didn't know how to approach the subject. It's clear Inuyasha and Kikyo's relationship is one of hatred as Kagome was taken and abused because of Kikyo. Deciding to let those thoughts go, Kagome thought back on Kagura's warnings.

She trusted Inuyasha completely as Inuyasha would never hurt her and if he wanted to hurt her he would do it. He had nothing to fear and there would be no consequences in hurting her so what would be the point of watching out for him? She then thought to Yuka. Now Yuka has every reason to want to hurt Kagome and Kagome did not doubt that if given half a chance to exact some revenge from Kagome, Yuka would hop at it quickly. But Yuka can't really hurt her. She stays locked in the basement so there is no chance Yuka could strangle Kagome in her sleep or poison her food or something like that, plus she has no weapons, and in her weakened state Kagome could kick her ass easily.

Kagome then thought maybe Rin was the one who wanted to hurt her but Kagome has seen the way Rin looks at her and...well...the girl makes it quite clear the things she wants to do to Kagome and none of them involve anything that could cause her pain, but the exact opposite.

Kagome finally came to the conclusion that she should be wary of Sesshomaru. He was the only one who had the means and resources to cause her pain but it would be hard for him to do so considering that she lives with Inuyasha and Sesshomaru would have to forcefully break down Inuyasha's doors, beat Inuyasha, and kidnap her. She figured he wouldn't go through all that trouble when he has women of his own and if he wanted more he could get more.

Still, one day as Kagura was in her room sitting on the bed painting her nails, Kagome knocked before entering and offering Kagura a glass of red wine. It was Kagura's favorite as she drunk it daily and nightly. Kagome secretly suspected she drunk it that much in order to escape from her life and forget her troubles but Kagome made no comment of it.

Kagura set the nail polish aside before drinking deeply from the glass. The red wine painted her lips a bloody color and in that moment Kagura looked like a sexy seductive vampire that just got done drinking blood.

Kagura noticed Kagome's staring and smiled at her. "Something on your mind?" She asked as she continued smiling a seductive smile.

Kagome felt her cheeks redden but asked the question that had plagued her since Kagura gave her a warning. "Who wants to hurt me?" Kagome asked. She figured there was no use in small talk and got straight to the point. She brought the wine hoping it would loosen Kagura up but Kagome realized that the wine hadn't been in Kagura's system long enough to do that. Kagome cursed herself mentally. She should have made small talk now that she thought about it.

Kagura's smile fell and her eyes seemed to get a bit darker. Her mouth opened before closing again. Kagome could tell she wanted to say something but the words were dying in her throat. "I-I." She closed her eyes before opening them and looking at Kagome intently and deadly serious. "Do you plan to escape?" She asked, her voice firm.

Kagome hadn't thought of escape and there was no reason to do so now. "No, I do not." Kagome said firmly.

Kagura shrugged. "Kikyo has been given both Inuyasha and Sesshomaru such a hard time."

Kagome's eyes widened when she heard Kikyo. "She's still alive?" Kagome asked.

Kagura smiled again. "You didn't know?" She laughed. "Not only is Kikyo alive but she has been kidnapping and slaughtering several of Inuyasha's allies. Ripping them to pieces and scattering their body parts everywhere."

"How does she know them?"

"I haven't the slightest idea." Kagura replied. She took a sip of wine. "Though I can promise you she isn't an angel as you thought. Women like her who associate with men like Inuyasha and Sesshomaru...well let's just say they weren't exactly the nice girls in school."

Despite Kagome being happy to know that Kikyo is alive, she was also saddened to know that Kikyo isn't who she thinks she is. One thing Kagome noticed was that Kagura never said who wanted to harm her. With the information Kagura gave her, it could be a number of people. Sesshomaru could want to harm her or the friends and family of the people Kikyo have killed could want to harm Kagome. It was all too much to think about. Kagome learning that her sweet sister was as deranged and cruel as Inuyasha and Sesshomaru disgusted her to the point where Kagome could vomit. And she did. All over the floor and on some of her legs.

But surely that's just a bodily reaction to disgust and nothing more, right?