Dark Paradise

Summary: Kagome is on the run from her past and is determined to stay hidden from it. She vows to keep her sects at any cost. That is until she runs into a bar looking for a job and straight into Sesshomaru the President of the local MC who has a few secrets of his own.

Chapter One: Bad Decisions

"Do you remember what you said to me?
'Cause we lost track of time
Yeah, we lost track of time
You always let me down so tenderly
So live fast and die young and stay forever numb" - Bastille

Kagome

I cringed as I took in the site of the building in front of me. It looked like it would fall apart if the wind blew a little too hard. I dreaded the very idea of setting foot in a place like this, but I needed a job, and this was the last place in town. I was in hopes that if I could somehow manage to get them to let me bar tend; they would pay me in cash. Cash made it harder for anyone to find you and I did not want to be found. Taking a deep breath, I tightened my hand around the strap of my backpack. Everything I had left was in it which wasn't much.

The bar was crowded already, and it wasn't even six o'clock yet. I could see the bartender struggling to keep up with the ever-growing crowd. It took a while, but I finally managed to find my way to a seat at the bar.

"Excuse me." I waved to the bartender as he finally made his way over to me. He was a short man with a long pointy nose. 'He looks more like an imp than a man.' I thought as he scowled at me.

"What do you want!" I was taken back by the annoyance in his voice. 'I thought bartenders were supposed to be friendly.'

"I was hoping to find a bar tending job." His eyes light up for a moment then he frowned. "Hold on I got to go get the boss." I watched as the small man scampered off to the back soon returning with a tall man a cold expression on his face. He was tall his long silver hair pulled back into a high ponytail. His amber eyes locked onto my blue ones as he looked at me calculatingly. It was easy to see from the leather cut that one of the many bikes outside belonged to him.

"Jacken she doesn't look like one of our girls." His voice like ice as he spoke to the small man beside him. I could see Jacken cowering behind him, but this man never took his eyes off me.

"I know mast- I mean sir but Kagura didn't show up for her shift again and we are packed."

"No. Have Sango manage the bar until a replacement for Kagura can be found." My last hopes shattered as the man turned to leave. I could not let that happen I needed this job. I needed money until I could figure out my next move. So, I did the only thing I could think of. I grabbed his wrist. He turned with a fury snarling at me. I did not back down if I didn't get this job what ever he would do to me wouldn't be as bad as if I was found on the streets.

"Please give me a chance I really need this job." I begged. "I wont be any trouble and I'm a hard worker." His eyes locked with mine once more in a fierce battle of wills. I could see that he was waiting for me to back down. To relent but I wouldn't. I had nothing left to louse.

"Fine." He drew out the word as a devilish smirk danced across his lips. "Trial by fire you survive the night you can keep the job. Now release me." I drew my hand back as if it were suddenly on fire.

"Thank you." I whispered as I made my way behind the bar.

"Hn." He snorted turning his attention from me and back to Jacken. "Have Sango show her the ropes and get rid of her clothes." Without another word he turned leaving me in aw at the large crescent moon on the back of his cut. 'Crescent Pack M.C' where have I heard that name before?

"Come on woman the bar is only getting more crowded!" He yapped at me as he led me back to what looked to be a small brake room. It looked just as run down as the rest of the bar a few scattered tables and chairs. Broken lockers blacked out windows with bad lighting. In the back of the room a tall muscular woman was leaning against one of the blacked-out windows. Her long black har pulled half up falling down her back in long curls. Her short black leather dress showing off ever curve and tone muscle. Suddenly I felt completely inadequate in my ripped jeans and baggy t-shirt. "Sango." Jacken

"What do you want little pest." She snorted and I had to suppress a small giggle.

"I have orders from the boss woman!" He snapped.

"Tell me and then leave." I watched as her eyes moved to look at me. Sizing me up. "Who's the tourist?"

"She's the new bartender you insufferable woman. The boss wants you to show her the ropes and get her something more appropriate for behind the bar." Jacken screeched again and I had to fight to cover my ears.

"Really?" I watched as Sango's interest was piqued. "What happened to Kagura?"

"She didn't show up for her shift."

"Good about time he got rid of that useless skank." I watched as Sango turned her attention back to me a smile now on her lips. "Yes, I can work with this. Now get out of her Jacken and let me work." Jacken scrambled out of the room slamming the door behind him as Sango approached me. Looking me up and down as she assessed what she was working with which to be honest wasn't much. "What's your name?"

"Its Kagome." I answered weakly as I avoided her eyes.

"Well Kagome. I'm going to make you hot." Sango smiled a wicked smile at me as she pulled out a makeup bag and I gulped. Suddenly wondering if I had made a bad decision.

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Sesshomaru

The bar was backing in faster than normal tonight. 'The tourists are coming in sooner and sooner.' I frowned. I hated tourist season. Yes, it was good for business and the club, but these tourists didn't know their place. Rich kids looking for a cheap thrill that is all they were. They had no place in my bar especially the humans. My bar didn't take to kindly to them wondering in and I didn't care as long as no one was killed. That simply brought to much attention from the police and my unconventional pack had finally found a place to settle in this town. I wouldn't risk them being uprooted again.

I pulled my bike around the back parking it out of site. I was here on business and I didn't need unnecessary interruptions. Many of my pack were already inside to ensure that everything stayed calm. I frowned as I made my way through the door only to see Jacken behind the bar. 'Kagura will be punished for this.' I thought angrily as I continued to push through the crowd and into my office above the bar.

"Oi! About time you showed up." My eyes narrowed as the voice of my VP and brother assaulted my ears.

"What are you doing here InuYasha?" I asked as I moved to sit behind my desk.

"You think I was really going to let you meet with those harpies without back up." InuYasha snorted as he folded his arms across his chest.

"Those harpies as you call them are helping us." I reminded him. No one liked dealing with witches. It almost always ended badly when you did, but at this point I had no other choice.

"I'm telling you we don't need um. I don't trust them." InuYasha spat back at me.

"Silence little brother or did you forget it is your fault that we are in this mess to begin with." I reminded him. "If you had only listened to me. We could have handled it on our own."

"Feh." I was thankful InuYasha had chosen not to argue on the matter any further. I had already exhausted every other option that we had available to us. This was my last resort. A soft knock soon came to the door turning my attention away from InuYasha.

"Enter." I answered as the door slowly opened to revile my servant Jacken on the other side.

"Me lord I'm sorry to disturb you but there is a girl here asking about a job." I resisted the urge to roll my eyes.

"We have no jobs available. Tell her to leave." I snorted without hesitation. I had much more pressing matters that needed my attention.

"But sir Kagura hasn't shown up in three days." Jacken whined and I growled baring my fangs. Causing him to cower further behind the door. "I'm sorry me lord but we need the help the help. Other wise I would not have disturbed you."

"Fine I will look at her." I reluctantly agreed as I stood from my seat. It wouldn't take long to tell her to leave.

"Feh. I can tell her to leave if you want." InuYasha offered and for a moment I considered it. However, with his attitude we were more likely to end up with a lawsuit than getting rid of her. That was another head ach I did not need.

"No. Stay here. I don't need you causing anymore trouble." I ordered and InuYasha did not argue with me for once. I fallowed Jacken down the steps and my eyes found her instantly. She looked so out of place standing behind that bar. Not like the other women who wondered in here. Caked in too much makeup, not enough clothes and already smelling of sex. No, this girl, the way she held herself even though she was obviously scared held class and demanded respect. Her raven locks had been swept up into a messy bun on top her head. Her baggy gray sweater hanging from one shoulder gave me a clear view of her lovely neck.

'What is a girl like her doing in a place like this?' I wondered as we moved closer to the girl at the end of the bar. 'She must be either stupid or desperate.' There was something about this girl that had already piqued my curiosity and any other day I might have actually conversed with her. Satisfied my curiosity and then have been done with her. Today was not that day and I did not have time to indulge a rich brat who was probably mad that daddy didn't buy her a car.

"Jacken she doesn't look like one of our girls." I narrowed my eyes as I approached her.

"I know mast- I mean sir but Kagura didn't show up for her shift again and we are packed." Jacken reminded me. I could hear the desperation for help in his voice. Pleading with me to give the girl a chance.

"No." One look at this girl told me she had no idea what she was doing and I nor my staff had time to hold anyone's hand. "Have Sango manage the bar until a replacement for Kagura can be found." I could see the disappointment in the girl's big blue eyes and for a moment just a moment I felt slightly guilty. But I had already made up my mind. I turned to leave and then I felt it. Her small hand wrap around my wrist. 'How dare she touch me!' Anger flooded me as I turned snarling at her. To my surprise she didn't flinch. She stood her ground never taking her eyes from mine and oh what a fire I saw in those icy blue eyes of hers. It was a fire I hadn't seen in a long time. Determination.

"Please give me a chance I really need this job." She pleaded. "I won't be any trouble and I'm a hard worker." I never took my eyes from her as we locked each other in a battle of wills. I didn't my best to try and make her relent, but she never once backed down. In a matter of a few seconds this small girl before me had managed to do something that it took some a lifetime to do. She had managed to earn a fragment of respect from me and with that respect she had earned a chance. 'She still won't last the night.'

"Fine." I drew out the word as a devilish plan formed in my mind. 'No one better than Sango to break her in right.' I smirked at the thought. Out of any of the girls to pass through the M.C Sango had been the toughest. "Trial by fire you survive the night you can keep the job. Now release me." She drew her hand back as if it had caught fire and for a moment, I found that I missed the warmth of her hand.

"Thank you." She whispered as she wasted no time in making her way behind the bar.

"Hn." I snorted as I turned my attention back to Jacken. I had wasted enough time on this girl and I couldn't afford to waste anymore. "Have Sango show her the ropes and get rid of her clothes." I ordered as I started moving in the direction of my office. I didn't even bother too look back.

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Kagome

I couldn't think of any time I had ever felt more unconfutable than I did in this moment. Sango had turned me into he own "slutty barbie" as she called it. Sango had taken one of the bar t-shirts that had been a size to small squeezing me into it and then slitting it down the front. It wasn't extremely low, but it was much more skin than I had ever shown. Then she tied the shirt just above my naval exposing the lower part of my stomach. My jeans had been traded in for a pair of ripped fishnet stockings and shorts that barely covered my backside. My sneakers had been upgraded to a pair of black healed ankle boots and my hair had been jerked out of its messy bun falling down my back in tussled waves.

Thankfully, she had taken it easy of me with the makeup. Opting for just a dark smoky eye and a dark red lip. If it were under different circumstances, I might have even felt sexy, but I didn't.

"Alright lets go work the bar." Sango offered me a kind smile and I smiled back at her. Thankful that at least one person here was being kind to me. It was more than I had expected. I fallowed Sango out into the crowd.

The night was long and I was exhausted by the time it was over. I was going on close to twenty four hours with no sleep by the time we closed the doors. My feet were aching and my back was hurting and I was sure that I had never worked so hard in my life.

"That was a long night." I sighed as I locked the door.

"Yes, but it was one of our best nights in a long time." Sango stated as she counted out the tip jar. "I have you to think for that. Girl where did you learn to move like that? And those tricks you defiantly had the crowd entertained." Sango winked and I felt my face heat up slightly. I wasn't used to people giving me compliments of any kind.

"I have been behind a bar before." I smiled back at her hoping she would leave the subject alone. The less people knew about my past the better off I would be. If no one knew my secret no one could betray me or try to send me home. And I refused to go back.

"Fine don't tell me your secret. Its none of my business anyway." Sango shrugged as she continued to divide out the money. I took a seat beside her finally realizing how tired I really was. I had been running off nothing but adrenalin and fear for the past few weeks and it was finally catching up to me.

"I could teach you if you want." I offered watching her eyes light up.

"Yes! We could really draw in a crowd that way."

"That is if your boss even lets me keep this job." I sighed. My future here at the crescent bar was still up for debate. I hadn't seen the boss since that initial meeting. I really hoped that he would let me keep it. Although I didn't really know how long I would be able to stay in this small town. I knew they were still looking for me, but I had taken steps to make it very hard for them to find me.

"I'm sure he will. You worked way harder than Kagura ever did and the crowd liked you too. He would be a fool not to keep you on after tonight." Sango did her best to reassure me.

"Is that so Sango?" His cold voice came out of nowhere causing both of us to jump as the mad I had come to know as boss came into view.

"Jeeze Sesshomaru how many times do I have to tell you not to sneak up on me like that. Your going to give me a heart attack one of these days!" Sango shouted as she clinched her chest.

"Hn." He snorted as he turned his amber eyes back to me ignoring Sango's statement. "You may keep the job. Be back here at four Sango will show you how to open."

"Thank you so much you wont regret giving me this chance!" I jumped from the table. The chair I had been sitting on fell to the floor suddenly all my exhaustion forgotten. Suddenly my head started to swim from the fast movement. 'Did I eat today? When was the last time I ate.' I asked myself. Was it really two days ago that I had eaten? I used the table to steady myself as I pressed the palm of my hand to my forehead as I waited for the dizziness to pass.

"Kagome are you alright?" Sango asked concern clear in her voice.

"Yeah I'm fine." I forced a smile on my face in hopes that it would satisfy her I was fine. "I just forgot to eat yesterday." I brushed it off. "I'll make sure to get something on my way home." I reassured her. "I'll just go get my bag."

"Sit woman." My attention turned to the man who was now my boss. A hard look set on his face as.

"Really I am fine. No need to worry. See." I motioned to myself as I stood up in hopes that he would let the issue go. I had promised that I wouldn't be any trouble and I didn't plan on breaking that promise. Besides I still had some crackers and chips back in my hotel room. That would get me through today at least and I would worry about tomorrow, tomorrow. One day at a time that was all I could focus on

"I said sit." I sighed as I complied with his request. "Sango. Go see what is left over in the kitchen." He ordered and I watched as Sango scrambled off to the kitchen without a second thought. I had expected him to leave but to my surprise he stood their just towering over me.

"Is there something I can help you with?" I asked in an attempt to dispel the awkward silence that had fallen between us. It was beginning to make me uncomfortable and I shifted in my seat.

"Hn." Was my only reply as he moved to take the seat Sango had previously been sitting in. I could see his mind working on over drive. "So, what are you running from?" My mouth suddenly felt dry, too dry.

"Who says I'm running from anything?"

"A girl like you doesn't end up in a place like this unless they are running from something or someone."

"It's nothing that will cause you any problems." I relented. "I'll leave long before it ever becomes an issue." I hung my head refusing to look at him. My past was something I didn't want to relive even though I had only left three weeks ago these last three weeks had been the freest I had ever felt in my life.

"An abusive ex." It was a statement more than a question.

"Something like that." I mumbled as I pulled my hands into my lap. I fiddled nervously with the leather bracelet that covered my wrist. It was more than just an abusive ex. It was an abusive family and if they found me now, I was as good as dead.

"Here." I looked up to see a card slide across the table. "That's my personal number. I'm not always here every night. If you need help call that number and I'll do what I can." I fought the urge to cry. No one had ever offered to help me before. Not even my own family.

"Thank you." I smiled sadly taking the card and shoving it in the back pocket of my shorts. "I appreciate it." I knew I couldn't let him help. I couldn't involve anyone else in the mess I had found myself in. It wouldn't be right to put them in danger.

"Where are you staying?"

"Oh, at the motel off rout 6." I frowned a brothel would have been a more accurate description than a motel. Judging from the frown on his face he already knew that.

"That's a horrible part of town."

"I know." I sighed. "But right now, it's the best I can do, but don't worry I can handle myself." Even I didn't sound convinced by my statement. I had never been on my own this long before I didn't know if I could really handle myself or not especially with out my… 'No!' I scolded myself. I couldn't allow my self to go down that road. If I did, I may be tempted to do something I knew I couldn't.

"Very well." He never took his eyes of me as he spoke. "After you eat, I will take you back to the motel."

"There's no need the bus will run shortly."

"No. I will take you." I didn't have the energy to argue with him with him.

"Fine." I relented as Sango walked out with a makeshift tray of food. I could feel it deep down this was a bad decision, maybe one of my worst but at this moment I didn't care. Here in this strangers company I felt safer than I ever had at home.

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