11.4.02

DISCLAIMER: Sesshoumaru, Kagome and the world of Inuyasha are the creations of Takahashi Rumiko and are not owned by me.

WARNING: This fic is rated PG 13 (yes i changed it) for obvious reasons: sexual reference and provocative/graphical scenes. If you feel offended by materials as such, or you are underage or watever...PLEASE STOP HERE. Of course i'm still testing the waters at this stage, tell me what you think about so far, ne?? I want to portray Sesshoumaru as a highly sensual character, often using sexuality as a tool to get what he wants. Some of you might not be used to that in Sesshoumaru, (I'm thoroughly enjoying this 'horny bastard' however =D) so you have been warned ^_________^ On the same note, if you feel that you will not enjoy reading Sesshoumaru who's like this, PLEASE STOP HERE AS WELL. As much as i enjoy reading constructive criticisms, I do not like it much when people tell me to change a very major part of my story to suit their own liking. This is my story afterall, so please respect that = )

**Welpz,i took kinda long for this one . been busy with work annnd...birthdays, sorry if i kept anyone waiting! neways, just a lil survey... how many of you would want inuyasha included, or have an iy/k/s love triangle? **

Hakuyoukai - white demon aka Sesshoumaru. This is his Yakuza nickname, in case i haven't made it clear enough =
Yakuza - literally, ya=8 ku=9 za=3. The Japanese mafia.

Oyabun - 'Father' of a Yakuza clan. The highest in command second to none.

Shinjuku - a large city in Japan which is famous for its shopping and business district.

Kabuchiko - located on the north eastern part of Shinjuku, the 'red-light district' of the area where the crime rate is one of the highest.

Irezumi - A Japanese style tattoo. It is a beautiful form of art, treated with great reverence, and is considered a 'trademark' for the Yakuza.

YAKUZA
By: cacat-angel

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Chapter six - Dawn

The man gasped in pain as the heavy boot dug itself into his abdomen again. "I swear, your efforts are wasted," he rasped, choking on the warm blood that was gurgling within his throat. "I have no freaking idea what they did to him!"

The figure which stood above him remained unmoving, his back facing the sun, making it impossible to see his assailant's face. All that he took in right now was the silouhette of long dreadlocks which blew crazily in the wind, and a dark, body hugging outfit. Hazily, he cursed and swore that he would find out who this son of a bitch was, and get his revenge.

If he got out of this alive.

"No idea? Don't you dare fuck with me, Murada." The dark figure snarled, He leaned heavily on the foot that pinned the man to the ground. "Souta had the crap beaten outta him by your men, and you dare say you had nothing to do with it?" He swooped down and grabbed the man by his collar with both hands. His eyes, his only visible features, glinted a cold, steely gold. "Speak! What did you assholes do to him?"

Murada winced as he felt the thick spikes beneath the boot scrape against his abdomen. The granite walls of the alleyway spun frantically around him. He coughed, and bright red blood spilled out.

"Oi!"

The dark figure ignored the call, shaking Murada fiercely. "You're threateningly me now, huh? Whaddya think, I'm afraid of that lousy craphole?"

He raised a clenched fist to Murada's swollen face, and it took Murada all of his self-control not to look away. Defeated, for sure, but he was Hakuyoukai's man, and he would sooner take his own life than disgrace his clan any further. And yet, memories of the attacks just moments, the wrecking pain plagued him. The sheer viciousness, would have rivaled his clan leader, Hakuyoukai himself, plagued him. Even then, he had a feeling this man had yet to reach his fullest rage.

"Who are you? One of that punk Souta's cronies I'll bet..." Murada chuckled, despite his torn lips.

"Oi! Get off him, baka!" This time, Murada's attacker did turn, and before he knew it, the dreadful weight was lifted off his body and he found himself breathing again. He lifted a shaking arm to wipe the blood off his eyes, so he could see clearer. It was that little punk, Souta. He watched the man take a step towards Souta, and further into the bright sunlight. Black dreadlocks, pale skin, lips that curled up in a mocking sneer.

But it was the man's striking gold eyes which caught his attention, eyes that reminded him of...Hakuyoukai?

"Hah! You think I, Souta, would fall prey to that group of old fogeys, eh Inuyasha?"

***

Wasn't he supposed to be the one injured?

Sesshoumaru felt the heaviness upon his brows as he laid the unconscious girl softly onto the couch. How his men would laugh. Not, of course, that they dared.

He tensed slightly, laying a large hand over his wound. He had ended up bandaging it himself, afterall. This...chit, was utterly, and absolutely useless. And that was giving too much credit to her.

Snorting, he stroke a lock of hair from her face absently. Funny, how they had known each other for a night already, and yet he hadn't really looked at her, he thought to himself as a strip of the maroon carpets was gradually lit up by the rising sun, from the tiny window high above the room. Dawn...hn. A night passed quickly enough.

Actually, it wasn't that he cared to look at her, or bothered to memorize her delicate brows, drawn slightly together, her long, thick lashes that lay across her cheeks, her slight, button nose or her full pink lips.

It wasn't that he cared to take in her thin, waif-like body, curled together in a ball and quivering from the cold. Or cared to pause and appraise her purity and the almost childlike charm that radiated from her.

He didn't even care to notice how her breathing was quick and shallow, and how her sweet features were creased together with something like worry.

No. He didn't care. So why the hell was he doing looking at her anyway? And why the bloody hell, was he actually laying his overcoat around her quivering body?

It was definitely his cursed wound.

Pulling off the coat he had somehow arranged around her body, he grabbed her by the wrist roughly in a bid to awaken her, twisting it ever so slightly.

It worked well enough.

"Itai! that hurt!" She cried out, jolting from her fitful rest. Her eyes were still heavy, and he noted, with grudging amusement, that there was a trace of a pout on her pre - her lips. She was clearly still drowsy with sleep as she propped herself up with one elbow, rubbing her eyes with her fist. "Okaasan?"

Sesshoumaru stiffened, and at that very instant, something that he hadn't felt in such a long, long time, tugged at his heart and for a moment, made it skip a beat. Then his expression darkened.

"Woman, do you not remember your position? You are being held captive of I, Hakuyoukai," he growled roughly, his calm fleeing from him for once.

Kagome rubbed her eyes a second time with her tiny fist and tried to focus the figure in front of her groggily. Thankfully for her, she got his name right this time round. He would have been tempted to strangle her again if she hadn't. "Hakuyoukai-san!"

"None other." He suppressed a smirk at her sudden alertness, the wheels in her little head spinning at full speed almost immediately. Really, he swore, he could read her like a children's storybook.

"I'm sorry I fell asleep..." she stammered, smoothing down her hair instinctively. Tsk, women will never run out of vanity, will they? Sesshoumaru thought. Suddenly, she seemed to remember something, and froze. Her eyes traveled past his gaze and down to his torso. "It...did you heal it yourself?"

"Why no, you happened to be of great help, even after you fainted on me." He drawled, dropping himself next to her almost elegantly. He watched her blush from the corner of his half closed eyes.

***


Kagome's mouth opened, making as if to retort back, then was stopped by a slight snore that escaped from his lips.

She blinked.

Was Hakuyoukai actually...snoring? If her situation hadn't been so dire, she would have actually giggled. That's right, he was making that crude, snorting nasal noise that usually only unrefined men would - wait a minute. Did she just think of him as being refined? She frowned darkly, as scenes from the night before replayed themselves in her head. She was supposed to hate him to the core, after all that he had put her through. The almost cozy feeling from their conversation a few moments ago was just...too good to be true.

She pulled back, curling into the furthermost corner of the sofa, any hints of humor dissipating from her almost immediately. Right now, she didn't know what to think, didn't know how to react. What could she do? Stab this man, or maybe shoot him with the gun in his drawer? Her grim eyes steered over in the direction of his desk abruptly, as something within her seemed to take over, a soft, eerie voice which called out to her. Do it, Kagome. Go on, you've seen this done on television before, on movies, on the news. It happens everyday.

No!

Yes Kagome. Your time for escape is now. Can't you see it? Right there, over in the second drawer.

Shut up! Do you know what you're talking about?!

Of course I do. I'm talking about self defense. I'm talking about revenge. It's going to be very sweet, don't you think?

Kagome shuddered, turning her head slowly to look at Sesshoumaru, and her breath caught.

He was bathed in a warm pool of soft, yellow light. Momentarily, the voice in her head was forgotten as she suddenly realized just how breathtakingly beautiful this man was. Not just handsome, or good looking, but beautiful. Almost like an elven prince, with pale, honey colored skin, and even paler silver hair. Why hadn't she noticed before? Noticed his high, aristocratic nose, the soft curves of his chiseled cheekbones, his well-shaped lips...

Well, of course, silly. The nightclub was dark, to begin with, and most of the time, the office had been shrouded by shadows.

He had been the hard, cruel and scary...

But now, under the gentle, morning sun with his eyes shut, he seemed almost young, innocent...

Looking at him, she was suddenly plagued by such terrible guilt, she would have cried out. Had she even been contemplating on murdering him? It was terrifying, probably even more terrifying than what she had been put through just the night before. The fact that, it had been something inside of her, that had been trying to convince herself to pick up the gun and fire at him. She wanted to deny the fact, but she couldn't. Was she no better off than those hooligans at the nightclub? Or worse, because she had a hidden intention to kill?

Hakuyoukai chose, at that moment, to open his eyes lazily.

"Don't even think about it."

Kagome glanced helplessly at him, feeling a pool of wetness gathering fast behind her eyes. "Think about what?" Did he really know?

"You've seen the gun, haven't you."

She almost gasped out loud, then almost immediately, her face fell, stricken with guilt and something she couldn't quite place her finger on. "You knew..."

He pulled at a lock of silken hair from behind his ears and twirled them around his fingers carelessly, one arm stretched on the couch behind Kagome. "It doesn't take a genius to figure that out, does it?" He looked at her face, and something flashed in his eyes so fast, she almost missed it. Wordlessly, he looked away in the other direction. "Or should I say, we are not as different as you think."

Kagome's breath caught, partly because of his bitter tone, and partly because of what he was insinuating. Then, just as quickly, righteous anger and indignancy took over. "We are different." She said, more spitefully than she had intended. "As night and day. Don't forget what you made me..." her voice trembled at this point. "Made me...do, last night. And I suppose, that wouldn't be the last."

He bent over and put his head into his hands. Kagome started. Were his shoulders trembling? She hadn't been too harsh, had she?

And then she realized that he was laughing. Actually laughing. She glared at his wide back warily.

"Wouldn't be the last...my, my. what an insightful girl you are." He stopped and looked up, a smile on his face which, to Kagome, seemed deadlier than the look a cobra had before it moved for the kill. "In that case, we shall see what I have in stall for you shall we, little miss perfect?"

Grabbing the back of her head roughly, he pressed his lips against hers, muffling any cries of protests that she uttered. His hand curled against her head and grabbed a fistful of her dark hair and crushed her mouth against his, as he rubbed his lips against hers mercilessly, biting down on the lower lip almost hard enough to draw blood.

When he finally released her, she was in a daze, the look of mortified fear frozen across her face.

Her lips were still open, swollen and bruised, and she was gasping for breath frantically. With a gentle hand that almost contradicted his previous actions, he wiped the tiny trickle of blood from her bottom lip, then brought it to his mouth and licked it. The corner of his lips curled up in an almost malicious smile. "How was that for starters? Liked it?"

She stared up at him, unable to speak or move, as if she were trapped by his hypnotic snake's gaze.

"Well," he leaned closer to lick her bleeding lip, then shifted beside her left ear. "There's more to come, darling."

With that, he stood up and sauntered out of the room.

***

Inuyasha could only gape as Souta appeared from around the corner. "Fre-freakin hell, Souta! You're alive!"

Souta sighed, absently rubbing the bruises on his face. "Barely..." It hadn't been just a day, had it? Since his sister, Kagome, had foolishly barged into the very heart of evil and saved his worthless life. Grimly, he lit a cigarette with trembling hands. He took a long drag before offering it to his friend. "So what have you been doing these days?"

He received a sounding thwack on his shoulder. "Oww!"

Turning, he faced the bristling Inuyasha who seemed, at that moment, very strangely like some wild, pissed off wild dog.

"Fuck you!" Inuyasha yelled into his ears. Souta cringed expectantly. "Do you have any friggin' idea how much trouble I've gotten myself into, just to save your skinny little ass?!"

Souta rubbed his ringing ear, blowing a puff of smoke out. "Inuyasha, you didn't save me."

"What?!"

Souta turned and stared at Inuyasha straight into the eye, his face suddenly hardening, changing into an expression so menacing, it almost caught Inuyasha by surprise.

"You didn't save me, my sister did, And I'm gonna get her outta there."

-end chapter six-

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[Lashmi] - OI you noe wat, you, have just written a TERRIFIC SENTANCE!!!! waaahhhh 'he relies on his instincts, has power and shows it...' a shame if it shows up in just a review lol. have u written any fics? *Grinz* oh and THANX!!

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