AN: Well…how long has it been? Two weeks maybe? Why don't I just go to the story, ne? ^.^

Disclaimer: Like you're even really reading this…

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The Life of a Devil

Devil's Kiss

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He knew it. She knew it. Yet no one was bothering to do anything about it.

Kagome snapped her eyes open and stirred from her not so unconscious sleep. There was only one word for it; it was dark. She sighed and tried to crack her neck, leaning her head backwards, but immediately bolted her head up. She still had cramps all over her body, and by how she had been treated her hips were still sour and probably bruised on either side. Sighing, she started to move off the bed she was literally dumped in to.

She licked her dry lips and tried to ignore the flaming pain that was screaming for her to treat it. The pain hadn't disappeared, but she wasn't unconscious either.

From all the blood she had seen, it was better to hide your emotions and desires before your job. She had learned to take shallow breathes and sometimes completely stop breathing for a couple minutes, faking her deaths for numerous times. Yet he knew that she hadn't fallen unconscious. He had continued to chat with her while she was taken to his lair, and he had even taken her to one of his 'captive-rooms', as he called it. Frowning slightly, she started to move towards the door, only to realize that her feet were too numb to walk with.

Hissing in pain, she fell back onto the mattress and contemplated with this new situation she was in. Pulling her legs into the soft bed, she narrowed her eyes in annoyance. It was too hard to think, and she still had three problems outside the door.

One – They knew about her illness.

Two – He knew about her still being conscious.

Three – She might as well be called dead by the situation she was already in.

She groaned and leaned back and let her body fall back on the bed. Tasting the familiar metallic taste of blood in her mouth while trying to think weren't a good mix. A good rest wouldn't be too bad…

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"Inu! What were you thinking bringing an assassin of all people here?!" Sango asked, her face showing a complete disgust and confusing written all over her tone of voice. Inuyasha ignored this though, and continued to search through the bookshelf for an important item of something.

"I mean I can understand you being torn between the decisions of leaving her there and letting her die or save her from the pain, but you just can't bring her here of all places!" Sango cried, desperation dripping from her lips.

Inuyasha completely ignored the speech and still searched through the bookshelf.

"Inuyasha! Are you even listening to me?!" Sango growled loudly as she caught the book he had thrown over his shoulder, whether to shut her up or if he was too much in a hurry, she'll never know.

"Nope." Inuyasha replied uncaringly.

Sango threw her hands up in the air, completely defeated by his arrogant attitude and also throwing the book over her shoulder. Kouga, who was sitting on the living room couch, caught it in his instinct and began to scan through the book.

"Kouga, please nock some sense into this mutt!" Sango cried out, going back towards the couch next to the one Kouga was sitting in and threw herself down, completely exhausted by her useless persuasion.

Kouga looked up from his heavy book and only sniffed. "I think otherwise of how you may look this situation as, Sango. In fact, Inuyasha's obvious show of affection towards this captive of ours is a very similar sign in a very obvious way."

Sango only stared at him and opened her mouth in a very sarcastic way. Inuyasha kept on searching through the bookcase without any hint that he had heard anything.

"In other words, I think bringing a hot chick here was not a bad idea at all." Kouga said smugly. "I would have done the same."
Sango groaned. "I'm surrounded by fools…" 

Kouga snorted and went back to his reading. By now there was a huge pile of books behind Inuyasha and in front of Sango.

"Aha!" Inuyasha yelled in victory, throwing the last book behind him and pulling out a huge white box with a very rusty lock attached to it. Sango's eyes widened and Kouga looked up from his book. "Inuyasha! What are you doing with that?!" Sango yelled as she got up from the couch. She could hardly see his face through the dark light lit in the living room, but anyone could have made out the smug smirk on his face.

"It wasn't like you were going to tell me where this was." Inuyasha quietly said and forcefully pulled out the lid, ignoring the lock. Sango gasped. "How the hell did you find…wait a sec, you can't be thinking of-"

"What?" Inuyasha's smirk widened and pulled out the familiar jewelry hanging by a thread, literally. "Giving her the medication?"

"You can't do that? She's unconscious right now, and if she gets a hold of that she might cause even more problems! She's an assassin for god's sake, and we don't even know if giving her that could really help her and…where do you think you're going with that?!" Sango stopped her rumbling and pointed at the two ropes Inuyasha picked up from the closet. Inuyasha looked back and then followed her gaze down at the rope and shrugged. "Just in case…and besides, she's not unconscious…" Then he left, leaving a very speechless girl and a very amused boy.

"He got her bad…"

"Kouga!"

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Kagome twitched when she heard the door lock click open. She was still lying on the bed in the same position he had left her, and she wasn't going to dare move. She heard the door being closed behind him quietly. There was quite a noisy shuffle of clothes afterwards and she heard a small 'pop' as if a small jar was being opened. She only hoped that he would believe her to be asleep and just leave her be…but of course, life just sucked for her.

"You know you don't have to fake it." He whispered into the darkness.

Kagome, now full knowing that he knew she was awake, instantly sat up, not daring to give him any more advantages over her. She heard a deep chuckle behind her and noticed the blood still dripping from her lips. She looked down and quickly spotted the red spotted mark on the bed. She narrowed he eyes and desperately tried not to blush.

Inuyasha, whose eyes were opened longer than hers which adjusted quicker to the darkness, saw her hand reaching towards her lips and wiping the blood away from her mouth with the back of her hand.

Kagome felt a hard hand grab her arm. She knew that her shirt was ripped to being sleeveless, and now she was cursing for that. She instantly froze on the spot as she felt one warm finger trace her arm down towards her wrist and winced as the single finger quickly multiplied and made a tight grab for her wrist. On instinct, she twisted her body and threw a fisted punch towards his face, yet automatically, the only thing she made contact with was, was another hand that took a full advantage on her and grabbed her fist as if it was nothing.

Kagome's eyes widened. He had known her weakness and had taken a full advantage on her. He knew everything.

He had a complete hold of her left wrist with his right and now had her right hand with his left. Her body was twisted on the bed and her legs were completely useless with the numb pain. That's when her eyes finally began to adjust to the darkness and spotted his 'items'. Beside him on the bed were two ropes. This did not bold well for her.

Inuyasha followed her gaze towards the two ropes and smirked. "Don't worry."

Kagome snapped her eyes back at Inuyasha and narrowed her eyes to slits in disgust.

"I'll be gentle."

Hearing this, her struggle increased dramatically, trying to pull her hands away from his grip. She heard him chuckle yet again, but she was too absorbed in trying to get away from this freak, that she didn't even notice him advancing on her.

Her eyes opened wide when she felt something warm on her bleeding lip. How dare he press his lips on her lips! How dare he try to take full advantage over her! All these furious thoughts ran through her mind as he started to lean forward pushing her back towards the pillows. Quickly trying to regain the upper hand, she twisted her head and broke the unbearable kiss.

Kagome struggled hard but he seemed not to notice at all. His head started to lean in, and trying to avoid this Kagome desperately tried to twist her body away from his offending one. She grimaced when he started to lick the blood away from her lips.

Disgusted, Kagome started to pull her hands yet again, yet this only caused him to get annoyed and before she knew what was happening, he had pushed her back on the bed, her head between two pillows rendering her totally exposed. She was now completely punching herself for wearing such a thing that showed so much cleavage.

Her breath came in short as he started to move her arms above her head, trying to hold both her hands with one hand. She heard a growl when she tried to bring her knee up, making him quite uncomfortable.

"Stop…moving, bitch."

Kagome sneered.

"You think you can take advantage over me, don't you?"

Inuyasha heard this and started to lean his head in, resting his forehead on hers. "At least I got you to finally talk." He said with a charming smirk. Kagome kicked herself mentally for that.

Inuyasha slowly started to lean his body on hers, making her completely helpless beneath him. Kagome's breathing was now coming out rugged and a heavy man above her chest that was about to rape her wasn't making it easy for her to breathe. She was still unable to move when he started to tie both her hands against the headboard with the two ropes he had brought with him. She really didn't like where this was going.

After he was finished with tying her up, he couldn't help but to trace his lips against her neck. She gasped for air and tried to lean her neck onto his head, making him stop from creating any marks on her neck. She knew he was a little annoyed, but as soon as he got up from her, she had started struggling all over again. Her legs were still uselessly numb, and her arms were completely tied up, painfully stopping her circulation from flowing. She was completely helpless and exposed…something she never wanted to be.

She panted and glared at the silver haired form who chuckled in the darkness. Her sight had finally adjusted to the dark room and she could clearly see where she was. It looked as if she was in the master bedroom more than the 'captive-room'. She looked back at Inuyasha's direction and noticed him drinking something from a small cup. Before long, he turned back towards her with a smug grin on his face, though there was a distinct look that told her that something was definitely in his mouth.

He was wearing a leather pant with a white shirt, half of the buttons on the shirt open to show enough of his bare chest. Kagome raised her eyebrow when she realized that he was well-dressed for this sort of occasion. Yet she still squirmed uncomfortably when he sat down next to her on the bed. He didn't say anything, but his hand still made its way towards her bangs, brushing away her hair and showing her eyes to his range of vision. She didn't like how he was treating her as if she was his.

Without any warning, he leaned his head in and was starting to kiss her again. Her eyes widened when she realized that this time his tongue was doing all the work for him. His tongue licked her lips, looking for entrance, but when she didn't respond he became more annoyed and aggressive, literally shoving his tongue into her mouth. She nearly choked when his tongue began to roam inside her, playing with her own lifeless tongue. As she tried to at least knee him in the gut, one of his hands made a grab for her thigh, rubbing her soft flesh. She would have just loved to bite his tongue out of her mouth, but that's when she realized that he was forcing her to swallow the familiar bitter liquid.

Quick to respond she leaned her head in, eager to get the bitter taste of the liquid in her mouth. Yet Inuyasha, not liking to get pushed around him self, pushed her back onto the bed and started to deepen the kiss. His other hand roamed around her waist shamelessly and even went inside her shirt. After a few minutes, he finally brought his head up, puckering his lips. Kagome lazily looked up at him, sneering at distaste. At least they hadn't had their first sweet kiss.

After a few minutes of taking in air, Inuyasha finally got up from the bed and started to make his way towards the side table, acting as if nothing had happened. She watched in disgust as he started to pick up the jewelry and the leather coat. Without any last glances, he left her on the bed, tied to the headboard and walked out the door with the leather coat thrown over his shoulder, leaving her alone on the bed with a very musty taste on her tongue.

She narrowed her eyes at the door as if it was the reason how this whole ordeal had started.

"Freak…"

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Sango eyed both of the man suspiciously as she continued to eat her salad a little reluctantly.

Inuyasha had a very triumphant smirk on his face, and she knew he was acting too smug for comfort. Kouga seemed to share his victory with a very amused look in his eyes. Sango shook her head.

"Guys…would you just please tell me what's so…so funny about?" Sango dropped her fork and narrowed her eyes, looking at the two men in front of her.

She watched as Inuyasha looked up from his lunch and eyed Kouga, who dropped his root beer and also eyed Inuyasha.

Sango groaned when they both started to smirk yet again.

"What is so funny?!" She threw down her hand on the table.

The only reaction she got was another weird look from the guys, and after a few moments the two bursted out laughing, falling from their kitchen chair.

Sango groaned loudly and threw her napkin down on the floor, landing on Inuyasha's face.

"Man…" Sango growled as she stomped out of the kitchen, "…I'll never understand them."

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Kagome lazily rolled her head to the side when the door opened again. She couldn't bear to have another encounter with that freak, and even if it wasn't him she was too weak to protect herself since the medication was taking a hold on her conscience.

"Oh crud…" Kagome mumbled.

"Excuse me?"

Kagome's eyes snapped open when she heard the unfamiliar voice of a female. It was a girl all right. She hissed when the girl turned on the light, disturbing her sight with the suddenness of it all.

"Oops, sorry." Sango immediately apologized and turned down the brightness. Kagome nodded in appreciation and put her head down, though still narrowing her eyes.

This girl was about a year older than herself. Her hair reached to her thighs about an inch shorter than the silver-haired boy and it was tied at the end with a white ribbon. It was clear that the white ribbon was the signature sign of an exterminator. Her eyes were magenta colored that showed well with her pink eye shadow. She looked oddly familiar…

"You!" Kagome yelled, trying to point at her with her finger, but since she was tied down, there was nothing she could really do. Sango noticed that she was tied down and raised her eyebrow. Kagome followed her gaze at her tied wrist and looked back at her sarcastically. "Don't you dare ask."

Sango shook her head. "Can't do, that's the reason I came here anyway."

"Hmm?" Kagome hummed in confusion.

Sango walked over and sat down beside Kagome looking down at her warily. "If I untie you, would you do anything?"

Kagome was too annoyed to answer and only groaned in reply. Sango taking that as a reply only shrugged and with only a slight hint of hesitation started to untie Kagome. When Kagome was finally free she immediately sat up, almost causing a whiplash.

"God that stings." She whined and started rubbing her wrists. Sango threw the ropes on the ground and watched the girl with immense interest. Kagome, who was still rubbing the rope marks on her wrist, sensed that she was been watched and eyed Sango suspiciously. She had heard that there were some people that seemed to like their own sex better than the opposite, but she had never seen anyone of that description…and she never wished to see anyone like that either.

"You that girl with that boomerang?" Kagome asked, a bit suspicious and a little apprehensive over the new girl. Sango nodded a little hesitantly but then sighed.

"Look, I know we didn't get off in a good start, so why don't we just start over?" She held up her hand with a friendly smile. "My codename's Sabrina, but my real name's Sango."

Kagome raised her eyebrow. Did she just tell her, her codename? And was she telling her that they wanted to be actually friends? This was just too much.

She took her hand anyway. At least she wasn't gay…

"My name's-"

"Kagome, Higurashi Kagome." Sango replied for her. "I know. We know all about you actually."

Kagome immediately took her hand back. Sango sighed.

"Don't be so shocked. We get a lot of visitors over the years from Naraku anyway. We have to know about our enemies, right?" She said happily. Kagome nodded uneasily but was still confused.

"But…it wasn't like I knew all about-"

"Inuyasha? From the way you spotted Inuyasha so quickly in the museum, you seem to know more about him."

Kagome was about to answer when she realized how Sango seemed to know everything about this. "How-?"

"I was inside the museum too." She replied promptly.

"Oh…well, I was just given a picture and some info, it's not like I took anything from you guys." She argued annoyed that she wasn't able to finish all of her sentences.

"Yeah, but apparently your boss seems to like to do that." She glared eyeing nothing in particular.

"He sent some men from his and stole Inu's profile when he was in the hospital after that explosion…" Sango didn't seem to be up to explaining anything about this so-called 'explosion', so Kagome changed the subject.

"I don't think Naraku would tie his enemy up and befriend them afterwards though." She asked sarcastically. Sango laughed a little uneasily.

"Actually this is a very weird outcome." She sighed to herself and rubbed the back of her head. "See…you may not want to hear this, but…see, your boss tricked you."

"What?!" Kagome asked outraged that anyone would say anything like this. "What is this, a trick of some kind?"

"No, no!" Sango waved her hand in front of her face in self-defense as if Kagome was threatening her, which, in a way, she was. "It's not a trick. You know that virus you got?" She quickly explained.

Kagome nodded.

"Yeah, well…don't tell me you were told that it was some sort of cell, since viruses are not cells." Kagome stayed silent as Sango continued on. "Besides, we're working on trying to stop Naraku from spreading them. You see the virus is call Virus-157. It's strong enough to cause multiple seizures until your heart completely stops working…or that's what I've been told. Look, I'm not good with these scientific stuff either so don't ask, okay?" Sango replied seeing the confused look on Kagome's face.

"…so…you're saying that Naraku tricked me? Why then? Why would he do something as stupid as that? Trying to test the virus-what ever it's called on me to see if it really works or something?"

"Unfortunately, yeah." Sango looked at Kagome suspiciously, expecting some kind of reaction from her. But all she did was ask another question.

"So…why exactly are you befriending me?" Kagome asked, asking as if nothing Sango had just told her actually sank into her head. Sango raised an eyebrow but replied anyway.

"Well…since I've been thinking…I mean…I know you're strong and all…and you're pretty smart too and…"

"Stop trying to bribe me with compliments and tell me already." Kagome said promptly.

Sango sighed. "You see, we just lost one of our members because of Naraku, and this is my idea, so none of the guys know what I'm planning right now, but…well…since you probably wouldn't want to work with him anymore…I was just thinking…you know…"

"No, I don't know, now just spit it out!" She asked very annoyed.

"Do you want to work with us?" Sango asked hopefully, which took Kagome by surprise who wasn't expecting anything like this. "What?!"

Sango shrugged. "I mean, since she left us, I've been surrounded by those guys and it's been a huge chaos here, so do you want to or not?" She finally looked up at Kagome with bit puppy-dog eyes. Kagome grimaced.

"What makes you think I don't want to work with Naraku anymore though?" Kagome tested. If she was really telling the truth and not pulling her into false sense of security…

"What?! You aren't serious are you?! After what he did to you?! And you can't leave me here with those clowns! You just can't!" Sango screamed, becoming red, unable to breathe.

Kagome held her hand up. "I'm kidding, I'm kidding." She assured.

Sango sighed and sat back down but stiffened when she heard the next part. "I'll join you guys for sure, but on one condition…"

"What?" Sango asked unsurely.

Kagome grinned. "Can you get me a toothbrush?"

Sango stared for a few minutes before giggling and then nodded as she got up and made her way out towards the door, her giggled echoing through the hallway. Kagome stared on and sighed as she fell back on the bed. So she was deceived by her boss…yet she wasn't surprised.

She grinned sadistically to herself and stared at the ceiling.

This sure was going to be interesting.

AN: Next chapter – 'Gun to the Wolf' Guess who stars in it! ^.^