Kagome's workday was finally almost over. It was very late, because she had been counting inventory for the last two days. The museum was empty, except for her, because Mr. Osawa said good night to her about 30 minutes ago. She had to admit that the place was a little creepy when it was deserted. As her tasks were completed her mind was free to roam, unfortunately. She had welcomed the tedious task of counting relics today. It kept her mind from the ominous depression that this certain day of the year always held for her.
She gathered her things from her office and set out to go home. Her thoughts were of Inuyasha on this night, and she may as well accept that nothing could stop the impending sorrow. Living alone was great... most of the time. Tonight, however, she dreaded going back to the empty apartment. She decided to visit with her statue. He always comforted her, when she was feeling melancholy.
She took her usual seat, and looked up at the white Lord. "Konbanwa, Sesshomaru. I have come to keep you company for a little while. Or maybe it is you who keeps me company tonight." She shrugged her shoulders and leaned back. She had a hard time talking about her grief to anyone. Anyone real, that is. With the stone taiyoukai, she knew that he would not scold her, or try to cheer her. She wouldn't say anything that would hurt his feelings. He would simply listen. She knew Kenta loved her, but talking about Inuyasha to him was out of the question. Her mother only worried. No, Sesshomaru was the perfect confidant.
"Tonight is a bad night for me, my Lord. I mourn for your brother, and my friends. This is the day that I had to leave them, never to return." She sighed heavily. The tears were starting to form in her blue eyes. "Even after all these many years, I still can't pass this night without shedding tears for those I have left behind." Her sadness gave her voice a deeper tone. "I can't talk of my sadness to anyone. I always feel very alone on this night. I am cursed to always have the memory of them tearfully saying Sayonara, as I leapt into the well for the last time. I have managed through these years to push away the sadness, and only keep thoughts of happy times in my mind. This night is always the same though." The tears were streaming down her face in a torrent now. She knew they couldn't be stopped. They would simply fall until she fell asleep.
She decided she should head home, as the hour was nearing midnight. Thank goodness she could sleep in tomorrow. She took a deep breath and stood to leave. She stepped up to her stony friend, and once more she touched the smooth stone cheek of the demon lord. "Arigato, koi, once again you have been there for me when there was no one else that I could talk to." She found herself standing on her tiptoes and placing a warm kiss on the lips of her stone guardian. She felt the cold granite against her lips, and it saddened her a bit to think that he too, is gone from this world. She felt a warmth emanating from inside of her... strange... almost as if her long dormant miko powers were calling out to her. She shrugged it off as exhaustion, and said to the statue, "Konbanwa, my koi." Then she left the building.
On her way home she realized that she had never been out alone this late in her new neighborhood. It wasn't far to her apartment, but some of the streetlights were dim and a few were out completely. 'Damn, she thought, I should have called Kenta to walk me home. Well, may as well get on with it.' She was a little over half way home when she noticed a slight noise behind her. It was probably just her imagination, she told herself, but she increased her speed a little just the same. There it was again, and now she could hear footsteps behind her. The cold fingers of fear crept up her spine and sent her heart into a pounding rhythm in her chest. 'Oh Kami, what should I do?' She tried to calm down. It could just be one of her neighbors walking home. She forced a smile to her face and decided she would turn to see who was there. Before she could do that another set of footsteps joined the first. She heard a snicker of a mans laughter now. This is not good.
She couldn't stop herself from looking back, but that was a mistake. There were four guys behind her now. She could tell by the way they were dressed that they were not nice people. Black leather and ripped jeans. One of them had spiked hair and carried a chain on his side. Another was shorter, with a black tattoo on his forehead, and carried something in his hand. When they seen her looking they sneered at her with evil grins on their faces. 'Oh Kami, it's a gang.' She turned quickly back and picked up her pace. The ominous footsteps behind her increased speed, as well. She started to run. Tears were trailing behind her and the fear she felt in the pit of her stomach made her want to vomit.
The men grabbed her before she could get ten feet further. She screamed, but there was too many of them and strong hands were clamped over her mouth. Kogame was pulled from the sidewalk through the shrubs. The feel of their greedy hands all over her body was disgusting. Kagome was now terrified. Never before had a fear of this kind swept through her. No demon or ogre had ever made her gut wrench as it was doing now. Their laughter filled her ears. "Were going to fuck you good bitch," the one with the spiked hair said in a gruff, lust filled voice. The others were laughing again. She felt something cold slide up her dress. It was a knife. A whole new fear tore through her being. "You'd better let me go," she said defiantly. She barley recognized her own voice. Was he going to stab her? She heard the fabric of her clothes being cut from her body. The brisk night air stung her flesh. Kagome Higurashi had never felt so naked and alone in her entire life.
Kagome's creamy breasts were cupped by callused hands that squeezed and twisted her tender nipples. A fiery mouth suddenly clamped on to her left mound, sucking and biting at the caramel tip. A tongue was now sliding up her thigh. Another began greedily licking at her cheek... his liquor-laden breath sending waves of nausea through the struggling captive. Her body jumped as rough fingers probed the delicate folds between her legs.
'My treasured virginity', she thought, as the irony of the situation sank in. 'This was not supposed to happen!' Then Kagome heard another voice. A voice that sounded as sweet and ruthless as Satan's own. A voice that was none to familiar...but it couldn't be. A smooth voice that said "Back away from the girl ningen scum." The filthy hands stopped roaming over her body at the sound of that silken voice. Through her tears she could see a tall white form standing in the distance. The gang of lust inflamed men stood to face him. "Who the fuck do you think you are," the spiked leader shouted in an angry voice.
"Bow, worthless human, before Sesshomaru, Great Lord of the Youkai Western Lands." Kagome heard the words, but confusion and shock had her mind in a blur. She was obviously going insane. The resulting laughter from the men standing over her was mocking to say the least. They left her where she lay and stepped towards the offending figure in white. The echo of steel sliced through the air as knives were drawn. "We'll cut your throat you stupid son of a bitch!"
They never had a chance against the youkai lord as poison claws grabbed the leader by the throat and a spark of light emerged from the fingers on the right hand. The light grew to full length in the flash of an eye. One crisp snap sounded through the night, and three of the four were sliced in half. The burning of flesh was sickening while a repulsive sizzle, from the three fallen comrades, resounded through the darkness. Tears began to fall from their leaders terrified orbs when he realized that the time of his death was at hand. Suspended helplessly above the ground, he spilled gurgling breaths from his bleeding throat. With a powerful release the human was hurled against a nearby tree, to fall lifeless to the ground beneath.
It all happened so fast that Kagome didn't really understand. She was shaking in terror and crying uncontrollably. She blinked back the tears and opened her eyes. Just inches from her face hovered fierce amber eyes that she knew all to well. She'd obviously gone crazy, and in her delirium her mind was building a safe place. 'Safe? He is not safe! This can't be real, can it?' Her feeling of vulnerability, due to her nakedness, forced her to break the bewitching gaze of her savior. She grabbed at her clothes and belongings trying desperately to cover herself. In a second, Kagome was swept from the cold hard ground by powerful arms while a furry softness snaked around her.
Sesshomaru held the woman's tiny frame effortlessly. The urge to protect her flooded through him, but the raw smell of fear flowing from her tender flesh stirred his demon from its long slumber. His amber eyes began to bleed with swirling pools of crimson. He shook his head in an attempt to rein in the beast. The warm blood, of the female in his arms, radiated the honey sweet scent of her innocence creating an intoxicating aroma. As he deeply inhaled the thick fragrance, his body shivered. Sesshomaru suddenly found it extremely difficult to keep his inner youkai in check. 'Beast back down. You will not be freed at this time.' The words rang through his head, but his defiant demon began to struggle anew. With much effort he managed to ask the woman "Where is your home?" His velvet voice now contained a deep bestial rumble.
Weekly she lifted her arm and pointed to her building. "On the top floor," her tiny voice whispered. The wind began to stir and she felt the ground being swiftly left behind. She opened her eyes again and found that she was on the roof of her apartment building. She pointed to the door that led inside. Kagome struggled to pull the key from her purse, but a youkai isn't known for patience. She let out a little cry as the lock was ripped off. "Damn, I'll have to pay for that!" Her fear began to ebb with the fraction of anger that sprang forth.
"Water." The guttural sound of his voice made her jump. What is happening to him? "Water, girl. You must bath now!" His voice boomed through her empty apartment. He released his hold on her and sent her hurling to the floor with a violent push. Kagome picked herself up, ran to her bathroom, and locked the door as fast as she could. She took a deep breath, and half smiled at the absurdity of locking the door. 'A lock is not going to stop what is standing in my living room!'