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Inuyasha is a merciless assassin who can never satisfy his lust for blood. His life is full of lies, cheating, drugs, sex, and killing. And then he is hired to kill a girl who is different from all the others, and his bitterness is put to the test. Can she change him from the monster he is?

Bloody Valentine

The abandoned house was bathed in darkness as Inuyasha stepped into it. The wood of the floor creaked under his feet, and his breath was misty in the cold darkness of the house. He shivered slightly and stepped towards the weak, dilapidated steps that led to the basement.

The stairs creaked underneath his weight, for they were weak with age and termites. He stepped carefully, testing the haphazard boards of wood beneath him and placing his foot down lightly. He was prepared for the steps to collapse at any minute. He was prepared to leap into the air and land on safe ground, if there was any in the old house.

At the foot of the stairs, his feet met a hard, cold, dirty cement floor of the dimly lit basement. The ceiling was low, but it was high enough for him to stand straight and tall without bumping his head, as long as he watched out for the pipes hanging from the ceiling.

There was an old bed with a fairly new mattress in one of the corners, and beside it was an old wooden nightstand with a small lamp on it. There was a television and a couch in the center of the large room and a small makeshift kitchen in another corner. In the final corner was a door that hardly covered the doorframe at all. Beyond the dilapidated door was a bathroom that looked clean, but only after dedicated cleaning.

Inuyasha sat down on the bed, hunching his back and slumping down. He looked at his hands, still stained red with Kikyo's blood. He snickered. This job had gotten him nearly one thousand dollars from her disgruntled ex-boyfriend. Most of his jobs required him to pose as the lover of the girl he was sent to kill, and most of his jobs concerned an angry ex. Inuyasha shook his head at such a stupid and pointless reason to kill someone, but this was how he lived. This was how he gained his money; this was how he had chosen to survive. As a murderer. He was a murderer who killed for money. An assassin strictly because of his anger after being abandoned by his father. Lessened, next to his older brother. He was filled with hatred and anger and would do anything to relieve himself, until the next memory came along.

He fell to the cement floor, his fists clenched, and punched the hard ground. Pulling back his bloody knuckles, he swore in pain and frustration. He sat back on the bed, this time leaning against the pillows. His hair hung over his face, hiding his expression in shadows. But behind the curtain of silver hair was one silver tear sliding gently down his cheek. A tear of anger, frustration, hatred, sadness, abandonment, and desperation. Just one tear.

Just then, a ringing sound echoed through the dark, grimy basement and Inuyasha pulled a small black cell phone out of his pocket.

"Yeah?" he asked irritably.

"This Inuyasha?" the voice on the other end had a slight southern accent.

"What of it?" Inuyasha replied coldly.

"Heard of you from a friend. Me and another man are here to talk business."

"What kind of business?" Inuyasha sat up straight, suddenly very businesslike. He hadn't expected to get another job so soon.

"I'm David and I'm here with Zack. I'm not giving you our last names because I wouldn't trust an assassin with my shoelace. We want you to go after a girl. Her name's Kagome."

"You want me to assassinate her?"

"You got it."

"How much?"

"I've got fifteen hundred in my hands right now."

Inuyasha perked up at the high offer.

"Nice offer. I accept. I need as much information as you can give me. Address, family background, past relationships, likes, dislikes."

"I don't remember her exact address, but I know she's somewhere in New York. She has a pretty rough family background. Some difficulty with her folks. Past relationships… just me and Zack. She likes music, dance, manga, writing, and the usual girl crap. And she doesn't like me or Zack. She ditched Zack for me, and when I ditch her, she thinks its okay to get together with this other guy. How fucked is that?"

Inuyasha cut him off before he went into too much detail.

"If you don't know her address, then that's more work on my part. New York is a big state." Inuyasha argued, fishing for some more cash.

"Hang on," David said. In the background Inuyasha could hear his voice asking someone else to fork over two hundred bucks. "I've got another two hundred for you if you do it."

"Yeah. How do you want it done?" Inuyasha asked. He could charge extra for whatever David said in reply.

"I want her to fall for you. Head over heels. And before you kill her, I want you to break her heart. And let her know that it's a gift from me and Zack."

Inuyasha chuckled.

"I don't normally pull stunts like that. It's a little extra effort for me…"

"I'll give you eighteen hundred and that's it. I just want her dead. Make sure it happens."

Inuyasha heard a click and the line went dead. He grinned. Eighteen hundred dollars would hold him over until the next job, especially with the money he got for the last one. He rested back against his pillows but then pulled out his cell phone. He checked for caller ID and found David's last name, then headed out again. He would need to put in an extra few hours of research to find David's address to collect his cash. Kagome, on the other hand, wouldn't require too much information. He knew quite enough about Kagome already.

A/N: Okay, okay, so it's really short. PLEASE DON'T SHOOT ME! JUST PLEASE REVIEW AND MAYBE ILL POST THE NEXT CHAPTER REALLY SOON!