AUTHOR'S NOTE: Hello all sorry for the very long delay, but work and college have been kicking my butt. Not to mention that I've had a bad case of writer's block. Well, I hope you enjoy. DISCLAIMER: I don't own Inuyasha!

CHAPTER 13: A NEW FACE

The amusement in his eyes made them glow all the more brightly. He, however, did not show any facial features to confirm this. The vixen before him was wrapped tightly in his black silk sheet closely to her breast. She looked beautiful with at natural glow of a woman who has been… ravished.

Rin paled at the heated look Sesshoumaru was giving her and she took an involutary step back. 'Why did I come in here?' she asked herself. 'Oh, yes,' Rin reminded herself, 'to give him a piece of my mind!' Yet as Rin assessed the situation more closely she knew that predatorily gleam wasn't a good one. Sesshoumaru looked like he wanted to pounce on her. She let out an uneasy laugh, "Ah-ha, well I just let you get back to what you were doing." Rin turned on heel and made a fast paced walk out the door, but a growling sound stopped her in her tracks.

Sesshoumaru watched as her spine became abnormally rigid at his command to stop. He smiled, but it was a pity Rin didn't see it. She was proving to be more and more appeasing and appealing, for a human. Sesshoumaru silently stalked behind Rin and admired her creamy smooth skin in stark contrast to the black silk. He leaned in and whispered in his bedmates ear. "You were saying something, hn?"

Her mouth felt like a wad of cotton was stuffed in it. Rin was dying to answer him so, she answered with a shake of the head.

"No? Hmmm, we'll see if I can remedy that, shall we?" Sesshoumaru could smell Rin's arousal spike. To add to it he snaked out his hands out and grabbed hold of the edges of the black silk sheet and roughly tugged her closer to him.

Rin gasped as she felt her head fall back slightly from the force of Sesshoumaru pulling her forward. She thought he was going to screw her here in the study when his heated breath caressed the shell of her ear. Rin could feel Sesshoumaru's fingers moving up and down the sides of her breasts.

"We, my Rin, are going to the police station."

She was in shock, or at least that was what Inuyasha kept saying as he paced the floor back and forth trying to decipher another logistical plan of attack. As Kagome watched the Inuyasha furious movements she became lost in a trance. She could vaguely hear Inuyasha's muffled growls and curses as she tried not to think of all the times Hojo had been with her family, her friends, and herself… alone. All these years of friendship with the devil in sheep's clothing had her mulling over all the what ifs, and it left her feeling bereft. Images of Hojo's smiling face flashed in her mind, and it made Kagome wonder what the hell was he really thinking about when Hojo gave her those artificial, insincere smiles. He knew, the bastard, he knew what he was doing and he was laughing at them all, all the while! Consoling her in her darkest moments of life and probably secretly rejoicing at his mastery over her life. Yes, Hojo had always been there Kagome revealed painfully. A feeling of coldness and desperation that welled in her soul; pleading with her to do something. But what?

"That bloody bastard!"

Haunting blue-gray eyes lost their temporary cloudiness at Inuyasha's loud enraged. Yet, another piercing blow came to her. 'What about Inuyasha? How did this affect us?' That made Kagome's stomach turn and the overwhelming need to leave his presence hit her. 'Kami,' she thought, 'I caused him this...'

Inuyasha barely noticed that Kagome got up and walked back to the bathroom. Nor did he register the fact that Kagome had turn on the water. He was too engrossed trying to figure out where to take her so that she was out of harms way.

'O'ching was always to damn smart for his own fucking good,' Inuyasha thought, as he became more agitated. He would have to be careful not to use his credit cards, or one of the task forces. Who knows, Hojo might be able to trace it. He had always been known as a type of computer wiz and Inuyasha wasn't about to put it past the fucker to think about hacking into to police database. 'Fuck!' Inuyasha thought. He figured that he had one hour and he need to get Kagome the hell out of here. Inuyasha went into the bedroom and grabbed articles of clothing and stuffed it in his duffle bag.

Droplets of water cascaded down her face as she looked at her reflection in the small bathroom's mirror. Kagome felt the eerie sensation that Inuyasha's hell bent vengeance for the death of Kikyou would some how cost her. That in some way, when Inuyasha looked at her he saw Kikyou, and not her, Kagome. Perhaps over the years the distortion between the two of them clouded his ability to separate them even though they were so identical in face, but never temperament.

Kagome brought a hand to her face and outlined her features. She could never bear to think that Inuyasha was protecting her because of her strange alikeness to Kikyou. That made Kagome flinch physical. She didn't want to put him through the constant reminder that every time he looked at her he would see Kikyou and remember. No, no more then Kagome wanted to feel like she was some replacement for Inuyasha lost high school sweet heart.

Inuyasha continued to assess that due to Hojo knowing Kagome personally it changed dynamics of this game they were entangled in. The original plan was to go to the Higurashi's Shrine and lay low but now he wasn't so sure that was a good idea.

His clawed fingers zipped the duffle bag shut and then Inuyasha slung it over his shoulder.

They walked into the precinct just two hours later, the demonic taiyoukai first and a trailing Rin after. The environment of the precinct was not what one would have thought it. It was utter chaos. Officers were rushing around the building like they were preparing for a massive war. It was like a movie, a war scene, playing out before her at a military headquarters; uniformed men on phones frantically relaying messages while others scrambled round the area preparing and executing orders.

Rin couldn't believe what she was seeing. She froze in her track to observe what was going on. Her eyes widened at the weaponry the police force had and began to wonder what in the world would cause such a commotion. She had little to go since Sesshoumaru refuse to tell her anything; other then they were coming here. Rin thought to ask an officer that was standing just only a few yards away, and would have if a certain silver haired devil hadn't notice her lagging.

Sesshoumaru took hold of her upper arm and dragged her the other way. "Would you please refrain from doing that! I'm not a rag doll." Rin said in an irritated tone. Yet, she received no response.

Sesshoumaru didn't bother to reply instead he led them through the maze of desks and officers loitering throughout the area. He knew his destination, Chief Myoga's office. Sesshoumaru couldn't help feeling restless but didn't let it show. His demon within was goaded and on edge with him for bring Rin here. The police department was a building packed with a tremendous over flowing of testosterone producing men. Some of which were watching them very intently as the moved throughout the room. Also, it didn't help matters when Sesshoumaru could hear comments being whispered about Rin from some of the on looking policemen who by chance glance their way.

"Take a look at that one."

"Damn, she's one hell of a looker!"

"Check her ass out in those jeans."

He cracked his knuckles instinctively and the urge to gouge their eyes out intensified.

: Mine: The demon raged within and the need to claim what was his became fierce. Sesshoumaru could feel the red bleeding into his hazeltine eyes and tried to remain sane. He would have taken Rin right here in the middle of all these inferior male humans who dare covet what was his just to assert his claim, but thought the wiser of it. The sooner they got this over with the sooner he, Sesshoumaru, could resume his normal life. 'Well, at least try to resurrect one,' he thought as he looked out of the corner of his eye at Rin. He still needed to situate this 'thing,' with Rin, and he was sure that she would find it highly offensive just to be his bedmate. But, then again he wasn't sure if that was what he wanted either. Sesshoumaru smirked when he caught Rin looking less than thrilled at the fact of being dragged around in such a manner.

Rin really didn't want to make a scene in the police station, but she was going to get Sesshomaru if it was the last thing she did. Rin dared a glance up at Sesshoumaru and swore she saw his eyes flash red. 'Oh, this is not good.' Rin remembered Sango once telling her that demons in their humanoid form give off warning signs when they become agitated. This made Rin lose focus as she tried to analyze what was setting Sesshomaru off. But said dog demon stopped without warning causing her to run into him.

Sesshoumaru turned quickly to stead Rin when he uttered, "I didn't realize you were clumsy as well." Sesshoumaru brought his hand to Rin's face and grasped her chin. He looked her in the eye saw the defiant nature shown through clearly.

Rin turned red. 'Oooo!' she fumed. 'Just you wait Sesshoumaru!' It became too much for her to internalize within and she just had to vent. "I'm not a child Sess…"

"Stay here." But before he left, Sesshoumaru clashed his mouth down upon hers in a dominating siring kiss branding her. It was meant to warn others to stay away.

Rin watched him go into the door in a foot or so from her as she blinked away the foggy haze Sesshoumaru had induced. The black lettering painted on the window became clearer and informed Rin who it was that el Presidente went to speak to, Chief Myoga. A heavy sigh escaped her lips and Rin leaned back against the wall. "I'll never understand him." She whispered.

"Rinny? Is that you?" a voice called out from the hall way.

Rin's head came up as she looked over her shoulder. Her eyes widened as she noticed the bright red hair and brilliant green eyes of the male fox demon that stood before her. "Shippou!"

Kagome could hear Inuyasha moving around in the bedroom and knew that if she didn't move now she would get away from him. She was trying to justify her reason for leaving him without any forewarning but couldn't it. Kagome knew that if she told him she needed space he would tell her, "Hell no!" She knew he wouldn't understand that by being with her she was putting him in danger. And that was the last thing that Kagome wanted. She wasn't sure what she would do if Inuyasha was. Now that she knew who the enemy was it wasn't as scary. There was a face to this evil that haunted her, even if it looked innocent.

Kagome moved to the window on the far side of the bathroom and quietly opened it just enough for her to squeeze through the window. She peered her head out and looked around. There towards the hotels entrance was a taxi cab. Kagome had her freedom insight.

click

Inuyasha was fast becoming impatient with Kagome's constant obsession for spending large quantities of time in the bathroom so he walked over to the door. Just as he was going to knock on it he swore he heard the slight grinding sound of a window being pushed opened. Inuyasha's cop instincts went on high alert and he put his hand on the door and began to turn the knob very slowly. "Kagome?"

There was no response. Inuyasha growled in frustration. "Damnit Kagome, are you in there? We don't have time to…" the door opened and revealed an empty bathroom. "Shit!"

"Where to child?" asked the cabby.

"To the Higurashi Shrine please, and be quick about it!" Kagome whispered in a rushed toned. Her eyes darted back to the open window one the fourth floor of their hotel room. Kagome couldn't stop the feeling of adrenaline building and building. She willed the vehicle to move faster, or just move.

The cabby chuckled lightly. "What's the matter child? Did ye wake up in someone's arms you don't remember going to bed with?"

The joke was lost on Kagome for she didn't hear it. Yet, the movement of the taxi cab brought Kagome some clarity back. The view her eyes had been focused on seemed to grow smaller as the cab took off down the road. Kagome's small hand moved to cool window pane of the back passenger side door. 'I'm sorry Inuyasha.'

Rin ran enthusiastically to give her friend a great big hug. She threw her arms around his neck and hugged him tight. "Shippou! How are you doing? I haven't seen you for a while!"

Shippou returned the bear size hug. "I've been busy with work you know." He replied with a tease, "Something you know nothing about."

Rin hit Shippou on the arm light. "Hey, it's not my fault you decided to graduate early and lost out on one more year of freedom."

Shippou took a deep breath and when doing so noted something different about Rin's scent. "Yeah well, I'm not missing the stress of finals. I much rather be here. There is this interesting case the Chief has me working on."

"Yeah." Rin asked inquisitively. She noticed Shippou looking at her oddly.

"Yeah, but I can't talk about it right now." As Shippou talked he was still trying to figure out the scent coming off Rin. It didn't smell human it was more like demon. Shippou moved his head so that he could take a deeper breath again and he nearly swore.

"What are you doing Shippou! And would you stop looking at me like that!" Rin said haughtily as she felt him sniff the junction of her neck,.

He pulled a little back from the hug Rin still had him in. Shippou's hand moved to his best friend's face and cupped it. "Rinny, didn't I tell you to be careful about who you sleep…"

A predatorial growl drowned out the rest of Shippou's response. The pair looked comically at each other first and then to their right only to see red eyes flashing a dangerous warning.

Rin went to say something but before she could she felt Shippou pushing her behind him. His green eyes scanned the angry looking inuyoukai before him. As Shippou gauged his adversary a familiar scent reached his nose.

"Let her go." Sesshoumaru said.

"Rinny please tell me you didn't sleep with him." Shippou asked in a worried tone.

The blood rushed to Rin's face causing it to turn a nice cherry red. "Shippou!" she squeaked. "That is none of your business!" Rin pulled her hand out of Shippou's hold and smack him on the shoulder. After that she moved so that she could step out from behind Shippou and look at Sesshoumaru directly. Rin pointed a finger at him and took a big step towards him. "You! Heel boy!"

After the blood hazed insanity lessen, Hojo had wanted to rip and shred his face off, but the more he thought about it the more he realized his blessing. In his twisted dementia, he planned a way to bring his most hated rival to his knees. If he was to look like Inuyasha why not make people think that. More specifically, why not Kagome?

Hojo laughed.