Ruthless Hunters

Summary: If they say pain and sorrow are born from loves shadow, then I don't want any of it. I don't want to feel that lost feeling anymore Sesshoumaru, I don't want to fall in love. I came here to say goodbye... SessKag

Disclaimer: I do not own any of these characters!

'You can no longer run. You can no longer hide. You can no longer escape my eyes,' said the tall figure that stood in the corner of the cell. He was examining his specimen squirm, and struggle, which to his delight, thrilled excitement in his mind. She was running from each wall, pounding them like her heart was pounding her. 'Why do you try to escape me? You know in the end, you will be punished,' adding a bit of his sensual delight in there. The woman stopped running only to back her self up into a corner. Her hands furiously grabbed the sides of her heads, and she slowly rocked her self back and forth.

'You will someday be betrayed by your trust in people. They will turn there backs on you, shun you, ignore you. You will become outcast to the world, and the only person to give you little sympathy is myself.'

She kept her hands over her ears like a child. A child… something over the years she has learned was immature, and that no one could love and commit to a child. 'Trying to block me out?' he asked 'My precious sweet, I know you can hear me… I know you can.' The man came out of the shadows, but it seemed he was just stepping to more darkness. She knew that he was there; she felt the chill in her bones. He was there waiting for the perfect opportunity.

'Kagome after all of this, you still resist to tell me the truth. Tell me, koi, how long while I be forced to hurt you?' Kagomes' lips trembled, not for the tears she knew she would shed, but for the word she itched to say to him.

'Fuck you!' spilled from her aching mouth. The mans eyes flashed a hint of anger, Kagome found herself thinking oh shit

'My love, if you please yourself by pleasing me, well I have no objection.' His steps led him nearer and nearer to her weakened body. She would not break, she would not give in, and she would not fall. Her cerulean eyes looked at him. His hand reached out and touched her face. The coldness produced from the tips intertwined with her cheeks. 'Look at me, Kagome. I am what you need; I'm what you have to gain. Give me what I want, and you shall receive pure bliss.' He bent to her level and licked the blood that trickled from her forehead. She shuddered in her torn kimono. It revealed her small bruising shoulders.

'I despise you!' and she spat right in his face. Kagome tried running to another corner, but before she could even think about moving, a deathly icy hand grabbed her wrist while the other punched her right in the jaw.

'You little bitch!' he raged on his vocal cords. 'I will give you everything and yet you still fuck me over. The game is not finished little Kagome. Yes, it's far from finished.' He huffed, 'Learn soon, or there will be no future for you.' He once again slapped her tender flesh to leave the memory there. 'Kagome, why do you make me do this?' The man watched her just sit there. Making no attempt to sooth her bruising cheek, or tend to the wounds that he had inflicted. His hand still lay on her cheek. It began to warm up, for he realized she'd put her hand over top. She pushed it away and leaned on the wall.

'Let me tell you a story, Kagome.' He started, 'There was a girl who led a normal life, and had a normal job, and a normal family. In the end was she so normal? She hid many things from her loved ones. Oh the lies she told! It was incredible how far she would go to get away. She found some love in some mans arms, feeling utterly complete. One day when she was fed up with her life she left everyone. Loved ones were only left with aching hearts. Enemies were left with fear of her return. Friends were left with wanting her smile. All pained at her sudden leave. Kagome, some say she did it to protect her loved ones from the harsh reality that today is known as the world. She left her happy life, to misery in the shadows to live a life alone. Do you think it was worth it? I believe its betrayal Kagome, do you?' he smiled menacingly.

For one time in her life she actually wanted to answer one of his pointless and twisted questions. 'She did it so that the one she loved could find more happiness and love.' Her tiny voice said defiantly

'Yes, but you forget the ones she loved are in heartache, not love. Kagome, my little treasure, you know the story all to well.' The man reached into the pocket of his slacks and took out an old photograph. He threw it to her. Her eyes widened. There was a women smiling brightly as she held something. Also another set of eyes, the ones she wanted nothing to do with.

'Yes Kagome, you were once that happy.' The bastard knew! 'You were once like that, but as times changed you changed. Everyone did without you. She also did, Kagome.' Kagome's chest kept rising and falling. She was so angry, and one the verge of tears. All she wanted was to lie next to her lover, stroke her hands thought his hair and sleep. That was a dream; well actually that was an abandoned reality. She left long ago to find new starts and endings to her story. Every time her life wrote something beautiful the story came to a dead end stop. What was she thinking? All of this was making her go mad! She wanted nothing to do with her past. It was ignorant and stupid, like men!

'Please just leave her alone, don't hurt her, please!' she screamed at him, making him understand. She once again took a look at the picture. Hair draped on his shoulder. It was in very low ponytail so that there were some loose strands. He wore a cream dress shirt with the first two buttons open, also wearing black slacks that contrasted greatly.

'Beg, Kagome, beg. Its music to my ears. Out of all the talking you have done this is the best by far.' The sadistic words spilled, 'No one will come for someone who doesn't exists, do you understand?' He took the picture, and pulled a lighter, which he had kept with him for this occasion, from his jacket pocket. 'When you disobey, koi, this is what happens.' He lit the picture on fire. It burned, no not only the picture, but her heart and skin. They burned. The ashes fell into a small lump. That was all she had left, and now it was gone. He smirked and walked to the locked and secret exit of the trapped cell. He smirked. 'We are going to have lots of fun, koi,' locking the door behind him.

Kagome looked at the floor, the teardrops staining the cement. 'No one can save me, no one can save me, no one can save me,' that bastard! 'NARAKU!'

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He sat at the edge of his silk sheet bed. His head hung low, he did this for a month by now. He was now familiar to getting up at midnight to sit in silence. There had been some changes, which he thought were improvements. He would got to sleep at three-thirty am now, instead of the usual five. They called it an obsession, he called it worry. They called it love; he called it a strong liking. Though the time did come where he accepted some of the words said to him. He was about to walk out of the room when a hand grasped his shoulder. She knew this would come again and she groaned.

'Stop right now,' she said harshly to him, 'you are out of hand InuYasha. This needs to stop!' she yelled. His hand gently but forcefully removed hers and he looked deep in to her eyes.

'Don't tell me anything right now! I... I need to figure it out myself, right now I need time.' He said his head off to the side. Kikyou scoffed a bit, hurt was very much evident.

'You've been saying that for the past3 years, over and over again.' InuYasha got up from the bed ignoring her comment. He grabbed his cell phone and walked out the door. Kikyou went to sleep again; she at least tried to help him. She cried silent tears on the satin pillows.

InuYasha walked in the living room and made himself comfortable on the leather couch. Crossing his legs and letting his mind go. His mind recollected to a few years ago started this from the day he got the phone call,three years ago.

Ring! Ring! Hello Moto Ring! Ring!

'What the fuck are you thinking calling me at this hour? This is InuYasha, and who might this be,' he half yelled and half said.

'You Idiot,' the voice sobbed, 'your fault, all your fault!' It continued to sob continuously.

'S-San-go?' he asked. He hadn't talked to her in two years. 'How are you? Is everything alright? What are you up to these days?' he asked as if they were friends that were torn. She, Sango, didn't see him fit for being friends, which was definite.

'Don't speak; I don't want to hear your voice anymore!' she kept weeping. InuYasha stared at his cell phone hearing a voice say "Sango give me the phone."

'Ah, InuYasha, we have bad news,' this time hearing a young gentleman talk firmly to him. The man tried to be firm, yet at the same time console the broken hearted girl.

'Miroku, what the hell is going on there?' InuYasha said indignantly. Huffing in fury no man could survive.

'Our beloved friend Kagome, is missing,' he said hurt. InuYashas' eyes widened as he dropped the tiny cell phone on the Persian carpet.

InuYasha came out of his memories and shook his head; he hadn't talked to her for what, eleven years by now?Well at least not to her face. He took out the small cell phone and punched in numbers.

Ring, Ring, Ring, Ring--- Hey its Kagome, sing your song at the beep, oh and have a good day! Beeeeeeep—

'Hey, a, K-Kagome. It... It's InuYasha, um when, when you h-have the time to call... back, um plea-please do. Th-Thanks.' As he flipped the phone off. He'd wait, most of the night. Just to get a call back, what he wouldn't do? So he sat, and sat. All just thinking about something you can lose. When you lose, he realized, you lose it all. So he sat, sat and waited for her call.

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He watched her flip her hair, and whirl it around. She was doing the most stupid things someone could do. She pretended to play the air guitar while swing her head round and round. She had strutted and bended like he'd never seen before. She kept dancing like a buffoon and still didn't notice he was standing there. She started swinging her arms and moving around again to the next song. He cleared his throat to make his presence noticeable.

'Ahh, Sesshoumaru-sama,' as she innocently feel down. She got up rubbing her head, with eyes that clearly expressed the word ouch! 'What brings you here?' she said trying to cover up the incident.

He stared at her with amusement, disappointment, and sadness. 'You did.' He said shortly. Oh her forgetful mind. She looked at him with question; he gave her credit for trying to remember. 'No need formalities, we are outside of work.'

'Ah, gomen Sesshoumaru-sama, I mean gomen Sesshoumaru.' She blused as her bangs hit her eyes. She was embarrassed and he would admit that the rose colour on her face was very pretty. 'So, um, what are we suppose to be … doing… right now?'

'Well,' he started, 'I asked for you presence at dinner so we could discuss issues, but you were caught up in a….ah… dancing (if that's what you call it) to notice the time.' He said calmly. Her eyes widened like saying 'oh right.'

'I'm so sorry Sesshoumaru- sama, I'll go get changed. Make yourself at home.' She said trying to rush out without looking into his eyes. She wouldn't be able to hold the fort much longer if she did. She was caught, though, the two orbs just stared. He did it on purpose. 'Can I help you Sesshoumaru-sama?' She was acting innocent again. He'd seen her wrath, heard it, and felt it. He liked her rage, she looked very…cute.

'So innocent, you are, so innocent.' He said to her not looking interested in her any longer. Kagome was getting very annoyed with him, her eyes flaming. Such small comments I make.

'You don't think I take risks?' she asked indignantly.

'I don't think you do, no,' he said. She really didn't know that she was feeding him more with the more anger and frustration she dished out. She walked back to him,she thought she was a bit dangerous. She could see in his eyes… he was playing with her, and he was going to pay. She stood right in front of him. She grabbed the collar of his jacket and placed a chaste kiss against his lips.

'Enough risk for you, Sesshoumaru-sama?' and she walked….

CRASH!

His eyes open very wide. How many years was it? Every time after that moment, he reminded her of it. Taunted her, and she always blushed that pink. His forehead was a bit sweaty and somehow the bedroom seemed a lot hotter. The arm around his waist tightened, telling him it was nothing and to go back to sleep. Sesshoumaru knew otherwise. His acute hearing knew something big just happened. He quickly jumped out of his bed.

'You heard it, I should tend to whatever it was,' he said turning his back to the women in his bed. Grumbling she got out of bed, telling him everything was fine. Sesshoumaru walked towards the sound. It came from the kitchen; the only person who was in the kitchen would have been…

'Rin is so sorry Sesshoumaru-sama.' She squeaked out. Sesshoumaru looked around the black tiled floor. The solid see-through material lay all over the floor, broken. Merged with them were pools of scarlet. Rin chewed on her lip, trying her hardest not to cry. She only wanted some water, that's all. She didn't need to cry from the pain, she wanted to cry because he was now going to get mad at her and throw her out, and she would no longer have a place and the world, in her eyes, would end. Something along that line, that's what Yura told her. 'Rin will buy you a new one. Rin will save up. Rin is sorry Sesshoumaru-sama. Please go back to sleep, gomen ne for disturbing you. Rin is very sorry. Rin can take care of it. Rin can take care of herself.' The small girl said without breath.

His eyes were still recovering from the scene. He couldn't believe he let this happen. How could this happen? He should been able to stop this. Damn. He saw her left hand covering up her right arm. He saw her arm and hand all bloody. She was trying to cover it up. She was trying to take care of herself. She was trying to be independent. She was trying to grow up to fast. Sesshoumaru couldn't help it. There was no use in hiding the guilt when he said his words, 'Rin, are you hurt?' he asked her, knowing her answer. The saying ask a stupid question, get a stupid answer applied right here.

'No Sesshoumaru-sama, thank you for looking after Rins' well being.' She said getting on her knees, and reaching for the broken glass. She tried to tug on the sleeve of her nightgown to cover the wound, yet it wouldn't work. She winced a bit at the pain searing through out her arm.

'Don't touch that Rin," Sesshoumaru said trying to keeping calm. He felt so much guilt. He began to walk over to her. He stepped on the glass and did not wince once.

'No! Sesshoumaru-sama! You'll get hurt if you do that stop it!' she said now quivering that her father figure, yet not her father, would get injured. She saw blood emerge from his feet; after all he was only human.

He did not have time to watch out for the glass, his little girl was hurt, and nothing could ever stand in the way of the rescue. Yes, he felt the glass cut part of his sols. That did hurt much. He had been through worse. He came to Rin and her arm was bleeding pretty badly, not hospital emergency bad, yet pretty bad. He could mend it. He was right in front of her seeing the fact she wanted to cry, but held it in.

He picked her up like that child she was. A child, in his eyes, she was always his little girl. He shut his eyes in anger while carrying her to the bathroom. How could he have let this slip? She was silent the whole walk through. When they reached the bathroom, he set her on the toilet cover for a seat. He brought out the medical kit and began to inspect her wounded arm. 'What happened?' He asked calmly while washing away all the dried blood. She looked down trying not to cry.

'Rin was getting water, Sesshoumaru-sama. Please go back to sleep, Rin can do this.' She said a hint of begging in her voice. He knew what she thought he didn't. He knew how alone she could feel all alone. How she talked to no one in particular. How she wanted an okaa-san. He wanted to tell her 'it is alright' yet he couldn't. So instead he said this.

'Rin you are growing up to fast, too fast. I want to be there.' He'd finished up all the bandages. She was good to go. He picked her up once again and carried her to the kitchen. The glass was still all over the floor so was the blood. Yura had taken a seat on the couch and turned on the television. She didn't bother cleaning up, it wasn't her job.

This time he watched out for the glass. Sesshoumaru reached for the cabinet and pulled another glass like the shattered one. By the time he filled it with water little Rin was fast asleep on his shoulder. He walked to Yura with a glare in his eyes. 'You may go to sleep, if you so wish,' Sesshoumaru said in his grammatically correct voice. She batted her make-up filled lashes at him.

'You're not coming with me. I could make it fun. We could have a play date tonight.' She said. She smiled the wicked one she owned. He still stared at her being bored.

'I have to tend to things.' He said roughly as he turned his back to her. She mumbled you love that child more than your fiancée. Even when he wasn't supposed to hear things a normal human should, he did. He opened the little girls' room. It was filled with stuffed animals and games that he had gotten for her. He attempted to lay her down, but it didn't work. Her tiny fist hand managed to grab a hand full of his full-sleeved pajamas. She wouldn't let go, and he wasn't going to walk around the house all night holding her. If had he would but in this situation he didn't have to, only if she would let go. So he slipped into her tiny bed and she released the hostage. He didn't want to leave her. So he pulled her close as she hugged him back. He would sleep well. He slept so close to his world that night. His world consisted of a small frame, with inky black hair, and big chocolate eyes with a tint of gold.

Saiyuri-himes' little corner: Hey how did you like the first chapter? Is it good? If you want, or can, please review my fist chapter. It is always nice to read and review, and if you do thank you very much. Flames are accepted, but know that to some I pay no attention and some I take as constructive criticism. I hope you like it. I played with Sesshoumarus' personality a bit. I also changed Rins hair colour. I know I did this, and you'll se why later on. Sorry about that. As you can see, I changed them to humans. Everyone is human. This is an honor to write for you, and I hope you enjoy the rest of Ruthless Hunters. Love yah!♥

Ja ne♥

Saiyuri-Hime♥