"Oi, bastard! Dad said I had to be nice and visit you so I am." Sesshomaru slipped an eye open to glare at his half-brother as he sauntered into the room. Inuyasha smirked as he sat down in the chair.
Sesshomaru's mind flashed to the little silver-eyed girl that had been visiting him the past two days. Now that he thought of it he hadn't thought about killing his brother, killing father, killing his retainer, or the sheer amount of pain he felt.
He had only been thinking of the battered little silver-eyed woman. Now he focused on Inuyasha, "so you're here. You visited. Now leave." Inuyasha shook his head, "sorry, tried that.
Dad's got guards at the door that have orders to make me stay, by force if necessary, for an hour." Sesshomaru closed his eyes and tried really hard not to lose his temper. Then he felt it, a single piece of paper under his hand.
He wondered what it was and how it had gotten there but he would have to talk to Inuyasha first.
59 minutes and 55 seconds later
Inuyasha was watching his watch as he orally counted down. Sesshomaru watched the clock on the wall as he and Inuyasha counted in unison, "5…4…3…2…1…FREEDOM!"
Without so much as a goodbye Inuyasha bolted from the room. Sesshomaru let out a sigh of relief as the door slammed shut behind him. On his to-do list after he was out of here was to knock some sense into father then kill his fucking half-brother.
Now he lifted his good arm and unraveled the piece of paper in his hand. It was the stationary from his bedside table and on it was a single word, no, more like a name.
Rin. His brows furrowed. Well who the hell was… the thought trailed off as it clicked. He remembered last night drowsily asking the little silver-eyed woman her name. This is her name, he mused. "Rin…"
He tried out. He better stop since her name was doing odd things to his system. He glanced at the clock and saw it was 2:10. Rin normally didn't start his hall until 12:30 so he would nap until she came.
He closed his eyes and went into a restless sleep. In that sleep he saw a little silver-eyed woman watching him with sad, weary, silver eyes and whispering, "Please, help me." And in his dream Sesshomaru watched her be destroyed, as he stood there helpless.
Road outside Hospital
12:00
Rin staggered into the hospital. She was so battered and…and…weak she could barely stand. Luckily the receptionist didn't notice as she filed her nails when Rin staggered by. Rin grabbed her mop and started to mop the floors.
She was able to get to room 314's door before she collapsed. Her body had simply said enough. She was in so much pain it made her taken innocence seem like a scratch. He had not been able to afford another whore so to take out his anger he had raped her repeatedly and then beaten her.
Rin had not recovered completely from the previous beating and restored her energy so she was through. Her demon blood had healed most of her internal wounds but…there was so much pain. The last thing she saw before she slipped into blessed darkness was concerned gold eyes.
Sesshomaru jerked awake when he heard her mopping at the end of the hallway but something was wrong. Her stokes were irregular and jerky compared to her usual. He waited in silence as she came to his door but then it stopped.
He heard a soft 'thump' as of something fell. Quickly he got out of bed, his arm blessedly numb, and went to his door. What he saw infuriated him as it did terrify him. Rin was lying on the floor, the mop beside her.
Sesshomaru's sensitive nose caught the scent of her blood and…another's essence. She had been raped. Sesshomaru's eyes flashed red for a moment before he gained control. Using his good arm he carefully drew her up and felt a rib move under his muscles.
His temper grew as he took her into his room and settled her onto the chair and examined her. Carefully he drew off her slightly tattered sweatshirt and hissed through his teeth. Her upper body was a mass of swollen bruised flesh.
Gashes were slashed occasionally and colorful bruises that ranged from yellow to purple took up everything from her torso up. Bandages were wrapped around her ribs and he slowly drew it off then sat back on his haunches to grasp his rapidly shortening temper.
Who would do this to anyone let alone a girl that couldn't be more than 17. A long narrow gash was horizontal across her stomach and was red and angry from stitching. He counted 30 stitches along the red line and closed his eyes.
He now knew how she had known to treat him with his arm. She did it to herself on a regular basis. He carefully replaced the bandages then slipped her sweatshirt on and went into the bathroom. He came out with a cold cloth and a glass of water.
He placed the cloth on her forehead as she began to stir. Her silver eyes blinked open and looked at him first with unblocked terror then cleared to reveal pain and exhaustion.
Before she could do anything he tipped her chin up and pressed the glass to her swollen lips, "drink." Rin didn't have the energy to resist and drank the thankfully cold water.
When she finished the entire glass she started to get up but Sesshomaru pushed her back down, "you need to rest." Fire leapt into her eyes and told Sesshomaru that she may be down but she sure as hell wasn't out.
She shook her head slowly and Sesshomaru switched tactics, "ok rest then get back to work but let me help you Rin. Please. I have some connections that can help you get out of that place." Fear entered her eyes again and she shook her head rapidly.
The world shifted and she braced herself on the nearest object, which happened to be Sesshomaru's shoulder. The feeling of her fingers on his bare shoulder was going to kill him slowly but he had to help her.
He looked her dead in the eyes and saw something in them briefly, something untamed, before she doused it. "Rin let me help you. You can't let him continue to do this. He's raped you, I can scent it.
He's beaten you many times from what I can see. He's going to kill you Rin. Let me help you." She looked at him and saw the caring she hadn't seen since her mother had disappeared. Slowly she put both hands together to show friendship.
Sesshomaru bit his lip and nodded. He would be her friend for now. But when she left he was going to have Jaken do some research and digging. Rin smiled and did something no one had done to him since his mother had passed.
She hugged him. Sesshomaru held her and gently stroked her back and decided he was definitely going to make sure she stayed alive. He had found something to live for.
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