Disclaimer: Well the only thing I can say is that I don't own any of the characters for InuYasha. So don't try any thing.

(A/N: A big thank you goes out to Tainted InuShemeeko and AntarsStarChild for putting up with me. Thanks again. Pairing include: Rin/Sesshomaru/Kagura of course, Kikyo/Naraku/Kagura, Inu/Kag and a little Mir/San. I'm not really sure if Ayame and Kouga are going to be in here same goes for Shippo.)

Summary: Rin is engaged to Sesshomaru Takshio; however Rin finds out that he has a secret that he has been hiding from her. Not only that, but another woman is starting to move in on Sesshomaru. Rin will do anything to protect the ones she loves. Even if it means playing dirty.

Title: Cryptic Messages

Chapter 1: Crack in the Glass

By InuSpirit

PASSWORD….

MIASMA

Access Denied

'Damn it he changed his password, what could it be now?'

Red polished nails clicked against the keys of the keyboard as they tried to get access to the secret files that were hidden in the computer.

"Hmmm, I wonder?"

KIKYO

Access Denied

"Damn, that wasn't right either. I was sure that tramps name would have been the password."

Without really knowing why the person in front of the computer, tried another name. However she was sure that it wouldn't work either.

KAGURA

Access Confirmed

She was completely baffled as the computer granted her access.

"I don't believe this but why would he use that name. You know what, who cares I got in and that's all that matters."

She then quickly downloaded the files she needed onto the CD and then slipped it safely in to her briefcase. She then shut down all of the windows on the computer; she then began shutting down the computer.

'Thanks for the files Naraku; you won't have a clue as to what is going on till it's too late.'

The woman then pulled a file out and laid it on his desk. That's when she heard the familiar voice of Naraku speak to her from behind.

"Why Kagura, what a nice surprise I didn't expect you to still be in the office this late at night."

Startled she whirled around to face Naraku; she did her best to hide the surprise in her eyes and in her voice.

"Oh Naraku, I was dropping off the file you ask for before I left for the evening."

Naraku couldn't help but smirk as he made his way to his desk. His dress shoes clicked against the polished tile on his office floor.

"I'm impressed Kagura, usually you don't get files to me until you feel like it."

Opening the file he looked at the contents for a moment before closing it. He then made his way toward Kagura.

"Then perhaps we have come to an understanding with certain things."

Kagura did her best to steady herself, as Naraku came closer to her. She despised this man so what was it he had this effect on her. Kagura gasped as Naraku pressed his lips against hers, stealing her breath away in the process. She was able to get her sense back and then she pulled away from him.

"What about Kikyo?"

He smirked at her his maroon eyes burning into her red eyes.

"Kikyo is not here at the moment, she is away on family matters. So she is unaware of my activities."

Naraku then did something that Kagura had not expected. His right hand snaked back behind her head and removed the chopsticks that were holding her long wavy black hair up. Naraku combed his fingers through her long locks, as he once again locked her lips against his own. Once again catching Kagura off guard with his actions however, Naraku seemed to be enjoying his little tease.

"What's wrong Kagura? Are you angry at me again? I can assure you that I have no intent on using you. These feelings I have for you are very real."

Kagura stiffened as Naraku started to nibble on her neck. This couldn't be happening; she didn't want anything to do with this man. Within minutes she found herself in Naraku arms, her own arms somehow found their way around his neck. Kagura then found herself returning Naraku's heated kisses.

She was unaware that she and her briefcase were no longer in Naraku office. Kagura came back to her senses as she felt the top to her business suit being removed. Revealing her purple laced bra, his every touch caused a heated shiver to run up her spine. Why, why was it that this vile man had the power to do this to her, causing part of her heart to melt in his direction while the other half yearned for another.

'Please kami, forgive me.'

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Rin rolled over in bed the silver satin sheets rolling with her, as she kept herself concealed underneath. She then placed a kiss on her fiancé's right shoulder as she spoke to him.

"Is something wrong Sesshomaru? You're being awful quiet now. Please tell me what the matter is."

There was a long silence before Sesshomaru answered her.

"It is nothing really. It's just that I was waiting for an important phone call, and I have not received it yet."

Rin gave it some thought before she chose to answer Sesshomaru. An hour ago his mood had been very relaxed; she smiled to herself because she knew why. Now however his mood seemed to be sodden and cold.

"Well, maybe whoever was supposed to call you got a little sidetracked. It can happen you know. I mean look at us, how many times did we get sidetracked an hour or so ago."

She waited for a moment she almost expected him not to answer her. Just as she was about to give up, Sesshomaru responded with a cold,

"Indeed."

Rin felt her heart crack a little, that had not been the response she had expected. Hurt just a little Rin got up and walked in to the bathroom to take a shower. Her cinnamon eyes stared down at the marble floor as the water whirled down the drain. She didn't even register the cold water that was now running over her body.

Sesshomaru was mentally kicking himself, when he realized that Rin had been in the shower to long. As he sat up a blue crescent moon could be seen on his bare left shoulder, his bare feet treaded softly on the carpeted floor as he made his way to the bathroom. Once inside he made his way to the shower, his honey eyes widen as cold water splashed over his bare skin.

"Rin, what is the meaning of this?"

He then quickly turned the dial up on the shower warming up the water. Sesshomaru raised an eyebrow as Rin continued to remain silence. Just as he was about to question her once more, Rin broke the silence first.

"Who is she Sesshomaru? I want to know and I want to know now."

Sesshomaru was taken back by Rin's outburst, never before had she ever accused him of such a thing.

"She is a business partner, and she means nothing to me. She was merely supposed to call me with information tonight."

Rin wanted to believe him she really did, but she just couldn't help herself when she asked,

"Is she pretty, Sesshomaru?"

He just sighed as he prepared to answer Rin's question.

"Yes Rin, she is pretty. However…"

His words trailed off as he lifted Rin's chin to cause her to look into his liquid honey orbs.

"You my Rin are breathtakingly beautiful. No one can hold a candle to you, for you are my everything Rin."

For a mere moment this seemed to please Rin as Sesshomaru captured her lips within in his own. The warm water continued to cascade down the two as they pressed their body against each other. His hands slowly explored her body as his kiss deepened, causing a shiver to run up Rin's spine.

She let out a sharp intake of breath as her back brushed against the cool marble of the shower wall. Apparently Sesshomaru was going to show her not ever doubt his feelings for her. Rin however had a feeling that she was going to enjoy every bit of it.

"Do you have any way to prove it to me?"

Sesshomaru smirked at Rin's challenging tone; it was on of the many things he loved about her.

"Yes, indeed I do how would you like for me to start?"

In return Rin giggled lightly, now she knew that the fun had just begun for them tonight.

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Several hours later, Kagura slowly opened her stunning red eyes only to be startled at were she was at. She was in someone's bedroom and the more she looked at it the more she realized just how familiar the room was to her. She was in Naraku's special bedroom office, but how did she get there.

It was then that memories from last night came flooding back to her, causing her to gasp as she glanced at the sleeping figure beside of her. Her gaze then slowly drifted to her own body to only find it covered in nothing but the bed sheet.

Not wanting to awake Naraku, Kagura quietly slipped out of the bed and slid into her skirt. She then looked around the room franticly as she tried to find the rest of her clothes. Finding her bra and the top to her suit she slipped them on as fast as she could. Kagura grabbed a violet colored high heel as she found them. Her slender fingers then grabbed her briefcase off the floor, as she made her way silently to the door.

Her red eyes stole a quick glance at Naraku who was still sleeping peacefully. She then made her way out of the room quickly and quietly. Once she was sure that she was far away from the room, Kagura slipped on her shoes and stuffed her pantyhose inside her briefcase. Trying her best to find her nerve she then made her way to her maroon Taurus.

Once she was inside her car Kagura hit the lock on the door, her head sagged down over her steering wheel causing strands of her ebony hair to fall over her face. She then slowly lifted her head so she could start her car. Kagura's eyes then glanced over at the clock in her car, it read two am that only made her sag more in the seat of her car.

"What have I done?"

'Damn that bastard, Naraku. I'm starting to wish I'd never met him. Why is it he always seems to be able to make me do things that I don't want to do?'

She then pulled her car out of the vacant parking lot. The only other car there was Naraku's black jaguar, which only made Kagura want to leave even faster. The thing she hated the most was that she would have to come back to the building in another five and a half hours.

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Twenty minutes later the mauve colored door to apartment number 35 slowly opened as Kagura walked inside. She was tried and the only thing she wanted to do right now was take a shower and climb into her own bed. Kagura's red orbs widened suddenly as she remembered something important.

"The CD, the files I downloaded on it. Did he…?"

Her words trailed off as she hurriedly opened her briefcase and rummaged through it looking for the CD. Once she had found it Kagura hurried to her laptop, turning it on she then popped the disk inside the CD drive. She then clicked on the button to open the file; her eyes then scanned the content of the files on the disk. Kagura then sighed in relief; all of the files were still there.

"Thank goodness, Naraku knows nothing about the files I downloaded. Thank kami, it gives us an advantage."

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Sesshomaru moaned lightly as his sleep was interrupted by the high pitched beeping ringing of his cell phone. Rin moaned sleepily beside of him.

"Aw, Sesshomaru…you left your cell on again."

Registering what Rin had just said, Sesshomaru rolled over and reached out to pick his cell phone off of the bed stand.

"This is Sesshomaru, your late calling. What happened did you obtain the information that I require. If you weren't able to then there is no way for me to help."

There was a brief pause on the other end of the phone, but the voice then replied.

"Don't worry I've got what we need, I merely hit a snag and don't worry about it I have it all taken care of. So when do we meet?"

Sesshomaru gave it some careful consideration before he answered.

"Three days from now at the De la Ritz Café. Perhaps you would like to tell me who you are now."

There was another silent pause before the voice on the other end spoke.

"De la Ritz Café in three days got it. As to who I am you're a smart man you'll figure it out. Goodnight Sesshomaru."

Before Sesshomaru could ask another question there was a clicking sound as the other line went dead. He then began pondering who the voice was on the other line. He was certain that he had heard it before, so why was it they continued to hide themselves.

'Just who was that, and just what have I gotten myself into?'

Sesshomaru's gaze then drifted to look at Rin as he shut off his cell phone. Would what he had just gotten himself into, end up causing Rin pain. His only hope was that Rin would not end up being hurt. Sesshomaru knew that if she was hurt in any way that he would only have himself to blame. Wiping the phone call from his mind, Sesshomaru gentle draped an arm over Rin's waist as he settled into dream land again. The passage of time was the only thing that could really answer his question.

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Kagura sighed as the warm water poured over her; she then placed a bit of shampoo in her hair and started to massage her scalp. To her she was washing all trances of Naraku, however she knew better. She would never truly be able to wash him away from her. Why, why had she allowed him to use her again?

Her thoughts soon traveled to someone else, someone who was out of her reach completely or was he. Kagura wiped the steam off of her bathroom mirror as she wrapped a towel around her shapely body; she then went around drying her hair.

'Why did I ever leave you Sesshomaru? Nothing went like it was suppose to, I can only hope that Naraku doesn't find out what's going on. It could cause all of us a lot of trouble.'

Kagura balled her hand up into a fist as she remembered a key point that was now in Sesshomaru's life, Rin Sayotai.

"How is it that he could go for someone like that woman? I promise you this much Sesshomaru Takshio, I will have what I want. Even if I have to remove a few things first, you and I will be together again I promise you."

Slipping into a red violet satin nightgown; Kagura made her way into her bedroom. One thing was sure thanks to Naraku there was a crack in her plan to getting even with him. Kagura was pretty sure that as long as Kikyo was away she wouldn't be spending any more late hours at the office. She would just have to come up with another way of getting dirt on Naraku. Even if it meant she got hurt in the process.

However, in the end would it turn out to be something that she would regret, more then anything else? Life has a way of giving you things you weren't looking for, especially when it concerns matters of the heart.

(A/N: Sorry if this chapter seemed a little short. I'll try to make the next chapter longer; I was just setting the scene a little. Hope you find enjoyment in this story. A big thank you goes out to my wonderful beta you know who you are.)

Ja!

InuSpirit