Until You Heart Falls

Chapter Two:

Only In My Dreams

AN: What's goin on? Just felt like it so here it is:

Kurai-Tenshi of Doom

He was asleep. One of his superb instincts told him this, but he somehow managed to not want the dream to end. It was so unlike him, to even dream in general, but feeling happiness from a dream….it almost scared him. He was in a garden. He recognized it as the one from the party. He was back in that damned tree. Looking down he saw a girl. She seemed as confused as him as she slipped into the back garden. He said slipped because she walked very carefully and gracefully. She seemed so fragile. He took careful notice of his girl intruder.

Her attire consisted of a nightgown, all white and almost sheer. It fell only to her knees and he liked the way the slight breeze played with both the end of the dress and her nice long hair. He knew what he wanted to do. He knew what he needed to do. Using his demon abilities he leapt from the tree and managed a graceful landing in front of her. She screamed, and tried to run, but his hand was suddenly around her wrist. No. He wouldn't let her leave. All those he'd ever loved had left him. He wouldn't let her leave too. Her head swiveled around and she met his eyes. The pure essence of innocence was in her.

She was definitely too good for him. But he wanted her, and nothing was going to stop him from making her his. Her eyes widened as she recognized him. "I was…looking for you…." Her voice was like a dove's wings taking flight. His hand released her wrist and slid around her waist, pulling her against him. Her head buried into his chest. "You're so cold…" she whispered, as if in shock. "Be my warmth." He said quietly into her hair.

He felt a wet on his neck from her tears. She looked up to him to give him her answer-

"Sesshomaru!" Sesshomaru Takagawah felt his shock from the sudden awakening and swore he would destroy whoever had woken him. Before his vision even cleared, his claw-like hand ratcheted out and grabbed a strong neck. He lifted the man into the air and he growled eyes deep crimson, fangs large. "You never wake me unless I say so." as he shook the sleep from his eyes he saw it was his half-brother he held.

He set him down and Inu-Yasha threw out a wild fist in response to his brother's threat. Sesshomaru ducked and walked around the gasping half-breed to the entrance of his large office. He must've fallen asleep at his desk again. It happened every once in awhile. "Bastard." He heard Inu-Yasha mutter. "No, I believe you are." He shot over his shoulder as he pushed the door open and met a smirking Miroku. He wanted to smack the smile off. "Shouldn't you be harassing a woman or something?" he asked, running his hand through his hair. It fell into place on its own.

"Inu said I had to be here. But if you insist." He shrugged and walked off amidst bustling employees many of which were now staring at the boss. He hoped his eyes and teeth were normal as he snapped for them to get back to work. They did, each knowing the consequences of asking questions. "We have visitors." Sesshomaru turned to the voice at his side and saw Inu-Yasha staring at the retreating Miroku. "Who?" he asked, noticing the already-healing bruises on his brother's neck.

It was the ears that caught his attention next and he pointed to them before Inu-Yasha could answer. Inu cursed and hid them again. "Into my office. They can wait whoever they are." Sesshomaru glided back into his office, hating his crumpled suit and glad he kept a wardrobe here. Inu closed the door, still visibly bristling after Sesshomaru's ferocious attack. "I don't think so. It's the old geezer you wanted to make a deal with." Sesshomaru perked up, but kept the emotion hidden. As usual.

"Send him up." "Bring him to the conference room. I'll meet him there in a few moments." Sesshomaru needed a minute to gather his head after that dream. "He brought the girls." Inu said next, as if this held significance. "And?" Sess asked, raising an eyebrow as he undid his tie and unbuttoned his shirt. "Just thought I'd say they're worth writing home about." "And tell him yourself you impertinent prick. I'm not your secretary." He left then, leaving Sess with his head spinning.

She was dreaming. She knew it somehow. Some odd instinct. She was back in the garden. Where she'd seen Him. Her heart was pounding hard. Confused, she stumbled into the small clearing. And then he was there. He scared her, pouncing from a tree above her, and she tried to run, giddy as ever, but a large, strong hand stopped her escape.

She turned her head towards him, knowing she wanted him to do something she was unsure of. Her words bubbled from the back of her mind. "I was…looking for you…" Because somehow she'd been looking. From the moment she'd been born she'd been looking for him. She wanted him, she needed him. This was some understanding that bordered on insanity, but she didn't care. His hand slid, ever-so-carefully to her waist and pulled her against his body.

She buried her head in his chest, feeling a deep sense of something…warm and strong. She couldn't even begin to explain it. He was cold. His hands, his eyes, his chest. "You're so cold…" she wanted to bite back the words, afraid she might frighten this silver creature of beauty away. He whispered something back into her ear that made her heart jump. "Be my warmth." There was so much promise and anguish in that voice. She had to do it. It was a question, and she would answer.

Yes, of course, and as she raised her head and met his beautiful eyes, her lips parted for her answer-

Rin shocked herself awake. Her room was still very dark, but light seemed to overflow from the windows still shaded by the large curtains. It was moonlight. She was curled into a very small ball, over herself and her covers were thrown off the bed. Rin sat up, trying to get breath back into her lungs and get her mind to work. Taking a few deep breaths, she managed to calm down. As she managed to get control of her whirling brain, she realized tears streamed down her cheeks. The dream was slowly slipping from her brain, so that all she could remember was a very warm feeling in her heart; a feeling she felt in the very core of herself. She liked this feeling, although what caused it was unknown to her.

She was scared, and cold and shaking and she needed someone to tell her it would be okay. Slipping over the side of the bed carefully, not able to put a lot of weight onto her legs yet she managed to stand shakily and practically bolt from her room. All of it seemed so far from her. She felt no feelings for anything around her. She came to a familiar door down the hallway and she didn't bother knocking as she burst in. The large bed in front of her had askew covers as well, and her sister Sango lay sprawled all over the bed. She moved to her sister's bedside cautiously. "Sango-san?" she asked, using the formal ending as she usually did.

She started when Sango sat up fast, reaching for something under her pillow. "Who is it! Oh. Rin. Don't scare me like that. What's wrong? You look terrified." "I had a bad dream!" And the sobs started again. Sango wrapped her arms around Rin, shushing her and pulling her onto the bed. "Oh, poor Rin. Just calm down Rinny. (AN: sorry, the only semi-cute thing I can pull right now…) it'll be okay." Sango tried to comfort her sobbing sister as best she could.

"Stay with me for the rest of the night. Just three more hours." Sango didn't let her answer, but pushed the girl so she was laying down, then pulled some form of a cover over her and wrapped her arms around her. This has happened a lot since her father beat Rin up. She'd came in with nightmares that always resembled the incident, except the man who beat her was always faceless to Rin in her dream. "Tell me about it later." She whispered, as she felt Rin relax and after awhile her breathing evened out.

Sango kissed the top of her sister's head before she tumbled into her own black world of sleep that, as usual were filled with as much guilt as her waking hours.

In the morning Kagome made sure she dressed sharp and business-like. Gramps was taking her and the others' to this guy's office to settle a deal or something. She wasn't surprised when she went to Sango's room and found her gone. The girl often snuck out during the night or in the morning to avoid these things. She was surprised to find Rin sound asleep in Sango's bed. She woke the girl, who seemed very confused, before she helped her get back to her own room and dress in something nice. She hated bringing Rin to the office. The small girl was much too innocent for the business-life, but her mother and Gramps wanted them to know so…

It was on the way there that they discovered the devious plan.

"So Kagome, I should probably tell you a little about these people. This family business is run by a very notorious group known as the Takagawah's and the oldest son runs the business. He has a younger half-brother and a cousin who seems to have almost nothing to do with the company, but stands to inherit. The half-brother is known to be very…well…not very proper I guess is the right term. Rumors fly about a gang, bad dealings, drugs etcetera. The cousin is thought to deal like this as well, but the older brother is the second most powerful man in all of Japan, next to me, so don't mention any of this." Gramps winked at her as he finished and Rin asked a question: "But why do we have to go?"

"Because my dear, they are both very powerful men and I need the presence of two beautiful girls such as yourselves' to distract them from my hideousness." Rin giggled, but Kagome saw through it. "Don't try to sell us off Gramps." She warned. The old man pretended not to hear her, and continued to stare absent-mindedly out the window. Kagome sighed, knowing it would be a very long day.

"But sir, he requests your presence!" the young man pleaded with Inu-Yasha. "Tell Sesshomaru to blow it out his ass." "If it'll fit through that tightly wound ass of his." He muttered. "He wishes you to meet the man and his relatives." The man kept protesting. Inu-Yasha spun around in his chair, baring fangs. "He wants me to go? Fine! I'll go! I'll go and embarrass him so bad, he'll try to kill me again, and this time I'll win." Inu stormed past the terrified man course set for the top floor.

Anger blinded him again, just like two nights ago at the party when he'd met that mysterious beauty. One of the only women to deny him. The thought of her cooled his anger slightly, but intensified his desire to see her again. He bore his fangs again, not noticing as his ears popped out. He decided to take the stairs. He barreled into the door, slamming it open. Which is why he was so surprised when the door made contact to a person. A scream of pain, and a small girl was flung to the ground before him. He saw the silky black hair and felt his heart jump.

He thought it was his chocolate-eyed beauty. But as the girl looked up at him, he saw it wasn't. This girl was very pretty though. She was clutching her nose and he could smell the blood. "I'm so sorry." He knelt beside her, and placed one arm carefully onto her shoulder. Her eyes widened, but she laughed. "Oh no! I had this nosebleed before. You hit my arm!" He was confused as to how this was good, but decided to help the pretty little thing. He helped her stand and asked where she was going. "I was hoping to find a bathroom." She managed around her palm.

Inu ignored his prick of sensation at the smell of blood and led her to his office. She used the sink and small bathroom he had there and cleaned herself up. She emerged a few moments later with a handkerchief secured around her nose which would stop bleeding in a few moments. Inu could smell it. "Thank you…?" she asked trailing off. Inu filled her blank and gave her his name. He expected some kind of reaction, but she merely smiled a very kind smile and held out her hand. He shook it, not used to having people not cower before him. "Rin Higurashi." He dropped her hand in shock. This was one of the geezer's girls!

He inspected her closely. She was the girl who had interrupted him and his beauty at the party. "We met at the party." He said lamely. She narrowed her eyes, examining him. He saw it click as she remembered him. "Oh yes! The one Kagome was with!" he remembered her name now. Kagome. He wanted to say it over and over, but decided to wait until she left. "Is she here now?" he asked, anxious. Rin frowned. "Yes. I got too nervous and had to find the bathroom. I got one of my nosebleeds. They're meeting with the head guy. Do you know him?" she asked, oblivious to whom he was. "Higurashi-san, why don't you wait here? I need to go find them."

Rin was too happy to oblige. "Sure. Tell her I'm here." Inu bowed to her before exiting; now sprinting to the stairs.

Kagome continued to stare at the guy her gramps was talking to. He was amazing. No wonder the brother was so hot! She shook her head as she thought this, hoping her awe of the man before her wasn't all too apparent. He seemed to barely notice her existence. She wondered where Rin was. She'd left them at the stairs to find a bathroom. She'd looked very nervous. Kagome didn't blame the poor girl. This guy wasn't even noticing her and he was overly intimidating. She preferred the brother who was a lot more….human like.

She jumped as the door opened behind her. The man's (she knew his name was Sesshomaru, but it seemed odd to name him) eyes darted to the door, non-pulsed. "Ah. Inu-Yasha. So good of you to join us. This is (insert Gramp's name here) and his granddaughter Kagome Higurashi. Kagome froze at the name. How could she be dumb enough to believe he wouldn't be here? Afraid of what it could do to her pounding heart she turned and faced Inu-Yasha. His eyes were fixated on her intensely. She tried to keep eye contact but found it was too hard. "Nice to meet you." He nodded and bowed towards Gramps but kept his eyes on her.

Kagome turned back around in her chair so her back was to him. She prayed he came no closer. But he did. Like he knew he was affecting her, he used all his charm and grace to sit down in the chair next to her and flash a dazzling smile. She didn't return it. Instead she tried to focus on the talk going on between the apparently un-human half-brother of the nuisance sitting next to her and Gramps. She understood little of it, but tried to not focus on Inu-Yasha.

He realized this and grinned, taking one of his hands, and reaching across her. She inhaled sharply as his large hand crossed over her own, and grabbed a packet of the agreement being negotiated by the two. It was just in front of her. He pulled it back, letting his hand linger just over hers. Why does just a mere touch affect her so? She pushed away from the table so abruptly that all the men stared at her. Her crimson cheeks were somewhat hidden by her bangs. "Bathroom." She murmured, before she practically dashed from the room. Raising an eyebrow Sesshomaru looked back to the old man.

He shrugged. "Hormones." The two men went back to their work. Inu-Yasha however managed to get up and leave without anyone noticing. He chased after Kagome.

They met up on the floor of his office. She must've gone off looking for Rin and figured she was where they'd left her. Inu-Yasha called out her name, and like an idiot, she stopped. He ran up to her and faced her with a smug smile on his face. "I wanted to apologize for the party. But you know I'm a half-demon." "And?" she asked voice sharp and shrill. His smirk widened. "Well, I might have to kill you." She met his eyes, and her gaze was bright and intelligent. "Have you seen my cousin?" she asked. "Rin? Yeah, she's in my office. Delightful girl. Looks like you. But, not as…smart." Kagome glared. "You're not funny." She stated.

"No, I'm not. But I am sarcastic. Which is just as compromising." Kagome thrust her chin into the air. "You're a creep."

Inu-Yasha took in a quick breath. Eyeing the hallway around him he was glad to see it unoccupied. He eyed her again. Those flushed cheeks, pursed lips. She was irresistible. He just needed one taste…

Kagome felt the man before her move fast. She remembered in that instant he was half-demon, and therefore more powerful than her. Fear had barely enough time to blossom in her chest before he had closed the very small distance between their faces, and she caught a glint in his beautiful eyes that frightened her just before his lips were pressing gently against hers. Fireworks exploded before her eyes and as she reached up to place her arms around him, and therefore deepen the kiss, he pulled away.

She let out a cry of disappointment, she regretted.

Inu-Yasha gazed at the raven-haired beauty. He wanted more….but one more kiss and the girl would loose her damned virginity on the floor of his office. This was not what he wanted for his little pet. He decided to make her work for what she wanted. Anyways, he was enjoying her resentment too much.

As Kagome's brain began to work again, she realized what had just happened. The playboy of Japan had just stolen a kiss from her! And she, so far completely unfazed by most men, had let him. She opened her eyes and saw his smug face. And her anger exploded. Like a fire being fed gasoline she attacked him with her slap and tongue. He clapped a hand to his reddening cheek and jumped back from the curse words streaming form her mouth.

"You bastard son of a bitch, I'm going to rip you to shreds, you evil perverted ass!"

"Kagome?' Rin asked, poking her head out from the large office door. She'd heard her screaming voice and figured someone had been dumb enough to upset her. "Kagome? What's wrong?" Rin asked as she saw the wild crimson blush and the hurt look in Kagome's eyes. She looked like she'd just been thrown into a wall. At least surprised enough. Rin (her nose had long since stopped bleeding, but it was still rather red) rushed to Kagome's side.

Inu-Yasha faced Kagome again now with a large handprint on his face. "I like playing with you." He grinned. Kagome spat at his feet. "You don't play with me freak!" her voice was high pitched. "Fine. I won't play. But I will be around." Having said that line with its veiled threat, he walked calmly (like a large predator in front of prey) around them and slammed the door to his office, simply pretending they weren't there.

Rin turned almost nervously to Kagome and cringed at the fire burning in her eyes. "Kagome-chan….calm down…please…" Rin tried to talk to her. "Let's go Rin. I'm sick of this place and I can't wait until I never have to see that smug bastard again." Her voice was low and dangerous. Rin took her arm and led her towards the elevator, hoping the girl wouldn't explode. She seemed oddly cold though. Colder than stone. Which was more terrifying then her anger.

AN2: The end. For now. New chappie up soon I hope. Ummm…this chappie goes to Gackt, cuz that's what I was listening to. That and Takami Nami. But she's kinda…well, anyways, that was it so get out of here you loser! (No, I love you; please review, ever heard of tough love?)

SAVE SARAH! (Don't ask)

Deny your maker

Kurai-Tenshi of Doom