I watched along with Beast as Sesshomaru stood and stared at me; there was something off about him. Beast watched carefully as Sesshomaru moved toward the remaining demoness. Beast carefully started to step back. Sesshomaru instantly noticed and stared at us, unwilling to let me go. We were at a standstill. Beast watched patiently as we both tried to conjure a plan. Out running him wasn't an option. After staring each other down, it was the slight movement of Sesshomaru's feet that started the panic. Beast made a mad dash farther into the woods as Sesshomaru was forced to make a decision. We didn't get very far before we were met by an obstacle. We just so happened to run into an inconveniently placed cliff, and God knows I wasn't about to jump off of it. I still remember the pain from doing that before. I wasn't going to go through that again. There is nothing that can convince me to jump off of that, whether Beast knows what she is doing or not, I refuse to. Never again, and I'm serious when I say that. We turned around in time to meet Sesshomaru's completely red eyes. I guess that my guess that he wouldn't go feral was wrong.

"You have run from me for quite some time, Mate." his beast said in a coarse, deep, voice.

"Is that not the point of this?" My own beast relied.

"I knew the air around you was different."

"Did you expect me to leave her with you?"

"You have done nothing but lead her into a corner."

"Do not assume that I have nothing else planned."

"Do you plan to run more?"

"…"

"It is obvious, how much you fear me."

"Fear is not the word. You dare not harm me."

"I cannot wait until the day that I extinguish your ferocity, and leave you as a submitting soul."

"…"

"Speechless again, I see."

"You plan on breaking me?" she asked.

"I would settle for no less."

"So, it is not only Kazumi that Sesshomaru has fallen for."

"This has nothing to do with those two."

Beast dropped her defenses and stared the man down.

"Really? Is that how you imagine it? You do realize that those two are our connection to each other?"

"I am no fool."

"I have no idea as to how Kazumi loves a man such as you, an egocentric and possessive man indeed."

"Your words wound me."

"If only they would deter you completely."

"Why play hard to get?"

"I do not 'play hard to get.' I simply abhor people like you."

"You know that isn't true. If we conflicted, Kazumi and Sesshomaru would despise each other. You know that your nature is to adore me."

I turned my back to him. Kazumi was no longer paying attention. Her attention span is shorter than a toddler's.

"Why not drop the act?" Sesshomaru's beast persisted.

"There is no act to be dropped."

"You are arousing."

"You are irritating."

"Irritating, or intoxicating?"

"You are very arrogant as well."

"Arrogant is not the word I would use. I believe self-aware is more fitting."

"I do not see anything inebriating in you."

"You know that is a lie. It is obvious that you enjoy being dominated as much as I enjoy hunting and dominating." He said as he started to circle around me.

"You know nothing about me."

"Do I?" He asked with a cynical grin. "You tremble at my proximity, yet not from fear."

"…"

"You wish to be dominated by solely me, and I wish to dominate you alone. Are we not complementary?"

"No."

"Then you will not let the hunt end."

"Show me how much you believe in what you have said."

"I am pleased to see that you won't go down without a fight. If you did, this entire charade would have been pointless."

"You noble-born tend to lean toward circuitous methods. If you wanted to subdue me, you should have insisted on a battle."

"I would have preferred the more straightforward option, but there will always be those who oppose anything that is simple."

"I did wonder why a game like this would exist, seeing that the one the hunter favors would always have the advantage. That being if the hunter's beast is smart enough to see that."

"Aristocrats tend to do whatever to have a chance of getting what they want." He said as he drew even closer, itching to lay his hands on me.

"I would assume that you are no different." I said as I started to toy with him.

"Then you know that you have no escape from me."

"Escape? I never thought of it. With the path we are on now, the option of escape was taken from me long ago. Simply because we are tied together does not me I have an obligation to you."

"Ah, then you wait for me to give you an obligation to me."

"I did not know contorting other's words was a skill you had. Either way, believe what you will."

"One would think that you and Kazumi are nothing alike."

"Are you here to talk?"

"Then I will give you the fight you want."