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Rin took a deep breath and began to explain how she knew Inuyasha, how she spoke to him recently and the details of the conversation.

The way he glared at her was frightening. 'It's over. Either my life or this case is over.'

Much to her surprise, Sesshomaru sighed and lied back in his bed. "And you believed him?"

"W-well it was all I could go off of since you didn't want to communicate with me."

Sesshomaru looked over at Rin. "I'll tell you what really happened. Inuyasha can only remember what his ungrateful mother told him."

Rin's eyes grew wide. "You're finally going to talk to me about yourself?"

"I'm simply clearing my name in a situation that was not my fault."

15 years ago…

Inuyasha had sporadically turned into a full demon from time to time and I was constantly put in charge of babysitting him.

This night wasn't any different...

I had just left my last class and was on my way to meet up with a friend and-

"Was it a lady friend?" Rin interrupted.

Sesshomaru paused for a moment before responding. "Perhaps."

"A girlfriend?" Rin asked with a grin.

"Nothing of the sort."

"What was her name?"

He cut his eyes at Rin. "Can I finish?"

"Sorry."

"Now, where was I..."

I was halfway to her house when my father called me.

"I need you to pick up Inuyasha from school."

"I'm busy."

"Go get your brother!" He yelled as he hung up.

I threw my phone into the back seat out of frustration and made a U-turn for his middle school.

I pulled up and saw him right in front sparring with his obnoxious mortal friends. I honked the horn and he ran to the car.

"What took you so long?" he asked in an obnoxious tone.

"Listen you stupid little half breed, get in the car and shut the fuck up."

"Not yet! I'm waiting for my girlfriend now. She's coming to my house."

I hated this obnoxious spoiled brat. He knew he was father's favorite and if things didn't go the way he wanted, there would be hell to pay. I would never hear the end of it. What made matters worse was that I respected my father, despite the fact that he broke away from a solid prestigious family to frolic with lesser beings.

After 10 minutes of waiting, his idiot girlfriend ran up to him squealing like a pig in distress.

"Hi, big brother!" She said to me excitedly.

"Kagome. I told you not to call me that. Now both of you get in. I have things to do."

They got in my car and I hadn't even drove off yet before they began pissing me off.

"Can we stop for Ice Cream?"
"I want cheese fries!"
"Can you take Kagome home first so she can drop off her bookbag?"
"Can we pick up a movie from the video store?"

"No."

"What?! Dad said you'd take me anywhere I wanna go!" Inuyasha whined.

I had to deal with this all the time. And like a fool, I complied. I didn't hate my brother as much as he thought I did. I said things to him I didn't mean at first, but seeing his attitude, as he grew older made me despise him.

I did anything that bastard wanted me to.

Rin smiled sweetly. "So you are a nice guy beneath it all!"

"I honor my principles. It had nothing to do with being nice."

After coming from the video store, I drove him home and saw him inside. As I was about to leave, he stopped me.

"Wait a minute!" He grabbed me by the arm "Dad said you have to stay and watch us!"

I pulled my arm away from him. My father constantly did things like this. Sticking me with this pain in the ass child.

But this particular evening, I was quick to oblige. Something seemed...odd. I could sense it.

"So you stayed because you were worried." Rin assumed.

"No. I stayed to test my theory and see what could have been so odd that night."

I sat in the living room and studied for my exams when I noticed the strange aura I was sensing was coming from Inuyasha.

"Not again." I thought. I knew he would turn into a demon that night.

"It's time for your girlfriend to leave." I told him. "I'll drive her home."

"So you were trying to protect Kagome?" Rin asked.

"I wasn't in the mood for any chaos. If Inuyasha would have transformed in front of her, she would be dead and I would have been blamed."

'Why can't he just admit to his kindness?' Rin wondered as she continued to listen intently.

I drove Kagome home and had to deal with her series of irritating questions along the way.

"Can you turn on the radio?"
"What are those numbers in the car for?"
"I'm thirsty! Can we stop at the store?"
"Do you like college? Is it hard?"
"Are you listening to me?"

After fifteen minutes of her blabbering, I finally got her home.

I drove the quickest route I could to get back to my father's home only to find out it had already happened.
I returned to see Inuyasha hovering over his mother snarling at her like a wild mongrel.

"Please Inuyasha come to your senses!" She pleaded through her loud cries.

I acted quickly to stop him before he killed her.

"Now before you assume I was trying to be a knight in shining armor, I was only doing so because I was responsible for him."

Rin shook her head. "I...wasn't going to assume that."

Sesshomaru stared for a minute in silence. "Good. Then I'll just continue."

I grabbed one of my father's swords from above the fireplace and threw it at Inuyasha and pierced his back. He let out a growl and landed on his mother.

She looked up at me with the most horrified scowl on her face. "What did you do to my boy?"

"I think a 'thank you' is in order."

"You tried to kill my son!" She screamed as she pulled the sword out of his back.

"He's going to be fine. If I didn't strike him, you would be dead."

Then father showed up. At the worst possible time.

"You didn't have to be so extreme! That's how I know you tried to kill him! You're always telling him you hate him!"

"What the hell is going on?" Father asked as he came in the room and saw Inuyasha bleeding on the floor. "What happened to him?" of course he immediately looked up at me.

"Your son is a complete monster! He tried to kill Inuyasha!"

"That isn't what happened." I began to explain.

"You animal!" She screeched as she lunged at me with the umbrella in her hand.

I didn't bother to hit her back. I continued to show loyalty and respect to my father.

As she was attacking me, Inuyasha came to. "Mom, what are you doing?!" He shouted.

She immediately stopped hitting me and ran over to him, stroking his cheeks and coddling him like a baby.

"That's what I hate about humans. They're irrational, quick to react and have some sense of entitlement with everything; Even other people."

"It's okay sweetheart, Sesshomaru will never hurt you again." She said to him.

"Inuyasha is half human and half demon. He succumbed to his human side and disgusting human ways."

I didn't bother to stay and explain myself to my father. He also fell victim of that woman's bewitching ways.

"After that, I never spoke to him or Inuyasha again."

"And how did that all make you feel?"

Sesshomaru shrugged. "It was inevitable. My father had already betrayed me and my brother was born to betray me as well. This is what associating with humans does. I tried to warn my mother about that too."

Rin could feel her heart beating out of her chest the moment his mother was mentioned. She wanted to know the story behind his killing spree. She wanted to know more. She was craving the details of his life and actions.

"Could you tell me more about that?"

Sesshomaru didn't respond for a good five minutes. Rin continually tapped her knee with her index finger in anticipation.

"No." He simply said. "Not unless you'll come back tonight."