The moment that Inuyasha had gone off to speak to their father about the slight tweak in plans for their bonding time, Sesshomaru quietly set his book aside and very, very carefully collected the onna in his arms and made an attempt to wake her without her panicking on him to the point of hysteria.

Although he certainly wouldn't blame her if she woke up and freaked out on him.

Not after the things that had been done to her by her own flesh and blood.

Gently using one hand to brush her long black hair back from her pale face, he began to growl softly. The sound vibrating deep in his chest, where the onna's head was resting causing her to twitch and scrunch up her face for a moment before her eyes slowly began to flutter open.

Once open, warm citrine gold met haunted sapphire blue and for a moment or so, nothing happened. She seemed perfectly calm. It was during this time that Sesshomaru decided to try and ease her into her new life by speaking to her and introducing himself to her.

"Hello little one," Sesshomaru said in a gentle tone, hoping that his tone of voice would keep her calm. "My name is Sesshomaru Taisho. I'm you're new...er...brother." He sort of fumbled the last bit, due to the fact that he wasn't sure how she would react to being told that he was her new brother. Though he supposed that he should have realized that she might not take the news particularly well.

However after several heartbeats of silence the onna finally managed to say, "H-He sold me..." He could detect no real fear in her scent at the moment. It was her tone that gave her thoughts away.

It carried within it a depth of pain, resignation, sorrow and despair that he absolutely loathed hearing in one so young.

Where was the little spit fire that Yasha had been coming home and telling them about? Had her father's actions broken her completely?

It would be a problem for them all if her rape had broken her. It would leave her more subdued than she normally was, which would leave her open to all kinds of other sorts of abuse later on down the line.

Trying to resist the urge to bare his fangs in a silent snarl, he thought to himself. I should have carved out the bastards fucking heart and presented it to her upon her awakening. Because apparently removing his cock wasn't just punishment enough for her pain and suffering.

Unsure of what to say next, Sesshmaru merely swallowed past the lump that had suddenly formed in his throat as he tried to decide whether he should continue on. He took a moment or so to weigh the pros and cons before finally deciding to continue.

She needed to know that her new home was nothing like her last.

She needed to know that she was at least safe with them, even if she felt that she couldn't trust them at the moment.

"Yes... He sold you to our family. But it isn't for the reasons that he may have told you. We lied to him to gain his trust so that we could secretly adopt you as a means to west you from him. We had given him specific instructions not to touch you. Obviously your father is too stupid to have realized that once the deal was finalized, you were ours whether your were present in our home or not. And inu demons are very protective of our females and will lash out and injure, maim and even kill anyone who dares to harm them. Be they blood or not." Sesshomaru said before falling silent again.

This time what she said damn near sent him into a blood rage.

"You don't have to lie to me. I know why I'm here. My father sold me to you to be your whore...your toy and pet." The onna said quietly, unaware of just how badly her words affected his temper despite the fact that he gave no outward appearance of being upset.

He might have said something more, perhaps told her that her father was scum and deserved to have his organs removed in some very painful ways, when the door to her bedroom opened and he glanced up to see his father and Yasha standing there. Watching.

Apparenly they had been standing outside of the bedroom for the past several minutes, listening to the two of them speak as well. Their expressions mirroring their thoughts on what the onna had just said to him.

Yasha looked worried for his friend. And his father...well, he looked as if he were about ready to hit the streets and hunt her worthless father down.

"Sesshomaru, let me try to speak to her." Yasha suddenly said as he stepped inside of the room and quietly made his way to his brother's side and slowly knelt down where Kagome could see him and tucked a stray strand of silver back behind one of his little ears as Kagome blinked at him and then frowned as if confused about something.

Yasha gave her a slightly anxious looking smile as he started speaking to her. Telling her where she was. That they were her new family, and that she was safe. She would always be safe with them. They wouldn't let anybody hurt her for nothing.

She didn't seem to able to wrap her head around what he told her at first, but when he introduced Sesshomaru as his older brother, and Inu no Taisho as his father- her new father and brother, and then mentioned that before all of this had happened, she had trusted him as a friend.

Someone who would never hurt her.

And even went a step farther to tell her that he would have never brought her to his father and brother's attention if he had thought that they would treat her badly or abuse her in any way.

They were inu demons.

Violence against females and pups was abhorrent to them and considered extremely dishonorable.

After all, what could be considered honorable about proving oneself to be a weakling and a coward? After he fell silent and waited as Sesshomaru set her down on the carpeted floor between himself and Yasha and let the boy reach out and draw her into his arms and hug her as the girl finally said, "I'm scared Yasha. I'm scared to believe that I'm safe when I know that I can just as easily fall prey to others like my dad..."

"I know Kagome, but you need to try and be brave. I promise we'll take care of you. In face today and the next few months are going to be specifically for bonding with you. If you want, we could sit here all day and watch movies or play games. I'm betting that dad and Sesshomaru wouldn't mind getting in touch with their feminine side if you want to play dress up or house or have a tea party or something. Or we could go out for the day. We could even go shopping if you want to. I'm sure that there are some things that we overlooked when we were preparing this room and everything for you. You might want to buy some of your own clothing and such." Yasha said as he tried to cheer her up.

But in the end Kagome was just as quiet and sad as she had been when Sesshomaru had spoken to her.

Sighing, Yasha patted her on one of her shoulders and then told her that breakfast would be done soon, and she should bathe and dress while he and his brother and dad brought everything up and fixed a space for them to eat as a family and then directed her to the bathroom and the dresser and closet and then kissed her forehead before she got up and quietly went to do as he bid.

Leaving him and his father and brother feeling furious with her father, and greatly disheartened by the situation in general.