Disclaimer: Why? Why can't I own Inuyasha? -sniffles- What? It belongs to Rumiko Takahashi? Oh. I see. -sniffles- I understand.
Rating: M, R, NC-17 and all those other ratings that say, 'Hey, little kid. Don't look at this because you're too young.' I warned you, please, listen to me. I don't want to get yelled at by your parents because you won't listen to me.
Warnings: Rating(obviously), language, violence, sexual themes, suggestive dialogue, explicit dancing, limey moments, future lemons, much marshmallow fluffiness, and ooc-ness on many levels with a few characters, actually...most characters, I think. I tried not to do it, but it couldn't be helped. You'll see which characters are ooc.
Pairings: starts as Kou/Kag, future Sess/Kag, implied past Kik/Kag, Inu/Kik, Mir/San, possible Shi/Rin.
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A/N: WARNING: THIS CHAPTER CONTAINS SCENES OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE! I realize that this may be a hard subject to read, so I will place another warning just before the scene takes place. You don't necessarily have to read that part of the story to full understand the rest of the chapter. I just wanted to warn you all.
Chapter 4
Begging and Beating
Rin walked into the large foyer silently, making sure that the lights were off in the library. She quickly shut the door, re-locked it, and started to run up the stairs to her room. When she reached the top landing of the stairs she stopped abruptly when she noticed that the lights were on in the study. She swore softly to herself and made her way to the door.
Once there, she poked her head inside the room. "Hello, Sesshoumaru-sama," she said softly, a touch of nervousness in her voice.
Sesshoumaru looked up from the desk and motioned for her to come in. When she was sitting across from him, he glanced back down at the papers that were in front of him. "Did you plan on telling me that you were going to be staying out so late?" he asked in his infamous monotonous voice.
Rin shrugged her shoulders. "It all depended on how things went. I had a job interview at a club today. I went there and was asked to give it a try on the busy night. If I didn't get the job, I wasn't going to tell you."
He set the pen in his hand down and leaned back in the chair. "Well, how did this interview go?"
She smiled at him. "I got the job. It's at a nightclub called Miko's Paradise. You should come check it out sometime. If not to enjoy yourself then to at least watch me doing actual work."
Sesshoumaru's eyebrows raised slightly in question. "You act like I should be worried about you working here. Rin, you're 24 years old and perfectly able of decided what is appropriate for yourself. If you wish to work at this...nightclub, then that is your decision. I cannot stop you from doing what you wish."
Rin smiled at him from across the desk. "Well, this club is really one of a kind. It's really very different from the others that are in the area."
"How so?"
"Well...you see, it's one of the only clubs that actually allows both youkai and ningen customers."
"And this would affect me because?"
She bit her lower lip before answering. "Inuyasha is there all the time, along with his friends. His best friend, Kagome Higurashi, is the owner." She cringed slightly, expecting him to become upset.
Sesshoumaru nodded his head. "I see. Well, you have nothing to worry about. I don't plan on visiting this club."
"Well...what if I want you to come and see it? I mean, seriously, Sesshoumaru-papa, you spend too much time either here in the study or at work in your office. You really need to get out and enjoy yourself. You know, relax? And maybe find someone, or people, to have fun with."
"Rin, don't start that again..." He gave her a look of warning, telling her to get off the subject.
She kept on the subject, not backing down. "Come on, Sesshoumaru-papa. How old are you now, and you don't have a mate? There is more to life than just sitting in an office all day, worrying about numbers and stocks and how many people you're going to fire for one reason or another. You need someone in your life to make you happy."
"I am fine just as I am, Rin. I do not need some single-minded female going after me and our money."
"Now you're just lying to yourself. You haven't had any type of relationship with anyone since Kagura, and how many years ago was that now? You really need to understand that not all women are like that. You need to find honest romance with someone who will see you for who you are."
He sighed and shook his head. "Rin, the chances of that happening are slim to none."
"Just come by tomorrow night. That's all I ask. Inuyasha may be there, but Kagome won't allow him to do anything. Please, Sesshoumaru-papa? It'll be good for you."
"And since when do you know what's good for me?"
"Since Kagura first broke your heart and you became a living statue. Since you decided to lock yourself away from the rest of the world. I've been taking care of you since then, Sesshy. It's high time you got out there and found someone else to take care of you. And maybe someone to take care of in return."
He shook his head at her and sighed again. "Fine, I'll go. Only so you stop pestering me about this."
Rin giggled, jumped out of the chair and ran to hug him. "Thank you so much, Sesshou-papa! I know you won't regret it."
I think I already am regretting it, he thought as she ran out of the study.
A/N: Warning: This next segment contains domestic violence! I don't want anyone to think that I enjoy writing this. I know first-hand the horrors of being physically hurt by someone who says that they love you. Just know that this was very hard for me to write.
Kagome walked into the apartment and sighed heavily when she saw that the television was still on in the living room. Just great, she thought, that means Kouga's still awake. She hung her coat up on a hanger, set her purse on the shelf and walked into the living room. She stopped by the couch and looked down to see Kouga with his eyes closed, the remote in his hand. She quietly made her way to the kitchen and made herself a cup of tea.
She sat at the island(1) and sipped at her tea as Kouga entered the room. "What took you so long to get here?" he asked grouchily.
Kagome kept her eyes on the counter in front of her. "There were a few people who left late," she replied. "And I had to take care of a few things for tomorrow night. You know that I don't keep alcohol behind the bar on dry night."
Kouga walked behind her and felt her stiffen when he placed his hand on her shoulders. "Why were you acting like that at the club tonight? You've never used your powers against me before."
"You were hurting me. It was a natural reaction that I couldn't stop, even if I would have tried to." She stood up quickly and put her now empty cup in the sink. "You had no right to act like that in my bar."
He followed close behind her as she moved into the living room. "Kagome, you are never to use your powers against me ever again, is that clear?"
She turned on him and glared. "I will do what I have to do in order to defend myself if and when I feel the need to do so. No one, including you, is going to stop me."
He grabbed her upper arm and pulled her close. "Damn it, Kagome, you are going to listen to me on this. You are never going to use your fucking powers against me, for any reason. You are mine and I will do with you as I God damn please."
She put her hand on his chest and tried desperately to push him away. "Kouga, let me go!"
"Not until you understand that you belong to me and that you'll never go against me as long as you are mine. And you will always be mine because no one is going to take you away from me."
Kagome stared angrily into his eyes. "I am tired of tellin' you this! I belong to no one! Now, LET GO OF ME!" She tried again to pull herself free, but he held onto her tighter. She was more than sure that a bruise was forming under his fingers. Without really thinking about it, she released a small bolt of energy at him, causing him to swear violently.
"Fucking bitch!" He let go of her arm, though not long enough to allow her time to run away from him. He reached out and yanked on a handful of her hair. "You shouldn't have done that." He raised his other hand and slapped her full-force across the face, causing her to stumble backward and fall on the couch.
She glared up at him, fury burning in her eyes. "Don't touch me, Kouga."
"Or what?" He grabbed her shoulders roughly and pulled her up against him. "What will you do to me?" He wrapped his hand around her small throat and squeezed none too gently. "You won't do anything to hurt me. It's against your true nature."
Slowly, as she tried almost frantically to breathe, she brought her hands up to his chest. He looked down at them when he saw a pink light coming from them. Suddenly, he was thrown back against the wall, unconscious from the impact forced upon the back of his skull.
"That's where you're wrong, Kouga. It's against my nature to hurt someone for no reason. I have nothing against hurting someone in order to protect myself." She walked past his limp form and to the bedroom where she packed a few things into a bag. She walked back to the hallway, grabbed her coat and purse, then headed out to her car.
Once inside, she could feel the tears threatening to fall. She started her car and pulled out her cell phone. She hit the speed dial and waited as the line connected.
"-Yawn- H-hello...?" answered a very sleepy feminine voice.
"Ki-Kikyou?" she replied through the tears.
"Kagome? Is that you? What's wrong?"
"I don't want to explain it over the phone. I need a place to crash for a while. You and Yash wouldn't mind if I came over, would you?"
A bunch of rambled and incoherent words went by as Kikyou woke Inuyasha. "We have no problem with you coming over, you know that."
"Thanks, guys." She then hung up the phone.
When Kagome reached Inuyasha and Kikyou's house, she rang the doorbell and waited patiently for one of them to answer. She was staring at her wrist when the door opened. She looked up and into the eyes of a very shocked Kikyou.
"Ok, Kami-sama..." she gasped, "Kagome-chan, what in the Hell happened to you?" She stepped forward and gently placed a hand on Kagome's cheek where she saw a bruise forming. "Come on, get in here. Yash is in the living room." She closed the door and locked it, then led Kagome to the living room and the waiting Inuyasha.
He looked up when his two favorite women walked into the room. He took one look at Kagome's face and ran to her, instantly wrapping her in his arms. "I'll kill him," he growled, "I'll fucking kill him." He sat her down on the couch while Kikyou went to get them all some tea. "I told you not to get involved with him."
Kagome just looked at him with tear-filled chocolate eyes. "I'm sorry I didn't listen to you," she whispered. "He...he'd never hit me before. All because of what happened at the bar." She stopped talking and started crying uncontrollably.
Inuyasha just pulled her closer and held her tighter against him. "Don't worry, Kagome. I won't let him lay his hands on you again." He rocked her slowly and relaxed when he sensed that he had fallen asleep.
Not a moment later, Kikyou came in, carrying a tray of tea. "Is she going to be ok?" she asked quietly as she set down the tray.
"She will be fine. Once I get rid of that ookami." He carefully stood, still holding Kagome in his arms, and carried her to one of the spare rooms. After laying her down, he brought the blankets up to just under her chin. After making sure that she was safely tucked in, he silently left the room.
He walked back down to Kikyou and sat next to her on the couch. He wrapped his arm around her when she cuddled up to him.
"How could anyone do that to Kagome?" she wondered aloud in disbelief. "What exactly happened at the club that would have gotten him so angry?"
"He tried to assert his dominance over her again by calling her, 'his woman', I think," he replied. "She came back to the bar after she kicked him out and she was beyond pissed." He sighed heavily. "I'm going to talk to Hiten and Manten tomorrow and make sure that they keep him out. He'll just do somethin' to cause even more trouble."
"I hope you know that Kagome is going to be staying here. There's no way in Hell that she's going to go back to that bastard."
Inuyasha nodded his head. "I'll head over to the apartment tomorrow to get the rest of her things."
The two walked up the stairs to their own bedroom, leaving the tea on the coffee table. Both laid in bed, worrying about the events to take place once the sun rose.
End Chapter
A/N: I know that this chapter was a little time in coming. I've been having to stay a little later at work and that cuts into my writing time. Not to mention trying to clean my little apartment. It's hard to imagine that such a little place, occupied by only two people can get dirty. Oh well. At least I get to do what I love for all of you! Thank you and I hope you enjoyed the newest chapter. Remember, review please!