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-crims0nfire.

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The speed at which Sesshomaru drove home should have at least gotten him a minimum of 15 tickets. But he didn't care. He had to get home. Now. He was already angry that he wasn't the first to see her beautiful eyes.

He practically ran out of his hallway and threw Kagura into the wall when she stood in his way. Jaken stood outside like the dutiful servant he was but Sesshomaru only grabbed the car keys and drove of without him, telling him to take a company's car home.

The loud screech coming from the tires of his car turned a few heads and left black skid marks when he parked in front of his estate. He got out the car and marched inside his house.

He found Kaede walking from his room with a face shrouded with sadness. Before she could get very far, he spun her round and shook her.

"Where is she?!" He demanded.

Kaede kept her head down but she raised a small wrinkled, shaking hall and pointed into his room.

That was when Sesshomaru heard the sobs. They were such soul wrenching sobs that Sesshomaru quickened his pace to his room, only to be stopped by a small hand.

"Don't frighten the girl. The minute she opened her eyes, she started screaming 'why'. I've never seen anything like it. Her eyes held such fear and so much sadness that I cried a little myself. She's scared of something Lord Sesshomaru. Do not make it worst." Kaede said. Sesshomaru could see dried streaks of tears on her old face.

He took his had back from her grip and sneered. "I will never hurt her."

Kaede searched his face, doubtful but nodded and walked down the hallway and down the stairs.

Taking a deep breath, Sesshomaru walked into the room.

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The first thing Kagome saw when she was finally able to open her eyes was the light that shone from the huge chandelier hanging above her. When she heard the clatter of plates she turned her head towards it and found a chubby, old woman dipping a cloth into a bowl.

Confused, she looked around. Thoughts ran through her head.

'Why am I here'

'Did they catch me?'

'Are these people planning to hurt me too?'

As she moved, something beneath her creaked and she felt her body scream curses at her in protest. She moved again and the creaking increased.

Oh how she wished she didn't look down.

That color was there, mocking her and bringing back so many painful memories. It brought back the beatings and insult. It brought back the blood they took from her. Oh the blood.

There was so much blood.

And the same crimson color, the one she had run away from, had followed her.

Without being able to stop it, a piercing scream ripped out from her lungs.

"NO! Why?!" She wailed.

The sound startled Kaede and she dropped the bowl and towel.

Kaede didn't know what to do so she walked slowly to the sobbing girl who now had her arms rapped around her knees and was rocking herself.

"Are…you…okay? What's wrong?" Kaede asked, unsure.

But when she saw the girl's eyes, wide and so full of sorrow and fear, she gasped.

"Why did you bring me here? Why?! Are you going to hurt me too?" She cried, her eyes boring into Kaede's conscious.

"N-No child. No one wants to hurt you." Kaede said rapidly waving her hands in front of her as a sign of reassurance. But Kagome didn't believe her. Her bottom lip quivered and tears only continued to roll down her pink cheeks.

Kaede was beginning to feel sad. Something about the girl's eyes portrayed something that no person her age should ever even speak of.

"Please don't cry. I'll get help okay child? You're going to be just fine." Kaede reasoned but Kagome only curled into her ball and continued to sob.

A few minutes later, the old woman had left the room and Kagome could hear small muffled sounds of voices coming from down the hallway. Then she heard footsteps coming closer and she stilled.

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Her beautiful black her was draped around her in a protective curtain. Her arms circle her bent legs as she rocked back and forth and sobbed. Sesshomaru walked closer and could see that she had physically stilled.

'Is she afraid of me?' Somehow, the thought didn't sit well with Sesshomaru. He almost laughed. He usually reveled in others' fear of him but he didn't want this girl to fear him, he wanted her trust and love, and he would get it. No matter what.

He walked closer until he was beside her.

"Please…please don't hurt me." She whimpered. Her sweet angelic voice called out to him and the fact that it was used in such a painful way almost angered him.

"I don't want to hurt you." He spoke. The deep baritone of his voice calmed Kagome and she slowly lifted her head up.

Sesshomaru marveled at how beautiful she was. Her bruise-free face practically glowed. And when he saw her eyes, his breath hitched.

Molten swirls of chocolate brown and gold stared at him, covered with tears.

"Why did you bring me here?" She asked.

"You were injured." Sesshomaru answered.

She paused for a moment looking into his eyes and Sesshomaru continued to stare at her.

"You-" She began softly. "-saved…me?"

"I did."

She looked down at the satin sheets again and she gasped. The same fear Kaede had described shrouded her eyes and she shook once more.

Sesshomaru stared at her and then the bed, putting two and two together.

"You-"He began slowly, "-are afraid of the color red."

The girl nodded slowly and Sesshomaru immediately started to remove the sheets. Once he gathered all of them, he walked to his door and threw them out into the hallway.

Sesshomaru walked back to the bed and sat in front of her.

Slowly, Kagome uncurled herself and sat in front of him. She looked at the man who had helped her. He was obviously older than her but still looked young. His golden eyes stared at her intensely. His face was seemingly emotionless but Kagome saw the different flickers of emotions in his eyes. Kagome supposed he was what a handsome man would look like but she had never met a man in her life so she wouldn't know. His white, long hair reached the mattress and some of it brushed against her toes and mingled with her raven black hair. Even sitting she had to crane her neck up to look at him because he was at least four heads taller that her. His wide shoulders and broad chest blocked her view from anything that was in front of her. The dominance and power that radiated off of him was almost overpowering, but it somehow made her feel safe.

Sesshomaru watched as the girl in front of him studied him before her eyes settled on his own. Painfully slow, a small smile starched across her face and Sesshomaru could feel his heart beating rapidly. She reached up at his face and stroked his jaw and by God Sesshomaru had a hard time restraining himself from taking her. She petted his hair for a while before she moved her body closer to his and wrapped her arms around his torso.

Sesshomaru's manhood now stood proudly against his suit pants but the girl was too naïve to acknowledge it and continued to hug him.

"Thank you." She said softly.

And Sesshomaru knew right then and there that this girl would be his.

Thanks for reading.

-crims0nfire.