Chapter 1

Rin was asleep in the trunk of the car, when it went over a speed bump too fast and woke her up. She tried to move and get out, but the rope was tied too tightly around her arms and ankles and moving caused her great pain; she knew that she was bleeding due to the rope cutting her skin. Her 6-year-old mind couldn't figure out what was going on and what most likely was going to happen to her. All she knew was that she was scared and wanted her mommy. She started to cry when she felt the car come to a stop and heard the car doors open and close. "Let me out, please. I want my mommy," is what she wanted to scream, but the rag in her mouth stopped her. She tried to wiggle her way out one more time but stopped when she heard two men talking.

"You know I don't like this," said a man's voice, a voice that was deep like a base drum. "I don't kill kids. It goes against my values."

Her eyes began to widen with shock. "What does he mean kill kids?" she thought. "Are they going to kill me?" More tears began to fall down the face of the little girl, until she heard laughing, not from the man with a deep voice, but from another man whose voice was higher. She couldn't figure out the instrument it sounded like. She loved music, art, and to her everyone sounded like an instrument but not this man.

"Against your values, man that's funny. It wasn't against your value to kill her parents was it? So don't give me that bullshit about killing no kids. Anyway, the Boss said gets rid of her and that's what I'm doing. Anyways, I would rather kill her then have the boss kill us for not killing her."

Rin couldn't believe her ears. Her parents were dead; it can't be, no it isn't true! They're not dead, they can't be! The pain of the news of her parents' death was too much to bear. The next thing she knew she passed out. The two men opened the trunk to see a sleeping Rin.

"Good, she passed out," the man with the high voice said. "I think sometimes it's easier to kill them when they are already out. I think it makes death come easier to them."

The man with the deep voice came behind his partner and looked at the little girl, sleeping peacefully, in his trunk. He wasn't lying when he said he didn't kill kids. He didn't kill kids and would never kill kids. He knew he could not look at his wife and little girl in the face if he did. So he knew what he had to do.

"So you think killing them in their sleep is better, right? Well, I hope you don't mind dying with your eyes open?" Before his partner had time to react, the bullet was already in his head and his lifeless body fell to the ground.

The deep voiced man looked at the little girl sleeping in his trunk and smiled. "You'll live for another day but I can't protect you anymore. Saving you has marked me for death." He closed the trunk and put his partner's dead body in the hole they had dug for the little girl's body to lay. He covered the hole with dirt and went back to his car and drove off.

Rin felt herself being lifted up asked, "Am I dead?" A woman's voice replied, "No, little girl, you're not dead. The life you once had is gone. Go back to sleep. You will need your strength soon."

Rin woke up in a soft, round bed confused as to where she was. "Was it all a dream?" she asked herself, but she knew it wasn't as she looked down at her wrist and saw they were bandaged up. "Where am I?" she said as she got up off the bed and walked to the door. She heard laughing and music on the other side of the door. She opened the door and found herself in a red hallway with naked ladies walking everywhere. Rin was so busy looking around, that she didn't notice a man coming behind her until it was too late.

"How much for this one?" the drunken man asked. "I'll pay a pretty penny for a young thing like this one. I bet she's a virgin too, which makes it even better."

Rin wanted to scream, but she had no voice; she wanted to run, but her feet wouldn't move. All she could do was stand there in fear as the drunk stared at her. Out of nowhere came a woman's voice; the one she heard in her dream.

"She's not for sale, so move to the other girls we have, they are just as pretty and some just as young."

The drunken man's eyes widened with excitement. "Really, you have more pretty young ones like this one! Where are they?"

The women replied, "Down the hall and to your right and I hope you enjoy yourself."

As the drunken man hurried down the hall, the women came up to Rin. "Hi, my name is Karen Drago," said the woman, "What's your name?"

Rin wanted to say her name but no words came out. Karen just smiled. "That's ok. I know your name is Rin. If you don't want to talk, that's okay too, but you listen to me very carefully, can you do that for me, Rin?"

Rin shook her head up and down to signal yes. "Well, that's good to know Rin," Karen replied. "I wish I could get to know you better, Rin, but your stay here isn't long. In fact, you will be leaving in a day or two. You can't stay in Okinawa any longer sweetie; it's not safe for you here. That's why you're going to the mainland to live with my sister, who I know you will come to like. So right now, you need to rest and I will come and get you when the time is ready." Rin went into the room and lay on the bed; she was too tired to cry and too tired to think, so she just slept.

The next two days passed by quickly and the next thing Rin knew, she was on a boat to the mainland. Karen told her that taking an airplane would be too risky and wished the young girl good luck.

Ten years later

"Get the fuck up, Sesshomaru, you're making me late for school!" yelled Inuyasha. It was his first year in college and his father still hadn't bought him a car. Every time he asked, his father would reply, "soon son, real soon." To Inuyasha, soon wasn't soon enough. He hated having to get a ride from his older brother. In fact, he hated his older brother, his sorry half-brother. His father wanted them to get along but that would never happen as long as his older brother kept treating him like shit. The funny part about this whole thing is that Inuyasha didn't have a clue as to why Sesshomaru hates him so much. But after so many years with putting up with his bullshit, he doesn't care anymore.

All he cares about is his girlfriend Kagome, which is another reason why he needs to get his bigheaded brother up. He wants to spend time with her before he goes off to school. She was still in high school but this would be her last year and he couldn't wait. Kagome had promised him that once she was out of high school she would move-in with him and become his mate. Inuyasha looked at the clock again and growled, "Why isn't he up yet?"

Inuyasha was about to bang on his brother's door again when it opened and Sesshomaru stepped out. "About damn time you woke up," Inuyasha said with annoyance in his voice.

"I will speak to father today and tell him if he doesn't buy you a car, then I will because I'm tried your foul scent in my car. Let's go and get you to school so I can go to work," Sesshomaru told Inuyasha as he walked by him.

"Sesshomaru, what time do you plan on being home tonight?" Inuyasha asked, hoping that it will be late. He wanted to spend more time with his soon-to-be-mate.

"Why do you ask Inuyasha?" replied Sesshomaru.

"Well, you see, I was thinking of having some people over for a small party, very small, and I just wanted to know when you will be home. That way I'd know when they needed to leave?"

"I don't know when I'm coming home tonight and I don't care if you're stupid friends are here, as long as they stay out of my way. You understand?"

"Yeah, thanks," Inuyasha smiled. Tonight, he and his mate are going to play "how far you can go". He liked this game because he got to play with a woman's body until she told him to stop; this is all they could do until she was done with school. Surprisingly, every time they played "how far you can go," Inuyasha kept going a little further. At first, he couldn't go past kissing on lips, but as time went on he was allowed to kiss her down to her waist and then stop. Well, tonight he hoped that he could go down a little further.

As the thought of what he was planning to do tonight go through his head, Sesshomaru pulled up to the drop off spot where Inuyasha friends were hanging out. He recognized all of them but one. A girl with bright brown, almost chocolate, colored eyes; her hair was long and wavy, and her skin had the color of fresh snow. There was something about this girl that caught his eye. She wasn't overly beautiful or anything likes that, but there was something about her, something in her eyes that made him want to know more about her.

"Inuyasha, who is that girl over there?" Sesshomaru asked his brother as he was leaving the car.

"What girl are you talking about Sesshomaru? There are a lot of girls over there?"

"The one with the purple hair band," Sesshomaru replied and pointed in the direction of Rin.

"Oh, that's Rin." Inuyasha replied.

"Is she new here, Inuyasha, because I've never seen her before?"

"Well, to tell you the truth, I really don't know much about her. She's really Kagome's friend. She doesn't talk much and keeps to herself. All Kagome told me was that her home life was really bad, so bad that child services had to come and take her out of it. Kagome's mom was in charge of the case and I guess she felt bad for her. So, she told her that she could go to either foster care or live with her. Rin preferred Kagome's mom over foster care."

"Why do you ask, Sesshomaru? You normally don't give a rat's ass about my friends."

"It's nothing Inuyasha. I was just wondering. It's not often you see a new face around here, now get the hell out of my car you stinking mutt."

Inuyasha turned to tell his brother off but Kagome called his name. "I'll deal with you later Sesshomaru," Inuyasha said through clenched teeth and turned around to face the woman he loved.

As Sesshomaru drove off to work, he looked again at the girl that caught his eye and said to himself, "I must get to know more about her."

On the way to work, Sesshomaru thought to himself that it was funny that a human has caught his interest, but he knew nothing would come of it because as the next lord of the western land, his mate would have to be a demon.

"Father, if you don't get Inuyasha a car then I will. I have better things to with my time then to be my brother's personal drive." Sesshomaru told his father over the phone.

"Ok, I'll get him a car this weekend, but until then be nice to him. In fact, can you pick Inuyasha up from class today? There has been trouble in the eastern land and I just want to make sure my two boys are safe while I look into the matter. You understand me?"

"Yes father, but you know I can take care of myself, but I will do as you ask"

"Thank you Sesshomaru, this means a great deal to me. One day you and Inuyasha will get along and I hope to be here when it happens. For the two of you to be brothers and only have each other, you guys should get along better. Well, Sesshomaru, I got to go, the jet is taking off, bye."

Sesshomaru smiled as he hung up the phone. His father thought that he was picking up his half brother to be nice; in fact, it was so he could get another look at the girl named Rin.