Hundreds of years in the future, demons take back their power from the humans. They cut off all electricity and leave cities and towns to grow over, hoping they can somehow reverse time and fix the dying earth. Humans are left to fend for themselves, most turning into savages. When 16 year old Rin is almost raped she meets the son of the western lord, Sesshoumaru. Demon x human relationships end up in execution, no matter who you are. What happens when they fall in love?

Disclaimer: I do not own InuYasha. If I did, I would not be writing on fanficition dot net. Obvii.

Warning: This chapter contains cuss words, rape, violence, and death. Continue at your own risk. This is rated M, and you have been warned. If you bitch at me for the content in this chapter then I will kick your ass virtually. I went there.

Chapter One: Poverty

"There's a fine line between love and hate, and I don't mind. Just let me say that I like that."

-Breaking Benjamin; Diary of Jane

Fighting. That's all they ever did. That's all I ever hear. That's all I've ever been through. Fights, both physical ones of verbal ones. Of course, growing up in this madness I now win almost all of them. My parents have never liked each other; I don't even know why they stay together. Right now I am sitting outside, leaning against my house. It's old, like every other standing ningen house. It's falling apart and soon one day we will be homeless and be forced to live on the now dirt and grass-covered streets or in the forest like more than half of the remaining ningen population.

The shattering of glass is what makes me get up. Where I am going, I had no idea. Right when I hear the object my parents decided wasn't good enough to keep break, my hand instinctively flew to inside my tall leather boot to grab my dagger. You can't be too careful in these times. When the demons took power again and cut all electricity, most of us humans went insane. We are…were…in a technology dependent era.

When the demons cut off all the electricity, most of us went mad. Youkai soldiers traveled through our villages and cities to kill anyone who was on the brink of defying them and creating their own electricity or use generators. Humans have done their damage to the earth and it ended up terrible. In my opinion, I think it was for the best that the demons took their power back. Of course the last time I voiced that opinion I was smacked.

The demons live in their own nice villages that are sealed off with high gates and protected by youkai soldiers. The lords have split the world into four different lands, each ruled by one family. Our lord is the western lord, Inu no Taisho, whose wife is InuKimi. They have one son, but I never bothered to remember his name. Something long and it means "Killing Perfection" in the dead language Japanese. Though I don't think he is Japanese. Actually, I'm not entirely sure at all, when North and South America were taken over by the now dead, by dead I mean empty, and murky seas, evacuations occurred and everyone was just thrown randomly anywhere. We all speak one language, one that the demons chose for us to know. It's called 'Ningen Language'. Demons speak that and their own demonic language.

Schools and businesses were all shut down, so if you want an education you have to find books or something to learn with. Or, if you have those kind of connections, you can search out someone who was taught by a smart ancestor and be taught by them. It's rare, though. Our old neighbor was nice enough to school me before he died a few years back. His son, who moved away when their house collapsed in, taught me all I need to know on hunting and self-defense.

I wandered onto the ancient cement gravel of an old road. I was thankful for the tall grass that peeked out through bigger cracks and obscured me; I'm not exactly the…tallest person in the world anyways, but it's nice to have extra protection. It's a trait that I've learned to love, I can hide easily and run away from predators. I didn't have my bow and arrows right now, so if a pedophile were to see me I'd actually have to fight him. But I had no worries of that because the forest I was walking next to was sort of a village for the less fortunate and homeless people, which is basically the majority of our populartion.

I could see fires and lamps scattered all around in the forest, as well as tents and other people no less than a few yards apart each. Laughter and talking echoed from the trees and I realized it was twilight. The air was chillier so I huddled closer in my jacket.

I kicked a rock with the toe of my boot. It wasn't the best footwear ever, as it was falling apart, but it was better than wearing nothing like I had been before. I luckily came across this in the ruins of an old rich house. Nobody had found it yet, to my benefit, and I got to raid it and get dibs on all of the treasures first. It was full of old fashions, as what I'm wearing now; skinny jeans, knee-high flat leather boots, a thin black shirt, a thick scarf, and a jacket.

A rustle of the tall grass behind me had me jump and grab my dagger out of my boot with lightning speed, holding it out for protection. I snuck up lightly to where I thought I heard the noise and saw nothing, nobody.

"Am I being followed?" I murmured to myself. I decided that it'd probably be best now to go home. My parents were most likely passed out and I could eat peacefully.

When I got home I walked through the back door careful enough so it wouldn't creak. I made sure to check all the locks in the house. There were at least four locks on every door and the windows were bolted shut with bars on the outside of them and drapes covering the inside, so no one could pear through the dirty glass but we could still have sun shine through.

Walking up to the fridge that no longer could keep things cool, I opened it to find it completely empty.

"Those pigs, I just restocked it two days ago." I grumbled under my breath, slamming the fridge door shut. I was forced to fall asleep with my stomach empty. I would have to go out to Death Forest tomorrow, the closest unoccupied forest; nobody lived there except pedophiles and bandits. They hid well and kidnapped children often, raping them then murdering them before laying them in the village just outside the forest. All of the animals and food were there, since the rest of the forests were wiped out almost clean with its own occupants.

Almost nobody dared to go into Death Forest, unless they had weapons and knew how to fight. Or if they were desperate enough. Little kids are often the ones who are forced in there to look for food since they can hide better than adults, which is why there are so many rapes and murders.

I've come across a few pedophiles and bandits in my many times there, but I always killed them with an arrow before they got close. I only just hoped that I would never come across a group of them, that'd be dangerous. Even for me.

I fell asleep with thoughts of tomorrow. I would have to get the right materials to make my arrows tomorrow in Death Forest, I was running low on them. And little did I know, at the wrong time too.

"Rin, wake up. Wake up, Rin. Wake the fuck up and now." I was shoved and woken by the sound of my lovely mother's voice.

"What?" I snapped, irritated that she forced me awake the way she did. I glanced at my window, through the slit in my drapes, and saw that it was just barely dawn. Seriously, mom?

"There is no food and I'm hungry. Go restock the kitchen." She growled. She was in a testy mood, and knowing my mother that would mean a beating if I didn't leave soon.

"Okay, I'll get ready then go." I breathed and sat up, using my elbows to support my weight, hoping she would just leave me alone.

"Good." She turned on her heels then walked out of my room, slamming the already broken door shut behind her. Soon I would have no door at all, let alone a room or even a home. All in due time it would disappear.

I stretched out on my bed before walking over to my drawer-less dresser and picked up my brush. The blue color was faded and the bristles were falling out, but it still worked and that was all that mattered. I brushed my long brown hair smooth. It flows down to my thighs so I braided it; if it got caught when I was in the forest it would be painful. Or it would be completely terrible if I was being chased and it knotted itself in a brach or bush when I was running.

I changed into a black short sleeved v-neck with a light jacket, still wearing the same skinny jeans and boots, then grabbed my bow and arrows, slinging the quiver and bow on my shoulder with my backpack and headed out.

It's a long walk to Death Forest; it usually took me up to an hour to get there. I passed many people on my way there. I waved hi and smiled to the familiar faces and kept my distance to the ones I didn't know. I felt that nagging feeling that I was being followed, but after many backward glances I found myself to be paranoid. I always am when I go to hunt. It's natural since I have my guard up.

After what seemed like an eternity, I got to the end of the road, to the small poverty village that borders that safest part of DF. Upon the entrance of the village, I saw six naked bodies of little girls layed up and bloody to the side. They would be buried with the respect they didn't get from their attackers. I shivered, if the bodies weren't buried yet then the predators would not be as far away as I'd like. They'd still be a safe distance away, but still.

"Rin, it's good to see ya!" A girl who was around my age walked out of a tent made from sticks and blankets, giving me a short hug.

"Hi, Kagome." I greeted my good friend with a hug back. She always made sure to greet me when I came. Usually I would bring her back something from the forest, just because she was one of my older friends. She was also too vulnerable to get her own food. She knew nothing when it came to fighting and always relied on others to help feed her. It pissed me off at first, but after many attempted training sessions I gave up on her and agreed to bring her food back. We have become great friends since then. She's my only close girlfriend, the only one I know that's my age and decent.

"It's unfortunate, isn't it." She frowned, nodding towards the bodies of the little girls. "I saw two of them off yesterday morning. It's such a shame to have them back like this. They were recently dropped off, about two hours ago or so." She sighed.

"Only two hours ago?" I raised my eyebrows at this. Two hours of traveling was definitely not in my comfort zone. Four hours barely was.

Kagome nodded weakly, "By a group of 'em too. You be careful now, Rin. I have no doubts in your skills, but be warned, I don't know how you would manage between twelve of them at once. Especially with only six arrows." She indicated my quiver with a worried glance.

"Twelve of them?" My mouth dropped open. Just five together is a lot, let alone twelve. And with two hours of traveling? I was having my second thoughts about venturing into the dark depths of DF, but I heard my mom this morning and was not about to go back empty handed any time soon.

Kagome confirmed my worst fears and we talked for a little while longer before I had to get going.

"Bye, Kagome! I'll bring you back something." I grinned at her.

"Bye Rin, thank you so much. And please by careful!"

I waved, no longer in hearing distance as I passed the rest of the tents and small huts to the edge of the forest. Tall and dark trees towered above my small frame, making me shiver. It's now or never. I walked into the depths of the forest, not knowing if I was going to come back.

With an arrow in hand, I placed it against my bow and pulled the string back. I let go of the string and it snapped back into place, shooting the arrow into the head of a rabbit. My skills with my bow and arrows are good; I won't be modest about that. If you have it, you have it. And I'm not going to lie about my skills for survival. I pulled my arrow out of the rabbit and wiped the blood clean off of it on the ground. Wrapping the rabbit in a thin piece of cloth, I set it in my almost-full bag. It wasn't exactly bulging, to my distaste, but it wasn't light either.

I sighed and looked up to the sky. Through the canopy of trees I could tell that it was getting dark. It was a little after sunset now. Time to head back, my parents are sure to be pissed off and ravenous. Something I don't look forward to, but you gotta do what you gotta do.

I began wandering my way back, keeping one arrow in hand and four in my quiver. I lost on a while ago. I had the necessary supplies to make sturdy ones in my bag and planned on making them as soon as I got home and restocked the kitchen. I ate berries a while back when I came across a whole bush of them.

"SOMEBODY, HELP!" A young and girlish scream sounded from close by. All went silent and I swear I heard the own sound of my heartbeat pounding in my chest. I tossed the fear of the group of bandits hours ago, but that didn't mean that there would still be one or two still by. I set my arrow against my bow and listened hard. A blood-curdling scream broke through the thick silence as I took off in its direction. I could kill one or two bandits and maybe save a little girl.

"PLEASE, HELP!" A sobbing voice hit my ears, sending chills up my spine.

I broke through the bushes where I saw torch lights and a man in rags on the ground, laying on top of a naked little girl. She had to be around ten, only six years young than me. He was pumping in and out of her bloody body and held a knife to her neck. He grinned maliciously when he looked up to see me, but it immediately disappeared when he saw my arrow. I wasted no time in firing it into his forehead. As his last act, he slit the little girl's throat and she died instantly. He nearly cut the poor girl's head off.

"Fuck!" I screamed. All of that effort for nothing. And there was no way in hell I'd go and retrieve that arrow, I was going to get out and leave before any more showed up. I sadly was forced to leave the little girl's body behind. With a pitiful glance, I turned around and ran right into the shirtless body of another bandit. He smirked at me as he held his grip on my arms tightly. He was wearing a rag over his genitals, thank god.

"Well well, look what we have here," He showed me his yellow rotted teeth with a nasty ass grin, "A fighter."

Taking a huge risk, I mean it was just so gross, I kneed him right in the balls. HARD. He screamed out and cursed at me as he backed away, holding his crotch in pain. I took that chance to punch his face and kick him to the ground. I pulled one of my remaining four arrows out of my quiver, ready to aim it at him when I heard more rustling in the bushes all around me. Terrified, I turned around quickly, counting all the men that emerged. Ten in all. Twelve counting the dead guy and the one I just injured.

"YOU LITTLE BITCH!" The guy I kneed spat. "You'll regret this!"

Quickly, I tried to think of a way I could fight myself out of this. Nope, there's no way. Time to flee. I took off running in the direction of the guy I knocked to the ground, seeing as how he was the only one over there. I jumped on top of his back, hopefully breaking his spine or something and took off. He unfortunately grabbed one of my ankles.

"Get off you slimy ass licker!" I snarled, kicking his head with my other foot and freeing myself. I took off running and I heard the pants of the men following close behind me. One grabbed my hand and pulled me back to his chest. "Shit!" I shrieked, smacking my hand to his chest.

"Got ya. You're a sneaky one, aren't you? Pretty too, prettiest one I've seen out here. You've got guts." He smirked, forcefully laying me to the ground. The other men were nowhere in sight, but I had a feeling that they were watching from somewhere obscured.

He held both of my hands over my head with one hand and held my legs down with his. With his free hand, he began to undo my pants to my protest. I screamed and tried to kick him off me but he wouldn't. When he finally got my pants unbuttoned, he stumbled and one of his legs fell off mine. I used this as an advantage, kneeing his balls. I seem to be kneeing a lot today. He groaned and fell off me, letting go of my hands. I tried to stand up, but he grabbed one of my arms, pulling me back to my butt next to him. He had tears streaking down his cheeks, and was cursing under his breath.

"You stupid bitch, you won't get away that easily." He growled. I pulled my dagger out of my boot with my free hand and stabbed his chest. He screamed and I yanked my weapon out, running off in a random direction. I stuffed the knife back into my boot and grabbed my bow that hung on my shoulder, making sure it was still okay. Which, of course to my luck, it wasn't. It snapped under the pressure of me and that man on it. And also, my remaining arrows were gone too. They must've spilled out. I could not fight off all those men with just one teensy dagger, so I kept running, hearing the footfalls behind me.

I heard a pant about a foot away from me and I looked behind to see a fully naked man lunge for me. I dropped to the ground and tripped him. I stood up quickly and kicked his raising body back to the ground. I kicked his head as hard as I could then and saw his body go limp. Grinning in madness, I took off again, only to be grabbed by two other men.

Finally, even though it was absolutely pointless, I screamed out, "HELP ME, PLEASE! SOMEBODY!" Tears streaked down my cheeks and blinded my view. I felt the men's hands be shoved off me forcefully with a random snarl. The moment I felt my body free, I shot off in a random direction away from there. I ran for what felt like hours. I lost my backpack and quiver a while ago; I dropped them to the ground so I wouldn't have any extra weight to slow me down. Finally, I had to stop to catch my breath. My sides were killing me and I knew if I didn't stop for a few minutes, I would most likely pass out. I fell down on my hands and knees, closing my eyes while panting and coughing.

When I finally felt strong enough to carry on, I stood up and brushed the dirt off of my filthy clothes. I re-did my pants since I never did when the ugly man attempted to rape me and began walking in a random direction. I pulled my dagger that was caked with dry blood out of my boot and shakily held it for safety. I was breathing heavily and limping, I was truly a pitiful sight to see. I heard a footstep from somewhere behind me and I instantly turned around and threw my dagger at the sound of it. It shot and stuck deeply into a tree, shaking slightly from the impact. Nobody was there. Great. I'm paranoid.

"You have a stronger arm than I would've thought." A voice said coolly from behind me. I shrieked and spun around, facing a boy who looked to be around my age with long silver hair the gleamed in the moonlight and went down to his thighs while tied up in a ponytail. He had bangs that covered most of his forehead, but I could clearly see the violet crescent moon there. It seemed to be a part of his smooth and flawless white skin. He also adorned two magenta strips on the side of his cheek on either side, as well as magenta eyeliner on his top lids. He wore a white and red T-shirt and navy hakama tied at his calves with traditional ninja footwear. A sword was hanging in its scabbard at his side. Magenta stripes went from his claws up his arms and disappeared in his shirt. He towered over me, thought he had a teen boyish quality about him. I instantly knew what he was.

"Demon." I whispered, backing away. He narrowed his eyes slightly at the comment, but made no move to go after me. I knew I could not win a fight with a demon. So I didn't run. "What do you want?"

"I won't hurt you." He simply stated, casually walking over to the knife I stuck in the tree and releasing it. I cringed away as he handed it back to me. "Take it," he ordered. I cautiously accepted it and put it away in my boot once again. "Besides, what point would there be to have killed all of those bandits after you if I were to kill you myself?"

I hesitated for a moment, "You killed the bandits..?" I whispered in shock.

He said nothing but gave me a look that said 'I'm-not-repeating-myself-you-heard-the-first-time'.

"Thank you." I shakily said, letting out a deep sigh of relief. He nodded his approval. "I'm Rin." I smiled at him; it was small but there.

"Rin." He said my name so softly I wasn't sure I heard it at all. "I'm Sesshoumaru." Sesshoumaru…Sesshoumaru…have I met him before? No, I'd remember that. Why do I know his name?

"Why does your name sound so familiar?" I asked, puzzled. I was sure my expression showed it too.

He chuckled darkly, "I'm sure you have heard of me since my father is the western lord." He growled. "I'd prefer if you didn't freak out over that either." He looked at me with narrowed eyes.

Oh shit, oh shit. I'm screwed. If I do one wrong thing I'm dead. "Who, me? I'm fine." I lied through my teeth. It was pretty obvious I lied too. He knew.

He was suddenly onto me, backing me up against a tree. He put his hands on either side of me and looked deep into my eyes, cocking his head to the side. I looked back, noticing for the first time his eye color. It was gold, like the sun. It was so pretty I was getting lost in them. "Why do you lie?" He murmured to me.

I gulped, I was positive he could hear my heartbeat. I could hear it, "I-I don't know."

He gazed at me a while longer before releasing his grip and backing off. He had his back to me and looked up to the sky through the canopy of trees. The moonlight was hitting his face, making him even more beautiful. I looked up to where his gaze was then back to him.

"Which way is the village?" I frowned. I was lost.

He looked back at me for a moment then a smirk took place on his perfect lips, "You're lost, aren't you?" He seemed amused by this.

"Shut up, I just need to know the way back." I growled, annoyed. Why did he have to state the obvious?

His amusement grew as did his smirk, as he began walking closer to me, "You dare tell this Sesshoumaru to shut up? Feisty." He shook his head and tsked. "Get on." He turned his back to my fearful body and indicated for me to climb on his back. I hesitated at first then climbed on without any second thoughts as he took off running at an impossible speed. Well, impossible for a human, anyways. He shot through the trees at a random direction I didn't even know. I dug my face in his hair to hide it from the wind and heard his chuckle when I did. I tightened my grip around his neck in fear.

"I won't drop you." He murmured loud enough for me to hear.

"I know." I knew he wouldn't. For some reason, I trusted him. Always a bad move, but I didn't care. I was attracted to him, even though it was forbidden. Penalty was death on both parts. Humans and demons mating were the thing that made demons lose power to the humans in the first place; no hanyous were to ever roam around the earth again.

After a while he jolted to a stop suddenly, forcing my head to smash into his. I felt and kinda heard his deep snarls as I moaned and held one hand to my head.

"Ohhh, shit." I mumbled incoherently, dropping off his back.

"Rin!" He hissed, grabbing my hand and throwing me behind a huge tree. I rubbed the sore spot on my head and decided to get a reality check, looking around to see another demon standing in front of Sesshoumaru. Or sould I say demoness.

"Sesshoumaru?" I squeaked, standing up clumsily.

"Rin, stay back!" He growled thickly. My eyes widened and I obliged, peeking my head out behind the tree and watching the woman with her black hair tied up in a bun with a feather. She had ugly blood red eyes that quite frankly just freaked me out. She was wearing a fancy kimono, so I guessed that she was pretty rich.

"O-okay." I whispered, not sure if they would hear that or not.

"So you've got a new little pet to enjoy?" The demoness cooed, stepping closer to Sesshoumaru. She had a jealous look written all over her face.

"Kagura, leave." Sesshoumaru comanded with authority. He stood his ground and kept a hard gaze set on the demoness.

"But what if I don't want to?" Kagura pouted, crossing her arms. She snapped her head to the side and glared at me, "Why do you go after ningens but not your own finace?"

I nearly choked. Fiance? What the hell? Why was he out here with me if he had a fucking finace? No, this is not acceptable. He has got some serious explaining to do since he's a demon and I can't exactly kick his ass.

"Kagura, I will say this once more. Leave." He spat. Kagura brushed past him and walked up to me with a nasty glare on her face.

"Who are you?" She demanded in a bossy tone, crossing her arms.

"Don't answer her." Sesshomaru came up behind her, staring at me directly in the eyes.

"What am I? Don't I have a say for myself?" I snapped, stepping back for more air space.

"Then who are you?" The Kagura woman growled impatiently.

"Jane Doe." I said flatly, earning a smirk from Sesshomaru and an even harsher glare from Kagura.

"You think you're funny-" She began but I interrupted her.

"Honey, I know I'm funny." I'm stepping on boundaries I probably shouldn't be walking on, but do I care? Hell to the no! This bitch pissed me off.

"Dance of blades!" She cried, unfolding her arms and whipping out a red and white fan at me. Flashes of white light flew towards me and cut me, knocking me to the ground. A cry of pain tore from my lips and I felt blood soak through my shirt near my left shoulder. My stomach was also bleeding as was my forehead. Blood was roaring in my ears and I could hear my heartbeat loud and clear. I broke out in cold chills and the pain was unbearable.

I heard a shriek and a thud before two strong arms picked me up bridal style and made off with me, running so fast...

The wind whipped against my face and I turned it into his chest. He was holding me? Why? Where were we going?

"Rin..." I heard him speaking and I looking up to his face to see him urgently looking at me. I beamed at him before blacking out.

A/N: So what did ya think? Should I continue? Yes or no? I'm only going to continue and post the second chapter if I get a certain amount of reviews (and by that I mean until I think I get enough, this story is discontinued). I don't want to continue a story if I don't need to. And sorry for that bitch of a cliffhanger, if it is one. Not a good one, but oh well.

Oh, and there's a pic of what the teen Sesshy I have in my mind looks like on my profile. It's fan art, and it's not perfect to how I imagine Sesshy to look, but it gives you an idea. It should be under the updates of this story. ^^ Oh, and I didn't draw it. I just found it.