Human Compensation

Kagome paced the main hallway of the mansion like an irritated cat. Inuyasha leaned against the wall watching her. She’d been out there for ten minutes. He’d tried to get her to leave, but she wouldn’t listen to him. He knew she was concerned about Rin and tried to assure her that Sesshoumaru wouldn’t do anything to hurt her; after all, Rin was his mate. Still, Kagome refused to believe anything he’d told her. He couldn’t really be angry at her. She was still new to everything. It would take a while for her human side to accept the ways of a youkai. His ears flattened every once in a while at the steady tapping of her shoes on the floor. Growling slightly to himself, he slid down in a cross-legged position and folded his arms, watching her in annoyance for a long time before he finally yelled. “Will you stop that! You’re driving me crazy!”

Kagome only glanced at him and kept up her pace. “They’ve been gone for a while. Why haven’t they returned, yet?”

Inuyasha stood up quickly. “That’s it. I’ve had it with you!” He tried to grab her, but she moved away.

The door slammed open banging against the wall just as she crossed to the other side of the hall. Sesshoumaru came in carrying Rin. Her body hung limply in his arms as if she was dead. Kagome screamed and covered her mouth quickly in horror as she watched Sesshoumaru walk by them without even acknowledging they were there.

“He killed her!” Kagome yelled. “The bastard killed her!” Her heart was pounding fiercely out of anger and fright.

“Will you calm down?” Inuyasha said.

“How can you sit there and be so calm about this when Sesshoumaru just carried her body passed us?” She yelled at him, her fist balled at her sides.

“She’s not dead,” Inuyasha said, still sitting there cross-legged with his arms folded looking like he was meditating. “She’s drunk.” A quirky smile curled the corner of his lips.

Kagome stopped and stared at Sesshoumaru’s retreating figure as he disappeared around the corner of the hall. “Drunk?” She asked.

“Yes, drunk.” Inuyasha finally laughed out loud. He wasn’t about to tell her that Sesshoumaru had just killed two people because he knew it would upset her. He could smell the two different scents when Sesshoumaru passed by. He’d used his poison claw on one of them. He was glad for once, he’d never angered his older brother to that point.

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Rin woke up to the feeling of warm water splashing over her body. She opened her eyes to see Sesshoumaru standing in the shower. One arm was wrapped around her holding her tightly against his body while his other hand was busy gently scrubbing her skin. She stared up into his golden eyes. The water felt good against her and kept her in a heavy dream-like world.

Sesshoumaru was finally able to stand being around her after he’d scrubbed those offending smells off her body. He’d washed her front before she had awaken, and was now in the process of rinsing the suds off her back, when she opened her beautiful gray eyes and stared up at him. He stared down at her harshly as the water ran over them. What had she been thinking to go and do something so foolish? Rin smiled and raised her hand running it over his smooth cheek as if to wipe the frown from his face. He caught her hand in his to stop her. She continued to smile in a drunken daze. Embracing him as best as she could, she begin to place soft kisses on his bare chest. “Sesshy, don’t be angry with me,” she mumbled.

Sesshoumaru stiffened, as angry as he was at her, he still wanted her, now more than ever. He dropped the wash cloth he was holding and ran his hands slowly over her flawless body. Rin was perfect, everything about her body was perfect and to think, some asshole would have been all over her if he hadn’t made it there in time. He had been the only person to touch her and it was going to stay that way. A strong wave of possessiveness shook him. He turned around and lifted her up against the wall. Her legs straddled his waist as he slowly lowered her on his manhood.

Rin gasped when she felt him filling her, stretching her to the limits. As many times as they had made love, she would never get use to his size. She held on to his shoulders and closed her eyes as his hands and mouth reclaimed her. Smiling at the soft growls he made. She once teased him and told him he purred like a cat when he made love to her. He took offense and stayed angry at her for an entire day. She had no idea if it was because he was a dog youkai or he just didn’t like hearing her say that. She smiled at the thought and moaned softly when he begin to move within her.

Sesshoumaru made love to her through out the night. Once he was finished in the shower, he took her to their bedroom and made sweet, tender love to her. Rin was happy he had forgiven her. There was no way he could be angry at her and be so gentle with her. It was as if he was cherishing her. ‘Yes,' she thought to herself, ‘everything is going to be okay.’ She fell into a deep sleep that night with a smile on her face.

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Kagome woke up to the sound of hysterical screaming. She sat up in bed quickly and looked around. “Is that...Rin?” She whispered. Glancing at Inuyasha, who was still asleep, she pulled back the covers to leave the bed and make a leap to the floor. Her feet never touched the ground. Inuyasha had grabbed her around the waist and pulled her back against him. He wrapped both arms around her and snuggled deeper under the covers taking her with him.

“Inuyasha, let me go, I just heard Rin scream!” Kagome said, struggling to get away from him.

He held her tighter. “Don’t interfere, Kagome. You’ll only make it worse. Go back to sleep, it’s still early.”

“I can’t go back to sleep after that, you baka!” She hit him on the head with her fist to make him let her go. His grip on her slackened and she pushed herself away from him. “He’s doing something terrible to her I just know it,” she said worriedly.

Inuyasha sighed and sat up. He closed his eyes and crossed his arms as he leaned against the headboard. “What goes on between Sesshoumaru and Rin is their business, Kagome. This is one time I cannot let you interfere in his house. Do not make me fight my own brother over something that is completely his right,” he said sternly. He knew if Kagome interfered, Sesshoumaru would get angry and try to harm her and he’d have to fight him to stop him. He just wasn’t in the mood for that type of drama this early in the morning. His ears twitched in her direction when he heard her footsteps walking away from the bed. The door creaked open and slammed shut. “Kagome!!!” Inuyasha yelled opening his eyes and growling in annoyance.

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Rin had awaken to a beautiful sunshine morning and a huge splitting headache. She moaned and shielded her sensitive eyes from the offending rays with her hands. Sesshoumaru wasn’t beside her. He’d always been an early riser, unlike her. She liked to stay in bed and linger in the warmth of the silk sheets and fluffy pillows until she was fully awake, which was usually two hours later after Sesshoumaru had left. She moved slowly out of bed, not noticing the rattle of delicate chains at first. She walked to the edge of the bed, heading towards the bathroom, when she was suddenly yanked backed. It was then she felt the clasps around her wrists and ankles. She looked down in astonishment at the gold shackles.

“What?....What?!!!!” She yelled out as she tried to pull them off. They were not coming loose...

“Something wrong, my dear?” She heard Sesshoumaru’s silky voice by the window. He walked out of the blinding sunlight to stand in front of her.

“What is this?” Rin asked in shock. “Sesshoumaru..how dare you! Unchain me now!”

“You’re not in the position to be yelling at me, Rin, my love.” Sesshoumaru said calmly. “This is your punishment. Did you think I had forgotten?”

Rin stared at him in disbelief. Following the length of the chains, she turned around to see them connected to the wall right above the bed. She jerked on them again, pulling with all her strength.

“They’ll only come off when I take them off. You’ll only hurt yourself if you continue your vain attempts to escape.” Sesshoumaru said in that unemotional voice that was getting on Rin’s last nerves.

“Sesshoumaru! How could you be so cruel to me? This is a joke right...a joke...right?” She asked looking into his eyes for some sign that he was kidding around.

A slight frown crossed his refined features. “No,” he said simply. “You will never be able to disobey me again, Rin.”

Rin eyes flashed a dangerous red before she let out a low growl and leaped for Sesshoumaru, intent on doing some major harm to him. The chains kept her an inch away from him. She was so close. Falling to the floor, she let out a loud scream of outrage.

Sesshoumaru was slightly surprised at the beast coming out in her. He rarely saw that side of her unless they were having a wild mating. He knew she was angry at him, she probably wanted to kill him right now, but he was not about to let her go. “This is for your own good, Rin, until I’ve destroyed Naraku, you will never leave this room again.” He walked to the door and stopped before he opened it. “And don’t bother to get free. Those chains and shackles are bound with a spell. They’ll extend when you need to go to the bathroom and you’re free to walk around the length of this room as you please, but you will never be able to reach this door knob.” With that said, he walked out the room and slammed the door shut.

Kagome met him halfway down the hall. She stopped when she saw him. “Sesshoumaru, I heard Rin scream. Is she okay?”

“Rin is fine.” He told her as he walked passed her. “However, she won’t be having visitors. Go back to your floor.”

Kagome stood where she was, watching him. “What did you do to her?”

“That is none of your concern,” Sesshoumaru said. He stopped and turned around, watching her.

Kagome stared back at him, feeling the fear rising up in her. The intensity between them had risen to a high point. His eyes were cold, challenging, as if waiting for her to take another step to his room. He had told her to go back to her floor. Her mind was screaming at her to do what he said, but her heart filled with worry over Rin. Would Sesshoumaru really harm her if she continued to his room? The hallway was so quiet she could actually hear her heart beating fast and hard.

“Rin..” she whispered, she turned around slowly to continue walking toward’s Rin.

It happened in a matter of seconds...

Inuyasha was standing in front of her before she knew what happened. She blinked and gasped when she saw Sesshoumaru standing in front of Inuyasha. Sesshoumaru’s body was pressed tightly against Inuyasha. Inuyasha was standing between Sesshoumaru and herself as if he had wedged himself in between them at the last second. His arms were stretched out, shielding her from his brother’s wrath. Kagome knees almost gave out. She wrapped her arms tightly around Inuyasha’s body and hugged him from behind. Her body shivered in terror. ‘That was so close,’ she thought. She didn’t even see Sesshoumaru in front of her until Inuyasha appeared. Sesshoumaru had moved so quickly, before she had a chance to blink.

“Sesshoumaru, she’s just worried that’s all,” Inuyasha said. “I’ll make sure, she doesn’t interfere, but I will not let you harm her.”

Sesshoumaru’s eyes narrowed. “If she tries to interfere again, I’ll throw both of you out of here. You’ll never set foot in my home again. Do you understand?”

Inuyasha nodded.

Sesshoumaru looked past Inuyasha to Kagome who was cowering behind him. “If you’re so eager to join your friend, Sango, in the hospital. I will gladly send you there.” His lips turned up in a menacing smirk.

Kagome held on to Inuyasha tighter and squeezed her eyes shut. Inuyasha turned around and picked her up, throwing her across his shoulder like a potato sack and disappeared from Sesshoumaru’s presence.

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Miroku walked into the hospital carrying a large bouquet of flowers. For the first time in his life, he was very nervous. Sango was coming home with him tonight. She had agreed to stay with him until she had fully recovered. She’d be staying in his apartment, sleeping in his bed...in his arms...He’d wanted this since the first day he’d met her and now it was about to come true. The past few days he’d spent every free moment he had visiting her. Sometimes he’d fall asleep and wake up surprised that he’d slept over night. Sango wasn’t pushing him away like she use to and he’d stop his ‘lecherous ways’ as she called them. Even though, he’d been tempted more than once, when she leaned over to get something from the table beside the bed, to touch her very well-shaped...He shook his head to clear his thoughts when the elevator door opened on Sango’s floor. Now was not the time to be thinking this way...He’d have plenty of time to do that, later. Feeling almost giddy, he walked down the hallway to her room, whistling to himself. The floor was unnaturally quiet tonight. There wasn’t a single doctor or nurse walking the hallway. The door to Sango’s room was open. An uneasy feeling crept over him with each step he took down the quiet hallway. His shoes hitting the hard floors were the only sound echoing off the walls. He could feel the cool night air blowing heavily across his skin from her room. Something was wrong...very wrong. He walked up to the room and stood in the doorway. The flowers he was carrying fell to the floor scattering around his feet. Sango’s bed was turned over on the floor. The room she’d been staying in was destroyed. There was a gigantic hole in the wall where the window should have been. Miroku’s fist balled up in anger. His body trembled in pure rage as one of his fist went flying through a nearby wall, punching a large hole in it. He stood there for a long moment, breathing heavily, heart pounding before letting out an angry yell. “NARAKU!!!”