I was just making the final preparations for my departure. I watched my reflection in the big wall mirror in my luxurious apartment in the center of Tokyo. My silver hair tied in a neat ponytail, the black suit tailored specifically on me made a great luxurious first impression along with my silver tie and waxed out black business shoes. I strapped my Rolex watch onto my wrist and gave my reflection one more look through and closed my eyes to concentrate on the illusion magic I had to put on my face every single time I left the confinement of my place. The pointy ears got rounded, the markings on my face faded and the shard claws and fangs got dulled. I sighed in discomfort. Even after 500 years I could not get used to the way things were.

The powerful demons like myself are in hiding from mere humans, all cause of the technology they mastered. Their weapons stronger and faster than anyone could match, they fear anything that is not to their knowledge and they shoot before they ask questions. Yet I refused to change the color of my eyes. The gold behind the hard look still very much present.

"Lord Sesshomaru?"

I looked over my shoulder to see a young man standing behind me with a pile of papers in his arms pinned to a clipboard. His fitted suit and tie making him look very professional, yet the childish charms of the young fox boy were still very prominent, even though his illusion magic was on a higher level than my own. He sure grew up to be a reliable companion, yet I thought of him as so much more.

"I told you not to call me that," I answered seeing the smile on the boy's face.

"I'm sorry, father. I just received a text that the limousine is ready for you downstairs."

I nodded my head in his direction and put my keys and cellphone into the pocket of my suit. I petted Kilala that lay on the couch near my coffee table on which I kept my keys and motioned for Shippo to follow me.

"I'm ready. Let's go, Shippo."

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I watched the city scenery around us as the limousine made its way through the busy streets of Tokyo and listened to the voice of my now adopted son as he read through the papers he was holding.

"..The stocks are on the rise as well so we should reconsider selling right now as well. Taisho industries have a major investment in the lands over there and selling now could cause a large loss."

"We will hold on on selling then. I don't mind waiting for a while to see how the market develops in that area. I doubt we will make any more there though. The boom already happened, so keep the file on top for me so we don't forget about it," I gave my own input on the matter as Shippo dutifully wrote comments on them for me and did as I said.

It has now been 500 years now since the day she disappeared from my life without a trace. But even after such a long time, there wasn't a day I did not think about the girl that held my heart in her grasp for all eternity. I have never taken a mate, even when times changed and humans took control of the world, even when demons became almost extinct. Even when Sango ad Miroku left to make their own little pack and lived a very happy life. I still watch over the kids of their kids who had kids and so on. The Taisho corporation recently even payed for the university tuition for three of the young ones in full and it always brings joy to see them blossom into wonderful people. Young Yumi looks so much like Sango it almost hurts to look at her. I stay in contact with all of them, brings my tortured at least a little joy to see a children's postcard in my mailbox for Christmas from one of them. But even with that, and Shippo and Kilala by my side, there is still a big void inside me present.

My business partners nag me about the future of the Taisho corporation, the biggest real-estate company in Japan. They want an heir. Even though I always told them that Shippo would take over once I will not be able to continue, they do not stop. They set up extravagant business parties with pretense of betterment of the company, yet I see them setting up meetings with the ladies to try and find me a mate. What they do not know is, this Sesshomaru already has a mate. The only problem is, I have not seen anything about her in the last 500 years.

"Father?"

Shippo broke my string of thought as the limousine stopped in front of an old temple.

"You insist on visiting the properties for buy yourself this day of the year but are you sure you're alright?"

I can see the worry in his face, same every other year on this exact day.

"Yes, I'm fine. Now let's persuade the residents to sell the property so we can expand."

Shippo nodded and made his way out of the car. I took a deep breath, put on my professional mask and followed in his footsteps.

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The Higurashi family was the most stubborn family I have ever met. We planned to buy their property a long time ago and build a new hotel there, even offered to pay them generously, yet they refuse to budge. No matter how much money they got offered they refused, even though the temple they live in is old, run down and in desperate need of renovation.

Why even bother with this in this day and age?

Peoples gods became power and money, barely anyone ever prays to the gods anyway, so their desperation to keep the place in this very state puzzles me. I had countless people over here trying to persuade them, but no logic applied to these people. That's why, I decided to visit them personally.

I walked up the long staircase, taking a note of the climb being impossible for the elderly.

As I arrived into the main grounds, I could see the dire state the temple was in. there was a recent fire that destroyed half a shed, there were some boards that did not look safe anymore, yet the grounds were kept clean, the temple had fresh flowers and the sacred tree had new charms installed keeping it in perfect conditions. These people valued the temple more than their house. I glimpsed at the tree that my half-brother was sealed to such a long time ago and I got a new urge to demolish this place once and for all. I made my way to the door of their house and knocked. I heard a soft voice and gentle footsteps approaching me:

"Just a minute!"

Once the door opened, I stopped in my tracks. The smell that hit my nose hit me like a truck. From the corner of my eye I could see Shippo just as confused as I was.

In front of me stood a woman. She looked fairly young, had big chocolate eyes and a smile on her face. She reminded me so much of Kagome I took a step back.

"What can I do for you young man?" she asked after she saw my stunned expression.

I needed to get my thoughts together so I composed myself as quickly as I could, clearing my throat and looking straight at her.

"My name is Sesshomaru Taisho and I'm the current head of the Taisho corporation…"

She did not even let me finish as she frowned and chastised me like a mother would her pup.

"I told this to your people and I will say it to you too young man. We will not sell the temple."

I was stunned by her strict voice. Even my own mother didn't talk to me like this. I frowned myself. She even had the attitude Kagome had. Why is this woman so close to Kagome?

Could she be Kagome?

The thought the beast get to my head made my heart racing. That would explain the scent, even though it is a bit odd. I definitely smell Kagomes scent, I could never get that wrong. But this woman's scent is a bit different? A smallish child came running to the door and grabbed the woman by her leg.

"Mom, who is this?"

My heart stopped. Mom? If this is Kagome, is she a mother? Did she take another mate?

"It's the people from Taisho corp again, go do your homework Sota," she said in a calm voice and after a brief stare from the boy he did as his mother said and run off to. I could barely speak.

"You have a child?" I asked before I could even catch myself.

The woman suddenly changed, as if she would love nothing more than to talk about her precious kids.

"I have two of them."

That's such a Kagome behavior as well. My heart sank into my stomach, I felt like I will be sick. Is this where my Kagome has been all this time? Away from me, finding another mate?

I saw Shippo ruffle through the papers hysterically as if he was trying to make sense of this as well. Could this really be her? I was totally crushed in front of this woman. Would she look at me and not know who I was? Even though the illusion magic was in place, my features didn't change that much.

I could not make any sense of this in my head. How could she travel in time like that? Then I remembered. She told me about traveling through time through a well when I trained her. Does this shrine have a well?

"Can I ask you one thing? Does this shrine have a well?"

I could see the woman pale softly.

"Yes. Why do you ask?"

I was positive. This woman was Kagome. She moved on without me like I should have done a long time ago. I was about to leave when Shippo interrupted everything.

"Excuse me miss, but what is your name?"

"Asako," she said and before I could ask anything more a bright light came from what I assumed to be the well.

I did not believe it. The scent that hit my nose in that instance was unmistakable. Asako was not Kagome because Kagome was….

"Mom! Something happened and I can't go back!"

Her panicked voice was like melody to my ears. My body reacted sooner than my thoughts as I rushed to the door to the well and before I could open it, she rushed out and fell straight into my arms.

She was here. Kagome was with me again.

Her scent, her warmth, her voice….it was really her.

She looked up at me confused for a second, then her eyes widened and she shrieked out:

"Sesshomaru?!"

I could not help it. I held her tightly in my arms, nuzzled my nose into her hair as teas ran down my cheek. The illusion magic I was trying to hold in front of her mother long gone, disappearing into nothing as I held my mate in my embrace again. She was here. She did not leave me. She came back to me.

I cupped her cheek and without thinking leaned down to kiss her. Her surprise was evident, but she did not fight me. After a while she pulled away and wiped my tears away.

"Sesshomaru, what happened?" how are you here?

"I thought I lost you. You just disappeared. For 500 years I searched for you..."

Her eyes filled with tears hearing my words as she held onto me, her voice shaky.

"Oh God, that had to be terrible. For me it was an instant, but you went through 500 years..."

"Excuse me. What is going on?"

Her mothers confused voice brought us back to reality. Oh god. I had kissed her daughter right in front of her, my disguise was revealed in front of her as well and now my claws, pointy ears and markings were visible. I was screwed.

"Ma'am I…"

"Mom, this is Sesshomaru. Inayasha's older brother that is a full demon. I told you about him remember?"

Her words shocked me. She talked about me to her mother? When?

"Oh my," said her mother in a sweet voice her voice sounding happy for some reason. "You should have told me you were the one who helped our Kagome so much. I would have invited you in for some tea. Where are my manners. Please, come in."

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Things were crazy from there. Her mother and me had a conversation about why she didn't want to sell the property, and it was cause of the well and that her daughter traveled through time through there. Since it will not be needed anymore, they agreed to the very generous offer from me to sell the property and to relocating into the luxurious complex I lived in, which in turn meant, I got to move Kagome into the same apartment I lived in. I did not let her out of my reach for a few days from that moment. She had to fight me to go anywhere by herself but the reassurance of her scent in my apartment, around my furniture, in my arms calmed my nerves to no end. My business partners were very surprised, slightly confused but in the end happy when I introduced Kagome to them as my fiancé. They finally got what they wanted from me. And me…I could not have been happier.

As we lay in our bed me holding her hand in mine and our foreheads touching, my moon now reflected on hers now that she became my mate, I could not have been happier.

Father, I finally do have someone to protect.