Thank you for all the reviews. Sorry that I keep messing up Shuichi's name, I only found out about the correct spelling of his name about a week before I started typing this story. Still haven't gotten used to the change. On to the fic!
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Inuyasha awoke in a dimly lit room to find himself bound both physically and magically. Sniffing the air he smelled another person in the room with him and growled deep in his throat. His growl drew out the red-haired kitsune who he had seen with his mate earlier, keeping her from him.
"You scare her."
That one comment stopped his growling and caused him to simply glare at the kitsune with an unbelieving look, "Why would she be scared? I protect her!"
The kitsune leveled a cool gaze at him full of pity and hate. "You protect her, but who protects her from you."
Inuyasha growled, even though his expression was that of a whipped puppy. Its not that he didn't know what he had done, but he knew Kagome, she would forgive him, just like she always did. He didn't want to hurt her. "I..." He doesn't even try to express himself to this kitsune. Everything he could think of sounded weak, even to him.
"We know you may not have been able to control your actions and because of that we are working on getting you help. There is no telling what Kagome will do, but you will not need to worry about her."
Inuyasha lets out a harsh growl, "I suppose you're going to take care of that from now on. You bastard, she's mine! I won't let you have her!" He struggles against his bonds and his eyes flash red once again.
"She is not a possession; she has every right to deny you. I'm sure you've noticed the decline of demon's in ningenkai since your time with her. Demons are sequestered to makai and you will be going there if anywhere. Kagome can't go there with you and hanyou and their descendants are still forbidden. You can't live a life with her and with the way you treat her, do you think she even wants to?"
"What about you and your friends? You're demons also, why aren't you in this makai place?"
"We work for reikai, it is our job to make sure that humans and demons stay separate."
"Oh, well you seem to be doing a peachy job of that, getting all cozy with my Kagome!" The kitsune stays quiet at Inuyasha's last outburst. "Can't say anything back about that, can you?" Frowning, the kitsune leaves the room and Inuyasha, followed by curses and shouts.
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Kurama sighs as he leaves the room where they had locked up Inuyasha. Though the hanyou seemed to have gone slightly insane he was not beyond help. His final sentences had caused Kurama to consider his relationship and feelings for the miko that had been his friend for so many years. He had to admit, if only to himself, that yes he did have strong feelings for the girl. He also knew that he could do nothing about it. Mixing demon blood and human was just asking for trouble and he would not cause her more pain.
He clenched his fist as he came up to the main room where everyone had gathered to discuss what to do. Hiei noticed his tense entrance first, but made no comment on it.
"How did it go?"
"Not well I am afraid. I tried to explain that he would have to go to makai and he wouldn't listen. His jealousy is blinding him and driving him insane it seems."
"Hn."
"This is not good. Even if we get him to makai he may just escape and come after her again."
"Damn it, where's Botan. She said she was going to get info on that Inuyasha guy. She should be back by now."
"Hello." An all to cheerful voice calls from outside and all those within look up at the door as it slides open. "I found some information about the girl's attacker." She looked ready to continue when she noticed the looks she was getting, "What is there something on my face?"
Kurama sighs slightly, "No. We have Inuyasha contained in a room. Genkai has sealed him for the moment but it seems he was not after the Shikon."
Botan blinks in confusion, "Then what was he after?" She looks between all of them and sees a few red faces, Yusuke's was as red as a tomato and he scratched his chin to avoid eye contact.
"He was after Kagome. He thinks she is his mate, the girl does not agree with him on that." Genkai looks levelly at Botan. "We need to get him to makai and keep him there or the girl will never get any rest from him."
"Oh, well if that's the case." Botan goes back to being overly cheerful, "There was a warrant in makai for his capture. The Western Lord is the one that issued it and he told Koenma when he issued the warrant that he had the means to contain him." She looks up, tapping her chin, "It's weird though, he only issued the warrant in the last month or so but the facilities he described for Inuyasha's containment would have taken years to get ready."
"Not so strange really. The Western Lord was alive before the creation of makai and the barrier. I believe he was the one that led the group that wished to create a separate world for demons."
"It is still strange Kurama, the Western Lord has never shown interest in the happenings of lesser youkai and especially not hanyous, like the one that attacked the girl." Hiei narrows his eyes at Kurama, "Unless there is something you are not telling us about."
Everyone directed their attention on the kitsune who looked a bit guilty at Hiei's accusation.
"I think we should ask Kagome. It is possible that the Western Lord knew in advance of Inuyasha's actions and was anticipating something like this."
"But how would a demon know several years in advance of something like this?!"
"That Yusuke is what we will have to ask Kagome."
"You're still keeping something from us."
"It is not my place to tell you that?"
"Kurama?" The room turned to the door that leads to the room where Kagome was resting and see her standing unsteadily against the door frame. "I... I didn't mean to eavesdrop. I heard you talking. Thank you for keeping my secret, but I think they need to know. Um... the Western Lord you are talking about, is it Sesshoumaru?"
They all look at her in shock, though Kurama was less surprised than the others. "How do you know his name girl? That is not knowledge that a human should have."
"Um... well Inuyasha is Sesshoumaru's half brother... He helped us fight Naraku..."
"But Naraku was destroyed 500 years ago, at the same time the Shikon vanished." Botan looked at Kagome worriedly.
Kurama had moved to help Kagome sit down before answering for her, "Kagome has been traveling back to 500 years ago for the past year or so. That was where she met Inuyasha. I suspect she was the miko that traveled searching for the jewel at that time."
"I had broken it and was trying to gather the shards. Naraku had the same goal."
Kurama nods. Botan was looking thoughtful, "So Sesshoumaru has been waiting 500 years for Inuyasha to make his move. It still doesn't make sense, why wait 500 years?"
"I sealed the well; it was the portal to the past. Inuyasha attacked me there; my friends gave me time to escape."
"Ok so it makes sense, we still need to get him to this Western Lord guy or he'll just get out of makai and come after her again."
Kagome huddled against Kurama at the thought.
"Well Koenma said that when he was captured the Western Lord would send someone to collect him."
They all looked at Botan, "And you didn't think to mention that earlier? Tell Koenma we have the guy and get this other guy here to take him away."
"Ah well, tehee. I think I'll go do that." She pulls out her compact communicator and calls up Koenma.
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Hope you guys like this, sorry it took me all week to write it. Things are going to be sparse for the next week. I'm out of school and there is no easy way for me to upload things from the computer I write on. So, sorry about the delay.