This is a dark drabble.
It is rated M for mature themes and content.
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Summary: Kagome Higurashi had the most unfortunate luck to have her mother return the family to her homeland, Japan, mere weeks before the appointment of Onigumo Aranku as Prime Minister. Now trapped on an island and labeled "Not Human" for miko powers she didn't know she even had, she must work together with new friends in an attempt to escape with their lives.
Correction - Chapter 1
The silver headed young man tugged urgently at the woman whose fingers were clasped in his own. He pulled her deeper into the forest all the while trying to rip the bracelet that subdued his powers from his wrist. He couldn't quite gather how the situation had gotten so desperate when he had decided to take his young bride back to his homeland in search of the brother no one seemed to have heard from.
Ever since the appointment of Onigumo Aranku as prime minister, a black veil had seemingly covered the land of the rising sun. Within a few weeks nothing was heard from within the country and those with loved ones inside were left to worry. That was why he had ended up pulling some strings to get him back on the island to find his brother and father, both of which were last seen in the imperial district of Tokyo.
He had secured passage to a basically unused port and from the beach had made his way inland his wife and mate shadowing his movements with no complaints upon her lips. He should have known something was deeply amiss and he should have insisted that she stay home. He had actually felt it when they finally had gotten to the edge of the city. But he had been a bit out of it because of such a strange feeling. The lack of youki in the air, when he was finally able to put a name to the strange feeling, was troubling. The reaction of the seemingly subdued populace was unwarranted. They shunned the couple, leaving only the woman to be able to secure lodging when remarks of not catering to his kind seemed to be found everywhere and on the tip of every tongue.
The woman behind him tripped letting out a painful yelp clutching her side and holding back a dry heave. "Sesshomaru I don't think I can…" She started before he scooped her up in his arms and continued forward. They didn't have time to stop; their pursuers were right on their heels. And if he couldn't release his youki they would be upon them far too soon.
"Listen to me; I'll tell them, I was using you as a shield. Take off your ring." He demanded. She adamantly shook her head. "Rin…"
"I'm not going to leave you." She said defiantly, her face flushed her chest heaving. "Let me run on my own, we can still reach the shore…"
"Someone has to get back to Shanghai and tell my mother what is going on here. They aren't going to let me leave. But you are human." He replied hating that her stubbornness, a trait that he often loved, was pitting her against him.
"They have an iron grip on the entire populace; it won't be an hour before they realize I'm not supposed to be here either…" She retorted knowing her point had been made. "Just stop, maybe they'll let you get to the shoreline if we pretend I am your hostage… We at least have to let Miroku see us in trouble, even if we can't make it to him, he will go get help."
Sesshomaru let out a frustrated growl as the commotion of the pursuers reached his still sensitive ears. "I need you to run I hear the waves we might make it to the shore…" He stressed his body literally burning for not being able to release its power and do the one thing that his muffled inner youkai was demanding of him, protect his mate.
"I know…" Rin muttered as she felt him shift getting ready to put her down without slowing down too much. She pressed her lips softly against his before her foot touched the ground and she was running again.
The couple made it to the beach bursting from the trees mere seconds before their followers did. She made like she stumbled placing hastily removed wedding bands under a piece of drift wood. A would be blinking light set away from the shore assuring her that her older cousin was watching. She quickly signed the word 'trouble' and then pointed at the drift wood, praying that he got her message. And then within a moment Sesshomaru had grabbed her arm and placed her in front of him, using her as a shield of sorts, knowing that if any indication that harm was coming her way to get to him would completely blow their cover.
"Youkai… step away from the girl and we shall not have to use force." One man in military garb said a gun trained on the duo.
"Are you willing to kill a civilian just to capture me?" Sesshomaru asked jerking Rin lightly causing her to whimper in character.
The way Sesshomaru had Rin turned allowed for her to roughly sign what was happening to Miroku and give him a warning to stay put. There wasn't enough time for him to do anything anyway. If he brought the boat in to get them, he would most probably be caught too. That was why Sesshomaru had insisted that they flew in from the boat, and that Miroku keep a trained scope on the beach until their return. The light from that scope was flickering near the horizon every time Rin had a chance to glance at it so she knew he had done as asked.
"We don't have to kill her to get to you. That bracelet subdues your power, and this gun incapacitates the energy of inhuman things like you…" The man said as his men moved forward to form a half circle around the couple. "So just let her go and we'll take you to Shikon with the rest of the freaks."
"Fine, I…" Sesshomaru started before another solider muttered angrily.
"Fucking trash…" The camo-ed man said before firing his gun without orders. A white ball of energy shot into, and through both Rin and Sesshomaru. Sesshomaru almost immediately fell to the ground, his body instantly wracked with pain. His inner youkai fought to take control but was subdued and only brought the red tint to his eyes.
But there were three things he noticed as the world started to spiral into blackness. The first was the apparent commander verbally reprimanded the man that had shot him. The second were the footsteps of the other men as they surrounded him. And the third was Rin, crumpled on the ground in the fetal position, unconscious, her muscles taunt as a few straggling soldiers looked at her, confusion evident in their faces.
"This isn't the gun that works on spiritual energy is it?" Sesshomaru heard as he closed his eyes his mind slowly fading out.
"No… But she looks, isn't she human?"
"I guess not… She has to have youkai blood."
"But she's human…" Sesshomaru muttered before falling into the darkness.