Disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha! But this idea is all mine!

Previous Fic (North and West)

I love you

"I love you too," she whispered but knew the wind would not carry her message to him.

This is forever both thought as they reminisced about their short time together and the happiness they felt that too will last forever

Sesshoumaru sighed and looked out the window of his office. Too many years had gone by. So much was different now. The endless forest of trees had been replaced but endless forest of sky scrapers that could his father's true form to shame. The fresh and clean smell, he took for granted, was replaced by the gritty smell of car exhaust and other various types of air pollution. The fields of flowers had been replaced by fields of roads and highways. The magic was gone and so was the romance of the feudal era.

In the feudal era you could travel for days and days and see nothing but the sky above you and hear the quiet song of the trees. The former demon lord sighed. Yes, former. He was no longer a lord. The days of absolute rulers was gone and replaced by governments that knew of the existence of demons but kept it silent. All Sesshoumaru was now was a number. So was everyone else. The depressing part of that was that no matter what you do, you'll always be nothing but a number.

That is the depressing part of it all. I am a number, not a person. I am statistic to the government. That's all I am some days he couldn't help but become depressed at that thought. I used to be someone important. I used to decide all important matters. Now look at me, if I were to retire, no one would miss me. I would still only be a number. Anyone had to admit, that was a depressing thought, when you actually had time to think about it. The world today is in such a hurry. I miss being able to wander the wilds of Japan with Rin and Jaken and not think of anything he laughed a bit at his desk I sound like the elders that used to about when they were young he laughed a little harder. Such a thing till foreign to him. A secretary walked in that asked for his signature. He read over the document and signed it. In a way I am still important. I do own my own multi-billion dollar company the thought provided little comfort to him. After the secretary left, he went to looking out the window.

That's all his office was really, windows. He loved them. It gave him the illusion he was outside. But illusions only lasted so long before you had to return to reality. I'll just drift for a few more moments he thought but knew reality was coming rushing back to him. He thought of Kairi; a thought that rarely entered his mind now. Back in the feudal era when he had to stop seeing her, she was all he thought about, but now, it was as if she was nothing but a memory that was faded by time. All she is is a memory. Nothing more. A faded face from a picture worn down by time. This thought helped little in making her face go away in his head.

He stood up abruptly and gathered his things and walked out the door of his office and out of his business, Takashiro World Corp. Other high class business leaders had limos drive them around but he preferred to walk. There was something he could still do, walk from place to place like he was meant to. While humans wanted ways to make their lives increasingly better, all he wanted was to keep things the way they are.

He sighed a bit and passed the spot where he and Kairi met for the first time. He smiled a bit at the memory. Kairi, how are you doing these days? Are you even alive? Do you even remember who I am or am I nothing but a faded face? He walked into his modest house. He was a multi-billionaire but found little use for his money. What was the point of spending so much when it couldn't give you what you want? There was one thing he wanted and he owned it. The last park in Tokyo. It was his, no one else's. He owned it and that meant no one could build on it and no one could make him.

His things fell to the floor the moment he shut the door and pressed the play button on his answering machine. Inuyasha was on there.

I know you're at work right now but can you give me a call when you get in? There's a favour I need form you…….

Sesshoumaru couldn't help but laugh.

"What the favour is is money. Why can't you go and get a real job Inuyasha?" he laughed a bit more. The former ruler of the West shook his head as he heard the next message. It was from Shippo, asking for money as well. "Money, money, money; that's all anyone wants from me now. I was once so hated but now I'm loved because I have money," he deleted all his messages. All anyone ever wanted from him now was money and that thought as well was depressing.

He opened the fridge door and grabbed some leftover pizza and popped it into the microwave and watched the left over pizza slices spin round and round. The beep was a sound he hated so he had it changed to a chime of sorts, a much gentler sound than a beep. Out came the pizza slices and so he sat down on the couch on the living room and started to read one of his favourite books while he ate. "Such is the life," he closed his eyes and left the left over pizza fall to the floor as he fell into his own mind. He wasn't bitter. No not at all. He wasn't full of self pity either but sometimes he was depressed.

In the feudal era, I had a purpose. Now all I do is sign papers and talk to snooty business owners. This is what I do day in and day out. I hate routines.

Kairi sat on a chair in the kitchen of her own little apartment. She watched T.V. and as usual it was about the rich Mr. Takashiro the multi-billionaire.

"If only it was you Sesshoumaru," she sighed and watched the news about how Mr. Takashiro was working on a new project and how it could either make or break his company. "That guy is an idiot. Is he trying to destroy his company?" she asked between mouthfuls of food. Since they had been separate, she couldn't help but think about him but his face was nothing but a faded photo. "I wish I could remember you so fully. I wish I could see you one last time. Just to know you were safe. That's impossible thought," tears ran down her cheeks. She couldn't help herself. The only man she ever loved was gone from her life forever. She buried her face into a pillow and cried. Cried for her lost love, lost lands, and lost life. "Just once. Please, that's all I ask. Just once more," she begged into her pillow. She wondered for a brief moment if anyone of importance was listening to a demons plea for love.

What'd ya think? I saw not bad. I mean I made it as long as I could but at the end, you all can see I ran out of ideas. So review please and tell me what you think.