Tashio was sitting on his couch with his wife and mate Izaiyo watching a movie when the front door of his living room burst open

Tashio was sitting on his couch with his wife and mate Izaiyo watching a movie when the front door of his living room burst open. Inuyasha, Miroku, and Ginta shuffled inside carrying an unconscious Sesshomaru in the room and dropped his ungracefully on the couch. The others came in and closed the door behind them. Izaiyo gasped and untangled herself from Tashio and went to her stepson's side.

"What happened to him Inuyasha?" Izaiyo pulled the silver hair away from his face.

It took a minute for Inuyasha to answer as he caught his breath. He hadn't realized that Sesshomaru would be so heavy.

"We had… to knock…him out" he said heavily.

Tashio saw the blood that covered Izaiyo's palm as she moved it from Sesshomaru's head.

"Don't you think you hit him a little too hard, darling" Izaiyo got up to get the first aid kit from the kitchen.

"What did you hit him for this time, Inuyasha" they always ended up injuring each other all the time. Tashio was getting annoyed with it. They were interrupting him and Izaiyo's private time.

Inuyasha sat where his father was sitting on the bigger couch. He pulled up his feet and set them on the table. He instantly dropped them at the glare on his mother's face when she returned from the kitchen. "Sorry"

The others had sat down on the floor or leaned against the wall waiting to hear the story on why Sesshomaru went loony. Apparently they only chipped in to help when Sesshomaru sent Inuyasha flying out the window.

"Fluffy, here went crazy when he found out his supposed to be dead mate was alive and mated to another" Inuyasha said.

"What mate" Izaiyo said looking at Tashio. She never knew that Sesshomaru had a mate.

Tashio hadn't heard a thing she said. He was shocked at the news. Could she be alive? How? 500 years he put up-… 500 years. That's a bit long for a human…too long.

"Is she still…human?" he was hoping that if she wasn't she would be werewolf, for their sake.

"Nope, Kagome's all vampire and has no memory of Sesshomaru what' so ever" Kouga spoke up from the floor.

Izaiyo was getting annoyed that nobody was even listening to her as she demanded to know who they were talking about. She pulled hard on Tashio's aura and looked at him with stern eyes as he glared at her.

"Don't look at me like that. I've been asking for the longest who are you talking about"

He apologized that he hadn't listened to her and explained the situation to her. Her eyes widened in sympathy at the details of their love, Kagome's death, Sesshomaru's depression and his growing coldness to the world. Izaiyo bent her head low to Sesshomaru's and kissed him lightly on the head, rubbing his stained hair. "My poor fluffy"

Inuyasha began to laugh. "You know when he founds out what you did and called him, he's going to have a fit"

Izaiyo eyes bled in anger but it was harmless. "So! He's lost the love of his life, no wonder I could never reach him he has distanced himself from all. All because of her" she said sweetly as she continued to stroke his hair.

Izaiyo thought back to when Sesshomaru's mother had died from a battle wound and Tashio was left alone with his son. Year's later Tashio had met Izaiyo a village princess who had helped him hideout from enemies to recover from a severe wound he sustained in battle. Everything to its path from that point their relationship was kept hidden from Sesshomaru who had still missed his mother dearly.

When Tashio found out that Izaiyo was pregnant with Inuyasha, she moved in with him and Sesshomaru. And you all know how that went. When the treaty between the werewolves and vampires were strained Tashio had sent Izaiyo to live elsewhere for awhile until the lands were calm. She came back much after Sesshomaru mate was killed she noticed the dark aura around Sesshomaru and questioned Tashio, but he had refused to talk about it. It pained him too much.

So now she knew and she looked at him in a new light. She had thought that he had hated people around him except him father of course, who had raised him but… he was just hurting. He was feeling so much hurt and pain that he covered it up with anger that had soon began to eat away at him. Whoever this Kagome was, Izaiyo vowed to bring them back together.

Tashio rolled his eyes and shook his head at his mate Izaiyo. She was all over Sesshomaru sympathizing him. She probably was thinking right know how this would be compared to that damn movie The Notebook. I hated how she would always cry at the end.

"How come she can't remember him" Tashio said.

"I don't know Sesshomaru figured that her mate has something to do with it" Inuyasha shrugged his shoulders and ate some popcorn from a bowl on the table.

"And who is her mate" Tashio didn't like this information one bit. It is against law that one steals another mate while still mated.

Inuyasha choked on his popcorn. "Oh cough I forgot to cough tell you"

"Her mate is Bankotsu" one of the men said from the huddle on the floor.

Bankotsu. He had never heard the name before. "Who is that?"

Inuyasha had stopped coughing and gained his breath. "I don't know who he is; I just heard who she was mated to"

Miroku stepped up from the wall and stood in front of Tashio. "Bankotsu is the son Naraku has been hiding since his birth. And the one responsible for sending the spies to Sesshomaru's border"

Izaiyo stood up abruptly. "What! You mean that she's been living with that man for 500 years. The same one that killed her!"

Tashio moved to comfort his angry wife. But she had stepped from him. Clearly she was upset even though she had not met Kagome.

"You better not tell me Inuyasha that you let her go back to that monster Naraku" Izaiyo had her finger pointing at Inuyasha. Memories triggered in his mind of the times when he used to steal cookies from the jar and smear the chocolate on her dresses to clean his hands. He pulled his ears back.

"Mom she doesn't even remember me, I can't kidnap her if she has no memory she'll be scared senseless" his ears pulled back further.

"I don't care, kidnap her the next time you see her. Even if she doesn't know it, none of us will hurt her, she is better in our care than Naraku's" she narrowed her eyes at Inuyasha.

"Mrs. Tashio" Miroku jumped back at the piercing "what" she yelled at him. "It will be okay for the time being, she is staying at her friends Sango's house"

"For how long! What if Ban...Banki, whatever the hell his name is finds her and does something else to her." she was near tears. "Then Sesshomaru won't get his love back and he will remain cold and empty"

Izaiyo went to her mates arm and cried into his shoulder. This was too much for her! Tashio stroked her hair to calm her down. When her cries lessened her pulled her away and cupped her chin.

"Izaiyo, if they say that she has no memory of us then kidnapping is not the best solution we have" Izaiyo opened her mouth to speak; he placed his finger over her lips. "She is vampire and she might be afraid of us but only if it comes down to forcing her to stay with us then I will have it done" Izaiyo smiled but she wasn't completely satisfied though.

Aloud groan came from the big heap on the couch. Sesshomaru was beginning to wake up; he dragged his legs from the side of couch and pulled himself up. A hand trailed up to holding his head as he got up.

Sesshomaru p.o.v.

I woke up on a couch in my father's living room. My head was throbbing and spinning out of control, everything was a blur. The smells in the room indicated that Ginta, Miroku, Kouga, and the others were here. Inuyasha was close nearby, my father and Izaiyo was here also. As I tried to get up my head spun quicker and I fell back against the couch. My hand was warm and wet. It smelled like blood.

What happened? Oh yes I flipped out when I found out that Kagome was mated to my enemy Bankotsu. Worse of all she was daughter in-law to the man that killed her. Inuyasha had fought to keep me away from her and I turned on him throwing him out the window. The others came and someone knocked me out.

I could hear Izaiyo's voice and see her a bit from all the spinning. She held my held and her words were soft and caring, like my mother's. I pulled my hand away from hers. It brought too many memories I did not want to face. She looked at me with tears welled in her eyes. She was crying before. I heard it moments before I got up. For the first time since I have known her she pushed my coldness aside and gripped my hands again.

Her big brown eyes clashed with my gold ones, she looked deep inside of me as if she could feel my pain and sorrow. Inuyasha has told her then, I don't need her pity. I moved her hands from mine and stood up. My vision was much clearer than before and I suddenly felt tired. The look on my father face was an emotion different from pity, did he express sympathy for me or was he sad to see his eldest son so far gone from him and the world.

I moved my left hand to my pocket and felt for my car keys the entire time I said nothing. Luckily they hadn't fallen out or I would have to call Jaken to come and get me. I never left my father's eyes that were until I decided to take my leave. Izaiyo stared up at me from the couch I had left her at. She probably thought I was a hopeless case. But the funny thing was I never hated her. She was every thing my mother was: kind hearted, spirited, strong, and beautiful. But something in my heart never wanted to accept her.

I knew it wasn't her fault.

I turned to leave heading for the door, Miroku and the others had moved to make way for me. I opened it and took only one step before I felt a hand on my shoulder. I turned to see who it was. The one person I was not expected to see my brother Inuyasha behind me, His golden eyes begging in silent pleas.

"Stay, Sesshomaru"

I stood there, too paralyzed to move.

"You can stay up in your old room, it's still untouched" My father said from the center of the room.

I really didn't feel like driving all the way home, I was tired and my head still hurt from whoever hit me, but I could find out about that later. I closed the door. Izaiyo broke out in a smile and squealed. She kissed my father on the cheek while she went and cooked some dinner. Was she really happy that I stayed?

"Sesshomaru, we need to talk"

No we didn't. I already knew what my father wanted to talk about but it was simple. I am going to get Kagome back no matter how I do it but it will be done. I said nothing as I followed my father upstairs to his study and shut the door behind me. From the look he was giving me I knew he was going to get straight to the point.

"You will not go and do something foolish Sesshomaru; I raised you better than that"

"What makes you think I would do something like that" I said my voice hard as usual.

"Because I know you, and from what I heard she doesn't … for now" He crossed his hands. "Whatever you're thinking about forget it"

Quite frankly I was slightly angered by this. "You are to tell me how I should react after finding out my mate has been alive with another man for the past 500 years she should've been dead"

My father sighed. "No Sesshomaru I don't but you need to think straight, you can't just force everything in her face or she'll just run away-

"You think I don't know that already, she ran from me in the club, she thought I was going to kill her when my beast was trying to surface!" I sat down in the chair.

"There are other way's you can talk to her" Tashio was actually trying to convince himself of that.

"Oh really, now how would you go about that if you hadn't seen Izaiyo for 500 years" Tashio eyebrows twitched. "Exactly, and you can't even stay off each other for 25 minutes"

Instead of comforting me, he was giving me another headache. "Sesshomaru all I'm saying is just think before you do something, I know it will be hard but try."

I said nothing to him as I got up from the chair. I need a shower and some rest. Before I shut the door of his study He called out.

"Sesshomaru, we are all in this with you, even Izaiyo so don't get all hasty with her."

Helping me out? I didn't ask for help but… if it will bring me and Kagome back then why not. With the conditions she's in I'll need all the help I can get. After I showered and ate. I went up to my old room and lay in the covers. My mind kept going back to the club and when she had ran away from me. The look on her face was complete fear something I truly did not want to cause her. Her friend. Uh what's her name…? Sango yea Sango had grabbed her from my gaze and they ran towards the exit.

Wait… she said she was staying with her friend Sango for awhile. I yanked the covers back and searched for my jeans in all my nakedness. My phone was on silent but no one had called as expected. It was my day off. I dialed the number I had by memory and waited for the other line to pick up. The familiar raspy voice of a man answered.

"Hello"

"Jaken, do a search for a 30 mile location from a club named KaSan for any property belonging to a Sango person"

"Yes sir"

"I want the results by tomorrow"

"yes sir"

I hung up the phone and went back to my bed. Maybe I'll see my Kagome soon enough"