Chapter Three:

The Sesshoumaru That Attacked Tokyo

It was mid day in Tokyo, but the people, previously going about their daily business, stood still and stared at the man who had appeared on the street.  His hair was white, and reached his knees, and he had pointed ears and strange markings on his face.  Not to mention slitted gold eyes.

It was not apparent from the outside, but Sesshoumaru was furious.  How dare these worthless humans be so numerous in his lands?!  But then again, he wasn't all that sure he was still in his lands.  The village he was in was very large, and completely different from anything he'd ever seen before.  And what were all those things he smelled?

But unfamiliar territory and crowds of humans certainly weren't going to faze the great youkai lord.  He walked with his natural grace, head high, and glared daggers at every human who looked at him.  ~Disrespectful ningen,~ he thought, disgusted.  ~They should show proper respect for a youkai.  Especially a lord.~

But again, he had to hesitate at that thought.  There was no doubt in his mind that he had been killed and revived; his last memory before waking in the burial chamber was his battle with that daija [snake], Michiomaru, and the pain of having his body crushed and his breath forced out of him.  At his death, his daughter should have taken control of his lands.  That meant that though he was alive, he was no longer the inu taishou [dog leader – Inutaishou was also the father of Sesshoumaru and Inuyasha].

~I must find Takara,~ he thought.  ~And she will explain to me why there is such an excess of ningen filth in our lands.~

At that thought, Sesshoumaru purposely walked to one of the humans who was gawking at him.  In a move to quick for the human to see, the youkai held his neck in one hand, and the human's feet were off of the ground.

"You will take me to the current inu taishou," he commanded.  The humans around him were suddenly active; his sensitive ears rang from their screams as they panicked.  The man he held wrapped both of his hands around Sesshoumaru's wrist.

"I don't know what you're talking about!" he cried.  Sesshoumaru's eyes narrowed further.

"You WILL comply with my wishes, ningen.  Or else I will kill you."

"Help me!" the man cried out.  Sesshoumaru growled slightly, dropped the human on the ground, and turned to face the other humans who were still around him, terrified.

"Whoever can take me to the inu taishou will live," he told them.  "I have no use for anyone else."

His ears picked up a horrid sound that was getting louder and louder; inwardly he cringed as he fought the urge to cover his ears.  Suddenly, what had to be a youkai roared up to him.  There were lights flashing on its head, and the horrible noise was coming from it.  To his surprise, humans dressed in blue emerged from it.

~What manner of beast is that?~ He thought, shocked.  The humans in blue pointed oddly shaped black sticks at him, and he could see from the angle he was at that they were hollow.  Things were getting more confusing by the minute.

"Freeze where you are!" one of them commanded.  Sesshoumaru proceeded to flex his claws in full view of him, eyes narrowed dangerously.  He heard more screams, and realized that the idiotic humans were in a circle around him.

"You dare give an order to Sesshoumaru?" he replied darkly.  He started to move towards one of them, when there was an ear-shattering sound.  Instinctively, he went to covered his ears, but then realized that his right arm was heavy.  Blood seeped from a wound in his shoulder, and then, he felt the pain from it as a delayed reaction.

His eyes began to turn red.  "You dare attack a great youkai lord such as I, Sesshoumaru?" he hissed.  "You shall all die for this foolishness."

Suddenly, a new human pushed into the crowd.  ~No, not a human,~ Sesshoumaru realized as he caught his scent.  ~A youkai who looks like a human.~

"Wait!" the disguised youkai said quickly.  "Don't hurt him.  He's…he's my brother, and he has an illness that makes him delusional."

The youkai pushed his way through to Sesshoumaru, and said in a voice only loud enough for him to hear, "Calm yourself, brother youkai.  Do not try to fight them."

Sesshoumaru growled in warning as the youkai put one hand on his shoulder, and the other on his forehead.  Hidden under Sesshoumaru's bangs, the hand glowed slightly, and the inu youkai suddenly felt himself slipping out of consciousness.

"It will be alright now," the youkai told the police after Sesshoumaru had fallen unconscious.  "I will bring him back to my home and give him his medicine.  You needn't worry about him."

"Are you sure?" one of them said.  "He took a bullet in the arm."

"He will be fine.  I can treat his wound."

Reluctantly, the police backed away, and the man easily picked the limp Sesshoumaru up, and carried him away.