A/N I do not own Inuyasha or any of the characters portrayed herein.

Naraku was watching the young woman get attacked on the subway and couldn't help but smile as one of her snakes bit his hired man on the neck. The bite was nowhere deep enough to do any actual damage. If the foolish monster hadn't blinded herself, she wouldn't be so helpless to his mercenary. But the naive creature decided that blending in was a better option than ruling. She could have been fierce, could have ruled a large part of the world. But she chose to pretend to be a mortal. She wanted to be another pathetic human. Even after they shunned her. She somehow managed to survive after Perseus had supposedly "killed" her. Which, he was very interested in learning how she managed that. But until he got her in his clutches he would have to continue to guess.

His creation, Kanna, stood before him holding her magic mirror that allowed him to see the Monster in her true form, as she struggled to get the fat mercenary off of her. He couldn't help but grin as Muikotsu touched her and she flinched away as much as the poison would allow her to. Soon, after Muikotsu had his fun, he would have the being that the jewel currently resided in. He had to use a great deal of his power, to create this being who could see across great distances, as well as deduce where the jewel had materialized. It had taken years to acquire the necessary artifacts to perform the spell necessary to locate the jewel's new master.

The previous Master of the Shikon Jewel had made a wish that the jewel would be with someone who could protect it for eternity. The foolish priestess died painfully after that. He made sure to bring her to the brink of death and keep her there for a lot longer than the average body could take. He was very good at keeping a broken individual alive for a great length of time. He took a great deal of pleasure breaking the woman who believed she was better than everyone else. She had been his for a while. She was how he became such a powerful being as it is. Her name was Kikyo. He had lusted after her and wanted her to become his dark priestess. She could have been his bride and they would have kept the jewel, and used it so she could live for all eternity at his side. They could have ruled the world. Together. But the Priestess decided that she had to protect the jewel from the likes of him and send it where she thought it would be beyond his reach. And it has been 500 years since.

She had succeeded for longer than he would have liked. He has killed so many priests and priestesses in his search, but to no avail. But they were still useful after all. 1000 holy beings killed, and their blood saved for his magic. That was what it took to create Kanna. The blood of 1000 holy beings, forced to suffer and become defiled before being drained. He watched with fascination. How did the jewel believe this being could protect it? She couldn't even protect herself. He would soon see, once Muikotsu brought the monster to him then he would break her, slowly. She would suffer at his hands far greater than at the hands of the demigod Perseus. She would know pain, and he would revel in her screams for mercy. Which he would kindly grant once he located the jewel.

Through the mirror he could see Muikotsu get thrown off the woman and movement from someone else. There was no sound so he couldn't hear what was said, but it looked as if Muikotsu was begging. He felt himself sneer angrily. If Muikotsu thought he should be begging, he hadn't seen him mad yet. This hired man would suffer at his hands greatly. He would have to speak with one of the others to get the woman, apparently. What a disappointment.

"Kanna, I want to see who Muikotsu is talking to. Stop focusing on the girl."

Kanna said nothing, but twisted the mirror as if to rotate it and the picture changed. A hanyou, worthless mutt. Silver hair, and filthy dog ears atop his head. The face was a dead give away. This was the halfbreed son of the previous Lord of the West. His half brother, Sesshomaru, now took care of things Perhaps he would have to look into this further before sending someone else after her. Was she being protected by them? If so, then perhaps she could be bought. He would send word to Sesshomaru the next morning.

He continued to watch as the hanyou first attacked his mercenary then lifted his unconscious body from the ground and threw him into the wall of the train car and the car shuddered around them. He lifted his prize and got off at the next stop. Naraku waved his hand to stop Kanna from continuing this. He knew where the girl lived, and he didn't need to see her go home. His hand curled into a fist. He apparently needed to send a little muscle with Muikotsu next time. Perhaps one of his brothers. He had the money of course. But first he would try to talk to Sesshomaru. Perhaps a deal could be struck. Sesshomaru had no love for creatures that were not youkai. Why would he care about this monstrosity?

Kagome was fighting. She couldn't move though. She was struggling to get away from the man holding her down. His fat stubby fingers were grabbing at her flesh and she could feel herself crying, screaming. Anything to make him get off of her. She tried to thrash, but her body wouldn't obey. Yash had saved her once, but it was unlikely he could do it again. She was going to have to help herself… Her powers reached out for ammunition. Something to stop this greasy, sweaty, little man. She could feel it all around her. Water in the air, in the sky, and the sea seemed so close. She started close and she could hear and feel the water coming closer.

She tried to form ice to hurt him, but she couldn't hit him. Somehow he was impervious to her attacks. She kept fighting and kept calling more water. She had to stop him! Her snakes were nuzzling her, trying to calm her down, but she had to stop him! She could feel the water all around her, her entire body felt wet and cold. Her snakes began hissing and she kept striking at the man. She tried to force the water into his nose and throat but it seemed he didn't need to breathe. She was going to be taken to whoever it was who wanted to hurt her mother. Finally she decided if she couldn't hurt him then she would defend herself, she wrapped the water around her leaving enough room for air for a time, and froze it. She formed ice spikes on the outside to ward off everyone and keep her safe. She finally was able to bring her arms above her head and hide, when she could hear Yash's voice.

"Kagome! Let me in!"

He sounded so far, she didn't know where he was. Then she felt a pinch and her eyes snapped open. One of her snakes had bitten her, not hard but enough to draw a slight trickle of blood. She looked around and she was in an ice shell, and she could feel water everywhere. The rain was coming down in sheets and she could feel a hurricane approaching from the sea. Oh by the Gods, what had she done?

Yash woke up after a couple of hours and silently climbed out of bed. Kagome was sleeping soundly. He had to take this opportunity to try to figure things out. He would be close enough to keep an eye on her, but he needed to make sure he wouldn't wake her up. He went out to her balcony, closed the door part way and leapt to the roof right above the doorway. He pulled out his cell phone and dialed his brother. He was the only youkai he trusted to talk to about this. They hadn't really been best friends, but he still knew he could trust him.

An angry growl answered the phone, "Do you have any idea what time it is, Little Brother? You had better be dying in a ditch somewhere."

Yash took a deep breath, "Sesh, I'm sorry for calling so late but shit has happened and I needed to talk to you. I don't have anyone else."

With those words out, Sesshomaru stopped growling. "This sounds serious. Do I need to come collect you?" Then a loud sigh, "Do I need to post bail?"

Yash couldn't help but smirk, "No, but I'm glad you offered. Sesh, I almost lost control of my demon today. It's been centuries since you helped me learn to control it, but today it made it abundantly clear it wants something. I don't know if I can deny it."

"Inuyasha, what does it want?" Straight to the point, as usual.

"It thinks I've found my mate."

Yash felt his head droop after admitting it. He was so ashamed that he couldn't control the carnal urges of his demon. Even now it wanted him to go back into bed with her and make sure she never thought of any other man touching her again. It wanted to erase the smell of that foul man, and make sure she smelled like him forever.

"Inuyasha, does she have feelings for you? If so, I do not see what the problem is."

"There's a lot to tell you, but I don't know where to start."

"The beginning is usually the best place, but it is almost four in the morning, so perhaps you can come over before work and we can discuss this over coffee?"

Yash was shaking his head before Sesh had finished, "I don't think I can come into work today. She was attacked last night. I have to make sure she's okay."

"Do you know who the attacker was, Inuyasha? Do I need to put out an alert through the chain to be wary of someone attacking demons?"

Yash almost laughed, "She's not quite a demon, but she's not a human either. That is something we'll talk about in the morning. I just need to know how to keep my demon under control."

There was a long pause, "Inuyasha, you and I both know that the only thing keeping you under control was the disguise spell, and the tessaiga. I can bring that to you, if I need to. I know you do not carry it around anymore."

"No, I'll get it later today. We might need to see about strengthening the disguise spell then. Just something to make sure I don't end up taking her against her will. But we'll talk about that later too. There is someone doing some attacking. I will find the fucker. He was in the subway."

"Hn, I do not understand why you insist on taking that disgusting mode of transportation. It smells like an unwashed gym shower stall. We have more than enough money to buy a car, you can be staying in a much nicer neighborhood as well, yet you still prefer to live in that hovel. You could bring her here, if you wish. No one would dare harm your bitch in my home."

"She's not a-" Kagome's screams rent the air around him, and the rain begins to fall from the sky in sheets. The rain landing on her balcony was flowing into her living room. Once there it began freezing into spikes of varying sizes but all equally sharp. Yash hung up on his brother and leapt down into the living room, avoiding skewering himself. Once there he sniffed for intruders, trying to figure out what or who was attacking her. But there was nothing. No one had entered since he was last in the room, and there was no one else here.

"Kagome!" He tried to maneuver to the bedroom but the doorway was now a frozen sheet of ice. His claws slashed at it, but they weren't doing nearly enough damage. "Kagome, let me in!" He could hear her fighting someone, but he couldn't see anything. He continued to yell at her but she didn't seem to hear him.

All at once everything stopped, the rain stopped pouring, her screams silenced, and the ice in the doorway broke into pieces. She was sitting up in the bed, her eyes wide in horror. She quickly closed her eyes and focused hard, He could hear winds roaring outside now that her screams had stopped. They were coming closer. His eyes widened as he looked out the balcony doorway and saw what she was doing. There was a hurricane approaching quickly. Holy fuck there was a fucking hurricane coming right here, right now.

Kagome is focusing with all her might. She needs to stop the hurricane before it hits the land. She doesn't want anyone to get hurt. She can barely breathe with the amount of power she's she needs to save the people she has accidentally put in danger. Finally, she can feel the winds calm, and the water recede. She finally feels the storm's last tendrils fade, and she falls back onto the bed. Then she realizes she is still in a shell of ice and it's so cold. She shivers for a moment and Yash is at her side lifting her out of the ice capsule, and holding her close to him.

She takes a few deep breaths and calms herself down, then proceeds to fix the apartment. All the water and ice is taken to the bathtub and melted down. Her bed is now dry and warm. She feels so tired. Before she can say anything, her eyes drift closed and the world fades away.