A/N I do not own Inuyasha
Chapter 9
Inuyasha was standing in the lobby when Sesshomaru arrived. He was wearing a nice black suit with a red and purple tie, and a white button-up shirt. Sesh handed him what looked like a pen, but Yash could feel the power thrumming from it. He must have gotten a spell put on it so he could carry it around.
"Thanks Sesh. Come on, I'll take you upstairs."
The daiyoukai followed him up the stairs and into the apartment. With tessaiga on his person, he felt himself regaining his composure after a long evening. Kagome was still asleep in her bed and he sat down on a bar stool at the kitchen island. Sesh sat down next to him calmly, waiting to hear the whole story from the beginning as had been previously decided.
When Yash was not forthcoming with any information however Sesh started to feel annoyed, "You call me at 4am perfectly capable of talking then, but you have nothing to say now that it is a more reasonable hour, Little Brother?"
Yash's head snapped, he felt like he was in a daze. Then he nodded his head when he realized what Sesh had said.
"It's a long story, but I will try to keep to the main points. Miroku took me on a blind date the other day and the girl has been showing up everywhere in my life ever since. She's not human, she's not a demon. She's- I looked it up- a Gorgon?"
Sesshomaru lifted one eyebrow, "Do you really not know what a Gorgon is, Inuyasha? They have been in ancient mythology for centuries. What did you do when you were in school? They are a part of ancient Greek mythology. If I remember correctly there were 3. Now, mind you, I did believe they were a myth, but it is unsurprising they exist. We are believed to be folktales and myths. Now which one is she? Wait, how are you not dead? It is said they can turn creatures to stone just to look upon them."
"Fuck, how in the hell do you know all of this off the top of your head?"
"Inuyasha, I have been alive for centuries. When I first started to find ways to hide in this world I spent time looking for other creatures from other mythology that would have had to do the same thing, trying to find out how they had kept themselves hidden so well. As the current Lord of the West, I have to be able to protect all of our people and for that I needed information. Now please answer my questions."
Yash just stared for a second. He did that much research? Here Yash thought he was just an arrogant asshole, but he put forth that much effort to protect the youkai in his territory? Fuck, maybe he had underestimated his brother.
"She blinded herself, apparently, many years ago. She's not any of the three you know. She's the offspring of one of 'em. But don't go getting ahead o'me. So she's a Gorgon, she has a really good disguise spell, but I could still smell snakes on her. So I followed her home and saw her remove the spell. Once I realized I had seen something I shouldn't've I bolted. But I was getting on the subway last night and she was in a different car. She was attacked. The man said he was hired to collect 'Medusa'. She said that it wasn't her, that it was her mother. So apparently she's Medusa's child. I brought her here, and put her to bed, but apparently she can control water. I didn't realize to what extent until she fucking caused a downpour and brought a fucking hurricane. She was having a nightmare, though. She was trying to protect herself from that fucker."
Sesh just stared at him hard, "It seems you left out an important fact. You seemed to have glossed over the 'mate' part.
Yash cringed, "Yeah, she was taking a shower to wash that fucker's scent and touch off'a her. My demon was practically begging me to go help her. It's been over a century, Sesh, since I even heard his voice in my head. I thought I was done with this. First, there's no way she's gonna wanna be the mate to a Hanyou. Second, she's fucking traumatized! Why the hell would it even decide she was the one?!"
Sesh just shook his head, "Inuyasha, does she know what you are?"
Yash shrugged, "She could see through my disguise the first second she saw me apparently, but I don't think she knows what a hanyou is."
He heard a long bedraggled sigh from Sesh. They locked eyes for a moment before both their eyes and ears were trained on the movement in the other room. She was awake.
His half-brother was a fool. That was the one thing Sesshomaru knew for certain. But his demon had made a claim, and the poor fool had no idea what that meant. If their father had survived, Inuyasha's life would have been easier. He knew he hadn't been very good at this when his brother was a pup, but he had tried to improve over the last few centuries. But now he had to have 'the talk' with a half demon that was over 600 years old.
He let out a bedraggled sigh. This was something for later, for now he had to meet the object of his brother's affliction and see who was targeting her. Why could they possibly want to kill an ancient creature like a Gorgon, especially after so long, unless of course she was not as old as he assumed? He would see.
She attempted to sneak out of the bedroom, as if they didn't know she was awake. She had a towel wrapped around her head, probably to hide her condition from him as she hadn't met him yet. Then his idiot half brother interrupted her when she was clearly trying to escape.
"Kagome, sorry did we wake you?" Inuyasha reached her about halfway to the other door, which he assumed was a bathroom.
"Yash, I'll be back in a minute. Ya know?" She cocked her head to indicate her direction, and he stepped back and was trying very hard not to stare at the door.
"She'll be done in a few minutes, then we can see about getting this straightened out. So have there been any other attacks? Something I should be looking out for?"
Sesshomaru wasn't sure what Inuyasha actually wanted to hear. There had been no attacks that seemed connected, and it was likely that this creature had done something wrong and angered someone. But he knew his brother would never accept that.
"Not that I have heard, but i will start doing some research. I want to make sure there aren't any missing demons or hanyou before I make assumptions. Now are we going to my house to keep her safe? This place clearly has very little protection."
"Sesh, I don't know what we're going to do. I have to protect her. But she doesn't trust me yet. I kinda fucked things up a bit before all this. I'll have to talk to her and we'll make plans. I know I ain't lettin' her stay here. If I can talk her into it, then yeah, we'll be taking you up on that offer."
As Inuyasha was speaking she stepped out of the bathroom and her disguise spell was stronger than any Sesshomaru had ever seen, even he was unable to see through it. She had a great deal of power. She silently stepped towards the entryway, grabbed her coat and stepped into her shoes smoothly and silently, somehow thinking she was sneaking past two dog demons. It was almost laughable. His brother quickly followed her out the door, yelling her name. It was almost childish how quickly he ran to protect her from a nonexistent threat. He truly did find his mate. This Sesshomaru will have to educate the young pup.
He heard them mumbling all the way down the hallway, then Inuyasha returned a moment later with the young lady in tow.
"Are you crazy? You can't go to work today. You were attacked!"
She began viciously shaking her head, "I have to give a test today and my other class has reports due. I have to go to work. I can't just hide. I have responsibilities."
Her scent denoted that she was only partially lying. It seemed when she said she couldn't hide was when the lies began. Inuyasha sneered, 'good the pup noticed it as well'. Sesshomaru made it a point to step in front of her and end this farce.
He bowed slightly in greeting, "This Sesshomaru is pleased to meet you. This one does have many questions for you, but also has an understanding that they might not be prevalent at this moment. Your safety needs to be the priority. Please permit this one to escort you both to a safe location where things can get sorted out."
She stared at him as if he had grown a second head. And his brother stared at him as well.
"Sesh, I thought you had figured out how to speak in the modern tongue, what's gotten into you."
With that she looked back and forth from them both not sure what was going on. So she clearly was new to Japan, she hadn't lived on their little island for more than 30 years or so. At least that was one less question to ask. It seemed easier to get answers by action, when people so often would lie or mull up the information.
"Inuyasha when dealing with powerful beings one always uses the formal tongue and shows the utmost respect." He stared directly into her eyes as if challenging her. She had to know he was very powerful. He could feel her power rippling under her. It was an unknown form of power, though. Something he had never come across.
She passed his next test as well as could be suspected, only stumbling over her words a bit while trying to be formal. She bowed lower than he did and spoke softly but clearly.
"The honor of this meeting is not lost on this Kagome. This one is equally grateful that such a powerful daiyoukai as yourself concerns yourself with this one's welfare and protection. This one is not worthy of your consideration, but appreciates it nonetheless."
She remained bowed with her eyes down. She was very good at grovelling. She had met powerful creatures before. More powerful than he, and that concerned him. Especially if it was one of these creatures that now hunted her.
"This Sesshomaru is honored to assist those in his territory. However, this one needs to know who and what you are hiding from. Is the creature that hunts you dangerous?"
She remained bowed, but shook her head, "This one is sorry, Lord Sesshomaru. The one hunting me is unknown, as are their reasons. This one has been hunted before, but the ones who did so are more than likely dead at this time. It has been close to a millennium since any mortals knew this one still existed, and this one has striven to remain unnoticed by the immortals. However, this one fears that the occurrence last night might have gotten someone's attention. If that is the case this one would not dare hide behind you. It would place all of you in grave danger. If he did notice he is far more dangerous than words can say."
"Hn. And who is so dangerous that it should frighten this Lord Sesshomaru?"
She took a deep steadying breath, and a tear trickled down her cheek. "This one's father. Poseidon."
Inuyasha felt his eyes go wide. 'Her father is Poseidon?' She's the daughter of a God?'
"Lord Sesshomaru, as you can see, I would never wish to put anyone in danger. It would be better if you let this one leave and forget you met her. She is not worthy of your assistance and she is a liability your territory need not deal with. This one will only complicate matters more."
Inuyasha watched as tears dripped down her cheeks. He could smell the terror rolling off of her. She knew if Poseidon found her, he would be completely capable of leveling the entire island of Japan. But she hadn't done anything. She had been attacked and traumatized. Now he needed to find out more information. Was that how she could control water? She had inherited his powers? How strong was she really? Perhaps she would be a very valuable ally.
"Sesh, Can we take her to your place to discuss things and see about finding some way to protect her?"
"Inuyasha, have you not been listening? She does not know who is hunting her, but she has enemies more powerful than we have ever encountered. My home will be no safer than here. We will have to go somewhere else. Pack what you need. We will get you to a safe location. You may stop groveling. You have proven your worth to this one."
She stood straight again, but still wouldn;t look him in the eye. Inuyasha practically dragged her to her bedroom, trying to gather clothes for her to pack and rummaging in the closet for a bag.
"Kagome, you need to call the school and tell them you can't come in. They'll need to find a substitute."
She just stood there staring at nothing, and the tears began falling in earnest. At the scent of the salt, his demon was screaming in his head. He grabbed the pen, but it did nothing to quiet it down. 'Mate needs comforted. Mate needs protected. Mate needs us.' He stopped what he was doing and scooped her up in his arms and sat down on the bed. She instantly laid her head on his shoulder and began sobbing.
"I'm so sorry, Yash. I didn't want to cause this trouble. I need to go. I need to leave the country. I need to get away. He can do too much damage here. Please. You need to just let me go."
His demon was growling even louder and he couldn't hold it back any longer. He felt his claws and fangs lengthen. His voice came out in a guttural growl, "Mate will stay. You must stay here. Your mate will protect you."
He felt her stiffen up against him and her sobs quieted down. Instinctively he nuzzled against the top of her head and he heard her gasp against his chest.