A/N I do not own Inuyasha or any of the characters. Just wanted to play around with this fun au idea.

Chapter 10

Her head was spinning. Mate? What the hell did he mean 'Mate'? She barely knew the guy. How in the hell could he make such a declaration? Sure she was attracted to him, and even felt drawn to him, but it was nothing more than a crush. She needed to stop this and get away from him immediately. She didn't want him to get hurt in the long run. She managed to stand up, and he followed her. Barely letting her get more than a few inches away. She packed the bag, and, and he just stood next to her, not speaking. She had avoided looking at him at all, figuring he felt as awkward as she did and that's why he wasn't speaking to her. Once she turned to go back into the living room however she saw his eyes were bright red and the irises were blue. He also had jagged purple lines along both cheeks. Her gasp brought him to her side, and he was nuzzling her again.

"Yash? What happened?"

Once those words were out of her mouth Sesshomaru appeared at the door.

"Duck!"

She dropped to the ground, and she watched as Sesshomaru struck him, sending him crashing into her dresser behind him. When he raised his head, the blue was being replaced by gold.

"Sesshomaru, what the hell?"

"Inuyasha, it seems you have completely lost control of yourself. You did yourself a disservice and now I hope that you can correct it."

With the last words he locked eyes with Kagome, and she flinched at his stare. Her snakes were swivelling trying to assess the threat, but she just felt shell-shocked. Her entire body was exhausted. She carefully stood up and left them both in her bedroom and called her school. Telling them she woke up very sick and wouldn't be able to come in today, and likely the rest of the week. Then she gathered what money and sellable things she had hidden in the apartment. She knew she would need money to get away. She had to get away from him.

Inuyasha and Sesshomaru spent several minutes making plans and discussing things in length when they heard a door click. At first Inuyasha thought she was just in the bathroom, but he couldn't hear anything else. After a few minutes, Inuyasha left her bedroom after Sesh told him what he had done in detail. Apparently Sesh didn't intervene until she seemed concerned. Then he saw the marks and knew he needed to get him to change back quickly. He couldn't believe he had allowed his demon side to say that shit. How in the hell was he going to explain?

He was waiting outside the bathroom to talk to her, but several minutes went by before he realized there was no sound other than the exhaust fan. Her scent was all over the room, so it was impossible to tell where she went from here. He ran out the door, and Sesshomaru was about to follow him when he burst back in.

"She's fucking gone! I have to go find her!"

Sesshomaru grabbed him hard and yanked him back over to him. "Stop. If you act this way, your demon will come back out, and you will worsen the situation. Take a deep breath. Go pack your things. I will find her. I can track her scent just as well as you can. I will contact you as soon as I find her. Be prepared to go into hiding."

Sesshomaru didn't give him time to argue and walked out of the apartment. He followed the scent down the stairs and down the street. Then he lost her scent. She got into a taxi. This was going to take a while. Perhaps this could be handled easier. He pulled out his cell phone and pressed 3.

"Hello milord." The voice was calm and collected as he waited for his Master's response.

"Jaken, I need guards. We have a problem. Send them to the address I messaged you. Immediately. At least 5."

Kagome got out of the taxi in the downtown shopping district. She walked into one store and purchased a new outfit and wore it out, and a briefcase. She walked into a boutique and purchased some perfume. She sprayed that on herself to hide her scent. Then to her banks. She closed out her accounts. All of them. She needed money to leave the country. Then she was ready to perform the last step. She had to adjust her disguise. She snuck into an alley and twisted the ring on her snake and focused on changing her appearance. Normally she preferred her normal features, but that was not an option. Too many people were looking for her. Once she was transformed she could sneak back home, pack, and leave. She even folded up her cane and walked around as if she wasn't blind. No one would recognize her. She had to hope and pray this would work.

As she got into another taxi and headed home, she knew she was being watched. Hopefully, they would be wondering why she wasn't at work and not discover that it was a new disguise. She walked into the building and smiled at the familiar doorman.

"Hello Miss Sango. I believe Miss Kagome is at work. She left an hour ago or so."

She just nodded, at least her idea worked. She needed her doorman to recognize her, "Yes, she forgot something but couldn't get out of class. I have a free period though so I came by to help her."

She hoped he wouldn't think her voice was off, and he gave a funny look then shrugged. Apparently, it wasn't enough to make him wary. She arrived at her apartment and unlocked it. She needed to pack just the necessities. She quickly entered and locked the doors behind her. After a cursory glance, it seemed that Yash and his brother had left. She quickly set about packing things she needed, anything that would be of high value and might need to be sold to get her to safety. And the few items that she cared about. She soon had a suitcase and a duffle bag packed, but she couldn't carry all of it with her briefcase. Finally she decided to thread the suitcase onto the strap of the duffle bag. Then she wrapped the strap across her body. Once again she touched the ring on the snake. The duffel bag disappeared from view and it looked like she was carrying only the briefcase.

She cast a last longing look at her beautiful apartment. She loved living here and she would miss them. Then she wrote a quick farewell letter and dropped it into the mail. She couldn't stand the idea of saying goodbye to Sango like this, but she wasn't being given another choice. She hoped her dear friend would forgive her. Even if she didn't deserve it.

She went outside and hailed another taxi. She climbed inside and requested the airport. She had to get out of here immediately. But where was she going to go?

Inuyasha had arrived home in record time and packed the few belongings he gave a shit about. Then threw some clothes in a bag and stormed back out the door. He took the subway back to her apartment only because it was less conspicuous than running over the rooftops in the middle of the day. He arrived there and found one of Sesshomaru's lackeys.

"Hey, has anyone been in since you got here?"

The man nodded and turned the digital camera to him, "None of them match her description though, Sir."

Inuyasha flipped through the pictures until he arrived at a face he recognized. Fuck, she had changed her appearance!

"When did this woman enter and did she leave?"

The man stammered and looked down at his clipboard, "She arrived about 15 minutes ago sir and just took a taxi about 5 minutes ago. They headed that way. But she doesn't match the description we were given. Should I have detained her, sir?"

Inuyasha stared hard. The man hadn't known all the facts, "You had no way of knowing, it's just lucky that I did. She has a disguise spell, she can change it at will. So no, there was no way for you to know. Forward me any more pictures you take today." With that, he took off down the street.

The taxi arrived at the airport, and she snuck into the restroom. She changed back into her normal disguise and went to stand in line to purchase a ticket. The line seemed outrageously long, and it seemed to take forever.

As she stood there, she glanced around everywhere with her snakes and let out a slight gasp when she saw Sesshomaru staring at her. He was speaking on the phone to someone, but she couldn't hear them. Fuck, did he recognize her? Of course he did. He was staring right at her. They weren't going to let her leave. She didn't even know why. He didn't know her; he had no reason to care about her. Couldn't he just let her go?

She let out a long sigh and continued to watch him. The line hadn't moved an inch. Apparently there was someone up there fighting with the agent. She just shook her head, she was doomed, if he could find her no doubt the man coming after her, could as well. What was the point? She felt her shoulders sag, and she left the line walking towards him. His face betrayed little to no emotion.

"Are you here to take me somewhere?" Her own voice sounded so foreign to her own ears, she sounded as if she had completely given up. It disgusted her.

"Hn. It seems you do not want this one's help. Even after it was discussed at length. Why then did you agree to it?"

She let out a small sigh, "Do you think I really had a choice? With Yash there, he wouldn't have let me say no. And when I tried to leave, he literally grabbed me and made me come back. If I stay you all are in danger. That's not fair to any of you. I know where I can go. I really didn't want to go back, but I will. It's safer that way, anyway. Unless of course you really think kidnapping me in the middle of an airport is a good idea."

He raised one perfectly arched eyebrow, "I do not understand why you would flee. You do not seem the type to give up so easily. If you have indeed survived for the two millennia that I believe, then giving up should not be your first choice. Why would you choose it? Was it this one's brother's words that scared you away? If so, then you should not let him influence you. You must be stronger than he is."

She just shook her head, "I guess we're going to your house then. But I am leaving the country before the week is out. I cannot endanger all of you. This is not your problem. You have enough people to protect. You have your family and everyone in your territory."

"Hn, you seem to forget that you reside in my territory. Why is that? Just because you were not born here does not mean you do not live here. I will not let some other creature threaten any beings in my territory. Now, you will come with me, shall I carry your bag for you?"

She looked down. He could see through any disguise she wore, couldn't he? She had been so embarrassed this morning when she didn't have her ring on when he arrived, but it truly didn't matter at all. He saw through it like it wasn't even there. She pulled the duffel over her shoulder, and he grabbed it easily. He was definitely strong, and more powerful than most creatures she had encountered. He would be an excellent ally, but could she really put so many others in danger because she didn't want to be alone? It wasn't fair, but she really didn't want to go back to solitude on a hidden island. She didn't want to go back to that hidden hell. It had been miserable for an entire millennium. She didn't want to do that again.

She followed him out to a nice car, and he placed her bags in the trunk. They drove to a beautiful estate. The land was gorgeous. The grass was green and healthy, and plants and flowers surrounded a small house. He took her in there, and it disappointed her to see Yash stand the second she arrived. He was looking like his regular self again, but she could still hear him saying those things and it was driving her nuts. He didn't even know her. He couldn't make exclamations like that. It wasn't ok.

She sat across from where he had been sitting and he tried to move next to her, but his brother seemed to glare at him and he sat back down where he was. At least he understood the awkwardness that was this situation. You can't just tell some woman you just met that she's your mate. Kagome had been alive for 2000 years. She knew what a mate was to a demon. She knew it was the 'be all and end all' for them, but he didn't know her at all.