Chapter 4

The past?

InuYasha was knocking down his father's door. His impatiens will be the death of him yet InuTaisho found himself thinking.

He opened the door and instinctively backed away. "What now?" He inquired disinterested.

"Gaspar has a youkai slave." InuYasha stated.

His father did a double take and sat down. "Come again?"

"Gaspar, the boar youaki who owns the Blue Rose, has a youkai slave." He repeated slowly.

"That's not possible." InuTaisho said, not believing his ears.

"Well apparently it is. She is assumed to be a dai youkai, we think neko, but we're not sure."

"A neko." InuTaisho mused. His youngest son knew little of the old world. A neko could hardly be contained by a boar youkai. InuTaisho had always had his suspicions about the ones who are considered extinct, but to imagine one of them right under his nose was, unthinkable.

"A cat you say." He mused.

"What? I know that face. What is she?" InuYasha demanded, suddenly interested.

"Have you seen her?" He asked.

"No."

"Where is she?" InuTaisho asked.

"She was last seen walking Parklane. Hey that's not so far from here!"

InuTaisho felt something in him slip. He understood now where he knew her from. It was not her whom he knew, it was her mother. She was one of them.

"There's the face again."

"No matter. I'll deal with this one."

"You can't just deal with it father, this isn't the feudal era you know."

"Right."

InuYasha knew he wouldn't get anything more out of his father. The dog lord knew something, and he wasn't planning on saying anything.

He found himself in a plane, heading for Japan, the last place on the planet he needed to be. Europe agreed with him, but Japan had far too many memories he was not prepared to live again. To top that, his brother and his damned father were there, but yet here he was. Why had he reacted on that unbearable urge? He was a dai youkai, a first born prince, at that. Now he was following a whim, an urge. Cursed senses. They were certainly far worse these days. He cursed under his breath. He really didn't want this to happen now. He knew he was going into heat again. He blamed InuTaisho for that too. He blamed most things on his father, it seemed easier that way.

InuTasiho stood on the balcony, breathing in the cold night air. His white hair was flapping slightly about his bare satin shoulders. His golden eyes flickered as he remembered that day, not so long ago.

"What are you hiding Serabi?" He asked as the bewildered youkai paced up and down before him.

"Nothing to do with you Inu." She snapped.

"I hope your mate knows about this. Whatever it is. Mufasa is not the kind of guy who would easily forgive an ona for hiding something from him." He stated.

"He knows InuTaisho! Teme no shitta kota ka! Urusai, kono bakayaro." She cursed.

He smirked. Her anger was amusing.

He blinked. Could it really have been what Serabi and Mufasa had been hiding? It seemed just about right. If it was true, this would be a breakthrough. She would literally be one of the last of her kind. InuTaisho was sure that Mufasa and Serabi were still alive, and that they now had a son. Yet he could not shake the feeling that this slave was their daughter, that would make her a dai youkai, a princess at that.

As she dwindled around west allay she suddenly realized that someone was following her, so she stopped and turned around. There stood another Inu Youkai, but this one was different. He was a cop, and a hanyou, by the looks of him.

"I don't do cops in uniform anymore, not unless you have an appointment." She stated.

The young hanyou seemed taken aback. "Are you a slave?" He asked.

"I am whatever takes your fantasy." She had been posed such questions before, she made little work of hiding the tell tale bite mark in her arm.

"Are you, or are you not, enslaved by the boar youkai, Gaspar?" A familiar voice asked behind her.

"Kouga, I understand how hard it must be to be a cop and own a club, but I swear that miko bitch of yours is getting to you."

"Just answer the question miss." The dog cop said.

"Why? Who does it concern?" She inquired.

"Does he have other slaves?" Kouga asked.

"Yes a few. He keeps them all in cages behind the bar and serves them to off duty cops and upper-class youkai to make extra cash." She said sarcastically.

"We need to know if he has any human slaves." The hanyou said.

"No, he has none of those, only human strippers. I didn't think you boys were interested in the weaker species."

"Let's go InuYasha." Kouga said bluntly. This would pose a problem indeed.

Disclaimer: You know I don't own inuyasha.

A/N sorry it took me so long to update. I've been crazy busy.

Hope this one makes you think a bit. It's not my best chapter yet, sorry.