InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ A Slave to No One ❯ Chapter 19 ( Chapter 19 )

Chapter 19

 

King Higurashi had been escorted out of the burning building, from where the graduation ceremony was being held, and was taken back to his home along with the queen. When he arrived he started making phone calls to gather as many of his men as possible to do a search of the forest to find his daughter and her husband.

 

He needed to know what happened to them, he wanted to know if she was safe or if they had captured her.

 

He was pacing, franticly, in his office when he heard a knock on his door and he said, “Come in.” He was surprised to see that it was one of his slaves that came into his office. He was an Inu Youkai, but a small one. He remembered him being very sick when he was young and that they had provided the best of care for him to survive. He was very short. He had black hair and a small tail that was wrapped around his waist.

 

The slave entered his office, he was very nervous, he had been selected by the rest of the slaves to come and speak to him because they knew that the king would remember the young Inu Youkai.

 

When he approached the King he bowed very low and said, “My Lord, I've come to offer you our assistance in finding the princess. For years you have cared for us and treated us well. We were very happy to hear that your daughter had chosen a hanyou for a mate. We fear that the enemy might have gotten to them and we want to help you find her. We have very good trackers that can pick up their scent and follow their trail through the forest to see whether they were captured.”

 

The king was surprise to hear this. He didn't know that his slaves felt this way about his family. It touched him very deeply that they wanted to help find his daughter.

 

The king smiled and said, “I'm honored that you all want to help. If you could pick five of your best trackers then I will have my men here within 30 minutes so you can start the search. I want to know if they made it to safety or if they have been captured. If they have been captured I want you to track them to where they have been taken to and report back to me.”

 

The slave bowed and said, “Yes, My Lord, we will do as you ask. I will be back in 30 minutes with the trackers.” The slave bowed again and left the room to relay the message the king had for them.

 

He knew that there would be more than just five who wanted to join the hunt for the princess. All of the slaves were fond of her, she always made them feel like they were equals and that meant everything to them. To hear that she was to marry the son of the Western Lands meant that they would all be free to roam the land again.

 

Many of them would never leave this place because this was home for them. They were happy here and they wanted to stay and tend the lands like they have been doing since coming into the king's service. But to have the option of leaving was a wonderful feeling.

 

The small Inu Youkai made his way toward the rest of the slaves. They were located just outside in the forest, waiting to see if their offer would be accepted. When he got there he repeated what the king had said. They all came to a decision as five of their very best trackers were selected and they headed back towards the kings house.

 

King Higurashi had his men there as his slaves came up to him. They bowed deeply and said, “My Lord, here are five of the very best trackers we have. They will find your daughter.”

 

The King smiled and said, “Thank you for helping me find my daughter. I want you to go with these men. They will take you to the place where they were last seen going into the forest; the rest is up to you. I want them found and if they were captured I want their location.” The demons nodded their understanding of his orders as they turned toward the king's guards and left his home to find his daughter.

 

The guards took the demons to the location where they had seen Inuyasha and Kagome enter the forest. The demons started to sniff the air and the ground as they followed their trail through the forest.

 

They came upon the stream where they had stopped and rested. The demons were looking around the area, sniffing as they went. They got together to converse before one of them turned to the soldiers and said, “They came this way. They must've stopped here for a few hours to rest. We can tell that the princess was hurt because we smell her blood in the area, and we found this in the bushes.”

 

The demons handed the soldiers Kagome graduation gown, their leader took it and he was looking very closely at the garment. He noticed the blood on the gown and knew that the demons were telling him the truth. The princess was indeed hurt and they had stopped here to tend to her wounds.

 

The leader of the soldier looked up from the garment and asked, “Do you know in which direction they went?”

 

The demon nodded and pointed towards the west. The leader of the soldiers breathed a sigh of relief, `at least they're heading in the right direction.'

 

“Alright let's move out and see if we can find them.” The demons and soldiers continued going west as they followed the scent through the forest.

 

They came to a clearing and they spotted several of Inuyasha's guards on the ground, in front of them, as they rushed forward to see if they could help. When they reached them they were all alive but badly injured.

 

One of the Inu Youkai opened his eyes as he saw the soldiers around him. He thought that they were the enemy as he tried to get away. The slaves that were with them calmed the youkai down and told him that King Higurashi sent them. He looked up and asked, “Have you seen Prince Inuyasha?”

 

The slave demons looked at each other and then told them that they had no knowledge of the prince's where about. They asked what happened and the guard proceeded to tell them, “We were surrounded by the slaves of the processing facility. They demanded that Inuyasha and Kagome go with them, but Inuyasha wasn't about to let go of his mate. He told us to cause a diversion so they could escape and try to reach the Western Lands. The plan was for them to separate and head in that direction.”

 

The demon relayed the information to the soldiers. The leader of the soldiers left several of his soldiers and one of the demon slaves behind to tend to the guards wounds while they went in search of the others.

 

They continued traveling through the forest and knew when Inuyasha and Miroku split up in the forest. They went after Inuyasha's scent and came to another clearing. What they found there answered all of their questions on what happened to them.

 

The demon slave came towards the leader of the soldier and said, “They have been captured by the slavers. There was a struggle here and we found this on the ground.” The slave handed him a dart, the soldier took it and then smelled it.

 

He could make out the scent of medicine and he was willing to bet that they had used tranquilizers to put Inuyasha to sleep. They had been so close to the forbidden lands another five miles and they would have been safe.

 

The leader of the soldier turned to the slaves and said, “Can you track them to see where they went?” The slave nodded and pointed back towards the city.

 

The leader of the soldier made a decision. He had to go back and tell the king that his daughter has been captured. He picked 5 of his best men and sent them with the slave demons to follow their tracks. He wanted to know where they were taken.

 

They hurried off in the direction the wagons went as he turned the rest of his men around and headed back to King Higurashi's home. They first had to stop by and picked up all of the injured guards and take them back to the king's house to have their wounds tended to.

 

By the time the leader of the soldiers made it back to the kings house the sun was starting to set. He hurried inside the house to inform his highness of what has happened to his daughter.

 

He went to his office and knocked on the door and he quickly heard, “Come in.” He opened the door and walked in to find that the king was on his feet, waiting eagerly for any news of his daughter.

 

The soldier swallowed hard and said, “My Lord, we followed their trail through the forest and I'm sorry to say that they have been captured. They used darts to subdue the hanyou and they have taken them away. I have the demon trackers and 5 of my best men following their tracks to see where they were taken too.”

 

King Higurashi heart just dropped, `they have taken my daughter and her husband. This isn't good, if his father finds out about this he might attack my kingdom looking for his son.'

 

The king looked at his commander and said, “The moment they find out where they have taken them to I want to know. We must prepare, the moment the boys father knows he had been captured he will be coming here to get him back. I'm afraid that if he doesn't think things through he will attack our kingdom.”

 

The soldier understood the kings concern as he left his office to await the return of his men.

 

Several hours passed and the group that had followed the scent of the princess returned with the location of where they were taken too. They approached the king and said, “My Lord, we have found the location of where they have been taken. They are at the main processing facility here in town.”

 

The kings eyes widen with what they had said, “How dare Naraku take my daughter and think that I won't fight to get her back.”

 

The king was about to continue with his ranting and raving when one of the demon slave said, “My Lord, we have many demons approaching from the west and they are heading in this direction.”

 

The King couldn't believe what he was hearing as they all rushed outside. What they saw made their blood run cold. There before them stood 1000 demon soldiers ready to do battle and floating in from the sky was none other than Lord Inutaisho, Lord of the Western Lands.

 

~oOo~

 

It had been a week since they left, that the castle had been quiet with nothing getting destroyed. A week that his heart ached, he missed his son's presence at the castle. They should be returning soon and that picked his spirit up.

 

He was glad that they were returning home to stay. He didn't know what he would do if they had left his castle to live elsewhere. He had never been alone at the castle before and he hated it.

 

Inutaisho sat in his office working on a peace treaty for one of the demon tribes in the mountains. He had gone up there once his son had left with his mate to make sure that no one else would come down from the mountain to hurt his family.

 

It had been a bloody battle and when he released his true form the demons submitted to his will. He hated to do that but if it kept them in line then he would do it to keep his family safe.

 

He was almost done with what he was working on when he remembered what day it was. The graduation ceremony was today and his son and mate should be returning home soon. This thought filled his heart. He wanted them back in the castle again, even if it was to hear his son ranting and raving about something someone had done to him.

 

He enjoyed watching the girl calm his son down. She had a pretty good grasp of what his temper would do. She had threatened him, on several occasions, to put a subduing necklace on him if he didn't learn to control his temper. He had backed down once he saw that she was serious about her threats.

 

He continued to work when he started to get a feeling in the back of his mind that something had gone terribly wrong. He could sense that something was happening to his son but he didn't know what it was.

 

He had the same feeling when Inuyasha didn't come back from his journey into the forest with Shippo. He knew then, like he knows now, that he had been captured. He didn't want to jump to conclusions without first having all of the facts.

 

King Higurashi had agreed to the union between his son and their daughter, which meant that the southern lands belonged to Inuyasha. He would have to fight to keep the peace in both their kingdoms until such time as they came into power. He knew that this wouldn't happen for a few years yet.

 

He continued to work and hoped that everything was all right with his son and mate. He didn't know what he would do if they were ever captured again. So with a heavy heart he retired for the night with that nagging feeling still there. He hoped that he was wrong and that soon his son and mate will be arriving home.

 

~-oOo-~

 

Morning came and it found a very tired Inutaisho. He had not slept at all as he worried all night about his son. That nagging feeling was still there and it was getting stronger as the day progressed.

 

He was in his office, pacing, a habit he wished he could stop doing whenever he was in deep thought. He stopped in front of his window as he looked out over his land, wishing that he could pick up his sons scent coming home.

 

He came to a decision, he was going to go to the human city and see if he could find his son. The feeling was just too overwhelming to ignore.

 

He was about to turn away from his window when he saw a star shinning brightly in the sky. It reminded him of the star that shown brightly when his son was born. But as he looked at the star he remembered that it was in the middle of the day, `How can there be a star out in the middle of the day?'

 

He continued to stare at it, as it was growing brighter. Then it occurred to him that the star was coming towards his castle. He watched in awe as it came closer. The star started to change color as it went from a blue/silver in color to a pure red and it was getting bigger as it approached.

 

Inutaisho opened his eyes wide when he realized what it was. It was making its way towards his castle as he quickly got out of the window to allow him to land.

 

~-oOo-~

 

Miroku had been flying for only about 10 minutes when he spotted Lord Inutaisho castle in the distance. He flapped his wings hard as he raced through the air towards the castle.

 

He held Sango's sleeping form close to his chest as he made his way towards the castle. He spotted Lord Inutaisho standing by his window as he stared right at him.

 

Miroku pulled in his wings as he made a dive towards the castle, making sure that he kept them spread just enough to give him some control on where he was going. He descended from the sky like a bullet. It looked like a big ball of fire was heading straight for the castle and it was about to hit.

 

He saw as Lord Inutaisho moved out of the way before he zipped into the window, opened his wings, and landed safely within his office.

 

Miroku was panting hard as he transformed back into the form that everyone was accustomed to seeing, he walked over to the sofa and laid his mate upon it.

 

He turned with saddened eyes as he bowed deeply and said, “My Lord, Inuyasha and his mate have been captured by the slavers. They have subdued him with this.” He handed Lord Inutaisho the dart that he had taken out of Sango's back.

 

Inutaisho looked at the dart with curiosity and then he sniffed it. He could smell the medicine on it as he called for one of his healers that knew about herbs and medicine.

 

The healer came into to his office and he said, “I want to know what type of medicine this is,” as he handed the healer the dart in his hands.

 

The healer took the dart and then sniffed it, he continued to sniff until he got all of the information he needed. Then he faced his lord as he said, “This dart contains a sleeping drug. In a human, this would knock them out for about four hours. In a demon it will knock them out for at least two.”

 

Inutaisho looked at Miroku and asked, “How many of these did my son get hit with before they finally brought him down?”

 

Miroku lowered his head as he said, “They used three of those before they were finally able to bring him down.”

 

The healer heard this and said, “With Inuyasha being only a half demon, and they needing three of these darts to subdue him, he will be out for at least eight hours. This medicine works definitely on everyone and I'm willing to bet that they didn't know the right combination of drugs to use on him. The last dart had to contain a more powerful dose in order for him to be subdued.”

 

Lord Inutaisho heard what the healer said and gave him his thanks for the information, as the healer left his office. He had to sit down, he had to think of a plan to go after his son and get him back from the slavers.

 

Miroku seeing that Inutaisho was deep in thought had to interrupt his mussing as he said, “My Lord, I know where they have taken them to. They took them back to the main processing facility in the human city. That's the place where I met that woman that tortured Inuyasha before.”

 

Inutaisho looked up as his eyes flashed red at what Miroku had said, he didn't know about the torture his son had to endure. He moved so fast that it took Miroku completely by surprise as he was grabbed by the neck and pinned to the wall.

 

Inutaisho growled as he said, “I want to know what they did to my son when he was captured before.”

 

Miroku eyes grew big, `Shit! Inuyasha never told him what they did to him while he was a slave in that processing facility.' He sighed as he said through gritted teeth, “Let me go and I will tell you everything that I know.”

 

Inutaisho released him as Miroku rubbed his neck and preceded to tell him everything Inuyasha had told him about his time in the processing facility. When he was done, Inutaisho was sitting with his head down, he was in deep thought about the information that was revealed to him.

 

He looked up from the ground and said; “I never knew what they had done to him when he was captured. He never told me.”

 

Miroku looked at him with sadness in his eyes as he said, “He knew that you would take the information pretty hard so that's why he never told you. He didn't want you to go off and destroy the human city for a few that are truly evil. He has seen that the humans there take care of their slaves and they treat them with respect. Like in all societies, you have your select few that are truly evil.”

 

`I never knew that my son had suffered so much at the hands of those humans. For him to have survived that ordeal and find a mate that he pledges his life to protect is truly amazing. I have to learn how to listen to him when he talks from now on.' He was in deep thought as he pondered what to do next.

 

Miroku continued to watch his lord as he was thinking then he remembered that he had a message for him from Inuyasha.

 

He turned to him and said, “My lord, your son gave me a message to give to you. He wanted me to come back here and let you know what happened, he said, `tell my dad that if anything ever happens to me that I want him to take care of Kagome.' Do you know the hidden message within these words? I have never known him to call you `dad' before.”

 

Inutaisho looked at Miroku in disbelief, he couldn't believe what he had heard. He was in shock as he asked, “Where's Kagome? Was she captured with Inuyasha?”

 

Miroku took a deep breath and then he told him everything that happened to her and that she was now under a sleeping spell. He also told him about the spell that Kagome had cast around herself and Inuyasha that prevented them from getting separated.

 

Inutaisho had to laugh, `leave it up to Kagome to make sure that Inuyasha is close to her. She doesn't want to turn full youkai and she is trying to protect Inuyasha in the process.'

 

Inutaisho looked up and saw that Miroku was staring at him with interest; he wanted to know the hidden meaning behind the word `dad.' He took a deep breath as he started to explain.

 

“A long time ago when Inuyasha mother was alive she had instilled in the boy that the term `dad' was used only when the son was to become a father. In this way there would be no confusion on who was being address when the family was gathered. Inuyasha has never called me dad for this reason.” He stopped long enough to look at the expression on Miroku's face as he got up from his desk and started to leave.

 

Miroku seeing that he was going to leave quickly asked, “My lord, where are you going?”

 

Inutaisho stopped by the door and said, “I'm going to go and get my son and his mate back, if anyone gets in my way then I will destroy everything.” He turned to leave and Miroku rushed forward and said, “My lord, you can't be serious about destroying the city? Inuyasha said that as long as he had Kagome with him that everything would be alright but the moment they took her from him, he will not be responsible for his actions.”

 

Inutaisho stopped in his tracks; he knew what his son meant. If they took Kagome away from him he will turn full youkai and destroy everything in site until he found her again, even if it meant his own death. “I'm still going after my son. You can come if you wish or stay here the choice is yours.” He turned and walked out of the office.

 

Miroku didn't know what to do. He couldn't leave his mate behind when she was defenseless. He heard a moan coming from the side as he saw his mate trying to wake up. He rushed to her side as he kneeled by her and said, “Sango, are you all right?”

 

Sango opened her eyes and said, “Yes, I'm fine. I want you to go with him Miroku. He's blinded by rage and if he is, he will kill a lot of innocent people. Please Miroku, talk some sense into him. I will be fine. I'll go back to our room and rest there.”

 

Miroku smiled as he kissed her before he ran out the door following his lord. He found him outside as he was giving his orders to his commander of the army. He saw 1000 demons standing in front of him ready to do battle.

 

He rushed over to Inutaisho and said, “My lord, please you can't attack the human city. Not all of those humans deserve your wrath.”

 

Inutaisho eyes flashed red as he said, “I'm very serious about attacking to get my son back.”

 

Miroku tried to reason with him, “My lord, how do you think Kagome's parents feel right now? Their daughter has been taken from them too. If you go and attack his kingdom then you will be attacking everything Kagome and Inuyasha have worked for.

 

All of the girls efforts to get her people to treat demons with respect and to one day set them all free will be for nothing. Inuyasha once said that we were better than those demons that had enslaved humans all those centuries ago. Do you want those humans to see us that way?”

 

Inutaisho had to stop and think, `Miroku's is right. My son has always had a soft spot for humans. I wasn't surprised in the least bit when he came home with a human for a mate. I can't attack the human kingdom to get him back. But maybe if we joined both our forces together we can make those slavers think twice about hurting our children.'

 

He looked at Miroku and said, “You're right, I can't go attacking the human kingdom but if we join forces with them then we can scare them into giving us our children back.”

 

Miroku smiled, he saw the gleam in Inutaisho eyes as he saw a plan forming in them.

 

“Miroku, tell me where this facility is, I want to get a first hand look at the place before we do anything. If my son is in there I should be able to pin point his location.” Inutaisho said with frustration in his voice.

 

Miroku didn't want to tell him the location of the facility in case he decided not to wait for the rest of them to show up. He knew that when it came to his son no one could stop him from protecting him.

 

“My Lord, why don't I come with you and show you where the facility is located. I will get someone else to show the soldiers where King Higurashi home is.” He hoped that Lord Inutaisho would buy off on his idea.

 

Inutaisho looked at him with a raised eyebrow and said, “No, I won't be traveling on the ground. I want to get there quickly and survey the area. Once I know the layout of the place then I will meet you all at King Higurashi house.”

 

Miroku had to admit defeat when he said he wasn't going on the ground, which meant he was traveling by air. The only way he could go with him was to change into his true form and he wasn't about to do that.

 

Miroku told Inutaisho what he wanted to know. The soldiers gathered around their leader, ready to move, as Miroku took the lead back toward the human city.

 

Inutaisho looked on, as his soldiers started moving toward the human city. He had told them not to attack the humans on their way there. He wanted for his army to travel in silence and secrecy if at all possible.

 

He knew this was a great show of force on his part but he had to teach the humans a lesson. Touch his family suffer his wrath.

 

Once the soldiers were out of site he concentrated and he lifted himself off the ground. He was flying toward the direction Miroku had given to him in hopes of reaching his son before they all suffered at his hands.

 

It took him only 20 minutes to get there as he descended into the forest. He wanted to make sure that he wasn't seen, as he got closer to his target.

 

He was in a tree observing the facility when a familiar scent caught his nose.

 

He saw Mike standing near a tree not too far away from him. He jumped from his perch as he landed quietly on the ground.

 

He approached Mike and waited for him to detect his presence.

 

~-oOo-~

 

Mike had jumped from the rooftop and landed with a thud on the ground. He struggled to get up and move away from the area before they captured him. It pained him to know that the slavers had captured his companions. But there was nothing he could do about that now. He had to make sure he escaped as he made his way into the nearby forest.

 

He managed to jump into a tall tree as he moved into its high branches. He sat there trying to recover from his ordeal. He had to think, the slavers where after them and they were especially after Inuyasha. He knew that if they ever caught up to them that one of the other guards would escape to reach Lord Inutaisho.

 

He needed another plan, one that could help anyone coming to rescue Inuyasha. He figured that they would take them back to the processing facility, if they did manage to capture them.

 

He made up his mind that he was going to the processing facility and see if they would be captured. If they managed to escape then he would return home, but if they didn't he could find all of the weak points to the facility and then help in the assault. He was still sworn to protect and he was going to do it.

 

He slowly got up from his perch as he looked around to determine his location, once he had it he then made his way to the processing facility to wait.

 

When he arrived everything was quite as he found a good tree where he could see everything that was going on. He would wait at least two days to make sure that they had made it away from this place. That was more than enough time for his group to make it back towards the Western Lands.

 

Morning came and he started to see activity at the facility. Many slavers were hurrying to get the wagons loaded, along with the demon slaves. He knew something was up but he didn't know what. He hoped that he was wrong as he saw the slavers leave with the capture wagons heading towards the west.

 

Mike waited patiently on his perch in the tree, hoping that the slavers he had seen leaving here in a hurry meant nothing. The facility became quiet again as he decided to take a look around. He kept himself hidden in the tree line as he looked around the area. He noticed that the outside was protect by cameras that told the inside guards of any intruders to the area.

 

He paid special attention to the doors around the building. Cameras covered all of them, they had lights on the outside of each door to keep them illuminated and they could only be opened from the inside. The building was tall meaning that they couldn't jump up to the rooftops like they had done with the other buildings in the area. He was beginning to have his doubts that the building had any weak points to it.

 

Mike headed back to his tree to wait. He would wait until tomorrow and see if they had captured Inuyasha, before he finally headed home.

 

A few hours later he heard the sounds of wagons coming towards the facility. He sat up as he waited, with bated breath, for them to get closer. What he saw made his stomach turn upside down. They had captured Inuyasha and Kagome.

 

They had two of the five guards that protected Inuyasha when he left the graduation ceremony. He didn't see Shawn, he hoped that he was alive and heading home to tell his lord what had happened.

 

He watched as they unloaded his friends from the wagons, none to gently. They had picked them up and thrown them on the ground once they were out of the wagon. He saw the humans open the door to the wagon that Inuyasha was in. When they touched him a powerful barrier sent them flying out of the wagon as they landed on the ground about 20 feet away from the hanyou. He smiled knowing that the humans just got a taste of what they had done to his friends.

 

A female came forward and said, “Humans can't touch them, have the slaves take them inside and put them in their special cell. We will have to wait until he wakes up to separate him from the girl. Once we have her then he will bend to my will or I will kill the girl.”

 

The male humans bowed as they told the demons to remove the hanyou from the wagon and get them in the facility. He saw a big Oushi youkai move forward and picked them up gently as he walked with them in his arms towards the facility.

 

He saw the regret the demon felt for Inuyasha and Kagome as he made his way inside the building. Then he had a thought, if he could get close enough to talk to one of the slave youkai then maybe they would be willing to help. He needed to know the location of this special room that the human female had spoken about. He needed to know what was so special about it.

 

He watched from his perch as they moved the rest of his friends into the facility. He saw all of the slaves go into the building and sighed. He would have to wait until one of the demon slaves came out to see if he could talk to one of them.

 

The minutes ticked by slowly as he watched from his perch to see if anyone would come out. Finally after hours of waiting he saw a couple of demons leave the building to dispose of some garbage.

 

He went towards the garbage bins to see if he could sneak by the cameras and talk to the youkai. He noticed that one of them was the one that had picked up Inuyasha and Kagome from the wagon and took them inside the facility.

 

He waited until they were right next to the big receptacle and said, “Please, don't give me away. I want to ask for your help.”

 

Macho heard the request and knew that it must be someone after the hanyou. They continued to slowly throw away the garbage as he spoke, “We won't give you away but you must know that we can help you very little. This necklace prevents us from doing a lot of things.”

 

Mike understood as he said, “That's fine, the only thing I want to know is where is the room they took the prince to? And what is so special about the room?”

 

Macho bristled at the question but answered, “They are on the 6th floor of this building in the southeast corner. Their window is the only one on that side with bars on it. The room is special because if he ever lets go of the girl then they can come in and grab her through the walls. There are hidden doors in that room that allow them to get in and out quickly.”

 

Mike heard what they were saying and thanked them for the information. Then he said, “If you could think of anything that could get me in there to help them I would be in your debt. I will be in the forest waiting.”

 

Macho nodded his head as they turned to leave and head back towards the building. Macho was trying to think of a plan that could help the hanyou and his mate escape that bitch Kusco. He would have to enlist the help of others to see if they could help them. It was their only chance to break free and live in freedom. So they had to help them.

 

Mike went back to his tree and waited for any sign that the demons from the facility were willing to help them get Inuyasha and Kagome out of that building.

 

The sun was slowly going down over the horizon as he thought about Lord Inutaisho. `He's going to be mad when he finds out that they have captured his son again. Nothing is going to stop his wrath, he will come here and destroy this city in a matter of minutes if they don't hand them over.' Mike shuddered at the thought.

 

Mike caught a movement from inside the facility and thought that maybe the Oushi youkai was coming back out to speak to him. He jumped from the tree he was sitting in and went to the edge of the forest.

 

He was looking for the Oushi youkai when he caught a familiar scent and he could feel a set of eyes staring right at him. He slowly turned around to find none other than Lord Inutaisho himself with his arms crossed over his chest and he looked pissed.

 

Mike quickly fell to his knees and said, “My Lord, I have failed to protect your son and his mate from danger. They have been captured and taken to this facility. They are located on the 6th floor of this building on the southeast corner with the only window having bars on them.”

 

Inutaisho saw Mike shaking as he spoke. The fear that radiated of him was enormous. He was scared that he would kill him for failing in his duty. Under normal circumstances he would've killed him, but the information he had given him was valuable. He looked down his pointed nose and said, “Get up Mike! Now tell me, how do you know where they're keeping my son and his mate.”

 

Mike slowly stood, he was nervous at the stares he was receiving from Lord Inutaisho, he didn't know how he was taking the news of his son's capture. All he knew right then was that he wanted to know how he came upon the information he had just given him.

 

He swallowed hard and then proceeded to tell his lord how he got the information.

 

Inutaisho listened to what Mike was saying. He was surprised that he was able to get the slave demon to agree to help them. He was about to say something when he heard a noise. It was footsteps and they were getting closer to their location. They stood silently until they saw Macho stop right in front of them.

 

~oOo~

 

Macho had come out of the building and he was making his way quickly into the forest. He had a plan that could work to get the hanyou and the girl to safety.

 

He walked into the forest heading towards the scent of the demon he had spoken to earlier that day. He caught the scent of another with him but that was to be expected.

 

When he broke through the foliage he saw the demon he was looking for. There was another one with him as he stepped forward and stopped.

 

The other demon almost looked like the hanyou as he inclined his head to him in greeting. He then turned his attention to the other demon and addressed him.

 

“I have brought these clothes for you to wear. They're the same type of clothing that the rest of the demon slaves wear who work here at the facility. This necklace will allow you to get into the facility and the subduing spell has not been activated.

 

Once you're inside go down the hallway to the last door on the right and enter it. Take the stairs to the 6th floor. From there you should be able to find your friends by following your nose.” When Macho was done he gave the articles of clothing to Mike as he slowly turned to walk away.

 

Inutaisho seeing this said, “Wait! I have to know. Why are you doing this? And why are you willing to help my son?”

 

At the older demons words Macho eyes grew big. `Did he just say son? He must be the hanyou's father.' Macho turned towards him and bowed deeply as he said, “I'm sorry my Lord for not recognizing you, but I do this because I want to make amends for the way I treated your son before. I didn't treat him the way he deserved to be treated and I want to help him and the girl that's with him.”

 

`So, he hurt my son before and now wants to make up for it.' Inutaisho eyed the demon in front of him and said, “Is the girl safe for now? Is she with my son?”

 

“Yes, they are both together for now, but that won't last, they want to separate them to subdue the male and if they succeeded in getting them apart, then Kusco will make sure to torture them both.” He lowered his head as he finished, not knowing what to expect from the hanyou's father.

 

Inutaisho heard his words as he started to formulate a plan. He knew he had a way to get into the facility if he needed to. That was going to be his back up plan, as he formulated what they were going to do to get his son and his mate back from these people.

 

He knew it wasn't going to be easy but they had to try. He just hoped that they didn't mind too much if some of the real estate from the area got damaged but that was to be expected.

 

“Mike, I want you to stay here and wait. I'll be bringing back our soldiers when I return, and then I will tell you the rest of my plans. As for you.” He said as he turned his attention toward the Oushi youkai, “I know that you've mistreated my son and have confessed to me about it.

 

You're lucky that I don't kill you for touching him. But the information you provided along with your eagerness to help, I have reconsidered and will spare your life. When I come back, I will get my son and set you all free. You may travel back to my kingdom and live in peace and safety for the rest of your life if that is what you wish.”

 

Macho couldn't believe what he was hearing. He had spared his life and was giving him the chance to live on his land in return for helping his son escape. “I will do everything within my power to help your son and his mate escape this hellhole.” He bowed deeply before heading back into the facility before he was missed.

 

They watched as they saw the Oushi youkai go back into the processing facility as Inutaisho turned to Mike and said, “I'm going to leave now, the army should be getting close to King Higurashi home and I want to be there when they arrive. Stay here and keep your eyes open for anything. If they move them out of this facility then I want you to follow them. We'll follow your scent to the new location and then I will get them back.”

 

Mike saw as Lord Inutaisho lifted off the ground and headed in the direction of King Higurashi home. He breathed a sigh a relief knowing that he was still alive and that he still had a mission to perform. He went back to his tree as he jumped up to await the army that was coming to get Inuyasha and Kagome.

 

~-oOo-~

 

Lord Inutaisho was approaching King Higurashi home when he saw his army going towards them and then stopped. He landed in right in front of them, as he was meet by Miroku and his commander.

 

They walked forward together as Inutaisho meet with King Higurashi. He inclined his head to him and said, “I have come to get my son back.” He saw the fear in the king's eyes at his declaration.

 

“You don't have to worry I will not attack your kingdom. My only wish is to get my son and his mate and go home. Now if they want to fight then I'm more than willing to accommodate them.”

 

Lord Inutaisho looked on with interest as he saw a big sigh of relief when he said he wouldn't attack their kingdom. But saw the apprehension on their faces when he said that he was still willing to fight the slavers to get his son back.

 

King Higurashi looked at the demon standing in front of him he knew that he was serious about attacking the people that had his son. But he had to keep his kingdom safe.

 

He walked up to him and said, “I understand your concerns but they have my daughter too and I want her back safely.”

 

Inutaisho looked at him and sigh, “We both want our children back safely how about we join forces and combine our strength toward our common enemy. If anything we can scare the hell out of them and make them release our children.

 

I have a plan that, if you are willing to go along with it, we will both get what we want and more.”

 

King Higurashi was intrigued to say the least he wanted to hear his plan for getting their children back. “Well, this is very interesting, please come with me so we can discuss your plan and see what we will need to make this plan work.”

 

Lord Inutaisho agreed as he followed King Higurashi into his house to discuss his plan on getting their children back. The military commanders from both sides followed them along with Miroku.

 

~-oOo-~

 

Kusco followed as they brought in the hanyou and the girl into the processing facility. She wanted to make sure that they were put in the correct cell. With everything that had been going wrong so far, she didn't want to leave anything to chance.

 

She watched as Macho placed them on the cold hard floor as he turned and walked back out of the cell, she then locked the cell door herself and took the keys with her. She didn't want anyone letting them out so they could escape.

 

She had waited a long time to have the hanyou and she was bound and determined not to let him go anywhere. She left the cell going towards Naraku office.

 

~-oOo-~

 

Naraku was in his office contemplating his life. He had informed his business partners that they had captured the hanyou and the girl as he was getting the demands ready to be sent to King Higurashi.

 

They were all happy that he had succeeded in his task and told him not to blow the delivery of the ransom note, because if anything went wrong he was going to pay for it with his life.

 

Naraku slowly rocked back and forth in his chair as he continued to think, `I will have them deliver the ransom note as soon as possible, that way we can get all of the pleasantries out of the way.

 

Once they have met our demands, I will then fake the death of the hanyou and the girl. The amount of money that has been offered for the girl was astounding. I could make more money by selling good-looking women to these people than selling youkai slaves.

 

I will have to explore this new line of business after I take care of the problem at hand. With the hanyou and the girl here I have to make sure I can secure a good deal for all of us. I have to make sure that our business is protected from now on and that no one will be able to rescind the order once given.

 

When the demon's find out what we have done to their prince there will be tension between the demons and the humans again. The demons will think that the humans had killed the son of the Western Lands and come out to attack.

 

We could move in quickly and capture them before anyone knew what was happening. We will have fresh new blood for our breeding centers and with their strong genes they will produce good strong slaves to be sold to the highest bidder.

 

Oh, what I wouldn't give to have the Lord of the Western Lands in the breeding center producing slaves. His off springs would be a strong workforce and I could sell them at an incredible price. I could make millions.'

 

Naraku continued to ponder his good luck when he heard a soft knock on his door. He turned his chair toward the door and said, “Come in.”

 

Kusco entered his office and the look on her face wasn't a good one.

 

Naraku knitted his eyebrow together as he continued to look at her. When Kusco reached his desk she said in a very pissed off voice, “The hanyou refuses to let go of the girl. There's a barrier that only allows demons to touch them. When humans try to grab them we get thrown back about 15 feet and land on our backs.

 

Unless we can get them apart we won't be able to subdue the hanyou for too long once he awakens.”

 

Naraku watched Kusco while she spoke. She started to turn red from the anger she was feeling towards the hanyou and the girl. Naraku smiled and said, “Well, this is a new twist to our plan,” he bowed his head in deep thought, “but I think I may have something that might help us to get them apart.”

 

He reached into his desk draw and pulled out several small weapons and put them on his desk for Kusco to see. She looked at them with curiosity as she said, “What are those?”

 

Naraku just smiled and said, “These are stun guns. I got them a while back in case we needed them for the more stubborn youkai. All you have to do is put this up against his body and pull the trigger. The voltage should be enough to make him release the girl from his grasp. If he fights just continue to hold it on him until he releases the girl. His muscles will quit working after a while.”

 

Kusco grabbed the gun in her hands as she rolled it over her fingers. She pulled the trigger and smiled as she saw the electricity go from one electrode to the other.

 

She looked at Naraku and said, “I think this will do the trick. I will go and get some men together so we can get them separated. We will have to wait until he wakes up or we will never be able to get near him. But this should be enough to take her away from him.”

 

Naraku smiled and agreed to her plan as he said, “I will send our demands to King Higurashi. I'm sure he is dying to hear from us.”

 

Kusco laughed as she left Naraku's office, he turned his chair back toward his window and started to think about all the money he was going to make for the two he had in his procession.

 

~oOo~

 

Oh my, Kusco now has a plan to get Inuyasha and Kagome apart from each other. Will they succeed? Or will their fathers arrive in time to stop them from hurting their children?

 

You will have to wait to find out.

 

Someone asked me if Chapter 16 was the last Lemon for this story does it mean that I'm done writing it yet. The answer is no, I'm not done writing the story yet. Chapter 16 happens to be the last chapter that I put a lemon in. I had planned not to write any more lemons for this story but I received a couple of reviews that say they want at least one more lemon. I still haven't decided on whether I will put another one in it or not. You all will have to wait to see if I do.

 

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Until the next time!

 

Ja ne!