InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Together in Tokyo ❯ Rude Awakening ( Chapter 7 )

[ Y - Young Adult: Not suitable for readers under 16 ]
Sesshoumaru awoke to a knocking at his door and someone yelling his name.

“Katsuo!”

It was her voice, and as her knocking stopped he could hear her whisper. “Sesshoumaru…”

No one had called him by that name in four-hundred years. He did not even think of himself by that name anymore. Over the years he had traded his given name for countless aliases. He had surrendered his true form for this mundane human guise.

Hell, he hardly even thought of himself as a youkai anymore. To everyone around him he was just another person, another human, living in Tokyo. It felt strange after so many years of hiding his true nature to have someone aware of the power he possessed.

He wanted little to do with the bothersome miko. He was not looking forward to reliving the past with her. To have helped her would have been fine, but protection was not all he had promised. He never broke his promises.

Though she no longer knocked, he could sense her lingering outside his door.

He had procrastinated long enough. It was time to fulfill his promise to his brother. He got out of bed and went to open the door.