He was at the border of that wretched town she so loves.

He breathed in deeply but frowned. He still couldn't pick up her scent.

He was sure she would be here hiding out here with these human she cares about.

Could it be that she didn't want him to come here and harm the people in this village? If that was the case then where in the devil was she? Did she not realize how dangerous it was out there for her, even if she didn't come here but went somewhere else....something was bothering Sesshomaru extremely. He couldn't pick up her scent anywhere. The last place he picked up her scent was in his study, it was the freshest there, and then it lead him believe she leaped out of the window where her scent disappeared into the sewer pipe.

That stench masked her scent from Sesshomaru, but the thing that terrified him the most were the what ifs.

What if she didn't make it out of the ocean? What if there was an extremely strong current that washed her out to sea? What if she did make it out of the ocean but was captured and being violated or hurt?

He walked over to the high priestess who was standing with her bow and arrow lowered to the ground but ready to strike if needed. Sesshomaru wanted to scoff at the very idea of her arrows doing him any harm. He was in a demon class all on his own.

"Stand down priestess: I come here seeking information on the whereabouts of Inuyasha, she's fond of you and your village"

"I have not seen her since the day ye took her from us Lord Sesshomaru" she stated calmly, he could sense she was telling him the whole truth. Sesshomaru was sure she was helping her hide somewhere, he felt an overwhelming sense of anxiety. Then he noticed that her other companions were nowhere to be seen either.

"Where's the monk, demon slayer and priestess?" Sesshomaru asked coldly, not wanting to show any emotions to the old woman but inside he felt his control slipping…he wanted his mate back.

She shook her head at the scowling demon lord"I don't know where they went, they didn't convey their destination to me"

"The priestess that Inuyasha is so close to, did she leave with them?" Sesshomaru's instincts had told him that his mate would be where that girl was.

"The young girl went back home" she said but something seemed off about that statement, it was almost like she was not telling the whole truth.

"I was under the impression that this village was the girl's home"

"The whereabouts of the girl's home is not something I can disclose with anyone without her permission"

Sesshomaru snarled at her and moved so fast that she didn't see him until he was right in front of her holding her by the neck, claws ready with poison.

"Do not toy with me! I have very little patience, knowing Inuyasha, she would seek her out, so I won't ask a third time, where does that girl live?" Sesshomaru hissed at her, he felt his eyes starting to bleed red.

She stood her ground, foolish old woman: did she not understand that he would kill whoever was in her way of getting to her mate?

"Even if told you where her home is, ye could not travel there. No one besides Inuyasha knows of the way how, neither their companions nor I have ever ventured there" she said trying to release herself from Sesshomaru's grasp.

What secret did this old woman know about that priestess home that was only entrusted to Inuyasha?

"Tell me where" he demanded.

"It is another world beyond the bone eaters well in the Forest of Inuyasha, that is where Kagome's world is, she is not of this time and that is possibly where Inuyasha is at now, only she has been able to travel to and from Kagome's time"

Sesshomaru felt like ice was injected into his vines, he released the old woman.

"Hn" he turned around and flew towards to forest and the well she spoke of.

As he approached it, he sensed an intense amount of power emanating from the well

He looked down but all he saw was an old dry well.

He jumped, not knowing what to expect but landed on the dirt that was in the bottom. The well did not permit the demon Lord access to this other world. He snarled and leapt out of the suffocating hole.

Sesshomaru wanted to destroy this offensive well with his bare hands but if he did that, then Inuyasha would forever be stuck in another dimension. "How dare she run from me and my home, she is my mate and as such her place is by my side! not wondering around in another dimension with a priestess and Gods knew who else!" He growled.

He swore that when she returned he would force her to submit to him.

Once she returned to the castle he will claim her as mate in body ensuring to get her with pup.

She would have no choice but stay within the wall of the castle in order to protect their unborn pup, her female mother instincts would not permit her to place herself in danger.

He smirked as he walked over to a tree and sat against the large trunk and waited for her to appear.

Sooner or later she had to come back and when she did....

He would be ready.

He will make her realize that running from her destiny was hopeless. Inuyasha belonged to him from the moment she was born, though Sesshomaru stupidly didn't realize it due to the stupidity and meddling of their father.

If only their father would have left things as they should have been, Inuyasha would have been raised as a princess and been properly groomed in become his bride a long time ago. Not that it mattered now: she would learn obedience soon or later.

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Inuyasha looked around. She felt a shiver go down her spine. There was no one around exept for Kagome and a few of her friends. Kagome had managed to drag her out today saying that she needed a distraction, and Inuyasha didn't argue with her, because she did need a distraction.

Thinking about going back was making her jumpy and irritable. She didn't like this era but at the same time she didn't want to go back to her time and face the possibility of running into her asshole brother, and because of that she felt like a coward for running from the prick in the beginning.

Inuyasha growled softy as she called herself weak for not going back there and kicking his ass with her sword.

"Yasha come on! The movie is going to start in 20 mins!" called Kagome. She couldn't really use her name since her friends already met her 'boyfriend' named Inuyasha, who also happened to have silver hair.

So she was Yasha, her boyfriend's sister from out of town.

She looked around once more. She had a bad feeling and she knew the source was Sesshomaru. She knew that mates could connect once mated but she purposely kept a tight lid on that connection…at least for her part.

She didn't really want a close and personal view into his feelings and mind, that was notion that made her shudder.

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Two days later

Sesshomaru snarled as he looked down at the empty well.

"Damn that woman for making me wait around for her, when was she coming back?"

He looked up at the blue sky then scoffed at it and went to sit by the trunk of the tree that he's been sitting at for the past two days.

He closed his eyes to meditate but when he closed his eyes the face of his mate would appear making him snarl.

He remembered the way her lips felt against his, how her small frame would fit next to him perfectly, how she smelled and what that scent did to him. He could clearly see her golden cat eyes and those perfect long dark lashes looking up at him making his heat beat faster, her skin, smooth pale and silky, her utterly adorable puppy ears that would twitch when she was annoyed.

He touched the wood of the well as he stood there wishing her to come back.

She had already managed to flee from him once by turning to the hands of death, now she ran into a world he couldn't reach her. Was the idea of being his mate worse than a death sentence for her?

As he stood there he remembered all the times he called her a half breed, insulted her, fought her, wounded her, belittled her, of course she had been a male then, but those scars where still fresh for her.

He called her unworthy of their father's blood, but in reality, father was the one who hid her away because Sesshomaru  was unable to see the jewel that she was. Ever since she left into this other world he vowed to drag her back to his castle, to claim her, to force her to submit.

He let out a bitter hollow laugh. How right their father had been to keep her hidden, he was no better than some savage primitive beast who wanted to force Inuyasha to submit.

The realization of his treatment of her hit him like a lightning bolt.

Sesshomaru sank down to his knees in front of the well that transported his mate to a world he couldn't reach her.

He did this. He pushed her away. He saw the way he was seeing her, she was his mate, his answer to making heirs for his kingdom…and yet…he never took into consideration that she had plans of her own

he was only looking at her as his possession, his answer for companionship after years of being alone.

She would give him pure blood pups, but did she even what to? He didn't know anything about wooing his mate, so he demanded because it was what was best for her…but what did that get him? Instead of seeing to her happiness

He was looking for his own. Gods he felt like such a fool!

After some time Sesshomaru leaned down by his tree as night fall crept over the woods, watching the well he decided to open up his awareness and meditate. Being mated allowed his access to some of her emotions depending on how strong they were, since they haven't joined that link would be fairly weak, but it would be there none then less.

He got a very faint impression of her being happy about something. He opened his eyes and looked up at the night sky. She was happy on the other side of that well, he didn't like it but I accepted it.

"Come to me koneko…come back to me" he willed his thoughts to be heard by her, not knowing if it would work.

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"Come to me koneko….come back to me"

She bolted up right startled. Breathing hard she looked around almost thinking that she was either back at the castle or that Sesshomaru was in the room.

"Did I dream it?" She thought as she looked over to see Kagome still asleep on her bed.

She was on the floor snuggled into the sleeping bag when she heard the voice of Sesshomaru almost whisper to him to come back.

But that couldn't be him, the voice in her mind has been almost sweet and pleading, Sesshomaru would never speak to her that way, he would first rip her head off. Shrugging it off she decided she must have dreamed it up, laying back down she went back to sleep.