(Sesshomaru)

I felt my demon rising.

My eyes bled red as I regarded the elders surrounding me. Inuyasha fell into a deep sleep, but her aura was etched with traces of hurt, denial, and mistrust. She doubted my love for her, doubted our pup.

This is something I will never stand for.

"Leave at once while you still breathe" I growled out low feeling my body wanting to give way to my true form.

"We will leave.....with Lady Inuyasha" said the elder Kazuhito who was addressing Inuyasha.

I snarled at him "I will never allow you to take what is mine. You will die before you can even touch her"

"She is will be placed in the custody of the council until she is of proper age. Her mating mark and bond with you Lord Sesshomaru will be from here on out severed" said the elder Seiji.

With one arm holding her I pulled out my sword with my other and snarled at them.

"You will die before I allow that to happen" I said in low deadly voice.

"You brought this upon yourself Lord Sesshomaru!" roared Lord Kazuhito "You and your father have denied that child the freedom to choose her own mate, to be courted like she deserves. We will take her and cut all ties with you"

"Then die" I said coldly.

Never....never will allow her to be taken from me.

"Lord Sesshomaru!" I looked over to see Kagome and my general trying to break through the barrier.

"My Lord....Guards!" called out General Takeshi making me smirk as I looked over to the council members.

"Do you really think you can take on my army and me?" I laughed bitterly "I think not, you will not have my mate tonight...or any night" I looked over to my mother "and as for you. Inuyasha has a gentle heart, she will forgive me and when our pup is born you will live with the fact that we will never let you see your grandchildren for there will be many more to come, I am no longer your son"

My mother's eyes went wide with shock as she shook her head at me "You wouldn't!"

"Your prejudice and malice against Inuyasha has earned you this punishment" I said to her "Leave Lady Inukimi...I have no relations with you anymore"

"No...my son" she breathed out to me taking a step forward making me snarl at her. She then narrowed her eyes on me "Very well...if that is how it is going to be then so be it. That only means that I will have no remorse when I do this"

She made a signal and at once the barrier came down only the have a small army of 20 demons jump out and surround me.

I stab the first one with Bakusaiga and watched as he disintegrated then went to stab a second to have the council immobilize me. I stood frozen as I felt their combined strength make so that I couldn't move. They only had a few moments because they knew that their powers didn't match my own.

I felt the cold steel of a blade enter my stomach making me grit my teeth in pain as the cries and clash of blades told me that my army just made it to the clearing.

My blood ran cold as I felt someone try to tug Inuyasha out of my arms.

Snarling I tried to let go of my humanoid form making the elders grunt in their efforts to keep me contained. Two others came and when they finally managed to yank Inuyasha out of my arms I roared out to my mate causing her to wake up upon hearing me calling out for her.

She blinked up at the strange demon holding her froze then tried to get away from him.

"Inuyasha" I snarled out to her, my eyes bleeding red as I unleashed my powers, feeling their powers starting to give out when I felt another blade stab me from the back. My aura was pulsing red hot, angry and feral.

She turned to look at me, shocked when she saw me bleeding and immobilized as I felt my face trying to transform as they continued to attack me.

"Sessh!" she tried to get away from the demon holding her, squirming and clawing at him "Let go of me! Sessh!" She got her arm free and held it out to me trying to get to me as another demon came and to help out the bastard that was holding her dragging her away from me.

"Sessh!" I snarled at the distress in her voice as she tried to bite the demons holding her "Let me go you sack of shit!...Sessh!"

I wanted to taste blood when I saw someone cover her nose and mouth with a white cloth, she immediately passed out.

My demon snapped. I roared and threw all of my power against the elders and watched them fall back. I stood in my true form and snarled at the demons that held my mate.

"Bring her!" called out my mother.

I caught one of the demons with my mouth: sinking my teeth into him, I injected him with a deadly dose of my poison then threw him to a dark part of the gardens. Turning to my mother I roared as she turned into a ball of light while holding my mate and flew off.

I took off right behind her jumping into the air chasing down my mate.

Immediately I felt the elders attack me, once more throwing down a barrier right on me. The barrier was weaker as they too transformed into balls of light and flew off leaving me to throw off the barrier.

I threw it off then sniffed the air growling when I only got a faint trance of their scents.

"My lord? What are your orders?" said Kazunari, who looked furious, but not as furious as I felt. General Takeshi appeared beside him. "What do you plan for us to do now my lord?" Takeshi asks

"I will get my mate back, you will follow" I said before I once more transformed.

"Be careful" whispered Kagome.

I looked down to see Kagome give my general a brief but passionate kiss before stepping back so that Takeshi can transform as well.

As we flew in the night sky following my mate's and mother scent I thought of my precious mate.

I could still see her face as she tried to reach out to me, her cries as she called out my name and I failed her.

Never again, I vowed.

All will suffer for taking her from me. She didn't want to leave me, that thought alone was holding my sanity in check, preventing me from going on a murderous rampage.

I will get you back my precious Inuyasha, and when I do...I will make sure this never happens again. They will soon find out why I am feared....why my very name makes the heart of all those who know me freeze in terror. They will soon realize their mistake in taking what is mine from me.