(Sesshomaru)

I could feel their powers trying to bind me, trying to lock me into a dark mirror.

I pushed out my youkai as I transformed letting out my poison once more.

"Lord Sesshomaru! That is enough!"

I looked down to see Lord Kazuhito glaring at me "Inuyasha does not belong to you lord Sesshomaru, please see reason and let her go. She is young and deserves to enjoy her youth"

I narrowed my eyes at him as I let out a roar.

Damn him to hell. Damn them all! I would not give in, would not rest until I have my mate back, she is all that matters in my life.

I looked around the hundreds of dead bodies around me and smirked inwardly. I would not yield, I would rip and tear every last person until my demon felt satisfied.

I was every bit of the killing perfection right now and I would show no mercy for felt none.

"Fools" I said as more guards and several members of the council came in to the court yard attempting to seal my powers. I noticed one figure hiding behind a column and wanted nothing more than rip her throat out. Akira was looking up at me, fear in her eyes as she looked at the carnage around her.

"You stupid little bitch!" I said with a sneer feeling hatred for her fill my every pore "You were never worthy to be called my mate and so you concocted this plan and convinced the council to take my mate away only to have that rabid brother of yours try to claim what is mine!"

Several gasp were heard from the council members

"Is this true Akira?" said an elder of the council.

Akira just shook her head making me growl loudly at her. I was about to leap for her when a new set of guards came and circled around me. I narrowed my eyes at them; did they really think they could defeat me?

Each of them held a mirror, I sneered at them suspiciously. When the chanting began I froze as I became immobilized. The floor glowed around me making it hard to move, I was about to let go of my poison cloud when a streak of white and silver caught my eye.

The only warning were several grunts then the heads of four guards rolled across the courtyard as their bodies fell, the circle broken. I revered back to my humanoid form and looked around as two guards took out their swords to attack the blur.

I smirked knowing who it was.

A snarl was heard then the guards fell to the ground with a loud thump. Silence filled the courtyard, as I saw the elders gasp when they realized who had so swiftly and effective taken out six of their best guards.

I looked up to see my little mate standing perfectly balanced on top of a statute of a kami, dressed in white and silver with her hair caressing her body in the morning wind, she looked absolutely dazzling in my eyes.

I laughed making a lot of the guards and council members nervous.

It was never a good thing when I laughed. Even though Inuyasha was now a female, they never took into consideration that she was far more deadly now than when she was male. I, on the other hand knew this. I knew that she didn't really need my constant protection, I just didn't want her to soil her hands, I didn't want her to have to fight anymore because she's been doing that all of her life.

It was my turn to pamper her and protect her, however I wasn't a fool. While her claws were smaller, they were also sharper easily fooling anyone who would try and attack her. Her smaller body was flexible making it so she could bend in extraordinary ways to dodge an attack. But what made her far more dangerous than I could ever be…was her beauty.

Humans and demons knew to fear me, there was no hiding the cruelty in my gaze, my ice exterior alerted people that I was not one to cross.

However with my mate, if any demon tried attack her, all she had to do was smile. It was impossible to resist her, it was almost like a compulsion and they couldn't help it. She would lure them in with her face and body, so resembling an angel, seeming so innocent and pure….until it was too late and they would find themselves decapitated.

For if I was the killing perfection…then as my mate Inuyasha was the perfect assassin. Always in my shadow seeming harmless and innocent, her appearance so defenseless until one got too close. She was the only one who would ever be worthy of being my mate.

I watched as she smiled at me then leaped off the statue in one fluid graceful move, captivating me as she descended from the air slowly, her long silver hair fanning around her. One day apart from her was more than my demon would ever be able to stand.

As she landed close to me she looked up at me and smirked playfully.

"What took ya so long?"

"I was preoccupied koneko…forgive me" I said watching her as she walked up to me and tucked herself into my larger frame.

I glanced at the elders, who were looking at her rather strangely.

"Did you think I mated her purely because of her beauty?" I asked my mother who was eyeing Inuyasha, I looked down just in time to watch my mate hiss at her, flashing her small, but very sharp fangs at my mother before rubbing her face to my side in a very feline sort of way

"She is far deadlier that you give her credit for mother. A hanyou she may be, but don't ever forget whose blood runs through her veins. Father was not a fool; he knew what he was doing. In letting Inuyasha run around as a male for as long as she did, she learned to fight like a warrior, and now that she is in her true from, her full powers were also unlocked"

She looked at Inuyasha, disbelief in her gaze.

"Don't believe me? Take a look at the fallen heads" I said kicking a head towards them.

If they looked close, they would plainly see the clean cut from her sharp claws. The bone was so neatly cut, it was like someone had taken his head off with an extremely sharp katana, it was in instant death "Inuyasha" I said looking down at her "hmm?" she said as she absently stroked the pelt of my tail "Leave with general Takeshi, and your personal Guard Kazunari, I will see you home soon"

Her golden eyes went a little wide "Sessh I know what they did is unforgivable in your eyes, but not all of them deserve to die" she said softy.

"They took you from our home, endangered our pup and nearly turned you against me, your mate. While it's true that some did it under false pretenses, some were not so innocent" I said pinning my mother with a cold stare. Inuyasha followed my gaze and gave a little whine.

"You can't kill your mother Sessh…..she may be a bitch but she is still your mother" she whisper so that only I heard her.

I sighed for a moment then leaned down to pull her into my arms, holding her tightly. I felt her arms snake around my neck as she buried her small hands into my hair. I heard her take a deep breathe then nuzzle the side of my face. She missed me. I inhaled her scent but frowned at all the other scents on her.

"Go home, my little one. You will obey me in this command; I do not want you here any longer than you already have been. You reek of this place, go home and take a bath, I expect you to be in bed when I get home. I am sure you are aware of what my demon will need to do when I get home" I said to her, she nodded to me before my gaze soften "Go, you have been though a very troubling situation, it would please your mate if you did this"

She nodded to me gave one last nuzzle before going with Takeshi and Kazunari

Once she was gone I turned and pinned everyone there with a cold calculating gaze.

"There is much explaining all of you need to do this Sesshomaru" I said fiercely as I walked past them, following the scent of my mate to a bedchamber where Lord Ryouma was stirring from his injuries.

"First let's start with this scum before me. Does anyone care to explain why he is still in the council when his stench is that of a madman? Or far more disturbing is why he felt the need to touch that what his mine? My mate's scent of fear and disgust is all over this piece of filth" I said snarling at the lot of them that followed me into the chamber that held my mate captive.

The council members stared at each other for a moment before they started to explain in hopes I would grant them mercy.

That, was to be seen.