Priceless (an InuYasha FanFic)

Finding Her

Disclaimer: I do not own InuYasha or any other characters contained within the show or manga, that credit goes to the brilliant Rumiko Takahashi. I just like playing with her characters, I do not make a profit from this story.  Dr. Nakamura is mine though.

Warning! This Chapter contains lots of blood, dark mature themes, and strong language. If you don't want to read that, then please leave now. you can't say I didn't warn you.

It had been a long exhausting day, and all Sesshomaru wanted to do right now was go home and take a nice long run before crashing in his expensive four poster bed. Twelve hours is far to much time to spend behind a desk reading and signing papers. There hadn't even been any meetings today, not that he liked meetings, but at least they were an excuse to get up and walk, if only a few feet, but still, that was better than nothing. He hadn't even gone out to lunch because his stupidly over attentive father had brought him lunch today. He literally had not stood up for over twelve hours, and now he was once again sitting, in his nondescript silver Honda Accord for another 45 minutes, driving home. He was sick of sitting down.

"What work?" you may ask. Well as it was now 2018, the great Prince Sesshomaru, heir to the West, and Son of the Great and powerful TaiYoukai Inu No Taisho, was now just Sesshomaru Taisho, CEO of Taisho Industries, and the most influential Demon- I mean- Man in western Japan. Around the mid-1900s Demons were finally forced to join and blend in with human society due to the fact that the sheer number of humans was beginning to overwhelm the demon population, much to the annoyance of many older demons who were still living in the feudal era. Not to mention, the humans continued to grow in their knowledge of science to the point that the weapons humans were now developing could easily demolish a horde of lesser demons. Even a few greater Demons began to fear the might of the human bomb. As easily as TaiYoukay heal, there is no healing from being blown to pieces. Demons had to get smarter, they needed to be subtle, to blend in.

Eventually, Sesshomaru's father assimilated into the culture well enough to start up his own company, which he used to employ and help the demon's in the surrounding areas to blend in and still have a place, other than home, which was safe to be themselves. Any human employed by Taisho Industries was either mated to one of the demonic employees, or was a friend to demons, and were sworn to complete and utter secrecy. 

What does Taisho Industries sell? Officially, Taisho Industries is the parent company to several other large companies, which in themselves all do something different. One may sell medical equipment, while another sells construction supplies, and yet another is responsible for many famous clothing lines. 

Under the surface, however, Taisho Industries is the only major company that distributes the necessary supplies to the different demon communities, so that certain hospitals have the necessary tools to work on Demons, so that the schools that allow Demon children to attend can have sturdy structures to withstand a demonic temper tantrum, and so that all demons have clothing that either hides or accommodates certain demonic attributes. 

And Sesshomaru had just recently stepped into the role of CEO after his father finally retired.So it is safe to say that, while he may not be Lord of the West, he still held a high enough position to demand the respect of almost anyone else in the country of Japan save for the Prime Minister and his family, but that was fine because Sesshomaru never had to meet with the Prime Minister, and he could still act above all the humans without looking like too much of an asshole. Though some employees may still call him that behind his back. Honestly, he didn't care, as long as he was left alone.

Breaking out of his reverie, Sesshomaru noticed that his Moko-Moko had stirred, waiting a moment to gauge the circumstance of this movement, he felt his Beast begin to wake up. Taken slightly off guard Sesshomaru pulled his car over to the side of the road and stopped. He hadn't heard so much as a peep from his Beast in over 200 years. He had been sure to lock it up in the deepest recesses of his mind, forcing it into dormancy. What on earth would cause it to wake up now, of all times? Thinking hard, the only reason Sesshomaru could think of was something he had almost lost all hope of ever finding. He was, after all, 1,328  years old. If he was going to find a mate, he should have found her by now. Never mind the fact that he still looked no older than 20 by human standards, as demons go if you don't find a mate after 8 centuries, there is little to no chance of ever finding one. He may still be young for a demon, but most demons find their mate by 600-700 years old. 500 if you're lucky. Jumping out of his car and examining is surroundings he took a good whiff of air, trying t parse out all the different scents. If he could smell her from here, his beast would know and tell him. Finally, he managed to filter out the scent of a generic drugstore shampoo, and the fresh scent of wild blackberries. That was something he hadn't smelled in some time, it was a rare scent nowadays, especially when living in a crowded city. It was a sweet and refreshing scent.