Title: Servant Boy
Author: Demitria Miriam
Rating: R
Pairing: Sesshomaru x Inuyasha
Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha and make no money off this piece of fiction.
Summary: In a world where youkai are considered less than human, and kept as servants to the royal families, Sesshomaru does the unthinkable and falls in love with his lord and master, Inuyasha. (seme!Sess x uke!Inu)
Chapter 1: Prologue
The Age of Youkai had been well since over for more than a millennia. Such beings had once been revered as gods; ethereal, divine, frightening creatures possessing unearthly powers that could do anything from make the wind blow coolly against the waters edge to summoning up a vicious tsunami that devastated half the continent. These... creatures could not be allowed to roam free at their own discretion. Their powers, those spells they held within their bodies surely had to have been cursed on them by the Great Kami's enemy. That was the only feasible reasoning peasants and royalty of the ningen clans across the island could come up with, because, surely, Kami-sama would not bestow such terrifying, godly powers upon such lowly scabs of existence.
And naturally, after many, many years of consideration and careful planning the humans finally found a way to suppress the powers of such ominous, evil beings.
Though, it is to be said that this was no easy task, especially considering the short span of a human's life to that of a demon's. In all reality it was a conspiracy, held within bloodlines, hidden within the royal families of ningens for generations until the right time came, where it was to be written in historical scrolls later in life, of how the Age of Youkai ended, and the Age of Feudal Japan began.
It came to that time, several centuries later when the plan was established and found to be foolproof; ready to be used at the drop of a gaze.
Over the decades, beings that could rival that of a demon's youki emerged, slowly, yet surely. This discovery wasn't realized right away, however, but as the years progressed these gifted entities which had been bestowed upon earth by Kami-sama found their calling.
And that calling was in the destruction of all evil that resided within the world. These few but powerful people were called mikos, selected beings holding pure, heavenly powers, even said to have been the descendants of the gods themselves. With their powers of purity they were able to subdue the demonic aura of all youkai. And instead of killing them off to ensure none of their kind caused turmoil in the world again, they were kept as slaves to the wealthy human families around the Continent.
However, where demons were considered impure, dirty and all around evil incarnated, a new race, the Hanyous, would be seen as gods that walked upon the earth. Not only would these miraculous beings hold the powers of youkai, but also the spiritual powers of a human. While the mere thought of a coupling between a demon and human was looked down upon, the creation that would grow inside the female's body was what mattered. Hanyous, as they would later be called, would be the Children of the Future, the ones that would bring harmony and peace to the warring states era they were currently living in.
And one child in particular would be especially valued. His name was to be Inuyasha, son of Lady Izayoi, soon-to-be heir to his mother's fortune and title as Ruler of the West.
Author's Note: Nyahh! I thought I had posted this here at FF. Or maybe it got deleted when I AWOL'd a while ago... dunno. But in any case, I hope you enjoy it! I'm slowly though surely figuring out a path for it!