Imperfection of The Silver Beast
Written by Brandon Degner
Episode I
''Listen closely, for what you are about to learn is far more important than yourself.'' Inutaisho, the beautiful silver-haired demon lord said to calm his exuberant son's blind rage. ''Sesshomaru, If you lack an ideal greater than your selfishness, you will surely fail any task before you've even begun!''
The demon lord's son Sesshomaru almost seemed to mirror the eloquent beauty of his father; the lush long flowing silver hair, and soft skin masking their true nature of ultimate brutality. ''Since you were a boy, I have known an immeasurably powerful mystery dwelled within the deepest darkest recess of your soul.'' The demon lord Inutaisho continued.
''You've always known so much for your age, but you don't know everything! You see, to wield my blades you must understand the purest love ever held, complete devotion to something greater than your desires, the ultimate destruction of anything that gets in your way, and total hatred for those who have lied and taken what should already be yours!'' Inutaisho yelled.
''One side is incomplete, and despite all the strength you've struggle to acquire, you're still but a blinded fool who doesn't yet realize this. The Bakusaiga and the Tessaiga, these are not just tools to be wielded by fools. These are not weapons of greed and selfishness! These blades are the very manifestation of the duality controlling all life and death!'' Inutaisho shouted again, but to no avail to relax his son.
Sesshomaru, always one of few words, was now consumed by his burning rage compelling him to be the best. After all, he'd trained every moment of every waking day for the past five years, thinking of nothing else but bringing about the peak potential of his abilities, in order to face this one decisive moment. It would be the first time that he would ever be presented with the opportunity to strike back at his father's cruelty in earnest, and challenge him to prove he was not just the equal to others; he was better, he was always better!
Remembering all the times alone and cold in the emptiness without the warmth of anyone to love him or even slightly care, holding in such hidden resentment, the adrenaline suddenly lit into a fire that seemed to burn inside Sesshomaru's soul as he wildly swung his tall blade. However, Inutaisho merely laughed at his charge, ripping the large sharp sword from out of Sesshomaru's grasp as if it were nothing more than a play toy.
To further embarrassment, Inutaisho smashed the blunt side of the steel over the his head to send an unforgettable message... knocked to the ground and suddenly nursing a blackened dent bellowed over his skull, Sesshomaru held back his tears, not of physical pain, but of his own inevitable powerlessness to change fate.
In his blinded ambition, Sesshomaru couldn't accept this weakness. Not even having the humbleness to understand that so far from here, Inutaisho was universally feared by the notorious legend of an unstoppable beast dog; he was no normal challenge by any means, and losing to him was something everyone who crossed his path once faced. Even the syllables beginning his name were dared not spoken for they carried with them a chilling presence of an accompanying aura of death.
''Kindred this blade and you, boy.'' Inutaisho continued. ''Running within it's steel is the same refined noble blood that runs through your veins... Sesshomaru, you once asked me for advise when you were a child. Well here it is. People change, or maybe they're not what you thought they were. Remember that, and you may one day best me yet. Now go boy! Go find something, someone worth protecting, and then maybe, you may begin to understand the true source of my strength. '' The demon lord said with a challenge as he watched Sesshomaru back up.
''If you're still alive, I just want you to know...'' The rarely spoken Sesshomaru said. ''I want you to know that I'm gonna come for you father, and when I do, I'm gonna be the one that finally kills you...''
2 years later...
Two years of ceaselessly restless nights engulfing his mind. When Sesshomaru slept, he shook with nightmares; haunting images forcefully reminding him of his own rarely seen weakness on that ugly day. He could almost hear his own heartbeat piercing so fiercely within his dream, and he wanted nothing more than to erase the feeling that he felt every night.
Traveling the countryside with the company of a small demon imp named Shiyonin, Sesshomaru kept on his father's scent. ''Surely, my lord is strong enough to defeat anyone by now. I've barely seen you relinquish your blade! Even when my lord sleeps, he seems to hold it tightly.'' Shiyonin said.
''Do not speak unless spoken to. I did not ask your advise.'' Sesshomaru said as he silently began walking away, as Shiyonin suddenly hurried to keep up with his master.
''I have learned one truth since that time of my greatest defeat. I've learned from my fear, my weakness that held me back that day. I learned that to know infinity… you must be afraid. You have to fear fear, go on anyway, and close your eyes as you journey toward that inward darkness. Then you have to reach out, and almost touch the furthest edge of that invisible aura drawing you closer without completely falling in. Only then will you understand the mystery of where ultimate strength resides, by defeating yourself.''
-Coming soon Episode II