Read first; this was written at the request of Storiedfabric who was a huge support when wrting my Eternally trilogy. It will be written in varisous stages of Katashi becoming Sesshomaru's True Legacy and the chapters will be the age Takara physically appears as at the time.

Storiedfabric I hope this is okay and that you enjoy this!

True Legacy

Much to Learn;

Age eight

Takara was again gazing up at the sky as she nibbled on the food I had given her. We had stopped on the border of a forest, she and Jaken seemed fatigued and I felt inclined to let them rest. I did promise my mother that I see that both of them and Ah-Un.

Takara was sitting upon a large silver rock, she humming an eerie tune. Her voice…the way the quiet murmurs of the melody passed her small coral lips, it was haunting in it purity. Her voice held a gentle power...so marvellous in its clarity; it had a nostalgic tone to it and seemed to lead down the path of my subconscious…deep into my childhood memories.

The breeze gently flowed through her long cream-peach tresses and her clear eyes that swirled with vibrant azure blues and emerald greens, completely uninterrupted by pupils. The absence of these dark circles in the centre of those eyes made her look constantly deep in thought and also beheld a wisdom that did not befit someone who appeared as young as she did.

Three months had passed since the day I met her, she was a very old Tenshi who dwelled in heavens with gods and goddesses. Apparently she had watched over me…she had taken a certain interest in me, a liking to me. She had used a vessel to come down to earth, one that had some connection to my families recent foe, this person was Iku , the still born child of the villain's obsession, Rika.

It was a very long and complex tale, but in the end she had absorbed enough love from my kin and I to materialise herself. Only when she emerged she was reborn in the form of an eight year old child with no memory of her life as a Tenshi or her purpose for leaving her heavenly home to be by my side. All she had was that instinct to trust me and follow me anywhere. She did have a certain stirring inside her, she knew she was wise beyond the years she appeared to be but often mistook herself for an old soul.

Takara was captivating to watch….she was like the epitome of spring. I only looked from the corner of my eye, barely noticeable. Jaken however gawked with his bulging eyes and his small jaw hung.

"Why does she do that?" Jaken spoke, his voice so high pitched, "that is one freaky child….your mother used to make up songs and hum….but it was never that spooky."

My mother was not a Tenshi, fool. I kept such words in my thoughts as I didn't want to waste my breath.

"You!" Jaken called pointing his staff at the little Tenshi who ceased in her melody and peered innocently at the shrieking toad demon. "You must stop that humming and singing, it is distracting my Lord Katashi!"

A small sweet frown creased her forehead, "I'm sorry Master Jaken" she uttered then gazed at me, "forgive me Lord Katashi..."

I made no sound and she again turned her attention upwards into the sky, completely engrossed. She often did that, gazing up at the sky…it called to her and she felt an internal pull…a magnetic force. That was her home and now she could never return, she gave it up for me and would go on for years not knowing what the void in her heart was or why she longed to reach the sky.

"Lord Katashi" she called to me in her small voice.

I again looked to her from the corner of my eye and did not turn my body to face her; still she knew she had my full attention. "What is it Takara?"

"My Lord….I see something, I see it in the sky…It is a kingdom of white and gold….can you see it?"

With a fast and effortless movement I was at her side and staring up into the same direction as she did. But I saw nothing of this "Kingdom" she spoke of, I narrowed my eyes and still nothing emerged. "Where is it Takara?" I asked her.

"My Lord it's right there….you are looking right at it…there are people there…women…they look just like me….they have my hair, my eyes…they're calling to me….my Lord…"

I suddenly felt a small spark of alarm, "Takara! Look away" I ordered, she did so instantly, she was not ready to see them and I was not prepared for the questions that would follow her seeing them. For instance she would ask how they knew her name and why she looked like them. I did not know how to answer yet; I did not need to tell her anything for when she came of age all her memories would return. Takara would one day remember that she was amongst them as not only their dearest friend but a respected elder who they sought council from. Right now all she could do was use her power to conjure ice, she could freeze things so easily and it took some control on her part. There was no evidence that her gift of foresight had returned yet, but one day, maybe in a few years she would again be able to see into the future.

"That's right!" Jaken added, "You should not be speaking such nonsense to Lord Katashi! He is the son of the greatest Demon Lord and doesn't need to hear of you childish fantasies."

"Jaken!" I snapped at him, he jolted like a frightened cat when a dog barks at it. I was about to continue when I felt the presence of an approaching demon. I stood still with my hand upon the blade my father gave me, it was a useless sword that wouldn't cut him down, but I had a reputation as fierce fighter, if it saw my with a blade it might run away scared.

However, a battle was not to ensue, for it was only one my father's messengers, he seemed a little edgy when he saw my hand on the hilt of my sword and so I removed it to show I had no intention of killing him unnecessarily.

"My Lord….Prince Katashi…. I have been sent by your mother, the Lady Rin" he explained, "she requests you come to her immediately."

I frowned, what is it my mother wishes to discuss with me? "Jaken" I called to my little follower, "fetch Ah-Un."

He fetched Ah-Un as I swept up Takara and placed her upon the two headed dragon's back. She and Jaken sat in front of me as I took the reins. I was the son of a powerful demon, but unfortunately I had not inherited his power of flight.

We took off with the messenger in front, I did not need a guide but this was customary. I wondered what my mother wanted to discuss, it had been three months since I saw her at the end of the Crow battle. It was possibly about the empire I was to claim for myself. Recently this month I had discovered there laid a kingdom in the south-west, it was the location Takara had foreseen me rule in when she used Iku as her vessel. The only issue was…it already had ownership. The Lord Shigeo who ruled it was an unwise and drunk hog-demon. He feasted and drank till the contents of his stomach rose up again, him took women both demon and human. While he lost himself in his own pleasure he had neglected his kingdom and let it fall to ruin. The demon villagers who surrounded the outside of the castle were half starved and his soldiers lacked the proper training. I knew from the depths of my heart that I was meant to rule this empire, but I would not request my father's aid, I would not need his armies, I would not seek help not only from him but also from Morio and my sister's new husband, the crow King Sora. My human brother Yoshi would also want to aid me but I will not accept. I would also leave my other brother be, they had renounced their titles as princes to live a simple life with the they had fallen for, it made them happy and I would leave them to it, war was not meant for either of them nor nieces and nephews they will soon give me.

"I look forward to seeing lady Rin again" Takara mentioned to me, "she is very nice to me."

My mother is nice to everyone, so long as they pose no threat against our family.

I felt the strong pull of my home as it came to view; I took Ah-Un down into the luxurious stable in which I kept him when he remained here. The servants immediately attended to us and guided me to the throne room.

The large doors were opened for me and my travelling companions, only it was not my father I saw…it was my mother, standing centre of the throne room. A smile graced her face, "My son, I knew you would come at my request" she informed me.

Takara leapt oh her light feet and daintily skipped to my mother, "Lady Rin!" she cheered, "Lady Rin it is good to see you again"

My mother knelt down to her, she treated Takara as she appeared and behaved, like an eight year old child, not the ancient Tenshi of heaven she truly was.

"It is very good to see you too my dear" Mother responded briefly stroking the silky peach-cream tresses of Takara. "But listen I'm afraid I need to speak with your Lord alone, my daughter Kasumi is here on a visit also, she is in the gardens now picking flowers…why don't you and Master Jaken join her?"

Takara's eyes lit up, she adored my sister also and constantly referred to her as "the moonlit princess". Jaken However was most displeased "why do I have to go!" he shrieked.

My mother raised an eyebrow; "because I ordered it" she shot back. Jaken did as she obeyed and went to the gardens with Takara in order to find Kasumi. My mother grew a playful smile as she watched and when she turned to me she mischievously giggled. "He'll never get used to the fact that the little human girl he watched over is now his superior. As much as he tries to hide it, I'll always be that little girl to him, that little annoyance he grew a grudging respect and fondness for."

I did not need to hear anymore sentiments and so I changed the subject "Kasumi is here, she is a newlywed, why is she not with her husband?"

"She is with him, he is here too…I decided to invite them both here, your father still has his, doubts about Sora, for the sake of Kasumi's happiness I invited them to stay so that we can get to know him as the man she fell for, not the kidnapper we first met him as. So far I have not been disappointed, he is with your father now, I asked Sesshomaru to make more of a personal effort to get to know Sora."

No one other than Rin could tell the great Sesshomaru what to do. She was also the only person I was most candid with. My mother and I had a bond as well as a deep and mutual respect for one and other; I conversed more openly with her than anyone else.

"Is that why you sent for me?" I asked "so that I can get to know my Sister's husband?" it seemed so ridiculous, especially since my mother knew of the important mission I had set myself.

"No" she answered "that is not why I have requested you" she moved up the marble steps and sat comfortably upon her throne. "Katashi, I have heard word that you intend to claim the South-west as your kingdom and dethrone the Hog Lord, Shigeo. I hear that you plan this invasion very soon."

So this is it? "You heard correct mother, you seem to have an issue with that, is it because I am taking a throne you don't believe is rightfully mine?"

My mother frowned at me, I never spoke so dryly and distantly to her and she would not tolerate it, her eyes told me to change my tone immediately. "That is partly the reason for disapproval, yes" she admitted. "You have no claim to it, not yet anyway. The right to rule an empire has to be earned…..your father earned his as did your brother Yoshi, you cannot go raging in there like a storm and expect to have it practically handed to you! Furthermore, who will aid you? You have no army anymore….will you not come to your family for help? We have always stuck together….I raised you under the oath of these five words; your kin is your haven. Katashi I want you to stop and think, don't be so impulsive."

I hated being talked down to like this, the worse thing about it was that deep down I knew she was right, but I wouldn't even admit that to myself. "I want to win this on my own mother, if I am to follow in father's footsteps then I need to do this alone, as he did…without help."

Rin scoffed at me and shook her head in disbelief, "you really think your father had no help? Honestly you are the very echo of him! He too was brash and stubborn; he too had this obsession to exceed his own father. Katashi…just like he did, you have so much to learn before you can succeed."

"Where is father?" I asked coldly, "I'd prefer to speak with him on matters such as these"

My mother shot to her feet and with a graceful swiftness she stood before me, glaring angrily at me, "don't you speak to me so coldly, I have earned to right to speak of these matters not only as your mother but as the Lady of the western Lands! Katashi I am not saying all this anger you, I'm trying to give you the guidance your father didn't have the privilege of when he began his journey." Her face softened and tenderly she removed the hair from my eyes, looking at me as though I were a child again. "I say this…because I want you to succeed and in order to do so you must accept mine and Sesshomaru's guidance."

I was quiet for a moment before I repeated my question "where is father?"

Rin sighed, "He and Sora are travelling to Yoshi's kingdom, he intends to give Yoshi Bakusaiga."

My eyes widened a fraction and I let out a small burst of flames, "He is giving Yoshi Bakusaiga!" I growled, "he is giving a human such a powerful weapon! While I am given this…." I threw Tensaiga upon the ground, its clatters echoed throughout the great hall, "this worthless thing that can do nothing but heal! How can I take an empire with that?"

My mother was seething now, "that human, is your brother Katashi! You have to trust you father he gave you that sword for a reason, he gave it to you because you are more like him than any of his children and you would benefit most from wielding it! Would it surprise you to know that your father also despised this sword? But it made him the ruler he is now!"

"No it didn't!" I argued back, "Bakusaiga did!"

"Bakusaiga was earned through what he learned from Tensaiga! You were told all the stories!"

"Yes I was, my grandfather favoured Inuyasha over Sesshomaru just he favours his other children over me! Yoshi most of all…he isn't even his real son!"

My face was met with a sharp slap, my mother had struck me. "Yoshi is our real son! You once idolised him…now that he has something you feel you deserve, you turn on him! Let me tell you this….son….you may not like the sword you were given, you may not like that you have to travel with a young child protect….but you will learn from this sword and that girl everything I have clearly failed to teach you!" she stopped and took in a deep breath to calm herself, "you are your father…but you are the version of him that I would not have cared for, Takara and Tensaiga will change that. But remember it took my death to change your father…I hope a similar thing does not occur with you, the victim may not be able to come back. I have told you everything you need to hear…go on your journey and return to us when you are a better Lord, your family will always await you."

I felt so betrayed; I didn't need her or any of them! I will be better than my father ever was in my own way! "I won't ever be returning mother, I have no family!"

She did not react in the way I had expected, she was not angry or sad…she looked at me as though she knew my words were empty. "Yes you do my son" she uttered, "you will always have us, you cannot turn your back on us forever…you won't even have the strength to discard that heirloom you despise so much because it connects you to us…you can walk away now but I know you hear me and I know this will not be the last we see of you, you will return to us Katashi and you will be a better Lord."

I disappeared out the doors to go and collect Taraka and my other travelling companions. I wanted so much to turn back to my mother and beg for forgiveness, but my family was a weakness and I had no place with them anymore.

I found Takara, she was giggling happily as Kasumi used her wind magic to make the many colour petals dance and circle all around Takara. For a moment I stood there watching as she played like a creature from a fairytal. Takara at such a young age was mesmerising to watch. With every petal the little Tenshi caught she turned to ice, she'd crush it and let it shimmer like tiny diamonds all around her.

Eventually both of them felt my eyes and turned with bright smiles at me. Kasumi's face fell when she saw the coldness on my face and immediately knew why I was angry.

"Brother…are you leaving so soon? You and I haven't talked in so long." Kasumi spoke.

Nor shall we talk again; I gave her what I determined to be my last words to her "farewell."

I then looked down at Takara who gazed up at me so innocently, "Takara, I am leaving…follow if you choose."

She did so very eagerly, I heard Jaken shriek after us, telling us to wait for him and that he'd follow me anywhere.

Night came, Takara laid asleep in a patch of white flowers, she would breath and her breath would brim the flowers around her in a light blue ice that glowed in the light of the moon. Ah-Un was resting close by her and Jaken was leaning asleep against a tree near me.

I glared at the sword and wondered why I couldn't find the strength to discard it, in the shine of the blade I saw my family, each of their faces appeared one at a time and I felt the human part of me yearn for them, so much it was almost agonising.

Me being a half-demon meant I had to prove myself even more, I had to work harder to be stronger and I had to ignore the human side of me and let my demon side take control. But my human half was so persistent, it felt so much guilt for the way I had spoken to my mother and sister, disrespected my father and referred to my brother as a mere human as well as feeling small amount of resentment towards him because of Bakusaiga. But the demon in me was fighting back, telling me that the sword was mine by right and that the south-west kingdom was also meant for me!

"My Lord" came a soft voice, it was Takara, I was so engrossed with Tensaiga that I did not hear her wake up and approach me. "My lord…can you not sleep? Do you miss your family? I wish I had a family."

"Takara…you and I now have that in common, neither of us has a family now" I informed her.

Her smooth forehead creased when she frowned "Can you and I not be family my lord? If all we have is each other, oh and of course master Jaken and Ah-Un."

My reaction was well composed; I didn't let her see the affect her words had. When she lived in heaven, she had a vision that showed she had a future with me in my empire, that she would rule beside me as my wife. It was difficult to see such a future with her as I look upon her now, she is just a child, but I would still keep her in my future but most likely as an advisor. She and I would not be an ideal match, she was ice and I was fire….fire burns ice and melts it away…she would not withstand the heat of my demonic aggression.

That was it…fire and ice, demon and angel….I was a demon destined to raise a heavenly being to become my mate? It was unlikely that this would occur, yes I was her guardian and I would protect her for as long as she remained in my life, but that was all.

I did not answer her and eventually she fell back to sleep, leaning against me. She guarded me from heaven and now I was to repay the favour here on earth. Before I would take my kingdom, I would find a worthy sword and learn about the ways of a Tenshi so that I am ready for what will occur when she comes of age. She will be very useful when she gains her foresight.

Heya hope that was okay, next is age eleven!