Sesshoumaru stared at the sacred tree. Inuyasha, his moronic halfing son had been sealed to it by a mortal priestess. Luckily for her she died, if Sesshoumaru had been there when his son was first sealed three years ago he would have broken both of the wench's arms. Sesshoumaru could only stare at his son's lifeless body. This is not the fate of a prince of the Western Lands. Sesshoumaru thought. He had searched for Inuyasha and now that he found him he was appalled. His heir, his only child had been sealed to a tree by a worthless human. Sesshoumaru grabbed the arrow that was keeping Inuyasha asleep, the arrow burned Sesshoumaru at the touch but Sesshoumaru didn't care, he used his poison to melt the arrow. Sesshoumaru carried Inuyasha back to the palace.
Inuyasha could have stayed where he was forever, for the first time in a while he was actually warm. Something was covering him. His sense of smell was coming back to him slowly. The atmosphere held an aroma of roses and kikyos. It was definitely not the forest, or Kikyo's village. So where was he?
Inuyasha opened his eyes; he was in his room! The crimson walls and canopy were still the same.
"How?" Inuyasha asked. He had been gone for years hadn't he? Or was it all just a dream?
"Did you seriously think I would leave you bound to that tree all you life Inuyasha?" Inuyasha looked towards the doorway and found his father there looking as pissed off as the devil without heat.
"How did you find me?" Inuyasha asked.
"By searching very hard on nothing but a small rumor for three years." Sesshoumaru answered.
"I'm…sorry." Inuyasha murmured.
"You should be, I told you not to interfere with mortals." Sesshoumaru remarked, trying to keep his voice even. "Demons and humans live in different worlds, you should have known that priestess wench was going to kill you. They can't be trusted Inuyasha."
Inuyasha had his head in his hands. His body was shaking as he was trying his hardest not to dry in front of his father. He couldn't tell his dad about Kikyo. But he would never stand for anyone calling her a wench.
"Ai shyi unareu neketay Kikyo!" He shouted in anger. " I swear Father if you touched her I will kill you!"
"How could have? By the time I found you she was already dead." Sesshoumaru admitted. "You are not to leave this room, am I clear?"
"Yes."
Sesshoumaru blew out the torches in his son's room then walked out. Leaving his son alone in the dark.
Inuyasha curled up under the covers again; his breathing was ragged as his mind went into shock over the news of Kikyo's death. He turned his head to look for a way out of the room but the widow was sealed with sutras and he knew for a fact that his door was locked. Inuyasha didn't care. He would be dead soon anyway he would kill himself to be with Kikyo.
Sesshoumaru sat in his study working on various papers that needed his attention while trying to figure out what he would do with his teenage brat of a son. He could tell that Inuyasha was upset but he didn't trust him to let him outside his room. Gods be damned if he ever should be allowed in the kitchen. Sesshoumaru was not going to let him commit suicide. Despite was his son might think Sesshoumaru was doing the right thing.
The Lord of the Western Lands stood up ad started putting his stuff away; he couldn't work with his son quarantined like this. He decided to go to bed himself. Inuyasha hadn't even been back for a week and he was already exsausted. Sesshoumaru knew he was going to have a hell of a time in the near future.
"Sesshoumaru-sama! Sesshoumaru-sama!"
The lord woke in an instent at hearing the servant knocking at the other side of the door. He raced to open it.
"What's wrong?" Sesshoumaru asked the servant boy.
"It's the young master, he tried to kill himself!"
Sesshoumaru ran down the halls to Inuyasha's room in panic. Never had he dealt with anything like this before. He hoped Inuyasha was alright. Sesshoumaru opened the door to his son's room to find Inuyasha's left wrist bleeding.
"Go wake the healer and tell her to come as soon as possible." Sesshoumaru ordered to the boy.
Sesshoumaru walked over to the window where the prince was sitting. Inuyasha didn't even notice his father standing there. Sesshoumaru grabbed Inuyasha's shoulder.
"What were you thinking?! Huh?!" Sesshoumaru demanded.
"She's gone." Inuyasha answered with tears streaming down his face. "It's all my fault. Kikyo's gone."
"And so you try to kill yourself!"
"My lord, stop yelling at him."
The dog demon turned to the door, an elderly female dog demon stood there with a basin full of warm water and bandages.
"It's only going to make him worse. Your son is suffering from a human illness called depression." The healer explained. She walked up to Inuyasha and started cleaning his wrist. "What's the matter?" She asked Inuyasha.
"Leave me alone." He snapped.
"That's not an option you have, especially because of your resent actions." The old woman explained. "Did you truly think that you could bleed to death without anyone knowing?"
"Don't touch me!" Inuyasha shouted as he moved his hand away before she applied the bandages.
The old healer grabbed his arm in a firm hold so she could finish dressing the wound.
"I will leave as soon as I'm done but you will not be allowed to end your life so long as your father and I are here."
After she finished she motioned for Sesshoumaru to talk with her privately. Sesshoumaru turned his head to the door where the servant who had warned him about Inuyasha stood.
"Watch him and tell me immediately if there is a repeat of this."
The boy nodded.
"What? I don't need a babysitter!"
"How can I trust you?" Sesshoumaru asked before walking out of Inuyasha's room.