Hi...free time again time to write more... ummmm I don't have much to say. Just want to remind you all of the warnings just in case you skipped over them. I put them in a list to catch your attention.

WARNING - yaoi

WARNING - shotcan (child with adult sexual content eventually)

WARNING - violent

well those 3 will are really the most important. However this is only the second chapter so you won't have to see the first two yet. I just don't want you to read the story and then later complain.

The only thing left to say is that I don't own Naruto or Inuyasha.

So with that I bring you to the 2nd chapter of Bleeding the Soul.

...meow...

Sesshomaru could have laughed at Inuyasha's shock if he didn't have an image to keep up. The Lord of the west doesn't laugh at the silliness of others. It just wasn't done of the cold hearted Lord. Seriously just one thing out of character had stunned his brother if he laughed his brother might die of shock. Now that just wouldn't do.

Sesshomaru cast his amusement and his brother's face to the back of his mind as he turned to address the boy in front of him. The boy was only acting on instinct that means no words or logic would help him. He would have to fight instinct with instinct.

Sesshomaru took another step closer and growled back at the child as soon as the child hissed. He would have to use instinctual noises to get the boy to admit defeat. His growl made the boy pause and hesitate to growl on the next step however the boy still forced it out of himself. It seemed the boy was a natural alpha. It would take a bit more to get him to give over his kill as any nice demon who acknowledge the other's dominance would do. However that the boy had hesitated was a good sign it meant he wasn't completely crazy yet. He might be able to actually save him.

Sesshomaru got closer step by step. His posture casual but his growls and barks loud and sharp to the child's ears. He could see the boy's body sink lower and lower as he got closer. The boy's instinct's were fighting inside him. He was weaker and he knew that and he should give in to Sesshomaru's request for submission. However at the same time there was his desire for the food. The question now was which instinct would win over.

Sesshomaru was right on top of the boy before the boy even thought to run. However he knew it was too late Sesshomaru could see it in his eyes. However when fright was gone the only response left was fight. Sesshomaru's next step took him right in the boy's range. With a small hiss the boy's hand flew out over the women's body and ripped into Sesshomaru's clothes. Just missing his flesh. However Sesshomaru knew he couldn't back down. If he did the child would never admit defeat. So he stood his grounds and allowed the child it's panic filled attack. Any wound the child gave him wouldn't be able to do much damage to him.

Sesshomaru growled sharply in disappointment. If force didn't make the child give in then a small amount of guilt would be able to toss the coin. The boy whimpered quietly and his body sunk even lower until his chest was pressed into the ground. Sesshomaru smiled to himself in his head. He was making progress.

Kneeling onto the blood soaked ground Sesshomaru reached out to touch the cold human in front of him. To take complete dominance and control of the boy he would have to do more than touch the women. This was so not his day.

The boy rose a few inches higher and started to growl once again trying to keep Sesshomaru away from the prey. However Sesshomaru cut him off mid growl with a sharp ear hurting bark. Slowly Sesshomaru calmly took out an organ from the women's open chest and started to eat the raw food. Humans were food to many demon it wasn't uncommon. However Sesshomaru had never thought it was worth the battle for. If he ate the humans in his territory they might rebel. That wouldn't have been good for him or his people. However this one time he would make an exception.

The meat wasn't completely warm anymore. It had started to chill during the time they had been having their conversations. The blood was hardly warm too. It would have been better at body temp. If he had to eat a human he would have liked a fresh kill or a cooked one. The boy had hardly reacted in the time it took Sesshomaru to eat the entire organ. Just a small growl or whimper now and again. However it was nothing to punish the boy over since he hadn't attacked or raised his body off the ground. All good future alpha's wouldn't take this perfectly quietly. So he sees nothing wrong with it. Hopeful the body could keep it up.

Sesshomaru quickly but calmly continued to eat pieces of the human women. He didn't want to rush since that would give the image of fear or hurry to the boy and he might be prompt to attack again. That wouldn't be good. Especially with all the noise he could hear from the group behind him. That human girl was bitching again, complaining that he was eating a human. The wolf prince was holding her back and trying to explain however he knew if he didn't finish this soon he would have a real problem on his hands. If those people came close to him and the boy all his progress would be lost. He would have to trust Inuyasha and the wolf to keep them away from him.

The boy had stopped his growling and was just quietly watching Sesshomaru eat his prey. He knew the boy had to be starving however he couldn't offer food too soon. If he did then the boy would never accept his dominance. He need to wait just a little longer. Just until the boy makes a noise of submission. Begging for his turn. Asking for forgiveness. Anything he wasn't picky. He just had to make sure that the boy actually gave in.

Sesshomaru continued to eat the human women. He had to say for a mortal who ate from the trash or what not she didn't taste so bad. Not the best meal he had ever had, but he would be able to live with it. Not so sure he would willing do it again though. At least without a good reason or purpose.

The boy hadn't moved as he ate however he had seen the tension start to leak out of the boy's body. It meant he was starting to feel safe. Since Sesshomaru was only eating and not driving him off that meant it would be ok to stay and eat the extra that was left. It also meant that Sesshomaru was showing a bit of protectiveness and sense of pack since only pack were allowed someone else's food.

The voices in the background had risen so much and the boy was so quiet that Sesshomaru almost missed the sound of submission he had been waiting for. The boy had asked for forgiveness. It might not have been sincere, however he had asked and that was all Sesshomaru needed.

He quickly finished the piece of the human in his hands and then reached over and calmly rubbed the boy on his head giving a small bark to say all was forgiven. Of course now he would have to feed the boy. Which meant his beautiful clothes were about to be stained again. He ran out of clothes so fast when he traveled.

It was simple to move his tail off his shoulder to lay against the ground and to bare his throat of what clothes had been covering it. With a simple tug he had the boy off the ground, over the women and in his lap his small head just on the level with his own neck. Of course this part was always a gamble. The boy could tear out his throat instead of feeding. The good thing about this plan is that Sesshomaru had the strength to survive a blow that the boy could make. However if he attacked he would have to be killed.

Sesshomaru rubbed the boy's back and gave a simple bark as constant to eat allowing a hum to form in his throat to make sure he didn't scare the boy off. Like planned the boy instinctual went for his throat. The boy's small teeth scrabbling to break skin and sink into his throat. Sesshomaru held still as the boy final worked out how to grip on and started to suck the blood he had so much desired. It seemed the boy wasn't a lost cause after all.

...meow...

Inuyasha with the help of Koga had been able to hold back Sango and Kagome from racing over and ruining what ever plan Sesshomaru had to save the boy. Miroku surprising enough hadn't even tried to stop Sesshomaru's actions. It seemed he hadn't been giving the man enough credit.

Sesshomaru had been at it for a while now and Inuyasha wasn't sure to be angry or pity the man. He was sure that women wasn't the best meal he had ever had. Come on Sesshomaru lives in a palace and has his own cooks and staff. He has had to have had a hundred or even thousand meals better than this one. Even Inuyasha on his hungriest day would hesitate to eat a human women. Their was no telling what humans put into their bodies.

Finally Sesshomaru had finished whatever ritual he had started and stood with the boy in his arms. Walking away from the corpse that lay cold on the grass. Inuyasha could see the blood slipping down Sesshomaru's neck from where naruto had his teeth buried into the flesh. Not much escaped the hungry boy's mouth. However some blood did stream down to stain his brother's white robe.

"Inuyasha I will take the boy now. You may have what is left of that human's body." Sesshomaru had walked all the way over to them now. The boy in his arms still drinking from his throat. Kagome had stopped fighting to stare open mouth at them and Sango had stopped fighting in curiosity if he had to guess.

"I understand. I thank you for your assistance." Inuyasha bowed his head in respect to his brother even as he could hear Kagome's words of shock behind him. Oh yes he was suppose to fight his brother to the death each time they meet. Well she would have to get over it. Sesshomaru had saved him from a very unpleasant task. Killing children, even insane children was not a task Inuyasha found the least amount of pleasure in.

"He's a demon. Correct? He only attacked because he is hungry and running on instinct. This is a common occurrence for orphaned or cast away demon children. They attack the weakest prey for food since they do not understand they need living demon blood to survive. However he looks completely human. Why?" Sango had made a good point. Although he trust his brother's judgement in this. He hadn't smelt a demon on the boy. If he was a demon why did he look and smell like a human.

"I would guess he is a trickster by nature. Maybe a fox demon or such. He is very skilled though if he can hid his demonic energy, scent, and appearance this well. He will have a great potential if he is able to survive the next couple months and regain his senses." Inuyasha could sigh at the thought of the trouble Sesshomaru had agreed to deal with for the next couple of weeks. The boy was a baby he would need constant feeding. Continuos content and encouragement. The boy would more than likely have traumatic times of nightmares and low self esteem. Since no one had stepped forward to help him from his family or close friends from which ever demon community he came from. In most demon groups it was actually preferred that such children were killed if a group massacre was happening so that this kind of thing didn't happen. No one liked the idea of their children being the one to go insane.

"So I was right. Only a demon would do that to a human body. It should be killed. That disgusting thing isn't worth..." Kagome ranted and started to point and accuse the child. Like the child was at fault for the neglect of adults. If the adults had taken better care of him, he wouldn't have starved to the point of insanity.

"Kagome shut up! Thank you my lord for the help, and I wish you the best of luck in the following months." Miroku had interrupted Kagome's hateful rant and bowed to Sesshomaru. Inuyasha would have to keep an eye on the monk he was appearing a lot smarter than he original thought he was.

"Thank you monk. I will take my leave now Inuyasha." Sesshomaru nodded at them and turned away, starting to head back towards his own group of odd traveling partners. He was sure he would see him again later.

Thanks Sesshomaru leave me with the troublesome group. It was going to be a difficult couple of day after this. He just beat their would be no living with Kagome after this. She was going to be even more hateful against demons, which in turn meant more sit boys for him. For what was he but a one of those violent and dangerous demons.

...meow...

Sesshomaru could feel the boy's teeth in his neck. It pulsed with a small pain that wouldn't stop. It would take a while for him to get use to someone drinking his blood. He hadn't shared his blood in a very long time.

He listened to Rin's questions with half an ear. Answering with that amount of attention in return. She was a curious child. Always wanting to know if this or that was happening. This time it was all about the boy. Who was he? Was he going to come with them? Why was he drinking blood? A bunch of questions he couldn't answer or wouldn't want to answer to her.

"We don't know his name and we won't know until he starts to talk. It might take a while until then so if you want to pick out something to call him for a while, like a nickname, then that would be fine. I'm sure he won't mine." Sesshomaru murmured nonsense reassurance to the boy in his arms when he felt him stiffen at the noise of Rin's constant chatter. It would take a while for the boy not to jump at every loud noise or offensive sound.

"A nickname. How about baby. He can be our little baby." Baby. Yes the child was young and he was younger than Rin however he wasn't so sure he was a baby.

"Well he's a little old to be a baby." And there goes Rin's puppy eyes. God it was always so hard to say no to her. He was getting weak hearted in his old age.

"Alright baby it is. Now go tell Jaken we are continuing our journey for a while. I need him to walk back to the palace and tell everyone I will not be around for a couple months and that I need all important documents and issues to be delivered again." It wouldn't be smart to head back to palace now. The boy would need time to get use to him and Rin. The palace staff would be too much for him to take and staying in his rooms the entire couple of months would drive him insane. There was no way he could entertain himself for that long. No it was better to just travel around. It's not like it's the first time he has traveled, his staff would be able to function without him for a couple months.

"Yes Sesshomaru-sama." Rin ran off screaming Jaken's name and the news like it was the best thing in the world. Of course a time in nature would be good for her too. Less formal dinners and more flowers.

"Are you done child? That's good. Go to sleep now." The boy had finally dragged his teeth from his throat and was almost sleepy licking the spilled blood from his throat. Sesshomaru smiled as the boy yawned and cuddled into his throat his small hands holding tightly to his white blood stained clothes. He was kind of cute.