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Chapter Two: The Feeling of Power
Sesshomaru was walking, bored, with absolutely nothing to do. The weather was getting cooler and he was anticipating the drop in temperature that would inevitably come. Being a dog demon, even though he was in human form, it was just a cover. He was suppressing his natural self, tons of fur and all. Even though with the skin he wore now as a luxury, it did not matter some days when the air was hot and the sun even hotter.
Those days he could feel the sweat beating down on his body and all he wished for was a cool lake that he could swim in and relieve some of the heat that seemed like it was trapped inside of him.
Looking out at the grey* evening sky, Sesshomaru made a abrupt decision that he would transform in to his natural form of a great dog demon. It had been so long since he had run that the last time seemed like a distant memory.
Without hesitation, Sesshomaru stripped out of his hakamas and kimono- the cool air feeling good on his heated skin. All articles of clothing were taken off and a barrier was placed over them. It would not due for some lowly demon or human to try and steal his clothing, leaving him to walk around in the nude. Then he would be forced to hunt them down, make them beg for forgiveness, then kill them.
After all, he could not very well wear the clothing after such filth had touched them.
Closing his eyes, Sesshomaru breathed in deep. They open red. His face swiftly started to change. Teeth grew and lengthened, the sharp tips deadly. His hair billowed out in an imaginary wind his aura created with being released. Sesshomaru's body grew more that one hundred times tall and wide. White and silver hair covered his body that was now in the shape of a dog.
Magenta V like sets stained the fur around his mouth on his cheeks. His eyes were crimson in color and his trademark crescent moon was in the center of his forehead. All in all, Sesshomaru was a magnificent specimen in human form and in demon form too.
He was off...
Racing on the ground until he couldn't think of anything else. His breathing labored, and the only thought was the thrill of being in his own element, the chilled air racing through his heated fur.
He took to the skies.
Getting higher in altitude where the air was extremely cooler, loving the fact that he was feeling so free. Up there was a place away from responsibilities and obligations. His father's rule and his mothers conniving and evil ways. He could be himself in the best of ways without having to worry about anything else.
Anyone else.
The people of the court were the worst ones. They expected so much, but didn't want to give what was due in return. To Sesshomaru, it seemed the whole demon world was run off of people with social etiquette, who was the stronger demon, who was of purer blood, and who's purse weighed the most.
Since Sesshomaru had all of those attributes and more, it seemed as if everyone were after him. Female demons were after him for the title that he would undoubtedly inherit when his father, The Great Inutaisho, passed. It was bothersome and tiresome. Having the whole demon world watching your every step and expecting you to not watch your own because your supposedly so perfect that you could predict where you were suppose to go.
Thinking like that, Sesshomaru did not know that he had drifted out farther than he thought. Looking in the direction on the sun, he noticed that quite a few hours passes from when he had started off. He would be in for a tongue lashing from his mother when he returned, but it would not last long. He would amuse her for the time being and after that, she would be on her own, in the room talking to herself, for he had no time to listen to nonsense.
Sighing, Sesshomaru started to turn around and head home when he felt it. A pulsing power that had never been. An aura so powerful that his own reacted out of instinct to protect himself. It seemed as if the air itself was charged with unleashed power. That caught Sesshomaru's attention if nothing else did. His mind was now off of his mother and dreadful life at the palace.
Ever the curious dog, Sesshomaru followed it.
He followed it until it disappeared and still followed long afterwards, flying through the air as if he would miss what it was if he were too slow. That was not a possibility. Sesshomaru knew his weaknesses and curiosity was his biggest enemy. Trying something out. Tasting something. Smelling something. Solving a mystery was by far the worst one. Now that something had snagged his attention and interest, he would not stop until he found that something...
He just hoped that whatever it was was not something that he would eventually get into trouble over. Of course he was mighty and powerful, and just Sesshomaru's name by itself would stop most people (The Killing Perfection), but there is always someone out there that would not care and would want him to suffer for some reason of their own.
But then again, It could be nothing and he could be over thinking the whole entire situation.
But his mind is what had kept him alive all of this time... He would be cautious about what he was approaching at his steadily fast pace.
But he still would find out what it is!
I'm not going to lie to you. This was a hard chapter to write. I had to take a lot about nothing and make it into something that would follow a good path into the story... It seemed to work out and I can see everything moving forward!
To the (*) Above. I feel stupid, but I bet a lot of you didn't know either so... Here it goes... I didn't know whether to spell Grey as Gray or Grey... Turns out that they are both the correct way to spell the word. They both pretty much have the same meaning, unless you get into depth with it. (Just something random to know.)
{Reminder} As much as I read over this, I am not perfect and there are most likely and most probably are mistakes, Please advise or excuse...
~_~^-^~_~ - Ditto Princess
