Inuyasha was left alone with the scary man know as Sesshoumaru. All the others had left to follow his orders.
Sesshoumaru sighed and sat down. He poured himself a cup of coffee.
He looked over the half-breed as he drank it. The coffee helped sooth him.
"What am I going to do with you?" He signed again.
"Whats your name?" He asked
Inuyasha stayed slient.
"Come now boy, don't you have a name?"
The teen nob.
"Than what do they call you?"
"Inu-Inuyasha" he said nervously.
"So you were a slave Inuyasha?" He asked. In his kingdom slavery was banned. Only the very rich had slaves and they were offten criminals who crimes were so alwful they be put to death. Slavery was just a way for them to live. Sure they live in chains, but they lived.
"Were you the princes slave? Your very well dressed."
"There not mine. My master wanted me to put them on." Inuyasha stared at the ground.
"Why?"
"So they think I was the prince."
Sesshoumaru looked at the boy with pity.
"I see. Well at least you'll never have to deal with him again. You are free now."
"Free" Inuyasha tilted his head to the side. He had never herd that word before.
"Yes you are free now, well you'll be free once we pass the border. You'll be far away from the reach of your master."
"I dont think he'll like that?"
"It dosnt matter, most likely you'll never see him again."
Sesshoumaru looked around.
"So do you have any skills?"
"Skills?" He asked confused.
"You know, like cooking and cleaning. Something you could do. It would make it easier to find you a job."
"My master said I was good at sucking his cock." He said innocently.
Sesshoumaru chocked on the coffee he was drinking.
"So you were a pleasure slave." He looked at him in pity. "Poor thing"
"Will I be getting a new master?" He didn't like the idea of having a new master he rather stay with Naraku.
"No your free that means no master." Sesshoumaru gathered the papers on his desk.
"Come on I'll explain on the way." The troops were already starting to move out. Inuyasha had to share a horse with Sesshoumaru.
On the days it took to reach the border Sesshoumaru told him everything about being free. He be able to eat when he wanted and go when he wanted. He wouldn't have to have sex with someone he didn't want to have it with. He be able to talk with other people and be treated like an equal.
Inuyasha liked to talk to the genral. He treated him nicely and listen with interest to everything he said. He didn't talk down to him or make him feel uncomfortable.
Inuyasha wasn't use to being treated like a person, usually he was treated like a pet.
At night Inuyasha slept in his tent in seperate sleeping bags. The dog eared boy spent the nights thinking about his cat eared Master. He wondered if his master missed him or was even thinking of him. Maybe he thought he was dead.
Sesshoumaru always made sure he had plenty to eat. He even gained a few pounds. You could hardly see his ribs anymore. Plus all th bruses Naraku had given him were fading.
"Sesshoumaru"
"Huh?"
"When we reach the border can I continue to stay by your side?" He asked nervously
"You don't have to feel obligated. There are lots of nice people out there, not just me"
"I know, I just really like Sesshoumaru-sama"
Sesshoumaru smiled. "I would love for you to stay by my side." He rubbed one of Inuyasha's puppy ears.
...
Naraku managed to get away unseen. He ran down the road for two miles before he was able to hitch hick down the road. The whole time he was cursing his enemy's in his mind. Today he was lucky, next time he might loose more than a slave.
He made it to the boat safly. He was glad they hadn't taken off with out him. He felt better being protected by men with guns.
Lying in his bed, in his luxury room Naraku thought about his little pet. He might be dead. Maybe they found out he wasn't the prince and let him go.
Not likely, there probably trying to get information from him. To bad Inuyasha didnt know anything. Naraku always kept him locked up in his room. He probably didn't know how to read.
Such a shame, he had spent so much time training him. Now he have to start over with a new slave. He would buy one when he reached land. He couldn't wait to see what exotic slaves they had over there. But he doubt they ever have one as good as Inuyasha.
...
five months later
Inuyasha had been living with Sesshoumaru for months now. They had made it to his home over the border. His house was no castle like Naraku's but it was nice. As a genral he was awarded quiet a lot of land and money from the king. He even had three servants.
Inuyasha had his own room with a soft bed and his very own clothes that Sesshoumaru had bought for him. He was even learning how to read and write. Sesshoumaru was teaching him.
The general had been so kind to him. He had given him things he had never had before. At night when he came home he play cards with him and spend his days off with him.
They talk and talk. He tell Inuyasha things he seen on his journeys. He made an unpleasant face when he tell him about living with Naraku.
"I'm sorry you had to endure such cruelty" he would say.
Often Inuyasha would wonder how the raven hair was doing. He probably forgotten all about him. He probably had a new slave. It hurt to think he was being replaced.
As time went by Inuyasha became even closer to Sesshoumaru. They went every where. He watched and learned everything about his job. He even reminded him about meetings and deliver messages for him. It wasn't long till he was award a job as his assistant.
He got to spent even more time with Sesshoumaru. The general seemed to be quit fond of him too. He buy Inuyasha marbles and other gifts. Things he never had before.
No one had ever treated him like an equal before. It took some time to get used to. But slowly Sesshoumaru was able to show him how to act like a person, not a slave.
Inuyasha had strong feelings for Sesshoumaru. Feelings he never felt before. He felt so warm when he was around him. Inuyasha didn't understand these feelings.
While Inuyasha was counting his marbles in his room Sesshoumaru popped in.
"Inuyasha would you like to go out for dinner tonight?"