Title: The two fang's arc Extra
Author: Hairann
Prompt: Ageless
Rating: T
Genre: Drama
Word count: 256
Characters: Jaken/Sesshoumaru, Lord and servant relationship, not a BL story.
Summary: Part 21 of Jaken's Ballad.
The clearing returned to silence not long after the two visitors had left, leaving the seemingly ageless tree to follow the sounds of their retreating steps until they could no longer be heard. Glancing down at the untouched and still sheathed sword, Bokusenou's wooden eyes soften as he heaved a sigh of regret. He had not wanted to be the one to say such things to the young heir, but it had been the great dog general's last request of him.
He had wanted his son to learn to be the kind of leader he had been, someone he could have been proud of, even if he could not be there to witness it. And while Bokusenou knew his old friend was right, that the pup needed some tough guidance in order to learn, he did not completely agree with the method. Telling the young man he had only been chosen due to lack of other candidates was not only heartless, but untrue.
He was the West's new lord because he was the most powerful demon in the clan after his father. He was fearless and strong. He would protect the land, allowing it to prosper. Sesshoumaru was the true heir, but he did not understand what it truly meant to be a lord. He needed to learn how to have compassion as well as power, sympathy as well as strength and love as well as hate. He needed to understand that his responsibility was to protect not just the demons that lived on his land.