Blue Velvet
Title: Blue Velvet
Summary: Sesshoumaru is the most powerful youkai lord of the western lands. He finds five elite mates to carry on his reign. When a second male is born, Sesshoumaru disowns the pup and it grows up full of hatred and malice. Fifty years later, he uses the power of the Shikon jewel shards to kill Sesshoumaru's favored son, Seisho.
Elements: Drama/Suspense
Rating: R
Status: unfinished
Prologue: The Lord without a heart
The stone corridor was cold and dark, lit at intervals by dimly flickering lamps that hung from the ceiling. The spiral stairs opened around the end of the frigid hallways, the wedge-shaped steps plunging down in dizzying flights. The sun was still above the horizon, but it was evening already in the rock-veiled glens. Sesshoumaru was occupied with keeping watch over his infant son that was curious about Rin. Seisho peered at the sleeping human girl carefully from the shelter of his father's massive white tail. Seisho paid no attention to the little bushy white swishing idly behind him.
"Father, humans smell funny....." Seisho stated his nose flinching
"You'll get used to it" Sesshoumaru answered patting his son on the head
Seisho nodded, his eyes still focused on the sleeping human
"You shouldn't be afraid of humans, Seisho" Sesshoumaru began snapping Seisho out of his trance
"Humans are weaker than Youkai.....Sesshoumaru continued
"You can make them your toys if you like...
The nobles from each of the western dog clans talked softly amongst themselves as they awaited the news of their leaders new pup. Hana, the youngest female mate of Sesshoumaru's lineage had recently died in the process of childbirth. It was yet another male that added to Lord Sesshoumaru's list of daimyo heritage. Having another male was a worthless redundancy that Sesshoumaru despised in his alluring mates. Therefore, Sesshoumaru hated the pup and neglected it, leaving it within the care of his eldest mate, Lady Hoshiko. The nobles were pleased with the outcome of the situation but Sesshoumaru was determined not to make the redundancy permanent.
Seisho tugged at his father's kimono
"Father, can I see the new pup?" he asked in a whisper
Sesshoumaru's face turn into a grim frown
"No!, you may not look at such worthless trash!" Sesshoumaru snapped
Kameko, one of Sesshoumaru's middle-aged mates, stared at the young pup as Sesshoumaru scrunitzed his own child.
Kameko cleared her throat and continued her glaring stare. Normally, she would have considered the day a total waste except for Hana's unfortunate death.
"Why must you be stubborn, Kameko?" Lady Hoshiko's face softened with a smiled. "You understand that you must look after your child". "I cannot allow anymore ruthless murders to happen". There were still no clues to the motivation behind the Sesshoumaru's motives. Suddenly, a tall elegant ebony-haired woman walked gracefully up to the large meeting room.
She was Lady Ayako, the sister of Sesshoumaru's mate, Hana. Sesshoumaru seemed to be more of a threat than a father. She seemed curious, indeed, that whatever sympathy she might expect lay in the larger and warmer heart of the youkai multitude. As Seisho grew older, he was becoming a powerful dignitary among the western clans and the young pup grew into a hateful youkai known as Seiko.