Chapter 4 – Sesshomaru Remembers and visions of the future
Sesshomaru disliked not being in control of his emotions. He was perfection in every sense of the word. Control, dominance, and power… these were things he was familiar with. The feelings he had when he looked at his brother's ward were not. He knew what those feelings were. He was, after all, not an untried youth. He had on occasion bedded female demonesses but his disgust and hatred for humans had, until now, extended to the female portion of the race.
Flash Back
Sesshomaru was young. Less than one hundred years. His teacher and mentor Benkuyo and him were sitting lotus style on a cliff face overlooking the western lands. His father, Inutiasho was the topic of their conversation.
"Benkuyo, why has father bedded a human? Humans are disgusting weak creatures that do not bathe enough and who are unworthy of us demons."
"Your father has his reasons. Some of which I understand and some of which I do not. This much I can tell you. All demons have some form of affinity for humans but not just any humans. It is the curse of our race to forever desire that which we do not possess, Innocence. Your father's new women, Isiayo has this innocence. The more pure the human is, the less we will be able to resist the pull. It is the will of every demon's subconscious to possess and conquer such innocence. It is a powerful ancient attraction that afflicts us. One I hope you never have to experience first hand."
End Flashback
Sesshomaru closed his ledger books with a bang. It was useless! His mind was bewitched by a mere human whose wet, glistening form would not leave his mind. He could still smell her musky scent and hear her moans of pleasure. He clenched his fists in an effort to quell is desires. Why couldn't he get her out of his mind?! Storming from his office he went directly to the gardens outside his castle. He was surprised see Azeel, his seer, approaching him with urgency.
"Lord Sesshomaru, I am sorry to disturb you but I have had a vision of Lord Naraku that I felt was important enough to come find you. May I speak to you on this?" Azeel had been a member of his castle staff for many centuries. She was a most valuable ally. One that he knew would not approach him with a vision unless that vision were important. "You may speak Azeel."
"As you instructed my lord I have been attempting to see into the future of the conflict with Naraku. My vision this morning was not entirely clear. What I did get from it was that this conflict is not something that can be resolved successfully without outside aide. In order to defeat Naraku you must make amends with your brother and join forces with him and his band of humans. Only then will your quest be successful."
Sesshomaru could not control the growl that left his throat. At the sound Azeel visibly paled. Bowing her head in submission she spoke again. "Forgive me my lord. I contemplated all morning on telling you this news. I did not want to be the barer of such information as I am aware of your hatred of the halfbreed but I could not in good conscious ignore what my vision had shown me. TO do so would have been a betrayal of your trust and your years of protecting me. I know that this information will be hard for you to accept but I erge you to consider what I have said and consider it quickly. The message I received seemed to have some urgency to it."
"I will consider what you have said. You have never been wrong in the past and because of this I will go to my brother with this information. Perhaps after I tell him where the information came from we can set our differences aside." With that Sesshomaru left Azeel and headed back to the castle to find Jaken. He had instructions for the toad to carry out at the castle in his absence. A not so friendly smirk found its way onto his lips as he thought about the displeasure it would cause Jaken to again play babysitter to Rin.