Okay guys, here I am again. As you probably have guessed, yes, we will be reading about Sesshomaru's past for a couple of chapters. Although, and since this has nothing to do with any of the manga (what I mean is that is all made up by me), I'll need a little extra time to create the enough situations to fill the chapters up. But when I said that all of this doesn't have anything to do with the manga I didn't mean it isn't related with this Fanfic.
I think it would be two or three more chapters of memories before we are transported back into the present. Thank you for your reviews, by the way. See? Leaving a comment isn't that hard and it really helps me to form an idea about the course of the story.
Okay now, read and review!
The group of students, Ruby, Kallen, the Headmaster and Lillith watched the silver haired boy as he looked at the calm lake ahead of him. His golden eyes glowed lightly, showing them the innocence that was ever present in children. Nevertheless, Tsukune and the rest recognized him immediately. That boy was their classmate and friend, Sesshomaru. Looking closer to his face, they reached the conclusion that there was no way the boy could be older than nine, even though he was just a few centimeters shorter that Yukari.
"That really is Sesshomaru-san, right?" Tsukune asked. He was a little confused. Why were they watching that? The human turned to face the spirit of the old sword maker, "what is all of this?" The demon ghost looked at the dark haired teenager before looking back at the silver haired boy.
"This is what Sesshomaru is seeing right now," the old spirit said. "Tenseiga is showing him events from his pasts that are deeply marked inside his heart."
"Why is that?" Mikogami asked. Totosai looked up, holding his chin.
"Because it is time for both of them, Sesshomaru and Tenseiga, to mature," he responded. Tsukune furrowed his brows, thinking about what that could mean as he looked at the demon boy before he heard a general gasp coming from around him.
"He's so cute!" The girls chirped, with their eyes glowing and their faces blushed.
"You could tell that he would be handsome from his very childhood," Ruby opined.
"That's what you'd expect from Sesshomaru-sama," Kokoa proudly boasted, like she was his mother or something. There was a royal aura that surrounded the silver haired demon. Even at that age, the pride of a Daiyoukai could be seen in him, something that the redheaded vampire and her older sister, Kallen, had already watched in Moka when she was that age. Before any of them could say another word, Sesshomaru turned and looked towards them. The group paralyzed, thinking that he was able to detect them, which was impossible since he was just a memory.
"You are late," Sesshomaru said. Even though his voice was the one of a child, the silver haired demon boy used the same prideful and serious tone they knew so well. The teenagers, Kallen and the Chairman turned around and found a second boy walking past them towards Sesshomaru. The new child was a youkai too, but he seemed to be lightly older than the child version of their golden eyed friend.
"I'm sorry, prince Sesshomaru," the newcomer apologized with an ashamed smile. He had black hair and dark eyes, and the same kind of marks Sesshomaru showed on his hands and cheeks. The stranger didn't have any tattoo on his forehead, though.
"I have been waiting for quite some time now, Saiten," the silver haired boy commented, raising his eyebrow, "and what did I tell you about calling me prince?" The boy, apparently named Saiten, smiled again, apologizing.
"I'm sorry… Sesshomaru," Saiten said. The silver haired kid looked at the other youngling for a few seconds before turning back to the lake.
"It is okay," he finally said, "you are my friend so I think I can let this one pass." Saiten, still not used to be called friend by the prince of the Western Lands, seemed like he was a little scared by the common title Sesshomaru used to refer to him.
"Thank you," Saiten spoke, walking towards the silver haired boy until he was by his side. He was a little taller than him, which confirmed their suspicion about his age. "What are we going to do today?"
"I think we could travel north today," Sesshomaru said, starting to walk towards the lake, "we can see what appears then." The two children walked around the big water accumulation, chatting about some things that were happening inside the Lord's palace.
"All those problems will be over once your father comes back," Saiten opined. Apparently, a few discussions between some high level commanders of the Inu Youkai clan had been occurring, reaching a size where a physical confrontation took place between two demon dogs. Sesshomaru's mother, the Lady of the Western Lands, had been forced to interfere and end the fight.
"That entire problem happened because of the humans that are establishing their villages within Chichiue's territory, and since he is not here, the council must decide the next steps to take about the intruders," the silver haired kid explained, "honestly, if it was not for Chichiue's ideas to leave the humans alone, the army would have parted to eliminate the human villages long ago. Some of the commanders hold that it is necessary to wait for Chichiue to return and let him make that decision, the others say that, since my father left them in charge while he was traveling, they must be the ones who decide." Saiten nodded in understanding.
"The problem is that the decision must be unanimous," Sesshomaru continued, "but those who say to wait for Chichiue to return wouldn't choose something as "extreme" as to eradicate the humans from our territory without my father being here."
"And what do you think about that?" The black haired youkai asked, curious.
"I've already told you that I am not interested in what humans do or do not do," the silver haired child reminded. The group of students was surprised by his words. According to what they had seen through Lillith's mirror, Sesshomaru used to hate humans, seeing them like nothing more than mere insects. Tsukune remembered the way the silver haired Daiyoukai had attacked the girl that accompanied his younger brother back when they were fighting inside Sesshomaru's father's tomb. Luckily, Tessaiga's barrier protected Kagome from dying due to Sesshomaru's poison's effect. Now, however, that child seemed like he didn't care about humans at all. Sesshomaru and Saiten finally reached the other edge of the lake and stopped walking, looking at the dense forest in front of them. "Let's go," Sesshomaru ordered, and both children started to run. Tsukune and the rest were about to chase after them when they realized that they hadn't been moving at all. Even though the two children had walked a long distance, they kept seeing and hearing them perfectly without gaining any distance from them. It was like watching a movie. The surroundings moved as Sesshomaru did.
Now that Sesshomaru was running, the viewers found that everything around them passed by them at a very high speed.
"He was really fast even as a kid," Kurumu pointed out. The trees were nothing but a blur that passed around them. Without even noticing it, the two kids got involved in a race that made them enjoy the mutual company.
From their position, Tsukune, the Headmaster and the girls were able to perceive the light smile in Sesshomaru's face; he was having the time of his life there, and that was confirmed when they actually heard him laugh along with his friend. That was a light hit for them. They were sure there were looking at Sesshomaru when he was a pup, but even then it was hard to see him laughing like he was doing it. He only opened like that with his closest persons. Soon, Saiten started to stay lightly behind.
"You better put more energy into it, Saiten," Sesshomaru laughed, "I'm leaving you behind with no effort."
"You're mean, Sesshomaru!" The black haired kid yelled, laughing too. Saiten began to run harder, catching up with Sesshomaru.
"That is better," Sesshomaru smiled.
"And you're supposed to be the fastest pup of the clan," Saiten reminded, proudly. Sesshomaru feigned to be insulted before he smiled again.
"Well, then let us see if you can keep up with me in this," the silver haired boy said, before he jumped up towards a tree branch. He used it to impulse him further, laughing as he enjoyed the sensation. Saiten laughed again and leaped too, doing the same as his friend to try and catch him up. Smiles appeared in everyone's faces as they watched the two children having that much fun.
"Well, even if it was Sesshomaru-san, a child is a child," Tsukune said, smiling.
"Yeah, although it's hard to believe that even Sesshomaru-san was that innocent and cheerful," Moka said, looking the scene with tender eyes. That was true; they knew Sesshomaru as the proud, powerful Daiyoukai that had saved their lives in various occasions by now. He was always serious and elegant, so it was very difficult to imagine him as a child; so carefree, so happy.
"I suppose even he was like any other boy," Kurumu said, "having fun with his friends, just like we do all the time."
"Actually, Sesshomaru-sama didn't have all that many friends," a high voice spoke, making the teenagers to turn around. Lillith was looking the scene with sad eyes.
"What do you mean?" Kallen asked.
"It is only natural," Totosai said, bored, "being the prince of the Western Lands, the son of the highest authority of that time, made the other children to grow afraid of him."
"Afraid?" Tsukune repeated, unable to believe it. He turned around and looked as the kids kept playing between the trees. Who would be afraid of him?
"Yes. Not only he was very strong for a child his age, his parents were really hard and strict, specially his mother," Lillith explained, "the other kids, out of respect because of who Sesshomaru-sama was, chose to stay away from him. Saiten there was an orphan from another Dog Demon clan that came to live with Sesshomaru-sama's clan, and not knowing who he was, when he first met him he treated him like any other boy. It's not necessary to say that that was the first time in Sesshomaru-sama's life when another kid treated him like an equal." The group nodded in understanding.
"Good for him. It is nice to see him playing like that," Tsukune said, "like any normal boy."
"That may be true, but you must remember that, even as a child, Sesshomaru-sama was still a youkai," Lillith remembered, "look."
Tsukune and the rest looked back at the pair of children and found that they had stopped running. They were back on ground, looking at a group of five men. The teenagers furrowed their brows at the sight of the bandits.
"Well, well, look what we have here," the first bandit said. He was dirty and awfully dressed, and had a few teeth missing. The two younglings didn't move, and the men walked closer to them.
"You know? You shouldn't be walking around here all by yourselves," a second man said, amused. The five men carried swords and knives, "where are your parents?"
"Wait a minute, look at them closely," a third bandit spoke, pointing at them, "they're monsters!" The men looked at each other before looking back at the children, smiling evilly.
"Good; two youkai boys. I was just hoping to go and try to rob from their parents but this is even better," the first bandit spoke again, preparing his sword, "if we kill them, we can take their bodies back and sell them. Youkai blood is used for several curses and rituals, I'm very sure that we will get paid well for these two." Sesshomaru tilted his head, looking curious at the humans.
"Kill us?" He asked and then a bright smile adorned his face, as his eyes sparkled, "that means you want to play with us?"
"Kukukuku. Sure, why not?" Another bandit said, approaching the pair of demons. The group surrounded the two children, who seemed unaffected by their presence, and suddenly charged all at the same time.
The boys split, each one attacking a different opponent. The students focused on Sesshomaru solely, who dodged the swinging sword of the bandit easily. Tsukune was surprised to see how quickly the human fell to the ground, dead.
"Oh my…!" Yukari gasped. Between Sesshomaru's fingers, the heart of the first bandit still pounded, soaking the demons hand with the crimson liquid. The silver haired boy didn't loose any time and attacked the next one, who was about to cut Saiten from the back. Sesshomaru swung his claws against the bandit's throat, tearing it open and letting the blood to cover the soil under the human.
The black haired demon had already killed the other two, and there was only one more left. The fifth bandit was sitting on the dirt, looking at the two children with terror in his eyes. Both Sesshomaru's and Saiten's clothes were covered with the blood of the dead and, despite their size; it was a very scary vision. Tsukune felt a lump in his throat, but forced it down by reminding himself that his silver haired classmate wasn't like that anymore.
"Wa… Wait! Please!" The man pleaded, almost crying, "please don't kill me…!"
"Do you want to take care of him, Sesshomaru?" Saiten asked, turning towards his friend. Sesshomaru stared at the pathetic man in front of him and sighed.
"Let us let him go," he said, turning around and surprising the viewers, "he wouldn't present a good fight anyway."
"Fine," Saiten said and turned to follow Sesshomaru. The bandit crawled in the opposite direction, and then he got up and ran away, screaming, "wow, that human really was pathetic." Sesshomaru walked by his friend, licking the blood out of his fingers. He wrinkled his nose at the taste of it, though.
"They really taste awful. Lucky we didn't decide to devour them," the silver haired boy commented, waving his hand as his poison eliminated the blood from his fingers.
"Why did you let that last one go?" Saiten asked, looking at his friend with curious eyes. Sesshomaru didn't turn towards him.
"I don't know. I just perceived that he wasn't like the other bandits," the silver haired child answered, "maybe he was new in their group. Hahaue doesn't like that kind of softness, though."
"I see. Lucky for him we don't play with any humans other than bandits," the black eyed boy said, and smiled, "you are really going to be a great Lord, Sesshomaru." The kid with the crescent moon on his forehead looked at his friend with surprise filled eyes. Then, he looked away, serious.
"When that happens… will you still be my friend?" Sesshomaru asked, worried, although he only showed it in his voice.
"What?" Saiten said, as he didn't understand the question.
"Will you still be by my side after I become the Lord of these lands?" Sesshomaru asked again.
"Of course! I'm your friend, am I not?" The other boy answered. Sesshomaru looked back at him, "that means you are important to me." The golden eyed boy nodded slowly.
"I wish the others were like you," Sesshomaru said, looking away. Saiten arched his brows and then smiled evilly.
"It is your turn to catch me!" The dark haired boy yelled, running away. Sesshomaru narrowed his eyes and smiled, taking off after his only friend.
"You better run faster! It will not be hard for this Sesshomaru to catch you if you move that slow!" The silver haired boy laughed, almost catching the other boy, who sped up to dodge his hand. A sudden flash of light covered the vision, changing it completely.