SO I was totally not expecting a review so soon, Thank you. No as I have said before this story is all about reasons as to why Sesshoumaru is the way he is. Now as you have noticed (those who have came back to read) Sesshy is not the stoic stick up the ass he usually is and that is because this is before that you will see his personality change as things progress till he is that stoic jerk we all know and love. Again Read, review, and Enjoy!
Sesshoumau took more notice to the young girl when she was in the palace the days her mother worked. He found the child adorable like a small kitten. He would be greeted by her when he walked near and was always given a gift of some kind of flower crown or bracelet. He was amused by this little gesture still after many weeks of her doing so. It wasn't long after that the girl got brave and actually started to follow him around like a puppy.
She would meet him outside the dojo and would follow him around the Palace when he wasn't busy. The demons in the palace referred to the girl as a pet, and others a snack that wasn't ripe enough to eat yet. These little rumors were quickly snuffed when Sesshoumaru found the sources of them.
Sesshmoumaru's mother was not amused in the least and refused Sesshoumaru entrance to her wing of the palace unless he washed and rid himself of the girl before visiting. His mother made to be especially cruel to the girls mother in the garden in hopes of breaking the woman or the child, which ever would come first.
The day Sesshoumaru left the dojo and the girl was not there he grew curious. He walked the halls of the palace and the outside walk ways looking for her. She had become part of his daily routine that now she was missing and it made him concerned. He rushed quickly to his mother's wing to find the child or the mother. What he found was both child and mother working quietly on a large rose bush. He stepped off the walkway and crossed the way to them.
"Kairin?" He smiled a bit releived she was there.
"Oh..." The girl turned and looked to Sesshoumaru before looking down then bowing to him. "Hello, Lord Sesshoumaru."
"You were not outside the dojo waiting for me." He knelt down in front of her on one knee as he patted her head lightly. "I was worried."
"Sorry Lord, Sesshoumaru, but I am not allowed to play with you anymore." Kairin looked down. "I have to help Mommy."
Sesshoumaru was taken back to why after weeks of her tailing him she is all of a sudden not allowed to. He looked to her mother as the older woman looked sad and hurt that she has to keep her daughter from having fun. She looked to him before looking away quickly shying away her head turning to see the lady of the house watching them. Sesshoumaru turned his gaze to see the woman was looking to his mother and all his questioned were answered before he needed to ask. Standing up he walked away from the two and went to his mother.
"Mother." His anger evident in his vioce.
"Silence Sesshoumaru, I did it for your own good. People are thinking you are weak having that little girl following you." His mother was emotionless in her explination as she smoothed her thick white fur around her shoulders.
"No, mother. You though I looked weak with her following me about. The other thought her nothing but a pet." Sesshoumaru frowned looking to her.
"Yes till you attacked them for such thoughts." She crossed her arms. "So they started to think you were in love with a human child. I will not have those kinds of talk floating around. Not while I am the lady of this land."
"My lady wife, let him have his flings and pets." a larger male demon walk about the corner. He looked like an older version of of Sesshoumaru but had no moon on his head and only one set of wide jagged strips.
"Father." Sesshoumaru stepped to the side and bowed his head.
"Of course you would say let him. You always had a soft spot for those creatures." His mother snapped.
"Human are very strong in number and a few can even take down a demon alone. You best be careful they do not see fit to do such a thing to you for being so cruel to them." His father spoke wisely. He would rather befriend a human then kill one as they did multiply faster then demons.
"I am not cruel I am honest." she stood up. "If he wishes to keep his pet he can but he better keep her on a short leash."
The argument lasted a while longer as the voice grew slowly louder. Sesshoumaru held his tongue while his parents argued over who was right. His father quickly with out warning, having tired of the disrespect and disobedience, knocked her back in to the wall before lunging and biting her throat growling deeply. Sesshoumaru had never seen his father act as such to his mother before and stepped from the room quickly when his father look to him eyes dyed red and face slightly elongated. Sesshoumaru bowed his head hearing another growl leaving the room and shutting the door. Sesshoumaru all but ran from that wing of the palace then returning to his own room on the other side.
A few weeks more had passed and the young girl returned to tailing Sesshoumaru around but this time she was doing it out of work. She brought him his meals and retrieved supplies when he asked for it. She was not as fast as a demon nor as strong but she had the heart to not give up and that made Sesshoumaru smile all the more. He adored the girl and even treated her how one would a sister or even a daughter. He let her braid fowers in to his long waist length hair and fall asleep in the warm afternoon sun with her head on his knee. On one day he even played to her amusment to do her hair and all he did was a sort of sloppy pigtail on the top right side of her head and she loved it to the point she wore her hair like that all the time for him.
He had his father's kindness for humans and he knew it all to well. He realized this the most when he was sitting reading a book from his father's library outside under a tree and she joined him. She looked at the book and then to him as she seemed a bit confused to what he was doing.
"What are you doing Lord Sesshoumaru?" Kairin asked.
"I am reading a book." He answered drily before putting the book in his lap. "I thought your mother had the day off."
"She does. I came anyways." Kairin smiled brightly. "What is your book about?"
"An old love story between a angel and a human." Sesshoumaru smiled. "How about I let you read it once I finish?"
"That would be wonderful but..." Kairin looked down. "I don't know how to read..."
"You don't?" he looked to her like this was an odd thing. He could ready by the time he was equivelant to a five year old and most humans knew around that age, but she was older then that and didn't know how. "Why is that?"
"Mommy is to busy to teach me, and Daddy helps you daddy." She put her hands behind her back looking down.
"Then how about I teach you. Come here and sit." He patted his lap and she stepped closer before he lifted and sat her on his lap and picking the book back up. "Let's start at the beginning then shall we?"
"Okay!" Kairin smiled as he flipped to the front of the book and started. "Sesshoumaru..."
"Yes Kairin?" he mused
"When I am old enough, I want to be your lady wife. You are handsome and kind." She smiled nothing more then an innocent child's dream.
"We will see when you are older. You may find a guy you like more then." He smiled softly to her knowing her little crush. "How about if you cannot find a human husband by the time you are 20, I will take you as my wife, but in return you must actually try to find a man better then I."
"You promise?" Kairin looked to him determined.
"I promise" Sesshoumaru smiled as he knew he would not need to keep the promise as she was so young still and would find a human or forget the promise.
His mother was always watching him and every day her anger of his with the child grew more and more. She hated her son mingling with a human to the point he treated her like his own child not just a pet. What pushed her rage so close to the edge was when she found out that he was teaching her to read, write and even do basic math. Her rage would not be contained much longer as she seethed in her room. What pushed her over was when she heard that the girl was bold enough to ask her son to be her husband when she was old enough.
Less then a month after Sesshoumaru's promise his father had to leave for patrol and a possible war threat from the south. He planned to be gone about a month. He left Sesshoumaru strict orders to train in the dojo with his natural demon powers to get more proficient with them. He then left then three days later was when the day of reckoning started.
The day started off normal enough but by lunch the palace seemed to quiet. Sesshoumaru planned to visit his mother only to find she was not in her room. He scented the air and found her to have moved to the throne room of the palace. He walked in when he was hit by the scent of tears, from his Kairin. He looked around quickly only to see his mother standing eyes narrowed over the girl. She was in tears while her mother laid motionless on the floor.
"Mother! What are you doing?" Sesshoumaru snapped out at her.
"Guards Seize him and do not let him go!" His mother shot back quickly as two larger demon guards grabbed Sesshoumaru and held him in place.
"Let go!" He growled fiercely at the two trying to get away.
"Lord Sesshoumaru!" Kairin looked up crying and confused.. "Mommy isn't breathing."
"Mother what did you do?" Sesshoumaru barked again.
"I am dealing with the human infestation in my wing of the palace." She narrowed her eyes quickly as her poison dripped from her nails. "Sit there and watch Sesshoumaru you may learn to respect your mother and learn how weak humans really are,"
"No KAIRIN RUN!" Sesshoumaru pulled harder at the guards as their grip held fast.
Kairin looked to his mother and started to run away from her to get to sesshoumaru for protection even thought he was being held down. She ran as fast as her legs could carry her but it was not fast enough. Sesshoumaru's mother attacked the child slashing her down the back her poisoned claw ripping through fabric and flesh melting everything around. Kairin fell only few feet from Sesshoumau. She was so close her blood splattered across his face leaving him with a look of shock on his face.
"Finally less rodents in this place." His mother hummed before licking her fingers. "Disgusting"
Sesshoumaru looked to his mother, his own eyes turning read as he pulled the Guard when he stepped forward his face contorting to that of a dog. He threw both guards from him as he changed to his full demon form. A large white dog about the size of a Clydsdale horse. He dove at his mother only to have her knock him away with ease. He was raging as he attacked her with little success due to their obvious skill differences. His mother pulled her whip and lashed out at him quickly subduing him quickly with a few strong hits.
"Learn your Place child. I am your mother and superior as you are of that human. Till you learn that I will kill any human you wish to befriend or care fore." She left the room quickly before looking to the guards. "Clean up that mess before it smell worse."
The guards moved to pick up the mother and child only to have Sesshoumaru bark viciously at them. He got up slowly even though injured and moved to the child nudging her with his nose. He got a little whine from her as she was grasping to life. She looked up and smiled before reaching up touching his snot. He growled looking to the Guard they understood what he said but did not move to do what was asked then her turned back to humanized self..
"Kairin..." he picked her up carefully feeling horrible.
"Sesshoumarue..." She smiled weakly her light of life slowly fading, He could see the demons of hell already coming near. "Don't forget... your promise."
"Never." Sesshoumaru smiled weakly as he felt her go limp and her eyes drain of all life. "I will marry you when your twenty if you never find human to take your hand."
He felt his heart break as this poor child died because of him. He was unable to save her from his own mother or save her from dying like his father could. He placed her body on the floor infront of him and watched her a moment before he stood up quietly all emotion erased from his face. He turned and stepped away only to stop and glance back to the guards.
"Bury them the back corner of my garden by the wild flowers." He spoke sternly. He left the palace quickly to deal with his grief and rage. He was a powerful demon and he had never been felt so weak before. He had a lot of clear his head of and he was not going to return to the palace till he figured it all out.