InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Free Like The Stars ❯ So it Begins ( Chapter 1 )

[ T - Teen: Not suitable for readers under 13 ]
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Chapter One

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Dawn came all to quickly for him. Within moments the man in charge would fetch him to send him away once more. The night before, the workers sent him to the shower house to groom, he was to be spotless for the client. A simple white long sleeved shirt that buttoned up the chest, and cloth black pants that were slightly baggy. This slave house refused to have their merchandise looking like it was just found off the streets.

The had used skin colored cover up to conceil his demonic markings. They used a very pale shade to match the beautiful skin of his muscular physique. There wasn't any problem with the fact that he was a youkai, but hiding any obvious and visable markings was not an uncommon practice. In fact, many people did it.

"D3-14, you are to walk to the front, your new master will be here to pick you up shortly." A youkai woman by the name of Kagura, walked to his room to retrieve the fallen taiyoukai. She wore a purple outer kimono with a white obi. The kimono had blue and white scattered feathers embriodered onto it, to match the feathers she wore in her hair. She was a slave of the owner. Kagura wasn't so bad, she was just ignorant in his eyes. She still drempt of freedom, but he knew better. "Come, Naraku awaits in the front room."

He walked slowly out of his room to stand behind Kagura. Even though they were both slaves, it was only proper for the owners slave to walk ahead. His door shut behind him, a sign that he was once again going to have to follow the orders of most likely another greedy, self concerned master.

They passed a room with the markings "K8-21" written on it. He let his eyes scan in the window that took up most of the door so that buyers may look inside. There, the little girl lay asleep, unaware that he was leaving at that moment. "Rin."

It was very quiet, but Kagura caught the deep, silky voice as it spoke with her youkai senses. It was a bit of a shock, since he chose not to speak unless a master or mistress comanded it. She turned to look at what his eyes saw, and felt a pang of sorrow and regret in her soul at the sad thought. She smiled a small bit at the tall, sad man, and tried to give any comfort she could. "I'll keep an eye on her and do my best to comfort her after you leave us again. I promise you, I won't let anyone hurt her while I can, Sesshoumaru."

Sesshoumaru's eyes looked into the crimson depths of Kagura's, and saw the sincerity of what she said. He simply nodded to her, accepting her as his replacement. He took one last look through Rin's door, and continued to walk.

In the from room, a small girl in all white stood next to a tall man with long, wavy, black hair. He wore dressy white pants, and a dark purple dress shirt. He was speaking to a short, old man dressed in the old fashioned robes of a priest. Both looked to the side as Kagura walked out, followed by a very blank faced Sesshoumaru. "Master Naraku, the slave you have requested." Kagura bowed low and stood aside for Sesshoumaru to walk foward to take position behind Naraku.

The dark haired man smiled as Sesshoumaru took his place. "Thank you Kagura, you are dismissed." He didn't miss the glare that she shot him, though no one but him would have noticed.

"This is so exciting. My grandaughter finally got her own place now that she's 18, and she could use the help of a strong youkai." The old man looked Sesshoumaru up and down, as if taking one last look at his purchase. "Yes, yes, I don't think that there is a better choice. Perfect." He put his hand to his chin to thoughtfully stroke his beard and nodded to him self. "Yes, most accurate."

Naraku motioned for the youkai slave next to him in all white to hand the old man the required papers. "Kanna, please hand Mr. Higurashi the papers." He took a pen from his shirt pocket and handed to the elder. "All I need for you to do now, Mr. Higurashi, is to sign the first and fourth page, and initial the third. I will sign the first and last page, and D3-14 will be all yours." He waited patiently for the old geezer to place his glasses upon his nose as he signed and initialed where told. Naraku then took the paperwork and signed it where was needed. "Wonderful, I keep the first page, and the rest is yours. D3-14's word of disobediance is on the 5th page. If he ever does something he is not supposed to, all you need to do is speak the word and he will be punished until you wish for it to stop."

Mr. Higurashi took the papers and motioned for Sesshoumaru to come stand by him, as he did so, he looked at Naraku. "That seems a bit harsh, but I can understand the necessity of it. He needn't worry, where he will be living now and who he will be assisting will be no problem for him." The old man thanked Naraku for everything and started to head out the doors. "Come on Sesshoumaru, it's time we get going."

"Yes Master Higurashi." He slightly bowed to Naraku as he fell behind the old man. He could only imagine what he was in for.

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Kagome was finally saying goodbye to the last of her friends who spent the night at her party the day before. She shut the door as the car pulled out of her driveway and leaned against it. "That was so much fun. I have to have them over my new place sometime soon." Partying all night and getting barely any sleep can do a number on you, so she decided to call her mom to let her know everything is okay before she took a shower.

After pushing a few buttons, the phone began to ring. "Hello? Mom? Yeah, this is Kagome. I was just calling to let you know everything went fine, nothing broken, no cops." Bother her and her mother laughed. "How is Aunt Shisa? Good to hear, let her know I say hello and I love her. Grampa? No he hasn't shown up yet, though, he should shortly. I'm really excited! He made it seem like it was more than some old antique like he always used to give me, haha. Alright Mom, just called to check in with you, and I'll see you when you get back tomorrow. I'm going to take a quick shower before Gramps gets here. Love you to. Bye." She hung up the phone and took once last look around the house for anything that needed to be cleaned up. Once she was satisfied, she head upstairs to her room to get ready for a shower. Lucky her, she had her own personal bathroom in her bedroom.

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Sesshoumaru sat in front next to Mr. Higurashi, when they were leaving the building, he had started to head to the back, but Mr. Higurashi had insisted on him sitting in the front. It had confused Sesshoumaru some, but he did as he was told, no questions asked. He had stayed quiet the whole time, while the old man next to him was mumbling about how Kagome was going to love the gift and how helpful he was going to be to her. He was a gift, to a woman. Was she going to be another misterss to use him for her own pleasure? It's not anything he wouldn't be familiar with, many of his mistresses had used him for the purpose many a time. He was brought out of his thoughts when Mr. Higurashi decided to speak up to him.

"Alright Sesshoumaru, my grandaughter's name is Kagome Higurashi, she just turned 18 yesterday and is moving into her new place. She is going to need help moving some of the heavier stuff and getting settled in, that's where you come in. It would also be good for her to always have a friend around, especially when you're not used to being on your own." He smiled to Sesshoumaru for a quick moment before he turned to look back at the road.

Friend? This old man must be more senile than he looks. A slave is never a friend. For once, he was shocked at what he was being told, for surly it wasn't possible. He knew he probably shouldn't of, but he took his chances to speak out. "Master Higurashi, a slave is never a friend, please forgive my speaking out of terms, but perhaps you jest with this lowly Sesshoumaru?"

Mr. Higurashi just smiled. "Think what you will, but your mind should change about that idea when you meet with Kagome. You'd be surprised."

The youkai just looked straight foward once more and kept quiet, trying to keep in mind that no matter what anyone said, he will always be a slave.

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ya y thank for teh reviews. the reason the prolog was so short was because that's all it was, a prolog. my chapters are never really that long, but i'll try to make them at least this long if i can't make them longer.

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