Why hello there! I am writing this fanfic with the intention of it being a Parental Sesshomaru/Inuyasha. This will not be a yaoi between the two of them. Sesshomaru simply will act as a parent figure for the young Inuyasha. It does not follow the story line obviously but it uses the characters. Also Inuyasha is not related to Inu no Taisho or Sesshomaru in this fic. I know that there are a lot of slave fics out there, but I thought it would be cute for Sesshomaru to have something to protect and why not it be a traumatized young Inuyasha?

This story contains child abuse and some traumatic parts. I intend to keep it a T rating for the time being but if it does get more detailed, I will place it under the M rating.

There will be mentions of sexual abuse as well and a lot of depressing thoughts later on in the story. I hope that you all enjoy the first chapter!

Chapter One: Who is that in the trees?

Sesshomaru did not like the aura that was permeating the air around the castle. There was a stagnant aura that carried the stench of blood both human and demon through the air. The night was just beginning to fall and sun was setting behind the lavish forest. The castle was located on a cliff high above. The aura must have been from the forest at the base of the castle.

Sesshomaru wondered who would be stupid enough to try to commence so much chaos outside the immense castle. Clearly the fools were not going to get away with their insolent behavior. Sesshomaru stifled a low growl. The scent of human blood made his own blood boil as his youkai flashed with rage. How dare the stupid humans and low demons disrespect the Western Castle. He waited patiently since he knew his father would most likely send someone for him. There was no need for Lord Inu no Taisho to deal with something as frivolous as this.

Sesshomaru just wanted to go down there and slay them all himself for their outlandish behavior. He knew better than to rush in and kill them all. The throne was to be his someday. His father had always lectured him on his flaring temper. Inu no Taisho would go on and on about the importance of being a just and calm ruler and not letting the power get to you. Sesshomaru knew he was above them all and he knew that they knew it too. He lived for the fear and the uncertainty of his sheer power.

Sesshomaru was interrupted from his thoughts as a knock sounded from his chamber doors. With a wicked smile he growled. "Enter."

He could feel the fear dripping off of the servant. "S-sir. Lord Inu no Taisho requests your presence in the council room." Before he could finish his sentence the young Lord had already walked by him. The servant shuddered and let out a sigh, grateful that the Lord did not hurt him.

All of the servants in the house knew that Sesshomaru had a rough temper. They all knew not to cross him and not to interrupt him. Countless of servants were killed at the hands of Sesshomaru for all different reasons. The last servant that was killed was beheaded for spilling a drink and a drop landed on his robes. The servant shuddered and ran back to his courters.

Sesshomaru entered the council room and gazed upon his father who was situated in a large chair. That chair would be his someday. The thought excited Sesshomaru a little bit as his aura flared a bit.

"Sesshomaru, you have to learn to control that. You also have to wait till I am dead before you can sit here." Inu no Taisho muttered as he paid no mind to the aura his son was giving off. He knew that his son had a lot of temperament issues that he would need to work out before he could even rule. The boy was 1013 and still acted as if he was 100 sometimes with his temper tantrums.

"Do you want me to resolve the issue at the base of the castle, father?" There was a twinge of malice at the end of the sentence. Inu no Taisho knew that the attitude came from the boy's mother. She was insufferable sometimes and so was his son. Neither of them had an ounce of compassion for anything that wasn't royalty.

"Yes, but I do not want you to kill them all. I am very confused why something is happening so close to the castle. People know their boundaries." It was true. People were not dumb enough to go anywhere near the castle. What was happening at the base was something that occurred maybe once every hundred years or so. The last commotion was due to a massive fire that took out the majority of the forest two hundred years ago.

Sesshomaru nodded. As he went to leave the room he heard his father call him. "Sesshomaru. I want you to please watch first before you decide to do anything." Sesshomaru scoffed at the ludicrous idea.

His father emitted a large flare of his youki. Sesshomaru pretended to act as if it did not bother him even though he felt the power jostle his bones. "That is an order." His father growled.

Sesshomaru looked over his shoulder and nodded slightly before jumping out the window and flying down to the base of the mountain.

At the base he perched himself up on a high tree a little bit off from all the yelling and screaming. He could see demons with torches standing by a cart up ahead. It must have been a slave cart. It was turned over and there were dead humans and demons inside of the bars. Sesshomaru thought nothing of it. It wasn't unusual to see a slave cart. What really caught his eye was the appearance of Naraku near a royal carriage ordering his soldiers to search the woods for something.

Naraku was a well-known bastard Lord. He did not have a great deal of power, but he was known for his experimentations with magic and using demons as his subjects. Sesshomaru had met him a couple of times and every time he did he wanted to punch the smug look that he always had on his face. Naraku looked angry, well more angry than usual.

What was it that he could be trying to find so desperately? Sesshomaru made sure to hide his own youki to try to avoid undetected within the trees. He heard rustling on the ground below and saw something crawling on the ground below. It looked like a child. There was a strong scent of blood. The blood was a strange scent that Sesshomaru did not recognize and it intrigued him. When the child removed his arms from the top of his head that was when he saw the dog ears.

He is a hanyou? Hanyous were very rare in this area because of their lack of power. They were the lowest of the low in the demon and the human world yet some of them were extremely valuable on the black market. The ones that were often desired the most were the ones that still had human traits to them. People wanted them for their crude sexual acts mainly. This hanyou appeared to be human except for his hair, claws, and those ridiculous dog ears.

Was the hanyou what Naraku and his men were looking for? Sesshomaru looked at the hanyou closer. It appeared that the boy could not walk. He had two large thorns about two inches in diameter piercing both of his little feet. From the looks of them, the thorns were not fresh wounds. They must have been used to try to limit his mobility. Was the hanyou running away from the group?

Sesshomaru was still puzzled at why the boy was struggling to feel around on the ground. The hanyou stopped for a second before he craned his head to look up to the exact area that Sesshomaru was standing. It was impossible. He had masked his aura. Sesshomaru gasped slightly when he looked into the hanyou's eyes. They were split open and milky. Someone must have blinded him so severely that it could not heal.

At the sound of Sesshomaru's gasp the hanyou tilted his head in confusion. Then he forcibly shook his head to snap himself out of it and tried to feel around to crawl behind something to hide.

Sesshomaru was honestly confused at what was going on before him. He was so intrigued by the hanyou despite his disgusting nature. What had the child been through to get him in this condition? What was so special about him that Naraku was risking himself in the royal forest trying to catch the dirty hanyou?

Then Sesshomaru felt a surge of Naraku's youki and before he knew it he heard a stifled scream as the hanyou was convulsing on the ground in agony. It didn't add up. How could an aura do something like that? Hanyous weren't that powerless that the aura would affect them in such a way.

Naraku started to follow the choked screams and continued to let out more of his aura which made the boy convulse even more. It looked as if the boy was possessed or being struck by lightning. The stronger the energy got, the more the boy appeared to be in pain.

A light bulb went off in Sesshomaru's head. No…it can't be…could it?

Sesshomaru had heard of such a phenomenon in one of his lessons. There were many slave practices that were outlawed hundreds of years ago because of how barbaric they were. Even though the life of a slave was not something to brag about now, slaves still were mandated to have basic rights.

There was a method of controlling slaves beforehand that linked them with their masters. It was a form of blood magic that formed a bond between the master's energy and the slave and their pain. If the slave was not pleasing his master then with the simple release of frustration the slave would be subdued by increments of electric shock. They were long since outlawed and any that practiced it were sentenced to be executed.

That was why Naraku had gone out of his way to find the stupid hanyou. If anyone had known of Naraku's magic practices he would be ordered to be executed. He was trying to save his ass.

There was an unknown feeling rising in his chest as he saw the blinded hanyou writhing in pain on the forest floor. Concern. It was something that Sesshomaru had never felt before. The poor hanyou was just a child. A helpless child that was suffering so much in front of him.

Below him Naraku had finally found the boy huddled on the forest floor. He grabbed the hanyou by the hair and lifted him off of the ground.

"You stupid whore. What makes you think you can get away from me you worthless piece of shit?" Naraku laughed as he let out more of his youkai and the hanyou writhed in pain.

Sesshomaru was continuing to connect the dots. The young boy must have been Naraku's sex slave as well. Sesshomaru fought the urge to let the anger overcome him. It was disgusting how someone could take advantage of someone that young.

Naraku threw the boy on the ground and pulled out a knife. "You will suffer for your crimes whore before I take you back to my castle."

The blinded boy was hyperventilating. His ears were flicking around trying to figure out what was going to happen to him. Naraku grabbed one of his ears and the boy tried to scream but it came out as a choked sob. Naraku took the knife and sliced through the boy's ear. The hanyou cried and tried to scream in pain.

That was when Sesshomaru saw the collar. He was right. By the looks of it he also must have been using it to stop the boy from speaking. Sesshomaru watched as Naraku kicked the boy. Blood stained the boy's long silver hair as his ear hung limp in two different pieces. What Sesshomaru did not expect next was the boy to look upwards with tears in his milky eyes. Looking almost dead on at Sesshomaru, almost begging for his help.

Sesshomaru had enough of this. There were so many emotions that were fighting each other as he saw the injured boy look at him. A fire sparked within him as he jumped off the tree and landed behind Naraku. The hanyou had heard him before Naraku was even aware that Sesshomaru was behind him. Milky white eyes looked past Naraku at Sesshomaru and the hanyou smiled a bit.

"Naraku." Sesshomaru growled as he let his angry aura slip from him. Naraku jumped and turned around to face the young Lord.

"M-my Lord." Naraku hastily tried to give Sesshomaru a bow but Sesshomaru cut him off.

"Save it Naraku. I am intrigued why you are so close to the castle and have the audacity to make yourself at home in this forest. Did you think us so low not to detect your presence?" Sesshomaru looked at him ruthlessly. He was ready to sink his claws into the bastard.

"N-no my Lord I apologize. I was just trying to get my worthless slave that escaped from me." Naraku gave off some energy unintentionally and the boy writhed in pain. "I did not mean disrespect."

Sesshomaru looked at the hanyou. He could tell that the boy was feverish and severely malnourished. The condition of the kid was deplorable. The kid did not look older than a 50 year old demon (four years old in human years), but judging by his hanyou background, he must have been younger.

He then noticed that the boy's good ear twitched which signaled that something was approaching. He then felt his father's slight energy. He must have been wondering what was taking so long. Inu no Taisho did not make an appearance though. He must have been watching from above because the hanyou looked up into the trees.

The kid didn't really seem to miss anything that was going on around him despite having lost his vision. His hearing must have been better than Sesshomaru's because he did not even hear his father coming.

"Well now that I have him I will take my worthless slave and just get going." Naraku made his move towards the hanyou but Sesshomaru was faster and stood between the hanyou and Naraku.

"I don't think so." Sesshomaru growled and he could sense the hanyou trying to back away from him. He was terrified by the growl.

"But my Lord. He belongs to me." Naraku eyed him evilly. The smug look still sprawled across his face.

"Yes I am quite aware of that. I am also aware of the black magic that you have placed on this hanyou." Sesshomaru gave Naraku an icy stare.

He noticed Naraku pale at the discovery of his dirty deeds.

"What is it that you want my Lord?" Naraku asked. He was terrified that the temper filled young Lord was going to execute him on the spot.

"I want the hanyou." Sesshomaru surprised himself with the declaration. There was something about the boy that made him want him so badly. He was curious about him and his capabilities.

Naraku looked as if someone had slapped him. Sesshomaru over his shoulder could see that at the declaration the hanyou's mouth had dropped. He also heard the snapping of twigs up above which suggested that the declaration had surprised his father so much that he must've fell over.

"W-what?!" Naraku exclaimed. "My Lord the hanyou is dirty and worthless!"

"Yet you want him so badly." Sesshomaru did not let his gaze falter.

The hanyou was starting to hyperventilate behind him. Something must have been going on with Naraku's energy that was giving the poor little hanyou pain.

Naraku's eyes darkened. "I am surprised that you are not slaying me where I stand for my use of black magic. It goes against the law of your land."

Sesshomaru still with his eyes on him scoffed. "Do not take me for a fool Naraku. I may not know how black magic works but I am not stupid enough to endanger the hanyou's life. Killing you and severing that bond may wind up killing him as well."

Lord Inu no Taisho was beside himself. He had no idea what the hell happened to his son in the past forty minutes but the demon that was down there was not him. He was showing concern for a hanyou? He didn't kill anyone? He was using his brain and not acting out of violence? He was not full of blind rage?

HE WAS SHOWING CONCERN FOR A HANYOU?

Taisho felt as if his heart was going to give out. He had no idea what to make out of any of it. He thought he would never see the day that his son would want a hanyou slave anywhere near him.

Naraku smirked. "Very well then. You may have my slave." With the wave of his hand he walked in the opposite direction of Sesshomaru.

It was way too easy. Sesshomaru knew that had to be some sort of a catch for why Naraku was willing to let the hanyou go. He couldn't worry about that now. He watched as Naraku disappeared with his soldiers from the forest.

Sesshomaru turned to face the hanyou who looked absolutely terrified. Sesshomaru didn't know if it was because he was afraid of Sesshomaru or he knew something was going to happen to him.

Sesshomaru stood in front of the trembling hanyou and whispered to him in a voice that was barely audible to Sesshomaru's own ears. He did not want his father to hear what he had to say.

"I know that your hearing is incredible. The man that is in the trees is my father and I don't want him to hear what I have to say." Sesshomaru paused and the hanyou gave a very subtle nod that he heard what he was saying. It was absolutely incredible. The hanyou swallowed heavily still trembling.

"Can you talk hanyou?" The hanyou flinched at the word "hanyou", but shook his head in a slight no. "Is it because of the collar?" The hanyou nodded slightly.

"I want to take you in as my personal slave. I am sorry at the way you were treated beforehand." The hanyou started to cry at those words. He had no idea what was going on. He knew that Naraku still had power over him because of the collar. He knew that the collar could not come off.

"Is something wrong?" The hanyou nodded while still crying.

"Is it because of the collar?" Yet again the hanyou nodded. "Is it going to hurt you now that Naraku is gone?" The hanyou nodded again while crying harder.

Inu no Taisho jumped down from his perch in the trees. "Sesshomaru what the hell is going on?" He made a move to approach the hanyou but the hanyou started crying even harder trying to flinch away from him. Taisho stood still and did not make a move to go further.

"Nothing father. Everything is under control." Sesshomaru said in a calm voice.

It was the calmest voice that Taisho had ever heard his son mutter. Why was he acting this way?

Sesshomaru was trying his best to control his voice in order to not upset the hanyou even more. He figured that the hanyou had problems with reacting to demon auras. He walked towards the hanyou and the hanyou flinched a little bit more but not nearly as much as he did when Taisho tried to approach him.

Sesshomaru smirked a little. In another barely audible whisper he asked. "Is it alright if I pick you up? I really doubt you can walk with those thorns through your feet." The hanyou nodded.

The boy was so confused. Why was this man being so kind to him? He didn't deserve this treatment. The man had said that he truly wanted to be his new master. He was afraid to know what that entailed. Naraku-sama was an evil master. He thought he heard the other man call his new master Sesshomaru.

For the twentieth time that night Taisho was completely taken aback by what his son did next. He had saw the blind hanyou nod at Sesshomaru even though he had not spoken. His son then scooped the injured child into his arms. Sesshomaru did not seem to mind the hanyou blood staining his clothing, which was shocking. Taisho had heard that his son beheaded someone for a drop of juice on his robes, yet he was fine being covered in hanyou blood?

Sesshomaru felt the trembling boy in his arms tense up and grab onto the Lord's robes as if he was terrified that he was going to be dropped. "Shh…calm down little one. I got you…" He barely breathed out.

He saw the hanyou's good ear twitch and the boy smile slightly before he fell unconscious in his arms. He was so light and Sesshomaru could feel almost all of his bones.

Sesshomaru walked past his father and then stopped slightly looking over his shoulder at the Demon King's dropped jaw. "Are you coming or what father? The hanyou needs a medic." With that said he took off from the ground leaving his astounded father behind.

I hope you all find the opening chapter intriguing! I get extremely motivated when people give me reviews. I tend to update a lot faster depending on the amount of reviews I get. I look forward to what you guys think!

Also, I understand that my aging scale for this is a little bit skewed. In this fic the aging rate for full blooded demons and hanyous are different. Inuyasha is four almost five in this story and Sesshomaru is 21.

Until next time!