Love love love every single minute of this story!  You  have managed to delve into a reasonably unexplored territory in Sesshoumaru's past.  Not many people go into such details of how he became the way he is and I can't wait to see where you take it!  Please update soon I am loving it!!!

I think you're doing a very good job of psychologically analyzing Sesshoumaru on events in his growing up that made him into what he was when Kagome met him.  He did not have a very happy and stablizing childhood.  It left more than physical scars on him.  I like your interpretation of the marks on his cheeks.  No one has ever referred to them as scars.

I noticed you had his right arm missing instead of his left as in the American translation of the anime.  It can get confusing since I have a set of books of the anime, English dubbed from Japan.  In them his right arm is missing and his boa is over his left shoulder with his swords on his right side, just as other things are opposite to the American version, such as Miroku's hand and Kaede's eyepatch.  It can get confusing so I go by the American version.

I have to agree with Inuyasha, Kagome is a chatterbox and I imagine she was getting on his nerves.  Just like he can get on her nerves, too, but I think that she uses the 'sit' word a little too much.

-__- i feel really sorry for sesshou's mum...unrequitted love is really a cruel thing :C

and sesshou's dad sure as hell seems not to be sorry at all

poor sesshou....

please update soon

One more thing I forgot to add to my previous review.  You blew me away with how he came to have those stripes on his cheeks.  That is so original.  I love it.  You also explained about the crescent moon on his forehead, but nothing about the stripes on his wrists and legs or if he has them any place else.  Will they be something he was born with or that he himself created whether he was the 'artist' or had someone else do them? 

You've really got me interested in all of this stuff.  haha.

So far, I'm liking what I'm reading.  I'm excited that someone is finally writing about his life in a way that is 'realistic'.  Some have tried and failed by giving up except for this one that kept me confused half the time trying to figure out what the heck was going on.  Your story has a good start and a promise of doing justice to his biography.  Just please don't give up before you reach the finish line.

As for him being cruel at times, it would be unnatural for him not to be.  Look at the way he was raised and the era he grew up in.  A youkai could show no fear or weakness of any kind if he wanted to survive.  Also, it would seem unnatural and out of place for him and Kagome to fall in love soon after meeting.  Changes in their lives and personalities have to take place to prepare them to slowly come to love each other.

I eagerly look forward to each chapter.

Hey there!

I'm not sure why you don't have any reviews, so I'm going to fix that while telling you how much of an incredible job you're doing! I'm really enjoying this very much, and I'm liking the way that you're telling Sesshomaru's story both through what seems to be a diary and also through actual events.

The characterization is amazing, and the way that you portray Sesshomaru, as well as his parents and even Izayoi, seem to be the most realistic portrayal I've ever seen. The images, as well, are very vivid, and the voice of Sesshomaru in the first half of the chapter is pretty much perfect - exactly how I would think that someone like him thinks.

Anyway, there aren't many criticisms that I can think of, and except for a typo - paved instead of paced near the end of chapter 3 - you're doing a very good job, and I can't wait to continue reading! You're on my favorites list, so I'll be sure to read and review the next chapter!

p.s. - I think that the idea of Sesshomaru's markings actually being scars is something very fresh and new - good concept! However, are they just thin claw marks? The markings on Sesshomaru's cheeks are a little broad near his ears, so it would have to be a deliberate shaping/carving job and not just a deep scratch, right? Just something to think about, I suppose; you're still doing a tremendous job - keep it up!!

Much Love,
~Aubrey