[A/N: First venture into the Inuyasha fandom! Yay! Eventually I want to write a crossover with Naruto (my focus fandom) since there are far too few good specimens of those. For now, I hope you enjoy!]

Prologue:

Sesshoumaru could have laughed as he saw Inuyasha pick himself up and raise Tessaiga again. The hanyou couldn't even see, and he still wanted to fight? Still, it would remove any chance of his victory being mocked; no one could claim that Inuyasha hadn't fought back.

Power surged as Sesshoumaru prepared to shift into his true form, to rend the pathetic brat to bits until every resemblance between them was gone. As he sprang, there was a sudden shift in the tenor of Inuyasha's youki—it seemed he had figured something out, but no matter. It was too late for his half-brother to regain control of the fight.

Or so he thought, before Tessaiga slashed across at what Sesshoumaru knew was the exact point necessary to utilize the Wind Scar at its maximum power. There was no time to dodge, not that Sesshoumaru would have threatened his dignity by doing so, so there was nothing for it but to bear the blow.

Sesshoumaru had never expected such power to come from his untrained half-brother, but as the energy hit him he realized with some surprise that it had the potential to be lethal. Tenseiga began to glow, but it did nothing to block the pain as Sesshoumaru felt himself being swept away.

His body almost felt as if it was dissolving…

[A/N: Oo, cliffie! Speaking of crossovers, there's a poll up on my profile page. Please vote! It'll be important when I get around to writing one.]