A Tale of Two Brothers.
Chapter1:
Kagome, InuYasha, Miroku, Sango, and Shippou, were once again traveling through the country side of Japan, in search of the sacred Jewel shards. Shippou sat contently in the basket attached to Kagome's bike, humming and kicking his feet in the air, while Kagome pushed her bike along, walking in a pace even with that of InuYasha, whom was walking at the head of the group, as usual. Miroku and Sango walked a few paces behind the two of them, talking with one another about what would happen when eventually the Jewel was complete and Naraku was defeated once again. Miroku's wind tunnel would be gone and he would be free of the curse which Naraku had placed upon his grandfather, Sango would have her revenge on Naraku for all of her suffering, but something else concerned her. What would become of her little brother, Kohaku? With out the jewel shard imbedded in his back, he wouldn't be able to live, but as long as it was lodged within his back, he would always have the poison, which was Naraku's aura, inside of him, and that was something Sango wasn't sure she could bare. Kagome had made several attempts to engage InuYasha in conversation, but all of her attempts were met with either silence, or a remark which would indicate that he wasn't interested in continuing the conversation.
She'd soon decided it was best not to badger him, lest she cause another argument between the two of them. Kagome continually looked over at InuYasha from time-to-time, often wondering if she should ask him if something was wrong, and wondering what he was thinking about. She sighed some and then decided it was better to just ask him before it drove her to the brink of insanity. She walked a bit faster and made it so she was right next to him before speaking quietly so the others wouldn't hear. "InuYasha, is everything all right? You seem…distracted…did something happen?" She asked a bit shyly. InuYasha snorted and bit and looked over towards her, not sure of how to tell her what he knew he needed to tell her. Kikyou had returned the night before, she had returned for the sole purpose of speaking to InuYasha, but it was nothing InuYasha had wanted to hear.
Her words still rang clearly in his ears, as if Kikyou were speaking directly in front of him at that very moment. "InuYasha, stop you constant pursuit of me, I am not yours to have. Your life belongs to me, InuYasha, and mine to you, but that does not mean that I am yours to love. If you must love me, than you can love my hatred for you, and in return, I will love your condemned soul as it withers into nothingness." She'd vanished before he could speak to her, so he'd spoken to the darkness, and to himself. "Kikyou….I will give my life to you, and I will give you my soul, as well." Those words were a promise that he made to Kikyou, but he couldn't tell that to Kagome, he couldn't hurt her again as he'd done so many times before. "InuYasha? Are you listening?" Kagome spoke once more, bringing him out of the trance he'd fallen into as he remembered the night before. InuYasha shook his head briefly, then turned to answer Kagome. "Nothing's wrong, I was just…thinking about what's going to happen when we finally find Naraku and defeat him.."
Kagome turned her head a bit, looking forwards to the road ahead of them. "Oh…all right." She said quietly, her eyes lowering a bit as she thought to herself. 'He's lying to me again…something is wrong, but why won't he tell me?' She was abruptly interrupted from her thoughts when Miroku shouted to them from behind. Miroku ran up ahead, followed by Sango who rode upon Kirara's back, her Hiraikotsu in hand. Miroku turned back and called to the others. "Kagome, InuYasha, hurry! There's smoke coming from the village ahead!" InuYasha had already began sprinting towards the village, and Kagome quickly mounted her bike and began peddling furiously. After a few moments, the group arrived in the village which was ridden with chaos. The ground was covered with blood, bodies hung from the windows of burning houses, horses neighed and reared up in panic as fire surrounded their stables and villagers were screaming in terror as a giant Bear Youkai ravaged their village.
Kagome immediately stood from her bike, dropping it to the ground and she ran over to InuYasha. "InuYasha, I can sense a Jewel Shard from that Youkai! It's imbedded in his chest!" InuYasha quickly grabbed hold of the Tetsusaiga, transforming the sword into it's most powerful state and wielding it towards the Youkai. "I'll take this Youkai out in one swing!" He smirked and watched as the wind-scar wrapped itself around the blade of the Tetsusaiga, preparing to strike down the bear Youkai, and claim the shard it had imbedded within it's body. He then charged towards the Youkai, slashing directly towards the giant bear Youkai. The bright yellow glow from the energy of the wind-scar sparked and then erupted, sending the giant wave of power of the wind-scar surging through the ground and towards the enormous Youkai. Kagome, Miroku, Sango and Shippou watched on as the Youkai was enveloped in the wave of destructive energy.
As the wind-scar surrounded the Youkai, absorbing it until it had vanished, the Jewel shard imbedded in it's chest began to glow brightly, the glow surrounded the body of the Youkai, and the glow from the wind-scar began to fade away into nothing. InuYasha's face, which had been filled with a look of confidence and arrogance, was soon filled with a look of shock and utter disbelief as the Youkai stood before the group of them, remaining unscathed, having not so much as a scratch on it. InuYasha turned his gaze towards the Tetsusaiga, looking at it as if the blade had just grown arms and hands and had slapped him across the face. 'What in the hell just happened? The wind-scar made a direct hit, that Youkai should have been completely destroyed!' He thought to himself. He was quickly brought out of his thoughts as his body was met full on with the massive claws of the giant Bear Youkai, sending InuYasha flying several yards back and onto the ground.
Kagome turned and immediately ran towards InuYasha, kneeling down before him and placing her hands to his arm and shoulder. "InuYasha! Are you all right!? Speak to me!" She shouted, shaking him repetitively. InuYasha slowly opened his eyes and sat up, rubbing his head. He turned and looked at Tetsusaiga once more, starring hard at it. "What's wrong with the Tetsusaiga? It didn't even effect that Youkai!" He shouted as he grabbed the Tetsusaiga once more. The blade of the Tetsusaiga began to pulsate, as it pulsed, it began to glow with a purple aura, becoming surrounded by sparks of black and purple demonic energy. Sango and Miroku, mean while, had been fighting the giant bear Youkai. Miroku found himself at somewhat of a disadvantage, as long as the Youkai had the shard of the Shikon no Tama imbedded within it, he couldn't use his wind-tunnel, for fear of sucking the Jewel into his right Hand. All he could do was attempt to plant Sutra's and Spirit-Wards upon the Youkai's body, while Sango continually hurled the Hiraikotsu at the giant beast. Kirara had begun attacking the Youkai as well, swiping at it's leg with her claws and sinking her large, saber-fangs into it's flesh.
Shippou and Kagome remained beside InuYasha, watching in awe as the Tetsusaiga pulsated and glowed bright purple, it slowly began to float out of InuYasha's hand, and it hovered in the air. InuYasha could only watch in astonishment as the Tetsusaiga seemed to be reacting to something, but to what? Could it have been the Jewel inside the body of the giant Bear Youkai? The Tetsusaiga suddenly transformed back into it's most powerful state, and began to glow brighter, until it's blade was no more than a giant, purple glow. The Tetsusaiga then shot towards the bear Youkai, piercing directly through it's stomach and emerging from the other side. Sango and Miroku stood and watched, as the Tetsusaiga seemed to be waging a war against the Youkai by it self. The Youkai turned and swung for the sword, missing as the Tetsusaiga shot straight up into the air. To avoid the Youkai's massive claws. The Tetsusaiga then started flipping it self over and over, blade tip over hilt, acting as a saw. The energy around the Tetsusaiga surged and then shot several large, destructive masses of power at the Youkai, slicing through it's body, severing it's arms, and then, it's head. The Youkai fell forwards, crashing to the ground with a loud rumble, making the ground beneath the group shake and tremble.
The Tetsusaiga began to stop glowing, then shot towards the ground at InuYasha's feet, impaling itself into the ground, blade-first. InuYasha, Kagome, Miroku, Sango, and Shippou gathered around the sword, looking completely astonished as the sword stood, stuck in the ground, as if it had never been touched. Miroku turned and looked at InuYasha, trying to calm himself a bit and regain his composure. "InuYasha, what just happened? How did the Tetsusaiga--" He was cut off by InuYasha as he replied in an aggravated tone. "How the hell should I know!? You think I'd look as confused as I do right now if I had any idea what the hell is going on!?" Miroku turned his attention back to the Tetsusaiga and examined it a bit more. Kagome placed her hand to InuYasha's shoulder and squeezed it a bit to get his attention. "InuYasha….maybe you should take the Tetsusaiga, and go see Totosai…I'm sure he'll know what's going on." InuYasha sighed a bit and nodded his head. "All right…I'll go see him." He reached his hand out to grab the Tetsusaiga, but yelped in pain and quickly pulled his hand back when it was met with a violent jolt of energy.
"OW! Damn it! What the hell is going on with my sword!? It just rejected me like it does to a full demon!" He rubbed his hand a bit, then growled in frustration. Kagome slowly reached her hand out, grabbing a hold of the Tetsusaiga's hilt. 'Good, it still isn't rejecting me..' She thought to herself as she pulled the Tetsusaiga out of the ground. InuYasha held out the sheath to the Tetsusaiga, making it easier for Kagome to slide the blade into the opening. "All right, I'm gonna go talk to Totosai… See you guys in a few days." He said, waving his hand slightly as he turned and began to walk in the direction of Totosai's volcano-top home.
Mean while, Totosai was currently speaking with another person, a person who had come with an ill-tempered attitude. "I want to know what is wrong with my sword, old man. You will tell me the problem, and then, you will fix it…" Totosai sighed and took the sword from the one standing before him, looking it over a bit. "So, you say it won't work for you at all? That you can't even hold it, correct?" The Youkai stood with a cold look upon his face, his arms at his sides as he awaited the sword-smiths answer. Totosai turned his attention back to the sword, examining it once more. "Hmm….Yes, this is interesting….I wonder if InuYasha is having the same problem with the Tetsusaiga." The Youkai snorted and took a step closer to Totosai, then sat down, folding his arms into his sleeves.
"Do not trouble yourself with the problems of InuYasha, concern yourself with the problem that is before you, I want to know what is happening to the Tenseiga, and why it rejects me now, when it has never rejected me before." Totosai sighed and nodded. "All right, Sesshoumaru, as you wish." He turned and set the Tenseiga into it's sheath and then set it down. "But we will have to wait one day, I want to see if my suspicions are correct."