Inuyasha settled back into the branches of Goshinboku and pondered the events that just occurred. Sesshoumaru was off hunting Magatsuhi since he was the only one who could kill him. The Inutachi and Sesstachi had settled down into Kaede's village.. Kagome, whose powers were now sealed by Magatsuhi, had gone home for ten days to take her final tests
Events seemed to be sorting themselves out. Sesshoumaru now had a weapon and Tenseiga appeared able to eliminate Magatsuhi. Once Magatsuhi was gone, Kagome could be
unsealed and Kohaku's shard could be purified. Plus Kagome would finally be done with school and would not leave him to take tests anymore.
Everything did seem to be going his way for once. The only gnawing doubt that he had inhis mind were the words that Totosai said when Bakusaiga first appeared. He told Sesshoumaru that when Sesshoumaru desired Tetsusaiga that he lost his left arm. What could this mean?
Did it mean that Tetsusaiga had its own will to act and to make events occur?
He had always thought that he had cut off Sesshoumaru's arm. It had been once of his proudest accomplishments. He had thrown it back in Sesshoumaru's face at every opportunity.
He had always thought of Tetsusaiga as his sword. Could he possibly be merely a tool of the sword's will?
When he looked back at many of the events that occurred in past year could only be explained in reference to the will of sword. The sword had transformed only when he declared that he would protect Kagome. The sword revealed the wind scar to only when he was blinded by Sesshoumaru's dokkasou and it was the only way to save him from the transforming Sesshoumaru. He has come of age when he chose to fight with Tetsusaiga as a hanyou and reject his demon form. The sword had become a part of him, showed him how to summon Kaze no kizu at any time and revealed the method of creating the Bakuryuha
Since the fight over Dakki he had realized that he and Tetsuaiga were one. There was a symbiosis between himself and the sword. So long he was alive the sword would not die. He had realized then that when he put the sword at risk he stood a chance of losing a large part of himself. Sometimes he had to be reminded of Tetssuaiga;s true powers. Totosai had reminded him that Tetsusaiga was a sword that cut and need not be decorated with the additional powers which Tetsusaiga could steal. Sesshoumaru had told him that he had lost his way when he could not use the sword to defeat even the simpleat of youkai because of the powers he had added on to the sword.
There was a give and take between the partners. Tetsusaiga had warned him of the problems with dragon scale Tetsusaigs by burning his hands. When the Mirror Monster an Mirror Tenseiga had stolen its powers, Tetsusaiga has asked for his Youkai in order to enable it to fight with him. It had saved him in the Meidou by summoning dragon scale Tetsusaiga which was the clue he needed to cut his own youketsu..
In the end none of it mattered . It did not matter what agenda Tetsusaiga had. What mattered was the he and Tetsisaiga were one being and one had to trust in oneself.