"Inuyasha, you have no reason to hurry. If you fall from the cliff face it'll be to your death.." "Like I'd ever want YOUR help you jackass!" Was all Sesshomaru heard from his brother as he quickly scaled the steep cliff. "Master Inuyasha! Please! Lord Sesshomaru is right! Tonight is that night! You must be careful!" "Shut up Myoga! Don't you think I know that? Why do you think I'm climbing so damn fast?" Inuyasha snapped.
"It's a good thing Hosenki is a kind demon who doesn't judge others." Myoga sighed. The flea demon would've usually fled at the sight of Sesshomaru, but with both him and Inuyasha looking for their Father's final resting place, it was in his best intrest to atleast help the brothers get the sword. At that thought, the old flea demon snickered silently, knowing full well the fang of his late master wasn't Sesshomaru's to wield, but Inuyasha's. The older brother would find this out the hard way.
Once the duo had reached the edge of the cliff, it was nearly sundown, and Sesshomaru was there waiting for them. Both of these put Inuyasha in a particularly bad moode. "How the fuck did you get up here so fast?" "Unlike you, Lord Sesshomaru is as fast as the wind!" Jaken mocked. "Feh, it doesn't matter anyways." This small statement made the older brother's mind become somewhat curious. "No insult? I'm surprised, it's almost as if you don't want to pick a fight." "What was that bastard!?" The half demon growled, cracking his knuckles. "Gah! Master Inuyasha! Please not now I beg of you!" Myoga cried.
"...Feh. Fine. I don't need to waste my time on someone like Sesshomaru anyways." The half demon huffed before moving on ahead of Sesshomaru and Jaken, not wanting to waste anymore time.
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"Hosenki? Hosenki are you there? It's me, Myoga the flea!" The small flea demon called out into the large lake before them. The stillness of the lake's surface was broken as ripples began to form. "Something's rising from the depths of the lake." Inuyasha noted. They all watched, as a giant oyster had emerged from the lake, then opened wide to reveal two demons inside. "Is that you Myoga?" The larger of the demons asked. "Yes, yes! It's been a while Hosenki!" The old flea said, hopping up and down on his master's head.
Hosenki then shifted his attention to the others before him. "You.." he said while pointing to Sesshomaru. "..I remember you. The Great Dog Demon mentioned having a son." At that statment, the oyster demon's gaze shifted towards Inuyasha. "And you, he mentioned that he had slept with a human woman and she was to bore him a child. You're him?" "Yeah, what of it?" Inuyasha replied. The old demon merely shook his head. "Nothing."
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"So, old Myoga told you that I knew a way to the Great Dog Demon's tomb?" "Yes. Do you or do you not?" Sesshomaru asked. "I do." Hosenki replied, while fumbling around in his robes. "I'm a master jewel maker, the jewels I make allow the user to be transported to the border between this world and the next, where the Great Dog Demon's tomb resides." "The border between this word and the next?" Inuyasha repeated, somewhat confused. "Yes." The oyster demon said, pulling something out of his robe. "Use this." He said while holding up what looked like a black pearl. "It can be used only once, but the path to this world will stay open until you return." With that Hosenki threw the small pearl to the eldest brother, who had a smug looking smirk on his face.
"At last... Jaken, let's get going." "Aye! Yes M'Lord!" The imp demon cried while following his master, Inuyasha and Myoga not too far behind.
"I'm surprised they didn't ask about the Black Pearl I made for thier Father long ago. I'm sure he left it to one of his sons.." The old oyster demon thought to himself.
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"So, this is why you were so cautious." Sesshomaru smirked. "Your time of weakness is the night of a new moon I see." "Shut up Sesshomaru!" Inuyasha spat, glaring at his brother. " So what if I turn human on the night of the new moon, doesn't mean I'm afraid of you ya ba-" "Master Inuyasha please! Please don't provoke him!" Myoga pleaded. "Hmph, nothing can spoil my moode tonight flea, for tonight is the night I aquire my Father's fang. I could care less about Inuyasha turning into a mortal." Sesshomaru said, stopping in the middle of a clearing. "Jaken, the staff." "Yes! Of course!"
As Jaken hurried over towards Sesshomaru, Inuyasha couldn't help but let his mind drift. Thier Father's grave...what kind of place was it? Inuyasha had never known his father, he didn't even know how the dog general had died. His mother had always said that his father had died protecting them when the half demon was just a newborn.
When Inuyasha came to from his thoughts, he seen a blinding light, and a small portal popping up out of nowhere. "Is that-?" He was cut off by something fuzzy wrapping around his waist. "Eh!?" "You're too slow Inuyasha." Was all he heard from his brother before the trio leaped into the portal.
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"Father." Was all Inuyasha said when they desended below the mist that covered the border between the living and dead to find a huge demon skeleton clad in magnificant armor. The younger brother's simple statement made Sesshomaru turn his head towards him, a scowl across his face.
Inuyasha didn't say another word until Sesshomaru had flown inside the skeleton and drifted down onto the thousands apon thousands of smaller demon skulls that made up the ground. In front of them, at the base of the demon dog's spine, was the very thing they were seeking.
"Huh..so that's the sword?" Inuyasha asked somewhat surprised as he walked towards the golden pedastal that held the sword. "Looks like a piece of fucking junk. It probably couldn't cut paper, wet!" At that statement Inuyasha felt something blunt hit him in the back of the head, knocking him forward slightly. "OW! What the hell!?" When he turned to see what had hit him, he seen his brother holding one of the many demon skulls that were on the ground. "Be respectful, this is our Father's grave." "You're one to talk! You're technically robbing his grave!" At that, Inuyasha had to duck to avoid the next skull Sesshomaru threw at him.
"Watch and learn half-breed." Sesshomaru called out while walking towards the pedastal. "Master Inuyasha! Are you just going to let Sesshomaru take what is rightfully yours!?" Came the voice of Myoga. "Huh? Myoga?" "The Tetsuaiga was left to you by your Father, you can't let Sesshomaru take it!" At that, Inuyasha merely picked the old flea up off his shoulder and squished him between his fingers. "And how the hell do you suppose I do that when I'm in my human state?" Inuyasha snapped as he threw the flea onto the ground and turned his attention back to his brother.
The older brother merely stared at the sword before smirking slightly, wrapping his slender fingers around the hilt of the blade. However after a few seconds sparks had begun to dance from the sword and soon Sesshomaru was forced to let go, his hand engulfed in blue flames.
"The sword has rejected Lord Sesshomaru, but why!?" Jaken cried out in a panic. Inuyasha couldn't help but smirk at the face his brother was making, a face that seemed to be a mixture of pure anger and embarrassment, emotions his usually cold and unfeeling brother would never show on the surface. "It seems Father has done his work well." Sesshomaru said, regaining his usual aloof demonor. "I cannot even touch the sword."
"And for a good reason! It was left to Master Inuyasha, not you!" Myoga's voice chimed in as he hopped on Inuyasha's shoulder. The glare the old flea demon got from Sesshomaru made the little coward hide behind his master's ebony hair in fear. "Do you honestly think Inuyasha can remove the Tetsuaiga from this pedastal?" "Yes I do!" Myoga called out.
It was at that moment Sesshomaru looked to his younger brother, his golden eyes giving off an icy cold glare. "Then I shall allow you to try." He said as he stepped away from the pedastal.
"Hurry Master! Go and take the sword!" "Sheesh, would you shut up about the damn sword already?" Inuyasha barked as he looked to the Tetsuaiga. "I have no idea what's so special about this piece of junk, but..." he said as he stepped onto the pedastal and gripped the hilt.
What happened next came as a surprise to everyone but Myoga.
All Inuyasha did was merely tug the sword lightly and it instantly came free. Everyone had become speechless, even Inuyasha. It was Jaken who broke the silence, flailing his arms and the staff around. "How is this possible!? if the great Lord Sesshomaru couldn't pull out the sword, how could a mere half demon in his mortal state possibly draw the sword!?" At that Inuyasha looked towards Myoga, somewhat confused. "So uh..now what?"
That question never answered, as Sesshomaru had used his superior speed to appear right in front of his brother, his hand gripping the younger brother's throat. "I have heard enough." Sesshomaru growled. "Ses..sho..maru you bas-.." Inuyasha managed to say while his felt Sesshomaru's grip grow tighter. "Why you were able to take hold of the sword and I wasn't does not matter now, but there is no way I am letting you keep Tetsuaiga. If you value your pathetic life even a little, you will drop the sword."
Inuyasha noticed his vision was starting to become blurry, as his merciless brother continued to tighten his grip. He didn't want to let go of the sword, but his life was more important to him than a useless, rusty sword. He felt the blade's hilt slip through his fingers and heard the loud thud as it hit the floor of demon skulls as he lost consciousness.
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"L-Lord Sesshomaru? Why are we taking Inuyasha with us?" Jaken asked, confused about the current situation they faced. "Inuyasha is currently the only one who can wield the Tetsuaiga without that barrier burning his flesh." "Hm..now that you mention it, it's passed sunrise and his night of weakness is over. He might be able to make the sword transform with his demon half while being able to wield it with his human half." Jaken's statement earned him a hard punch in the face from Sesshomaru. "Don't say the obvious, Jaken." The imp demon merely nodded, sulking as they continued walking, Inuyasha's unconscious body on the back of the two headed dragon demon that served as one of Sesshomaru's many traveling companions over the years.
As they sauntered on, Sesshomaru had only one thing on his mind. Sesshomaru had decided that if he could not have Tetsuaiga, there was one sword that only he himself could wield other than his Father, a sword that surpassed Tetsuaiga in sheer power. The sword he decided on was the fabled So'unga, the sword of Hell.
Myoga the flea had long since abandoned his master and left him to Sesshomaru, so the elder had no choice but to seek out the only other man in the world that knew about the So'unga: Totosai.