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This was it; the moment he had longed for. The moment when he would finally kill his disgusting hanyou brother. He stood over Inuyasha, Tokijin's deadly blade scant centimeters from Inuyasha's heart. He had waited years for this. Inuyasha had finally been felled, and now lay in the dirt underneath Sesshomaru's foot.

"Do it, Sesshomaru. Haven't you been telling me since we were kids that one day you'd drive a blade through me?" Inuyasha said, watching him calmly. Sesshomaru narrowed his eyes. Inuyasha had changed. It seemed now he was willing to die with a little honor. Before, when Sesshomaru had attemped to kill him, he had acted like a child, but now . . . he seemed almost . . . regal.

Sesshomaru shook his head. This was ridiculous. Inuyasha was a hanyou. A hanyou didn't have honor. So why was Sesshomaru suddenly . . . . proud of him? Growling, he took a firmer hold on Tokijin's hilt. Inuyasha didn't deserve to live. He was a disgrace to all youkai.

Sighing, Sesshomaru removed the sword and stood back, turning his back on Inuyasha.

"What's your problem, Sesshomaru? Don't have the guts to kill your own brother?" Inuyasha asked, pushing himself up into a sitting position.

Sesshomaru turned his head to the side, fixing Inuyasha with one cold golden eye. "Make no mistake, hanyou. Had you not shown that you could accept your death with honor, I would have killed you." Although he didn't say it, Sesshomaru was linked to his brother . . . . and that would never change.