Title: A Bolt from the Blue

Author: landofthekwt

Rating: PG-13

Prompt: Bolt (Issekiwa Week 85)

Word Count: 250

CU

Sentient Swords

Warning: Death Demons

Summary: Tessaiga does its job.

The situation was critical. In another moment the sheath would break and the young one would die. It would fail the single task the master had given it of protecting the hanyou. Today, he had already proved himself worthy. He had thrown away the sword in order to save his friends. Such a person deserved to be rescued.

The old flea was worthless. He should have told the boy how to summon it instead of hiding. The old fool had probably forgotten everything the master ever told him about it. At least he had remembered about the sheath. It would have to take matters into its own hands. At this point it could not depend upon anyone else to save the master's son.

The sheath began to call the sword. It pulled itself out the dead youkai and went flying across the battlefield just as the thunder demon raised his pike for the fatal blow. The boy must have seen the blade out of the corner of his eye. Somehow he managed to drop the sheath, grab the sword. cause it to power up, and deliver a killing blow to the in one smooth stroke.

The boy had promise. He had faced down a clearly superior foe without flinching and bested him with relative ease. Tessaiga knew that his master would have been proud of his son's performance today. It must do everything in its power to justify its master's faith in its ability to protect his son