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Sesshomaru, along with Inuyasha and her pack, headed to the lands across the sea that very same day. Though, Sesshomaru pretended to ignore most of what was going on among the mismatched pack, she could not help but be annoyed at the manner in which the pack members treated Inuyasha, as it reminded her exactly of the way she had been looked at by her own critics upon becoming female.

It was true that Inuyasha was uncouth in her mannerisms, that her hair was wild and untamed, and her claws badly needed to be polished... all of these things which the humans pointed out were things that Sesshomaru agreed with. They were not the things, however, that had Sesshomaru feeling irked. What bothered her was the fact that they had been most tolerant of those bad habits of Inuyasha when she had been male, and were only pointing them out to her now that she had become female.

It was hypocritical.

To be treated differently by others because one's reproductive system had changed... if it had been Sesshomaru... well, she had already shown the world what happened to those who thought her less than before. And there would be no mercy for Naraku either.

Listening to another round of arguments, Sesshomaru decided to speed up her pace.

This foolishness had to end. Both for her own sanity's sake as well as Inuyasha's. Not that she cared about the half-breed...

Soon enough, they had returned to the Jusenkyo where the unassuming guide was sitting about, as if he had already been awaiting their arrival.

"Welcome back to Jusenkyo," he greeted them.


TBC...