Sesshomaru stared up at the dormant dragon and the colossal talon penetrating its heart.
So that's Ryukotsusei. Father couldn't kill it.
The idea of removing the seal flitted across Sesshomaru's mind. If he did he could destroy it and call himself Inu no Taisho's equal. Or superior.
But it alone had been Father's battle. Something else seeped through. That's right – his alone. Where had I been?
Fresh guilt stabbed Sesshomaru as he remembered his foolish stubbornness.
I cannot alter what has transpired, Father's passing, but there is still a method fit for this beast's end.
The image of a majestic steel fang flashed.
Once I obtain it, Ryukotsusei shall be destroyed by my father's power. By the Tetsusaiga.
With new resolve, Sesshomaru flew off to a distant forest. There was someone he needed to see about a sword.
