Hey all!
So, I have decided to give you all an update on my plans regarding my OC's future aid and the first visual appearance of Trinity and Bishop:
I'm thinking of bringing them in around after the first appearance of Koga the wolf demon, so there will still be a few chapters to go.
The details still need to be fine-tuned, but I'm hoping to incorporate a temporary change of location for our Inuyasha group, namely...Coraline's old home.
Like I said, still a work in progress. Also, I'm still going to keep the creature identity of the aid a secret (yes, I'm a sucker for suspense), but no, there will not be a white tiger. Sorry to disappoint anyone expecting such...
Anyway, keep reading and reviewing!
Enjoy the latest chapter, including the first appearance of Tōtōsai (lol - love this guy)!
Chapter 36: Tessaiga & Tenseiga
(Mmmmoooooooooo...)
As the full moon shines over the dark skies of Sengoku Edo, we zoom in on a...bull, that was carrying a elderly man with gray hair tied back in a tight ponytail atop his head, very large eyes with dotting pupils, a pointed chin with beard and moustache, and was wearing a robe of dark-green with black stripes. He also carried a metal hammer with a very long handle.
As the bull kept moving, the elder asks his other travel companion,
"Myoga, my friend, you'd better not be deceiving me. Has this, Inu-something really mastered the Tessiaga?"
Said flea demon replies,
"His name is Inuyasha."
"Oh, that's right, Inuyasha. He's the son of the Great Dog-Demon who gave me his fang so I could forge a sword out of it. He's the runt of the litter, correct?"
"Yes, the younger brother, and you should learn some respect. I've seen him kill one-hundred demons in one swing with his sword...Mind you, I've only seen him do it once, and he hasn't been able to wield that power since..."
The old man stokes his beard as he ponders aloud,
"Perhaps it is because he does not deserve to wield the Tessaiga that I so forged. I suppose I will have to test his worth, somehow."
Meanwhile, Further up the Mountainside...
In a place where molten rock burns from the ground up, the demon imp, Jaken, comes walking up, albeit a bit painfully:
"Oh, uh, h-hot, o-o-oh..." He stops a moment and rants,
"What kind of hell-hole is this place? The rocks under my feet are red!"
(Sizzzz...)
"(Sniff) Mmmm, I smell roasting meat somewhere...hm?"
Jaken looks down, realizing the scent was in fact his own burning-hot feet! He jumps a few feet into the air, before sprinting away, only to trip and fall on his front...
(...Fwoom)
"O-Owaa-hah!"
He springs back up, and makes it to his destination: A hollowed out giant skull of a long-since dead demon, made into a cave of sorts...
"(Pant, pant, pant...) Hm? Oh, this must be it. Are you here, Tōtōsai? I hope you finished the sword were commissioned to forge! This is the promised date of delivery!"
...There's no response...
"Hm? Hey! Come on out, I'm talking to you!"
Jaken walks inside, only to find a message left on the bone wall of the cave:
"Huh?! What do you mean, 'you moved'?"
He rushes back outside, looking around frantically:
"Damn that sneaky badger! Where'd he go, where'd he go?"
(Step, step)
"Doh."
Jaken turns around, and sees his master, Sesshomaru, standing before him:
"So, Tōtsōai is gone..."
The imp servant immediately bows over and over in apology:
"Please forgive me, Master Sesshomaru. But that ever-cut swordsmith is known to be very temperamental, and he only forges swords if he takes a personal liking to the customer who ordered it."
"I see. He has no intention of forging a sword that suits my purpose, so he has escaped."
"You can't blame him for not liking you. Your resume has one long death wish...Dauh!"
Jaken realizes two seconds too late what he just said, and he looks up...seeing a small smile appear on Sesshomaru's face, which in his books, was not a good sign:
"Gaaah! You're smiling! Oh don't smile at me, Master Sesshomaru! Please get angry! You're always much harder on me when you're being passive-aggressive! Please be straight with me, pleeease...hm?"
He looks up, and sees Sesshomaru moving away...
...I think I've just shortened my life by a hundred years.
Next Day
We now zoom in on Inuyasha and the others, who are now walking down a path to their next destination, wherever that may be, after the attack from the Illusion of Death sent upon them by Naraku.
Today, Coraline chose the following for her outfit: A pair of dark-wash jeans, a light-green tank-top, and her combat boots. Basically, something simple...which would be a contrast to the thoughts running through her mind...
As she moved along step with Inuyasha, Coraline mutters sadly,
"I can't believe the jewel shards we worked so hard to get have been taken..."
Inuyasha looks at her with a mild glare:
"Stop worrying about it, Coraline." They stop, and Coraline replies meekly,
"But..."
"It's not like she stole all the pieces or nothin'. We just have to go and find some more, no big deal."
"I guess..."
As they talked, Sango whispers to Miroku,
"Why is Inuyasha being so understanding? It's so unlike him." Miroku answers,
"I suspect it's because it was Kikyō who stole the Shikon-no-Tama shards."
Shippo sighs in exasperation and comments,
"Well what can he do when the culprit is the woman he fell in love with?"
Inuyasha did not miss a word they said, and turns to bark at them:
"Alright, listen, you morons! If you think I'm protecting Kikyō, you got another thing comin', okay?!"
He feels Coraline staring at him, and turns to lash out at her as well:
"You think I'm goin' soft on her too, dontcha? Then speak up!"
Coraline only stares at him, before shaking her head, not wanting to provoke Inuyasha anymore than he already is...But he saw through the silent lie, and only gets angrier:
"If you got somethin' to say, then say it to my face!"
Coraline frantically shakes her head again, a look of fear appearing, causing Inuyasha to retract:
"Huh?"
Coraline...What's wrong with her? She looks scared...
Hang on: She didn't actually say that those creepers didn't do anything to her...
Did she lie?
Before he could think on the subject further:
(Mmmmooooooooooo...)
"Huh?" "A cow?"
Shippo looks back and forth from atop Miroku's shoulder:
"Where is it? I don't see any cattle around here..."
He and the other two (Miroku and Sango) then look up, and gasp:
"In the sky?!"
Suddenly, a bolt of light crashes on the ground, causing everyone to flinch:
"What's going on?!"
Coraline comes behind Inuyasha:
"Inuyasha."
"Who the heck are you?"
By you, he means the old man from before, sitting atop the now identified three-eyed bull.
"My name is Tōtōsai. Now, draw your sword, Inuyasha."
Coraline looks at the elder, noting mentally,
Hm, I don't sense anything that suggests malicious intent...Still, I wonder what exactly this 'Tōtōsai' wants?
Meanwhile, Inuyasha was wondering,
How does this old geezer know my name?
Tōtōsai then shouts while waving the long-handled hammer,
"I'm coming at you, whether you pull out your sword or not!"
(Leap)
As he came down at Inuyasha, the latter says to his companion,
"Get back, Coraline!"
"Got it!"
As Coraline rushed to the side and out of the line of fire, Inuyasha draws Tessaiga, just as Tōtōsai comes down with his hammer:
(Bong)
Oddly enough, the latter's strength actually prevails over the former's, pushing Inuyasha back a bit...He notices that the blade even rattled a bit from the hammer's impact...
Sango and Miroku both exclaim,
"He thwarted the Tessaiga using a hammer?!"
As Tōtōsai lands, he comments,
"That sword is singing like an old saw dulled in residence. This kid can't be the right one to use it..."
"Rgh, tell me who the hell you are!"
As Inuyasha charges at Tōtōsai, the latter calmly pulls out a strip of leather, licking it...before:
(Swip)
"...Huh?"
Shippo and Sango comment respectively,
"He stopped the sword!"
"That's a piece of leather..."
Tōtōsai moves the leather up the blade, noting disapprovingly,
"Hm, you've been too rough with her, this blade's all nicked up. Have you been choppin' down trees? Hm..."
As he begins rubbing the blade down, Inuyasha asks him uncertainly,
"W-What do you know about it? Who are you?"
(Hop)
"I think that's enough, Tōtōsai."
"Huh? Myoga?"
After a few minutes, everyone was sitting on the grass (save Sango who chose to stand), and Tōtōsai reveals himself as the one who forged the very blade Inuyasha calls his own.
"So you're the one who forged Tessaiga?"
"Precisely. I'm the one who forged the Tessaiga from the fang that your father gave to me. Only certain circles of the finest blade-swinging demons, are acquainted with my work."
Inuyasha makes a confused face:
"Huh? 'Certain circles'?" Coraline turns to him and says with a awkward smile,
"I think that means he's more infamous than famous." Inuyasha forms an annoyed frown at Tōtōsai and says,
"Look, I don't give a rat's ass if you're famous or not, old man." He replies with a frown,
"Well now that I've seen the Tessaiga in action, I have to say it's being badly misused and abused. It sings a sad song indeed. To see my work like this, (Sad frown) oh, it breaks my heart."
"If you've come to pick a fight with me, then just say so!" Coraline says to Inuyasha with disapproval,
"Really, Inuyasha?"
Tōtōsai sighs before saying to the flea demon,
"This is useless, Myoga. The sword can't be entrusted with someone as short-tempered as this arrogant whelp."
"I see what you mean. It would probably be better if he just gave up the sword rather then going into battle with it, blindly trying to wield a power he doesn't have the self-discipline for."
"Yes, there's no use stalling. I'll have to take the Tessaiga back immediately and break it in half."
(Shoom)
"Aaah!"
"What did you say?"
Inuyasha was now on his feet, pointing his sword at Tōtōsai's mouth threateningly, not pleased with the latter's plans:
"I don't care who made the sword, you dried-up metal-bender. It's mine and I'll run ya through with it if you even try to break it!"
"I don't have to break it, it was only a thought!"
As the sword retracts, Myoga hops onto Tōtōsai's shoulder and says,
"Sorry. I forgot to warn you about his temper."
"(Whisper) Don't worry. I'll sneak it away when he's not looking and melt it into cutlery..."
And the sword's back up:
"Aaah! I-I'm only joking!"
Myoga tries to reason with the temperamental half-demon:
"Master Inuyasha. You haven't been able to unravel the mystery of the Tessaiga on your own. You've tried, but you can't figure out how to tap into the power that killed that killed the hundred demons in one sweep. But, Tōtōsai knows it's secret. I think if you both take the time to get to know one another and cooperate, you can unravel and wield Tessiaga's full strength!"
...Inuyasha puts his sword over his shoulder and replies dryly,
"There's no mystery. I'll get the hang of it, I just need practice." Tōtōsai then says,
"I understand that you've been collecting the Shikon-no-Tama shards for a while...Who knows how many demons have multiple pieces of the jewel. You know how difficult it's been to battle demons with more than one. Don't you want to awaken the Tessaiga's full potential, in order to defeat demons with that enhanced strength?"
Miroku comments,
"He does have a point, Inuyasha," and Sango adds,
"I think you should at least hear what he has to say."
"Kuh, I guess it can't hurt..."
Inuyasha sheathes the Tessaiga, before asking the old swordsmith,
"So tell me, what do I have to do, Tōtōsai?"
"First, I have to tell you that someone seeks my life."
Inuyasha and Coraline make sounds of surprised confusion, and Tōtōsai explains:
"A fool barged into my forge and ordered a sword that would rival the power of Tessaiga. He told me he'd kill me if I refused. I want you to protect me from him."
(Grip)
"Hhh!"
Inuyasha grasps Tōtōsai by his face, while replying in an irritated deadpan,
"Say please when asking for favours..." Myoga says to the latter,
"You never told me about this...What did he look like?"
"He has long, white hair, and he wears a cloak of something white and furry." Inuyasha asks sarcastically,
"What? Another old geezer?"
"(Raspberry) Guess again."
Coraline then comes over to the three:
"Wait a second...Young, white hair, dressed in fur, and wants a sword to rival Tessaiga...(Gasp) Oh crap, don't tell me it's-"
Tōtōsai interrupts when he looks behind them, a nervous sweat beginning to perspire:
"He...He's here!"
Everyone looks in his direct of sight, and coming out of the sky...was Sesshomaru, riding atop a two-headed, green-skinned dragon!
"Grh! Sesshomaru."
Though Inuyasha recognized his half-brother in an instant, Sango was not familiar with the new arrival:
"Who is that?" Miroku explains:
"Inuyasha's older brother."
Coraline grits her teeth and mutters,
"Crap, I was right. He's the one who's after you, Tōtōsai." Said swordsmith exclaims nervously,
"Exactly, so protect me!"
As Tōtōsai rushed behind Inuyasha's back, Sesshomaru addresses his half-brother:
"Inuyasha. Why have you conspired with Tōtōsai to plot against me?"
Tōtōsai offers a suggestion:
"Because you happened to be evil-incarnate?"
"Tōtōsai. It sounds like you're looking for an early retirement...in your grave." Tōtōsai ducks back and says in a stutter,
"I-I never said that I was talking about you, Sesshomaru! W-Why don't we discuss your sword after you battle with Inuyasha?!"
As Inuyasha growls at the swordsmith, Coraline rushes over with a glare and asks,
"What's with the change of loyalty? You trying to get yourself killed by one or the other?!"
"Uh...I don't remember."
"Oh, don't give me that senile ploy!" Sesshomaru smiles and says,
"Tōtōsai, your word's as good as a blood vow to me." He moves off the dragon:
"Did you hear that, Inuyasha? He will forge my new sword after I kill you off."
Miroku and Sango make the smart decision to get away from the battle area, and he calls back,
"Coraline, run for cover!"
She does so, with Tōtōsai running behind her...With that, Sesshomaru made the first move:
(Swipe, boom)
Inuyasha dodges the other's claws, before drawing out Tessaiga:
"Oh yeah?! We'll see who kills who! Hrrraaaahhhh!"
(Slash, boom)
Sesshomaru dodges the sword, it landing on the upturned dirt and rock...Tōtōsai comments on the sidelines,
"You can tell by their tempers that they're related." Coraline heatedly counters,
"Aren't you the one who fueled this situation in the first place?!"
"(Gasp) Did I really?"
Coraline sighs irritably at his 'clueless demeanor':
No wonder this guy's friends with Myoga. They likely taught eachother how to be experts of feigned ignorance...
"Wait...Speaking of Myoga...Where'd he go? Myoga? Where are you?"
Turns out, he had hopped onto Miroku's shoulder, as Shippo pointed out:
"Coraline! He's on Miroku's shoulder! He always goes where it's safest, so it's dangerous over there!"
"(Facepalm) Of course..."
Just as she went to join the others:
(Grasp)
"Hey! Get off, Tōtōsai!"
He then grabs his hammer, lets Coraline's shoulder go, before rushing away to the 'safe zone'.
"Seriously?! You coward!"
By this time, Inuyasha and Sesshomaru have really opened up the ground, and were now going at eachother poison whip against sword. After blocking a few more strikes, Inuyasha charges at Sesshomaru:
"Hrraaaaaaaahhhhh!"
(Slash, boom)
...But as the dust clears, we see that Tessaiga only succeeded in leaving another scar in the ground...
"Huh?"
Sesshomaru had since leaped into the air:
"...Too slow."
(Dash)
(Pow)
Sesshomaru lands another attack, with for the most part is blocked, but Inuyasha was pushed back a bit, coughing from a release of poison gas...
(Dash)
"Huh?"
(PUNCH)
"Gyaaaaah!"
Sesshomaru then lands a fist into Inuyasha's torso, sending him into the ground hard...!
As everyone on the sidelines gasp, Tōtōsai comments,
"Inuyasha's so slow, he's pathetic! (Turn) Myoga, why'd you lie to me about his ability to use Tessaiga's full power?"
"He used it once, I promise!"
Coraline adds onto Myoga's defense:
"Myoga does not lie! Inuyasha always prevails over Sesshomaru!"
"...Are you sure you weren't dreaming when you saw him do this, young lady?"
(Bonk)
Coraline hits him square on the noggin with his hammer:
"Quite sure, thank you very much."
"My apologies..."
Sesshomaru turns to the old swordsmith and asks,
"Well, Tōtōsai...Don't you feel sorry for Tessaiga? That famous sword...is no better than a wooden club the way Inuyasha swings it around like a neanderthal. The sword can live or die, depending on its master."
"Hmm, a wise observation, I agree." Coraline barks at Tōtōsai,
"Can you please not agree with the likes of him?!"
As Inuyasha rose to his feet, he mutters ruefully,
"Don't give me that, swordsmith, or you'll really have somethin' to worry about. I'm only warming up! Don't be too shocked when you see what kind of power I really got!"
With that, Inuyasha began swinging at Sesshomaru with Tessaiga again. Unfortunately, none of the swings made contact, for Sesshomaru was just a bit too fast...
Myoga says with a sweatdrop,
"Oh great. The blood's rushed to his head. That's always bad news..."
Eventually, Sesshomaru found an opening to shoot his hand forward, gripping Inuyasha's wrist holding the Tessaiga, and begins corroding his skin with his poison claws:
(Siiizzzzz...)
"Well, Tōtōsai, tell me: Do you still refuse to make me a sword?"
Said swordsmith thinks for a moment...before shouting his reply:
"No way!"
He then leaps into the air, cheeks puffed out, before letting out a spiral of fire!
(Fwoooommm...)
While Sesshomaru dodges the flames, Inuyasha wasn't so lucky...He then walks over to Tōtōsai, burn marks evident, before punching his head while shouting heatedly,
"That was a big help!"
(Whistle...)
As Tōtōsai cools his inner fire, Sesshomaru lands back on the ground on the other side of the new path of fire and calls,
"So, you absolutely refuse?"
"Hmph! Be quiet, you ungrateful mongrel! You already know as well as I do that I made you an excellent sword!"
Iunyasha looks at Tōtōsai in confusion, as the latter adds,
"The famous sword that you now wear: The Tenseiga. I also forged it with a fang given to me by your father. He clearly instructed that the eldest brother would have the Tenseiga, and the youngest brother would have the Tessaiga. That was your father's last wish. It is a great sword of swords, no better and no worse than the Tessaiga! You should learn to respect and love it!"
Coraline comments on the side,
"So there was more than one sword commissioned by Inuyasha's father?" Miroku then says,
"Though come to think of it, I've never seen Sesshomaru unsheathe it in any of the battles yet, have you?"
"No, I haven't. Not even in mine and Inuyasha's first encounter together. Hey, Sesshomaru, what gives?!"
Said demon asks Tōtōsai,
"Do you dare imply that this useless sword is worthy of me?"
Something begins stirring inside Sesshomaru, with does not go unnoticed by Tōtōsai:
"Ooh, I made you angry, did I? Hahaha, time to take our leave!"
(Leap)
"Haaaaaaahah!"
(Bang, fwoooom)
Tōtōsai then uses his hammer to upturn a burst of fire from the ground up, heading straight for Sesshomaru! He of course, easily dodges the attack, but when landing on the now molten ground, he soon sees the ploy...
"...They've escaped."
Small Time Skip, Coraline's POV
"Nice job on the fake-out move, Tōtōsai!"
I'm sitting behind Inuyasha as he sat behind Tōtōsai atop the three-eyed bull, while Sango, Miroku and Shippo were riding Kilala, all of us having got away quickly from the area...Miroku then comments,
"I don't understand. Inuyasha should be asking you for protection, not the other way around."
Inuyasha immediately chews Miroku out:
"You tryin' to say that I'm a weakling?!"
I shake my head at the two, before hearing Tōtōsai sigh sadly:
"Sesshomaru called his great sword useless, and Inuyasha is useless with his great sword. How I overestimated both of them..."
"What's that?!"
Before I could stop Inuyasha:
(Hit-hit-hit, bonk)
He pummeled Tōtōsai, leaving a good deal of bumps on his head:
"Uhhh..."
"I am not useless!"
I decide to change the subject before things got more out of hand:
"Tōtōsai, I was wondering: Just what sort of power does the Tenseiga have?"
"The Tenseiga? It's abilities are unlike anything unheard of before. (Focus on Inuyasha) When your father first commissioned me to make it, I shuddered at the very thought of its immense powers."
Eventually, we landed by the river, and we learn about Tenseiga's strange abilities:
"It's a blade that doesn't cut? So how are you suppose to fight with a sword like that?"
Tōtōsai finishes starting the fire and replies,
"The Tenseiga is not a sword used against foes. To put it simply, it is a sword of healing."
I ask in surprise,
"A sword of healing? Is that even possible?"
"The Tessaiga is a sword that defeats the powerful, and the Tenseiga is a sword that has the ability to save the lives of the weak."
Sango asks,
"It saves lives?"
"If the bearer truly has kindness towards humanity, then the Tenseiga has the power to save a hundred in one sweep."
I mutter with a small smile,
"Kindness of heart, huh?"
"So the Tessaiga can slay a hundred demons in one sweep, and the Tenseiga can save a hundred in one sweep?"
Sango asks after Miroku's summary,
"But can you use that as a weapon?"
"It must have the ability to bring back dead souls. Such a power can be very useful in these feudal times."
Tōtōsai comments,
"I almost called the sword 'The Coffin-Cheater', but I opt it for Tenseiga instead. It sounded a little more classy. Actually, it was your father who suggested the name."
Inuyasha then says,
"I get it now: No wonder Sesshomaru wants a new sword. He can't use his! He's incapable of feeling kindness for others, let alone saving lives."
I agree mentally:
He's right: So far, I've only seen Sesshomaru as a ruthless tyrant with no disregard for anyone, least of all humans.
...And yet, I can't help but wonder:
Could Inuyasha's father have done this on purpose?
Tōtōsai confirms my thoughts:
"It's too bad this isn't working. It was your father's last wish, after all." Miroku comments to Inuyasha,
"Your brother is so black-hearted..."
I then say with a frown,
"It's like I said before: He has too many stone walls around his heart to even feel remotely sorry for humans. If he can't wield Tessaiga (minus that one time with the human arm), what are the chances he can wield Tenseiga?"
With that conclusion, Shippo notices that the wild boar that we caught was finished roasting:
"That looks good~!" Tōtōsai agrees with him:
"A well-roasted pig indeed. Let's dig in, folks!"
But just as we all move forward...Tōtōsai consumes the entire roasted boar in one gulp!
"Hey! Don't eat the whole thing, pig!"
"Huh? Where'd the roast go?"
"It's in your greedy gut!"
"Uuh, where am I now, who are you people...?"
(Bonk)
Miroku hits Tōtōsai with his staff...I sigh exasperatedly:
"And to think I shot down the boar for all of us, too...Alright, time to switch to Plan B."
Inuyasha asks me,
"What's Plan B?"
"Fish. I saw some swimming around in the water while we settled here, and I can use my knife to gut 'em. Won't be easy, but I'm not letting us starve."
I then unsheathe my knife, and turn to go down to the water...only to be stopped when Tōtōsai grasps my wrist holding it:
"Huh?"
He pulls himself up into a stand, looking at my knife intently:
"Hmm...This blade looks better cared for...Made from earth metal and demon bone, too, a unique combination...(Looks up) Tell me, young lady: Where did you acquire this blade?"
"Umm, from a mutual acquaintance of mine and my brothers. He does a bit of weapons trade, nothing too big, just knifes...Why do you ask?"
"Was this acquaintance aware of the materials used to forge this blade?"
"Likely not. He tends to keep that kind-of thing as discreet as possible..."
"I see...May I have a closer look at this knife?"
"Uh, okay..."
I let him take the blade, and watch him examine it for a moment...He then asks me,
"Tell me, young lady: Has this knife done anything unusual of late?"
I was taken aback by his question, but answered anyway:
"Uh...there was an incident not too long ago when it accidentally fell out my sheath, and into a puddle of demon blood...before sucking it in...Hang on: Is there a chance you might know why it did?"
Everyone was focused on Tōtōsai at this point, also anxious for his answer...
"Hmm...I would say it has to do with the demon bone that was used to make this blade. It's possible that there is a small residual power which allows this blade to absorb demon blood. And based on what I can see, it has actually made this knife even more durable."
"More durable? You mean, my knife is stronger now because of the demon blood it sucked in?"
"Precisely."
I and the others were amazed...Tōtōsai then says,
"Your knife likely has the ability to heal itself using the blood strength of demons that it cuts down on, but only if the blade has become worn or is threatening to shatter."
"Incredible." Tōtōsai nods, before saying seriously,
"However...I must caution you to be careful of what demon blood it does absorb."
"Why's that?"
"If your knife were to absorb too much blood from demons that are ridden with a particularly strong evil, there's a chance that your blade may turn against you and even try to attack you."
(Collective gasp)
"Right now, there is nothing to worry about. As I said, the only times this blade will use its ability is in a time of crisis, such as if it's about to break, plus it doesn't need to absorb much. But again, I must caution you to be mindful of these times in the future."
I nod seriously:
"I understand. I'll be careful."
"Good...I think Inuyasha here could learn a thing or two from you on how to care for one's own blade. You seem to understand that they should be well-polished and not used like a child."
Inuyasha wasn't pleased by that comment:
"Hey, watch it, old man!"
I just laughed, before turning to move to the river again:
"Alright, time to get back to work: Look out, fish, here I come!"
Time Skip, Marsh Area, No POV
As the Inuyasha gang and Tōtōsai settled by the riverside for the night, we now turn to a darkened marshland, an owl's hoot being the only sound echoing overhead as Sesshomaru and Jaken made their way deeper in:
"I didn't realize that your sword was your inheritance from your father. Why don't you use it, master? What kind of power does it have? It must be something remarkable!"
Sesshomaru stops:
"...You want to know, Jaken?"
"The idea of two swords forged from your father's fangs is extremely intriguing. It's like they are two brothers born from the same father, yet one is powerful and one is useless...Gah!"
Jaken realizes his mistake in his wording:
"I-I-I don't mean you're useless, Master Sesshomaru! I mean that your sword was, or at least I've never seen you use it, and yet that half-breed brother of yours can use his, which makes him more powerful-Oh! But don't take that personally! I'm sure tha-"
"Jaken."
"Y-Yes sir?"
Jaken slowly turns around to face Sesshomaru, just as the latter begins unsheathing his sword, Tenseiga...before:
(SLASH)
"M-Master Sesshomaru! Whyyyy?!"
Jaken falls backwards, a purple-glowing cut mark in his body...But then, the glowing fades, and we see, no signs of blood or trauma...?
"(Smile) Get up, Jaken. You're fine."
"...Huh?"
Jaken scrambles to his feet, completely unharmed, much to his shock:
"B-But that's impossible! Y-You just cut me in half, how can I be alive?!"
"You see now? This useless Tenseiga cannot kill."
As Sesshomaru sheathes his sword, Jaken asks,
"W-Well, what's it good for, then?"
...Before Sesshomaru could answer, the water in front of them begins to swirl:
(Whooosh...)
"W-W-What's going on?!"
(SPLASH)
And just like that, a giant water dragon shoots out of the water! As Jaken panics, Sesshomaru asks himself,
...Why did father bestow this useless Tenseiga on me, and yet bless Inuyasha with the Tessaiga?
Just as the dragon's tail came down, Jaken flees for cover, while Sesshomaru leaps into the air, using his poison whip and claws to kill the dragon in no time flat!
With the upper body gone (including the head), Sesshomaru would take the advantage by taking one of its arms:
"This dragon has given me a gift. Now I can go back and get what is owed to me: Tessaiga."
Next Morning
As the sun rose and everyone packed up, Tōtōsai would hop back up on his three-eyed bull, ready to set out.
"Farewell."
"Are you sure you want to be leaving us so soon, Tōtōsai?" He replies to Coraline,
"Well, Inuyasha's not much for protection for me..."
"Tōtōsai..."
Inuyasha calls back to Coraline,
"Let him go. Who needs him? The old geezer would only slow us down, anyway."
...Tōtōsai clamps a fist onto his palm, before moving to Inuyasha and grabbing the hilt of Tessaiga:
"Give it back. The Tessaiga is useless in your hands. It would be better off as scrap metal."
A few seconds later...Tōtōsai has a few bumps on his head...
"I told you: Don't touch my sword."
Coraline facepalms at Inuyasha's blunt response and physical conduct:
"Good lord..."
Tōtōsai then scrambles back onto his bull and calls back irritably,
"Don't say I didn't warn ya!"
He then signals the bull to get going, and they were dashing off...Miroku comments,
"Well, he's not afraid to speak his mind," followed by Sango adding,
"Either he's extremely brave, or he's extremely senile..."
Meanwhile, as his bull kept running, Tōtōsai muses to himself,
That poor, little runt of a dog demon is gonna get himself killed by Sesshomaru.
He hasn't even been able to see the Wind Scar that awakens Tessaiga's power...
As Inuyasha and the others begin walking off in the other direction, Coraline asks him,
"Um, are you sure you don't want to go after him, Inuyasha? He is the one who made Tessaiga, after all, so he may know more about the power that you're seeking..."
"Keh, yeah well, that old fart is full of it."
(...Rumble...)
"Huh?"
Everyone turns around, and sees Tōtōsai charging towards them!
"...He's back?"
But getting a closer look, we see that the old swordsmith was not coming back by choice: There was a giant light orb chasing him!
(Crash)
"Daaaaah!"
The orb then crashes into the ground behind him, knocking Tōtōsai off the bull and into the ground!
And who was the source? Sesshomaru...
Inuyasha would be the one to rush over first:
"Sesshomaru."
"Stay where you are, or I'll tear you both to shreds."
Tōtōsai scrambles to his feet, before rushing behind Inuyasha:
"W-We're in big trouble now..."
"Listen, old man: You got no intention of making Sesshomaru a new sword, now do ya?"
"No."
Inuyasha calls out to Sesshomaru,
"Ya hear that? I had enough of this bad wrap over Tessiaga, and now I'm itchin' to use it and fight! So let's settle this once and for all!"
As he unsheathes Tessaiga, Tōtōsai backs away, while Seshomaru charges forward, using his new dragon arm:
"Have it your way, little brother."
(Clang)
"It will all end today. You will never have the power to defeat me! Not without the Wind Scar..."