Title: Peak Performance

Author: landofthekwt

Rating: PG-13

Prompt: Peak (Issekiwa #99)

Word Count: 250

Genre: Things you can do with a glop of dokkasou

Warning: None

Summary: Sesshoumaru is amused by Inuyasha's sudden burst of power

Sesshoumaru stared bemused as his shattered armor fell piece by piece onto the floor of the tomb. He had no real desire to kill Inuyasha. It had never been worth his time. The boy had never been able to hit him before.

He invariably attacked with the same angry wild childish attacks. They were all futile. Inuyasha's attacks had always been too slow and too weak to even touch him

Even now he had tried ignoring the boy, but the boy was persistent if nothing else. Inuyasha seemed determined to kill himself. Who was he to refuse the boy a last request?

Inuyasha was suddenly faster and stronger than he had ever been. Not a worthy opponent, but one who might give him a few moments of amusement before he died.

Sesshoumaru searched for the reason behind Inuyasha's new power. The boy had been screaming about using his mother's image and the girl's death. Was that a clue to his newfound speed and strength?

He stared at the pile of dokkasou where the girl had once stood. Inuyasha had been inspired by the girl's death. How droll. Inuyasha being a hanyou must share the same love of humans that Father did.

That love would be the death of him just as it had killed his father. He should thank the dead girl for inspiring Inuyasha to fight. If he had known that her death would cause the boy to give him a good fight he would have killed her sooner.