"Inuyasha, you coming?"

Inuhime looked at Inuyasha and said stoically, "Leave." The sound of her voice made Inuyasha shuddered. So, without any protest he left with Kagome and the others.

Sesshomaru knew his twin would be furious if she'd ever found out that he went to look for Tessaiga behind her back. She made him promised that he wouldn't had gone after it. He observed his twin before she started to rant. Her aura flared violently. Her scent smelled of anger... and hurt? She had her arms crossed over her chest and her eyes were closed. Calming her anger, no doubt. She had always been a reasonable female, which was one of the reasons he had always seek her for advice, including when it regarded the Tessaiga.

Flashback

Two centuries ago...

A few weeks after the birth of Inuyasha and the death of InuTaisho, the whole land of the West was in mourning. Sesshomaru wanted to take possession of the Tessaiga and Souga, the two very swords that could be such a destructive force. He already had the Tensaiga, which what he deemed useless, from Bokusenou. Sesshomaru's impatience knows no bounds. He walked into his twin's rooms.

"Inuhime, you will tell this Sesshomaru where father's swords are."

Inuhime looked at her twin in a boring and stoic manner. She said nothing. He snarled as he flipped the tea table over.

"Inuhime..."

Inuhime snarled in return as she stood up and was face to face to him. "Listen, Sesshomaru. This Inuhime will only say this once and this once only. You will not find Souga, ever; for that blade is evil."

"Hn. Then tell this one where to find Tessaiga."

"Sesshomaru, you don't need Tessaiga. You have all the power you need to gain yourself your own fang, even to surpass father in power."

Sesshomaru unsheathed Tensaiga. "Are you talking about this worthless, useless fang? It doesn't cut. This one needs Tessaiga for..."

"Yes, I know why you need Tessaiga for. However, your fated fang won't ever be yours until you mastered father's lesson. Tensaiga is the key to your true power. Brother dear, you look for what's in sight; not what's in here." Inuhime put her clawed hand on her twin's chest. Sesshomaru looked at her in confusion. She smirked. "One day, little brother, you will understand and achieve your true power. However, until then you must discover what father wished to teach you before he'd passed on. Only then you will come to an understanding."

Just before he met Jaken, Sesshomaru was getting impatient for his suppose sword. He came to Inuhime once again and out right demanded his twin to tell him where was the Tessaiga.

Inuhime sighed, "I told you once before, little brother that you don't need Tessaiga."

"Could you tell this one where is the Tessaiga?"

Inuhime pondered on his question. She thought that it wouldn't hurt to give him a little clue. "Tessaiga is in our father's tomb."

"Where is our father tomb?"

Inuhime looked at him deciding whether or not she should tell him. She inwardly shrugged. "The whereabouts of father's tomb is unknown, however, I will give you a clue." Sesshomaru looked at her. She smiled. "I will not repeat this again, so... 'A place one can see, but never be seen; a place that the grave keeper can never look upon*.' Sesshou, please promise me that you wouldn't go after it."

Sesshomaru looked at her. She was giving him this pleading look. He inwardly sighed and nodded; then she smiled. "Thank you, Sesshou."

Flashback Ends...

There was silence. Dead silence. This silence even made Sesshomaru tense. It was... unnerving. Once Inuhime calmed herself before lashing out towards her twin.

"Why? Why did you went against your promise? Did you not believe in my words? Did you hate father so much? Why Sesshomaru?" By the time, she ended her questioning and she was in tears.

"I'd never hated father for what he did. Yes, I believed in your words and still do. I offered you no excuses as to why I went after Tessaiga in breaking my promise to you. I suppose I was so blinded by the need of power that I'd never excepted your words then. Will you forgive this brother for his foolishness?"

Inuhime looked at him critically. "Sesshomaru, you broke your word to me! Your sister! Your twin sister!" She leaned over to put her elbows on her knees and then put her hands in front of her face. "I... This one forgives you. However, promise me that you won't hide nothing from me. I mean nothing. And if you break this promise then I won't forgive."

Sesshomaru smiled a real smile. A smile that only a select few ever had a privilege in witnessing, i.e. his twin, Inuhime. "This Sesshomaru promises not to keep anything from his twin sister Inuhime." As he said that he lifted his left hand as if he was pledging an oath. They stood up and walked toward each other and hugged. He gave a soft comforting purr-like growl to comfort her. Inuhime began giggling. Sesshomaru pull away from her and looked at her in confusion.

"Pray tell this one, what's so amusing?"

"Our little brother is expecting a big fight between us."

"Hn, I believe that he wanted me to be in trouble with you."

"Hey, just because I forgave you doesn't mean that I am not angry for what you did. I am still angry. You disrespected the dead, brother. That is unacceptable! You wouldn't like it if someone sullied your memory." She made a good point there because he wouldn't like it; not one bit. She sighed. "If you are truly sorry about what you did, you must give an offering to Izayoi. I am glad that father isn't alive to hear this. It would break his heart."

Sesshomaru inwardly groaned because he knew that she was right. Also he was starting to feel guilty for what he did. "Only sister, could make this one feel so guilty," he thought.

"This one will give an offering when time is available."

"Really?! Well, there's no time better in the present."

"No, this one can't right this second, but it will be done."

"Hn. Alright, can we go spar? I hadn't spar in so long, especially with someone worthy as my Lord Brother."

He smirked. "We will do as you wish."

So they left the study and headed for the dojo to spar with each other.

AN: Sorry, I know y'all were expecting a heated argument between Inuhime and Sesshomaru, however, that doesn't mean that she would not punish him for doing something so foolish. Inuhime can't stay angry at Sesshomaru for long, despite the fact of what he did. The same goes to Sesshomaru. He doesn't like feeling guilty. He doesn't like the emotion. Inuhime knew how to push his emotional buttons as he knows how to push her to her physical limits. *shrugs* Anyways the riddle about the whereabouts of their father's tomb and Tessaiga came from the manga version of the series.

Inuyasha (c) Rumiko Takahashi

Fanfiction & OCs (c) ladytari