Grrr. Sigh. Okay, I'll try again. Oh, I'm trying html this time, too, so maybe that will help with the spacing difficulties I've been having. Alrighty then… um… on to Sesshy's POV.
There is something wrong with Inu-Yasha. I haven't yet figured out what, but he has not seemed up to the challenge these last few times we've fought. Last time, perhaps, he had reason to be, he was covered in blood, after all. Sesshomaru stared into the flickering flames, trying to determine what could possibly keep his half-brother from fighting at his peak.
Kagome, perhaps? He's forever smelling like her, and frustration. Sesshomaru shook his head. No, it couldn't be that. Inu-Yasha wasn't so weak that he couldn't have the girl if he truly wanted her. And he'd watched the two enough to know that the girl would be more than willing to take him. A faintly contemptuous smile curved his lips. His brother was a fool. And I am more of a fool for wondering what could be wrong. I should simply take advantage of it, and rid myself of him once and for all.
He continued on as usual, occasionally getting a report of his brother from other demons. Most he found routine, another fight, another demon slain, another jewel shard found. Another fight with the woman. He finally decided it was time for him to go see his brother.
Sesshomaru settled himself comfortably upwind of the encampment he'd already overflown. He knew Inu-Yasha wouldn't be able to resist the bait. And he was right. His half-brother appeared within a half-hour of sunset. They exchanged their usual insults, then got down to business.
Shesshomaru fended off his brother's attack easily. "You're losing your touch, Inu-Yasha."
"I'll show you!" Inu-Yasha snarled, attacking again, swinging wildly.
"I thought you knew how to fight?" Sesshomaru frowned, his brother had never fought so badly.
"I'll take care of you. You'll see." But Inu-Yasha panted, seeming more worried about the sun than his brother.
"What is it, Inu-Yasha? Don't you care to fight after dark?"
"Not tonight." Another wild attack followed. Sesshomaru beat him back easily, quickly growing bored. He moved, a blur of white, and Inu-Yasha dropped to the ground, clutching at the viscious wound across his stomach. "You bastard!"
Sesshomaru rested against his sword. "You fight like a child, Inu-Yasha. I had hoped for more sport."
"You'll get..." Inu-Yasha brought his sword up to defend against another attack.
Sesshomaru blinked. His sword pierced Inu-Yasha's heart. The Tetseiga, which had inexplicably shrunk, (I can't spell it, okay!) lay at their feet, shattered. Inu-Yasha's hands crept up to grip the blade. "What is this?"
"Thank you."
"Thank you?" Sesshomaru pulled the sword loose, pressed it to his brother's neck. "What do you mean by that? I've killed you!" The blade flickered through the air, slashing across Inu-Yasha's throat just as the sun set. He stepped back.
Inu-Yasha's hair darkened, his eyes. Violet eyes caught and held gold. Inu-Yasha tried to speak, couldn't. As the beads fell from his neck, Sesshomaru knew what he tried to say. "You're welcome," he replied.
He waited, not sure why. But Kagome came. He stepped out as she cried. "He's dead."
"Sesshomaru!"
"I killed him. He thanked me."
"Th... thanked you?"
"He's free." He watched as she picked up one of the beads that had constrained his brother, watched her bury her face against his bloodied shirt. Then he walked away, uncertain whether to feel cheated - his brother had wanted to die- or victorious.
Okay. Now, if that didn't at least explain the end, here is a synopsis.
Inu-Yasha loves Kagome, who loves him, but is afraid to take the beads off because of Inu-Yasha's tendency to transform into a full-demon at times. Inu-Yasha doesn't know that, and thinks it's just cause of the jewel and lack of trust, so he tries to kill himself. However, since he had the last watch, and had to wait until Kagome went to sleep to off himself, it was too close to sunrise for his attempt to be successful. Instead, he heals. (Yeah, he went all demon, but he was passed out, so it didn't matter. He undemoned before he woke up.) A month later, Sesshy shows up and fights him. As you can see above, the Tetseiga (which I can't spell) goes from great big fang to little rusty sword, resulting in a stabbed through the heart owie. To top it off, his throat gets sliced just as the sun sets. End result, he dies.