"Only Human"

By Amber Waeltz

A/N: Hellooooooo, everybody! Weeeeeoooo... it's been awhile... Well... I'm still in the process of writting my YGO story... buuuuuttt... I think I'll start on this IY story here! YAY! Anyway, this story is about Sesshomaru with a little bit of OOCness going on! YEAH! So... If you don't like Sesshy and company... then you can DIE!!!!! (no... not really... its OKAY, I guess...) No... but you don't have to read it, then... you'll just be missing out on an AWESOME story!!! Anyway, though... here it goes...

A soft breeze blew through the forest, rustling the leaves of the woodland canopy as a certain white-haired youkai stode along. Sesshomaru was making his way back from a prolonged errand deep within the Western Lands and was quite annoyed by the amount of his time he had virtually wasted with such meaningless tasks. If he didn't have his honor and inhereted title to uphold, he would have sent Jaken to do his dirty deeds back home.

Sesshomaru's train of thought was suddenly shattered as he picked up the strong stench of a large youkai near by. Uninterested, he continued on until he was suprised by the demon. Though it's size was slightly large for a low class youkai, Sesshomaru remained nonchalant. The large demon glared down at him and snarled a challenge towards the demon lord.

"If that's what I must do to clear you from my path...then so be it." Sesshomaru stated plainly. The large youkai began to attack him, but Sesshomaru easily dodged every assult.

"I'm tired of toying with you... so I'll end this now." Sesshomaru bordely admitted. He reached at his left side for the hilt of Tokijin, eyes never once leaving their fixed gaze on the opposing youkai.

"Die." Sesshomaru commanded as he swung his sword at the enemy. Strangely, nothing happened... not a spark, a light, nothing. Sesshomaru's eyes widend in perplexity as he tried to make sense of what had just happened. The large youkai seemed confused as well. It merely stared at Sesshomaru without any movement.

"Wha-?" Sesshomaru looked down at his sword and his face became red with embarassment. There, grasped within his hand was not Tokijin... but the Tenseiga instead.

"Umm... my mistake..." He stated sheepishly. In a number of seconds Sesshomaru had managed to sheath Tenseiga and pull out Tokijin.

With this movement, the large youkai charged at him, claws and teeth bared. The Tokijin was embraced with it's strong demonic aura, a wave of pressure radiating from it into the surrounding air. With almost no effort at all, Sesshomaru had destroyed his foe, ripping through flesh and severing bone and muscle. He walked up to the pile of bloodied remains, his gaze blank and empty. Sheathing his sword and without a second glance, he continued on his way.

YES!!!! That's chapter one for ya! Man, thats great... I can IMAGINE Sesshomaru pulling out the wrong sword... he'd feel pretty retarded, I bet! Well... anyway... PLEASE, PLEASE REVIEW! I swear it'll get better if you review! YAY!

-GF (gangling freak)