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Kagome cried loudly as Inuyasha's cruel laughter cut into her deeper than any sword ever could. She begged for Inuyasha to stop, begged for him to sit. Sesshoumaru sat on a knee shaking as Inuyasha's cruel words echoed through his mind. His eyes turned blood red and his claws ached for the sweet taste of blood. "Still crying over your dead wench?" asked Inuyasha savoring the sight of Sesshoumaru's weakness. Sesshoumaru jumped up and was at Inuyasha nearly before anyone saw him move. Kagome yelped at the sight of Sesshoumaru right beside her and was swatted away by Inuyasha barely escaping Sesshoumaru's hungry claws. Sesshoumaru punched Inuyasha in the face sending him flying across the field. Kagome rose to her knees in tears in time to see Sesshoumaru grab Inuyasha's leg and swing him through a tree. Inuyasha tried futilely to defend himself against the onslaught of his brother. He slashed at him only to have his arm caught and easily broken causing him to cry out loudly. Kagome rose to her feet and was about to run at the two fighting dogs when Kouga grabbed her from behind. "NO! NO! NOOOO!" yelled Kagome with countless tears slipping down her face as she tried to break from Kouga's grip. "No, you can't do anything," said Kouga trying to calm her. "He's killing Inuyasha!" yelled Kagome watching the scene with terror filling her eyes. Sesshoumaru sliced through Inuyasha's flesh, tearing through sinew and muscle easily. Inuyasha fell to the ground moaning in pain. "Huh! Where your witty fucking bullshit now?" yelled Sesshoumaru crushing Inuyasha's bloodied face into the dirt. "Come on, talk about her again, you worthless piece of shit, I dare you!" "J-j-j-just one dead little wench," said Inuyasha nearly sapping all of his remaining energy to do so. Sesshoumaru picked up Inuyasha by the throat and smirked maliciously. "You must really want to die," said Sesshoumaru crushing Inuyasha's throat. Inuyasha raised his arms to Sesshoumaru's and futilely tried to break his iron grip. Kagome cried out and reached toward Inuyasha. Inuyasha's vision began to blur and he tried to speak against Sesshoumaru's grip. "Oh, you wish to speak?" asked Sesshoumaru loosening his hold and allowing Inuyasha to speak. "W-w-why?" asked Inuyasha lightly. Sesshoumaru looked at him quizzically. "Why, Sesshoumaru, why do you hate so much? Why do you hate me? Why do you hate father? Why do you hate my mother? Just, why, Sesshoumaru, why?" asked Inuyasha with the conviction in his voice rising with each question. Sesshoumaru growled and threw Inuyasha to the ground as he remembered. He remembered Inuyasha playing with their father and his mother, Inuyasha curled up next to their father sleeping peacefully, Inuyasha's mother in their father's arms, the protective way their father watched Inuyasha and his mother, and the cold stare his father always seemed to give him; a look professing the strength both of them knew Sesshoumaru had, even as a child. "Stupid, weak, pathetic…" muttered Sesshoumaru as Inuyasha rose to his knees. Sesshoumaru turned his glance to Inuyasha and bared his teeth walking toward him again. Sesshoumaru stood in front of the kneeled Inuyasha and cracked his knuckles before picking him up and pulling him close to his face. "You want to know why, do you?" whispered Sesshoumaru angrily. "Because I was never you, I was and am Sesshoumaru, the powerful and feared son of our father. I need no protection and as such I received no love. You on the other hand, are and have always been Inuyasha, the weak human son of our father, and you need protection and love. That has how it has always been, well, until her," he said, tears coming to his eyes as he pointed to Rin's dead body, "she didn't care I was a powerful demon…and now, now she's dead and I'm alone, and you, Inuyasha, will pay the price for that!" Kagome elbowed Kouga in the stomach and broke into a run. "Inuyasha I'll save you!" yelled Kagome running toward the two dogs. She quickly grabbed an arrow and bow from the ground, then loaded and aimed quickly before firing. Sesshoumaru pulled back his hand and cracked his knuckles again before firing his claws toward Inuyasha, who had tears falling down his face at the time. A cruel smile covered Sesshoumaru's face as his claws enclosed on Inuyasha's stomach. The string of the bow vibrated after releasing the arrow which embedded itself deep into Sesshoumaru's side. Inuyasha closed his eyes in expectance of the sharp pain of Sesshoumaru's claws penetrating his soft flesh. He slowly opened his eyes when he didn't feel the sharp pain only to see his brother disappear into the wind before his eyes as the holy magic of Kagome's arrow took affect. Sesshoumaru's arm blew off into the wind causing Inuyasha to drop to the cold earth in tears. A cry of anguish escaped from his mouth as Kagome grabbed onto Inuyasha's neck saying it was ok. He thought to himself, its ok, its ok, how the hell is this ok? (Back in the present) A chill wind blows and Inuyasha feels the tears running down his face chill but continues watching the horizon light up as the moon rises into the sky and whispers what he has always wondered…"Why?"