Chapter 4- Tetsusaiga, Tensaiga, and Tetsuso
Inside Toutousai's home sat himself with Sesshomaru and Jaken standing in one corner. Inuyasha and the others come in feeling uneasy around Sesshomaru and Jaken. Inuyasha started out the conversation. "Why is he here?" He pointed out at Sesshomaru. "What are you doing here with your little thing over there?"
Jaken got mad and almost jumped up for Inuyasha, but Sesshomaru stopped him. "We are not fighting. Remember that Jaken or else I will kill you."
"Sorry Lord Sesshomaru, sorry…" Jaken kept bowing his head. Jaken then whispered to himself. "Why you stupid hanyou. Think you're so tough ha? Lord Sesshomaru is more powerful than you and stronger!"
Toutousai finally got up and asked. "So why are you here for?" He asked Sesshomaru first because this time he was confident that he would not hurt him at all.
"I came here to find answers." Sesshomaru said shortly. This wasn't so clear to Toutousai so he just went on to ask Kagome the same question.
Kagome asked him. "Do you know anything about the Tetsuso?"
When Toutousai heard the word 'tetsuso' he flinched although he spoke again. "Ah…I…ah…don't know what you're talking about. I don't know anything about that sword. Go now you are wasting your time talking to an old man like me who doesn't know anything so run along." He was slightly pushing Inuyasha out the door.
"Stop pushing me you old crook!" Inuyasha pushed him back and fell. "I know that you know something about the Tetsuso. Spill it out damn it! We don't have all day to look at you!"
"How would you know that I know something about that sword?" Toutousai looked at Inuyasha with his chin up to show off his intelligent question.
"Well, you keep on flinching every time I say Tetsuso!" Inuyasha claimed and Toutousai did flinch again. "You see?" "I don't flinch!" He defended himself.
"Yes you do!" Kagome said. "Testing…Tetsuso," he flinched again.
"I didn't flinch! Did I? No? EXACTLY!" Now he was afraid because he knew that he was being obvious.
Kagome was pissed off because first of all, Toutousai won't speak up and Inuyasha was just eating and looking as if he didn't care about what's happening. Kagome was heating up and exploded. "YOU ARE MAKING ME SO MAD! TELL US ABOUT THE TETSUSO! SEE? THERE YOU GO FLINCHING AGAIN. TETSUSO, TETSUSO, TETESUSO, TETSUSO, TETSUSO, TET-" Kagome stopped because Toutousai looked like he was about to throw up from flinching.
"OK! Alright don't say that thing again please. I'll tell you." Toutousai finally gave up then Inuyasha stopped eating and listened to him. "The – sword was made for this person."
"You mean Poa." Sango declared.
Toutousai was surprised that she knew who Poa was. "Yes it was made for her but how — never mind. Umm… I made it for her. Well, that's about all is it, or do you have another question… Please say no."
"Actually, yes I do!" Miroku jumped. "Tell us everything about the T-" Miroku just remembered about the flinching Toutousai. "Sorry, I meant the sword."
Toutousai was so tired, but when he looked at Sesshomaru, Sesshomaru made a face (a hurry-up-or-else kind of face) He sat down and said. "Don't interrupt me while I'm telling a story." He looked around, but no one budge. He took a deep breath and started the story. "Thirteen years ago, I was walking in the forest when I spotted a little girl who was Poa. She was about four years old that time. Her right eye was bruised as I remember and she told me that her mother punched her, so she ran away. I was going to bring her back home, but she did not want to. I couldn't just leave her there so I took her home. I fed her and took care of her. When she was five, she seemed very interested in weapons that I had. At that time, I just finished making Tetsusaiga and Tensaiga. Every night, Poa always sneaked out of her bed and played around with the swords. I knew she couldn't handle it, but when she was seven, I saw her one night fighting a dragon. It looked like they hated each other, but they were really just practicing. Poa was so good. She improved her skills when she just turned ten. At the same day, It was time for me to give the two swords to your father. When Poa found out, she got so mad, so I decided to make her a sword for her eleventh birthday. Then I made the sword and she loved it." Toutousai let out his breath heavily and leaned back.
Sesshomaru couldn't believe what he was hearing so he finally spoke. "Are you sure that story is true?"
"Of course it is!" Toutousai walked in a corner and sat with his arms crossed.
Inuyasha and the others were still uneasy around Sesshomaru and Jaken who is half-asleep. Shippo spoke very lightly. "So what does the Tetsuso do exactly?" Toutousai flinched but Shippo ignored it.
"Well, it is actually a mixture of both the powers of the Tetsusaiga and the Tensaiga. Therefore, it can heal and cut." "What?!?" Everyone squealed except for Sesshomaru and Jaken woke up.
"So it can heal and cut?" Shippo asked and Toutousai nodded proudly. "But that is so complicated."
"Does it have some sort of greatest power?" Sango asked.
"Well I'm not quite sure yet until now. There is but she can unleash it whenever she wants to. Although I've never seen her release it, and it's fast too."
Suddenly Poa entered.
