Chapter 4

I do not own Inuyasha

'Kill Inuyasha?' It seemed rather random. Sesshoumaru didn't really have a reason for keeping Inuyasha around, besides information. Even if he did need information, Kagome would give it. Inuyasha wasn't too willing to help out at all. Perhaps he didn't need to be kept around, but it was still and odd and random thought.

'Kill Inuyasha...' It was beginning to seem more acceptable though. Maybe he should. He suddenly began to feel an overwhelming amount of hate pour into his body for Inuyasha. He was annoyed with Inuyasha before, but now he just simply hated him. Thinking about him disgusted him. 'I will kill Inuyasha.'

Sesshoumaru began to feel something he hadn't quite felt before. He was out of control and consumed by the one desire he had of killing his little brother. A smirk swept his face and he began walking toward Inuyasha with the sword clenched tightly in his hands. "Inuyasha..."

Inuyasha's ears twitched before he actually awakened. He lifted his head and opened his eyes just in time to see Sesshoumaru take a swing at him. Inuyasha was quick, and he jumped out of the way and Sesshoumaru merely hit the ground with his sword. "Yeah, I knew it was only a matter of time before you wanted to kill me. What's up now? You want the Tetsusaiga?"

Inuyasha realized that Sesshoumaru didn't seem to be himself. Besides him being smaller, slower and apparently not the strategic battle genius he usually is: he was out of control. He was unable to control himself. His eyes were glowing red the markings on his cheek had enlarged. His fangs had also appeared to grow larger. He looked like he was attempting to transform, but couldn't quite get there. No! Not even that. He looked more like when Inuyasha transformed to his demon state. 'What's gotten into him?'

All of Inuyasha friends woke up from the commotion and they all backed away once they saw the Tokijin in Sesshoumaru's hands and Inuyasha draw Tetsusaiga. "Alright," Kagome began angrily, "what did you do to poor Sesshoumaru? Did you pick on him again?"

"He started it! I don't know why you're taking his side! He always tries to kill me. There's nothing more to it than that."

"He wasn't going to kill anyone. You probably started this, Inuyasha!"

"Pipe down, you stupid girl!"

"What! Why I oughta-"

Sesshoumaru grew impatient with the two of them arguing and he charged at Inuyasha with his Tokijin being held the same way Inuyasha held the Tetsusaiga. As the two started fighting each other, Miroku noticed that their fighting styles were similar. "Sesshoumaru definitely isn't as good a fighter as before. He's even with Inuyasha."

"Wow..." A sweat drop appeared on Kagome's head. "Sesshoumaru really wasn't kidding when he told Inuyasha that he still fought like a child."

"Sesshoumaru's fighting just as well as Inuyasha," Miroku almost said teasingly.

"Well that's good," said Shippo, "since Inuyasha usually gets beaten up by Sesshoumaru until he gets extremely lucky."

Inuyasha heard the comment and growled. "I heard that Shippo!" He would have pulverized Shippo, but he was busy at the moment. "You're not as strong," he warned. "If you fight me, then you'll be killed!"

Sesshoumaru didn't answer. He just pushed Inuyasha back and created his Dragon Strike.

"Bad move!" Inuyasha prepared himself for a backlash wave, but Kagome interfered.

"No, Inuyasha! You'll kill him!"

"So? What makes it so different now than all the other times?" Inuyasha regrettably listened to Kagome, and the Dragon Strike went right at him. He tried to protect himself with his sword the best he could, but the attack was still powerful. He began to be cut up from the blast, but it luckily wasn't as strong as usual. Still though, he was knocked flat on his back. 'It wasn't as strong as usual. Sesshoumaru probably doesn't even realize that he did the Dragon Strike. He probably doesn't even know what it is.'

"Lord Sesshoumaru!" yelled Jaken. "You can beat Inuyasha! You can beat that stupid half breed demon!"

Rin wasn't concerned about if he could fight and beat Inuyasha, though. She only wished that he would stop. 'What's come over you, Lord Sesshoumaru? You've never been like this before.'

Sango noticed the Tokijin though. "I don't think it's his fault." All eyes were on her as she started to explain. "Do you remember when the Tokijin was first created?"

Miroku nodded. "Yes, I could feel its aura getting stronger, but it didn't cross my mind that Sesshoumaru wouldn't be powerful enough to handle it." He sighed. "Then again, we were all surprised by his great power when he wielded it effortlessly and the demonic aura of the sword subsided. Because Sesshoumaru is not himself, he will not be able to control the sword and if he cannot control it, then no one can."

Inuyasha got up wearily. He didn't suspect that fighting Sesshoumaru would still be that tough. "You're doing well for a little kid."

Sesshoumaru didn't answer. He just started running towards Inuyasha once again growling. He was determined to kill him and settle the hatred that he now held for him.

"This is it." 'I can't hit him with my backlash wave, because it's too powerful. If I hit him directly with the wind scar, the Tokijin will still block of a lot of it, since it's so powerful. I should be able to at least knock the sword out of Sesshoumaru's hands. Besides that, the Tenseiga should protect him, like how it protected him when I hit him with the wind scar. It'll hurt him, but he won't die, and he'll be normal.' "It's time to end this! Wind Scar!"

"No Inuyasha!" Kagome was too late though. The wind scar had already began ripping through the ground and was headed directly towards Sesshoumaru.

"No Lord Sesshoumaru!" Rin and Jaken's heart stopped as they awaited the fate of their master.

As the wind scar met with Sesshoumaru, the Tokijin did block off a lot of it, but it was soon too much for the small boy to handle, and the wind scar knocked the sword out of his hand and hit him. "Ahhhhhhhhh!"

"Inuyasha!"

There was nothing Inuyasha could do. Only one thing could save Sesshoumaru, and it did. The Tenseiga pulsed and created a barrier and saved the small boy's life. When the wind scar subsided and the black barrier disappeared, the Tokijin was lying three feet in front of Sesshoumaru, unscathed, and Sesshoumaru's eyes were dim and his body was blooded and bruised. "What just..." He couldn't stand any longer and he just fell. He couldn't help it. He just passed out.

"Lord Sesshoumaru!" Rin began crying as she ran to his side. She wrapped her arms around him and could only sob on him. "Lord Sesshoumaru! Please make it! Please make it!"

"He's still alive." Inuyasha tried to step closer, but Rin immediately became defensive.

"Don't come any closer! You tried to kill him!"

"He was coming right at me! The sword Tokijin possessed him and it only wanted to kill me, and wouldn't have stopped until it did. I only wounded the kid. He's not dead." He sheathed his sword and crossed his arms. "Besides, that's what he deserves for having a sword like the Tokijin. It was only a matter of time before it completely took over his body."

"Sit!"

"Ahhhh!"

Kagome came over to Rin's side. "Don't listen to Inuyasha. He's a jerk. Besides, Sesshoumaru's really strong. He's going to pull through, and I'm going to help him. Don't worry Rin."

She didn't know to trust them after Inuyasha hurt Sesshoumaru so badly, but she decided to. "Alright."

Jaken wasn't so forgiving though. "How dare you hurt Lord Sesshoumaru like that? And what of Tokijin? What about his sword? He cannot wield it at this age. He'll be consumed once again, and when he returns to normal, he shall punish me for leaving it!"

Once Inuyasha recovered, he crossed his arms and pretended not to care. "It's not my problem. Deal with it yourselves."

Miroku sighed. "Well, the evil power of the sword must be cut off, before it possesses anyone else. It's too dangerous to keep lying about."

"What about Toutousai?" Sango asked. "Perhaps he'll know what to do. He is the best sword smith we know, and his former student did create the sword. I think it's best that we get him to assist us. Otherwise, there's no telling what will happen. He's the best person for the job."

"Agreed." With that, Miroku whacked Inuyasha on the head as hard as he could with his staff.

"Ahhhhh!" What did you do that for?"

"Go fetch Toutousai!"

"I ain't do'n it! I don't like the kid, and I'm not doing him any favors. He's just going to try and kill us later. We might as well pretend like we've never met him, dump him, and abandon him here."

"Why, you ungrateful dog!" Jaken yelled. "How dare you leave Lord Sesshoumaru in his condition will he's in such danger after all the times he's spared your miserable life! Go ahead and leave! We don't need you, or Toutousai."

"Jaken," Rin said quietly, "I'm staying here with Lord Sesshoumaru and I want Kagome to help."

That only made Jaken angrier. "We are not asking them for help. It's already embarrassing enough that Inuyasha had to save Lord Sesshoumaru. Now he's tried to kill him! We can't trust them, and I'm not leaving Lord Sesshoumaru's life in your useless hands."

"We're not going anywhere, Master Jaken! He needs help! He can't be moved. He's too wounded."

"We're leaving!"

"If we leave, we'll be abandoning him!"

Jaken felt a cold chill run down his spine. He felt guilty and mostly afraid. He already feared Sesshoumaru, big or small. What would happen if Jaken jeopardized his life? "Alright fine! You win, Rin! We'll stay!"

Kagome was relieved. "That's good. Sesshoumaru's in no condition to be getting up and moving around. I'm kind of surprised that Inuyasha's wind scar didn't kill him." Kagome sat down on the ground with Sesshoumaru and placed his unconscious body in her arms. "I promise he'll get better."

Despite Sesshoumaru only having the mind and body of a ten year old, Inuyasha still managed to get jealous once he saw that Kagome was holding him and once Inuyasha saw where Sesshoumaru's head was resting, he was not happy! "What do you think you're doing Kagome?" Without thinking, Inuyasha grabbed Sesshoumaru by his shirt collar and ripped him out of Kagome's arms.

"Are you crazy?" Kagome rose to her feet and Rin's mouth dropped with unbelief and pure fright and horror. "You're going to hurt him! He's wounded, so put him down."

Inuyasha wasn't going to argue with her, so he just dropped the unconscious Sesshoumaru and let him land face first in the dirt. "Fine with me."

"How could you do that to Lord Sesshoumaru?" Rin and Jaken asked and screamed.

"Why don't you go to Toutousai instead of being a jerk and ruining everything?"

Inuyasha was now afraid. If he didn't abide by Kagome's will, he'd have a big sit. He just knew it! He's been sat for less. "Fine then. I'll go find Toutousai." He turned from Kagome and towards Sango. "Let me borrow Kirara for a little bit."

"Sure thing." Kirara purred with agreement and then transformed.

"Hurry back," teased Miroku, "Sesshoumaru's survival could depend on it." He smirked, knowing that Inuyasha was very irritated now.

Inuyasha tried to keep it together, but he couldn't. He was so angry. His brother had tried to kill him on numerous occasions and yet he was now his baby sitter. It was funny at first but now everyone was starting to…like him! What if this was permanent? Kagome would be taking care of Sesshoumaru instead of paying attention to important things. 'He's going to just try and kill us the next chance he gets. I don't trust him.' "Fine then, I'm going."

Kagome didn't say anything to him. She was angry about how Inuyasha dropped Sesshoumaru. She didn't even watch him leave. She tried to ignore Inuyasha, and once he rode away on Kirara, she began to get out her medical kit in order to help Sesshoumaru.

"Will he be alright?" Rin asked her.

Kagome gave her a smile. "Of course he will be, Rin. I've seen far worse wounds on Inuyasha, and he's always bounced back. I'm sure Sesshoumaru will be fine by tomorrow."

'I hope so.'

After waiting such a long time for him to wake up, Sesshoumaru did. When he awakened, Rin staring at his face was the first thing that he saw. "Who are you?"

Rin was a bit confused and disappointed. "Rin…"

"Oh…" He was a bit disappointed. He was beginning to remember what had happened.

"It's strange. I don't think you've ever forgotten anything, my Lord." Yet another difference.

Sesshoumaru sat up and realized how late it was. Everyone except for Rin was sleeping, even Jaken. Rin did look tired though. 'She didn't want to fall asleep. She watched me until I woke up.' "Inuyasha and I got into a fight?" She nodded. 'I sort of remember that.' Sesshoumaru wouldn't have lost if Inuyasha wouldn't have had the Tetsusaiga, so his jealousy began to stir deep within him. 'Why did my father leave such a sword to Inuyasha? I'm his oldest son and Inuyasha's a half breed. I should be entitled to that sword. Inuyasha shouldn't get it. Why did father give it to me?' "Where is Inuyasha now?"

"He went to fetch someone."

Sesshoumaru told himself that he didn't even care. He'd deal with Inuyasha later. He needed to concentrate on getting better, and in order to do that, he needed to satisfy his hunger and regain some strength.

"Are you hungry?"

Sesshoumaru looked at her with almost amazement but tried to hide it the best he could. He couldn't believe that she guessed such a thing. 'Does she know me this well?'

"Kagome's got some good food."

He turned away; full of disgust. "No thank you. I don't eat human food."

"But…" 'He needs to eat something. What should I do?' "But…" Rin began to get an idea of what she could do. She didn't want to leave him alone to get him something, though she would normally do it on any normal occasion. "Um…well…Kagome's an odd girl."

"She's still a human."

Rin was beginning to realize even more how different he was, at least to her. He was like the snobby kid that everyone hated because he thought he was better than anyone else. Although Sesshoumaru was normally that way, Rin hadn't noticed it before. At least the older Sesshoumaru acted with a grace. Younger Sesshoumaru was just so crude! "I'll get you something yummy. Just trust me." Without permission, Rin ran to Kagome's giant bag and began to look for their snack foods. She pulled out some snack foods and brought them to him, but he only looked at her in disgust.

"Those things couldn't possibly satisfy me. They're human products. I'm not eating them." He was trying to be stubborn, but he was hungry. 'Maybe it's not exactly human food. This stuff doesn't look like anything I've seen before and since that's the case, it might taste decent. It doesn't smell like anything I really know of. It is odd.'

Rin ran back to Kagome's bag and pulled out a packed meal. Everything looked unusual to Rin, so Sesshoumaru might eat it. "If you're hungry—"

"I'm not eating human food, so just leave me alone."

She didn't let it bother her though. She just decided to leave him and go sit next to Ah-Un where Jaken was also sleeping. 'I'm really sleepy.'

"What a stupid human," Sesshoumaru mumbled under his breath. 'Still…' He looked at the food she left by him and couldn't help but be curious. 'Perhaps it's not human food…' The only question was whether or not he should take the risk.

That morning when everyone woke up, they weren't surprised to see that Sesshoumaru was up. Whether or not he was older or at least healed, he would still tough it out. That was just the kind of person he was. "Are you feeling better?" Kagome asked. She was happy that morning. She figured out that Rin had gotten him some food and once she found the rappers near him, she knew that he had dared eaten some human food, but she wouldn't dare mention it. He was a kid, and a kid will eventually bend to the will of something or someone older, no matter how stubborn they are. Of course, they'd never admit that they enjoyed it. Kagome didn't want to bring it up for the pure fact that Sesshoumaru wouldn't probably say something like 'I was forced to eat that disgusting food. I had no choice' and he'd probably try to kill her.

Sesshoumaru responded with a glare. "Next time, don't bother with the bandages, human. I can heal up all by myself, human. Don't bother helping me at all. I don't need it at all."

'He's a lot like Inuyasha, now that I think about it. I always saw the similarities, but I see even more.' Kagome didn't know if she should be freaked out or she should laugh. 'It'll be funny once I say all these things to Inuyasha…even though he'll be a bit angry.' "Don't worry. If you want, you can be rid or us as soon as Toutousai the sword smith comes."

A nerve was struck. "Did you say Toutousai?"

Kagome nodded. "He can help us with our Tokijin problem."

An unusual thing happened just then. A smirk crept on to his face. "Good, I can kill him."

"You'll what!" Kagome saw the look on his face and knew that he was completely serious. 'Uh oh! Toutousai's in danger!' Once she heard the mooing of a cow in the distance, she knew that it was too late. 'And it's too late.'

To be continued…

A/N: Why does little fluffy want to kill Toutousai? Tune in next time for more fluffy goodness and a lot of fluffy cuteness! See ya next time! Please review!