Chapter 5

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Sesshoumaru looked so angry once he heard that Toutousai was coming. He hated Toutousai and despised him, even more so than Myouga. Now since his father wasn't around, he could kill Toutousai like he always wanted to. "I can finally kill him."

"Kill him?" Kagome questioned. "Why would you want to kill Toutousai?" Though she knew he could kill her, she bent down and got eye level with him, like she did with any other child. "You don't really mean that, do you?"

He merely turned away from her. "Of course I mean what I said! I despise Toutousai and I want to kill him. Why can't you get that through your idiotic human skull?"

"But what did he do?"

"He's a fool."

"He's a fool?" 'That can't be the whole reason, can it be...' "You mean you want to kill him because you don't like him?"

"Why else would I kill him?"

"Oh...right..." A sweat drop appeared on her head while talking to Sesshoumaru. He was so serious about what he was saying too. It was odd. Why would he say such a thing? Why would he do such a thing? 'I know he does what he wants, but this is ridiculous. He feels that way about killing too? He's a kid. You think he'd have some sense of mercy.' She had to change Sesshoumaru's mind, or everything was seriously about to get worse. "Well, Toutousai has a lot of purposes. He's very useful. I would keep him alive if I were you."

"Well, it's a good thing you're not me, or I'd be an idiot."

That struck a nerve with Kagome. She had to lash out at him, and she couldn't help it. She felt like she was arguing with Inuyasha. "Idiot? What the heck is your problem?"

"My problem is that you don't understand what's useful and what's not. Toutousai isn't useful."

"But he's the best swordsman you'll find."

"But I've got a sword—or two rather."

"But one of them you can't even handle until you're older."

"True, but I've got this other one that I can use."

"But you can't fight with it."

Though Kagome was trying hard to keep Sesshoumaru from killing Toutousai, she was slowly making everything worse. "I guess you have a point human." It was a dilemma that only took him two seconds to solve. "I simply have to take Inuyasha's sword. That idiot would probably end up hitting himself with his own attack." A slight smile came to the young boy's face, because of his joke toward his brother. Kagome wasn't laughing for two reasons. The first was the fact that it had happened before, and the second was the fact that Sesshoumaru was once again talking about stealing the sword.

"But..." Kagome tried to fix what she could. "Uh...there is a barrier on the sword. You can't touch it!"

That was true. It made him a bit upset, as a matter of fact. 'Why would there be a barrier on the sword?' "Who made the sword?"

"Toutousai did."

"Then is it his fault?"

"No! It was your father's last wish that Inuyasha got the Tetsusaiga! Toutousai only carried out his wishes!"

"So Toutousai gave me the sword that you say is useless?"

"Well..." 'Ah! What am I doing? I'm messing everything up! Now he's gonna have a reason to hate Toutousai. He'll want to kill him! What should I do? What should I do... ?' "I'm only a stupid human! What do I know about swords and stuff like that? You probably shouldn't listen to me at all."

"Then I guess you and this whole conversation was useless and I'm still going to kill Toutousai."

'Well great! I made things worse. He's such a little twerp!' Kagome felt like a fool. Miroku and Sango had left in order to gather water as soon as they woke up, so she was alone with Jaken, Rin, and Sesshoumaru. She was the only one who could probably stop Sesshoumaru, and she only made things worse. 'I can't give up now! He's just get into another big fight!' "Uh, listen Sesshoumaru, you can't kill Toutousai. It just isn't right."

"Don't you dare tell my Lord Sesshoumaru what to do!" warned Jaken. He had been trying to sleep and ignore their conversation, since Rin kept him up with her worries all night. He tried to ignore Kagome and hoped that Sesshoumaru would get sick of her and simply kill her, but she was still going on. "Lord Sesshoumaru will do what he pleases!"

"I never said he couldn't! I just don't want him to kill someone for no reason."

"I not liking him is enough," assured Sesshoumaru. "Don't worry. I won't make him suffer. It'll end quickly."

'Great! Looks like he and Inuyasha will get into another fight.'

Sesshoumaru was glad to see Toutousai land with his demonic cow, Momo. Sesshoumaru just waited patiently. He didn't pay any mind to his brother who was riding on top of Kirara with a glare on his face. Toutousai looked down below to see who was down below him. He looked bewildered and most definitely looked surprised. When he landed, he looked closely at Sesshoumaru and didn't understand. It looked like Sesshoumaru, but it couldn't be Sesshoumaru.

Kagome could only hold her breath as Toutousai bravely ventured towards the small boy. 'Here we go!'

"This is odd..." Toutousai wasn't too afraid as he approached Sesshoumaru, but something told him that he should be terrified. "This child looks exactly like Sesshoumaru."

"That's because I am Sesshoumaru, you fool."

As soon as the sentence ended, Toutousai jumped back and hid behind Inuyasha. "What kind of sick game is this? You told me you needed my help! You want to get me killed?"

"Are you kidding me?" Inuyasha could clearly see Toutousai's fear. It looked as if he would wet his pants. "Are you telling me you're scared of him, even though he's a little kid?"

"Why is he a child?"

"He got turned into one, but we don't know how. He's the same strength he was as a child, and he doesn't remember being an adult. He's actually a little kid. There's no reason to be scared of him. What can he do?"

This information only made Toutousai even more afraid. "Being a child is worse! At least Sesshoumaru is logical and reasonable. If he's a child, then he's not reasonable and he'd kill him even if I served value to him."

"But why would he kill you? He doesn't know that you refused to make him a sword."

Toutousai heard Sesshoumaru grunt in anger. "He does now!"

"I've heard enough," said Sesshoumaru, "I've been waiting a long time to get rid of Toutousai, and seeing that my father can't stop me, I'm going to do it right now." Sesshoumaru's small hands began to glow with venomous toxins. "I've been wanting to do this for a long time."

"And I've been waiting to do this for a long time too." Inuyasha drew Tetsusaiga and transformed it fully. "You're not going to kill Toutousai, and just so you know, I would much rather kill you then him."

"That's really too bad. I'll have to kill the both of you now, and then I'll take your Tetsusaiga."

"My sword has a barrier around it. You won't be able to pick it up, you fool. Our old man clearly didn't want you to have it, so be a good boy and buzz off!"

"I remember getting burned by the sword, Inuyasha. I'm no fool. I've just figured something out though."

"And what would that be?"

"The barrier is probably meant to keep you the only one touching it. It probably won't allow other demons to touch it, and I expect that humans are able to touch it, but can't make it transform."

"And your point is?"

"Well, my simple minded brother, once you're dead, there won't be a reason for the barrier to exist. So in other words, your death will bring me victory. Once you're dead, I'll have possession over three swords and no one will match my power." Sesshoumaru charged Inuyasha and of course Inuyasha was ready to take out Sesshoumaru. The only problem was that Kagome wasn't going to let the two brothers kill each other.

"Sit!"

"Ahhhh!"

Sesshoumaru stopped in his tracks, seeing his little brother overcome by Kagome's magic command again. "I don't need any help, human."

"I'm not helping you, I'm stopping you two from fighting!"

"Well, you're not going to stop me from killing Toutousai!"

"But he's here to help you!"

"What can he possibly do to help me?"

"Your sword made you go crazy and you tried to kill Inuyasha."

"That doesn't sound too out of the ordinary."

"But the sword wanted to kill him, not you. If you don't let Toutousai help, then you can't use the sword and it'll take over you again. You were strong enough before to wield it, but you're too weak as a child. You can't use it in your position."

Sesshoumaru looked as if he wanted to explode. 'I'm not strong enough to wield my own sword? I'm too little...' That's what made him angry most of all. He had always hated being little and too weak. He could never even touch his father when the fought each other for practice. Sesshoumaru vowed that one day he would defeat his father, but now he knew that he'd never get the chance. 'I was strong, but now I'm weak because I'm a child. I can't stand it!' "Forget about Toutousai and the stupid sword! I don't want your help. My Tokijin can stay here for all I care. I'm leaving."

"But Lord Sesshoumaru..." Rin didn't understand why he got so upset all of the sudden, but she got up to follow him without question. "Wait for me, Lord Sesshoumaru."

"Wait for me too, Lord Sesshoumaru!" Jaken grabbed Ah-Un's reigns and followed his master. He was happy they were leaving the company of Inuyasha and his friends. Jaken especially didn't like them.

"Come back, Sesshoumaru!" Kagome felt like it was her fault that he was running off.

"Let him go," Inuyasha told Kagome. "He's nothing but a little boy trying to survive in a man's world. Let him pretend like he can make it. I won't care if he dies. At least he'll be out of my hair."

At least Toutousai could breathe easy and stop hiding behind Inuyasha. "He's leaving." He sighed. "Now I'm safe."

"You're ridiculous, old man. Now fix the stupid sword."

"The Tokijin?" Toutousai asked. "What do you want me to do about it?"

"I don't know, but we can't have the demonic power overflowing all the time. Someone will get possessed."

Toutousai stroked his beard. "Hmm...well, the only one powerful enough to wield this sword is Sesshoumaru . Now that he is a child, then no one can wield it. The only way to make the sword safe is to bind the demonic aura."

"And how do we do that? Miroku couldn't even approach it the last time he was around it. How are we supposed to seal its demonic power?"

Toutousai scratched his head, deep in thought. Within a minute's time, he finally admitted to Inuyasha the truth. "I have no idea."

Inuyasha slapped Toutousai against the head and growled in anger. "You are worthless. We should have let Sesshoumaru kill you!"

"Lord Sesshoumaru!" Rin ran up to his side, concerned for how he felt. He was obviously upset, but she didn't see a reason to be. "Why did we have to leave Kagome and Inuyasha?"

"Because I despise them."

"But why?"

"Because their pestering fools."

Rin got scared once he raised his voice. He never really did it before, so now she knew not to bother him. It was too late though. He had enough.

"Stay here."

"Stay here?" she asked. "You mean, go back to Kagome and Inuyasha?"

"No!" Rin jumped back at the sound of his voice. Jaken was also afraid. "Just stay here. Don't go back; don't follow me, just stay here!"

Rin looked as if she was about to cry. She felt so horrible. As much as she wanted to cry though, she knew better and she did her best to keep in her emotions. "Okay Lord Sesshoumaru, I'll stay. Just please promise to come back to me."

"Why wouldn't I come back?"

A small blush appeared on Rin's face, but she didn't know why. "Well, you said we weren't friends, so I was scared that you just would leave me and Jaken stranded. Why would you come back for us?"

She had a point. For a moment, he didn't have anything to say, so he felt quite foolish. He soon covered it up though. "I'm not asking Inuyasha anymore questions, so it appears that there is some use to you two after all. You two are the only ones I can get information out of that I can trust." He saw a smile bloom on the young girl's face. "And what's your problem?"

She shook her head. "Nothing my Lord."

"But why go alone?" Jaken finally asked. "Where are you going, my Lord?"

Sesshoumaru still didn't like being questioned by Jaken, so he stomped on top of his head and left him twitching on the ground. "Don't bother me with such questions. I just want to be alone." He left before Rin did or said anything else that made him feel uncomfortable. 'She certainly is an odd child.' He just needed time to be alone and think. He felt so cluttered and didn't want to be babied, like how they were trying to treat him. 'I'll restore myself without anyone's help, and I especially don't need Inuyasha to help me!'

As Sesshoumaru was walking away though, Rin couldn't help but feel worried. 'I have a bad feeling.' "Do you think he'll be alright?"

"Of course he will be, silly girl!" Jaken said it, but he himself wasn't so sure. 'When will you return to normal, Lord Sesshoumaru?'

Inuyasha and his friends were at a loss. Miroku and Sango had returned, but they didn't know what to do about the Tokijin either. "I'm sorry to say this, but the demonic aura of the sword is too powerful for me to seal right now. We'd have to seal it somewhere so people can be protected, but we can't touch it or we'll be possessed. Since we can't touch the sword, we can't bring it anywhere where we can seal it." Miroku sighed. "We could build around it, but that would take men, which would take time and money."

"Blah, blah, blah!" said Inuyasha. "This is the same sad story from the first time Tokijin was made. We don't have money and we don't have time. We'll have to break it."

"But you couldn't do that either," reminded Sango.

"I'm a lot stronger now. I should be able to break it, no problem."

Kagome shook her head. "You shouldn't break Sesshoumaru's sword. He'd just try to kill you once he's back to normal."

"The key word is try, Kagome." With those words, Inuyasha drew his Tetsusaiga. "This sword was created from the fangs of a demon that I killed. It's my responsibility to destroy the Tokijin as well."

"Wait a second!" Miroku could sense something in the air. "I think its Naraku."

Inuyasha began to sniff the air, and sure enough, it was Naraku's scent. "I've got to go after him now!" Kagome jumped on top of Inuyasha's back. "Are you ready Kagome?"

She nodded. "Yes." Shippo jumped on top of Inuyasha as well.

"Kirara!" Sango and Miroku jumped on top of Kirara as soon as she transformed.

Toutousai, being the coward that he is, waved off. "Good luck!" 'If they think I'd follow them in the direction of Naraku, then they're insane. I've got a bad feeling that whatever is going on with Naraku, will involve Sesshoumaru.' "Goodbye!"

Sesshoumaru picked up the scent of Naraku as well. Unfortunately for him, he didn't know who it was. "Come on out. I know you're there!"

Naraku appeared from out of the shadows with a smirk on his face. "Lord Sesshoumaru, your senses still are sharp."

"And who might you be?"

"My apologies. My name is Naraku."

"Naraku you say?" He raised his hand and it began to glow with toxins. "From what I know, you're the one who did this to me."

"Nonsense, Lord Sesshoumaru. I simply wish to assist you."

"And why should I believe you? I know we're enemies."

"True, but we both despise Inuyasha. We've worked together before."

"We did?" For some reason, that seemed to be right, but for some reason, Sesshoumaru couldn't bring himself to trust Naraku. "Just because we both don't like Inuyasha, doesn't mean I'd trust you over him. You may both be rather annoying, but he's still my younger brother."

"Your blood relation might mean something to you, but nothing to him. You've spared him countless times, but he's tried to kill you continuously. Luckily, in this form you have your left arm, but when you are your rightful age, it is missing."

Sesshoumaru grabbed his left arm, as if the make sure it was still there. "I've been maimed? By who!"

"It was Inuyasha who cut off your arm. He wanted Tetsusaiga, so he cut off your arm."

"But...Tetsusaiga was his inheritance. Why would he have to fight for it? You're not making any sense."

"Oh, but it's true. Inuyasha wanted that sword, so he cut off your arm, just to make sure that you wouldn't wield it. You held back, and he took advantage of your compassion. He would have even killed you if he had enough power."

'But...' Everything seemed wrong about Naraku, but for some reason he knew this information about the arm to be true. For that, Inuyasha had to die. 'He does hate me. Only Kagome wanted to help me. Inuyasha just wanted me gone.' "What do you want me to do?"

Naraku held out his hand, and in his hand laid four sacred Shikon Jewel shards. "These gems will give you great power and you will be able to overcome Inuyasha and his friends with these."

"Aren't those the jewels that the girl Kagome can see?"

"Yes, but you'll need these in order to wield your sword, the Tokijin."

Sesshoumaru had no reason to trust Naraku. He knew that there was something strange about him and he really shouldn't take the shards, but he did want to get Inuyasha for cutting off his arm. The only way he'd stand a chance was to wield his sword, and the jewel shards were the only way. "I'll do it, but only because I want to kill Inuyasha so badly."

"Good Lord Sesshoumaru. We have a deal."

To be continued...

A/N: Sesshoumaru and Naraku once again team up to take down Inuyasha. Will Inuyasha survive? You'll have to find out next time. Review!