Disclaimer: How many of you here watch Inu-Yasha? Please say all of you, 'cause other this will be confusing. Now that we've got that cleared up, how many of you remember those funny credit things? You know, the things that "Give Credit" to the people who actually helped with the creation of Inu-Yasha? And it tell you based off the manga by Rumiko Takahashi (Turns out the YGO creator actually has the same last name)? Believe it or not, I'm not in the credits. Because I didn't create Inu-Yasha, and even more shockingly, don't own it. If I did, Sesshomaru would be in it so much more, because clearly he's the best character… Oh, and I don't own Twister, Trivial Pursuit, or Star Wars…or Operation.

"I suppose it's just as well you never went to school," Tensaiga said pleasantly. "Since flunking out would have been embarrassing."

"Just because I don't know the name of Hearder-kingla's sister's cousin's dog, doesn't make me stupid!" Tetsaiga snarled.

"No, that fact that you don't know who came up with the idea for Star Wars, does."

"No, it means I'm not a science fiction loser like someone I know."

"Care to repeat yourself?" Tensaiga said threateningly.

"I'm sorry!" Tetsaiga said, cowering, picturing himself being lowered into a boiling vat of cheese and sardines as punishment. Oh yes, he had been threatened…

"Good," Tensaiga said, acting serene again. "I vote we get a new game at which I can kick your ass."

"I vote we don't…or perhaps we do," Tetsaiga said quickly after catching his lover's violent gaze.

"Any suggestions?"

"Therapy," Tetsaiga said quietly.

"What was that? Push you into the pool of hot sauce filled with piranhas? Yes, that sounds like fun."

"I vote we play the quiet game," Tetsaiga volunteered hopefully.

"Boring," Tensaiga vetoed with a grimace. "How about operation so I can practice my brain surgery before I do you?"

"Um…no?" Tetsaiga said tentively.

"…." Glare.

"Um…yes?"

"I knew you wanted to play it too. Now go get it and then continue the story."

"We are done with that yet?"

"…" death glare.

"Of course not, there's still so much more to tell. Silly me."

"Why haven't you gotten Operation yet? Move it!"

"Think I could get him arrested on abuse charges?" Tetsaiga wondered.

"I heard that!"

"Possibly attempted murder."

Sounds a sharpening sword can be heard.

"I'm getting the damn game!" Tetsaiga squeaked. "Please don't hurt me!"

"Then I suggest you move faster," Tensaiga said darkly. "I want to hear the next part of the story."

"Once upon a time-"

"Ha, ha."

"Laugher is a good sign."

"Don't push it."

Chapter 9: Even if it Doesn't Seem Possible

After spending more than one hundred years away from this damn palace is was easy to forget how huge it was. I swear, there were maybe a hundred people living here tops including the servants. And then I remembered there was another large servants' quarter attached to the castle- so there was really three people at most living in the castle right now. Talk about waste.

And I wasn't lost; if that's what you were thinking. I was merely taking the long way to walk around.

The really, really long way. The one that might actually be just a cleverly designed circle to confuse people.

But I clearly knew where I was going.

At least, I knew what I was looking for. Nearly the same thing if you don't really think about it.

I was looking for my old room. There was no guarantee that the cold hearted bastard who claimed to be my brother hadn't had it blown off the castle by an angry horde of demons just to satisfy his contrariness, his childish need to control everything. But I wanted to see it again. I wanted to curl up on my old bed, clutch my old pillow, and throw darts at the picture of Sesshomaru that I knew I had put on the nightstand next to my bed, in front of the picture of my parents. Or I could set the picture on fire. Or I could use the Tetsaiga on it, chop it into smithereens. Or I could build a shrine around it and worship him like the god I know he is.

What the hell?

That's it. I was going to kill him, and then I was going to get out. Or I could get out and kill him. Or do both at the same time.

Or neither. I didn't want to hurt him, I lo-

"Fuck no," I muttered, storming angrily to God knows where. If I hit a wall, I doubted I'd notice. More likely I'd just walk through it.

I wasn't lost, but this door did look familiar. So did that one…and that one…and that one…

"Damn you, Sesshomaru!" I howled. I dropped to my knees in the middle of the hallway. My claws dug into the floorboards (considering this was a demon castle, you would think they could have made it out of more durable material). I hated my brother. He hated me. My brother kissed me. He tried to kill me.

The floor was dusty.

Carefully I retracted my hands from the floor and leaned back against the wall. All right, fine, I was lost. I had no idea where I was in the damn castle, I had no idea what Sesshomaru was planning to do with me, and quite frankly I thought I was going to have nightmares about Rin for the rest of my life. That girl had serious issues no amount of counseling could ever solve. I could have sworn as I….walked at a normal place….away that I heard her humming the funeral march as she sharpened an ax on something that looked suspiciously like Jaken's skull.

I was not going to let Sesshomaru have his way with me! I hadn't been released from the tree just to become his slave. I couldn't believe that. At the very least it must have had something to do with Naraku.

But at that moment all it felt like was my destiny was to be doom at Sesshomaru's hands.

"What do you want?" I asked quietly.

There was no reply.

From him at least, but my sword seemed to tremble in reply.

"Great," I said sarcastically, pulling out my sword. "I am going insane." I meant to put the sword back after that. Honestly. Then somehow I dropped it.

No, I would never drop anything. Certainly not my sword.

It most definitely fell out of my hand though. And it was shaking. That couldn't be normal.

I didn't let out a choked laugh and bang my head against the wall. Of course not, I remained cool and level headed, thinking through the problem rationally.

The dent in the wall had always been there.

"All right, stop shaking," I ordered the sword. "There was nothing in the owner's manual about how to get rid of the chills for your sword. Stop it!"

It didn't listen.

So I kicked it.

Now while tears did not spring to my eyes, and I did not hop up and down, frantically clutching my foot, something else odd happened: I went blind temporarily. Either that or there was a gigantic flash of light for a split second. It's hard to tell the difference sometimes.

At any rate, I had to concede my insanity at the next point in time. It can't be normal to see young, naked, male demons lying where your sword used to be, complete with short, spiky black hair, those demon ears Sesshomaru liked to lord over me, and an impressive skeleton, even if there was some normal muscle and body fat desperately missing on him.

Now there were two things I could have done in succession after seeing said demon. I could have run up and down the hallways screaming like a complete lunatic for a bit- but clearly I did not. Then I could have decided to stop doing that, and look at him for a moment.

Then poke him.

But obviously didn't.

I'm better than that.

His eyes shot open.

"Quit pokin' me," he growled. I was too stunned to deny I had. He had Sesshomaru's eyes! And, lucky me, his temperament, apparently, as well.

He stood up and looked around for a moment, frowning.

"Damn," he mumbled to himself. "He beat me. Bastard."

Perhaps when I killed Sesshomaru and got out of here, Kagome would be able to get me a session with one of those psychiatrists she was talking about a while ago.

Mental note: kissing brother causing hallucinations. Another wonderful reason to never to do again.

Not that I kissed him! It was a one sided thing, completely on his half!

"Hey," the demon said to me suddenly. "Do you have any clothes your ex-sword can borrow? This place is a little chilly to be standing around in the nude, no matter how good I look."

I did not faint.

I was far too manly for that.

Authors Notes: Like always, thank you all so much for your reviews! Is it becoming oddly warm for winter where anyone else is? A few chapters ago I was freezing to death (almost too literally for my taste) and it's going to be over fifty on Friday…global warming…poor, poor penguins…Anyway, I realize we don't see Sesshomaru's mysterious visitor, but sine Inuyasha's did admit to being his ex-sword, last chapter's was indeed Tensaiga. Couldn't help it, I really meant to keep a little bit of suspense until next chapter, but oh well…at least I cant think somewhat coherently, unlike Inuyasha. And I am not denting any walls, so I'm doing good. IMPORTANT ANNOUNCMENT: From now one I will be posting up chapters on FRIDAY because Midori-Jester has so kindly offered to spell check my chapters for me (and let's face it, it will be nice to read my chapters and go "Now I think she meant –insert word- here") So don't worry when I don't have a new chapter for you next Wednesday, it will be up next Friday! And back to un-related news, I have to apologize to myself for missing my random line at the bottom last chapter. (apology accepted self) and I hope that my sad little excuse for a chapter was tolerable. But since it was so awful, you now all feel compelled to review it and tell me why it was awful. Or you found parts of it hilarious and need to tell me that. Either way, you all are over come with a deep urge to review…right?

Oh, and I retract my earlier statement. They're playing new episodes only on Wednesday night (midnight) in the northeast of America. So I suppose they're playing it last Tuesday night in the rest of America, and I don't know what the tv schedules look like for any other countries…sorry about that, I got a little over excited. But did anyone see the episode last night! New theme song! It's awesome! (one of the best things about Inu-Yasha: the theme songs…except for that last one –shudders- ugh. That was bad)

Shi no Yume: -grins- glad ya liked it

InuSessyYaoiGirl: Yep, definitely Tensaiga in human form…Sesshomaru hasn't been in it for a while now…I personally felt it would have been funny if the dried up demons had eaten Kagome….sadly, the people who animate the show didn't agree with me…they KISS? –drools at the thought- I like that rumor…

Sno Balls: Coconut & Marshmallow Covered Chocolate Cake with Creamy Filling, singing it's rendition of Broken by Seether ft. Amy Lee "Cause I'm Eaten, When Unpacked, And I don't feel right, When I'm being swallowed…"