Disclaimer: And no, I still have not magically become Rumiko Takahashi. And no, I don't own any of the one liners from any and all songs Tensaiga may randomly sing.

"Let's play a game!" Tensaiga suggested enthusiastically.

"I think I've made my opinion of playing games quite clear," Tetsaiga replied.

"But-"

"No."

"But-"

"No."

"But-"

"Not in this lifetime," Tetsaiga snapped.

"Then how about in the next?"

"Hopefully I won't know you in it."

"Hah! True love conquers all, so I'll always find you!" Tensaiga announced triumphantly.

"God save me," Tetsaiga mumbled.

"From what? The best thing that's ever happened to you?"

"I didn't ask him to save me from this pillow."

"Now you're just being nasty."

"And we all applaud your ability to grasp the obvious. Now go away."

"But last time I did I got bored," Tensaiga whined.

"I still don't care. Drill a hole in your head. That should amuse us both," Tetsaiga growled.

"I don't understand why you're so tired; we're in the prime of our life!"

"I think you're confused."

"Huh?"

"My point exactly. Now get lost, I'm not listening to you anymore."

"But I wanna do something!"

"…"

"Come on, just one little game!"

"…"

"One little entry!"

"…"

"STOP IGNORING ME, GODDAMN YOU!" Tensaiga roared.

"Mhm…peace and quiet," Tetsaiga murmured in his sleep.

"I hate you!" Tensaiga cried.

"…"

"Fine, I'll just read the entry to you anyway!"

"…"

"WAKE UP!"

Chapter 4: And of All the Adventures to Come

I don't like stupid girls. They're really noisy. Mom says that'll change…I don't believe her.

"Watcha writing, 'Yasha?" they ask. None of their business.

This is still stupid. Those nasty girls would like it.

That makes it worse.

'Cept when mom saw me writing she smiled at me, 'n I s'pose things could be worse. Least I'm not doin' math right now. That's the worst.

Not 'cause it's hard or nothing.

I'm not stupid. It's just that it's even more boring than this whole journal writing thing.

Anyways, where was I?

Oh, right.

So I fell asleep- not 'cause I was a baby and I got tired out easy or nothing. More like 'cause…'cause….'cause I knew that the way to the castle was a secret and I couldn't see it.

Yeah, that's it.

So next thing I know I was wakin' up in this huge bed and my big brother was standing next to it, lookin' down at me. And I wasn't that happy or nothing, 'cause it didn't matter to me whether he cared or not.

'Course then there was this voice in my head- not that I'm crazy or nothing- that kept saying that he didn't care and he'd only stayed to figure out how to get rid of me.

But I didn't listen to that voice very much. It really wasn't very nice. And mom always said to expect the best out of people 'cause it's better to be disappointed than to disappoint someone with your lack of trust.

And even if I wasn't sure what that meant, it sounded important. So I figured someday it'd come in handy to know it, and for some reason I heard mom sayin' it as my big brother looked down at me.

It was kinda quiet for a while, him lookin' down at me, me lookin' up at him. 'N I was about to ask him somethin' when he spoke up.

"Why are you here, half breed?"

It must be a trick question.

I was here 'cause he brought me here.

So he knew the answer to his own question.

So I didn't say anything.

"What are you planning?"

I didn't get that one at all.

My stomach growled a little bit. Maybe he meant he wanted to know if I planned on askin' for food?

But that didn't sound right.

So I kept quiet again.

He sighed and looked at me kinda funny.

"Half breed, what's your name?"

Ooh! That one I could do.

"Inuyasha, big brother," I said proudly. I liked my name. Mom said that dad picked it out for me 'fore he died.

So even when all those people in town said that he didn't love me, 'n that was why mom and I were alone, I knew they were wrong.

After all, you don't name something you hate, right?

"My name is Sesshomaru," big brother told me.

"I know that," I said happily.

He raised his eyebrow slightly.

"How?"

I wasn't sure what the point was to these stupid questions.

"My mom told me," I answered, I mean, shouldn't that be obvious?

"Of course," he murmured, lookin' kind of sad. It wasn't right for big brother to look sad. Maybe he was hungry too!

So I 'cided to ask 'bout dinner.

"Big brother-"

"My name is Sesshomaru," he said again.

"I know that," I said again. Maybe he thought I hadn't heard him the first time?

He sighed.

That seemed like something he would do a lot.

"If you know that, then start using it."

"Ok, big brother," I agreed immediately. Though I wasn't so sure what I agreed to…

Um, not 'cause I was slow or nothing, he just didn't speak very clearly.

It got quiet again.

I began pickin' at the bandage on my arm…not out of nerves, 'course.

I don't get nervous.

"Stop that, it'll come undone," big brother said finally.

I stopped.

Hang on- when'd I get bandages?

"Um," I started to say.

"I treated your wound while you were sleeping," big brother answered 'fore I finished.

That made me happy inside. See, I wanted to tell the nasty villagers, my brother loves me too. We've got a connection.

I'm not just a despicable half breed.

My stomach growled again, a little louder this time.

I wondered how long I'd been asleep. I mean, 'fore I wandered into the forest I'd just had lunch.

Maybe all the running…um, not that I'd been running, just moving quickly in another direction…had made me hungry.

"Inuyasha, are you…hungry?' big brother seemed to have a hard time asking.

I smiled at him for tryin'.

"Yep," I said, nodding.

"You probably shouldn't move around too much yet," big brother said. It was kinda like he was thinkin' out loud more than anythin'.

He sighed again.

"Don't move. I'll got get you something."

He was gonna...get me food? Even my mom made me get up 'n get it.

She said I'd get lazy otherwise.

But...he even used my name.

For some reason that made me happier than anythin' else.

But since he was gone, now was the time to check this place out.

Inuyasha- professional explorer!

Author's Notes: As always, thank you all for your reviews! Let's consider this the last week my chapter should be this short. Next week it should be longer, and maybe even posted sooner (but let's not make guarantees…). So hopefully you'll all enjoy this chapter enough to be tided over 'til next week when we hope to see the emergence of a plot line…but again, let's not hold ourselves to any promises…But let's look on the positive side, Kikyo isn't dead…wait, I said positive side. Nope, I've got nothing. –grins- For anyone else who saw this week's episode: I don't know about you, but personally if I was Kagome it'd seem in her best interests to just let Kikyo die, doesn't it? I mean really, it's about time the poor woman was left to rest in peace. But I doubt that's what'll happen. Ah well, even with this grim prediction for next week, you still want to review. Right?

InuSessyYaoiGirl: Thanks! –grimaces- Abi…her voice annoys me…and her birds. Fly, my pretties, fly! The poor thing, ever since she lost out on the role of Wicked Witch of the West she's been bitter…Let's hope. But the appearance of Sesshomaru is not looking like something that's going to be coming soon. –grumbles- stupid animators…lost sight of what's actually important in the series…we don't even seen Naraku very much either…But hey, school's finally out! –cheers- Hope you have a nice summer too!

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