5 – To become a sword master you can't just be able to make good swords
---Hilltop, camp----
Inuyasha's and Sesshoumaru's group had camped together, not for their choice actually, Shirubya wanted to talk to them, she had passed at least one hour to explain who she was.
Now she was far from the fire looking at the stars, Sesshoumaru was nowhere, and Rin Jaken and ah-hun were sleeping not far from the fire. Inuyasha's group was still talking about Shirubya with Totosai and Myoga
"So, She's your master… Did I understand right?" Miroku asked Totosai
Totosai nodded
"So why did he… she fight against me and Sesshoumaru?" Inuyasha asked
Shirubya turned her head "I just wanted to prove you strength. Not so many people can ask me to help them, though you're the sons of am old friend of mine you're not allowed to ask for his rights" She said
"So if Inuyasha or Sesshoumaru didn't pass their swords would remain useless" Miroku asked
"You perfectly got it, I expected bit more than his descendents, but I'm still satisfied" She answered
"Does that mean you'll repair the Tetsuaiga?"
"Yes, I'll heal both of them, I'll take you to my house tomorrow" She didn't ever looked at them, she walked away towards north "I'll be back by tomorrow" She said.
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---A random river near the hill---
"Are you going, father?" He asked
"Are you going to stop me, Sesshoumaru?" He didn't even looked at him
Sesshoumaru stopped to think "I'm not going to stop you. However, before that I would like the fangs, Sou'unga and Tetsuaiga, to be handed to me"
His father sighed "If I say I won't give them to you… would you kill your own father?" His expression changed "Do you desire power that much?" A pause
"Why do you seek power?"
Sesshoumaru waited a second before giving an answer
"I must travel the path of conquest. Power is necessary in order to walk that path."
"Conquest, huh?" He looked his son "Sesshoumaru, is there something you want to protect?"
'such a foolish thing' he thought "I have no need…to pursue such an endeavour."
Just a second, then he left, he decided to die for a filthy human woman.
Sesshoumaru threw a stone into the river. He was trying to clean his mind, he wanted to forget that conversation, and he wanted to stop thinking about that mysterious woman, but whatever he did, her face didn't go away from his mind 'I'm sure I've seen her before.. but when…'
"Someone says it's not healthy thinking in the evening, thoughts become too sad" somebody said.
Sesshoumaru quickly turned, behind him there was that woman, Shirubya.
She walked towards him and stopped at his site, looking at the river.
They didn't say a word for some minutes, then Sesshoumaru talked
"Did you really know my father?" he asked
"Yes, we were good friends, he used to tell me about you so much"
She looked at him and smiled
"You really look like him"
"I'm not as weak as him, and I don't fall in love with those filthy humans"
"Is that what you think of your father? A great lord who lost his head for a human?"
He didn't answered.
She sighed "Can I see your sword?"
He nodded and gave her the Tenseiga
She looked amazed "Such a powerful sword, it probabily is the best sword I've ever made"
"A sword so powerful that doesn't cut"
"A sword doesn't need to cut to be powerful"
He looked at her
"You don't look like a sword master"
She smiled "To be a sword master you can't just be able to make good swords, though my main job was making swords, I'm better at doing other things... Do you think another sword master could act like I acted when I fought against you and your brother?" she said playfully
He didn't even answered, he just looked the river
"So cold… Are you always so serious?" she asked
"Seriousness is the right way to grow a strong empire"
"Is that what you think? Your father wasn't so serious, I clearly remember he used to laugh" She smiled
She handed the Tenseiga and walked away.
"Shirubya" He called her
"What?"
"What did my father tell you about me?" he asked
"He was proud of you, he was glad to give his lands to you.. and to Inuyasha. He really wanted you to get on well"
When Shirubya left Sesshoumaru began thinking again, he thought about his father, and her. If she was a so good friend of his father, why didn't Sesshoumaru know about her? 'I could swear I've seen her before.. her eyes..'
"Are you going, father?" He asked
"Are you going to stop me, Sesshoumaru?" He didn't even looked at him
Sesshoumaru stopped to think "I'm not going to stop you. However, before that I would like the fangs, Sou'unga and Tetsuaiga, to be handed to me"
His father sighed "If I say I won't give them to you… would you kill your own father?" His expression changed "Do you desire power that much?" A pause
"Why do you seek power?"
Sesshoumaru waited a second before giving an answer
"I must travel the path of conquest. Power is necessary in order to walk that path."
"Conquest, huh?" He looked his son "Sesshoumaru, is there something you want to protect?"
'such a foolish thing' he thought "I have no need…to pursue such an endeavour."
Just a second, then he left, he decided to die for a filthy human woman.
He was sure that the answer to his problems were in that last conversation with his father.. but what happened?
'Think, Sesshoumaru, what do you mostly remember of that?'
He could remember the snow, it was a snowy night..
Wait a moment! When his transformed into a dog demon it wasn't snowing anymore! It had just disappeared!
'Snow is not used to stop like that' he thought
"Why don't you ask her?"
Sesshoumaru's heart beat faster, yes.. his father said that too..
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