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Rin's POV

Rin sat on the floor and felt its self-contained heat. Heat, which she very happily welcomed in the midst of an icy discussion. She ran her palm through her sweat-soaked hair, stiffly falling back onto her other palm and sat thoughtfully.

Yuragu leaned against the wooden slat walls; his eyes were cold and hard.

"So, Metal-Bender, I have taken the liberty to explain what conditions you must satisfy in order to perfect your gift…"

"You want that, yes? To perfect yourself?" Rin thought for a while before nodding.

"So…" Yuragu murmured, scratching his head with his left hand.

"Where, to start? There are many things that you must know."

"Then I shall ask first." Rin prodded slightly annoyed and aghast. Yuragu perked his head while Endan hacked another cough of unease.

"How do I use my gift?"

"Through the medium of any of the five metals, you can transfer energy to the enemy. The enemy's body usually will not accept such a sudden increase of foreign energy. The muscles and sinew in their bodies will react in different directions towards the charge. Thus, your victim's muscles may rip each other apart and bone's may powder without you even touching him directly."

The atmosphere of the room crept into an even more uncomfortable state of silence: that of which everyone was obligated to say something but nothing was said.

"Thus, the enemy would react with 'self-afflicted' scarring"

Rin took a moment to process the information.

"Kami made all things fair. With such a powerful attack, comes its weakness: Using your ability requires your undivided concentration."

"It would help you considerably if you were to bear an intense grudge towards your enemy or if his name were embedded into the depths of your soul and you know you were born to kill him. Your energy would be brought about faster then."

"With concentration comes the willingness to do so." Rin scowled. The beads of sweat rolled down her cheek, ceremoniously graced by the golden candlelight falling on to her lap.

"Thus, I can say that your attack would only occur if you felt that what you were about to do was kami's will. Or, if you have the concentration of a snake."

Yuragu paused and looked at Rin who was clearly mesmerized by what she had just been told.

"And thus, Kami no Sekai no Handanryuku (A/N The Earthly Judgment of God) is the traditional name of the Metal-Benders."

Rin sat silently. She had understood her purpose.

"Yuragu." She said softly.

Under the dim light, Yuragu's aquamarine eyes still flashed with the light against it.

Rin looked down at her hands that emitted an eerie purple glow.

"I am a great source of power, I can feel myself pulsating with it." Yuragu kneeled down opposite Rin.

Rin's jaw trembled while Yuragu ran an uneasy finger through his hair.

She had understood.

He twitched and lifted a quivering left palm to her moist cheek.

"That would mean… I must leave to negate our detection."

Rin looked up at Yuragu and the soft candlelight illuminated both their faces. Yuragu did not expect her to arrive at the conclusion before he. His eyes widened when Rin's filled with the pearlescent glimmer of tears.

"I don't want to be abandoned again."

Sesshomaru's POV

This is all so irritating.

I feel perturbed. It has been five years since I have last used any of my skills and now, I start to feel and hear the song of my bones as I live my days.

How old am I actually…. I could say nine hundred and thirty-five, which of course is not considered old. In fact, I would be in my prime age about two or three centuries from now where I would then learn another technique.

I feel, nonetheless weathered and unused.

It pesters me, like the presence of a festering corpse at the back of my mind. The swarm of flies is now too thick and I am obligated to do something about my lack of exercise.

I need to move around.

If anything irks me, destroy it.

No wonder I was named Sesshomaru- Destruction of the life circle, or, the perfect destruction.

We are of what our name depicts. I think I will fulfill the legacy once more.

I walked towards my resting area to search for my pauldron I haven't worn it since the day I had entered the court of my fathers.

My resting area, simplistic yes, but I prefer not to tie myself to a common resting area. I prefer to sleep in the shaded quadrangle, where I have slept centuries ago as a pup. Below our Goshinboku tree which has been in existence for as long as the western lands have been established.

The tree of the times:

I felt good sitting beneath its ancient branches. It reminded me that I was not alone in my conquest. Surely, a tree that has stood alone for the eons and seen the evolution of our lands and people had history far more ancient than all of us.

I reached my pauldron, placed neatly on a low wooden desk. With my left arm hacked off (I don't even want to think of the person who did so), I had to find other means of wearing the heavy bone plate that carried the weight of the transformed Testsusaiga and the weight of my ancestor's work.

The pauldron signified our conquest of the western lands over other smaller tribes of Youkai, and wearing it could be comparing it to I carrying the weight of my ancestors sowing.

Of course, wielding Tenseiga- or Testusaiga would be just as good…

END

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