Engraved with ancient Kanji symbols that wouldn't be recognized by current Japanese the sword already looked ancient though it was fairly new. It was a double edged sword, both blades sharp though the weapon was swung like it was a flamberg and mainly used to cleave instead of stab and slices.
The weapon Toukijin was being polished by the Demon Lord Sesshoumaru as he tried to pass time.
Normally he wouldn't clean his items; he'd have Jakken do it. Even then he preferred to leave Toukijin alone; he wasn't so vain to always keep his weapons clean, it was an item of killing.
He preferred to leave the body oils and blood on his weapon, sometimes letting it dry and collect over time, to scare off demons and let them know that he would kill you and keep your blood around as a trophy.
However this was one of the few times he had his sword clean, and possibly was the first time in some decades that he'd lauder his own items. He had to do some time to pass the time and allow Inuyasha to mend his wounds.
Sesshoumaru had looked at Inuyasha to see how far he had progressed in his healing. The bleeding phase had passed and was on to another. The chance of Inuyasha getting infected had just lowered, breathing the same and looking aloof, Sesshoumaru had succeeded in looking calm. In reality he was scared for his life.
His life connected to Inuyasha's, not to good given the fact that he considered his sibling weak and stupid. He was too much of a brute and if not for him keeping Inuyasha pinned down, the half breed would have been moving and hunting down the people who trapped them, all while reopening his wounds and shortening his lives.
"What are we still doing here?" Inuyasha groaned as he just rolled over and opened his eyes.
Sesshoumaru ignored him as he finished polishing his sword. Looking at a tree he threw the sword at it to see how sharp it was. He smiled as he seen the tree fall over, completely sliced in half.
Walking over to retrieve his weapon he looked at the tree. He got an idea of some sort, he's make a bed to hold Inuyasha in. Carving a semicircle arc into the downed tree he picked up Inuyasha's battered body and laid it in it.
"What are you planning you bastard?" Inuyasha yelled as he didn't trust what Sesshoumaru was doing.
It looked more like he was being put into a coffin then he was being put to rest. Kicking and screaming, Inuyasha attempted to even scratch his older brother as he was paranoid of what the full breed youkai would do to him.
Sesshoumaru punched Inuyasha in the stomach as the blow stunned him somewhat. He double over in pain wincing but lucky for him his wounds had remained closed.
Holding his own stomach Sesshoumaru fell he might have went too far as he felt a bit of pain in his stomach also, but he held no empathy for Inuyasha.
Tying a rope around the carved casket like object that held Inuyasha he had drug his brother. He needed to get to safety, maybe a village or a cave. Anywhere beat out being in the wide open exposed to everyone mainly those crazy women or those bastards who trapped them.
Being dragged on the sled, Inuyasha began to ponder for once instead of talking. He was to be sacrificed, he was to be murdered, he had seen people of a different country that spoke languages different and yet similar to Japanese Next he was linked to his brother, if one died the other did too.
He wasn't in Japan for one. There were dragon gods also. Oh and he couldn't escape because there was a barrier over the area.
Barrier, different cultures, not in Japan and linked to his brother. That's mainly the only way that he could sum it up into bullet points. How to get out of this place and why was he trapped still eluded him however.
Looking at the earth he had seen it had changed. It had went from soft most soil that was found mainly near river banks to being hardy, dry and filled with rocks that normally was found near caves.
Sesshoumaru dragged Inuyasha into the cave as it began to rain. Dropping him off where they were furthest from the mouth Sesshoumaru sighed.
"Why do I have to have my live bound to yours?" Inuyasha groaned sitting up to the ire of Sesshoumaru. He didn't want his life to be connected to someone who he considered an arrogant prick.
"You would think that I would want some idiot of an half breed to share my life with? Now I must keep sure that you don't get yourself killed." Sesshoumaru retorted flabbergasted that Inuyasha would even complain when he was liable to get them killed.
"Given the track record of our win loss rate I would think that you would be the last one to comment." Inuyasha said as Sesshoumaru ignored it.
"You're too reckless and your weak body isn't going to end up being able to sustain the strain you exert on it." Sesshoumaru commented as he looked aloof though he apparently was worried.
"Oh back to the superiority complex, do you honestly think that you are that much better than me" Inuyasha asked as he gripped the walls of the cave to stand up.
"In all honesty yes." Sesshoumaru replied as he didn't even grace his brother the honor to look upon him which even made him get angrier.
"Let me guess it is because I am not a full youkai?" Inuyasha asked sarcastically.
"That is a reason but even if you were a full youkai you still would be stupid which makes me superior. In every aspect of skills I outright beat you, be it hand to hand combat, speed, dueling… you are inferior and your highest plateau doesn't match my weakest moment." Sesshoumaru declared which was an all out insult to the half blood demon.
"Oh great, so that's it you don't think I'm a good enough heir to wield the sword, is that's where this is going?" Inuyasha retorted hearing enough of the same thing in the past.
"You give yourself too much credit. It doesn't have to deal with the sword rather it deals with you. You are unskilled, never consistent enough, your abilities fluctuate between poor and great, and yet my life is bound to yours where it is random that you will be strong enough to stand with me or weaker than your current condition." Sesshoumaru explained as Inuyasha stayed quite.
Inuyasha hated to admit it but he understood where his brother was coming from. He wasn't consistent enough to depend your life on. Sesshoumaru held a higher tier of power when compared to him and while Inuyasha peaked out beyond Sesshoumaru in some cases, it's mainly when he was in the heat of battle and hate caught him off guard. Beyond that it always was someone to delay Sesshoumaru be it Sango, Kagome, Miroku or something else. To put your life in the hand of someone with less combat experience and was still relatively new to it by comparison was a risk not worth taking.
"So how would you go about this? What would I have to do in order for you to stop hounding me?" Inuyasha asked.
He wasn't feeling sympathy for Sesshoumaru, he doubt the bastard would give him any on his death bed, but he did momentarily need to make peace with him.
"Well you'd need to actually learn how to fight properly, not sure any amount of training can help that half breed brain of your remember all of the techniques. If by some remarkable chance you can become a full breed then I'll consider taking you under my wing and training you myself so you won't be so incompetent and will actually be able to fight at a high level all the time… Little brother." Sesshoumaru said mocking Inuyasha.
"That's it, I'll beat you. Then I'll surpass you and have you kiss my hanyou ass." Inuyasha said as he gripped his sword with one hand.
Looking away from Sesshoumaru he began to swing his weapon at an invisible opponent. He was careful not to exert too much energy or to harm his body but anything beat sitting down.
In his mind Sesshoumaru was proud. He had to motivate Inuyasha to train and get stronger. He was not going to offer Inuyasha the chance, he would get the other brushed aside, but to insult him and pull his card, that would get Inuyasha motivate to grow strong.
Not to mention when his blood was boiling he would only heal faster thanks to the adrenaline rush. He'd kill two birds with one stone; hopefully it wouldn't take Inuyasha to long to finish healing and training. Sesshoumaru knew it was a gradual process but he didn't want to be forced to be linked with his brother and play mentor too long.