A/N: dhiqhg dghsio v.v; in English: my inspiration jumped out of the window ;o; yep, I still have my writers block… so again I apologise for the late update… I always try to update fast before my reviewers lose interest in the story… :D Responses to reviewers at end of chapter...

Chapter Fourteen

"Sesshōmaru, stop this nonsense now!" Inu no Taishō commanded.

"Keh, if it's a fight you want, then it's a fight I'll give you," Inuyasha snorted and pulled out Tessaiga.

"Inuyasha!" His dad scolded.

Everyone else looked just as dazzled as the dad. Inuyasha and Sesshōmaru stared at each other as no one attacked the other.

"Both of you stop this right now!" Their father got very impatient.

Sesshōmaru glared at Inuyasha then released an attack. Inuyasha jumped up in an attempt to dodge the attack. Seeing he'd fail he decided to cancel it out instead. "Bakuryuuha!"

Sesshōmaru drew Tenseiga with his other hand and held it up in order to protect him.

"Inuyasha, stop this!" Kagome asked.

"I can't even if I wanted to, Sesshōmaru isn't the one likely enough to take no for an answer," Inuyasha stated.

"That's right, little brother," Sesshōmaru said and put Tenseiga back.

"Grrr," Inuyasha growled. "Kaza no Kizu!"

Sesshōmaru jumped up to miss the winds, then from the air shot his own attack. Inuyasha tried to shield himself using Tessaiga, but parts of the attack still hit him.

"As much as I hate to get involved," their father growled and unsheathed his own sword.

"Wait," Izayoi quickly ran over to her husband and rested her hands on his arm holding the sword. "I know you don't want them to fight, I don't either. But maybe just letting them fight and get it out of their system isn't such a bad idea. If things get carried away, then you can jump in…"

Inu no Taishō looked at Izayoi as if searching for the answer in her eyes. Finally he nodded his head in agreement then sheathed his sword again.

Sesshōmaru landed on his feet and Inuyasha immediately charged at him and their two blades met. Sesshōmaru hit Inuyasha backwards with the pressure of Tōkijin whilst releasing an attack. Inuyasha jumped into the air and instantly landed on all fours.

"Heh, you think that would stop me!" Inuyasha jumped back up onto his two feet then swung Tessaiga to release the Kaze no Kizu. It went straight at Sesshōmaru who jumped up allowing the Kaze no Kizu to destroy whatever was behind him.

"Right now I don't know if I should worry more about my sons, or the garden," Inu no Taishō spoke once the Kaze no Kizu destroyed a random fountain in the garden.

Sesshōmaru swung around in the air towards Inuyasha and released another attack.

"Heh, just what I was waiting for…" Inuyasha mumbled waiting for the attack. "Bakuryuha!" But only the Kaze no Kizu was released. "Wha---! It won't change into the Bakuryuha!" Inuyasha gasped and was left with no time to dodge the attack.

Sesshōmaru smirked and landed on his two feet. "Pathetic," he said once the attack hit Inuyasha and dust shot up into the air.

"Inuyasha!" Kagome yelled out.

The dust started to clear up and they could see Inuyasha struggling to get to his feet. "I won't die that easily," He said and stood up straight once again.

"That's enough you two!" Inu no Taishō yelled out in a serious tone of voice. "I won't just stand here and watch you two kill each other any longer! Both of you go inside, now."

Sesshōmaru remained in his current position only his eyes looked over at Inu no Taishō. "Father, must you be so persistent?" (A/N: Heh… I didn't even know I knew that word o-O)

"Don't backchat me, go inside," Inu no Taishō demanded.

Nothing happened. Everyone remained where they stood or sat in Setsuko's case.

"I will not move until our battle is finished," Sesshōmaru stated.

Inu no Taishō looked over at Inuyasha who also remained in the same spot. "Inuyasha!"

"Sorry father, but I'm not going anywhere," Inuyasha said.

"Gee and I wonder from who they got that from," Setsuko rolled her eyes.

"Sesshōmaru, what's the point in this? What are you trying to proof?" Inu no Taishō demanded to know.

"Father for once just trust me," Sesshōmaru asked like a little boy asking for candy.

Silence occurred as the two just stared each other in the eye. As no further words or actions were taken by their father, Sesshōmaru looked back at Inuyasha and held Tōkijin high and released another attack again.

Inuyasha growled under the pressure of the battle and instantly placed Tessaiga in front of him for protection. Seeing it didn't help much he jumped into the air landing in a tree, on both his feet and his one hand, the other one loosely hanging over the branch with Tessaiga.

Sesshōmaru showed annoyance then picked up his feet and swiftly moved over to the tree and jumped up into the branches. Inuyasha immediately jumped onto his two feet keeping his balance. Sesshōmaru was right next to the tree trunk, he sliced Tōkijin at Inuyasha who instantly jumped onto a higher branch. Sesshōmaru's face grew with more annoyance as he followed his brother up the tree. And this process when on for a while until Sesshōmaru stopped jumping after Inuyasha.

"What's the matter, Inuyasha?" Sesshōmaru spoke since the more he followed Inuyasha, the higher he'd jump. "Why are you suddenly running away from me?"

"Bastard, who's running!" Inuyasha yelled from the higher branches, looking down at his brother. From up here I can get a better shot at you… Inuyasha smirked and jumped up another branch.

Sesshōmaru's eyes grew wary of suspicion. Inuyasha finally turned around to look Sesshōmaru in the eye from the top branches with a smirk still plastered on his face.

"What's he doing?" Kagome asked.

"Looks to me as though he wants Sesshōmaru to jump after him," Inu no Taishō studied their actions carefully.

"Huh? What for?" Kagome asked.

"If Sesshōmaru jumps at him and Inuyasha fires the Kaze no Kizu at that time, Sesshōmaru won't be able to dodge it, as he will have nothing under his feet to help him jump out of the way," Inu no Taishō stated.

"Ha! Cunning!" Setsuko said amused.

"It looks to me as if Sesshōmaru's aware of Inuyasha intentions then," Miroku pointed out as no actions were taken any further by the older brother.

Hmp, Inuyasha, don't think I'll cut you some slack, I can see what you're up to, Sesshōmaru thought. Right now he was on a safe spot, but the minute he'd jump Inuyasha would slash at him, even with Tōkijin, that probably won't be safe.

Well if you're not gonna come after me… Inuyasha thought then jumped down at Sesshōmaru and slashed at his feet. I'll make you jump!

"Heheh…" Inuyasha smirked as Sesshōmaru automatically jumped away from Inuyasha's attempt to slice him. "Gotcha…" Inuyasha said under his breath. "Kaze no Kizu!"

Damnit, Sesshōmaru thought and held Tōkijin in front of him in an attempt of self-defense.

"Ha, he's smarter than I thought!" Setsuko said amazed.

The sudden attack from Inuyasha didn't give Sesshōmaru enough time to respond, and with the current pressure from the Kaze no Kizu, he couldn't do much. He landed on his knees in the snow and slid backwards.

"Ah!" Jaken suddenly cried out. "Sesshōmaru-sama has been brought to his knees!"

Kagome observed the scene carefully and her eyes landed upon Sesshōmaru's face. "Huh?" She suddenly questioned. He's… smiling…! She pondered confused looking at the smile on Sesshōmaru's face.

"Heh!" Inuyasha landed on his feet right next to the tree, still on guard.

Inu no Taishō also watched this closely and noticed Sesshōmaru's actions. Sesshōmaru, what are you trying to proof to me by fighting Inuyasha?

Sesshōmaru got up to his feet. You're gonna have to do better than that… Sesshōmaru then charged at Inuyasha. Just before the two blades clashed Inuyasha jumped up and over Sesshōmaru to land behind him, and instantly turned around. "Sankon Tessō!" And he hit Sesshōmaru in the shoulder. But with the irony of it all, Sesshōmaru had exactly the same idea. Inuyasha felt a pain spread through his stomach then he noticed Sesshōmaru's claw was hit into his stomach with the Dakkasō. They both had an awkward moment of staring at each other just when Sesshōmaru exerted his claw into a fist and punched Inuyasha in the face sending him flying through the air into the snow.

"Inuyasha!" Izayoi gasped but just as she wanted to run over to him Inu no Taishō stopped her with his arm and shook his head.

"No, I think I see what Sesshōmaru's trying to do," Inu no Taishō said.

"But he's been poisoned again, and it was only minutes since he was last poisoned!" Izayoi informed him. (A/N: I'm making a habit out of poisoning Inuyasha … bare with me…)

Inu no Taishō said nothing further then just looked back at his two sons.

Sesshōmaru looked at the blood coming out from his shoulder. Somehow he felt silly, he's the superior one out of the two, so why did he have more wounds than Inuyasha now? Sure Inuyasha had a few scratches from Tōkijin's attacks, but somehow they didn't seem so bad. Or is it me who's holding back this time? Sesshōmaru questioned himself but soon enough ran towards Inuyasha.

He didn't give Inuyasha much time to respond, Inuyasha was on his knees when he noticed Sesshōmaru was running towards him again. He held Tessaiga in front of him and allowed the two swords to clash.

"I won't hold back anymore little brother," Sesshōmaru spoke and Inuyasha could feel the pressure and force increasing that was coming out from Tōkijin. "…And I expect for you to do the same," Sesshōmaru smirked and put even more force into Tōkijin by using his other arm as well. (A/N: And we all know since he used to fight with one arm and did heck good as that, this is gonna be double that….)

"What… the… hell?" Inuyasha questioned and put more strength into his arms trying to push Tōkijin off from Tessaiga. Inuyasha saw it was no use so immediately jumped backwards and Tōkijin hit the snow. Inuyasha got to his feet. "Keh! Who's holding back?" Inuyasha asked gripping Tessaiga tightly in his hands and charged at Sesshōmaru swinging his sword. Sesshōmaru dodged every hit. "Don't be so pathetic, Inuyasha," He spoke just before he jumped into the air.

Tessaiga hit into the ground and Inuyasha looked up annoyed at his brother. "If I'm so pathetic then why are you the one running away!"

"I'm not running," Sesshōmaru spoke as calmly as usual. He charged back down at the ground with his claw ready with the Dakkasō. Inuyasha jumped backwards and the only thing Sesshōmaru poisoned was the snow.

"Take this!" Inuyasha yelled and aimed for Sesshōmaru's back since he was on his knees at the moment. "Kaze no Kizu!"

Sesshōmaru annoyingly looked at his brother then instantly pushed himself off the ground back into the air.

"Damnit!" Inuyasha cursed looking into the air again.

Sesshōmaru pointed the Tōkijin at him and it vibrated just before sending out slashes of pressure down at Inuyasha. Inuyasha got shot backwards and his arms and legs started to bleed. Sesshōmaru landed on the ground and released another attack.

"Damn you Sesshōmaru!" Inuyasha yelled just before regaining his balance. He swung Tessaiga in front of him. "Bakuryuha!" This time the Bakuryuha formed and headed straight for Sesshōmaru.

Sesshōmaru had a look of disappointment on his face. Disappointment over himself or over Inuyasha, only he knew. He drew Tenseiga once again. "Soryuha," he spoke. The Soryuha went straight into the Bakuryuha, at first the two attacks remained motionless an din a sphere between the two brothers as if deciding who to hit out of the two.

"My Bakuryuha!" Inuyasha gasped.

Sesshōmaru's eyes suddenly widened as the sphere did something else than he expected. Instead of the two attacking going one way… they blew up into two directions, into Sesshōmaru's direction, an Inuyasha's. (A/N: I know this is not how it happened in the movie, in the movie the soryuha ate the bakuryuha and attacked Inuyasha, but this is FAN fiction, so stfu v-v; )

"Inuyasha!" Kagome screamed.

Neither of the two brothers could escape the powerful attack. (A/N: After all this is how Sou'unga is supposed to be destroyed…). They both got caught in it and disappeared in the light.

"Inuyasha!" Izayoi screamed.

"Sesshōmaru!" Setsuko screamed and jumped onto all fours on the bench.

Everyone was left wide-eyed as the light grew bigger and brighter then finally calmed down and the light began to clear as the attack cleared up to reveal the dust.

Inu no Taishō didn't wait any longer he ran through the dust to find his two sons. "Sesshōmaru! Inuyasha!"

"Uh!" Setsuko instantly jumped up and ran through the dust that was starting to clear up. Everyone else followed.

The dust finally cleared up and they could see everything again.

"Sesshōmaru…" Setsuko said and you could hear she was touched by the tone of her voice.

Inu no Taishō walked over with a look of surprise on his face… this was the least he expected.

"Inuyasha!" Kagome yelled and stopped in her tracks when she got there.

Everyone else stopped just as wide-eyed.

"Sesshōmaru… did this?" Miroku suddenly said.

On the ground, in the snow… Sesshōmaru was on top of Inuyasha (A/N: Ahem v.v; NOT yaoi…) with Tenseiga in hand and they both were passed out.

"That must've been some powerful shit if they're both passed out," Setsuko pointed out. "Even with the help of Tenseiga they passed out."

"Inuyasha and Sesshōmaru would be unstoppable if they actually worked together…" Sango pointed out another fact.

Sesshōmaru and Inuyasha were both placed in the hospital wing of the castle, with other words: they were in the same room, just not on the same bed. They were already nursed and their wounds were treated.

"Uh… excuse me… Inu no Taishō…" Miroku suddenly spoke up. They all were in the hospital wing just to make sure they would be alright.

Inu no Taishō looked away from the two beds and looked at his son's friend.

"I've been thinking… why did the Bakuryuha and the Soryuha end up attacking both Inuyasha and Sesshōmaru? Shouldn't the two attacks have canceled each other out?" Miroku asked. "Wasn't that how you asked Tōtōsai to make the two swords?"

"The two swords weren't made to attack and fight each other. If they are used in battle against each other, they will blow up in the owners' faces," Inu no Taishō stated.

"That's right…" Sango started thinking. "Like Tōtōsai said… Tenseiga can give a hundred lives while Tessaiga can take a hundred lives…"

"Oh I get it…" Kagome added on. "It's like pepper and salt. The one has nothing to do with the other… they just go together!"

"These were your intentions, weren't they?" Miroku continued. "As long as Sesshōmaru has Tenseiga, and Inuyasha has Tessaiga they can't kill each other. You planned this so that Sesshōmaru and Inuyasha wouldn't end up killing each other one day."

"Yes, those were my intentions," Inu no Taishō said then looked back at his sons. Sesshōmaru, you protected Inuyasha with your own body.

"If the swords cooperate like that…" Setsuko started. "Then why wasn't Tenseiga enough to protect them?"

"Without Tenseiga they probably wouldn't have been here right now," Inu no Taishō said whilst still looking at his sons. "Like I said, the swords aren't meant to fight against each other. If it was another sword's attack with the exact same amount of power, Tenseiga probably would've been able to block out the entire attack."

Silence spread through the room.

Why'd you do it Sesshōmaru when your own life could've been taken away from you? Inu no Taishō kept on pondering. There were no guarantees that Tenseiga could've helped you… so now I'm wondering if Tenseiga actually did participate in shielding that attack.

A/N: WHOOT! I FINISHED IT IN ONE DAY O-O My writer's block just ran away… hmm, that rhymes xD! I like this chapter for a change o-O; oh and just a note: All the stuff at the end about the swords… I just made it up. They never said anything like that in the series, maybe similar to it, but not that I remember, so I made it all up as how I understand how the two swords work. Well I apologise, not only is this chapter LATE but also SHORTER than the others… forgive me…

Anyhoo… responses to my reviewers:

Cassie: Sorry, can't AIM you… I used to have AOL, but I lost it somehow, can't remember it was years ago, and ever since I couldn't bother to download it again, but I probably will eventually. And yes, please, I'd be honoured if you used the name Setsuko in your fan fiction :D! Let me know when you got it up, I'd like to read it! Thanks for all your reviews :D!

Jennilyn Maxwell: HEE:huggles: I thank you for understanding my POV on Sesshōmaru's mother :D! Anyhoo thanks so much for all your reviews :D

And to everyone else a big thank you, a big hug and you can have a milkshake and fries with that… sorry I'm too lazy to type out a message to everyone x) Thanks for all of your support. You do not know how much it means to me. :huggles:

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