Read Me! Ok, I kno u haven't read it yet, but a part of this chapter is quite confusing. Toushuu had quite the flashblack in this chappie, so I tried my best to seperate his diolougue from his memory. I kno it's hard to follow, but I broke it between ittalizized (sc) words and breaks in paragraphs. Sorry about the missconception!

And this is...? thursdays? yeah. I'm getting there. I do have a life! lol


InuYasha- Chapter 389- Fracture

"What the hell is the meaning of this Toushuu?!" InuYasha yelled, furious. What happened to the scared, innocent sword smith?!

Toushuu pointed his sword at the half demon, "I've already told you…. Once Datsuki has slain a youkai for the first time, it will become a youkai blade. InuYasha-sama. It was because of you that I was able to kill Ryuujin."

"You!" InuYasha spat, fury rising inside him. "You planned on killing Ryuujin from the start, didn't you?!"

Toushuu broke out into a hysterical laughter, unable to control himself, "I wasn't about to come out alone and defenseless….But then you showed up. I thought to forge a sword by my own hand for myself. The most powerful sword that could cut through anything, and loose to no one. As I tested and forged hundreds of blades, I learned that I could infuse the sharpened sword with the energy of yin to strengthen it. I began walking through traces of a battle, collecting the broken swords that had absorbed feelings of regret, and bitter blood. I melted them to make a number of swords. It was about that time that Ryuujin appeared….

"Human!" Ryuujin shouted at the man below him. This Ryuujin was called to the yin energy you were giving off!"

"I was trembling…more from delight…than from fear.

"I ask a favor of you, Ryuujin-sama," Toushuu stated, bending down on one knee. "Please, I would like to make your sword!"

"It was of your own request…" Miroku interrupted Toushuu's back flash.

Toushuu smiled as he continued his story,

" "Your evilness is suitable for creating a youkai blade," Toushuu had complimented. "For me, I will forge a sword.

"Thus, from the Ryuujin, I was given his scale. The source of his youkai power."

"You…had no intention of ever giving Datsuki to the Ryuujin, did you?" Miroku asked, a glare on his face.

Toushuu's smile widened, "Give it to him? This is my precious sword. I nurtured Datsuki. InuYasha-sama…that sword of yours…. I liked it the moment I laid eyes on it. Datsuki, as well…it seems to want your sword's youki…"

"Feh," InuYasha scowled. "Don't even think about that, Toushuu. It isn't a thing for a human like you to be handling."

Myouga jumped back onto InuYasha's shoulder, trying to give him more advice. "Please, cut the sword InuYasha-sama. You planned on going in and taking Datsuki's youki for yourself. If the opponent is a weak human, it's an easy win."

"Exactly," Toushuu sneered, raising his blade. "Don't hold back." Torrents of demonic aura began to surround him and his blade.

Miroku's senses told him something was wrong, "Be careful InuYasha!"

"Which one of us will take the other's youki?!" Toushuu asked as he ran at the hanyou. "We can find out!"

"You idiot!" InuYasha replied, drawing Tetsusaiga quickly. He blocked Toushuu's attack, getting pushed back slightly from the force. Suddenly, InuYasha gasped. What the hell?! Something was flowing through his blade, to his body!

Kagome looked on in worry, "Wha…?"

"It's Datsuki's jyaki!" Miroku explained.

"Gah!" InuYasha grunted, thrusting his sword to the side. Datsuki followed, getting pushed away from Tetsusaiga. Toushuu lost his ground, and fell backwards, bringing his sword with him.

Myouga yelled, "Now InuYasha-sama! You must destroy it at once!"

Toushuu quickly hopped back up, squatting with Datsuki held in front of his face. InuYasha stood a few feet away, cursing himself for missing his chance.

"What's the matter, InuYasha?!" Shippou asked, upon Miroku's shoulder. "Why aren't you attacking?!"

Everyone studied the scene, trying to see what the problem was. Their eyes lay on Tetsusaiga. A small crack ran trough half the blade horizontally.

"A crack in the Tetsusaiga?!" Sango gasped. How was that possible?! It had never cracked before!

Toushuu laughed as he stood up, pointing the blade at InuYasha once again. "Each time our swords clash, Datsuki's jyaki will deteriorate Tetsusaiga. Tetsusaiga's youki will in turn flow into Datsuki!"

Each time our swords clash, eh? InuYasha thought with a smile.

Totosai's words ran back to him, "If you fight against Datsuki and loose, and the youkai energy of Tetsusaiga has been absorbed, Tetsusaiga will forever become a rusted sword. It will never return to its original form."

InuYasha put his words into a conclusion, In other words, before Tetsusaiga's youkai energy is absorbed, I have to defeat Datsuki!

InuYasha directed his attention back at Toushuu. "Hehehe," he laughed, "What's wrong? If you're staying over there, I'll come over there myself!"

Suddenly, a blemish began to form on Toushuu's hand. Scales began to ridge on the back of his hand, those similar to Datsuki's. They also resembled the ones on his face, surrounding his eye.

"Toushuu's hand is..!" Kagome exclaimed.

"It's changing into a youkai!" Sango finished.

InuYasha tried to piece it together, "Toushuu, you're being deteriorated by Datsuki's jyaki, aren't you?"

"Heh," Toushuu scoffed.

InuYasha shouted, "It's for your own good! Let go of the sword right now!"

"Not till its consumed Tetsusaiga's youkai energy!"

Their swords clashed together again, harder and swifter than before. Datsuki slammed into the same spot as it had before; making the fracture spread almost the whole length of the sword. InuYasha grunted as he stared at it in disbelief.

"It…it's cracked again…" Miroku muttered, staring at the sword.

Toushuu smiled and laughed, "My power is rising!" he tightened his grip on Datsuki, showing that his full forearms had been engulfed by Datsuki's jyaki. More and more scales began to coat his arms.

InuYasha couldn't take this guy's arrogance anymore, "Don't you get it?! If this goes on, you'll be consumed by Datsuki, too!"

"You're wrong," Toushuu pulled Datsuki up to his face, blocking InuYasha's attack at the same time. "Datsuki has chosen me as its wielder."

"Even hand to hand with InuYasha, he's standing his ground," Miroku gasped. How could a human stand up to InuYasha, and crack his sword? It was too weird.

Sango shouted, "It isn't human strength!"

Toushuu ran at InuYasha, his legs now completely covered in scales as well. He smashed Datsuki to Tetsusaiga yet again, yelling, "InuYasha! I'll slice you apart along with Tetsusaiga!"

InuYasha got pushed back again, the cracking noise growing louder. Glancing at his sword, he realized the fracture had spread all over his blade! What was he going to do?! Tetsusaiga was about to break!

"Tetsusaiga is breaking!" Kagome shouted.

InuYasha grunted, If I fight and loose, Tetsusaiga will become a rusted sword, and will never return to it's original form!

Energy began to form around the blade, swirling around it gracefully. InuYasha stared at it in wonder. Tetsusaiga?!