47— Judged

"Jealousy?" Kagome balked. "You're jealous?"

"I have no such emotion. A powerful weapon such as my father's fang does not belong in the incapable hands of that half-breed," Sesshomaru seethed.

"His name is Inuyasha!" Kagome defended hotly. "And he's your brother. Don't talk about him like that."

Sesshomaru looked unremorseful. "He is incompetent and unskilled. Tetsusiaga is better suited at my side, even if unusable."

"Inuyasha's learning," Kagome rebutted. "And there's a reason your dad left it for him."

"An error, I am sure."

"Sounds like simple sibling rivalry to me," Kagome sighed. "Kind of pathetic, actually…"

Sesshomaru said nothing.