Unfortunaly none of the Inuyasha characters belongs to me, even if I wished sesshy did ;P But Tauro is aaaaalll minnne w

The meeting- power is the key

You know the feeling when you wake up out of a nice dream and realizes that it wasn't true?

Well, when the sun rose the next day and woke Sesshomaru up out of his very pleasant dream, he'd realized he was still alone and far from home.

It seems the positive thinking hadn't effected his subconscious.

He sat up in the bed and reached for his hakama and kimono a

nd sighed heavily. He still longed to get back home.

Well, at least today could get quite fun. It was the third day of the meeting and as always it was time for the lords and rulers to show off and state their power to gain more allies and scare away future enemies.

Not that he wanted to show off, it was just a good oppetunity to think of someting else...

...Or maybe a little.

Not that he cared about what the other lords thought of just needed to blow off some steam and distroy usually made him feel better.

As he left his room and heeded towards the "training" area, he pushed his homesickness away and tried to focus on the days event. It would take some time to get through all the minor rulers and work their way up to the youkai of higher status and since Sesshomaru were one of the royalties, he had to just sit and watch for a very long time until it would be his turn.

Being one of the main rulers could be very displeasing sometimes.

As he entered the setting for the occasion, he decided that this must had been the castle yard that had been cleaned and fixed for this day only. That was a show off by itself.

He saw that almost all of others had arrived before him and he realized that he must had sleep for a very long time, especially since he went to bed early.

Damn.

He was starting to get to accustomed with staying in bed so long...not that he didn't know the reason why. But he really needed to try to get his sleeping habits to a better level again. He looked around over the yard until his gaze met Tauro's that waved at him to come.

"Slept well?"

Tauro grinned at him and put his hand on Sesshomarus shoulder.

" It will start soon, we should go to our place"

He nodded at Tauro and followed after him to the area where the rest of the royalty were already seated. Lady Sarah of the South, a Neko and Lord Ryo of the North, a dragon.

They greeted them with a slight nod and sat down next to them , Sesshomaru making sure he sat as long as he could from the dragon youkai. Not that he were afraid of him. This Sesshomaru feared no one. He just hadn't really gotten along with them since the war between his fathers allies and the dragons and since Inu no taisho had defeated their current lord, they didn't really like any Inu at all.

Especially his oldest son.

Not that they had taken a liking to his little brother all, he was the one to bring an end to putted him quite high on their hate list.

Something Sesshomaru were sure his brother didn't realize. He was such a fool, he never thought of the consequences of his actions.

Sesshomaru had already been forced to agociate with the dragons so that they wouldnt hunt him down and feed him to their thick headed hanyou didnt realize how much his brother actually had done for him. And Sesshomaru hadnt done it for him anyway. He just didnt want the dragons to run besark in his terretory. Its not like actually cared for his brother...

No.

He told himself and shook his head. He'd never done that and he never would. Someone shouted out the first name, so Sesshomaru got pulled out of his thoughts as the first "show off" started and he focused on the arena. As the rulers status grew by every youkai that entered the arena, it slowly started to come to the higher ups in the ranking. When it was about six youkai before Sesshomarus turn, Tauro leaned closer and grinned at him.

"Do you remember the first time you where up there?"

He looked back at him and nodded slightly.

" Yes, i do."

Tauro grinned even more.

" Good. Because i have prepared something extra for your turn"

Sesshomaru raised his eyebrow.

"Something...extra?"

Tauro looked exited at him, this clearly was something that he had planned long beforehand.

"Yeah. Everyone got quite impressed by your power as a mere pup, and they are really curious how far you'd improved"

He waved his hands towards some of the wooden dolls that Sesshomaru well recognized.

"You want me to do the same act again?"

"Almost. But we have changed it a little"

He smiled mysteriously at him and added:

" Oh, and you will be the last one out. Because we have another location prepared for you"

"Another location?"

Sesshomaru looked curiously at the eastern lord, wanting to ask why that was necessary but he decided to wait and see.

Geesh, what was the wolf up to now?

So after both the dragon, neko and Tauro had their performances, it seemed like it was on a invisible signal that everybody started to move and walked out of the yard.

Was it only he that didn't know about this?

Great.

What had they planned for him?

Sesshomaru followed Tauro out and he got quite surprised as they left the castle grounds.

Where the heck are we going?!

He wanted to question the still grinning lord beside him and was just about to do it as they walked into a field and stopped.

Now he got it.

The field was filled with the same wooden dolls as he had destroyed many hundred of years ago. But instead of fifty, it was about one thousand of them. Improvement test, he said? It sure seemed like that.

"You want me to destroy all of these?"

Tauro turned his head towards him and crossed his arms.

" Yes. But there is two rules we came up with. The time limit is one minute and you cant use your whip this time"

So that was his plan.

" Alright"

Sesshomaru looked out over the field and smiled slightly. He knew exactly what to do.

It seemed Tauro hadnt done his research properly after all. Tauro saw his slight smile and wondered what he had in mind, because this should be an impossible task even for why did he look so damn self assured?

"When may i start? "

Tauro waved his hand toward the battlefield.

"Whenever you like"

" Alright"

Sesshomaru nodded and started to walk out on the field but stopped and looked back at Tauro.

"And you should tell everyone to back off a bit"

Then he continued walking, surprising everyone by placing himself in the middle. How did he expect to wipe down as many as possible from that position without using his whip? Sesshomaru put his hand of his hip and unsheathed Bakusaiga, holding it casually by his side. Everybody stared at him with disbelief. A sword for this many dolls? What was he thinking?

Tauro looked fascinated at the swird in the Inu's hand. That must be Baksaiga, the sword that had brought the end Naraku. He'd heard about it, but hadn't yet heard about its abilities.

What secrets did it hold that made this youkai so confident?

He looked curiously at the young lord as he lifted the sword and it started pulsing, glowing light green and sending sparks through the air. And then he swept the sword, sending out an energy wave that probably slashed about fivehoundred of them, shattering them to pieces and then to dust.

But that wasn't the end of it.

The energy didn't die out. It kept rampaging through the field, as the pieces of the scattered dolls touched a new unharmed one, slashing it to pieces as well. When the green wave of energy had died out, none of the wooden dolls were intact. And it all had happened in a matter of seconds.

Again.

The croud stared shocked at the silver haired inuyoukai that sheathed his sword again and started to walk back to their hosts side. He had once again succeeded to amaze the rulers of the land, showing he's someone to count with.

And not just that.

Also that he was the most powerful one among them by far.

Sesshomaru smiled slightly to himself as they now had started to walk back towards the shocked faces of amazement and horror were still on his mind, making him swell with pride.

And especially one face pleased him the most.

The dragon had looked terrified even though he clearly had tried to hide it. When he laid down in bed later that night, he was almost completely satisfied with the day. There was just some pieces missing to complete the perfect picture.

And in a few days, he would obtain them again.

Four days left...