"If I was a better brother he wouldn't have died." Sesshomaru felt a squeeze and looked up at his silent companion of an hour. Why did she do that? He was telling the truth- he was at fault. Seeing his confused expression Kagome jumped in.
"It wasn't your fault Sesshomaru. You didn't know he was going to be tricked by Naraku. You weren't the one to send Inuyasha to his death. In fact, you were only sending your brother back to the love of his life. No one deserves to be punished for that."
Oddly enough he'd heard various versions of that statement his entire life but it wasn't until Kagome expressed it that he felt a little accepting of it. Was it true? It had been ages since he'd told the story and now that he did, he realized that perhaps putting the blame on himself wasn't the right thing to do.
"Good. We've killed it off- or at least we're getting there. Let's continue shall we?" And suddenly the world didn't seem as dark to Sesshomaru.