Title: Leave taking
Author: landofthekwt
Genre: Angst
Paiing:Sesshoumaru/young Inuyasha
Universe: Canon
Rating: T (disturbing images of head on pikes)
Warning: Some disturbing images Inuyasha Captions Week 5
A/N The idea of the fire-rat robe being Sesshoumaru's baby blanket comes from "Heirloom to
Hand me Down" by Silent Scribe.( A really wonderful story)
Summary: Sesshoumaru says goodbye to Inuyasha at Izayoi's grave
He stared at the young hanyou clutching at his leg
The boy seemed to think that he was his savior. He had to disabuse him of that notion.
"Half-breed. Remove your hand from my leg."
The boy shrank back in fear.
" But, brother, you have saved me. Aren't you going to take me home."
"Fool, I did not save you. I merely fulfilled my duty to Father."
Sesshoumaru stared at the foolish boy. Even his clothes screamed betrayal.
Father must have given the stupid woman his beloved baby blanket.
She had made clothes out of it for the vile hanyou.
It had taken from him just like everything else.
She had taken Father from his mother.
Then Father had died to save her and Inuyasha.
He was denied the chance to defeat Father and to take his power.
Tetsusaiga was gone. It was difficult to pacify the West without it.
All he was given was a riddle as to its location.
She was gone. He could not take his revenge on her. All that remained o f her were
the ashes beneath the stone marker.
All he had left of Father was a brother and a sword that did not cut.
Neither of which had any value whatsoever.
It was time to take his leave. He felt a tug at his sleeve.
"Brother, what shall I do? Where shall I go?"
" Abomination, I have done my duty and I do not care where you go and what you do so
long as you never cross my path again. If we meet again I will kill you."
Those words caused Inuyasha to blanch in fear.
" I will leave you with these lessons."
"Those" pointing to the grave marker and Inuyasha's clothes "are your family"
"You must learn that there no one you trust and no one you can depend in this life."
Waving his hands at the heads of the humans on pikes, he continued
"You must take vengeance against those who wrong you."
"You must fulfill your duty to your family and honor their memories."
"I have fulfilled my duty to you. I have given you vengeance against those who killed your
mother. I have built her a place where you can honor her memory."
"My duty is complete. Whether you survive or not is now solely dependent on you."
With that the taiyoukai turned and left leaving the stunned hanyou to ponder his words.
The family of Inu-no-taisho was no more.