Title: Blood Will Tell
Author:: landofthekwt
Rating: PG-13
Prompt: Blood (Inuyasha Themes Prompt 9)
CU
Introspection
Word Count: 750
Warning: Language Sesshoumaru may seem OOC.
Summary: Sesshoumaru waits for his brother to awaken in the Meidou
Waiting for his brother to awaken was boring. While he waited his life flashed before his eyes. He never realized how truly wonderful he was. The universe would be deprived of his brilliance if his life ended here.
It had seemed such a good idea when he realized what the answer was..The simplicity of the answer staggered him. It was amazing that it had never occurred to him before.
Maybe it was the fact that it required him to throw his sword away, jump into the meidou and break Tenseiga transferring the Meidou Zangestsuha to his idiot brother and depend on his brother to save his life was why he had overlooked it.
The swords were at the heart of everything. He would be never bothered with Inuyasha at all if he had not been searching for Tessaiga. That decision was probably a mistake since it resulted in Inuyasha gaining Tessaiga and him losing his arm
He never understood why he felt it necessary to find out why Inuyasha's blood had changed. He stopped pursuing Tessaiga when he learned that Tessaiga was necessary to keep Inuyasha's youkai blood from destroying his human soul.
He had to go through Hell and back to upgrade Tenseiiga. He had to watch Kagura and Rin die in order to gain the Meidou Zangestsuha..
Just when he thought that Father had actually cared about him, he was told that he was training Meidou Zangestsuha for Inuyasha. The hanyou was to be master and he would be the servant if he was not killed outright. Gee, thanks, Dad
He decided not to leave the decision on who was to be the heir of Tessaiga to his Father. Inuyasha would have to prove that he was entitled to Tessaiga instead of himself. Naraku had merely provided the means of carrying out the test.
He had been absolutely sure that he would win. The swords would be discarded after the fight. Father's grand scheme would be shown for it was a fraud to protect a weak hanyou and leave him with nothing. They would be equally treated by Father. Each receiving nothing.
Father thought to help the boy. He saw to it that the scales were balanced. Nothing would be given to Inuyasha. If he was the heir of Tessaiga, he would have to prove it to then would he satisfied that Inuyasha was entitled to Tessaiga.
He had never really thought about what would prove the Inuyasha was the heir of Tessaiga. Since Inuyasha could not beat him, he could never prove that he was entitled to Tessaiga by defeating winning.
He had actually been disappointed when the boy seemed to lose the fight so quickly. Did he secretly hope that the boy would show himself as worthy?
He derided Inuyasha when he used his own youki to power Tessaiga. Inuyasha angered him when the youkai powers of Tessaiga fled back to him. It only proved the power of the sword. not him.
When Inuyasha began to recede into hell, he had wrongly concluded that the test was over and tossed Tenseiga into the Meidou. When Inuyasha began to overcome the meidou with his youki he thought that he had proof that Inuyasha was the heir of Tessaiga.
It was only when Naraku tried to interfere that he found the answer. It had never been about who was the heir of Tessaiga. His Father could never force him to give up the Meidou Zangestsuha to his younger sibling.
It was about him being willing to give something to his brother that he needed to survive. Father had depended on him all along. He did not need Tessaiga Inuyasha did.
It was only by risking his life and transferring the very power that he was so proud of because he had matured it that he made Inuyasha the heir of Tessaiga. In the end he had trust that Inuyasha would save him after he gave him Meidou Zangestsuha.
What had he learned from all this? Father was an asshole for putting him through all these tests. His brother was the idiot on whom he was relying to save both of them. It was hard to believe that they were related by blood.
As for himself, he was satisfied that whole issue of the heir of Tessaiga was finished. With Tenseiga gone at least he would not have to go around saving people. He was free to concentrate on more important issues like Naraku.