Title Ozymandias
Author landofthekwt
Rating K+
Prompt W-4 Standards set most high, are never reached
Word Count 590
Characters Sesshoumaru and Rin
Warning none
Summary Sesshoumaru reflects on how low he has fallen when he first meets Rin
He laid back against the tree and reflected on his sad state of affairs. Beaten by Inuysaha for the third time. This time he owed his survival to Inuyasha's unwillingness to kill him and Tenseiga shielding him from the full effects of the Windscar.
He did not need Inuyasha having any feelings for him brotherly or otherwise. Next time they met he would take advantage of those feelings. He had no such hesitation about killing Inuyasha.
As for Tenseiga, he did not need or want its help. The sword that did not cut had no value to him There was no one that he wanted to revive. People survived because they were strong. He did not need or want anyone's help to survive.
He had been too cocky in approaching Inuyasha. Inuyasha had never been able to hurt him so he had faced him openly even though Inuyasha was armed with Tessaiga. As result he had lost his arm the first time, nearly lost his life using a borrowed arm and spared only because Inuyasha and Tensaiga wanted him spared.
The extent of his injuries made him realize how vulnerable he was. Not the killing perfection that his name implied. His father would laugh if he could see him now. Tell him that is what came from being too big for his britches. No doubt he would say that he got what he deserved for trying to kill Inuyasha and steal Tessagin.
His mother if she ever came down from the clouds would tell him that he needed to stop thinking that he was a god. Until he lowered his standards he was doomed to disappointment. Standards set most high, are never reachable
But he wanted to be the best. The most powerful. Ever since he had been old enough to carry a sword he had wanted to be them. The Dog General to whom everyone bowed because of his power.. The Lord of the West carrying off cattle and young maidens. Even his Mother was the Queen of the Heavens. ruling everything she surveyed form her Castle in the Air. He had always been envious of her perfection in beauty, elegance and style and strove to be like her.
And what was he now? A one-armed man. A three-legged dog. Someone even Inuyasha pitied. He did not want or need their pity. Setting off on the Path of Supreme Conquest, he assumed that Tessaiga would bring him the power that was rightfully his Next time he would have a sword too to even the odds. It was time to stop being stupid and pretending that Inuyasha could not hurt him..
He watched as a young urchin crept slowly out of the underbrush, She had been watching him since Tensaiga deposited him against this tree. He found a water container by him when he awoke the first time which had her scent on it.
She walked timidly toward him. A plate of fish and vegetables. Human food. He had fallen so low that a ragamuffin who was barely able to feed herself had taken pity on him. He did not need or her pity or her food. She was a human girl beneath him in every respect...
He had even told her so. Yet she kept coming back with food and water for him. He had almost grown to expect that she would be there. If she ever stopped coming somehow, he knew that he would be disappointed. Shaking his head, he realized just how low he had fallen. From Killing Perfection on the Path of Supreme Conquest he had fallen to being a helpless person to whom a human waif played nursemaid