Theme 8: Innocence

The rusted blade that was forged with the fang of his great father. In all Sesshomaru's life, there had only been one moment where he had ever been in agreement with Inuyasha, and that had been in the battle for the Tetsaiga so long ago, where he said that compared to the greatness of their father, the two of them were just fleas on his back.

Sesshomaru, unlike Inuyasha, remembered their father in all his glory, and so he could not allow such a powerful fang to fall into the hands of a mangy half breed.

However, his father had had other ideas when he primed Tetsaiga to only react to the touch of a human, or one with human blood, making Sesshomaru incapable of holding it. But now…

"Inuyasha" the woman called "Are you alright, what happened when you left? We just found you completely knocked out!"

Sesshomaru ignored her completely.

He picked up the sword, it hummed in his hand, as if it could sense that the one holding it was not its usual wielder, but couldn't distinguish beyond the tainted human blood. But the sword did not repel him.

'At last' he thought, the sword was in the hands of its rightful owner.

"Inuyasha?" the fox kid said, crawling onto his shoulder "Why are you staring at Tetsaiga like that?"

Sesshomaru looked at him bored, and flicked him off his shoulder as if he were a simple pest.

"Inuyasha, what's gotten into you" the Slayer woman said, grabbing his shoulder "What happened?" she paused for a moment "Wait, do you remember me?"

He stared at her "No, I know you not"

Kagome gasped "So, you really don't know any of us?"

"I know you, Shikon Miko" He looked at her, Kagome, the Miko who had thwarted his plans twice. The Miko he found most irritating in this world and would otherwise kill. Why not do it now?

Suddenly there was a fevered tug at his chest, like someone was clawing him in his heart, it came at such a surprise, Sesshomaru bent forward and the whole group rushed to catch him.

She did, she looked at him with brown eyes full of worry, as if she couldn't even comprehend the thoughts of maiming rung though his mind right then.

"My lord" a voice called out. Sesshomaru blinked.

"Aya?"

"My Lord, remember, you must convince them that you are Lord Inuyasha, or never return to your body again!"

That's right; he had to collect the shards. Sesshomaru refused to play a part in is ancestor's games. If she was hoping for him to find some sort of revelation while dwelling in the body of an inferior being, he was to be let down. He would humour her for now, because it was interesting and this also gave him the chance to experience the Tetsaiga's power and perhaps even learn a way to control it once he returned to his body. And return he would as soon as he collected the shards.

"How much do you remember? Kikyo, Kagome, shards?" the man Miroku asked.

Sesshomaru thought carefully, choosing his words with precision. He could not bring himself to pretend to be the lowly Hanyou, but he would play along for now.

I have decided to forgo the meeting with Rin. It never happened. Sess is still the bastard for episode 7. Rin may come into the picture late in the story, I love her too, but for now, no, he travels with Jaken and Jaken alone.

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