Submitted by: Amanda
Everyone stands in shock as Kagome looks over
Tetsusaiga. Sesshomaru demands that Kagome give him the sword. She
refuses, Inuyasha tells Sesshomaru to leave Kagome alone. Sesshomaru tells
Inuyasha that he's inherited their father's love for humans. Sesshomaru
then sprays Kagome with poison. Inuyasha and Sesshomaru begin fighting,
once again. During the battle, Sesshomaru calls Inuyasha a worthless
half-demon. This causes Inuyasha to flashback to a time when he asked
mother what a half-demon was, which caused her to cry. Inuyasha now
realizes that she was crying because she was worried about his future.
Inuyasha then vows to win for the sake of Kagome and his mother. Inuyasha
resumes his attack on Sesshomaru with renewed vigor. Kagome then emerges
from a pile of melted bone, unscathed. Kagome gives Inuyasha Tetsusaiga.
Sesshomaru then transforms into his true form, a gigantic dog demon.
Inuyasha attacks with Tetsusaiga, which is ineffective. Sesshomaru emits
poisonous gas from his mouth which fills the corpse. Inuyasha asks Myoga,
who is packing his things, if Tetsusaiga has any power. Myoga tells
Inuyasha that he should hold on to his inheritance and then leaves.
Sesshomaru resumes his attack on Inuyasha. Kagome
(with Myoga in tow) and Jaken climb the ribs to escape. Inuyasha's attempt
at escaping is thwarted by being paralyzed from Sesshomaru's gas.
Sesshomaru bites Inuyasha and shakes him about like a rag-doll. Inuyasha
then jabs Tetsusaiga into Sesshomaru's eye, Sesshomaru then lets go of
Inuyasha (but Inuyasha still hangs on) and jumps out of the corpse. Myoga
tells Inuyasha to finish Sesshomaru off. Which Inuyasha doesn't believe is
possible with such a rusty sword. Inuyasha uses Tetsusaiga to try and cut
off Sesshomaru's paw, which has little effect. Inuyasha tells Kagome that
he's positive that he'll survive this encounter, but isn't so sure Kagome
will. Kagome begins to cry and Inuyasha tells her to shut up so he can
protect her. Suddenly, Tetsusaiga starts beating and transforms into a
huge blade. With the newly transformed Tetsusaiga, Inuyasha proceeds to
cut off Sesshomaru's left arm. Inuyasha then tells Sesshomaru that has no
plans to give Tetsusaiga up to anyone, not even his own brother. Inuyasha
then strikes Sesshomaru across the chest, causing him fall from the
remains. Sesshomaru then becomes a ball of light and Jaken chases after.
Inuyasha, Kagome and Myoga return from the grave and
Inuyasha returns his pupil to its rightful place. Later, Kagome fills
Kaede in on their encounter with Sesshomaru. Kaede deduces that Kagome's
special abilities enabled her to pull the sword out. Myoga disagrees, he
thinks it's because Kagome is human. Myoga thinks in order to use
Tetsusaiga you need to have a heart that cares for humans. Which explains
why Sesshomaru was unable to wield Tetsusaiga. Meanwhile, Inuyasha tries
to get Tetsusaiga to transform again. Kagome asks Inuyasha if he wants to
know what he needs to do to get Tetsusaiga to transform again. He does,
Kagome then asks Inuyasha if he promises to always protect her. He scoffs
at the idea. She then pushes him on to a nearby bridge and tells him to
‘sit'.
