Sesshomaru, you should draw Tenseiga! Try it- something might happen!
(thinking) What do you want? Are you telling me to fight alongside Tetsusaiga? Worse yet- are you telling me to help Tetsusaiga? To help Inuyasha?!
There's nowhere for you to run, now. Prepare to be banished to the Underworld!
(thinking) Tenseiga was only cast off of Tetsusaiga to be rid of Meido Zangetsuha. Now, after inheriting this unwanted sword from my father, I'm supposed to use it to aid Inuyasha?!
Are you ready for it? Now, you and your father's swords shall spend the rest of eternity in the Underworld!
(hides his eyes) They'll never make it!
RinNo! Lord Sesshomaru!
(thinking) I still do not know what Father was thinking, when he gave me Tenseiga. (he draws Tenseiga) Perhaps I never will- but I no longer care about that! (aloud) Never, Shishinki! I would never allow my life to be taken by scum like you!
Lord Sesshomaru's Meido Zangetsuha has achieved a complete circle!
It's swallowing Shishinki's Meido!
(stunned) It can't be! Tenseiga is supposed to be incomplete!
(smiles coldly) ...Now, I see. I pity you, Shesshomaru. What your father did was cruel! It was cruel, do you hear?!
Are you scared, Kohaku? Scared that my demonic energy might manipulate you into harming that girl? Perhaps you're afraid you'll lose control and kill her, just like you killed your father and comrades! [Kohaku has a flashback of the day he died] Do not be afraid; you will no longer have to suffer when I am through with you.
Rin
Kohaku!
Sango. If you truly care for your brother, end his life, so he may finally rest in peace.
Do you not understand, Sango? Death is the only way to save Kohaku's soul from its' torment. I want you to think about it: your brother managed to escape my control and come to his senses, yet you siblings still cannot be together. Why is that? (pause) It's because Kohaku is avoiding you. You, his loving and devoted sister. But who can blame him? After all, Sango, you saw everything, every shameful act he committed. Like it or not, your very presence reminds Kohaku of his hateful past.
...Is that all you have to say?
That Kohaku is avoiding me? What's your point? I knew that already!
Naraku... Kohaku may have been under your control, but that doesn't change the fact that he killed our father in cold blood! I, too, re-live that day over and over again, just as Kohaku must! I know he feels anguish and shame for what he did, and that is exactly why I will not let him die! Until Kohaku can overcome that pain, until he is free, I will continue to fight you, Naraku!
(laughs) Your resolve is admirable... though, sadly, it won't be of much use to you.
(as she purifies Kohaku's Shard) Ok- how's that feel?
Good. It feels a lot better.
I might not be able to purify it as well as Kikyo could.
It happened when Naraku tried to take my Jewel Shard. I'm not sure why, but the minute his tentacles made contact, this pure light started flowing into it!
It almost felt...as though Lady Kikyo was purifying me!
(thinking) Does that mean Kikyo's power somehow entered Naraku- and remains there, even now?
(flashback) The light... will destroy Naraku.
The image Kanna showed me before she died- it was the Shikon Jewel! It was defiled, but in the center of it, there was a light! That must've been Kikyo's light!
(sits by her brother) And so...
Kohaku, are you suggesting you'll be able to use your shard to defeat Naraku?
Rin
Naraku said he was going to take Kohaku's head! He said once he did that, he could slowly defile the shard!
Rin
(defensively) Well, you almost died, Kohaku!
(to Sango) Don't listen to her! Look, Sister, it's clear that my Shard can cause Naraku pain! (Sango looks away) I know Lady Kikyo's power is protecting me! That's why-
Enough! (thumps him over the head) Stop your babbling!
Gimme a break; why do we have to keep tiptoeing around him? Sango, just tell it to him straight: it's a pain in the butt when he wanders off by himself, isn't it?!
Ugh! Sit, boy! (Inuyasha faceplants)
It wasn't Kohaku's fault this time- Sesshomaru left them there alone, so it was just Kohaku and the little ones around when he was attacked!
(angrily) "The little ones?!" Who are you calling "little?!"
Rin
Well, your height, your heart, your personality... so many things about you are little! (Jaken bursts into tears)
No, it's just as Inuyasha says. This isn't the first time it's happened. (Kohaku looks away) Kohaku, you know you are weak of heart and strength; that is why Naraku can take advantage of you! If you fight alone, you don't stand a chance against him! At least tell me you understand that much.
... It's true. You're right.
I believe that Kikyo left her power in your shard, but I don't think she'd have wanted you to sacrifice it. I think she'd want you to treasure it and protect it, like the beautiful gift that it is.
Yes. You're right. (thinking) Lady Kikyo...
..Sesshomaru, are you able to accept what has happened?
(sobbing) Lord Sesshomaru, I am literally sick with grief! For Tenseiga to be absorbed into Tetsusaiga like that, it's unbearable-
I do... not care. We're leaving, Jaken.
One moment, Sesshomaru. Although you may find little consolation in it now, I suggest you take it. (gestures at Tenseiga) It fell from the path to the Underworld.
Hmm? (thinking) That's... that's Tenseiga!
Wasn't that sword... broken, already?
I see. That light I was following must have come from Tenseiga.
(offering Tenseiga to Sesshomaru) You may not be satisfied with this sword that cannot cut, but Tenseiga is powerful, for it heals.
(scoffs) So, what? I'm supposed to take it and go around healing people, now? Don't be ridiculous.
Please wait, Lord Sesshomaru!
Rin
Um... (she takes Tenseiga and runs after Sesshomaru with Kohaku) I'll give it to him when he's in a better mood! I promise!
Rin
Lord Sesshomaru, I thought you were going to die!
[weeping] I never once stopped believing in your victory, Lord Sesshomaru!
[mockingly] "Our tears would only dishonor his magnificent end?" [Jaken jumps and spins around]
Staff of Two Heads! [He uses the Nintojo to set Shippo's tail on fire]
[runs off] Agh! That's hot! OW! HOT!
Please show me your Bakusaiga, Sesshomaru. [Sesshomaru holds up his new sword, Totosai nods approvingly] Hmm. This sword has always been a part of you, Sesshomaru; it was waiting for you. But, before you could wield it, you needed to show you were worthy of it, by standing on your own as a great demon.
What's this?! Why, I'll have you know that Lord Sesshomaru has always stood on his own-
[scornfully] Will you shut up?
[thinking] It makes perfect sense! Overcoming his attachment to Tetsusaiga... that was the test for Sesshomaru. He had to let go of the past.
You once lost your left arm in an attempt to take Tetsusaiga. It was a most unfortunate event. But now, you have gained a new arm, along with Bakusaiga, a sword that is truly yours and yours alone. Proving, that you have finally surpassed your father and that you have been released from your obsession with Tetsusaiga.
Kagome! (he turns into his balloon form and flies under Inuyasha and Kagome, allowing them to land on him)
(irritably) A thanks would be nice- I came to help you guys!
Wind Tunnel! (he begins sucking in the miasma projectiles Naraku is hurling at them)
(shocked and worried) Miroku!
It's okay, I'm fine now! The curse of the Wind Tunnel is already fading!
Rin
Sango!
(thinking) I'm so glad that Sister is safe.
(triumphantly) Bakusaiga's destruction is spreading! I knew Lord Sesshomaru would be the one to defeat Naraku!
(staring down at all of them, contemptuously) ...So, you're all here. (sneers) You and your worthless group of so-called "friends."
(firmly) Yeah... all of us. Everyone survived.
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