Inu Yasha walked up to the cave of Totosai, hoping his sword for Catriona was done by now, not expecting it when the sword smith was actually waiting for him at the mouth, sitting on the ground & staring at him. He stared back at the old youkai who tilted his head slightly as the silence between them began to make Inu Yasha uneasy since Totosai was normally babbling by the time Inu Yasha got within ten feet of him. "Totosai, do you have the sword ready for me?" He asked, as he stood directly infront of the sword smith.
Totosai moved his eyes up to Inu Yasha's face. "I was able to make the sword Inu Yasha, but I am not sure a ningen could wield the sword."
"Then why the Hell did you waste my fang old man?" He demanded, clenching his hand into a fist. "I told you it was being made for a ningen so you should have just-"
"Calm yourself Inu Yasha," said Totosai, getting the hanyou's attention. "She will need to be taught how to wield the sword, but I can not leave my cave because I have several other swords I have been employed to make."
"Then who's going to teach her how to use it?" Inu Yasha asked, staring at the old youkai as he stared back at him, blinking with a blank expression that said he should already know who. "Well?"
"I will teach you & you will teach her. A ningen does not need to have youkai blood or abilities to wield the sword, but it does help to know what you're doing."
Inu Yasha narrowed his eyes at Totosai, looking at him as if he had said the most stupid thing in the world; which he had. "I can't teach her how to use a sword." -Mostly because Sesshomaru wouldn't let me near her alone long enough to teach her what I've learned for her,- he thought. -If I'm not moving right in his eyes, then he would dismiss me for teaching her wrong. But he wouldn't know it was the right stuff because he wasn't here to see me learn for her.-
"Inu Yasha, you want her to have a sword for her protection, correct?"
"Yes, what about it?"
"Then wouldn't you want to be able to have the pride of teaching her how to use it yourself? Something you two can share?"
Inu Yasha felt his cheeks warm up at the youkai's words. "What are you talking about old man?"
"It is clear that you like the mate your brother has chosen for himself," Totosai spoke, folding his arms across his chest, his hammer resting against his chest, being held up by his arms. He didn't stop when he saw Inu Yasha's cheeks grow bright red. "You can not hide it forever Inu Yasha. I could tell it when you first came to me to request that I make a sword for you."
"Totosai I would shut up if I were you."
"It is not my fault you have fallen for your brother's mate... So will you let me train you Inu Yasha so that you may train her to wield the sword properly?"
The hanyou gave a defeated sigh as he nodded, folding his arms in the sleeves of his fire rat robe as Totosai rose to his feet. "I guess I have no choice to let you train me since you say you're too busy to train her yourself. Wait... If you're too busy to train her, why wouldn't you be too busy to train me?"
Totosai gave a nervous chuckle as he began to move to the inside of his cave, attempting to put some distance between himself & Inu Yasha before he muttered the words, "I can only train you on your night of being ningen."
"WHAT?" The hanyou yelled as he cracked his claws at Totosai. "What the Hell are thinking? Wanting me to train on my ningen night; YOU'RE INSANE!"
Totosai shook his head. "If you want to get this sword to the woman before anything can happen to her, you are going to have to let me train you on your ningen night. It's the only time that I can train you with the sword Inu Yasha. It's a few weeks away from now so if you like you may come back when that time is near so I can begin your training."
"Why does it have to be on my ningen night? I already know how to handle & wield a sword, so why don't you just teach me what to do now?"
"Inu Yasha, the sword has been made for a ningen; it does not need youkai blood to work properly. It is because of your youkai blood that more power would go into the sword than necessary & the sword might take to the power. If you are ningen, then you can not put the same power into the sword as you use with the Tetsusaiga."
"So it has to be with ningen blood that it's handled?"
"Exactly. I was wondering how long it would take you to catch on."
Inu Yasha growled before he rewarded Totosai's words with a harsh punch to the top of his skull. "Old man, you push me too far at time."
"Humph..."
"So, show me this sword you made for her."
"With the way you treat me at times, I really shouldn't," Totosai said as he led into Yasha into his cave, walking to the back where a collection of swords rested in a make shift rack.
"So which one is hers?"
Totosai moved to the rack & grabbed a blue granite scabbard, that held a sword inside with a handle decorated with blue woven cord, & held it out to Inu Yasha, giving a slight nod. "This is Inmetsu, sword of Destruction."
Inu Yasha took the sword in his hand & looked it over carefully, taking in the details Totosai had put into the scabbard & the handle of the sword. Slowly he pulled the sword from the scabbard & his eyes widened when he saw what looked to be a golden blade. "How did you get the blade golden when I had a white fang?"
"It's a technique with an unknown name... It's not an easy one to master, even I don't have it completely mastered because it's still semi-new Inu Yasha. Your brother's mate has a very powerful sword for a ningen," Totosai answered, watching the hanyou handle the sword with care.
Inu Yasha stared at the sword with wonder. "Totosai, you made a good sword."
"Did you doubt I would?"
"No. I just didn't expect you to put effort into it since it was for my brother's mate, but I didn't doubt it would be good. I just didn't expect it to be so perfect."
"So, do you agree to come here on the night of your ningen time so I may train you?"