Origin Of The Species: New Blood
Episode 5
Inuyasha is sitting alone in a tree outside the shrine. Tattoimaru walks to beneath him. He says, �Excuse me, mr. Inuyasha, can I talk to you.� Acting as uninterested as possible, Inuyasha says, �Go ahead.� The boy asks, �Will you come down?� Heaving a sigh of frustration, the half-demon drops to the ground. He says, �Hasn�t Shippo told you by now that I�m a jerk. You�d be smart if you left me alone.� Tattoimaru says, �He said that, but I had to meet you.� �Why?� Inuyasha asks. �Because,� the boy says, �you�re a half-demon.� Inuyasha raises his hand to the hilt of his sword, reflexively. He asks, �Got a problem with that?� Tattoimaru says, �No, but that means you�re stronger than a human.� After getting a nod of confirmation, he continues, �My father told me that some half-demons were stronger than demons, are you?� Inuyasha says, only boasting a little, �I�ve fought lots�a demons and I�m still alive. Ya, I�m stronger than some demons, maybe all, maybe not.� The boy asks, �So one of your parents was a human and the other was a demon?� Inuyasha says, �That�s what half-demon means. My old man was a demon, but I never met him.� The boy says, �That�s too bad. My father is great; was great. He�s strong and smart and powerful.� Instead of asking then how come he�s dead, Inuyasha jumps back up the tree signifying that the discussion is over.