In the end, Sesshomaru and Inuyasha still did not join forces.
"Let me deal with Sōunga alone. Stay out of it, Sesshomaru," Inuyasha told him solemnly.
"Inuyasha, do you really think someone of your caliber can destroy Sōunga? Don't make me laugh. You'll only get yourself killed." Sesshomaru's retort was merciless. "An ignorant fool like you should stay back and tremble in fear!"
"What do you mean by that?" Inuyasha demanded defiantly. More than anything, he hated this self-righteous attitude of Sesshomaru's.
"A half-demon who doesn't even know what his father looked like has no business speaking as though he knows everything! Inuyasha, you have no right to handle this!" Sesshomaru said coldly.
Back then, their father had just repelled another invasion by the Leopard Cat Tribe, who refused to surrender the Western Lands, before fighting Ryūkotsusei and suffering grievous wounds. Their father had gone to rescue Izayoi knowing he would die. A human had secretly brought him word that a general serving Izayoi's father refused to let him have her, even though she was already carrying his child, and had imprisoned her. Though their father knew that human general was using Izayoi as bait to trap him, he had gone without hesitation. In the end, he and that human had killed each other.
Their father had always been so powerful, the strongest being Sesshomaru had always sought to defeat. Yet for the sake of a human woman, he had perished along with another contemptible human. It was the least amusing joke in the world. Inuyasha, do you know how miserably your father died? Father died because of you and your mother.
"Don't talk like that, Sesshomaru." Enraged by the coldness on Sesshomaru's face, Inuyasha grew furious too. I know what Dad looked like. I've spoken to him. Though it