Truths, Training, and Bad Timing.
Disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha or the gang.
"Sesshoumaru?" Kagome asked quietly. "Are you hiding something from me?"
Sesshoumaru just looked at her for a moment, until he finally regained his senses. "What are you speaking of, women?"
Kagome sighed, and shrugged her shoulders, "Anyway, I wanted to ask you more about the book."
He silently sighed with relief, and waited for her to continue.
"If this book changed humans to youkai, why didn't Inuyasha use it?"
"As you said, it changes humans to youkai. Not hanyous to youkai." He replied coolly. She thought for a moment, and nodded.
"Where did you get the book, and why does it have those powers?" Kagome asked.
"I got it from an old miko. She has a library full of these things. I am quite surprised you have not heard of such a book yet. It is as if you aren't from this time..."
"No!" Kagome replied quickly, before taking a deep breath. "I mean no, that's silly. Of course I'm from this era."
"'This era'?" Sesshoumaru asked. He could smell her sweat and nervousness, and he knew she could too. He shrugged it off, and decided to ask her later about it. "Is there anything else you wanted?"
"Hai... I'm not quite sure how to say this...I have pains... In my abdomen, I wanted to know if it had something to do with the book." Kagome asked, and she placed her hand on her lower abdomen.
Sesshoumaru tensed. He thought for a moment, before replying coolly. "You have just gone through heat, and it was your first time as a youkai. I should suspect you would go through such pain." Sesshoumaru lied.
A pain of realization struck him. He was her first. He had ruined her because he couldn't control himself. He was almost as weak as his brother. No, he was weaker than his brother. His brother had never done this to her. He had never taken her innocence.
Kagome nodded, and decided to take a seat. She relaxed on the chair. A slight blush appearing on her cheeks as realization of what could've happened if Sesshoumaru hadn't left the room struck her.
"Sesshomaru, when can I start my training? I need something to do while I'm here..." Kagome complained.
Sesshoumaru nodded, and motioned for her to follow. Kagome obliged, with less pain then before. She followed him down a flight of stairs, until they reached a large wooden door. Sesshoumaru pushed it open, and Kagome gaped at the room inside.
The walls were stacked with weapons of all kinds. Bows, swords, daggers, spears, javelins, kantanas, and so many other weapons that Kagome hadn't even seen before.
"You use a bow and arrow, don't you miko?" Sesshoumaru asked, shocking Kagome out of her thoughts. Kagome nodded dumbly.
He took a quick look at her, and decided on a bow about 80cm long. He threw it at her, and she barely caught it.
"The arrows are to your right." He stated as he walked up to her. She nodded, and walked to a wall with several pouches of arrows. Kagome picked a random one, and placed it on her back. She faced Sesshoumaru, and looked at him with confusion.
"What do I do now?" Kagome asked.
"Attack." He replied bluntly.
"'Attack'? Attack what?" Kagome asked.
"Me."
"WHAT?!" Kagome screeched. Sesshoumaru winced slightly at her volume, but regained his emotionless posture.
"I need to see how strong you are to be able to train you properly."
Kagome hesitated, but nodded. She held up the bow, and took out an arrow. She aligned the bow and the arrow, with a little difficulty. Her claws were proving to be a nuisance, but she managed. After making sure that the arrow was in place, she concentrated on her target. She let go, expecting to see a blue light shine from it, but it never came.
Sesshoumaru easily caught the arrow inches from his face. He looked at her, and dropped the arrow.
"You're weaker than I thought, and I thought very little you before." He whispered loud enough for Kagome to hear.
Kagome growled, and shot him with another arrow. The light still wouldn't come.
'Where's my energy?' Kagome asked herself.
Sesshoumaru didn't have enough time to catch the arrow, so he had to dodge it this time.
He smiled, "Better, but still pathetically weak."
Kagome smiled sarcastically.
"Now that we know how bad your offence is, we have to test your defense and your reflexes." Sesshoumaru stated as he appeared before Kagome, and gently pushed her back.
Kagome stumbled, but regained her posture quickly. She wasn't about to let a arrogant airhead defeat her. He went to puch her, much more slowly and weakly than he could of course, and Kagome managed to block his fist with her arm. He hit her again, with a bit more strength and speed, but she blocked it again.
They continued on like this, and after several more punches( each getting rougher), Kagome began to get worn out. Her arms began to hurt, so she began ducking and dodging his hits.
Sesshoumaru noticed her discomfort, but continued, he was impressed by her defensive skills, and he knew if he could keep going like this for a bit longer, she would get better. Unfortunately, he could tell she wouldn't be able endure much more.
The pain was beginning to be too much for Kagome, and she needed to do something...fast. She wasn't ready to lose to him, so she did the only thing she could think of. Fight back. She gathered up strength and momentum in her fist, and punched his chest.
She was surprised to see that he didn't even flinch. He had stopped attacking her, and smirked when she slowly began to acknowledge his strength.
She used a lot of her physical power into that punch, and even with her new youkai strength, it didn't leave a scratch.
"Wow" was all she managed to utter. Why did Sesshoumaru want Inuyasha's Tetseiga so bad, if he was powerful enough without it?
"I believe your problem is your posture." Sesshoumaru said, ignoring Kagome's shock.
He walked over to her, and Kagome remained perfectly still, her fist still in the air.
He pushed Kagome's right shoulder back slightly, and motioned for her to bring her arm back. He moved his hand to her leg, and spread them out a bit further. He walked back to his previous position, and held his hand out.
"Punch into my hand." He commanded.
Kagome did as told, and noticed that she had more strength in her punch this time.
"You have little strength, a weapon is important. The bow does not do the strength you have justice. You are quicker, and you need to be closer to your enemy. You'll need a shorter range weapon."
"What? No, I've always used the bow. It's the only weapon I CAN use. I'm Kikyou's reincarnation for Kami's sake!" Kagome blurted.
"Exactly, you are her reincarnation, not her clone." Sesshoumaru stated as he looked at his vast collection of weapons. He walked towards a wall of chains.
He picked one out, and got an end that looked a lot like Kohaku's. He gave it to her, and she lifted it up.
"Throw it at that wall." He said, and pointed to a large empty wall. Kagome nodded, and pulled it back. She threw the weapon, and held onto the end of the chain. Unfortunately, it ended up flying towards another wall, knocking over a few spears.
"Pull it back." he ordered, and Kagome pulled on the chain with all her might. Kagome screamed as it came flying towards her, and ducked out of the way.
She waited to hear a loud crash, but it never came. She looked up, and saw that Sesshoumaru had caught it, and looked a bit annoyed.
"Remind me to never let you touch a sharp object again."he said, and walked towards another wall that was filled with long wooden poles, and picked out a rather long one.
He threw it to her, and she caught it. She stared at it blankly, it was almost the same size as her. It was light, yet it seemed very durable. She looked at him in confusion, and waited for an explanation.
"Hold it properly."
Kagome nodded, and she held onto one of the ends.
He sighed, and walked over to her. He moved her hands to the center of the pole, correcting her.
"Ohhh..." Kagome mumbled.
"Spin it."
"What?"
"Spin it." He repeated.
Kagome nodded, and slowly began to turn it. Her hands going from side, lifting, and going to another. She used to always do this with her broom stick when she was young. She loved the way it looked like a large fan.
She still spun it rather slowly, not wanting to drop it.
"At least you know how to control it." He said. "Try spinning faster."
Kagome nodded, and spun quicker. She continued, her arms getting more tired.
"Sessho-chan!" a high pitched voice called.
Kagome jumped, and dropped the pole.
"Sessho-chan!" Rin called again. "The guard said that Sesshoumaru's nice dog brother is at Sesshoumaru's door, and he's mad."
Kagome looked at Sesshoumaru, panic written across her face.
"I'll go deal with him." Sesshoumaru said, and left.
"Kagome,lookes different." Rin said as she grabbed Kagome's hand.
Sesshoumaru walked through the hallways quickly, millions of thoughts running through his head. He could hear his brother from where he was now.
"WHERE'S KAGOME?! I'M TAKING HER BACK."
"She doesn't want to go back." Sesshoumaru replied coolly.
"Of course she does, where is she?" Sango shot back,
"She doesn't want to see you." Seshoumaru answered.
Shippo jumped onto his chest, and began punching him with all his might. "Give Kagome back. She wants to come back."
Sesshoumaru lifted the little kitsune by his collar, and dropped him on the ground harshly. "If you want to see her, I can lead to her, but I don't think she'll be to thrilled young brother. She seemed rather upset with you especially."
Inuyasha growled, and pushed Sesshoumaru aside as he sniffed the castle for Kagome. She was everywhere. He finally caught a her scent that was strong. It was coming from inside a wooden door. He reached to open it, when a hand stopped him.
"I'm warning you. She's...Changed." Sesshoumaru whispered.
"What have you done to her?" Inuyasha growled, and quickly pushed open the door. The room was empty, but he could smell her.
He could smell her panic. She was close, but he couldn't see her. He followed the scent, but it slowly stopped. Somehow her scent was blocked.
"Kagome?" Inuyasha asked.
No answer.
"Kagome, where are you?"
Still no answer.
Kagome POV
I knew he was coming, but I didn't want to talk to him.
"Rin, I'm fine. Why don't you go to the kitchen, and get the cook to make you something." I asked politely
Rin smiled, and ran off.
Now back to my predicament. What to do, what to do...
His scent. Inuyasha' scent was getting closer. I knew he was probably just outside the door.
I looked around. I could hear Sesshoumaru's voice now. The door started opening, so I jumped on the ceiling, and ontop of the door frame. Hopefully he wouldn't see me.
I could see him look around. He was sniffing for me. I covered my scent, and prayed to Kami that he wouldn't find me.
"Kagome?"
I held my breath.
"Kagome, where are you?"
I didn't answer. I just wanted him to leave.
"Where is she?" Inuyasha asked Sesshoumaru
Normal POV
"She must have left when she knew you were coming." Sesshoumaru replied, a smirk appearing on his face.
Inuyasha growled louder, baring his canines. He walked past Sesshoumaru, and out of the room. Sesshoumaru waited until he was out of view, and looked up at Kagome.
Kagome smiled nervously, and jumped down.
"How'd you know I was up there?" Kagome asked.
"You were breathing rather loudly." Sesshoumaru admitted
"Arigato for not telling Inuyasha where I was." Kagome said as she ran up to Sesshoumaru, and embraced him.
"Kagome?" Inuyasha asked as he stared at two
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"Sesshoumaru?" Kagome asked quietly. "Are you hiding something from me?"
Sesshoumaru just looked at her for a moment, until he finally regained his senses. "What are you speaking of, women?"
Kagome sighed, and shrugged her shoulders, "Anyway, I wanted to ask you more about the book."
He silently sighed with relief, and waited for her to continue.
"If this book changed humans to youkai, why didn't Inuyasha use it?"
"As you said, it changes humans to youkai. Not hanyous to youkai." He replied coolly. She thought for a moment, and nodded.
"Where did you get the book, and why does it have those powers?" Kagome asked.
"I got it from an old miko. She has a library full of these things. I am quite surprised you have not heard of such a book yet. It is as if you aren't from this time..."
"No!" Kagome replied quickly, before taking a deep breath. "I mean no, that's silly. Of course I'm from this era."
"'This era'?" Sesshoumaru asked. He could smell her sweat and nervousness, and he knew she could too. He shrugged it off, and decided to ask her later about it. "Is there anything else you wanted?"
"Hai... I'm not quite sure how to say this...I have pains... In my abdomen, I wanted to know if it had something to do with the book." Kagome asked, and she placed her hand on her lower abdomen.
Sesshoumaru tensed. He thought for a moment, before replying coolly. "You have just gone through heat, and it was your first time as a youkai. I should suspect you would go through such pain." Sesshoumaru lied.
A pain of realization struck him. He was her first. He had ruined her because he couldn't control himself. He was almost as weak as his brother. No, he was weaker than his brother. His brother had never done this to her. He had never taken her innocence.
Kagome nodded, and decided to take a seat. She relaxed on the chair. A slight blush appearing on her cheeks as realization of what could've happened if Sesshoumaru hadn't left the room struck her.
"Sesshomaru, when can I start my training? I need something to do while I'm here..." Kagome complained.
Sesshoumaru nodded, and motioned for her to follow. Kagome obliged, with less pain then before. She followed him down a flight of stairs, until they reached a large wooden door. Sesshoumaru pushed it open, and Kagome gaped at the room inside.
The walls were stacked with weapons of all kinds. Bows, swords, daggers, spears, javelins, kantanas, and so many other weapons that Kagome hadn't even seen before.
"You use a bow and arrow, don't you miko?" Sesshoumaru asked, shocking Kagome out of her thoughts. Kagome nodded dumbly.
He took a quick look at her, and decided on a bow about 80cm long. He threw it at her, and she barely caught it.
"The arrows are to your right." He stated as he walked up to her. She nodded, and walked to a wall with several pouches of arrows. Kagome picked a random one, and placed it on her back. She faced Sesshoumaru, and looked at him with confusion.
"What do I do now?" Kagome asked.
"Attack." He replied bluntly.
"'Attack'? Attack what?" Kagome asked.
"Me."
"WHAT?!" Kagome screeched. Sesshoumaru winced slightly at her volume, but regained his emotionless posture.
"I need to see how strong you are to be able to train you properly."
Kagome hesitated, but nodded. She held up the bow, and took out an arrow. She aligned the bow and the arrow, with a little difficulty. Her claws were proving to be a nuisance, but she managed. After making sure that the arrow was in place, she concentrated on her target. She let go, expecting to see a blue light shine from it, but it never came.
Sesshoumaru easily caught the arrow inches from his face. He looked at her, and dropped the arrow.
"You're weaker than I thought, and I thought very little you before." He whispered loud enough for Kagome to hear.
Kagome growled, and shot him with another arrow. The light still wouldn't come.
'Where's my energy?' Kagome asked herself.
Sesshoumaru didn't have enough time to catch the arrow, so he had to dodge it this time.
He smiled, "Better, but still pathetically weak."
Kagome smiled sarcastically.
"Now that we know how bad your offence is, we have to test your defense and your reflexes." Sesshoumaru stated as he appeared before Kagome, and gently pushed her back.
Kagome stumbled, but regained her posture quickly. She wasn't about to let a arrogant airhead defeat her. He went to puch her, much more slowly and weakly than he could of course, and Kagome managed to block his fist with her arm. He hit her again, with a bit more strength and speed, but she blocked it again.
They continued on like this, and after several more punches( each getting rougher), Kagome began to get worn out. Her arms began to hurt, so she began ducking and dodging his hits.
Sesshoumaru noticed her discomfort, but continued, he was impressed by her defensive skills, and he knew if he could keep going like this for a bit longer, she would get better. Unfortunately, he could tell she wouldn't be able endure much more.
The pain was beginning to be too much for Kagome, and she needed to do something...fast. She wasn't ready to lose to him, so she did the only thing she could think of. Fight back. She gathered up strength and momentum in her fist, and punched his chest.
She was surprised to see that he didn't even flinch. He had stopped attacking her, and smirked when she slowly began to acknowledge his strength.
She used a lot of her physical power into that punch, and even with her new youkai strength, it didn't leave a scratch.
"Wow" was all she managed to utter. Why did Sesshoumaru want Inuyasha's Tetseiga so bad, if he was powerful enough without it?
"I believe your problem is your posture." Sesshoumaru said, ignoring Kagome's shock.
He walked over to her, and Kagome remained perfectly still, her fist still in the air.
He pushed Kagome's right shoulder back slightly, and motioned for her to bring her arm back. He moved his hand to her leg, and spread them out a bit further. He walked back to his previous position, and held his hand out.
"Punch into my hand." He commanded.
Kagome did as told, and noticed that she had more strength in her punch this time.
"You have little strength, a weapon is important. The bow does not do the strength you have justice. You are quicker, and you need to be closer to your enemy. You'll need a shorter range weapon."
"What? No, I've always used the bow. It's the only weapon I CAN use. I'm Kikyou's reincarnation for Kami's sake!" Kagome blurted.
"Exactly, you are her reincarnation, not her clone." Sesshoumaru stated as he looked at his vast collection of weapons. He walked towards a wall of chains.
He picked one out, and got an end that looked a lot like Kohaku's. He gave it to her, and she lifted it up.
"Throw it at that wall." He said, and pointed to a large empty wall. Kagome nodded, and pulled it back. She threw the weapon, and held onto the end of the chain. Unfortunately, it ended up flying towards another wall, knocking over a few spears.
"Pull it back." he ordered, and Kagome pulled on the chain with all her might. Kagome screamed as it came flying towards her, and ducked out of the way.
She waited to hear a loud crash, but it never came. She looked up, and saw that Sesshoumaru had caught it, and looked a bit annoyed.
"Remind me to never let you touch a sharp object again."he said, and walked towards another wall that was filled with long wooden poles, and picked out a rather long one.
He threw it to her, and she caught it. She stared at it blankly, it was almost the same size as her. It was light, yet it seemed very durable. She looked at him in confusion, and waited for an explanation.
"Hold it properly."
Kagome nodded, and she held onto one of the ends.
He sighed, and walked over to her. He moved her hands to the center of the pole, correcting her.
"Ohhh..." Kagome mumbled.
"Spin it."
"What?"
"Spin it." He repeated.
Kagome nodded, and slowly began to turn it. Her hands going from side, lifting, and going to another. She used to always do this with her broom stick when she was young. She loved the way it looked like a large fan.
She still spun it rather slowly, not wanting to drop it.
"At least you know how to control it." He said. "Try spinning faster."
Kagome nodded, and spun quicker. She continued, her arms getting more tired.
"Sessho-chan!" a high pitched voice called.
Kagome jumped, and dropped the pole.
"Sessho-chan!" Rin called again. "The guard said that Sesshoumaru's nice dog brother is at Sesshoumaru's door, and he's mad."
Kagome looked at Sesshoumaru, panic written across her face.
"I'll go deal with him." Sesshoumaru said, and left.
"Kagome,lookes different." Rin said as she grabbed Kagome's hand.
Sesshoumaru walked through the hallways quickly, millions of thoughts running through his head. He could hear his brother from where he was now.
"WHERE'S KAGOME?! I'M TAKING HER BACK."
"She doesn't want to go back." Sesshoumaru replied coolly.
"Of course she does, where is she?" Sango shot back,
"She doesn't want to see you." Seshoumaru answered.
Shippo jumped onto his chest, and began punching him with all his might. "Give Kagome back. She wants to come back."
Sesshoumaru lifted the little kitsune by his collar, and dropped him on the ground harshly. "If you want to see her, I can lead to her, but I don't think she'll be to thrilled young brother. She seemed rather upset with you especially."
Inuyasha growled, and pushed Sesshoumaru aside as he sniffed the castle for Kagome. She was everywhere. He finally caught a her scent that was strong. It was coming from inside a wooden door. He reached to open it, when a hand stopped him.
"I'm warning you. She's...Changed." Sesshoumaru whispered.
"What have you done to her?" Inuyasha growled, and quickly pushed open the door. The room was empty, but he could smell her.
He could smell her panic. She was close, but he couldn't see her. He followed the scent, but it slowly stopped. Somehow her scent was blocked.
"Kagome?" Inuyasha asked.
No answer.
"Kagome, where are you?"
Still no answer.
Kagome POV
I knew he was coming, but I didn't want to talk to him.
"Rin, I'm fine. Why don't you go to the kitchen, and get the cook to make you something." I asked politely
Rin smiled, and ran off.
Now back to my predicament. What to do, what to do...
His scent. Inuyasha' scent was getting closer. I knew he was probably just outside the door.
I looked around. I could hear Sesshoumaru's voice now. The door started opening, so I jumped on the ceiling, and ontop of the door frame. Hopefully he wouldn't see me.
I could see him look around. He was sniffing for me. I covered my scent, and prayed to Kami that he wouldn't find me.
"Kagome?"
I held my breath.
"Kagome, where are you?"
I didn't answer. I just wanted him to leave.
"Where is she?" Inuyasha asked Sesshoumaru
Normal POV
"She must have left when she knew you were coming." Sesshoumaru replied, a smirk appearing on his face.
Inuyasha growled louder, baring his canines. He walked past Sesshoumaru, and out of the room. Sesshoumaru waited until he was out of view, and looked up at Kagome.
Kagome smiled nervously, and jumped down.
"How'd you know I was up there?" Kagome asked.
"You were breathing rather loudly." Sesshoumaru admitted
"Arigato for not telling Inuyasha where I was." Kagome said as she ran up to Sesshoumaru, and embraced him.
"Kagome?" Inuyasha asked as he stared at two
Hi! Your friendly Author here. I'd just like to thank my readers for the reviews. Your reviews mean a lot to me, and I just wanted to tell you guys that.
I also would like to tell you guys that I will be making another Inuyasha story, but it'll be AU. It'll be my first AU, so I'll make sure it's a good one.
Well, that's all for now.
R&R
Ja Ne!