DISCLAIMER.
Evening Lilacs does not own Inuyasha.
AUTHOR'S NOTE.
All chapters after this will be longer; this is just the prologue.
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"So... are you interested?"
The white-haired, burgundy-eyed, half-demon boy known as Inuyasha snorted, head ticking off to the side in annoyance, arms crossed, back against a tall tree deep within an ancient forest.
"And what exactly do you find to be so..." Miyatsu, headmaster of Elmsmagick Fighting Academy, tried to find the right word for the implication of the dog demon's snort. "-so laughable about this?"
"You want ME... to teach some new GIRL-"
"Kagome is her name. Higurashi Kagome."
"Fine. You want me to teach HIGURASHI KAGOME to learn to shoot an arrow? Why would I be interested in THAT?"
Miyatsu looked desperate. "Please, Inuyasha... She has great power, and it will go to such a waste if we don't train her."
"What happened to your zillion-and-one archery teachers, eh, old man?" he snapped back, eyes flashing slightly. Rule one of surviving a conversation with Inuyasha: don't get him annoyed.
The man's expression changed to an embarrassed one as he leaned into the younger's ear. "Because... you're better than them. I want this girl trained well. We both know you're only really here for the sword-weilding lessons."
"Yeah, and what makes this one girl so special that you need a top-notch teacher? What difference does it make if she's just a novice anyhow?" he asked boredly, examining his claws.
Miyatsu sighed loudly. "You're supposed to have said yes by now, you know! I thought boys your age LIKED girls!"
The teenager's gaze snapped sharply upward. "What were you trying to do, SET ME UP!" Rule two of surviving a conversation with Inuyasha: DON'T get him mad.
Another sigh. "Inuyasha... Don't you think you need something other than your aspirations to your life?"
"What's WRONG with my aspirations?" Rule three of surviving a conversation with Inuyasha: DO NOT, UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES, get him insulted.
"Erm... nothing, nothing. But... will you do this anyways?"
"Fine. You're just going to keep badgering me about this, I can tell." The adolescent hanyou stomped off through the forest, leaving his headmaster alone.
'Hah. That boy has no idea what he's in for. According to grandson Miroku, she's the prettiest kind of girl there is.'
He smiled softly.
'Allow yourself to get attached to something, Inuyasha. Allow yourself to care.'
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