Blood of a Demon
Chapter Two
I am so happy that so many of you liked the first chapter of Blood of a Demon. It was a surprise to see all of those reviews and I was happy to know that I kept them in character. I am trying my best to keep them in character and will continue to do so for as long as I can. A special thanks to all of those who reviewed the first chapter and I hope you will like this chapter. Read and enjoy!
Staring at her reflection in the water she slowly sat on the ground. She stared at her hands, which now seemed to be demon claws. She sighed and looked to the sky, how was she going to tell the gang? What would they do?
"I can't be a demon." Kagome told herself.
"It seems to me you are a demon, wench."
Kagome stood and quickly turned to face the Inu taiyoukai. She glared at him, "my name is Kagome! K-A-G-O-M-E!"
"I will call you as I please, wench."
"What is with you dogs! I have a name! It's Kagome! Not wench, not woman, not girl! Do you got it Fluffy!"
Growling, Sesshoumaru held the girl's neck in his claws. "Never call me that again. Got it..."
A shiver ran down Kagome's back as she stared into those cold emotionless eyes and heard that icy command. She slowly nodded her head and was released, she reached up to her neck and examined the place where his claws pierced her skin. Another shiver ran down her spine as she remembered those cold golden eyes.
"When can I leave?" Kagome asked the taiyoukai.
"When this Sesshoumaru sees fit," was the answer she got as the ice lord walked off. Running she caught up, and glared up at him.
"What do you mean, when you see fit!" yelled Kagome.
Sesshoumaru walked on, towards his training arena. The annoying wench beside him every step of the way. Walking into the building three youkai looked his way. He unsheathed his toukijin and stood in the middle of the arena and looked on at the three youkai.
Kagome stopped in her tracks as Sesshoumaru unsheathed his sword and looked to three youkai in a corner of the room. She watched as one of them, a bear youkai, unsheathed his sword as well. He walked up to the demon lord and took his stance in front him.
Soon the sound of metal clashing against metal was heard, and two warriors danced a deadly dance. Kagome gasped, the two youkai looked her way only now noticing her presence. But her attention was on the demon lord and the youkai, the demon lord's blade resting against the youkai's neck.
Sesshoumaru looked up at Kagome, then back at the demon in front of him. Then in one smooth fluid movement his sword was once again sheathed. "Leave."
"My lord, " the three youkai bowed.
"My lady." Kagome raised a delicate brow as the three youkai bowed to her before they left.
Sesshoumaru walked up to her and stared into her light blue eyes, "you will learn to use the sword."
Kagome stared at him in disbelief. She, a clumsy girl, use a sword? She watched as the Western Lord walked among his many walls of swords and pull one down. He walked up to her and handed her the sword.
As she took it, she expected it to be heavy. But instead she found it was light as a feather. After taking a look at the sword in her hand she looked up to see Sesshoumaru unsheathing toukijin.
"You have got to be kidding me!" Her eyes widened as he rushed at her, she took a step back. Stepping on her kimono she fell to the ground just in time. His sword swooshing inches from her face.
Her body hit the ground with a thud, she lifted herself from the ground and glared up at the taiyoukai in front of her. "What did you do that for!"
Sesshoumaru simply sheathed his sword and walked out of the arena. As soon as he left she dropped to the ground and sighed, "that was too close."
After a few minutes she got up and walked over to the wall of swords and placed the sword back onto the wall. Fixing her kimono she walked out of the arena and down the path towards the castle.
Upon entering the castle the little toad approached her, "lunch is ready. You are to change your kimono and meet Lord Sesshoumaru and Rin in the dining room."
With that the toad waddled off down the hall and disappeared around a corner. Turning on her heel, she headed for her room, as she opened her door she was greeted by the same two young girls that helped her into her kimono just that morning.
They led her to a mirror and took off her kimono to be replaced by a silk, navy blue one. They then sat her on a chair and combed her hair and put on a light color of make-up.
"My Lady." They bowed and hurried out of her room.
Kagome sat in the dining room with Sesshoumaru and Rin. She played with her rice and didn't touch any of the other food in front of her.
"Is Kagome-chan not hungry?"
Kagome looked up at the little girl across from her and smiled, "no, I'm hungry." She proved it by eating some of the rice. Truth was, she really wasn't that hungry.
After a few more bites she set down her chopsticks, stood and bowed to the taiyoukai, "excuse me."
Walking through the gardens Kagome was approached by a panther demon, "Lady Kagome?"
Kagome turned around and stared into the green eyes of the youkai. "Yes?"
"I am Hyou, I am to teach you how to properly use the sword."
Kagome gave a slight frown and nodded. The demon then turned around and headed for the arena. The two walked into the building and the panther motioned for her to stand in the middle of the arena.
Kagome walked to the middle and watched as the demon walked amoungst the many walls of swords. She selected one and walked back over to Kagome and handed it to her.
Taking the blade she noticed it was heavier than the one she had held that same morning. She sighed and look up at the youkai and asked what was to come next.
Hours passed and soon Kagome walked out of the building. She hadn't done any real training, but learned all the proper ways to stand.
She walked into the castle and was greeted by Rin who was jumping up and down. "Kagome-chan! Supper is ready!"
Smiling Kagome held out her hand and the girl took it. They walked to her room and walked in to find two servents waiting for Kagome. They weren't the same two from that afternoon or morning, but older ones. She walked in with Rin by her side and one walked up and took her hand and led her in front of the mirror.
"Can you get two more ladies in here to help Rin get ready?" asked Kagome as she stared at the youkai through the mirror. The servent nodded and motioned for the other one to get someone.
Soon the two young girls walked in and looked over Rin and one left, while the other started to take out the pony tail on the side of the girl's head. She started to brush the girl's hair and as she finished putting it back up in the same pony tail as other girl arrived with a purple kimono.
Soon both girls walked out of the room, Rin in a purple kimono and Kagome in a blood red kimono. They smiled at each other and continued to walk down the halls towards the dining room.
"Rin asked where you were this afternoon. Sesshoumaru-sama said you were training, what were you training at?"
"I was learning how to use a sword."
"Rin wants to learn how to use a sword!" said the girl as she jumped up and down.
"I don't think a beautiful little girl such as yourself shouldn't involve yourself in something as dangerous as that." Kagome said as she smiled down at the small girl.
"Oh, okay."
They walked into the dining room and were met with those golden eyes of Sesshoumaru's. Kagome bowed and walked to her seat beside him and Rin walked to the other side of the table and took her seat as well.
As the food was set in front of her she started to eat. She was so hungry and regretted not eating during the afternoon meal, she finished her bowl of rice and started on the sushi. She ate many different things and when she was done she looked up and smiled at the small girl across from her who had her plate full with the same things she had eaten.
"Rin-chan, are you sure you can finish all that?" Kagome asked.
"Rin can finish all of this if Kagome-chan did!" said the little girl enthusiasticly and started to shovel the food into her mouth.
Kagome giggled and the little girl looked up at her and smiled with a full mouth, which made her giggle more. "Rin sweet heart slow down. Don't force yourself to eat."
Rin swallowed her food and looked up at Sesshoumaru, Sesshoumaru-sama, Rin is full."
The demon lord nodded and Rin stood up and ran around the table and took Kagome's hand and pulled her out of the dining room. She was dragged down the many halls and then out to the gardens. Kagome gasped at the sight, many fire flies flew around the garden.
"Rin, it's beautiful out here."
"Rin thought Kagome-chan would like it!"
After what seemed an hour a servent walked out of the castle and got Rin. Kagome followed the two in and headed for her own room. She said goodnight to Rin and disappeared behind her own door.
After putting on the silver silk kimono, which was her nightgown, she flopped down on to the bed and immediately fell asleep.
Not sure if this was what you were expecting of in this chapter, but I hope you still enjoyed it. I will produce the next chapter in about a week or two... Perhaps even sooner, hopefully.
