: Chapter 2 :

: Started: April 22 2006 :

: Finished: April 24 2006 :

Kagura moved away from Aki's blade, it hurt more than she thought possible. Then she knew why. Aki had her weakness, fire. Fire eats air so when their blades touch the fire eats the air from it and makes it stronger, Kagura looked at the cut on her arm.

"I don't stand a chance." Kagura muttered.

"Figure it out yet?" Aki asked.

"Yes, but I've been told to do something so I have to." Kagura hopped onto her feather and took to fighting in the air. Sesshoumaru watched, Aki clearly had the upper hand but he had seen many battles and how the tides can turn in the blink of an eye. Aki jumped up to Kagura and cut the feather in half, it burst into flame and caught Kagura's clothes on fire.

"Like I said before, no hard feelings?" Aki asked.

"No, you've done what I've wanted to be done for so long, I'll be the wind, now finish me." Kagura said. Aki nodded and walked over. "Wait." Aki halted her sword and Kagura turned to Sesshoumaru. "I love you. Now kill me." She added to Aki. Aki's sword lodged itself in Kagura's head. Sesshoumaru didn't care that Kagura loved him because he just saw her as an enemy.

"Have fun, my sister." Aki said. Kagura's body disappeared into the wind. "Well that was easy who wants to go for lunch?" Aki asked in a sarcastic tone. Sesshoumaru walked away with Aki following. Her sword disappeared and she fell to her knees. "Whoa…since when does the world spin?" Aki asked as she put a hand to her head.

"You used too much of your power." Sesshoumaru said, he offered her a hand, it was hot, but not intolerable. "Once we get to my castle we'll get up your endurance so you can use more of your power and not be weakened." Sesshoumaru added. Aki nodded weakly.

"I need to get off this spinney ride…" Aki muttered as she closed her eyes. Her hair and eyes went back to normal and she took a deep breath to steady herself. "That's better. Lead the way." Aki added to Sesshoumaru after she let go of his hand. Sesshoumaru lead the way and by 3 they were at the castle, it was bigger than the North's. The wind blew and Aki felt as if Kagura was always going to be with her. She looked to the clouds and noticed they looked like a face.

"Come." Sesshoumaru said, Aki was pulled out of her thoughts by the sound of his voice.

"Huh?" she asked.

"I said 'come.' I will not repeat myself again." Sesshoumaru said.

"Well sorry! I was thinking about something!" Aki growled. Sesshoumaru turned on her and grabbed her throat.

"You will not use that tone with me." He growled at her.

"I will talk to you the way I want!" Aki growled back, he tightened his grip.

"Don't think I'll kill you."

"I don't doubt it, though without me it'll be awfully hard to kill Naraku." Aki said with a smirk on her face, she was defiant to the end. It annoyed Sesshoumaru to hell and back again. He let go but was still glaring at her.

"It would do you good not to anger me." Sesshoumaru said. Aki rolled her eyes.

"Some goes for you." Aki said as she walked behind him and into the castle.

"Lord Sesshoumaru!" Rin yelled, Jaken was running to catch up to her.

"Hey look! It's toad-boy!" Aki said with a smirk on her face. Jaken glared at her. "What? Is there a problem toad-boy? I mean I can easily fix it." Aki added.

"No." Jaken said, though he did have a problem, she was there.

"Jaken, go make a room ready." Sesshoumaru said. "Rin go find something to do, and you." Sesshoumaru said to Aki. "come with me." Aki nodded and followed Sesshoumaru outside to the training field. Aki waited to be instructed. Before she could do anything Sesshoumaru had his sword shoved through her stomach. She growled at him and grabbed his sword from him, then kicked him away.

"Owie." Aki muttered, she pulled he sword from hers stomach and squeezed the hilt. The power of the blade flew out to Sesshoumaru. He easily moved out of the way, before he landed Aki jumped up to him and shoved his blade through one of his legs. "Jerk." She growled. Sesshoumaru ignored her and took the blade out, it was deep and would slow him down, unless he wanted to bleed to death. Aki's wound was almost all the way healed; he guessed it was because of how she was created, though she had a heart that could lead to her death. Sesshoumaru's index finger and middle closed together and then glowed, he struck out with his whip, Aki easily moved out of the way and summoned her fire blade. She ran at him with her fire blade growing hotter and hotter.

"It's not wise to use that energy when you're barley awake." Sesshoumaru said.

"Yeah well I'll take that chance dumb ass!" Aki growled at him. Sesshoumaru glared and scowled at her, and in return Aki smirked. Suddenly the sword changed from a sword to a spear and disappeared. "Heh, I can also make the fire disappear, better not stand in one place for too long." Aki said in a mocking tone, Sesshoumaru growled and moved just as the spear was about to hit.

"You may be able to make it disappear but the heat of it gives it away." Sesshoumaru said, when a look of displeasure came across her face.

"Damn…gotta work on that." Aki muttered as the fire snuffed itself out, Aki took on a ready position waiting for Sesshoumaru to attack so she might hand a hit. "Now let's fight hand-to-hand." Aki said.

"No fire or else that would be cheating." Sesshoumaru said. Aki rolled her eyes.

"Fine." Aki agreed, she ran at Sesshoumaru…again.

She's stubborn…I'll give her that… Sesshoumaru thought as he dodged Aki's glowing hands.

"I though we agreed on no fire." Sesshoumaru said as he caught her wrist.

"I'm not using fire…I'm just making my hands hot…you never said anything about that." Aki said with an innocent bat of her eyelashes. Sesshoumaru showed nothing and let go, Aki kicked him in the stomach and smiled triumphantly.

"It's far from over." Sesshoumaru said.

"So, I still kicked you." Aki said as she turned around walking away from Sesshoumaru, her hair fluttered behind her in the wind. Sesshoumaru ran at her with her back turned, just before he struck her she jumped into the air and back flipped so she was facing him and made a bow and arrow of fire. She let the arrow fly.

"No fire remember?" Sesshoumaru asked.

"I remember but I didn't promise it…I just said that I wouldn't." Aki said as she came back down to earth. "And even if I had promised I could have easily crossed something so that I wasn't really making the promise." Aki added as she waited for Sesshoumaru to attack her. They waited for five minutes, and still neither one had moved.

I'm getting tired… Aki thought as she lowered herself so that if she fell it wouldn't hurt…as bad.

"You're tired." Sesshoumaru said dully.

"Well yeah, I mean who wouldn't be?" Aki asked. Sesshoumaru walked over and Aki watched him, looking for any signs of attack.

"Well continue this tomorrow." Sesshoumaru said. Aki nodded and fell to the ground…sleeping. Sesshoumaru rolled his eyes and picked Aki up. He carried her to the room she was going to be sleeping in and threw her onto the bed, she didn't even stir.

"Milord, what does she think of the room?" Jaken asked.

"…Look for yourself." Sesshoumaru said. Jaken looked in to Aki sleeping half on and half off the bed. Jaken looked at Sesshoumaru in a confused manner. Sesshoumaru was already off walking down the hall before Jaken could ask so he went to go look for someone to bug.

"What're you doing?" Jaken asked a maid who was dusting.

"Dusting." She muttered meekly.

"You're not doing it right!" Jaken yelled, he snatched the duster away and started doing it 'properly'. She didn't see any difference between his way and her way.

"But…I don't see a difference." She said, earning a smack from Jaken. She held her cheek in surprise.

"Shut up wench! I did not say you could speak!" Sudenly Jaken…and the duster, were thrown into a wall.

"Stop picking on people ya toad!" Aki growled as Jaken slid down the wall. "You ok?" Aki asked as she bent down. The girl had a light reddish color of hair, and light green eyes. Aki helped her up.

"Y-yes…I think so..," she said.

"Good, if he starts annoying you again come looking for me." Aki said with a smile.

"But…Master Jaken only wants me to do better, he's only helping me be a better person." She said. Aki blinked and burst out laughing. The girl looked offended. "I'm sorry…I don't see what's so funny."

"Sorry…it's just that there was ABSOLUTLY no difference in the way Jaken was dusting the vase and how you were dusting it. He's only trying to impress Sesshoumaru…I'm starting to think he's gay." Aki added so only the girl could hear. The girls eyes lit up as she tried not to laugh. "What's your name anyways?"

"It's Ceci. (Sess-e)" She answered.

"Ceci? Sounds nice…too nice if you ask me…we have to toughen you up a bit so that you cant with stand a 'Jaken Attack'. So we're going to go to my room and make you look the part…then we're going to make you act the part." Aki picked Ceci up and dragged her off to her room. "Oh yeah! I'm Aki."

"N-nice to m-meet you." Ceci said. "I think." She added.

"There you go! Sarcasm! That's the key!" Aki said. Ceci looked at her funny. "Never mind, right now we're going to change that outfit of yours. It's too…I don't know it's too something."

"You don't even know what's wrong with it and you're trying to change it?" Ceci asked. "Do you do this often?"

"Yes, and yes again." Aki said. "Go undress behind the changing screen and give me your cothes."

"What will I wear?"

"I'm tweaking a few things. Chill out!" Aki handed back her outfit and Ceci but it back on. She came out from behind the screen.

"This looks…cool." Ceci said. Aki smiled.

"Now go out there and flaunt the new look!" Aki pushed her out the door a closed it before she could get back in.

"Wait? What!" Ceci asked she turned around. "Miss Aki! I'm not ready for this!" Ceci said as she banged on the door.

"Yes you are! Now go!" Aki growled.

"No! Let me back in!" Ceci said. Aki opened the door.

"Look. You're going to go and work on everything that you're supposed to in that outfit!" Aki said.

"B-but don't you think I'm not covered enough?" Ceci asked. Aki slammed her head into the door. Just a TINY but of her cleavage showed.

"No! Now go before I make you go!" Aki growled. Ceci nodded and walked off down the hall, pulling up her shirt so that nothing showed. "Leave it alone!" Aki yelled off down the hall, Ceci's arms snapped to the side and she walked down the hall. Aki had made her skirt just a bit shorter than it was before and Aki had taken some of the shirt off so that she showed a little, she knew that Ceci liked someone and that maybe this would help her win them over. "Good luck." Aki said as she jumped back on her bed to go to sleep.

"I can't…believe I'm walking down Lord Sesshoumaru's halls in this!" She pulled the shirt up and pulled the skirt down.

"Ceci…what are you doing?" a male's voice asked. Ceci jumped and turned around to face the person who the voice belonged to.

"Uh…nothing…I was trying to make my skirt stay down…I think I might have washed it wrong." Ceci said Making up a lie so he didn't know that it had been purposely fixed to be that way.

"You never did that before what'd you do this time?"

"I was almost asleep so I wasn't paying attention." Ceci answered.

"It looks better like that. You should keep it that way." Ceci blushed.

"You really think so?" he nodded. "O-okay, I'll keep it this way."

"Alright well I gotta go, since I have to go find the new person here and tell them that Lord Sesshoumaru wishes for her to help train me in the ways of fire."

"Oh! It's a she and I know where her room is, do you wish me to take you there?"

"A GIRL!" he asked in a startled voice. "How can a girl know how to use fire!" Ceci flinched.

"Well girls can do more than you'd think. Let me show you where her room is and I suggest that you don't displease her, since her temper is more than Lord Sesshoumaru's." Ceci answered. He nodded and Ceci lead him to Aki's room. "Miss. Aki?"

"What?" Aki groaned as she was pulled from her slumber.

"There is someone that Lord Sesshoumaru sent you to teach in the ways of fire." Ceci answered.

"Come back later." The door banged open and Aki sat bold up right.

"You will teach me now!" he growled Aki glared at him, her eyes and hair turning red.

"Uh-oh!" Ceci said, she ran out the door and took cover.

"You will not tell me what to do!" Aki growled as she stood up. "Lesson one: Do not command your teacher! Do you understand me?" Aki growled. He shook his head. "Now what's your name?" Aki asked.

"It's Keiichi." He answered.

"Keiichi I will rest and you will not come back until I have summoned you until then you are free to do what you want, Ceci will accompany you to make sure that you don't speak ill of me." Aki added. "Ceci, come here." Aki said. Ceci walked in the room and stood with a look of fear on her face.

"Yes, Miss. Aki?" Ceci asked.

"You're going to accompany Keiichi around to make sure that he doesn't speak ill of me." Aki said.

"I have other things that Master Jaken assigned to me." Ceci said.

"They're revoked. From now on you'll report to me." Aki added. Ceci nodded and she and Keiichi walked from the room and down the hall. Aki sniffed. "I'm such a good match maker." Aki said with a laugh and she went off to find the kitchen. Sesshoumaru walked up behind Aki.

"Why did you tell her that she's to report to you and not Jaken?" Sesshoumaru asked causing Aki to jump about 2 feet into the air.

"Don't do that!" Aki growled, she hair just gone back to normal when Sesshoumaru scared her to make it turn red again. "I did it because Ceci likes Keiichi, and she deserves him so I made them always have to be together and from things I've seen it works…most of the time." Aki said with a shrug.

"She's truly in tune with fire." Keiichi muttered as he and Ceci walked down the hall.

"What do you mean?" Ceci asked.

"Did you see how her hair and eyes turned red since she used the fire?" Ceci nodded. "They only do that when you've mastered it. That's what I hope I will some day do, and if I don't I'll just have to take her powers by eating her heart!" Keiichi growled. Ceci jumped.

"Y-you'd really do that?" she asked.

"I'm kidding, I wouldn't do that…I'd rather earn it." Keiichi added. Ceci nodded.

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Odd one: I don't own InuYasha…well in this case Sesshoumaru…and I'm sorry for the people who like Kagura…I don't really so I killed her off.

Aki: Ah well! She got what she wanted! Now my competitions gone!

Odd one: (sweat drops) I knew she'd see it that way…

Aki: Yeah…I'm awesome…

Odd one: Well…at least in your eyes.

Aki: glares at Odd one You know what!

Odd one: No…but I'm sure you're going to tell me.

Aki:…YOU'RE ANNOYING AND STRANGE!

Odd one: sigh My work here is done…

Aki: Yeah well shut up!

Odd one: But it's my story!

Aki:…

Odd one: That's what I thought. Anyways here are the people WE have to thank.

k1ta.Ky0ko: Thanks for being the first reviewer and you were right…Kagura died…

TheDisruptiveOne: This is the second story of mine you've reviewed and I thank you…and which Aki do you mean? The one in the story or in real life?

Aki: You can also check my stories out…the screen names Kaos Kraze…look me up and please review!