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No reviews this time around but I'm okay with that. My muses demanded that I put this chapter out before any could arrive.

Anyway! Onto the chapter! xD

Chapter 7

Sara awoke in the infirmary with a headache. She groaned and sat up holding her head and looking around in awe. I've never been in here before, she thought as she looked at the incredibly bright, white room which made her wince in pain. She squinted and looked around that way and tried to catch her bearings. It was safe to say that this was weird.

"I see you are finally awake, Kioshi-chan," the voice of the Headmistress said and Sara jumped, startled.

"H-hai. Where are you?" she called and looked around but couldn't see anyone. The Headmistress suddenly appeared out of nowhere and caused Sara to squeak in fright. She laughed and Sara scowled at her. She didn't think it was very funny.

"How long have I been out?" Sara asked flatly as the Headmistress stilled laughed. She really hated to be laughed at. It reminded her of middle school all over again.

"You have been out for three days, my dear," she said after a couple of minutes of laughing. Sara's eyes widened and she nearly fainted once more.

"T-three days!" she mumbled and collapsed back onto the bed. She sighed and groaned. She had a lot of school work to make up for.

"Damn it all to hell!" she seethed and the Headmistress smiled. This was gonna be a day Kioshi Sara will never forget.

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Later that day, Sara made it to her Swordmanship class in the nick of time after the Headmistress demanded she rested for a bit longer. Apparently, when she went full-youkai, she used up all of her engery. When she learned that Higurashi Kagome-sama was teaching her archery classes, it became too much and she passed out. She winced at the memory and sighed. What a way to appear weak in front of an ancestor (she refused to think of Higurashi Kagome-sama as her obaa-san) who was famous for destroying the worst evil in the world.

"Now swing the katana vertically. That's it. Keep it up Kureno-chan," she heard the voice of her sensei say but it was...different. Male. She opened the shoji doors and gasped. It was Taisho-dono! And he was fighting Kaede-chan! Kaede turned her head at the sound of the doors opening and gasped in shock.

"Kioshi-san!" Kaede cried out happily and dropped her practice katana. She ran up to her best friend and gave her a bear hug. Sara's face went blue as the breath was squeezed out of her and gave a frantic look at Saya who was near by. Sara ignored the awed looks she was getting over her new markings and focused her attention on her two friends. She seriously needed to breathe. Like now.

"Oi! Kureno! You're killin' her!" she called out and Kaede backed off immediately. Sara shot a grateful look at Saya who nodded as she smiled down at the smaller girl before her.

"Nice to see you too, Kureno-chan," she said with a small smile and Kaede beamed at her. Saya walked up with her arms crossed and Kaede's practice katana in hand as Sara smiled at her.

"Why is Taisho-dono our sensei?" Sara asked and he tilted his head in their direction curious as to what they were saying about him. He still had a reputation to uphold of course.

"Something about preparing us for the near war," Saya answered with a shrug. Sara nodded and narrowed her eyes in his direction. She didn't trust the taiyoukai. Said taiyoukai didn't like the way the pup was staring at him and decided to fix that.

"Are you three going to keep talking or are you going to learn how to wield a sword properly?" he demanded and Sara shot him a look. He promptly ignored it and turned his back on her. A growl rumbled low in her throat, and she held out her hand for Kaede's katana. Saya handed it to her with a questioning look (she had her sword on her, why would she need Kaede's?), and Sara got into a offensive stance. No sound was made as she charged at him, the katana held horizontally, and he turned around and blocked her sword swipe.

"Very good. Stance and posture are perfect," he praised and Sara raised an eyebrow at him, "but your swipe was weak. You need to work on that. I'm going to give you extra sword classes after school. You MUST attend or risk failing."

Sara stared at him in disbelief. He just praised her for her stance and posture yet he has the audacity to say that she was weak? How dare he! He lowered his practice katana and began to walk away but Sara's strike against his back caused him to turn around again with narrowed eyes.

"I'm not finished with you yet, asshole!" she snarled and he glared at her. Insolent pup!

"I say we are, pup," he growled at her. Her lips curled back over her teeth exposing her pointed canines and students around them gasped. She looked like a pissed off taiyoukai! He turned his back again and Sara's eyes flashed red. No one should ever expose his back to his enemy. Rule number one to fighting an opponent.

"I say we aren't!" she shrieked and kicked him in the head. He stopped walking when he leaned forward slightly and turned around his yellow eyes flashing red with fury. He charged at her and she dodged to the left. He turned around and slashed his sword down vertically on her. She forced her katana up and their swords clashed cause sparks to fly through the air.

"Good reflexes as well," he commented knowing full well it would annoy her and she snarled at him. She broke the connection and jumped back. He charged and she ducked as he made a swipe at her head. Sara smirked and straightened herself. Maru kicked her in the stomach and she went flying. Her back was thrown against a brick wall and the breath was knocked out of her lungs. Maru charged and went to strike her while she was down and she rolled out of the way of his attack and grabbed her katana off the ground next to her. She brought it up and their swords clashed once more. They both heard students grumble about how unfair it was a fifteen year old girl was battling a centuries old taiyoukai. She growled and felt her pride flare to life. She was being called weak by her own classmates. That would not do. She gritted her teeth and forced his sword to fly out of his hands. His eyes widened in surprise as a kick in the face caused him to go flying. She forced herself to her feet and wiped the blood from her mouth with the back of her hand.

"Enough, Kioshi-chan! Are you wanting to die?!" Saya demanded but it went unheard as she limped toward Taisho Maru. His eyes were closed and she smirked. She just defeated a powerful youkai, and a taiyoukai at that! Next thing she knew, Sara went flying through the air and crashed into another brick wall. She landed in a heap on the dojo floors and groaned in pain. What the fuck just happened? It felt as if she got hit by a Mack truck!

"You should never underestimate your opponents. You best learn that, Kioshi-chan," he snarled and Saya and Kaede ran to her. His snarl was quickly replaced with concern when she didn't get back up. The scent of copper floated past his nose and he inwardly cursed. She was internally bleeding.

"We need to get her to the infirmary!" Kaede cried and Sara found herself floating. She could hear Saya screaming for the nurse and students following by their footsteps. Darkness covered her mind and she let it, glad to be rid of the pain zapping through her body.