Training His Destiny

Chapter 8: Time of Jikar

I made a lot of mistakes in my life, and loving you wasn't one of them. -Inuyasha

This is stupid, he thought, this girl is something different. Not normal, but I don't know how or why. Something about her intrigues me, fascinates me. Her eyes peer deep into my soul, as if she knows me as well as she says.

Inuyasha was sitting with Miroku and Myouga, they were disguising the conditions of Inuyasha's Time of Jikar, but he wasn't paying that much attention. His eyes kept pulling toward the trees past the lake and back at camp, where Paige was laying on a blanket. Sleeping. Inuyasha couldn't do anything but smile, and then heard Myouga. "Master Inuyasha?"

His head spun around, turning his playful smile into a serious line on his lips. "Alright, enough sugar coating this whole thing. Tell me about this Time of Jikar. Everything, from how it started and when right up to me and why a,-" he paused, having difficulty with the word. "-half demon, would have to go through it."

They were all sitting on a small stone bridge, that came over the crystal clear water where Sango and Shippo were swimming again. Shippo through a something to Sango, a rock, and Sango placed it into a bag they had ashore with, probably, a million rocks so far.

Miroku cleared his through. "Time of Jikar is the most famous, and legendary task a demon has to go through in their life. It shows their skills and ability to compile all of their training together in only a few weeks. That, in many cases, is what it tasks to become a great fighter."

Inuyasha was trying to take all of that in, still thinking about the strange girl and the girl he knew that wasn't here with him. He felt nervous, his palms were full of sweat and his hands were shaking. The hair on the back of his neck stood up, and his mind was racing through every battle he was in.

Myouga then took control of the conversation, filling Inuyasha in with the story of Jikar. "Inuyasha, in a demon's life he was taught to do one thing, and one thing only." He sighed, pulling together the story that was in his mind, into words. "To live forever. Jikar never had forever to live, but he lived as if he would never see tomorrow..."


Swords clashed as the ring rippled through ears, the thunder roared over the bloodshed field, and the lightening crackled amongst dead bodies; once living soldiers and great fighters. The wind nipped through the torn clothing, chilling each of them to the bone. The sky was filled with smoke, and dark clouds, the rain was not far from coming. So, he waited.

Waited until the wind was so high, that it could carry him off to safety. Waited until the thunder got so loud, that he would not be able to hear himself think. Waited to hear the final clash of the swords, to know that it was all over. He waited, but it never came. The clouds opened up and the heaven's tears poured onto the land.

"Madness," he protested. His arms numb from blood lose, his legs ready to buckle under the weight of his own body. "Sheer madness, to witness this sin. To have to watch as innocent lives are taken. Even yours," his eyes were set on the ground, where a young girl laid; nearly dead. Her blood stained his hands, as he had tried to save her but it was hopeless.

Her eyes stared at his face, bruised and bloody, her own filled up with tears at the thought of leaving him alone. "I can't leave you... not here... not now." Her voice was only a small whisper in the hurricane of noises around them. Kneeling down, he took her hand in his, squeezing it tightly.

His lips pressed down on her tiny fingers, her skin was cold on his lips. He smiled to her, trying to comfort her. "You'll never leave me. I'll always love you, until the very end of forever." His lips brushed across her forehead, as tears escaped from her eyes; running down her face, they landed on the ground silently.

Her smile went wider, and her eyes spilled over with tears. "Stay alive," she whispered, her voice began to crack. "Goodbye." She let go of his hand, placing it on her stomach. Her eyes slowly began to close, as he whispered into her ear. "I'll be with you soon," and then she slowly slipped away from him, from earth, and from the world.

He stood, leaving her behind, he began walking to the cause of his mates death. All of the nightmares, and the stories of losing your one and only had finally come true. Through all of his training, he only let her in, only needed her with him. He lived for her, and only her, he needed that special part of him to live. But with her gone, now, he thought, I have nothing to live for.


"What happened to him?" Inuyasha was so involved in the story he forgot that it was only a story. Myouga shook his head at him.

Miroku cleared his throat after listening to the long story, "Well," he stated. Inuyasha's head spun in Miroku's direction. "He went against the most powerful demon of that century, and now every year another demon is pulled into the murderous circle."

Inuyasha raised an eyebrow, he looked to his left and saw Paige pulling her top off and laid on a towel. He shook his head, and then continued on, "Then why am I? I'm not a full-fledged demon," he spat the last few words out.

"Because your father was the greatest of them all, his power runs in your viens. That is why you have been choosen." Myouga spoke with pride for his master, Miroku coughed.

"Umm.." Miroku stated, looking at the ground, "I would have to recall that there was a time where Inu-Tashu wasn't the greatest of all. Right, Myouga?" Miroku took a cup of tea from the ground, and began to pour water into it.

Inuyasha's eyes widened, shocked at the very thought. His head flashed to Myouga, still sitting next to him on a small pebble, "Is this true? Was there someone even more powerful then my father?"

Myouga sighed, his little hands interwinded with the other. Nodding her head, he looked up at his master, "You do need to know that your father was the greatest of his time. But, like all great legends, there was someone before him. Someone even more powerful, and that is why I'm scared for you, Master Inuyasha."

Inuyasha's ears twitched, his eyes moved to the corner of his eye to look at Sango and Shippo getting out of the water. Shippo ran over to the fire, while Sango wrapped a towl around herself. She looked over at Inuyasha, and he had to pull away from her glance. Her eyes were filled with pure worry, and sadness. Looking into the fire, he imagined the image he saw only the day before. Kikyo and Kagome, fighting within the flames. And it made him wonder even more, "Who was it? Who was stronger then my father?"

Miroku cleared his throat as shook his head, "Your on your own with this one, Myouga!"

Inuyasha sensed the sarcasim in his voice, which couldn't be good. Inuyasha was thinking about everything but the actual 'curse'. He didn't know what to do with Kagome, didn't know what to do with the whole thing with Paige. Was she really his future wife? At first he didn't want to marry her, but those eyes.... Something about her eyes hypnotized him, but the beautiful melody of Kagome's voice warmed his heart even on the coldest of days. How could he get her to stay with him?

Myouga silenced those nagging thoughts in Inuyasha's head when he continued, "Naraku's father." With only those two words, Myouga had managed to send a spine tingling shiver down Inuyasha's back, something that could never be done. He could already feel the icy fingers of death approaching him.

Inuyasha swallowed hard, a lump was stuck in her throat and he could feel his heart sink into his stomach, "So, what your saying... is that, if Naraku's father was stronger than mine then he will be stronger then me, right?" Biting his lip, he prayed that he was wrong. For once in his life, he wished that Myouga would tell him he was wrong, and know it was true.

But Myouga didn't tell him he was wrong, instead he nodded his pea-sized head slowly, "Yes. Yes it does. And, I am almost certain, that he will be your last obstacle."

Inuyasha's head sank. Knowing that you would die wasn't the best feeling he had in his life, but it was better then the night before. He thought about it, wondering how it would feel to finally fall at the hands of Narkau. Inuyasha laughed, "Ironic, huh? I said I wanted to kill him a thousand times over and now he will be the one to kill me. What a great way to go!" He tried to hide the fact that he was scared through his sarcasim, but his heart ached to be near Kagome now.

Myouga sighed, jumping up to his feet he argued, "Master Inuyasha! You can not give up hope. You still have five obstacles before him, you may get better and be able to defeat him." His little arms flapped into the wind as he jumped up and down on the tiny pebbles.

Miroku nodded, agreeing to what the tiny flea was saying, "He is right, Inuyasha. All you have to do is train, we can help you in the fights and everything if you need it! Don't give us when you didn't even start yet." Miroku stood up, too. Encouraging his friend, he smiled down at him.

Inuyasha looked up at Miroku, then looked down at the jumping flea and rolled his eyes, "I guess I have no choose in this, anyways. But what about Kagome? What am I going to do about her? I can't talk to her about everything and train all at the same time!"

Myouga shook his head, jumped up onto Mirkou's shoulder he looked down at Inuyasha, "Master, you are already strong enough to with stand the first three, after that you will just have to practice a few moves. But with Naraku, you will have to focus fully on him. Nothing else, not even her."

Almost on que, Paige was over by them and standing beside Inuyasha, looking down at him. "So, how was the talk? Everything straightened out, now?" She smiled, as Inuyasha got up from his feet and greeted her.

He nodded his head, smiling. "Yeah, we're all done. I just got to go and do a few things, that's all."

Paige raised her eyebrow, narrowing her eyes at him. A slight breeze brushed through her hair, "Are you going to see Kagome?"

Inuyasha's eyes widened in shock, but then were set back to normal size. Nodding his head he watched the ground, "She needs to know about this, Paige. I need her here with me, if not, I won't be able to go through this."

She rolled her eyes, biting her lip she moved into him. "Come on, you don't have to go to her right now. Stay with me, and get more... comfortable with us."

Inuyasha couldn't help it again, he got lost in those emerald eyes. His body was numb, and his legs felt like they would buckle at any second. Looking away from her eyes, he shook her head. "No, I'm going. I'll be back later on." He pushed himself through, running away from camp into the deeper part of the woods. Towards to well.

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A/N- Hehe, another update! I am soooo proud of myself. Now, this would have been up before but I had exams, and my mom wouldnt let me on the computer. But, I got it up for you guys. Hope you like it, R&R. Wait til you read the next chapter, your gonna F.R.E.A.K!!!