Well my power just went out, so I guess only one update for today...or yesterday? I'm gonna try and get this written out before my computer dies. That last chapter was my all time favorite! Even MY adrenaline was rushing while reading it hahah. I noticed that the fanfiction site cut out my Tumblr URL, so if you wanna find me it's under mollyedollie. Okay, now on with the story! Oh, and pretty please leave me reviews? Let me know how i'm doing so I know whether to keep the story going or not. Also, I hope you all had an amazing Valentines Day filled with much fanfiction! (:

Chapter 10

Kagome walked veered left onto a path that led into the woods while the others followed behind. Finding a small creek with a nice clearing she set her stuff down. "Ahh this looks like a good place to stop. Everyone rest up and drink plenty of water!" She said while taking out her water bottle and filling it up. She felt a hand on her shoulder and looked up to see Sesshomaru standing over her. "Come, miko. Let us go and begin training." He said turning away. Miroku and Sango looked up from their places on the ground and glanced at each other. "Kagome, are you really going to learn how to sword fight?" Sango asked questioningly. "Yeah, it would be in my best interest to do so. Just in case something happens and I lose my bow or don't have it with me. Plus, i've never fought with one before, so I don't know if i'm a natural at it yet or not." She said smiling. "Just be careful, and if you need help with learning hand to hand combat, i'm always here." Sango said waving goodbye as Kagome and Sesshomaru headed towards the woods. "She's never offered me help before." Kagome said quietly. Sesshomaru glanced sideways at her remark. "That is because they doubted your abilities. They have now seen them, so they feel they owe you for not believing in you." He stated. 'None of them believed in me? Not even Sango?' Kagome thought sadly. It was hard to believe that no one, other than Sesshomaru, had faith in her. But Kagome was going to prove them wrong. Just them wait and see. She was going to blow their socks off!

Kagome and Sesshomaru came upon a vast green clearing as soon as they exited the woods. Walking to the middle of it, Kagome put her hands on her hips and cocked her head to the side. "Now what?" "Now we begin your physical training." Sesshomaru stated while stepping up close to her. He circled her, bringing his left hand to her waist, and turning her so that her hips were sideways with her front facing forward. Feeling his hand at her hip, Kagome flushed bright red. "Miko, spread your legs father a part." Sesshomaru said quietly next to her ear. Kagome almost had a heart attack at his words and her heart skipped a few beats. "W-W-What did you s-say?" She stuttered. "You can not fight while standing with your legs together." Sesshomaru said while smirking noticing how flustered she was. Kagome did as he said as he walked back to stand in front of her. "Now bring your arms and hands up in a fighting stance." He stated as she brought her arms in front of her. After a few minutes of teaching her how to stand, Sesshomaru deemed she was ready for the next step. "Now, most demons when fighting with you, will be using their demonic speed. I want you to use your miko senses and try to sense me around you as I do the same." He said disappearing only to reappear, gently hitting her in the side, next to her. Losing her balance Kagome glared at him while he stood smirking at her. "Hey! I wasn't ready!" She said angrily. "You need to always be ready in battle. A demon will not listen to you complain about not being ready. He will just kill you. Now, again." He said as he disappeared for the second time. Kagome closed her eyes and flared out her powers. She noticed a dark blue aura moving around her. It was behind her now. Opening her eyes and whirling around, Kagome tackled him to the ground. "Gotcha!" She yelled happily. She sat for a moment grinning over her victory until she noticed that she was straddling his lap. Sesshomaru flipped her over and she found herself suddenly beneath him. Face the color of Inuyasha's haori, Kagome looked up at him with her mouth agape. Sesshomaru lowered his head so that it was mere inches from hers and whispered, "I believe it is I who has got you, little miko." He said smirking. 'Oh my Kami...he's...he's so close! I could practically kiss him if I...no, bad thoughts! He's only teasing me.' Kagome thought as her inner self was battling on whether or not to kiss him. He wouldn't be too mad, would he? She decided against it when she noticed his face getting closer to hers. 'Is he really?! Oh Kami!' Slowly Sesshomaru lowered his face towards her reddened one and stopped suddenly looking into her brown doe eyes. Then he closed them, closing the distance, and brushed his lips lightly across her opened ones. Kagome practically had a heart attack right there but Kami was she in heaven. She barely had time to return the kiss when he was standing again with his arm reached out to help her up. Kagome just sat there dumbly for a minute before taking his hand and standing herself. "Now, let us really have some fun." Sesshomaru stated giving her one of his rare smiles. Kagome just balked at his change in demeanor. Sesshomaru turned and walked back to the middle of the field and turned to face her waiting for her to catch up. 'Kami, I nearly lost myself. I need to be more careful and take things slower.' He absently thought to himself as he watched Kagome walked toward him with her head hung low and a slight blush on her cheeks. 'Ahh yes, but the miko did not refuse us. In fact, if you had been paying attention you would have been able to smell her arousal. She enjoyed it almost as much as you did.' His beast spoke up putting him at ease. 'I still need to take things slower. She is merely a human. I have been with many females, utterly for my own sake and pleasure, but this time is different. I care about her needs more than my own. I will not scare her just to simply sate my desire for her.' He thought to himself, though he would never admit that to anyone out loud. He was a proud man after all. Kagome finally reached him after having her own internal battle and looked up at him smiling. "Okay then, let's do this!" "Hn, before we jump in head first, you must learn how to hold a sword properly." Sesshomaru said, smirking at her enthusiasm. He reached to his obi and took Tenseiga from its sheath and held it out to her. Kagome looked down at the sword in wonder and gently grabbed the hilt. "Tenseiga will keep you from hurting me if you are to land a blow to me, though that is highly impossible." He said smirking at her. "Hmph. You sure are sure of yourself." Kagome said examining the sword. "One must be sure of themselves if they wish to defeat their enemy." He stated simply. For the next hour the worked on stances and the correct way to wield a sword. By the end of her training for the night Kagome had almost landed a blow on him while using her miko powers. She vowed to herself, however, to make him eat his words. "Come, miko. Let us head back to camp." Sesshomaru said taking his sword and sheathing it in his obi. He started to walk back towards camp when he felt small hands on his arm. "Wait...Sesshomaru, can I try something?" Kagome asked waiting for him to turn towards her. Sesshomaru was surprised that she had reached out to him. Very few did that, and the few that did usually perished. Turning towards her he listened to her ramble on. "It's just that...you've done so much for me with teaching me how to fight and how to handle a sword and you saved my life and then dressed my wounds and I just..." "Miko, what is it that you want?" Sesshomaru asked, slightly annoyed with her rambling. "I've never done it before, but may I try and heal you? Your left arm I mean." Sesshomaru's eyes widened showing his immense surprise. Heal his arm? Was this woman serious? 'Could she possibly be that powerful?' He wondered. Putting on his cold facade, Sesshomaru sat down in the middle of the field with his legs crossed. "If you must sate your curiosity, you may do so. " He said closing his eyes. Kagome stood there, mouth agape, baffled that he had even given her permission. She knelt in front of him and paused. 'What if I fail? I will look like a fool...' She thought momentarily. Sesshomaru opened his eyes and gazed at her perplexed at what ever she could be thinking. "Miko, if you do not want the hanyou to come searching for us while screeching explicative, I suggest you get on with it." Kagome nodded her head, clearing her mind of doubt, and began to unfasten his armor when his right arm came out and grabbed her arm stopping her. "What is it that you are doing?" Sesshomaru asked confused, but not showing it. "U-Umm well I need to take off your armor to be able to reach your arm..." She responded while blushing furiously feeling like she had been caught doing something bad. Sesshomaru just stared at her and lowered his arm. "Hn. Continue." Kagome looked up and smiled and unfastened both side of his armor. Sesshomaru lifted the armor over his head and set it on the ground beside him. Kagome, with trembling hands, reached up to the V of his kimono and began to pull it apart, all the while trying not to glance at the demon lord. Opening it up she slid both side down his shoulders until it pooled at his waist. She blushed bright crimson at seeing his bare chest. She was pretty sure that the color of her face and the color of Inuyasha's fire-rat robes could have a competition as to which was brighter. She had never seen a males chest up close before. Well, she had, she had seen Inuyasha's on many occasions, but Sesshomaru was no male. He was a demon...no...a God. She was pretty sure with the way he was sculpted. His skin looked so soft and she wanted nothing more than to reach out and caress it, but upon realizing where her train of thought was going, she decided against it and continued on with her goal. Looking over at his left arm, or rather where it should be, she gasped and looked up at him. "I-I'm so sorry." She said while lowering her head so that her bangs covered her eyes. Sesshomaru noticed her scent change from curious to depressed and it confused him. Reaching out with his right hand he took her chin in his fingers and brought her head up to look at him. "Whatever could you be sorry for, miko?" He asked gently seeing unshed tears in her eyes. "I just...i'm sorry for what Inuyasha did to you, and that I had a part to play in it." She confessed sadly. Sesshomaru merely let out a light chuckle, which startled Kagome greatly. "Do not be sorry. It was not your fault, but the fault of that brash hanyou. Either way, what is done is done. It has made me stronger, nonetheless. You needn't worry yourself over something so trivial as the past." He commented softly. Kagome just stared at him. 'This definitely isn't the Sesshomaru I know. He's so kind. And...did he just laugh?' She thought to herself, taking in everything he had just said. "If you would still like to continue, you may." He said lowering his hand into his lap. Kagome nodded and looked at where his arm used to be. She reached up with both hands and grabbed a hold of the end of his bicep where it was cut off, and closed her eyes. She reached deep inside of herself, where her power was, and called it forth. She had only ever done something like this once, but never at this magnitude. It was simply a broken rib from one of the villagers. This was something all together different. She prayed and hoped it would work though. She spread her powers to every part of her body spreading most of it through her fingertips. Sesshomaru stared wide-eyed at what he was seeing. Kagome was glowing, that he was use to. But his whole body was tingling. Instead of fear, he felt warm. He looked where Kagome's hands were and gasped at what he saw. There under her hands was something forming. It was his arm! Kagome could actually feel it! She could feel the arm forming under her fingertips! Calling forth more power, she pushed it out through her hands as hard as she could willing it to regrow. Sesshomaru stared in amazement as his arm grew little by little. It wasn't that it was just regrowing, he had feeling in it too! He could actually feel the sensation of power running through his veins! His elbow came into view and then the twin maroon striped on his writs, and then lastly, his hand. Kagome felt the last of her powers give and then collapsed on his chest. She looked up to him seeing him admiring his new hand and arm with a look of pure amazement on his face. Looking down Sesshomaru saw how tired she was. Picking her up with both arms, he cradled her in his lap. "Miko, you have outdone yourself. Rest and I will bring you back to camp." Bending down to her ear he whispered "Thank you, little one. It seems it is I who is in your debt now." Kagome smiled and closed her eyes as blackness engulfed her.