Well, I am determined to type at least 700 words today. This is going to be a very interesting chapter. OH. BTW I got 20 reviews. Thanks people!!!! Your responses make the world go round!!!

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Before:

"I was making sure you weren't hurt by your encounter with the… wolves" he said with disdain in her voice. It was a good lie.

"Okay. That's acceptable. Second of all, what did you mean by in my mind?"

Shit. Why did she have to ask that question?

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Oog. He did not want to answer that. But he knew if he didn't answer, she would sit on him all day. Of course he could just rest and push her off later… but that would take too long. So as cautiously worded as possible he said,

"I was checking your forehead for fever, and you sucked me into your mind."

"How deep?"

Just then Kagome's miko energy kicked in, responding to her distress at his comment. He couldn't lie to her now.

"I was first in your dreams, but then you panicked and I got sucked down to your spirits level."

She got off of him and went to the balcony. He could have messed with her mind and she would have never known. He knew she knew this.

For some reason, he could not stand to walk away with her in this state.

"Kagome," he said, surprised at himself for being about to say these words, " you are probably the most powerful miko I have ever had the displeasure to cross. But you need training. The only thing that I found while in your mind was that you can control your power, till the point of extreme emotion, and you can infuse weapons with it."

"I've heard that before."

"well. If not all that, you can at least subdue a tired demon lord just by sitting on him. And a particular demon lord thinks that he does not want that to happen again, because in his state, IT HURT." He said with laughter in his voice.

She smiled at him. She offered to walk him to his office. Just to make sure he didn't fall over. He was surprised, and suspicious. Most humans would have cowered in a corner fearing his wrath after what she had done to him. More powerful demons would help him up, only to knock him down again.

He accepted her offer.

"Do you want to go to your room to sleep? Instead of your office I mean."

He looked at her face. Her eyes. He found no lust or trickery in them. All he saw was genuine concern.

"No… I'll just go to my office. I have a kingdom to run."

"Right"

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As she walked him down to his office, three doors down, she wondered if she should ask him to train her. Her other life in the feudal era was over. And Inuyasha was probably waiting for her to return to the well. She had never had time with Sango, and Miroku wouldn't get his perverted hands off her long enough to train her.

"stupid perverted monks." She muttered.

"What was that?"

Oops. She forgot. Demons had super human hearing.

"Nothing. I was just thinking."

She reached the door and pulled it open. He thanked her, and walked to his desk.

'ask him now!' her mind screamed at her.

"Um, Shessoumaru…"

"yes Kagome?"

"would you mind training me?" she blushed and her eyes fell to the floor.

Silence.

She turned to leave, but Shessoumaru stopped her.

"I can do that."

Her face lit up.

"oh! Thank you fluffy-kun!!!"

She ran up and hugged him without thinking. He hugged back. Then, realizing what they were doing, Kagome backed away.

She muttered a sorry.

"As soon as you heal. Before that, you must learn how to act in my castle."

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Blarg. Well… I have a little challenge for you guys. You don't have to, and the only reward will be the mention of your name in the next chapter. You have to find the band name I mentioned slyly in this chapter. Its not that hard to find, you just need to do a little thinking.