January 14, 2011
IK91: I need motivation.
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***Note as of 5/22/11 – A lot of people will probably freak out that the 'training scene' is as short as it is. Don't worry. I'm working on a mini-chapter that will include a longer scene that shows a couple of days of their training. With that said, please enjoy this chapter.
Rated R/M: For language, sexuality, and crude/violent images.
Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha or Dragon Ball Z. Both belong to their rightful owners and respective copyrights.
Chapter 12: Beautiful Fighters
Goku pulled Kagome through the hallways, tightening his hand around hers. He was so excited! He was going to get to test her powers and it already looked promising. If she could make Vegeta bleed, there's no telling what she could do.
"Wait, Goku!" Kagome tried to keep up with his pace. "What do you mean 'spar'? I don't know how to fight!"
Goku grinned and just kept pulling her along. "What do you mean you don't know how to fight? Did you see how you slugged Vegeta earlier? Do you know how much it takes to make him bleed? And for him to not come after you or yell at you, must mean you're definitely stronger than you look."
Kagome blushed. She'd only ever seen fights. She'd never participated in one! And the punch only came from anger and watching Inuyasha fight all the time.
Shaking her head quickly, she yanked back on her hand. Goku stopped, but didn't let go of her hand. He turned around to look at her.
"I've never fought anyone before…" Kagome looked up at him from underneath her bangs.
Goku's grin only widened. "We'll teach you!" And with that, he tugged on her hand again and pulled her outside to the palace grounds.
Kuririn ran over to them, followed by Trunks and Gohan. "We were beginning to worry about you two. You were in there for about two hours."
"Trading stories." Goku shrugged. "We're going to teach Kagome how to fight!" He clapped his hands together.
Kagome looked at him. He wasn't going to tell them about her floating in a bright pink bubble or Inuyasha or Midoriko?
"Kagome, you wanna learn how to fight?" Gohan looked up at her with the same excited eyes that Goku had.
"Umm…I suppose." Kagome tucked a piece of hair behind her ear. What could it hurt to try? Cell was supposed to be unbeatable in his perfect form, right? Anything that could help.
Goku walked a few steps away from the others and motioned Kagome towards him. Kagome walked towards him slowly as she began to wonder if this was a good idea or not.
Goku put his hands up for his usual fighting stance. He wiggled his eyebrows and pumped his fists at Kagome silently telling her to raise her hands.
Swallowing hard, Kagome raised her hands and clenched them into fists. She eyed Goku from behind her hands. 'He means business!'
Goku's smile stayed plastered on his face. 'I'll just lightly, lightly tap her…'
As he threw his fist towards her, Goku was stopped by Kagome. She screeched and threw her hands on her face. When five seconds ticked by, she peeked in between her fore and middle fingers and found that Goku's fist had stopped mere inches from her face.
Putting her hands back into the fighting stance, Kagome smirked at Goku. She concentrated her powers behind her hand as she did when she hit Vegeta. "You wouldn't hit a lady in the face now would you?" Throwing her fist forward, she punched Goku in the stomach. She was surprised when he actually stumbled back a bit.
"You're a sneaky little fox, aren't ya?" Goku laughed at her.
"I learned from the best." Kagome winked at him.
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Kagome had some nice bruises, scratches, and marks on her body, but luckily enough for her Goku had avoided trying to hit her face. She laughed to herself. She probably should have let him hit her in the face because if she was fighting a real enemy, they wouldn't care if they hit her in the face or not.
She had also sparred with Kuririn, however, neither fight lasted long as Kagome couldn't hold her own. She was now getting ready to fight with Gohan which was Goku's grand idea.
She wiped her chin with the back of her hand as she watched Gohan stretch. Looking around she saw that Kuririn was now sparring with Trunks and Goku was watching them. Piccolo was meditating while floating in midair. She hadn't seen Vegeta since their spout this morning.
Kagome sighed as she tried to knock a kink out of her shoulder. Gohan smiled up at her. "I'm ready!"
Kagome gritted her teeth as she smiled back. "I don't think I am…" She muttered as she took up the fighting stance that Goku showed her.
Gohan gave her a sweet grin and before she could blink Kagome found that she was flat on her ass. Blinking in shock, she saw that Gohan was looking at her expectantly waiting for her to get back up.
Kagome groaned softly and slowly got to her feet. This was a little kid! Surely she could beat him.
Running at Gohan, Kagome pushed her fist towards his face and when she missed because he quickly dodged, she threw her other fist at his stomach. He evaded that attack as well by jumping up in the air and came back down only to slam his elbow into Kagome's back. Kagome hit the concrete with a thud, moaning in pain.
Rolling onto her back, she let out a huge breath. "This is not my thing." Gohan was worse than Kuririn and almost as bad as Goku. "You win, Gohan. I am most definitely done for the day."
"Aww, come on Kagome-san! It was just getting good…" Gohan pushed out his bottom lip to show her his pout. Kagome sat up slowly and winced in pain.
"Just 'Kagome'. And I'm wiped out, kiddo. Besides, aren't you getting hungry by now?" Kagome nodded towards the setting sun. As soon as the words left her mouth, a growl came from Gohan's stomach. They both giggled, but were stopped when a larger growl came from Goku's direction.
"That settles that matter then, I guess." Kagome sweatdropped.
Gohan helped Kagome up and then ran inside the palace. Kagome looked down at her dress. She felt bad. Mister Popo had given her this dress and there were rips and tears everywhere. Sighing, she made her way into the palace as the others were finishing their training.
Mister Popo met Kagome at the entrance, asking if she was hungry. In all actuality, she was just exhausted and felt like she could sleep for days.
"I guess I am a little. Mister Popo, I am so sorry. You gave me this dress and it's ruined now." Kagome looked down.
"It all right. I make you more." Mister Popo held out his hands and instantly five more dresses appeared in his hands, neatly folded and stacked. There were various colors.
Kagome's eyes widened. "Wow, Mister Popo! Thank you so much!" She squealed in delight as she grabbed the one on top which happened to be a light purple. "In thanks why don't you let me make dinner and you sit and relax for once?"
"Oh no, Mister Popo could not do that." He frantically declined.
"I insist! You've been nothing but kind and helpful since I popped up out of nowhere and I would like to repay you. So, let me take care of dinner and you just make sure you partake and relax." Kagome pushed him towards the dining room and made sure he sat at the table.
He gave her the rest of the dresses and reluctantly sat down. He didn't know what to do with himself.
Kagome quickly ran to her room and put the dresses on her bed and made her way back to the kitchen. She washed her hands in the sink and looked around. "Now, let's see. What should I make?" Rummaging through the fridge, she decided to make a few different dishes and was sure that she would have to make tons of it. She secretly hoped that Goku would like it.
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Goku yawned as he sat down at the dinner table. "Mister Popo, are you not fixing dinner? Where's Kagome?"
"Kagome making dinner." Mister Popo pointed toward the kitchen.
"What if she doesn't make enough?" Goku whimpered.
"Don't worry, Goku. I'm sure Kagome knows your appetite by now." Kuririn laughed, patting Goku on the back as he took a seat beside him. The others filed in the room after Kuririn and took seats as well.
A delicious smell started wafting from the kitchen, making Goku whimper more.
"Dinner is served!" Kagome walked in the room carrying a huge fried turkey. Once she set it in the middle of the table, she returned to the kitchen for the other dishes. Gohan followed her wanting to help.
"Wow Kagome! You made a lot!" Gohan gawked at the amount of food.
Kagome grinned. She had outdone of herself even though she felt like she could pass out from exhaustion.
'You just wanna make a good impression on Goku.' Kagome's conscience nagged her. She felt her cheeks heat up.
"Shut up, you…" Kagome muttered to herself. "Gohan, will you grab the plates and silverware?" She picked up the pork buns, rice, and dumplings. Gohan followed her back to the table and passed out the plates.
Kagome returned to the kitchen once more to grab the remaining dishes. She picked up the platters of fruit, yakisoba noodles, onigiri, and sushi. She sat them on the table and watched in satisfaction as everyone started grabbing the various foods. Even Mister Popo was joining the others.
Kagome stretched and yawned, mumbling something about going to take a bath. Goku looked up as he swallowed the dumplings he put in his mouth. "Aren't you going to dig in too, Kagome?"
Kagome shook her head. "I had some while I was making it. I'm tired, so I think I'm going retire for the night. Good night you guys." She bowed towards them and made her way out of the room.
Goku shrugged and went back to shoving his mouth full of food. "This food is awesome!" The others nodded in agreement with their mouths full as well.
Kagome smirked from the doorway and headed to her room. Once she got there she grabbed her pajamas and made her way to the bathroom with the hot spring. Once she closed the door, she stripped down and slid into the hot water. "Ahhh, this feels great!" She felt the tension leave her muscles and relaxed deeper into the water.
Closing her eyes, Kagome sighed in contentment. "I could stay in here forever…"
Do not forget, Kagome.
Peeking one eye open, Kagome found Midoriko in front of her. "What?"
The reason you're here.
"I haven't forgotten. I trained for it today didn't I?" Kagome didn't really think she would fight hand to hand combat with Cell though. It could be helpful in other situations though. "I won't forget Midoriko. I left my friends, my family, and my life behind so that I could do this. I'm sorry that I don't believe in my powers like you do. I haven't seen enough of them to believe just what you say."
Train with your powers then.
"How? There are no demons here. Just humans and the occasional alien…apparently." Kagome recalled Goku telling her about Piccolo and Freeza.
Train with me then.
"Eh? How?" Kagome sat up in the water.
In your mind. Like how you're talking to me.
"Will that work?"
Many priests and priestesses have used this method to train. I used it, Kikyo used it, and I'm sure your friend Miroku has used it before.
Kagome wrinkled her nose. She would rather practice purifying demons. "If you think it will help…"
It will and then maybe you will believe me about your powers. You believed me before you came here…
"Yeah! That was before I met those macho men out there! They're stronger than Inuyasha. Hell, they're probably even stronger than Naraku. Naraku, one of the greatest foes I've ever faced. And we're supposed to defeat this creature that is supposedly the strongest thing in the universe?" Kagome swished the water around with her hands.
One can overestimate everything because they harbor pride. Training starts tomorrow. Don't forget the pure heart, Kagome. Midoriko vanished.
Kagome smacked the water with her hand. Her search for the pure heart hadn't gone so well the day before. Truthfully, she felt like she had already been here for a month and it was only the second day! "A lot can happen in one day I guess…"
"It sure can!"
Kagome whirled around in the water.
Goku threw his hands up in his defense. "I thought I heard voices in here talking!"
"Don't you know how to knock first?" Kagome sank down in the water after she noticed him staring.
Goku backed away slowly before she could do anything rash, but it was too late. Kagome already had the soap in her hand.
…
"Goku, what are you doing asleep in the bathroom floor?" Kuririn poked Goku with his foot to see if he was alive. Kuririn, Trunks, and Gohan had come to relax in the hot spring.
Goku groaned and moved his bangs to show another red mark on his forehead.
Kuririn laughed while Trunks just shook his head.
"Father, what's that from?" Gohan asked curiously eyeing the red mark.
"Bad manners, Gohan…bad manners." Goku sighed. He was so misunderstood.
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IK91:
The chapter title is the song 'Beautiful Fighters' by Ayumi Hamasaki. If you go find the English translation for it, you may understand why I picked it. I do not own the song!
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