Chapter 12
"Princess-"
"Don't call me that Juro!" whined Kagome like child
"Kagome," he chuckled "Shippou and I are going to hunt for dinner tonight, we'll be back later," he said with a wave while Shippou had already disappeared into the forest.
Kagome nodded and walked to the large field behind the big hut they were staying in and sat under her favorite thinking spot, a Mango tree. The air was hot and the shade under the tree brought a cool breeze; with the birds chirping and squirrels running around, it made Kagome felt so at peace. 'It's been 4 months and a half since my accident' thought Kagome with a smile 'these past months have been brutal' she thought to herself
*****FLASHBACK*****
"Honey, what are we going to do about them? We can't throw them out, we need to help them," Kagome heard a woman mumble
"Let's just wait for her to wake up," said a man in a strong, muscular voice
Kagome felt like she was lying down on piles of feathers. It felt really soft and warm and the cool breeze flowing through the hut made Kagome want to fall back asleep. It felt like she was back at Kaede's but with an extra calm aura, which was really soothing. Kagome felt something twitched next to her head, but she guessed it must be Shippou. Even though the room made her feel calm, she could still feel pain everywhere and she felt like drums were playing in her head with the heavy, throbbing headache she felt. Kagome moaned a little and fluttered her eyes slowly and then opened them wide. Kagome saw a really young woman about her age with black jet hair and hazel eyes looking down at her as curious as a cat with a really warm smile.
"Mate, you are too close to her, you might scare her," said the masculine voice Kagome heard earlier
Kagome moaned slightly as she pulled herself up into a sitting position. "Where am I?" asked Kagome
"We saw you fell from a cliff a week ago and we took you and your child in, taking care of you," said the woman excitedly. She was finally awake! She's been waiting for this.
"Oh, thank you, I'm really grateful," said Kagome sincerely but everything was still foggy.
"My name is Ai," said the woman and she pointed toward a man with long brown hair and gorgeous green eyes. He had on a black Kimono that exposes his well-built chest to anyone who had eyes. Kagome found herself almost drooling until the feminine voice spoke again "this is my mate Juro," she smiled
"I'm Kagome, and this is-" Kagome turned next to her pillow and notice there was no Shippou but a tiny puppy laying on the side of her pillow "where is Shippou?" asked Kagome worriedly eyes darting around the hut.
"He went to gather some water for you to take a bath when you wake up," said Ai "he said you had an obsession with taking baths," giggled Ai
Kagome also let out a laugh, and then turned to Juro "How would he know I was going to wake up? And since when can Shippou carry buckets of water?" asked Kagome. They said she was out for a week, not a year.
"I knew you were going to wake up sometime today," said Juro catching the confuse look on Kagome's face "how? It's because I'm a demon and I can hear and feel the difference in someone's breathing and heart beat," said Juro
"Oh" said Kagome with a sheepish smile.
"Shippou told us a lot about you and your journey," said Ai "and let me add that I'm sorry for the pain you've had to deal with, but I promise you one thing, your love will come soon enough, but you must know when to grab it," smiled Ai with a fist pump
"Oh...oh, thank you" smiled Kagome sadly, but couldn't help but smile brighter due to Ai's positive energy.
"I've been training Shippou with his fox magic and on how to endure minor pain, you should join us, we've only begun yesterday," said Juro
"I don't have any youkai magic," stated Kagome confusedly
"Hmm, you must not be aware of it, I sense it perfectly," said Juro thoughtfully
"I'm not sure...like how? My mother is human and I think my dad was too," said Kagome really confused and that danm headache
"Well that's something you and your mother are going to talk about, so will you join us?" asked Juro
"You really mean it," said Kagome softly. She's never been offered to be trained, sure she begs Sesshomaru, but he wasn't exactly happy to agree. Maybe Juro might be sensing something else.
"Yes and rule number one...I don't like to repeat myself and my warning to you is it's going to be hard and ruthless. I will have to train you how to pull out your youki and use it and help you endure pain, and enduring pain is quite painful," said Juro with a smirk
"Ye-yes" said Kagome nervously
"And don't worry, I can help you with you miko powers, you're really powerful! Did you know?" asked Ai
"Well no," said Kagome, maybe she's in a dream. What are these people talking about? She was always compared to Kikyo, they must be wrong.
"Okay then, I'm telling you now, as you stay here to recover, I will train you to use you miko powers and also Juro will help search for what you are," smiled Ai
"You are a miko?" asked Kagome shocked. Sure she hoped and was sure there were some mikos that would mate with a youkai, but she didn't think she would have actually seen it.
"Yes, why?" asked Ai with a wide smile
"Well I just didn't actually thought a full demon would mate a human, a priestess no less" said Kagome and all the sudden a flash of Sesshomaru's blank face flashed through her mind 'wait why did I just thought of him!' yelled Kagome at herself blushing suddenly
"Oh, well not every full demon is the same, Juro never fought with his youkai, he just accepted its decision, and I'm glad I choose him too. Best believe my temple hated me, hence how I'm finally living in more peace than I have ever felt in life...quite ironic no?" smiled Ai looking lovingly at Juro who looked as red as a tomato
Kagome laughed full heartedly and then Ai joined her. Kagome took a couple of deep breaths "so you guys have any kids?" asked Kagome
"No, actually we have two on the way," said Ai pointing to her still flat looking belly
"Umm, I don't see anything" said Kagome blinking at her
"Obviously silly, I only got pregnant 3 weeks ago," laughed Ai
"How do you know its two kids?" asked Kagome curiously
"Well when you're well trained with your miko powers, you will be able to tell also and Juro screamed it out after the first week," smiled Ai then giggled at the memory
Kagome giggled quietly, "so your training with Juro will be mornings and your training with me is afternoon and after dinner" smiled Ai
"Ok" said Kagome softly
Kagome felt like so many things were already piling on her. She just woke up, Shippou's missing, this sexy demon is already saying his going to train her, this beautiful woman curious as a cat is already going to help her with her miko powers, she finds out she has youkai blood, and now Ai mentioned her mate is going to search for who she was...all this happened under 7 minutes. Kagome sigh and felt like her headache was getting worst, "you should lie down for a little while, you have a couple of hours until dinner, so you can rest until then" said Ai with a friendly smile
"Okay, thank you again," said Kagome
"You are very welcome, now rest" smiled Ai as she helped Kagome get back into bed and got up and sat on her mate's lap
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Day 1
"Kagome, as Shippou already know, we practice controlling your youki first for about a couple of hours and then we begin pain enduring later," said Juro strictly
"Yes" replied Kagome looking down a Shippou who had grown in the past days that she's been unconscious. He had gotten taller now, about Kohaku's height now. Juro had explained a sudden growth spurt that usually happens to strong demon children when their mother is incapable and they know it. In Shippou's case, he's so close to her that it triggered his demon.
"I'll be back" said Juro as he walks back to the large hut
"I didn't know you had youki Okaa-san" said Shippou excitedly
"Me neither, but he insist that he senses it" said Kagome shrugging her shoulders.
"Wow, that makes you more of my mother than before" laughed Shippou
Kagome also let out a fit of laughter "so how you've been Shippou?" asked Kagome running her hand through his hair.
"Fine, I thought you would not have woke up" said Shippou sadly
"Why?"
"Because, after we fell, about a couple hours later I woke up inside the big hut and noticed you were... in bad shape...," said Shippou slowly and carefully, but the look on his face shown that he'd seen more than he should have.
"Well I didn't break anything, how bad could I have been?" asked Kagome clearly unaware.
"You were swimming in your own blood Okaa-san, you had cuts everywhere! We couldn't even really see because there was so much blood" said Shippou sadly
Kagome pulled him into a bear hug, I'm fine now, don't worry" smiled Kagome sincerely
"Juro said he and his mate saw when you and I were falling, he said just before you fell between two sharp rocks, he said he had sense your youki flared and we were envelop in a red barrier" said Shippou
"Hmm, I don't know" said Kagome. She has been in this era and fought demons for years. She has had a lot of surprise luck with her powers but nothing ever demonic.
"He said it was better late than never because of that barrier didn't come around, you would have been broken to pieces and died" whimpered Shippou
"Well I'm fine now and we are together again honey, don't worry" said Kagome still hugging Shippou while Juro walked or more like stride back to them.
"Okay, let's go in the middle of the field, and begin" said Juro leading the way
"That's in the middle of the clearing, it's so sunny and hot, I'm going to get a sun burn" whined Kagome. She always suffered from them, even with sun screen; just something about this feudal era and sun.
"Keep whining and you'll find yourself running...more like sprinting until our second part of our lesson" said Juro
They reached the clearing and waited for Juro to say something, "today, we are going to run" said Juro calmly
"But you just said I was going to run if I keep whining and we were going to run anyways" exclaimed Kagome
"YOU" called Juro with an accusing finger "are going to sprint until the second part of lesson NOW!" screamed Juro
"What?"
"Keep whining you'll do more" snarled Juro
Kagome then shut her mouth and begins running. "FAST!" she heard Juro yelled and then she speeds up, "FASTER" and then she found herself sprinting 'how will I be able to sprint like this for more than a minute' thought Kagome
"Now Shippou, you and I are going to running, slower than your mother to build your endurance" Shippou nodded quickly not wanting the same punishment as Kagome
*********1 hour later**********
Kagome felt like her lungs were going to pop anytime soon. They burned like hell, her throat felt dry, her heart beating really fast, her legs hurt, her arm hurts from swinging them too hard to push her to go faster. Overall, Kagome collapse on the ground breathing heavily.
"You impressed me," said Juro looking down at her
"Oh" pant "did" pant "I?" pant
"Yes, you run really fast and for a long pace using just your human blood and strength, imagine how fast you will be able to run when you're using your youkai blood and strength or your miko blood and strength, and imagine when you put all those together" said Juro more to himself
"Girl, do you know how powerful you are?" asked Juro
"No I do not" said Kagome finally breathing normally
"You just need to train your powers" said Juro
"That's what you said you were going to help me with" said Kagome looking at the well-built sexy demon
"Yes, now get up, it is time you practice reaching to your youkai, you need to become one with it" said Juro leading the way back to where Shippou was already meditating
"Shippou started already because he didn't whine like you did, now sit" commanded Juro
Kagome felt if she says anything, she will be punished more, so she just sat. "Now, you need to close your eyes, clear your mind and focus on nothing but your blank mind" said Juro softly
Kagome did as she was told and she felt so calm, as if she has no worries at all. "Now, do you see anything?" she heard Juro asked
"No"
"Focus, hard. Your barrier was red, look hard and see if you see anything red" said Juro
Kagome did as she was told, and 'there!' she yelled to herself, it was small but Kagome kept her eyes on it 'so I really do have youkai blood in me' thought Kagome Shockley "I see it" said Kagome
"Good, now go to it" said Juro
"How?" asked Kagome
"Like you walking" said Juro like he was stating something obvious
"Okay" mumbled Kagome as she pictures herself getting closer to the red light and she felt it. As if she was walking, and she got closer and closer to the red light. It was no longer tiny, the closer she got, the bigger it got and when Kagome finally stood about a foot away, the light was about a 100 feet taller than her "I'm about a foot away" said Kagome
"That was quick, well reach out to it, take a deep breath before you do it to calm yourself" said Juro moving a good 50 yard away from Kagome
'I wonder why his voice sounded distant' thought Kagome. Kagome reached out to the red light and nothing happened for the first 5 seconds, then she was abruptly pulled in. Then Kagome let out an 'Eep!" and then she were surrounded by hot flames.
Juro looked amaze at how strong Kagome's youki is and as Juro felt the power grew, big red flames was now circling Kagome for about 30 seconds and then it disappeared leaving a completely beautiful demoness behind.
Kagome opened her eyes and Juro gasped. "So what happened? And why is the grass around me burned" asked Kagome
"Just as I thought" said Juro
"Huh?" asked Kagome dumbly
"You're from the Fire Fox Clan" smiled Juro "you never see them around east"
"What are you talking about?" asked Kagome
"You're a Fire Fox Demon girl, what else should I tell you" said Juro annoyed
"Okay, so this birthmark is what it means" said Kagome pointing to the birthmark on her neck "that I'm from that Fox Fire Clan?" asked Kagome
"Fire Fox Clan" corrected Juro and in a fast pace he was already examining Kagome's birthmark. "Hmm...I see that tails, 5 of them, so that makes you really powerful, the arrow symbolizes you being a priestess, the Guardian of the Shikon No Tama" gasp Juro "and that third symbol, I don't know it, but I'm going to look into it" said Juro "you should go look in the mirror" smiled Juro
"Why? Asked Kagome
"You'll be surprised"
Kagome got up swiftly and stride toward the hut leaving a meditating Shippou and Juro behind. The hut was deserted; there was no sign of Ai anywhere. Kagome searched through her yellow bag for a large mirror she had 'good thing I bought my bag to battle with me that day' smiled Kagome. Kagome took the mirror, afraid to see what she looked like, and then she took a deep breath and looked into the mirror and gasp.
A/N: When you read the next Chapter, it'll be the Flashback continuing! Well I stopped there because my phone wouldn't let me continue on...so I had to start another Chapter...Thank you for review this far!
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