"Makoto," Kirara loudly shouts for her second in command, who instantly approaches her after he hears his name.
"Yes, Lady Kirara?" he politely questioned once he stood right in front of his leader while the others quietly admired their new training grounds.
"Gather up everyone and begin the stretches. We don't need anyone hurt before we even start." She promptly instructs him as she closely watches her subordinates move about.
Makoto nodded his head before he executed the order that was given to him by Kirara, "Huddle up everyone."
Kiara senses a peculiar sensation from off in a distance that prompts her to peer over her shoulder. 'I wonder what was that feeling just now.'
She rotates her head back on to her focus as she mimics her men's current position since she did not want to hurt herself either.
'I guess Sesshomaru really went all out for this one.' Kirara inwardly considers once she finally observes her surroundings.
There were wooden dummies piled in one corner, a miniature obstacle course and even a large tent for them to rest and sleep under.
She was just about to give him the benefit of the doubt before she recalls, "There was this woman who mysteriously appeared in the castle and Sesshomaru allowed her to stay with little to no fuss."
'Then again...maybe he's use to women throwing themselves at his feet.' Kirara conceives along with a "tsk" of her tongue.
"Lady Kirara, we've finish with the stretches." Makoto announces as each of the members assumes a ready stance.
He brings her out of her thoughts, which prompts "Everyone pair up and we will start with the hand to hand combat portion."
"Makoto, you are with me." She purposely mentions before she adds, "Everyone break!"
The others separate in to random pairs, bow to each other, and proceed to engage in hand to hand combat.
"Lady Kirara," "Makoto," They acknowledge each other with a bow at the waist and assume a stance of attack.
Makoto spots his opening and manages to flip her over his shoulders. However, she reshifts her center of gravity and lands in a squat position.
'The bastard is probably happy that he has the castle all to himself so that he can entertain whoever he wants.' She angrily assumes to herself as she stares up at her opponent.
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'Ah…this hot spring is really relaxing for the body.' Kagura happily thinks after she finally settles in the pool of hot water.
The loud piercing screaming and howling of people surrounding her, she was merely closing her eyes, exhaling a deep sigh, and easing her tense shoulders.
'I guess the brat is good for something.' Kagura deems before she opens her eyes to the dead bodies around the spring.
She props her back against the stone boulder, casts her sights to the sky that is above her, and lifts one of her hands to the sky.
"What do you think you are doing?" A masculine voice irritably demands once he finally approaches the raven haired woman in a hot spring.
Kagura drops her head down from the boulder, cuts her eyes behind her and retorts, "I am enjoying a nice relaxing trip at a hot spring. What else does it look like I am doing, Hakudōshi?"
The boy, name Hakudōshi, quirks an eyebrow up at the woman's response to his question. "You'll still be an old hag at the end of the day."
'You little brat,' She mentally grumbles however she refrains from that comment "You better be lucky he order me not to kill you."
Hakudōshi simply points the razon sharp blade of his naginata at her throat yet she seems completely unfazed by the bravado.
"You're not even important to Naraku, you bag of bones." He quickly mentions before he returns his weapon back to his side.
"I can't believe we had to leave Kanna behind because you wanted some damn tea and a trip to the hot spring."
Kagura narrows her sights on the boy, which causes her to stand to her feet. "Once you are finished up here, we will continue to our destination."
A smirk of satisfaction stretched across his face since she fell right in to his trap. 'I knew her anger would blind her.'
An innocent bystander was instantly sliced in to shreds by an irate Kagura before Hakudōshi could even make his move.
'She's becoming easier and easier to manipulate.'
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Kosei entered inside of the dining hall since he had yet to eat due to the mission that Sesshomaru had assigned to him.
"Akio, what are you doing in here?" He dutifully questions his leader about his sudden presence in the dining hall since he is usually out on patrol around this time.
He narrows his sights in on the salt and pepper haired male in front of him before he challenges, "I could ask you the same question."
Kosei senses immediate hostility from the darker hair male, which is extremely odd until he finally connects the pieces together.
A confident smile materializes on his face that only serves to further piss Akio off even more, "You should wipe that smile off of your face."
He watches as Akio roughly pushes pass him in an irritable mood prior to his remark, "You do know that you are treading on a very dangerous line."
Akio halts in the middle of his stride, rotates toward his comrade in arms, and grunts, "Say that again."
"You do know that you are treading on a very dangerous line…well at least your thoughts are for now." Kosei repeats his statement with a little bit more than the first time.
His fists clenched out of anger as he continues to listen to his elder spieled about where his anger stemmed from.
"At first, I really didn't quite understand why you gave Lady Kirara such a hard time before and after the wending ceremony. Yet from my recent conversation with her, your actions have finally matched up." He continues to speak.
"Even I must admit that I had to catch myself because she is a very unique and beautiful person." Kosei honestly confesses his feelings as he abruptly casts his sights off somewhere else.
"I can't believe you are wasting my time with your worthless babble! I am going back on patrol." Akio voices as he returns his focus back on to his departure.
Kosei quickly speaks up and sharply alleges, "You are falling in love with Lady Kirara, aren't you?"
One of his hands rest on the doorknob as his mind processes the accusation from his companion. 'You can't let it show.'
Akio swiftly yanks the door open, irritably storms out of the dining hall, and was completely unaware of the nearby presence.
'I just hope I was able to stop it before it becomes worse.' Kosei silently hopes the best for Akio when he senses a familiar presence.
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'I can't believe mother is really going to see this invitation to our homeland through.' Isamu thinks to himself as he sprints from his birthplace in the direction of the West Kingdom.
His mind recalls the images of his sister out of character at her wedding to the Lord of the land, Sesshomaru.
'She wasn't happy at all to be wedded to Sesshomaru.' Isamu inwardly remarks about his baby sister's unusual behavior that he experiences firsthand for himself.
'Kirara hardly said a word that day except for her own vows, which sounded completely out of her character.' He mentally points out one of the more obvious points.
'Why can't everyone else see what I see?' Isamu wonders to himself as he leaps over a rather large tree log with the invitation still in tow.
He swiftly runs pass some merchants, who politely greets him with "Prince Isamu," which he kindly returns with a wave of his hands.
Isamu then peered down at the invitation that is assigned to the Lord of the West, Lord Sesshomaru or now better known to him as Kirara's bird cage.
'It might not be the way you want it to but at least I got them to make some type of move for your sake.' He considers to himself.
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'This trip was much needed.' Sesshomaru considers as he passes by the dining hall and observes Akio nearly at the end of the hallway.
"Lord Sesshomaru," Kosei addresses his Lord by his title once he sees him again for the third time today.
He briefly halts in the middle of his stride and casually peers over his shoulder to acknowledge the older youkai.
Kosei peers up just in time to see Akio veers around a corner away from their Lord, which causes him to think, 'Good they didn't run in to each other.'
"Is there a problem, Kosei?" Sesshomaru challenges him as it redirects his focus back on to the white hair youkai in front of him.
"No my lord, I was just greeting you like I normally do." He dutifully answers prior to his departure from his Lord.
'So that must have been the presence that I felt from earlier.' Kosei mentally deduces as he cautiously peeks over his shoulder at Lord Sesshomaru.
'He probably already knows about Akio's feelings for his wife. I wonder what he might do to him.' He contemplates to himself.
Sesshomaru advances down his path when his thoughts suddenly consist of his wife once he realizes, 'This will be the first night that we are not together.'
'I bet she's extremely happy with that thought.' He assumed how his wife felt about her small opportunity of freedom away from him.
A small smile stretches across his face as he can envision Kirara's joy, which causes him to chuckle at the sight.
'I guess I could at least pop her little inflated happiness.' He weighs to himself as he advances forward on to his destination.
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"Is everyone ready?" Kirara yells at her men that stands in front of her when she receives an answer in unison, "Yes, ma'am."
She reflected back on what she just told them once they wrapped up with the close combat portion of their training. "This can only be done when the sun is at the highest peak in the sky."
Kirara closely watches her opponent randomly scatter about as she sharply inhales oxygen until her chest quickly puffs out.
'I got Toshi and Satoshi at my six while Dai and Hiroki are at my three. The others have moved well out of my range.'
She puckers her lips and streamlines a jet of flames at her three until she faces her six to see that all four were out of the game.
"Dai, Hiroki, Toshi, and Satoshi," Kirara calls out to them prior to her explanation, "when you are facing an opponent whose powers you aren't familiar with gain your distance and study your opponent."
"Oh…yes ma'am," Dai stutters as him and the other three bow out of the practice simulation since they were "dead".
'So that leaves Kenichi, Yoshinori, and of course Makoto. If they were smart, Makoto would be rallying the troops for a plan of attack.' She deduces as she glances left and right.
'I guess I have to make my move before they convene with each other.' Kirara predicts as she clenches her fist and leaps in a direction.