R&R Longer note at the end

The black haired swordswoman sat staring at the small girl in front of her trying to word her request properly, this girl was her only chance to get what she wanted if she messed up now it would have all been for nothing.

"I read about a shinobi from the past" she began as Kagura listened "They're weapon was two short swords, during a fight one day against an evil shinobi they were on the losing end of the battle before they suddenly turned it around. The evil shinobi was caught completely off guard when the shinobi warrior smiled drawing a sword using it to deal a blow as the evil shinobi struggled to regain their composure they looked up seeing two guns pointed right at them". Kagura nodded not wanting to talk, through her long life she knew of this story, she had witnessed it herself remembering the strange actions of the shinobi, sadly after their battle the creature known as a Yōma had appeared slaughtering the weakened shinobi.

"I want to learn to copy techniques of others" Ikaruga said bringing Kagura back to the present day "Please teach me how".

"I'm afraid to inform you, I can't do that" Kagura said after a moment of silence disappointment flashed across Ikaruga's face "Don't give up yet, I said I can't teach you because it's not a technique that can be taught, you just need to have true confidence in yourself after you manage that, it'll happen. I feel like you might be strong enough, perhaps not for as many as the shinobi of legend produced but maybe at least one".

"Believe in it?" Ikaruga asked feeling a little confused "What do you mean?" Kagura smiled as she stood up walking to Ikaruga placing her hand on hers, Ikaruga looked down wondering what was going on.

"You remember how you created your shinobi outfit?" Kagura asked smiling "It's the same way for you to do what you want. How do you feel right now?"

"A little better" Ikaruga said still feeling confused "My strength has returned somewhat I feel like I could transform but I don't know how long I can hold the transformation for".

"Never mind the transformation for now" Kagura said as she sat on the table holding the girl's hands out in front of her "Now close your eyes, block out everything but the sound of my voice". Ikaruga did as instructed, her eyes tightly shut as she dulled the sounds around her, awaiting her next set of instructions.

"Imagine a ball" Kagura's voice came as clear as day, her hand twitched as she felt something begin to circle on the palm of her hand "Stay still just focus on the ball in your mind, allow it to form in your mind. Tell me the colour?" Ikaruga sat there concentrating as the image of a ball began to form, she focused on it still feeling the tickling sensation on her palm.

"Red" Ikaruga said finally as the image began to clear up "It's red, small in size with a bit of a shine to it".

"That's good, you're getting it" Kagura said feeling more confident in the girl's ability "So what is the ball made of? Is it heavy or light?"

"It's made of glass" Ikaruga said as she focused harder "It's kind of heavy but not too hea…" Suddenly her mind went black as she felt herself falling, Kagura called for the others as Ikaruga slowly collapsed she ordered the girls to take her to rest as she watched, she did well but maybe it was too soon.

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Kagura sat on the roof of the shrine's passageways swinging her legs enjoying the cool night breeze, she hummed to herself as she looked up at the sky there was something special about that girl but she couldn't quiet put her finger on what it was.

"I know your there" Kagura said as the green haired girl stepped out into the courtyard looking up "You have something to say Naraku?"

"Why this girl mistress Kagura?" Naraku said softly as she saw the young girl look down, before she slid off landing in Naraku's arms before she placed her down.

"She's something special" Kagura said turning her back as she headed inside "You can't tell me you never felt it when you fought her". Without waiting for a response Kagura closed the door behind her as the green haired girl watched her go, she couldn't deny there was something about the black haired swordswoman a determined fire that she had never felt before, she headed back inside as she closed the door returning to her room.

For the mistress to see something important in her then she would support her as much as she could no matter the cost.

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Ikaruga woke the next day as she slowly sat up feeling embarrassed, she couldn't believe she had been so weak collapsing over a simple mind exercise, this was her one chance and she was blowing it hard, she looked around seeing the room was empty as she closed her eyes. One more try, she remembered the instructions as the vision of the red ball returned to her, the shine of the glass this time it was light, a smaller size around the size of a marble.

She felt something drop into her hand as she slowly opened her eyes she was surprised to see a small red marble rolling in her hand, she looked up as the door slid open the figure of the small girl Kagura was framed as she smiled seeing the marble in the girl's hand.

"Look at that" She said as she approached seeing the girl smile "It's good to start off small and work up, it will drain you a lot at first so take it easy". Ikaruga nodded as she held the marble up to the light smiling, it wasn't much but it was a start she looked up as a green haired girl entered the room, Kagura looked over curious what was going to happen.

"Fight me" Naraku said as Ikaruga looked taken aback from the sudden challenge "One on one". Ikaruga looked at the girl as she slowly stood up a new found confidence, she remembered her fight with this girl, it had been brief but she could sense a strong power the perfect training partner.

"I gladly accept your challenge" Ikaruga said as Kagura smiled standing up, both girl's kept their eyes locked on each other as a fire burned brightly in the both of them.

"I guess a little skirmish between the two of you could be fun" Kagura said as she made the leave the room "I'll get the sisters to come and watch as well, I think Renka would make a good referee".

So here we have it, Ikaruga's request of Kagura to learn to change her weapons mid battle. So far she had made a marble but I'm sure the intelligence of Ikaruga will allow her to master such a skill. Seems she has another little test to overcome before she can focus on her goal. How will she fair in a one on one fight with Naraku? Guess you'll have to stay tuned to find out

Also updates for this are a little slow because I have this habit of changing my mind on later things which sometimes affect the next chapters but I'm pretty sure I'll be able to focus a little more on this soon and stop changing my mind all the time