Disclaimer: If I owned Inuyasha, why would I be writing a FANfic!
A/N: Sorry about the long wait for this chapter. MAJOR writers block. Anyway, thank you so much for all the wonderful reviews! J
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Obsessed with anime: Too many questions to answer here Rashi…I'll call you.
WildfireDreams: Sorry, I'm all for the original pairings, but I'm just so bored of them. I hope you don't mind too much.
Foxstar2k2: I will try to make the chapters a little longer but you must understand that I have a busy life and I'm not that good at typing. If you want, I can update more frequently, but longer chapters are hard to do.
Kouga's mate: I'm glad you like my fic! J. By the way, I am sooooooo sorry, but I made a mistake last time; I meant to say Ranma and KAGOME are going to get together. Sorry if that was misleading, I was very tired when I was typing that. Also, do you want me to put Kouga in this fic? Put your answer in your review.
Mandi: I will not be finishing the fic anytime soon, but I promise that I will update regularly. *Remembers Genkai*Why do they always kill off the best characters! *runs away crying*
Marsgirl22: Thank you for reviewing! This chapter will have more of Kagome and Ranma in it.
Shippo: What the?
Kari-chan12: Yes, this is going to be a Ran/Kag, Inu/Aka fic. What exactly does your sister tell you?
Okay! On to the story!
Chapter 7: An afternoon of training
As Inuyasha and Akane walked back to the dojo, they could hear shouts and the sounds of various things being brutally hurled around inside the restaurant.
"That must be some fight" said Inuyasha, clutching his head where his ears were covered by the bandana. He was used to loud battles and monsters roaring and such, but the high pitched yells of the two girls were really hurting his ears!
"They always fight like that" Akane stated casually.
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Back at the dojo, Ranma was teaching Kagome some basic fighting skills; kicks, punches, ect. Kagome was a little skeptical of the idea at first, but was finding it quite enjoyable, especially with Ranma teaching her.
'Why can't Inuyasha ever be this nice to me?' Kagome thought to herself as Ranma corrected her stance.
"No no, Kagome! This is a short back stance, 90% of your weight is on your back foot!" Ranma said, showing her the right way to do it.
"Oh! Like this?" asked Kagome, shifting her feet.
"Yeah, that's it!" replied Ranma. "You're a quick learner Kagome; now, do an Angle Neck Attack." Kagome tried doing the attack from her very unstable stance, and promptly fell over. Just then, Inuyasha and Akane walked in and Inuyasha watched Kagome's quite embarrassing attempt at the simple move.
"Hah! You shouldn't waste your time trying to teach that worthless wench to fight! The only thing she's good for is being a Tama-detector (jewel-detector)!"
"Inuyasha!" Akane shouted, disapproval eminent in her voice.
"Inuyasha…." Kagome taunted from her place on the floor "SIT!"
There was a resound crash as Inuyasha's face met the floor of the dojo.
"Wow! How'd you do that!" questioned Ranma and Akane at exactly the same time.
Kagome giggled "It's that rosary around his neck, whenever I say sit-"
*CRASH* Inuyasha, who had just started to get up, slammed to the floor again.
"BITCH!" shouted Inuyasha, his voice slightly muffled.
"um….that happens"
"I wish I could do that." Akane said, throwing a frighteningly evil look at Ranma, who cowered in fear and prayed that Kagome didn't have any more of those rosaries.
"Come on Inuyasha, let's go for a walk." said Akane, dragging him out by his hair.
Inuyasha let out a loud yelp that sounded surprisingly similar to a dog and shouted,
"That hurts bitch! And what's with all the walking we're doing lately!"
A vein popped in Akane's forehead and she pulled out her mallet, proceeding to bash Inuyasha unconscious for the rude remark.
'Now I see why Kagome hates him so much.' She thought as she continued to drag a now unconscious Inuyasha outside.
Kagome and Ranma just stared.
"I didn't think Akane would do that to Inuyasha" said Ranma "she only does that to me."
"He deserved it." Kagome stated simply.
"Say Kagome, what did he call you just then, Tama-detector?"
"Yeah."
"What did he mean by that?"
One explanation later…
"Man, your life is as complicated as mine Kagome!"
"Yep, but let's get back to training now, I want to learn that attack!"
~*~*~*
Akane sat down under a tree in the garden and lay Inuyasha down beside her. He had some very large bumps forming on his head. As the sun's rays filtered through the leaves, Akane thought about what had just happened.
'Inuyasha…..I never thought he would say something like that to me. Then again, I was dragging him out by his hair, but still! I guess I was a little mad at him for what he said to Kagome. I wonder what happened, he was being so nice earlier. Maybe he was just pretending to be nice, maybe he's really just like Ranma, or worse. Even Ranma never calls me that!' Akane looked over at Inuyasha. His face was a little contorted from pain, hut he seemed peaceful. 'I guess I hit him harder than I meant to. Why do I always have to burst out like that?' She sighed, staring into the bright blue sky. Then she noticed a little black dot in the sky that was getting bigger and bigger until it suddenly landed right in her lap. Akane shouted in surprise, then looked over the little black bundle.
"P-chan?!"
~*~*~*
Kagome and Ranma had taken a break from training and were drinking some tea outside on the porch.
"So Kagome, why don't you tell me a bit about your friends? They're coming tomorrow, right?"
"Yes."
"Well…?"
"Um, okay. First off there's Shippo, he's a Kitsune."
"A Kitsune!"
"Yes, we met him when he was trying to take our jewel shards" said Kagome, pulling out the little bottle of shards she wore around her neck.
"His parents were killed by the Thunder brothers, which we defeated later. He just sort of joined us."
Ranma nodded his understanding and Kagome continued.
"He's a real troublemaker around Inuyasha but all in all he's a sweet kid." Kagome paused to take a sip of her tea. "Then there's Miroku." Kagome said with a slightly disgusted look on her face. "He's a complete pervert."
Ranma laughed, "I know someone just like that!"
"Anyway, he has a kazanna in his right hand, it was a curse that Naraku placed upon his family. Eventually the wind tunnel will swallow him whole"
Ranma noticed that Kagome looked a bit depressed at reminding herself of that fact.
"Sango was also affected by Naraku. She belonged to a village of Taijia, demon exterminators. When she and some of her family and friends where on a mission at a strange castle, Naraku possessed her brother and made him kill her father and the others, then got killed himself. Sango barely survived and when she was recovering she heard that her whole village had been slain." Kagome was in tears by this point and Ranma decided that this was maybe not the best thing to be talking about.
"um, Kagome? I think you should stop talking about this, it seems to be upsetting you."
"You're right. Tell me about your friends!" Kagome said, cheering up almost immediately.
"I don't think you want to know Kagome." Ranma said, and turned his attention to his tea.
"Well, even if you don't tell me, I'm going to find out sooner or later" Kagome replied, a teasing grin appearing on her face.
"It's getting a little late, I think we should go inside now" said Ranma, looking at the sun hanging low in the darkening sky. "I'll bet Kasumi's making dinner right now."
"Yeah."
~*~*~*
Inuyasha woke up with an aching head that had only begun healing from Akane's assault. He sat up and found Akane asleep next to him, cuddling what looked like a little black pig. Seeing the fading color in the sky, Inuyasha decided that it would be best to go inside now. He turned to Akane and lightly shook her awake.
"Akane…Akane…."
Akane stirred slightly then opened her eyes and got up with a huge yawn.
"Wow it's this late already? Come on Inuyasha, let's go inside."
A/N: Just to let you know, Kagome and the others arrived on Saturday, this chapter was during Sunday, and tomorrow, when the rest of them come, will be Monday, and Inuyasha's first day of school! Excited? Well, only one more thing to say…..REVIEW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Or I might not feel like typing that chapter!
