The Welder of BlackFire:
Thorn's Past Life-The Alliance Maker
Chapter Five: The Real Training Begins The next day Inuyasha woke up to a roaring fire and bright sunrays from the rising sun. Over the fire was a pot full of what sounded like boiling water and what smelled like roasting deer. He sat up and put his hand over the pot as if to pick up the lid and look inside.
WHAM!
He fell backward and cradled his smarting hand.
"Don't touch," Thorn said, bringing her staff back to her side.
"What was that for?!" he yelled, waking up Shippo. She stood next to the fire, staff in hand and left hand on hip.
"Whaa?" asked Shippo, before smelling the air and jumping up. "Something smells good!" he said and went over to the pot. Thorn thrust her staff in front of him.
"Learn from InuYasha's mistake. Don't touch. Its hotter than anything you've ever touched."
"How is that possible?" argued InuYasha, rubbing his hand and grumbling insults.
"We've turned up the fire's intensity and spelled the pot to take the heat. If you touch it before I turn down the intensity then it will literally burn your hand off." InuYasha glared at her and thought to himself, 'That's not possible.'
"It is possible" Thorn said aloud, startling the hanyou.
'Did she just read my mind?' he asked himself.
"Yes," she said. "I have a habit of doing that," she said with a smile, but not looking at him. "Anyway, if you don't believe me, watch." Thorn picked up a thick stick and tapped the bubbling pot's lid. The stick disintegrated into nothing, with only half of it still in her hand. "See?" she asked, and they nodded in acknowledgement.
Kegome emerged from the well at this time, climbing the vines from the well, she could smell the meat as well.
"Hmm, smells delicous! What is it?" she asked excitedly.
"Deer meat," she said. "From my hunting expedition." She waved her hand over the fire and its light lessened. She took off the top, revealing three large pieces. "Fresh from last night," she said to InuYasha's thought of contamination.
"You may take your fill," she said and began to walk toward a tree.
"Aren't you going to eat, Thorn?" Kegome asked.
"No, I've already eaten my fill much earlier this morning," she said and sat down, leaning against the tree.
"When did you get up? I didn't even hear you," said InuYasha casually, but his mind suggested that he was prying.
"Early," was all she said. They ate and Thorn rested, Inuyasha stuffing his face quickly. When they were done Thorn stood up.
'Since you have nothing planned for the day, I suggest we start training,' she said, yet no aloud, but in InuYasha's mind.
He turned. "Did you say something?" he asked. 'You heard me clearly,' she spoke.
"Hmm, yeah I guess so," he agreed. A smile hinted at the girl's lips as she turned away.
"Where are you two goin'?" asked Shippo, looking up from his meal. Thorn turned back slightly, enough to make eye contact with the little fox demon with her right eye.
"To keep a promise," she replied.
There was a large clearing next to the well where the two trained. She was taught Blades of Blood, and Iron Reaper, Soul Stealer. Inuyasha was still hesitent at the thought of training a human all of his attacks, but until he could think of a way to get her jewel shards, he'd just have to play along. he thought.
Thorn trained with the heavy staff that was several pounds heavier than her normal one. The hanyou asked why she did not train with the sword. She glanced at him a moment before telling him that she did not use the sword unless she truly had to, but instead draw power from it. Thorn did not elaborate but did say that she cared enough for BlackFire not to hurt him unless she felt that he deserved it.
"It shows I still have a shred of humanity clinging to my soul," she said jokingly with a small laugh.
She eyed the Tetsusaiga. "I'd be willing to show you how powerful he is, and then you'll know why I hardly use him," she said.
"Hmm. In exchange for what?" he asked, knowing that it could not come that easily. 'If I can figure out how she draws on her swords power, then I'll have a better chance of defeating her and getting the Jewel shards,' the hanyou thought excitedly, but suspicously.
"A sword for a sword," she shrugged, her eyes glued to his father's great fang. "Don't think I'll go stealing it, its not nearly as powerful as a dragon," she said at his hesitating thought. He fumed a moment at her calling his father's fang weaker than anything, baring his fangs.
"But if you don't want to experiance real power, well that's your choice," she said. "But I suppose I shouldn't make such assesments when I've never even swung the Tetsusaiga."
'She'll see that the Tetsusaiga is more powerful then her BlackFire. And she can't even drawn on the Tetsusaiga's power without demon blood. And I'll have her sword, and according to what she just said, without it, she's not all that powerful, so she wouldn't want to leave it behind, which is what she'd have to do to take the Tetsusaiga,' he thought, contemplating the pros and cons of the situation.
He agreed and Thorn handed over BlackFire, who glowed a fierce blue hue in anger, as he handed her the Tetsusaiga.
"Careful, he has a tendancy to give people quite a shock." She chuckled at the thought. The weight of the broad-sword made Inuyasha nearly drop the dragon while Thorn hafted the feather-light Tetsusaiga in one hand. She was testing the Tetsusaiga's blade sharpness on her hand when a screech came from Inuyasha. She looked over to the "shocked" hanyou.
She smiled, and said "He is quite amused." She laughed. "He says he only gave you a 3, and you screamed. That's not too impressive," she added "I'd like to see you take it!" he growled, shaking his burnt hands. She smiled even wider at this.
"Like yourself, I've been struck by lightning in my training, so I didn't end up tarnished like you in the fight with the Thunder Brothers." She turned back to the sword with its knicked and rusted blade, its power still hidden within its depths.
"What do you know about that fight?" he asked, amazed and not understanding how she could have known about the battle.
"I have my ways of knowing." Thorn said. She smiled to herself as blood dripped from her hand as the blade of the Tetsusaiga tore her flesh. She clenched her fist and healed the cut. InuYasha grumbled something not understandable to the girl's ears as she twirled the Tetsusaiga.
A/N: Okay, next chapter Sesshy comes! Yay! I can't wait! Maybe I'll put it up today if I have time, but I doubt it.
Disclaimer: Me: -sigh- I hate this part
Shippo: I'll do it for another chocolate bar! -grin-
Me: oh! You're just so cute. But I'm all out of chocolate.
Shippo: awww...
Me: INUYASHA! Do the disclaimer
Inuyasha: why me?
Me: because I said so -growl-
Inuyasha: okay okay! The freaky author of this story owns only Thorn and BlackFire, not me. -glare from authoress- or..anyone else. -nervous glance-
Thorn's Past Life-The Alliance Maker
Chapter Five: The Real Training Begins The next day Inuyasha woke up to a roaring fire and bright sunrays from the rising sun. Over the fire was a pot full of what sounded like boiling water and what smelled like roasting deer. He sat up and put his hand over the pot as if to pick up the lid and look inside.
WHAM!
He fell backward and cradled his smarting hand.
"Don't touch," Thorn said, bringing her staff back to her side.
"What was that for?!" he yelled, waking up Shippo. She stood next to the fire, staff in hand and left hand on hip.
"Whaa?" asked Shippo, before smelling the air and jumping up. "Something smells good!" he said and went over to the pot. Thorn thrust her staff in front of him.
"Learn from InuYasha's mistake. Don't touch. Its hotter than anything you've ever touched."
"How is that possible?" argued InuYasha, rubbing his hand and grumbling insults.
"We've turned up the fire's intensity and spelled the pot to take the heat. If you touch it before I turn down the intensity then it will literally burn your hand off." InuYasha glared at her and thought to himself, 'That's not possible.'
"It is possible" Thorn said aloud, startling the hanyou.
'Did she just read my mind?' he asked himself.
"Yes," she said. "I have a habit of doing that," she said with a smile, but not looking at him. "Anyway, if you don't believe me, watch." Thorn picked up a thick stick and tapped the bubbling pot's lid. The stick disintegrated into nothing, with only half of it still in her hand. "See?" she asked, and they nodded in acknowledgement.
Kegome emerged from the well at this time, climbing the vines from the well, she could smell the meat as well.
"Hmm, smells delicous! What is it?" she asked excitedly.
"Deer meat," she said. "From my hunting expedition." She waved her hand over the fire and its light lessened. She took off the top, revealing three large pieces. "Fresh from last night," she said to InuYasha's thought of contamination.
"You may take your fill," she said and began to walk toward a tree.
"Aren't you going to eat, Thorn?" Kegome asked.
"No, I've already eaten my fill much earlier this morning," she said and sat down, leaning against the tree.
"When did you get up? I didn't even hear you," said InuYasha casually, but his mind suggested that he was prying.
"Early," was all she said. They ate and Thorn rested, Inuyasha stuffing his face quickly. When they were done Thorn stood up.
'Since you have nothing planned for the day, I suggest we start training,' she said, yet no aloud, but in InuYasha's mind.
He turned. "Did you say something?" he asked. 'You heard me clearly,' she spoke.
"Hmm, yeah I guess so," he agreed. A smile hinted at the girl's lips as she turned away.
"Where are you two goin'?" asked Shippo, looking up from his meal. Thorn turned back slightly, enough to make eye contact with the little fox demon with her right eye.
"To keep a promise," she replied.
There was a large clearing next to the well where the two trained. She was taught Blades of Blood, and Iron Reaper, Soul Stealer. Inuyasha was still hesitent at the thought of training a human all of his attacks, but until he could think of a way to get her jewel shards, he'd just have to play along. he thought.
Thorn trained with the heavy staff that was several pounds heavier than her normal one. The hanyou asked why she did not train with the sword. She glanced at him a moment before telling him that she did not use the sword unless she truly had to, but instead draw power from it. Thorn did not elaborate but did say that she cared enough for BlackFire not to hurt him unless she felt that he deserved it.
"It shows I still have a shred of humanity clinging to my soul," she said jokingly with a small laugh.
She eyed the Tetsusaiga. "I'd be willing to show you how powerful he is, and then you'll know why I hardly use him," she said.
"Hmm. In exchange for what?" he asked, knowing that it could not come that easily. 'If I can figure out how she draws on her swords power, then I'll have a better chance of defeating her and getting the Jewel shards,' the hanyou thought excitedly, but suspicously.
"A sword for a sword," she shrugged, her eyes glued to his father's great fang. "Don't think I'll go stealing it, its not nearly as powerful as a dragon," she said at his hesitating thought. He fumed a moment at her calling his father's fang weaker than anything, baring his fangs.
"But if you don't want to experiance real power, well that's your choice," she said. "But I suppose I shouldn't make such assesments when I've never even swung the Tetsusaiga."
'She'll see that the Tetsusaiga is more powerful then her BlackFire. And she can't even drawn on the Tetsusaiga's power without demon blood. And I'll have her sword, and according to what she just said, without it, she's not all that powerful, so she wouldn't want to leave it behind, which is what she'd have to do to take the Tetsusaiga,' he thought, contemplating the pros and cons of the situation.
He agreed and Thorn handed over BlackFire, who glowed a fierce blue hue in anger, as he handed her the Tetsusaiga.
"Careful, he has a tendancy to give people quite a shock." She chuckled at the thought. The weight of the broad-sword made Inuyasha nearly drop the dragon while Thorn hafted the feather-light Tetsusaiga in one hand. She was testing the Tetsusaiga's blade sharpness on her hand when a screech came from Inuyasha. She looked over to the "shocked" hanyou.
She smiled, and said "He is quite amused." She laughed. "He says he only gave you a 3, and you screamed. That's not too impressive," she added "I'd like to see you take it!" he growled, shaking his burnt hands. She smiled even wider at this.
"Like yourself, I've been struck by lightning in my training, so I didn't end up tarnished like you in the fight with the Thunder Brothers." She turned back to the sword with its knicked and rusted blade, its power still hidden within its depths.
"What do you know about that fight?" he asked, amazed and not understanding how she could have known about the battle.
"I have my ways of knowing." Thorn said. She smiled to herself as blood dripped from her hand as the blade of the Tetsusaiga tore her flesh. She clenched her fist and healed the cut. InuYasha grumbled something not understandable to the girl's ears as she twirled the Tetsusaiga.
A/N: Okay, next chapter Sesshy comes! Yay! I can't wait! Maybe I'll put it up today if I have time, but I doubt it.
Disclaimer: Me: -sigh- I hate this part
Shippo: I'll do it for another chocolate bar! -grin-
Me: oh! You're just so cute. But I'm all out of chocolate.
Shippo: awww...
Me: INUYASHA! Do the disclaimer
Inuyasha: why me?
Me: because I said so -growl-
Inuyasha: okay okay! The freaky author of this story owns only Thorn and BlackFire, not me. -glare from authoress- or..anyone else. -nervous glance-