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Sanomeh: *blushes* Oh wow, thank you so much! Your reviews are always wonderful to receive and offer such great advice. Thank you so much!
LadyKoneko: Sorry it was a bit confussing at the beginning! Whenever I start a fanfiction or original work I tend to do that. I am glad you still liked it though! Thank you! ^.^
New fan: Don't worry, it is not an all-out suicide fic. It will have a 99% chance of a happy ending!
Jenny: Sorry the chapters take so long. Its my fault. I get lazy lately and write other stuff. I will try to get them out faster! Your review really inspired me to write! Thank you so much!
InuBabe: I really like your torture Kikyo idea! I think I will end up making her be tortured because in this fic she totally deserves it. I give you credit for the idea! Thank you very much!
Joscelyn: Sorry about the not writing anymore thing. I will finish this! I have a vauge idea of how it will end. I am pretty sure it will be happy. Thank you for sticking with this fic!
Niamha: Thank you! If I ever do for some reason stop updating, I will send you the updates via email.
Tiger_Blaze: I am really glad you are enjoying the fic! Getting reviews like yours make me want to write more. Thank you very much!
InvisibleRain: I get what you mean about Kikyo. She has changed throughout the series and you end up not really hating her, just not liking her. Oh well, your right, it is fun to bash her every once in a while! Hope you enjoy the chapter!
Ok, here is chapter 8! Thank you to all who review for the last very short chapter! Im trying to make the chapters longer, hopefully this one will be a decent leagth! All right, enough of my inchoherent ramblings. On with the show!
Disclaimer: I can only wish Inu-Yasha was mine.
Inu-Yasha's POV:
I pull myself up from the ground and look sadly at Kagome's retreating form. Maybe her being gone for the next two weeks is a good thing. Kikyo will not be able to harm her if she is not here. Still, being without her presence for that long is not going to be easy. At least she seems to be ok.
She took the Kikyo thing very well. She was hurt, that I could tell, but she seems to be moving on. As much as I hate the thought, I hope she finds someone else. She deserves to be happy. I sigh and head slowly back to the village. Kikyo instanly latches herself onto my arm as I enter. Sango, Miroku, and Shippo throw me disgusted looks. I can not blame them.
"Inu-Yasha, where have you been? I was beginning tp get worried!" she simpers in her annoyingly monotone voice. "I was just at the well. Kagome went home for a couple of weeks. Said something about needing rest." I reply while trying to hide my disgust. Having Kikyo latched onto me is not my idea of fun.
"How come it took so long?" she asks suspisiously. "We were arguing over how long she could stay. Obviously she won." I shrug. Kikyo throws me a calculating glance before dragging me into Kaede's hut with her. "Where is Kagome?" Kaede asks as soon as we enter. "Her time" I answer nochalantly. "For how long?" "Two weeks." . Nobody spoke. A fire burning in the center of the hut provided the only noise.
I stare into the crackling flames and think once again of Kagome. I remember our first conversation, the one after I awoke from my fifty-year enchanted sleep.
Flashback:
"Why toy with second-raters like mistress centipeed?" "Huh.? Wh-who are you?" "Destroy her with a single blast Kikyo! After all.you did it to me." " 'Kikyo'? Whoa whoa whoa! My names." "Shes coming." "Tis time! Draw!" (villagers) "I'm.I'm saved.!" "Really Kikyo.I'm dissapointed." "Listen you. I don't know who this Kikyo is, except that shes not me!" "Feh. Do you expect me to believe that I wouldn't know the stench of the girl who.hm? You're.not her!" "Get it now? My names Kagome! Ka Go Me!" "I'm a fool. After all, Kikyo looked intelligent.and pretty." "You.!" End Flashback:
I smile at the memory. Iwas lying then. I did think she looked intelligent and pretty. More so then Kikyo ever did. Of course, I did try to kill her after she set me free, but she never held it against me. She never held any of my mistakes or faults against me. Hell, even my being a hanyou meant nothing to her. She has always accepted me for who I am. I guess that's part of the reason I fell in love with her.
I stand up. "I am going for a walk." I say and walk out of the hut before anyone could respond. I cannot stand to be in Kikyo's presence any longer. She looks to much like Kagome. I hear Kikyo tell the others she wishes to accompany me. I pick my pace up to a run and dash into the woods. She sickens me. Once I am at a safe distance away from her I slump down onto a tree branch and close my eyes, hoping sleep will claim me.
Kikyo's POV:
I tell Inu-Yasha's little companions I am going to accompany him and walk out of the hut. As I expected, he is already out of sight. Obviously, he was eager to be away from me. There once was a time when it was the complete opposite. It does not matter now. I only need him around when that weakling Kagome is here. I want to see her spririt break slowly as she sees Inu-Yasha and I happy together.
Smiling, I settle my self on a large boulder at the edge of the forest to await my hanyou's return. How perfectly my plan is working. I will soon have my life back and much much more.
Kagome's POV:
I pull myself slowly from the well. Two weeks of uninterupted training time. Hopefully it will be enough. If not, then I will just take more time off.
"I'm home!" I yell into my seemingly empty house. Silence is my reply. "I am home alone. Perfect!". I walk up to room to change. My training will begin right away. Riffling through my closet and drawers I put on baggy black pants and a black double strapped tank. Putting my hair into one braid, I walk out to my backyard.
My power comes from my mind so I will need some targets. I glance around and see four cans that were tossed into a corner. For once I am glad shrine visitors do not know the definition of 'trashcan'. I pick them up and set them on a low wall in a straight line. Walking a good distance away, I sit down in a chair. I feel the need to sit, for I was sitting when I discovered this lovely little ability.
Concentrating, I stare unblinkingly at the can farthest to the right, willing it to move or preferably, blow up. Nothing. I sigh in fustration. I did this once, so I should be able to do this again. What am I doing differently? Siddenly it hit me, I was extremly angry. Maybe it was triggered by strong emotion. I could try it, at least until I am used to this power.
Thinking of Inu-Yasha and Kikyo together causes my blood to boil. The rage I felt that night comes back full force . I concentrate on the can once again and feel the pressure build once more. Aluminum shards fall to the grass. I smile. This training shall not be too difficult.
I glance at the next can and achieve the same desired effect. What fun this is! The last two cans quickly suffer the same fate as their predocessors. Well, causing things to explode is great, but I wonder if I can use this power in different ways.
I walk to our recycling bin and pull out four more cans. Setting them on the wall, I return to my previous position. This power must come from my mind, seeing how there is always a pressure in my head and behind my eyes. In that case, logic tells me this does not stem from my miko abilities. My guess is that they are a sort of telekiniesis. Not that any of that matters. All that concerns me is my being able to control them.
Now, if I am correct about having telekiniesis, then I should be able to move objects. I center my focus on the first can, willing it to lift into the air. To my utter delight, the can hovered about a foot in the air. Slowly and gently I lower it back to its original position. Moving down the row I lift each can, one levitating higher than the one before it.
For the next few hours I practice, honing my skills closer to perfection. By the time twilight fell I could move the cans in any direction I pleased. My mother comes home as I put away the cans.
"Oh Kagome, you're home!" mom says as she walks up to the door. "Yeah, I am taking two weeks off. Do you think it is at all possible for me to skip school?" I ask hopefully. "Lets disscuss this inside." She sighs as she enters the house. I shrug and follow her in. "So, when did you get home?" she asks. "A few hours ago." I reply. "Sorry I was gone so long. I did not know you would be coming home so I went out with a few old friends." "That's alright." We lasp into silence.
"So about the school thing." I ask hesitantly. "Kagome I will make you a deal. You go to school three days every week you are here. I do not care which days you choose, just so long as you go. The others you may stay home." She smiles at me. "Mom, I am not just here for a break. I came home too train too! Can I just not go to school?" I plead despertly.
To train to my maximum potential, I will need all the time I can get during these two weeks. "Alright Kagome, two days per week. That is my final offer." She shoots me the infamous 'mother glare'. "Very well." I sigh. It is only a total of four days after all. I can always train when I get home. "Well, mow that that is settled, what would you like for dinner?" she asks cheerfully. "Doesn't matter. By the way, where are gramps and Souta?" "Grandfather took Souta with him to a convention. They will be gone for about two weeks." "Wait a minute, you'll let Souta miss two weeks of school, but not me?" "He goes to school regularly unlike you.". She got me there.
"Alright alright. I will be upstairs. Call me when dinners ready." I say in defeat. "Alright sweetie. It won't be to long." She says as she walks into the kitchen. I turn and walk up the stairs to my room. Might as well get some more practice in before dinner.
A/N: Sorry this took a long time. I typed half of it then got lazy and typed the rest a couple of days later. Sorry about that! This was my first attempt to write any training scene, so if it sucked, I am so sorry. Please review and tell me what you thought and what I could do to improve it. Thanks!
Sanomeh: *blushes* Oh wow, thank you so much! Your reviews are always wonderful to receive and offer such great advice. Thank you so much!
LadyKoneko: Sorry it was a bit confussing at the beginning! Whenever I start a fanfiction or original work I tend to do that. I am glad you still liked it though! Thank you! ^.^
New fan: Don't worry, it is not an all-out suicide fic. It will have a 99% chance of a happy ending!
Jenny: Sorry the chapters take so long. Its my fault. I get lazy lately and write other stuff. I will try to get them out faster! Your review really inspired me to write! Thank you so much!
InuBabe: I really like your torture Kikyo idea! I think I will end up making her be tortured because in this fic she totally deserves it. I give you credit for the idea! Thank you very much!
Joscelyn: Sorry about the not writing anymore thing. I will finish this! I have a vauge idea of how it will end. I am pretty sure it will be happy. Thank you for sticking with this fic!
Niamha: Thank you! If I ever do for some reason stop updating, I will send you the updates via email.
Tiger_Blaze: I am really glad you are enjoying the fic! Getting reviews like yours make me want to write more. Thank you very much!
InvisibleRain: I get what you mean about Kikyo. She has changed throughout the series and you end up not really hating her, just not liking her. Oh well, your right, it is fun to bash her every once in a while! Hope you enjoy the chapter!
Ok, here is chapter 8! Thank you to all who review for the last very short chapter! Im trying to make the chapters longer, hopefully this one will be a decent leagth! All right, enough of my inchoherent ramblings. On with the show!
Disclaimer: I can only wish Inu-Yasha was mine.
Inu-Yasha's POV:
I pull myself up from the ground and look sadly at Kagome's retreating form. Maybe her being gone for the next two weeks is a good thing. Kikyo will not be able to harm her if she is not here. Still, being without her presence for that long is not going to be easy. At least she seems to be ok.
She took the Kikyo thing very well. She was hurt, that I could tell, but she seems to be moving on. As much as I hate the thought, I hope she finds someone else. She deserves to be happy. I sigh and head slowly back to the village. Kikyo instanly latches herself onto my arm as I enter. Sango, Miroku, and Shippo throw me disgusted looks. I can not blame them.
"Inu-Yasha, where have you been? I was beginning tp get worried!" she simpers in her annoyingly monotone voice. "I was just at the well. Kagome went home for a couple of weeks. Said something about needing rest." I reply while trying to hide my disgust. Having Kikyo latched onto me is not my idea of fun.
"How come it took so long?" she asks suspisiously. "We were arguing over how long she could stay. Obviously she won." I shrug. Kikyo throws me a calculating glance before dragging me into Kaede's hut with her. "Where is Kagome?" Kaede asks as soon as we enter. "Her time" I answer nochalantly. "For how long?" "Two weeks." . Nobody spoke. A fire burning in the center of the hut provided the only noise.
I stare into the crackling flames and think once again of Kagome. I remember our first conversation, the one after I awoke from my fifty-year enchanted sleep.
Flashback:
"Why toy with second-raters like mistress centipeed?" "Huh.? Wh-who are you?" "Destroy her with a single blast Kikyo! After all.you did it to me." " 'Kikyo'? Whoa whoa whoa! My names." "Shes coming." "Tis time! Draw!" (villagers) "I'm.I'm saved.!" "Really Kikyo.I'm dissapointed." "Listen you. I don't know who this Kikyo is, except that shes not me!" "Feh. Do you expect me to believe that I wouldn't know the stench of the girl who.hm? You're.not her!" "Get it now? My names Kagome! Ka Go Me!" "I'm a fool. After all, Kikyo looked intelligent.and pretty." "You.!" End Flashback:
I smile at the memory. Iwas lying then. I did think she looked intelligent and pretty. More so then Kikyo ever did. Of course, I did try to kill her after she set me free, but she never held it against me. She never held any of my mistakes or faults against me. Hell, even my being a hanyou meant nothing to her. She has always accepted me for who I am. I guess that's part of the reason I fell in love with her.
I stand up. "I am going for a walk." I say and walk out of the hut before anyone could respond. I cannot stand to be in Kikyo's presence any longer. She looks to much like Kagome. I hear Kikyo tell the others she wishes to accompany me. I pick my pace up to a run and dash into the woods. She sickens me. Once I am at a safe distance away from her I slump down onto a tree branch and close my eyes, hoping sleep will claim me.
Kikyo's POV:
I tell Inu-Yasha's little companions I am going to accompany him and walk out of the hut. As I expected, he is already out of sight. Obviously, he was eager to be away from me. There once was a time when it was the complete opposite. It does not matter now. I only need him around when that weakling Kagome is here. I want to see her spririt break slowly as she sees Inu-Yasha and I happy together.
Smiling, I settle my self on a large boulder at the edge of the forest to await my hanyou's return. How perfectly my plan is working. I will soon have my life back and much much more.
Kagome's POV:
I pull myself slowly from the well. Two weeks of uninterupted training time. Hopefully it will be enough. If not, then I will just take more time off.
"I'm home!" I yell into my seemingly empty house. Silence is my reply. "I am home alone. Perfect!". I walk up to room to change. My training will begin right away. Riffling through my closet and drawers I put on baggy black pants and a black double strapped tank. Putting my hair into one braid, I walk out to my backyard.
My power comes from my mind so I will need some targets. I glance around and see four cans that were tossed into a corner. For once I am glad shrine visitors do not know the definition of 'trashcan'. I pick them up and set them on a low wall in a straight line. Walking a good distance away, I sit down in a chair. I feel the need to sit, for I was sitting when I discovered this lovely little ability.
Concentrating, I stare unblinkingly at the can farthest to the right, willing it to move or preferably, blow up. Nothing. I sigh in fustration. I did this once, so I should be able to do this again. What am I doing differently? Siddenly it hit me, I was extremly angry. Maybe it was triggered by strong emotion. I could try it, at least until I am used to this power.
Thinking of Inu-Yasha and Kikyo together causes my blood to boil. The rage I felt that night comes back full force . I concentrate on the can once again and feel the pressure build once more. Aluminum shards fall to the grass. I smile. This training shall not be too difficult.
I glance at the next can and achieve the same desired effect. What fun this is! The last two cans quickly suffer the same fate as their predocessors. Well, causing things to explode is great, but I wonder if I can use this power in different ways.
I walk to our recycling bin and pull out four more cans. Setting them on the wall, I return to my previous position. This power must come from my mind, seeing how there is always a pressure in my head and behind my eyes. In that case, logic tells me this does not stem from my miko abilities. My guess is that they are a sort of telekiniesis. Not that any of that matters. All that concerns me is my being able to control them.
Now, if I am correct about having telekiniesis, then I should be able to move objects. I center my focus on the first can, willing it to lift into the air. To my utter delight, the can hovered about a foot in the air. Slowly and gently I lower it back to its original position. Moving down the row I lift each can, one levitating higher than the one before it.
For the next few hours I practice, honing my skills closer to perfection. By the time twilight fell I could move the cans in any direction I pleased. My mother comes home as I put away the cans.
"Oh Kagome, you're home!" mom says as she walks up to the door. "Yeah, I am taking two weeks off. Do you think it is at all possible for me to skip school?" I ask hopefully. "Lets disscuss this inside." She sighs as she enters the house. I shrug and follow her in. "So, when did you get home?" she asks. "A few hours ago." I reply. "Sorry I was gone so long. I did not know you would be coming home so I went out with a few old friends." "That's alright." We lasp into silence.
"So about the school thing." I ask hesitantly. "Kagome I will make you a deal. You go to school three days every week you are here. I do not care which days you choose, just so long as you go. The others you may stay home." She smiles at me. "Mom, I am not just here for a break. I came home too train too! Can I just not go to school?" I plead despertly.
To train to my maximum potential, I will need all the time I can get during these two weeks. "Alright Kagome, two days per week. That is my final offer." She shoots me the infamous 'mother glare'. "Very well." I sigh. It is only a total of four days after all. I can always train when I get home. "Well, mow that that is settled, what would you like for dinner?" she asks cheerfully. "Doesn't matter. By the way, where are gramps and Souta?" "Grandfather took Souta with him to a convention. They will be gone for about two weeks." "Wait a minute, you'll let Souta miss two weeks of school, but not me?" "He goes to school regularly unlike you.". She got me there.
"Alright alright. I will be upstairs. Call me when dinners ready." I say in defeat. "Alright sweetie. It won't be to long." She says as she walks into the kitchen. I turn and walk up the stairs to my room. Might as well get some more practice in before dinner.
A/N: Sorry this took a long time. I typed half of it then got lazy and typed the rest a couple of days later. Sorry about that! This was my first attempt to write any training scene, so if it sucked, I am so sorry. Please review and tell me what you thought and what I could do to improve it. Thanks!