(A/N) sorry, that took a while, didn't it? I just didn't have enough time during the weekend, but don't despair, this is a super long chappie ^.~ I got nothing more to say, except REVIEW!
Disclaimer: [::writes on the board] I don't own them. I don't own them… okay, 100 more to go, stupid people, this is not what detention is about, this is like, the 80's detention!
Chapter 14: Power
Before: "Sesshoumaru, you never change. You do realize that until I figure everything out, I am not betrothed to you. But thank you."
'Thank you? For what?'
Sesshoumaru made the cloud and they both headed home, not too annoyed at each other.
Now:
~On the cloud, during the last bit of their journey home~
While traveling, the couple spent most of their time in total silence, thinking about all that had happened. After some time had passed, it was Sesshoumaru who decided to speak up, startling Kagome who had prepared to finish their little journey in silence as well.
"Well, Eien, how did you do it?"
"You mean freeze you? Oh, that was quite simple, as long as I was in my neko form, the eyes did something, but I don't know if I could do it now, just to experiment-"
"Eien."
"Nani?"
"I'm not talking about that."
"Oh. Then what are you talking about, Sesshoumaru?"
"The village. How is it that you, you who acted as if you didn't know anything about healing managed to heal everything, everyone and bring everything and everyone back from the dead and even destroy the curse and barrier?"
"I don't know."
"How is that possible?"
"Well, I know what I did, I'm just now sure how. One minute I'm remembering this dream I had a few days ago, then I looked at the little girl, who was wondering where her mother was. Just like Rin, Sesshoumaru. She was just like Rin." Kagome said, tears glistening in her eyes. "Rin, she was an orphan, wasn't she, and then you took her in, I started thinking, will there be a youkai lord for her? I realized the enormous good deed that you did for Rin, I don't think she would have made it without you." Kagome looked away, into the sky. "Right then, I knew, I had to do something. So, I called upon my soul, I don't know how. It was a sphere of color, not like those bluish lights I've gotten used to seeing. It was an enormous ball of color. So I ordered the colors to separate, and I saw thousands of balls each a different color, all of them enormous. Then, bits of the white, purple and blue surrounded me, and I found myself in your arms, apparently completely human. I don't care how tired I was, I was happy. I saw that little girl's face, and I was the happy pretty lady."
Sesshoumaru thought about every word she just said. 'She is right. That girl was like Rin. I never even thought about it, but if she never saw me lying injured in that forest, would she even be alive. It would seem impossible. She would have probably been decaying in that murdered village. Lying lifeless, eaten mostly by the wolves. And if I had not met her, then, I would have never found Eien. I wouldn't have needed her, or needed anything from her.'
"Sesshoumaru?"
He grunted in response, so Kagome turned to face him.
"That was the first time I was actually scared. Fighting demons with Inuyasha (Sesshoumaru growled automatically) that wasn't frightening at all. It was natural. But when I started thinking about the little girl and if I had failed her, I was terrified. It seems kind of funny now. I was just being stupid. After all, if I didn't do it, I would have, I don't know." The tears in her eyes finally fell down.
"Eien, stop this foolishness. Do you honestly think that you would have failed? Being scared is not stupid it's foolish. I assure you, those two are very different. Everyone is entitled to having moments of stupidity, but only a fool would doubt their own abilities. Now stand up." Sesshoumaru looked at her with a look of pure disgust. Kagome stood up, not knowing what he had in mind. But none of her supposed scenarios would have prepared her for this.
Sesshoumaru calmly, without breaking eye contact advanced like a predator on prey. Kagome just stared into golden eyes with her own sky colored ones. Closing the distance gracefully he stretched out his arms and put them on her shoulders. (a/n now what did you think he'd have done?)
"My future mate is not a fool."
"Sesshou-"
Sesshoumaru took this moment to close the distance between their faces. Kagome's eyes widened as their lips touched…. And then. She slapped him.
"Sesshoumaru what do you think you're doing? Who do you take me for? That was totally unnecessary! You're going out of line…"
Kagome threw about 20 more insults at Sesshoumaru. But Sesshoumaru was in his own world. 'What just happened? Did she, did she just binta me? What went wrong? I do not understand. In such situations, my mate should melt in my arms, not try to melt my face in her arms. Something must be wrong; did I hurt her with my fangs? Impossible, this Sesshoumaru would never make that mistake. I should try again.'
Meanwhile Kagome was trying to put her hands on her head as if she just imagined all of it and was trying to trap all of her thoughts. Sesshoumaru grabbed her right arm in mid air.
"What no-?" she said as she lost her balance. Sesshoumaru's hand kept her steady and his lips caught hers from underneath (a/n this sort of looks like Sesshoumaru basically kneeling because he face looks to the floor since she lost her balance… very uncomfortable position, I know). Kagome's eyes widened once more as she used her left arm to slap his right un-slapped cheek. This caused Sesshoumaru to fall down on his butt.
"Sesshoumaru! Stop it; what gives you the right to do that twice you hentai! HENTAI HENTAI HENTAI!"
'She's angry? Why? How did I fail twice? Maybe you should ask this time. Ask her?'
"Kagome, why are you angry at this Sesshoumaru?"
"ANGRY? YOU HAVE THE NERVE TO ASK ME THAT. YOU JUST TRIED TO KISS ME TWICE, WHAT AM I? A WHORE?"
"You are my mate."
"Mate to be, you hentai, if that is actually my fate. You're such a baka, Sesshoumaru." Kagome said, tears gleaming in her eyes. They streamed down her cheeks to be absorbed by the cloud they were standing on.
"Why are you crying?"
"Sesshoumaru! You are such a jerk!" She looked away from him and stared at the clouds. 'How dare he! Kiss me like that, without even my permission. He is no different that Inuyasha. Well, maybe the opposite, but the results are still the same. Where Inuyasha hides behind his true feelings, Sesshoumaru opens up with some of them, not caring about the consequences.
"Sesshoumaru? I don't care if you listen to me or not" she said, looking at him with her tear stained face. She took a sleeve of her kimono, and wiped her face, "BUT DON'T YOU EVER DO THAT AGAIN." Sesshoumaru looked away from her.
"Eien. Don't think you're emotions are as easy to read as a book. But, whatever they are, they are not important." He faced her, "Because whatever you feel, you will be mine, and your emotions will just crush you. Act cheerful, it would upset Rin to see you like this." Kagome felt a small bump as the cloud descended onto the ground underneath. She could see the gates of the castle in the distance. Sesshoumaru walked of the cloud and stepped gently onto the floor. Kagome was about to get up when all of the sudden the cloud disappeared. He ankle twisted as it was forced to support all her body weight when she fell.
'That jerk!' she tried to get up again, but her ankle gave way and she fell again. She tried to focus her power, and heal it, but nothing happened. Wincing, she tried to get up again, this time using her other foot first. It worked, but when she put her injured foot on the ground, little waves of pain shot up from her leg and spread through her body. 'Twisted ankles don't hurt this much! What's going on?'
"Hurry up, girl, I'd think that you were dying if I didn't know better."
Grumbling, she slowly made her way to him, trying to ignore the throbbing of her foot. "You really don't know anything," she muttered as she went past him.
'Don't know anything? Did I say something wrong again? That is impossible! All I said was… she can't be dying can she? No… the Guardian of Life does not die without permission from themselves. Did she just allow herself to die? No… that isn't the Eien I know. But I don't really know her do I…'Sesshoumaru was lost in his thoughts that he didn't hear Kagome calling him to 'hurry up or I'll kick your butt all the way to Timbuktu ' 'Timbuktu? What is that? Sounds like a man with a lot of torturing devices. What was I thinking about anyway? Oh. Right, is Kagome thinking about seppuku?' Sesshoumaru started walking when he looked at Kagome 'No. She has too much honor.' Something seemed strange to him.
She was walking kind of weird… as if her posture was diagonal. 'She's limping?' Using a small burst of speed, he caught up to her in a blink of the eye. "What's wrong with your leg wench?" He asked. She just walked past him her head raised high. She didn't limp as a servant opened the gate for her, but her facial expression ruined her flawless act. She grimaced as her ankle gave way and suddenly fell down, face first. Sesshoumaru was fast, but the servant faster.
"Milord, it seems the Lady has fallen faint. Shall I bring her to her chambers?" asked a worried Sui.
"Do whatever you wish. Inform me when she wakes up."
"Yes, Sesshoumaru-sama." Sui looked at the Lord who was heading toward his chambers. 'I did not imagine worry in those emotionless eyes did I? Seems the Lord is opening up. I wonder what happened to Kagome though.' Her eyes widened. "He didn't open up to the wrong person?" she whispered to herself. She relaxed for a minute. "Oh. Her ankle is broken." Then her relaxation gave way to worry once more. 'But no one faints from a small injury like that. It must be. Kanshisha, how dare you! What are you talking about Sui? Release her from the jubaku this instant! You may not tell me what to do. I will once I speak to her, now tend to your lord before her faints as well. Sesshoumaru-sama too? Sui, I'm not harming them. I just need to speak to them. You have a good three hours before your lord faints. Meanwhile, I have to go, Kagome needs a lesson in power. Kanshisha…'
"Lady Kagome okiagaru" Sui said lifting her hand. Kagome rose until her head rose a bit above Sui's and her feet were about an inch or two above the ground. Sui walked slowly, careful that Kagome did not fall. When she sensed another servant coming toward them, she quickly murmured "kamufuraaju" and her and Kagome melted into the wall as if they weren't there. She kept doing this for every encounter because the second she moved, her camouflage disappeared. Finally she entered Kagome's chambers and almost dropped her because of the surprise she got.
Sesshoumaru was sleeping peacefully on Kagome's bed. Sunlight danced on his silver hair as a breeze played with its ends. Sesshoumaru's armor lay in a pile on a chair next to Kagome's table/desk. 'Did he get lost or did he mean to do this on purpose, or better yet, is this one of Kanshisha's tricks? A smile tugged at the corners of her lips as she lay Kagome down next to the sleeping Lord. "Doresu" she said as Kagome's kimono changed for another more beautiful pink one. Then she smiled for real as Kagome subconsciously wrapped her tail around Sesshoumaru's and buried her face in his silken strands of hair. 'I wonder what Kanshisha's up to.'
~Kagome's Dream~
"Kanshisha, are you there?"
"Yes, my dear."
"What happened with my ankle?"
"That was a spell I used."
"You did that? Why?"
"Because it is time for your training."
"Training?"
"Yes, you need to learn how to use your shape shifting powers."
The fogginess of Kagome's dream world melted away to show a forest scene. While Kagome was admiring the scenery, an old woman emerged from the shadows of a clump of trees. She sat down on a nearby rotting log. "Hello Kagome. I am Kanshisha." She smiled.
Kanshisha wasn't exactly an old… old person. More like a woman in her mid fifties. Maybe high forties, it really depended on how you viewed her graying hair. She resembles Kagome in a weird way as if it was a mirror image, except one of an old human Kagome. She was wearing a simple silver kimono, and looked entirely normal, except for not looking quite solid. There were times where Kagome though she was seeing straight through her, as if she didn't exist.
"Well, we're going to have to stop wasting time, you got to understand this shape shifting thing in less than three hours. So lets get a move on." Kanshisha said, eyeing Kagome as she sat down on the ground. "Here" she said as she made the mound of ground form into a solid *dirt* chair. "Remember, this is a dream land, anything can come true. That is why it's the best place for training; you don't use much energy, but learn the 'how to'."
"Okay, on with the larger topic. The first thing you have to know about is the ball of color. First of all, it is not your soul, but a piece of it. In fact, it is a small piece of a piece of your soul. It is a very small taste of the 'power' part of your soul. All you have to know is that a human soul is divided into many different parts. Usually, a normal human's soul is about as big as their body. The bluish lights you've gotten used to seeing are the 'dead' part of human souls, and as you could see, it is about as big as a human head. A demon's soul is a bit more complicated. It is as big as the demonic size of the demon. But you are special, Kagome, a standard Guardian's soul is about as big as a planet, but yours is even more special, it is about as big as the sun."
"The sun?"
"Yes, well. The little piece of the piece of your soul is about as big, as, lets see about the size of Sesshoumaru's castle, it just seemed huge to you because you didn't realize its true size."
"I don't understand, how does my soul fit?"
"Only silly humans think their souls are inside them. No, a portion of your soul is actually inside of you. That is our first lesson. Calling the bigger part of the soul. Okay, now listen to my instructions, and do them in the same order as I tell you to."
"Okay"
"Now the first step is to close your eyes and think of the ball of color."
"I'm thinking."
"Good, next imagine it, and seek it out, mentally call it to you."
"How?"
"That's the point of this. Search within yourself for that ball of color."
~10 dream minutes later~
(Oh, right I didn't explain this. Did you ever notice that when you wake up, and you wanna finish you're dream, so you set you're alarm clock five minutes later and you close your eyes and dream for what you think is one seconds, and then you're alarm clock rings? Well, dream minutes are like, slower than real minutes, so, about 1 dream minute equals five minutes, or 2 dream minutes equals five minutes… I don't know, but you understand the different time passage… if you don't review and tell me)
"I can't Kanshisha, nothing is coming."
"There is an easier way for this, but only in dreamland. Try and think about some of the emotions you feel everyday. That should awaken your soul."
"Oh! I see it! But, it's different, it's just a silver color."
"That means that you're thinking about confusion. Okay, now think about power."
"Power. Oh! It changed; it's the colorful one again."
"Good, now, don't let go of it, my dear, and tell it to order itself."
"Order?"
"Tell the colors to separate."
"Oh, they're listening."
"That's right, how can you not listen to yourself? Now what youkai do you want to change into?"
"Usagi?"
"How very adorable. Okay, call onto the white one with pink specks and the silver pink dotted one."
"They came."
"Surround yourself with them."
"Okay."
"Do you feel anything?"
"I don't know, it's kind of tingly."
"Good, now make them transfer back into the spheres."
"I did that already."
"Now open your eyes."
"Okay." Kagome opened her eyes and felt strange, as though sitting on her once fluffy tail was hurting her. She instantly jumped up and looked at her behind. "Oh my Kami! I have a stub!"
"You said you wanted to be an usagi, so there you are."
"I have long ears, this is fun, now, I want to change into a-"
"Its too late Kagome, save that for next time. Remember the steps, and also remember that it will be a lot harder to shape shift in real life."
"Wait!"
~In Real Life~
"Wait! I need to ask- huh? What am I doing here?" an inu youkai Kagome lifted her hand to rub the sleep out of her eyes when she realized her already fisted hand was holding something. She opened her hand and some strands of silver hair fell gracefully onto the bed. Her eyes traveled from the strands to more strands until she realized a certain Demon Lord was occupying her bed. "EEP!" she screamed then covered her mouth as quickly as possible.
A Demon Lord was one thing; a Very Angry Demon Lord was Another Very Different Thing. Kagome looked outside to see the blackness of the night spread throughout the land. She yawned. (A/n *yawn* yawns are contagious ya'know) Then she settled back into the land of dreams, not caring about the person sleeping next to her, or how loud he could scream when he wakes up.
~Sesshoumaru's Dream~ (a/n okay, this dream… would be like I guess a very small dream, but Sesshoumaru does not wake up right away after it)
"What is this? Where am I?"
"You are here." A loud echoing voice answered his question.
"And who are you?"
"Kanshisha."
"What are you doing here? In my dream… Why am I sleeping anyway? I don't like sleep, vulnerability does not suit me well."
"You are sleeping because this is the easiest way of telling you to do something for me."
"Why would I do that?"
"Kagome's power is building up inside of her, it must be trained and organized. You'll have to teach her."
"And what if I won't?"
"Don't act stupid, pup, you know very well what will happen to her. Either the power will consume her, drain her of her soul so that she will walk this world forever in a state of the undead, or explode. You wouldn't want any of these fates to happen to your destined mate, do you?"
At first there was no reply. "What must I do?"
"The first test is the test of survival. You will take her a few miles north of here, where the forest is thick. You will accompany her for as long as you see fit. But you will not provide anything for her. That includes warmth and food, and such thereof."
"I understand."
"Good, you will set out tomorrow."
"I will."
"Good night, Sesshoumaru, and sweet dreams"
~End of Sesshoumaru's dream~
~ About 5 hours later, about 2-3 a.m.~
Sesshoumaru woke up with a start, from, a nightmare he was having. 'What was it about? Why can't I remember, a sphere, that's all I can remember…? How very strange.' Sesshoumaru blinked his eyes so that they could adjust to night vision quicker. He was surprised as a strange smell taunted his senses. He was not at his room. And that scent was Kagome's. He quickly put two and two together and then thought 'Kanshisha! That witch!'
Trying to salvage a bit of his honor so that his servants would not spread rumors and then the Lords of the other Lands will invite him to the ball and telling him to bring his mate along… Gods he hated those scheming servants, always wanting him to mate already, he tried to get up. Something was stopping him. He reached behind him and felt a soft hand clutching some of his hair. He smiled to himself as he pried the fingers open. The smile turned to a frown when the other hand, he found was also holding onto his hair. He pried those fingers open just to find the other hand had found some more of his hair to hold. Taking in a deep breath so his annoyance wouldn't get the better of him, he held all of his hair together with one hand and then retrieved the rest of it, leaving nothing for Kagome to grasp.
She simply hung onto the pillow. Slowly, she rolled over; seeking the warmth of the bed his body had left behind. Then, she brought the pillow close to her chest in a tight hug. Sesshoumaru straightened the blankets and left the room.
Vocab- I think that's it
Nani- What
Binta- Slap in the face
Hentai- Pervert
Baka- Idiot
Seppuku- suicide by cutting your head off... I think, well, its suicide.
Jubaku- curse
Okiagaru - rise
Kamufuraaju- camouflage
Doresu - dress
Usagi- bunny
Yay! Done with another chappie… sorry for the delay. I'll try to finish the next chapter by next Monday, so it'll be out by… Sunday of this week…October 25 th.
Responses for Reviews
Kitty12perfecto- Well, you got to know me in person, I very weird. My friend 'S' always is like "you're too polite, stop saying 'sorry all the time" [for some reason, I got the habit of apologizing for everything…like for instance if someone forgot their hw [one of mai friends] I would be like 'sry' for no reason… and yeah... that has nothing to do with criticizing maiself, but that's just me ^.~
DemonLady1- well, my update got a bit delayed, but I'm going to try to update by Sunday, if possible.
blulily07- ^.~ I'm glad you like it, but I would have had so much more to say if you said you hated it.
Kittymui- I know, I really want Kag and Sess to be together. But Rumiko would never do that… T_T too bad, they'll just have to stay that when while I'm writing. Oh, and about writing, well, the idea I got for the next chapter, I got that while I was sleeping… so that was weird, but… ::starts mumbling about useless things::
Skitzoflame- what you just read is what happens next. What happens after that, f you look at the previous response, well.. whatever happens next is weird. I'll give you a hint, w/e happened in Sesshoumaru's nightmare will happen here. What happened in Sesshoumaru's nightmare, nobody knows. Oh, except for that sphere thing. And something about urine…wait. That didn't happen in this chappie yet…
Nightkid-I'm getting the suspicion that you are Japanese or something. Well, w/e source I found told me it was a she-demon, so since that's what I wrote for the other chappies, it is officially she demon in the story [btw, keep telling me about these things… and if ure Japanese or not, 'cuz that will be cool]
Jupiter's Light- Come to think of it, I didn't really respond to you, last time I just said that if you didn't read more, you wouldn't read the response, but there would be no response to read because my response wasn't really a response- am I confusing anyone? Good, where was I?…
Suki1- for some reason, you remind me of my friend 'A' (I hate these name things, but I dun wanna say their names w/o permission) I don't know why… she's just the type of person that would say fantisicmo, or whatever you meant to say… You probably don't understand anything that I'm saying right now… but hey thanks for reviewing ^.~
Heather/ SesshoumaruCainLover/Anonymous My-Name-Is-Spoken- okay, you freaked me out there for a moment. When I got the review alert, I thought someone hacked into my account and reviewed for my own story… [wild imagination runs loose] okay, I'll call you Heather. Lemons and Limes aren't exactly my type, but I'll give you an orange, or you can ask Crazy-Mango-Chick1 for a mango… Okay, I know what your implying, but I guess… hmm… I just don't want this fic to become dirty, but maybe an orange I guess…[its my own fruit, sweet and citric]
Miko-Snow Goddess-Me- I want all her powers, which is why she has so many… It would be a pretty stupid fic if she could learn to use all of them at once… so… I guess ill make drawbacks to the powers [cough ::next chappie:: cough]
Kickasskag7- Of course she'll change into other forms that is the point of her having other forms isn't it? Lol, I'd love the shirt if I every saw it, in fact, I think I might buy it if you decided to mass produce ^.~
StrawberryBellBell - WOW! Thank's for reviewing, so many times. It's like WOW thanks for reading my story, I'm really glad you liked it. And, about ano… it is a filler, and I know it means um, but, well is supposed to be the literal meaning, I don't know, but once again, I'm really glad you liked my story ^.~
Ladyofthedragons1- I know, I absolutely adore cats, felines and stuff… even more than dogs…I even own a cat, his name is Dark (hey, my mom named him and we didn't know a lot of English when we got him, (we moved to America when I was three, got him when I was 4) He's black and white, and he's really sweet. Except when he's beating up other cats and even dogs that are twice or three times his size (he seems to like beating up dogs, I don't know why…) But, he won't scratch humans unless he wants to get away or the human is hurting him. But, he hasn't come home for a week (we just moved… and now he is able to go out on the streets) so I'm really worried… w/e don't get me started on my cat (trust me I'm not yet) Thanks for reviewing!
Shinigami Clara- well, I'm not going to describe her in ryuu form right now, and if you really want to know how other writers depict her as a ryuu youkai, read 2 mikos and a heart of ice because in that fic, she IS in ryuu form… but my version will be different ( bien sur (of course) ) but… you can use that as an example… hehehehe…
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