~*~You Stole My Heart~*~
A/N: Yeah! Chappie nine is now up! And for all those people who don't
get this yet: INU YASHA IS A HUMAN IN THIS FIC. Not a hanyou! He doesn't
have the doggie ears, the silver hair, the fangs, the claws, or the golden
eyes! Everything straight for you all now? Just checking. There needs to
be at least some fics where Inu is a human (and I know all you know his
human features, so I'm not even gonna bother describing). Anyways, enough
of my chit chat. Make way for CHAPTER 9!
Disclaimer: Inu Yasha does not belong to me!
Chapter 9: Expert Swordsman
As the group settled in the gym among the other students, Ms. Kaede was finishing up her weapon polishing. While Ms. Kaede polished a sword, Kagome walked up to her.
"Um, Ms. Kaede?" she asked hesitantly.
"Ah, Kagome. What is it?" Ms. Kaede asked.
"Well, I need your help. You see, my grandfather is holding this festival at our shrine and we need a good archer, two expert swordsmen, and a young and pretty girl."
"I see."
"Can you help me?"
"Yes, I'll tell you who I recommend during the beginning of class."
"Arigato," Kagome thanked her and went back to her seat. Ms. Kaede smiled to herself and put back the sword on its rack.
"Class," she yelled out. The gym grew silent. "Thank you. Now, Miss Higurashi has asked me for some help on a certain something.it's up to me to decide."
She paused and looked at Kagome before continuing, "Kikyo, please come here."
Kikyo slowly walked up, still bruised in the face. She looked questioningly at Ms. Kaede. Ms. Kaede just patted her shoulder. Next, Ms. Kaede thought to herself before calling on the next person.
"Inu Yasha," she said suddenly.
"Yes?" he answered loudly.
"Is your brother still practicing sword fighting? I remember him being one of the top swordsmen in this school."
"Yes, he is."
"Hmm. Good. This should not be too hard. Inu Yasha please go get your sword from the rack and come here," Ms. Kaede ordered. Inu Yasha stood up and walked over to his sword. He picked it up carefully and walked over to Ms. Kaede.
"If I recall correctly, Sesshoumaru was dating Rin when he was in this school. Is he still dating her?" Ms. Kaede asked quietly.
"Yes," Inu Yasha replied, bored.
"Very well. Kikyo! Get you bow and arrows please."
Kikyo trudged her way over to her bow and along the way, picked up a quiver of arrows. When she returned, Ms. Kaede nodded.
"Good, now please take your place about ten feet from here on the right and Inu Yasha, take your place about ten feet from here on the left."
The two students took their places and Ms. Kaede took a couple of steps back.
"Now," she instructed. "Kikyo, shoot your arrows at him. Inu Yasha, you try to dodge or cut the arrows in half."
Kikyo gagged, "I-I can't shoot my boyfriend! It'll kill him!"
Inu Yasha growled, "Don't you EVER call me your boyfriend again! Now shoot your arrows at me or I'll be forced to slice YOU in half right now!"
"What ever you say, dear!" Kikyo smiled. Inu Yasha glared at her.
"Don't you ever dare call me 'dear' again too!" he barked back. Kikyo just continued smiling and pulled an arrow back. She let go. Kagome held her breath and gripped Sango's knee.
Sango reassured her, "Don't worry, Kagome. Inu Yasha won't get hurt. I forgot to tell you that he's one of the best swordsmen in this school. In fact, he's the best swordsman in this class! Ms. Kaede is just checking how good he is right now."
Kagome nodded and continued watching. Inu Yasha had dodged the first arrow. Kikyo drew another arrow. This time, Inu Yasha sliced through it.
"Is that the best you can do, Kikyo?" Inu Yasha smirked. Kikyo scowled. She shot again. He sliced the arrow in half. The same thing happened over and over in a never ending cycle. Ms. Kaede clapped her hands together and told both students to stop. Kikyo was panting and Inu Yasha was grinning.
"Inu Yasha, I need to speak to you. Kikyo, you too," Ms. Kaede said softly to them. Kagome, Sango, and Miroku watched Inu Yasha and Kikyo nod their heads as Ms. Kaede talked to them. Kikyo looked really solemn as she nodded.
"Guess Ms. Kaede has found one of your swordsmen," Sango said.
"I'm impressed," Miroku chuckled. "Inu Yasha has gotten much better."
"I'm impressed too," Kagome sighed. That was really the truth. Inu Yasha's fighting abilities amazed her. He had sliced through Kikyo's arrows easily.
'Hmm, Sesshoumaru. That must be the other swordsman who Ms. Kaede recommends. And Rin. She must be young and pretty,' Kagome thought. She snapped out of her thoughts when Inu Yasha walked up to her.
"Kagome," he said. "When is this event starting?"
"In about three weeks," she murmured. He took a seat next to her.
"So what do the swordsmen have to do anyways?"
"Oh, don't worry. All they have to do is slice through arrows, like you did earlier. You see, it's a play where there are two princes who are friends of this princess and she gets captured by these two bad priestesses. The play doesn't last that long, probably only 15 minutes. The show begins at the part where the princes are demanding to the priestesses to give back the princess. They fight, the priestesses lose, they get the princess back, the princess is grateful, and the end," Kagome recited by heart.
"Wow," Sango finally said.
"Yup," Kagome replied. "My grandpa wants the acting people to come and rehearse this Friday and next Friday. Then, on the third Friday, we're going to do the final performance around night time. That's when it's most crowded. I've already posted and handed out some flyers around the school this week during all the free time that I got. My brother gave out some flyers at his school too and my mom and grandpa hands out flyers to our shrine customers, our friends, and to strangers at the market. This is going to be great! There's going to be lots of food like rice, ramen."
"Did you say ramen?" Inu Yasha turned his gaze to her. Kagome found herself blushing.
"Um, yes.."
Miroku and Sango laughed.
"Inu Yasha, you ramen freak!" Sango giggled. "That's all you love to eat, don't you?"
"That's not all I eat Sango! My life isn't circled around ramen!" Inu Yasha gritted. He turned to look at Miroku and sneered, "And at least I'm not the one who has my life circled around groping women!"
Miroku stopped laughing and frowned. Sango stopped mid-laugh and added, "Well, that's true."
Kagome just watched the three bicker to each other. She rolled her eyes. When her three friends stopped teasing each other, they all went to their last class, history.
Their teacher, Mr. Myouga (hehe, just imagine him as tall as a regular human and without 4 arms, just 2. Without that beak looking mouth/nose too.) started talking about feudal Japan and about myths and legends taking place in that time.
"There is this legend where there was a dog demon who wanted a jewel called the Shikon No Tama to become a full demon since he was a hanyou. The dog demon and a powerful priestess fell in love with each other. The priestess and the dog demon hanyou were deceived by an evil man and they were tricked against one another. The hanyou was bound to a tree by the priestess and the priestess died shortly afterward and was burned to ashes with the Shikon No Tama entwined around her hands. About 50 years later, a girl was pulled into a well, also known as the Bone Eaters Well, by a centipede demon and landed in feudal Japan. The girl freed the sleeping hanyou and he killed the centipede woman. The girl was identified as the reincarnation of the priestess and discovered that the Shikon No Tama was inside her body, which was torn out by the centipede demon earlier. A few days after, the girl shattered the jewel accidentally and she and the hanyou were forced to work together to collect back all the jewel shards," Mr. Myouga told the class.
Kagome listened, interested. Sango stared at him, listening to every word. Miroku sat back and sighed softly. Inu Yasha laid his head on his desk and listened to the story that he had read so many times already. Feudal Japan had always interested him and he never got tired of this story.
"-the hanyou and the girl made friends with a fox demon, a monk, and a demon exterminator during their quest and they traveled together and fought demons together. The priestess was brought to back to life and the hanyou was confused with his feelings. He had fallen in love with the priestess's reincarnation, but he still loved the priestess. The reincarnation had also fallen in love with the hanyou. She wasn't selfish, but she often got jealous when the hanyou and the priestess were together.
The reincarnation had the ability to travel to and from her home, which was in the present, to feudal Japan. One time, the girl couldn't go back to feudal Japan because the hanyou had taken her large shikon shard, but it was only because he cared about her and didn't want her to die. Well, eventually, she came back, they made up and continued with their quest. The group also searched for the evil man and wanted to kill him. No one really knows how the story ends...."
The bell rang. All the students shuffled around. Mr. Myouga yelled out, "Well, no homework! Enjoy your day!"
*****
"Wasn't that a nice story?" Kagome asked her friends as they walked down the steps. "I wish I knew the ending."
"Me too," Sango agreed.
"I've read that story a billion times," Inu Yasha murmured. "It's longer than it seems and Mr. Myouga left out some parts to make it short."
"It was really interesting though," Miroku smiled.
"Yeah, it was!" Kagome exclaimed.
"Well, see you guys later," Sango yelled out to them and walked off.
"Yeah, see you guys later!" Miroku waved at Inu Yasha and Kagome as he walked off in the opposite direction. Inu Yasha and Kagome shouted, "Bye!"
"So," Inu Yasha said after a few minutes of silence. "You want to meet my brother and his girlfriend? You might as well since we're all going to perform together."
"Okay," Kagome grinned. "That means that we're going to your house, right?"
"Right," Inu Yasha answered and smiled. "Let's go."
He took her hand and led her towards the jeep. Kagome blushed for a second and closed her hand over his. Inu Yasha started to blush too and he let Kagome hold on to his hand the entire way to his jeep.
A/N: Oooooh! So cute! Isn't it? Anyways, thanks for all the reviews! Hope you enjoyed this chapter. I don't know when I'm going to update the soonest, but the latest for sure is Saturday! Sango and Miroku fluff is coming soon. Kouga and Naraku are coming soon too. Just be patient! I'm still figuring out this story in my head and I can tell you it's going to get good, REAL good! Well, please review! ^_^
Disclaimer: Inu Yasha does not belong to me!
Chapter 9: Expert Swordsman
As the group settled in the gym among the other students, Ms. Kaede was finishing up her weapon polishing. While Ms. Kaede polished a sword, Kagome walked up to her.
"Um, Ms. Kaede?" she asked hesitantly.
"Ah, Kagome. What is it?" Ms. Kaede asked.
"Well, I need your help. You see, my grandfather is holding this festival at our shrine and we need a good archer, two expert swordsmen, and a young and pretty girl."
"I see."
"Can you help me?"
"Yes, I'll tell you who I recommend during the beginning of class."
"Arigato," Kagome thanked her and went back to her seat. Ms. Kaede smiled to herself and put back the sword on its rack.
"Class," she yelled out. The gym grew silent. "Thank you. Now, Miss Higurashi has asked me for some help on a certain something.it's up to me to decide."
She paused and looked at Kagome before continuing, "Kikyo, please come here."
Kikyo slowly walked up, still bruised in the face. She looked questioningly at Ms. Kaede. Ms. Kaede just patted her shoulder. Next, Ms. Kaede thought to herself before calling on the next person.
"Inu Yasha," she said suddenly.
"Yes?" he answered loudly.
"Is your brother still practicing sword fighting? I remember him being one of the top swordsmen in this school."
"Yes, he is."
"Hmm. Good. This should not be too hard. Inu Yasha please go get your sword from the rack and come here," Ms. Kaede ordered. Inu Yasha stood up and walked over to his sword. He picked it up carefully and walked over to Ms. Kaede.
"If I recall correctly, Sesshoumaru was dating Rin when he was in this school. Is he still dating her?" Ms. Kaede asked quietly.
"Yes," Inu Yasha replied, bored.
"Very well. Kikyo! Get you bow and arrows please."
Kikyo trudged her way over to her bow and along the way, picked up a quiver of arrows. When she returned, Ms. Kaede nodded.
"Good, now please take your place about ten feet from here on the right and Inu Yasha, take your place about ten feet from here on the left."
The two students took their places and Ms. Kaede took a couple of steps back.
"Now," she instructed. "Kikyo, shoot your arrows at him. Inu Yasha, you try to dodge or cut the arrows in half."
Kikyo gagged, "I-I can't shoot my boyfriend! It'll kill him!"
Inu Yasha growled, "Don't you EVER call me your boyfriend again! Now shoot your arrows at me or I'll be forced to slice YOU in half right now!"
"What ever you say, dear!" Kikyo smiled. Inu Yasha glared at her.
"Don't you ever dare call me 'dear' again too!" he barked back. Kikyo just continued smiling and pulled an arrow back. She let go. Kagome held her breath and gripped Sango's knee.
Sango reassured her, "Don't worry, Kagome. Inu Yasha won't get hurt. I forgot to tell you that he's one of the best swordsmen in this school. In fact, he's the best swordsman in this class! Ms. Kaede is just checking how good he is right now."
Kagome nodded and continued watching. Inu Yasha had dodged the first arrow. Kikyo drew another arrow. This time, Inu Yasha sliced through it.
"Is that the best you can do, Kikyo?" Inu Yasha smirked. Kikyo scowled. She shot again. He sliced the arrow in half. The same thing happened over and over in a never ending cycle. Ms. Kaede clapped her hands together and told both students to stop. Kikyo was panting and Inu Yasha was grinning.
"Inu Yasha, I need to speak to you. Kikyo, you too," Ms. Kaede said softly to them. Kagome, Sango, and Miroku watched Inu Yasha and Kikyo nod their heads as Ms. Kaede talked to them. Kikyo looked really solemn as she nodded.
"Guess Ms. Kaede has found one of your swordsmen," Sango said.
"I'm impressed," Miroku chuckled. "Inu Yasha has gotten much better."
"I'm impressed too," Kagome sighed. That was really the truth. Inu Yasha's fighting abilities amazed her. He had sliced through Kikyo's arrows easily.
'Hmm, Sesshoumaru. That must be the other swordsman who Ms. Kaede recommends. And Rin. She must be young and pretty,' Kagome thought. She snapped out of her thoughts when Inu Yasha walked up to her.
"Kagome," he said. "When is this event starting?"
"In about three weeks," she murmured. He took a seat next to her.
"So what do the swordsmen have to do anyways?"
"Oh, don't worry. All they have to do is slice through arrows, like you did earlier. You see, it's a play where there are two princes who are friends of this princess and she gets captured by these two bad priestesses. The play doesn't last that long, probably only 15 minutes. The show begins at the part where the princes are demanding to the priestesses to give back the princess. They fight, the priestesses lose, they get the princess back, the princess is grateful, and the end," Kagome recited by heart.
"Wow," Sango finally said.
"Yup," Kagome replied. "My grandpa wants the acting people to come and rehearse this Friday and next Friday. Then, on the third Friday, we're going to do the final performance around night time. That's when it's most crowded. I've already posted and handed out some flyers around the school this week during all the free time that I got. My brother gave out some flyers at his school too and my mom and grandpa hands out flyers to our shrine customers, our friends, and to strangers at the market. This is going to be great! There's going to be lots of food like rice, ramen."
"Did you say ramen?" Inu Yasha turned his gaze to her. Kagome found herself blushing.
"Um, yes.."
Miroku and Sango laughed.
"Inu Yasha, you ramen freak!" Sango giggled. "That's all you love to eat, don't you?"
"That's not all I eat Sango! My life isn't circled around ramen!" Inu Yasha gritted. He turned to look at Miroku and sneered, "And at least I'm not the one who has my life circled around groping women!"
Miroku stopped laughing and frowned. Sango stopped mid-laugh and added, "Well, that's true."
Kagome just watched the three bicker to each other. She rolled her eyes. When her three friends stopped teasing each other, they all went to their last class, history.
Their teacher, Mr. Myouga (hehe, just imagine him as tall as a regular human and without 4 arms, just 2. Without that beak looking mouth/nose too.) started talking about feudal Japan and about myths and legends taking place in that time.
"There is this legend where there was a dog demon who wanted a jewel called the Shikon No Tama to become a full demon since he was a hanyou. The dog demon and a powerful priestess fell in love with each other. The priestess and the dog demon hanyou were deceived by an evil man and they were tricked against one another. The hanyou was bound to a tree by the priestess and the priestess died shortly afterward and was burned to ashes with the Shikon No Tama entwined around her hands. About 50 years later, a girl was pulled into a well, also known as the Bone Eaters Well, by a centipede demon and landed in feudal Japan. The girl freed the sleeping hanyou and he killed the centipede woman. The girl was identified as the reincarnation of the priestess and discovered that the Shikon No Tama was inside her body, which was torn out by the centipede demon earlier. A few days after, the girl shattered the jewel accidentally and she and the hanyou were forced to work together to collect back all the jewel shards," Mr. Myouga told the class.
Kagome listened, interested. Sango stared at him, listening to every word. Miroku sat back and sighed softly. Inu Yasha laid his head on his desk and listened to the story that he had read so many times already. Feudal Japan had always interested him and he never got tired of this story.
"-the hanyou and the girl made friends with a fox demon, a monk, and a demon exterminator during their quest and they traveled together and fought demons together. The priestess was brought to back to life and the hanyou was confused with his feelings. He had fallen in love with the priestess's reincarnation, but he still loved the priestess. The reincarnation had also fallen in love with the hanyou. She wasn't selfish, but she often got jealous when the hanyou and the priestess were together.
The reincarnation had the ability to travel to and from her home, which was in the present, to feudal Japan. One time, the girl couldn't go back to feudal Japan because the hanyou had taken her large shikon shard, but it was only because he cared about her and didn't want her to die. Well, eventually, she came back, they made up and continued with their quest. The group also searched for the evil man and wanted to kill him. No one really knows how the story ends...."
The bell rang. All the students shuffled around. Mr. Myouga yelled out, "Well, no homework! Enjoy your day!"
*****
"Wasn't that a nice story?" Kagome asked her friends as they walked down the steps. "I wish I knew the ending."
"Me too," Sango agreed.
"I've read that story a billion times," Inu Yasha murmured. "It's longer than it seems and Mr. Myouga left out some parts to make it short."
"It was really interesting though," Miroku smiled.
"Yeah, it was!" Kagome exclaimed.
"Well, see you guys later," Sango yelled out to them and walked off.
"Yeah, see you guys later!" Miroku waved at Inu Yasha and Kagome as he walked off in the opposite direction. Inu Yasha and Kagome shouted, "Bye!"
"So," Inu Yasha said after a few minutes of silence. "You want to meet my brother and his girlfriend? You might as well since we're all going to perform together."
"Okay," Kagome grinned. "That means that we're going to your house, right?"
"Right," Inu Yasha answered and smiled. "Let's go."
He took her hand and led her towards the jeep. Kagome blushed for a second and closed her hand over his. Inu Yasha started to blush too and he let Kagome hold on to his hand the entire way to his jeep.
A/N: Oooooh! So cute! Isn't it? Anyways, thanks for all the reviews! Hope you enjoyed this chapter. I don't know when I'm going to update the soonest, but the latest for sure is Saturday! Sango and Miroku fluff is coming soon. Kouga and Naraku are coming soon too. Just be patient! I'm still figuring out this story in my head and I can tell you it's going to get good, REAL good! Well, please review! ^_^