An- ;_; Oh no! I only got two reviews for the last chapter! Oh no! -_-
Sorry it took me so long to update again! My mom banned me from the
computer until I raised my math grade a bit T_T. I hope you enjoy this
chapter. Oh, and don't worry you all! The plot is going somewhere, it's
just getting there slowly. ^_~
I do not own Inuyasha.
Review responses-
Eddie4-I know, I'll keep trying to update more often, but it can be hard sometimes. There will be plenty of fluff in later chapters. Don't worry.
CraziAznGurl- Thanx! I'm glad it's getting better. Yeah, Sango enjoys the attention...she is just slightly reluctant to admit it! ^_~
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"I'll write you as often as I can!" called Souta to his family as he got on the wagon holding other young men who would be going to war training, including Kohaku.
Kagome smiled and waved as she watched the horses pull the large wagon away. "I hope he'll do fine," she said to Sango, who was standing next to her to see off her own brother off.
"They'll be fine Kagome. It's only training for now." Sango replied in a exasperated voice. Kagome had been fretting all day and nothing that she said seemed so ease her friend's fear that her brother would be hurt somehow.
"I guess you're right..." said Kagome sadly as the wagon went out of view. "I have to go train with Kikyo soon. I'd better get ready."
Sango's dark orbs widened with excitement. "Oh! Can I come with you? Please?"
Kagome bit her lip. She didn't really want anyone else with her while she trained, especially because Sango would undoubtedly follow her when she went into the woods to visit Inuyahsa. "I-I don't know..."
"Please Kagome! You said that you would show me your new powers!" said Sango, her eyes staring pleadingly at Kagome.
"Fine," said Kagome, slightly angry with herself for giving into her friend.
"Thanks Kagome! I swear that I won't interrupt you or anything. I'll stand way off to the side."
"Well, I have to go change and get my arrows and stuff...I'll meet you at my training spot in a little while, okay?"
"Okay, see you then!"
*
"Gah!" yelled Kagome as she tried to get into her training uniform. It was very tight, and it clung to every curve in her body. It was a one pieced black suit that had blue shoulder cuffs and a blue belt. It was exactly like Kikyo's except kikyo's had a purple belt and cuffs. She normally wore regular clothes to train in, but she figured that since she was now actually doing something besides just shooting arrows she would wear it.
When she had finally managed to get into the tight suit she grabbed her bow and arrows and some bread for the fish and Inuyasha. After that she went ran down the stars, rushing to get to her training with Kikyo on time.
"Nice outfit," said a sly voice from behind her.
Kagome turned around and saw Miroku leaning against the wall, looking her up and down approvingly. "Shut up, I've got to get to training soon and I'm not in the mood for your perverted thoughts!"
"I'll come with you! I heard Sango was coming..."
Kagome glared at him. "I don't need anymore audience!"
"Sure you do!" said Miroku cheerfully as he started walking out of the door, motioning for her to follow. "It trains you to work under pressure."
"Fine! Lets just go before I get any more late than I already am!" she said as she ran out the door.
When they made it to the training area they spotted Sango and Kikyo sitting on the ground talking.
"Hello lady Sango!" said Miroku with a perverted grin on his face.
Sango shot Kagome a glare before giving the monk a forced hello.
"Okay!" said Kikyo as she clapped her hands together. "Today we're going to be working on producing a fireball. I can already make one, but it took me about a month so I don't expect you to be able to even make a small flame yet."
Kagome gave Miroku her bow, arrows, and bread, and walked over to Kikyo. "You guys might not want to sit too close if we're going to be producing fire."
They looked slightly put out at not being able to have a closer view of the action, but both still complied and scooted back.
Kikyo cleared her throat softly and continued. "Summoning fire is very difficult. First you need to hold out your palms," she said while demonstrating by holding her hands out and motioning for Kagome to follow suit. "Now you have to try to channel your power to your hands, and when you do that your palms will automatically produce fire." Kikyo finished, producing a perfect ball of pink fire in her hands.
Kagome closed chocolate orbs and tried to concentrate on getting her powers into her hands, and she felt a very tiny flame flick from her palms onto the ground. She opened her eyes and saw a small patch of grass lighting on fire.
"Nice job Kagome!" called Miroku from his spot in the grass as he tried to contain his laughter.
Sango hit him in the ribs with her elbow. "Don't mind him! You're doing great!"
"Kagome! You can never close your eyes when producing fire! It can be dangerous!" Reprimanded Kikyo as she stomped out the flames in the grass.
Kagome shot everyone angry looks. She really didn't like an audience. She took a deep breath and tried again. Her face turned red as she tried with all of her might to summon her powers to her palms. She soon felt the familiar burning of the jewel again and Kagome's eyes faded from a dark brown to an icy blue. A flame started to rise out of each of her fingers that matched her eyes. The blue flames grew bigger and each had a small outline of silver on the outside. The beautiful flames on top of her fingertips began dancing and swaying with the wind. Her blue orbs widened and she quickly extinguished the flame by fisting her hands, which made her eyes slowly turn back to their original color.
Kikyo, whose mouth was wide open in shock, stared at her sister incredulously. "H-H-how did you just do that? It isn't supposed to come from your fingers! That makes ten fireballs!"
"Go Kagome!" said Miroku enthusiastically while Sango clapped her hands.
Kagome smiled uneasily at them all. She wasn't sure what to tell them. She knew that her powers were coming form the jewel, but she didn't want to tell them. 'It's kind of nice to be better than Kikyo for once, even if I have to use the jewel...' "Well, um, I don't know how I did it. I just did what you said."
Kikyo didn't know what to make of this. Even if Kagome did just get her miko powers, she would still have to practice them to perfect them like they were now. "Are you sure that you don't know why you're getting a burst of powers?" asked Kikyo seriously.
"Yes!" answered Kagome as she turned away from her sister, not able to look her in the eyes and trying to hide her burning ears.
Noticing the lack of eye contact and the way that her ears were turning dark red, Kikyo knew that she was lying. Ever since Kagome was little she had never been able to lie very well. Every time that she tried to her ears always turned red. "Fine, we're done for today," she said as she got up and started walking back home. "We'll practice again when you can be more honest with me."
Kagome glared at her sister's back. "I was being honest!" she yelled at her twin, who just kept ignored her and kept on walking.
*
Inuyasha stared closely at the kit as it started to wake up. After the fox child had fainted he had taken it with him to his favorite tree and laid it on a large branch for protection. Until now it hadn't moved at all.
The kit's eyes slowly fluttered open. It lifted itself up and looked blearily around. It's large turquoise orbs soon fell on Inuyasha, who was sitting on a branch nearby. He gasped in surprise. "Who are you? Where am I?"
Inuyasha gave the kit an annoyed look. "I'm your savior, and we're in a tree."
"What?" the fox child asked in confusion.
Inuyasha sighed. 'Did I have to save something so stupid?' "I saved you from that ugly overgrown worm."
"Oh," said the kit as its memories started flowing through its mind. "Thanks for saving me...My name is Shippo!"
Inuyasha grunted and turned away. Now that he knew that 'Shippo' was okay, he allowed his mind to wander. 'Kagome should be training right now...maybe I should see how good she actually is.'
Giving himself a slight nod, he stood up and jumped to a higher branch of the tree. "Stay here kid. I'll be right back."
"Where are you going?" Shippo called after him.
Inuyasha didn't reply. He just jumped higher and higher until he was near the top of the tree. He held onto one of the protruding branches nearby with one hand, and he used the other to shield his eyes from the late afternoon sun. He looked in the direction of the village, and found the object of his search. On the top of one of the many hills was Kagome, someone identical to her, another girl, and a- a monk?
Inuyasha shifted, trying to get the sun's glare away from his golden eyes. When he finally positioned himself where the tree was providing his face some shade, he looked back towards Kagome and noticed that Kagome had her hands cupped, as though holding water in them. She stood that way for a while until her hands started glowing with a blue light. The blue light turned to flames on each of her fingers. Inuyasha squinted, trying to look at her face. 'Did her eyes just change color?' Kagome clenched her fists together, extinguishing the flames.
Inuyasha blinked rapidly, not quite sure if had really seen that happen. 'How can she do that? I may not know much about miko powers, but I do know that what she did right there was very advanced. It must be the jewel.'
Inuyasha looked back at Kagome, and noticed that she, the girl, and the monk were coming toward the forest. "What the hell is she bringing them out here for?" he said icily as he got himself to the lower branches of the tree and prepared to wait for their arrival.
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"I'm just going to wash up you guys! There is no need to follow me!" said Kagome for about the twentieth time. So far she hadn't had any luck of shaking them off so she could go visit Inuyasha alone.
"I need to wash up a little too," said Sango as she looked at her dirty hands.
"I just wish to look at the forest. It has been a long while since I haven't been inside this forest for years," stated Miroku.
Kagome sighed in defeat. Her friends were just as stubborn, if not more, than she was and she knew that it was no use arguing.
"What's the bread for?" asked Sango as they walked deeper into the woods.
Kagome held up the loaf of bread. "This? It's for the fishes. They seemed hungry the last time that I was here, so I decided that I would bring them a treat."
Sango rolled her eyes at her friend. Kagome had always been sympathetic to animals. Ever since she was a kid Kagome had always fed the stray cats and dogs, and helped any injured animal that crossed her path.
"Here it is!" said Kagome as she spotted the creek. She walked over to the creek, cupped her hands, brought the clear and refreshing water to her mouth and quenched her thirst.
Sango came over next to Kagome and washed her hands in the water. "I've never been to this part of the woods. It's supposed to be unsafe, Kagome. There is rumor of demons living out here. You really shouldn't be going out here on your own."
Kagome was about to reply that she didn't need a baby-sitter, but before she could there was a muffled cry coming from one of the trees.
"What was that?" asked Miroku as he looked around. He took his staff, planted it into the ground and closed his eyes. "I feel the presence of a demon."
Kagome's eyes widened. 'Oh no! Inuyasha!'
"Come out demon!" Miroku called in a demanding voice. "Come out and fight. If you choose to stay hidden I will find you."
There was no response and Kagome thought that Inuyasha wouldn't rise to Miroku's challenge, but after a while of total silence there was a rustling of leaves and a livid hanyou came out from a nearby tree.
"What in the hell are they doing here, Kagome?"
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AN-Finally! I thought that I would never get this chapter done! Well, there you go. Hope you enjoyed. I am truly sorry about the lack of updates, I'll try to write more often for you all. Thank you for your patience. Oh, and to the people who are reading my other story, survivor, hang in there! I'm planning on updating soon!
Review? ^_~
I do not own Inuyasha.
Review responses-
Eddie4-I know, I'll keep trying to update more often, but it can be hard sometimes. There will be plenty of fluff in later chapters. Don't worry.
CraziAznGurl- Thanx! I'm glad it's getting better. Yeah, Sango enjoys the attention...she is just slightly reluctant to admit it! ^_~
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"I'll write you as often as I can!" called Souta to his family as he got on the wagon holding other young men who would be going to war training, including Kohaku.
Kagome smiled and waved as she watched the horses pull the large wagon away. "I hope he'll do fine," she said to Sango, who was standing next to her to see off her own brother off.
"They'll be fine Kagome. It's only training for now." Sango replied in a exasperated voice. Kagome had been fretting all day and nothing that she said seemed so ease her friend's fear that her brother would be hurt somehow.
"I guess you're right..." said Kagome sadly as the wagon went out of view. "I have to go train with Kikyo soon. I'd better get ready."
Sango's dark orbs widened with excitement. "Oh! Can I come with you? Please?"
Kagome bit her lip. She didn't really want anyone else with her while she trained, especially because Sango would undoubtedly follow her when she went into the woods to visit Inuyahsa. "I-I don't know..."
"Please Kagome! You said that you would show me your new powers!" said Sango, her eyes staring pleadingly at Kagome.
"Fine," said Kagome, slightly angry with herself for giving into her friend.
"Thanks Kagome! I swear that I won't interrupt you or anything. I'll stand way off to the side."
"Well, I have to go change and get my arrows and stuff...I'll meet you at my training spot in a little while, okay?"
"Okay, see you then!"
*
"Gah!" yelled Kagome as she tried to get into her training uniform. It was very tight, and it clung to every curve in her body. It was a one pieced black suit that had blue shoulder cuffs and a blue belt. It was exactly like Kikyo's except kikyo's had a purple belt and cuffs. She normally wore regular clothes to train in, but she figured that since she was now actually doing something besides just shooting arrows she would wear it.
When she had finally managed to get into the tight suit she grabbed her bow and arrows and some bread for the fish and Inuyasha. After that she went ran down the stars, rushing to get to her training with Kikyo on time.
"Nice outfit," said a sly voice from behind her.
Kagome turned around and saw Miroku leaning against the wall, looking her up and down approvingly. "Shut up, I've got to get to training soon and I'm not in the mood for your perverted thoughts!"
"I'll come with you! I heard Sango was coming..."
Kagome glared at him. "I don't need anymore audience!"
"Sure you do!" said Miroku cheerfully as he started walking out of the door, motioning for her to follow. "It trains you to work under pressure."
"Fine! Lets just go before I get any more late than I already am!" she said as she ran out the door.
When they made it to the training area they spotted Sango and Kikyo sitting on the ground talking.
"Hello lady Sango!" said Miroku with a perverted grin on his face.
Sango shot Kagome a glare before giving the monk a forced hello.
"Okay!" said Kikyo as she clapped her hands together. "Today we're going to be working on producing a fireball. I can already make one, but it took me about a month so I don't expect you to be able to even make a small flame yet."
Kagome gave Miroku her bow, arrows, and bread, and walked over to Kikyo. "You guys might not want to sit too close if we're going to be producing fire."
They looked slightly put out at not being able to have a closer view of the action, but both still complied and scooted back.
Kikyo cleared her throat softly and continued. "Summoning fire is very difficult. First you need to hold out your palms," she said while demonstrating by holding her hands out and motioning for Kagome to follow suit. "Now you have to try to channel your power to your hands, and when you do that your palms will automatically produce fire." Kikyo finished, producing a perfect ball of pink fire in her hands.
Kagome closed chocolate orbs and tried to concentrate on getting her powers into her hands, and she felt a very tiny flame flick from her palms onto the ground. She opened her eyes and saw a small patch of grass lighting on fire.
"Nice job Kagome!" called Miroku from his spot in the grass as he tried to contain his laughter.
Sango hit him in the ribs with her elbow. "Don't mind him! You're doing great!"
"Kagome! You can never close your eyes when producing fire! It can be dangerous!" Reprimanded Kikyo as she stomped out the flames in the grass.
Kagome shot everyone angry looks. She really didn't like an audience. She took a deep breath and tried again. Her face turned red as she tried with all of her might to summon her powers to her palms. She soon felt the familiar burning of the jewel again and Kagome's eyes faded from a dark brown to an icy blue. A flame started to rise out of each of her fingers that matched her eyes. The blue flames grew bigger and each had a small outline of silver on the outside. The beautiful flames on top of her fingertips began dancing and swaying with the wind. Her blue orbs widened and she quickly extinguished the flame by fisting her hands, which made her eyes slowly turn back to their original color.
Kikyo, whose mouth was wide open in shock, stared at her sister incredulously. "H-H-how did you just do that? It isn't supposed to come from your fingers! That makes ten fireballs!"
"Go Kagome!" said Miroku enthusiastically while Sango clapped her hands.
Kagome smiled uneasily at them all. She wasn't sure what to tell them. She knew that her powers were coming form the jewel, but she didn't want to tell them. 'It's kind of nice to be better than Kikyo for once, even if I have to use the jewel...' "Well, um, I don't know how I did it. I just did what you said."
Kikyo didn't know what to make of this. Even if Kagome did just get her miko powers, she would still have to practice them to perfect them like they were now. "Are you sure that you don't know why you're getting a burst of powers?" asked Kikyo seriously.
"Yes!" answered Kagome as she turned away from her sister, not able to look her in the eyes and trying to hide her burning ears.
Noticing the lack of eye contact and the way that her ears were turning dark red, Kikyo knew that she was lying. Ever since Kagome was little she had never been able to lie very well. Every time that she tried to her ears always turned red. "Fine, we're done for today," she said as she got up and started walking back home. "We'll practice again when you can be more honest with me."
Kagome glared at her sister's back. "I was being honest!" she yelled at her twin, who just kept ignored her and kept on walking.
*
Inuyasha stared closely at the kit as it started to wake up. After the fox child had fainted he had taken it with him to his favorite tree and laid it on a large branch for protection. Until now it hadn't moved at all.
The kit's eyes slowly fluttered open. It lifted itself up and looked blearily around. It's large turquoise orbs soon fell on Inuyasha, who was sitting on a branch nearby. He gasped in surprise. "Who are you? Where am I?"
Inuyasha gave the kit an annoyed look. "I'm your savior, and we're in a tree."
"What?" the fox child asked in confusion.
Inuyasha sighed. 'Did I have to save something so stupid?' "I saved you from that ugly overgrown worm."
"Oh," said the kit as its memories started flowing through its mind. "Thanks for saving me...My name is Shippo!"
Inuyasha grunted and turned away. Now that he knew that 'Shippo' was okay, he allowed his mind to wander. 'Kagome should be training right now...maybe I should see how good she actually is.'
Giving himself a slight nod, he stood up and jumped to a higher branch of the tree. "Stay here kid. I'll be right back."
"Where are you going?" Shippo called after him.
Inuyasha didn't reply. He just jumped higher and higher until he was near the top of the tree. He held onto one of the protruding branches nearby with one hand, and he used the other to shield his eyes from the late afternoon sun. He looked in the direction of the village, and found the object of his search. On the top of one of the many hills was Kagome, someone identical to her, another girl, and a- a monk?
Inuyasha shifted, trying to get the sun's glare away from his golden eyes. When he finally positioned himself where the tree was providing his face some shade, he looked back towards Kagome and noticed that Kagome had her hands cupped, as though holding water in them. She stood that way for a while until her hands started glowing with a blue light. The blue light turned to flames on each of her fingers. Inuyasha squinted, trying to look at her face. 'Did her eyes just change color?' Kagome clenched her fists together, extinguishing the flames.
Inuyasha blinked rapidly, not quite sure if had really seen that happen. 'How can she do that? I may not know much about miko powers, but I do know that what she did right there was very advanced. It must be the jewel.'
Inuyasha looked back at Kagome, and noticed that she, the girl, and the monk were coming toward the forest. "What the hell is she bringing them out here for?" he said icily as he got himself to the lower branches of the tree and prepared to wait for their arrival.
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"I'm just going to wash up you guys! There is no need to follow me!" said Kagome for about the twentieth time. So far she hadn't had any luck of shaking them off so she could go visit Inuyasha alone.
"I need to wash up a little too," said Sango as she looked at her dirty hands.
"I just wish to look at the forest. It has been a long while since I haven't been inside this forest for years," stated Miroku.
Kagome sighed in defeat. Her friends were just as stubborn, if not more, than she was and she knew that it was no use arguing.
"What's the bread for?" asked Sango as they walked deeper into the woods.
Kagome held up the loaf of bread. "This? It's for the fishes. They seemed hungry the last time that I was here, so I decided that I would bring them a treat."
Sango rolled her eyes at her friend. Kagome had always been sympathetic to animals. Ever since she was a kid Kagome had always fed the stray cats and dogs, and helped any injured animal that crossed her path.
"Here it is!" said Kagome as she spotted the creek. She walked over to the creek, cupped her hands, brought the clear and refreshing water to her mouth and quenched her thirst.
Sango came over next to Kagome and washed her hands in the water. "I've never been to this part of the woods. It's supposed to be unsafe, Kagome. There is rumor of demons living out here. You really shouldn't be going out here on your own."
Kagome was about to reply that she didn't need a baby-sitter, but before she could there was a muffled cry coming from one of the trees.
"What was that?" asked Miroku as he looked around. He took his staff, planted it into the ground and closed his eyes. "I feel the presence of a demon."
Kagome's eyes widened. 'Oh no! Inuyasha!'
"Come out demon!" Miroku called in a demanding voice. "Come out and fight. If you choose to stay hidden I will find you."
There was no response and Kagome thought that Inuyasha wouldn't rise to Miroku's challenge, but after a while of total silence there was a rustling of leaves and a livid hanyou came out from a nearby tree.
"What in the hell are they doing here, Kagome?"
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AN-Finally! I thought that I would never get this chapter done! Well, there you go. Hope you enjoyed. I am truly sorry about the lack of updates, I'll try to write more often for you all. Thank you for your patience. Oh, and to the people who are reading my other story, survivor, hang in there! I'm planning on updating soon!
Review? ^_~