(Hey all. Sorry for the long wait for this chapter. I was away and had no computer use, plus a little bit of a writer's block. I couldn't think of what I wanted to write about next, but now I do and here it is.)
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Thirteen years later, two teenage youkais came running out into the courtyard. The teenage boy and girl were both inu- angel demons and they both had on their foreheads a navy- blue crescent moon on top of a white star. The boy had black hair with silver streaks and his mother's eyes. His wings were a silvery- white and smaller then his mother's. The girl had silver hair and her father's eyes and mother's wings. "Hey Sayo, wait up!" She turned around and said, "Come on, for being born five minutes before me, I thought you would be able to keep up with me, Sesu." Sesu speed up and then tackle his sister and the two roll on the ground until they both rolled apart onto their backs. "So Sesu, when does Father start training you?" Sesu sat up and said, "This afternoon. What about you, when does Mother start your miko lessons?" Sayo starred up at the sky and said, "The same, this afternoon. I hope Father doesn't go to hard on you the first day." "Same here; but you will have easier lessons then me." Sayo sat up and said, "Don't count on it. Yes, there will be no fist training, but there are spells and charms to learn, how to fire an arrow correctly, and how to protect myself and the Shikon no Tama. Mother says that I will inherit it from her when I become eighteen."
As the two sat in the courtyard talking, Rin and Shippou came out carrying their three year old daughter Kodachi. Sesu and Sayo turned around and saw the three. "It lunch time you two, come on inside," Rin said holding Kodachi. "Ah, but Mommy, I thought we came out here to play with Uncle and Aunt." Shippou patted her head and said, "Not now princess, but you can later, ok." "Ok Daddy. Put me down Mommy, I want to go to Aunt." Rin looked at her and said, "Is that how you ask for something?" Kodachi smiled and said, "Can you put me down please Mommy?" Rin smiled and said, "That better." She put her daughter down and Kodachi ran to Sesu and Sayo. Sayo smiled and extended her hand. The little girl took her hand and then they all walked inside to the dinning room.
They enter the dinning room and took their seats. Sesshoumaru sat at the head of the table with Kagome on his left. Sesu sat next to her and then Sayo. Rin, Shippou, and Kodachi sat to his right. Sesshoumaru looked at the people who just sat down and saw that his youngest daughter, Hoshi, was not there. Hoshi was four and looked just like Kagome only she had golden eyes and silver highlights. He looked at Kagome and said, "Where's Hoshi?" "She was with Jaken last."
Just then, Hoshi ran through the door with Jaken waving his staff. "Mommy! Mommy! He is after me!" cried the little girl crawling up into Kagome's lap. When Jaken came into her view, he was wearing a dress and make-up all over his face. "Come down here and fight like the demon…" Jaken then had four eyes starring cold at him. Hoshi hid her head in Kagome's chest. Sesshoumaru stood up and shouted, "Jaken, what is the meaning of this?!" Kagome clamed her daughter down and then said, "What happen, Chibi- Hoshi?" In a teary voice, she said, "Daddy told Hoshi to go play with Jaken, so Hoshi did. Then Hoshi wanted to play dress-up and he didn't want to, but Hoshi got him into the dress and started to put stuff on his face. He then shouted at me and chased me to you." Kagome patted her head and comforted her as Sesshoumaru walked over to Jaken who was shaking up a storm. "Oh I so sorry My Lord, but she was…" Before he could finish, Sesshoumaru had picked him up by the head and threw him out the window into the pond. Sesshoumaru calmly walked back to his chair and sat down.
After lunch, Sesshoumaru and Kagome had asked for Sayo and Sesu to stay after. After everyone left, Sesshoumaru stood up and said, "Sayo, Sesu, your mother and I feel you are the right age to begin your intensive training. Sesu, you will meet me in the dojo right after the conversation." Kagome stood up and said, "Sayo, you and I will begin your miko training outside at the archery range." The two nodded their heads and watched their parents leave the room. Sayo turned to her brother and said, "Don't worry. You will do just fine. Besides, you will have a little advantage over father. You have wings, remember." "I know, but father is fifty times stronger than I am. Well, we should both head to where we need to go." Sayo smiled and nodded her head.
Sesu walked out to the outside dojo and looked around for his father. Just then he jumped into the air, barely missing Sesshoumaru's attack. "Son, you have to always be aware of what your opponent will do. If you come into a place your not sure of, always prepare yourself for an attack." Sesu nodded his head as his father ran towards him for another attack. Sesu dodged the attack. He thought, 'I wish I could be sis. She probable having a better lesson then me.' He then dodged another attack.
Out at the archery range, Kagome was showing Sayo how to nock the arrow and fire it correctly. Kagome's arrow hit the bull's-eye directly in the middle. Sayo gasped and then looked at her mother. Sayo nock her arrow and tried really hard to keep it steady. She pulled the arrow back and took a shot. The arrow hit between the second and third rope parallel to Kagome's. Kagome looked at her and said, "Not bad, for your first shot. Where were you aiming?" "The middle, where your arrow is." Kagome nodded and said, "I always found it easier to aim to the center of the third color on the right side. And make sure elbow is straight. Now try again." Sayo nodded and took aim where her mother told her to and fired. The arrow struck the center of the right side of the ninth ring. Kagome smile and said, "That was great. Now I want you to practice everyday until all of your arrows hit the bull's-eye. Then we can move to moving targets." Kagome stood back and watched her daughter fire the rest of her arrows. Out the ten arrows she was given, she only hit the bull's-eye twice; but the others came close. Kagome stood up from the bench and said, "Alright, very good for the first day. Tomorrow we'll work some more on your archery. Now lets go in and have dinner."
As they were walking inside, Kagome became very tense. Sayo looked at her mother and said, "What's wrong, Mother?" "I don't know, but I thought I felt a very strong dark power go by." Kagome looked behind her, but nothing was there. "Come on, let's go inside."
After they left, up in a near by tree sat the white baboon, Naraku. "It's been ten years, but I am back. So, the stories are true, Kagome has mated with the Lord of the Western Lands, Sesshoumaru. She also has the completed Shikon no Tama. This young girl with her may be useful to me." Naraku disappeared while laughing evilly.
(I'll stop here for now. I found the names of a website and I thought they were pretty. I don't know when the next chapter will be up.)