(Not only am I bored, but also this chapter is dedicated to pattycakes, who by request asked for another chapter this week. Here you go patty, hope your surgery goes well)
CHAPTER 7: TRAINING
Nishi head whirled around as the lightening hit. He could 'see' the energy of it. But something was wrong, it was different. Normally, the lose electrons of the atmosphere went every which way, with no propose or goal. But it was like that one rod had collected into one spot, and he was afraid of where it had hit. Following his self earned sight, he made his way through the misty halls of his dojo, the sounds giving off waves he could see, and the scent of rain foggy his nose. But he felt one more thing, and he wasn't too sure it was real.
He slammed open the dojo door, the back one, that led up the mountain. Every drop of rain gave him vision once more, and every thing was in clear detail. Even the girl that was his apprentice. She stood at the end of the path having found her way some how. How she didn't know. Thanks to the rain, he could see her tattered state clearly. She panted in exertion, and she stood stock still, staring at him with blocked eyes. But it wasn't her condition that had his pale eyes go wide. It was her.
Kagome groaned and shifted in the sheets of her bed. Wait...her bed? She passed a hand over it, and felt the coarse fabric of her sheets. She frowned. How did she get here? Behind her blindfold, her eyes opened. She gasped and sat up. It was...so beautiful. So many...lights and colors.
What she saw was the sunlight filtering through her window, but with new eyes. She could clearly see the detail of the window itself, but the light that flowed from it...it was breath taking. It was a rainbow and a river combined, color upon color flowing over each other, something the inexperienced eyes could never see. She shifted again, and the sound echo to her ears, the waves marking the objects it hit. She paused, then did it again. This time, she saw her opposite wall. She held up her hands, and gasped again. It was a bright blue, a blue she had never seen before, all of it clearly in the shape of her hands. She blinked. Wow, she expected her aura to be purple, like her arrows.
"You awake I see, that's a relief," she turned to the voice, and saw a misty figure, the shape of man, but from her position, the details were fogged. But she knew the voice of her sensei, and was happy to see his color, a soft pastel green. She smiled brightly.
"Sensei, what happened? How did I get here?"
His color sifted somewhat, and she guessed it was confusion. "That's a good question, for one minute I'm reading and the next I find you outside in the rain. You do not know how you came to be here?"
She shook her head. All she remembered was she was at the lone hut, meditating, and then a storm blew in, and then...light. Nothing but light, then black. It was all so confusing. She looked at her hands again, the bright blue somehow comforting. Then she froze. All this time, after all this staring, she hadn't realized it yet.
"Sensei! I did it! I can see!"
She saw his color softened and could almost see the smile. "Yes I see too, but its all a matter of how you use it. But rest now, my pupil, you still seem weak, even though you have been sleeping for a week."
"A week!" she quickly sat up and jumped out of bed, but her knees gave out form misuse and she fell. It was all quite a funny scene, she was sure, so she giggled some. She heard his small chuckle, and a powerful hand came up under her arm, lifting her. She looked up, and she noticed from this distance that the details of his face stood out.
"Get some sleep Kagome, we'll start training tomorrow."
2 months later:
"Good! Again!" Nishi's voice ordered, and Kagome's fist came oh so close to his face. The powder like dirt beneath his feet hissed, and he heard her fast approach. He arm came up just in time to block her swing kick, the impact having grown hard over time. He heard Kagome pant in front of him, and he could smell her pouring sweat. He too was sweating, something that was happening more often the harder she trained.
Kagome was excelling at a rate Nishi had never expected of her. It had only taken a few days for to harness the Sight, and use it to her advantage. She could now see attacks coming her way long before they even reached her, like a fly could see the shifts on light ten times faster than humans. She speed was still increasing, for he knew she could do better, and her strength surprised him. All in all, he was proud of her. The four months she had been here, she had completed maybe five years of training.
Kagome landed once again on the other side of the dirt arena that was out side, and seethed frustration. No matter how hard she tried, he was always one step ahead of her. Well that was to be expected since he was her sensei. But damn if it wasn't annoying! Just once she liked to upstage him. She wiped the sweat from above her blindfold. It was not only her sweat her smelled, but Nishi's, and it gave her some satisfaction to know she can get him worked up. But her knees were starting to shake, and she could the growl of her stomach coming soon. That had been at it for hours, nonstop, and it felt great. But just then, hunger made itself known.
Nishi heard the loud grumble and barked a laugh. Now that he thought of it, they hadn't eaten since breakfast, and that was...almost twelve hours ago. Wow, this girl was getting good. He straightened, relaxing and gave his pupil a crooked grin.
"How does beef sound Kagome?" he heard her grateful sigh and approached her. They both smelled bad they knew, but who cared? He slung a sporting arm about her shoulder, no longer her sensei, but more of a sparing partner.
Kagome grabbed bowls and chopsticks, and Nishi went to the kitchen to prepare some specially ordered beef, for its protein, and rice. Kagome whined as she heard the sizzling beef cooking in the pan, and smelled the torturing scent of food. When he came out with the pan, her knee had been bouncing uncontrollably. The first bite had been heaven and so was the rest. How a blind man could make something this good was beyond her. But she realized, he wasn't really blind, just physically. And she now enjoyed the experience of his point of view, because it made the world only so much more beautiful.
After the first hysterics of eating was over, Kagome calmed own and savored her meal more fully. All her senses had been heightened, even her taste and she relished in it. Just imagine what will happen when you have oden again.
Nishi sipped his tea calmly and presented the topic that had been nagging him all week. "Kagome, I am quite impressed with your advancing skill. Even before you came to me, you were quick on your feet, and my training only focused it. You Kagome, are one of my best pupils, and I'm proud of you."
Kagome gulped her bite of beef and blushed a deep red. "T-thank you sensei."
"I know you came to me with no reason what so ever to train, but yet you push yourself with a propose. I'm not asking you to tell me what it is, because just answer me, does this all really matter to you?"
She was a bit shocked at his statement. Of course it mattered1 otherwise she wouldn't have done it. And she has grown quite fond of Nishi; he's like the uncle who could always turn to. "Yes, very much sensei. And yes I did have a propose for coming here, but I'm afraid its changed. I ...really don't want to talk about it, but just know, your teaching have really helped me, and I want to thank you."
He smiled, "and that thank you is not needed, for now I see that there are people still out there how appreciate hard work still. Kagome, how would you feel about training with weapons soon?"
Kagome, who had been about to swallow another bite, choked in surprised and bumped her knee on the low table. Her tea started falling, but with her training, she stopped it the second it started tipping. Everything steady again, she thumped her chest trying to dislodge the bits of rice that had decided to try and kill her. Nishi looked on with surprise as well. He hadn't expected that.
"Um, weapons? What kind of weapons?" she asked nervously. Please don't be arrows, please don't be arrows.
He cleared his throat, "well, what every pupil of mine trains with. First it's a training katana, then the real thing. I've made it tradition to have a sword custom made for every mastering student of mine, and so I train them with swords."
She breathed a sigh quietly. That was close. She almost thought he'd say any weapon of her choice, then that would have been hard to explain. "Custom made? Neat, who makes them?"
Nishi rubbed his chin in thought, "well, I've never seen him, but he has great quality work. His shop is called The Demon Fangs, and he only fills out orders, never in person. Now what was his name? Oh yes I remember. Toutousai I believe it was."
This time, Kagome was sipping her almost spilled tea, but shocking news once again came upon her. So she turned her head and sprayed her mouthful of tea everywhere. Coughing bouts came and Nishi quickly got up to pat her back, worried at her sudden outbursts.
"Kagome, are you okay? Did you push yourself today?"
Kagome held a hand to her heart. Jeez, is god trying to kill her? She laughed tiredly. "I guess I'm bit tired, do you mind of we rest for the night? I don't think I can concentrate right now."
His brows crossed and he nodded, "sure, of course. Just rest up for tomorrow, we'll start weapons then."
She quickly gathered her bowls and cup and put them into the soap and water filled sink. She went back to her room and sat on her sat for a second. She shook her head. Its like fate doesn't want her to forget, to forget all she had. This just proved her right, she was never meant to abruptly end her quest with Inuyasha and them. She was meant to go back, and the world was giving her signs. But the thing was, something in her didn't want to see them again. She didn't want to feel the pain again. But yet she wanted to go back, needed to go back. She shook her head again. Damn. She smiled. So Toutousai was still alive huh? She thought he'd pass on the skill by now. Well, its good to know someone was still with her, even if she never saw him again.
Getting bored with herself, she took a walk through the dojo. She never really got a good look at it. She was either training, eating, outside, or sleeping. So, with her free time, she explored. Much of the dojo was the same as the rest she had seen. Empty and plain. She came across a storage room, but everything had locks on it so she could see what was in the boxes. Boredom setting in again, she wandered aimlessly about the halls. She could see the halls, misty outlines that were still clear, her new sense of echolocation showing her where everything was. She thought it was awesome, being kind of like a bat. And you were quicker on your feet cause you saw everything coming before it was actually there. But she couldn't forget her sense of touch, feeling vibrations all around and her hearing, which she was positive was as good as Inuyasha's by now.
She paused by a door, giving it a bored stare. Shrugging she just opened it, no reason really why. She knocked on the doorframe, needing the sound waves to see the interior. She came up with a desk, a couple chairs, and the walls looked wavy. She stepped in closer and put a hand to the wavy wall. Oh, they were books. So she must be in a library. She frowned, but what good was a library if she you cant see? She hit her forehead. Brail duh. But she looked around nonetheless. Well, maybe just this one time. She slowly slid down the blindfold keeping her eyes closed, and searched for a light switch. She found it to her right, and flipped it. Even with her eyes closed, it was still bright.
Squinting, she opened her eyes slowly. God it was like waking up to a sunbeam in your eyes. But they opened anyways, and she blinked a few times to adjust. Then she searched the selves. Maybe she'll find something to read in her room, you know for the nights when she couldn't sleep too well. She viewed them noncommittally, just something to do. But then she stopped at one section, curiosity sparked. Titling her head, she slid the book from its place. It was old, so it wasn't brail, and the spin was almost falling apart. She turned it over and read the title. Interesting. Unable to stop her self, she yawned hugely and rubbed an eye. Well, she couldn't read it now, maybe later. Turning off the light, Kagome shut the door and carried the book to her room. Ready for bed, she rested her head on her pillow, and turned her head to the shape of the book a considering look. Blocks and Spell Wards...for some reason, she felt as if she needed to read it.
::::::::::::::::::::::: yay!!!!!!!!!!more! I wrote more cuase i'm bored!! Yay for me!! ...not.
SO's:
Jammies2000: that stuff really works? Wow. Well not on me, cause there's one problem. I can't seem to find my mind. I don't know what happened, I looked very where! And with the lightening, that I'll keep a mystery...yeah, you caught me, I really couldn't think of a way of explain it. Oh well! And you like the point of views? Yay! At least some one said something about it. And no inuyasha didn't yell at the bitch cuase he doesn't care. Its not the same anymore. He doesn't have the will. Don't worry, all will be seen in his eventual point of view. Ja matta ne!
CHAPTER 7: TRAINING
Nishi head whirled around as the lightening hit. He could 'see' the energy of it. But something was wrong, it was different. Normally, the lose electrons of the atmosphere went every which way, with no propose or goal. But it was like that one rod had collected into one spot, and he was afraid of where it had hit. Following his self earned sight, he made his way through the misty halls of his dojo, the sounds giving off waves he could see, and the scent of rain foggy his nose. But he felt one more thing, and he wasn't too sure it was real.
He slammed open the dojo door, the back one, that led up the mountain. Every drop of rain gave him vision once more, and every thing was in clear detail. Even the girl that was his apprentice. She stood at the end of the path having found her way some how. How she didn't know. Thanks to the rain, he could see her tattered state clearly. She panted in exertion, and she stood stock still, staring at him with blocked eyes. But it wasn't her condition that had his pale eyes go wide. It was her.
Kagome groaned and shifted in the sheets of her bed. Wait...her bed? She passed a hand over it, and felt the coarse fabric of her sheets. She frowned. How did she get here? Behind her blindfold, her eyes opened. She gasped and sat up. It was...so beautiful. So many...lights and colors.
What she saw was the sunlight filtering through her window, but with new eyes. She could clearly see the detail of the window itself, but the light that flowed from it...it was breath taking. It was a rainbow and a river combined, color upon color flowing over each other, something the inexperienced eyes could never see. She shifted again, and the sound echo to her ears, the waves marking the objects it hit. She paused, then did it again. This time, she saw her opposite wall. She held up her hands, and gasped again. It was a bright blue, a blue she had never seen before, all of it clearly in the shape of her hands. She blinked. Wow, she expected her aura to be purple, like her arrows.
"You awake I see, that's a relief," she turned to the voice, and saw a misty figure, the shape of man, but from her position, the details were fogged. But she knew the voice of her sensei, and was happy to see his color, a soft pastel green. She smiled brightly.
"Sensei, what happened? How did I get here?"
His color sifted somewhat, and she guessed it was confusion. "That's a good question, for one minute I'm reading and the next I find you outside in the rain. You do not know how you came to be here?"
She shook her head. All she remembered was she was at the lone hut, meditating, and then a storm blew in, and then...light. Nothing but light, then black. It was all so confusing. She looked at her hands again, the bright blue somehow comforting. Then she froze. All this time, after all this staring, she hadn't realized it yet.
"Sensei! I did it! I can see!"
She saw his color softened and could almost see the smile. "Yes I see too, but its all a matter of how you use it. But rest now, my pupil, you still seem weak, even though you have been sleeping for a week."
"A week!" she quickly sat up and jumped out of bed, but her knees gave out form misuse and she fell. It was all quite a funny scene, she was sure, so she giggled some. She heard his small chuckle, and a powerful hand came up under her arm, lifting her. She looked up, and she noticed from this distance that the details of his face stood out.
"Get some sleep Kagome, we'll start training tomorrow."
2 months later:
"Good! Again!" Nishi's voice ordered, and Kagome's fist came oh so close to his face. The powder like dirt beneath his feet hissed, and he heard her fast approach. He arm came up just in time to block her swing kick, the impact having grown hard over time. He heard Kagome pant in front of him, and he could smell her pouring sweat. He too was sweating, something that was happening more often the harder she trained.
Kagome was excelling at a rate Nishi had never expected of her. It had only taken a few days for to harness the Sight, and use it to her advantage. She could now see attacks coming her way long before they even reached her, like a fly could see the shifts on light ten times faster than humans. She speed was still increasing, for he knew she could do better, and her strength surprised him. All in all, he was proud of her. The four months she had been here, she had completed maybe five years of training.
Kagome landed once again on the other side of the dirt arena that was out side, and seethed frustration. No matter how hard she tried, he was always one step ahead of her. Well that was to be expected since he was her sensei. But damn if it wasn't annoying! Just once she liked to upstage him. She wiped the sweat from above her blindfold. It was not only her sweat her smelled, but Nishi's, and it gave her some satisfaction to know she can get him worked up. But her knees were starting to shake, and she could the growl of her stomach coming soon. That had been at it for hours, nonstop, and it felt great. But just then, hunger made itself known.
Nishi heard the loud grumble and barked a laugh. Now that he thought of it, they hadn't eaten since breakfast, and that was...almost twelve hours ago. Wow, this girl was getting good. He straightened, relaxing and gave his pupil a crooked grin.
"How does beef sound Kagome?" he heard her grateful sigh and approached her. They both smelled bad they knew, but who cared? He slung a sporting arm about her shoulder, no longer her sensei, but more of a sparing partner.
Kagome grabbed bowls and chopsticks, and Nishi went to the kitchen to prepare some specially ordered beef, for its protein, and rice. Kagome whined as she heard the sizzling beef cooking in the pan, and smelled the torturing scent of food. When he came out with the pan, her knee had been bouncing uncontrollably. The first bite had been heaven and so was the rest. How a blind man could make something this good was beyond her. But she realized, he wasn't really blind, just physically. And she now enjoyed the experience of his point of view, because it made the world only so much more beautiful.
After the first hysterics of eating was over, Kagome calmed own and savored her meal more fully. All her senses had been heightened, even her taste and she relished in it. Just imagine what will happen when you have oden again.
Nishi sipped his tea calmly and presented the topic that had been nagging him all week. "Kagome, I am quite impressed with your advancing skill. Even before you came to me, you were quick on your feet, and my training only focused it. You Kagome, are one of my best pupils, and I'm proud of you."
Kagome gulped her bite of beef and blushed a deep red. "T-thank you sensei."
"I know you came to me with no reason what so ever to train, but yet you push yourself with a propose. I'm not asking you to tell me what it is, because just answer me, does this all really matter to you?"
She was a bit shocked at his statement. Of course it mattered1 otherwise she wouldn't have done it. And she has grown quite fond of Nishi; he's like the uncle who could always turn to. "Yes, very much sensei. And yes I did have a propose for coming here, but I'm afraid its changed. I ...really don't want to talk about it, but just know, your teaching have really helped me, and I want to thank you."
He smiled, "and that thank you is not needed, for now I see that there are people still out there how appreciate hard work still. Kagome, how would you feel about training with weapons soon?"
Kagome, who had been about to swallow another bite, choked in surprised and bumped her knee on the low table. Her tea started falling, but with her training, she stopped it the second it started tipping. Everything steady again, she thumped her chest trying to dislodge the bits of rice that had decided to try and kill her. Nishi looked on with surprise as well. He hadn't expected that.
"Um, weapons? What kind of weapons?" she asked nervously. Please don't be arrows, please don't be arrows.
He cleared his throat, "well, what every pupil of mine trains with. First it's a training katana, then the real thing. I've made it tradition to have a sword custom made for every mastering student of mine, and so I train them with swords."
She breathed a sigh quietly. That was close. She almost thought he'd say any weapon of her choice, then that would have been hard to explain. "Custom made? Neat, who makes them?"
Nishi rubbed his chin in thought, "well, I've never seen him, but he has great quality work. His shop is called The Demon Fangs, and he only fills out orders, never in person. Now what was his name? Oh yes I remember. Toutousai I believe it was."
This time, Kagome was sipping her almost spilled tea, but shocking news once again came upon her. So she turned her head and sprayed her mouthful of tea everywhere. Coughing bouts came and Nishi quickly got up to pat her back, worried at her sudden outbursts.
"Kagome, are you okay? Did you push yourself today?"
Kagome held a hand to her heart. Jeez, is god trying to kill her? She laughed tiredly. "I guess I'm bit tired, do you mind of we rest for the night? I don't think I can concentrate right now."
His brows crossed and he nodded, "sure, of course. Just rest up for tomorrow, we'll start weapons then."
She quickly gathered her bowls and cup and put them into the soap and water filled sink. She went back to her room and sat on her sat for a second. She shook her head. Its like fate doesn't want her to forget, to forget all she had. This just proved her right, she was never meant to abruptly end her quest with Inuyasha and them. She was meant to go back, and the world was giving her signs. But the thing was, something in her didn't want to see them again. She didn't want to feel the pain again. But yet she wanted to go back, needed to go back. She shook her head again. Damn. She smiled. So Toutousai was still alive huh? She thought he'd pass on the skill by now. Well, its good to know someone was still with her, even if she never saw him again.
Getting bored with herself, she took a walk through the dojo. She never really got a good look at it. She was either training, eating, outside, or sleeping. So, with her free time, she explored. Much of the dojo was the same as the rest she had seen. Empty and plain. She came across a storage room, but everything had locks on it so she could see what was in the boxes. Boredom setting in again, she wandered aimlessly about the halls. She could see the halls, misty outlines that were still clear, her new sense of echolocation showing her where everything was. She thought it was awesome, being kind of like a bat. And you were quicker on your feet cause you saw everything coming before it was actually there. But she couldn't forget her sense of touch, feeling vibrations all around and her hearing, which she was positive was as good as Inuyasha's by now.
She paused by a door, giving it a bored stare. Shrugging she just opened it, no reason really why. She knocked on the doorframe, needing the sound waves to see the interior. She came up with a desk, a couple chairs, and the walls looked wavy. She stepped in closer and put a hand to the wavy wall. Oh, they were books. So she must be in a library. She frowned, but what good was a library if she you cant see? She hit her forehead. Brail duh. But she looked around nonetheless. Well, maybe just this one time. She slowly slid down the blindfold keeping her eyes closed, and searched for a light switch. She found it to her right, and flipped it. Even with her eyes closed, it was still bright.
Squinting, she opened her eyes slowly. God it was like waking up to a sunbeam in your eyes. But they opened anyways, and she blinked a few times to adjust. Then she searched the selves. Maybe she'll find something to read in her room, you know for the nights when she couldn't sleep too well. She viewed them noncommittally, just something to do. But then she stopped at one section, curiosity sparked. Titling her head, she slid the book from its place. It was old, so it wasn't brail, and the spin was almost falling apart. She turned it over and read the title. Interesting. Unable to stop her self, she yawned hugely and rubbed an eye. Well, she couldn't read it now, maybe later. Turning off the light, Kagome shut the door and carried the book to her room. Ready for bed, she rested her head on her pillow, and turned her head to the shape of the book a considering look. Blocks and Spell Wards...for some reason, she felt as if she needed to read it.
::::::::::::::::::::::: yay!!!!!!!!!!more! I wrote more cuase i'm bored!! Yay for me!! ...not.
SO's:
Jammies2000: that stuff really works? Wow. Well not on me, cause there's one problem. I can't seem to find my mind. I don't know what happened, I looked very where! And with the lightening, that I'll keep a mystery...yeah, you caught me, I really couldn't think of a way of explain it. Oh well! And you like the point of views? Yay! At least some one said something about it. And no inuyasha didn't yell at the bitch cuase he doesn't care. Its not the same anymore. He doesn't have the will. Don't worry, all will be seen in his eventual point of view. Ja matta ne!