Chapter 17

Demon with a shard

"Kagome, get up" Atsuko said at her door "It's time for you training with Lord Sesshomaru now."

It's been two months now since she came here and started training. She was becoming a good fighter though; she started to like fighting now. "Okay, I'll be at the dojo in a minute!" She got out of bed stretching her sleepy bones and rubbed her eyes. She looked a little different; her scent smelt a little more like dog because of Sesshomaru, and her aura has change a lot. "Guess it's about time to go and check on little Rin." She said aloud to herself, she didn't really have to, but she liked to her in a slumber. She checked on Rin and saw her with a smile meaning she was most likely having a good dream and she left to go to the dojo.

Sesshomaru was waiting for Kagome for only three minutes, Kagome was dressed in a somewhat exterminator suit except they weren't as long (Sango's is like long sleeve and pants and Kagome is like a shirt and short of armor because she was very good at fighting now). Kagome had blood red colored plates on her armor meaning it was a warning signal to others. Kagome had a sword on her side in a sheath. Her hair was tied up so it wouldn't get in her face when fighting, she has two pouches but didn't bother to bring them out; one was for a gas mask, the other had ninja stars that were really sharp.

"Lets begin" Sesshomaru said and charge at Kagome, she was faster now; in fact she was faster than Inuyasha and was almost as have as Kouga. Kagome dodged the move Sesshomaru did and tried to punch him in the face but blocked it with his right hand and made his leg go under hers and make her fall but she didn't. She did a back flip and charged forward managing to strike and hit his stomach. Sesshomaru winced at the pain; she was also stronger than Inuyasha. He punched her face and also winced, she didn't touch it or else her guard would be down, they kept going on like this for a few hours until they drew out their swords and started fighting. After a while they were pushing each other with the swords, Kagome tried to trip Sesshomaru and succeeded but it made him fall on her; into a position that was a little... weird.

They both were panting hard because of her training, Sesshomaru got off her feeling a little embarrassed and said "good job, you may attend to your meal now" and walked away from her. Kagome was very tired but she managed to get up and bow "thank you sir" and took a quick bath and went down to eat. She was greeted by Rin in the dining room. "Kagome! Rin slept well last night, can we play in the white stuff outside again!?"

Kagome giggled and nodded her head "Rin, the white stuff outside is called snow; it's a sign that its winter, and I think its December." Kagome still gave fake smiles... never a true smile and it was getting on Sesshomaru's nerves because she never did.

"Wear something warmer before you go outside Rin." Rin paused and grabbed Kagome's hand and walked to her room together so she can change. "Is this better?" Rin asked, she looked like a small priestess because it was given to her as a gift from Kagome, but the bottom was dark green. Kagome too went to dress in her priestess clothing but it the bottom was blood red; darker than Kaedes' pants. "Rin are you ready to go outside now?" she asked as if she didn't know her answer. "Yes Kagome! Rin is ready! Can Rin go to village with you after we play in snow?" she had difficulty saying snow because it was a new weird to her. "I'll ask Lord Sesshomaru." She got up from Rin's bed and walked to his study room and knocked on the door. "Yes Kagome, come in" He knew it was her; she was the only one who had the manner of knocking on the doors. "Lord Sesshomaru, would it be okay if Rin goes to the village I protect, heal, and watch with me and play with the other little kids?" She stood at the door waiting his answer. "You may take her as long as you keep a close eye on her and the other little ones." He even nodded to her; he's been getting use to Kagome now to where he was starting to like her. Question is... in what way? Kagome thanked him and gave him a bow then exited his studying hall.

Rin and Kagome were now outside playing in the snow, it was a lot of fun for them. Kagome made a snow angel and started a snow man but Rin threw a snowball at her and so she started to do the same. Sesshomaru was watching from up stairs. He saw Kagome smiling and even laughing. 'Is Kagome actually smiling and having fun? Her smile is different then the others she always showed us, her laughter sounds more cheerful' 'aren't you the observer' 'for the two thousandth time, LEAVE ME ALONE YOU BASTARD!' 'Why? You know you like her! Face it!' Sesshomaru shook his head to get out of thoughts and stopped watching them before he fights against himself again and started to walk away.

Soon Rin and Kagome were done playing with and were ready to go. "Lord Sesshomaru, do you want to come? I know your there" She's known that he's been watching them play for quite awhile and that startled him and almost lost his balance. He didn't have anything else to do except get bugged by Jaken which he really hated and went down to where they were and Kagome grabbed her sword and other her other things incase she had to fight. They walked to they village, Rin was getting bored and they were half way there and Rin was getting bored. "Want a piggy-back-ride Rin?" she laughed a little. "Yeah!" Kagome bent down for Rin and she got on her shoulders this time and not her back. "Look milord, I'm as tall as you now!" she smiled with such a cheerful smile and Sesshomaru nodded. They were on a hill and saw the village in their sight. It was much secured at the gates but it always allowed Kagome and who ever is with her inside the village. Kagome let Rin down and she ran inside because the guards saw Kagome and Sesshomaru not far behind. The guards greeted them both and they received a bow back from Kagome but not from Sesshomaru.

They both walked in and the saw Rin playing with the little kids already. "You can stay in the hut that they have given me here if you wish Sesshomaru." Sesshomaru lifted an eyebrow because she didn't say the 'lord' part. She just noticed that and bowed "Sorry Lord Sesshomaru, I won't make that mistake again." "Forget about it." "Huh?" "It gets on your nerves when you say lord so just forget about it." "Uh... yes sir" He grabbed her sword and left towards her hut, he didn't know exactly where, but he could find it because of her scent. "Miss Kagome, Miss Kagome!" a villager yelled. "My wife has been cut on her arm and it won't stop bleeding!" "Alright, I'll get some herbs and attend to your wife." "Thank you Miss Kagome." The villagers always called her either priestess, Miss Kagome, Lady Kagome, and sometimes Kagome. Most of the kids called her priestess, most men called her Miss Kagome, most women called her Lady Kagome, and the elders just said Kagome. She was use to all the names they called her. She grabbed a few herbs from the from the front of hut outside and saw that Sesshomaru was resting a little and decided to keep quiet around the area near him. She then went to the mans hut who had said that his wife was in and helped stop the bleeding. "Thank you Miss Kagome" they both said. Kagome gave them a fake smile and bowed then left thru their door. She checked every hut to see if they were okay and they were.

"DEMON, DEMON!" a villager shouted.

Kagome went into her hut and grabbed her sword. She noticed that Sesshomaru was awake because of the shouting. "You may go back to rest, I'll slay the demon, it has a shard." "Nonsense, I do not need to sleep" "I know, because you're a demon" "Grr" "Sorry, just relax, I got it under control" "I'll see on how well you have improved in your training." "Fine, see you there" as she walked out of her hut and out of the village, and so did Sesshomaru who was about 25feet behind her. Everyone was panicking until they saw Kagome walking with her sword; they quickly stopped yelling and bowed when she passed them. It was like a routine for them all, but they still are humans and start to panic sometimes.

Kagome saw the demon "Aw man! Are you kidding me!? This stupid centipede demon has three jewel shards!? This is going to be too easy!" she whined and Sesshomaru and started to laugh a little. "What are you laughing at? His so weak! Grr!" that made him laugh more, he only laughed is Kagome complained on how weak her opponents are. "Kagome, milord, what are you ahh!!!" Rin shouted as she saw the centipede. It was about to attack her but Kagome easily grabbed her and placed her near Sesshomaru. "Alright, that's enough for you, you stupid centipede, I'm going to kick your ass" a familiar voice said "Inuyasha, they're three shards in it's head!" another voice said. Kagome knew their voices. 'It's Inuyasha and the others, what are they? Kikyou? Oh hell no!' She was about to go and kick some ass but Sesshomaru grabbed her. "Just watch them for now, Inuyasha is weaker then the centipede because of its shards." Sesshomaru informed her and she growled.

Inuyasha kept trying to attack the centipede with his Tetseiga, it had no affect. "Okay, I'm getting bored; can I have my fun Inuyasha?" Kagome said leaning against the tree angrily. "Ka-Kagome..." "SIT BOY!" THUD! she was pissed at him. Miroku, Sango, and Shippo were on Kirara's back watching from a distance, not to mention they hated Kikyou. Kagome took out her sword and killed in 3 seconds. Everyone was amazed at that except for Sesshomaru and Rin. The villagers cheered from in the village when she yelled out "It's dead" to them. "Kagome defeated that demon and Inuyasha couldn't even scratch it!" Miroku exclaimed. "Kagome saved Rin!" Rin ran to her and hugged her waist and Kagome patted her head. "Sesshomaru, may I go see them?" Sesshomaru just kept silent and did a very small nod. Rin let go of Kagome and followed her to her friends but Kagome told her to go where Sesshomaru was and listened. "Kagome!!!" Shippo lunged onto her and gave her a hug. "Hi Shippo, I missed you" she wrapped her arms around him. "We all missed you Kagome!" Sango said giving her a hug too. "Hi Sango, oh it's great to see you!" rub, rub, rub SLAP "Miroku, you haven't even changed but I missed you too!" Miroku was now unconscious. "Oops, I shouldn't have done that." She muttered. "Don't worry, he had it coming to him" She smiled and laughed at the same time. Sesshomaru was cracking up mentally 'I thought she was going to break his face!!! Hahaha!!!' He stood up and walked towards the village knowing Kagome was going to run off.

Inuyasha just kept starring at Kagome. "Inuyasha, are you alright?" Kikyou asked him "I'm fine. Kagome... I'm sorry about" "Shut up!" she barked at him. She had forgiven him about that night two months ago, but him bringing Kikyou into the group got her pissed off completely. "How dare you say that to Inuyasha!" Kikyou yelled at her. "Inuyasha, withdraw your wench or I'll kill her!"