Chp 10: Sedated for 3 days and mastered Telekinesis.
Kagome found herself in that same little clearing as she sat down to plot how to kill Sesshoumaru.
"Oooooh.when I wake up he won't know what hit 'im! Wait I take that back. He'll know EXACTLY what hit him, MY FIST!!! No good baka yarou #@%&!! %$@#$%!!"
Then Midoriko appeared in the clearing and said, "Stop your grumbling and stand up. Sesshoumaru has given us valuable training time and I intend to use it. Now up!"
Kagome complied and didn't grumble either. The prospect of learning how to better control he abilities brightened her up a lot. "Okay Mio. What do we do first?"
Mio looked thoughtful for a moment before she smiled. "How about you master your control over Telekinesis while you're here?"
Kagome smiled big and nodded furiously.
Mio grinned and said. "Okay! Let's get started."
****Sometime the next day in Kagome dream training session****
"Okay you've learned everything you need to know about moving things with your eyes and hands and you can lift the heaviest thing I've given you, so, how about you learn to cause some destruction with that power of yours? So instead of just lifting that boulder, you can break it."
Kagome smiled and said. "That sounds like fun! Let's get going!"
****Second day in Kagome dream training session****
"Damn, Mio! What the hell did he drug me with?"
Mio looked at her and frowned. "I'd rather not say. Okay Kagome! You truly are amazing. You have mastered Telekinesis and have learned to infuse your power with miko energy. Along the way you have come close to mastering Telepathy as well. I have never in all my years seen a learner as fast as you. Okay, I have a feeling you'll be out for another half a day so How about we work on your element abilities ne?"
Kagome smiled and said. "Any way to learn some new ways to get back at Sesshoumaru." *Kagome and Mio get evil grins*
****Sometime in the next 5 hours**** "Kagome! Careful where you're shooting that energy infused fireball! They're dangerous you know!"
Kagome gave an exasperated sigh. "No shit! You're the one you said I needed a moving target so I decided to use you! C'mon Mio, can't you take a joke?"
Mio shrugged. "I'm already dead anyway so let's continue."
****!0 min before Kagome wakes up****
"Thank you so much Mio! Now the only things I have to master a Shape shifting and My element abilities, mot to mention my poison claw. Not exactly looking forward to my lessons with Mr. Emotionless." She made the last comment under her breath slightly. "Thankyouthankyouthankyouthankyou!!!!! Tell mother thanks also, though, I'm sure I'll see you again soon! Ja ne! Oh and I'll be sure to give Sesshoumaru a kick in the ass just from you and Mom!"
Midoriko closed her eyes as the gray mist began to take her away. 'Still so much to learn, child. You should not have to go through so much pain. All will be revealed in time.'
****Kagome's bedroom Sesshy's P.O.V****
'Damn, she's been out longer than I thought she would. Exactly how much of that stuff do you need to make someone sleep for three and a half days? She said that if she were to be awake and sleeping through three days, her body would develop fully. Yet she has been sleeping for three days and I sense her power is still growing even after her body stopped. What power could this girl possibly possess that I can sense it as such? Maybe I will find out as I train her. She probably doesn't even know how to use those wings.' He thought as he stared at the slumbering Woman-child for the fiftieth time that minute. 'Her mother was seriously pissed when she found out what I did. For a second I thought she would try and purify me, but she said I was Rin's 'Father figure' and Rin loved me, and would not be happy to find out I had been purified. Rin couldn't love me, could she? She's only a child, and does not know of my reputation. Maybe she does. maybe she does.' He decided to leave that matter for thinking over later and focused on the issues at hand, like the sedated girl in front of him.
'I couldn't have used that much. she should wake within the next few hours. Damn girl, I swear she's more trouble than she's worth. Maybe I should just kill her now. No! I need her to get the Tetsusaiga from my brother. Wait. Since when did he need the help of a hu- er, youkai wench to get what he was fully capable of getting himself. He needed no help from anybody. He needed no one. It would be.amusing. to say in the least to watch his half brother be betrayed by his oh so loyal wench. That would be a fate worse than death for the hanyou. To be betrayed, and left weak without his fathers fang to hide behind. This wench is so confusing. She WILL get me the Tetsusaiga. Damn it wench! WAKE UP!!!' He screamed in his head while he was looking at her as if willing her to open her eyes and surprisingly enough, they did!?!
~~~Kagome's P.O.V~~~
She came awake slowly but didn't quicken her breathing, nor did she open her eyes. Which would surely alert the demon lord that she had awakened. She shifted slightly in her comfortable garment. 'Wait, comfortable? I'd have had to been sleeping in this thing for three days! How can it be comfortable when I probably grew another half a foot and my wings are probably 10 feet in span and. hell! Where did they put my friggin tail?!?!' Then she had a thought. 'Maybe he just put me in something really big and then let me grow into it? That makes sense. Duh Kagome, you can be so stupid sometimes.' She carefully sniffed the air around her but did not make the obvious sniffing noises. 'Ewww! I smell like shit! Well, I haven't exactly had a bath in three days so what can I expect to smell like, roses? Wait, what's that other smell? *Quiet inhale through the nose* Hmmm. Sandalwood, parchment and *another quiet inhale* Fern? No it has a plantlike scent, but it's not a plant, more of a smell like. a forest after a spring rain, nothing but the smell of the plants and earth. But if I really didn't know better it smells like fern and lilies. Strange. Could that be. Sesshoumaru?!? No it couldn't. Could it? There's no one else in the room. It could only be him. Wow! Whoda thunk? Sesshoumaru, smell like sandalwood, parchment, ferns, and lilies. Weird.'
She could sense Sesshoumaru's irritation and decide not to make him wait any longer. She cracked her eyes open to see how bright the room was. It was dimming down a little bit so it was probably dusk. She then locked eyes with Sesshoumaru for a brief moment and then she remembered that he had DRUGGED her and put her to sleep for THREE goddamn days! Although, she had to thank him a little for now she had control of her Telekinetic powers. No matter how much she wanted to throw his ass out the window and into the pond like she did Jaken. She wanted to keep her new powers a secret until she had almost mastered them all. She masked some of her power to make it seem as though some of it had vanished with waking.
~~~Sesshy's P.O.V~~~
'So the wench wakes, about time.'
Kagome was trying seriously hard not launch herself out of bed and slap him REALLY hard. Maybe she would just threaten him.
"Sesshoumaru? You do know your ass is grass when I regain the feeling in my limbs, right?"
She had noticed that she had pins and needles in every part of her body. 'Probably from not standing for so long.' She thought dryly.
Sesshoumaru stared impassively at the Woman-child. "I believe you are in no position to make threats wench."
Kagome glared at him while trying to sit up. "The least you coulda done was give me a fair warning! Geez! What the hell did you drug me with anyway? It felt like you were using friggin chloroform!" She folded her arms across her chest and pouted. "What did you tell Rin and Shippou? That you drugged me without me knowing and I would be asleep for three damn days?"
Sesshoumaru gave her a cold glare. "Keep a civil tongue in your head. Or did you forget whom you are talking to and whose home you are currently staying in? And I told Rin and the kitsune you would be asleep for a while, I did not go into detail."
Kagome resumed her pout and grumbled about dog demons and their ego.
Ignoring the comments about dog demons, he started talking. "You will bathe, eat and then meet me in the dojo. You will find your training attire in the armoire. I will send Tsume to help you." He then turned and walked out of the door, all the while Kagome glaring daggers at his back.
Kagome huffed and swung her legs overt the side of the bed. She massaged her hands and arms to get rid of the pins and needles. She stood up and wobbled. Taking a few moments to regain her balance, she walked over to the armoire. Then thinking better of it she took a step back and opened it with her telekinetic powers. Then she walked over and took out her training garb. It was the same style as the last, but this had midnight blue coloring for her torso and the sleeves and legs were black. It also had a midnight blue sash.
While Kagome was examining the clothes, Tsume strode in and said, "Your bath is ready Kagome-san." Kagome turned around and followed Tsume to the bathhouse.
When she got there she shed the yukata she had been put in and stepped into the hot spring. The hot water felt like pure heaven. She reached for the hair wash that Tsume had set on the side of the hot spring and put a few handfuls in her hair. 'Damn,' she thought. 'My hair is going to take a lot of hair wash to clean. Sheesh!' When she finished with her hair she cleaned her body. She relaxed in the hot spring for a few minutes before she got out. 'Wouldn't want Sesshoumaru to send Jaken to get me. God knows that toad would be dead if he walked in here while I was bathing.' She smirked at the memory of dropkicking Jaken and how much fun it was.
After dressing and putting her hair into one long braid, she went to the dining hall. After eating and talking to the children, (more like making excuses as to why she was sleeping for three days.) She followed Tsume to the dojo. It was not connected to the castle and it was HUGE. It would be big enough for Sesshoumaru to run around in his true form. She walked into the dojo to see Sesshoumaru gazing at a wall of weaponry. He took down two katanas of the same size. Turning around he tossed one of the katanas to Kagome who, by reflex, caught it on the scabbard close to the hilt.
Sesshoumaru looked at her before he spoke. "You will need to learn how to handle a weapon other than a bow and arrow. I will start with the sword before I go on to hand-to-hand combat. Tsume will teach you how to use these." He tossed her two long daggers that were in an elaborately designed sheath. When she unsheathed one of them, it actually turned out to be an Athemae. (Wavy dagger, you know, it has a wavy edge instead of a straight one?) She sheathed it again and put them in a place she had seen in her outfit.
She looked at the katana that seemed to be incredibly light for its size. 'Well duh, I'm a youkai now, not a human. I'm stronger than I used to be.' She unsheathed it and looked at the deadly gleam the lanterns in the room put on the blade. Beautiful, yet deadly. She would be using a real blade, not a wooden katana, to train with. And she expected no less from Sesshoumaru. 'I have a feeling he's gonna be one helluva teacher.'
~`~`~`~3 hours later~`~`~`~
Sesshoumaru had taught her how to hold a sword, how to swing how to block and all of the other basics. Then he had moved on to teach her speed and grace. The basics had been easy. But the speed and grace part had been a bitch. Sesshoumaru made it look so damn easy! After a while she had gotten the hang of the speed/grace thing. Now Sesshoumaru was teaching her the more complicated attacks and blocks.
"Now bring your sword down and change direction at the last second."
She did as she was instructed for the fiftieth time. Hoping she would do it right and making sure she did with all of her being. Sesshoumaru would accept no less than perfection. She was right. He was a helluva teacher. But he was a helluva jerk too. Not a combination she liked. Not one itty- bitty bit.
"I see you finally got it right. Now the block is this."
She performed the attack on Sesshoumaru, and he brought his sword up and thrust it to the side as he tilted it so her sword clanged against his. He flicked his wrist and disarmed her.
She glared at him and walked over to her sword. As soon as she picked it up and turned around she had to bring the sword up and over while jumping back to avoid Sesshoumaru's swing. She glared at him while dodging another. "That was dirty."
Sesshoumaru just smirked but then, seemed to catch himself, and banished the expression. He attacked again but this time, Kagome was ready for him and could perform the proper block and retaliate. 'Damn, I really wish I could use my other powers. Hmmm. maybe I'll use a little bit of telekinesis to get rid of his sword.'
She swung her sword in the maneuver Sesshoumaru had just taught her, and he blocked just as she thought he would. She used her telekinetic power to press his blade back as she pressed on it, giving the illusion she was pressing it back with her own strength. And with a flick of her wrist, she flung his sword from his hand in the same manner he had done to her. His blade went spinning to hit point first twenty feet to his right. Kagome smiled and pointed her blade at Sesshoumaru.
"See? I'm not that bad!"
If Sesshoumaru 'd been any other youkai, he would have his face in an expression of surprise or astonishment, with his jaw hanging slack. But, as it was, he was Sesshoumaru. Lord of the western lands, known for his emotionless ness, and unbreakable pride. But just because his pride was unbreakable, did not mean it could not be seriously wounded.
And just that had happened, this wench that had only picked up a sword three hours ago, had not only learned quicker than any other he had witnessed, but had disarmed him. But he could have sworn there was a force other than her own strength pushing on him. He could sense it faintly still but it was dissipating. 'What power dose this girl hold that she could disarm, I, Sesshoumaru? Could this be that strange increase in her power that I had felt vanish when she woke? What secret does she hold from me?'
"Are you gonna stand there all night, or are you gonna pick the thing up and train me?"
He looked at her and raised a brow. She did the same and looked at him. "What?"
'This is one strange female. Maybe I'll stop the sword for now and go on to hand-to-hand combat. She'll need to learn how to fight without a weapon other than her claws.' He launched himself towards Kagome and almost reflexively she launched herself upward in a jump and her wings took over. "YIKES!!! Oh shit!"
She started plummeting towards the floor but she spread her wings and flapped them. It took all of three quick flaps to get her twenty feet from the ground. 'Oh shit! How do I get down without falling?! I guess I could use my telekinetic powers, but I don't want to show Sesshoumaru my new powers yet. Maybe if I just spread my wings out they'll act like a parachute.' She tried it and it worked slightly, she didn't fall as fast as before, but, this time she didn't flap as forcefully as before she slowed down again considerably but still hit the ground pretty hard. "Ow. I don't think I'll be doing that again any time soon. Sesshoumaru? I'd appreciate if you didn't tell anyone about this. Especially Shippou. I'd hate to see what he'd do."
Sesshoumaru just looked at the girl with something akin to amusement in his eyes. 'This girl truly is strange, but in a good way. She is concerned about her bruised pride rather than her bruised bottom. Now maybe she'll dodge instead of flying up.' He launched himself at her again, flinching when she squeaked as she dodged to the side.
"Defend yourself." Was all he said as he attacked again, she dodged again.
'Okay, now I really wish I could use my powers. Grrrr. I need to use my claws. I hope I don't regret this.' Being half dragon made her claws thicker than Sesshoumaru's. But that didn't make Sesshoumaru's any less deadly. He used his speed to get behind her and was about to kick her legs out from underneath her when she jumped up in a back flip to get behind him. One very un-Sesshoumaru word went through his head. 'Huh?'
She aimed to kick at his head fully expecting him to dodge. but he didn't. he caught her foot. He caught her foot? 'Uh oh, this can't be good.'
He twisted her leg but instead of allowing him to sprain it she twisted her self with the leg catching him in the stomach with her other foot. He let go of her foot and she landed painfully on her back. She quickly got up and slipped into a defensive crouch. Sesshoumaru came at her again she dodged, but not without her training outfit being ripped by his claws as they passed by her arm. Now she was mad, he didn't have to rip it! Well she wasn't mad as much as annoyed. Now she decided to go on the offensive.
'Well she has finally decide to start attacking me, I could have killed her multiple times now as I'm sure she knows. Now that she is mad let's see how well she controls herself.' She looked at him with a death glare. He was standing there waiting for her to attack him. 'He's taunting me! He's gonna get it now.' She came at him in a blur. Fully intending t hit him in the stomach. He dodged and knocked her legs out from underneath her she landed on her back. But kicked her legs up and she was on her feet. Now she was really mad! She could see the red bleeding into her eyes and was about to attack Sesshoumaru with her glowing red claws. 'Glowing red claws? Oh yeah, my poison color changes according to my emotions.' Was a fleeting thought in her world of red, until she heard Midoriko's voice.
#Kagome! Control yourself! #
Kagome heard Midoriko's commanding voice, and struggled to control her instincts. She took deep shuddering breaths and felt the red bleed from her eyes. She tensed her poison glands to stop it from flowing. She felt her muscles relax slightly and he tail become not quite as bristled. 'Damn. That wasn't fun. I really wish I could just fry his ass with a bolt of purifying energy. And now I embarrass myself in front of him by losing control! I just know Midoriko is gonna give me a pep talk on this one.
# You bet your ass I am! Demon rage is not to be taken lightly! I can't believe I forgot to go over this with you. #
'Yeah, yeah. What the hell am I gonna say to Sesshoumaru? He probably thinks I'm weak for not being able to control myself. I just know this isn't going to turn out good.'
Sesshoumaru to the least amount it was, was impressed. 'I'm surprised by the amount of control she has. She looked about ready to kill me. I knew she had poison claws, but I did not know she knew how to use them, and her poison is red, that is something I must ask her about. Red poison is very rare, and very potent. Had she attacked me with that, I could have been seriously injured.' "You have more control than I thought. Not many can control their first demon rage."
'Okay hell's weather report is blizzard conditions, Inuyasha just apologized to someone, and Naraku just hugged somebody without evil intentions. That demon rage did something to my hearing. I was not just complimented by Sesshoumaru. Did he just say I had more control than he thought?' "Huh?" was her oh so intelligent reply.
"I will not repeat myself wench." He growled out.
Kagome growled back. "Do you want me to fry your ass?"
Sesshoumaru smirked. "Do not make idle threats wench."
Kagome's eyes flashed red with irritation. "Look buddy, do I have to spell it out to you? I have told you my name on several occasions, and I know your memory is not that bad. Kagome! My name is KAGOME! Ka-go-me! Got it!?! 'Cause that's the last time I answer to the name, wench, girl, bitch, or any of the other condescending names! Do ya got that FLUFFY!!!"
Sesshoumaru was annoyed that she would, of all the names could call him, called him that. That stupid name that referred to his tail, the same tail that had been the bane of his existence when he was younger. Gods how he loathed that name.
"I can see you don't like being called that. If you don't call me wench, bitch, ect. I won't call you Fluffy. Take it or leave it fluff boy." She added the last jab because he called her a girl, when she was clearly a woman, well, in age.(A/N: Do you get what I mean here? If you don't ask me in the review.) So she decided to call him a boy.
Sesshoumaru could clearly see he was caught between a rock and a hard place and decided to call her by her name, to save himself the embarrassment of being called 'Fluffy' in public.
"Fine. Kagome, we have done enough training for tonight. It is nearly midnight, and you will resume training at dawn. I suggest you rest, after you bathe."
Kagome realized she probably did smell like crap. She didn't need sleep, she already had three friggin days of it, but she did need rest. She nodded and walked over to the katana she had discarded. She picked it up, sheathed it, and hung it on the wall. She walked out after Sesshoumaru.
After she had bathed and sat down in her room. She found herself feeling cramped. She wanted to go somewhere she could meditate, but not somewhere too open. 'The dojo!' She thought as she dressed her self in a loose white kimono. The white contrasted sharply with her black and green, hair, wings, and tail. She walked to the dojo taking quick and silent steps. When she reached her destination she was relieved to find it empty.
She sat in the center of the room and closed her eyes and breathed deeply. She concentrated on reaching Midoriko.
'Mio? Are you there?'
# Yes I am here Kagome. #
'Good. Now would you mind explaining this whole demon rage thing?'
Midoriko sighed. # Well, when a youkai is very, and I mean very angry, they will go into a rage. Where they see nothing but red and have an unquenchable bloodlust. Most humanoid youkai, will transform into their true forms as they go into a rage.#
Kagome was shocked. 'And I almost went into one of those things!?! Damn. Wait, by true form, do you mean like when Sesshoumaru turned into that giant white dog?'
# Yes. In your case, since you are half blooded, you will take the shape of the more dominant blood. There is no real way to tell which of the bloods is dominant until you actually transform. #
Kagome thought about this and sweatdropped. 'Is there any way to find out what my true form is without going into a rage? I'd rather not kill everybody I see just to find out what my true form is.'
Midoriko was silent for a moment indicating that she was thinking. #Well. there is a way, but it requires a large amount of concentration and control, plus it could be downright painful. #
Kagome thought about this, then answered. 'Well, my curiosity obviously overrides the possibility of pain. Now, how do I do it?'
Midoriko took a deep breath. # You need to concentrate on the dominant demon blood, and bring it to life. To bring it to life you must concentrate on it and fuel it with your youki. You need to continue to fuel it until you find your blood boiling, literally. Your demon blood will heat from the energy and will drown out the other blood type until there is no trace of it. You will feel yourself growing and your bone structure changing. It will most likely hurt like hell the first time. Other than feeling your bone structure changing and yourself growing. The rest of your body will tingle and feel hot. All the other times you transform, you will feel hot and tingly, or sometimes just hot. Oh and another thing, you can't transform right now because you obviously don't want Sesshoumaru of your new powers, and he would sense the power in your aura, so you probably won't want him to know that you can transform either. Am I right? #
Kagome sighed. 'Yeah. Well when and where can I transform?'
# You will need to get out of the fortress and into the forest, and, out of Sesshoumaru's earshot. Try and do it tomorrow, or sometime soon. Right now you need to work on shape shifting. Now get to it! #
Kagome looked annoyed, even though Midoriko couldn't see her. 'Okay. Bye Mio.'
After Midoriko left Kagome did just as Midoriko had instructed, practiced shape shifting. She had developed several identical, red, arrowhead, marks on her ankles. She could already shift into some complicated forms, and could, when amplifying her shape shifting abilities with her miko energy, create slightly complicated forms out side of her body and give them life. The one shape she was working on always ended up unperfected somehow.
She concentrated and felt her body shifting into the shape she wanted. She focused on the details and tried to perfect them. When she felt her body was done shifting she opened her eyes and looked at herself. 'YES!!! I did it!' She thought.
She had finally shifted into a pure white tsubasa (winged) horse! She felt her wings bristle with excitement. She neighed quietly and galloped around on the soft earth floor of the dojo. She just noticed that the dojo had no ceiling. An evil thought came to mind. 'Maybe I can irritate Sesshoumaru without him knowing it was me. I know he's not sleeping so I don't have feel guilty about waking him up. Hmmm. what should I do.'
~`~`~`~ Meanwhile where Sesshoumaru is~`~`~`~
Sesshoumaru stood on his balcony contemplating the miko Kagome's powers. 'She obviously has more control than I gave her credit for, but how can she be so powerful as to possess that type of poison? Only the most powerful of the dragons possess that poison. Well the damnable girl is half dragon. But still, only the most powerful of dragons possess that poison. She couldn't possibly. no she couldn't. That child disappeared 17 years ago. She is not Noyorouha. She is not the daughter of Kinyoru. (Name supposedly means 'gold night')
His thoughts were interrupted when a strange smell drifted to him o the wind. It smelled like a horse, but it had the scent of purity and ocean breezes with it. 'What horse could possibly smell like that?' Sesshoumaru's thoughts were again interrupted by a neighing from across the ground below his balcony. He looked at the creature that made the sound and his eyes widened briefly. There, across the ground in his castle walls, was a pure white, winged horse. 'What the hell is that doing here? Doesn't it have any sense of self preservation?' The horse neighed again as it took of from the ground. It started flying in circles and figure eights in front of Sesshoumaru's balcony, and it was seriously irritating him. He growled in annoyance hoping the creature would take the hint and leave. His growl only seemed to encourage the creature. 'If this thing does not stop and leave, I, Sesshoumaru, will kill it.'
When the horse did not stop he summoned his youki cloud and flew after it. The horse made a neighing noise that sounded suspiciously like laughter. The horse flew away from him and he followed. The excitement of the chase beginning to course through him, making his adrenaline pump. This creature was fast, but not as fast as him.
Kagome was starting to get worried. Sesshoumaru was closing the distance between them faster than she thought. She could sense his excitement and it was unnerving. He was having fun. Kagome needed a distraction, and fast. She sped herself up using her miko energy to gain some distance. Maybe she could create another allusion outside of her body and have him destroy that while she got away? 'It's worth a try.' She thought as she concentrated on making another illusion outside of her body. It was a simple one, a very large pink balloon resembling Shippou's pink bubble. It appeared in front of Sesshoumaru and went in a fast circle around him. The demon lord stopped and took a look at what he was being distracted by, then he destroyed it. Kagome had taken the ten seconds the demon lord was distracted to mask her scent and dive down into the forest. She quickly shifted into a small sapling that blended with the rest of the forest around her.
Kagome was seriously starting to regret trying to irritate Sesshoumaru. She had held that shape to long. She would have been able to hold it longer, but with flying away from Sesshoumaru, and creating that other shape, she had used up a lot of her energy. Sesshoumaru landed several feet away from her and sniffed the air.
'Oh please let him not smell me! I don't know if the mask I used was strong enough!'
Sesshoumaru stopped sniffing, growled and turned away. He launched off again leaving Kagome in the forest.
Kagome dropped the illusion as soon as Sesshoumaru was far enough away to not smell her. She fell to the ground. 'Mio. I need to get back to his castle before he finds out I was gone! But I don't thin k I have enough energy.'
#Smooth move Kagome! You just had to irritate Sesshoumaru. Maybe I can get you back.. #
'How?'
# I might be able to teleport you with my power, but it will exhaust me and you won't be able to call me for at least a day and a half. That's one of the disadvantages to being a spirit guide. #
'Spirit guide?'
# Yeah, your mother, your father, and me are spirit guides. That's why only Lyanna and I met you the first time. Your father was busy with someone else. #
'Ooooh. So you're a my spirit guide?'
# Yeah. I am only a guide to some of the strongest or the most difficult people, or youkai. Because usually they are the ones who get in the most trouble. #
'Be quiet and get me back to my room now! He's probably there already!'
# Okay! Okay! Be patient Kagome, you'll find that it helps a great deal. #
'Stop talking and start teleportin!'
She felt a tingle pass through her body and before she knew it she was in her room. She quickly got out of her kimono and into a sleeping yukata. She scurried into her bed and lay there listening to the world around her. She could hear Sesshoumaru's irritated steps as he walked by her room to his own.
'Whew! That was close. I don't think I'll be irritating Sesshoumaru again anytime soon. You really saved my ass Mio. Thanks.'
# No.problem.bye now. #
Kagome thought for a second before she went to sleep. 'I wonder what my true form looks like? Guess I'll find out tomorrow.'
She fell asleep thinking of how and when she should tell Sesshoumaru about her new powers.'
Kagome found herself in that same little clearing as she sat down to plot how to kill Sesshoumaru.
"Oooooh.when I wake up he won't know what hit 'im! Wait I take that back. He'll know EXACTLY what hit him, MY FIST!!! No good baka yarou #@%&!! %$@#$%!!"
Then Midoriko appeared in the clearing and said, "Stop your grumbling and stand up. Sesshoumaru has given us valuable training time and I intend to use it. Now up!"
Kagome complied and didn't grumble either. The prospect of learning how to better control he abilities brightened her up a lot. "Okay Mio. What do we do first?"
Mio looked thoughtful for a moment before she smiled. "How about you master your control over Telekinesis while you're here?"
Kagome smiled big and nodded furiously.
Mio grinned and said. "Okay! Let's get started."
****Sometime the next day in Kagome dream training session****
"Okay you've learned everything you need to know about moving things with your eyes and hands and you can lift the heaviest thing I've given you, so, how about you learn to cause some destruction with that power of yours? So instead of just lifting that boulder, you can break it."
Kagome smiled and said. "That sounds like fun! Let's get going!"
****Second day in Kagome dream training session****
"Damn, Mio! What the hell did he drug me with?"
Mio looked at her and frowned. "I'd rather not say. Okay Kagome! You truly are amazing. You have mastered Telekinesis and have learned to infuse your power with miko energy. Along the way you have come close to mastering Telepathy as well. I have never in all my years seen a learner as fast as you. Okay, I have a feeling you'll be out for another half a day so How about we work on your element abilities ne?"
Kagome smiled and said. "Any way to learn some new ways to get back at Sesshoumaru." *Kagome and Mio get evil grins*
****Sometime in the next 5 hours**** "Kagome! Careful where you're shooting that energy infused fireball! They're dangerous you know!"
Kagome gave an exasperated sigh. "No shit! You're the one you said I needed a moving target so I decided to use you! C'mon Mio, can't you take a joke?"
Mio shrugged. "I'm already dead anyway so let's continue."
****!0 min before Kagome wakes up****
"Thank you so much Mio! Now the only things I have to master a Shape shifting and My element abilities, mot to mention my poison claw. Not exactly looking forward to my lessons with Mr. Emotionless." She made the last comment under her breath slightly. "Thankyouthankyouthankyouthankyou!!!!! Tell mother thanks also, though, I'm sure I'll see you again soon! Ja ne! Oh and I'll be sure to give Sesshoumaru a kick in the ass just from you and Mom!"
Midoriko closed her eyes as the gray mist began to take her away. 'Still so much to learn, child. You should not have to go through so much pain. All will be revealed in time.'
****Kagome's bedroom Sesshy's P.O.V****
'Damn, she's been out longer than I thought she would. Exactly how much of that stuff do you need to make someone sleep for three and a half days? She said that if she were to be awake and sleeping through three days, her body would develop fully. Yet she has been sleeping for three days and I sense her power is still growing even after her body stopped. What power could this girl possibly possess that I can sense it as such? Maybe I will find out as I train her. She probably doesn't even know how to use those wings.' He thought as he stared at the slumbering Woman-child for the fiftieth time that minute. 'Her mother was seriously pissed when she found out what I did. For a second I thought she would try and purify me, but she said I was Rin's 'Father figure' and Rin loved me, and would not be happy to find out I had been purified. Rin couldn't love me, could she? She's only a child, and does not know of my reputation. Maybe she does. maybe she does.' He decided to leave that matter for thinking over later and focused on the issues at hand, like the sedated girl in front of him.
'I couldn't have used that much. she should wake within the next few hours. Damn girl, I swear she's more trouble than she's worth. Maybe I should just kill her now. No! I need her to get the Tetsusaiga from my brother. Wait. Since when did he need the help of a hu- er, youkai wench to get what he was fully capable of getting himself. He needed no help from anybody. He needed no one. It would be.amusing. to say in the least to watch his half brother be betrayed by his oh so loyal wench. That would be a fate worse than death for the hanyou. To be betrayed, and left weak without his fathers fang to hide behind. This wench is so confusing. She WILL get me the Tetsusaiga. Damn it wench! WAKE UP!!!' He screamed in his head while he was looking at her as if willing her to open her eyes and surprisingly enough, they did!?!
~~~Kagome's P.O.V~~~
She came awake slowly but didn't quicken her breathing, nor did she open her eyes. Which would surely alert the demon lord that she had awakened. She shifted slightly in her comfortable garment. 'Wait, comfortable? I'd have had to been sleeping in this thing for three days! How can it be comfortable when I probably grew another half a foot and my wings are probably 10 feet in span and. hell! Where did they put my friggin tail?!?!' Then she had a thought. 'Maybe he just put me in something really big and then let me grow into it? That makes sense. Duh Kagome, you can be so stupid sometimes.' She carefully sniffed the air around her but did not make the obvious sniffing noises. 'Ewww! I smell like shit! Well, I haven't exactly had a bath in three days so what can I expect to smell like, roses? Wait, what's that other smell? *Quiet inhale through the nose* Hmmm. Sandalwood, parchment and *another quiet inhale* Fern? No it has a plantlike scent, but it's not a plant, more of a smell like. a forest after a spring rain, nothing but the smell of the plants and earth. But if I really didn't know better it smells like fern and lilies. Strange. Could that be. Sesshoumaru?!? No it couldn't. Could it? There's no one else in the room. It could only be him. Wow! Whoda thunk? Sesshoumaru, smell like sandalwood, parchment, ferns, and lilies. Weird.'
She could sense Sesshoumaru's irritation and decide not to make him wait any longer. She cracked her eyes open to see how bright the room was. It was dimming down a little bit so it was probably dusk. She then locked eyes with Sesshoumaru for a brief moment and then she remembered that he had DRUGGED her and put her to sleep for THREE goddamn days! Although, she had to thank him a little for now she had control of her Telekinetic powers. No matter how much she wanted to throw his ass out the window and into the pond like she did Jaken. She wanted to keep her new powers a secret until she had almost mastered them all. She masked some of her power to make it seem as though some of it had vanished with waking.
~~~Sesshy's P.O.V~~~
'So the wench wakes, about time.'
Kagome was trying seriously hard not launch herself out of bed and slap him REALLY hard. Maybe she would just threaten him.
"Sesshoumaru? You do know your ass is grass when I regain the feeling in my limbs, right?"
She had noticed that she had pins and needles in every part of her body. 'Probably from not standing for so long.' She thought dryly.
Sesshoumaru stared impassively at the Woman-child. "I believe you are in no position to make threats wench."
Kagome glared at him while trying to sit up. "The least you coulda done was give me a fair warning! Geez! What the hell did you drug me with anyway? It felt like you were using friggin chloroform!" She folded her arms across her chest and pouted. "What did you tell Rin and Shippou? That you drugged me without me knowing and I would be asleep for three damn days?"
Sesshoumaru gave her a cold glare. "Keep a civil tongue in your head. Or did you forget whom you are talking to and whose home you are currently staying in? And I told Rin and the kitsune you would be asleep for a while, I did not go into detail."
Kagome resumed her pout and grumbled about dog demons and their ego.
Ignoring the comments about dog demons, he started talking. "You will bathe, eat and then meet me in the dojo. You will find your training attire in the armoire. I will send Tsume to help you." He then turned and walked out of the door, all the while Kagome glaring daggers at his back.
Kagome huffed and swung her legs overt the side of the bed. She massaged her hands and arms to get rid of the pins and needles. She stood up and wobbled. Taking a few moments to regain her balance, she walked over to the armoire. Then thinking better of it she took a step back and opened it with her telekinetic powers. Then she walked over and took out her training garb. It was the same style as the last, but this had midnight blue coloring for her torso and the sleeves and legs were black. It also had a midnight blue sash.
While Kagome was examining the clothes, Tsume strode in and said, "Your bath is ready Kagome-san." Kagome turned around and followed Tsume to the bathhouse.
When she got there she shed the yukata she had been put in and stepped into the hot spring. The hot water felt like pure heaven. She reached for the hair wash that Tsume had set on the side of the hot spring and put a few handfuls in her hair. 'Damn,' she thought. 'My hair is going to take a lot of hair wash to clean. Sheesh!' When she finished with her hair she cleaned her body. She relaxed in the hot spring for a few minutes before she got out. 'Wouldn't want Sesshoumaru to send Jaken to get me. God knows that toad would be dead if he walked in here while I was bathing.' She smirked at the memory of dropkicking Jaken and how much fun it was.
After dressing and putting her hair into one long braid, she went to the dining hall. After eating and talking to the children, (more like making excuses as to why she was sleeping for three days.) She followed Tsume to the dojo. It was not connected to the castle and it was HUGE. It would be big enough for Sesshoumaru to run around in his true form. She walked into the dojo to see Sesshoumaru gazing at a wall of weaponry. He took down two katanas of the same size. Turning around he tossed one of the katanas to Kagome who, by reflex, caught it on the scabbard close to the hilt.
Sesshoumaru looked at her before he spoke. "You will need to learn how to handle a weapon other than a bow and arrow. I will start with the sword before I go on to hand-to-hand combat. Tsume will teach you how to use these." He tossed her two long daggers that were in an elaborately designed sheath. When she unsheathed one of them, it actually turned out to be an Athemae. (Wavy dagger, you know, it has a wavy edge instead of a straight one?) She sheathed it again and put them in a place she had seen in her outfit.
She looked at the katana that seemed to be incredibly light for its size. 'Well duh, I'm a youkai now, not a human. I'm stronger than I used to be.' She unsheathed it and looked at the deadly gleam the lanterns in the room put on the blade. Beautiful, yet deadly. She would be using a real blade, not a wooden katana, to train with. And she expected no less from Sesshoumaru. 'I have a feeling he's gonna be one helluva teacher.'
~`~`~`~3 hours later~`~`~`~
Sesshoumaru had taught her how to hold a sword, how to swing how to block and all of the other basics. Then he had moved on to teach her speed and grace. The basics had been easy. But the speed and grace part had been a bitch. Sesshoumaru made it look so damn easy! After a while she had gotten the hang of the speed/grace thing. Now Sesshoumaru was teaching her the more complicated attacks and blocks.
"Now bring your sword down and change direction at the last second."
She did as she was instructed for the fiftieth time. Hoping she would do it right and making sure she did with all of her being. Sesshoumaru would accept no less than perfection. She was right. He was a helluva teacher. But he was a helluva jerk too. Not a combination she liked. Not one itty- bitty bit.
"I see you finally got it right. Now the block is this."
She performed the attack on Sesshoumaru, and he brought his sword up and thrust it to the side as he tilted it so her sword clanged against his. He flicked his wrist and disarmed her.
She glared at him and walked over to her sword. As soon as she picked it up and turned around she had to bring the sword up and over while jumping back to avoid Sesshoumaru's swing. She glared at him while dodging another. "That was dirty."
Sesshoumaru just smirked but then, seemed to catch himself, and banished the expression. He attacked again but this time, Kagome was ready for him and could perform the proper block and retaliate. 'Damn, I really wish I could use my other powers. Hmmm. maybe I'll use a little bit of telekinesis to get rid of his sword.'
She swung her sword in the maneuver Sesshoumaru had just taught her, and he blocked just as she thought he would. She used her telekinetic power to press his blade back as she pressed on it, giving the illusion she was pressing it back with her own strength. And with a flick of her wrist, she flung his sword from his hand in the same manner he had done to her. His blade went spinning to hit point first twenty feet to his right. Kagome smiled and pointed her blade at Sesshoumaru.
"See? I'm not that bad!"
If Sesshoumaru 'd been any other youkai, he would have his face in an expression of surprise or astonishment, with his jaw hanging slack. But, as it was, he was Sesshoumaru. Lord of the western lands, known for his emotionless ness, and unbreakable pride. But just because his pride was unbreakable, did not mean it could not be seriously wounded.
And just that had happened, this wench that had only picked up a sword three hours ago, had not only learned quicker than any other he had witnessed, but had disarmed him. But he could have sworn there was a force other than her own strength pushing on him. He could sense it faintly still but it was dissipating. 'What power dose this girl hold that she could disarm, I, Sesshoumaru? Could this be that strange increase in her power that I had felt vanish when she woke? What secret does she hold from me?'
"Are you gonna stand there all night, or are you gonna pick the thing up and train me?"
He looked at her and raised a brow. She did the same and looked at him. "What?"
'This is one strange female. Maybe I'll stop the sword for now and go on to hand-to-hand combat. She'll need to learn how to fight without a weapon other than her claws.' He launched himself towards Kagome and almost reflexively she launched herself upward in a jump and her wings took over. "YIKES!!! Oh shit!"
She started plummeting towards the floor but she spread her wings and flapped them. It took all of three quick flaps to get her twenty feet from the ground. 'Oh shit! How do I get down without falling?! I guess I could use my telekinetic powers, but I don't want to show Sesshoumaru my new powers yet. Maybe if I just spread my wings out they'll act like a parachute.' She tried it and it worked slightly, she didn't fall as fast as before, but, this time she didn't flap as forcefully as before she slowed down again considerably but still hit the ground pretty hard. "Ow. I don't think I'll be doing that again any time soon. Sesshoumaru? I'd appreciate if you didn't tell anyone about this. Especially Shippou. I'd hate to see what he'd do."
Sesshoumaru just looked at the girl with something akin to amusement in his eyes. 'This girl truly is strange, but in a good way. She is concerned about her bruised pride rather than her bruised bottom. Now maybe she'll dodge instead of flying up.' He launched himself at her again, flinching when she squeaked as she dodged to the side.
"Defend yourself." Was all he said as he attacked again, she dodged again.
'Okay, now I really wish I could use my powers. Grrrr. I need to use my claws. I hope I don't regret this.' Being half dragon made her claws thicker than Sesshoumaru's. But that didn't make Sesshoumaru's any less deadly. He used his speed to get behind her and was about to kick her legs out from underneath her when she jumped up in a back flip to get behind him. One very un-Sesshoumaru word went through his head. 'Huh?'
She aimed to kick at his head fully expecting him to dodge. but he didn't. he caught her foot. He caught her foot? 'Uh oh, this can't be good.'
He twisted her leg but instead of allowing him to sprain it she twisted her self with the leg catching him in the stomach with her other foot. He let go of her foot and she landed painfully on her back. She quickly got up and slipped into a defensive crouch. Sesshoumaru came at her again she dodged, but not without her training outfit being ripped by his claws as they passed by her arm. Now she was mad, he didn't have to rip it! Well she wasn't mad as much as annoyed. Now she decided to go on the offensive.
'Well she has finally decide to start attacking me, I could have killed her multiple times now as I'm sure she knows. Now that she is mad let's see how well she controls herself.' She looked at him with a death glare. He was standing there waiting for her to attack him. 'He's taunting me! He's gonna get it now.' She came at him in a blur. Fully intending t hit him in the stomach. He dodged and knocked her legs out from underneath her she landed on her back. But kicked her legs up and she was on her feet. Now she was really mad! She could see the red bleeding into her eyes and was about to attack Sesshoumaru with her glowing red claws. 'Glowing red claws? Oh yeah, my poison color changes according to my emotions.' Was a fleeting thought in her world of red, until she heard Midoriko's voice.
#Kagome! Control yourself! #
Kagome heard Midoriko's commanding voice, and struggled to control her instincts. She took deep shuddering breaths and felt the red bleed from her eyes. She tensed her poison glands to stop it from flowing. She felt her muscles relax slightly and he tail become not quite as bristled. 'Damn. That wasn't fun. I really wish I could just fry his ass with a bolt of purifying energy. And now I embarrass myself in front of him by losing control! I just know Midoriko is gonna give me a pep talk on this one.
# You bet your ass I am! Demon rage is not to be taken lightly! I can't believe I forgot to go over this with you. #
'Yeah, yeah. What the hell am I gonna say to Sesshoumaru? He probably thinks I'm weak for not being able to control myself. I just know this isn't going to turn out good.'
Sesshoumaru to the least amount it was, was impressed. 'I'm surprised by the amount of control she has. She looked about ready to kill me. I knew she had poison claws, but I did not know she knew how to use them, and her poison is red, that is something I must ask her about. Red poison is very rare, and very potent. Had she attacked me with that, I could have been seriously injured.' "You have more control than I thought. Not many can control their first demon rage."
'Okay hell's weather report is blizzard conditions, Inuyasha just apologized to someone, and Naraku just hugged somebody without evil intentions. That demon rage did something to my hearing. I was not just complimented by Sesshoumaru. Did he just say I had more control than he thought?' "Huh?" was her oh so intelligent reply.
"I will not repeat myself wench." He growled out.
Kagome growled back. "Do you want me to fry your ass?"
Sesshoumaru smirked. "Do not make idle threats wench."
Kagome's eyes flashed red with irritation. "Look buddy, do I have to spell it out to you? I have told you my name on several occasions, and I know your memory is not that bad. Kagome! My name is KAGOME! Ka-go-me! Got it!?! 'Cause that's the last time I answer to the name, wench, girl, bitch, or any of the other condescending names! Do ya got that FLUFFY!!!"
Sesshoumaru was annoyed that she would, of all the names could call him, called him that. That stupid name that referred to his tail, the same tail that had been the bane of his existence when he was younger. Gods how he loathed that name.
"I can see you don't like being called that. If you don't call me wench, bitch, ect. I won't call you Fluffy. Take it or leave it fluff boy." She added the last jab because he called her a girl, when she was clearly a woman, well, in age.(A/N: Do you get what I mean here? If you don't ask me in the review.) So she decided to call him a boy.
Sesshoumaru could clearly see he was caught between a rock and a hard place and decided to call her by her name, to save himself the embarrassment of being called 'Fluffy' in public.
"Fine. Kagome, we have done enough training for tonight. It is nearly midnight, and you will resume training at dawn. I suggest you rest, after you bathe."
Kagome realized she probably did smell like crap. She didn't need sleep, she already had three friggin days of it, but she did need rest. She nodded and walked over to the katana she had discarded. She picked it up, sheathed it, and hung it on the wall. She walked out after Sesshoumaru.
After she had bathed and sat down in her room. She found herself feeling cramped. She wanted to go somewhere she could meditate, but not somewhere too open. 'The dojo!' She thought as she dressed her self in a loose white kimono. The white contrasted sharply with her black and green, hair, wings, and tail. She walked to the dojo taking quick and silent steps. When she reached her destination she was relieved to find it empty.
She sat in the center of the room and closed her eyes and breathed deeply. She concentrated on reaching Midoriko.
'Mio? Are you there?'
# Yes I am here Kagome. #
'Good. Now would you mind explaining this whole demon rage thing?'
Midoriko sighed. # Well, when a youkai is very, and I mean very angry, they will go into a rage. Where they see nothing but red and have an unquenchable bloodlust. Most humanoid youkai, will transform into their true forms as they go into a rage.#
Kagome was shocked. 'And I almost went into one of those things!?! Damn. Wait, by true form, do you mean like when Sesshoumaru turned into that giant white dog?'
# Yes. In your case, since you are half blooded, you will take the shape of the more dominant blood. There is no real way to tell which of the bloods is dominant until you actually transform. #
Kagome thought about this and sweatdropped. 'Is there any way to find out what my true form is without going into a rage? I'd rather not kill everybody I see just to find out what my true form is.'
Midoriko was silent for a moment indicating that she was thinking. #Well. there is a way, but it requires a large amount of concentration and control, plus it could be downright painful. #
Kagome thought about this, then answered. 'Well, my curiosity obviously overrides the possibility of pain. Now, how do I do it?'
Midoriko took a deep breath. # You need to concentrate on the dominant demon blood, and bring it to life. To bring it to life you must concentrate on it and fuel it with your youki. You need to continue to fuel it until you find your blood boiling, literally. Your demon blood will heat from the energy and will drown out the other blood type until there is no trace of it. You will feel yourself growing and your bone structure changing. It will most likely hurt like hell the first time. Other than feeling your bone structure changing and yourself growing. The rest of your body will tingle and feel hot. All the other times you transform, you will feel hot and tingly, or sometimes just hot. Oh and another thing, you can't transform right now because you obviously don't want Sesshoumaru of your new powers, and he would sense the power in your aura, so you probably won't want him to know that you can transform either. Am I right? #
Kagome sighed. 'Yeah. Well when and where can I transform?'
# You will need to get out of the fortress and into the forest, and, out of Sesshoumaru's earshot. Try and do it tomorrow, or sometime soon. Right now you need to work on shape shifting. Now get to it! #
Kagome looked annoyed, even though Midoriko couldn't see her. 'Okay. Bye Mio.'
After Midoriko left Kagome did just as Midoriko had instructed, practiced shape shifting. She had developed several identical, red, arrowhead, marks on her ankles. She could already shift into some complicated forms, and could, when amplifying her shape shifting abilities with her miko energy, create slightly complicated forms out side of her body and give them life. The one shape she was working on always ended up unperfected somehow.
She concentrated and felt her body shifting into the shape she wanted. She focused on the details and tried to perfect them. When she felt her body was done shifting she opened her eyes and looked at herself. 'YES!!! I did it!' She thought.
She had finally shifted into a pure white tsubasa (winged) horse! She felt her wings bristle with excitement. She neighed quietly and galloped around on the soft earth floor of the dojo. She just noticed that the dojo had no ceiling. An evil thought came to mind. 'Maybe I can irritate Sesshoumaru without him knowing it was me. I know he's not sleeping so I don't have feel guilty about waking him up. Hmmm. what should I do.'
~`~`~`~ Meanwhile where Sesshoumaru is~`~`~`~
Sesshoumaru stood on his balcony contemplating the miko Kagome's powers. 'She obviously has more control than I gave her credit for, but how can she be so powerful as to possess that type of poison? Only the most powerful of the dragons possess that poison. Well the damnable girl is half dragon. But still, only the most powerful of dragons possess that poison. She couldn't possibly. no she couldn't. That child disappeared 17 years ago. She is not Noyorouha. She is not the daughter of Kinyoru. (Name supposedly means 'gold night')
His thoughts were interrupted when a strange smell drifted to him o the wind. It smelled like a horse, but it had the scent of purity and ocean breezes with it. 'What horse could possibly smell like that?' Sesshoumaru's thoughts were again interrupted by a neighing from across the ground below his balcony. He looked at the creature that made the sound and his eyes widened briefly. There, across the ground in his castle walls, was a pure white, winged horse. 'What the hell is that doing here? Doesn't it have any sense of self preservation?' The horse neighed again as it took of from the ground. It started flying in circles and figure eights in front of Sesshoumaru's balcony, and it was seriously irritating him. He growled in annoyance hoping the creature would take the hint and leave. His growl only seemed to encourage the creature. 'If this thing does not stop and leave, I, Sesshoumaru, will kill it.'
When the horse did not stop he summoned his youki cloud and flew after it. The horse made a neighing noise that sounded suspiciously like laughter. The horse flew away from him and he followed. The excitement of the chase beginning to course through him, making his adrenaline pump. This creature was fast, but not as fast as him.
Kagome was starting to get worried. Sesshoumaru was closing the distance between them faster than she thought. She could sense his excitement and it was unnerving. He was having fun. Kagome needed a distraction, and fast. She sped herself up using her miko energy to gain some distance. Maybe she could create another allusion outside of her body and have him destroy that while she got away? 'It's worth a try.' She thought as she concentrated on making another illusion outside of her body. It was a simple one, a very large pink balloon resembling Shippou's pink bubble. It appeared in front of Sesshoumaru and went in a fast circle around him. The demon lord stopped and took a look at what he was being distracted by, then he destroyed it. Kagome had taken the ten seconds the demon lord was distracted to mask her scent and dive down into the forest. She quickly shifted into a small sapling that blended with the rest of the forest around her.
Kagome was seriously starting to regret trying to irritate Sesshoumaru. She had held that shape to long. She would have been able to hold it longer, but with flying away from Sesshoumaru, and creating that other shape, she had used up a lot of her energy. Sesshoumaru landed several feet away from her and sniffed the air.
'Oh please let him not smell me! I don't know if the mask I used was strong enough!'
Sesshoumaru stopped sniffing, growled and turned away. He launched off again leaving Kagome in the forest.
Kagome dropped the illusion as soon as Sesshoumaru was far enough away to not smell her. She fell to the ground. 'Mio. I need to get back to his castle before he finds out I was gone! But I don't thin k I have enough energy.'
#Smooth move Kagome! You just had to irritate Sesshoumaru. Maybe I can get you back.. #
'How?'
# I might be able to teleport you with my power, but it will exhaust me and you won't be able to call me for at least a day and a half. That's one of the disadvantages to being a spirit guide. #
'Spirit guide?'
# Yeah, your mother, your father, and me are spirit guides. That's why only Lyanna and I met you the first time. Your father was busy with someone else. #
'Ooooh. So you're a my spirit guide?'
# Yeah. I am only a guide to some of the strongest or the most difficult people, or youkai. Because usually they are the ones who get in the most trouble. #
'Be quiet and get me back to my room now! He's probably there already!'
# Okay! Okay! Be patient Kagome, you'll find that it helps a great deal. #
'Stop talking and start teleportin!'
She felt a tingle pass through her body and before she knew it she was in her room. She quickly got out of her kimono and into a sleeping yukata. She scurried into her bed and lay there listening to the world around her. She could hear Sesshoumaru's irritated steps as he walked by her room to his own.
'Whew! That was close. I don't think I'll be irritating Sesshoumaru again anytime soon. You really saved my ass Mio. Thanks.'
# No.problem.bye now. #
Kagome thought for a second before she went to sleep. 'I wonder what my true form looks like? Guess I'll find out tomorrow.'
She fell asleep thinking of how and when she should tell Sesshoumaru about her new powers.'