Kagome wiped the sweat from her brow. She had been up since before sunrise training with Sesshoumaru. Now it was high noon and he showed no intention of ever letting up.
"Had this been a real battle I could have ended your life just now."
"You couldn't have, I was paying attention!" His emotionless sarcasm was beginning to grate her nerves.
Sesshoumaru, however, found it to be rather amusing to bait Kagome. She had a tendency to do better when she was angry.
"Your enemy will look for any opening to attack. Even the slightest gesture, such as the blink of an eye, could mean the end of your life."
"Right, any gesture, I got it."
He smirked evilly. "No you haven't."
In a flash he was upon her. Kagome barely had time enough to raise her weapon up to counter his attack. The clang of two blades could be heard. Kagome grunted angrily. He held himself back at the last moment, she hated that. It was almost as if he were mocking her.
Sesshoumaru, though he would never admit it, enjoyed baiting her. Her cheeks would turn a lovely pink color, and her eyes would flash bluish silver as she made an attempt to hold back her youkai. Her youkai form he had yet to see. At the accepting ceremony when she was supposed to change she held it back for reasons that she never voiced. So curious was he that he often found himself baiting her more and more just so that she would change so that he could see what she looked like. When he asked himself why he came up with the excuse that he was merely teaching her about self-control. Albeit in a very subtle way.
Movement brought him back to the matter at hand. She was trying to maneuver herself so that he would have to loose his hold on her to catch himself.
'She learns quickly,' He thought. 'But she will have to be quicker.'
He deftly extricated himself in the middle of her move so that she was caught off balance. She fell gracefully to the floor.
"You should make your moves more subtle, otherwise I'll always know what you are going to do."
"No matter how subtle I try to be you will always know what I'm about to do."
"There is a way that I can't know."
She quirked an eyebrow at him. "Oh yeah? What then?"
He stood over her and pulled her up so that she was standing. "Try harder."
Kagome eyes changed their color again, but her body showed no signs of changing. She did it again. He narrowed his eyes at her.
'This teasing will stop.'
"Well my dove, is he working you hard enough?" Lord Misaki had been watching for quite sometime and noticed the way Sesshoumaru kept baiting Kagome.
"Ah, Father. Have you come to rescue me?" She put on her best little princess look.
"Yes my dear, I have. Your mother is afraid that this entire warrior training will take away your manners for court. She wants you to come in, your bath is ready."
"Alright!" Kagome dropped her weapons and dashed up to Lord Misaki, gave him a chaste kiss, then hurried out of the dojo.
"I was not finished with her."
"Yes, yes, I'm sure you weren't but there is always tomorrow. Besides she was tired."
"She is youkai now, she could have gone until sundown. I must patrol my lands tomorrow."
"I didn't mean she was tired physically, she was more tired of your badgering then anything. You patrol your lands tomorrow?"
"That is what I said."
"Very good then. Take her with you; it'll be good chance for her to practice what she has learned. I notice that you have taking a liking to her."
"No. I merely train her because you and my father were allies. Nothing more."
Lord Misaki dismissed Sesshoumaru's excuse with a wave of his hand. "Come now, Maru, if anyone knows you it ought to be me. You may have matured before your time, but I still see that flicker of the boy I knew before his parents died."
"That has nothing to do with my attraction to Kagome."
"Oh but it does. You have just admitted your attraction, and now you refer to her by her given name. I believe I did well in choosing her trainer. As it would seem, you both could learn from each other."
"What subject could she possibly know more about then I ?"
Lord Misaki beamed at him. "Love."
"Had this been a real battle I could have ended your life just now."
"You couldn't have, I was paying attention!" His emotionless sarcasm was beginning to grate her nerves.
Sesshoumaru, however, found it to be rather amusing to bait Kagome. She had a tendency to do better when she was angry.
"Your enemy will look for any opening to attack. Even the slightest gesture, such as the blink of an eye, could mean the end of your life."
"Right, any gesture, I got it."
He smirked evilly. "No you haven't."
In a flash he was upon her. Kagome barely had time enough to raise her weapon up to counter his attack. The clang of two blades could be heard. Kagome grunted angrily. He held himself back at the last moment, she hated that. It was almost as if he were mocking her.
Sesshoumaru, though he would never admit it, enjoyed baiting her. Her cheeks would turn a lovely pink color, and her eyes would flash bluish silver as she made an attempt to hold back her youkai. Her youkai form he had yet to see. At the accepting ceremony when she was supposed to change she held it back for reasons that she never voiced. So curious was he that he often found himself baiting her more and more just so that she would change so that he could see what she looked like. When he asked himself why he came up with the excuse that he was merely teaching her about self-control. Albeit in a very subtle way.
Movement brought him back to the matter at hand. She was trying to maneuver herself so that he would have to loose his hold on her to catch himself.
'She learns quickly,' He thought. 'But she will have to be quicker.'
He deftly extricated himself in the middle of her move so that she was caught off balance. She fell gracefully to the floor.
"You should make your moves more subtle, otherwise I'll always know what you are going to do."
"No matter how subtle I try to be you will always know what I'm about to do."
"There is a way that I can't know."
She quirked an eyebrow at him. "Oh yeah? What then?"
He stood over her and pulled her up so that she was standing. "Try harder."
Kagome eyes changed their color again, but her body showed no signs of changing. She did it again. He narrowed his eyes at her.
'This teasing will stop.'
"Well my dove, is he working you hard enough?" Lord Misaki had been watching for quite sometime and noticed the way Sesshoumaru kept baiting Kagome.
"Ah, Father. Have you come to rescue me?" She put on her best little princess look.
"Yes my dear, I have. Your mother is afraid that this entire warrior training will take away your manners for court. She wants you to come in, your bath is ready."
"Alright!" Kagome dropped her weapons and dashed up to Lord Misaki, gave him a chaste kiss, then hurried out of the dojo.
"I was not finished with her."
"Yes, yes, I'm sure you weren't but there is always tomorrow. Besides she was tired."
"She is youkai now, she could have gone until sundown. I must patrol my lands tomorrow."
"I didn't mean she was tired physically, she was more tired of your badgering then anything. You patrol your lands tomorrow?"
"That is what I said."
"Very good then. Take her with you; it'll be good chance for her to practice what she has learned. I notice that you have taking a liking to her."
"No. I merely train her because you and my father were allies. Nothing more."
Lord Misaki dismissed Sesshoumaru's excuse with a wave of his hand. "Come now, Maru, if anyone knows you it ought to be me. You may have matured before your time, but I still see that flicker of the boy I knew before his parents died."
"That has nothing to do with my attraction to Kagome."
"Oh but it does. You have just admitted your attraction, and now you refer to her by her given name. I believe I did well in choosing her trainer. As it would seem, you both could learn from each other."
"What subject could she possibly know more about then I ?"
Lord Misaki beamed at him. "Love."