Part 27 Konsetsu's knowledge

Atria waited till Alucard left then she knelt beside the grave.
"Mom," Atria said tentatively
"I'm here, as you asked. I'm not sure what to do," Atria said
A small thought wound it's way through her mind. Atria pulled out her flute. She began to. As she played she felt the wind change. She played her mothers lullaby as she had asked. After she repeated it twice Atria felt something stirring in the grave. She jumped back as Konsetsu appeared in front of her.
"Mom," Atria said quietly
"Yes it's me dear. I'm glad you came," Konsetsu said
"Are you real?" Atria asked
"For now yes," Konsetsu laughed
Atria basically tackled Konsetsu as she went to hug her
"Oh I'm so sorry for what has happened to you," Konsetsu said, "I can only stay for a while
"I want you to meet some people," Atria said ignoring the last part of her statement

Shelani gasped when Atria walked in with Konsetsu. Shelani then bowed.
"No need Shelani," Konsetsu said
Inuyasha just stared. Sesshomaru actually looked shocked and everyone else just looked confused.
"Who is this?" Miroku asked
"Konsetsu," Shelani answered
"Who," Kagome said confused
"Atria's mother," Miroku stated
"Yes," Konsetsu said
"But..."Sango trailed off utterly confused
"I will explain," Konsetsu said
"Before I was hunted down I begged a powerful demoness to place an enchantment. I asked to be able to teach my daughter after I was killed. The demoness was kind and granted my request. She told me I could come back only once and teach her. I had at most a year to teach her. So I have been given what was promised," Konsetsu said
Atria completely ignores the time limit. She was too happy
"Mom why didn't you tell me about them?" Atria asked pointing to Sesshomaru and Inuyasha.
"I didn't wish you to seek them out. I was worried you might not have been readily accepted by them," Konsetsu said
Atria sat there quietly while the others questioned and talked to her mother. A few minutes into it all Atria got up and walked outside. Konsetsu's eyes followed her as she answered one of Kagome's questions.

Atria stepped outside and took a deep breath. She looked around. She saw Alucard wave at her. A boy near by said something that made Alucard blush. Atria looked at him and then turned away. She walked over to a barrel by the side of the hut. She opened it and saw it was empty. She placed its lid back on and hopped up and sat on it. She sat there thinking.
Her mother was back, but that meant she would be teaching her. Then there was the problem of her leaving again. What would she do if Naraku found out? What will happen if the villagers kill her again? Thousands of thoughts swarmed in her head. She was trying to sort them out when Alucard came over.
Alucard had to touch her knee to get her attention. She jumped slightly at the contact
"You know for a demon you're really jumpy," he commented
"First I'm only half-demon and secondly what do you want?" Atria asked emotionlessly
"Well you were sitting so still I thought something was wrong. And some of the other kids want to meet you," he said
"I see," she stated simply
"So can they?" he asked
"I'm a little busy," she said
"So maybe later," Alucard said hopefully
"Maybe," Atria said
"Good. See you later," He said as he walked away
"Strange kid," Atria heard behind her
He's the descendant of one of your loyal friends," Atria said
"Yes I can tell. So what is wrong," Konsetsu asked
"Nothing," Atria said as she hopped off the barrel
"You never were a good sharer," Konsetsu said
"How would you know," Atria asked genuinely curious
"I told you I will always be by you," Konsetsu said
Atria looked at her. The thoughts still swarming in her head. She had a ton of questions. She had heard the ones everyone had asked. Atria picked the most important one to her.
"Why?" Atria asked
"You always did ask hard questions even when you were one. I'm sorry dear I don't know," Konsetsu said
"Then why Makaze?" Atria asked
"She used to be a friend of mine. I had not realized she had changed so drastically," Konsetsu said
"Why are they so scared of me?" Atria asked
"Your the child of a great demon and a priestess. That spells disaster for most people. They did not count on me as the mother," Konsetsu said
Atria sat down with her back against the barrel. Her ears were drooping low. She couldn't get her thoughts straight. She squeaked and winced at a sudden pain in her head. She realized Shelani was asking for permission to reestablish the link. Atria let her
"Who built the barrier?" Atria asked
"That barrier around her memories? I don't know. Shelani questioned me about it too," Konsetsu said, "what's it like?"
"What?" Atria asked confused.
"What's it like having a link to someone like that," Konsetsu asked
"Well it's kind of like always having someone who knows what your feeling. It's nice sometimes you don't have to explain things. Though it's hard keeping things from them," Atria said
"Wow. I trained them, but never experienced a link," Konsetsu said
Atria just sat there. Shelani offered to try and help sort out her thoughts, but Atria declined the offer. Shelani came outside shortly after she offered.
"I wanted to let you know I can stay like this no longer. I'll be resuming my normal form now," Shelani said
Atria just nodded. Konsetsu said she understood and thanked her. When Shelani changed though it shocked Konsetsu
"Your a Koroi Kitto Kitsune?" Konsetsu said
"Yes, she is," Atria said
"Well then I really do think your in good hands...err...paws I should say," Konsetsu said
"She thanks you," Atria said, "She does not wish to touch your mind."
"I understand," Konsetsu said, "shall we start your training then?"
"Sure," Atria said then winced, "but Shelani says tomorrow."
"Well then tomorrow," Konsetsu said
She walked back inside. Atria went back to sorting her thoughts. She didn't break the link this time. She just shoved it aside to make room. She started sorting. She felt Shelani watching, but ignored it. She was looking for something.

Sesshomaru was getting extremely cramped. He decided he needed to leave for a bit. She walked outside. He saw Atria sitting against a barrel. She was lost in thought. Shelani was in her animal form sitting above her asleep. He approached her. When she didn't notice he waited. Slowly she pulled out of her thoughts and noticed.
"How long have you been there?" She asked
When he didn't answer she looked up. He wasn't looking at her, but beyond her. She followed his gaze. There at the top of the kill was Kagura. She was just standing there. Atria watched her carefully then she got up to talk to her. When she reached the top of the hill she stopped.
"Kagura," Atria said
"Naraku has a message for you," Kagura said
"How kind," Atria said
"He wishes to know whether you'll be coming around anytime soon," Kagura said
"No I'm not," Atria said
"Whose side are you on?" Kagura asked
Atria paused a moment to act shocked
"I should think you knew that, the winning side," Atria said
Atria turned her back and walked back to the village. She picked up Shelani and walked inside. Konsetsu looked up from what she was doing
"We don't have much time," Atria said
"Why," Inuyasha asked.
"Naraku knows we're here," Atria said, "Mother can you leave the village?"
"Yes, makes no difference where I am," Konsetsu said
"Then we must move now," Atria said
Atria grabbed her bow and sword. Her flute had never left her side. She went outside to tell Sesshomaru. Alucard came running up.
"You have to leave," he said
Atria turned to him
"You have to leave now," He said
"What is wrong?" she asked
"The villagers they have banded together and they want to kill you," he said
"We're leaving," Atria said trying to calm him
"Good. You must take me with you," he said
"Why," Sesshomaru asked making Alucard jump
Alucard looked at Sesshomaru, who he hadn't realized was there.
"Because they'll kill him," Atria answered
She had seen it in his face. She sighed.
"Fine, but only till we reach the next village," she said
"Thank you," Alucard said
Only then did Atria realize he had a bag.
"What would you have done if I'd said no?" she asked
"Followed you anyway," he said
"You're going to cause a lot of problems," Kagome said from the doorway
"No I won't,' Alucard said
"No you her," Kagome said
"Me! What did I do?" Atria asked
"Look your already attracting strays," Kagome said jokingly
"Hey!" Alucard said
"Feh," Atria said
Kagome just broke out laughing. Startling Atria and Alucard
"She's weird," Alucard said
"Yea," Atria agreed

They left a couple of minutes later. Alucard slowly got to know everyone. Soon Miroku and Alucard were talking like old friends. It turned out that Alucard wasn't that much younger then Sango. Only about a year younger in fact. Alucard was telling Miroku all the stories the villagers told him about Atria. She was trying very hard not to pay any attention to them, but they were talking so loud she would've had to cut her ears off not to hear them.
"They said she was very secretive," Alucard said
"Well, they got one right," Miroku said
"They also said she was violent," Alucard said, "When she was young."
Atria tried to block out their voices by flattening her ears but it didn't help. She slowed down so that she was the tail of the group. Alucard slowed down as well.
"Want to talk?" he said when he was even with her
"Feh," Atria said
Then Alucard made the fatal mistake of touching her ears. Luckily Miroku grabbed him before Atria killed him. Instead Atria got a bop on the head from Miroku's staff. While she grumbled and rubbed her head her mother sighed and walked over to her.
"I think it's time to see how skilled you already are," Konsetsu said.

Two days later atria found herself staring at her mom upside down. She had just been thrown at a tree.
"Pretty good for your human form," Konsetsu said
Atria picked herself up. Her mother had insisted on starting in her human form. As a result Atria was beaten, bruised, and sore but utterly happy
"Tomorrow we'll try your hanyou form." Konsetsu said
Atria nodded as she changed and walked off to think.
"She's been doing that a lot lately," Konsetsu said
Shelani walked over to her and nodded her tail twitching and nodded.
"Any idea why?" Konsetsu said looking down at Shelani.
All Konsetsu got was a furry shrug for an answer.

Atria was jolted out of her thoughts by a hand on her head. She jerked away and jumped to her feet growling. She looked around but there was no one there. She looked around confused. She could have sworn she felt someone touch her. She couldn't smell anyone either which was even more confusing. She shrugged and sat back down utterly confused. She shook her head and leaned back against the rock behind her and fell back into her thoughts. Just out of sight a set of eyes watched her carefully, unblinking.

Later Atria was walking with Shelani on her shoulder talking to her.
'You like him don't you,' Shelani thought
'What?' Atria thought confused
'Yep I can tell,' Shelani though
'Tell what? What are you talking about? Who are you talking about?' Atria thought
'Alucard,' Shelani thought
'Oh him? What about him?' Atria though annoyed
'You like him,' Shelani thought
'Not in a million lifetimes. Your just delusional,' Atria thought
"Hey," Alucard said
Shelani jumped leaving claw marks down Atria's back making her wince.
"Would you stop doing that?" Atria snapped
Alucard was about to touch her ears when she grabbed his wrist.
"First try is understandable, second is stupidity, third is death," she said
"What?" Alucard asked
Atria sighed.
"STOP TOUCHING MY EARS!!!!" Atria yelled
Alucard stuck his fingers in his ears.
"Owww," he said
"Good you should know now," Atria said
She turned on her heels and stormed off.

"Good! Good! Now tomorrow we'll do demon," Konsetsu said
She got a blank stare from Atria.
"Come on girl you're going to have to get over it," Konsetsu said
Atria just left the area. She was sitting by a log when Alucard found her. She was lost in her thoughts. Most of them bad. So when Alucard unknowingly started scratching her ears she let him continue. After a while all her thoughts were shoved away and she was lost in the pleasure of having her ears scratched. Something only her mother had done. Alucard was lost too because he had his eyes closed. Sango found them like that. She watched for a minute then cleared her throat. Alucard literally jumped while Atria just shook her head.
"Atria your mother wishes to see you," Sango said
"Very well," Atria said
Atria got up and went to see her mother. Alucard stood there with his face bright red. Sango shook her head and walked away.

"Poor Alucard. I don't think he knows what he's getting into," Sango said
"What do you mean?" Miroku asked
"He's falling for Atria," Sango said
"Poor guy," Miroku said, "does Atria know?"
"I don't think so," Sango said, " I fond them yesterday. Alucard was scratching Atria's ears."
"What?!" Miroku said
"Yep. When I made my presence known Alucard jumped but Atria didn't do anything," Sango said
"For Alucard's sake then we need to do something," Miroku said
"What did you have in mind," Sango asked
Miroku smiled and whispered in her ear.

Over the next few days Atria's attitude towards Alucard didn't change. She continued to ignore him. Until she caught him trying to use her bow. She watched him as he tried to fire an arrow that just feel straight down from the bow. He yelped and grabbed his arm where the bow snapped him.
"That is horrible. Didn't anyone teach you how to use that?" she asked
"No," Alucard said embarrassed
"What are you doing with MY bow anyway?" she asked
"Uh Sango gave it to me," he said
"Oh she did, did she," she asked picking it up
She grabbed Alucard's arm to see how badly he had snapped himself. There was a nasty welt there.
"That's pitiful," she said
He snatched his arm away not happy about being insulted.
"Look, watch and see if you learn anything," Atria said
Atria aimed at a nearby tree. She released her arrow. It hit its target and she went to aim again.

Inuyasha saw Sango and Miroku crouched down peering through bushes.
"What's..."he started
Sango and Miroku threw their hands over Inuyasha's mouth. They acted too late because an arrow thudded into the tree next to Sango's head. Inuyasha threw them off.
"What's going on?" he asked
"Nothing Sango said
Inuyasha looked around. He noticed Atria was the one who had fired the arrow. She was standing in a clearing with her bow aimed at them with an arrow ready to fire. Alucard was next to her staring in amazement. When Atria recognized them she lowered her bow and turned around. Sango and Miroku drug Inuyasha off for an explanation.

Atria turned around and relaxed the bowstring.
"Wow," Alucard said
"Nothing special," Atria said
"Nothing special?! You're like lightening," he said
"If you try hard enough you could be too," She stated
"Really?" he asked
"But you'll need a proper bow. The next village we come to we'll get you one," she said
"But I thought you were leaving me at the next village," he said
"That was before I knew you were defenseless," she said
She drew her bow and fired at a tree while he watched.
"Tomorrow, here, dawn," she said
She retrieved her arrows and left before Alucard could say anything.
"Dawn?" he asked the air

Ickle sorry for taking so long. i know you've all been waiting anxiously (yeah right) anyway here's part 27 and soon...within a few weeks hopefuly 28 will be here