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Chapter 5
War And Power
"Suki!" Kaiya called, racing down the hall after her sister, " have you see the others? I can't seem to find them anywhere."
Suki turned to her older sister and smiled, revealing her fangs. "Yeah they are outside watching the army train." She smirked and shook her head, 'More like drooling..'
"I see, thanks Suki!" Kaiya yelled as she took off through the wall, missing her sister's smirk. In an instant, she was standing outside the castle's walls, watching her army run around doing drills of many kinds. To her right, a few were running around an open field and to her left they were doing a one on one fighting practice. Kaiya smiled at this, proud of them all.
Then, she looked forward and growled. With her sisters stood Sesshomaru, chatting as if nothing happened and the world was at peace.
In his dreams maybe.
An angry aura flared around her form and in an millisecond she was behind him, baring her fangs at him. Growling lowly, she looked at her sisters, telling them with her eyes to go away. Rai, Rei, Kita, and Keiko all gulped and moved to the left of the field to watch the men train.
Sesshomaru turned slowly to face the flaring aura behind him and the scene he saw made his eyebrows raise slightly. In front of him stood Kaiya, hands on her hips and a smirk on her face, but what she said surprised him more.
" You are fighting the war with Naraku with us, are you not?"
He blinked slowly in a bored manner and nodded his head, " Of course, why wouldn't I?"
She drew the sword at her waist, the blade shorter than normal, but just as deadly, "Then you can go train with my men." She pointed to the left with her sword, " I have to go talk to my ..other men to see if they have any information on Naraku, this war must be done swiftly and without casualties."
Sesshomaru fully raised his eyebrow at this, "So the rumors are true that you command this entire army, but I must disobey your order, you do not command me."
Kaiya sighed and sheathed her sword, "Be that way, I have better things to do.." With those words, she turned her back to him and sauntered toward the left field, intending to join her men in practice.
She watched for a moment, figuring out who was one of the best and intend to spar with the man. Deftly, she tore off her kimono, revealing a fitting black top and a short black skirt. The outfit was revealing, showing off her long legs and taut stomach, but she ignored the stares of the demons and humans alike and walked toward the man.
"You," she pointed a clawed finger toward him, "state your name." The wolf demon looked up from his practice battle when his partner stopped to stare and blinked at his commanding officer, Kaiya. He almost fainted. She never dressed this way, not in front of the men at least. He drooled for a moment and stopped as soon as her aura flared to life again. Regaining his composure, he stood at attention. "Ma'am, Koga ,ma'am" he stuttered, trying to not let his eyes travel.
"At ease soldier, you know that I don't like that." She unsheathed her sword and smirked in satisfaction as Koga (Sp?) gulped. "You are fast, but I want to see exactly how fast you can run wolf boy. Now unsheathe your sword and attack me when you are ready. Don't be scared now, I won't kill you unless you try to kill me." She laughed and started to circle around him, her bare feet making no sound whatsoever.
Koga nodded and flew towards her, his padded feet kicking off the ground with ease. He dived downward on her head, but was stopped by two hands holding his foot. He yelped and fell to the ground, taken down to easily.
"Koga!" she snapped and pressed the blade of her sword to his neck, "Don't do that move in battle, even a rookie could take you down with a bow! Now, attack me again."
Koga got up off the ground as she leaped a few yards away and groaned. Now he knew why she commanded this army. In spite of it all, he kicked back up and dashed towards her, his sword aimed for her half bare torso. When he reached cutting distance, his sword was blocked with hers and she twirled around and jabbed him in the stomach with her elbow, taking him down again.
"Soldier Koga!" She growled and leaned over him, her red and golden locks cascading over her shoulders. The wind toyed with the strands, but she ignored them as she gave out orders. " All of you!" She pointed to all the men, "100 laps around the right field! Since one of the best on the field can't even come close to taking me down, you all can't do it. We are at war with Lord Naraku and we will fight for the northern lands, our home. Any man that is too scared to fight, you can leave, I won't train cowards."
No one moved for a moment, but steadily, with a few moans and groans, they all made it to the right field to run. They all were going to fight for their families and their people, no cowards among them.
Kaiya smiled softly and walked over to pick up her fallen kimono and wrapped it over her shoulder. When she turned back to face the castle, she found Sesshomaru in front of her, blocking her view of Kagome and Inuyasha fighting.
"You fight well, for a girl." His face was blank, no sign of amusement, but his eyes spoke volumes.
"Thank you, but I am not a girl." She grinned at his pale expression and waved her hands in front of her in a joking manner, " what I meant was that I am a woman, no longer a girl."
Sesshomaru's eyes traveled down her body and back into her blue eyes, his own holding an odd glint.
"Yes, you are no longer the girl I remember from the past.." His eyes grew dark and his lips turned upward into a small smirk.
'Definitely a woman.'
A/N: End of chapter! I was wondering if I should put the sacred jewel into the picture, but I don't know how that would fit, tell me if you have any ideas! Thanks!
