A/N: I am very sorry that I haven't update in...:gasp: more than a month! Man...well time flies when one is being bombarded with classworks and test. I have no excuse other than I was focusing more on the Nursing aspect of my life right now. My brain is still in nursing student mode and had little to no inspiration. Actually in the beginning I was writing everything out and then I found my notebook with the original story...and found out the many changes I have done. So I tried to put it together...well so far the ending's not coming together that well, but I am dedicating at least an hour of my time every day (except Mondays) on this story so I can finally finish it.
This whole thing is a flashback, not really a chapter, it's gonna back up a part of the next chapter where you'll probably wonder "what the hell?" Not making any sense to you? That's okay cause I'm halfway awake right now and I'm probably typing nothing but crap. Anyway...if you got any question feel free to ask by: e-mail, post a review (leave your e-mail otherwise I have no way of contacting), and/or yahoo messenger (my IM name is in my bio page, you can talk to me... I won't bite lol.)
A Blade
"You need to concentrate more, fighting isn't just about throwing a punch. It's about focusing on your target as well as concentrating on your strenght, to make sure that each blow you make will hit it's mark with enough power to deliver the desired effect. You need to clear your mind to be able think about each move you make and each move your opponet is making or will make." Sesshoumaru is a difficult teacher and that's an understatement, he is actually in one of his good moods, if ever that exist. "You're slow, everytime you make a hit you leave yourself open to any attacks, pick up the pace woman!"
Kagome growled and swung her fist as hard as she could to the left, only to hit nothing but air once again. She growled again in frustration, how can she clear her mind if he's there to taunt him. 'Just one hit,' she thought, 'one hit on the face and I can die happy.' She imagined Sesshoumaru with a swollen red nose and chuckled.
"How can you protect the miko if you are just as weak? Remember you are her first line of defense...if you are dead within minutes in a battle she will be dead just as fast if not faster."
'Actually her first line of defense is her skin (oh yeah! anatomy 101 ).' She mentally retorted,"oh I love your words of encouragement! Please Sesshoumaru do continue to tell me how much I suck!" She dodged Sesshoumaru's attack and jumped back.
Sesshoumaru scowled, it's been two weeks and he saw little progress from the demoness. He rubbed his forehead, it was truly pitiful, a youkai, an inu-youkai no less, as weak as a child! Well...a child can probably do some more damage that this woman. "That's enough for today."
Kagome almost died and gone to heaven, "THANK KAMI! I'M FREE!" She laughed and jumped around the doujo. She ran to the bench to retrieve her towel and ran past Sesshoumaru but stopped as she noticed the demon who's mind is focused on something. She took a step back and stood on her tippy toes to see over the tall demon's shoulder. What she saw was a blade in a glass case, "ano..Sesshoumaru what is that?" She asked.
He only sighed in reply and continued on to stare at the balde. Kagome scoffed, "well...see you tomorrow," and with one last look at Sesshoumaru continued her walk.
"Tensaiga," he whispered, it was a good thing the whole doujo was awkwardly silent, if not Kagome wouldn't had been able to hear him. She turned around and saw that he took a spot on the matted floor.
Kagome thought of the options: A) Stay and keep him company, hopefully get to know the ice prince a little bit more to make their training sessions more...bearable. Or B) Leave him alone and enjor the rest of the night with a certain pint of Ben and Jerry's chocolate chip cookie dough ice cream, that is currently waiting for her in the freezer which beckoned her. She looked at Sesshoumaru again, sighed, and slowly approached him. "Some other time Ben and Jerry's," she muttured under her breath. She sat a feet away from him, "So what's this Tensaiga you're talking about? Is it like Tessaiga?"
What she recieved was a dead pan glare, "Oh-kay...not like Tessaiga then...am I the only one who's gonna do all the talking here?"
"Tensaiga is the blade I inherited from my father, just like Tessaiga it was forged from his fang." He informed her, she nodded and montioned him to continue on with his story with a 'go-on' gesture of her hands. "My father gave me the wrong fang."
"You mean Tessaiga was suppose to be yours? Was there a typo in his will or something?"
'A typo?' Sesshoumaru chose to ignore the phrase used, "no, my father knew what he wrote down."
"Then what makes you think he gave you the wrong blade?" She scratched her head then pulled her knees to her chest.
"Tessaiga is a blade capable of slaying a thousand demons in one swing. Tensaiga on the other hand is the complete opposite, it can revive the dead. I was the one to take over my father's title...a blade like Tessaiga could prove it's uses in my reign. What uses will I have for a fang that can bring the dead back to life?"
Kagome was amazed, she never heard anything about the fangs forged from the previous Inu no Taishou. All she knew is what Inuyasha told her, which, granted, wasn't really the best information one can get. 'Feh...father gave me Tessaiga, it's powerful...that baka wanted it, tried plently of times to take it from me,failed offcourse. Then got his fang locked up...the bastard.' No...not really that informative. "I'd pick Tensaiga," she said matter of factly.
"You pick the weak over the strong?" He replied with a raised brow.
"No, I pick the wise over the brawn. Anyone can end life, it's easy...but to reverse it, now that's impossible. Why pick a sword that can kill...any weapon can do that, when you have one capable of defying the laws of nature?" Sesshoumaru was astonished, he never looked at it from that perpective. In some ways her explanation mirrors her as a person. She chose to travel the world to learn more about everything, than practice her demonic skills and strenght. Her power lies in her intelligence and not her physical strenghts and abilities.He was brought out of his thoughts when he heard her ask a question. "So why is it in that case...shouldn't it be with you like Inuyasha's?"
"No, we fought...more than I can recall, over Tessaiga. Myouga an elder that was my father's advisor had enough and consulted with another elder, a friend of my father's, Bokuseno. They decided that I was unworthy of this blade and was sealed...for how long? I do not know. My brother on the other hand can keep the Tessaiga. We later on learned of it's importance regarding the hanyou's demon blood. The blade contains it, if he looses the blade the demonic blood might be too strong, taking over him and can be fatal." She stared at him in disbelief, a blade can do all that!
"Would you have changed what you did and kept Tensaiga if given another chance?"
He closed his eyes and answered, "Yes, now I know the reasons behind my father's decision." He stood up and held out his hand to help Kagome up. "I had a blade, wanted another, and ended up with none...lesson learned far too late."
She smiled and took his hand. "Maybe not...maybe you'll get Tensaiga back someday. Plus you managed without any the fangs, so it's not that bad. Hey there are plenty of more things that's more important than those blades." She pointed at the Tensaiga.
His eyes kept on the blade, "I have everything, what else could possibly have more significance than a blade that grants another chance at life?" He turned his sights on her.
Kagome just stared at him and gaped, he did make a point. "Well...uh...I can't think of any right now but when I do I'll remind you of this moment and tell you the answer." She grinned and they walked to the exit, Sesshoumaru turned all lights off with the exception of one that beamed down at the sword in an enchanted glass case, and closed the door.
A/N: Okay...well that was short...not very filling either. It's probably confusing, this takes place around the time of Kagome's training. They don't know each other that much and basically have this hate/dislike/I tolerate you enough relationship.
Oh and whoever nominated me for A single spark I would like to say THANK YOU! I was just browsing and looking at the nominees when I saw my story and I just started laughing out loud screaming "I'M NOMINATED! WHOO-HOO!" So, yes whoever you are...please lemme know so I can thank you, even though this is thanking you right now. It is such an honor and a big deal to me.
For those who reviewed again thankers!
Shabopo (you're talking about my story! Wow...well I love yours!), Steph, Skitzoflame (I think the flashbacks help a lot because we really don't know the whole story behind the couple), Draco-and-Hermione22 (appreciate the comment, although I am seeing some stories that have almost the same plot nowadays), BurningDawn15 (yes, it does make life...interesting. Well this is nothing but Sess.Kag interaction...not really fluffy romance but...eh), Celestial Fox (I apologized for the bad grammar, I didn't get it beta'd and I really suck when it comes to grammar and mechanics bi-langual), INUGIRL, mysticalwings (yes, stupid hanyou's and pregnant women are always a good combination lol), The Twilight huntress, Crystal Echoes (thank you), Seishi Sairensuno, HaiHai, inufairy77, Redroses, the-evil-soup-can (I lived in Guam too, I left the island 2001 and was there for 5 years), iLuvFLUFFYmarshmellows, Anonymous, ShadyMinion (you're the first to notice the chapter was a cliffhanger, you know when you're reading something and it's a cliffhanger it pisses you off soo much but when you do it...it's actually kinda fun. We're both struggling with our fic, so yay for our lack of ideas! Well next chapter is the last...:sniff sniff:), Lt.Sonya (I tried to make a plot that hasn't been used or at least I haven't seen used...if this was written by a better author I'm sure that it's more comprehensible and far more better...I am but a poor Nursing Student who only wanted to get her ideas out in the open)
