Here's my 7th chapter! I'm so happy! This story got 15 reviews! I hope you like this chapter!
If Kiara and Sesshomaru would have regretted anything at that point in their lives it would be what they did that day. That very day that haunted certain periods of time every four months that would continue on for years to come. However, Kiara and Sesshomaru had no idea what the outcome of what they did would be. It all started when Izayoi's aunt, Kagome, came to visit. Kiara, Sesshomaru, Inutaisho and Inuyasha (who was now two years old) had never met Kagome. And once they did they wished that lives would have remained that way.
Izayoi's aunt was a pleasant enough person but when it came to what she wanted or wanted to do, she was very strict and domineering. Not that much different from Inutaisho, for a matter of fact. She had a pleasant enough face that seemed to disappear when her 'lessons' began. Almost as if someone threw a mask over her face.
You may be wondering what these 'lessons' are. Well, you'll find out in just a moment.
It all started when Inutaisho gave Kiara and Sesshomaru drawings of sutra scrolls to study. The two of them got bored and started to rip pieces from the paper, roll them into little balls and throw them across the room. Unfortunately, Kagome caught them and began to lecture the two of them about why they shouldn't throw paper like that.
"In conclusion, you should not throw paper because –" Kagome began to conclude the ongoing boring lecture.
"Should not do what!" Inutaisho asked in a stern voice. He happened to have walked into the house during Kagome's lecture.
Kiara and Sesshomaru started trying to hide the sutra scroll drawings. It didn't work. When Inutaisho saw that they had been fooling around and ripping up the paper instead of studying, he got angry at them.
"The two of them should be taught proper manners," Kagome said. "Why don't I teach them if it is fine with you, Inutaisho?"
Thinking this would be a good enough punishment for ripping up the drawings, Inutaisho replied, "I think that would be a great idea."
"Good. We will start tomorrow." Kagome said and walked away.
Inutaisho grabbed the papers out of Kiara and Sesshomaru's hands and walked away, leaving the two of them looking like deer in headlights.
That was how the lessons were brought up. And that was the very day that Kiara and Sesshomaru wished that they could have re-lived. They were in the wrong place at the wrong time as they did the wrong thing. And for that, they would be paying for it for years.
The Next Day: When the Torture Began:
Kagome went on and on with her 'lessons' about manners. She read portions of chapters from a book called The Emperor's Classic Collection of Manners and Social Graces. Kagome read about not throwing paper, sitting up straight, bowing your head gracefully, averting direct eye contact with the person speaking and many other topics that made Kiara and Sesshomaru feel like they were going to die of boredom. It went so far that the two of them ended up falling asleep while Kagome discussed proper use of the hands when speaking and listening.
Kagome rapped the table aggressively and told the two of them to stand. Since passive learning wasn't their strength, she would apply interactive learning techniques. In other words, they would have to do things that she told them to do such as standing properly, walking properly, sitting properly … the list went on and on and seemed like it would never come to an end. She reviewed five different types of bows, each meant for a person of different rank. Then she asked a question from what she had read before. She said that whoever answered it properly would be able to sit aside with her and dole out constructive criticism to the other. Since neither of them responded to that request because neither of them had listened before, she took the book and had them each read paragraph by paragraph exactly what she had gone over for an hour. By the time they were they were done, Kiara and Sesshomaru both felt like they had died of boredom and that their spirits were trapped in their house for eternity. To their relief, Kagome closed their lesson for that day. To their horror, Kagome said that they would start earlier the next day.
The next day was just as bad as the first, along with the day after that, and the day after that. Kagome had tortured Kiara and Sesshomaru for a week with the same mind-erasing lessons. After that week that seemed to go on forever, Kagome left, saying that she would return every four months to not only visit Izayoi and her family, but to teach Kiara and Sesshomaru more.
Kiara and Sesshomaru heard that the week was over and were so happy that they felt like jumping for joy. However, when they heard that she would come back every four months, the two of them felt like beating up their stepmother's aunt. The moon marking on Kiara's head began to flash out black light, just like it always did when she was angry. Kagome had also said that when Inuyasha was older that he would be taught as well. But nothing could heal the anger that flashed through Kiara and Sesshomaru at that moment.
Short chapter, I know. But I still have chapter 8 up, too. Please review for both of my chapters!