Invisible Inuyasha Story Part 16---Grasping the Concept
"W-What?" Asked a surprised Kendell, walking toward Sesshoumaru. "What did you say Sesshoumaru?" She asked. "I love you Kendell," he repeated. Kendell walked over to him and started to brush snowflakes out of his hair. "So you're Sesshoumaru," Kagome's mother and Katherine said in wonder. "I see why you picked him, he's pretty darn handsome," Katherine said, winking at Sesshoumaru playfully. "Mom. . ." Kendell blushed, embarrassed. Sesshoumaru just looked at her with a 'back off' look on his face. "Well go on and kiss you two!" Her mother urged Kendell forward, by slapping her butt. Kendell jumped. "Mom!"
"You have to. . .Mistletoe," her mom said, pointing up to the mistletoe hanging above them. Kendell just looked off then Sesshoumaru touched her face lightly. Kendell looked up at him. He cupped her chin with his hand and started to come in toward her for a kiss, and Kendell leaned forward as well. Their lips intertwined and Kendell wrapped her arms around Sesshoumaru, and he held his hand around her waist. Kendell's dad smiled nervously. Kendell broke free and just smiled at Sesshoumaru. They started to kiss again, but this time her dad came between them. "Easy now, break it up," he laughed.
Kendell let go of Sesshoumaru and looked off. "How did you come here anyway?" She asked. "I wanted to see you so bad. . .That I guess a portal kind of opened for me. . .But I believe it was your power too. . .I think you longed to see me also," he smarted. "Yes I did." Kendell's father was all. "Yes, Kendell will be able to date as soon as she's 31." Then he laughed. Before Sesshoumaru asked, Kendell stuck two fingers to Sesshoumaru's forehead and showed him what had happened. He calmed down and understood everything.
"I don't know how I did that. I just felt. . .Then it happened." Kendell then remembered what Valerian had told her, about bringing Vincent back. She knew she had to practice her powers, and the only person who knew how to do this was. . .Her father. "Dad!" Kendell said. "Yes?" He asked. "I need to talk to you. . .Alone." Then she dragged him outside. Everyone just awkwardly stood there, then Kagome's mother looked at Sesshoumaru. "So. . .You're Sesshoumaru?" She said with a smile. The baby looked up and Sesshoumaru and marveled up at him making baby chat with him. Sesshoumaru just frowned while glaring down at Shouhei, making him laugh.
"You know something of our family's powers. . .Don't you? You can help me. . ." She had said to her Father. "Yes. . .I may know a little," he started off, "Dad," Kendell moaned. "Fine, fine, so I know a lot. What do you need to do with the powers you possess?" He asked her. "I want to hone them and learn to control them to make myself stronger for. . ." She started off nervously. "For. . .What?" He asked her. "Well, more like to. . .To summon back the vampire Vincent. I assume you know all about him." He looked at her awestruck. "Yes I do, why bring back a creature so evil?" He questioned. "No no, they just seem like that. I know one of them. . .And they have a few a whole lot more sweeter despite their appearance." Kendell said.
"And who is this?" Her Father asked her cautiously. "Valerian. . ." She said slowly. "VALERIAN!" He yelled in shock. "You do know he's considered one of the most destructive vampires. . .Well actually the most destructive vampire out there?" He told her. "Well, that's just his outlook. He isn't really like that daddy, I swear. I've met him, I've talked to him, I've befriended him! He's a very sweet person. Just please please please!" Kendell pleaded over and over again. "All right all right," he agreed, "with the proper training you should be able to do this. But you know, you might not survive this?" Her father said gravely.
Kendell thought this over gravely and carefully. "You. . .Mean I lose my life in the process?" She asked, though she knew the answer. Her father nodded, "are you sure you're willing to risk your life for. . .A. . .How should I put this, monster?" He asked. Kendell had rage fill her, how could he call them monsters? "Yes I am," she said without hesitation. "Very well, when do you want to start your training?" He asked Kendell. Kendell looked at the Shinto shrine, then at her father. "Right now." She said. "Put these on then, those aren't suitable." He told her. He, as Kendell had done with Valerian, made clothes using his power. She walked up the stairs and went into the bathroom, without a word to anyone. Sesshoumaru followed, and he waited for her outside the door.
Kendell came out wearing long sleeved combat shirt, camouflage pants, and bandages tied around her bare feet. "What are you supposed to be doing?" Sesshoumaru asked her. "I'm about to get stronger, and hone my powers. Its about time." Kendell replied. "And your father is teaching you how to?" Sesshoumaru asked. Kendell nodded. "You must go back Sesshoumaru, for now, I promise to come back." She said. He then started to walk back down the stairs, Kendell following. Before Sesshoumaru left, he noticed that Shouhei was staring at him with. . .This look in his eyes. "Why is he looking at me like that?" Sesshoumaru asked. "Aw, he likes you!" Kendell teased. Then, Shouhei said something that surprised them all, and one of the reason was because weeks year old babies shouldn't be talking at all! "Da da!" Shouhei said. "I'm what?" Said a surprised Sesshoumaru. "You're 'da da,' he thinks you're his daddy," Kendell replied. She pushed Sesshoumaru outside.
"Come on, please be a fatherly figure in his life, you know Naraku won't be," Kendell said. "I can't be a father to one that isn't mine," Sesshoumaru said, "especially to one that was born because of a mistake." Kendell just stared at Sesshoumaru. Kendell's Father didn't hear what they were saying, but he knew Sesshoumaru had just said something hurtful, because of the 'I'm about to cry' look on her face. But he also saw anger mixed in with it. "Uh oh," Charles whistled.
"Sesshoumaru," Kendell said bitterly sweet, Sesshoumaru started to look a bit. . .Nervous. "Tranquility!" She yelled with much anger, Sesshoumaru landed face down in the snow. "TRANQUILITY, TRANQUILITY, TRANQUILITY, TRANQUILITY, TRANQUILITY, TRANQUILITY, TRANQUILITY!" She screamed bloody murder, her father putting his hands to his ears. "Now you can go!" She said, then using her powers blindly, Sesshoumaru disappeared. "My Lord, what's happened?" Jaken asked, seeing Sesshoumaru's face dirtied and his hair messy. Sesshoumaru walked away. "Nothing," he dismissed it.
"What was all that about?" Her father asked. "Nothing Father, now, let's begin." Kendell said. "Attack me," he told her, throwing a real sword at her, as she caught it. "Do what?" She asked, surprised. "What if I hurt you?" She protested. "You won't," he assured her. "All right," she said. She ran toward him and did a slash attack at her father, he dodged it with a side step easily, with his eyes closed. "How can you know what I'm doing?" She asked, as she kept attacking and he kept dodging. "Its called using your power to manipulate your opponents moves," he replied. "With your eyes closed?" She said, falling to the ground.
"Here, now let's try it with you," after her father explained how to do it. "Chanel your powers into focus and you'll see your opponent just as clearly as you will with your eyes open," he reminded her. "Yeah, I got it!" She replied irritably. Kendell saw a blurry image, not quite clear enough coming at her, then it got so close, she screamed and opened her eyes and lifted up her hands. Her father stopped. "Do you or do you not want to learn?" He asked her. "Yes I do!" She said. "Well you are putting too much doubt into yourself, now let's go on to something else, maybe then you'll be ready." He said.
Kendell's father worked her hard for the last month. Her hands and feet were bruised and cracked, and she came home with new blood on her and cuts. "What are you doing to our daughter?" Her mother screeched one night. Charles just smiled, "she's learning." Then he walked away. One day Kendell realized something, and she knew what she had to do to become stronger. She looked at a tree in the forest her father took her. Her anger toward Sesshoumaru that day. . .Had built up and she ran toward the tree. She screamed loudly and did an airborne kick, and with one light touch of her feet, three tress came tumbling down. "You're defiantly strong enough," her father said. "Now, with the magic. This will be the hardest." He warned. Kendell nodded.
Kendell tried hard to summon magic over and over and over again. "Incendie feu litteraire," Kendell said, telling fire to summon. Only a little spec came out at first. But as she worked for weeks on end, she was finally ready. "You are now grasping the concept," her father said. "Now, let's try what we tried on the first day, close your eyes." Kendell channeled her powers to focus, and closed her eyes. This time she saw her father clearly coming at her, she side stepped and did a twirl on her feet, then she punched him in the back. He fell to his knees. "Good," he said. "You're ready."