A/N: Hello! I am updating again right now, before my complete and total obsession over Inuyasha diminishes. I think about him day in and day out, and I dream about him EVERY night! No kidding. Anyways, enough with my blabbing, enjoy the chapter!
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Previous: Had Inuyasha really meant what he said, or had he simply been trying to comfort her? Whatever the reason, it had given Kagome some hope, that maybe someday, Inuyasha really would ask her to be his mate. She sighed and thought about him some more. Then slowly Kagome gave in to exhaustion and fell into a deep sleep.
Sweet marshmallows, sweet, sweet marshmallows! Kagome was in a room completely made out of marshmallows! She ran around laughing, and bouncing on the soft squishy padding. Kagome yelled out of pure pleasure and started stuffing her face. She started laughing like a maniac and screaming at the top of her lungs. She continued doing this until the images became less and less clear. Slowly, everything faded away into oblivion. Kagome then woke up.
"Wha? What was that?" She sat up groggily and rubbed her eyes.
"Have a nice sleep?" Sesshomaru sneered. He had been waiting in her room for some time and listened to Kagome scream and laugh in her sleep. It was absolutely hysterical and if it had been anyone else besides Sesshomaru there, they would have surely burst out laughing.
"Sess-Sesshomaru?" Ugh, that jerk! How long has he been in my room? I mean I know that I am a captive, but a guy can't just walk into a girl's room like that! And did he hear me screaming and laughing in my sleep? Oh crap…I won't hear the last of that for a really long time…
Kagome's annoyance must of shown on Kagome's face because Sesshomaru said, "Don't flatter yourself, I was not here to spy on you. Now get up and get dressed for breakfast." Sesshomaru walked out of the room. He had a demanding nature, just like Inuyasha, but he also had such grace in his movements that Kagome sometimes found herself staring at him; which she caught herself doing now. Shaking her dead, Kagome got up and stepped over to the dresser to get changed.
Was she just staring at me? Sesshomaru smirked and continued on. The miko may be powerful, but she was so stupid in so many ways. His brother did not know how to properly train a woman. But he would do that for him, and Inuyasha would see just how efficient Kagome could be when she actually obeyed commands.
Kagome choose a white kimono that was plainly sewn for the day. It looked very comfortable and would suit her well for whatever Sesshomaru had planned for her. She walked into the bathroom and washed her face in the sink. There was no warm water, the water that was there was only pumped up from the ground. Kagome brushed her teeth with a strange wood/leaf like toothbrush. The toothpaste was absolutely repulsive; it was bitter and tasted like Kaede's herds. Kagome almost spit it right back out, but forced herself to bear with it for however long she would be stuck here.
There was a knock on the door and Kagome scrambled to answer it.
"One moment!" She threw her stuff down and ran to the door. The green toad minion, Jaken, could be seen.
"Master Sesshomaru has instructed me to take you to the dinning area." Once again, without waiting for Kagome, he started off towards the dinning area. Kagome quickly followed after the waddling toad. She snickered as she had a mental image of Jaken wearing a black tuxedo and becoming a penguin. It really did look very possible.
What is that stupid human laughing at? "Here we are." The minion waddled to an open patio area that was right in front of a beautiful lake. Sesshomaru was standing at the foot of the lake. The sun cast beautiful crystals of light upon his hair. The wind blew gently at his kimono. His tail waved with gentle ripples from the wind. It all gave him a magnificent look, almost as if he were a celestial being. Kagome caught her breath again as she stared at him. He looked so magnificent, so important. This was not the Sesshomaru that Kagome knew from the battles that Inuyasha fought. He was more graceful now, more peaceful…
"What are you waiting for you useless human? Go and eat." The little green toad minion was waving his staff around like a baton and it gave it an even queerer look.
"Jaken…"
"Yes M'lord. " Jaken quieted down and placed himself in a chair.
Kagome waited for instruction for Sesshomaru, but got none. So she sat down and began to pile her plate high with food. She had a cup of apple juice and bread with hazelnut butter. She was just half way through the bread when Sesshomaru came over to her and sat down. Uncomfortable with his gaze, she looked away.
"Rin is a growing child."
"Huh?"
"She will need to learn defensive skills in order to survive."
"…"
"She needs a teacher to tutor her in the art of fighting."
"Mm."
"You will need to teach her while you are here."
"What! Me, teach Rin?" Kagome really didn't resent the idea of teaching the spirited girl, she was just a little caught off guard at being asked such a question. She was failing in school, how could she possibly be a teacher?
Sesshomaru narrowed his eyes. "You will teach her, am I correct?"
"I…um…"
"It would be in best interests of you to agree, or…" He left the rest of the sentence unfinished.
"I guess I could um…give it a try…" I think.
"Good. There is a target practice field around the pond. You are not to shoot, for your spiritual powers would blow the target completely away. Rin will be practicing on the target to the left. But if you must show an example, then there is a target to the right that is able to confine most spiritual powers. Finish your meal and get Rin."
"Mm" This is going to be a disaster…
'And one more thing, if you are to break the barrier around the castle with your arrow, then you will regret it…"
Kagome quickly finished the rest of her apple juice and set off to find Rin. She really didn't know that castle grounds well at all, but the little girl shouldn't be that hard to find right?
"Rin, come." Kagome looked up to see Sesshomaru calling Rin. The girl came prancing across the fields to him.
'Kagome will be your teacher. Train well with her."
"Ja, Ok. But Sesshomaru-sama, why don't you teach Rin yourself?"
"I have other things to do." And with that he walked off, leaving Kagome to find the archery range.
"So Kagome-sama, what are you going to teach Rin today?"
"I thought that we would do some archery." That is if I can teach her without injuring her first…
"Ok! Rin is very excited!"
"Um...let's go to the archery range." Although I really don't remember where that is…
When Kagome made no move towards that area, Rin went ahead.
"It's this way Kagome-sama!"
"Coming!"
"Say Inuyasha, don't you think you're pushing it a little?" The fox demon, Shippo, popped a shrimp into his mouth.
"Not a chance! We have to find Kagome, there's no telling what Sesshomaru could do to her!" Inuyasha had developed quite a foul temper over the last 24 hours and everyone had to really watch their tongue around him.
"Inuyasha, I agree that finding Kagome is important, but soon, even you will begin to tire if we continue on at this pace." The monk folded his arms and made an attempt to grope Sango.
SLAP "Get away from me you pervert! How could you possibly do that at a time like this?"
"Easy" He put out his hand to grope Sango one more time but was slapped again before he could get his cursed handson her.
"Would you two quit messing around? We have to think up of a way to rescue Kagome!"
"Have you any trace of her Inuyasha?" The houshi now bore two slap marks on his face.
"Hmph…no."
"Then how do you suppose that we go about finding her if Sesshomaru has left no trace of her behind?"
"We'll just keep looking! If you guys would just quit lazing off then we could probably find her more easily!"
Inuyasha, I understand your concern for Kagome, but we will never find her is we keep on rushing blindly into the wilderness. We need to devise a plan."
"Easier said then done…"
"Sesshomaru probably has placed a barrier around the grounds that Kagome is in. It would be impossible to find her unless we knew exactly where the barrier was."
"I can still break it! I'll just use my windscar on the barrier."
"But Inuyasha, you can not go about destroying the whole forest, you would not know where to aim your windscar."
"Spare me."
"Miroku's right. We need to think up of a good plan before going on. Or we could simply be right next to Kagome without realizing it…"Sango stroked Kirara and closed her eyes, deep in thought.
I must find you Kagome, please be alright. If my brother did anything to you, then I will make him pay, I promise. But please, just hang on a little longer for me.
"Ok Rin-chan, this is how you hold a bow." Kagome positioned herself in front of the enchanted target and posed.
"Like this?"
"Almost, bend your supporting arm a little, or the recoil of the string will hit you."
"Like this Kagome-sama?
"Yes that's right. Very good. Now in order to position the arrow, you need to slide it in place. Be careful that you don't let go of the bow in the process."
Rin slid the arrow in place easily.
"Now place your left foot in front of you right and level out your weight. Then pull the bow and arrow together. But be careful not to do it too much or the bow will snap."
"Rin thinks Rin has got it!"
"Yes, that is good, now to shoot, just aim…and let go!' The arrow went whizzing out of Kagome's grasp and right onto the enchanted target. It glowed slightly and then subsided.
"Kagome-sama?"
"Yes Rin-chan."
"Why does your arrow glow?"
"It is the arrow of a priestess. It has sacred powers."
Wow, do you think that Rin can do that too?'
No, you have to be born with the powers."
"Oh, ok. Should I shoot?"
"Yes, give it a shot."
Rin positioned herself in front of the regular target and shot her arrow. It went off course and only grazed the side of the target. But instead of flopping harmlessly down onto the ground, the arrow glowed and completely disintegrated the target. And it didn't even stop there; the arrow went on and penetrated right through the barrier enveloping the castle. Slowly, the barrier subsided, leaving them in open space. Kagome stared in shock at Rin.
But she was not able to say anything because in an instant, Sesshomaru was on top of her.
A/N: Well then, there's the 6th chapter. This one took me awhile because I couldn't think of much to write about. But I hope it was interesting enough! Please review! Now time for reviewer responses!
Reviewer responses:
Blahsblah2001: Yes I know that Inuyasha's mother was a human and not a youkai. I guess I didn't make it very clear. The pillar depicted youkai and had Inuyasha's mother in the middle who was a human and Kagome at the bottom who was a miko. How about that? (quite a mouthful) I hope that it helps! And yes, this is kinda related to Beauty and the Beast. But not as much, it will get a bit different in te end so keep reading!
Aaliyah starnight: Yes, Sesshomaru is very hot I agree! But Inuyasha is cuter! Haha! I love Inuyasha, but all my friends like Sesshomaru. Thank you for the review.
Friend's thoughts: (At Islands of Adventure; this summer)
Me: (calling my friend on the cell) Hey, where are you?
Melanie: I'M ON A ROLLERCOASTER! I'M GONNA LOOSE MY CELL PHONE! HANG UP!
Me: ...oh so you wanna talk about Inuyasha?
Melanie: I'M ON A ROLLERCOASTER AND YOU WANNA TALK ABOUT INUYASHA! YOU'RE INSANE!