Chapter 3

Training

Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha or his gang. The plot, I do own.

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Kagome's P.O.V.

I spoke to Kaede, both my miko sensei and my Shikon ability sensei, "Did I tell you that they were stuck to the futon, which was stuck to the floor inside Momma, Sango, and my barrier, which was inside a locked room which had another barrier that was had Kikyou's power, Father's youki, InuTaishou-sama's youki, and even Sesshoumaru's youki added?"

Inuyasha and Miroku grumbled from the 'harsh' treatment. "Pink! Why couldn't you pick some other…dim color! And waking with a furious Sesshoumaru at your neck isn't the best! Never! Never ever do that again, do you hear me!"

Kaede shook with suppressed laughter as Sango, Kikyou, Miroku, Inuyasha, and I told her what happened. "Oh, ye young' uns. Mischief is what ye do best at. Now come, Kagome. We must get along with ye lesson."

I pouted, resorting to pup language. "Awww…come on! I really wanna spend some more time with my bwest fwends!"

Kaede took one look at my face and sighed. "Of course, if ye really want to spend time with ye friends, they could always stay to watch ye…during ye lesson…" She suggested.

"Wha—" I sputtered. "But—Keade-sensei—you know I didn't mean that!"

She shook her finger at me. "No excuses, Kagome. Choice one or two?"

I groaned and picked choice number two. Kikyou and Sango cheered, because never before had they been allowed to watch my miko lessons, and especially to watch my Shikon abilities to…transform. "Finally Kaggie, we get to watch!"

"Yea, Kags! Besides, it's high time you got around to showing us!" Kikyou said with glee.

Inuyasha 'fehed' and sat perched in a nearby tree. Miroku looked on with interest, since he was a youkai-monk with holy powers.

"Alright Kagome. Shoot an arrow at that target." Keade-sensei indicated a blurry dot in the distance. Miroku looked surprised but thoughtful at that command. Inuyasha nearly fell off the tree in disbelief. "Oi! Keade-sensei! How the hell is Kagome supposed to hit that target! She's not advanced enough!"

Kaede-sensei and I ignored him. "Wonderful position, bow in ye left hand, arrows are in excellent shape, quiver full, check!" She nodded.

I gripped my bow lightly in a relaxed position and began focusing on the target, eons away. Trails of sky blue light seeped from my hand to the bow, surrounding it in its glow. The target became clearer, and I could see the bull's eye. I focused hard on the center of the target. The target suddenly drew farther away as I stopped using my Shikon powers, but I knew where it lay.

Faster than you could see with the naked eye I drew an arrow and shot it at the target. The tip glowed a fierce white. I knew it hit the target before it did. When I heard the audible thud I drew another arrow and shot the center. Arrow after arrow I shot, each glowing a different color. A succession of arrows followed in their wake, glowing white and sky blue. These arrows formed two purifying blades; one glowing white, the other glowing light blue. I flung my bow at it and the bow became two sheaths for my katanas.

My hands glowed white and blue as I held them out, calling to the katanas. The two blades disappeared and then materialized in my outstretched palms. I sat down and thoroughly examined my blades.

Kikyou walked to my side. "Whoa…Kaggie! That's—"

"Amazing…" Sango finished. "Yikes…purifying katanas…"

Miroku strode over and brushed over one of the blades lightly and whistled. "We didn't know that you could do this kind of work!"

Kaede-sensei ignored them and held one of the blades up and examined it very carefully. "Hn…sharp…yes…" She plucked a hair from my messy bun and dropped it over the edge of the blade. It split in half perfectly. "Smooth…" She swung the blade and it glided through the air. "…Inuyasha!" She commanded with a no-arguing-with-me tone, "Drag the stone bench over."

"What!" Inuyasha nearly hollered. "What the hell—fine!" He grumbled about old hags who were mean, nasty, and horrible. He leapt to the stone bench and attempted to drag it over. "Oi! Kaede-sensei! What in holy seasons has the stone bench consumed! It weighs 300 time as much as my half-brother!"

Sango crossed her arms, and made a disbelieving noise, "And you know this…how?"

Miroku raised an eyebrow gleefully. "I never knew you were like me Inuyasha!"

Inuyasha flushed bright red, "I—wha!—I—did—no such thing! You PERVERT! IDIOT!"

Sango pounced.

"Why Sango, my dear, I never knew you had the same mind as I—"

SLAP!

"HENTAI!"

SLAP!

"PERVERT!"

PUNCH!

Sango seethed. "That-that hentai! He'll never learn!"

Kikyou soothed Sango. "Just ignore him. He can get his punishment later, after Kagome's lesson. Now, Inuyasha…" A glint in her eye appeared. "What were you complaining about?"

He gulped. "Uh…"

Kikyou nodded. "Just as I thought. Please," She made a sweeping motion with her arm. "Continue."

"Huh?" Inuyasha stared at her.

Kikyou sighed. So ignorant. And forgetful. Yet cute in his own way. "The bench…?"

"Oh." He lifted it, grunting as he did so, and dragged it over to Keade-sensei.

Keade-sensei fixed him within her beaded stare. "Thank ye, pup. Though next time, do not be so…full of curses. Watch ye language in front of the princesses, pup."

"Feh." Inuyasha muttered.

Sango whacked Inuyasha on the back of his head. "Don't be so disrespectful! Keade-sensei is centuries older than you!"

"Feh."

I motioned slightly towards the blades. "Keade-sensei, please forgive Inuyasha for his disrespectful behavior toward you. He is…sorry that he was unwilling to help, Keade-sensei. Next time, he will not complain. Please continue your inspection."

The corner of Keade-sensei's mouth twitched slightly. "Ah, Kagome, because ye have such faith in ye friend the pup, I forgive him. But next time, the consequences will be…severe. Let me see…" She looked at the stone bench for a moment, then suddenly picked up a blade and swung it at the stone. It cut through as though the stone was liquid, parting before the blade before it even touched. "Strong…very sturdy…and not a scratch on the blade…Wonderful. Lesson ended. Go find Akira, child."

I grinned, bent down, picked up my katanas and began striding to the castle. Sango and Kikyou followed me quickly, leaving the 'monk' and the 'pup' alone with Keade-sensei. As we reached the castle gates, we could hear the shouts of Miroku.

"Oh my dear ladies! Do not leave me, a poor, piteous monk," Here, we snorted. "Alone with the dog devil and the hag!"

"Oi! Kagome, Sango, Kiki! What the hell did you leave like that for?"

He is oh so stupid. Kikyou was just getting a little irritated…

"My dear Sangie! Please, come save me!" You could see her eyebrow started to twitch violently. It was one thing to be called a nickname by a sister, and another thing to be called 'Sangie' by a perverted monk.

"Kiki! Why the hell don't you wait for me!"

I hid a grin at the obviously lovesick dolts. Thank Kami I didn't and won't ever fall in love…what about...Sesshou—No. Don't even think about it!…Speaking of the Taiyoukai…

"Halfling. Stop your shouting. The castle rings with your unneeded aggravating voice."

Ouch. Quite harsh.

"Houshi. You will stop yelling your annoying voice across the clearing. However, you may proceed pursuing women. It prevents…some bothersome trifle things from occurring."

Oooh. I can see Inuyasha getting ready to blow. "Sit."

POW!

"OW! Wench! What the HELL did you do that for! First the MAKEUP then this!"

Sango and Kikyou glared at him. Miroku backed up at the looks that could kill. Inuyasha stopped speaking as he caught the looks Kikyou and Sango were giving him.

"What! What are you staring at me for!"

I looked at him disbelievingly. "Inuyasha, repeat to yourself what you just said and think about WHY it would get you those looks from Sango and Kikyou! You can be that dense!"

"Um…I just said '…First the makeup! Then—Oh damn." He paled considerably. "Um…sorry?"

Sango and Kikyou shook their heads. "That's not going to be enough."

Miroku spoke up. "How about we just tell Sesshoumaru-sama what happened, and apologize?"

Sesshoumaru fixed us in his penetrating stare. "Explain."

What color left in Inuyasha's and Miroku's faces drained away. "Uh…they did it!" Pointing at Sango, Kikyou, and I. I shot them a look that said 'You-guys-are-going-to-be-dead-meat-if-I-catch-you.' They backed away slowly, to the sanctuary of the God tree at the edge of the clearing, leaving Kikyou, Sango, and I alone with the Ice Lord.

"Well," Kikyou began, "This is our way of getting revenge on the boys."

"And we included you," Sango added, "Because of how you treated Princess two evenings ago in her favorite clearing."

"And you disrespected me," I confirmed, "By not giving me the proper title."

He raised an eyebrow. "You are not worthy of my attention. Do not question this Sesshoumaru's doings."

I grinned. "I didn't question you, and actually, you're not worthy of being here in my presence because you don't respect me enough to do so, AND—"

Sango continued, "There's a rule here in the Southern Kingdom that states—"

"Always respect your youngers!" We giggled.

"Hn."

"And," Kikyou smiled slyly, "If you break the rule, then the person you offended automatically has the right to challenge you in…"

"Sparring!" Sango announced gleefully, catching onto Kikyou's meaning.

I groaned softly. "Sango…" I began in a warning voice. "Kiki…don't even think about doing what I know you're doing!"

Sango only smiled. "Oh but Kags! You have to! Otherwise we'll tell Keade you weren't practicing! She won't believe us, but we'll do it anyways. Come on…we'll tell Momma you denied a challenge…"

I sighed. "Fine…"

"YES!" Kikyou and Sango high-fived.

"All right. Sesshoumaru-sama, Kags, you can spar right here! Um…you're allowed to use whatever other powers you have…Kags, got your bow? Sesshoumaru-sama, ready?"

I nodded.

"Hn. Do not expect me to relent just because you are a female."

"Whatever." I muttered.

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Normal P.O.V.

Sesshoumaru drew Toukijin and stood calmly waiting. Kagome stood on the other side of the clearing in a light meditating position. A blur moved toward Kagome. She snapped he eyes open just before it rammed into her and flashed to the other side of the field.

She drew the bow and notched an arrow, glowing white and let it fly. It didn't hit Sesshoumaru, missed him by an inch in fact. He swung Toukijin at her unprotected side, and Kagome suddenly drew from nowhere a katana and blocked. The two opposites, demonic energy and the purifying energy met, slamming into each other. Somehow, the purifying energy softened and let the demonic energy slide over.

Kagome drew out her other katana to block another blow from Toukijin. It held, but white ripples were appearing as the two blades met. She let her blade slide, and back flipped over Sesshoumaru to his other side. He whirled around and let Toukijin strike at her unprotected side. Kagome let her two katanas' tips angle toward each other, forming a 'v' and through them, formed a barrier to block his attacks. As Toukijin's tip touched the barrier, there was a blinding flash of light.

When the light cleared, Kagome saw someone that she hadn't seen in years.