Disclaimers: I do not own Inuyasha

A/N Wow, I didn't even see that! Thank you to hot for ABERCROMBIE for pointing that out! Sorry for the confusion! Hojo-kun is in chapter nine as a date and he's back in this chapter inside the building. Sorry the confusion, he's still there but as a part of the organization.

Circus Dog

Chapter 12. Destiny

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"Once more Kagome! I know you can do better than that!" Sango shouted from above.

Kagome groaned, "But I'm tired!"

Sango sighed, "When you're fighting you don't take breaks! Now try to hit me again!"

They were currently training in the gym again. Sango had brought a furry friend named Kirara and had taken to the air. Kagome's job for that day was to try to bring up her stamina levels so that she wouldn't just collapse in exhaustion in the middle of a fight. She had been using Teruyuki to channel her powers and to launch them in the air as well as on the ground.

"Fine!" She concentrated and panted.

'Let's try something different, Miss Kagome.'

'What do you have in mind?'

'Just channel your power and thrust the sword into the ground. Leave the rest to me…'

'Gotcha.'

"Teruyuki!" She shouted, sinking the blade deep into the gym floor as told.

Sango blinked once, twice and looked around. "Um… maybe we should take a break.."

Kirara's ears had twitched and she had growled, alerting Sango immediately that something was wrong. "Wha—"

A large pink snow leopard had emerged from the ground, pink sparks coming with it.

"Kirara move away!" Sango ordered.

The leopard had missed its shot and had hissed loudly before dissipating and leaving a rather larger crater.

Sango coughed, smoke from the blast had gotten into her lungs. Once it had clear up a bit she had swallowed nervously noting that the crater was very larger. Very very large.. "Uh.. Wh-what was that Kagome?"

Kagome sighed, 'Oi, Teruyuki! You could have fried my friend! You jerk!'

'My apologies Miss Kagome.. But she wanted another attack.. Besides, you look very stunning when your angry so I had to—'

'Hey! Pervert! You were trying to piss me off?'

'Slightly while also proving a point..'

'Being..?'

'That we are stronger than we look.'

'Ah.'

"That Sango, was Teruyuki trying to be a show off!" She shouted up at her flying friend.

"Hey!" Silver Vapor leaked out of the blade and a figure materialized in front of Kagome, "I was not!" He protested.

Sango had landed Kirara and gotten off, "Teruyuki?" She asked.

Said demon had turned towards her and smiled, "Hello Miss Sango, pleasure to meet you."

"Right.." 'He reminds me a bit of Miroku…' Her eye twitched at the thought of the perverted monk.

Teruyuki coughed, "Anyways, Miss Kagome—"

"Don't you Miss Kagome me!"

"Oh, so I've already riled you up? It doesn't take much now does it?"

"Why you--!"

"Really, you're all red already. Ha! I'm getting better than Inuyasha!"

"Why I ought a--!"

"Ought to what? It's not like you can subdue me.."

Kagome smiled sweetly, "Nope, I've got the next best thing." She walked to him and poked him, sending small sparks of miko power at him instead of through him.

"Aie!" Teruyuki backed up and sniffled, "That was rude!"

Sango sighed, "Will you two stop? Jeez, even Miroku and I don't fight like this.."

Kagome laughed, "No, first you get groped then you start to fight like this."

"Oh? I would love to see such a brawl." Teruyuki snickered.

Sango growled, "Feh, I'm going to lunch now. If you'll excuse me, let's go Kirara."

Kagome giggled at Sango retreating figure. "C'mon Teruyuki, I'm starved and I really need a nap… My muscles are so soar.."

Teruyuki rolled his eyes, "Your soar? Try channeling powers that can possibly purify you if ever you make a small mistake! Actually, its more difficult to do than it is painful.." He shrugged, "Would you like me to carry you up to your room?"

Kagome thought for a moment, "Sure.." She pulled the Katana out of the floor and sheathed it. "You going to give me a piggy back ride or something?"

He grinned mischievously, "Close yours eyes."

She narrowed her eyes, "How about I don't and say I did."

He rolled his eyes, "Fine, ruin the surprise." His transparent body glowed and he had morphed into a silver vague form of a gigantic snow leopard.

Her eyebrows rose, "Whoa, not something I was expecting from you!" She giggled and walked over to him, planting herself on his back. "Let's go… I don't want to be caught by Sesshoumaru.."

'Likewise..' Teruyuki mentally told her and started to trot away. 'FYI Miss Kagome, I can't speak to you when I'm in this form.. I can only reach your thoughts.'

"Well that's great to know.."

'I thought so too.'

'Smartass…'

'I heard that.'

.:.:.:. With Inuyasha .:.:.:.

'Mother fucking piece of shit.. I hate this bastard!' Inuyasha mentally cursed, clutching the Tetsusaiga tightly. 'What do I do? I've run out of options! Nothing, and I mean nothing can break that hard exterior except the actual adamants themselves—' He blinked.

Housenki huffed, "What's wrong whelp? Have you finally given up?"

Inuyasha shook his head, "Not on your life!" 'Maybe I have been lookin' at this the wrong way.. True, I can't use the Backlash wave on him since he has a low demonic aura in his attacks… But now that I've thought a few things through.. Maybe I can use the Tetsusaiga to alter the directions of those adamants by using the my demonic aura instead of his!' He grinned.

"Come at me again ya old hag! I'm ready!" Inuyasha howled.

Housenki chuckled, "As you wish, whelp." Bright crystals began to form above the ones on his body and had shot out at the hanyou just like the many previous times that day.

Inuyasha huffed, 'Here it goes..' He held his ground and concentrated, 'The Windscar is formed by the demonic winds clashing.. In this case the wind is now surrounding my Tetsusaiga. So all I have to do is change the flow like I would for the Backlash wave causing winds to form. Then use my demonic aura as a boost to change the direction of the attack…' His Tetsusaiga pulsed as he twisted it around and swung it at the flying shards. '…And push right back at him.'

From a high ranked demons point of view, they would have seen red demonic winds seeping from Inuyasha's form and the Tetsusaiga pushing the adamants back.

Right into Housenki.

Housenki gaped, the shards piercing through his body in various places.

Inuyasha panted heavily, 'For a simple move… That took a hell of a lot outta me..'

Housenki huffed and absorbed any of the shards from his attack back into his body. "Well done boy, it's about time." He chuckled, "You've learned how to adapt and to modify your attacks to your advantage. Just as you saw, nothing is able to pierce my body except these shards.. and they hold no demonic aura."

"No shit, ya know I didn't notice that before." He said sarcastically.

Housenki rolled his eyes, ignoring the comment. "Anyways, I'm proud of you. I wasn't sure if you were able to do it, but Totosai insisted that you could."

"Enough with the blabbing old man and get to the point.."

'He is as impatient as ever I see..' The demon growled warningly and continued, "For proving yourself Inuyasha and showing that you are very tactful in battle I give to you the power to form the adamant barrage. But do not take this power lightly! It is very powerful." His body glowed baby blue.

Inuyasha observed the old man before turning to his Fang, watching in amazement as the blade covered itself in the adamants. 'No way..' He felt it pulse, 'I can feel the power radiating off the Tetsusaiga.' When the adamant demon stopped glowing Inuyasha had decided to test out his sword.

"Here it goes.." He turned to an empty space, demonic winds surrounding his figure, "Adamant barrage!!" He yelled as he swung his sword. Next thing he knew, a gigantic hole had been formed in the wall, now officially connecting the gym Kagome had been training in and his own.

He coughed and covered his delicate nose with his sleeve, 'I can't believe.. I did that..' His Tetsusaiga had transformed back into a beat up Katana and the hanyou had sheathed it. 'Sesshy's gunna have my ass on a silver fucking platter for this..'

"Well, I had absolutely nothing to do with this. I'm taking my leave." Housenki coughed, hovering his body away rather quickly.

"H-Hey old man! Get back here! I can't tell Fluffy what happened! Hey!!"

"God damnit!"

.:.:.:. With Kagome .:.:.:.

"Here you go, chicken Raman." Kagome smiled sweetly.

"Thank you." Hojo grinned.

Teruyuki hissed in annoyance, 'How did we end up with a human like this anyways? I swear he has the same IQ as a house plant..'

Kagome shot a glare at him and sat herself down across Hojo. She pealed away the lid on her beef Raman and dove her chopsticks in, taking a small bite. "I'm sorry for earlier Hojo-kun. Your shirt should be dry soon.." She assured him.

Hojo chuckled, "No worries. I won't report you to Sesshoumaru if that's what you're thinking."

"We're not afraid of a puppy such as him." Teruyuki snapped, earning another glare from Kagome in the process. He grudgingly slumped further down into his chair at the table. His leopard ears twitched at the sounds of their voices speaking to one another.

The two human's chatted amiably while Hojo's shirt was in the dryer. He was currently wearing one of Inuyasha's shirts that the hanyou had yet to wear since he's been there. It was red with a silver dragon design on it. They were having some fun getting to know each other until the moment was spoiled by a steaming half dog demon walking into the apartment.

'Oh good, some quality entertainment..' Teruyuki thought in amusement.

"Who the hell is this and why the fuck is he eating my food." Inuyasha snarled shortly after entering the kitchen. 'Wait a sec… That's the dweeb she went out with earlier..'

"I can invite whoever I want to have lunch with me, Inuyasha." Kagome shot back.

He raised an eye brow, "Oh yeah? So when you invite someone over to eat, you play dress up with them?" He snorted, "Since when do t-shirts come with Raman cups?"

"Be quiet! His shirt is in the dryer!"

Hojo swallowed his noodles, "I do believe you're being rude to her. You should apologize—"

Inuyasha grabbed Hojo by the collar of his shirt and lifted him up, "Don't tell me what to do, human." He snarled.

"Inuyasha! Put him down!" Kagome shouted, now standing with her hands on her hips.

The half demon growled letting the boy go before storming away to his room. Teruyuki had motioned for Kagome to stay and winked at her before walking to the room. Since he wasn't quite a solid form, he could easily walked through the closed door and talk to the seething hanyou.

"Hey dog boy."

"Shut up and get outta here!" Inuyasha barked.

Teruyuki sighed, "Now you be quiet and listen! I'm here to tell you why the human whelp is here in the first place. Nothing to get jealous over, I assure you."

"I ain't jealous!"

"Of course you're not. You didn't admit to the girl of your dreams last night that you liked her. Nope, that was a mere figment of my imagination." Teruyuki said sarcastically.

"Damn straight!"

The youkai rolled his eyes, "You can be so hard headed! Now listen up! Because this is what happened.."

.:.:.:. Flash Back.:.:.:.

"This is the way of the future!" Kagome giggled, ridding on Teruyuki's back as he ran down the halls.

'Don't get too comfortable. I just feel nice today, that's all.'

"Sure." Kagome laughed, "Oh! A vending machine! Can we stop? I'd like to get something to drink!"

Teruyuki groaned, 'Fine but as soon as you get something I'm going to run so fast that you're going to spill it.' He snickered.

"Feh, I bet I won't spill a single drop of my.." She pulled out coins and put them in pressing a button, "..My orange soda!" She finished, opening the can and drinking some. She had climbed back onto him and they had rushed off. She hadn't dropped a single drop just like she said, until they rounded a corner and--

KA SLUNK!

"Aiiie!"

"My soda!!"

"My shirt!"

Kagome gasped, "I am so sorry!"

"S'okay…" The man glanced up, "My name is Hojo."

"I'm Kagome—Oh! Hojo-kun.." The girl said in surprise, "What are you—" She shook her head, "Never mind, I'm guessing you're a helper here too.."

Hojo blinked, "Kagome? I thought that was you. I was hired by Sesshoumaru to help with some deliveries of supplies and I'm also a secretary down here."

"Well, it's nice to see you again. This here is Teruyuki."

The leopard was sprawled on the tiled floor and glanced up at Hojo. The snow leopard demon hissed and barred his fangs.

.:.:.:. End of flash back.:.:.:.

"It was purely accidental and Kagome doesn't want him to report us to Sesshoumaru-sama. Though I have to say, this youkai doesn't sound so tough to me." Teruyuki finished.

Inuyasha chuckled, "Fluffy ain't so bad. I had argued with him earlier before coming here."

"How so?"

"Well, lets just say that two gyms are now officially connected."

"Well done." Teruyuki laughed also.

"Eh, I try. So that weakling out there is waitin' for his shirt to dry, huh?" At Teruyuki's nod he grinned, "Well.." A dog ear twitched, "It's done.. Now if you'll excuse me, I have a human to kick out and it ain't Kagome."

The Inu hanyou had left the room.

Teruyuki twitched one of his ears, hearing yelling once more. 'He's very interesting, I must say.. He's very different than Sesshoumaru-sama.' He closed his eyes and turned to silver vapor that had flown back to Kagome's Katana.

.:.:.:. With Sesshoumaru .:.:.:.

"Sango, Miroku." Sesshoumaru greeted from his chair. "I suppose you both know why I summoned you."

"I could try and take a guess." Miroku suggested, earning himself a hit in the head. "Ow.."

"Yes we do know." Sango said through gritting teeth, "Kagome is almost done her training, this afternoon will be a test run for her."

"Inuyasha has already completed his own training." Sesshoumaru replied, "Which means that they will be leaving soon enough. Naraku's hench men have been located outside our gates. It seems that we're being watched."

"I'm not at all surprised." Miroku said.

"I want these problems to end as quickly as possible. None of the occupants of this building have been able to leave because of this." Sesshoumaru told them, "And I grow tired of Naraku's ways. You are to go visit my brother and his woman to discuss ways to enter the Cirque."

"That shouldn't be a problem." Sango said.

"And I want you to leave at the latest of tomorrow evening." He added.

"That might." Miroku piped, "For you see, Inuyasha won't be very happy. He'll want a longer break then that before fighting—"

"I don't care what he wants. I simply want these matters to come to an end."

"Give us another day and we'll do it. They need to save up their strength since we've been training them non stop." Sango bargained.

Sesshoumaru thought for a moment and grudgingly nodded, "Agreed."

"Have a lovely afternoon then." Sango bowed as well as Miroku before leaving.

Miroku sighed, "I can't believe this is happening.."

"Neither can I, but when you think about it… Even though Naraku had changed our paths by taking the jewel, we still met up anyways. It was destiny that brought us together and we are destined to bring Naraku down."

"Well said." Miroku smiled mischievously, itching his hand towards her back end.

SMACK!

"Ow ow ow..! But how did you know I was going to grope you…" He whined.

"Thanks to you, I now have a sixth sense." Sango replied hotly before walking faster.

'She still hits so hard..'

'But it's always worth it..'

'My lovely Sango, it is our destiny to be together as well.'

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A/N Miroku is soooo pervy.. lol I had fun writing this chapter. Hope you guys enjoyed it!! Wooo! They gunna fiiiiiiiiight soon! Bawhahaha! Anyways, R&R!

Inu: Man.. I dun't wanna fight.. Can't Sesshoumaru just send out his elite team to capture Naraku?

Sess: I'm too lazy to call them up..

Inu: They're in the same building!

Sess: Too lazy to visit them too.

Inu: You're useless!

Sess: No… I do make very good Mexican food…

Inu: -sweatdrop-

Moi: Oooooo, Chelsea!! Sesshoumaru wearing nothing but an apron!!!! LOL That's Coral rubbing off on me..

Inu: -shudders- Eww… Bad picture!! R&R!!