Strengthen My Will To Live.

Anger is a palpable thing. It stays in the same form for a long time. Unchanging, unrelenting, and unbreakable. I seethed with a rage over this former condition I was in. I thought I was weak. As weeks passed since I was bought my rage simmered, no one spook to me except for telling me orders. I cooked their dinner and breakfast daily and cleaned around the clock. I finished my day early on some occasions. This was the first time it happened.

"Lord Sesshomaru I've been meaning to ask you for something for a while." I say with a bow from the waist. "Go ahead Amaya." He answers in his oh so familiar stoic tone. "I would like to ask if it would be alright to learn how to defend myself and attack another." I try to smile nicely but I think it came out all wrong; well at least he wasn't facing me. "And why prey tell do you think you should do this?" he asks slowly a little surprised by my request as he turns around to me.

"I need a way to vent out my frustrations. I feel like my actual self is being stifled, and be assured I'd never attack anyone you want me not too, I'd probably get dead quick anyway." I said with a half assed grin. "Well at least you know what you would be getting yourself into. I'll allow it. You will be taught by Ken downstairs in the training room and I'll check how much you've learned myself at the end of every month. I'm sure you'll excel." He said with a smirk. "Now go relax it'll be the last chance you get to for a long while because your lessons will start tomorrow after all of your daily tasks have been taken care of."

"Thank you my Lord." I say with a big real smile across my face. I get up and run off to my room and fall asleep on my window seat.

The Next Day

I've completed my duties for the day and I rush off to the cellar where the training room is to be greeted by a happy fighting instructor. "Hi my name is Ken, Sensei Ken, whichever you'd like to call me by. I will be your instructor in the fight and defensive departments. In here you will learn how to protect yourself if you were to be attacked by a demon or at least hold off a demon enough and not die until your master gets there." He says with a grin. He seems to be happy to be teaching again even if I'm human. "It's been awhile since an egger student has come to learn from me let's hope things go for the best. Now we're going to go over small defensive movements first. Here's the first one." He shows said movement on a dummy.

"Alright." I say with a huge smile igniting my face.

(Now I'm not really good at writing about all the practicing.)

It's been a solid month and I've learned so much already. I may be tired out but I'm proud to say that I've caught on quickly. Also I've been getting to sleep easy since my Sensei has been wearing me out quite efficiently. I'm not complaining about falling asleep as soon as my head hits my pillow, it's actually a blessing in disguise. When I got here I couldn't close my eyes for the horrors I'd relive when I shut them. Today I get to show the Lord what I've picked up. I smile in a content sort of way as I finished off the last of my tasks.

I finish and run up to my room to get dressed in the fight comfortable training close which I have been given. The top is in a thick sleeved tank top which is navy blue and a pair of form fitting pants that go down to mid calf. I flip on some black cloth like shoes and briskly walk to the training room. I tie my hair up as I walk in and smile at my Sensei and Lord as they talk with each other. They stop and Sensei walks towards me and comes at me quickly and I flip him easily. He lands on his feet of course, grins and motions for me to attack. I do and land on my butt although I do get a couple hits in both kicking and punching. I get up rubbing my butt with a small smile.

"I see she's getting pretty good at this." My Lord says with a smirk in my direction. I smile proudly in response. With a laugh Sensei responds "I was actually pretty surprised when you sent me a human but she caught on pretty quickly." He ruffles my hair as I grin. I turn to go practice on one of the dummies not wasting any of my time. "I'm pretty proud of how diligent a learner she is. Always practicing in her spare time, she's a good student." He says gloating about me once again.

The Lord exchanges a few words with Sensei and takes his leave. I continue my practicing until I fall onto my back in exhaustion. "Tired out yet?" Sensei says with a laugh looking down at me. "Maybe." I say smiling up at him and then I try getting up but fall back to the floor. "Probably." I say with a little frown. He gives me a hand at getting up and pats me on the back. "That's enough for today. You'll learn some new things tomorrow. I promise." He says with a smile as we walk up the stairs for the night.

Sesshomaru's POV in Discussion with Ken

"Sir I've been learning of this girl, she has more attack force then I've ever seen in a demon student perhaps she is not human after all." Ken notes to you glancing at Amaya. "Then what type of demon do you think she is?" I ask my eyes flirting a glance towards the subject of our conversation. "Well I believe she may have mind reading abilities because from time to time she answers a question I have thought but not spoken aloud. I doubt she has any knowledge of her abilities."

"Keep this little ability to yourself and tell me if it grows anytime soon. Anyway how's she doing physically?" I ask waiting for a reply. "She's faster than most all of my students before her. It's like her body was made for fighting also included with a strong unwavering will to live. If you were to throw her out in the woods right now she'd have protected herself very well and have her dinner ready within the hour. I wouldn't doubt that from her." He says in a sort of proud way.

"Alright so she's no human we've gathered that but it's still unknown as to what type of demon she is. Start honing those mind reading skills of hers and keep working with the physical aspects of her training. I'll see if the house doctor has ever heard of such a demon better yet I'll have him examine her himself. I'll check in next month and you need to keep an eye on her skill level while training her." I say in a voice of finality.