Chapter 3

So the training begins

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Hatred, that was what engulfed her being at the moment as her eyes scanned her office. She wished that the person in front of her would just disappear, dying in the flames of her feelings for him. She wished that he would just turn to dust just so she can stomp over it with her hills. Her eyes turned to slits as she watched him analyze her desk with the papers scattered over it, but all in perfect order. For her at least.

It annoyed her to no end, the way his lips pursed, showing her that he wasn't pleased with what he saw. As if she had ever given a damn about his preferences in this department. His golden orbs just moved from one object to another, his tongue making small sounds as he tried not to show that he was just disgusted with everything.

'Well, once you did give a damn about him.' her traitorous mind made her cringe in pain about those days, her inner eye remembering the exact things that she didn't want to see.

"Are you ready, wench? I don't have all day here!" his obnoxious voice made her blood boil.

She was alright when he showed that disinterest in what she was doing or what she was wearing, but that tone of voice and his mannerisms were rapidly filling her glass, the veins at her temples becoming more prominent the more he stayed next to her, rushing her like she was some kind of animal with no brain. He had always been like that, pushy and moody, expecting things that she couldn't do, or, even worst, demanding things that, at the end of it all, he wasn't satisfied with, though he had been with her when she was doing them, maneuvering her with an iron fist.

'It seems like that type of blood runs in the family, but he could have at least tried not to act like a total moron when he was with me... ' her bitter tone silenced any and all voices that would have shown her that she was wrong at some point.

Sighting, putting away some of her work in her purse for latter, shutting both her computer and her laptop, saving all the data under passwords and access keys, Kagome stood up from her chair and gathered everything and put it in the drawers in her wide desk and shut everything under lock and key. This was just awesome! She had to take a ride with his jerk just so she could meet his brother next. Oh, goodie! As if this dog-brained idiot wasn't enough, she had to deal next with one that was far more worst.

"Come on, already! Geez!" his voice nearly made her last nerve snap under stress, her own eyes changing colors like a real demon's would when angered.

Furious, but holding everything in, knowing that a lady of her stature wouldn't succumb to such actions, the black haired miko just walked past him, not paying attention to the blabbering hanyo who just continued to insult her. Humming a song to herself, Kagome smiled to her best friend who just made a grimace as she watched her boss and sister walk off with the one male that would have been better dead, if anyone would have asked them. Though she did try not to be affected by the stupid fool, Kagome couldn't fool anyone, except the hanyo next to her. He was always oblivious to her state of mind and soul and this time was no exception.

Her powers crackled and snapped around her, as she focused on her future lesson with the tall and scary taiyoukai. She even tried to make up fantasies to make his now screeching voice go away, but nothing worked. She wished that he would just shut up, but, as she walked to her car, his clawed hand grabbed her elbow, dragging her, with no warning at that, to his own vehicle, calling her a klutz and a stupid woman because she even thought that he would be in the same car when she was driving.

Grinding her teeth together, Kagome shut her eyes till she felt that delightful pain surge through her system and her eyes hurt from the force she applied on them. Biting the inside of her mouth, the young priestess jerked her hand out his hold, turning her head to the side and walking back at her car. She, for one, didn't want to be in the same car as he was and that was final. She heard him shout at her with the renewed superiority, as if escorting her to his parents house was something that made her inferior to his race, though, in terms of power, she was beyond anything that he could ever imagine with that pee brain of his.

"Just shut your filthy, lying trap and just get into your damn car and drive in front of me! I can find my way to your house just fine, you stupid mutt!" her voice growled, menacing and full with the promise of pain if he even dared to disobey her.

Stupid as he may have been, Inuyasha did exactly as he was told, the memory of his last attempt to be Alfa with her ending with so much pain on his side that he hadn't been able to move out of the house for at least two months, even with his fast healing youkai blood. Shuddering, his gaze dropping in front of her much powerful one, the silver head inu mumbled something under his breath and walked to his own car, not wanting to feel the surge of her powers.

As she watched his retreating back, even though she heard him curse her under his breath, his male pride being heavily affected, Kagome remembered the last time he had tried to be the boss of her, even after she had proven him that he was just a cheating bastard. She remembered the way her body was engulfed by a pinkish cloak, that crackled and spun around her in fury and rage, her feet being lifted off the ground as she had eyed the hanyo that trembled in fear. Sure, her cousin had erected a barrier for herself and her boyfriend, but she was never impressed by Kikyo's powers and then, as she wanted nothing more than to hear the idiot rattle in pain, she had been even amused by her pathetic try to make her go away. When her reiki had hid the pair at full force the barrier had cracked and the two had been thrown to the opposite wall of her office, a wide spider-like hole forming there. But she hadn't felt relieved of her stress and anger, not one bit, and when Inuyasha had stood up to confront her, her scream of pure rage had made him one with the wall yet again, though he did try to summon his sword to protect himself. Not even his burned flesh and the screams of agony that erupted from his cringing body hadn't saturated her lust for his blood. When the air around her started to suffocate her she released the dog from her grasp, his limbs all but torn away from his body. She would have killed him that day hadn't been for her body catching up with the overuse of her miko powers and stopping her from taking his life and dirtying her dandy hands with his filthy blood.

Holding her breath as his car disappeared from the underground parking lot, Kagome got into her own vehicle and exhaled, her forehead bumping, a bit painfully, into her steering weal, as she recalled the last few days since she had received that call from her last teacher. She just couldn't believe her luck!

A week had passed since that unfortunate encounter with Sesshomaru and the call that had made her heart stop and her mind turn to mush. She had been so troubled by it all that she could barely concentrate on her work, and not once did she had to deal with the taiyoukai's mutters of disapproval regarding the documents she had to do. It seemed that he had made it his mission to pester her instead of his younger brother, that, if she was completely honest with herself, was a pain in the butt as it is. Now she had to be very attentive with her work and manner of speech because of him being there. It just sucked right now, especially because her human workers were intimidated by his ridiculous power and beauty and had made complains about it. As if she could do anything about that.

'Maybe putting a bag on his head would work for the females, though I don't know about the guys... They just seem threaten because of his obvious superiority! Not to mention that the bastard just reeks of pheromones!' the little voice inside her head sprung to life, dusting herself off from the last encounter with it's owner and creator.

Well, although she wanted to squish that entity once more, Kagome admitted to herself that it had a point. And a good one at that! The guy just didn't seem aware or didn't want to be aware of the fact that he was disrupting her work place with his presence. Sure, he was feast to any eye, being a male or a female, but this was beginning to spiral out of hand and she didn't like it, not one bit.

Grumbling something for herself, the young CEO started the engine, listening to it's purr before changing gears and stepping on the pedal till it touched the floor, her nails digging into the leather weal. The sensations of the fast car taking the curves of the road at a very high speed made her blood cool down. She loved to speed with her car whenever she had the chance, loving the thrill it brought. For a human her size this adrenaline rush would have been almost deadly, but dealing with scary demons and fights almost all her life, Kagome even found this boring from time to time. Sometimes she wished she could fly, gliding though the clouds at an incredible speed and feeling the wind rush by her with fury, tugging madly at her clothes and hair as if wanting to hold her to himself. She found the possessive embrace of the wind being very erotic and she longed for a man that could top that sensation all together.

Her breaks screeched, making her mind turn back to the present, her eyes refocusing on the traffic as she sped past different cars. If it weren't for her reflexes she would have never dreamed of driving a Lamborghini in the middle of the town at such speed. It was insane and risky, not to mention against the law, but she rarely saw any patrol cars, and, if they were around, they didn't even try to top her. She could say that she was a real demon behind the weal.

Making rapid turns, the priestess soon reached the outskirts of Tokyo were only the very and stupidly rich people lived in mansions as big as they could make them without ruining the landscape. There were houses in the middle of the forest with large territories behind them, or luxurious one that were close to the highway. The mansion she had to reach was very far from the city and, as if she hadn't expect it, the biggest and most exquisite of all. Having two levels above the ground, the white house had been surrounded by gardens that could put to shame anything that the human and demon mind could create. It was beautiful and quiet, sakura tries all over the place, along side magnolia and other plants that she really didn't have time to investigate.

The road to the main entrance was extravagant as well, though the decorations that amazed the eye were subtle and very alluring. A statue here, a small pond there, flowers that bloomed in the family heritage colors everywhere, it was just a feast to the eye. She just loved coming here, though she had never once entered the main house, her ex-scumbag-of-a-boyfriend too chicken to have a fight with the main dog at the house. Sesshomaru was the Alpha of the pack and when their father wasn't around he was the one commanding and slicing off heads.

'What a Queen of Hearts!' the same bickering voice interrupted her train of thoughts as she slowed down her car, stopping to a halt right in front of the marble stairs that went straight to the mahogany door.

She whistled appreciatively as she parked her lime-green car as discretely as she could, her eyes widening at the lush of green that seemed to surround her, the fresh air of the mountains and the river that passed by the mansion invading her nose. She really didn't need a dogs nose to feel all these because the fragrance was so powerful, but not overwhelming as she thought when she first came here, about three years ago. She was so engrossed in what she was seeing, noting every little detail of how the was the sun light filtered through the big oak trees that stood guard at the entrance, that she didn't hear the small footsteps that approached her. Only when a feminine voice murmured something in a very polite tone did she snap her head in the direction of the house only to see the smiling face of a quite beautiful youkai servant girl. Her long black dress was fitting her so well that Kagome thought at first that she was one with that dress. Everything was cute at this girl: long blue hair was plaited in one long ponytail, white skin shone like snow in the setting sun, long lashes hid her black eyes and parted luscious lips moved silently as she spoke, attracting Kagome's full attention to them.

After a moment of complete silence, the girl turned her head to the main door and bowed a very deep and humble bow, motioning to Kagome to walk in that direction, saying that her Lord was expecting her. Still shocked by the beautiful onna, the miko didn't dare to move. She didn't like the whole idea of servant and master, though it sometimes did come in handy. Shaking her head, the brunette smiled:

"I am but just a mere guest! I do not want you to feel obliged to treat me like you do your master. So please raise your head!" the warm tone made the girl blush as her bangs hid her face, but she rose non the less.

Walking in front of Kagome, the servant – as she found out a bit later through her chatting – named Yoko, told her a part of the history of this house. She had been around her Lady and Lord, the mother and father of the taiyoukai, for at least five hundred years, being the Lady's first woman. She had raised the current CEO of Tashio Group since he was a pup, but that was just a mere task to her, because, during the wars that had struck Japan the worst, she had been sent out in the fronts to fight alongside her Lady. Kagome listened, fascinated, as the woman – who, by the way, didn't look much older than Sesshomaru himself – described some of the battles, pointing out, as she passed through the large halls, different objects that time had found them there. This place was like a museum! White wall that had a wonderful tapestry with the crest of the Western Lands on them, plus Sesshomaru's own signature image, the three cherry blossoms, bared paintings with inu youkai in battle mode or glass cases with weapons that had helped their wielders win different enemies. It was just awesome, though everything was stark and Spartan-like. Though the wooden chairs and tables, plus other decorative object were of very fine taste, they looked so big that Kagome thought she would just simply sink and disappear in them if she would ever be invited to sit in them. As they neared the back exit for the garden area, Kagome spotted a part of the rooms: huge was the first thing that came to her mind, and very richly looking. This was really a very beautiful home, fit for someone as regal as Sesshomaru and his father and mother.

'No wonder the idiot hanyo is rarely aloud in! Way to go, you cocky bastard of an older brother!' her mind nodded in agreement.

"Higurashi-sama, please go outside though here, and walk on the path till you reach the dojo. Though it is a bit far from the house, I think the walk will please you." the sweet voice of the older, way older female and the smile that was always present on those full lips made Kagome blush and bow as a 'Thank you'.

Gulping, beating the shit out of her scared mind that told her that this was her only chance to escape the future tortures that the great beast will put her through, the seemingly brave miko began her long walk through the forest, passing ponds with weirdly big koi fish till she reach the dojo, a building made solely out of wood, but just as beautiful as the main house. The old air around the quite big construction was what gave it flavor, just as the beautiful exterior of the mansion made it attractive. If she remembered correctly, the chatty and very lively Yoko had told her that this one of the few pieces of the old Western territory that the InuTashio family has preserve till this very day. It was strange to be so close to a building dating about one thousand years, and the goose bumps that appeared on Kagome's skin were an indication of just that.

Just as she was about to enter, though her guts suddenly wailed in protest, the dojo screen door slid open all of a sudden, making her yelp in surprise. Sitting right in front of her was the majestic tai, his silver hair floating around his head, making his features sharper and even more beautiful than they already were. His eyes were half lidded and his gaze was bored, just like the rest of him.

'Nothing new here! Even the cork is back in his ass, if it ever moved from there!' the annoying voice chirped in, it's courage back.

Grinding her teeth together, Kagome bowed, though she didn't particularly like exposing her neck to a deadly predator like the inu before her. But etiquette was etiquette and who was she to deny him something like this.

'Plus, you like your head where it is, right? I don't like the way those claws look, so don't do anything stupid, you silly girl!' the same boisterous voice all but yelled in her head.

"You are right on time, miko! This Sesshomaru thought that the incompetent mongrel didn't even manage to tell you the time and place of your training!" the deep baritone voice send shivers down her spine.

"Well, I did come here alone. Inuyasha didn't bring me... " she said, her displeasure when mentioning the hanyo's name quite evident to the tall dog demon.

Her smell told him more than enough about what have happened, but he wasn't the man to ask her about it, so he just let it slide. It was annoying enough that his father had asked him to teach this human miko how to control her unheard-of powers, so he didn't want to get even more involve with her filthy race as it was necessary. His hatred for humans was known world-wide, though none dared to say anything to him. His reputation had made him stand above all other. Turning his back to the human girl, he waited for her to fallow him into the dojo. The only way to teach her how to control her reiki was for her to fight someone. She had all the other things down to perfection, if he had heard right, but this one and there were no more warrior mikos around for her to train with. So this task had ended up on his shoulders, seeing that his own father had helped train the last warrior miko when he was younger. Only tai youkai could help this kind of priestess to have full control over everything.

"This task will be grueling, miko, for both you and this Sesshomaru, so you will have to obey my every order!" his voice made her jump again.

She only nodded in response, as she looked around curious, her scent waffling over his body. For some odd reason he didn't dislike it. Not totally! The girl was still pure, plus, the mutts stench had been long ago erased from her skin. She smelled fresh.

Motioning for her to sit, as he knelt down on his own cushion in the middle of the dojo, the Lord of the Western Lands as he was once called, gave her a small present looking thing. Kagome reached forward to grab it, not knowing what to expect from the very powerful tai, her eyes not daring to make contact. What was she supposed to do with him? No one had told her anything! And now she was given a present? This was quite strange!

"You will have to wear that kimono when you will be practicing with this Sesshomaru!" his deep voice rumbled through his wide chest straight to her core as she gulped once more.

"But what will we do?" her voice barely above a whisper.

"You will find out when the time will come, miko. Not sooner nor later!" the stoic and icy inu replied, fixing her with a glare that made her freeze in her spot.

Sure! Why not? Lets just wait until he'll slice her to bits and, as she will give her last breath, he will tell her that this was his plan to save her from being devoured by her powers. Such merciful death! And until then, she will just make herself look more appetizing!

'Oh, great Gods above, I hope this is just a joke...' she cried, her eyes fixed on the package still in her hands.

Well, she could do nothing more now. But if the demon tried anything funny, dangerous or not for her health, she will zap his ass to Mars at once! Just he wait!