Hey it's me again. True to my word on updating every other day, I now present chapter three.
Youta-great sunlight-red and black sword-older brother to Miyako
Miyako-beautiful night-blue and white sword-younger sister to Youta
It is late in the afternoon now and it is nearly sun set. While Kagome had wandered off towards the well after the battle everyone else just stayed on the battle field resting after a life changing fight. The soldiers were sitting, talking and laughing while the lords and ladies along with Inuyasha, Miroku and Sango where in a large tent that was set up for private talking.
"Ha, the bastard is finally dead. Serves the coward right!"
"Lord Inuyasha watch your mouth! I swear, if the master was here he would be washing out your mouth," a little voice said from Inuyasha's shoulder.
"Myouga where did you come from?" Myouga sweat dropped and said,
"And here I thought Master Inuyasha would notice his vassal's presence."
"Keh."
"Myouga, I must say that I am quite shocked that you spoke to make your presence known by talking and not taking a drink of Inuyasha's blood. Have you gotten sick?" said Miroku.
"Wha- no, I haven't gotten sick. I just refuse to do so in front of the rulers of the four cardinal directions."
"Three ya flee. The puppy's older brother isn't in here yet. He's checking on something with his general and the dumb little toad. Oh, and I doubt it. You must have gotten drinking mutt face's blood. Does it taste as gross as it smells?"
"Shut up ya mangy wolf! You wouldn't know anything about me! Besides I'll bet your just saying that to make others not notice your terrible sent!"
"What was that! You wanna go, ya flee infested puppy!"
"Bring it on, you good for nothing pile of furs!"
Just when Kouga and Inuyasha were about to collide into an all out fist fight, *thud*thud*.
"Now boys this is no place for a fight. I swear, can't you talk it out like gentlemen?" asked Chieko after she literally threw the boys apart. Inuyasha and Kouga both got up and said in sync,
"NO!" As they were punching and kicking everyone else just shook their heads at their behavior.
"Are the always like this? Isamu asked Miroku and Myouga.
"Sadly yes," Myouga's replied.
"The two are brash on their own but when you combine them you get the result in front of you," Miroku said while gesturing to the two fighting. Toshiko broke out into a fit of giggles.
"What is it koi?"
"Isamu don't they remind you of a pair of young siblings fighting?" Everyone laughed at the mental image of a wolf pup and inu pup playing together.
"Hey, I ain't no damn puppy!"
"For once I agree with dog breath."
"And for another thing that-" *BASH* Sango who was content with quietly listening walked up to the shouting pair and bashed their heads together then took her seat again next to Miroku.
"Fuck, what the heck Sango!" yelled an enraged half-demon. Then suddenly,
"Hentai!" *Slap*. A red hand print appeared on Miroku's face. Miroku sighed happily and then said,
"It's worth the pain every time."
"For a human you hit hard," Kouga commented.
"You have no idea," Miroku and Inuyasha replied. Chieko sat next to Sango and asked,
"How you and the miko Kagome put up with this during your travels for two years, I still don't know."
"I'm beginning to question that too," Sango said while eyeing three specific people. Then a certain someone stepped into the room.
"Keh, about time."
"Lord Sesshomaru, it is nice to see an old friend again," said Isamu as Sesshomaru took a seat next to Isamu.
"Lord Isamu."
"Old friends?" questioned Sango.
"Why yes. We grew up together even though I am a few years older. We had some grand adventures as children," he chuckled, "But we always seemed to get into trouble. We were the best of friends right Sesshomaru?"
"This Sesshomaru remembers. You were always a pain in this one's side Isamu. That hasn't changed over the years."
"That's the biggest understatement I've heard in all my demonic life," mumbled Toshiko. Chieko laughed and explained,
"You see, to this day Isamu has always been a prankster. Though his victims have mostly been different people his favorite target has always been Lord Sesshomaru."
"So the ice prince had a friend AND a childhood. That's shocking. Well I doubt that he was much of a friend anyway," Inuyasha said. A deep growl was then heard.
"Watch your tongue half-breed."
"Make me ya over sized fluffy puppy!"
"Hn, a waste of time."
"Why you!"
"SESSHOMARU-SAMA!" And just like that a streak of black, white and orange ran in to Sesshomaru's torso. While Rin was hugging him tightly Sesshomaru rested his hand on her head in response. (yes Sesshomaru is still missing his left arm in my story)
"Rin." Then Kagome entered the tent with Shippo and said,
"Hello everyone. Quick question are we camping here tonight? (she's addressing Isamu and Sesshomaru)"
"Hello miko Kagome. Yes, we have decided to camp here for the night," replied Isamu.
"What!"
"Inuyasha the troops are tired and we are half a day's journey away from Lord Sesshomaru's castle. And is by the way is the closest to this location. So you're going to have to deal with it. Besides the celebration is tomorrow and it doesn't start till we arrive so there is no need to rush things."
"But-"
"Inuyasha you could take the time to catch up with Kikyo. I saw her little glowing pets in the eastern tree line."
"Kagome, you're not..., upset?" Inuyasha asked while looking quite astonished. Kagome gave Inuyasha a true smile and said,
"Go to her ya love bird." Inuyasha smiled then was gone in a split second leaving the tent flaps waving after him. Kagome went to pick up her yellow backpack and said,
"Shippo and I were going to bathe to get all the sweat, dirt and blood off. Sango, Chieko and Toshiko would you like to join us?"
"Sure, great idea."
"That would, be nice," said Chieko looking at her clothes.
"Yes, I'll go too." The girls stood up to get their bathing supplies. Rin (who is currently sitting in Sesshomaru's lap) asked,
"Can Rin come too Miss Kagome?" Kagome looked at Rin smiled and said,
"Of course you can, but first ask Lord Sesshomaru if you can go." Rin turned to look up at her father figure and asked with puppy dog eyes,
"Can I go Sesshomaru-sama?" Sesshomaru just nodded in response.
"Yay!" cheered Rin. She bounced off Sesshomaru and ran off towards the hot spring while she and Shippo restarted their game of tag. The women walked calmly after them chatting about this and that. The children remained within seeing distance of course.
Time Skip: At the hot springs after they have finished washing. The girls are sitting and soaking right now while talking. Rin and Shippo are playing in the water far enough away so they can't hear but are still in seeing distance of the women.
Kagome sighed and said,
"Nothing like sitting in a hot spring after a long battle."
"You said it Kagome."
"I can't get over the wonders you have in that big yellow bag Miko Kagome," said Toshiko gesturing to the bathing supplies on the shore, "They are exquisite and the different fragrances are lovely."
"Yes they are very high quality. But not as high quality as the fighting skills you demonstrated today miko Kagome," said Chieko.
"Thank you for the compliments Lady Chieko and Lady Toshiko, but please just call me Kagome. Titles make me seem more important and better than I appear."
"Then both you and Sango just call me Chieko. Oh, and Kagome first of all you earned that title Kagome and you should acknowledge it proudly. Not everyone has your kind of power and yet you still have a most beautiful soul and personality. You don't let the power go to your head like a certain disgrace of a half-demon that died today."
"Chieko is right Kagome you earned that title fairly and you are a rare being that doesn't thirst for power. By the way just call me Toshiko, which goes for both Sango and you."
"But I do have to wonder Kagome what were your comrades' reactions to finding out that you could fight so well. I heard that you couldn't fight at all for two years then in a battle not to long before the final battle with Naraku you showed off your incredible fighting skills. Why then, when you could have used them before in the past?" Kagome smiled at the memory then turned to Chieko and answered,
"Well you see I could always fight like I did today years ago. But when I thought about Naraku as our opponent I knew he'd record every move and attack that we used and would design a trap that would make us all helpless. With that in mind I kept my abilities a secret. I wanted to wait until the final battle to show what I could really do because if Naraku never knew about my abilities he wouldn't be expecting that kind of attack from me and it would be easy to take him down. As you can see by our victory today my strategy worked."
"Yes it sure did, but it must have gotten your friends by surprise."
"Not all of them Chieko," Kagome said while looking at Sango who just smile back at her, "Sango figured it out not long after we met her and she joined our group. To be honest I didn't think that anyone would notice, but Sango did. It sure lifted a large burden off my back having a person you can trust to know your secret."
"Yeah I remember. From that day on you helped me improve and I taught you some old moves that have been lost to history that you never learned in your time. We even took long baths just to spar in a sound proof barrier Kagome created then actually bathed so the boys wouldn't know. And then that day a few weeks ago a snake youkai had taken Shippo and Rin and said that he was going to hurt then kill them if any of us moved. Then Kagome saved Shippo and Rin single-handedly and killed the demon without getting hurt. I still remember their reactions to the news," said Sango.
"Yeah, Miroku's was perverted, Shippo's was cute, Rin's was loud, Jaken's was funny, Sesshomaru's was there but barely and Inuyasha's was so hilarious it was to die for," laughed Kagome.
"Well don't keep us in suspense tell us!" said a now really exited Toshiko and Chieko nodded in agreement.
*Flashback*
It was a hot day in the middle of summer in feudal Japan. The group had been walking since sunrise so they took a break by a stream to have lunch and cool off. A little while ago Shippo and Rin disappeared upstream during a game of tag. Then there was an ear-piercing scream. Both the inutachi and Sesshomaru's little group responded immediately by rushing towards the direction that the scream came from. There was no doubt that the scream belonged to no other than a little girl called Rin.
The group burst into a clearing not far from where they had stopped for a rest and there in the middle of the clearing was a snake youkai that was about 15 feet tall and he had both Shippo and Rin in the coil of his Tail squeezing them harder and harder. Both brothers reached for their swords but before they even laid a hand on their hilts the snake hissed out,
"Don't move or thessssse children will die where they are. They will be sssssqueezed to death." Shippo and Rin were covered in little cuts Shippo's were worse and seemed to be injected with poison. Despitetheir injuries they were both conscious.
"Release them," Sesshomaru demanded.
"I will do asssss you wisssssh, but I want the Ssssshikon Jewel in exchange."
"Oh hell no! You're never going to get the jewel ya low life scum!" yelled Inuyasha as he took a step towards the snake then froze in his tracks as he heard both kids give out screams of pain.
"The clossssser you get the tighter I'll sssssqeeze. Give me the Ssssshikon."
"Never," answered Kagome.
"I sssssee then I'll just kill thessssse bratsssss then kill you. How isssss that plan ssssseem?" (For your understanding: When Sango and Kagome began training Kagome made a mental bond between them so they can talk to each other through their minds and send one another messages. They can't read each other's minds they can only hear the messages sent.) Kagome was glaring at the snake youkai and thought to Sango,
'Damn it! If we move Shippo and Rin will just get hurt more!"
'Kagome calm down and think there has to be a way.' After a moment Kagome thought,
'There is a way but it will reveal my ability to fight.'
'Then do it,' responded Sango.
'What if Naraku is watching?'
'Then put up a barrier. It will keep the snake from escaping and Naraku from seeing you.'
'What about the others here?'
'We're all on the same side Kagome and they know how to fight. They are all trustworthy and besides they would have found out sooner or later anyway. Who knows, maybe you could learn a thing or two from them if they knew your capabilities.'
'Your right Sango. Wish me luck.'
'Ha, you won't need it you have the skill Kagome go get him!'
'Here I go.' Kagome dropped her backpack along with her bow and quiver of arrows. Then Kagome's old school uniform faded away into a black hakama and haori along with a silver sash around her middle. Fingerless leather black gloves and black slip on shoes that resembled ballet slippers without the decoration and long ribbons to tie them up with. Across her back appeared two twin katana blades. Kagome unsheathed Miyako in her left hand, jumped up and yelled,
"FREEZING GUST!" The snake froze in place as if he were an ice sculpture. A look of pure terror was etched onto his face. Before Kagome reached the ground she launched her second attack.
"BLINDING EROSION!" Kagome swept the sword towards the snake's tail and once the beam of light hit the tail it fell away like a handful of sand in the wind. She rushed forward at an amazing speed and caught both Shippo and Rin in her right arm. By this time the snake was still frozen. Kagome lifted Miyako for the third time and called out her last attack.
"PURIFYING RAY!" And just like that the snake fell to the ground in a pile of dirt, sand and ashes. Kagome resheathed Miyako after thanking her sword for a job well done. Her hands began to glow pink as she summoned her healing abilities. In no time flat both Shippo and Rin were completely healed and clean, and now bursting with energy. Kagome began walking back towards the rest of the group.
"Are you two okay?" asked Kagome.
"Yeah Shippo and Rin are okay now! Thanks to you, Miss Kagome!" yelled a very excited Rin.
"I'm fine now. Kagome, you were awesome! The way you just jumped into action and defeated that youkai, not to mention that he couldn't even defend himself against you. Wow, you kicked his butt easily!" Shippo said really, really fast. When she put Rin down she immediately ran to Sesshomaru and hugged his leg tightly, while Shippo was content with moving up to sit on Kagome's shoulder. When she turned to address her comrades it was completely silent. Surprisingly the first one to speak was Sesshomaru, he said,
"Full of surprises aren't you miko?" Just then Jaken dead fainted and landed on his face unmoving with the staff of two heads right beside him.
"Well, Lady Kagome you sure have some explaining to do, don't you? Such as where and when did you get so fast, skilled and well, flexible?" *PUNCH* Miroku finally found out what it was like to taste dirt literally, just like Inuyasha though he lacked the beads around his neck.
"That has got to be the first time he was bashed into unconsciousness by a girl other that me," said a grinning Sango. Kagome turned to Inuyasha and the half demon was frozen in shock and was staring at the remains of the youkai. Kagome sighed and walked up to Inuyasha and snapped in his face and that is what got him started.
"Kagome, you... just... and by yourself... demon... defeated... Swords...traditional garb...warrior...uninjured... and, and...and...ooohhhh." *thud*
*End of Flashback*
By the end of the explanation the girls were lost in fits of laughter. The laughter hadn't died down even when they returned to the cam site and got ready to sleep. Inuyasha had returned and had developed an eye twitch when the girls had come back which was about 5 minutes ago in loud laughter that had yet to stop. H e finally snapped and yelled,
"What the hell were you talking about! It's gotta be real funny if you haven't even stopped laughing since you all got here!" After a moment the laughter finally died down.
"It's nothing Inuyasha just go to sleep. Good night everyone," Kagome said as she got comfortable in her sleeping bag.
"It's nothing my ass Kagome! Now are ya gonna tell me what you were talking about wench!"
"Uh, Inuyasha you might not want to-"
"Shut it monk if Kagome's got something to say to me she outta say it!"
"Your loss," mumbled Miroku who knew as well as everyone else in the clearing what was about to happen and they just shook their heads at the half demon's stupidity.
"KAGOME, YOU WILL ANSWER ME OR ELSE!" Just then Kagome sat up and...
"OR ELSE WHAT! I'LL TELL YOU WHAT, THIS INUYASHA, SIT, SIT, SIT, SIT, SIT, SIT, SIT, SIT!" yelled Kagome. When she was done she sighed in contentment at a now unconscious Inuyasha who was lying comfortably on his face. Kagome smiled brightly and said way too cheerfully,
"Good night."
What do ya think? Oh and thank you internet for the best names for Kagome's swords. Please review because if you don't I don't know if I should go on. Leave a comment for me! Ja ne!