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Chapter 6
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Kagome awoke early the next morning, far before Kai would come to wake her up. She pulled on some clothes and shuffled down the stairs, intent on getting some more training done. It wasn't that she didn't like training with them, honestly she liked training with them more than training by herself. She just felt like she wasn't up to par with them yet, and a little alone time felt good every now and then.
She grabbed an apple from the basket on the table as she passed, then pushed her way through the door. She took a deep breath and stretched before sauntering off toward the training facilities. She was unaware of her stalker.
Kai awoke to the sound of footsteps. He rolled over, glancing at the blaring red numbers of his clock.
"5:30?" He said, sitting up slowly. "Tyson must be sleep walking again." He grumbled, rising out of his bed and pulling on a pair of jeans.
He stepped out of his room and listened for a minute, finding whoever it was to be downstairs in the kitchen.
"Yep, must be Tyson."
But the figure he saw was not Tyson. Definitely not.
What he saw was a pair of gym shoes, a short blue skirt and a thick wave of jet black hair covering a white tank top. 'What the hell is Kagome doing up?' He thought, following her as she walked out of the side door.
He continued to watch her as she took out her beyblade, discarding an apple core in the process. She paused for a second, and then continued on towards the training facilities. She snapped her beyblade into her launcher and launched it after a short pause.
He'd never really seen anything like it. It was like watching some sort of ceremonial dance, but Kai was sure that none of those prissy geisha chicks could pull of Kagome's moves. She had an almost inhuman grace, all of her jumps, kicks and flips were so fluid it seemed like she was flying with invisible wings.
All of her swings were solid as well. He could tell that from the way her small muscles would flex when she moved.
And all the time she did this her beyblade was spinning around, tearing through blocks of wood and executing sharp turns. 'She must be working on her control...trying to concentrate on her own training, but still managing to control her beyblade flawlessly.' Kai thought, crimson eyes trailing up the length of her legs. He idly wondered why she would train in such revealing clothes...It was...distracting.
He studied her pattern for a second and then strode over to her with confident steps. He wasn't at all surprised when she whirled around after his casual tap on her shoulder, looking ready to do some serious damage.
"How about we take it up a notch?" He asked, holding up his beyblade.
Kagome nodded tentatively and watched him launch his blade. Well actually she was watching the play of the muscles under his pale skin, but he didn't need to know that. Her eyes flicked to his as he launched, transfixed by the emotions coloring those crimson orbs. 'This is his one true passion.' Kagome realized.
Kai turned back to look at her, but was a bit startled to see such a warm smile stretched over that beautiful face. He was confused. What on earth could she be so happy about?
"What?" Kai asked warily.
Kagome shook her head. "It's nothing. Nothing at all."
Kai looked at her strangely, wondering what could possibly be going on in that head of hers. "Whatever, let's just get started." He said, beginning her routine were she left it off. He had other things to do than ponder over her thoughts. Things like suppressing the emotions she made him feel after all these years.
Silently, Kagome fell into the dance with him, racing his beyblade with her own. She snuck a glance, surprised to see how easily he maneuvered.
"Have you done this before?" Kagome asked, still trying her best to keep up with his beyblade.
"No, never seen this style before. Who taught you?" He asked, being civil for once. She had brought him that umbrella yesterday, so he felt a little guilty about thinking so poorly of her.
"Do you remember the tall man with the long white hair that was with me back at the tournament?"
Kai didn't answer for a while. He only vaguely remembered her two companions. One young guy with brown hair and an older man with white hair. He didn't remember much though, he had been too busy trying to not like Kagome at the moment? Not that he liked her now or anything!!!
"Yes." His short reply.
"Well, he's the one who taught me most of the things I know." She was silent for a moment, wondering if she should continue. "Wanna know something?" She asked, continuing the sequence of attacks and blocks that made up the ancient dance.
He didn't answer, so she took his silence as a yes.
"His name is Sesshoumaru, and he's a seven hundred and fifty year old inu youkai."
Kai faltered, surprised by the sudden news. He turned his crimson eyes upon her, regarding her thoughtfully. His beyblade rested on it's tip, reflecting it's owner. He narrowed his eyes, watching her as she waited for a response. In all honesty, he didn't know what to say. How do you respond to something that sounds so...crazy?
Kagome sighed slowly falling out of stance. She knelt over and picked up her beyblade. She looked away from him. "Wanna know something else?" She questioned, her voice lowering to a whisper, blue eyes resting on the pink bit chip in her blade. Once again she was met with silence. "The other man I was with is about 500 years old. His name is Shippou and he's a kitsune youkai."
"And you? Are you one of these so-called demons?" He asked, not ready to believe her yet. He wanted proof.
"Nope. "
"Then what are you? How could you know all these things?"
Kagome grinned. "I'm a priestess. I was born on a shrine and I nearly spent half a decade traveling with a demon, and a bossy hanyou by the name of Inuyasha." She said.
Kai stared at her skeptically, watching her as she leveled him with her own gaze. "Hmph...you're nuts." He said, turning around and walking towards the exit.
Kagome gave him a small smile. "Maybe so..." She started softly, knowing that his demonic hearing would pick up the faint words. "But you know I'm telling the truth." She finished, heading towards the kitchen with a smile.
Kai stopped in his tracks, wanting to turn around and shake her until she admitted it was a prank. That it was all some big game.
He knew that would never happen.
A/N: Hey, I'm going to add more to this later, but it's time for lunch and this girl's hungry.