Surprises: Kagome's POV

I awoke the next morning to a small female shaking me awake. At first I was startled until I recognized her as the hand maiden Sesshomaru had left me. "I'm sorry Lady Kagome, but you really must get up. I've been told you have a long day ahead of you." I groaned at that, but still got out of bed and followed her to the hot springs attached to my room. "Now, Lady Kagome…." She began but I instantly cut her off.

"Please, just call me Kagome. I was wondering though, what is your name? It would be nice to know, since you and I will be together a lot." I still couldn't get over the fact that I had someone to tend to my every need. I have always taken care of myself, so I decided I would rather have her as a friend than a servant. "Also, what kind of demon are you? I'm sorry it's just that, where im from, all I ever saw was the lord and prince Inuyasha."

"It's fine L… I mean Kagome. My name is Natasha, and I am a wolf from the East. I came here to serve the lord as a treaty between my former lord and the Inus. You are the first person I have met since coming here that has treated me kindly, for that I am grateful."

"Well, I guess I should get ready for breakfast, huh." I said with a small smile. I was glad that I at least got off on the right foot with someone around here. Her response was a smile and a nod of her head as she helped me to undress and get into the water. I instantly relaxed as Natasha began to wash my hair. Once my bath was done, I was dressed in what looked like a small males hakama and yukata. "These were made specifically for you so that you will have more movement during your training. I'm sorry if it is not to your liking, but my lord wishes you wear it. He said you are to change directly afterwords into something more suitable for around the castle." Great, that meant I had to wear a freaking kimono. Kami, how I hated those things.

We got to the dining hall quickly enough, and I was surprised to see not only Inuyasha and Kikyo, but two other people I didn't recognize. The only one not here at the moment was Sesshomaru, as far as I knew. Wait, didn't he also mention a ward? Ugh, I don't like the confusion this early in the day. I walked up to Kikyo and gave her a hug, welcoming her to the castle and thanking the Kami that she made it safely. A few moments after I was seated, Sesshomaru made his appearance, followed by a young girl no older than eight.

"Rin, please be seated so we can eat and I can discuss the plan of action with the others." He said gently, but with no room for argument. Rin's only response was to smile at him and then she proceeded to skip to her seat. Once the food was placed and Sesshomaru took the first bite, everyone began to eat their meal quite happily. The silence was broken by Inuyasha's loud mouth.

"So, Sesshomaru, what is our game plan anyways?" He asked with an almost bored tone to his voice.

"Well, I want to first make introductions, since you are too rude to do so." Sesshomaru stated in annoyance. "Kagome, and Kikyo, These are Inuyasha's friends and most trusted adversaries, Sango and Miroku." He pointed to each of them as he said their names and they each bowed their heads. I'm sure they both knew which one of us was Kikyo, as I was aware that they were getting ready to welcome them home when I first arrived here.

"It is nice to meet you both." I said as warmly as I could. I knew they were brought here for a reason, so I decided to let Sesshomaru get to the point so that we could finish our breakfast in peace.

"Now, as to the reason I have requested all of you today, I want to start training on both Kagome and Kikyo today."

"One moment, Asshole. No one said anything about Kikyo getting trained. She doesn't need it and I can't believe you are putting her through this too." Inuyasha stated very heatedly before being leveled by Sesshomaru with just a simple glare.

"Listen here, whelp, I will not tolerate this kind of disrespect in my home, so please, refrain from talking. As I was saying. After breakfast each day, you will each spend an hour with Sango first. She will teach you hand to hand combat and the use of a sword. Once that is done, you will spend two hours with Miroku to learn how to use reiki. These will be your most basic means of fighting in the upcoming war. Kikyo, you will then spend another two hours with Kaede learning to hone your abilities as a healer. Kagome, you will spend two hours with me, being taught graceful movements and how to hone your abilities as a warrior. We will then sit down for lunch. After lunch, Kikyo and Kagome will spend two hours with my mother learning about Youki Culture and mannerisms. There will be no room for argument as we have war coming to our doorstep. After all lessons and training is done for the day, you are free to do what you like for the rest of the day."

I couldn't stop myself from thinking about how that was the most I had ever heard him say at one time. I then looked over to my sister and Inuyasha to see them whispering amongst themselves and decided that I should ask a question of my own. "Lord Sesshomaru, I was wondering if I could also get some training from grandma Kaede too?" He looked at me questioningly, before giving me the signal to continue. "Well, you see, not only is grandma a skillful healer, but she is also really good with a bow, at least from what I remember. I figure, we might also want to learn this too so we can help with long range attacks. Plus if I were to learn how to heal as well, it would take the burden off of Kikyo, should we have multiple injuries in the event of a war." He seemed to think about it before speaking.

"Very well, you too shall learn from Kaede, but your time with her will be after lessons." I gave him a bright smile before finishing my breakfast. I wasn't sure what happened, but at least I know I will gain all the knowledge I should have gotten. If only mother and father were here. They would be so proud of us once our training was complete. We will be the mikos we were always meant to be. Once breakfast was done, Sango came up to Kikyo and I, and showed us to the dojo. It was a beautiful area with enough space for both of us to learn at the same time. It was tough trying to figure out stances alone and Sango told us that we would only be working on hand to hand for the moment. Once we got the hang of that, we would work on swordsmanship. Kikyo, of course was very graceful in all her movements and I was clumsy. I could see why Sesshomaru wanted to help me train and work on movement himself. I was knocked on my rear at least three times within the hour and Kikyo, not once. I swear, that girl spent to much time trying to get away from Onigumo. She was way too good.

After that, we spent the next potion of training with Miroku. All he had us do was to meditate. It was super annoying, but I figure, we had to start somewhere. He kept yelling at Kikyo for her posture and told her that she would never find her center if she kept it up. We were told that if we didn't find our center, that we would never be able to fully harness our reiki, meaning we would never be as powerful as we were born to be. It was explained to us that our reiki was just an extension of ourselfs and in order to harness it we first had to figure ourselves out. I guess this was going to be more difficult for Kikyo than it was for me, because I already had it in my mind to master my gift and become so strong, that nothing would be able to harm me or the ones I cared about ever again. I don't know what drove me to thing this way, but whatever it was, I was thankful for it.

Once meditation was over I stayed in the dojo and Kikyo went to find Grandma Kaede. I was a little envious that she would get to see her first, but at least I would get some time alone with her every day too. Once Sesshomaru came into the room, I lost all ability to breath. I couldn't believe that someone so handsome would be training me. He looked so much like a god with his hair pulled into a high ponytail and his magenta markings across his cheek bones. His Amber eyes burning into me. He didn't say a word, but faster than my eyes could see, he was behind me, fixing my posture and making sure I was ready for anything.

Once that was done, he again looked straight into my eyes and I didn't expect what happened next. He kissed me! I can't believe it. He gave me a long kiss that was filled with need. I wouldn't say passion, but it was something I really desired. He abruptly broke the kiss and knocked me on my rear again. "Be ready for anything. If you couldn't even take that, how can you expect to fight an enemy?" He stated coldly. So coldly it caused me to shiver involuntarily. I then said something that made him smirk.

"How can I be ready for anything when someone as good looking as you kisses me in such a way!" I instantly covered my mouth and then felt my cheeks burning up from the blush forming on them.

"Well, as much as you seemed to like it, I needed to prove a point. You have much to learn." We resumed this back and forth. Him doing anything he could think of to catch me off guard and me trying to keep him from knocking me over. It didn't end well. I swear, my rear is going to be bruised for a long time if this keeps up like this every day.

A/N: So, what do you think of training so far? I know I didn't put the whole day in there but there is a reason. Please don't be mad. Also, I wanted to give a shout out to my brother and beta on this story, Renozon. If you like Percy Jackson, Please go to his page and read his first story, Tales of the Betrayed. He would appreciate it as would I since I'm helping him with it! Also, PLEASE R&R. I really would like to know your thoughts on the story so far. Constructive criticism is always welcome and I really do want to hear from everyone on whether or not they are enjoying the story! Until next time!