Chapter 16: Learning The Moves
Inuyasha woke up, as usual in a tree, with his mate in his lap. The sun was already up. He heard her moan to signal she was awake. He checked her to see if he was in heat. She wasn't. He pierced her mark, unusual for the morning, but it brought her to full attention and she arched her back against his chest.
"Morning mate." He told her when she lifted his fangs out of her.
"Morning, you're not thinking this early, are you?" She asked quietly.
"Yep."
Kagome chuckled. "You're always ready for me." She told him. "I'm not in heat am I?"
"Nope."
"Good, so-" She gasped as he turned her around and kissed her. She relaxed after a bit.
"Wanna?"
"Sure. Why not. Let's go far enough away though so we don't wake them up. Because I know how you are when you mate, howling like that."
"Got it." He told her, he picked her up bridal style and jumped off.
It was sun set. Kagome and Sango were in a hot spring not too far away from camp. At this point they pretty much let the men stay there and gawk at them, since they had already seen their bodies.
"So, what are you going to do about you and Inuyasha?"
"I… I don't really know. I mean, I'm going to have to face my fear. The only other time I've seen his demon side is when we mated, and it's like it is him then. Like he controls it, but other times. I don't know. We can't control it at other times. If he does turn into a youkai, I'll just try to remember the times we've mated. Then it might help me. But that means something happens to the Tetsusaiga."
"Can he wield your sword?"
"I don't know. He's never tried."
"Feh, I'll try now!" Inuyasha said from behind. Kagome turned and watched him get her Shainingu Tarento from her clothes on the ground. He picked it up by it's sheath. No shock, so far so good.
"Be careful Inuyasha!" Kagome told him.
"I will, it has my fangs in it too you know." He said as he grabbed the hilt with one hand and slid it out.
It transformed into the sword.
"Can you transform it into a bow?" Kagome asked.
He thought for a minute and it transformed into the bow. It was long and slender; not to mention blue.
"Well, I guess you can use it if you need to. It accepts you." Kagome told him.
"Fine, how do I transform it back?"
"The same way you transformed it. How to you transform the Tetsusaiga?"
"Thinking of you."
"Well, think of me then baka. Try that." He did as she said and it transformed back after a minute.
"Can you work the Tetsusaiga?"
"I doubt it."
"Try it." He said throwing it at her. She caught it and stepped out of the hot spring and put a towel around her; picked it back up. She unsheathed it and thought of him and It transformed.
"Oh crap!" She said as it went down to the ground. She gripped it with both hand and it was still to heavy. Inuyasha ran over to help her and stood behind her, he held onto it with her.
"This thing ways a ton."
"Toutousai said that I had to get used to own fang's weight when he fixed it that one time. So you just have to get used to it's weight. Yours was heavy too when it transformed into the sword."
"Can you teach me the Wind Scar?"
"I'll try. Only if you teach me Sapphire Blaze."
"Deal."
"Oh, first. You might want to get dressed."
"Um, yea. I'll do that." Inuyasha took it back and sheathed it.
Sango was getting out of hot spring when Miroku ran up to her to help her out.
"Don't even think of it monk." She told him.
"I wasn't. I just want to help you for once."
"Thank you Miroku."
Inuyasha and Kagome were off in a clearing getting ready to learn how to fight.
"All right Kagome. Focus on my aura." He told her. She saw it and squeaked. "All right do you see it?"
"Yea, I see it."
"Try and hit the middle, dead on."
"Ok… Wind Scar!" She yelled as it came crashing down and the Wind Scar headed straight for Inuyasha.
"No, Inuyasha!" She yelled when he didn't move. The Tetsusaiga got lighter and then 10x heavier then it had been before and she fell back. Inuyasha came running to her, her hand was still on the hilt and it was crystallized.
"Well, you figured out how to crystallize it."
"This thing is going to kill me! Not you!"
"I think you need to rest, it's too much for you."
"No, it's just I'm not used to the weight all that great yet, but I think I have a way. Let me try again."
"All right Kagome."
They got back into their places. She saw the Wind Scar and thought about Inuyasha, about her love for him. It lightened immediately.
"Wind Scar!" Kagome yelled; the current came towards Inuyasha this time faster than before. He barely had time enough to get away from it.
"That was great Kagome!"
"Now your turn. Here. Now transform it into the sword." She told him. "I fought enough until my power surged into it. It sort of felt like the Wind Scar did. Try putting all your power into it."
He nodded and let all his strength go into it. It started to glow white. Kagome knew it was working.
"Sapphire Blaze!" Inuyasha yelled and crashed the sword down so hard it even made him jump. Kagome ran for her life, he did it better than she did and it was too fast for her so she jumped into a nearby tree. It nearly hit her.
"You did it!" She yelled when she jumped out of the tree. She ran up and hugged him; he hugged her back. They traded swords after she let go.
"Thank you mate." Inuyasha told her.
"Your welcome!" She told him with a smile.
"Come on lets get back to the others."