Disclaimer: I do not own any of the wonderful InuYasha characters created by Rumiko Takahashi, nor do I own any of the Greek gods listed within this story.
Suspicions
While Zeus and Hephaestus were keeping watch over Kagome and the events going on in her time, Tenshi was training and keeping her eyes on a certain Greek god who was up to no good.
Tenshi was working on her agility skills. She balanced on a rock one foot near the top of the training wall. She did not think of the ground thirty feet below as she vaulted into the air and landed in a one-handed handstand on a bar ten feet below her previous location. She continued to leap and vault from hand to foot until she had traversed the length of the wall and now stood five feet from the ground. Ares walked in just as she flipped and twisted through the air, landing in a crouch on the ground before him. He clapped as she stood up. "Bravo, Tenshi. I see you are becoming as agile as a mountain goat and are not afraid to fly like the birds." She gave him a cold look. "I do what I must to complete my training." She brushed off his praise as she glared at him. "Damn, girl! Becoming quite the conversationalist, I see." He chuckled. "What do you want, war god" she refused to respond to his sarcasm. "Can't the teacher check on his prize student?" He strode over and flopped onto a throne like chair in the corner. "Most teachers stay and teach their students." She responded as she grabbed a staff to continue training. "Ow! You hurt me, girl!" he held his hands to his chest in mock pain before creating a goblet of wine out of thin air. Tenshi did not respond to his words as she began attacking the training dummies in the center of the room. As she moved she mentally retreated, allowing her body to react on instinct. "I smell poison on him; the same poison the Caretaker smelled whenever she battled the Evil Hanyou. This god must be watched closely." She shattered a dummy with the force of her blow and moved on. "I will talk to the goddess of knowledge to find an oracle who can tell me what the future holds." She shattered the remaining training dummy and turned to the god. "Find me real opponents, God. I grow weary of destroying straw figures." She stalked off to her chambers without waiting for his reply.
The next day Tenshi had lessons with Athena, goddess of knowledge. Once the lessons were complete, Tenshi approached with her question. "Goddess, is there an oracle near?" she asked as she bowed respectfully. "Yes, Tenshi. There is an oracle half a day's walk from here. Why do you wish to know?" Athena questioned. "There are humans and demons alike who believe in prophecy. I wish to learn about prophecies so I may better deal with the believers." She lied smoothly. "Good idea, Tenshi. Such knowledge may come in handy in your future. I will send my steed Pegasus to you in the morning. He will take you there faster than you could walk." The goddess decided. "Now I believe you have a date with Ares and his band of ruffians." She dismissed Tenshi and disappeared in a pouf of golden light. "Tomorrow I shall seek the information I need." Tenshi thought as she jogged down the hallways towards the training room.
Tenshi fought the ruffians with abandon, her hair whipping about her like a cloud as she moved almost faster than the eye could follow. The men roared as they attacked. They were clumsy and uncoordinated in their movements. Tenshi took great pleasure in every bone and weapon she snapped. She did not kill the men- no, it would be much more humiliating to let them live knowing they had been beaten by a mere woman with no weapon but her own body. She leapt into the air, landing on one of the lower bars of the training wall as two men charged with raised swords. She flipped seconds before the swords would have hit her feet, causing the swords to embed themselves into the wooden pole. Before the men could free their weapons, Tenshi kicked the back of the first warrior's knee, popping it out of the socket. He landed hard on the ground, grasping his knee in agony. Before he hit the floor, Tenshi had grabbed the other man and slammed the heel of her hand hard in his nose. She dropped him to the ground, unconscious and bleeding. The other men blinked and she was gone in a flash. They looked around in confusion until one of them spotted her hanging by one arm from the great chandelier in the center of the room. She swung out and up, flipping and twisting mid air so she was behind two of the men before they knew it. Knocking their heads together, she let the unconscious bodies fall to the floor and turned towards the last three men. With a wicked gleam in her eye, she sneered "Ready or not, boys, here I come." She performed a series of back flips and cartwheels across the room, ending in a handstand while kicking two of the men and sending them flying into the wall. The last man was quivering in fear as she approached. "Boo" she said, and he passed out cold from fear. An eerie silence settled over the room as the last man fell. You could hear the occasional moan, but for the most part the warriors were silent in their defeat. "War God!" Tenshi bellowed. "Find me opponents more worthy of my abilities for the next session!" She turned to leave the room. "And clean up this mess" she hollered over her shoulder as she headed to her chambers.
After her workout, Tenshi slipped into the warm waters of the indoor bath at the far end of her chambers. As she washed the grime and sweat away, she thought about her visit to the oracle planned for the next morning. "Ares is up to something and I intend to find out what." She massaged soap into her hair, then rinsed and exited the bath. She dried off and dressed while thinking about her other half. "The Caretaker is strong, but she cares too much. She could never take a life even if it meant saving millions." After brushing her hair, Tenshi headed out of her room down the corridor towards the kitchens. "I must protect the Caretaker at all costs, and if that means killing the War god, so be it." She thought as she headed to dinner.