Inuyasha Anika
Chapter 35
Anika spent many hours sitting next to Inuyasha's crib, watching over him.
"What are you thinking?" Saber softly purred, trying to not wake up Inuyasha.
"How can people be so cruel to hate someone before even getting to know them? Sesshomaru said that the world would want nothing to do with him, yet he has done nothing deserving of their anger." Anika murmured gently.
"The reason people can hate so easily is because they actually fear the person and do not understand them and have no intentions of trying to get to know someone. There are many half breeds that are hated because they are not in any way it just means you are a mix of two different things. Because the world does not want to get to know Inuyasha they will fear and hate him." Saber spoke with sadness.
"I will protect him and his tiny heart from hurt!" Anika whispered with conviction. Saber purred soothingly as she curled up next to Anika and took a quick nap. Over the weeks Anika held Inuyasha every moment she got and watched him sleep for many more hours. Sesshomaru even stayed with Anika watching their baby brother together; some days though most of the time he could be found in the dojo practicing his swordsmanship. Izayoi was very happy to have Anika helping out with caring for Inuyasha as Touga had much paperwork to do in his study. Anika was fascinated with his little fuzzy white ears perched atop Inuyasha's head and played with them rubbing them gently between her fingers. Inuyasha would give an occasional annoyed mewl and Anika would give his tiny ears a break and chuckle softly as the little pup would fall back into his deep slumber twitching every once in a while. Deciding that she needed a break Anika got up and went to go find Sesshomaru.
"Hey, you want to spar?" Anika asked.
"Sure." Sesshoumaru replied as he picked out a sword. As the two squared off, InuTaaisho suddenly popped his head into the dojo stopping the two from starting.
"I am going on a quick visit to Totosai's so do not burn down the castle." Inutaisho left quickly before either pup could give a witty response back.
Snarling, Anika swooped at Sesshomaru seeing as he was still distracted and used that to her advantage. Sesshomaru recovered quickly and just barely blocked the attack. Swinging his sword expertly, Sesshomaru was able to gain some ground back and force Amika to back off. Looking for any opening Anika swooped all around Sesshomaru while avoiding leaving herself open for attack. After a minute of searching Anika saw it futile to try and find a weak link in Sesshomaru's amor and resorted to a chilling tactic. Feigning fatigue, Anika purposefully left herself open for attack and as expected Sesshomaru could not help himself and went in for the attack and unknowingly left himself open to attack. In a split second, Sesshomaru found himself being knocked back on his rear in astonishment. Snarling in embarrassment Sesshomaru let loose his poison whip as well as using his sword. Anika saw and felt Sesshomaru's drastic change in attitude and knew that he was no longer going to go easy on her and that this sparring match had turned into something potentially dangerous and serious. Sensing her fear, Sesshomaru snapped out of his rage induce haze.
"Sorry for scaring you." Sesshomaru sheathed his sword and let Anika be the winner of that match.
"I guess no one has outwitted you in a while." Anika too let down her guard and landed lightly on the dojo floor.
"Yeah, I guess not, how come I never see you using a sword?" Sesshomaru suddenly asked the question that has been on him mind since the start of the sparring match.
"I guess that we Dragolfs' are not prone to sword fights and just use our natural abilities and there for it has been engrained in our genes." Anika gave it her best guess as she thought back to her past experiences.
"Well if you ever want to visit your birth place I think it would be wise to be able to wield a sword expertly as well as having your honed in natural abilities, that way you have a major upper hand on opponents you might face." Sesshomaru brought up a good point in his logic.
"That sounds like a great idea. Do you think you could teach me to master the sword?" Anika asked her brother.
"I would be honoured to teach you." Sesshomaru was already walking to the weapons rack and picking out a sword Anika could use. For the next week Anika worked very hard to get just as good as Sesshomaru if not better at mastering her swordsmanship.