Chapter 3 –
Sesshoumaru –
He had kissed her! He knew he cared for her, but why had he kissed her?! He did not want to ruin his friendship with Kagome, but what she had said to him…
'We are not alone anymore' It was true, he had felt lonely since Kagome's disappearance and Rin's death, but he didn't feel it so much when Kagome was around. He had seen the longing in her eyes too. She too missed the old times as much as he did, but now they had each other, that were what was most important. He got up from his bed. He needed air to clear his thoughts. He walked outside and went for a walk around the castle grounds. He had only been walking for 10 minutes when he heard a familiar 'Whoosh… dam'. He turned the corner and saw a small pink light
'So she is practicing' He went over to her
"Couldn't sleep?" he asked gently, stopping next to her
"No. You?" Sesshoumaru looked at Kagome. She had a blush on her cheeks
"No" Kagome continued shooting for a while
"Don't you think we should talk about … that kiss?" he saw Kagome become unfocused with her aim and unleashed the arrow by accident, flying far away from its target. He saw her, shift her gaze to him
"What is there to say?" she simply asked. He himself weren't sure what to say
"I don't want to ruin our friendship" Sesshoumaru taking a step in regards to his personality. He saw Kagome smile brilliantly at him
"I am glad and honored that you consider me a friend Lord Sesshoumaru" he growled lowly
"Stop using honorific Kagome. It is not necessary when in private" Kagome giggled
"Okay Sesshy-kun" she winked at him, he couldn't stop the small laugh that came out. Kagome then put down her bow and arrows and started smiling deviously
"What would you say to letting of some steam?" He was surprised to what she had suggested. It would be fantastic to have a friendly fight, but a friendly fight with Kagome?
"Oh come on! I told you I have trained and I promise, scouts honor, that I will not purify you" Kagome winked. Sesshoumaru smirked
"Well if you believe you have a chance against this Sesshoumaru, then so be it" He was surprised when he saw her go into a defensive position
'She has trained more than just her powers' he mused. He went at her with full speed, ready to give her, a light push to the ground with his left hand. But his hand only went through air, since she had ducked just in time, and were about to kick his feet away under him, when he jumped back just in time. He smirked. This could actually be fun. He saw her come at him with a smirk on her face. She punched out towards him, but he easily dodged and he himself sends his fist flying towards Kagome. A small barrier appeared in front of her face, were his fist would have collided, but instead collided with the barrier. She jumped backwards, kicking him in the stomach with the same motion. Sesshoumaru went a few steps back and gasped for air
'She kicks harder than I thought she could'
He then formed his poison whip, glad to finally feel the power at his fingertips once again. He focused on Kagome. He saw her create some kind of shield like barrier at her right arm with her pink energy, and in her left hand she formed a disc
'Impressive. She has come a long way since the Feudal Era' He sends his whip at her in a fast motion of his wrist. Her shield widened to give her better protection and he saw her watching the whip, and in one quick run and in one quick throw, she sent the disc towards the whip. She then formed a new disc, running towards Sesshoumaru. He only smirked, and gave a little shake of his wrist to barricade her. He almost stopped all his motions when she in return smirked, and before he could question it, he felt his whip disappear from being cut by the first disc. Then he saw her throw a disc at him
'She is fast, and thinks ahead' he was really impressed. He jumped and created a whip in each hand and with a twist of his wrists they went flying towards the miko. When there was an impact it gave off an incredible force, causing dust to twirl around. He was beginning to worry he had hurt her, and just as he had thought it, two discs appeared, flying out from the dust cloud towards him. He used his whips only to see the discs cut his whip in 4
'They are cutting through my whips!' he didn't think it possible. No one had ever been able to do that, but her attack was also different. Those discs were an amazing ability. He dodged the discs that came flying at him, in time. He smirked when the dust finally settled. She had a barrier around her. He drew Tokijin and waited for her to pick up her bows and arrows, but he was surprised, when she picked up a sword handle. The handle in itself was well made, but without a blade in it, it was quiet useless. He smirked big, but it vanished when he saw her smirk in return, dropping her barrier and stood in a pose with the handle in her left hand. He looked at her confused for a moment, but attacked. When his sword were about to touch flesh, he saw a pink and purple light form, flowing together from the handle and stopped the Tokijin from the impact. He jumped back to observe the sword. It was pink and purple light binding them together to form a sword shape
"This is a handle that can transport my purification powers and will it into a blade" she explained
"I obtained it at the shrine, and they taught me how to use it" when the last part as said, she swung her sword in one big flowing motion, making it sending dozens of mini discs flying with high speed forwards, but Sesshoumaru did have the time to notice, they weren't as fast as her individual discs. Sesshoumaru lifted his sword and in swung it too
"Dragon strike" Sesshoumaru saw how his Dragon strike tore through the practice area, but to his surprise he saw a few discs come flying through his attack untouched. He tried to avoid it, but felt himself being hit on his right shoulder and waist. When the lightshow and storm had surpassed, he looked for Kagome. Maybe they had taken it a bit too far. He saw her lying on the ground, fear crept inside of him, and he rushed to her side
"Kagome?" he turned her and saw blood, but thankfully it was only small cuts
"It took a little more than expected to keep up the barrier" she reassured him with a grin
"We went too far" Sesshoumaru said coughing a bit embarrassed
"Oh come on! Don't tell me you didn't have fun? It must have been ages since you had a decent fight" Kagome got up, sitting next to Sesshoumaru on the ground. Sesshoumaru chuckled at her comment
"You are right. This was … fun. You have grown a lot stronger since the past little miko I must admit I'm impressed" he turned to look at her, and he saw how she blushed into that perfect pink shade
"Well as I said, the training was a great distraction" he smiled. She had become so strong. She had combined her discs ability with her sword, and the sight had been incredible
"Discs of death" he whispered with a smirk
"Yeah, how did you know?" he looked down at her confused
"My trait attack, when with sword is the 'Discs of death', because they can cut through any attack, and when it is not my sword, and only my basic discs they are called 'Flying light of Death'. My 'Flying light of death' is the fastest, but I can only produce one at the time, but with 'Discs of death', they can as the other discs attack, cut through any magical or aura attack. Even though 'Discs of death' comes in many, they are slower, but if a disc comes close enough to my target, I can focus on that disc to expand and grow bigger, causing greater damage, but I am still working on that move, since it is quiet hard to do" Sesshoumaru looked shocked at her 'Flying light of death. Discs of death. It definitely fits…'
"I thought you were against death" he more stated than asked. He saw her frown
"I don't want to kill or see others be killed if it were possible. But my fight with Naraku, watching you and Inu-Yasha, Sango, Miroku, Shippou, Kikiyo… well everybody I have met, it made me realize that sometimes people you love gets killed, and some do deserve death, even though I don't like the idea. But that is how the world is, and if I want to save everyone I love, then I would have to be able to kill Naraku. We have done it before and we will do it again" He couldn't help but smile at her confidence. Her fire was back. It only made him smile even bigger
"Come let us return to the castle" she smiled at him in return and nodded, and with her arm around his, he helped her back.
Kagome –
Kagome looked nervously
"I am very sorry Lady Aurora, it was a friendly practice fight that might have gotten a bit out of hand" Aurora looked at Kagome shocked
"Might… have… gotten… a… BIT?" she gasped
"Half of the entire practice field is gone or destroyed!" Kagome watched how she heavily sat down in her chair
"I deeply apologize, since it was my attack who inflicted the damage" Sesshoumaru nobly said, Kagome just laughed nervously
"Yeah, only your attack" she whispered embarrassed. She had by accident unleashed some of her power in the discs into his attack, which only had caused the blast to intensify
"Well, your apology is accepted seemingly, since Lady Kagome owns these lands" Her attention finally got back at track, and she gasped in shock
"I DO WHAT?" Aurora giggled… Kagome sneered in her head… Oh how she had begun to hate that weird laugh…
"Miroku and Sango made sure that it was your name on the deed. You own this castle and the forest surrounding it. And the Northern Lord is well aware of this. Just not that you are still alive" she answered with a smirk. Kagome continued looking at her with disbelief
"Mine? This is all mine? What do I have to do if I decided to stay?" Kagome asked. Aurora just smiled
"You can choose to live here, and do what or less what you want to, or take over my seat, or close the order. It is your choice" Kagome still had a hard time believing that all of this was hers
"Well, I have no interest in closing the order or take your place. It could be nice to come here on vacation" Kagome told Aurora. She could almost see the tension in the woman disappear; as if she was afraid she would have closed it or kicked her out
"I am glad to hear that. Now I know you have questions" Kagome moved to sit down, since it could take a while
"We are here to find clues on the location of the sword of light" Kagome answered. She studied Aurora's face intently when she mentioned the swords name, but she did not seem to recognize the name
"Well, I do not remember a sword of light in my studies, but you are most welcome to look around for clues" Kagome smirked, now all they needed was a dog, a hippie and the nerd, since Fred and Daphne's parts were already filled… Kagome giggled into her hand for a second… She imagined Inu-Yasha as Scooby-Doo, Sango as Vera and Miroku as Shaggy… She looked around, not so much to look at the office, but the believing size of the castle 'Even with the gangs help it would take a while' she mused. Kagome got up from the chair and bowed
"Then I will return to my room and start my search tomorrow" she then looked at Sesshoumaru
"See ya tomorrow Sessh" he smiled at nodded, then she headed back to her room