InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ A New Life ❯ Learning Time ( Chapter 10 )

[ Y - Young Adult: Not suitable for readers under 16 ]

Learning Time
Kagome hurriedly donned her training outfit not wanting Sesshomaru to get mad at her for being late. Pulling her boots over her knees she grabbed her two katanas and ran from her room, the fastest she had ever ran for fear of getting the wrath of Sesshomaru. She reached the large dojo in record time, when she had completely entered she didn’t have time to blink before Sesshomaru lunged at her with Tokijin in hand. Kagome barely dodged his assault as she rolled on the floor of the dojo trying to escape his deadly blade.
“Hey, watch where you’re aiming that thing!” Kagome yelled as she got up from the floor, brushing away the dust she had collected on her clothes.
“An enemy could kill you in an instant if you are not always on your guard” Sesshomaru mocked as he watched with amusement when she crossed her arms over her chest like a child who didn’t get what they wanted.
“Yeah right” Kagome launched herself at the Taiyoukai with her blade poised for striking. Sesshomaru was slightly thrown off guard at how fast she could move for a human, yet the great Taiyoukai parried her attack effortlessly. Kagome continued attacking him wildly wanting to show Sesshomaru that she could take care of herself without his help. Soon though Kagome was on her knees panting for breathe, not being able to get close to Sesshomaru.
“You will not learn by yourself” Sesshomaru said as he sheathed Tokijin in it’s sheath.
“Keh.” Sesshomaru offered his hand to Kagome, she looked at it reluctantly before she accepted his help and was pulled to her feet.
“Now, if you attack wildly like you were then your opponent will easily defeat you” he began teaching.
“Then teach me, sensei” Kagome said sarcastically. Ignoring her insult he continued showing Kagome different moves that he himself used in battles to defend against enemies. After two hours of nonstop training Sesshomaru stopped seeing Kagome panting for breath and leaning heavily against the side of the dojo.
“We shall continue after you have rested” Sesshomaru said as he sat down opposite her against the dojo wall watching Kagome intently as if he could see into her mind.
Seeing that Kagome was now rested enough Sesshomaru rose from the floor and helped Kagome up also. Kagome watched confused as Sesshomaru took Tokijin and Tensaiga from his obi and laid them with care on the dojo floor.
“What are you doing?”
“I will teach you hand to hand combat now” Sesshomaru crouched down bending his knees slightly as if he was going to pounce on her.
“Oh, ok” Kagome mimicked his position but bending her knees slightly farther.
“When you have no weapon to aid you in battle you will need to use your own physical strength and knowledge. Now, never rush into a battle where you know you will lose and always keep your eyes on your opponent.”
“Ok;” ‘this sounds easy enough.’
“Come at me then” Sesshomaru said seeing the confidence in her eyes. Kagome rushed at him trying to punch him in the chest with her fist but met air. Sensing his aura behind her she quickly turned around but was suddenly thrown to the ground on her back. Looking up she saw Sesshomaru straddling her waist with his claws a mere inch from her neck.
“You die” Sesshomaru removes himself from her and regains his recent position. Kagome gets up from the floor, dusts herself off and glares at Sesshomaru. She once again launched herself at him as she had once before but this time she tried knocking his legs out from under him. Instead it was her once again laying on her back with his claws pressed against her neck. The same thing happened over and over again until Kagome finally gave up trying to even touch Sesshomaru.
“Giving up already?” he asked with a smirk on his handsome features.
“I can’t even get close enough to you so why not give up?” she panted.
“You come closer to reaching me with every failure, you learn from your failures” Sesshomaru picked up his two swords from the dojo floor. “We will continue tomorrow” he walked towards the exit but stopped when Kagome asked him a question.
“What about my miko powers?” she asked recalling what he said he would be teaching her.
“One of my warriors is skilled in Miko powers, he will train you.”
“Oh, when?” Kagome asked excited that she would be with someone else for a change.
“After you have eaten, since you humans are weak” Sesshomaru said before leaving the dojo with a fuming Kagome still in it.
‘Damn that dog demon, why don’t he just learn to get along with humans!’ Kagome stormed out of the dojo intent on giving Sesshomaru a piece of her mind. After a few minutes she gave up her search on finding Sesshomaru, Kagome reentered her room and lay down on her bed thinking of her friends and wondering what they were doing and if they missed her.
‘Inuyasha, you betrayed my, why?’ tears fell down her cheeks as she frantically tried to keep them at bay.
‘I don’t want to spend the rest of my life mourning over how Inuyasha had betrayed me for the love of a dead woman. I don’t think I will ever be able to recover from this heartache except through death.’ Kagome returned her thoughts to the attempt of suicide but remembering her father’s words she dropped the notion of ending her life.
‘When is someone going to come into my life father?’ she asked her beloved father who had died when she was still just a little girl.
“Shippo, my pup” fresh tears spilled from her closed eyes at the thought of her leaving Shippo without even telling him goodbye.
‘This would be the second time that Shippo lost his mother’ her tears consumed her for a long while until she tiredly began dozing off into a light slumber.
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Inuyasha had picked up Kagome’s scent but with another scent mingling in with hers.
‘Sesshomaru’ he thought in anger. ‘I’ll tear him to shreds if he did anything to her!’ he growled as he thought of what his half brother could do to his Kagome. Inuyasha returned to Sango, Miroku, and Shippo who had already found out where Kagome was and was trying to come up with a plan to rescue her.
When the three saw Inuyasha they turned their backs on him knowing that he was the one who made Kagome run away. After telling his pack what had really happened they forgave him and started out for Sesshomaru’s castle.
“Do you think Okaa is alright?” Shippo asked Sango, as he was perched on her shoulder riding on a transformed Kirara.
“Hai, Kagome will not let Sesshomaru harm her, she is a strong woman.” ‘I hope so’ Sango looked down to see Inuyasha running ahead of them sniffing out his half brother.
‘Kagome don’t worry I’ll save you like I always have, I promise’ Inuyasha bounded on into the forest repeating over and over in his head that ‘his’ Kagome was alright.
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When Kagome awoke from her light sleep she donned on miko clothes that had been laid out for her on the bed. The garb was almost identical to Kikyo’s but Kagome’s was bright blue instead of red. After fixing her hair back in a low ponytail Tsuru escorted her to the dining hall where she would eat with Sesshomaru. When she entered the dining room she noticed a little girl siting on the left side of Sesshomaru talking to Sesshomaru with a wide grin on her face.
‘I’ve seen her before, she travels with Sesshomaru.’ Sitting down on the right side of Sesshomaru she continued listening to the little girl chat on about flowers and her dragon Ah-Un without even noticing that Kagome was present.
“Rin” Sesshomaru interrupted the little girl smoothly.
“Hai?” Rin stopped talking and looked over the table to see Kagome sitting watching her.
“Hello, Rin’s name is Rin who are you?” Rin asked with a large smile plastered on her face.
“Kagome.”
“Is Kagome-chan staying with us Sesshomaru-sama?” Rin asked turning to Sesshomaru.
“Hai, she will become your sensei” Sesshomaru said as he remained impassive as servants came in serving their lord and his guests.
Kagome and Rin picked up their spoons and began eating the miso soup that was set before them.
“Aren’t you eating?” Kagome asked Sesshomaru who was looking at her with interest.
“Iie.”
“Why not?”
“I do not eat human food?”
“Why?”“You ask too many questions Miko.”
“How many times do I have to tell you that my name is Kagome!”
“Lower your voice.”
“Hai, my lord” she bit out with sarcasm.
“Kagome-chan are you going to be Rin’s new mother?” Rin suddenly interrupted.
“…” Kagome was at a lost for words for when Rin said that, she thought of her own adopted son, Shippo.
“W-why do you ask Rin?”“Because Kagome-chan is sitting in that chair” Rin said pointing at Kagome’s chair.
“Sesshomaru?” Kagome looked to him for an explanation wondering what could be going on.
“You have seated yourself in the chair that is reserved for the The Lady of the Western Lands” he said with a smirk on his face.
After a minute of thinking over what he had just said Kagome realized what that meant; she began blushing a bright red from embarrassment.
“T-the Lady of the Western Lands, you mean in that I would be your wife?”
“Hai, in human terms.”
“Oh, then umm I should” Kagome was getting up out of the chair when a voice stopped her.
“Stay seated and finish eating” Sesshomaru spoke out not wanting to admit that he wanted her to stay by his side.
“O-Okay” Kagome sat back down in the chair and picked up her fork but she wasn’t able to eat anything. After a moment of just listening to Rin talk another person entered the room.
“Kagome, Tora will teach you in your Miko powers” Sesshomaru explained motioning for Tora to come forward.
Kagome looked upon Tora in wonder. He was a little shorter than Sesshomaru but had orange hair with black stripes in it, yellow eyes, and an upside down teardrop on his forehead. Also over his eyes and down to his cheeks were two identical orange stripes; around his waist was also a black and orange tail, from his appearance Kagome could tell that he was a tiger demon as his name stated.