InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Begging For Mercy ❯ One Step Closer ( Chapter 9 )

[ X - Adult: No readers under 18. Contains Graphic Adult Themes/Extreme violence. ]
Sesshomaru was perched in his tree until he smelt a familiar scent coming from the well. She had finally returned. Jumping down from his perch, he silently made his way to the well and waited to see her hands on the lip of the well before he put his hands on hers and helped her out of the well.
At her shocked look, he smirked at her, apparently she hadn’t expected him to come retrieve her, “welcome back, Kagome, I thought you were going to be gone for a week, it’s only been 5 days,” he asked her as he finally let her hands go.
“I wanted to come back early so that I could begin my training with you at dawn,” she told him and he was shocked. She really was serious and dedicated to the cause of her training. “Very well Kagome, I will wake you at dawn. You should really get some sleep because I won’t be taking it easy on you,” he told her and led her back to the village to the hut.
“Goodnight Sesshomaru,” she said and gave him a soft smile and entered the hut. He let a small, barely noticeable smile grace his lips and took a deep breath. What was this little miko doing to him and why was he feeling these…emotions?

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“Wake up, miko,” she heard his voice but was trying to ignore it, she really didn’t want to wake up, she was so comfortable.
“If you do not wake up, I will leave and you can forget about ever training under me,” he warned her. That had her eyes opening and she sent a glare at him.
“Well aren’t you just downright cruel,” she pouted. “Yes, indeed, I am, Kagome,” he smirked at her look and motioned for her to get ready, “join me half way into Inuyasha’s forest, there is a large clearing there that I will be training you in,” he told her and left the hut, going to where he wanted them to train at.
When he was gone, Kagome stuck her tongue out at him and changed into the clothes she had bought purposefully for this training. She was sort of looking forward to this training with Sesshomaru, it would really test her abilities and make her stronger.
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Kagome entered the designated clearing and her jaw almost dropped at the sight of Sesshomaru’s now bare torso. She gulped a little bit and cleared her throat to get his attention, “let’s get started, shall we?” she asked.
Sesshomaru gave her this devious smirk that sent shivers down her spine before he charged at her, “defend yourself and use your senses to pinpoint my attacks. When I am attacking, be sure to block your vulnerable spots, you do not want me to get the upper hand in this match. This training will train your senses as well as your reflexes,” he instructed and she did as told
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A few hours later:
Kagome panted as she lay on the ground, Sesshomaru had kicked her ass all of the clearing and he had meant it when he said he wasn’t going to take it easy on her, but she was glad he didn’t take it easy on her. She wanted to get stronger and she knew asking him would be her best bet.
“We’ll take an hour break and start training you with the swords, Kagome, you get something to eat,” he told her as he sat down next to her. He had built up only a little sweat and the miko couldn’t help but to watch as a small drop trickled down his very well built chest. When he caught her staring, she ‘eep’ed and blushed brightly.
“Was there something about this Sesshomaru that had you staring at him?” she could hear the smirk in his voice and she glared at him, “hush,” she pouted and stood up, stretching her arms above her head and she felt her spine crack. Her muscles were so sore but she knew it would pay off.
She smiled and waved at Sango and Miroku, noticing that she hadn’t run into Inuyasha once since she’s been back. For that she was grateful because she REALLY didn’t want to deal with him. She ate her lunch and drank a bottle of water she had brought before going back into the clearing.
Seeing him practicing with his restored left arm left her in amazement as she watched the graceful fluidity that was his movements. He really was the killing perfection as his name so dubbed him. There was no flaw in him or his performance.
Sesshomaru knew she was there and knew she was watching him so he turned towards her and started walking towards her. “That’s the second time you were staring at me, Miko, is there something you would like to say?” he asked, getting a gleam in his eyes that was easily replaced.
She squeaked and shook her head, “no sensei, was just admiring how good you were, I can’t wait until I can do all that with the grace and flawlessness that you carry,” she said, a tone of envy laced within her voice. “If you do you as I say and train with me every day, all day, then you will be Kagome,” he told her and handed her a practice sword.
“We’ll move on to actual swords when I know you are ready for them,” he told her and walked until he was a fair few feet away from her. “Come at me with the intent to kill, I am going to train you in offensive and then after a couple hours of that, we will switch to you defending. Also, remember to defend your vulnerable spots when I counterattack,” he told her.
She nodded and charged at him, her sword clanging against his as he pushed her back with his defense “Again!” he ordered and she did so once again. This continued for a few hours before he had her switch to defense.
Sesshomaru watched as she began to defend herself from him easier, she was already adapting to this quickly which meant that she was a quick learner. Making sure he was still paying attention to her counterattacks, he vaguely watched her stomach muscles tighten as she pushed against him to try and remove his sword from his person.
She was a thing of beauty when fighting and he couldn’t wait to spar with her for real with actual swords when he tests her progress.
After another hour of defense, he disarmed her and sent her sword flying through the air, the bokken imbedding itself in the ground. He watched her chest heave as she panted; sweat trickling down into her cleavage which affected him in a way he didn’t think was possible.
“We will stop until this evening and then we’ll do the same routine, you did excellent today Kagome,” he told her, complimenting her.
The grin that lit up her face had caused his chest to tighten; he hadn’t seen her grin like that, ever. He watched as she bowed to him.
“Thank you, Sesshomaru-sama, this means a lot to me that you are training me, I finally won’t be useless,” she muttered. Sadness immediately clouded her aura and scent which caused him to growl; his half-breed, dim witted half-brother was the cause of her feeling so useless. Walking over to her, he lifted her head up with his thumb and forefinger. “You were never useless, Kagome. You were able to send Tetsusaiga back to its original state when you were a mere slip of a girl with no control over her powers,” he told her.
Their eyes met and he saw a small smile pull at her lips, his eyes drifted to her full lips, fully tempted to capture them with his own. His head descended towards hers, their eyes slowly sliding shut and their lips were a breath away from each other.
His left arm went around her waist while his right hand removed her hair tie so that it can bury in her thick tresses. He closed the distance between them and captured her lips with his own, groaning at the softness of them.
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