InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Bring Me to Life ❯ Just a Little Spar ( Chapter 13 )

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Chapter 13 : Just a Little Spar
It was her last day here; she would be going back to the village tomorrow. She did not really wish or want to leave, but she did miss Shippou a great deal. He, Miroku, Kaede, and Sango were probably worried for her health. Kagome sighed. She was happier here with Rin and Sesshoumaru, but she could not just forget Shippou or her friends, and she could not trust Inuyasha to watch the village for too long. She had to go back tomorrow. She had spent half a week longer than she had meant to. If she stayed much longer, she would never leave. With that resolve she set out to find him, but was having trouble. He was not in the halls anywhere. She passed a room, then stopped and walked back to it. It felt as if he was in there, so she took her chance and knocked.
"Come in." He knew it was she that was knocking. Quietly she opened the door, slipped in, and closed it back.
"M'lord?" She asked quietly.
"Yes?"
"It has been a week and Rin is better now. Do you believe you could drop me off in the forest near the village tomorrow? I'm afraid that if I stay much longer, I'll never want to leave. I don't want to leave, but Shippou needs me, too."
"The kitsune?" She nodded. "Very well. I will take you tomorrow morning."
She smiled and bowed, "Thank you, Lord Sesshoumaru." She quietly started to close the door, but stopped again when he said her named again.
"Kagome," she turned to look at him. "How did you know I was in here?"
"Mmm." Kagome thought a moment. "I was just walking by, then I felt that you were in here when I passed the door."
"That's odd. I have never known a miko to have such capabilities." Kagome just shrugged. She then bowed again and left, closing the door behind her.
As she was walking down the hallway, she met Sen and asked her if she would like to go train in the dojo.
"I don't know.. are you sure you should? You've seemed kind of tired lately."
"It's because I haven't been able to do anything. I haven't been able to release my miko energy much, and it's hard to keep them from flunctuating. That's why the barrier formed around me when you all put me in my room." Kagome smiled slightly. That was only half the reason why she was tired. She also thought she had caught Rin's sickness. They then gathered some training clothes and headed to the dojo.
When they got to the dojo, they quickly changed. Each was wearing short pants, and shirts with three quarter inch sleeves. Kagome's was slightly lose, but mostly form-fitting and solid black, but Sen's was a deep gold color, that matched her hair. Sen braided her golden locks back, whereas Kagome had braided hers, but twisted it into a tight bun, and put one of her own black elastic hair ties on to hold it, as well as a black scrunchi.
They each drew swords and attacked. The cling of metal against metal rang through the dojo, and echoed through the halls as each matched the other with every movement, and ended up in a battle of strength, where neither could seem to win. Sen seemed surprised with Kagome's skill with a sword as well as her strength. Sen was giving her all, yet this human woman could match each blow she delt, and would not yeild in their battle of strength. Kagome, however was not surprised. She figured that even Sesshoumaru's servants would be well-trained fighters. She figured the demoness was holding back even more than she was. "Shall we take it up a notch?" Kagome smiled, and Sen nodded. Kagome attacked quicker than she had before, swiping the sword dangerously close to her opponent. Luckily, Sen managed to dodge, though she did not get a chance to attack back. She was surprised when Kagome's purifying powers radiated from her body and into her sword. Now when the sword would barely miss, she would feel an uncomfortable tingle surge through her. "Dodge or defend!" Kagome called, "I recommend dodge, though!" With that Kagome's eyes seemed to glow, and the purifying energy in her sword increased and with a mighty slash a wave of her purification powers surged through the air in a tangible image. The demoness barely had time to dodge before it was too close to matter. Kagome then attacked again, her eyes alight with pent up energy. She moved faster than she had before, her movements as swift and fierce as an agile river, then she froze, dropping her sword. "Sen. Go, hurry!" Sen however was confused and was fixing to ask why. "NOT NOW, JUST HURRY AND GO!" A rippling energy had began to swirl around her, and suddenly Sen understood; Kagome couldn't hold it back any longer. She exited the dojo as quickly as she could, but ran into Sesshoumaru who had appearantly come to attend to the racket. "RUN!" She screamed and got up and flew on down the hall. Sesshoumaru merely walked about twenty feet from the door and stopped. After he had turned, a brilliant pink blast erupted from the dojo, knocking the door down, and all the weapons off the walls.
Kagome heaved a heavy sigh and stood up, dreading what it must look like. She glanced around and winced. She knew there had been such a loud clatter for a reason. The weapons were scattered all over the floor. "Sesshoumaru was bound to hear that. Well, I hope Sen got away." She glanced around again, and saw Sesshoumaru standing in the doorway, where the door.. use to be. She gulped as he slowly walked toward her. She looked up at him as he stopped in front of her. Kagome smiled slightly, her brow furrowed. "I'm sorry. It was an accident." She endured his silence for a few moments, wondering what he would do or say.
"I do believe you scared the hell out of Sen, and all the other servants. Now no one will spar with you." Kagome sighed.
"Well, I have to pick up all these now, so I don't have time to spar anymore."
"We can spar later, after this mess is cleaned up, but right now, I think it's time we eat something." Suddenly, several edgy looking servants had entered the dojo and began cleaning up the mass mess of weaponry.