InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Love From the Ashes ❯ Final Battles For Dummies ( Chapter 20 )
[ Y - Young Adult: Not suitable for readers under 16 ]
Disclaimer: All Inuyasha characters belong not to me, but to Rumiko Takahashi and related companies. No money is being made off of this fic. Yuji is belonging to me.
(A/N): We're skipping a bit, >< I hope that's ok. I'm sure you get the gist of what'll be happening during training, etc. Some will be recounted by the characters. "Don't panic! Don't panic-- Arghhh!"(Kyo - Furuba)
--Ugh, I'm so disoriented lately, I totally forgot about posting, I'm going camping in a two days with a large group and two others and myself have to sort over 400 dollars worth of groceries and precook a ton of pasta. So much for roughing it.*making excuses*
--This may have quite a few mistakes, I'll try and go back over it, point out any mistakes to me if you can.
The Western Estate . . . Days Later.
"Expand it, but don't let it thin" Miroku continues to tap at the small barrier in equally spaced intervals. Since Keade was back at her village, he had been given the duty of helping Kagome gain her barrier, leaving Sango to spar with one of Sesshoumaru's warriors.
"concentrate; don't strain yourself . . .scrunching up your face does not pull the power to the surface faster" her face relaxes. The lavender sphere of power protecting the small teacup expands. Miroku continues tapping, he watches as she starts to twitch in time with his taps until-- the barrier disperses. She gasps at the release of tension.
"Take a break" Miroku stands walking to the tree closest to the estate. They were currently in the garden built for Sesshoumaru's second wife, Hitomi. From what he knew he had at least four, all political of course, given to 'appease the reigning lord' and keep the people protected. Juri: a crane youkai, Hitomi: a fox youkai, Minami: a lower dog youkai, and Jun who was not even a woman, but a male deer youkai from a herd inhabiting one of the western land's many forests. Miroku sighs, he most likely seemed irritable to the young girl-- and he was, in all fairness. Since they'd arrived they had all been training nonstop, stopping only to sleep and replenish their strength. As on alert as they were the training was not all train-till-you-drop physical. They alternated between those days and ones focused on knowledge-- they brain stormed strategies or playing war games, working on their senses, and detecting enemies. This way if some of them were worn out, the others would still be able to defend them if something happened. This however left little time for him to be with his mate and it was . . . decidedly hard on them both-- one or the other too tired to do anything but fall asleep in the other's arms. Inuyasha's best match for training was his brother, and so they couldn't be together even then, and Miroku's training was mostly alone or with Sango. When he was not doing that he was here in the garden instructing the miko from the future. He could not throw himself into this as much as Inuyasha could his training, and so it was a bit harder on him.
Miroku folds his arms against the tree, lying his head there, he closes his eyes. He allows his mind to drift for a moment, noting with a bit of disappointment that this tree did not hold the same calming energy the Goshinboku had. 'I want this to end . . . Inuyasha'
Kagome stares at her hands. Miroku was . . . bothered by her, she could tell. She sighs 'of course he is. I'm getting nowhere with this! I can't even protect a teacup, let alone Shippo!' She shakes her head 'no, that's not the attitude to have-- I will master this! I have to!'
=-=-=-=
"Focus, Shippo!"
"right!" Shippo presses his index and middle finger to his forehead, picturing the desired outcome, the tips of the two fingers glow with blue energy. There is a pop and he transforms-- the form is unsteady and drops almost immediately
"Replace the leaf in your mind kit, you don't need it. For now focus on your two fingers" Shippo nods staring at the dojo's floor. It was made of a charmed wood that lined the high ceiling and wall as well going in different directions to confuse the senses. He listens to the older youkai's voice, ingraining the words into his memory.
"Since you can't always count on the leaf, you need to be able to focus on your own body instead of foreign objects. Now, again!" A pop.
=-=-=-=
"You move like a herd through the forest" Inuyasha scowls as Sesshoumaru reveals himself a few paces away "you don't listen"
"what are you talkin' about?" this was the fifth time Sesshoumaru had heard him approaching. This wouldn't have been a problem if he hadn't been so far away. Apparently, news to Inuyasha, he wasn't exactly quiet when he moved through places.
"you try and walk about on your toes as to not make a sound, however that will do little to quiet your steps if you do not step correctly in the first place"
"well" Inuyasha folds his arms, irritable since the beginning of the day "if you weren't trying some kind of damned cryptic I could follow the instructions you've givin'!"
"Inuyasha" Sesshoumaru gives a disapproving look, he hadn't expected his brother and the monk to have bonded so deeply as to be physically effected by their split. Both developed quick tempers and loss valuable stamina in training. He would have to give them time together if they were to continue productively. Naraku had yet to discover their location, but this time was simply borrowed. "Let your knees absorb the impact of your step, to decrease the noise, once you have that down we can move on" Inuyasha grunts in response and with that Sesshoumaru resumes his previous position.
=-=-=-=
Glaring up at the youkai pinning her, Sango head-butts him
"Gah!" taking advantage of the distraction she wrenches her right leg free and slips it up between the body of her captor and herself, wrapping it around his neck from the left and slamming him face first into the floor. A cheer goes up in the group of spectators leaking in from the door
"don't call me sweet-face again" Sango stands, immediately falling back into stance. Her opponent, a brown snake youkai, jumps up scowling.
"I'll call you what I want, sweet-face" He blocks a back-kick, smirking, before he's again felled by Sango's fist when she pulls him in using her snared leg
"ha! Aki better be careful you might get hurt!" a jeer comes from the developing crowd
"yeh! that's Inuyasha-sama's favorite girl!"
"you're cocky . . .I'll get no training done without a challenge" Sango turns to Jakken, who had settled himself in the corner of the room at Sesshoumaru's order "I want a new partner!"
Jakken scowl, Sango resist the urge to throttle the toad, what was with everyone scowling today-- and at her?
"fine!" he snaps "Ryoku, take his place!" a cheer goes up
"fresh meat!" another jeer
'idiots, all men-- bypassing species, are idiots' Sango sighs as Aki protests
(A/N): Our team is having a bad day *bow bow* all men aren't idiots
tbc . . .
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(A/N): We're skipping a bit, >< I hope that's ok. I'm sure you get the gist of what'll be happening during training, etc. Some will be recounted by the characters. "Don't panic! Don't panic-- Arghhh!"(Kyo - Furuba)
--Ugh, I'm so disoriented lately, I totally forgot about posting, I'm going camping in a two days with a large group and two others and myself have to sort over 400 dollars worth of groceries and precook a ton of pasta. So much for roughing it.*making excuses*
--This may have quite a few mistakes, I'll try and go back over it, point out any mistakes to me if you can.
The Western Estate . . . Days Later.
"Expand it, but don't let it thin" Miroku continues to tap at the small barrier in equally spaced intervals. Since Keade was back at her village, he had been given the duty of helping Kagome gain her barrier, leaving Sango to spar with one of Sesshoumaru's warriors.
"concentrate; don't strain yourself . . .scrunching up your face does not pull the power to the surface faster" her face relaxes. The lavender sphere of power protecting the small teacup expands. Miroku continues tapping, he watches as she starts to twitch in time with his taps until-- the barrier disperses. She gasps at the release of tension.
"Take a break" Miroku stands walking to the tree closest to the estate. They were currently in the garden built for Sesshoumaru's second wife, Hitomi. From what he knew he had at least four, all political of course, given to 'appease the reigning lord' and keep the people protected. Juri: a crane youkai, Hitomi: a fox youkai, Minami: a lower dog youkai, and Jun who was not even a woman, but a male deer youkai from a herd inhabiting one of the western land's many forests. Miroku sighs, he most likely seemed irritable to the young girl-- and he was, in all fairness. Since they'd arrived they had all been training nonstop, stopping only to sleep and replenish their strength. As on alert as they were the training was not all train-till-you-drop physical. They alternated between those days and ones focused on knowledge-- they brain stormed strategies or playing war games, working on their senses, and detecting enemies. This way if some of them were worn out, the others would still be able to defend them if something happened. This however left little time for him to be with his mate and it was . . . decidedly hard on them both-- one or the other too tired to do anything but fall asleep in the other's arms. Inuyasha's best match for training was his brother, and so they couldn't be together even then, and Miroku's training was mostly alone or with Sango. When he was not doing that he was here in the garden instructing the miko from the future. He could not throw himself into this as much as Inuyasha could his training, and so it was a bit harder on him.
Miroku folds his arms against the tree, lying his head there, he closes his eyes. He allows his mind to drift for a moment, noting with a bit of disappointment that this tree did not hold the same calming energy the Goshinboku had. 'I want this to end . . . Inuyasha'
Kagome stares at her hands. Miroku was . . . bothered by her, she could tell. She sighs 'of course he is. I'm getting nowhere with this! I can't even protect a teacup, let alone Shippo!' She shakes her head 'no, that's not the attitude to have-- I will master this! I have to!'
=-=-=-=
"Focus, Shippo!"
"right!" Shippo presses his index and middle finger to his forehead, picturing the desired outcome, the tips of the two fingers glow with blue energy. There is a pop and he transforms-- the form is unsteady and drops almost immediately
"Replace the leaf in your mind kit, you don't need it. For now focus on your two fingers" Shippo nods staring at the dojo's floor. It was made of a charmed wood that lined the high ceiling and wall as well going in different directions to confuse the senses. He listens to the older youkai's voice, ingraining the words into his memory.
"Since you can't always count on the leaf, you need to be able to focus on your own body instead of foreign objects. Now, again!" A pop.
=-=-=-=
"You move like a herd through the forest" Inuyasha scowls as Sesshoumaru reveals himself a few paces away "you don't listen"
"what are you talkin' about?" this was the fifth time Sesshoumaru had heard him approaching. This wouldn't have been a problem if he hadn't been so far away. Apparently, news to Inuyasha, he wasn't exactly quiet when he moved through places.
"you try and walk about on your toes as to not make a sound, however that will do little to quiet your steps if you do not step correctly in the first place"
"well" Inuyasha folds his arms, irritable since the beginning of the day "if you weren't trying some kind of damned cryptic I could follow the instructions you've givin'!"
"Inuyasha" Sesshoumaru gives a disapproving look, he hadn't expected his brother and the monk to have bonded so deeply as to be physically effected by their split. Both developed quick tempers and loss valuable stamina in training. He would have to give them time together if they were to continue productively. Naraku had yet to discover their location, but this time was simply borrowed. "Let your knees absorb the impact of your step, to decrease the noise, once you have that down we can move on" Inuyasha grunts in response and with that Sesshoumaru resumes his previous position.
=-=-=-=
Glaring up at the youkai pinning her, Sango head-butts him
"Gah!" taking advantage of the distraction she wrenches her right leg free and slips it up between the body of her captor and herself, wrapping it around his neck from the left and slamming him face first into the floor. A cheer goes up in the group of spectators leaking in from the door
"don't call me sweet-face again" Sango stands, immediately falling back into stance. Her opponent, a brown snake youkai, jumps up scowling.
"I'll call you what I want, sweet-face" He blocks a back-kick, smirking, before he's again felled by Sango's fist when she pulls him in using her snared leg
"ha! Aki better be careful you might get hurt!" a jeer comes from the developing crowd
"yeh! that's Inuyasha-sama's favorite girl!"
"you're cocky . . .I'll get no training done without a challenge" Sango turns to Jakken, who had settled himself in the corner of the room at Sesshoumaru's order "I want a new partner!"
Jakken scowl, Sango resist the urge to throttle the toad, what was with everyone scowling today-- and at her?
"fine!" he snaps "Ryoku, take his place!" a cheer goes up
"fresh meat!" another jeer
'idiots, all men-- bypassing species, are idiots' Sango sighs as Aki protests
(A/N): Our team is having a bad day *bow bow* all men aren't idiots
tbc . . .
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