InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Of Miko Training and Duels ❯ chapter 3 ( Chapter 3 )

“If the will is strong enough, yes.” She finally. “And it is the strongest. It has only been done once, though, by the women who taught my master.” She saw Kagome's eyes widen and knew she had done it as well. “I shall not try to break yours, then.” She went on. “If you can do that then I'm not even going to try.”

 

Kagome, though shocked that Kikyo had even thought about breaking into her mind, said, “How would you do it?” she was very curious. She had known that Kikyo had had other students that she had taught…so had they all found it easy? Had they all had Kikyo break into their minds? Did it hurt?

 

“I would enter into your mind, in a sense, and try to find you.” She watched as Kagome expression changed from one of slight horror and curiosity to only curiosity. “Then I would be able to read your thoughts.” She didn't add that it could be painful if Kagome struggled a lot.

 

“Why don't you try?” Kagome said. “I mean, it doesn't seem like it really would be all that hard…”

 

“It's more complicated then you imagine.” Kikyo said. She was starting to get annoyed with all of the questions. It was not up to her to question what Kikyo did and didn't do. “If you tried it on me you wouldn't be able to get very far, if anywhere at all.”

 

“Can I try anyways?” Kagome said. “It seems that it could come in handy if I needed to predict someone's move or something.”

 

Kikyo, laughing on the inside that this girl thought she would be able to get into her mind, said, “If you wish, but when you collapse I shall not try to revive you.”

 

Kagome just rolled her eyes, muttered about mean people, and asked, “Ok, what do I do?”

 

This time Kikyo really did laugh. “Think,” she said, knowing she was going to be saying that word for a while now. “Think yourself into my mind. Once there you must break through my defenses. But…” she paused a moment, wondering if she should tell her and decided to. “But you will leave your mind open to me as well.”

 

For a moment Kagome looked scared again, as though someone entering into her mind was going to be the end of the world. Finally, after biting her lip for a few moments in thought, she said, `Fine then.”

 

“Sit,” Kikyo said, and Kagome did as she was told, making sure that she was able to see everything that Kikyo did. She didn't know if it was possible for someone to cheat somehow but she didn't want to leave anything open.

 

“Ready?” Kikyo asked and Kagome nodded.

 

“Ok, then, think.” And Kikyo closed her eyes, Kagome a beat or so behind her.

 

Kagome thought, and she thought hard. She tried to imagine herself going inside of Kikyo's head, fitting herself into her skull. For a moment nothing happened. Then, slowly, she saw an image forming in her minds eye. It was an empty space, like the one in her mind, but it was filled with purple and orange fog stuff, and it was also mixed with a lot of black.

 

`I must be inside her mind.' Kagome thought, standing up. `But where are her walls?' she looked around, but she couldn't see anything. Finally deciding to walk a bit to see if she could find anything she took a step forward.

 

Almost at once she was thrown back by something that she couldn't see. Opening her eyes, she looked up. A wall, made out of the fog stuff under her, had just formed out of nowhere.

 

`I guess it took a second for her to raise her defenses?' Kagome asked herself. She was about to take a step forward to examine the thing when she felt something, something in her head. Almost at once she tried to block the thing, which she thought might be Kikyo, out.

 

With Kikyo…

 

For a moment she waited, wanting to see if Kagome would be able to get into her mind. It was a while before she felt anything, so long that Kikyo had thought Kagome might just have gone to sleep. She was successful, Kikyo found out after a moment, when she felt a unpleasant sensation in her mind, as though someone was entering it.

 

At once she felt her walls and such go up and she again closed her eyes, now concentrating on Kagome's mind. It took her a moment to find where Kagome's mind was, it was so deep inside of her, inside her soul really, and that confused Kikyo. How was Kagome able to have such a large soul that it filled her and every part of her was buried in it?

 

Pushing this aside to think about later, she slowly entered Kagome's mind so that she wasn't to notice her right away. It worked to a point, she knew Kagome might know something was up, but she wasn't doing anything. Kikyo took a moment to look around her and below her, at the swirling colored fog under her feet. It was Pink and blue, but she saw it shift every once in a while to show black and white, always touching and swirling around each other, inside the other two colors.

 

She took a step or two forward, and at once knew that she shouldn't have agreed to go into her mind. Walls, many different kinds, came up around her, not just around Kagome inner self. This confused Kikyo as well. Only the most powerful miko's should be able to capture anyone in their mind…or send things against said intruder. For that was exactly what Kagome was doing.

 

After the walls went up around her, things, many things, made out of what seemed night and day, black and white, came out of the walls and advanced slowly on her.

 

“Kagome.” She said. “Call these things off, you do not want to kill me.” For a moment the things kept moving…then stopped…then, slowly as before, they went back inside of the walls, which stayed up.

 

`Well, if she's going to play that way I'll let her.' Kikyo thought, sitting herself down. She didn't want to die and she didn't want to have to rain herself, and maybe die anyways, trying to break herself out. Kagome was very powerful if she was able to change her barriers a will to suit her needs. Kikyo was no fool, she'd wait this out, no matter how long it took.

 

With Kagome…

 

After that little fright of feeling Kikyo inside her mind, and hearing her inside her head as well, Kagome took a moment to settle her nerves. How for had Kikyo gotten without her knowing? How much did she know about her?

 

`Ok, it's alright.' She told herself. `Let's just see how far I can get.' For a moment she was still. Then, gathering her courage, she stepped forward again, towards the first wall, and reached her hand out. The second her hand connected with it, she cringed, thinking something would happen to her…but nothing did.

 

Looking up...and up and up and up, Kagome saw that climbing wasn't an option. Sighing, wondering if she would be able to get out or through this wall, she leaned against it. She really didn't know any skills, so she thought about it some more..

 

`Well,' she finally decided, pushing herself off of the wall. `I think that I might just let Kikyo train me then try this later. It be better then, right? I'd find out a lot…right? Now…how do I get out?' but she thought she knew the answer. She thought about leaving Kikyo's body, leaving her mind, everything.

 

And it worked. She felt herself being pulled out, away from Kikyo, and found herself outside…of everything. She wasn't in her body at all, she seemed to be floating in the air, suspended by…something.

 

She saw Kikyo open her eyes and look around, then at her, Kagome's, body. She suddenly sighed and said, “You must think yourself back into your body as well. Otherwise you'll just be a spirit or so.” Kagome rolled her eyes, thinking that Kikyo had purposely not told her this. But she did as she was told and soon was opening her eyes, and yawning.

 

“Enough,” Kikyo said after Kagome had closed her mouth. “Bed, it's late and there is much to do tomorrow.” Kagome only nodded, and looked around, opening her mouth to ask where she was to sleep.

 

“There is a futon over there,” as Kagome crawled into it Kikyo said softly, as though to a sister, “Goodnight.”

 

Four days later with Inuyasha and the others…

 

“Do you smell them?” Sango asked, looking in front of her, searching for Inuyasha.

 

“No,” Inuyasha said from within the trees. “Not even a little bit.”

 

They all knew that Inuyasha wasn't suppose to go after them but…if they only used him to smell them out then made him go back, Kikyo need never know that he had gone after them at all.

 

“Keep looking,” Miroku said from behind Sango. “They can't just have vanished.”

 

They didn't get a response…well, not a clear one, only some growls and cursing.

 

“Do you really think we're going to find them?” Shippou said. “It's been…um…a week or so.”

 

“Three.” Miroku corrected. Shippou, he noticed, had been losing track of things ever since Kagome left. He understood, to, why. Kagome was like a mother to him and being away from her for so long must have been taking a toll on him.

 

“Well find her,” Sango said. “Soon, we'll find her soon.” Shippou only nodded, though he seemed to be not really listening. Miroku and Sango exchanged worried looks but they didn't say anything about it to Shippou.

 

It was a few hours later, near dusk, when they all decided to turn back. It had been like all of the other days: nothing was found. They came in sight of Kaeda's hut and landed, walking the rest of the way. No one really talked, they knew it would only piss someone off. Everyone had been on edge of late, and it wasn't helping that they were all prone to sudden out bursts.

 

Entering the hut, they sat themselves down, ate the food Kaeda her prepared, and go ready for sleep. It came to none of them fast, butt soon enough all but one were in dreamland. Inuyasha, wide awake, whispered into the night, “I miss you.”

 

With Kagome and Kikyo…

 

“Aim higher!” Kikyo barked out to the girl holding the bow. “You're arms are starting to lag. Again!”

 

Grumbling, Kagome raised the bow she was holding and shot the arrow at the target in front of her. It hit the second ring from the eye. Cursing herself mentally, she turned to Kikyo and said, “We've been doing this all day! Of course my arms are going to lag! They're tired!”

 

It had been three weeks already, and Kagome had grown so much. Even a lot of her fear and complaining had stopped. But she still, every once in a while, gave a sudden out burst. Sighing, and waiting for Kikyo to call out `again' Kagome raised her bow.

 

But Kikyo never spoke the word, she only said, “Are you the training master? No, so do not complain, I thought you were over that.”

 

“I am!” Kagome said. “I am now, hurry up!”

 

But Kikyo only stood there, watching Kagome. Finally she walked away and said, “Follow, it is time for fist and swords.” She heard Kagome sigh, but ignored it.

 

They walked deeper into the cave, coming out on the other side which offered more room for them to move around in.

 

“Just as before, with your boy and arrows.” Kikyo said. “You must…”

 

“Think about the sword coming into being.” Kagome finished. “I know.” Kikyo ignored her and drew her own sword for the air. Kagome took a moment, tired form archery, but finally she was able to draw one from air as well. She was the same color as her energy, as was Kikyo, and it shifted color as well.

 

“Ready?” Kikyo said, but she didn't want for an answer. She knew Kagome would be ready anyways, no matter what. “Go!” she said, and lunged at Kagome.

 

And so went their routine. In the morning they got up early to eat breakfast, went out into what sun light there was, and started with new skills to train on. After a few hours, into the afternoon, they would move to the side of the mountain and practice archery, which Kagome was getting better at by the second. After that, towards dusk and night, they would start other forms of fighting: fist, fencing, such things like that. After that, after they had eaten, they would go back outside and study from books or study the stars.

 

And it was apparent to Kikyo that it wouldn't take a year to get Kagome up to her level. And she really didn't mind. But, as she had promised a year, she would give a year…even if it meant that Kagome would be more powerful then she was.

 

A/N: Oh, like it? Ok, I cut off a bit, but I wanted to!! Heeheehee, have fun with it, and Ill update soon. If you're confused, good, lol. Anyways, more to come, and lots of things will be cleared up soon, ja ne!

 

--Nene