Yu Yu Hakusho Fan Fiction / InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Circumstances ❯ Training ( Chapter 4 )

Disclamier: I don't own Inuyasha or Yu Yu Hakusho

Ano.. can someone tell me how to spell tetsaiga? I'm pretty sure I'm spelling it wrong..

Ch.4

After their short little break, the continued walking until they reached a small forest. A villager had said a snake youkai had eaten several of the villagers and lives in the forest.

The forest was dark and quiet. Suddenly sensing a shikon shard, Kagome called out, "Up there! It's in the tree tops!"

Suddenly, a huge yellow and green snake fell from some tree branches and attacked. "Give me the shikon shards you possess!" It hissed. Kagome, using her new reflexes, quickly jumped out of the way with Shippo in her arms. The only ones who were surprised in her new speed were Inuyasha and Shippo.

Kagome clutched Shippo to her chest as she yelled, "the shard is in its mouth!"

"Keh, this will be easy!" Right as he was about to swing his transformed tetsaiga, a black blur appeared before the snake.

Flashes of metal could be seen. A few seconds later, Hiei appeared and sheathed his katana as the snake fell to pieces.

Everyone was shocked at how fast he moved. They only saw him as a blur.

Putting Shippo down, kagome walked over to the corpse and picked up the shard. As soon as she touched it, it was instantly purified.

"Good job Hiei!" she said with a cheery smile on her face. Hiei just `hned' while inuyasha `fehed'.

"That was amazing! I didn't even see you move!" Exclaimed sango.

"Yeah! It was really cool! Can you teach met to be fast like you? And maybe-" Shippo's sentence was cut off by Kagome's hand.

"Now now , Shippo, only one question at a time!"

"Okay okaasan!" Shippo jumped on Hiei's shoulder and started asking him many questions. Hiei either replied with very few words or didn't answer.

"Your probably annoying him runt!" scoffed Inuyasah.

"Shut up inubaka!" Shippo said as he jumped off Hiei's shoulder. He ran to Inuyasha and bit his leg before he ran into Kagome's arms for protection.

"Ow you stupid runt! Come here!"

"SIT BOY!" kagome yelled as Inuyasha fell to the ground. "You won't hurt Shippo!"

Inuyasha lifted his head from the ground. "What was that for you stupid wench?!"

"SIT!" Kagome screamed before walking off.

Hiei silently followed her with an amused smirk on his face.

Miroku and Sango just shook their heads. "Inuyasha, you really must treat Kagome better." Miroku commented.

"For once, I agree with the Miroku. You should try calling her by her name more often!"

Inuyasha pouted from his spot on the ground. "Shut up! No one asked you!"

Miroku just hook his head before walking the direction Kagome was heading. Sango and Kirara followed behind.

Picking himself off the ground, Inuyasha slowly walked back to everyone while grumbling to himself.

For the night, they stayed at the lord of the village's mansion as a show of gratitude for killing the demon. For dinner, they had a feast.

The guys and girls slept in different rooms, just down the hall from each other.

That night, Hiei silently slipped out of the boys' room and into Sango's and Kagome's. He swiftly jumped over to where Kagome was sleeping.

Using the sheath of his katana, he poked her. She moaned and rolled over in her sleeping bag with Shippo in her arms. "Kagome." He said quietly, yet sternly. She just buried farther into her sleeping back.

Annoyed, he let out a low growl. He softly took Shippo out of her arms and set placed him on the other side of the sleeping bag. Carefully picking kagome up, he jumped out of the room and slid the door closed.

Walking to the edge of the pond in the court yard, he dropped her in.

SPLASH! Kagome instantly sat up sputtering water. Her hair was stuck to her face, and she had lily pads and other assortment of plants on her.

Huffing, she moved her hair out of the way and looked for the culprit. Her eyes landed on Hiei, who was standing 2 feet away from her with his arms crossed and a satisfied smirk on his face. She gave him a death glare, which didn't seem to affect him at all.

She got out of the water and shook herself. She wrung out as much water ash she could out of her clothes. That's when she noticed her white top, was totally see-through thanks to th water.

"EEP!" Blushing, she quickly turned around and crossed her arms. She glared at Hiei over her shoulder. "Did you have to get me wet?"

He gave her a bored look. "You weren't waking up."

"And this is the only way you thought would wake me up?!" she yelled. She instantly covered her mouth, realizing how late it was and where they were.

She looked up at the moon. It was probably past midnight. "So why are we out here so late?"

Hiei resisted the urge to roll his eyes. This girl was a little ditsy. "Training." He said in monotone.

She clapped her hands together. "Oh yeah!" With her arms glued to her chest, she turned around to face him. "Well I need to change now thanks to you!"

Hiei threw her his cloak.

Kagome sighed. "How do I always end up wearing your clothes?" Turning around so her back was facing him, she quickly slid the cloak over her soaked body. Inside the cloak, she took off her shirt. Pulling it from the neck of the cloak, she wrung it out and set it on the grass to dry.

She turned around with her arms crossed. "Okay, so what are you going to teach me first?" she asked.

"First let's see what you can do. Run as fast as you can to the other end of the courtyard." He instructed.

She nodded. Closing her eyes, she focused. When she opened her eyes, she was in her other form.

Inhaling breath, Kagome bent her knees and ran as fast as she could to the other side. When she got there. She was surprised at how fast she moved. She ran back to Hiei and looked at him curiously.

"So how fast was I?"

"As fast as the hanyou."

She smiled. So she could keep up with Inuyasha huh? This might turn out to be fun!

"Next, let's test your strength." He lifted his palm. "Punch my hand as hard as you can."

She rose an eyebrow. He stared back with his palm held out. She sighed. Bringing her arm back, she thought about how inuyasha still loved kikyo. Anger flared in her eyes as she punched his hand with as much strength as she could muster at the moment. Caught up in her emotions, she accidentally used her miko powers, thus burning Hiei's hand.

Hiei just winced a little pit. He looked at his burnt hand.

Kagome looked at him apologetically. "Gomen! I didn't mean to! Here give me your hand!"

He lifted it to her, just as she said. She grabbed it lightly, and put her other hand carefully on the burn. Concentrating, her hand glowed pink, and his hand was healed.

Opening her eyes, she saw his hand in perfect condition. "Yay! I did it!"

Hiei withdrew his hand from hers and just stared at her. "You fully control your powers." He stated.

She blinked. Smiling awkwardly she nodded. "Yeah, but I'm getting the hang of it!"

"You are pretty strong. But we'll still need to built up your strength." He paused. "Do you know how to fight?"

"I can shoot arrows, and that's about it."

Coming to a silent decision, Hiei spoke. "I will teach you how to fight so you can protect yourself. The hanyou is only useful for so much."

Kagome frowned. She didn't like it how he kept insulting Inuyasha. "Hey! Inuyasha can do more than fight you know!" She then softly smiled. "But thank you for teaching me stuff!"

`Mood swings.' Hiei thought to himself. He threw his katana to the side and looked at Kagome. "Can you at least punch someone?"

Blushing Kagome nodded. "Iie, I've never been taught any martial arts…"

Hiei internally sighed. He sure had his work cut out for him. "First I'll teach you stances. Just watch and copy what I do."

"Ok!" Kagome's eyes straightened with determination. `I'll show Inuyasha I can protect myself!'

-Aie ya. I know it's a really really short chapter but whatever. I promise to make the other ones lengthier.. I'm stressed out from homework. But when I go on winter break I'll be sure to post a lot of chapters!