Yu Yu Hakusho Fan Fiction / InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Circumstances ❯ Training cont. ( Chapter 5 )

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Ch.5

It had been a two weeks since that one night. Now each night, they would train until dawn. Hiei had taught her the basics. Kagome was a very fast learner, and she had already learned the basics to blocking, punching, and kicking.

It was a sunny day, and they were currently miles away from Kaede's village. Hiei had finally decided to move her up to sparing.

They were both sweating. Hiei was wearing just his pants and shoes, while Kagome was in a light blue tank top and dark blue running shorts. Her hair was tied back in a high ponytail.

Kagome was the first to move. She ran straight at him and jump kicked. Hiei quickly dodged it and countered with a punch towards the face. She barely blocked it with her hand, and retaliated by kicking towards his groin.

Hiei was able to read her every move. She was too predictable. He easily dodged her kicks and punches. But she was doing well for a beginner. Maybe it was her motivation that kept her going.

As he had suspected, Kagome had really strong miko powers. One day he had tried to use his jagan to peer into her mind, but there was a strong barrier keeping him out. He had slowly come to respect her. She had a fighting spirit and courage.

Over the past few weeks that he had been with the inu-gumi, he had noticed that Kagome started slowly maturing. And boy did he notice.

A punch was coming at his stomach, and he easily dodged it and tripped her. She quickly rolled back on her feet, and tried to swipe his feet from under him with a kick. From his point of view, he got a good look at her cleavage.

That small pause gave Kagome an opening, which she gladly took. She smirked before she quickly sprung up from the ground and kicked his chin.

Hiei was taken by surprise and was kicked backwards. He carefully flipped around and pushed off the ground towards Kagome.

She was too slow to block Hiei, as he tackled her to the ground.

They rolled around the grass a bit, as Kagome tried in vain to kick him off her. There was growling and snarls from the pair.

Panting, Kagome finally sighed in defeat beneath Hiei. She was hot, sweaty, and tired. But she didn't really mind the position she was in… `Bad kagome bad! What about Inuyasha?'

She frowned. Lately her eyes have been watching a certain crimson-eyed youkai. `What is Inuyasha to me? I mean even though he's selfish and a jerk, he could be kind and caring. Do I maybe… love him?' she blushed at that thought. `No, he loves kikyo…' she thought sadly.

Liquid fell on her face, disrupting her small conversation with herself. Then she realized what fell on her face. Hiei's sweat. She scrunched up her nose. "Ok then! Can we take a break? We're both sweating like crazy and I'm a little sore."

Hiei nodded and gracefully hopped off her. He grabbed his katana and walked into the forest.

Kagome got up from her position on the grass and wiped the sweat from her brow. She looked towards the direction Hiei went and smiled softly. Lately, she felt that Hiei and her were becoming close. At least she, out of the whole group, could understand him, if only a little bit.

She bit her lip and thought about their first conversation. A little while back, she asked Kaede what type of demon an ice and fire youkai was. That's when she learned he was a forbidden child. She really regretted confronting him about it. She hoped he would forgive her for talking about that.

Sighing, she headed towards the direction Hiei went. She was planning to go swimming in a lake she smelled not to far from where they camped.

After she had changed into her bathing suit with a t-shirt and shorts over it, she grabbed two towels. One for her, and one for Hiei.

As she walked into the forest, out of the corner of her eye, she saw flashes of metal. Her cattish nature implored her to go satisfy her curiosity. So she did.

Leaping into a tree, she jumped silently from branch to branch. In a small clearing of trees, she saw Hiei practicing with his katana.

Drool nearly came out of her mouth as she watched him. His sweat on his body made him shine in the sunlight. Her eyes went over his nice toned muscles, and watched as the sweat dripped down his chest.

She blushed as she realized what she was doing. `Must… stop… staring…!' she demanded to herself, but couldn't tear her eyes away from him.

She silently thanked kami that Kaede had taught her how to hide her scent. The first week, she started getting used to her animal form. She learned all new smells. She could identify anger, fear, nervousness, happiness, and many more. The two that made her blush the most was arousal. She learned that smell from when Miroku was peeping at Sango and her while they were taking a bath one night.

Hiei knew she was there. He could feel her presence. He could also feel her stare at his body. He smirked cockily.

Just as he was about to scare her, she suddenly disappeared. He would have to congratulate her later on her stealth. Focusing back on his katana, he continued practicing attacks.

While Kagome was admiring over the eye-candy (Hiei), she felt shikon shards coming towards the village, fast. She rolled her eyes. Koga was coming.

She left just as silently as she had come. Inuyasha was already alert and waiting. "I smell wolf." He spat out with disgust clearly written all over his face.

Soon, a familiar whirlwind of dust appeared in front of kagome. Right as Koga was about to take Kagome's hands, he was stopped by a katana on his throat.

He stayed still so the blade wouldn't cut his throat. He observed his opponent. `Who is this short guy that thinks he can keep me away from my future mate?!' he silently fumed. Using the shikon shards, he tried to run around him, but was stopped by the same youkai again.

Koga snarled. "Who the heck are you? And how do you know my mate?!"

"She's/ I'm not your mate!" Inuyasha and Kagome screamed in unison.

Hiei just rose an eyebrow. "She is unmarked, meaning she is not your mate."

Growling, Koga attacked. Hiei easily dodged it. Before a fight could get started Kagome screamed. "STOP IT!"

Both youkai came to a halt.

Kagome smiled. "Well, I believe some introductions are in order! Koga, meet Hiei, he's going to help us find the shikon no tama shards. Hiei, meet Koga, a friend and ally."

"Feh, what do you want mangy wolf?" Inuyasha asked, finally getting a chance to talk.

"I'm just checking up on my woman, seeing as she's in your protection. " Koga replied with a smirk.

Inuyasha fumed. He put his hand on the handle of the tetsaiga. "What did you say?"

"You heard me! Now I must be off." He held Kagome's hand again, earning growls from Inuyasha and Hiei. "I'm sorry my visit is so short, but I guess I'll have to trust the insolent puppy to watch over you. Good bye love." And with that he disappeared with a whirl of dust trailing behind him, and a grumpy inu hanyou.

Kagome rolled her eyes. Stupid canine breed and their possessiveness. She wasn't some stupid item.

Hiei narrowed his eyes at the direction the wolf went. How dare he call Kagome his when she was unmarked? He shook away those thoughts. He couldn't possibly care for her could he? She was obviously in love with the hanyou anyways.

His thoughts were broken when a towel appeared on his shoulders. Kagome smiled behind him. "I meant to give you this."

"Thanks." He muttered so softly that even Kagome, with her enhanced hearing, missed it.

She smiled softly before turning around towards Inuyasha. "Why do you guys always have to fight?"

"Because he's a baka wolf! Heh, but he always ends up running away" said inuyasha with a smirk on his face.

Kagome just ignored him and started walking back towards the forest.

"Hey wench, where are you going?" Inuyasha called after her.

Sango nodded disapprovingly. "Inuyasha! Treat Kagome with more respect and call her by her name!"

Inuyasha just grunted.

"I'm going to go swimming, is that alright with you your Royal Highness?" Kagome asked with sarcasm in her voice.

Inuyasha `fehed'. "Fine, whatever." And he jumped into a tree to keep an eye on everyone.

Sighing, Kagome continued walking. Soon she saw Hiei up above her. "Would you like to come?" she asked him.

Hiei just `hned'. Taking that as a yes, she kept walking.

Soon they entered a clearing. It was nice and peaceful. There was a huge lake, with many trees surrounding it. Flowers and wild grass grew along the edges, giving it a serene look.

Kagome breathed in the fresh air. In the blink of an eye, she was in her animal form. Her ears twitched as Hiei hopped from the trees to join her.

She took of her clothes revealing a dark blue bikini. The suit complemented her curves, reminding Hiei once again, that she was blooming into a beautiful young lady.

Walking towards the edge of the lake, she looked at Hiei. "Coming?"

He just leaned against a tree. She rose an eyebrow. "Oh, I get it, you can't swim can you? Or maybe you're just scared of water?"

Hiei glared at her. "Hn. Taunting me won't work."

Kagome frowned. "Come on, lay back and have some fun!"

Rolling his eyes, he just laid against a trunk of a tree with his arms crossed.

As quickly as she could, she ran over to him in a flash and pulled him into the lake with her. They both fell in with a big splash.

When Hiei came up, his long hair was in his face, and he did not look happy. Kagome just giggled and swam back underwater. Just as she was about to swim deeper, someone pulled her leg.

Hands grabbed her sides as she was suddenly launched into the air. Her eyes widened as she did a belly flop back into the water. Coming up, she sputtered water and glared at Hiei who was smirking, amusement dancing in his eyes.

She rubbed her probably red back. Belly flops really hurt. In retaliation, she splashed him with water.

Annoyed, he splashed her back. Soon it was an all out war. Kagome swam underwater and pulled on his leg to drag him down. When she succeeded, she tackled him, knocking the air out of him.

Reaching the ground, he kicked off and swam straight at Kagome. She tried to punch him underwater, but missed and he caught her wrist and got her in a headlock.

She struggled, but to no avail. Making noises, she was hoping he would get the point that she needed air. Understanding, he let her go as she swam to the surface.

Breathing in much needed air, she held her chest. Her heart was beating fast. She seriously thought she was going to drown. Soon Hiei popped out of the water.

Swimming over to him, she dunked his head under water. He just ticked her sides until she let go. Laughing hysterically, she failed to notice the sea serpent trailing behind her.

Right as it bit her in the thigh, she sliced it with her claws. Blood seeped from the wound and mixed in with the water. Knowing it would attract other creatures in the water, Kagome quickly swam to shore.

Hiei had smelt and seen the blood and quickly followed. As they reached land, he picked her up bridal style and set her down on the towels. He inspected her bite. IT was right on the under side of her thigh. Hiei let out a sigh of relief. It didn't look like it was poisoned. "Your all right. I don't think you were poisoned."

Kagome sighed. "That's good." Getting up, her right leg buckled underneath her. Hiei quickly caught her before she hit the ground. She smiled gratefully at him.

"What's wrong." He asked in monotone.

She scratched her head. "I think the bite numbed my leg."

He nodded and set her down on the ground. He picked up the towels and her clothing before he picked her up again. Carrying her bridal style, he went back to camp.

Sango and Miroku rushed to her when they saw her in Hiei's arms. "Kagome, what happened?"

"Are you ok?" Miroku asked.

Kagome just swatted away all questions. "I'm fine, just my right leg is numb."

Jumping to kaede's hut, Hiei set her down gently on the ground. She kissed his cheek. "Thank you Hiei."

He nodded slightly and disappeared back into the forest.

Changing into dry clothes, Kagome turned back into her human form and curled into a ball. It was time for a nice catnap.

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Later that night, Kagome saw Inuyasha walking around restlessly. "What's wrong inuyasha?" she asked in concern.

He stopped walking and looked towards the moon. "It's a full moon. Meaning I'm going to turn human tonight."

Kagome nodded her head in understanding. This was the one night Inuyasha hated the most.

"I'm going to go sleep in the forest."

"Why?"

"Because, I don't want to let shorty see me."

Kagome rose an eyebrow. "I doubt Hiei could really care…"

Inuyasha glared at her. "Well I don't want some stranger knowing my weakness!"

"But if you go into the forest Naraku's attachments could find you! Trust me, Hiei wouldn't use a weakness against you. It's against his honor."

Inuyasha pouted and crossed his arms. "Since when do you know so much about him?" he asked, jealously seeping into his voice.

Kagome smiled softly. "We've became friends over the past 2 weeks. Aw come on inuyasha, just trust me ok?" She tugged lightly on his hair.

He gave a slight smile. "Whatever. Go to bed, it's late."

She pecked him softly on the cheek. "Good night."

Inuyasha blushed slightly as he watched her walk away. He sighed loudly. He treasured these tender moments with Kagome, but he knew that in the future he's going to end up breaking her heart.

Hiei watched the little scene that went on between Inuyasha and Kagome with mild curiosity. `Hn. So he turns human on a full moon.' He was a bit jealous when Kagome kissed him on the cheek. He brushed that feeling off. `Humans and their emotions.'

Reaching into a pocket, he pulled out a stone. He had found it at the bottom of the lake. It was a dark blue mixed in with a lighter blue. It had reminded him of Kagome's eyes.

He jumped down in front of Kagome and scared her. She jumped back with a yelp. She was so caught up in her thoughts of Inuyasha, that she didn't sense him. "Oh, good evening Hiei. What brings you here?"

Hiei grabbed her hand and dropped the stone. She looked at it in awe. "It's beautiful…," she said as she gazed at it. The moonlight hit it, so it almost seemed transparent in some places.

"I found it in the lake." He said not looking at her face.

Smiling, she hugged him, startling him a bit. "Thanks Hiei", she murmured in his ear. Letting go, she waved to him. "Good night."

He watched her go with an emotionless mask on his face. He was thankful it was nighttime, for his cheeks were tinted pink.

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A figure snuck out of the hut in the middle of the night. Walking to an open space in the forest, it waited. Soon another figure came. They embraced.

"We're going to have to tell them soon." A female voice whispered.

Brown eyes filled with sadness. "I know Sango, I just don't want to hurt Kagome."

Sango hugged Inuyasha tighter. "I don't either. But we better tell her now before she finds out some other way."

The two lovers shared a kiss, while enjoying the presence of the other.

Little did they know, red eyes were watching them through a mirror.

Naraku brushed a hand through his long black/purple hair. "Well this is interesting. I could certainly use this to my advantage…" He smirked evilly as the image on the mirror changed to show a slumbering Kagome. "I'll get what I want soon enough."

Okay, this was a long chapter right? I'm not quite sure if I got Inuyasha's eye color right. What color are his eyes when he turns human? Sorry about the scatter ness in the story. That's just how my brain is. Pleeze R&R!