Yu Yu Hakusho Fan Fiction / InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ The Shadow Riders ❯ Back to School ( Chapter 12 )

Chapter 12~ Back to School

They were headed to swordsmanship when Kagome remembered to give them swords and strapped them to their waists. She grabbed their hands and walked into the classroom with the gang behind her, Kuwabara was still grumbling about not being able to find the kitty.

They walked into the dojo and sat patiently while waiting for the teacher to arrive. As they waited Rika and Zenji sat in Kagome's lap while the class wondered what the kids were here for and who the new girls were. This amused the pups to no end and they were about to lose their struggle not to laugh when the sensei walked through the door. Without looking at his class he said, "Kagome, there are three new students here today, would you please test and place them?"

"That won't be necessary," Kagome replied cool which immediately drew everyone attention. "I will be training them myself."

The teacher looked shocked for a moment then said, "Nani?! Why, you've refused to ever teach anyone before."

"That's not completely true, I've trained these two," indicating the pups in her lap, which the teacher finally noticed, "and I'm going to train these three because they're beginners. One is my sister, and the other two are very important to me, and I know for a fact that some of the students here would either treat them too harshly or do a botchy job."

The teacher nodded accepting her answer then asked a question, "Why are their children here? I can't have them running around with all these sharp objects around and without parental consent."

"I'm watching them for their parents for a while, they have parental consent, and as for swords, they're better with them than most of this class." The class gawked, and the teacher stood slack jawed for a moment.

"Now this I've got to see, they can't be more than six years old." The sensei said.

Rika and Zenji looked at Kagome for approval and when she nodded they walked to the fighting mat and drew their blades.

"Now, Zenji, Rika, I'm setting rules because of the confined space and the people watching. One, do not involve the crowd unless it's Hiei or me. Two, do not use anything but blades and hand-to-hand, that means no fans, and no darts and other concealable weapons. Third, and lastly, make sure they can watch what you're doing." Kagome said in a no nonsense kind of manner.

"Does that mean no blood and bruises?" Rika asked in all innocence, "And can I use my chopsticks?"

"Hey, if she can use her chopsticks I get to use my dirk!!" Zenji said with a little pout.

"Do you both agree to the terms?" Kagome asked seriously.

The two looked to be in deep thought for a moment, the Rika said, "No poison."

Which was quickly followed by, "No sleeping or paralysis powders and potions." They looked at each other and nodded while moving to opposite sides of the matt and taking an offensive stance.

Kagome walked to the middle of the mat and looked to each, "Ready?" They nodded. "Begin." She returned to her seat as they charged at one another, blades held high and a loud metallic clang rang through the dojo as they fought for dominance. Zenji threw their blades apart and dove in with the dirk, he missed however as Rika flipped over him and landed silently behind him. He quickly turned to face her and brought the dirk in close as he started to regain control of his katana. Rika used her chopsticks to get a hold of his dirk and twisted them; this caused his dirk to go flying at Kagome. She caught it easily and continued to watch the performance.

Zenji's katana arced quickly through the air straight for the top of his sister's head. Rika caught it barely an inch from her head with the chopsticks, and put the tip of her blade to his throat and said, "I win." She sheathed her blade and put the chopsticks back in her hair. Kagome threw the dirk back to Zenji who easily caught it and sheathed it.

"You just wait `til we do hand-to-hand, you may be more flexible and agile, but I'm quicker and stronger. You always win with the blade, and I always win in hand to hand." Zenji said to his sister.

"I know, I know, we're like two halves to a whole, thankfully I'm the better half." Rika said with a self-satisfied smirk.

"Hey, I resent that remark!!" Zenji said indignantly.

"I agree, you resemble that remark." Rika said with a laugh

"RIKA!!!!" Zenji yelled in mock anger, then he too began to giggle. They went from deadly swordsmen to innocent children in a matter of minutes.

The two wolf cubs returned to Kagome and sat in her lap. "Are there any more questions Sensei?" Kagome asked politely.

"Are those live weapons?" He asked stunned.

"What do you take us for, Amateurs?" Zenji asked indignant.

"Of course they're live, what's the purpose of practice weapons after mastery?" Rika asked sarcastically. "Besides, Auntie Kagome said practice weapons aren't the same as live, they feel different and react different, and she's right. They're slower and heavier, and it's easier to lose control over live weapons."

The pups looked like they were lecturing, they sat with their backs straight and noses in the air as they proceeded to tell the class of the Japanese katana history, from the first known sword and it's uses to modern day blades and the strengths and weaknesses of each type.

As the pups began to get into how swordsmanship is combined with the use of other weapons, the bell rang. The sensei, who had been gaping at their incredible knowledge, was abruptly brought back to reality. The students slowly came out of their fascinated dazes, and prepared to leave. The pups were smirking as the class left with awe written on their faces as they looked at them.

Kagome picked up the pups to head to the next class. They headed to archery and Kagome made twin bows and arrows for the pups; they were black with silver strings, and adjusted to suit their wielders. She then gave them quivers, Rika's arrows were silver fletched and tipped with black shafts, and Zenji's were black fletched and tipped with silver shafts. The black bows and quivers had their names etched in silver.

Hiei opened the door for Kagome and quickly followed her in with the rest of the gang, Yukina and Hiei sat on either side of her on the archery field. This class was made up of mostly the same students from their last class, except for a few more girls and some who had the elective later or not at all. Apparently, there was a new addition to the class today aside from the girls.

The sensei walked into the class and announced that four new students had joined the class. " They are Jaganshi Yukina, Ukimura Keiko, Rei Boton, and Hojo." Kagome inwardly groaned as she heard Hojo's name, apparently she thought this "out loud" as all her friends looked at her, including the pups. "Ms. Higurashi, please test the new students."

Kagome looked into her friends minds, and found that the girls could all use the bow, just needed more training to reach higher levels, like moving targets and catching arrow's flying towards them. "Ok, Hojo, let's see what you can do, and why have you joined this class so late?"

Hojo quickly picked up his bow and arrow and stood, "I joined this class so I could help you Higurashi-san. You're always sick and I thought I could tutor you so you wouldn't fall so far behind." There was a shocked silence as Hiei growled, then the pups burst out laughing, quickly followed by the remainder of the class, even the sensei was laughing. Hojo looked confused, he didn't understand why everyone was laughing.

Rika spoke up drawing the sensei's attention to the two pups for the first time, "A-Auntie Kagome, need kelp training, *laugh* as if, no one can beat our sensei." Zenji nodded his head in agreement.

Then Yusuke spoke up looking suspiciously at Hojo, "Why exactly are you so interested in Kagome?" Zenji quickly caught on glaring at the boy, and Hiei did his best to not get up and kill the boy for what he was reading in his thoughts.

Hojo innocently answered, "Kagome and I are going out and I wanted to spend more time with her. I figured this would be a good opportunity. Besides, I'm a master at the bow and I could always teach her new tricks."

Yusuke laughed, as did Kurama, Yukina, Keiko, Kuwabara, Boton, Zenji, and Rika. "That's funny, I doubt there is anything you could teach her, and there is no way you're dating my cousin."

"Oh, and what makes you say that?" Hojo's innocent act was abruptly dropped as he sneered at Yusuke. "Besides, what would a punk like you know about Higurashi?"

Now Kagome was getting mad. Hojo was taunting her cousin and acting as though he had some sort of claim on her. "I'm not going out with you, and if you'd take a blunt reply of, `I don't want to date you,' you'd know that, besides, I'm taken."

"That's right," Yukina piped in, "and no one can tell my-"

Hojo cut her off, "You're, you mean you're dating her!?!?!?" Hojo asked shocked.

Yukina sat there stunned for a moment, then got an evil look on her face, "Oh yes, Kagome and I have been going out for about three months now, you should hear her purr." Yukina was smirking evilly as she approached Kagome. Hojo looked horrified as Kagome pulled Yukina close and lowered head towards Yukina's neck.

"Oh, but I much prefer your heated moans, and the things you do to me with your lips." Kurama and Hiei were smirking as they watched the sister's toy with the poor boys mind. They were actually getting aroused by the sight, and it went to all new levels as Kagome began to suckle on Yukina's throat

"Ohhh, Kagome!" Yukina moaned loudly as she pressed herself flush against her body, "Harder!!" Her hands traveled down from Kagome's back as she grabbed her ass. Kagome slowly broke away as Kurama and Hiei started laughing at the show they had put on.

Yukina and Kagome pouted as they approached them, "You're no fun," Kagome complained.

"Yeah," Yukina agreed, "We had him believing us!" they were both silenced as the fox and koorime kissed them delving deep into their mouths. "But then again," Yukina muttered when they came up for air.

"This is good too." Kagome finished for her sister. "Anyways, as my sister was saying."

"Yes," Yukina said, "no one can tell my sister what to do!" She leaned back into Kurama's embrace as they resumed their seats. Hojo stared as he processed that she had a sister and that she was kissing the guy behind her. He was starting to turn red with rage when he recalled her voice as she said that she was taken, and it looked as though the guy behind her was the one she was dating. To Hojo's mind this meant one thing, he'd just have to show Kagome that he was better than that punk, and that he could be useful to her, after all there was no way either of them was better than him in archery,

"Look, I'll just have to prove to you that Kagome is mine and is better off with me than shorty over there. I challenge you to a competition, both you and Hiei, it will prove that I'm better for you and that I can take better care of you that anyone else." Hojo said with a confident air about him, everyone except Hiei, Kagome, Kurama, Hojo, Keiko, Boton, Yukina, Yusuke, Kamina, and Zenji began to laugh. Except for Hojo, his challenge was taken as a demon's challenge for a mate.

"Hojo, we accept, but know when you lose you are no longer allowed to have any contact with me. It is part of my beliefs that you don't have to understand, you must agree to this term if we are to enter this competition." Kagome said with a serious expression on her face, "It means to me you no longer will exist, and I to you will no longer exist."

Hojo looked at her with a smile, "Don't worry Kagome, I'll win, and you'll be mine, after all if he loses he can no longer have you right?"

"Not quite, you are the challenger, should you win, you must face him with his choice of weapon, should he lose, then I may no longer see him." Hojo just nodded.

As one, Kagome, Hiei, and the rest of her group turned to walk out to the archery field. Upon arrival Kagome turned to Hojo, "You may use the next ten minutes to warm up or what ever, then we begin, three arrows each the closest to the center at a distance of fifty feet shall be the winner." Kagome turned her back and marched back to her friends.

Kagome reached out to Hiei and he pulled her close to him. She wrapped herself around him and pulled him in for a kiss as their anger at Hojo dissipated into passion for each other. `You will be mine, I will never let him touch you.' Hiei whispered vehemently into her mind.

She replied by holding him even tighter and pulling the kiss to an even deeper level as she delved into his mouth and claimed his lips as hers. She wrapped her arms around his neck as he grabbed her ass while her legs wrapped possessively around his waist. She reluctantly pulled away so they could sit, she sat in his lap and they began to meditate so that they could control their anger and perform at their best.