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Learning to Love	By : Ikaru Category: InuYasha > Het - Male/Female > Sessh?maru/Kagome > Sessh?maru/Kagome Views: 22062 -:- Recommendations : 1 -:- Currently Reading : 3
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Disclaimer: Me no own Inuyasha, me make no money either…T.T

Well here we are again, another day another chapter, hope you all are ready for it…so without further adieu…on with the show!

By the way special thanks to my ebil twin Duchess for helping me straighten out some of my dialog, much love to my twin!

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A few days passed and as expected the rumor mill was running full force with gossip flying about her and the guard that had escorted her. Ikaru sighed frequently when alone, but was happy to hear that all of the gossip was fairly standard; none she had overheard had contained anything that Heero seemed to have started. She was beginning to think that she might have misjudged him. She thought she might apologize to him so she went out to find him. Finding him was an easy task, but what she saw caused her to remain cloaked in the shadows and watch the scene play out before her.

Heero was standing facing another guard and his hackles were raised, he looked truly pissed off. The other guard was laughing. She held back, waiting in the shadows to satisfy her curiosity of how Heero would handle the situation. The fool could always be disemboweled later, as she was quite certain just what they were discussing.

“What’s the matter boy can’t handle the truth? It’s a well-known fact the princess is fucking the Scottish lord, they give themselves away every time they meet at one of those fancy parties. She only dances one dance and it is always with him and he is usually by her side making small talk and flirting the rest of the evening. So give it up, that foreign mutt has the only chance of bedding that bitch of a princess.” The guard roared with laughter. “You must think yourself quite clever boy, managing to sweet talk a dance or two out of the princess. So do tell, the boys and I have been wondering if it is true our lovely princess has as mighty a cock as her brother? You’re around her just about every day, seems to me like she has made you her bitch by now, so how’s your ass holding up boy. It must be terribly sore by now!” The guard finally doubled over laughing so hard tears streamed down his face.

His laughter was choked off when he was slammed against the nearby wall with a pink eyed Heero growling in his face as his claws pierced his throat.

“You know nothing about the Princess you dishonorable jackal. You make an ass out of yourself by jumping to conclusions based on fact less rumors and your own jealousy.” Heero growl digging his claws deeper into the fools’ throat; just when he was beginning to make pleasant gurgling noises Heero was hauled off his prey by four strong pairs of hands and thrown against the opposite wall. The fool was a leader of more fools it appeared as four more men joined the first who was coughing and trying to catch his breath. He managed to gurgle out a ‘Get him!’ before a coughing fit overtook him. The four men looked at each other, and then at Heero. A dangerous glint reflected in their eyes as they began to spread out and surround Heero.

He took his guard stance and readied for the first wave of attacks to come, he didn’t have to wait long before they were upon him. As Ikaru watched from her hiding spot, she saw how adept Heero truly was at fighting. He was taking them on with apparent ease when the only weapon he had were his fists. As Ikaru watched she saw obvious improvement to his style, something that had always been lacking in their matches. Her eyes narrowed as anger bubbled deep within her. He would make a fool of her no longer; the next time they met for a practice spar there would be no more going easy on him, he would learn the hard way not to play dumb with her. As she continued to watch the battle Heero obviously had the advantage until one of the downed guards threw a handful of dirt in the air in front of Heero. Much of the dirt landed in his eyes.

Heero stumbled backwards until he hit the wall. The group of guards laughed as they began to circle him cutting off all routes of escape. Heero stopped rubbing frantically at his eyes and simply closed them as he returned to his defensive stance. Once again the group attacked and Heero was able to hold them back, finally managing to knock out the four that had come to the aid of the first. By this time Heero was starting to fade, he had sustained quite a bit of damage after his eyes had been hurt.

“You little bastard, I will see you punished for this!” The remaining guard growled as best he could with his damaged throat as he prepared to attack, pressing his advantage he jumped toward Heero intending to finish him only to find himself on his ass looking up at a very pissed off princess.

“It is your head that will be on the spit fool, you and your little band of whores.” Ikaru growled, the guard paled as he stood and began to stutter. “Come now boy show me how big of a cock you are sporting.” She said with an evil smirk, the guard looked like he was about to soil himself. He made an attempt to run, but was quickly knocked out by Ikaru. “Boasting fools like him are always trying to compensate for something.” Ikaru growled before turning back to Heero who was now trying to rub more of the grit out of his eyes.

“I’m sorry you had to see that milady.” Heero said bowing before beginning his rubbing anew. Ikaru grabbed his wrists and held them to his sides.

“Rubbing only makes it worse; I will take you to Hanaka to have them treated.” Ikaru said with a sigh. He followed her silently resisting the urge to rub his eyes. Once they were inside the main hall Ikaru sent several guards to gather the group that had attacked Heero and have them locked up till she had time to deal with them.

They quickly reached the Infirmary only to find that Hanaka had left to help in the delivery of a pup somewhere on the grounds. Ikaru called a nurse over and had her gather the necessary items to treat Heero’s eyes.

“Milady it is not necessary for you to treat me, I do not want to keep you from your duties any longer than necessary.” Heero said after she had instructed him to sit on one of the benches.

“You know I am the usually the one who takes over for Hanaka when she is otherwise occupied and I have the time or I would not still be here.” Ikaru said in a matter of fact way. “Now tell me Heero, how long did you know I was standing there?” She said in a deadly serious tone. Heero gulped before answering.

“From the moment he started talking about the Scottish lord.” Heero said and noticed she paused before continuing her treatment. He could already see well out of the eye she had just finished treating.

“So what caused you to become so agitated about what the fool was saying?” Ikaru said. Heero remained silent for a time causing Ikaru to throw guesses at him to get a rise out of him.

“So it wasn’t the comment about my cock that threw you into a fit then?” Ikaru teased.

“If I may milady, I don’t believe a lady of your position should use such language.” Heero reprimanded gently hoping she wouldn’t hurt him for speaking his mind, she merely chuckled as she finished his second eye. Handing him a bottle of some kind of fluid she stepped back to clean her hands.

“No I suppose I should not, but you still have not answered my question. By the way, before you retire for the night put some of that concoction in your eyes and by tomorrow you should be good as new.” Ikaru said wiping her hands on a clean towel.

“It was not what he said that upset me milady, it was the fact you heard what he said that made me angry. A lady should not hear those sort of things said about her.” Heero said after a few moments.

“Well thank you for trying to defend my honor, but it is not your place to do so. These sorts of rumors have been at my heels since I began wearing men’s clothes and speaking my mind. It is second nature for me to ignore them now.” Ikaru said with a smirk.

“I understand, I apologize milady.” He said bowing before leaving.

“Heero take the rest of the day off, return to your normal duties in the morning.” Ikaru said waiving a dismissive hand.

Later that day in the dungeon screams could be heard echoing from the captives. Ikaru had dealt out harsh punishments to all five of the men before giving them dishonorable discharges and ordering them banished from the western lands. None would ever be able to speak out against the west or any of its inhabitants again she had made sure of that. They were all lower level soldiers, and not very good ones at that, so there was no risk of them revealing any of the west’s secrets.

After leaving the dungeon a messenger ran to her delivering an urgent message. She mentally sighed as she looked over the message knowing that she would have to make an emergency trip to the East to deal with the problem. Sending the messenger off to rest, she headed toward her father’s office to let him know. Barely getting her hand up to attempt to knock she heard him call out for her to enter.

“One of these days I swear I will manage to knock before I enter this office.” Ikaru laughed as Inutaishio chuckled.

“What brings you to me musume?” Inutaishio said after finishing his signature on the document that lay before him.

“I just received an urgent message. I must return to the East to deal with the problem personally. I will be leaving at first light I just wanted to let you know.” Ikaru said with a sigh.

“Do you need me to come with you?” Inutaishio asked letting some concern filter into his voice.

“No I should be alright Papa. It shouldn’t take more than a week to settle the dispute.” Ikaru said rubbing the bridge of her nose to relieve the pressure building there.

“Will you be taking Kagome with you?” Inutaishio asked.

“No I don’t think this visit is the right time to introduce her, plus I doubt Sesshoumaru will be willing to let her far from his sight anytime in the near future.” Ikaru said shaking her head and chuckling.

“You’re probably right about that musume; she still has to be presented to the elder counsel as well.” Inutaishio said rubbing the headache forming in his temple.

“I will be back before they demand her presence. When I get back we will schedule an audience with them to introduce her.” Ikaru said.

“So who will you be taking with you?” Inutaishio said.

“The usual escort I suppose, we will have to pack accordingly the mountain pass this time of year often has unexpected snow storms blow in.” Ikaru said starting her mental list of preparations to be made.

“Oh dear one of your usual guards has fallen ill, I’ll send a replacement to you in the morning.” Inutaishio said to a very distracted Ikaru who only nodded before excusing herself to go and prepare.

On her way back to her room Ikaru ran into Kagome.

“Oh Ikaru, may I have a word with you?” Kagome said watching as Ikaru was knocked out of her musings.

“Huh? Oh yes of course sister come to my room we can speak as I pack.” Ikaru said ushering Kagome into her room.

“Pack? Where are you going?” Kagome asked as she took a seat on Ikaru’s bed.

“I just received a report about a disturbance in my lands that requires my personal attention. It shouldn’t take more than a week to handle.” Ikaru said with a shrug as she started to pack a large knapsack.

“I see. I hope it is nothing serious.” Kagome said concerned.

“I doubt it is, sister if there was something you wished to discus with me, you may want to tell me now because I will be very busy once I leave this room and I will be departing for the East at first light.” Ikaru said as she pulled the strings closed on her knapsack. Kagome sat there fiddling with the hem of one of her sleeves.

“It’s about the party a few days ago.” Kagome said fidgeting more as Ikaru sat beside her placing a steadying hand on her fidgeting ones.

“What’s the matter sister; you know you may tell me anything and know it will remain just between us.” Ikaru smiled reassuringly.

“Well I have been pondering it myself for the past few days and haven’t been able to figure it out. You see when we were at the party I saw things; they looked like strings tying people together. They were many different colors when I focused on them and when I wasn’t focusing on them they just seemed to disappear. At dinner time the last few days I tried to see them again and was able to see a brilliant red thread connecting Inutaishio and Izayoi, and warm pinks threads connecting the rest of the family. I have no idea what these are or what they mean.” Kagome said sighing in defeat. Ikaru sat in silence for a few minutes pondering.

“It sounds as if you can see the ties that bind Kagome. Mama told me about them once when she was explaining my own abilities to me after I moved here. She told me some rare individuals could see the strings that tie souls together. Those who are mated and truly care for each other would have a brilliant red string tying their souls together legends said, the pink thread is typical of a family that cares for each other, there are many colors and all have different meanings. It is a rare gift sister.” Ikaru said smiling to her.

“It is nice to know I’m not going crazy.” Kagome laughed.

“I wouldn’t go that far.” Ikaru chuckled as Kagome punched her in the shoulder. She stood and made to leave the room to set things in motion for her departure.

“Kagome I would keep this gift of yours a secret for now. Seeing the strings fate has bound can be seen as a dangerous ability by those who don’t understand it.” Ikaru said the warning clear in her voice.

“I will Ikaru; will I see you at dinner?” Kagome said.

“Yes, I will be gone before you break your fast though. You may come to see me off if you wish.” Ikaru smiled.

“I will. Thank you for listening to me Ikaru, I will see you at the evening meal.” Kagome said bowing and trying to leave but Ikaru pulled her back into a strong hug.

“I will always be here for you sister if you need me, never feel you are imposing on me in any way if you need someone to come to with your worries. You are my pack, my family now.” Ikaru said into Kagome’s dark mane. Kagome stiffened in her grasp for a moment before relaxing.

“It is nice to finally have someone I can talk to freely; you will forgive me if it takes time to get used to.” Kagome finally laughed when Ikaru huffed and shooed her out of her room before going off to finish preparations.

Before dawn the next morning a small squadron had assembled at the gates to the keep. Ikaru was about to kill her father when Heero rode up and took position among her escort. Unfortunately, time was of the essence so she satisfied herself by dislocating three of his fingers. His grunt of pain caused her to smile as she hugged a sniffling Inuyasha. Kagome and Izayoi also received hugs. Sesshoumaru stood a little awkwardly before giving his sister a hug as well and wishing her a safe journey. Ikaru mounted her giant black horse before calling out the order to head out.

When they reached the hill outside the gates Ikaru turned and reared her horse while waving fare well before she turned and galloped out of sight.

“I have never seen horses like those before.” Kagome commented idly.

“They are a rare breed of demonic horse. We breed them here at the castle.” Sesshoumaru said as he helped his father fix his fingers.

“I suppose I deserve this for setting that boy up with her again.” Inutaishio grunted as the last of his fingers was put back in its place.

“You bring it on yourself mate for teasing her so.” Izayoi said with absolutely no sympathy.

“You wound me dearest.” Inutaishio feigned a hurt look.

“I did no such thing.” Izayoi said as she scooped Inuyasha up and walked back into the castle.

“You really should not tease her so my lord.” Kagome said giving Inutaishio a withering stare. He had good enough sense to cringe guiltily as Kagome walked after Izayoi.

“Your mate is not one to be crossed my boy, take it from an old pro at crossing women.” Sesshoumaru just ‘hnned’ and followed the irate women. Inutaishio looked after his daughter one last time before going back into the castle to face the mound of paperwork waiting for him in his office.
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Well that’s it for this chapter. I know it is short , but it felt like the right place to end it. A few of you have been asking about Kagome’s new and special powers and now you have one of them. How this will help her in the future only time will tell ;)

I also want to make it clear that Ikaru cannot see the ties like Kagome can, Lady Serenity was explaining the changes she believed had happened to Ikaru’s body after her permanent move to the west after the death of her parents. Ikaru had asked questions and one of them had been about the legend of the ties that bind.

Next time we will be following Ikaru as she travels to the East. One of the last permanent characters will be introduced in the next chapter as well. Can you guess who it is?

Until next time all :)
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