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Hey there everyone. Thanks for waiting and I am sorry this
is later than I usually post, but I had a few things come up and had no choice,
but to postpone this story. Thank you to all of you who reviewed�they gave me
the inspiration to get this chapter out as soon as possible and I promise that
I will try to update as often as possible. Now that that�s over with, I just
want to say that I do NOT own Inuyasha or any subsidiaries within. Now that
only leaves me to say thank you for reading and I hope you enjoy.

As always, a special thanks go out to Sada, Paganstar21, and
my cousin Diana for helping me to aspire to so much more than I thought myself
capable of. My muses are truly magnificent creatures and without them, I would
be lost. Your thoughts and ideas truly keep me going. Much love to you.

Blood for Blood
Chapter 4
Training is full of Unexpected Surprises

Rising from my kneeling position, I step away from the
priestess before me and immediately feel my shoulders begin to relax. Her
answer to my request being the catalyst for the sag in my body and now that all
the built up tension in my muscles has been released, I feel a great weight
leave me and release the breath I had been unconsciously holding. Sitting
before the woman in expectant anxiety, determined to prove that I am not a
failure and that at some point I will be strong enough to become a force to be
reckoned with, I am patient as I wait for her to begin training me.

Apparently, whatever I am doing is enough for her to begin
my lessons because she rises from her seated position against the great oak
before me and makes a motion for me to stand as well. Maybe she was just
waiting to see if I can sit still for a few minutes or if I have enough
patience to even be worth the effort to train. Regardless, she looks me over
quietly for a moment and then speaks with a hard glint in her voice.

�Prepare yourself for an attack miko. I will use my powers
to immobilize you and you must quickly counter it if you wish to live.� Swiftly
removing a katana from her side, she moves her hand before her and a flash of
light is all the warning I have before I am encased in a powerful barrier. She
comes at me with much more speed than I would ever have given her credit for
and I react on instinct as I see the sword begin a downward descent toward my
head. Feeling my reiki flare about me, I push Kikyo�s powers away from my body
with enough force to have it collide with her own and duck quickly to the left
of her, just before being sliced in half.

Now that I am right beside her, I use my powers to
immobilize her in much the same fashion and once satisfied that she cannot
break free, I conjure a sword with my reiki and smile in delight when it forms.
Perhaps I do not require help from this dead miko after all. Lunging forward, I
see that her eyes are wide in surprise and then the hard glint of determination
lights her face and she breaks free of my hold as easily as I did, all the
while blocking my attack with her katana. Grinning wickedly at her, I move to
swipe her midsection when she feints sharply to the right and tries to take off
a leg. Knowing what she will do before it happens, I am prepared at the last
second before impact. Jumping over her crouched form, I straighten myself and
lower my sword to her exposed neck.

Her body stiffens at the contact and then she ducks quickly
to the side again and with the flick of her wrist my sword disappears and I
flash an irritated scowl. Determined to prove that I will not so easily be
defeated, I bring forth my ki in a large swirl of power between my outstretched
palms and mold it into a long spear. Her surprise at my abilities sends a
thrill of satisfaction up my spine before I push it aside for more enjoyable
activities. Throwing the long spear with deadly intent, I am thoroughly
disappointed when it misses, but brush off the feeling in favor of dodging her
katana. Rolling to the side and then crouching low, I bring more reiki to my
hands and form a dagger while ducking another swing of her katana before
springing into action and pouncing on Kikyo�s unprotected side. Apparently, she
could sense my approach and intentions, so she spun quickly out of attack range
before gathering her own ki within an outstretched palm.

Blowing on her hand to give her attack the extra spark she
is looking for, Kikyo watches in fascination as her reiki spreads across her
palm like wildfire before expanding exponentially, heading straight for me.
Knowing that there will be no escape from this, I gather energy to the tips of
my fingers and draw it around myself in a large barrier. Hoping she won�t be
able to break through it for a few seconds, I draw upon the power I feel just
under the surface and cup it in the palm of my hand. Focusing as much as I can
under the strain of her power, I form a large discus with little effort and let
it fly with deadly accuracy. I never held a bow before coming to the feudal
era, but I was always damn good at throwing a Frisbee. Feeling the power of her
energy diminish considerably under my assault, I remove my barrier and roll
aside as her ki tries to swallow me.

Standing under the strength of her will, I smile grimly as I
feel her try to force more energy into her attack. Feeling the power swell
around me in a whirlwind of holy energy, I brace myself against it and with a
wave of my hand, send my swirling discus of reiki back toward its intended
target, determined to take her down with me if I cannot win. Her assault comes
to a screeching halt as my discus comes within an inch of her face and she
immediately rolls to the left in a desperate attempt to get as far away from my
attack as possible and then she too creates a large energy attack in the shape
of a basketball and sends it toward me with as much force as she is able while
still trying to dodge my power. Seeing her throw the large energy ball, I
quickly sidestep it at the last minute and again flick my wrist in an outward
ark and am satisfied when my discus goes behind Kikyo in a deadly sweep of her
figure. She must have felt the energy from my ki just at the last moment,
because she too sidestepped my attack and they both came toward each other far
too fast for either Kikyo or myself to call the reiki back within ourselves and
so each of us are the only witnesses to the massive resulting explosion.

Glancing toward Kikyo in mild amusement, I am satisfied to
see that she too is just as disheveled and sweaty as me. Getting up from my
crouched position, I brush off my miko hakama and haori set, curiously given to
me by none other than Kikyo herself, and begin to walk toward her. My steps are
prideful as I make my way toward the only other miko that is my match in power.
Although, I am jolted to awareness when I feel another presence in the clearing
we used to do battle, I act as if nothing has changed. Reaching Kikyo, I give
her a wary look and see that she too has wariness in her features. Glad that I
am not imagining things, I use my eyes to demonstrate that we should split up
and circle around our intruder to confront him from the rear. With a nod of her
head, she darts to the left as quickly as her tired body can and I do the same
to the right. I feel our presence begin to move slightly to the right, as if to
flee and I immediately pick up my pace. I will not let whoever saw our little
demonstration get the news back to Naraku that I have grown exponentially in my
powers. That is a surprise I plan to give the hanyou myself and I will be
damned if I am beaten to it by the demonic presence off to my immediate left.

Turning sharply when I feel the demonic aura begin to backtrack
and try to make its escape, I come face to face with the one demon I thought I
would never see without a trace of fear and contempt within me. Standing before
me is none other than the dog demon lord of the West and my reaction is
apparently not something he appreciates as he begins to stalk forward. Smirking
at his attempt to threaten, I wink playfully in his direction and then I gather
some reiki within my palm and proceed to blow him a very satisfying kiss.
Watching in delight, his jyaki pulses in a warning manner before my reiki comes
into contact with it. I smile in challenge when I feel his jyaki begin to
diminish under my assault and he immediately growls at me as if I would buckle
under the weight of his displeasure. Frowning in disgust, I gather more reiki
into my palm and bring it to my lips once more. This time, I breathe in the reiki
before kissing my palm. Noticing his rigid stature, I determine that he is
waiting to see what I will do. Turning my palm to the demon before me, I begin
to exhale my ki into the air. His surrounding jyaki all but disperses
immediately and I smile is satisfaction when I feel that I have diminished his
jyaki by half without coming within ten feet of his position. He again growls
his displeasure and I decide that I am fed up with his apparent lack of
conversational skills.

�Tell me Sesshomaru, do you spy on all the miko�s in this
province or am I just lucky?�
His growl of warning once again goes unheeded and I step
closer to his person when he steps toward me as if to attack. He halts his
forward momentum and speaks, the bestial quality of his voice telling me he is
far closer to letting his beast free than I originally assumed. �Do not presume
to ascertain what this Sesshomaru was doing within the vicinity of your petty
squabble. To put your pathetic human mind at ease, know that this Sesshomaru
would never stoop so low as to �spy� on one such as you. I was merely coming
back from patrolling my lands when I felt a sharp increase of holy energy in
the clearing ahead. I came to investigate and saw you and the dead miko behind
me fighting.� As he says the last part, he turns his gaze sharply to gaze over
his shoulder and his eyes flash red in warning at the undead miko trying to
sneak up on him without his knowledge. He scoffs at the ridiculous notion that
one such as this undead witch would believe herself able to catch him by
surprise.

Kikyo walks calmly into the dense foliage surrounding us and
passes Sesshomaru without so much as a backward glance, Sesshomaru�s gaze never
leaving her person. He apparently does not enjoy being ignored because his
growls of warning grow in strength, but he does nothing. Once she is safely by
my side, he continues his little speech. �I was hoping that you would kill each
other, but suffice it to say, that this world is full of disappointments.� That
being said, he begins to walk toward us and we just stand there. Should he
attack, one of us will purify him long before he can get away. Before he is out
of earshot, I speak to him as he disappears into the surrounding foliage.
�Please tell no one of what you saw here today Sesshomaru. I intend on giving
Naraku the surprise of his life the next time we meet.� I look in his direction
for a sign he understands what I have said and the slight nod of his head is my
answer. He might not be the nicest demon I have ever met, but he is the most
honorable.

Once I can no longer feel his jyaki in the surrounding area,
I turn toward Kikyo and await her verdict. I am confident she will finish my
training, but I refuse to move until she tells me herself. She glances in my
direction for only a moment, but in that space of time, she says one word that
tells me we have some work to do. �Come.� That being said, she begins the trek
through the woods to arrive at the clearing once more. Coming to a stop before
the large oak she rested on when I first arrived, she sits underneath its wide
girth and the shade of its leaves and gestures for me to do the same. Once I am
situated and she deems that I am comfortable enough to continue, she leans
toward my position and whispers so that no one near us can hear her words. �There
are three of Naraku�s insects hovering in the air above this tree. I know that
they were not here when we were battling, but I do not know exactly when they
arrived. I can only assume that the massive reiki in the area drew them to our
location. We cannot continue our training with them there. They must be
destroyed, otherwise Naraku will know what our plans for attacking him are and
that cannot be allowed.� Nodding to her slightly, we each flick our wrists
toward the demon wasps and smile in satisfaction when they implode from the
power thrown at them.

Concentrating for a moment, a soul collector appears before
Kikyo a few minutes later. With a slight nod of her head, she turns to me. �You
must write a letter to Inuyasha and your friends telling them of your plans to
train with me, but do so in a cryptic way that only they would understand,
should Naraku or another enemy get a hold of your letter, that way they will
not understand what you are relaying. Once you have finished, you will join me
in meditation. I assume that you have what you will require to write your
letter? Or do we need to travel to the nearby village to get the supplies?� I shake
my head in the negative and walk toward the edge of the clearing where I first
entered. Grabbing my yellow backpack, I dig through it until I find what I need
and then sit down. Using my math book to my advantage, I write a quick letter
to Inuyasha, Sango, Miroku and Shippo, telling them I will be training with
Kikyo for the next month to get total control over my reiki so that I have all
the skills required of me to purify the jewel after the final battle. Once I am
finished, I tell them all I love them and I will miss them while I am gone, but
not to come looking for me and to continue their journey without me. When I am
finished training, I will be able to harness my powers to search my
surroundings to seek out their specific auras. Putting my supplies away when I
finish, I stand quickly and carry my bag to lie on the other side at the base
of the tree Kikyo is sitting under. Handing my letter to the soul collector
that is waiting patiently, I quietly thank it for doing this for me and when it
is out of eyesight, I once again sit before Kikyo and wait patiently for her to
instruct me on what to do next.

Kikyo has all the skills required of her to be able to
purify the jewel once it is whole. She had been trained to do these things
since birth. I, on the other hand, never even knew the jewel existed until I
was grabbed from Mistress Centipede and thrown down the well four years ago.
Now that there are only a few shards left, aside from the large portion that
Naraku carries, the time draws near for me to finish what little training I
have so that if Kikyo should perish in the final battle, I will be able to
finish what she could not.

There are many things I suppose I should have done a long
time ago for my training, but with trying to live a double life and still
managing to get decent enough grades to be able to pass Middle School and High
School, while searching endlessly for the shards of the jewel I broke, there
was very little time in between for me to train my ever growing power. Now that
I have finished High School and come to the decision to postpone College until
after the jewel is finished, I have much more time on my hands. I also know how
much my power has grown in these years I have been here in the Sengoku Judai
and if I do not train my body and soul to control and harness them, I will
become very dangerous to myself and others, should I become unstable or
unconscious, my reiki taking on a life of its own.

Whatever happened the other night, has made me realize that
I have much to learn about my abilities and the only person that is alive, well
close enough anyway, to help me is the miko sitting patiently before me.
Velenor will be the next demon on my list of things to do when I am finished
training, so I can figure out what he did to me. If all the stories from my
time are true about Vampires and such though, then that means that I should be
a vampire. He drank my blood, I still have the scars on my neck to prove it and
if what I felt and tasted in the void before I first woke back in camp was even
remotely accurate, then that means I drank of his blood as well. That clearly
leads me to believe that I should be a demon, or turning into one, or something
along those lines, but aside from the massive power boost, I do not feel any
different. Well, I suppose that isn�t completely true.

Before today, if anyone told me that I would go head to head
with Kikyo and Sesshomaru on the same day and not only live to tell about it,
but also be able to match them blow for blow, power for power, I would have
told them to either go see a shrink, or gone to my time and retrieved a nice
white jacket from the nearest insane asylum to bring back to them for a
souvenir. Before today, I could never see the fights between Sesshomaru and
Inuyasha with such clarity that it felt like I was in the fight right beside
them. The strength of my vision improvement is astounding to say the least.
Also, what Sesshomaru said to me earlier is bothering me. Can someone actually
get more pure? Is that even possible? But if I am truly turning into a vampire,
or blood demon, then why does the sunlight not bother me? Why do I not have a
craving for blood? So many questions and so little answers; I desperately need
to speak to Velenor. But since he is clearly out of my reach for the time
being, perhaps Kikyo will know something about this. Maybe she can help me
figure some things out.

That last thought bolsters my courage and I steel my resolve
before turning my head to gaze upon her silent form. She has not moved since we
first entered this clearing and I can only assume she is either meditating, or
she has little energy left and is waiting patiently for her soul collectors to
gather what she needs to sustain herself. There is only one way to find out
though, so I clear my throat and wait patiently for her gaze to meet mine. A
few moments pass and then she lifts her eyes to mine and raises her brow just
slightly enough for me to know that she is waiting for me to say whatever it is
I feel the need to tell her.

�Kikyo, there are some things that I am in desperate need of
council for and I find myself needing to ask you. I hope you don�t mind if I
ask for your advice. If you do, please tell me and I won�t bother you.� She
nods her head in acquiescence to my request and I feel a large part of the
tension of apprehension leave me. Nodding my head in understanding, I tell her
the shortened version of the events that transpired the night I have little
memory. When she interrupts to ask questions, I give her as many answers that I
can and then when I am finished, I await her reaction with dread and
foreboding. There is nothing I can do about anything that has happened thus
far, but I can only hope that she will have answers to some of the things that
plague my thoughts and haunt my dreams. I saw her reactions when I told her
about Velenor, or what I could remember of him anyway. She reacted in much the
same manor when I spoke of my previous encounter with Sesshomaru as well. But
the reaction I most fear is when I was speaking of what Sesshomaru told me
after our encounter. When I said he told me I had much more power, she merely
raised an eyebrow, but when I spoke of his comment about my being more pure,
her eyes nearly bulged out of her face.

For tense minutes, I wait for anything, any kind of reaction
to my words. None are forthcoming and I am beginning to fear the worst when she
suddenly leans forward and touches my forehead with her pointer finger. My eyes
grow considerably wide at her actions, but then my vision begins to fade and I
forget everything else as images begin to fly through my mind. Times, places,
people, all pass before me with no end in sight and I can do nothing but watch
and hope that the nausea the scenes cause, will diminish. Taking a deep breath,
I start to relax as I see the images begin to fade into the deep recesses of my
mind. Relief floods my being when the fuzzy images are replaced with Kikyo�s
kneeling form and I release the breath I didn�t realize I have been holding.

Kikyo rises from her position and begins to pace as though
in deep thought. Not wanting to interrupt her, should she have some insight as
to what is happening with me, I wait and watch hoping for some clarity in this
chaotic drama I call life. After what seems like hours, she stops her pacing
and turns to look straight as me. She narrows her eyes as though looking for
something only she can see and I feel the first stirrings of apprehension flow
through my veins when I feel her reiki spike in the air. Rising slowly from my
sitting position, I too bring forth my ki. If we are going to fight, I will not
go down easily. Kikyo looks at me as though she sees right through me for
almost two minutes before she releases her gathered energy and it returns to the
well of power she holds within her soul. Once the air is clear of any threat
from her energy, I too release the power back into my soul.

She sits a second later and I follow her, determined to get
some answers from her precarious actions from only moments ago. �Alright Kikyo,
what the hell is going on? What have you discovered from your actions? And what
can you tell me of my situation?� I sit before her anxiously for tense minutes
before I begin to fidget and then suddenly she speaks into the quiet surrounding
us and I nearly jump in surprise. I glance quickly to her face and see the
amusement at my expense, but grudgingly accept it and wait for her words to
register in my befuddled mind.

�There is much to say and so I will begin with the most
important. If you are worrying about becoming a �Blood Demon, or Vampire� as
you called them, you can put that fear to rest. There is absolutely no demonic
taint in your aura and if you were going to change, you would already be
showing signs. I know that you said your eyesight has vastly improved and your
power has grown, but I can only assume those are the side effects of being
bitten. Were you a normal human woman, I have no doubt that you would either be
dead, or demon, but I believe your reiki turned whatever demonic taint that
would have altered you physically and mentally to your advantage, while still
keeping you pure of heart and soul. Were you not pure, your power would have
left you or you would have become a dark miko, but you can clearly see that has
not happened here. While even I can tell that your aura is vastly more pure and
powerful, you are still very much a human miko. Now before you get all excited,
a word of caution is in order. There are still many things that have yet to be
answered in this situation and that can only mean that there could be even more
side effects you have yet to encounter. Be wary and constantly alert to your
surroundings until you have all the answers you seek. There is one thing I wish
to know; how did you learn to harness your power so efficiently? Did you not
tell me that you haven�t trained?�

Smiling in relief at her answers, I then frown slightly when
her questions take me slightly by surprise. In all actuality, I have been
expecting those questions for a while now; I just didn�t expect her to ask them
right now. So, thinking about how I want to word my answers, I take a deep
breath and give her as much of an answer as I am able. �Well, the only thing I
can say for sure is that when I am in the heat of battle, my instincts take
over and I do very little thinking, unless I am on the sidelines, in which case
I am constantly analyzing different scenarios. As for the different attacks and
such, I just go with the flow and imagine what needs to happen in my mind and
then my reiki comes to my aide. It feels so utterly natural that it scares me
sometimes. To think that I never even knew I had any sort of power, that there
was a part of me missing, until I was dragged down the well on my fifteenth
birthday, is hard to believe. I have never trained my reiki. The only things I
know are just some simple spells and the uses of different herbs for poultices
and such from Kaede, other than that, I have no knowledge of spells and
incantations. That is what I am here for. I need to finish what little training
I have so that I can be ready when the time comes.�

She nods her head in understanding to my answers and then
sits silently in contemplation for a few minutes. Taking advantage of her
distraction, I stand and make my way over to my bag. We have been here for a
few hours now and with all the power we used in our battle, I am in desperate
need of some food and water. Opening the top, I pull out my bottle of water and
chug with enthusiasm. Apparently I was really thirsty. Satisfied when the
bottle is empty, I pull out two packages of ramen noodles and anything else I
will need for our snack and then go a little further left of the tree Kikyo is
sitting under and start gathering kindling and underbrush to build myself a
fire. Using the lighter in my pocket, I smile in satisfaction when the sparks
ignite and the smoke begins to rise. Now that I know the fire is strong enough
not to blow out if a gust of wind blows by, I trek into the neighboring woods
and gather enough wood for dinner to be cooked and to last the rest of the
night. Loading the wood into a neat pile beside my makeshift fire pit, I add
some logs to the fire and then begin to gather some large rocks from around the
clearing so that my fire doesn�t try and get out of control.

I take my boiling pot from my yellow pack once I am satisfied
with the strength of the fire and walk in the direction of the nearby stream to
collect some fresh spring water and to refill my water bottle. A few minutes
later, I am sitting in front of the fire, relaxing as I wait for the water to
boil. Kikyo joins me after a while and for the first time in four years; I am
completely comfortable in her company. The water begins to boil and we sit down
to watch the noodles cook. Kikyo gives me a funny look for a moment, but when
the flavoring of the noodles waifs to her nose, I see her mouth begin to water.
Smiling in delight at her reaction, I hand her a cup of ramen when it is
finished cooking and chuckle lightly when her first reaction to my �ninja food�
as Inuyasha calls it, is to practically hum in satisfaction at the nice
flavoring.

We train that way for nearly a month. The days fly by and
shorter than I would have thought, I am finished with my training. Everyday, we
would spar for a few hours and then we would meditate for the better part of
the day. After dinner, she would train me in the ways of the miko. She taught
me many powerful spells and showed me how to harness my thoughts and emotions
to add strength to the well of my power, should I begin to fall short during
battle. She even showed me the spell Midoriko was in the middle of casting when
she was absorbed into the Shikon, along with her powerful demon foe. Of course,
after she showed me this, she warned me not to use it unless absolutely
necessary, only as a last resort.

The weeks fly by until all I have left to learn is aura
reading. To read ones aura, is to learn all their faults and weaknesses in one
gaze. This is a powerful skill and it is also very difficult to learn. Not many
monks or miko�s have enough power or patience to learn it, but the skill is
undeniably useful, especially when your foe is someone like Naraku. Of course,
considering that Kikyo knows this skill, I ask her is she has ever read
Naraku�s aura in all of their encounters. Her simple reply is that she is no
longer able to harness that ability, her reasoning being that it probably has
something to do with her being undead. I dropped the subject after she said
that last part, knowing it is a touchy subject and we moved on to more
important things. She trains me for a solid week on harnessing my reiki into my
eyes and gathering the power around me so that I cannot be disturbed while
using this skill. Eventually, something just snapped because everything seemed
to fall into place. Now, I can even read Kikyo�s aura, however diminished it is
because of her golem-like state. When she calls upon her power, her aura spikes
and if I didn�t know any better, I would say that she is just an ordinary, but
powerful miko.

I think by telling her that, I gave her some semblance of
peace and for the first time in our long training session, we came to an
unspoken alliance and trust. There is no other way of explaining it, but it is
nice to know that I have a relationship with Kikyo that doesn�t involve death
and soul stealing for once in my life.

Now that my training is finished, I gather my belongings and
head away from our clearing. I will never forget her help and if she should
ever need a favor in return, she has but to call and I will come. Smiling
softly in remembrance of our unusually long talks and quiet relaxing moments of
peace, I concentrate on the aura�s I am in search of. There is a strong pull to
the immediate right of my current position and so with the auras of the ones I
love taking dominance of my thoughts, I set out to find them. I unconsciously
smirk to myself once I realize that I am heading right into the heart of the
Western Lands.

This should be interesting to say the least. I don�t even
make it ten miles into the thick foliage surrounding me, when I feel the first
stirrings of powerful jyaki, headed straight for my position. Scowling at his
persistence, I stop in a clearing and wait. I will not get far regardless, so I
might as well take advantage of the situation and have a drink of water and
rest my feet for a moment before he decides to intrude on my solitude. After
indulging in some nice cool water, I turn around and who should be standing
before me with a complete mask of indifference, but the stoic Lord of the
Western Lands. Mumbling about overbearing dog demons under my breath, I smile
up at him and wait for whatever he wants to get off his chest, so that I can go
about continuing my journey. Patiently, I wait for over three minutes for him
to tell me why he decided to grace me with his presence and then my patience
flies out the proverbial window and indignant fury takes its place.

�Tell me miko, are all members of your species so lacking in
patience? I know that your life span is but a grain of sand in the vastness of
my own, but surely you could do better.�

Taking a minute to really listen to his words, instead of
blurting an indignant response as is my first reaction, I come to the
conclusion that he is just baiting me. Could
he like that I refuse to back down to him? Could he be flirting with me in his
own stoic way? No way!
Deciding to test my theory and get him back for thinking I
would just back off, I bat my long eyelashes in his direction and give him my
best coy little smile before speaking.

�Why Sesshomaru, I didn�t know you cared. But if you are
truly interested, I could demonstrate my patience first hand if you would like
to join our group as we battle Naraku. I know that you will come to appreciate
my patience when they are the only thing that stands between the violence that
would occur otherwise.�

His eyes begin to bleed red and his jyaki rises around him
to nearly painful levels, but since I am not the kind of girl to be outdone, I
too call forth my power and feel it snuff out his jyaki with little effort. Of
course, more is quickly replaced, but the end result will be the same. He may
be a powerful demon, but I am a powerful priestess and I am no longer the
untrained little girl he first encountered. The sooner he comes to realize
that, the better.

He stops his threatening lift of energy, hopefully realizing
that he will not win this fight and I too allow the power to be absorbed back
into my soul. His eyes are still a bright ruby and though I know he is no
longer acting as if he will attack, I do not let my guard down for a moment.
This demon would not think twice about shredding me to pieces and I refuse to
be his next victim. He will suffer my wrath should he decide he is done being
civil.

Dropping my arms so as to appear non-threatening, I begin to
walk toward him, silently asking him to calm himself. He begins to growl, low
and bestial, and I immediately freeze in my position. He acts quickly and
pounces so that he is breathing deeply of my scent as he holds my arms at my
sides so that I cannot stop his actions. Apparently, my natural scent calms him
enough for him to regain control of the beast and then he takes one last long
breath in before quickly leaving my presence. Not quite understanding what just
happened, but knowing there is nothing I could do about even if I did know what
was going on, I shrug my shoulders in a quick dismissal of his earlier actions
and turn back to where I left my yellow pack perched on a low branch.

This will definitely make for an interesting story to tell.
I wonder what Sango and Miroku have been doing since I�ve been gone. Has
Inuyasha driven them to the brink of madness with his constant nagging and
whining? Has Shippo been a good boy? Did they miss me? I hope so because I
missed them more than I could ever say out loud. I only hope that I find them
soon, but if the position I am reading of their auras is correct, then I still
have a few days ahead of me. So, grabbing some jerky from my pack and making
quick work of it, I hoist my pack onto my back and head out.

The golden eyes following closely behind going unnoticed by
the newly trained miko.

Alright everyone, that�s it for now. I hope you weren�t too
disappointed with the outcome. I really needed to get her training out of the
way so the story could move forward though, so I hope some of you enjoyed it.
As for the rest, that was all a bit of fun. Things are going to start picking
up from here, so be on the lookout. I hope you all enjoyed this chapter. Please
review so that I know how this is being received. And constructive criticism is
always welcome, but please don�t flame me if there is no legitimate reason for
not liking my work. If any of you fans have something you would like to happen
in this story, please don�t hesitate to tell me. All ideas are welcome.
Take care until next time.
Ja
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