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Where I Belong	By : Royal_Kitsune Category: InuYasha > Het - Male/Female Views: 3097 -:- Recommendations : 1 -:- Currently Reading : 1
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~Two-Tailed Teacher~
"Just a few more pushes, the child is almost out." A mid-wife said as she wiped sweat from her mistress' head. Being a dragon of ice, the mid-wife was able to keep the female cool while she was in labor.
The mistress screamed in pain and effort, trying to continue pushing. The fatigue was getting to her, but she refused to give in. With a final scream she gave a large push, and the rest of the child came out. The room was immediately filled with the birthing wails of the infant.
"Go inform the Lord and Lady that it has been a successful birth, and that they may enter the birthing room shortly." The mid-wife said to her young apprentice. The young demoness nodded her head and quickly left the room to do as instructed.
"It is a beautiful baby girl." The mid-wife said, as she cleaned up the mistress. She was putting the dirty rags away and a new blanket on the bed, when the Lord and Lady entered the room. They moved slowly, as if unsure of what to do. After having the halls filled with labor screams for so long, the small cries of the child seemed like nothing above a hum.
"How are they?" The Lady asked, coming over to sit beside the female on the bed. The mid-wife returned from the tub of water she was washing the child in, and she held the child up for the royal demons to see.
"You couldn't ask for a more beautiful heir." The mid-wife said softly, placing the infant in the mother's arms.
"Yes, she is definitely of the royal family. Her markings are flawless." The Lady said, looking down at the whimpering infant. "You did well my daughter." She added, looking at the new mother.
"Thank you mother." The female said, smiling at her child. "Father? Would you like to see her?"
The male, who had stood frozen in the door frame, nodded his head and walked over to beside the bed. He smiled at the child and placed a clawed hand on the infant's forehead. The child still momentarily, as if trying to take in the new feeling, before it began its cries again.
"Yes, she is a fine infant." The male said, removing an object from across his back. He brought forth a black staff, one end holding the black outline of a dragon, the other end having a silver dog. In his hands, the dragon turned an electrifying yellow, and when he placed it on the bed, it returned to just an outline.
"Father, must we do this now? She is barely an hour old." The female said, pulling the infant closer to her chest.
"We must do so, as it has always been done. I must know what to report to the other lands. Also, she is already betrothed; I have to know what to tell the prince's family about his betrothed. Their joining will strengthen both of our clans." The male said, picking up the infant from the mother's arms. He placed the infant beside the staff and stood up straight again.
The infant immediately increased the volumes of its cries at being without contact, especially its' mother. Its tiny arms and hands trashed about weakly, until the infant's hand came in contact with the staff. They royal family leaned in close, their breaths held in anticipation.
The dragon on the staff swirled, colors flashing briefly as it tried to settle on one, before it lit up with several colors and maintained its multi-colored look.
"No!" The new mother screamed, her voice echoing through the room. The Lady held her daughter close and closed her eyes at seeing the multi-colored dragon.
"No, not our heir." The male said softly, looking down at where the infant still clutched loosely on the staff.
The sobs of the mother, along with her infant's cries, filled the entire castle causing several servants to pause in their work.
"Why? Why my child? I have just lost my mate. Why must I lose my child next?" The mother cried, picking her child and cradling her.
"We are not sure the child is lost yet." The father said, picking up the staff and placing it once again across his back.
"Father you know what this means. You know what will happen." The new mother sobbed, causing the child to cry out more, feeling her mother's despair.
"We will do what we can." The male said. He quickly left the room, leaving the Lady and mid-wife to calm the crying mother and child.
~XxX~
"Hey Kilala, do you know why the dragon on my staff changes?" I was sitting on top of Kaede's hut, one of the things I had learned to do. Kilala sat beside me, in her smaller form, looking over the staff.
'I cannot say. I have never seen a weapon such as this, even the metal it is made of is a mystery to me.' The neko answered, and I sighed. It seemed everything about me was a mystery now, one that no one could seem to solve.
When I had returned to the group, they had all seemed relieved to see us. Honestly, I got the feeling that they were more relieved to see Kilala than me in particular. Kagome had looked at me strange and said something about not being able to sense my presence; and Inuyasha had complained that even though I was in front of him, he couldn't smell me. I don't even want to explain how strange that sounded.
Against Inuyasha's protest, they proceeded to tell me about their stories, how they came to be in a group. I was surprised at the amount of angst and despair that made up their stories.
Naraku left a foul taste in my mouth, but I didn't say so. I may have seemed cold for not showing any pity to their story, but I had learned that not everyone wanted pity. Some people just wanted you to understand and that was all.
But right now, they were having some sort of secret meeting in the hut, whispering as low as they could, though I could hear them just fine. 'That reminds me.'
"Hey Kilala? What did Kagome mean by not being able to sense me?" I asked, leaning back so that I was lying down on the roof.
'She means your presence. Everything has a presence; it's almost like a measure of one's strength. Regular humans, regular animals and objects have very weak presences, and are barely noticeable even by most demons. Lower level demons have slightly stronger presences, along with human spiritual apprentices. The presences you normally feel mostly stronger demons, monks, priestess and any other high ranking spiritual human. I'll show you how to pick up, and distinguish, presences.' Kilala said, and I couldn't help the smile that spread across my face. In less than forty-two hours, I had gone from applying to colleges, to having a cat as my teacher.
"You said normally? So are there other presences that I wouldn't usually feel." I asked, turning my head to look over at the neko.
'Yes, there are. Those would be the exceptionally strong demons, and spiritual humans. I won't have to teach you much on those, you'll feel it. It will be like a chill that goes through your body, and even though you aren't trained, your instincts will pick up on it.' She said, and began to groom herself.
I mulled over what Kilala had told me, my eyes following the lazily drifting clouds. What she said made sense, but without the training it was hard to completely follow. I had always been a hands-on learner. I could be lectured all day, but if I didn't actually work at something, I wouldn't get it. I tried to sense out things on my own, starting with the people inside. I could sense a variety of, what I guess would be called presences. There was only one problem. I could only sense five. Kagome, Sango, Miroku, Inuyasha, Shippo and Kaede were all in the hut, and that equaled six. So why could I only feel five?
I sat up, my eyes narrowed in concentration. I listened to each person talk. When someone would talk, I would focus in on them to see what I could feel.
"Inuyasha we can't just abandon her and she can't go back to my time looking like she does." How sweet of Kagome trying to defend me against that mutt. Kagome's presence felt pure. I wasn't sure how to describe it other than it felt like someone took the purity of an infant and bottled it inside of her. I guess that was to be expected of a priestess. She also had the strongest presence out of them.
"Well we can't just drag her along; we still don't know if she's been sent to trick us. She could be with Naraku for all we know." I really wanted to pound his head in, though I was curious as to who this Naraku-guy was. Inuyasha’s presence felt more primal, as if he was only steps away from being a rabid dog. That thought made me giggle slightly. Despite that, the power behind his presence couldn't be denied. He was a powerful half-demon, too bad his attitude was so rotten.
"Have you picked up any traces of Naraku around her, or around the village in general?" I wasn't sure if Miroku was defending me or curious about this Naraku guy's scent, but at least he wasn't trying to get rid of me. The monk had a strong presence around him, though it was certainly not pure, like Kagome. So I guess what I was feeling was his spiritual powers. I felt the same with Kagome; just hers had a layer of purity around it.
"Well no." Inuyasha mumbled with a huff.
"Inuyasha you're just being mean." Shippo's young voice was filled with what I guess was his version of being tough. The young fox had an aura that was similar to Inuyasha though part of it was stronger than his, and still held the purity expected of a child. I suppose the similar parts between him and Inuyasha was the demon presence. Since Shippo was a full demon, it made sense that his was stronger, even if he was younger.
"Then ye should not be so quick to cast her out. She is a full demon, perhaps she could be helpful on ye quest." Kaede's aura was purer than Miroku's but not quite as pure as Kagome's. The old priestess presence was also fading. I would imagine when she was in her prime, she had a stronger presence.
"Lady Kaede has a point, don't you agree Sango?" Miroku again.
"Yes, I agree. I think we should let her come, and you can keep an eye on her if you want, Inuyasha." And we have a winner. As hard as I tried, I couldn't feel a presence coming from Sango. I focused even harder, and I was able to pick up a sliver of one, but it took a lot effort to feel.
"Kilala?" I started, turning to face the feline. "I've been trying to work of feeling the presences like you said. I think I have a good idea of it, but there's one problem." I noticed Kilala tilt her head in question. "Why can I barely pick up a presence around Sango?"
The neko began to run a paw over her ears, a gesture I had come to learn meant she was thinking very hard. 'Sango is an ordinary human.'
I thought back to the giant boomerang she had hurled at me, and shook my head. No way could someone that did that, be just an ordinary human. "Are you sure? She seems very strong to me." I said, crossing my legs.
'Yes, Sango is strong, but her strength is physical. She has simply built up her strength, stamina and precision. Something anyone could do with proper training. Unlike most humans, she has pushed her body to perform at its highest level. So she may seem stronger than most humans, but it is purely physical. So her aura is like that of a regular human, barely noticeable without extensive training.' Kilala talked slowly, as if picking each of her words before she said them. I listened, my head nodding slightly and occasionally.
"That makes sense." I said, placing a hand on the neko's head and petting. "So what else is there to learn? Part of me felt like if I just ignore it all, everything will go back to the way it was." I sighed, but continued. "But now I guess this is my new reality, so I want to make sure I can handle it. If I'm a demon, then I would think I should be able to do something some… special? I know I can jump higher than before, and I can fight on a different level than before. So how should I train?"
Kilala began running her paw over her ear again. 'Battle training will be difficult. I cannot teach you how to wield a weapon properly, since I have never wielded one myself. I have an idea though. It's not the average way of battle training, but as you said, you need to learn to fight someway.' She said jumping off of the roof and motioning with her tails for me to follow. I grabbed my staff and jumped from the roof, following Kilala into the trees.
"Where are we going?" I asked, noticing that Kilala was moving pretty fast. I had to begin running to keep up with her. The neko didn't answer me; instead she began speeding up.
Just, as I was about to catch up with Kilala, and was running as fast as I ever had, she was surrounded in fire. When the fire was gone, the neko was in her battle form again; and she took off flying at full speed.
"Kilala! Wait!" I yelled, willing my body to go faster. I was surprised and excited when my body responded. The weightless feeling I had from rushing through the trees was amazing. My hair whipped in the wind behind me, and my tail streamed out behind me like a flag. It was a little hard to maneuver and make sure I didn't hit a tree or rock, but I managed to keep going without incident.
'We're here.' I heard Kilala roar from above me and I came to a sudden stop. If I had been human, I most likely would have fallen or hurt something; but my body came to the immediate stop I wanted, and it almost looked graceful.
"Where is here?" I asked, looking around. We were in triangular shaped clearing that had a river running along one of the sides.
'For now we are at your new training spot. Whenever we're at Kaede's, we'll come here to train.' Kilala said landing and staying in her battle form.
"That's fine with me, it's kind of nice." I said, taking in the scenery. It seems so peaceful, almost a shame to ruin it through training.
'As I said before, I can't teach you to wield a weapon; but you still need to learn to defend yourself. We both heard Kagome and the others, so it seems you will be traveling with us.' The neko said, stretching out.
"So, if I'm not going to learn to fight with a weapon, how am I going to fight?" I asked, placing my staff down beside me.
'Your markings show that you are of a powerful clan and royalty. So I would say that it is safe to assume you have a true demon form.' Kilala said and I tilted my head to the side.
"I thought this was my true form." I said, running a hand through my silver hair and bringing it up so that I could see it.
'You're in your demon form now, but not your true form. Your true form is when you release your inner demon completely.' Apparently my confused face said it all, as Kilala continued. 'There are two types of demons, feral demons and youkai. I am a feral demon, born animal-like with demonic abilities. You are a youkai, born with human-like appearance, with some changes, and demonic abilities.' She said, sitting in front of me.
"Ok, so you are a feral demon and I am a youkai. I think I understand that." I said, taking a seat as well.
'Correct. Now when it comes to youkai, every youkai has an inner demon. Since you are a Ryu-Inu, you should think of it as a small dragon-dog inside of you locked in a cage. Every youkai has this small creature inside of them that is the source of their demonic abilities. The inner demon leaks demonic power through the cage, but since it's locked up it can't release its full ability. Stronger demons, like you, have the ability to unlock that cage and let their inner demon come completely free.' Kilala said, pausing again to make sure I was following her.
"There is a tiny demon inside a cage inside of me and this tiny demon is the source of my power. I can unlock the cage to release all of the power" I said, with a light laugh at how dumb and basic that must have sounded compared to Kilala's explanation.
'Basically'. Kilala answered with her own purr of amusement. 'So when you release the power, you will transform into your true self. So let's get started.'
She said standing back up and shaking her fur out. 'Think about that power being completely unleashed. Best way I can think of is to simply clear your mind and let your inner demon take over. You should end up in a feral looking form like me.'
I nodded my head but remained seated. I closed my eyes and focused. I could feel trails of power flowing through my body, almost like the veins that carried my blood. I picked one of the trails of power and followed its flow. As it drew nearer to the source, I could feel the power in my body increasing. The increase of power was almost terrifying, but I was determined not to be afraid of what was a part of me. I continued pushing until I found the source of the power.
You have finally awoken me. I heard a familiar voice say, and it felt as if I was floating in space.
'Who are you?' I thought, looking around in the darkness to pinpoint the voice.
I am you, or at a part of you. I am your inner demon. The voice said, and I found myself staring into two red eyes.
'Are you an evil demon?' I couldn't help but ask, since everyone else seemed to think demons were pure evil.
I am you, if you are evil then I am. If you are not, then I am not. The sensation in the air changed as I looked into the red eyes closely. I suddenly found my body going from hot to cold, feeling like my body was being electrocuted and losing its' form.
'What's going on, what are you doing?' I demanded looking into the eyes, beginning to feel a sense of panic rising.
You came seeking the full extent of our power; so that you may change into your true form? The voice almost seemed smug in the way that it spoke to me. I wanted to hit it, but that would have been self-mutilation right?
'Yes, I do want to change into my true form.' I said then thought about it. 'And don't sound so cocky. You're a part of me, not the other way around.'
You have so much to learn, but I will unleash our power. The voice said with a chuckle.
Once again I was filled a combination of feelings. I felt as if I were being electrocuted, burned, drowned and crushed. The wave of power hit me like a train and I inwardly doubled over.
~Kilala~
I stood watching Kazuko, seeing no visible difference. I even stepped forward slightly to sniff her, to see if I could scent a change. Nothing. I was about to give up on this approach and nudge her awake when her entire aura changed.
Her aura became completely visible and it swirled in a multitude of colors, unlike anything I had ever seen before. I had to step back from the amount of demonic aura leaking from her body.
Kazuko's eyes snapped open and they were a blood red, with purple slits. Her body began to morph and I watched the transformation.
Her mouth elongated into a muzzle, her hands and feet became paws, and turning her into a large dog. Though her fur was silver, the tips were a light purple, which made her seem silver in certain lights, and purple in others. Her ears were floppy, not standing up like Inuyasha's. I was surprised when she stopped growing around the size that I was. I had been expecting her to grow to the size of Sesshomaru's true form.
Kazuko now stood in front of me in her true form, standing about a half foot taller than me. She was looking over herself, lifting her paws and inspecting them.
'It worked?' She barked at me. I gave a feline smile and nodded.
~Kazuko~
I couldn't believe it had actually worked!
I could feel the power in this form, despite the fact that I was a giant dog. 'I'm supposed to be part dragon too. How come I don't have any dragon features?' I realized that my words came out in barks and growls, though I knew Kilala could still understand me.
'You bring up a good question.' Kilala said as she circled me, seeing that I possessed no dragon features. 'Perhaps you need more training or the traits are simply not visible. Either way, you achieved your true form, so we can begin battle training.' She said.
'Great.' I said stepping forward, amazed at how easily my body and mind adjusted to walking on all four paws. 'So where do we start?'
'Just come at me. I want to see how far your instincts can take you.' Kilala said, crouching slightly in preparation for an attack.
I wasn't sure what to do, but I crouched down as well. I tried to think back to the nature shows I had seen from time to time, and thought about how the animals fought. I remembered watching a special on wolves fighting and decided to go on that. I pushed off with my paws and charged Kilala. I waited till I was a few feet away from her and jumped, my front paws extended to crash into her.
Kilala maneuvered out of my way easily, and brought up a paw to push against my side. Her paw sent me off course and off balance and I crashed to the ground on my side. She didn't even seem to have done more than flicked away a flea.
'Try again.' Kilala said, and I'm pretty sure her eyes were sparking.
I shook myself off and stood again. 'So I have to watch my air time. If I missed, I would just end up opening myself up for attack.' I thought trying to come up with another plan. I smirked to myself as I thought of something.
I crouched again, and Kilala followed suit. I charged and leapt again, but this time I was ready when she moved out of the way. This time when she dodged, I brought my front paws down and used them to kick my hind paws towards her side.
Again she was ready and moved back enough to avoid the attack. I was now facing away from her, and felt her teeth close in on my tail. She didn't bite down hard, but enough to get her point across.
'Good thinking, but it's going to take more than two moves to take your enemy down.' Kilala said, and this time I was sure she seemed to be excited. Now that I thought about it, I bet she never got time to enjoy a good training session on this level.
'What has you so excited?' I asked, standing up and beginning to think of a new strategy.
'It has been a long time since I've had a battle for myself. For the past few years, I have simply been assisting, not directly participating.' Kilala admitted, her ears flicking back slightly.
'I would miss a real battle too.' I said charging at Kilala again. This time I pushed against my paws as if I was going to jump. I waited until she began to avoid, when I continued charging instead of jumping. Just when I thought I had the feline, she took to the skies.
'Hey, flying isn't fair!' I called up at the feline. She was purring heavily with amusement.
'Do you think your opponent will play fair?' She had a point.
I growled and jumped towards Kilala, though something strange happened. I didn't come back down. I had the same fire around my paws that Kilala had and I was hovering in the air. As wind gushed past my ears I also saw that I had two wings that seemed to made out of pure fire, yet I could feel them as extensions of my body.
'Too cool.' I said, smiling inwardly and charging at Kilala.
'I believe you have found your dragon side.' She said, avoiding my sky attack.
Charging at her in the sky was completely different from being on the ground. The air wasn't heavy enough for me to just stop myself, so I had to be completely responsible for my own stopping. The wings helped, as I could flap them to slow me down. I floated past Kilala for several feet before I figured out how to stop myself completely and turn around.
'I think you may have to help me learn to fly too.' I barked with a laugh and slowly brought myself back over to where Kilala was.
'It seems like every time we begin to work on getting something down, something else appears.' Kilala purred with amusement, helping me to steady myself in the sky.
'Yea, who knows what will happen next.' I said, as we both came back down to the ground.
'For now let's work on your ground attack. Once you get that down, we can move on to the aerial maneuvers.' Kilala roared. I nodded and began trying my attacks again. I gave it my all and we began to make process as the sun set.
By the time we split, I could feel my fur sticking to me with sweat and the small amounts of blood that came from the training. Kilala looked only a little better than me, so I felt confident in what we were doing.
~Unknown~
I had felt an aura stronger than that of most others I had felt. The more interesting part was the type of aura that it was. It was an aura I hadn't felt in almost two decades, that of a Ryu-Inu. What made it interesting was that I had received reports that all of the Ryu-Inu clan was wiped out.
I left my ward, dragon and retainer behind, telling them I would return. As I got closer to the source of the aura I felt it flare up suddenly and stay at a higher level. 'They have changed into their true form.' I mentally noted speeding up my pace slightly, in case they should take off.
The worst part was the smell of the disgusting half-breed and his pack around the aura. Thankfully, the strong aura split away from where the half-breed was. I made sure to cover my scent and presence as I drew nearer.
What I saw when I arrived surprised me, though I kept the same uninterested demeanor. I arrived just in time to see a demoness begin transforming into her true form. Her true form was small, and I had an idea that it wasn't the largest she could get. I knew Ryu-Inu's rarely showed dragon features in their true form. I saw her clumsily attack a two-tailed neko. I recognized the two-tailed as the one belonging to the demon slayer in the half-demon's pack.
I watched as they practiced fighting for hours, the demoness was slowly becoming better. By the time the moon was in the sky, the Ryu-Inu was beginning to put up a decent fight against the neko, though I could tell the neko was holding back for now.
'I think we should head back. Sango and the others will get worried.' The neko mewed from where she had the Ryu-Inu pinned down.
'Yea, I don't need any more for Inuyasha to grumble about.' The Ryu-Inu said, as she pushed up to get the neko off. She walked over to where a staff lay and picked it up between her fangs. The two took to the sky and headed in the direction of the village, the demoness quite shakily. Neither noticed my presence.
They were both covered in scratches and a few bruises, but nothing life threatening. I turned to walk away, pondering the information that I had just learned. It appeared I would have to make a visit to my brother's pack soon. The Ryu-Inu had once been powerful allies of my father and the Western Lands, so should some have survived, it would be strategically smart to investigate.
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