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ATTENTION
A sense of normalcy returned to Kagome's life. She was finally among her friends again. She was finally able to just live relatively peacefully. Things were looking up and she was relieved to not have to keep looking down anymore.
Of course Inuyasha and Sesshomaru had their training sessions. And Kaede had taken to teaching her about herbs and remedies.
Sango was teaching her how to properly handle children. Miroku taught her how to properly meditate.
The children taught her that having fun every now and then was a perfectly acceptable thing and that she shouldn't stress herself so much.
And without the impending threat of Naraku hanging over her head, Kagome was finally able to place all of her attention on something and not have to worry that it would be taken away before she finished.
It was good.
~.O.~
MISSION
Of course nothing was ever super easy.
Kagome did find herself having to destroy low level youkai that came near the village. It was a sort of training mission imposed upon her shoulders by Inuyasha. He wanted her to destroy the enemy with as little damage to the surrounding area as possible.
She found it ironic because whenever he got into battles with youkai, he always ended up upending the earth and pretty much anything in the area.
Still though, the whole 'mission' was beneficial. It forced her to analyze situations faster than before, so that she could utilize the safest method at a more expedient rate.
Sesshomaru said that she was better at it than Inuyasha was, which made her feel accomplished. Because when did Sesshomaru ever give praise when it was undue?
So it had to show that she was progressing somewhere.
~.O.~
FLOWERS
"Kagome-sama, come pick flowers with us!"
Rin was free from her duties for the rest of the day, and she had made it a habit to involve Kagome in her daily activities. The girl was not one to leave anyone behind if she could help it.
Kagome still found it fun to simply sit in a field of wildflowers and craft flower crowns. Not having to worry about evil rising on the other side of the island, and thinking about it coming to find her in an attempt to take the jewel and rule the world, was a boon to her existence.
Just relaxing on a sunny afternoon, humming beside the exuberant children as they fashioned enough flower crowns to covered Jaken from head to toe so that nothing of him would be visible.
And the Kappa was unable to escape when Rin presented him with her creations! He looked hilarious in pink and yellow!
Kagome might have also been a little touched by the fact that Jaken had simply stood there and took it. Some things really did change over the years.
~.O.~
INTERLUDE XIV
Omashu seethed, feeling the insult to his pride, even several moons later.
The female had been much like his mother. Independent and mouthy. While he admired her strength, she needed to learn her place. It was not right for the female to overpower her intended for it was the male who was to be in charge.
It was not how nature worked. The female was to do the job she was gifted with, and provide her mate with whatever he needed whenever he needed it.
The female was beautiful and powerful, which were the only reasons he was willing to excuse her impudence.
She would simply need to be trained properly. But that could come after their mating once he finally secured her and had her far away from the Lord of the West.
However, in order to mate, he needed to get her away from the Western Lands post haste, otherwise his plan would never come to fruition.
Sesshomaru already had the advantage of knowing her personally and if she was around him for far longer than she should be, she might look to him for guidance. In any area.
And that simply would not do.
He had a feeling that the other Dai had already influenced the female and he could not take that any longer.
~.O.~
EXAMPLE
"Mew mew!" Stand straighter! You are a Daiyoukai!
"I know," Kagome hissed back, glaring at the feline as he got testy and rude. She'd been trying to take on the proper posture for almost an hour and somehow, every time she moved, he found a new mistake in the way she stood.
It was frustrating.
"Mew! Mew mew mew!" Use the inu Lord as an example if you must!
Kagome peeked in Sesshomaru's direction and pouted when she could see how fluid he was even when he wasn't moving! It wasn't fair!
She was still human in mind and mannerisms. She should be given leeway in these matters!
"Mew!" Daiyoukai do not slouch!
"Well this one does!" she countered, nose up in the air.
~.O.~
RELICS
"So have you considered your future?"
Kagome shrugged. She and Kaede were out in the fields collecting herbs. Kei was lounging in patch of grass a few feet away. Kagome routinely threw pebbles his way as payback for his 'training'. The feline merely lifted a tail to bat them away, ruining her fun.
"According to Jaken, I'm going to pretty much take several millennia before I'm even considered old in youkai terms. So unless I'm killed, I won't die for a very long time. I can see my family again."
She had missed her mother so terribly. When she died, she had regretted never being able to officially say goodbye. But now that she was guaranteed to live for quite some time, she only had to be patient in order to see her family again. And this time, she could do as she was supposed to, and help them out.
But how did Kagome go about providing for her future family?
What could she bring along with her, during her time in the past?
Her eyes widened as the answer came to her.
She would have to bring some things with her! Since her family lived on a shrine, it wouldn't be suspicious if they owned old relics from their country's muddled history.
It was just an idea, but Kagome now knew what she was going to do.
~.O.~
AIM
"Aim for the underbelly!" Inuyasha instructed.
Kagome twisted her bow around and darted forward toward the massive centipede youkai that had decided to try to make Edo its new nest. Something of which none of them would allow. But this was how Inuyasha wanted to test her growing fighting skills.
Both he and Sesshomaru waited in the background while she was sent to handle the creature. As a Daiyoukai, she was supposed to be able to handle such creatures on her own.
Inuyasha, while a pain in her ass most of the time, still knew what he was talking about. Inuyasha had been defending himself for two centuries and he knew the weak points of every lower youkai one could think of. Kagome wasn't so proud as to ignore his advice.
She slid under the writhing mass, bow raised readily over her head as it cut into the flesh of the creature.
The centipede gave a wail of pain as she successfully cut the lower section of its body into two pieces, her poisoned bow infecting the rest of the being. Slowly, it began melting on itself until there was nothing but a pool of murky brown liquid surrounding her.
Her shoes had been ruined in the process and there was something dripping in her hair.
"Good job," said Inuyasha, though his praise was mostly ignored.
Kagome had to go and bathe for ten years.
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