The Fighter's Heart (Inuyasha fan-fiction)

Chapter 8

It had been two months since Kari had been taken away from the group she once traveled with. The child had given Naraku her answer, which was that she would give him a chance, much to Naraku's liking. He decided to train her each day in multiple different things. Today was combat, weapons allowed.

Hakudoshi and Kari were sparing in a large room with Naraku watching them. Hakudoshi gripped his Naginata while watching Kari. The girl pressed the waning crescent moon buttons on her spiked cuffs on her wrists and clicked her ankles together where the buttons on her other spiked cuffs were. This caused the five spikes to unhook from the cuffs to reveal their hollow interior. The spikes then hooked onto Kari's fingers and toes with a thin yet durable steel chain, which had carvings that were similar to a circuit board, but not exact. The child found this out about her cuffs while waiting for the group, she was messing around with the cuffs to pass the time and stumbled upon this discovery. Kari took a stance then and the two began sparring.

Hakudoshi lunged towards Kari, but the girl swiftly jumped out of the way and countered with a kick to her opponent's head. Hakudoshi then grabbed Kari's leg and threw her into a wall. She let out a yelp then charged at the demon child. Kari growled and jumped over him and clawed his back. She did this twice then saw Hakudoshi's Naginata heading towards her out of the corner of her eye so she jumped back. The two stared, both panting and tired.

"That is enough." Naraku called. Kari turned towards him in unison to Hakudoshi then they nodded and turned towards each other.

"Nice job." Hakudoshi said. "You're getting much better at combat."

Kari shrugged and crossed her arms. "I've been training for a while now. It's only natural." She replied. "If you'll excuse me." She huffed then left the room.

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Hours passed then Naraku got some information from one of his saimyosho. Inuyasha and his group were nearing the castle. Naraku smirked then ordered the saimyosho to tell Kari to get ready for a fight. The bug demon flew out of the Naraku's room and to Kari's room. The child was drawing for fun then heard the bug buzz in. She looked up from her work and blinked.

"What?" The child asked and the saimyosho buzzed. "Fine. I'll get ready." She replied and the bug flew out of the room. Kari sighed. She then stood up and grabbed an old mask and placed in on her head to be pulled down over her face later. The mask was pure white with silver slash symbols on the cheeks, two on each cheek, with slim diamond like slit openings where her eyes were. She then put on a dark sapphire blue kimono top with matching pants, similar in shape to Hakudoshi's kimono, a black undershirt, and a silver sash. The top had silver slash symbols that looked similar to the ones on the mask yet were on her arms and legs, two each. She then put on a dark brown cloak with the hood down and attached a small incense to her sash to hide her scent. Kari then hid her scarf using her cloak then pulled the mask onto her face and finally pulled the hood of her cloak up and walked out of the room.

The girl met up with Naraku and huffed. "When do I leave?" She grumbled.

"You're not leaving." Naraku smirked. "The fight's coming to us." Kari blinked while crossing her arms. Eventually a familiar group barged in. Kari widened her eyes slightly. "Well, well, well. Hello Inuyasha."

"Shut up, Naraku! Where's Kari?!" Inuyasha growled. Kagome stepped up with an angered look.

"I swear if she's hurt, you'll be sorry!" Kagome got an arrow ready. The two then noticed the cloaked figure.

"That another incarnation?" Sango asked sternly while gripping her Hiraikotsu. Kari shook her head.

"No. Just an acquaintance of mine." Naraku chuckled darkly. Inuyasha growled and rushed at Naraku.