A/N: Hi guys, this is my second story.. Enjoy it..
It gets exciting with upcoming chapters.. Give it a chance
P.S: I appreciate reviews
Steeling Her Heart
Chapter 1:
She looked at Naraku hesitantly, the whole situation was messed up.. was he really keeping his promise..? She did as he asked of her.. she didn't have a choice, she wanted to be free more than anything else…
But the look in his amber eyes… the hurt in his eyes, it was still weighing heavily on her soul, oh how could she betray him… but no.. she will not think about it now… she just wanted to be free, she is about to become the wind..
Kagura looked at the beating heart in Naraku's hand… her heart… that soon will should belong to her..
"Well Kagura, I should give you your heart back," he said with his evil smirk.
"I did as you asked Naraku! Now give it back to me!" she said pointing to her heart, she always hated how he manipulated with her life like it was nothing.
In a blink of an eye, her hear disappeared, a wave of panic rushed through her body, what did he do?... Wasn't he-..
Then she heard the faint sound… she felt the beating in her chest… where her heart was finally resting…
He gave it back to her.. 'I-It's back!' she thought.
Suddenly she felt a sharp pain piercing through her chest, her eyes widened and the pain overwhelmed her senses, she could see his smirk and hear his laughter… and the faint sound of her heart…
How foolish of her, she thought bitterly… she should have known… Naraku was never to be trusted, she should have enjoyed what little time she had with them… because she was never going to be free.. No matter how hard she tried.. It was all in vain…
Then his face swam into view… clearly… she could see each and every detail in his sweet charming face… Why now… when she was going to die… she had to remember him of all people… it had to be him…
She smiled faintly… It didn't matter anymore… she was dying… And honestly she was glad it was his face she could see before death consumes her life.. forever…
She felt the gentle breeze caressing her face as she fell down off her feather… she wanted to see him one last time… to tell him she was sorry… and deep down.. even if it was small… she wanted to tell him that she… loved him…
She closed her eyes as she fell… knowing she would die soon… with one last regret… Sesshomaru…
….
The fire was burning everything around it; the smoke was suffocating. There was no one with enough power left to do anything, Sango suffered from severe wounds during the battle trying to protect Kagome, Kilala defeated a lot of the demons, but they were too many and she lost all of her strength. Shippo was the only one left standing, but he was just a kid, a small fox demon, he tried his best, but he was just too small with no enough power.
'Oh no! What am I going to do now?' Shippo thought horrified. 'Inuyasha and Miroku won't be here to help' "Kilala! Kilala!" he called for the cat demon who was laying helplessly beside Sango, "Please you must help me! We have to get Sango and Kagome out of the hut! My foxfire won't last much longer! Kilalaaa!" Shippo called for her but she was seriously wounded. 'Is this the end for us?' he thought, 'Inu-Inuyasha! Where are you!'
The cabin started shaking and an attacked pierced through the wall . Shippo looked behind "On no! They are going to kill us now!" He looked at the figure of the person through the smoke, "Wait a second… This is no enemy… Kagura!" he called for her happily,
"Kagura! Oh Kagura I'm glad you came! Hurry Kagome and Sango need help!" he called for her.
"What happened here!?" the wind sorceress said stepping inside, she saw the two girls laying on the ground "What happened to these two? And where is Inuyasha!?" she questioned looking around, the place was falling apart, the smoke was getting thinker and thinker, she coughed few times, "Never mind!" she said before giving Shippo time to answer, she knelt before the unconscious Sango and Kagome. "We need to get them out of here, get the cat demon and follow me!" she ordered, he only nodded and did as she asked.
They left the burning hut, Shippo carried Kilala, while Kagura placed Kagome and Sango on her feather, "Kagura, Naraku's demons are still after us, we are not safe here, are we?" Shippo asked.
"Where is Inuyahsa?!" she asked without answering his question.
Shippo's eyes watered on the mention of the half-breed's name, "Inu-yahsa… he-sniff- he fell of a cli-cliff, and Miroku too!" he managed to say and chocked in his own tears.
'He's dead?' she clenched her teeth, things were slipping through their hands like water, "We have to get out, it's indeed not safe out here in the open," she said looking around for any of Naraku's demons or poisonous insects, "Come on, I'll get you somewhere safer," she said and they took off. She looked the swords Sango was keeping, there two swords and one of them was Tetsaiga.
"Kagura? Are they going -sniff- to be okay?" he asked, "They wouldn't wake up no matter how much I tried,"
"It's because they were exposed to the miasma for a long time… they should be fine, their bodies will recover" Kagura said reassuringly. She looked back at him, the poor demon was a wreck, "Hey stop crying! You don't need to worry about anything, I'll make sure you stay safe for the time being, once we settle down somewhere, you'll tell me what happened," she said, he nodded and wiped away his tears with the back of his hand, O-Okay," he said sniffing.
They landed some place far away; there was a river nearby. "Go get some water," Kagura ordered, "I'll get them into that cave," she pointed to a cave ahead of them, Shippo nodded and left. Kagura placed Kagome and Sango on the ground 'I am not sure if they will be able to make it through, they are still just humans after all' Kagura thought worriedly. She took a deep breath and carried them inside.
'Why did he bother to go after them this time…? Naraku… he would always stay in his hideout, he never went into the open exposing himself to danger… so why now..?' she thought.
Shippo came into the cave with water as Kagura ordered earlier, she looked back at him, "Do you have any kind of antidotes or some medicinal herbs?" she asked.
"Uhh, y-yes I do have antidotes, I kept them with me last time we went to see Jinenji" he said.
"Ok give them to me; it should help them a little bit." she ordered.
Once Kagura took care of everything she turned to Shippo again, "Well now tell me what happened?"
"O…Okay! We were following Naraku's scent when demons started appearing from everywhere. There were too many of them it took us forever to defeat them, and then… and then Naraku showed up," he said. "We did fight against him, but they were all tired because of the previous fight so he had an advantage over us!..Inuyasha … he tried to hold him off but Naraku trapped him and he was about to kill him, but -sniff- Miroku came in and used his wind tunnel. Naraku was being sucked in, and so he launched an attack towards them and they… they… they fell from the cliff!" Shippo said wiping away his tears.
"What happened then? Didn't Naraku say why he attacked you?" she asked, "And how come you have the Tetsaiga with you?"
"Inuyasha lost his sword during the fight when Naraku trapped him and Just… just before they fell, he threw the Tetsaiga's sheath to us," he explained. "Then Naraku turned to us and told us his true intention of showing up this time,"
'His true intention? This doesn't look good,' Kagura thought…
They took care of Sango and Kagome for the rest of the day, but there was still no sign for them to wake up anytime soon.
Kagura went out of the cave, the sun settled down a while ago, "Listen, I can't stay here for much longer," she told Shippo who was standing behind her. "I must leave before any of the poisonous insects come looking for me, we can't let Naraku know where you are hiding now…I will also unsheathe the Tetsaiga so its barrier will protect you until I come back tomorrow".
Okay… but you are a demon; you can't touch the Tetsaiga? So how are you going to do it…?" Shippo questioned.
"That how you do it," She used her wind to unsheathe the Tetsaiga and pushed it into the ground.
"Thanks Kagura" Shippo said from inside the barrier the sword created.
"Don't worry about that, take care of them" she said and he nodded, she took a feather out of her hair and took off. 'Damn you Naraku! The plan is falling apart,' Kagura thought. 'Isn't there anyone who can help? I can't let the other two exposed in this state especially Kagome!... Maybe… Maybe he would help!' Kagura went as fast as she could.
Sesshomaru and his two wards walked through the forest following the scent of Naraku. Rin was riding on Ah-Un the two headed dragon, "I was wondering Lord Sesshomaru, why are you after that demon anyway?" she asked.
"Silly girl!" Jaken scolded, "Don't you know that Naraku tried to get rid of Lord Sesshomaru? He hurt his pride and put the Lord's life in danger" Jaken explained.
"Hmmm, but this is impossible," Rin objected, "Lord Sesshomaru is the strongest, he can't be killed! Stupid Master Jaken!" she said jumping on him and ran to her beloved Lord.
She walked beside him, "You can't be killed Lord Sesshomaru, right?"
Jaken went after her, "Such impudence! Don't question the Lord's power you foolish human!" he shouted from behind.
"It was you who questioned it not me!" she stuck her tongue out.
"Rin" Sesshomaru who was silent the whole time, said.
"Yes my Lord?".
"You had three pairs of shoes, what did you do with them?" he asked when he saw her walking bare footed. It was getting colder; winter was soon coming.
Rin looked down and blushed, she remembered when Sesshomaru sent Jaken to get her something to wear but she always through them back at the imp, "I don't like wearing them Lord Sesshomaru, they bother me, so Rin threw them away!" She said excited and smiled at him.
"Jaken will get you new ones later, and new clothes," he said.
"Okay…" she said happily and turned to Jaken who was still walking behind them, "Did you hear that Master Jaken!"
"I heard you brat! Mind your own business now!" he said annoyed, not liking his new assignment.
Sesshomaru stopped. "Huh!, What's wrong milord? Why did you stop," Jaken asked, but Sesshomaru didn't answer him he just looked up at the sky. Then Kagura's feather showed up and she jumped in front of him.
"Can we talk?" She asked.
Normally she would always start her conversation with some teasing once she lands but this time she looked too serious. He narrowed his eyes "Speak".
"Inuyasha is dead," plain and simple.
He stared at here for few seconds "You didn't search me out just to say this, did you?" he said without any hint of an emotion.
"I figured you'd say such a thing," she shook her head, "Since you refused to help me out, I worked with Inuyasha and his group but this morning I heard that he might be dead, though this is just a possibility... a big possibility. Anyway that is none of your concern, what I am here to tell you is that Kagome is still alive… You may not know this Sesshomaru but Kagome is a priestess, she is the one who detects the jewel shards and she has spiritual powers as well." Kagura said.
"And this concerns me because…"
"Naraku attacked them earlier," she said, "That was not something he did often, he is good in running and making other people do the dirty work for him,".
"You are an expert in that," he commented,
"Hump!" she ignored his comment, "His plan this time was to make Kagome bare him a child, a child that would possess his demonic powers and Kagome's spiritual powers, then he would devour him to his body and you can imagine what would happen next".
Sesshomaru glared at her "And I thought Naraku didn't trust you,".
She frowned "He doesn't, I knew this from Inuyasha's friend. After Naraku's attack, Kagome and Sango the demon slayer managed to escape, but they got caught in a hut, they were about to burn alive but I came in time and saved them. However, they were exposed to Naraku's miasma; I managed to get them to safety, but in order to make sure that Naraku wouldn't find out their hiding place I had to leave them." She explained.
"And I suppose you want me to protect them" he guessed.
"How dare you Witch! Asking Lord Sesshomaru to protect mere worthless humans! Don't you know who he is?" Jaken shouted, and as always Kagura ignored the imp.
She sighed, "Believe me Sesshomaru, if I had any other choice I wouldn't be here," she huffed. "And besides it would not work to your privilege if Naraku gets what he wants, Kagome is defenseless now against him and with Sango so wounded, there is no one to protect her," Kagura was desperately trying to convince him to protect them.
He looked at her for few long moments, she sighed, "Come on! Don't tell me you're okay with that!" she said angrily.
"If what you're saying is true then the best thing to be done is killing her, if I kill her then Naraku won't be able to proceed with his plan," he said.
"Sesshomaru… I knew you would say this, but you can't kill her," she said, "if you do so, there is no way Naraku will ever die because killing him means purifying him, which only Kagome can do that. Because Naraku didn't originally have a real body so the only way to kill him is by purifying him, and last time I checked you were not a priestess" she said, "Anyway, I can't force you to do anything, so…" she turned to leave.
"If you know this much, then it is pointless for you to take any further actions" Sesshomaru said. "Eventually he will know what you are up to,"
Kagura frowned and went silent for few moments. "I am almost free of that bastard grasp, I just need some more time," she said "that time, Inuyasha was supposed to steal it for me, anyways…" she turned around, "It doesn't look like you are willing to give a hand here," she said walking away.
"Where are you going?" he found himself asking.
"I don't know….," she said and took a deep breath "If I go back I'll most likely expose their hiding place and Naraku would kill me, if I don't I'll-, wait a second why I am explaining things to you! It's none of your business!" she said annoyed walking away again.
"If he comes I'll sense his presence," Sesshomaru said. She laughed bitterly, "You just-!... you just don't know anything…." she said calmly, "Now if you'll excuse me I must leave".
He looked at the wind witch leaving, sometimes his thoughts would drift to her, he would remember their first meeting and the many times she would and ask him for help to kill Naraku. He looked back at Jaken and the toad understood what his Master wanted.
Jaken bowed and looked at Rin, "Come on Rin!" he said having her attention, "Let's go find you some food," he walked away followed by a happy Rin, Kagura abruptly stopped and glanced back at him, his wards left the place.
"What is it that I do not know?" he asked.
"It's none of your business!" she said refusing to look at him and she resumed walking. But he grabbed her hand "Tell me," he ordered.
"I am not Jaken or Rin Sesshomaru! You refused to help me and that's it! I don't take orders from you!" she said angrily. He smelled it, she was afraid, frustrated and sad, he could sense that clearly, she was shaking. He turned her to face him.
"What is it that scares you?" he asked, his voice softening.
"I don't need your pity Sesshomaru! Now leave me alone!" she said.
But he didn't let go "I must know, tell me" he said.
"Dammit! I said it's none of your business, I can't tell you everything, alright! Now let go I need to leave!" she snapped.
"I will protect them but you must come to me tomorrow and explain everything in detail." Sesshomaru said.
Kagura couldn't believe what she heard, "You will? I… I mean really?! Fine I will come back tomorrow, go north and you will pick up their scent" she said, "Thank you Sesshomaru, I'll always be in your debt, oh and I can't explain everything,"
He let go of her, "Please don't change your mind now!" she sighed.
"Just go already, you are annoying,"
"North don't forget," she smirked and took a feather out of her hair.
"Kagura," he warned frowning.
"….Thank you…" and she took off.
He waited until Rin and Jaken came back and headed north.