Roo: Hey, everyone! Yes, this is my first attempt at an actual serious romance fanfic! (Gasp) Yes, I know, it's shocking to me too… O.o

Kari: You're shocked by everything, you dweeb.

Roo: I don't like mean words…

Kari: Wimp. Just get to the point of all this.

Roo: Fine. Be that way. Well, this is Le Ciel, a kinda "what if" romance story revolving around the relationship between Sesshomaru and Kagura.

Kari: So, if you don't like the pairing or the characters… press the back button on your toolbar and wonder why you clicked the link in the first place.

Roo: Exactly. Well, onto the reason of the title. Well, this is the title of a rather beautiful song by a J-Rock band called Malice Mizer (Which I'm listening to as I type this!). The lyrics kinda fit this story (and I was lacking a better title XD), so the title came into existence!

Kari: She'll put the lyrics at the end of the last chappie, just so you can see for yourselves.

Roo: Well… Disclamie time! (Does a jig)

Kari: Ripper Roo will most likely NEVER own Inuyasha or any of its characters and/or plots. That belongs to Rumiko Takahashi. She doesn't own Le Ciel either. That is the property of Malice Mizer. She owns the story. That's all. Now, stop watching our house, lawyers. O.o; It's creepy.

Roo: Wow. I don't own a lot of stuff. o.o That sucks. Story time! n.n

Le Ciel

-Chappie 1-

-Help Wanted-

'There has to be a better way to escape…'

Kagura twisted her snow white feather in between her thumb and her index finger. She looked up to the grey sky, fogged by the miasma surrounding the mansion of her soul's keeper, leaned against the wall of the large house with a heavy sigh and closed her crimson eyes. She looked both calm and frustrated, and kept twirling the feather, as if it was instinctively.

Naraku was out, regenerating himself again. The barrier was down, but the poison insects were flying around, keeping their eyes peeled for Inuyasha or anyone else trying to go in or out. Kagura was thinking about escaping, as she always did when Naraku was out. It was the only time she had to herself to think about such matters, but still knew that she was trapped. Naraku had created her, and he could destroy her just as easily. There was no way that she could kill her "master". Not on her own, anyway.

The Wind Bearer opened her eyes. "That's right. I'm all alone," she reminded herself. "Without an ally, I don't have a snowball's chance in Hell of cutting him down…"

She remembered of all the times she had asked for Sesshomaru's assistance, and that each time he had refused. 'Why do I keep turning to him?' She asked in herself. It was confusing to her, that the only person she would ask for help was the Lord of the West.

'Perhaps it's because Naraku respects his power more that any other's. Yes, he is powerful… I have to give him credit for that. He actually stands a chance.'

'The smell of miasma… I'm getting closer.'

The blades of grass swayed in the wind and were eventually pushed aside as a white haired demon made his way through the grassy field that surrounded Naraku's house, along with Rin and Jaken. He turned his head up to the sky. Purple, with streaks of grey rain clouds peeking through. An obvious give away that this was what Sesshomaru was looking for.

He stopped at the top of a hill over looking the manor. His golden eyes stared down on it, scanning it for any signs of his half demon brother.

"Not a trace of him," he mumbled as he made his way down the mound of grass, Rin following closely behind.

"Wait up, milord!" shouted Jaken as he ran to catch up with Sesshomaru and Rin.

Footsteps were heard in the distance, coming closer to the manor. 'Must be Naraku.' Kagura slipped the feather back into her hair and walked to the source of the noises.

"I don't think Naraku is here, milord," said a high pitched and squeaky voice.

Kagura looked to the entrance of the house, only to see a very familiar demon.

"What are you doing here, Sesshomaru?" as she stared at him with her mesmerizing red eyes and cocky smirk.

Sesshomaru turned around to face Naraku's female incarnation. "Where's Naraku?" he asked bluntly, not wanting to waste any of his time chatting.

She crossed her arms. "He's out regenerating himself, but he most likely already knows you're here." She looked up to the poison insects hovering around, softly buzzing.

Sesshomaru looked up at them, and then to Rin and Jaken. "We have no business here. Let's go." He turned on his heel and started to walk away, Jaken slightly jogging to keep up and Rin holding the lead ropes of Au and Un.

The little human girl turned her head as she waved back and said, "Bye, Kagura!" with that cute, innocent smile of hers.

At that moment, Kagura's mind hatched an idea. "Wait, Sesshomaru!" Kagura ran towards the trio. The male demon turned around and decided to listen to what his rival had to say.

"What is it now?" he asked once Kagura had caught up. His toad henchman sighed in annoyance.

"Ya know, I can take you to Naraku's current location," stated the wind master with a smirk, knowing that he wouldn't refuse an offer such as this.

Sesshomaru, intrigued by this offer, decided to listen to the rest of what she had to say. "What's your price?"

"Not much. All I ask is for your assistance in defeating Naraku." Sesshomaru remained silent for a few moments, going over the pros and cons of the given situation. On one hand, he would be helping out his enemy. On the other hand, he would get to destroy Naraku.

"Fine. Lead the way."

Kagura smirked, yet again, and walked beside Sesshomaru off into the field.

'Finally. I have you on my side.'

-End of Chappie-

Roo: Okay, so it's a little short! So what!

Kari: (cough) Idiot. (cough)

Roo: I'm not that dense!

Kari: And all this time I though you were.

Roo: Psh. Whatever. Well, for all you people wondering this, yes. This is my own version for the ending of Inuyasha. I know what happens to Kagura in the end, but I'm changing that, because I don't really like what happened. O.o Please, don't flame me for this…