I do not own Inuyasha or any of its characters, only my wild imagination.

This is the first Inuyasha fanfiction that I've written that doesn't completely focus on Inuyasha and Kagome. They are featured in this, don't get me wrong, but this is more of a Kagura and Sesshomaru story.

I love Kagura! She's my fav character! In this story I have changed her a lot so don't expect this to follow any of the Inuyasha anime stories becuase it doesn't. I want you to be honest with the chenges I've made to her and if they are acceptable, even if it's just for this story only.

Enjoy!

The Celestial Dragon Princess

She sighed and flicked her fan to get the blood off it. The sharp edge so thin it was rumoured to be able to cut a soul in half, that was an exaggerated rumour of her strength and it wasn't too far off. The only surviving daughter of Ryukotsusei and Kaguya; Kagura had earned that reputation.

Kagura was an amazingly powerful demon. The powers of the wind and her mother's powers that rivalled her mothers and her fathers demonic aura and powerful body. Her skin was impenetrable for any blade or single attack.

Both her parents were dead.

She was more powerful than either of them on their own and still more powerful with them both put together. Red eyes, long brown hair with creamy pale skin, long lean limbs, womanly figure and a lot of power under her belt, she was a force of nature by herself.

Kagura looked down at the dead horse. Entei the legendary horse of the fires of hell lay dead at her feet, the fiery main and tail extinguished and each of his hooves burt black by his own powers as they tried to cremate him . Kagura wouldn't stand for that, she needed her prise and with a sigh an icy cold air put out the fires leaving the animals corpse laying in the tall grass, looking a little stupid now, and not at all like the legend he had started for himself. Kagura sighed I hate it when looks are disappointing.

She flicked her fan again and the blood fell off the fan like oil, leaving it clean and perfectly normal looking, but then it didn't belong to a normal woman…

She looked to her left where the Entei's last rider was trying to make its escape. "Rengokuki… You talk like a warlord, yet cower like a dog without your mount, then run like a human child when proven beatable! You coward, face death like a man!" she shouted at him, her fan opening to end yet another demon who was stupid enough to run from her challenge.

The green-grey demon picked up its pike and threw it at the woman who was stalking towards him. It bounced off her forehead with a metallic sounding clang. Kagura felt her forehead with a hint of surprise "You have good aim, I'll give you that much" she commented, greatly enjoying herself. This demon pleaded and whimpered and whined when he saw that she could not be harmed that easily. She sighed and waved the fan in her hand, a single blade flew out of it and sliced Rengokuki's head off. Kagura looked down at the bouncing head with almost amusement. "I expected more of a fight from both of you if I was to be honest" the eyes of the demon went blank and she swiftly sliced up the corpse on her hands to ensure that he would not resurrect himself, that would be boring.

With a resigned sigh she put the fan in her kimono sash and picked the belt that was the demon's, the only thing left of him, and sliced Entei's tail off and then plucked a feather from her tied up hair and with her wind magic flew into the sky.

Kagura often went out into the world like she was doing now, looking for strong demons to fight, hoping for a challenge yet always failing. For someone as strong as she it was hard to find a decent fight before it was over. She had hoped that the legendary horse Entei and his rider would be a highlight of the new year, once again she was disappointed.

She landed in the centre of the horses territory and pulled an earring out of her ear lobe, the pointed ear was sensitive to sounds that were both soft and eluding, and used the magic inherited from her mother to create a large energy pulse in the shape of an her fan, it shot above her and into the sky to tell the world that she was in that position.

After ten minuets of waiting Kagura heard the pounding of horses hooves and readied herself for a battle.

Rengokuki the rider landed his horse in the centre of the clearing that Kagura was waiting in. "Who dares to claim my territory?" he demanded.

Kagura walked calmly into the open. "Me" She opened her fan and continued "You misunderstand, I don't want your waste of a territory. I want your life, perhaps you have heard of me?" She fully entered the clearing and the fire of Entei's mane lit up her face. "I am Kagura, the Wind Sorceress, I challenge you to a test of strength!"

Rengokuki eyed her up warily. He knew of her. She was a fine woman in his eyes, beautiful, powerful, strong and a simply perfect bride for the rider of Entei; himself. "I know of you, I warmly welcome you to my territory, mam. I will control the world one day and you shall be my bride" he said simply.

Kagura raised an eyebrow at him and folded her fan very slightly. "Why should I consider becoming your bride?"

Rengokuki laughed loudly and thought himself grand for catching her attention. "In time I shall rule the world! That is the destiny of the rider of Entei! And Rengokuki is that rider! When I rule the world I'll take you as my queen, not a bad offer hey?"

Kagura looked at him, eyed him up and down, assessing his strengths "You don't look strong enough to rule the world to me" she stated then moved, the fan creating a large number of demonic blades "Dance Of Blades!" she shouted and the white blades went spinning towards the horse and rider, chopping down trees and turning up the earth.

The horse escaped, barely, into the air and Kagura looked at him, expectantly. "Do you always run from an enemy?" she taunted.

Rengokuki snarled "Woman, you are a demoness that is unclaimed, become my wife and lower that weapon" when she did not he sent a blast of fire aura at her. She blew it back at him and then bordered her own feather and gave chase.

"Surely this is a joke!" She shouted aiming another round of dancing blades at his back. "The rider of the legendary Entei running from a fight? I expected more!"

The horse turned and suddenly an electric light surrounded him and then an energy blast was flying right at Kagura. She flew right into it and came out the other end smiling smugly not even her clothes were damaged "Is that the best you've got?"

Entei belched fire and then Rengokuki threw his own fire attack into the flow, the woman parted both the attacks with a wave of her fan, her feather flew down the path of clearness in the torrent of fire, her ruby eyes dancing with excitement. "Allow me to show you true power!" she glowed blue for an instant and the immense demonic aura attack was dispersed and she chanted slightly to herself then the fire attack burst from her shouting mouth back at the two who ran for cover. Kagura smirked, her mothers gifts were exceedingly rare and powerful in their own rights.

Rengokuki gasped and then really started running. Kagura laughed and finished the horse with one attack. "Dance of the Dragon!" the horse was struck down and then the rider soon followed.

Kagura landed just outside her home, it was a small place made out of the side of a volcano which guaranteed both warmth of the home, due to lava flows, and fertility in the lands around it from past eruptions. The volcano was dormant, it had been for as long as she had been alive, and her master before her, and he had been around fifty years longer than she. She walked inside and put the feather back into her long hair, it was tied up in a high bun that had lots of beads and jewels flowing through it.

Her hair gleamed in the absent of the moon and stars, it was thick and silky and pleasant to touch, not that she allowed anyone to. She has highly sophisticated features that kept her regal appearance even if she was covered in blood, that never happened though as her kills were quick and efficient, only the ones who really irritated her were given the pleasure of a long and slow death by the demoness.

Her master looked up from the shadows in which he practiced his trickery "Kagura, you have returned. I trust your journey was without hitch?"

Kagura smiled not warmly, but with a satisfaction that could only be found on the face of an assassin like her "As always" she said and threw the belt and the horse's tail at his feet. "It went almost too smoothly for my tastes. Entei was all bark and no bite, and his rider even worse than a human! I want a real fight, not a game of cat and mouse!"

Her master stood up, he had brown-red eyes and long black hair with almost sickly pale skin. He was known as Trickster, Onigumo, Hakudoshi, Injustice, Satan's spawn and Naraku. Kagura called him Naraku, it was simpler that way.

Kagura went to her room, a simple on that had a few paintings and tapestries of her family or just of places she wished to travel to one day. Her room didn't have any windows and she liked it that way, Kagura had a few shelves with the trophies that she was proud of, like the sculls of the band of seven that were each hanging from their own peg, her age of when she killed them scratched into the wall; twelve years old. Kagura liked her job as an assassin as it let her travel and introduced her to new lands where strong demons lurked for her to duel. Kagura stretched and lay down on a futon that was hers to relax on as she hardly ever slept.

Naraku ran his hands over the trophies almost possessively. "You have done well, once again, Kagura. I would be a fool to not acknowledge that" he called through to her room.

Kagura snorted softly, Naraku was many things but he was not a fool. She was many times more powerful than he was and had a lot more richer blood, she was royalty as both her parents were from royal backgrounds. Kaguya was a celestial maiden princess when she was on earth and her father was the dragon king before he was slain. Kaguya had left to return to the moon and when her father died Kagura and her sister had no where to go as they were both so little and helpless. Naraku had taken them in and Kagura did errands for him in return for that. She grew in both beauty and power daily, and Naraku was not the sort of man to miss that sort of thing.

Kagura laughed "That stupid Rengokuki, he boasted about ruling the world then said he would make me his wife… I can't see myself as a wife…" she opened her fan and gently caused a cooling breeze to lull her into a relaxed state.

Naraku looked at her and nodded "Not me either, I doubt either of us will be able to find a wife or husband equal to us"

Kagura made a noise of agreement and then went back to relaxing in silence. Her life was mostly simple and carefree yet she was burdened with her sisters death. Kagura was still grieving slightly for her younger sister Kanna, who had passed away ten years ago. Naraku had made sure that she was at rest.

Ever since Kagura was a little demon under Naraku's guidance she had aimed to be strong, a strong fighter, killer, assassin, demon and woman, not like a human or any other female demon her age or type. She had a few possessions, her fan, her sister and mothers mirror, three changes of kimono's, her hair accessories and then a small shell filled with make up that she wore to enhance her beauty, and it worked. Any male demons who saw her instantly wished to posses her, yet none had as she was determined to be her own woman. Kagura had lived for just over a thirty years and was still young for a demoness yet it was unusual for her to be unclaimed as such a demon with strength, beauty and power should have been fought over ten times daily. Yet she was not as her own independent pride wouldn't allow it.

She was the free wind that was invincible. She knew she was as she had perfected the spell to make herself thus. She had taken out her own beating heart from her back and hidden it so she would never fear dying in battle. Her fearless nature came from that reason. Only Kagura knew where that heart was located, inside her sisters mirror. Kagura often suspected that Naraku may know but she never saw him do anything to act on that, so she was safe, for now.

After a while she snarled and got up storming out of her room then out of the front door "I can't stay here and do nothing when I was out minuets ago looking for a challenge!" she pulled out her fan and her feather and took off outside in a gust of air. Naraku chuckled as he watched her hurry away. "She's getting so powerful, almost too powerful" He went back to his trickery and then got a knock on the door. "Enter" he said calmly.

An old demon with long ears came in and said "Naraku, I have the information you require" Naraku gestured to the seat opposite him. The old demon sat down and said "And I am afraid that it is not good news, sir"

Naraku nodded and said "Please tell"

The old demon glanced at a females night clothes in a corner of the room "Do I get to meet the lady of the house?"

Naraku saw what the old demon was referring to and shook his head "I'm afraid not, she stepped out, but I doubt that you would want to meet her, she is the Celestial Dragon Princess; Kagura"

The older demon almost screamed and then squeaked "Then it is indeed fortunate that the lady is out… is she your wife, sir?"

Naraku smiled a little bitterly "She is, at the moment, too proud and adventurous to take a husband, and any males that attempt to court her end up a little like this" he held up Entei's tail and the old demon gulped. "She slew Entei this afternoon…"

The old demon looked like he was about to faint from terror. "S-s-she is in-indeed a p-p-powerful demoness to-to have s-slain Entei…" he stuttered. Oh gods thank you for postponing my meeting with her, I would have acted stupidly if any of the rumours of her beauty are to be believed, I'd end up like that demon skin rug! He flexed his nine toes nervously on the material.

Naraku cleared his throat "I believe that the topic has changed drastically from the reason of your visit to my magnificent companion, please get back on track"

The old demon nodded and tore his gaze and mind from the room of the demoness. "Very well, I'll get to the point. The prophecy that has been made about you is quite simple to understand and unfortunately it is not the best of news"

He cleared his throat and recited calmly

"The man that the demons bonded with,
Shall find his death at the hands of this,
A man with eyes the colour of gold,
But human tainted history's told,
A princess with powers of pure intense,
Will the mans daughter turn against,
The Shikon that shatter a thousand astunder,
Dragon's to gather from hair and thunder,
Kept in hand the unstill heart,
Will either help or hinder this mans depart."

The old demon opened his eyes and explained quickly "From what I can gather a hanyou with golden eyes will team up with a princess that is also a strong Miko, they will team up with your daughter who will turn against you to kill you, sir"

Naraku frowned "I do not have a family"

The old demon nodded "Yes, and this should keep you off a family until the man with the golden eyes and the princess Miko have been slain. The seventh line hints that you will have to find some jewel shards and as for the eighth and ninth lines I haven't the foggiest and I asked every prophet and demon wise one in the entire east and west regions!"

Naraku smiled "I know what it means. Thank you old man, you have been of great assistance. Could you do three favours for me?"

The old demon nodded. "One, find the man with the golden eyes for me, the hanyou that is of the prophecy. Then the same for the Miko princess, I will not take any chances with this prophecy. And the final one is the usual one" he leaned forwards and said darkly "These meetings never happened…"

The old demon shivered and nodded. "Yes, sir. And in return my people are safe from the Celestial Dragon princess. And as for the first request…" the old demon smiled a little like a sly fox. "There is a proud dog demon family that rules the far west… and the recently deceased king had two sons… one from a great demoness… and the other from a human. The children are both male, and I believe that both children have inherited their fathers looks of silver and gold…"

Can you see where this is going? I'll get the next chapter uploaded as fast as I can. Reviews will make this process speed up.

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