I only wish that I own Inuyasha.
Chapter 2. I wanted Sesshomaru in this but he has been altered a lot to fit the story, I'll keep him as original as I can but it will be hard as this story requires a lot of changes to the characters. I did enjoy this beginning scene, almost too much, as I believe that these two should have had a moment like this.
I have been told by a reviewer that I have made Kagura too young! Hey, my story, and Kagura in the manga and anime doesn't even last a year! So now who's too young?
There are lots of changes and tricks in this plot, I think this looks Promising
Meeting The Lord Of The West
Kagura urged her feather faster and faster until her clothes caught in the rushing air and the ground was a blur beneath her. She sighed and closed her red eyes and breathed the fast cold air deeply. She smiled then set down suddenly when a flash of silver caught her attention. She landed beside a river and when she saw the white water shrugged the silver off as part of the white water.
She sat on a rock in the centre of the river and dipped her bare feet into the numbingly icy water, she didn't mind, it made her feel alive!
"Who goes there?" a calm and stony voice asked suddenly.
Kagura looked up in surprise, the water rushing past overlapped other sounds, like the footsteps of the approached. She cursed quietly and stood up tall for the intruder to see.
"I am here" she said with the tone of authority "Who asks that of me?"
A flash of silver caught her eye again and she turned to see a demon standing on the west side of the river. He had long silver hair that was as strait as the path of the sun across the sky. He had eyes that burned a deep gold, yet they were shallow, reading yet unable to be read. Interesting. The sophisticatedly elegant features caught her eyes next, that belonged to lord or royalty, a blue crescent moon on his forehead and the red stripes on his cheeks stood out against pale skin and the funny fluffy tail that went over his right arm. He had armour and white pants with a long white coat with a little red on the sleeves that matched the arm markings like on his face, he was unbelievably handsome and that instantly had her attention by itself. That and the fact there was a strong demonic aura coming off him, yet it was controlled as if he was trying to keep his true strength hidden from the world.
He stood there appraising her blankly, she had a purple and white Kimono with a yellow sash around her slim waist, she had a beautiful figure and her movements flowed with feminine strength hidden in lean muscles. Her high cheek bones and red lips were that of a perfect model's then better as she turned in the weak light of the crescent moon just filtering through the clouds now the shadows haunting her face to create an unearthly feel, her face was beautiful and her hair up high to expose an unmarked neck to his burning gaze, no demon has claimed this woman? The man wondered. Her pale skin and jewels in her hair shimmered in the moonlight with a dream like quality. Her scent was amazing too, fresh air and a rare flower then the slightly less pleasant smell of dead demons.
She had a fan in her hand that went up to point just below her pointed chin, her earrings clinked a little in a soft breeze that didn't seem to affect her too much. Her hair had two feathers in it and the way she held herself with such confidence made him wonder who she was.
"I asked that of you, miss. Isn't it dangerous to be in the middle of the river in a dark woods at night?" he asked her a little bit of a gentlemanly fashion showing through the hard exterior.
Kagura snorted once and looked away saying bluntly "Danger is excitement, I do not find this situation as daunting as you make it out to be" She stepped onto a smaller rock then jumped onto the bank. "I could ask you the same thing, what is a demon like you doing in such a place as this?"
The silver haired man watched how she moved and knew she was not a normal woman. "I live not too far from this domain. I have not seen or smelt you or your scent before, I do not believe we have met…"
Kagura smiled a little, she had such a confident aura that the silver haired demon was baffled, she had not one trace of fear in her, yet this mortal was talking to a demon of great strength and power, why was she not afraid?
Kagura let out a small laugh "No, we have not been introduced, perhaps that was for the best. I will take my leave now" she turned and started to leave.
"Is it safe for a mortal like you to be out in demons territory?"
Kagura turned at the insult "Mortal? You bastard, do not insult demon royalty unless you wish to have your head mounted on my wall!"
The silver haired demon looked at her amused "I cannot sense any demonic aura from you, nor any form of royal blood. Do not lie, I can smell no demon on you"
Kagura cursed her mother's nature that automatically distort her demonic aura. She opened her fan, all polite fascination with this stranger gone. "You must have the nose of a halfwit! Taste my power! Dance Of Blades!"
The man ducked to the side just in time, very surprised at the outburst of demonic energy. So she is a demon, and that means she must be a royal… interesting, has she a charm that conceals herself?
He stood up and before he could talk she said "Draw your sword you mangy mutt, I will not let my honour go insulted by fighting an unarmed demon, even if he insulted the highest ranking royalty in this land! Draw!" she held her fan at the ready and the demon saw pure anger in her red eyes.
He put a hand on his sword, Tokijin, made of demon fangs and lots of power. He didn't draw he said "But my pride will be hurt to fight a woman"
Kagura snarled at him "Have you no backbone, won't you fight a woman? Too afraid are you? The demon blood that flows in you must belong to a bitch of a mother to have bore such a timid pup!"
The silver haired man's golden eyes flashed red with insult and anger. And he drew his sword "You have made the mistake of crossing me" he warned softly then began to move around her with blurring speeds.
Kagura soon matched his pace she plucked a jewel from her hair and it became a sword and with that they began a dance of clashing blades and flying sparks with bad language and snarls filling the once peaceful night.
The demon thought to himself Shit she is good, I'll have to give it all my efforts! This demon had never been forced to reach his maximum pillar of strength but this wench was so damn hard to predict and get on the run that he drew on his pure powers and even then he struggled.
Kagura was having similar thoughts, she was trying every trick she knew of to get him onto the defensive, but more often than not they were drawing a stalemate. Kagura jumped away from him and used air currants to force him back as well. "You have skills" she said softly, her breast heaving with the effort to get him on his knees.
He was also breathing hard. Sweat lined his forehead and his hair was wild and covered his eyes. "As do you, demoness" he returned the reluctant comment then fired his swords power at her. The blue energy shot right at her and she didn't move a muscle to avoid it. The attack pushed her back a few feet and then it faded yet she was standing there as if that attack had been a shove in the playground. Kagura was thankful that she had such armour like skin, dragons were blessed with that gift and who was Kagura to not put it to good use?
The demon male looked shocked "Not possible!" he hissed out in surprise.
Kagura looked down at her clothes, luckily they had survived the attack too, they were made out of dragon's manes so they had a similar defence to her rock hard skin. "Did my womanly form confuse you that much?" she asked in a purring voice. Then let lose her own powers her fan replacing that sword made out of a jewel, it went back into her brown hair "Dance Of The Dragon!" she thundered. Tornadoes of compressed demonic aura and air fell from the sky and her fan as she completed the fan around herself in the circular motion that allowed this attack to release.
The silver haired demon started to run and dodge, missing injury by inches!
Ducking and weaving coming no closer to winning or loosing. Kagura watched her attack almost do no damage for the first time and then settled back a little to watch him. Running like a cheater yet having the grace of a dancer, just who was he?
The demon thought to himself If I put one foot wrong, I'll be dead! Just then Kagura renewed the attack and he was too close to avoid it. The swirling energy pooled around him and hurt him then just before he could be maimed for sure she stopped.
Kagura watched him get hurt and then a single drop of sweat fell from her nose. He is strong… stronger than Entei, or the band of seven, or even the panther demons to the north… Yet I do not know who he is… she folded her fan and the attack stopped.
She looked down at the demon who was gasping for breath. He looked up at her and felt uncomfortable, he was a royal demon, royal's didn't bow to anyone! Yet here he was on his knees looking up at a demoness that had brought him to this.
Kagura looked at him then folded her fan and placed it in her sash. "Well fought, demon. I have never been forced to use the dancing dragon twice in one battle…"
The demon saw that he was beaten and said "This insult is truly a memorable one; to have been beaten by a woman…"
Kagura laughed prettily. "Take it as no offence, I was highly impressed, you are lucky to have been spared"
"Why did you?"
Kagura pouted a little and the fan came up to her chin as she thought for a second. Why had she not killed him? She thought hard, her ruby eyes flashing with frustration when no clear answer revealed itself. "I don't know" she said and then after a second of consideration said "I have slain many demons claiming to be strong, I could give you some names yet that would be a waste of time, yet I do not know anything of you" She smiled a little wistfully. "I was impressed I guess. I wanted to know more about the demon who had the strength and skill to rival me, since I have won this duel would it be too much to ask your name?"
The silver haired demon glared with golden eyes and he smirked and stood, wincing slightly but that was of no trouble to him, he would be healed by dawn "Sesshomaru"
"Sesshomaru" Kagura tried the name out on her tongue and smiled a little, "Well Lord Sesshomaru, the next time we meet I will expect you to be stronger, your honour is a strait as your sword so I expect you to follow the request of a lady"
Sesshomaru chuckled a little darkly. "You presume too much. I have yet to learn your name" he leaned forwards until they were almost touching.
Kagura wasn't very comfortable with the close proximity yet at the same time she didn't want to step away, Its because I've got too much blood pounding inside me, she shook it off as normal and laughed softly "Sesshomaru, the next time we meet, if you have gained strength without the loss of honour" she stood away and pulled a feather from her hair. "If that event happens… you will have earned the right to know a little about me… farewell Lord Sesshomaru" in a gust of air she was flying high on her enlarged feather.
Sesshomaru shielded his face a little then watched her leave, not missing her glance back at him before disappearing into the sky. A dawning light burst over the horizon and he wandered back to his castle in a daze over what had just happened…
"Big brother!" a small voice shouted and the older demon got onto one knee to allow the child with wide golden eyes and long silver hair run into him for a greeting. Sesshomaru allowed himself a small smile. His brother was his last living relative and Sesshomaru would be damned if he wasn't going to become the last member of the great dog general descendants.
The small child was a hanyou, the two ears on his head the twitched with his moods proved that with one look. The child was dressed in small red fire rat kimono and pants, the simple fabric looked good with his natural features.
"Brother! Where did you go to?" the child asked looking up at his older brother with wide eyes.
Sesshomaru smiled fondly again "I just went out for a walk, Inuyasha. There was no need for your concern" although he was touched by it nonetheless.
Inuyasha, a small hanyou child only seven years of age in both human and demon terms sniffed at his brother swiftly then hopped back and said "Why do you smell of blood, Sesshomaru?" the child tilted his head to the side and looked so adorable that any woman would have squeezed him like a teddy bear without thinking. "Have you been in a battle?"
Sesshomaru stood tall and said "I had a duel with another demon royal, she was an amazing swordswoman"
Inuyasha's eyes widened and he inhaled again "Does she smell of a kind of flower?"
Sesshomaru nodded "Indeed, you are getting better with that nose of yours"
Inuyasha smiled proudly and puffed up his little chest. "Yes! I have been trying really hard, big brother!"
"Master Inuyasha! Please come inside, it is not yet time for you to be awake" a servant said to the child, she was his caretaker when Sesshomaru was absent.
Inuyasha pouted "I don't wanna go to bed!" he howled angrily.
The servant winced and whispered soothingly to the boy until he calmed down. Sesshomaru watched the servant lead his younger brother away then went to his advisers; Jaken and Myoga and Kaede. The castle doors opened by themselves, he was used to that and didn't give them a second glance.
"Lord Sesshomaru!" a tiny voice yelled and then Sesshomaru glared at his nose as a small demon pierced his skin to get at his blood. Sesshomaru quickly squashed him flat against his face and then held his hand open to see the tiny flee Myoga flatter than a pancake on his palm.
"Shouldn't you know better by now?" The demon lord asked softly.
The flee bulked out his shape again and took several deep breaths before talking "It is always a honour to be of assistance to you, my lord, but why have you come to seek our assistance so early?" the flee knew that he would always get slapped for sucking anyone's blood yet he took the risk to have a taste. His old beloved master Inutaisho had a taste that the small flee had thought quite delicious and so took a little from his son's whenever possible to try and replicate that taste.
Sesshomaru dropped the small demon and looked up at the sound of pattering feet. "Lord Sesshomaru! Lord Sesshomaru!" Jaken shouted excitedly "It is good to see that you have returned in such good health, how was your journey?"
Sesshomaru didn't have much patience with the imp and sighed irritably "That is not your concern, Jaken"
The small demon clutched his staff and bowed lowly "Please forgive my rudeness!"
Kaede, an old human wise one, followed at her own pace "Aye, it is good to see ye in such good health, Sesshomaru. Yet I sense some mystery found ye on yer travels, no other reason could have brought ye to us old fools"
"Why you-" Jaken began but the glare from Sesshomaru quickly shut him up.
"Perceptive as always, Kaede. Lets talk somewhere more comfortable…" he offered the elderly, one eyed woman Jaken's staff to help her walk. She accepted gratefully and hobbled just behind the lord to the study.
Jaken snatched the staff back and muttered curses for the next three minuets about stealing then sat to await being needed.
Myoga sat on Kaede's shoulder and folded his arms patiently, barely hiding his curiosity.
Sesshomaru sat himself on one of the large chairs and quietly gathered his thoughts before beginning. "Out by the Moon river, I came across a strange maiden"
Kaede jumped slightly "A maiden ye say? Any reason why she would be wandering these lands by herself… dangerous for many women, demons or not"
Sesshomaru nodded once and continued "I found her sitting in the centre of the river on one of the rocks by the white waters. When I asked her what she was doing there she merely avoided answering the questions by asking clever ones of her own"
Jaken was fuming with anger "How dare she! The Great Lord that you are should have forced her to answer any question to excess! I should go and-"
"Jaken! Be silent!" Sesshomaru snapped. The imp jumped and sat back down timidly.
Kaede was alone unaffected by the cold edge in the demon's voice "What was she like, Sesshomaru? She must have caught your interest from the start or you would have left her be"
Sesshomaru was once again surprised by how clearly that woman saw things, she was so perceptive it almost made him feel like he was being examined from the inside, but of course that was ridicules. He closed his eyes in a smile "Does anything get past you, Kaede?" the old woman chuckled.
Sesshomaru opened the striking golden eyed and nodded "Yes, she was remarkable" he looked out at the dawn and saw the red eyes and brown black hair that had stuck inside his head. "She was beautiful, beyond any comparison even I cannot deny that. At first I mistook her for a moral, yet she stubbornly told me her status of demon royalty. I had greatly insulted her and she in turn had the courage to insult me…" Jaken was fuming, How could a mere woman insult Lord Sesshomaru? If he ever saw her he would yell at her for three days and nights about apologising to him!
Sesshomaru continued oblivious to Jaken's mood "When that happened she duelled me and incredibly won. She was extremely powerful and strong, a demoness royal no doubt left in my mind…"
The others sat in silence; Sesshomaru, BEATEN? Unheard of! Impossible!
Sesshomaru looked at them all and said "She let me go saying that she was impressed by my skills and strength, she gave me a vague warning that we would meet again. She said that my honour was as strait as my sword then told me to become even stronger as to become her equal, so to speak. She left with my name yet refused me hers; I wish to identify her and I was wondering if any of you knew of this woman I am describing…"
Myoga was the first to talk "Demon royalty are not that hard to track down, but are you sure you wish to be angering her mate by asking about her?"
Sesshomaru laughed softly. "She was unclaimed" the others looked at him as if her were joking. Yet he rarely joked.
Kaede said "Describe her appearance, on simply that alone it is hard to narrow down who she could be"
"She had pale skin and long dark hair, brown I would think, only she had it tied up; showing her unmarked neck. She had jewels in her hair and she had the power to turn one of them into a weapon the matched Tokijin. She had red eyes and pointed ears. She fought with wind magic and had the scents of several dead demons on her fan weapon then on her"
Jaken pondered for a second "There is the princess of the thunder demon tribe that has most of what you describe but she is mated and has several offspring, so I doubt it is her"
Kaede nodded "Ayami of the wolf tribe has a few of these traits also, but I cannot think that she is that woman. She is in the Northern mountains at this moment in time"
Myoga agreed "And she doesn't have dark hair, I spent some time with her once a long time ago. My lord I think that I may know who she is but it is only rumours, of course, and we all know how unstable they are"
Sesshomaru gestured for him to hurry on.
Myoga cleared his throat and said "The has been some talk in the deep woods about a demoness that has been roaming the county looking for strong opponents to challenge. And there has been no survivors from these challenges, yet this demoness tends to leave witnesses and collects trophies from her kills. This behaviour sounds to me a lot like-"
"Dragons" Sesshomaru finished.
Myoga nodded "The demoness that we are speaking of has quite a reputation as The Wind Sorceress. It has been confirmed that she slew The Legendary horse of the Fires Of Hell; Entei and his rider Rengokuki earlier this night…"
Jaken and Sesshomaru looked impressed, Jaken looked scared and was about to wet himself in panic. Sesshomaru thought of the demoness he had encountered earlier. "You suspect this challenging demoness to be the same on I met earlier?" he questioned simply.
Myoga nodded "I expect it to be so, little is know about her or her parentage but I have gotten this from a reliable source; her title is The Celestial Dragon Princess, yet her name remains elusive for my contacts, I can have more about her found out if my lord wishes it…"
Sesshomaru nodded. "That would be of great assistance. I will be gone for most of the day, keep my brother out of trouble…" he rose and stepped outside to wander the lands once again.
In another part of the world Kagura was settling down at her volcanic home to rest a while when a soft knock came at her door. "What?" she asked blankly.
Naraku came in and said "Have you slept well?"
Kagura nodded "I was tired, I finally found a worthy opponent. He was a great demon, honourable and gentlemanly, yet inside an animal rages, so in confliction it is hard to imagine a creation like that…"
Naraku was interested but she refused to answer any more questions about her night, so he got to the point of his visit. "I had a demon guest come here with information on my future and the results were not great…"
Kagura sat up interested. "A prophecy of death? Interesting, but you have had loads before this one so why should it be of any concern?"
Naraku sat by her head and said "This is a prophecy that has been made seven times over the years by different, entirely unconnected, Miko's and demon's with the powers of seeing through time. I have no doubt now that this is a real one…"
Kagura nodded "You want me to assist you"
Naraku nodded "I know you may not want to, but I have to ask you to perform a death for me, then possibly another one later when I know the exact two people responsible for my future… do you agree to help me, Kagura?"
The demoness considered for a short minute. "Very well, I will do what I can"
Naraku smiled and tried to touch her hair fondly but a dagger through his hand, one of Kagura's hair accessories, pinning it to the floor stopped him in the act. "Shouldn't you have learnt by now?" she asked bored. She sat up, her long silky hair flowing in a waterfall of hidden waves and lushes strait locks that would have the most beautiful girl sobbing in envy.
Kagura quickly wound it into its usual high bun then put in the rest of the jewels and dressed into a kimono before walking into the main room and picking up her makeup before demanding in her own way who her target was. Naraku pointed to a castle on a map and Kagura saw that it was near the place she visited last night. She made no emotion to link to that thought though and listened intently.
"The demon guide I spoke to said there is a hanyou living here with golden eyes and silver hair, he is a prince and will grow up to be one of my killers, get rid of him before that time comes. I don't know much more than that, you should be able to recognise a hanyou easily enough"
Kagura smelt the emotions coming from his scent and knew he was hiding something, she didn't press, why should she care?
"Very well, I'll be off" she rose and looked outside at the storm coming she frowned and chanted to herself then the storm blew away. She nodded in satisfaction and took off.
Naraku stopped her "When should I expect your return?"
Kagura hesitated and then said "No earlier than sun down no later than midnight. If all goes well" she flew off into the clouds and was gone in a wisp of demonic air. Naraku instantly want back inside and searched her room, if I find that heart… I'll be unstoppable…
Alright, now how was everything? I have to know if this is a good story or not. I liked this part of the story and the next chapter should by posted later in the day becasue I have to go to school now.
Reviews please!