Is it possible that one could fall in love with a blink of an eye? If Shakespeare can prove it with the tragic story of Romeo and Juliet, then can it be a possibility? This can go many different ways. It all depends on how you look at it.
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How was she supposed to behave in front of all these royal people? Never before had she been in the presence of someone so...neat. Would she just stand up and thank him and take her leave? Definitely not. Surely she did not plan on getting captured by a small group of what was left of an army.
It was almost too easy for her to fight them off.
'It's not my fault they didn't know how to fight.' She thought in amusement. Either they had no training of any kind or they thought that just because she was a girl, she was weak. Maybe both. For a while she seemed to space out and Inutaisho saw this immediately.
"Kagura, my servants will take you to the bathhouse so you can get cleaned up from there. It surely was terrible what they did to you." He said in a calm, soothing voice. Kagura looked up to see if he was messing with her and saw that his eyes were showing pure concern and nothing else.
Instead of saying a snappy comeback, she only nodded her head. As she got up she noticed how weak she had gotten over the past four days.
'Those bastards, how dare they keep me confined in a hut with barely anything to eat?'
She slowly turned around but stumbled a bit and fell down on her knees. By then she saw what condition her wrists were in. They were frail with red scratchy lines. Her eyes widened when she scratched it and it started to bleed.
Surprised by the sudden smell of blood, Inutaisho quickly turned around and looked at Kagura.
'That Prince will surely need to know how to treat a young lady better.' He signaled his hand to summon his servants to help her up.
'Damn it! This hurts like hell!' Once she knew she had the strength to stand up, she saw multiple arms wrap around her and help her up.
'What the hell?' She was about to kick their butts for touching her when she noticed they were only following orders.
The servants slowly and carefully led Kagura out of the main room and into the bathhouse. After their footsteps were no longer in hearing range, Sesshomaru turned towards his father in an annoying gesture but Inutaisho seemed to know what he was thinking.
"I know exactly what you're thinking Sesshomaru. But that girl deserves to be treated better." He said simply. However, his answer was not enough to enlighten Sesshomaru.
"Father, how do we know if it's her or not? You stare at her like she's some goddess when she's nothing more than a random person."
"Did you not see the color of her eyes Sesshomaru? Maybe I ought to teach you a lesson about taking in your surroundings." Inutaisho said with a slight smile.
"I do not have time for little child lessons Father. She will be nothing but trou-," His sentence was interrupted when they heard a scream coming from the direction of the bathhouse.
"Don't touch me there! I warned you! Don't say I didn't warn you!"
Sesshomaru sighed in frustration and looked at his father. Inutaisho didn't say anything though.
"I'm sure she won't be much trouble for us." Inutaisho said with sarcasm.
"I just hope she's not here the next time I go down there." Sesshomaru concluded as he turned around and walked away. But before he exited the room a servant had come into the room, panting and covered with water.
"She's gone, my Lord. She freaked out when we touched the scar on her back. We don't know where she is." The servant said hurriedly and left to look for Kagura.
"Sure, she will be no trouble at all." Sesshomaru said in a mocking tone and left the room.
On his way to his room he saw multiple servants search for Kagura. He had no intention to help look for her, for he knew she was going to bring catastrophe. He continued to walk down the halls when he heard a metal clank behind him. He turned around to see Kagura trying to climb out a window.
Her robe had slipped and her shoulders were exposed, showing how light her skin really was. Her hair was wet and down but she didn't seem to notice Sesshomaru, who was staring right at her.
Kagura just looked down at the view she saw from the window. But unknown to Sesshomaru, she already knew he was there.
"Something you want?" she asked in a bored tone.
"Woman, you are merely causing too much trouble in this castle in one day. I suggest you do whatever you need to do, so you can leave here as soon as possible." He said as he walked towards her. Kagura stiffened and reached for her weapon but noticed that it was taken from her.
"Stay away from me you pampered bra-," But by then he threw her over his shoulder and was proceeding down the hallway, back to the bathhouse.
No matter how hard she tried to hit him on the back or kick him in the stomach, he didn't bulge or wince in pain, instead he just groaned in annoyance.
"Witch, unless you would like to have a limb missing by the end of the day, this Sesshomaru would suggest you stop you're childish behavior." He said. At this point she had given up and just let him carry her back down to the bathhouse.
While the duo traveled throughout the hallways of the castle, Kagura noticed how long it had taken just to get down the stairs. For a moment, minutes seemed like hours and Kagura was getting bored and now her stomach was cramping because of the position she was in.
"You know, you could just be a nice daddy's little boy and put me down now." She hissed at the last part.
"If this Sesshomaru did, then you would go around causing even more trouble. Now be quiet." Not wanting to get into another fight about the bath incident, she decided to change the subject. She took another look at him and noticed that he resembled a mini Inutaisho.
"So you're the stubborn little prissy who is in line for the Lands of the West huh?" she teased. He frowned when she said 'little prissy'.
'How dare she call me that? I'm merely saving her the trouble.'
"Witch, this Sesshomaru does not repeat himself."
"And this Kagura would advise you to put me down." She said, mocking him.
'Is she mocking this Sessho-I mean, is she mocking me?' He was getting frustrated every time she would complain and soon enough he was lost in his thoughts, not noticing that Kagura was trying to talk to him.
"Hey! Ice block! We're back at the bathhouse you can put me down now!" she yelled at him. She was both angry and embarrassed at that moment. She was angry because he was totally ignoring her and she was also embarrassed because he was still holding her by the waist. Deciding to wait for him to come back down to earth, she sighed and looked down and instantly saw that his arm was around her waist almost possessively.
'What the-! That's it!' "Let me go!" No answer.
"I said let me go-AH!" By then he had simply walked over to the water and dropped her in.
"This Sesshomaru heard you the first time." He said before walking away. Kagura sat up and pushed her hair out of the way.
'Oh he will pay dearly.' She thought as the servant scurried their way towards her. For the rest of the hour it was all quiet until a yell echoed throughout the castle walls.
"Leave me alone!"
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Sesshomaru had to clear his mind of everything that had happened over the past ten minutes. He could possibly, kill her silently and leave her body in the forest and no one would know. But not wanting to be scorned by his father and lose his chance for the throne he simply put the thought aside, for now.
'How could this woman go so long without being detected? Since she went so long without being undetected and since she almost took out an entire army, she might have more power than I gave her credit for.' But he stopped at that thought.
What was wrong with him for thinking such absurd things? Him, giving credit to a much lower demon? He might as well have the barber cut all his hair off before he would ever compliment someone.
"Lord Sesshomaru, you father has requested you presence in the main room." A servant from behind Sesshomaru said. Sesshomaru didn't say anything and headed towards the main room. Because he had to carry Kagura back to the bathhouse, he did not have to walk very far. When he entered the main room he saw that his father had already chased everyone out of the room.
"You wanted to see me." Sesshomaru casually said.
"I just heard about your little 'incident' in the bathhouse."
Knowing where this was going, Sesshomaru just stayed quiet.
"Answer me when I'm talking to you."
"As I recall, you didn't ask a question to begin with. It was merely a statement."
"Don't change the subject, son. You know, you could've put Kagura on her own two feet instead of dropping her into the water."
Sesshomaru replayed the moment again in his mind and while thinking about it, it brought a small smirk on his lips. Inutaisho took notice of this and stared at him in surprise.
'This woman hasn't been here one day and she already has my son smiling. Maybe I should talk her into staying here.'
Not wanting to discuss this so close to dinner, he decided to put this off, for now. "We will discuss this another time. Leave me be now."
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Many dishes were put in front of her; fish, meat, salad, and other good traditional foods. She looked at them hungrily but then decided to wait. She laid her hands on her lap and soon she was suddenly interested in fiddling with her fingers.
"Eat." A deep voice said, simple yet so demanding. Kagura jumped a bit at the sudden order and immediately complied. She picked up her chopsticks and proceeded to eat the first thing she saw.
'The woman eats so much like a pig.' Sesshomaru thought as he looked her way.
'She eats like a true woman should.' The thought was the complete opposite of what Sesshomaru had thought. In truth, Kagura was sitting perfectly on her knees, eating her rice with such grace. What does perfection mean in Sesshomaru's world?
"Kagura, I would like to ask you something." Inutaisho asked. Kagura hesitated to put her rice bowl down but succeeded eventually.
"Sure."
"Where do you plan on going after you leave here?"
"W-what?" 'Did he just ask me that?'
"You heard me correct the first time." Darn it. She really needed to get out of the habit of saying her thoughts aloud.
"Uh, I really don't know."
"Interesting," Inutaisho said, wondering if he should ask her to stay.
"But there's one thing I hope to do."
"And what's that?"
Kagura looked down at her hands once again and played with them before answering, "To return home."
Everyone looked at Kagura with interest now, all except Sesshomaru, who was just annoyed at her getting all the attention. Not like he would enjoy being the center of attention anyway.
"The Wind doesn't have a home." A few people whispered.
"There's only one place for a person like me. It's said to be a mythical place but I do believe it's true."
"Very well, but, there's one thing I would like to say before you continue eating."
"What's that?"
"How would you like the idea of my son accompanying you on your journey?"
