Author's Note: I tried to make this as detailed as possible so you could really see what my mind saw when I was thinking this up. Also I tried to leave the characters' personalities as close to what they originally were as I could. Enjoy.
Chapter Two: Beautiful Dreamer
- Sesshomaru tries to escape the thoughts of Kagura but she follows him even in his dreams. -
Just outside the forest was where Sesshomaru decided to set up camp. "Milord, why are we stopping?"
Looking back at Rin asleep on top of Ah-Uh he answered, "Rin is tired."
"That child sleeps more than a newborn babe," Jaken stated folding his arms with his staff in hand as he turned to look at Rin sleeping face.
Night fell and he leaned in his usual spot against the tree, his tree, while his snow white fur cradled his neck and face but, he did not sleep. His mind kept him distracted as it pondered the question. 'Where is she? Why did she leave?' Surprised and slightly angry at himself he decided he would end all thoughts related to that particular demoness. His mind fought with the knotted tightness in his chest that always seemed to fill with worry whenever her name of her crossed his thoughts. Because ridding her completely from himself was becoming a losing battle, he determined the best remedy would be to seize all function with sleep. Closing he amber eyes, he drifted into slumber. -
"Lord Sesshomaru, look at all the pretty flowers!" The little girl squealed and ran through the vast, yellow meadow.
"I've never seen a field of flowers stretch so wide," Jaken added following close behind. The small girl and the imp disappeared from sight yet, Sesshomaru stood in the same spot, observing. 'Something strange.' He thought as the breeze travel through his silver strands. A different yet familiar scent, something other than flowers caressed his senses.
"Sesshomaru?" she spoke and he turned to face her. Her ruby lips formed a radiant smile as she walked toward him, close. She stood there, right under his nose. A slight gasp escaped his lips when she took his hand into hers.
'She's holding my hand,' his mind echoed, 'how dare she - ' his thoughts were interrupted when she placed his hand on her chest. He could feel pulse vibrations against his palms through the smooth kimono layers. Was this her heart?
"Naraku is dead; I've got my own heart beating inside my chest now."
'What?' he thought puzzled but, not speaking a word. He opened his mouth to say something when suddenly the vivid, turquoise colored sky turned into a deep purple with blotches of rolling white clouds. 'What the hell?' His eyes searched through the strange new darkness. Kagura, who was now fear-stricken, stirred closer to Sesshomaru still holding on to his hand. 'Kagura scared? This is a first.' He thought. Then the once luscious meadow and turned into a black and grey grave of dead flowers. Both their eyes watch as the wildlife in front of them begin to decay into dust in the increasing wind. 'What is all this?'
"Sesshomaru look!" Kagura yelped in horror causing immense dissatisfaction in Sesshomaru. His eyes followed her in the direction of the ground. He couldn't believe it. The earth beneath his feet was beginning to open up. Kagura grabbed his forearms as the grim darkness started to pull her in. "Sesshomaru!" she cried losing her grip.
'Damnit,' the force pulling her was getting stronger and his firm grip was begining to fade. She was slipping away into nothingness right before his eyes. The force pulled her yet deeper into the gaped opening.
"Ahh!" she shrieked, now clinging to his sleeves. Just then they tore and in a flash she was swallowed into the unknown. "Sesshomaru!" her voice echoed as the ground quickly closed up.
"Kagura!" he cried just before he heard the wicked laughter of the beast Naraku. However that was all he sensed as he scoped the barren terrain.
"If I had known all it took was a sleazy wind whore to lure you into my traps; I'd have done this sooner"
"Coward, show yourself! Where's Kagura?" Naraku's voice gave no reply instead it returned taunting laughter once again.
Sesshomaru snarled in anger. "Kagura!" -
"Sesshomaru?" she shook him gently, "Sesshomaru, wake up." He eyes flickered open in a frenzy. Kagura was kneeled over him with her hands resting on his shoulders. Through the dark night her red eyes and lips glowed. No wonder his dream had seemed so real. Her scent, her voice, her touch; there she was.
"What?" he asked coldly.
"You were talking in your sleep again. It looked like you were having a bad dream." Sesshomaru grunted in displeasure.
"I meant what are you doing here?"
'He said that as if I've never spent the night with him. Does he not want me here?' She thought before answering, "I went to go see what Naraku wanted and came back here when I was finished. I thought - "
"What do I say?" He interrupted.
"Huh?" she asked clearly showing the confusion on her face.
"You said again. What do I say when I talk in my sleep?"
"Well, a lot of things." She said taken aback by his sudden interest. "Most of the time I cant make it out but sometimes - " she stopped.
Obviously annoyed by now, he took her hands off his shoulders and let out an irritated growl. "Sometimes what?" He demanded.
"Sometimes you call for your mother," Sesshomaru's eyes widened and he gasped. Kagura ignoring his considerably unusual reaction continued, "But just now you called for - "
"Enough," he declared standing to his feet, "I will not hear anymore of this nonsense." Kagura peered at the angry yokai as he turned and disappeared into the shadows. For the first time in his life, he had been embarrassed. His darkest most intimate secrets revealed through his sleep. 'Sleep talking,' he thought walking in the opposite direction of the wind witch, 'ridiculous.'
Too be continued….
Author's Note: Well, tell me what you think? Did I achieve my goal? Is it still bad? Or do you actually like it? Let me know, please. (Open to criticism. So speak your mind.) Review!
