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Chapter Three: Perfection

- The setting takes place the morning after Sesshomaru's dream.-

Morning came and the first warm rays of the sun woke Rin. "Good morning Master Jaken!" she yelled in a loud cheerful voice as she leaned over him. Jaken yelped and jumped to his feet, frowning at the young girl.

"Stupid girl, that's not how you wake someone up!"

"Sorry," she said still smiling.

'Now if I would have done that last night, then he would have a reason to be mad at me,' Kagura thought as she looked at the laughing child. Needless to say Sesshomaru was not exactly enjoying Kagura's company at all after last night. He 'wasn't talking to her,' so to say. However this wasn't like he usually ignored her, this time he had good cause to avoid her. During the walk, Sesshomaru made sure to stay at least ten feet ahead so as not to have to look at her.

'Damn that woman,' he thought to himself still trying to recover his pride. His stoic features had become almost permanently transformed into irritated ones. He couldn't help but keep thinking about it. The events that transpired replayed over and over again in his mind.

"Lord Sesshomaru," a small voice whispered. He stopped and looked down upon the raven haired child who was leading Ah-Uh. "I'm hungry."

Jaken balling his fist in annoyance narrowed his eyes, "You'll eat once Lord Sesshomaru stops! You need to learn some patience. Milord and I have had enough of - "

"Jaken, shh!" he commanded firmly.

"May Master Jaken and I please go look for food now?"

Jaken now scolding shouted, "The nerve of you volunteering me to -"

"Yes."

Jaken slumped and resentfully complied, "Yes, Milord."

"Come on Master Jaken; hurry before we fall too far behind" Rin yelled from a distance and waved him on.

"Slow down, child!" Jaken followed frantically.

Kagura smiled mischievously, 'Perfect, now is my chance to - '

"Don't take this as an opportunity to bother me with anymore of your foolish antics," he stated blatantly before she could finish her thought after looking back at her.

Kagura's smiled faded, "What makes you think I would want to talk to you anyway?" Then she folded her arms.

"Well you certainly wanted to talk last night when you were hovering over me in my sleep." He said in a jaded tone.

Her voice was different; she was undoubtedly getting mad. "I wasn't 'hovering' over you. You were sleep talking. I was trying to make you shut up."

"If you weren't always stalking me in the dead of night, my alleged 'sleep taking' wouldn't bother you."

"Stalking?" she said bulging her eyes while unfolding her arms.

"Yes, stalking," he repeated calmly which angered her even more. Then there was silence. The tension weighed heavily. Then she spoke, "You know your attitude just made you that much more unattractive."

"Unattractive?" He mocked smugly, raising an eyebrow.

"Yes, unattractive! It's no wonder you haven't got a mate or wife or whatever."

"Strange how stalkers think they know a person."

Kagura gritted her teeth the rage was building and she couldn't take it. "Who's using who?" she shouted.

Sesshomaru didn't understand. "What?" 'Where did this come from?' He thought.

"Am I here to help you or are you here to help me?" The yokai's face was now riddled with confusion. Kagura couldn't help it. She needed to know now. Ever since she spoke with Naraku she'd been feeling doubtful and unsure. "Tell me why I'm here."

"You chose to be here." She was silent as he paused. "I don't need you; I can defeat Naraku alone. If there was something I wanted from you, believe me, I could have gotten it a long time ago."

Now Kagura was the one confused. 'Is that a good thing or a bad thing? Does this mean he cares about me? Did he just insist I was easy? Just who does he think he is?'

"You're always welcome to come and go from here as you please." Kagura, needing to hear no more, took a single white feather from her hair and casually tossed it in the air. And there you have it, just as quickly as she had come, she left.

Too be continued…

Author's note: More to come soon. I'm working on the next chapter now. Hope you enjoyed! Reviews will help me improve and make me happy.