Note: These chapters will be a day by day thing and shall chronicle a week.
This chapter is day one. Thanks for the reviews.
Kagura continued to climb all over Naraku's head, all the while laughing and squealing. "What can we do today Papa? What can we do, what can we do, what can we do?!" she screeched right into his ear. The miasma master winced and grabbed her off of him. The laughter stopped and he looked her directly in the eyes.
"Stop that!" he commanded and set her down. He had hoped to see terror on the girl's face, but to no avail. She just pushed back her hair and giggled at him.
"Papa?" she asked all of a sudden.
"What?"
"Why do you kill?"
"What's it to-" he began.
"Papa why are you only half demon?" she asked, interrupting him. If he was in a worse mood, the girl would have earned herself a beating for that, but instead it just annoyed Naraku. Before he could do anything, she spoke again.
"Papa why do you have that ugly wolf skin?"
"Its not a wolf skin, its-"
Papa whose heart is that?"
"Your-"
"Papa why is the sky blue?"
"I don-"
"Papa-"
"WILL YOU SHUT THE HELL UP ALREADY?!!!" Naraku roared.
"Why?"
"Because if you don't I will kill you!"
"Why?"
"Because you annoy me!"
"Why?"
"-_-" (Thanks go out to Raven Demon for that idea!)
"Papa?"
"What now?" Naraku graoned.
"Can I have a cookie?"
"I don't have any." Naraku replied. Almost immediately, the little girl's eyes got big and gooey. Big pearly tears began to drip from them. She began to sniffle. Naraku looked down and new immediately what was going to happen. Soon enough, the chibified Kagura began to sob.
"B-but I want a c-c-cookie!" she whined in between sobs.
"Well I don't have any!" The girl stared at him for a moment and then let out a piercing wail.
"WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Naraku slammed his hands against his ears to block out the infernal sound which seemed to be shaking the entire fortress. Glasses shattered and the windows began to vibrate and crack. Naraku saw with horror and dismay that all of his vases, even the expensive one he had gotten from China, were breaking into little ceramic pieces. All the while, Kagura bawled her head off and shook the walls with her wails. Naraku finally got enough courage to take his hands off of his ears and cup one over Kagura's open mouth. She looked up at him with red eyes and a quivering lip. Naraku was going to hate himself for doing this, but it worked before he had become a demon and was a little kid. He scooped Kagura into his arms and rocked her back and forth gently.
"Shh, don't cry. It's alright." he whispered, holding back some major chunks. Kagura smiled slightly and started to suck on her thumb. Then she fell asleep, her hair swishing back and forth as she swayed in Naraku's arms. Naraku smiled slightly. She looked kind of cute like that when she was asleep. Then his face hardened. He couldn't really have thought that, could he? No, he couldn't have. Not if he wanted to continue his reign of terror and get more jewel shards. He went upstairs and set Kagura down on a couch and went to his room for some rest himself. Just as he did, something fell out of his ear. Instinctively he put his finger to his ear and felt where the opening was. When he drew it away, he saw blood on it. The same thing happened with his other ear too! He gritted his teeth. Gods above, had the noise been that loud? Apparently it had. Naraku got some cotton balls and jammed them into his ears to suppress the blood and went to his room. He sat down and fell asleep.
Some time later, Naraku woke up. How long had it been since he had fallen asleep? He didn't care. All that mattered right now was getting another sacred jewel shard. He went out of his room and down the stairs.
The sight before him was unspeakable.
The entire room, which had once been a beautiful place decorated with miasma, vases, and carpentries was now a complete wreck. All the vases were shattered and the carpets were sliced up into colorful streaks. The walls were covered in slash marks. In the center of the room, Kagura stood, fan in hand. She was swinging her fan back and forth, each time creating tiny wind blades which were denting more and more of the walls. She was laughing wildly. She turned to him and smiled.
"Hi Papa!" she giggled. Naraku was mad enough to see red. First she had annoyed him with her endless chattering. Then she had made his ears bleed with her infernal wails. And now she had done this. It was too much. Naraku grabbed Kagura and shook her like a ragdoll.
"What the hell do you think your doing?!!!!" he screamed into her face. Now he could see fear in her eyes. Good. She needed to be scared.
"I'm sorry." she whimpered. "I just wanted to play." She began to cry again, softly this time.
"Well your playing has just wrecked my living room! What were you thinking?!" Naraku shook her one last time and then set her down. He began to walk away, but the child's sniffles halted him. He turned to face her.
"I'm sorry I had to do that, but you wrecked my room and needed to be taught a lesson. Now be good from now on, okay?" he said in a much calmer tone. The girl stopped crying and nodded. "Good." Naraku said and walked out of the room. It was going to be a long day indeed.
Kanna wandered down the steps for some dinner. It was almost dinner time and she was quite hungry. "I wonder where Kagura is." she muttered. "I haven't seen her all day." As if to answer her question, the geisha darted in front of her. Kanna's eyes widened. Was this really her sister? And if so. what in the name of Kami had happened to her?
"Hi!" Kagura squealed. Kanna was frozen in her shock. Kagura immediately jumped on Kanna's back and began to pull on her hair. "You have pretty hair!" she giggled.
For the first time in her life, Kanna screamed.
Later in the evening, Naraku was quietly admiring the jewel shard he had managed to claim earlier that day. It was amazing how such low class demons could get such a prize. It had been a lot of fun taking it from the demon who had claimed it as its own. As he admired the shard, he felt a tug on his pants. He looked down to see Kagura looking up at him.
"What do you want?" he asked.
"Dinner! I'm hungry!" she exclaimed. Naraku sighed. Oh well, it was getting close to dinner anyway. He got up and went downstairs to the kitchen. He looked down at the little wind sorceress.
"What do you want for dinner?" he asked. Kagura thought about it for a moment, and then piped up.
"Spaghetti and meatballs!" she said. Naraku remembered that dish from the time he had gone to Italy. It was simple enough to cook, and it seemed like a good dish to cook up for a child.
"Alright, I'll make it." he said. Naraku went to the basement and came back with a spellbook. He opened it until he found the recipe. He threw in a spaghetti strand, a wad of beef, and some tomato sauce and cheese. Within a moment, a luscious plate of pasta flew out of the cauldron and onto the table. He presented it to the little geisha.
"No way! More sauce!" she whined. Naraku sighed and fixed the spell again, being sure to add more sauce. He offered it again.
"More cheese!" Naraku growled and prepared it yet again.
"Less spaghetti!" Naraku was close to throttling her. How long would this go on? He growled again and whipped up a forth plate. It went on for quite awhile.
"More spaghetti!"
"Less meatballs!"
"More cheese!"
"Less spaghetti!"
Less cheese!"
"Less everything!"
"More everything!" By now, Naraku's eyes were narrow slits and a vein was percolating on his forehead. Finally, he gave her yet another platter of the Italian food and got a different reply.
"That's more like it!" the girl exclaimed. Naraku smiled.
Then she threw the plate in his face.
"I hate Spaghetti and meatballs." Kagura grunted, and walked off. Naraku stood there in shock, and then he began to tremble in wrath. That was it. It was high time this brat learned what a beating was. He started for the living room to teach his incarnation some respect, only to find a different sight before him. Kagura was lying on the ground asleep, sucking her thumb, murmuring in her sleep. Naraku's anger vanished. He would let her go this time, but next time would be much different. He picked up the girl and carried her to an antechamber. He set up a futon and laid her down on it.
"Goodnight." he whispered as he walked upstairs. He had to admit, it was quite difficult caring for Kagura when she was a child. Really, if he had just cleaned those damn books once or twice, this would never have happened. Maybe he could get some help. Yeah, he'd do just that. But where could he get help? The only people who seemed even remotely capable of taking care of somebody else was-
No. Absolutely not. No way, nada. He would not stoop so low as to do that. But in the end, Naraku relented. It was the only way he could preserve his sanity. "I'll have to get Inuyasha and the rest of my enemies." Naraku sighed. He went upstairs and fell asleep. Tomorrow would be hell. He knew it.
What now? You'll just have to wait and see!!
Kagura continued to climb all over Naraku's head, all the while laughing and squealing. "What can we do today Papa? What can we do, what can we do, what can we do?!" she screeched right into his ear. The miasma master winced and grabbed her off of him. The laughter stopped and he looked her directly in the eyes.
"Stop that!" he commanded and set her down. He had hoped to see terror on the girl's face, but to no avail. She just pushed back her hair and giggled at him.
"Papa?" she asked all of a sudden.
"What?"
"Why do you kill?"
"What's it to-" he began.
"Papa why are you only half demon?" she asked, interrupting him. If he was in a worse mood, the girl would have earned herself a beating for that, but instead it just annoyed Naraku. Before he could do anything, she spoke again.
"Papa why do you have that ugly wolf skin?"
"Its not a wolf skin, its-"
Papa whose heart is that?"
"Your-"
"Papa why is the sky blue?"
"I don-"
"Papa-"
"WILL YOU SHUT THE HELL UP ALREADY?!!!" Naraku roared.
"Why?"
"Because if you don't I will kill you!"
"Why?"
"Because you annoy me!"
"Why?"
"-_-" (Thanks go out to Raven Demon for that idea!)
"Papa?"
"What now?" Naraku graoned.
"Can I have a cookie?"
"I don't have any." Naraku replied. Almost immediately, the little girl's eyes got big and gooey. Big pearly tears began to drip from them. She began to sniffle. Naraku looked down and new immediately what was going to happen. Soon enough, the chibified Kagura began to sob.
"B-but I want a c-c-cookie!" she whined in between sobs.
"Well I don't have any!" The girl stared at him for a moment and then let out a piercing wail.
"WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Naraku slammed his hands against his ears to block out the infernal sound which seemed to be shaking the entire fortress. Glasses shattered and the windows began to vibrate and crack. Naraku saw with horror and dismay that all of his vases, even the expensive one he had gotten from China, were breaking into little ceramic pieces. All the while, Kagura bawled her head off and shook the walls with her wails. Naraku finally got enough courage to take his hands off of his ears and cup one over Kagura's open mouth. She looked up at him with red eyes and a quivering lip. Naraku was going to hate himself for doing this, but it worked before he had become a demon and was a little kid. He scooped Kagura into his arms and rocked her back and forth gently.
"Shh, don't cry. It's alright." he whispered, holding back some major chunks. Kagura smiled slightly and started to suck on her thumb. Then she fell asleep, her hair swishing back and forth as she swayed in Naraku's arms. Naraku smiled slightly. She looked kind of cute like that when she was asleep. Then his face hardened. He couldn't really have thought that, could he? No, he couldn't have. Not if he wanted to continue his reign of terror and get more jewel shards. He went upstairs and set Kagura down on a couch and went to his room for some rest himself. Just as he did, something fell out of his ear. Instinctively he put his finger to his ear and felt where the opening was. When he drew it away, he saw blood on it. The same thing happened with his other ear too! He gritted his teeth. Gods above, had the noise been that loud? Apparently it had. Naraku got some cotton balls and jammed them into his ears to suppress the blood and went to his room. He sat down and fell asleep.
Some time later, Naraku woke up. How long had it been since he had fallen asleep? He didn't care. All that mattered right now was getting another sacred jewel shard. He went out of his room and down the stairs.
The sight before him was unspeakable.
The entire room, which had once been a beautiful place decorated with miasma, vases, and carpentries was now a complete wreck. All the vases were shattered and the carpets were sliced up into colorful streaks. The walls were covered in slash marks. In the center of the room, Kagura stood, fan in hand. She was swinging her fan back and forth, each time creating tiny wind blades which were denting more and more of the walls. She was laughing wildly. She turned to him and smiled.
"Hi Papa!" she giggled. Naraku was mad enough to see red. First she had annoyed him with her endless chattering. Then she had made his ears bleed with her infernal wails. And now she had done this. It was too much. Naraku grabbed Kagura and shook her like a ragdoll.
"What the hell do you think your doing?!!!!" he screamed into her face. Now he could see fear in her eyes. Good. She needed to be scared.
"I'm sorry." she whimpered. "I just wanted to play." She began to cry again, softly this time.
"Well your playing has just wrecked my living room! What were you thinking?!" Naraku shook her one last time and then set her down. He began to walk away, but the child's sniffles halted him. He turned to face her.
"I'm sorry I had to do that, but you wrecked my room and needed to be taught a lesson. Now be good from now on, okay?" he said in a much calmer tone. The girl stopped crying and nodded. "Good." Naraku said and walked out of the room. It was going to be a long day indeed.
Kanna wandered down the steps for some dinner. It was almost dinner time and she was quite hungry. "I wonder where Kagura is." she muttered. "I haven't seen her all day." As if to answer her question, the geisha darted in front of her. Kanna's eyes widened. Was this really her sister? And if so. what in the name of Kami had happened to her?
"Hi!" Kagura squealed. Kanna was frozen in her shock. Kagura immediately jumped on Kanna's back and began to pull on her hair. "You have pretty hair!" she giggled.
For the first time in her life, Kanna screamed.
Later in the evening, Naraku was quietly admiring the jewel shard he had managed to claim earlier that day. It was amazing how such low class demons could get such a prize. It had been a lot of fun taking it from the demon who had claimed it as its own. As he admired the shard, he felt a tug on his pants. He looked down to see Kagura looking up at him.
"What do you want?" he asked.
"Dinner! I'm hungry!" she exclaimed. Naraku sighed. Oh well, it was getting close to dinner anyway. He got up and went downstairs to the kitchen. He looked down at the little wind sorceress.
"What do you want for dinner?" he asked. Kagura thought about it for a moment, and then piped up.
"Spaghetti and meatballs!" she said. Naraku remembered that dish from the time he had gone to Italy. It was simple enough to cook, and it seemed like a good dish to cook up for a child.
"Alright, I'll make it." he said. Naraku went to the basement and came back with a spellbook. He opened it until he found the recipe. He threw in a spaghetti strand, a wad of beef, and some tomato sauce and cheese. Within a moment, a luscious plate of pasta flew out of the cauldron and onto the table. He presented it to the little geisha.
"No way! More sauce!" she whined. Naraku sighed and fixed the spell again, being sure to add more sauce. He offered it again.
"More cheese!" Naraku growled and prepared it yet again.
"Less spaghetti!" Naraku was close to throttling her. How long would this go on? He growled again and whipped up a forth plate. It went on for quite awhile.
"More spaghetti!"
"Less meatballs!"
"More cheese!"
"Less spaghetti!"
Less cheese!"
"Less everything!"
"More everything!" By now, Naraku's eyes were narrow slits and a vein was percolating on his forehead. Finally, he gave her yet another platter of the Italian food and got a different reply.
"That's more like it!" the girl exclaimed. Naraku smiled.
Then she threw the plate in his face.
"I hate Spaghetti and meatballs." Kagura grunted, and walked off. Naraku stood there in shock, and then he began to tremble in wrath. That was it. It was high time this brat learned what a beating was. He started for the living room to teach his incarnation some respect, only to find a different sight before him. Kagura was lying on the ground asleep, sucking her thumb, murmuring in her sleep. Naraku's anger vanished. He would let her go this time, but next time would be much different. He picked up the girl and carried her to an antechamber. He set up a futon and laid her down on it.
"Goodnight." he whispered as he walked upstairs. He had to admit, it was quite difficult caring for Kagura when she was a child. Really, if he had just cleaned those damn books once or twice, this would never have happened. Maybe he could get some help. Yeah, he'd do just that. But where could he get help? The only people who seemed even remotely capable of taking care of somebody else was-
No. Absolutely not. No way, nada. He would not stoop so low as to do that. But in the end, Naraku relented. It was the only way he could preserve his sanity. "I'll have to get Inuyasha and the rest of my enemies." Naraku sighed. He went upstairs and fell asleep. Tomorrow would be hell. He knew it.
What now? You'll just have to wait and see!!