Kagome's Memories

By: OtakuSailorV

Chapter 9: Kagome Plays

Kagura turned the corner to the outer rooms, the little girl skipping and humming behind her. She smirked when she thought of the scene in the most inner room of the castle. Naraku must still be fuming. She smirked wider.

Kagura came to a grinding halt outside of a screen door, and Kagome, eyes closed, slammed into her and fell to the ground. "Ow. . ." The girl moaned before getting to her feet again.

Kagura looked at her lazily before opening the door.

Kagome smiled and clapped her hands together, zooming past Kagura and outside. She giggled and danced until her feet hit the dirt.

She suddenly stopped, and looked, for the first time, at the land outside of the castle.

Her mouth hung open slightly, her eyes wide. She didn't budge an inch, which was something that irked Kagura. She was used to the girl moving all the time, but she was completely still now, and it worried Kagura slightly.

"Nani?" Kagura asked angrily, leaning against the wall and staring at the child.

Kagome pointed to the land but didn't turn around and face Kagura.

"The land. . ."

Kagura's eyes moved to the barren shadowed area that was supposed to be the place that Kagome would have played in.

Kagura made a noise. She had suspected that the child would not wish to be play in this area, but what was she to do? She was the wind, not the earth.

Kagome turned toward her with sad, weary eyes. "I fear Kagome cannot play here."

Kagura smiled at the child's expression as she bent her head and shook it lightly from side to side.

There was the flutter of movement and both pairs of eyes flashed instantly toward a bewildered Kohaku.

"Um. . .konnichiwa. . ." He said, backing away a bit.

He had seen the black haired girl before, fighting with the white haired hanyou. And that familiar looking taijiya. . .

He rubbed the blurry memories from his mind and tried to figure out how to escape without anyone else noticing.

Kagome smiled and ran up to him, tugging on his arms.

"Come on! Come on, let's play!!!"

He looked at her as though he wasn't sure, his gaze flickered toward Kagura who seemed to be sliding away slowing, departing.

He made a face before turning back toward the anxious girl.

She was acting strangely for a girl her age, and he was sure that she was years older than he was, and HE did not act this way.

Kagome let go of his arms and danced away.

Kohaku simply stared at her.

What was he supposed to do?

She was watching him, expecting something. . .but he wasn't sure what.

Her eyes glittered in anticipation, she shifted her weight from one leg to the next rapidly, smiling.

Kohaku simply stared at her, rigid, tense. He, er, they were being watched. . .

His mind reached out in a circle around him, feeling for any kind of disturbance in the air around him. He was not sure if this trick was kinetic or not. He could tell if someone was behind him by a disturbance in the air, but he could tell if someone was around him if he let his body go quite still first.

There was no one near him, but he still felt that they were being watched.

He noticed that he had had his eyes opened the whole time, and was glaring at Kagura, sitting in the dark of the doorway, her red eyes glowing out at him.

He stared into her red eyes for some time, his glare set without his knowledge until Kagome nudged a rock, and captured his attention.

Kagura let out a held breath in the doorway, she had felt like she had been under one of Naraku's spells when Kohaku had glared at her. But why had he glared?

She pondered as the girl tried to coax Kohaku to chase her.

"Well?" Kagome asked.

Kohaku shifted slightly and Kagome started to dart away, but stopped.

She gave him an impatient look and he raised an eyebrow at her.

"Um. . .what. . .what are we doing?" Kohaku asked.

Kagome looked like the idea was new to her as well.

"Uh. . .Kagome no know. . ." She walked over past the doorway.

Kagura got curious and started to stick her head around the corner.

Her heart nearly jumped out of her chest as Kagome's eyes came into view, big, brown, and smiling.

"!" She backed away and Kagome's laughter followed her. "We can have fun with Kagura-san."

Kagome said with a smile, staring at Kohaku who was trying not to laugh.

Kagura huffed inside of the dark room, crossing her arms and narrowing her eyes.

Kagome peered into the room. "Are you mad at Kagome?"

Kagura gave no answer, hoping the child would go away. Her eyes pierced through the darkness though, giving off a signal to the girl.

Kagome came further into view in the doorway. "Are you mad at Kagome?" She asked again.

Still no answer.

Kagome crawled further into view, and the top of Kohaku's eyes peered into the room.

"Are you mad?" Kagura sighed, and her eyes closed.

Kagome made a face and tried to see where the youkai had gone.

There was the swish of clothing and Kagura was standing over her as she peered into the door.

"I'm not mad, now, go play or something." Kagura waved her fan, trying to dismiss the rambunctious child.

Kagome smiled. "You play with us?"

Kagura sighed. "No."

"Please?" Kagome clapped her hands together and gave Kagura puppy dog eyes.

Kagura narrowed her eyes, and snapped her fan shut in agitation. "No." She said more forcefully this time.

"Please?" Kagome drew the question out this time so that it was barely a squeak when she stopped.

Kagura pursed her lips and looked like she was ready to hit the child. Kohaku pulled on Kagome's arm lightly. "Hey. . ." He warned her, watching Kagura as her eyes started to glow in anger.

Kagome paid him no mind though. "Please Kagura-san?"

Kagura sucked in a breath swiftly. Her mouth opened but she stopped when she saw the white being beside her.

"I'll play with you."

Kanna.

She was surprised at her 'sister'.

Kanna had never shown much emotion, surprise once, but that was all. She did not carry her customary mirror, but she was still the nothingness.

Kanna watched as Kagome smiled. Her eyes flicked only briefly at Kagura before she tried to take Kanna's hand.

Kanna watched, emotionless, as Kagome's hand passed right through hers.

Kanna looked back up at Kagome instantly, as if expecting something to happen. But nothing did.

Kagome looked at her hand, then at Kanna, then smiled and beckoned her onward.

"Let's play hide and go seek." Kagome said.

Kanna nodded.

Kohaku looked around at the vast nothingness around Naraku's castle.

'Yeah. . .lets play hide and go seek. . .' He thought sarcastically.

Kagome pointed to Kanna. "You can seek first."

Kanna nodded.

"How do we play this game?" Kohaku spoke for Kanna, who he was sure didn't know how to play any sort of game.

"You count to a said number, then, the said 'seeker' tries to find all of the hidden players. The first person found is 'it'. There are several other ways to play this game though." Kanna spat out the information like a machine, stunning everyone watching but Kagome.

"Right, so Kanna, counts to ten, and then she tries to find us."

Kanna closed her eyes, and Kagome instantly took off running.

Kagura watched from the doorway, a small smile on her face.

A bewildered Kohaku moved after her, not sure where he was going.

Kagome stopped. "No, don't follow, find your own hiding spot." She ordered before taking off again.

Kohaku nodded and moved toward the underside of the deck on the castle.

Kagome opened a door and shut it tightly behind her, laughing as she leaned against it, she would never be found.

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Inuyasha tore through the forest, trying to find any scent, any scent at all. But there was none to be found. Kagome's footprints had disappeared miles back, and the shouts of his comrades with them.

He was engulfed in the need to find Kagome, and fast though, and paid little mind to his fellow Shikon hunters.

He pressed his nose to the ground again. It twitched back and forth, trying desperately to find a scent.

His ears moved toward a tiny noise to his side, but he didn't turn toward it. He knew who it was without thinking about it.

"Lord Inuyasha!!!"

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