Chapter 4: Lost heart, emptiness and the awakened spirit
'Useless nothing girl! How is this going to help Kagura? Waiting—I'm the lord of the Western Lands, I don't wait; I get! What will happen if Kagura never wakes up? What will I do? I hope Rin will like her even after the kidnapping incident...' Sesshoumaru's thought bounced a round jumpily as he sat vigil over Kagura's side. She hadn't wakened after two days and that was worrisome. Sesshoumaru had wanted to kiss her, smooth back her hair, whisper tender endearments into her ear but his severe ice prince act forbade him and so did Kanna. "Leave her and she will wake by herself, the wind always finds her way..." Kanna had instructed him.
"Useless girl," Sesshoumaru muttered. He glanced around quickly and smoothed back Kagura's dark hair from her face. She didn't move, didn't make any show of life. What was wrong with her? Why didn't tenseiga just heal her? It would have been so much easier if it had. Now she was no better than a lump of immobile flesh when she could have been her normally bright and vibrant self. Sesshoumaru leaned over the kiss her when the door creaked opened and with agile speed Sesshoumaru sat back and glanced calmly at Kanna.
"How is she doing?" Sesshoumaru studied her sceptically and in a bored tone answered, "Same as usual. I do not know why I bother with this mild irritation."
Kagura's dream...
Smoke, mist, a never ending tunnel. Hidden faces, cruel laughter, loving laughter, emptiness and then a pure void. She was falling, her feathers would not float, would not save her. Sesshoumaru's lovely, tantalizingly close face and delicious, musky scent and flavour. She thrashed in her invisible bonds, doubt and anxiety gnawing away at her emotion and melting her mind. She stared into a mirror; beautifully handcrafted with willow wood and strange symbols engraved with gentle care. The actual glass reflective mirror was a glowing, haunting, eerie golden colour; creepily imitating the hue of Sesshoumaru's own flashing eyes.
She reached out a delicate smoky hand and lightly skimmed her fingers across it. Then she jolted back with a hiss of breathe as suddenly the mirror image sucker gently on her own finger. She was being enveloped, curiously her shock and surge of panic receded into her subconscious. She relaxed and allowed her body to be transferred into the mirror and when the strange sensation faded, she re-opened tightly shut eyes to gaze about. Her own smirking face waved merrily at her and her glowing ruby red eyes seeping blood. "Thank you for letting me out," the reflection outside the mirror purred. Kagura whimpered in reply and tapped the mirror.
"Let me out," she whispered weakly. The reflection smiled devilishly and shook her head. "'Fraid not darling, I'm out now." Kagura slumped against the cool mirror and gasped out, "Who are you?" Reflection Kagura grinned and answered, "I am you." Seeing Kagura's faint smirk she frowned and continued. "I am the one who loves and feels; you are empty without me. I will not release you until you come to terms with your true emotions and so this may take awhile."
Kagura stirred and blearily asked, "Why is blood coming from my eyes?" R. Kagura sighed. "This is how you are feeling right now. You are bleeding from an eternal wound, from your mind and—" R. Kagura shifted her kimono to reveal a bloody, sponged spot in the middle of her chest where her new heart lay. Wait—new heart?! Kagura's eyes widened and she reached out to touch the Reflections damp spot. Her hand went thru the window much to the joy of R. Kagura.
"You are starting to feel!" she exclaimed happily. "Already our wounds heal!" Kagura jerked back and sulkily sat down; the energy she had conjured was slowly sinking away. "Sesshoumaru," she murmured with little energy. R. Kagura grumbled and touched the new blood. "Baka!" she hissed. "You cause yourself and me this pain."
Sesshoumaru paced around nervously, his patience nearing an end. He glanced around tensely knowing that somewhere in the shadows of Kagura's chambers hid little Kanna. He could not approach his would-be-mate without facing her sister. He clenched his fist and shouted, "Kanna! Reveal yourself, and leave this room at once!" He didn't twitch when she materialized directly under his nose. "As you wish," she murmured emotionless as usual.
He watched as she left and then he strode across the room to Kagura. Her breathing was becoming shallower by the second, her heart was pounding. R. Kagura giggled and tapped the mirror twice. "Kagura, look! Our lovely Lord Sesshoumaru is directly above us. He looks worried, isn't that strange?" Kagura's head involuntarily snapped up from her hands to see him. He did look worried and it tore at her.
Finally after carefully examining his breathtaking face she shook with her desire to be with him. Forcing her feet to hold her weight, she stood. Glaring at R. Kagura she growled, "What do you want me to say? That I love him? That I want him as my mate?! Fuck you bitch! Stay out of my business!"
R. Kagura smirked and answered smartly, "Oh, you mean my business bitch? Because we are one and the same." Kagura slammed pulled back her fists, intending to smash the mirror but fell right thru it into an ungraceful heap on the ground. Her reflection lightly touched her fingers and was sucked directly into the real Kagura's body.
Kagura gasped and moaned faintly, so Sesshoumaru leaned down and stroked her face. Her lips parted expectantly and her plump lips screamed at him to taste her. Without hesitation Sesshoumaru lowered his face and pressed his lips to hers in a fiery passionate, searing kiss. He closed his eyes to the taste of delicious cherries and licked her lips eagerly. Oh how he longed for her; he missed her vividness and bursting zealous energy.
Kagura's cherry lips parted expectantly and he unconsciously slipped his tongue in to thoroughly taste her lovely spiking, arousing flavour. Unbeknownst to him Kagura's eyes snapped open, blazing their deep, ruby colour and she moaned feeling a satisfying fire deep within her belly.
She wrapped her arms around him and pulled him onto her with extraordinary strength. Sesshoumaru finally opened his eyes in pure amazement and he pressed himself to her. Breaking the kiss he headed for her neck coating it with obsessive, fervent kisses. Kagura grinned when he accidentally exposed his perfect, silky neck to her fangs. Licking her lips she marked him, feeling him sink his teeth into her at the exact moment she did. They both groaned when the overwhelming feeling of love and desire poured and joined them.
They would be together, for an eternity of youkai passion and overzealous love. Sesshoumaru raised his head to gaze into her eyes as she stared back unafraid to let her true feelings pour out. "You are mine," he growled and re-sank his teeth into her. She hissed with delight and arched her back as she gasped back, "And you are mine." And let's just say it was a rewarding awakening.
THE END!!!! Man I love typing that, it makes me feel like everything just works out. To all my reviewers, I LOVE YOU!! This is for you! By the way...I'm renaming this story. 'Kagura's day out' just doesn't work, know what I mean? How about...umm...'Cherry lips'? Yeah? Alright then, thank you for reading my story, ciao.