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Disclaimer: I don't owe anything of Inu-Yasha. And if I did I wouldn't be writing fanfictions.
Hi again!! Like I promised, I'm back with another chapter. I'll do my best to make more time to update sooner (But I won't promise anything yet...) I've already finished this chappie some time ago, but I wanted to wait for more reviews. And talking about reviews; many thanks for those of you who reviewed (THANK YOU SOOO MUCH) and (like always) I hope you enjoy it!!
Chapter 4
Kagura looked around confused. Where was she? She had no idea. It was a complete strange place, surrounded by thick mist. It was chilling cold. And she had that horrible feeling that something wasn't right although she didn't know what. And at the same time she felt frightened, yet she couldn't give a single reason why. She could swear she knew this place somehow. Suddenly she heard someone laughing. Although she couldn't see or sense who it was, she immediately knew. There was only one person whose laugh could send her chills down her spine...Naraku!! As soon as she had thought that, a figure became slowly visible. Naraku was slowly walking towards her. He was wearing his baboon pelt but he was keeping his face visible, making his red eyes glow more sinister than ever.
"N-Naraku!" Kagura managed to gasp. "But...you're...dead!"
"And if I was, would I be standing in front of you, Kagura?" he replied with an evil smile. "I see you've escaped me, didn't you? Even if you betrayed me you have managed to do so. That was not what I had in mind. No one betrays Naraku unpunished, Kagura. I hope you haven't forgotten that.
"........." Kagura stood nailed to the ground, unable to move. She tried to explain to herself how Naraku could possibly come out of nowhere (he was supposed to be dead) but couldn't, because her mind had gone blank.
"But that doesn't matter to me anymore" Naraku continued.
Kagura looked up in surprise.
"If you promise me to go back and serve me for you entire meaningless life, I can forgive you. If you don't I will vanish your existence the way I once said I was going to. It's clear you don't have much of a choice."
"No, not this again!" Kagura thought desperately. She wasn't going back, not when she had gained her freedom. But now had herself again, or die. He was back, and it was going to be the same nightmare.
"I'm still waiting..." Naraku said. "And I'm lacking patience."
Kagura gulped. She felt her heart beating in fear. What was she going to do? Wait a second...her heart?! Back then he held her heart, that's why she couldn't escape. That's how she was being manipulated. But now...now he couldn't do that anymore.
She smirked. "Sorry to spoil your fun, Naraku, but I've gotten my heart now, which gives me independency from you and there's no way in hell you can manipulate you me, you asshole!"
But to her horror Naraku's evil smile didn't fade away like she had expected, but it grew even wider.
"Aren't you forgetting something, Kagura?" he said.
Suddenly vines out of nowhere grabbed her very tight, so she could hardly breathe. Those vines came probably from Naraku's body and had surrounded her while they were talking, and were well camouflaged because of the mist. She tried desperately to struggle free, but instead of letting go, the vines tightened themselves even more around her.
"Kukuku, as you can see, struggling makes it worse." Naraku said smirking. "You are right about the fact that I no longer hold your heart, but, like I just mentioned before, you've forgotten about a tiny detail: you are still my detachment. I gave you life and can always take it away, no matter what. So, as I can see, you're still rebellious so I'm putting you back."
With this said, he started pulling her slowly towards him, ready to reabsorb her.
"Let go of me, you bastard!!" Kagura screamed, her eyes flashing with fear. "LET ME GO!!"
But Naraku started laughing evilly (like every single villain does when something's going his way). "Scream all you want, no one will hear you now."
Kagura was very close of being reabsorbed again. It was the end for her; she was going to die after all. After all she struggled to be alive; it was going to be her end anyways. "Noooooo....!!!!"
"Kagura-sama, wake up!! Please wake up; you were having a bad dream!!"
Her eyes flew open. She felt she was bathed in sweat. The rain was pouring down outside. It took her a few seconds to register what was going on. She somehow had fallen asleep, and had that horrible nightmare. She had been probably screaming in her dream, otherwise the girl wouldn't have woken her up. Rin was looking worried at her.
"Kagura-sama, are you all right?" she asked.
"I'm fine, just a stupid nightmare, that's all" Kagura snorted.
"But you looked so frightened" Rin said.
"I told you I'm fine." Kagura grunted.
"It's OK to be scared sometimes." Rin said in an understanding tone.
"Who told you I was scared of that bastard!!" Kagura snapped, sounding harsher than she meant to.
But Rin didn't flinch like any other kid would do if someone would speak to it in that menacing tone.. She smiled at Kagura but then let out a giggle.
"What?! What is so funny?" Kagura asked, a bit stunned.
"Don't worry Kagura-sama, Rin had the same problem." she said laughing, and pointed at the peace of ground Kagura was sitting.
Kagura's mouth opened in horror because by her back, on the ground was a tiny, barely noticeable puddle. "What the ––"
"Rin did not know grow-ups could wet themselves too." Rin said, still laughing.
No, it wasn't happening. Kagura knew for sure she couldn't do something embarrassing like that, but from what she could make out, it appeared to be true. "I'm not—" Kagura stopped her sentence when she felt something cold dripping on her head. She looked up and saw a leak in the cave's roof. There was where that puddle had come.
"Hmpf, it's just a leak in the roof." she said and stood up to sit somewhere else, at the same time feeling a great relief.
Not much later Rin came and sat next to her, still eating her melon half with the other one on her lap.
"Are you hungry, Kagura-sama?" she asked.
"No, I'm not" Kagura replied, when suddenly her stomach let out a loud growl, betraying her completely.
Rin smiled and to Kagura's surprise, she offered her the other half. "Here, you can have it" she said in a friendly tone.
"I don't need your charity" Kagura said, letting her know she wasn't planning to make friends and that she didn't rely on anyone.
"OK" Rin answered putting the melon half between her and Kagura. "But if you ever become hungrier..."
After a while Kagura decided to take the melon half anyway. She couldn't bear her hungry stomach any longer. And it was the only thing to eat. "Kagura-sama, Rin was wondering if Kagura-sama has any friends." Rin suddenly said.
The question took her a bit off guard. She never expected that question to pop out, least of all from that girl.
"I've always been lonely, and who need friends anyway?" she answered.
"If one has friends to rely on, that person won't have many nightmares." Rin replied.
"Who told you that?" Kagura asked surprised. As far as she'd known, a kid wouldn't say such weird words.
"Rin's mommy told Rin that." Rin answered. And to Kagura's surprise, her innocent, cheerful face suddenly saddened. "Before Rin met Sesshoumaru-sama Rin has been very lonely." she answered. "All the children had a mommy and a daddy and a big brother but Rin hadn't."
That, too, took Kagura by surprise. "What happened to them?" she asked before she could stop herself.
"They were killed by very mean people who came to rob the village."
So that was what had happened to the girl. That's how she ended up with Sesshoumaru. But after that horrible experience, she had still remained cheerful? What caused her to keep on?
"At least your parents appear to have cared about you." Kagura said.
"Do you have any parents or family left?" Rin asked.
"The one who's responsible for my existence couldn't care less whether I died or got killed. And my 'brothers' and 'sisters' either do. They don't give a damn, actually. No one does." she answered more to herself than to Rin. Well, that was her short answer about her 'family'. Although she couldn't call them family, because a real family would care about her. "Not that I need one" she thought.
"Kagura-sama, Rin knows that is not true. Rin cares about Kagura-sama. And Rin doesn't know if Kagura-sama wants to be Rin's friend, but Rin will always be Kagura-sama's friend." Rin suddenly said with determination.
Kagura stared at Rin in surprise. No one had ever showed her care and friendliness before, and now she ended up having a simple human child as a friend. She couldn't help feeling very touched by the little girl's words. She smiled.
"Uuh... thanks." she brought out.
Rin smiled back. "And Rin knows Sesshoumaru-sama cares about Kagura-sama too."
Kagura never thought the kid could surprise her this much. First of all came the fact that the girl still cared about her, even though she didn't treat her exactly friendly. And Sesshoumaru...did he care about her too? Or was the child just making things up? That last part let her very confused.
"So he cares about me too, huh." she said quietly, more to herself than to Rin.
But Rin didn't answer; she had fallen asleep again. Kagura looked at her for a while. She couldn't believe the kid had made her feel better. Usually, after a nightmare she felt frightened and miserable. But now, she had had one of the worst nightmares ever, and she felt rather happy. "So what if Sesshoumaru does care about me?" she thought. She couldn't believe one small person could interfere with her thoughts this much. Suddenly Rin didn't appear to be just a kid, but more a little sister she had to care about for now. But jugging by the position she was asleep in, she looked rather uncomfortable. She slowly reached forwards, grabbed Rin and half pulled her on her lap, like a big sister would do.
Hours later, Rin woke up half asleep.
"Kagura-sama, promise Rin you're staying forever." Rin said.
"Eh? W-whatever, just go to sleep." Kagura replied, willing to promise everything as long as Rin went to sleep again, surely not hearing what Rin just made her promise. ——
Meanwhile, Jaken was still looking for Rin. He sighed. He had to find her before dawn, or Sesshoumaru would come, and he, Jaken had to explain everything and meat his doom. He knew there was a big opportunity that Rin was alive, because he had found the dead corpse of the youkai that had kidnapped her. His only hopes were that whatever killed Rin's kidnapper, wouldn't eat or attack Rin instead. And it was raining, so his visibility was very poor. He was on the verge of giving up. What the toad didn't know was that he wasn't far from the cave where Kagura and Rin were staying.
End chapter 4
Well, another chapter done. I hope you guys enjoyed it. And I also hope you review as well (please?). I'll update as soon as I can. C ya!!
From: Fiery Koneko
Ps: I hope Naraku stayed in character! ;
Disclaimer: I don't owe anything of Inu-Yasha. And if I did I wouldn't be writing fanfictions.
Hi again!! Like I promised, I'm back with another chapter. I'll do my best to make more time to update sooner (But I won't promise anything yet...) I've already finished this chappie some time ago, but I wanted to wait for more reviews. And talking about reviews; many thanks for those of you who reviewed (THANK YOU SOOO MUCH) and (like always) I hope you enjoy it!!
Chapter 4
Kagura looked around confused. Where was she? She had no idea. It was a complete strange place, surrounded by thick mist. It was chilling cold. And she had that horrible feeling that something wasn't right although she didn't know what. And at the same time she felt frightened, yet she couldn't give a single reason why. She could swear she knew this place somehow. Suddenly she heard someone laughing. Although she couldn't see or sense who it was, she immediately knew. There was only one person whose laugh could send her chills down her spine...Naraku!! As soon as she had thought that, a figure became slowly visible. Naraku was slowly walking towards her. He was wearing his baboon pelt but he was keeping his face visible, making his red eyes glow more sinister than ever.
"N-Naraku!" Kagura managed to gasp. "But...you're...dead!"
"And if I was, would I be standing in front of you, Kagura?" he replied with an evil smile. "I see you've escaped me, didn't you? Even if you betrayed me you have managed to do so. That was not what I had in mind. No one betrays Naraku unpunished, Kagura. I hope you haven't forgotten that.
"........." Kagura stood nailed to the ground, unable to move. She tried to explain to herself how Naraku could possibly come out of nowhere (he was supposed to be dead) but couldn't, because her mind had gone blank.
"But that doesn't matter to me anymore" Naraku continued.
Kagura looked up in surprise.
"If you promise me to go back and serve me for you entire meaningless life, I can forgive you. If you don't I will vanish your existence the way I once said I was going to. It's clear you don't have much of a choice."
"No, not this again!" Kagura thought desperately. She wasn't going back, not when she had gained her freedom. But now had herself again, or die. He was back, and it was going to be the same nightmare.
"I'm still waiting..." Naraku said. "And I'm lacking patience."
Kagura gulped. She felt her heart beating in fear. What was she going to do? Wait a second...her heart?! Back then he held her heart, that's why she couldn't escape. That's how she was being manipulated. But now...now he couldn't do that anymore.
She smirked. "Sorry to spoil your fun, Naraku, but I've gotten my heart now, which gives me independency from you and there's no way in hell you can manipulate you me, you asshole!"
But to her horror Naraku's evil smile didn't fade away like she had expected, but it grew even wider.
"Aren't you forgetting something, Kagura?" he said.
Suddenly vines out of nowhere grabbed her very tight, so she could hardly breathe. Those vines came probably from Naraku's body and had surrounded her while they were talking, and were well camouflaged because of the mist. She tried desperately to struggle free, but instead of letting go, the vines tightened themselves even more around her.
"Kukuku, as you can see, struggling makes it worse." Naraku said smirking. "You are right about the fact that I no longer hold your heart, but, like I just mentioned before, you've forgotten about a tiny detail: you are still my detachment. I gave you life and can always take it away, no matter what. So, as I can see, you're still rebellious so I'm putting you back."
With this said, he started pulling her slowly towards him, ready to reabsorb her.
"Let go of me, you bastard!!" Kagura screamed, her eyes flashing with fear. "LET ME GO!!"
But Naraku started laughing evilly (like every single villain does when something's going his way). "Scream all you want, no one will hear you now."
Kagura was very close of being reabsorbed again. It was the end for her; she was going to die after all. After all she struggled to be alive; it was going to be her end anyways. "Noooooo....!!!!"
"Kagura-sama, wake up!! Please wake up; you were having a bad dream!!"
Her eyes flew open. She felt she was bathed in sweat. The rain was pouring down outside. It took her a few seconds to register what was going on. She somehow had fallen asleep, and had that horrible nightmare. She had been probably screaming in her dream, otherwise the girl wouldn't have woken her up. Rin was looking worried at her.
"Kagura-sama, are you all right?" she asked.
"I'm fine, just a stupid nightmare, that's all" Kagura snorted.
"But you looked so frightened" Rin said.
"I told you I'm fine." Kagura grunted.
"It's OK to be scared sometimes." Rin said in an understanding tone.
"Who told you I was scared of that bastard!!" Kagura snapped, sounding harsher than she meant to.
But Rin didn't flinch like any other kid would do if someone would speak to it in that menacing tone.. She smiled at Kagura but then let out a giggle.
"What?! What is so funny?" Kagura asked, a bit stunned.
"Don't worry Kagura-sama, Rin had the same problem." she said laughing, and pointed at the peace of ground Kagura was sitting.
Kagura's mouth opened in horror because by her back, on the ground was a tiny, barely noticeable puddle. "What the ––"
"Rin did not know grow-ups could wet themselves too." Rin said, still laughing.
No, it wasn't happening. Kagura knew for sure she couldn't do something embarrassing like that, but from what she could make out, it appeared to be true. "I'm not—" Kagura stopped her sentence when she felt something cold dripping on her head. She looked up and saw a leak in the cave's roof. There was where that puddle had come.
"Hmpf, it's just a leak in the roof." she said and stood up to sit somewhere else, at the same time feeling a great relief.
Not much later Rin came and sat next to her, still eating her melon half with the other one on her lap.
"Are you hungry, Kagura-sama?" she asked.
"No, I'm not" Kagura replied, when suddenly her stomach let out a loud growl, betraying her completely.
Rin smiled and to Kagura's surprise, she offered her the other half. "Here, you can have it" she said in a friendly tone.
"I don't need your charity" Kagura said, letting her know she wasn't planning to make friends and that she didn't rely on anyone.
"OK" Rin answered putting the melon half between her and Kagura. "But if you ever become hungrier..."
After a while Kagura decided to take the melon half anyway. She couldn't bear her hungry stomach any longer. And it was the only thing to eat. "Kagura-sama, Rin was wondering if Kagura-sama has any friends." Rin suddenly said.
The question took her a bit off guard. She never expected that question to pop out, least of all from that girl.
"I've always been lonely, and who need friends anyway?" she answered.
"If one has friends to rely on, that person won't have many nightmares." Rin replied.
"Who told you that?" Kagura asked surprised. As far as she'd known, a kid wouldn't say such weird words.
"Rin's mommy told Rin that." Rin answered. And to Kagura's surprise, her innocent, cheerful face suddenly saddened. "Before Rin met Sesshoumaru-sama Rin has been very lonely." she answered. "All the children had a mommy and a daddy and a big brother but Rin hadn't."
That, too, took Kagura by surprise. "What happened to them?" she asked before she could stop herself.
"They were killed by very mean people who came to rob the village."
So that was what had happened to the girl. That's how she ended up with Sesshoumaru. But after that horrible experience, she had still remained cheerful? What caused her to keep on?
"At least your parents appear to have cared about you." Kagura said.
"Do you have any parents or family left?" Rin asked.
"The one who's responsible for my existence couldn't care less whether I died or got killed. And my 'brothers' and 'sisters' either do. They don't give a damn, actually. No one does." she answered more to herself than to Rin. Well, that was her short answer about her 'family'. Although she couldn't call them family, because a real family would care about her. "Not that I need one" she thought.
"Kagura-sama, Rin knows that is not true. Rin cares about Kagura-sama. And Rin doesn't know if Kagura-sama wants to be Rin's friend, but Rin will always be Kagura-sama's friend." Rin suddenly said with determination.
Kagura stared at Rin in surprise. No one had ever showed her care and friendliness before, and now she ended up having a simple human child as a friend. She couldn't help feeling very touched by the little girl's words. She smiled.
"Uuh... thanks." she brought out.
Rin smiled back. "And Rin knows Sesshoumaru-sama cares about Kagura-sama too."
Kagura never thought the kid could surprise her this much. First of all came the fact that the girl still cared about her, even though she didn't treat her exactly friendly. And Sesshoumaru...did he care about her too? Or was the child just making things up? That last part let her very confused.
"So he cares about me too, huh." she said quietly, more to herself than to Rin.
But Rin didn't answer; she had fallen asleep again. Kagura looked at her for a while. She couldn't believe the kid had made her feel better. Usually, after a nightmare she felt frightened and miserable. But now, she had had one of the worst nightmares ever, and she felt rather happy. "So what if Sesshoumaru does care about me?" she thought. She couldn't believe one small person could interfere with her thoughts this much. Suddenly Rin didn't appear to be just a kid, but more a little sister she had to care about for now. But jugging by the position she was asleep in, she looked rather uncomfortable. She slowly reached forwards, grabbed Rin and half pulled her on her lap, like a big sister would do.
Hours later, Rin woke up half asleep.
"Kagura-sama, promise Rin you're staying forever." Rin said.
"Eh? W-whatever, just go to sleep." Kagura replied, willing to promise everything as long as Rin went to sleep again, surely not hearing what Rin just made her promise. ——
Meanwhile, Jaken was still looking for Rin. He sighed. He had to find her before dawn, or Sesshoumaru would come, and he, Jaken had to explain everything and meat his doom. He knew there was a big opportunity that Rin was alive, because he had found the dead corpse of the youkai that had kidnapped her. His only hopes were that whatever killed Rin's kidnapper, wouldn't eat or attack Rin instead. And it was raining, so his visibility was very poor. He was on the verge of giving up. What the toad didn't know was that he wasn't far from the cave where Kagura and Rin were staying.
End chapter 4
Well, another chapter done. I hope you guys enjoyed it. And I also hope you review as well (please?). I'll update as soon as I can. C ya!!
From: Fiery Koneko
Ps: I hope Naraku stayed in character! ;