Spoiler WARNING: I dedicate this chapter to Kagura, as some of you already know that she had just died in chapter 374. :((. She was one of my favorite characters and I really hated to see her die. Though in the end I knew Sesshoumaru had feelings for her.
On a lighter note, thanks to the people who reviewed though the reviews are scarce.... only 3 but anyway I will continue only for you guys. Though, I might suddenly have a writer's block seeing as Kagura has died an all.
All she could think of at the moment was that: getting sliced was completely out of the question. Not that she was afraid to die in the attractive lord's hand, but that she didn't want to lose her new kimono and stand there naked in front of him again.
The fight went on with Sesshoumaru using his poison whip as his only weapon, so far he hadn't needed to use his evil sword. Kagura wasn't proving to be weak but wasn't proving to be strong either, she was just defending and dodging all of the attacks, not once did she fight back.
"Do you think to dodge all day?" asked Sesshoumaru while slashing at her with his poison claws.
"Well, you know what!! I just don't want to fight you... is that so hard to understand." said the wind user forcefully her voice brimming with her usual attitude as she rolled dashed back, jumped and landed behind him.
"You are the first youkai I have met who refuses to fight back" he said dully, "Are you still hoping I might help you with Naraku?" he asked skeptically and unsheathed toukijin.
"I've had it with you, you pompous bastard! I don't expect any help from you or anyone" she said scathingly. Her eyes narrowing as she noticed the sword in the tall youkai's hands. Some part of her was screaming out at the face of this latest threat, urging her to go on full attack mode. She tried to ignore it but it kept coming. She reasoned that Sesshoumaru merely wanted to test her powers and that was all, she didn't want to believe he really wanted to harm her 'So why not show him my powers then' That did make sense though the greater part of her was more afraid of hurting the dog-youkai however absurd that sounded.
The dog-youkai in question had not moved from his spot and at the moment was eyeing her with an expression of slight interest. "You are immersed in thought," he stated "What could be so important to make you forget that your life depends upon the outcome of this fight?"
"What?" she asked now surprise showing all over her face.
Sesshoumaru was a bit surprised at her expression though he hid it quite well, "So, you thought you could defeat this Sesshoumaru and walk away unscathed?" he asked skeptically while questioning his own words, since Kagura's present actions did not quite justify his accusation as she had so far been on the defensive.
"You stupid bast..." she started but stopped as her frustrated self reasoned that the explanation of her previous reaction would take too much energy and that particular youkai wasn't worth the trouble. All the time she had been thinking, that annoying warning voice in her head had got louder and louder and she finally gave in "Fine...you want a fight, then you will get a fight,"
With that she flew about ten feet off the ground, flipped in mid air and moved forward and down so she came into sparring distance of Sesshoumaru. Sesshoumaru who had seen her coming blocked expecting a physical blow but she dissolve the moment she reached him.
Surprised for a moment he let his guard down and felt two hands on his shoulders; Kagura was standing on her hands on his shoulder feet in the air, the next moment she pushed herself forward feet first very fast so that they switched positions and Kagura was falling backwards at the weight but she let go of the lord's shoulder and he went sprawling towards the nearest tree, though he turned in mid air to plant his feet on the tree trunk instead of his head and with sword in hand, pushed himself towards the smirking wind sorceress who was wondering at her physical strength.
Kagura's warning voice shouted "TELEPORT! TELEPORT!! TELEPORT!!!" And that's what she exactly did, as an evil sword cut through the empty space that was previously Kagura. The moment she materialized she swished her hand at the dog youkai in front of her with fingers spread to the fullest making the wind concentrate on five points, each forming a very sharp pointed red stakes which seemed to be almost solid. They sped at the youkai at an inhuman speed while spinning like an extra fast electric drill.
Four disappeared on the way and came at the unsuspecting dog youkai from all sides exactly at the same time....