Ch. 2: Bottled up in more than one way
Rated PG13
Disclaimer: Please don't think that I or any other Inu-otaku could ever actually own InuYasha. If I did own Inu then my name would be Rumiko Takahashi and the last time I checked, it wasn't, so no, I do not own InuYasha.
A/N: Just a reminder to my readers, this is a Sesshoumaru & Kagura fic.
Kagura left the castle in at dawn the next day. At this time of day the wind was blowing swiftly and steadily so she enjoyed this and had an easy time flying on her feather. `I left so d*** early but I had to get away from Naraku... I know he'll hurt me if I get caught. I don't want to be captured; I want to be free like the wind... Sesshoumaru said that I am the wind. Keh.'
"Oh? What's this?" Kagura wondered out loud. She looked down below to see a lake in a clearing. There happened to be some weak frog demons gathered. `This shall be fun.' Kagura landed and went over to them. They seemed to be in deep conversation. Taking out her fan, she stepped out into the open from behind the nearest tree.
"Who are you?" one of them asked, turning to face her. Kagura smirked.
"You didn't even know I was here until you turned. What a pity," said Kagura.
"Get lost," an ugly puffy-faced one growled. Kagura frowned. With one swish of her fan she slaughtered them all.
"Keh, fools. That wasn't amusing at all." Kagura said while looking at herself in the lake. She glared at her reflection. `Naraku...He has me bound forever; I'll never be free... I wonder where Sesshoumaru is…' She sighed and looked at her reflection once again. Then she took her hairpiece out and let it fall. Kagura looked into the lake to see how she looked with her hair down to see if it made a difference. She let the wind blow through her raven hair and closed her eyes. `Sesshoumaru... Why don't you care about me? I—'
"Hm?" Kagura turned to see if someone was behind her. She had heard a rustle in the leaves but when she looked, she saw no one, making her suspicious.
`Kagura... I have never seen her like this. I have never seen her hair down before,' Sesshoumaru thought. He was hiding behind the closest tree and was hoping Kagura wouldn't notice him yet but she sensed his presence. `Why am I hiding? She's probably looking for me; she left the castle once again. Naraku will punish her…'
"Hm?" Kagura and Sesshoumaru noticed that someone close by was shouting something. The voice got closer and they realized who the person is and what they were yelling. It was Rin.
"Sesshoumaru-sama?! Sesshoumaru-sama?! Jaken-sama?! Sesshoumaru-sama, where are you?! Sesshoumaru—oh." Rin stopped walking and yelling when she arrived at the lake. She looked at the surprised Kagura who still had her hair down. Kagura picked up her hairpiece and put her hair back up then turned to face Rin. Rin opened her mouth to speak but didn't say anything. Kagura spoke instead.
"Don't yell, I do not wish to hurt you." Kagura said. "I would like to speak to you." Rin nodded. "You are the human girl who travels with Sesshoumaru?" Rin nodded again. "If you won't talk, then I doubt Sesshoumaru knows you exist but you were just shouting a few minutes ago so I know you can talk. Why won't you speak?"
"You're Kagura," Rin whispered.
"Yeah, so? I am a wind demon and you are human. I could easily kill you if I wanted to but I will not... You are human yet Sesshoumaru cares about you. He wouldn't have saved you if he didn't care about you. You're lucky..."
"Huh?"
"I want Sesshoumaru to care about me but he doesn't," Kagura blurted out. She blushed. "I shouldn't have said that."
"You `like' Sesshoumaru-sama?" Rin asked. Kagura's face turned a darker shade of red.
"Rin, if you say anything to Sesshoumaru about—"
"I like Sesshoumaru-sama too. You want to be Sesshoumaru-sama's friend?" Rin said. Kagura shook her head.
"I forgot that I was talking to a nine-year-old." Kagura muttered. Sesshoumaru glanced from behind the tree to look at the two.
`Kagura wants me to care about her…? Does she mean—' Sesshoumaru moved his feet in the grass. The slight movement was heard.
"Whoever's there, show yourself!" Kagura shouted in the direction of Sesshoumaru. He made no attempt to show himself. "Grr, so you'll hide, will you?" Rin looked at Kagura, then looked at the direction of where Kagura was shouting. Sesshoumaru still did not show himself.
`She does not know it is me. Hm, this should be interesting...'
"Kagura-sama, do you know who it is?" Rin asked.
"Hmm…" Kagura answered.
"Are your senses dull today Kagura?" Sesshoumaru said loudly. "Surely you knew it was I."
"Sesshou… maru?" Kagura responded, shocked.
"Sesshoumaru-sama!" Rin shouted happily. She ran up to him. "Sesshoumaru-sama, where were you?" Sesshoumaru didn't pay her any mind as she tugged on his sleeve. He was looking at Kagura who was still stunned.
"How long were you there?" Kagura asked. Sesshoumaru didn't answer, he just stared. "Sesshoumaru—grr..."
"I have never seen your hair down before now Kagura." Sesshoumaru said. Kagura first opened her mouth to speak then she stopped.
"Sesshoumaru—did—did you hear what Rin and I were talking about?" Kagura stuttered.
"What were you planning to do today?" Sesshoumaru asked, ignoring what Kagura had said.
"Sesshoumaru!"
"Is there something you did not want me to hear?" Sesshoumaru asked.
"...Um...oh" Kagura's face turned scarlet. "I..." Sesshoumaru pried Rin's hand from his kimono and walked up to Kagura.
"We will talk later on. You must fight Naraku if you wish to be free. I am leaving now." Sesshoumaru said. "Let us leave, Rin." Sesshoumaru started to walk away and Rin followed. Kagura made a face then sat on the ground.
`He doesn't understand. I can't free myself from Naraku. I can't fight Naraku; it would not be a fair fight. What should I do? I guess I'll think about it later. Right now I should go to where Sesshoumaru wants us to meet.'
Kazeryuu: Um...Terrible ending to the chapter. Gomen-ne, the problem was I forgot what I was writing ^.^' Well, I got a new idea when I finally saw the show Kagura appeared in and I think I used the idea in my third chapter...Oh well. That's the end of this chapter. Ja ne!
Kari: Heya! I beta-ed, so that's why I'm here. And when you've got to beta the author's note as well as the story something's messed up.
I tried to leave as much of the original text as I could, but I had a little fun while I did it. For example, changing -sama to -ickle-dinkle-diddy-dums-who-I-wuv-so-much-that-I-could-eat-you-but-Dazha-wants-me-to-just-call-you-sama-and-leave-it-at-that-sama. Baka Kaze-Dazha made me delete it, though. *pout* But I'll shut up now and retreat into my dark corner of doom. See you! ^_^
