Rite, thx all ur comments guys! anywyz, I changed the first chapter back 2 its original:P well, not really the original, but close enough
Heres the third chappie. Enjoy! PS. I know Hikari isn't Kagura's real last name:P
Kagura ran as fast as she could back up to her room. She tried to calm down. When he had her against the wall like that, it brought back a flood of memories from when she was little. Kanna…just thinking about her made Kagura's heart ache. Kanna had been her little sister, but she had passed away over … an incident that Kagura didn't really like to talk about.
Now Sesshomaru's going to be asking me who Kanna is everyday from now on. Everyday for the rest of my life. Kagura couldn't believe he was actually going to make her stay here. I mean, it was gorgeous, and she probably wouldn't have a care in the world, but it would be like a CAGE. And she didn't want to be a caged bird. She had had enough of that with Naraku. He had trapped her in his world of depression and darkness for most of her life. Since mother died… Kagura bit her lip, trying to keep from crying.
God…why does this shit have to happen to me? I've never done anything to deserve any of this! I haven't done ANYTHING. Life is so unfair…
Sesshomaru sighed. He was sitting at his desk in his office, trying to concentrate on a big business merge document that was sitting on his table. He had a ton of paperwork to do but all he could think about was the girl. Kagura. And that name she had been repeating over and over and over again. He had gotten his people to check up on a person named Kanna living in Japan. Sesshomaru wanted to just storm into Kagura's room and ask her about all of this, but it wasn't proper and Sesshomaru was as proper as can be. He'd wait until she'd calm down about all of this and perhaps ask her tomorrow.
"Sir?" A short man asked from the door.
"Yes, Jaken. Come in." It was one of his employees, named Jaken, who stayed at his Manor. Sesshomaru didn't particularly like his oily eyes and squeaky voice, but he was trusty and could get the work done and done well.
"I've got information on that name you wanted me to research. You asked me to make sure that it was in contact with a certain Ms. Kagura Hikari." Jaken said. Sesshomaru's ears perked up. He motioned for Jaken to go on. "Apparently, Kanna Hikari is Kagura's younger sister." Sesshomaru nodded. Right, he remembered hearing her name when he had done research on Kagura. "She passed away when Ms. Kagura was very young. Here." Jaken pulled out a newspaper article from his folders.
"Young girl is choked to death by her own father!" Read Sesshomaru. He silently scanned the rest of the page.
Kanna Hikari, six years old, died from suffocation yesterday. Apparently, her own father, Naraku Hikari, was the murderer. The witness is Kanna's older sister, Kagura Hikari. The young girl says that her father was angry with her little sister over something and pinned her against the wall until the girl died. The exact reason, we do not know. Naraku Hikari has a past history of drunkenness and debauchery, and he is rumoured to owe a lot of many due to his gambling habits. Police are currently investigating the story. For more information, go to page C2.
It was all Sesshomaru needed to read. Kagura had been having a flashback of the day her sister died. She had been reliving the terror that day. Now he felt like a bastard. Sighing, he dismissed Jaken and headed up the spiraling staircase to Kagura's room. It was time he gave her a proper apology.
Sesshomaru knocked on Kagura's door gently. "May I come in?"
"Yeah yeah. It's your house." Kagura grumbled. She wiped her tears away quickly and straightened out her outfit. She did not want to look hideous in front of this powerful man. Kagura sat primly on the edge of her bed and watched as he came in.
"I'm sorry about this morning." They said in unison. Kagura gave a small smile. Sesshomaru arched an eyebrow. "No, no, it's my fault." They said again. Laughing now, Sesshomaru took a seat beside Kagura, the tension lessened.
"I apologize for choking you." The statement sounded hilarious, but Kanna just nodded solemnly.
"Sorry for throwing such a fit. But come on, I wasn't supposed to just sit there like a doll saying, Oh, it's fine. I'll just stay here for the rest of my life…"
"I don't want you to feel like a prisoner. You will be allowed to come and go as you wish, as long as you let yourself be recognized." Before she could ask her question, Sesshomaru answered it, "I've smoothed over the things with the police." Kagura smiled knowingly.
"I'd like to know a bit about you, Kagura. Like you said, we're both, well…stuck here with each other." Sesshomaru said calmly. "Start with your family?" He pushed, trying to get her to talk about her sister.
Kagura hesitated. She could probably share everything about her…just not the things about her family. "When I was really little, my mom died and I was stuck with my little sister and my father. Then…my father got really depressed after a few months. I took care of my little sister. Then- Kanna died. I was with my father now, trying to pay everything. He gambled a lot and drank a lot as well." Sesshomaru felt disappointed that she didn't share how Kanna had died. Well, obviously, she wouldn't feel comfortable about it but he would have liked to know. "I guess that's about it. What about you?"
Sesshomaru felt a little surprised. He hadn't really talked about his family before. But he supposed that if Kagura had shared a bit of her story, then he'd tell her about his. "Well…I grew up in a very wealthy family. I had a mother, a brother, and my father." He paused. "My father was usually on business trips, running his companies. My mother just stayed with my brother and myself, taking care of us." Sesshomaru decided to stop there. It seemed like Kagura had some family secrets. Well, he did too and he wasn't going to tell anyone, much less this girl that he had just met.
His cellphone rang and Sesshomaru picked it up irritably. "I'm sorry, Kagura. I'll have to get back to you later." His expression changed immediately as he started talking with the person on the phone.
"The business merger will have your benefits as well and I demand that you…" Slam. The door closed behind him and Kagura was left staring at it.
Well, they had taken the first step in getting to know each other. It was remarkable how strict and cold he could be while talking business. Yet she had seen a kinder side of him. Well, if she was going to be stuck with someone for the rest of her life, it might as well be him.
Gah so here it is. thx again 4 all urs comments. go check out the first chpt:P
