A/N: I have some new stories up if anyone is interested, one's a horror story based on the game fatal frame, it is stand-alone so you don't have to know about the game to understand the storyline, Kagome is the major character, but Kagura makes an appearance, well so does everybody else, but who cares? Another a zodiac, find out which character you are according to the stars. The next is a one shot about Kagura being a witch.
Thanks to my reveiwers, and to one of them, an Omake is and extra scene for humor, or fun.
Disclaimer: Nope don't own. (Also please note that the song you are about to read is a revised rendition of Rin's song at the end of that one cat episode.)
Chapter 17: Arashinomaenoshizukesa (calm before the storm)
"In the valley, in the glen, by the stream, in my dreams, Lord Sesshomaru where are you? Jaken is serving under you too! Lady Kagura newly come, she soars higher than the sun! With her grace, she rides the winds, born anew, and free from her sins!" Rin sang her new song, she was on the back of Ah-Un, waiting for the three to return, Sesshomaru, Kagura, and Jaken, were on the way to a clearing, Sesshomaru had asked Kagura to accompany him, saying that, "he needed to see something."
"So why did you bring me out here?" Kagura spoke as she walked behind Sesshomaru, no response. They continued forward into a clearing, they stopped.
"I grow tired of this game." Kagura spoke showing her old personality, she hadn't for quite a while, making her mood even more volatile.
"Will you fight me?" Sesshomaru came right out of the blue.
"What do you mean? Will I fight you?"
"I need to know something." Sesshomaru responded calmly. Kagura pulled out her fan, and covered her face.
"Fine I will accept." Kagura responded.
"Jaken, begin." Sesshomaru spoke to the small imp.
"Yes Mi'lord!" Jaken spoke. He lifted up the twin headed staff.
"Staff of two heads, bring fourth the battlefield!" Jaken spoke as he tapped the bottom of the staff onto the ground, the two heads began laughing, as fire came fourth from the old man, and water from the woman. The two elements encircled Kagura and Sesshomaru, the ground glowed, and barrier formed around them.
"What is this?" Kagura said as the glow faded.
"This is the power of the staff of two heads! This entire area was created the moment you accepted the battle, it is but an illusion so do not hold back." Jaken spoke loudly. Two bright lights came from the mouths of the staff.
"This light is the power of your illusion's body, if it should fade the contest is over."
"Kagura, let me see your power." Sesshomaru said calmly.
"I will shred you with my winds! Dance of Blades!" the crescent shaped blades of death flew at Sesshomaru.
"Hmpf." Sesshomaru raised his hand up, his middle and index figure nails glowed, and a whip of light formed between them, he brought the whip to each side and brushed Kagura's blades away like simple arrows to a stone wall.
"Fine, have it your way, Dance of the Heavens." Kagura said calmly as she raised her fan to the skies. White wind-spears fell from the clear sky.
"Can you dodge the very heaven's wrath Sesshomaru? Hahahahaha! Show me." Kagura said arrogantly, as the spears fell on the ground. Sesshomaru used the whip to smack as many of the needles as he could, but many more fell on him. The old man laughed on the staff of two heads as the red light that represented Sesshomaru dimmed.
".........." Sesshomaru quickly recovered and slung the light whip at Kagura, the quick whip quickly surrounded her, it tied around her body like a tight rope, and was burning through Kagura's skin, her light dimmed.
"No..." Kagura spoke as she held her fan against the bindings, trying to keep them from shredding her body.
"Only one attack..." She moved the fan quickly out of the net, and cast the Kazakiribane mai before the it ripped her through. The feathers surrounded her, and she disappeared.
"Dance of the Dragon!" It was quick, the tornados hit Sesshomaru head on. The dust faded, and Sesshomaru stood in the dust, his eyes red. 'Hmmm... He's mad, lets see if I can push him off the edge.' Kagura thought as she landed directly across from Sesshomaru.
"Yes, the great lord Sesshomaru! Brought down by a delicate woman such as myself." Kagura said, daunting Sesshomaru, asking him to transform, she would much like to see a three legged dog, limping around while defending itself. He transformed into the massive dog he truly was, baring his fangs he ran to Kagura and struck hard, and fast. Kagura was barely able to evade the shrikes, but managed to dodge them she pulled out her feather, and flew up into the sky, but Sesshomaru, followed, jumping up as if to take flight.
"What the?" Kagura said as Sesshomaru's dog-form came closer.
"Dance of Blades!" Kagura sent wind at Sesshomaru, and they hit, due to his large size, but they merely glanced of his body leaving minor cuts.
"My dance can hurt him?" Kagura said as tried to fly faster, but no use, Sesshomaru caught up and stabbed Kagura through the gut with his three claws, they soon spilt straight through her body, as poison flowed from the nails.
"This, it happened before, Naraku did this to me." Kagura said as she fell to the ground.
She was now on the ground as the jade colored vapors flowed from the wounds, there were flowers, just like the ones from before, there, were birds chirping, everyone happy that the evil wind witch was dying. A shadow Covered Kagura, she looked up.
"Sesshomaru." Kagura said, she was once again thrust in the exact same situation as before, she estimated it would end the same way, but Sesshomaru remained silent.
"I guess I lost..." Kagura said as the poison spread.
"I can't move anymore." She silently sat there with Sesshomaru watching, unable to move, it became harder to breathe, as Kagura coughed to try to clear the poison.
"Are you going?" Sesshomaru finally said.
"What?" Kagura finally managed to say. 'What is he doing? It this some kind of sick joke? What is he trying to pull? What if... what if this is some kind of act?' Kagura thought to herself as she decided to play along.
"Yeah, soon." Kagura felt her body fading away, just like before, then the light returned the drew them both in. The illusion broke, and they were both fine again, Kagura spoke.
"And the beautiful wind sorceress faded into the winds she was born from, she whispered, as she flew away, she whispered, "I am the wind, I am the free wind." Kagura walked over to where Sess was standing, and held her fan over her face.
"We can leave now, can't we?" Sesshomaru nodded, and they walked back to Rin.
"In the valley, in the glen, by the stream, in my dreams, Lord Sesshomaru where are you? Jaken is serving under you too! Lady Kagura newly come, she soars higher than the sun! With her grace, she rides the winds, born anew, and free from her sins!" Rin was singing her song as Sesshomaru and Kagura came beck to the clearing.
"Kagura, I will take Rin back to the castle, I will leave you to go to the shrine." Sesshomaru said as the flew away on Ah-Un.
"He's worse than Naraku, leaving all the hard work to me, whatever, I'll get my revenge eventually." Kagura said as she took off on her feather. She arrived at the shrine at sunset, barely enough energy to make it.
"Damn you Sesshomaru, hurting me like that, it's so hard to stay awake." Kagura spoke as she landed on the ground, she walked forward, past two dog statues.
"Stupid dogs, I hate dogs, now and forever." She walked past them, through the gates, they growled.
"What the?" Kagura spoke as the turned, the statues, they were moving.
"Another problem for me to handle, how truly wonderful." Kagura pulled out her fan and swept it to the side and sliced one of the two stone dogs in half.
"How easily dispatched these guardians are." Kagura said as she sliced the other one to pieces. Kagura turned to leave, but the growling of the dogs returned, Kagura looked back, they were whole.
"What is this magic?" Kagura spoke as the dogs stepped closer, Kagura prepared her fan, but one of the two dog-guards jumped on to her and held her arm tight, preventing her from moving her fan to attack.
"Damn you." Kagura spoke as the other dog advanced.
"Stop." A voice came from the shrine, a woman.
"Who are you?" Kagura spoke in a I-don't-need-help voice.
"My name is Koten, here to call off the dogs, so you are here to challenge Kokoro?" The woman said, as she called off the dogs.
"What do you mean challenge? I was sent here to receive something called 'nine cuts kanji'."
"Yes, but to obtain such a powerful item requires that you defeat Kokoro, you're the second one who' s come, one named Inuyasha arrived only a few hours ago."
"So dog boy is here? Hmm, I could make this into a game. Take me to Inuyasha."
"Yes, he is this way." Koten led Kagura through the gates, into the all too familiar shrine, how karma continued to bring them here, to this place, like some kind of silent hill, with a history unknown even by those who lived there.
"In here." Koten spoke as she opened the door, there sat Inuyasha and his friends.
"Kagura." Inuyasha said, in a serious tone.
"Oh ignore him, come sit down." Kagome invited. Kagura sat on the pillow closest to the window.
"So you're here for the kanji too I assume."
"Yeah, it's the only lead we have." Kagome responded.
"Kagura?" Sango chimed in.
"Yes?"
"Thank you, for saving Kohaku." Sango spoke.
"It's okay, no need to thank me."
"You know, Kagura, you've changed." Kagome said.
"Have I?"
"Yeah, a lot to, look where you are now." Kagome continued.
"And you don't smell like Naraku anymore." Inuyasha spoke.
"I...I don't?" Kagura spoke, thinking back, had she changed that much? Was she so different?
"Kagura, please take off your clothes." Miroku said straight to Kagura.
"What! What did you just say monk?" Sango walked over to Miroku.
"I meant nothing by Sango!"
"What? How could that not mean anything? You just asked her to get naked! Pervert!" Sango began to beat Miroku.
"Miroku! That is a new time low!" Kagome responded.
"Wait stop, I only wish to see the scar on her back nothing more! Nothing more!"
"Well it sure didn't sound like it." Sango spoke as she sat back down.
"My scar?" Kagura said as she turned the other way and shed the top of her kimono, to show her back, the spider mark, it was fading, disappearing from her skin.
"I see, then Naraku must truly be dead, or at least absorbed into that Nanashi demon. As a result all of his influence is fading, seeing as that your scar is disappearing, I also predict that Kanna is changing to, she may be able to feel emotions now." Miroku spoke.
"Excuse me, but this shrine has a large library, with many books on the properties of demons, you may be able to learn something, yes Naraku was a most talented demon, but nothing he did was ground breaking or new for demonic abilities. So any techniques he used should be cataloged." Koten spoke, as she led them into the next building.
"This is the library, you may use any of the books, scrolls, or papers you need, just be carful of the older copies, they tend to shred easily." Koten left them in the library.
"Well we might find something, about Nanashi, agh this is going to take forever." Kagome spoke as she picked up a book and read.
A/N: Well another chapter out, sorry fo the long update, I've been sick. Next chapter will be out as soon as can get it out,(I wrote this one 2 times, and not just revisions, complete chapter rewrites, before it was ready to post)
Omake 4
(Sesshomaru takes over the show! Based off Japanese Inuyasha omake)
"Jaken, who are these people?" Sesshomaru asked as two men in business suits came in front of him.
"I Think they are the show's producers!" Jaken answered.
"Yes! Yes! We are the show producers!" The two suited men yelled.
"Good" Sesshomaru pulls out his sword.
"What are you doing with that? Ahhhhhhhhh!" Sesshomaru slices one of the producer's heads off.
"Ahhhhhhhhh! Run!" The second screamed.
"Die." Sesshomaru impales the other.
"Lord Sesshomaru! Do you feel better?" Rin asked.
"Not yet." Sesshomaru takes over the studio and rules with an iron fist.
"Sesshomaru! And feudal lord's tale!" Jaken screams on the commercial for what was originally Inuyasha's the show starts, showing Sesshomaru, Rin, Jaken, as main characters, Kagura as love interest, and Inuyasha as the villain.
"What?!? No this is my show, you hear me Sesshomaru! My show!" Inuyasha screams and pulls out Tetsusaiga, it disappears.
"What!?! where's my sword!"
"Sorry Inuyasha, the writers gave it to Sesshomaru." Kagura comes out dressed like a business woman.
"What? Kagura? Why are you here?" Inuyasha asks.
"I'm your new Manager, Lawyer, and all around over seer, A.K.A. QUEEN OF YOUR ENTIRE WORLD!" Kagura pulls out cell and begins talking.
"Yes turn Kikyo into Inuyasha's absolute love interest, except she has lepracy, and can't get out of bed, also we need to chop off all Inuyasha's hair, then we give Kagome to Koga, then we make Koga, 6"4' and built like a line backer, the writers can do that can't they? Next we give Kaede her eye back and take one from Kikyo, then we need to get Inuyasha some new pants because M. C. Hammer is suing us, oh and Inuyasha starts his new workout today..." Kagura continues to ruin Inuyasha's life.
"I Am so screwed..." Inuyasha said as Kagura came closer.
"Time for doggy to try on his leash." Kagura holds out leather collar with Inuyasha's name on it in silver lettering.
"Oh god in heaven...." Kagura fights Inuyasha and manages to get the collar on him.
"I need you to move all my kimono into my new trailer." Kagura ties Inuyasha to Japanese wagon filled with many kimono, while Kagura torments Inuyasha by smacking him with her fan.
The wagon gets close to Kagura's trailer, Rumiko Takahashi herself stands in the middle of the road.
"Get out of the way! This show belongs to me and Sesshomaru now!" Kagura opens fan and sent a Dance of Blades Rumiko's way.
"Hiyaa!" Rumiko punches blades out of the way.
"What? My dance? Stopped by an old woman?" Kagura puts fan in her pocket and starts to fight Rumiko. Rumiko pulls out pencil and draws Kagura's heart in her hand.
"What? No!" Kagura has heart attack.
"FINE! if you give me my heart, I'll give you Inuyasha."
"Deal."
"And that children, is how Rumiko saved Inuyasha, the next day she fired Kagura, and that's the true reason she wrote "Kaze" but Kagura lived happily ever after mooching off Sesshomaru's paychecks. Which is about.... a...... oh...... I don't know, a lot of money a year! Join us next time for another stupid utterly useless Omake!"
A/N: Sorry about the long update, I'll try to be quicker, Stormy I'll use you omake idea soon.