A Cold Heart
Chapter 10
Kagura stood, pulling Tohru to her feet."Now lets work on you, hmm?" said Kagura, smiling sweetly. Tohru smiled half-heartedly, following Kagura to the set of drawers. Kagura pulled three gowns from the drawers, lining them up neatly on the bed. Picking up a forest green dress, Kagura clicked her tongue, shaking her head in disapproval. Discarding that on she picked up a royal blue dress, again discarding the clothing with not a word. Finally picking up the last dress the elf smiled. It was pure white, lined with silver and fur, making it warm and comfortable. Tohru gasped as Kagura held the gown up to her slight frame. "No it's too much!" exclaimed Tohru, stepping back from the elf. Kagura shook her head, clicking her tongue."No it's not, it's perfect, you can't fight that." said Kagura, setting the dress on the back of a large chair. Tohru nearly tripped over Uo, if the half naked girl had not caught her. "Uo?" Tohru asked, looking up at her questioningly. Uo stood in the middle of the room, with clean linen wrapped tightly around her naked body.
Uo blushed, turning her head from her friend. "Heard you yell." Uo said, simply, her wet blond hair dripping with water. Helping Tohru to steady herself, Uo held the burgandy dress up to Kagura, her cheeks flaming."You expect me to wear this!" said Uo, bunching the material in her fist. A smile curved Kagura's lips as Uo waved her fist in the air. "Of course,Uo, why would you not?" asked Kagura, innocently pouting. Uo threw the dress at the elf, stompping back into the bathroom. But then she turned abruptly, glaring at the elf."Where are my clothes?" Uo asked, heatedly. Kagura had just thrown the rest into the fire that now roared in it's hearth. Laughing, Kagura turned to the girl, her eyes twinkling dangerously. "I'll order you more clothes, but until then you shall wear that, unless you prefer to be naked." said Kagura, delicatly placing her hand on her hip.
Uo
hunched her shoulders, grabbing the dress, and walking back to the
bathroom, murmuring under her breath. Tohru looked from her friend to
the elf, a lump of fear forming in her throat. Kagura held up the
dress, a sweet smile placed on her face. "Dress?" asked Kagura, cocking
her head to the side. Tohru took the dress, allowing Kagura to lead her
to the bathtub. The silver tub lay full of hot clean water, steam
raising from it's surface. Uo stood in the corner, pulling the dress
over her head and onto her naked body. Kagura helped Tohru undress,
holding the girl's hand as she stepped into the tub. Tohru sat silently
in the tub, staring at the water around her. Kagura grabbed a sponge,
pouring sweet smelling oil onto its holie body. "This scent is called '
matris colota' or snow blossom ." said Kagura, rubbing the oil in to
Tohru's skin. Tohru shivered in delight as the scent of the oil filled
her nose. "It smells good." said Tohru, relaxing into the hot water.
Kagura giggled, caressing Tohru's short hair. "Why did you cut your
hair?" asked Kagura, gently poured oils onto Tohru head. Tohru tensed,
as the semi-cold oil streamed down her neck. Kagura kept working,
silently, waiting for the answer. "So no one would recongize me." said
Tohru, allowing Kagura dip her head into the water. Kagura noddded, a
gentle smile forming on her lips.
"I
understand, Tohru of the Rai, but it seems like you had beautiful
hair." said Kagura, helping Tohru sit up in the tub and stand. Grabbing
a clean white linen, Kagura wrapped it around Tohru, taking a step back
so Tohru had enough room to get out.
"Dry off, I'll take care of Uo's hair." said Kagura, walking briskly from the room. Tohru sat silently, on a small wooden bench that was in the room, looking at herself in the polished silver. Tohru gently ran her fingers through her hair, the small hairs sweeping past her fingers. 'I look like a boy!' Tohru thought again, banging her head against the silver. Sighing, she sat back, now looking at her face. Her face was at least presentable, if you get past the abnormally large brown eyes. Kagura silently walked back into the room, smiling and holding the white dress."Now I must give you a quicky lesson in the art of court, if you don't already know it." said Kagura, roughly pulling the linen off Tohru. She quickly covered her naked self, blushing franticly. Kagura giggled, waving her hands randomly in the air."Don't worry, it's not like Alexander is at my heels." laughed Kagura, pulling Tohru to her feet. Tohru's blush still remained on her cheeks, though she allowed Kagura to dress her. As Kagura pulled the soft silk material over Tohru's shoulders, pulling her arms through the holes. The dress fell around her in an elegant train, pooling around her body.
The dress formed to her body, showing her curves and contours of her body. Her shoulders peeked out, and the belled sleeves ended wtih delicate silver trem, the neck was squared, showing her pale collarbones, and defining her form. "Kagura, are you sure about this?" asked Tohru, a slight blush spreading across her cheeks. Kagura giggled, covering her mouth with her hand. "Yes, but there is still one thing that needs to be fixed, and that my dear is thy hair!" Kagura yelled joyfully, tossing her arms into the air. Tohru looked at the elf, quizzicaly. "That's impossible, it can't be done." said Tohru, lowering her head. Kagura lefted the young girl's head, a gentle smile caressing her face."That my dear it is not, and I will prove it to thee, though it will only make it a little longer." said Kagura, touching her scalp. The hair spilled down her head, gently touching her cheeks and stopping at her shoulders. Tears filled Tohru's eyes as she looked into the mirror, touching her dark shoulder length hair."Thank you so much, Kagura." whispered TOhru, the tears that she had been holding in spilling down her cheeks. "It was nothing, now let's fix it to look like a princess." said Kagura sitting Tohru back onto the bench.