Well everyone school is turning out okay. I keep on missing that damn 8 am CSE class, and that's the good CSE class! My second one is taught by the most horrible teacher I have ever known, I should stop now before I ramble on about him. Other than that I'm enjoying my Japanese Literature and Culture class as well as my Intro to Fiction Writing course. I think I got a jump start on the latter. Every week though we have to turn in 600 words to a story we will be working on towards the end of the semester. This is going to take up a bit of my writing time but hopefully not too much.

Thank you to all you who have given me titles to IY stories with the Sess/Kagura pairing. When I get a chance I'll have to read them. Until then, enjoy reading my story.

Disclaimer: Sorry I still don't own Inu.

A Wish From the Heart

Chapter 56: A Cold Reception

As the group approach the cottage, they looked around and made sure no one else was around. They hoped that their common enemy had not thought about going after Kagura. "So should be just go up and knock?" Inuyasha asked.

"That won't be necessary," Kagura voice called out as she came from behind the cottage. "And what may I ask are you doing here?"

"We came to see our favorite detachment of Naraku," Inuyasha said with his usual smirk.

"Thanks a lot, I feel so loved," Kagura voice dripping with sarcasm. She looked over the group that came to her cottage. It didn't surprise her to see Sesshomaru here. He had passed by a few times. How ever though Inuyasha and Kagome's appearance was a bit surprising which was made even stranger by the fact that Sesshomaru seemed to be willing traveling with them. "I'm the only remaining part of Naraku so it isn't hard to be your favorite. Did you come to finish me off as well?"

"You're wrong on both accounts," Inuyasha said. She looked at him with confusion and a small bit of fear. "There seems to be one other detachment alive." Kagura's face fell a little more at this. This couldn't be good. She had thought she was the only detachment left.

"You still have yet to give me a reason as to why you are here?" Kagura said as she quickly regained her composure.

"My brother is trying to ask for help," Sesshomaru said pointedly. While Inuyasha glared at his brother for speaking up as he did, Inuyasha didn't deny it.

"I see and are you traveling with him?" she asked as she looked at the demon lord.

"Our alliance is only temporary," he told her.

"Then the answer is no," Kagura said simply. "I'd wish you a nice day but I really don't give a damn about your day." She then turned her back on them and walked into her small cottage.

Everyone seemed shocked by Kagura's response, at least everyone but Sesshomaru. He could have been surprised but his facial expression told nothing. Kagome leaned in towards Inuyasha, "hey I thought these two were suppose to get along?"

"Don't ask me. I always thought it was a little weird," Inuyasha responded.

Kagome walked up to the cottage. "Kagura may I come in?"

"Why do you ask such a stupid question? I know that if I say no that you won't leave yet I really don't want to yes," Kagura replied. "Do whatever the hell you want, I don't care."

Kagome slowly walked inside and sat down across from Kagura. "Why won't you help us?"

"Ask Mr. Emotionless out there. He should know," Kagura responded.

"I have no idea what you are referring to," the lord responded from her door entrance.

"Either your playing stupid or you have a very bad memory," Kagura spat back at him.

"You have not given any sort of indication as to what you are talking about so there is no way you can expect anyone to know what you are referring to without read your mind. And I don't think anywhere here possess such an ability," Sesshomaru replied.

Kagura's anger just seemed to increase. "Okay here's your hint. You've come asking for help from me, well just like when I came to you, I'm telling you no!" she yelled as she got face to face with him.

"This is an entire different situation," Sesshomaru said.

"Yeah, you're the one asking for help this time and I'm the one telling you no."

"I don't recall you asking for help nor do I recall myself ever telling you no," Sesshomaru said.

If anyone thought Kagura had been mad before, they quickly learned that they had seen nothing yet. Kagura literally exploded with anger. All the wind around her just seemed to become extremely fast. Inuyasha and Kagome were thrown back by the force of it. Sesshomaru just stood his ground. Kagura didn't mind though because her right fist hit him right in the face. He was surprised at her sudden display of aggression but when she went to punch him again he quickly caught her fist. "I won't stand for any more of your misplaced anger," he told her.

"Misplaced? You have the balls to say that to me. You come asking me for help knowing that you turned me down and you even deny that," she yelled at him while pulling out of his grip. "I don't think my anger is misplaced at all!"

"As I recall you came to me with 2 Shikon shards and asked me to defeat Naraku," Sesshomaru said. "I recall telling you that I would not fight for someone that would not fight for themselves."

"Well that sure as hell sounded like a no to me!" Kagura continued to yell.

"Then you aren't as smart as I once took you to be."

"Why you, asshole," Kagura grinded out as she advanced on him once again. Before she could reach him though, Kagome placed her hand on her shoulder and tried to calm her.

"Kagura, please calm down," Kagome said trying to soothe the furious woman. "I think I know what he is trying to say." Kagura stopped and turned to Kagome though she was still fuming. "I think what he's trying to say is you didn't ask for his help, you asked for him to do something for you as if he was some servant or mercenary. He had replied by telling you that if you weren't willing to fight for what you wanted there was no reason for him to help you."

"So he's putting the blame off of me," Kagura said. "Forgive me if I don't speak the language of an ice cube. Because of that I spent even more time with that asshole that created me. Because of even going outside that time I was locked away!"

"Kagura, will you please help us?" Kagome pleaded.

"Why do you want my help?" Kagura asked. At this point she felt she should at least find out why they had come in search of her.

"We think that you might still have a connection with this other detachment and you might know where he is," Inuyasha said.

"So I don't sound like Mr. Unfeeling over here but that tells me what you want me for. You make it sound like I just some sort of detector," Kagura said. Kagome felt a bit more compassion for Kagura at this point, she knew what it was like to think of yourself as a detector. "Why do you want my help?" Kagura repeated.

"Sango's brother, Kohaku, has been taken," Kagome told her solemnly.

Kagura remembered the kid well enough. He had been used cruelly by Naraku. She thought of him being the only other person that knew her pain of being used by that bastard. Kagura then realized something. She turned to Sesshomaru, who was still just standing there watching everything play out, "Then why are you here?"

"Rin has been taken as well," he replied promptly. Kagura felt even worse at this. That girl was so innocent. She didn't deserve to be caught up in all this. Kagura remembered when she had kidnapped the girl; even then Rin had been nice to her whenever she saw Kagura. It didn't seem right that the girl should suffer such a fate.

It was at this point that Kagura made her decision. "While I don't own you a damn thing," she said glaring at Sesshomaru, "in a way I own a debt to you." Kagura said looking at Inuyasha and Kagome. "You were the ones that freed me from Naraku's control so I will repay my debt as I can. I don't really know your new enemies location but I can tell you about your enemy."

"How much do you know?" Inuyasha asked.

"Only what I have been able to pick up while I was under Naraku's control, though he barely spoke of it."

"Does this guy have a name?" Inuyasha inquired some more.

"Yes, if I remember correctly I believe that Naraku had referred to him as Cerberus, though I don't know why."

"Cerberus refers to Greek mythology," Kagome said.

"What's so special about him?" Inuyasha asked. While he had spent time in Kagome's school, he didn't care a thing about mythology other than that of Japan's. That's cause he usually lived though most of it.

"He was the guardian of the underworld, which is why he is often called the Hound of Hell."

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Okay well that's about it for this chapter. I can't think of much to say at the end here. I can say thank you for the reviews and keep them coming. At this rate, I might be able to hit 2000! YAY. Well join me next time for:

Chapter 57: Naraku's Worst Nightmare