Chapter 6 - Servants and Half demons
Last time- Kagome's mind was racing. " Yes! My plan will work! All I have to do is let Naraku think I'm in love with him so he will trust me. Then I go outside and return to the present time through the Bone Eater's Well. I can go home and see Mom and Souta again! Wow. I'm a genius!' Kagome smiled and flopped down on the silky bed. She stared out the window at the diminishing sunset.
This time- As Naraku walked down the hall to the throne room he was lost in thought.
' Why is the young miko acting as if she actually wants to be my mate? Perhaps, like my love for her, she kept her love for me hidden. All these years I assumed there was only hate for me in her heart...'
Naraku sat in his throne embedded with only the finest of jewels. He had one leg slain over its arm. " Kagura!" he called lazily.
A figure clad in a black kimono slowly emerged from the shadows, blood red eyes staring into her lord's. "Yes, master?" Kagura asked bowing.
" Get Kagome ready to dine with me tonight. Make sure she is dressed in the proper attire." The servant gave a questioning look to her master.
" The miko, Kagome? Ugh, I hate that wench. Why is she here?" Kagura asked with a look of disgust on her face.
Anger pulsed through the lord as his servant stood before him. " That, Kagura, is none of your damn business! And don't you dare say such a thing about my Kagome! Now go! " Naraku hissed icily, his voice piercing the silence of the ebony walled room. Kagura shakily bowed to her master, the look of disgust now replaced with fear. For she remembered the last time a servant, now dead, had gotten the lord angry.
Her name was Kanna. She was the most obedient servant in the castle. The lord had asked her to take the soul of her mother. It was a test to prove her obedience. She couldn't do it. Kagura didn't blame her. She actually felt sorry for the poor girl. Naraku tortured her to death. Kanna watched her mother die of suffocation from Naraku's miasma. Soon she too, stabbed and bruised, died at the hands of the evil lord.
Kagura ran to the door, eager to get away from her lord's anger. Her run soon slowed to a walk as she neared Kagome's room. She opened the cherry wood door searching for the miko. Startled, Kagome shot up from her comfortable position.
'Damn, I should have remembered Kagura would be here.'
" Kagura?" the miko asked with a fake smile.
" Lord Naraku requests your presence at the dining table tonight. He expects you to dress in proper attire, meaning he doesn't want you wearing those rags.", Kagura said with a smirk.
She turned and left , leaving the miko furious.
Kagome sighed and got up, cursing under her breath. Her eyes scanned the room searching for the closet. She found a door, obviously leading to the closet. It was full of unbelievably expensive kimonos. Kagome searched through them trying to find a red one, it was her favorite color. After a while, she came across a kimono that suited her. It was red with a black rose on the back.
With Inuyasha- Inuyasha quickly ran down into the valley. He found Kyaede picking herbs in a field. " Hey! Old hag!", the hanyou yelled haughtily. The priestess turned her head and smiled. " I see ye have returned to the village. Where are the others ye travel with?" Inuyasha once again remembered what had happened to Miroku. He looked down at his feet, tears welling in his amber eyes. " Sango and Shippo are safe, they can fend for themselves until I return." Keyede was puzzled as to why he didn't mention Miroku or Kagome.
" What about yer other friends, Kagome and Miroku?"
"Who cares about that stupid wench!"
" And Miroku?" A lone tear escaped his amber orbs.
" He-he's gone He's dead." The hanyou looked up to the priestess, his eyes once again showing the sadness of Miroku's passing.
" Inuyasha, why have you returned to the village?" Inuyasha suddenly felt stupid for thinking Kyede could bring Miroku back.
" I um... was wondering if there was a way to bring him back. I need him to help complete the jewel shard."
" There is no such herb or spell to bring the dead back to life. However, your brother, Sesshomaru's, sword, Tensuiga, can bring Miroku back to life."
" Feh, how do you expect me to get the Tensuiga! "
" The only way to get it would be to kill him."
" My pleasure!" Inuyasha said cracking his knuckles. The sadness in his eyes was replaced by pride.