Kagura's POV
It has been two days since my run in with Sesshoumaru. There was only five days left for Sesshoumaru to find Naraku's castle. He hasn't realized that he's not supposed to be looking for Naraku's castle. He's supposed to be going to Mt. Haki to find Naraku's heart. Oh well, at least he was trying for me.
That's when it hit me. Sesshoumaru does care, he's just afraid to admit it. He doesn't want to be hurt if I die. He has the weirdest way of showing he cares for somebody. I wonder if that's how he feels about Inuyasha. I doubt it.
It was nighttime and Naraku still hasn't let me out of the castle. He locked me in my room as he, Kanna, and Hakudoshi enjoyed dinner. When is he going to let me out? I've been restless all day!
I heard the door unlock and saw Naraku step into my room. I hated when he did that. How does he know I'm not changing my kimono or something. " Naraku, what do you want?"
" I'm assuming your waiting for me to give you permission to go out, right?" He asked. I nodded my head.
" Since I'm in a good mood, you can stay out longer than usual. I will call for you when I want you back here. Leave, before I change my mind."
That was my queue to run out of the castle as fast as I could. I ran from the castle until I was a safe distance away. Then I stopped to catch my breath. Once I gathered enough air I continued walking to the edge of a cliff. I sat down with my legs hanging off the edge and closed my eyes.
It was such a beautiful night. I wish I brought a paper and paints to paint the stars in the sky. Oh well. I guess I can enjoy them for one night.
I heard rustling in the bushes behind me. I reached for my fan, but realized I left it when I ran out of the castle so quickly. I watched as I saw Sesshoumaru come out from the trees. I was relived when I realized that it was not someone who would hurt me. Like Koga. Hmm, come to think about it, I haven't seen him in the longest time.
Sesshoumaru came up to me. " Kagura, I assume Naraku let you out. But why at this time?"
" Naraku works in weird ways. Umm, Sesshoumaru, I've been thinking a lot lately on about this game Naraku has going on. Well, there isn't a lot of time left. I know your trying, but I just want you to know, even if you don't succeed, at least you tried. I'm glad you agreed to try to help me instead of just leaving me to die. So thanks for trying, is what I'm trying to say."
" I will free you. I have never failed something that I had to do."
Sesshoumaru's POV
I felt bad for her. She thinks that I won't succeed in killing Naraku. She knows she has little time left and was scared that I wouldn't make it in time. I made a promise to her and I will do anything to keep it. I hated myself for letting her interfere with what I had to do. She has nothing to do with me so why should I have to care for her. Yet for some reason, I can't help feeling some care for her.
I looked at Kagura. She was looking out at the sky. She had a smile on her face but her eyes showed fear. I guess I should try to comfort her.
I sat down beside her and she looked toward me. There was a long and awkward silence until I heard her stomach growl. " I forgot I haven't eaten anything all day."
" If you want, you can go back to my camp. Rin and Jaken are cooking fish."
" Thanks for the offer, but….well….I-I don't eat fish or any kind of meat what so ever. I know it's a little strange for a demon, but…yeah…. I'm a vegetarian."
She's a vegetarian? I didn't even know that a demon could be one. She is definitely the strangest demon that I have ever met. " Ok, well, why don't you go pick some berries?"
" Only if you come with me." She said smiling. She's starting to depend on me too much.
I sighed. " You're a handful. Fine lets go."
Kagura's POV
I watched Sesshoumaru get up and then stood up next to him. He walked ahead of me. I didn't follow until he said, " Well are you coming or not?" I nodded and quickly followed after him. It was quiet as we walked.
Ha, Sesshoumaru's finally giving into me. I can't let him stay shut up inside himself forever. Time to stir up a conversation. " Sesshoumaru, why don't you and Inuyasha get along?"
" It's a long story."
" I'm not going anywhere."
" You are honestly getting annoying."
" I'm pretty persistent and I can be even more annoying if you don't answer my question. Do you want that?"
" No"
" Then answer." I smiled at my victory. Sesshoumaru stopped when we arrived at a bush filled with more berries than I could have possibly imagined.
" Fine. Go pick your berries and I'll tell you." He said. He sat down on a nearby rock as I went to the bush and began picking berries. He started his story. " Inuyasha and I used to get along when we were younger. I taught him most of what he knows about fighting since he never got to know our father. The only reason I envied Inuyasha was because he still had his mother and both my parents were dead. Yet I still got along with him. He was about 60 years old (A/N: Demons are immortal. 60 years old is like 6 years old to us.) when his mother passed away since she was human. I took care of him from that point on. Things went well until he was 148 years old and met the priestess Kikyo. I warned him that she couldn't be trusted and he should stay away from her, but he didn't listen. 2 years later, Kikyo and Inuyasha got into an argument, which led them both to death."
Wow, I could never picture Inuyasha and Sesshoumaru getting along. It was an interesting story though. I swallowed the berry I was chewing. " You know that that was Naraku's fault, right?"
" Now I do. But doesn't Kikyo still try to take Him with her to hell?"
" Yep. I guess you are right about her." I sat next to him on the ground. We both looked up at the stars. " I don't only want to get out of Naraku's castle for freedom. There's another reason."
" And what is that reason?"
" It's filled with spiders and I get easily freaked out by spiders. Ew."
" So your scared of them. You sure are scared of a lot of things."
" Everyone has a fear. I'm sure you do too. So what are you scared of, hmm?" I said. I saw that I put him in a tight situation. He probably doesn't even know what he's scared of.
" Hmm, I really don't know what I'm scared of. Probably…water. I can't swim.
Well this is awkward. Finding out that The Lord of the Western Lands, feared by all, can't swim. I couldn't hold back my laughter. " Wow and your thought my fear of spiders was bad. Your scared of water" I began laughing uncontrollably. I'm sure I was starting to piss him off, but who cares. I knew his fear.
" That's enough, Kagura. You better not tell anyone. I have never mentioned that to anyone before so keep your mouth shut."
"Who would I tell? I have no friends. I had one, but Inuyasha killed her."
" Who?"
" Yura of the hair. She was great, except she was always saying something about my hair. Stuff like…" I stood up and said, as best as I could, in Yura's voice, " Oh Kagura, sweetheart, you should do something else with your hair. It's so boring."
I caught Sesshoumaru smirk. And I smiled. I never thought that I would be able to enjoy spending time with Sesshoumaru like this. That one time by the lake I had to leave so quickly. I actually was enjoying myself this time.
Sesshoumaru's POV
Kagura wasn't that bad of a person. I guess you really just had to get to know her a little better. I enjoyed spending time with her like this. I never thought that it was possible for me to gain feelings of friendship towards her, but it happened.
She sat back down beside me and looked up at me. " I hope we get to spend more time like this."
" Me too, but it will have to wait until Naraku is dead."
" Once he's dead, will you still care about me? Or will you leave me alone?" Kagura looked at me. She had a nervous look on her face. I didn't want to hurt her feelings again, but I had to be honest.
" I won't leave you by yourself, but you will learn to do things on your own. You can't always have someone fighting your battles for you. That's all I wanted you to learn."
" So in your own weird way, you were just trying to help me. I promise I'll become stronger." She looked at me and I looked back at her. I had the strangest urge to hold her, but I refused to fall in love with her. However, Kagura kept moving closer. I didn't move away. Our faces were inches apart, before Kagura's eyes widened and she fell to the ground with pain. She held her chest the same way she did the day after she spent the night at my castle.
" I-I have to go. I'm sorry, Sesshoumaru. I'll try to come back tomorrow." She pulled a feather from her and flew away. She was going to kiss me!
I watched the same way I watched her two days ago. She had the same look that she had that day. She had fear in her eyes. I walked back to my camp.
" Jaken, I'm going to be traveling by myself from here on. You and Rin are slowing me down." I said to the little imp.
" But, Sesshoumaru-sama, Rin and I can not live here by ourselves. Surely, there will be another demon nearby who will kill us. How long are you planning to take?"
" Take Rin back to the castle. You and her are not allowed to leave the castle until I get back. I will be back in five days time."
" Yes Sesshoumaru-sama. Are you really going to save the witch?"
" Her name is Kagura and yes I will save her." I snapped back at the imp. I turned around and continued my search for Naraku's castle.
Kagura's POV
I returned to Naraku's castle and walked in. I was surprised to find Naraku sitting with Kanna and Hakudoshi next to him. Hakudoshi spoke, " Kagura your in so much trouble."
Had Naraku figured out that I killed Tanuki? No that's impossible!
" Hakudoshi, quiet. Kagura come here." Naraku said in that disgusting tone. I walked over to him.
" Yes, Naraku?"
He smirked. " I see you had a fun time with Sesshoumaru-sama tonight."
My eyes widened. He knew what I was doing. Did he know that I was going to kiss him? " I-I did run into him. Why?"
Naraku laughed. I had know idea what to think. What was Naraku planning to do with me? Would he kill me before my five days were over? No, I don't want this. Sesshoumaru…
5 days left
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Author's Note:
Wow. Another Chapter! I can't believe. Things are finally starting to heat up. Sesshoumaru and Kagura are finally friends. Let's see how far they get into their friendship. Well I'll try to have another chapter by tomorrow but that will be the last one for like five days. I'm going away ( I think I said that last chapter…..Anyways) Sayonara!
Next time in Destiny meets Death:
Naraku punishes Kagura and forces her to stay inside all day. She can't stand it. Naraku warns her that this is her final chance and if she dares to betray him again, he will kill her, even if Sesshoumaru finds the castle. What will Kagura do? How much longer will it take Sesshoumaru to find her? Find out next time in Chapter 8: Kagura's final chance.
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