Silver wind
Chapter 2
Deep in the woods next to the clearing, Sesshoumaru suddenly felt uneasy. The wind whipped unnaturally and he felt that supernatural forces were on the move. Soon the wind stopped though and everything because deathly quiet. He looked at Rin and Jaken who were sleeping soundly as if nothing happened, then at the sky. 'It's calm…' he thought, 'Then why do I feel as if something is not right?'
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"Kagura Ane…" Hikari said. They sat on a hill under the stars. It was about an hour after Kagura's rebirth.
"What is it?" Kagura turned to her.
"What do you what to do after this?" The child asked.
Kagura was startled by the question. "I want to…" she stopped.
"Daijoubu!" Sakura said, "Kagura Ane-Sama is alive now. This stuff takes time you know! We can go where ever you want to go from here on!"
"Yeah…" Kagura said slowly.
"I know!" Hikari said cheerfully, "But there has to be a first right? What is your first wish?"
"I …" Kagura hesitated.
"Let's go visit Sesshoumaru Sama 'kay?" Hikari said.
"Huh?" Kagura was startled even more. "Wait Hikari…"
"Okay!" Hikari jumped up, "It's decided! We're going!"
"Hikari…" Kagura said weakly.
"Ane-Sama!" Sakura sighed, "Save your breath! She made up her mind… She's not giving up!"
"No… But…" Kagura said, "I don't think I want to see him yet…"
Sakura looked on for a while thinking hard before saying, "I picked up this usefully saying somewhere else, but I guess I can try it." She turned to Hikari.
"Hikari, we're not going!" Sakura said, "If you insist on it, then I'll tell all the people in every village every embarrassing thing you did starting from when you were three years old…"
"Hey!" Hikari said, "No fair playing dirty!" but none the less, she sat down every discouraged.
Kagura chuckled, "Sometimes, it's very hard to tell which one of you is older!"
"What's that suppose to mean?" Hikari said, "It's not fair! Ganging up on me like that!"
"Actually…" Sakura smiled, "We were poking fun of you separately… It's just a coincidence that we did it at the same time!"
Kagura smiled. These two are hilarious. "Hey…" She said softly. Their two heads snapped up. "Let me hear some music…" Kagura finished her sentence. They blinked and then smiled.
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Sesshoumaru looked at the sky. The scent that the wind carried to him was one that he recognized but absolutely refused believe is existing. He let out a low growl before walking off toward the scent.
"Eh where are you going my lord." Jaken asked.
Sesshoumaru was feeling angry all of a sudden. For so reason he was offended that he smelled that scent. He turned towards Jaken, eyes bright red. "Jaken shut up!" He commanded.
The toad imp turned pale and said no more. Bowing his head he retreated off to a corner. Sesshoumaru turned back toward the scent and set off.
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Sesshoumaru walked toward the scent. His eyes were blood red. If he found out that it was imposter. He would kill them for sure. For now, that is all he knew. The scent was her but not entirely the scent he knew.
As he drew closer to the hill he heard flute music coming from the top of the hill. He growled low and deep as he walked up the hill. Drawing near the top he took out his Tensaiga. It was then he saw what he never expected to see again. Eyes widening with surprise he uttered softly, "Kagura…"
The group in front of him turned. "Ack!" The girl named Hikari cried, "Didn't I tell you to put that thing away? You could someone's eye out!"
Sesshoumaru however ignored her completely. He growled at the person standing in the center of the girls looking equally shocked.
"Sesshoumaru…" the Kagura said. She looked down with a sad expression for a moment before smirking and said, "Yo!"
"Who are you?" Sesshoumaru snarled.
Hikari giggled and resisted the urge of saying, "Actually she is Inuyasha in disguise." Sesshoumaru took no notice of her and continued to stare at the Kagura and waited for her reply.
"I see, as distrusting as always…Sesshoumaru…" Kagura said softly.
Whether it was her tone of voice or the way she said his name, he wasn't sure. But for some strange reason, he decided to give the Kagura a chance.
"If you really are who you claim to be…" He said slowly, "Then explain why you don't smell of Naraku anymore."
Kagura's eyes widened with shock. But this time it was the half demon kid that answered. "That is simple." She said, "When we brought her back to life, we purified soul. So now she is free of the Naraku guy."
"But…" Hikari said, "You don't mind that do you?" Her eyes were closed, "If my hunch is correct…you enjoy the scent don't you?"
"Whao!" Sakura exclaimed, "She's serious…HOLY COW! THAT ONLY COMES ONCE IN A LIFE TIME!"
"Kagura…" Sesshoumaru said ignoring the girls, "Come with me…" With that he turned and headed off the hill.
The girls looked troubled. "We're not supposed to leave you, you know!" Sakura stated.
"Don't worry." Kagura reassured her, "Sesshoumaru is there and I can take care of myself!"
"Is that guy even trustworthy?" Hikari asked suspiciously.
Kagura smiled, "Take care of things while I'm gone." And with take she left.
"Hey!" Hikari said, "I smell trouble!"
"Let's go!" Sakura said.
"Go where?" Hikari asked lazily.
"To spy on them of course!" Sakura said.
Hikari grinned, "I thought you'd never ask!" then she stopped, "He's a dog! He could smell us."
"Use Your Powers!" Sakura whacked her on the head, "Are you a human or an animal?"
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Sesshoumaru stopped at the edge of the woods. He turned to face the Kagura that was standing behind him.
"Tell me something Sesshoumaru…" Kagura said. Sesshoumaru just stared at her.
"That day…" Kagura said, "When I was dying…Why did you seek me out?"
Sesshoumaru considered this question. "Whether it was out of pity…" he started, "or something else… for some reason, I wanted to go to see you."
Kagura's eyes widened in surprise. "Pity or something else?" She said softly, "I see…" She sat down and for the first time since their meeting, she looked him in the eye.
'It is her!' Sesshoumaru thought. For some unknown reason, he knew deep down inside it was the same Kagura.
"Sit with me Sesshoumaru." Kagura said looking at him.
He considered her request. "What's wrong?" Kagura asked.
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In the bushes near by…
"What's his problem?" Sakura asked.
"Yeah!" Hikari huffed, "it's not like she's going to bite him!"
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He hesitated but slowly he sat down by her side. "This Sesshoumaru will not do something pointless like this again." He said.
Kagura chuckled. "What's so funny?" He asked.
"Nothing." Kagura said, "I get the feeling you have some stuff to ask me."
"…" Sesshoumaru said, "Do not assume things yourself."
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In the bushes…
Hikari's face turned bright red. "What's with the arrogant attitude?" She started to stand, "I go kill him right now!"
"Hikari!" Sakura cried out in surprise, and then she pulled her cousin back down, "Stay!" She glared.
Hikari sighed, "Yes master!"
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There was a moment of silence before Sesshoumaru said, ""Those girls…who are they?"
"Mikos…" Kagura said, "They are the ones that brought me back to life."
"And for what reason?" Sesshoumaru asked.
"That I'm not sure…" Kagura said.
Sesshoumaru stayed silent. "What's wrong?" Kagura asked again.
"That is none of your concerns…" Sesshoumaru said.
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In the bushes…
"He took this too Far!" Sakura cried, "Let me at 'im!" she began to move.
"No, no, no, no, no!" Hikari said dragging Sakura back, "A minute ago you were telling me not to do anything stupid!"
"Wait!" Sakura said, "Stop, Shh! He's talking."
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"Kagura…" Sesshoumaru said, "Where are you planning to go now that you're free?"
"I'm… We're going to go where the wind takes us…" Kagura said.
Another silent moment passed by. "…" Sesshoumaru said, "If you wish… you can tag along with us…" As soon as he said it, he cursed himself. 'Why did I just say that?' he thought.
Kagura's eyes opened in surprise as she looked at him curiously. "Sesshoumaru…" She started, then stopped, "Sure…" She decided.
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In the bushes…
"What!" Hikari said, "We're going to tag along with that creep?"
Sakura sighed, "It can't be helped! Oh look! They are going back!"
"We should hurry back too!" Hikari said.
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With Inuyasha…
Inuyasha yawned tiredly. He tried going back to sleep but couldn't. Finally he said "I give up! I can't go back to sleep!"
Inuyasha jumped off the tree and he went on a walk. For some strange reason he couldn't get Kagome out of his head.
'We have been at it for 9 years now' Inuyasha thought, 'I think it's about time I confess my true feelings. After all I have given up on Kikyo.'
"Yes I'll do it! ...Uh… tomorrow" Inuyasha said.
