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TheDisruptiveOne was right about the chapters, but there is going to be one change. Instead of five chapters there will be six, but I can still make it work.
I was requested to make the chapters longer so here it goes.
As Kagura floated peacefully on her giant feather she let the idea of freedom wash over her. She had waited for this moment for so long she didn't know how to feel.
Sesshoumaru may have feelings other than hatred towards her. She might even go so far as to say Sesshoumaru was going after Naraku for her.
She recalled a time when she was wandering through a village and she saw a little girl with a puppy. The puppy had led the girl back to a squirrel he had killed and wanted approval.
She imagined herself in place of the little girl being led back to Naraku's dead body by Sesshoumaru. She laughed to herself as she imagined the Great Lord Sesshoumaru needing her approval for killing Naraku.
Kagura sat up with a gasp, her hand flying to her chest. Naraku was 'requesting' she return to the castle.
She expanded her feather and flew as fast as she could back to her home.
Kagura staggered into Naraku's chambers. He hadn't relented in the pain at all. She panted as she stood before him. Kagura could practically see the anger radiated off of him.
She was surprised to see that Kanna wasn't next to him. Her dear sister was usually never to far away from their father. Her first thought was that somebody had killed her.
Kagura didn't want anybody to kill Kanna. While Kanna was a freaky, emotionless, snitch she only did what she did because of Naraku. So she really didn't deserve to die.
But then Kagura really thought about it. The only people who could really kill Kanna were Naraku, Inuyasha, and Sesshoumaru. She had been with two of them a little while ago and Naraku 'liked' Kanna so she didn't think it likely that Kanna was dead.
"Kagura." She repressed a shudder at the sound of Naraku's voice saying her name.
He leered at her. In his hand suddenly appeared a heart. She flinched when he squeezed it, but she didn't feel anything. Kagura realized that it wasn't her heart Naraku held.
She turned around when she heard the door open. Kanna hesitantly stepped inside the room. Kagura was shocked to discover pain showing in the depth of Kanna's ebony eyes. The heart belonged to Kanna.
With a final vicious squeeze Naraku made the heart return to wherever he kept the hearts. "Kanna show Kagura what you showed me."
Kagura looked suspiciously at Naraku before she peered into the mirror. At first all she saw was her reflection, but then theimage changed.
Kagura felt her heart skip a beat when she saw the object of daydreams walking with his brother. Kagura feared that she was about to get in trouble for visiting Sesshoumaru. She saw Sesshoumaru tilt his head ever so slightly as an indication to Inuyasha that he had his attention.
"So Sesshou, er Sesshoumaru where exactly is Naraku's heart."
Naraku stood up suddenly and struck Kanna. She went careening into the wall, her mirror falling uselessly to the ground. Kagura put herself between Naraku and Kanna, "What the hell do you think you're doing? She's only doing what you told her to do."
Kagura looked over her shoulder to see Kanna. As Kanna was picking herself of the ground Kagura saw a look in her midnight eyes that shocked her. First of all to see any emotion in Kanna eyes was startling, but to see hatred directed at Naraku was even more inconceivable.
But then the look was gone and Kagura was left wondering if she had imagined it. All thoughts escaped her when Naraku got vengeance on her for standing up to him.
Once Naraku tired of knocking her around he stood back and allowed her to get to her feet. Kagura rose cautiously, hunched over a bruised or broken rib. "Kagura," he said smiling sadistically. "You will go to those dogs and find out where they learned of my hearts location. I don't care how you do it." His voice changed from sweet to vicious, "If you become injured do not run away. I don't care if you are killed. Kanna and I will be watching to make certain you do as you're told. If you don't, you will regret it. You know what; I think I will send the Saimyousho with you just to be sure. Once you discover their little secret, KILL THEM!"
Kagura kept the sadness of her face until she left Naraku presence. Even then she only allowed two tears to fall from her eyes. How was she going to get out of this one? There was no way in hell she was going to be able to kill Sesshoumaru. Even if she hadn't been in love with him, he was still too powerful for her to defeat. And he wasn't going to tell how he found out the whereabouts of Naruku's heart.
Kagura took a deep breath a fresh air as she exited the castle. She enlarged her feather and sat on it, preparing to fly off when she heard a quiet voice.
"Kagura."
She turned around, startled. Behind her, stood her usually silent sister. Kagura waited thinking Naraku had some last minute instructions.
They only sounds Kagura heard at first were the sounding of birds that hadn't been frightened off with Naraku's stench. Finally Kanna looked at Kagura with her soulless black eyes, "Thank you."
This almost shocked Kagura into falling off her feather, "W-what for?"
Kanna didn't answer instead she held up her mirror and said, "Look."
Kagura went to her knees to look inside the mirror. She saw herself standing with Sesshoumaru with an older Rin between them. As she looked harder she determined that in her own arms was a baby, not more than a couple of months old. The baby was bundled up so tightly all you could see were amber eyes and a few strands of ebony hair.
Kagura looked up at Kanna with tears in her eyes, "Is this what is going to happen?"
"It's a possibility of many," was all Kanna said before she turned around and headed back inside. Kagura blinked away her tears before she jumped on her feather thinking about what she saw.
Kagura followed the Sesshoumaru and his companions inconspicuously. She had a gentle breeze blow her scent away from the group then double around so that their words were carried on the breeze. She heard various conversations going on within the group. The monk and the fox were talking about how to get a girl's attention. The miko and demon slayer were talking about wedding preparations for her upcoming wedding to the monk.
Sesshoumaru and his brother were having much more interesting discussion on love. Well it was more like Inuyasha was telling Sesshoumaru to confess his feelings to Kagura. While Kagura wished for Sesshoumaru to take the counsel she didn't think Inuyasha should be giving out advice about love.
Apparently Sesshoumaru had the same idea, "What can you say about 'love' to this Sesshoumaru? Have you finally decided on which miko you will take as your mate?"
"Yeah. . ."
Sesshoumaru raised a single eyebrow and Kagura leaned closer to hear better. She had to admit, she'd been curious as to how that love triangle would work out.
"I've chosen K—"
Kagura gave a yelp of surprise as one of the Saimyousho flew in front of her face. She jerked back so hard so fell off her feather. She hit the ground ungracefully.
She lay there with her eyes closed cursing the insects and there creator. Sitting up slowly she came face to 'face' to a pair of white puffy pants. Lifting her gaze she eventually found herself looking into the cold amber. She blinked when she saw a flash of amusement in the cold abyss of Sesshoumaru'seyes.
Standing up suddenly she snarled in his face, "Don't laugh at me!"
"Falling from the sky is not amusing?" he said it in such a way it sounded like a question.
Huffing Kagura crossed her arms and turned around; to be confronted by an abruptly laughing Inuyasha. She scowled at him, but was happy to note that it seemed only Sesshoumaru and Inuyasha were here.
"Kagura, why are you here?"
Sighing to herself, Kagura recalled her reason for coming. She jumped into a tree and sent a wind blade flying at Sesshoumaru's head. He dodged with a slight tilt of his head.
Inuyasha's laughing stopped immediately when she threw a couple of wind blades at him. Jumped to the side to avoid being sliced up. "Jeez, Sesshou, looks like your wench can't take a joke."
"Inuyasha," he warned.
"Yeah, Sesshoumaru, whatever." He leaped into a tree to avoid more wind blades.
"Quit talking and fight!" she screamed at them, she had to make this believable. She already had names for her little amber-eyed bundle of joy and he wasn't going to ruin it.
She jumped from the tree to fly at Sesshoumaru swinging her fan. He shot his hand up and grabbed by her arm. Dropping to his back and using her own momentum, he flung her into another tree. She slumped to the ground, on her head.
Kagura watched an upside down Sesshoumaru approach, his energy whip materializing in his hand. She closed her eyes in fear when she saw him swing.
"Kagura." She opened her eyes when a warm palm cupped her cheek. She looked up into two pairs of gold eyes. Sesshoumaru was the one who spoke. His voice low he asked, "Is Naraku still watching with the Scentless One's mirror."
"Kanna? Yeah." She sat up. "But there's also. . ." not far from where she sat were the bodies of the Saimyousho sliced by the energy whip.
"Feh! Looks like somebody told Naraku we knew about his heart. Thought you said she was trustworthy, Sesshou. . .maru."
Falling off her feather and then being thrown into a tree slowed Kagura brain activity so it took her a while to process what was being said. Inuyasha thought she told Naraku about his heart.
"Did you even think to ask how he found out?" And now Sesshoumaru was defending her.
Inuyasha snarled something incomprehensible before asking, "Well?"
"Kanna showed him."
His face displayed his surprise, "Oh." Sesshoumaru gave him a look that caused him to blanch, "Sorry I guess." He walked a little ways away to sulk.
"Sessh," he turned his attention back to her, "I'm not so sure Kanna and Naraku are watching. Naraku made it clear that if I were stray from the 'plan' I would face the consequences and this is definitely not apart of the plan. Yet, here I am."
Inuyasha walked back over to them, "So what do we do?"
"Kagura, you will travel with us. We will destroy Naraku's heart."
Kagura looked at him, "And then what?"
He had a strange look in his eye, "And then you can do whatever you want."
I want you. And I'll do whatever it takes to secure a future for our children.
Unbeknownst to all except the white-haired girl holding the mirror, the image depicted was not what was actually happening. The mirror showed Kagura and the insects Naraku sent with her, dead. Killed by the combined efforts of Sesshoumaru and Inuyasha.
Naraku cursed and struck her. She pushed herself to her feet and checked to make sure her mirror was not cracked. Naraku cursed again. "Come on, Kanna. Kagura has failed." He grimaced, "I'll have to kill them myself."
As soon as his back was turned Kanna allowed a small smile to show on her face.
Thanks toall of those who reviewed I really enjoyed reading them. I got nine for the last chapter.
Next chapter Kagura ensures her future by attempting to 'woo' Sesshoumaru. With the help of her future daughter Rin.