A/N: Thank you guys, for your guesses! I'm sorry, but none of you were right (it will be plain who it was when you read this chapter), but I decided to write a thing about Kagura just for you!
And here's the second - totally unexpected by me - thing, a reply to the previous chapter.
That Stupid Brat
Just look at that idiot, sitting there! He's so smug, so certain he's above us all. He has flies in his nose, that moron. He thinks he owns everything and is allowed to do whatever only because he's born.
He thinks that he's stronger than me. Well, I'm not a strong fighter yet, but I'm doing my best and will always try to help my friends. I'm sure I'll get my second tail soon, just like Sango says. I bet Kagome will be so happy and even Inuyasha will give me his proud glance and say something about me being as good of a fighter and protector as he is. Praise is not something this stupid brat would ever experience, because all he gets is scolding for failures. Even Inuyasha, this rude and rough hanyou, praises me when I do good.
Inuyasha is a dense idiot when it comes to some stuff, but he's stubborn and dedicated - mostly because he's simple-minded. But simple-minded people are needed in the world too. They simply don't realize that they should give up and they win by the sheer force of their denial.
On who would I test my tricks so I can improve my skills, if not on Inuyasha? Only a total moron would pull a trick on Kirara, Kagome is off-limits, Sango hits worse than Inuyasha and Miroku can be more clueless than a coop of chickens, especially if I transform in a girl.
Everyone knows that transforming in a girl is the most common trick in Kitsune Book of Tricks. It's so obvious I don't even do it anymore around my pack.
But I digress. Just look at that stupid brat of an incarnation. He's looking at me with so much disgust when he sees me riding on my friends' shoulders and yet he's riding on his flaming pony all around the place. He doesn't even fathom that I'm traveling this way because I want to be close to my friends, that I feel secure and not lonely when I cuddle with them. Besides, the said pony does most of the fighting for that idiot and he seems not to notice that he wouldn't stand a chance against us. As I said - an arrogant, clueless, closed-minded brat of an incarnation.
I'm an orphan, just like Inuyasha had once been. I'm just not alone in the world, I'm spared the fate of starvation and fear. Well, unless Inuyasha steals my food and chases me around for getting sat for this. I need affection, I need to be assured my new rag tag family will be there when I wake up. I wake up almost every night after a nightmare of seeing once more my dad being killed. I'm just a child, but I always try to return the love and friendship I get from them, I try to comfort them, to distract them from their sorrows. Even me bothering Inuyasha when he's resting is just a way of me wanting some affection of my adoptive older brother. After all, he's canine like me, and pups tend to tug at their pack mates' tails.
He's blind to the bonds between my pack mates. He won't understand, won't see, that I trust my friends with my life and will do anything for them. He's not wanting to be a part of anything, he just wants to control others like he controls his horse. He doesn't need friends, he needs servants. He doesn't crave love and affection, he craves destruction and suffering of others. He doesn't trust and always plots to gain as much as he can without giving anything in return.
And for that he will always be alone, never hear his adoptive siblings laugh with mirth, tell jokes, share both joys and pains. He will always just look at me with those eyes full of hate and disgust, never understanding how much he's missing.
And - even if I never speak about the fact I know about my treasures, I know I have them. I am greatly blessed by Inari-sama. I have seven treasures.
My first treasure is Kagome, my sweet older sister who loves so easily. My second is Inuyasha, who offers me the companionship only a canine can provide. My third treasure is Sango, who taught me to smile even when you have seemingly nothing to be happy about. The fourth is Kirara, who always gives me her motherly care and asks for nothing in return. The fifth is Miroku, this misunderstood pervert, who teaches me that being mischievous isn't a bad thing. My sixth treasure is Kaede, who heals more than just flesh wounds. My seventh treasure is the knowledge that I'm not alone in the world, that I am allowed to be myself and express myself like a kitsune should, experience the world in all its hues and shades through eyes of a child, despite the loss I've suffered.
A/N: I just had to write this. Hope you like it!