Chapter 5

Like I promised! Chapter 5!

"Dance of the dragon!" Kagura yelled, destroying half of her enemy. She had been yelling out attacks non-stop since sunrise. The war was driving her crazy.

But she wouldn't complain out loud, because while she stayed behind to guard the castle, killing not even a mentionable portion of the army, many others are losing their lives in the frontline.

But.

What she is complaining out loud about is that her father doesn't allow her to fight in the frontline.

"Dance of the blades!!" Kagura cried.

With yet another swing of her newly made fan, her enemies were destroyed.

The night was falling, the battle has currently stopped and soldiers were eating dinner and some has already fallen asleep. But, everyone knows that they had to be ready to defend themselves in the morning when the enemies attack.

"Sesshoumaru-sama…" Jaken started, trailing his master.

"Jaken, give it a rest would you. You are annoying me." Came a cold reply, leaving Jaken grumbling.

"Sesshoumaru!" His father called out from the forest.

"Yes father."

"I need you to go and protect the castle." The Western Lord said.

"I do believe that even a hanyou like Inuyasha is capable of protecting the castle, and-" Sesshoumaru said.

"Not our castle." His father interrupted. "The Southern Lord's castle."

"You're joking."

"Dead serious."

"This is not some kind of 'bonding plan' you came up with is it?"

"Well, no." His father began to look a bit guilty. "Not completely."

"I am not going."

"Sesshoumaru."

"Well, she needs help, okay? Just go, that's all I am asking you to do. Help protect the castle."

"Figures."

"Good! Set off tomorrow!" His father turned away. Muttering something about 'plan successful'…

"I heard that father." Sesshoumaru said.

"Um… what do you mean? I, ah, didn't say anything, hehe…" The lord had a few nervous laughs.

Sesshoumaru shook his head gently, sighing in disbelieve.

Kagura yawned, stretching her body as she got up. It was a beautiful morning.

Too bad, that it is going to be filled with blood spills. Thought Kagura.

"Kagura-sama!" Came a cry from outside of her door.

Great, Kagura thought, here we go again. She got dressed and grabbed her fan and came outside to defend her castle.

"Dance of the—" Kagura stopped, sensing something different. She turned around and saw soldiers closing in on her from the behind. She was about to attack them when she realized that she was surrounded. Considering her chances, flying out of here on her feather was not a wise choice, but on the contrary, if she attacks on side, the other side would surely kill her.

Great, she thought, now what do I do? She panicked.

The soldiers, seeing hesitation decided to attack first. They tightened their circle around her.

"Kagura –sama!" One of her faithful guards cried, coming to her rescue.

"NO!" Kagura yelled, "Stay where you are! I can handle this on my own!" She assured him, even though she herself wasn't too sure about it.

It's now or never, Kagura thought, at least I'll put up a fight.

"Dance of the Dragon!" She yelled. The attack simply swiped away half of the surrounding soldiers. Not good.

Kagura quickly turned around; the other soldiers are closing in from her left. Before she even had a chance to cry out her attack, the swords thrashed at her. Kagura who knew nothing of swordsmanship couldn't tell where the swords were going; as a result, she got wounded at the shoulder, side and leg. As she winced in pain as she fell on the ground, the soldiers saw an opening and attacked her with no mercy. Without time to react, Kagura unconsciously released her feminine side, which she tried to avoid often.

She shielded herself with her arms and screamed at the top of her lungs with her eyes shut. But the strike never came. Instead—

"I never thought that you would scream that loud and high." Came a cold voice, just slightly pained.

Kagura cracked open one eye; Sesshoumaru was standing in front of her, clearly annoyed at the extreme high-pitched scream. His sensitive ears are probably still ringing and hurting. Kagura opened both eyes and got up.

"Arigato Sesshoumaru-sama." Kagura said.

Sesshoumaru raised an eyebrow, amused. "I prefer that you don't pretend. I don't appreciate this marriage any more than you do."

"Fine." Kagura said. "What are you doing here?" she hissed.

"Help you."

"Well then, goodbye, have a nice trip because I don't need your help." She growled at him.

"Really, I must've saw it wrong, so you weren't almost killed just a moment ago were you? Shall I call them back?" Mockery was clear in his tone.

"Back? Wait-" Kagura took a look around. "Where did they go?"

"They ran away with their tail between their legs." Came an annoyed voice.

"Well, you do have that effect on people." Kagura pointed out.

"What effect?" Sesshoumaru asked.

"Don't act innocent."

Sesshoumaru stared mockingly at her, eventually in a few seconds she got uncomfortable.

"You know what, I'm wasting my time." She turned around and went to treat her wounds.

That night as Kagura thought about the day, she got pretty irritated. Her father didn't trust her to take care of herself. Well, not that she minded him caring, but the guy doesn't even care! Not that she cares either, but—

Suddenly something pooped up that made her blush.

It's strange, thought Kagura. I actually wished for someone to protect me, and at that moment he was the one that flashed across my mind.

Kagura scolded herself; she wasn't suppose to fall in love with him. She closed her eyes, hopping that her dreams would be not be affected by Sesshoumaru's sudden appearance.

It was no good hoping, her dreams were full of him.

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