27. Music
Inuyasha wanted to kill Naraku, as did many others, there was no doubt of it. But - as all innocent and truly good people - Kagome came up with an excellent idea to make Naraku's existence before his day of death miserable and pitiful.
A package came to Naraku's castle one day, one wrapped in cheap brow paper, tied with a simple string. It didn't look intimidating or threatening. Naraku didn't spare it another glance after seeing it was not for him, but for the Infant.
Oh, how great his mistake was!
"Moaake it stooop!" Kagura howled like a wind over a wasteland. Because no one was doing anything to silence the vile sound the wind sorceress opened her fan and sent a Dance of Blades to the door while running in their direction. She burst through the newly destroyed door and threw her feather in the air, mounting it in a fraction of a second before flying away with all the speed a magical feather could make. Hakudoshi ran after her to jump on Entei's back and gallop in the setting sun, but the horse was long gone.
Naraku was sitting in his favorite corner and clawing at the tatami mat under himself, gritting his teeth and trying to pretend such a small thing wasn't driving him nuts.
Byakuya was sitting nearby, his expression mockingly serene as he was living in an illusion of his own making, where he was enjoying a tea with his best friend Sesshomaru, discussing various types of eye make up for men.
Naraku glared at Kanna who was standing in the center of the room, the wrap paper forgotten under her feet. She was holding the Infant in her hands, without a word or a cringe letting the sound resonate around her within the confinement of four walls and low ceiling.
The most vile and twisted incarnation of Naraku was in her arms. He gave his father a cherub's smile and shook his new toy with vigor. Naraku squeezed his eyes shut and tried to keep his desire to tear the infant to bloody bits in check. He was certain that mere seconds were separating him from the moment where he was going to kill his heart. The thought of stopping the noise the baby was referring to as a 'music' was oddly comforting and appealing.
Seven hills, seven rivers and seven forests away from Naraku's palace a certain hanyou was reclined on a tree limb, one ear listening to the unholy sound of a rattle. Suddenly both his ears twitched when the sound stopped abruptly. Inuyasha jumped down to join his friends gathered around a campfire.
"It stopped," he announced. Kagome clasped her hands.
"I knew he would give in sooner or later.!"