InuYasha Fan Fiction / Sailor Moon Fan Fiction ❯ Through your Heart ❯ Meet Kagura ( Chapter 8 )

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Through your Heart

Chapter 8: Meet Kagura

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Sesshoumaru signed yet one another document and sighed in frustration. The last month had simply been hectic. Upon his return, his counselors had fussed about his prolonged absence and he had to take out many youkai that had invaded his territory in a vain attempt to control the Western Lands.

But the worst thing was dealing with Rin. When she had awakened the next day, she had thrown a tantrum fit when she had learned that she had been carried back home without the lively rabbit. Even Sesshoumaru's order to stop crying had been ineffective, and the only thing he had thought about was saying they would see her again for sure. He had to make a promise with the human-child and now he was paying the price.

Everyday, Rin had taken the habit of barging in his working office to ask him if it was time to see 'Usa-chan'. He groaned as he heard his ward's footsteps before she even reached the door.

"SESSHOUMARU-SAMA!" Rin ran into the room with a shout and clamped herself on the Taiyoukai. "Can we go see Usa-chan now?"

Sesshoumaru inwardly cringed at Rin's best attack; the puppy dog eyes. "Not now, Rin. This Lord Sesshoumaru has other things to do. Go play with Jaken."

The girl's smile dimmed and she exited the room silently. The Inu Lord got up and gazed through the window to calm himself. Since their return, Jaken and Rin hadn't been themselves. Sesshoumaru himself seemed to be acting colder in public, as if a restrain had broken.

With one last look outside, he left his study and walked in the direction of his chambers. He could very faintly hear his servants scurrying out of his way in the shadows. Good. He didn't need to deal with incompetence right now. He closed the door soundly behind him and decided to lie down on his enormous bed.

It really was large since it was designed to let him sleep there even in his demon form. Imagine that! He caught sight of his picture on the wall as his gaze wandered about in his room and he put his hand on his cheek, bordering his lips. Then he did something he rarely did; he fell asleep in the middle of the afternoon, all tiring thoughts of his work forgotten.

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It was to the sound of chirping birds that the Inu-tachi started their quest again. InuYasha was finally starting to trust Usagi, to everyone's astonishment. It had been a week since Usagi had joined them and although they had encountered some nasty youkai, not one of them had been a spawn of Naraku. They did manage to get 2 more shards though, so InuYasha was actually happy for a change.

Usagi walked beside Sango and half listened to the Taijiya and Kagome talking about this and that. 'I wonder what this Naraku looks like…' Usagi was so lost in her thoughts that she didn't notice the group had stopped and she almost bumped into InuYasha. It was when she snapped out of it that she felt a youkai approaching, and a very powerful one at that. She already had her cloak on so she simply had to put on her hood to mask her scent.

"Kirara, you protect Kagome, Usagi and Shippou! I'll take care of this troublemaker!" InuYasha growled to the now transformed cat demon. Kagome wanted to protest but as the youkai finally appeared, the miko yelped and gripped Usagi's arm, backing away to a safer place.

"Kagome? What-?" Usagi started, but Kagome only gripped harder and whispered to her in a hurry.

"We better stay out of the way, Usagi-chan! We encountered her before! She's one of Naraku's detachment; her name's Kagura."

Usagi nodded faintly and studied the demon as she started to speak to InuYasha. Sango and Miroku were on their guard, ready to attack at any false movement of Kagura's. "Well well, it's been a long time hanyou. I was almost beginning to miss beating you guys." Kagura mocked.

InuYasha scoffed and brandished the Tetsusaiga. "Spare me your pleasantries, Kagura! You? Beat us? HA! YOU'RE the one who always runs away each time I'm about to strike you!"

Kagura's gaze hardened and she took out her fan, which made the 3 fighters tense. "You have some nerve to talk to me like that! Me, the Mistress of the Wind! DANCE OF BLADES!"

InuYasha barely had the time to dodge as the attack came to him at a rapid pace. The dog demon cursed as Tetsusaiga's weight slowed his movements considerably but he tried to hit Kagura as best as he could. All he could hit though was the ground as the demoness jumped away easily.

Usagi's gaze narrowed but she didn't budge from Kagome's side as Sango tried to hit Kagura with her Hiraikotsu, but missed. 'The mistress of the wind? She dares to appropriate herself the title of Uranus? If she didn't possess that fan she wouldn't be able to do anything!' The rabbit was feeling insulted but refrained from helping. She didn't want to draw the attention to herself.

As Kagura was about to use her Dance of Blades on Sango, Miroku took the protective beads off of his hand and pointed it at the evil demoness. "KAZAANA!"

Kagura gasped and tried to ground her feet to the earth. Her attack got absorbed by the void and she was being pulled in when Naraku's poisonous insects made their apparition. Miroku absorbed 3 before he acted and put back the prayer beads on his hand.

He gasped and Sango ran to him. "Miroku! Are you alright?" Seeing the monk nod, she breathed a sigh of relief and helped him to walk to the 2 waiting girls on the side. Kirara helped Miroku to stay on his feet and Kagome checked him over quickly.

Usagi stood on the side and kept her gaze riveted on the demoness for the moment. Kagura had yet to notice her since she hid her ki completely. But if by some bad luck her cloak would fall off, what Kagura would smell would only be a normal human scent.

"GIVE ME YOUR SHARDS! DANCE OF BLADES!" Kagura shouted arrogantly, the insects beside her ready to attack if the monk tried that again. The shining blades hurled in the direction of InuYasha and he used his sword to keep the attack away from him. He concentrated and focused on the Wind Scar, but unfortunately Kagura was one step ahead of him. She used her fan to blow away the wind, diverting it to the left instead of the middle as it was supposed to be for the attack to work.

InuYasha growled but it was no use. Kagura laughed and lifted her fan menacingly. Usagi had gone back to Kagome's side and as the miko readied her arrow, the demoness decided to turn her fan towards Kagome. The black haired girl gasped and InuYasha cried out as the attack made for the miko.

In a movement of panic, Kagome grasped Usagi and wound her arms around her in a shielding manner. Usagi watched the attack and, when she lifted her hands to embrace Kagome back, she flicked her wrist surreptitiously. The movement had been so small, quick and natural that nobody even noticed. But the insignificant move was enough to make the attack deviate to their right, out of harm's way.

It destroyed a row of trees and Kagura opened her mouth and closed it immediately. "What happened?! Why didn't my attack kill them?! Why did it change direction?! Was it you who did this, miko?! I'm the only one who can control the wind!!!"

Everyone could see that Kagura was fuming and livid. InuYasha used that moment of shock and inattention to attack and he focused once again on the Wind Scar. As he was about to strike, Kagura just stepped back and plucked her feather from her hair. It enlarged and soon she was airborne and out of their view, the insects retreating with her.

The area suddenly became silent as everyone's gaze turned towards Kagome, who was looking at her hands in shock. "Did I do that?"

Nobody could really answer so they shrugged it out. Usagi took her hood off as Sango walked to the miko. "Maybe it's a new miko power?"

Kagome just shrugged in pure astonishment and they assumed it had been a fleeting burst of power. Kirara de-transformed and jumped on Usagi's shoulder by habit, the blonde girl immediately starting to pet the mewling neko.

Miroku watched the blonde woman with sympathy, making Usagi eye him questioningly. "You must've been so scared today. We won't hold any grudge against you if you decide to leave us. By staying with us you'll probably make yourself a lot of enemies and this journey will only become more perilous with time. Maybe it would be better for you to take a different path…"

Usagi glanced at Kagome's pleading eyes and chuckled. "I said I would stay with you and I always stand by what I say. I don't do a lot of things but my hand-to-hand combat skills are enough to ensure my defense for the moment. And I also have some knowledge in medicine, which I think I'll have to use on you soon, Miroku. That void in your hand was pretty impressive, but I don't think you were supposed to absorb those insects, seeing the look on your face."

Sango scoffed. Indeed, Miroku was starting to sweat and was barely able to stand by himself. "Don't worry about him, Usagi-chan! He's always putting himself at risk like that for nothing."

Miroku did his best lost puppy look. "Aw! You're not being very nice with the wounded, Sango-san!" He crept closer to the rabbit and put a hand on her shoulder. "Usagi-chan is much nicer than you" his gaze lowered "and she's-"

"I dare you to move that hand lower, monk!" Sango growled out, a hand on the hilt of her katana.

Miroku laughed nervously and took back his wand which had wandered a little lower than Usagi's shoulder. "Surely you know I mean no harm, Lady Sango! I just can't help myself!"

Usagi rolled her eyes and ignored the bickering monk and Taijiya. Kagome, InuYasha and she started to walk away from the 2 shouting persons and Shippou sighed on the top of Kagome's shoulders. "Can't they be more mature?"

Miroku and Sango froze when they saw that their friends were walking away in boredom. "I don't know, Shippou-chan. You know what they say: you tend to fight a lot when you're in love." Usagi replied to the little kitsune.

InuYasha crossed his arms and smirked. "Then maybe they married in secret 'cause it looks as if they're pretty much in love when they fight like that!"

"INUYASHA!!!" Miroku and Sango shouted in unison, mad as hell but they were betrayed by the blush on their faces.

InuYasha snickered and jumped away as the Hiraikotsu landed heavily where the hanyou once stood.

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