InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Demon's Angel ❯ Wishful Thinking ( Chapter 2 )

=Demon's Angel=

By: Youkai Yume

I must admit that I was rather surprised at how much feedback I got for the first chapter! But I seriously don't know where this fic will be going, as I plan to wing it all the way. Whatever, I usually write as I go on all of my stories anyway. I'm really sorry for the long wait, but ideas for this fic doesn't come as easily as the others. ^_^ Much scheming will be in this chapter, well, the best I could do at scheming anyway. Please read and review (common sense) and send any suggestions you may have!

Disclaimer: If I had a dollar for every time I cried over the fact that I don't own Inuyasha, I'd be richer than Bill Gates. . .well, richer than Jennifer Lopez anyway.

Chapter 2: Wishful Thinking

The sun hung low in the sky, casting off brilliant rays of gold and orange. It melded together with soft pinks and lingering cerulean, to create the image of a wondrous painting, with the sky as its' canvass. But even with the peaceful and unmistakable beauty of the silent evening, the group trudged on, continuing their endless search for shards of the Shikon no Tama.

Kagome let a sigh pass her pink lips as she looked enviously up at a bird that flew overhead. `So free,' she thought, `What I would give to just fly away from all of this. . .' Shaking her head lightly, she brought her hesitant conscience back to reality. `There you go again Kagome, stop it with all your wishful thinking! Like it's ever that easy to get rid of your troubles.'

Still, how long was this going to keep up? How long would she have to stay here in order to fulfill her duty? Did she even want to? Kagome lifted her sapphire gaze onto the hanyou that led the group. His silver hair swaying from side to side. Yet again another sigh passed her lips. `Yes, if not for Sango, Miroku, Shippo, or even for my own happiness. . .' her grip on the strap of her yellow backpack tightened. `Then I do it for him.'

It was her one sole reason for being here. Pathetic, yes, but it was. Stupid also, she knew to follow him still, when it seemed pointless, inconceivable to even think of continuing. Her legs moved almost robotically as she delved deeper into her thoughts, trees and leaves blew gently all around her.

`Kikyo.' Kagome's chest began to tighten painfully. No matter how hard she ever tried, she would never be as good or as pretty as Kikyo. Never be able to quite make Inuyasha feel complete the way Kikyo did. And being the idiot and hopeless romantic that she was, she had vowed to stay by his side, follow him to the ends of the earth. . .even if it meant following behind Inuyasha and Kikyo.

It slowly killed her from the inside out, devouring what was left of her dreams. Inuyasha was unaware of the pain that he constantly caused her, unaware that although he would never hurt her physically, he hurt her emotionally. To have unrequited love. . .was constant, CONSTANT agony. But there were also times when he said or did something that made her feel that maybe, just maybe there was hope for them yet. But just as quickly he would mask it all up, hide from her, and resume his endless assault on her swaying heart.

As she lagged further behind from the group, eyes focused on her feet, the demon exterminator began to take interest in her friend's behavior.

"Kagome-chan, daijabou?" She asked gently. At hearing her name, the young miko snapped out of her thoughts.

"Hai. I'm alright, Sango. Just thinking is all," Kagome reassured her, removing a few locks of hair that swayed into her face. The older girl saw a slight sadness etched into her blue orbs, but knew not to pry into private matters. All she could do was nod in quiet understanding, a hunch somewhere in the back of her mind that a certain hanyou was the cause behind those sad eyes.

`He always is. . .' she thought idly to herself, looking in the direction of where the proud half-demon was. `And someday, I have a feeling he is going to regret it.'

= ^_^ =

Her crimson eyes narrowed as her sight fell upon the traveling group. Sealed from sight and smell, cloaked in her own veil of protection, she continued to watch them still. Her lips curled into a slight frown as she focused all of her attention on the young girl---the miko that steadily lagged behind from the rest.

`Why does Naraku continue to take such interest in a human girl?' She wondered to herself. It was mind boggling to her why he wanted out of all things, such a seemingly weak and fragile creature. . .Holding her fan/weapon tighter, her mind wandered to one possibility.

`He claims it is because of her power,' her eyes followed the girl's every move. She had to admit that her aura was indeed strong, despite her appearance. . .but she couldn't help but feel that there was another reason behind Naraku's sudden interest in her. . .

=Flashback=

"Kagura," Naraku's voice, dripping with malice called out to his incarnation. Grudgingly, the demoness appeared before him, crimson eyes furrowed together in a glare.

"Yes, Naraku-sama?" She asked, her bitter voice bouncing off of the dark walls of the room. Kagura saw him smirk, sending shivers down her spine. How she hated his smile.

"I have an assignment for you," he paused, standing up to his full height, "You know of the miko, Kagome, that follows Inuyasha, correct?" Not sure where this was leading, Kagura nodded, eyes never leaving the hanyou. "I want you to capture her, and bring her to me." Confused, the wind sorceress lifted an eyebrow at him, holding her fan to her lips.

"And why, may I ask, do you want her?" She asked cautiously. He steadily turned his malevolent gaze upon her, wavy hair falling into his eyes and face. He smirked at her still.

"The girl has always shown signs of miko powers, and it has come to my attention that her power is continuing to climb. She is strong, stronger than Kikyo," he explained, walking steadily towards the window. "She could easily defeat a whole hoard of demons with her pure touch---if given the proper training."

"Why not just obtain the undead miko? She has already proved herself to be useful to you many times, Naraku," Kagura narrowed her gaze when she heard a chuckle emit from his throat.

"Kikyo? She is powerful, yes. But nothing compared to Kagome. Imagine how much I can gain if I could just have her on my side. . ." He spoke with a hushed voice, and if it weren't for her acute hearing, could've sworn he held a hint of lust when he spoke of the girl. Lowering her head suspiciously, she folded her fan to reveal her crimson lips curled in a half-smile.

"You of all people must realize that the miko will not be easy to manipulate," she reminded him. Naraku turned from his observation of the outside world to settle his eyes on Kagura's tense form.

"I suppose she won't be," he drawled. "Her loyalty and bond with Inuyasha is too strong, and I doubt that I will be able to break the trust that she holds for him as easily as I did Kikyo." He mused, a malicious grin graced his cold lips. "Her loyalty to him is unwavering."

"Then what you are asking me to do would be futile," she spat, angry at him for wasting her time. To her surprise, Naraku still wore his smug look. He slowly approached her, eyes glinting malevolently in the dark. He was soon in front of her, only two feet separated their bodies. Lifting her glaring gaze to his own, he let out a deep chuckle.

"Oh? I think it would be quite easy to manipulate someone who is a blank slate."

=End Flashback=

Kagura could only grimace at the memory. It really WAS quite simple. If Kagome no longer remembered Inuyasha, there would be not trust between them. No feelings of love or friendship; no recollection of everything she had shared or experienced by the hanyou's side. Yes, she would indeed be easy to control, now the only thing she had to do was to get her to him. Inwardly, she smirked at a sudden realization: Naraku wants her. Wanted her more than the Shikon. . .more than Kikyo.

= ^_^ =

He was tense, something was wrong, he could tell. All the silver hairs on his body bristled in anticipation as an ominous wind blew around them. The trees scattered their leaves into the air, dancing hypnotically in the howling wind. Inuyasha stopped abruptly. The others looked at him questioningly, surprised at his sudden shifts in mood. In a blur of red and silver, Kagome found herself staring into Inuyasha's back as he went into a defensive stance.

"Inuyasha, what's wrong?" His hand shot up in a gesture to silence her.

"The wind. . .that scent," he growled, his amber orbs flickering in anger when he recognized it. "Kagura."

As soon as her name was whispered, the wind blew around them wildly, whipping dust and leaves into the air in mad tornadoes. Everyone was prepared and waiting for the battle that was to come, and finally, when the dust cleared and the wind calmed, there stood the demoness in question.

"Took you long enough," she mocked in her leering voice. Miroku stepped out first, trying to keep a calm face.

"What is it that you want?" He asked her, and was answered by a malicious smile. Her eyes glittered for a second before falling upon Kagome, who shivered at the cold gaze.

"I have come for your miko," Kagura stated simply. At hearing this, Inuyasha unsheathed Tetsusaiga, growling dangerously at the wind sorceress.

"What do you want her for?!" He snarled at her, while Kagome clutched his red haori, looking with surprised eyes from demoness to hanyou. Kagura scoffed, unfolding her fan.

"Naraku has taken a sudden. . .interest in her. . .my orders are to bring her to him," Smiling still, she advanced towards them, preparing her assault. "And I intend to carry out those orders!" She unleashed several wind blades with one swoop of her fan, aimed straight for Inuyasha. He quickly blocked it using Tetsusaiga's large blade, and pushed back with his own force, running towards her with his sword poised for attack.

"There's no way in the seven hells you're gonna lay a FINGER on Kagome!" with that he swiped at her, and although she managed to get away, the blade had come perilously close to her midsection, ripping her kimono slightly in the process. Scowling at him, she jumped back a couple of yards.

"My, aren't we eager to protect," she teased, earning another threatening growl from Inuyasha. She saw the monk and the taijya approach, ready to assault on both her sides.

"You are outnumbered, Kagura!" Sango said to her warningly, and was surprised when she did nothing to show signs of retreat.

"Then I guess I'll just have to even the odds. . ." With that, she drew a black and yellow hive from her kimono, releasing the familiar poison insects onto the battlefield. Miroku quickly rewrapped the sacred beads on his hand, which had been undone earlier. Sango, however was not intimidated and ran forward, along with Inuyasha towards Kagura.

"It'll take more than that, bitch!" She chuckled.

"You're a demon exterminator, go and slay a couple of other demons." With another wave of her fan, a hoard of demons from seemingly out of nowhere appeared, launching themselves at them. Grimacing in displeasure, Sango, Inuaysha and Miroku all found themselves too occupied with the incoming demons to deal with Kagura.

The wind sorceress smiled; perfect. She saw the girl from the corner of her eye, and was quite displeased when she saw the miko move to gather her bow and arrows to aid her friends. As quick as the very wind she controlled, she appeared behind Kagome, who gasped in surprise at the sudden appearance.

"Not so fast my dear, we need to get you to Naraku," Kagome glared furiously at her, and aimed straight for her chest. Kagura stopped her advance abruptly, staring at the arrow pointed threateningly at her.

"There's no way I can miss from here. . ." She said confidently, drawing her bowstring back.

"Kagome! Get out of the way!" Came Inuyasha's voice, and abandoning her stance, Kagome jumped out of the way as Tetsusuag's blade swung at where she and Kagura stood. Rolling to the side, Kagome anxiously looked up to see if Inuyasha had nailed her, but was overcome with disappointment when she spotted the demoness hovering a few feet above.

"Still here?" She questioned the fuming hanyou, who continued to swing again and again at her in raged fury. He had a hard time with the Kaze no Kizu seeing as Kagura controlled the wind. All the while, Kagura could only laugh at his feeble attempts, countering every now and then with her own deadly wind blades.

Kagome watched from afar as her friends fought to defend her. She hated this, feeling so completely useless. Drawing back her arrow once more, she aimed for Kagura. If she could just get one good hit, the battle would be over. . .the problem was that Inuyasha and Kagura were both moving so fast that she found it hard to get a clear shot. Still she focused all of her mikos onto the one arrow.

She was so engrossed in what she was doing that she failed to sense the bat youkai that lurked nearby, eyes glinting red as it stalked upon its' prey. With speed and agility, it wrapped it's winged arms around her, muffling her cries as it clamped it's hand over her mouth. Shippo who had been hiding in the yellow pack before, saw what happened, in a ball of raging red fur, clamped his teeth over the bat youkai's arm, screaming,

"Leff go o' Kaghomhf" against his arm. Growling in annoyance, the bat youkai flung the little kitsune off against a tree.

Kagome struggled against her captor, releasing her arrow before she was being dragged slowly away into the dark shadows of the forest. Away from the battle, away form Inuyasha.

Inuayasha's eyes widened when he saw one of Kagome's purified arrows fly in between him and Kagura. `Kagome?' He tore his eyes from the wind sorceress to search for the girl, but found that she was nowhere in sight. `Shit! Where'd she go?!' Kagura noticed Kagome's absence as well, and a look of pure satisfaction came upon her face.

"It is too late, hanyou. Kinu has already taken away your precious miko, she is ours. . ." Inuyasha paled when he heard this. `Kagura was only the distraction!' He realized, and his hands trembled with the desire to spill her blood.

"Damn you. . ." he breathed. "Give me back Kagome!" He slashed at her, and she quickly dodged out of the way, removing a feather in her hair, and in a strong gust of wind, was flying off on a giant pure white feather. Her laughter rung in his ears.

"It would be useless to go after her, Inuyasha. By the time you find your miko, it will be too late. . ."

= ^_^ =

"I am Kagome. . ." her words echoed again and again in his ears. Her scent still lingered in his hazy dream. "Do not fear. . ." Her sweet, melodic voice soothed his aggravated soul, calmed his dark mood. "We shall meet again. . ." The feel of her soft, warm lips tingled upon his own, as if he really had shared that kiss with her. Within that kiss, he had never felt so. . .he wasn't sure how he felt, but he was completely entranced by it. But what frustrated him most was her sapphire eyes. It haunted him, mocked him in its' silent beauty.

"I am Kagome."

Growling in frustration, Sesshomaru clenched his fist, turning his golden eyes to the evening sky. `Why does she continue to haunt my dreams? Why do I feel a familiar connection to her. . .and why do I suddenly ache when I think of her?' It made no sense, the demon lord flexed his claws, to stress himself over a woman---a being that didn't even exist. And yet he still did, and it aggravated him so.

Observing with sparked curiosity, Rin wondered what was bothering her Sesshomaru-sama. Even though he looked as emotionless as ever, the child could sense when he was troubled by something. Running ahead of Ah, Un and Jaken, she caught up with the Tiyoukai, tugging lightly on his kimono sleeve.

"Sesshomaru-sama?" His attention averted upon the small child. "Why is Sesshomaru-sama so distant today? Rin wants to know so Rin can make Sesshomaru-sama feel all better!" Staring at the little girl for a short while, he stoically shook his head at her.

"I am fine Rin," he replied, patting lightly on her head. He returned his gaze to the now visible moon that hung in the darkened pink and orange sky. Her scent still assaulted his nose, it had smelled so wonderful, and that dream had felt so real.

In fact, he suddenly felt like he COULD smell it, as the scent became stronger within his nose. . . `Wait. . .' Sesshomaru found that he indeed was not hallucinating, as the scent of sakura blossoms, jasmine, and spring rain soon came to him with the blowing wind.

A sudden unexplainable excitement filled him, as he sped off towards the direction of the scent; leaving a confused Rin and complainig Jaken behind. But they were far from his mind at the moment, for now, the only thing that he could think about was of that angel. `My angel. . .'

Maybe, just maybe, she really wasn't just someone he dreamed up. And maybe, her foretelling of their meeting was about to come true afterall.

=End Chapter=

That was. . .a long fight scene, I think. I apologize if it sucked, and I admit that it did, because I'm no good at them! Oh wells, story development. . .in the next chapter, Naraku finally puts his plans into action. How does he plan to make Kagome his own, and with the arrival of our favorite demon lord, will he succeed? Please send in reviews and NO FLAMES! Even though I feel a certain need for one after writing this crappy chapter. . .

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Namesake: It is hard work not getting flamed! What's worse is when you get one of those reviews that tell you that they don't like it---but then they like it! Grrr! So, I never know if it's a flame or not. Oh well, that's life.

Moonlight Princess: Alrighty then!

The hitokiri battousai: Yes. I know. ^_^

KITSUNE-chan3: I'm afraid I left you waiting like, forever!

K-chan16: Glad to hear it! Updates for this fic will be kind of slow, I warn you.

AnImEfReAk81: Thanks! I was proud of my dream sequence as well. I'm quite good at those, but suck at everything else. . .(sigh)

Blue-Saiyan-Angel: Let's put it this way, Sesshomaru feels he doesn't need to bother remembering any humans he feels are beneath him, which at the moment is Kagome. But you're right, he needs more memory expansion! Lol.

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DarkPyroPlanet: (sigh) Sadly, yes, the whole Naraku aura cliché thingy lives on. But I'm never good at schemes anyway. ^_^ Glad the fluff wasn't a bother! Please review again, and maybe a couple of suggestions? (hopeful look)

Joey (girl) Yes, fluff, bad. But hey, she DID love him first! Sorry if you didn't get the e-mail, my computer is being all wonky this weekend. Stupid service!

Kiwi93089: Yes! Still hooked! I hope you'll come back again, and again, and again, and you get it! Always love hearing from my Kiwi! Review soon!

Forest dweller: I never forget about my other fics! Perish the thought! But I may take a while updating, seeing as I have so many things to study and go to this weekend.

Pink Sakura: Well, Naraku's sole reason in life is to make everyone miserable, and sadly, Kagome's no exception.

Marie: Yes! Sesshy to the rescue!

Striking Falcon: (blushes) Thanks for saying that, but I assure you, it's far from it! Aw, poor Silver Fox! If it helps some, I failed my Math Analysis test too. (sob)

Helen: Cliffy? What cliffy? Lol. Glad you like it so much! Romance will indeed be in the air, but right now, action and story development. Sometimes I wish I could go straight to the fluff, ya know?

Red Winged Tenshi: I tell you one thing, my fic is many things but NEVER original! I bet there are hundreds of stories floating out there just like this one. . .oh wells, we all try, right?

Aira^o^: Well, I agree that Sess/Kag stories are the bast! But one of my close friends, who is also an author here, says I need more variety. (shrugs) I guess she's right, but Sess/Kag fics come so easily to me!

HellAznGrl: Yes, surprisingly for a demon lord such as he, he has a poor memory! Whoda thunk it?

Fry 1nan: Yes, Kag will eventually get sess, that I guarantee!

Katani Masaya: I've been trying to answer that question myself lately. Why the hell do I burden myself with more stories? Yes! Naraku will actually play a major role in this story. (snuggles Sesshy's tail) Ah. . .I'm so happy. You can have your pelt! (until I steal it from you again) lol. Just kidding! At least I get to keep the golems!

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=End Note= Well, that's it, I'm so sorry for the long wait, I really am! I'll try to be more frequent, but it seems school is being especially cruel to me! ForgetMeNot will probably be posted Sunday or Monday, if all goes according to plan. Thanks again for all of the support and, review, no flames, that's it for me.

Ja Ne! ^_~