InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Indecent proposal ❯ THE Confrontation ( Chapter 40 )

Chapter40: THE confrontation

 

A/N: Hello dear readers! See how nice I can be I posted the next chapter fairly early didn't I? .And this is an extra super long chapter. It's to make up for the pent up frustration : P !!!

 

How funny to think that I posted their big reunion chapter the day before Valentine's Day!

 

 

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Disclaimer: If I owned Inuyasha, Sesshomarou would have been the one to hold Kagura's heart.

 

 

“Speaking”

`Thinking'

 

 

The wind sorceress winced as she remembered that she was supposed to pay for her two articles. She quickly turned around and fished her wallet out. Kagura paid absent mindedly, she did her best not to break down and cry, but she figured she had not been doing a good job because the cashier asked her concerned

 

“Are you okay ma'am?” the young man then readjusted his glasses in an uncomfortable gesture. Ever since he had started working at the baby store he had seen his share of hormone crazed pregnant women, but the haggard look on Kagura's face unsettled and scared him.

 

“Yes thank you” she said grabbing her plastic bag. To her relief Kagura saw that Shiori and Sesshomarou were gone as she stepped out of the store. She quickly wanted to make her way to her car, eager to get home and process all the information she had come across. But she had not made three steps that she heard a voice say behind her:

 

“Kagura, so this Sesshomarou was not mistaken”

 

As Sesshomarou walked towards her, he breathed in Kagura's appealing jasmine scent. He had missed her so much that only being near enough to take in her scent pleased him. Taking a deep breath, the dog demon then noticed that something seemed different in Kagura's scent. With astonishment he realized that something akin to his own pine scent was coming from the wind sorceress.

 

Kagura slowly turned around to face him, and smiled sadly as she noticed the look of astonishment on Sesshomarou's face as his golden eyes traveled from her face to her rounded belly stretching tight against her T-shirt. The wind sorceress wondered why on earth she had insisted on wearing one of her old tops. The piece of clothing used to be a little loose for her, but it now was tight thanks to her fuller figure, which made it so easy to notice at first glance that she was pregnant.

 

“You are…is it mine?” Sesshomarou asked her, eyes still rived on her midsection. As soon as he let out the words he could have smacked himself. Was it not his scent Kagura now carried on her?

 

All the feelings of apprehension and guilt that had assaulted Kagura as she first saw Sesshomarou's astonished facial expression vanished and were replaced by anger and fury. She clenched her fists at her sides and breathing deeply tried to calm down.

 

`Did he just ask me if…? What kind of woman does he take me for? Unlike him I don't jump in bed with anyone!' She thought enraged.

 

“Why do you care?” Kagura spat venomously before turning around and walking as fast as her aching feet allowed her. At that precise moment, the wind witch regretted having parked her car so far.

 

Once she heard Sesshomarou walking behind her Kagura tried to increase her pace, but of course she was no match for the dog demon. He quickly caught up with her with long strides of his powerful legs. Sesshomarou grabbed her arm and tugged on it forcing her to face him.

 

“Kagura…I” he started but she did not let him finish.

 

“If you don't let go of my arm, first I will rip you a new one, and you know what I'm referring to; then I swear to God I will scream that you're attacking me and I am sure you don't want to cause a commotion, do you?” she whispered flicking her crimson eyes to the side where a police car was parked not far away from them. Understanding her threat, Sesshomarou reluctantly slowly let go of her arm.

 

“Good boy. Now I'm going to walk away, don't worry you'll hear from my lawyer soon enough” she said on the coldest voice she could muster. Kagura wasted no time and hurriedly turned around, ready to get as far away from Sesshomarou as possible.

 

She just hoped that her ex boyfriend had not been able to see through her masquerade. The pain that tore at Kagura's heart was so far beyond what she had expected to feel at seeing Sesshomarou again. As the immense pain threatened to completely consume her, Kagura told herself that she desperately needed to go home. Not able to wait any longer to be out of Sesshomarou's presence, Kagura walked even faster than before. She was sure she would not be able to hold in her tears anymore, and the last thing Kagura wanted was to look weak in Sesshomarou's presence.

 

“Stop running around, you may hurt yourself” Sesshomarou commanded ignoring her warning and following her.

 

Kagura cursed loudly, as much as she wanted to run away she knew Sesshomarou's words were true and she really did not want to hurt her baby. Cursing again, the wind sorceress stopped. As she felt Sesshomarou stop a mere feet away from her she could not take it anymore and just exploded:

 

“Why are you following me? Why do you care? You have her now!” She screamed pointing an accusing finger in the direction where she inferred Sesshomarou had originally come from.

 

Ignoring completely Kagura's questions, Sesshomarou peered into her reddened teary eyes and stated on a calm and collected voice in complete contrast to his raging thoughts “you are carrying my child”.

 

“So I am. But you can't take him away from me! Not even for one fucking million dollars” Kagura said wiping traitorous tears from her cheeks with a shaking unsteady hand.

 

“Him?” Sesshomarou echoed smiling slightly.

 

With a move so fast, that Kagura had not seen him moving, Sesshomarou gently put his hand on her rounded stomach. He locked his golden eyes on the place where his clawed hand was curved by the bump on Kagura's stomach. Sesshomarou cracked a small smile as he affectionately roamed his hand over Kagura's center. His attention was rewarded by a faint movement of the child, which broadened Sesshomarou's smile.

 

Kagura forcefully slapped his hand away and took a step back as she said “how the fuck do you think that after what you've put me through you can get away with touching me?” She tried to force out of her mind the wonderful feelings of fullness and contentment due to how natural it felt to have Sesshomarou try to feel their child.

 

Sesshomarou suppressed the urge to growl in rage and frustration. He clenched his fist tightly and furrowed his brow as he retorted on a cold tone “should you not be the one begging for my forgiveness?”

 

“Bastard you've got some nerve!” Kagura exclaimed now trembling in pure rage.

 

Noticing the state of upset Kagura was truly in and the curious looks the bystanders were giving them, Sesshomarou licked his dry lips nervously. He then quickly stepped forwards and took Kagura's hand in his before she could even protest he was leading her towards a restaurant, a few buildings away from them. At this point the wind sorceress was just too tired to protest, so she simply let him lead her.

 

`At the first occasion I get, I get the hell away from him. Better yet I won't even speak a word!' Kagura thought proud of herself.

 

`Knowing you, I doubt you'll be able to hold your tongue for too long…' her inner demon mocked.

 

“I am sorry sir, but we are not yet opened for the dinner service. And the lunch service ended two hours ago” The maître d' said as Sesshomarou and Kagura stepped into the establishment.

 

“My wife is pregnant and starving. Open the kitchen, money is not an issue”. Sesshomarou said on a commanding tone. To emphasize his point, he momentarily relinquished his hold on Kagura's hand and fished out his wallet.

 

Graciously taking the many large bills Sesshomarou put in his hand the employee smiled broadly before leading the twosome towards the best table. After helping Kagura settle in, Sesshomarou sent an icy glare to one of the waiters who was sitting in the main room and rolling a cigarette between his fingers as if he was ready to light it up any second. Seeing the dog demon's eyes, the young human winced and quickly stepped back into the kitchen.

 

“As if I would let them smoke and endanger this Sesshomarou's pup” he muttered looking down at the menu.

 

“Are you ready to order?” Their middle aged waitress asked as she walked up to the only couple in the restaurant.

 

“I am not hungry” Kagura stated coldly. She then bit her tongue as she realized she had just broken her pledge not to speak to or in front of Sesshomarou.

 

“You will eat” Sesshomarou retorted not leaving room for argumentation. “We will have a tall glass of water, a plate of vegetarian whole grain pasta, a generous slice of your chocolate cake and a glass of your best Merlot” Sesshomarou said closing his menu and handing it to the waitress. The dog demon placed his order trying to remember what Kagura enjoyed eating and what he figured would be healthy for their child, not to mention that he knew he was going to need alcohol to help him process the news he just came across.

 

“Coming right up” the older woman said as she winked in Sesshomarou's direction.

 

Not even paying any attention to their waitress's obvious flirting, the dog demon repressed the urge to take Kagura's hand in his or shaking her to force her to look at him.

 

`She will not even look at me.' He thought in despair.

 

`Can you blame her? You did force her to follow you here' his inner demon defended.

 

“Why did you leave?” Sesshomarou finally asked after a long silence. He then repressed a vicious growl as the interruption courtesy to their waitress who came back with their drink orders a little too fast to his taste. The older human graciously placed the glass of wine in front of Sesshomarou and the water in front of Kagura.

 

After making sure that the waitress was out of ear shot, Sesshomarou said on an icy tone “Kagura, you are trying this Sesshomarou's patience”.

 

“What do you want me to say? That I finally saw you for the bastard that you are?” she retorted angrily. Shaking her head and taking a long gulp of water to help calm her fidgeting nerves, Kagura added after breathing deeply “Touran told me everything”.

 

“Do not believe her lies” Sesshomarou cut her.

 

“You always say that, Sada: do not believe her lies. Ryukotsusei: do not believe his lies. Touran: do not believe her lies. Then tell me Sesshomarou what is the truth?” Kagura asked looking straight in the eyes of her beloved.

 

“Things are complicated. I can not tell you the truth” Sesshomarou said maintaining her gaze.

 

`I can not talk to her about it' Sesshomarou thought.

 

`You can not or do not wantto?' His inner demon corrected.

 

“Well isn't that fucking convenient!” Kagura said loudly banging her fist on the table.

 

“I can come back later on…” their waitress said halfway to their table. Kagura's sudden outburst had stopped the older human dead in her tracks.

 

Sighing deeply Sesshomarou lifted two clawed fingers and beckoned for the human to come. The waitress quickly put both the pasta dish and the chocolate cake on the table, before quickly leaving the two demons with a quick “enjoy your meal”.

 

Pushing the plate of pasta and vegetables towards Kagura, Sesshomarou simply commanded “Eat”.

 

Even if she wanted to protest and ignore him, Kagura felt with embarrassment her stomach growl in hunger at the sight of the food. She picked up her fork and muttered a “fine, you domineering dog!” before she started eating in silence.

 

Sesshomarou almost smirked at Kagura's stubbornness and antics, but refrained himself, for fear of unnerving his wind witch more than she already was.

 

“Did Touran also lie about your mother's will? “ Kagura finally asked after eating in silence for a long time.

 

Sesshomarou sipped some of his wine before answering “If it is about the link between my inheritance and producing an heir…as I said before things are complicated.”

 

“Answer me: yes or not, it's not so fucking hard, so I'm sure even you can do it too. In order to inherit do you need to produce an heir? Yes or No?” Kagura asked him once more. “And `things are complicated' does not constitute an answer!” she added.

 

“Yes” Sesshomarou finally admitted.

 

“I see. That's all I needed to know.” Kagura said ready to get up and get away from Sesshomarou.

 

“Sit down witch we are not done here” he said as calmly as possible even if some of his anger and frustration was now sipping in the hard edge in his voice.

 

“Why should I stay? So you can trample my heart some more? You don't need me anymore, you have that Shiori now! You have your kid, so you can inherit in peace and leave me the fuck alone” Kagura said close to tears again.

 

He just could not help it, as soon as he heard Kagura's accusation, Sesshomarou exploded in a fit of laughter.

 

“What is so fucking funny?” she asked him tears leaving place to anger, as she wiped her face of the bitter moisture leaking of her crimson eyes.

 

“You are wind witch. I do wonder what I have done for you to always think the worse of me. As if I would do such a despicable thing. Me, and Shiori? Preposterous!” Sesshomarou exclaimed. Calming down the demon explained “she is my little baby cousin”.

 

“Your…baby cousin? Kagura echoed sitting down once more a mixture of shock and to her surprise relief spreading through her.

 

“I guess this Sesshomarou should have explained earlier.” he conceded pushing the half empty plate of food towards Kagura inviting her to resume eating. “Do you remember my father's phone call the morning we hastily left Paris? He informed me of the troubles at the bank but also asked me to take care of a familial issue.”

 

“I guess it had to do with Shiori?” Kagura said taking despite herself a bite of her delicious plate. Even if her memory of that day in Paris was very sharp, Kagura could not help but feel as if it had all happened a lifetime ago; the reason being that so many life altering events had occurred since this carefree day.

 

“Yes. Shiori was afraid of her parent's reaction when she would tell them of her pregnancy, therefore she decided to ask the head of the family for help, who happens to be my father. And since father did not want to be troubled with her love life he turned over the problem to me. It turned out that uncle was not the hardest to convince, but rather Shiori's human boyfriend who had a hard time with his impending fatherhood of a hanyou pup. Needless to say some convincing was required…” Sesshomarou trailed off, his smirk revealing a sharp fang he then sighed and added “I had to talk to him the Friday after my return, which was the reason why I had been late to meet you. Due to my role as next in line to be head of the family I too have had to look after Shiori, which explains why I have been forced to accompany her on her stupid errands.” The dog demon stopped his explanation there and intently looked at Kagura's thoughtful face.

 

“Do you wish me to go over anymore ludicrous accusations you may have against this Sesshomarou before you apologize?” he asked sipping some more wine.

 

“Excuse me?” Kagura asked almost choking on her bite of chocolate cake. The wind sorceress had made quick work of devouring her pasta and was now working on her desert.

 

“I am magnanimous and accept to give you a chance to explain yourself and apologize” He stated.

 

“The hell I will. I'm done eating, can I go home now? Or are you going to tie me down?” Kagura asked on the coldest tone she could.

 

“This Sesshomarou will never do such thing” He said furrowing his brows.

 

“Well, I never know. I have been quite shocked in the past by what you are capable of doing. Notably Touran” Kagura spat the panther demoness' name with hate and disgust.

 

Understanding Kagura's words perfectly, the dog demon could feel disgust rise inside him at the idea of sleeping with his former secretary. Simply thinking about it made bile rise in his throat and the dog demon shudder in revulsion.

 

“Why would I ever want someone else when I had you? I never slept with Touran and never would” He said sternly, hurt that Kagura could even have such an idea.

 

“Of course not. You just so happen to bring back from your business trips expensive ruby necklaces to your secretary, even if you're not sleeping with her. I'm not stupid Sesshomarou” Kagura said enraged that Sesshomarou would dare lie while looking at her straight in the eyes.

 

Putting two and two together Sesshomarou took out his wallet and retrieved from it none other than the ruby necklace he had bought for Kagura.

 

“Wind witch are you talking about this necklace?” He asked her looking straight into Kagura's shocked crimson eyes. The wind sorceress was more surprised by the fact that Sesshomarou would go around town with the piece of jewelry on his person than by the fact that he actually had it in his possession.

 

Not paying heed to Kagura's stunned silence, Sesshomarou handed her the necklace before adding “You should have it. It is yours; I had bought it for you and do not have any more use for it. You can do whatever you want with it.”

 

“Yeah right. Did you break up with Touran or did she send it back in the mail when she found someone new?” the now livid Kagura said casting a disgusted look at the beautiful jewelry before slapping away Sesshomarou's hand. The action caused the ruby necklace to fall to the ground, where none of them went to retrieve it. Kagura then got up and grabbed her jacket and plastic bag containing her purchase at `Baby and me'.

 

“You are wrong once more. Touran acquired the necklace by herself. She took advantage of my leaving to see Shiori's boyfriend to go into my office and take the necklace for herself. I had it on my desk because I was planning on giving it to you. I knew how much you liked the necklace, so I had it rush delivered from Paris in order to give it to you the day of my return.” Sesshomarou explained.

 

`Sure sounds like something that bitch of Touran would do. But it doesn't change the fact that Sesshomarou used me' Kagura thought bitterly.

 

`Well should I remind you that you used him too? At least unlike someone I know, hewas honest about it. He told you his intentions since the beginning… But don't get too unnerved, take a deep breath and try to think calmly...' Her inner demon tried to calm her down.

 

“So what?! I want nothing coming from you” Kagura spat venomously. “As I said before I don't want anything to do with you. You will hear from my lawyer, but I won't let you near me because I don't want to be hurt or have you use me any more than you have already”. The wind sorceress forced herself to use an angry tone of voice. As much as she was dead set on hating Sesshomarou, and doubt him Kagura found that she could not, not believe his words. Somehow everything made sense, but it did not make her anger at Sesshomarou disappear.

 

With a loud bang Sesshomarou smashed his fist on the table, catching Kagura's attention and making her jump in sheer surprise. “This Sesshomarou has had enough! Kagura, you call me arrogant and domineering. Yet I have been able to forgive you. I have been able to see past your shortcomings” Sesshomarou said getting up too.

 

“What have I done?” the wind sorceress asked in outrage. “You're the one who lied!”

 

“You dare ask me about what wrongs you have done. Was your original plan not to use me? To seduce this Sesshomarou in order to exert your petty revenge on me? I too have heard about your deceptions.” Sesshomarou told her. The wind sorceress wondered how he had found out. She had the grace of blushing at being found and was about to ask him about it, but a sharp glare from Sesshomarou made her shut her mouth

 

Barely taking time to breathe Sesshomarou continued his enumeration “Then going against my will and my recommendations you were going to betray me with Ryukotsusei. As if all this was not bad enough, I now realize you were going to hide from me the conception of my child.”

 

“I was not hiding anything! I was going to tell you eventually…I just needed time and…” Kagura started but was interrupted by Sesshomarou.

 

Taking a deep breath, the dog demon decided to finish letting out all he had wanted to say for a long time, heedless of the sadness and hurt showing in Kagura's eyes

 

“I am aware I have a tendency to be controlling and am not the easiest person to figure out or talk to, but you Kagura are a selfish woman”. Sesshomarou raised his hand to interrupt Kagura who had opened her mouth to protest once more.

 

“Ever since our first meting you have been playing with me. I have treated you better than I have any woman before, and even begged for your forgiveness when I did you wrong and I did it all because I wanted to be with you. And how do you repay me? By not trusting me. By running away instead of asking for my side of the story. By keeping from me information as crucial as my impending fatherhood. I am not Naraku and would never deliberately hurt you. It is unfair to have your bad experience with a worthless bastard such as Naraku ruin the trust you have in men. So stop acting as if …” Sesshomarou stopped himself as he saw moisture pool into Kagura's crimson eyes.

 

“I'm sorry…” Kagura trailed off as tears leaked from her red eyes.

 

“No I am, I should not have let my temper get the best of me” Sesshomarou said raising a clawed finger to brush away her tears.

 

Kagura shook her head “No you're right. All you said was true. I…” Kagura interrupted herself to let out a sob.

 

`You have been unfair to him?' Her inner supplied as an answer

 

As hard as she tried she could not bring herself to finish her sentence. She knew both Sesshomarou and her inner voice had been right. True Sesshomarou had hid important information concerning his true motives from her, but Kagura knew she had been unfair to him. She now regretted not having waited for Sesshomarou or demanding he explain himself instead of going to her art seminar. But most of all, the wind sorceress regretted not having told the dog demon about the baby as soon as she had found out.

 

Sesshomarou was at a loss for word. He could easily deal with an angry Kagura or a screaming and cursing wind sorceress but a crying one was beyond his ability to handle. In truth the dog demon could not stand seeing her hurting, and being the cause of her pain made things even harder. He still believed most of what he had said, but he cursed himself for not finding a `nicest' way to word his anger. Sesshomarou was also aware that some of the things he had told Kagura had been harsh and mean, but at the time he wanted to hurt her, to make her suffer the same way she had made him suffer by simply disappearing from his life with no explanation.

 

Instead of satisfaction at seeing Kagura hurt, Sesshomarou felt even more pain. He wanted to comfort her, but he knew that apologizing would not be able to make her feel better. At first he was not sure how to approach her, but remembering his father's “recommendations” about how to comfort people, and knowing that the `hugging technique' had always been very successful with Rin, Sesshomarou walked around the table and encircled Kagura in his arms. She clenched his shirt in her fist and cried against his shoulder.

 

Sesshomarou's words were not the only thing that had hurt her, Kagura was just using this moment as catharsis letting go of all the negative feelings she had experienced during the past months. The idea of simply being held by Sesshomarou was an impossible notion only a few days before, but yet here she was feasting on his comforting scent and held closely be his strong protective arms. The dog demon closed his eyes and gently caressed his wind sorceress' hair, silently listening to her sobbing.

 

The wind sorceress felt as if by his embrace Sesshomarou was reassuring that everything was going to be alright. One of the major things that had worried Kagura the most during the past months was Sesshomarou's reaction to her pregnancy. It was to her a real relief that he seemed to be okay with it. Taking deep breaths and realizing that in truth things could only get better from this point on, Kagura calmed down.

 

After letting a few more tears fall on Sesshomarou's chest, feeling a little embarrassed by her weakness and blaming her raging hormones for her breakdown, Kagura regained her senses. She blushed in mortification at remembering that they were in truth standing in the middle of a restaurant. The wind witch gently pushed Sesshomarou away and wiped her face clean. She did not know how to justify her breakdown and knew that Sesshomarou felt responsible.

 

“About what you said earlier…” Kagura started before clearing her throat of a persisting lump.

 

“My apologies. I was unfairly taking out my frustration on you. It was wrong of me to lash at you the way I did.” He said peering in her glistening eyes.

 

“You don't have to apologize.” Kagura said shaking her head softly. “You were right. What I have done it wasn't right. I should have told you about the baby earlier and I should have left you a chance to explain yourself…I also should have trusted you over Touran…I was just so angry and everything with Touran's tale fell into place, so I just…” She started but he interrupted her.

 

“It is fine.” Sesshomarou interrupted her, not keen on talking about his former secretary's deceptions.

 

“No it's not. I shouldn't have reacted that way..” Kagura said averting her crimson eyes from Sesshomarou's piercing gaze.

 

“Enough witch. I tire of this blame game. This isn't going to make things any better for any of us. We were both in the wrong and now need to move on. Especially now that we are not the only ones the situation would affect. We have to think about the baby first and what would be best for him.” The dog demon then ran a nervous clawed hand through his silver mane before adding “I believe that in the end this unfortunate chain of events did have a positive outcome”

 

“What are you talking about?” Kagura asked bewildered.

 

“It simply showed that you and I were not meant to be. As hard as we tried things could not work between us.” Noticing Kagura's shocked expression Sesshomarou added “Do not tell me that you entertained the idea of resuming our relationship.” It was now his turn to be surprised, the only sign being the arching of one of his eyebrows.

 

“I… why…I haven't really thought about it…I mean with the baby and all… I just…” Kagura answered blushing slightly. The wind sorceress did not know what to think. Things were happening so fast that Kagura had barely time to adjust to a situation before everything changed. Just as she had gotten used to the idea of raising her child by herself, Sesshomarou had by chance strolled into her life.

 

“You have nothing to worry about the baby. I will provide you with anything you might need, and I will play an important part in our child's life from now on. But on the other hand, you and I…” Sesshomarou stopped himself to sigh. “After all I doubt we could ever be with someone we distrust. We could not be honest with each other before and it cost us our relationship. So let us be honest this time and remain friends.” he then added.

 

His assessment of the situation reminded Kagura of Sesshomarou's words of warning the day he had found about her meeting with Ryukotsusei.

 

*Flashback*

 

“Trust is something I value highly, and Kagura you would do well not to lose my trust...”

 

*End of flashback*

 

`He doesn't trust me anymore. It is understandable after all, I betrayed him because I did not have faith in him…' The wind sorceress thought ashamed by her past actions.

 

“I see... I guess it makes sense” the Kagura conceded with a heavy heart.

 

`Why does hearing him say we're done hurt me so much? I knew that already after all I was the one who bailed on him' Kagura thought.

 

`Maybe, but you still are in love with him' her inner demon remarked.

 

“I better get home, Kagome is going to get worried” Kagura said not wanting to think about their complicated relationship. She was tired and could feel a massive headache coming.

 

She then tried to put on her coat, but her confused thoughts and changing body were giving her a hard time in accomplishing the simple task. Sesshomarou walked behind her and helped her without saying a word.

 

Sesshomarou then trailed a finger along the length of Kagura's neck, she shivered at his touch, and stepped away, scolding herself for letting his touch have so much power over her.

 

“You cut your hair a little, didn't you? It suits you” he whispered in her ear bending towards her, fanning his hot breath over the side of her face.

 

Pretending not to have been affected by Sesshomarou's touch, Kagura flicked her shortened ponytail over her shoulder. Sesshomarou turned around and headed for the door before saying aloud “Let us leave”.

 

“Excuse me, sir? You dropped this” their waitress called after the demon couple.

 

Kagura and Sesshomarou turned around and saw that the middle aged human was holding none other than the ruby necklace. The dog demon turned towards Kagura and raised an unconcerned eyebrow silently telling her that the fate of the necklace was her decision to make. The wind witch shrugged before answering.

 

“Keep it or burn it I don't care about it” She said walking out of the restaurant with confident steps. Kagura did not want anything to do with the jewelry now that it had been tainted by Touran. The wind witch also knew that she would never be able to look at the necklace without remembering the panther demoness' deceptions. Besides the wind sorceress was more concerned with the mixed feelings churning inside her heart; as much as she was relieved not to have to hide her pregnancy from Sesshomarou any longer, to her surprise the prospect of not being with him anymore dampened her spirits and created even more worries.

 

Sesshomarou was not that surprised about Kagura's decision. He nodded towards the waitress assuring her it was okay for her to keep the expensive necklace, before following Kagura outside the restaurant.

 

“Thank you! Please be sure to some again” The overjoyed waitress said a large grin on her face.

 

 

To be continued…

 

 

 

A/N: Wow that was a long one! Hope you're happy they communicated for a change lol. So Sesshy decided to give up on them. But will stubborn old Kagura stand for that? We'll see. The next chapter will be named Changes.

 

I will try to post the next chapter next weekend. In the meantime go check out the one shot I wrote in honor of Valentine's day

 

 

Race to Valentine's: Determined to get her hands on her sexy but cold neighbor before Valentine's Day, Kagura is ready to try anything. Sessh/Kagura one shot.