InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Jump Over the Wall of Freedom ❯ Attack ( Chapter 12 )

Chapter 12: Attack!

 

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As she went out the front gate she used one of the feathers she had collected in the garden to fly away. She looked back only once and let the hot tears flow down her cheeks as she looked at the now shrikening form of the mansion surrounded by the high wall she had jumped over…. . And once again she was faced with the same old questions: “what should I do now? Where should I go?

 

After flying on her oversized feather for a long time, Kagura got tired and decided to land so as to rest for a bit. Besides it started to snow a little and flying at night with bad weather was not her specialty.

 

Once she landed she realized she was in an empty dimly lighted street. The wind sorceress sat on the porch of a store trying to get as warm as possible. She cursed herself for not wearing something warmer before leaving.

 

She was getting really sleepy when she felt an ominous presence behind her. She did not have time to turn around or take out her fan that she received a hard punch on the side of her face. She was projected in the air and her back made contact with the opposite wall The force of the impact knocked the air out of her lungs. She slid down the dirty brick wall and landed on the floor.

Once she looked up to see who her attacker was, shock could be read on her face, as none other than the Ogre Goshinki was standing grinning a few feet away from her. His lone long horn was shimmering in the light moonlight and his purple fur was lightly covered in snow, suggesting that he had been following her for some time.

 

The mind reading oni than opened his mouth to reveal a big set of deadly teeth and said “did you miss me?”

 

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Sesshomarou eyes opened all of a sudden. He did not feel in a fog anymore, his mind was clear, it was as if someone had removed the veil of cloudiness clogging him.

 

His first thought when he woke up was `Kagura', for some reason it was as if amidst all his earlier confusion, she was the only thing he could easily distinguish. He remembered hearing her soft voice laced with sorrow and worry, her gentle and cold touch on his feverish forehead; moreover his room had the unfamiliar and very unusual salty smell of tears. As the demon lord tried to get up he felt someone touch his arm and to his disappointment it was none other than Jaken. He did not spare the annoying toad demon a glance and he thought keeping his usual emotionless face `where is she?'

 

“Milord please stay in bed, you have been greatly injured” the imp croaked on a pleading tone.

 

Sesshomarou had to summon all of his self control in order not to kill the toad on the spot for calling him weak. But something else gained his attention: he could not feel the presence of Kagura in the mansion. He grew worried and simply asked this time aloud “where is she?”

 

Misunderstanding him Jaken simply said “Rin is in her bed, do not worry she does not know of your injuries and…”

 

Jaken did not have time to answer as he was seized by the collar of his butler suit by his master strong grip. The toad youkai was now standing a few feet over the ground as he was leveled to the now half lying, half sitting lord's cold gaze.

 

“Where is Kagura, Jaken? Where is the wind sorceress?”

 

“I don't know milord, one minute she was by your bedside, and the next she just vanished.” Jaken answered stuttering and being half choked.

 

`So at least I did not imagine her presence, she was here looking after me? But why? And more importantly where is she?' Sesshomarou's reflection was interrupted by Jaken.

 

“Milord…would you please… release me… now? I can't..breathe” the toad managed to get out.

 

Looking down at him Sesshomarou simply tossed him aside. As Jaken got to his feet still coughing, his lord got up and started changing.

 

A highly surprised Jaken looked at him before asking “Milord where are you going?”

 

Not even looking at him the dog demon said “Are you questioning this Sesshomarou?” he turned around and satisfied with the expression of sheer terror planted on Jaken's face he continued “I will go look for her and in the meantime stay here and tend to Rin as usual”.

 

“But milord the female demon slayer already is searching for her, and her small brother is keeping an eye on Rin. Besides you have yet to make a full recovery…”

 

Not even listening to him the demon lord had already made his way outside.

 

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Once he crossed the main gate to his estate he tried to follow the wind sorceress's scent but due to the fact that she uses feathers and that it was snowing he did not know in which direction she had left. After some pondering he felt as if the wind was pushing him in a direction towards the north east. With no hesitation he changed into a light orb and flew in that direction.

 

He than started thinking `Am I becoming similar to father? My injuries might not be lethal but I am still running after a woman. Why is that?'

 

`Don't you think this woman is worth it? After all she hasn't left your thoughts since you took her in. Also she was able to jump over the supposedly impenetrable wall this has to mean something' Sesshomarou's inner demon said.

 

For once the demon lord was agreeing with his inner beast but his thoughts were cut short as he smelled something he dreaded: Kagura's blood.

 

`You better not have gotten yourself killed wind witch! I just hope Naraku didn't get to you first…' As he grew nearer he could also smell the disgusting scent of an ogre, and putting two and two together he increased his speed `He better not have touched my wind witch! Kagura please hold on I'm coming'.

 

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Despite all of her skills, courage and determination Kagura was no match for the mind reading ogre. He could predict every move she would make therefore escaping all of her wind blades. On the other hand apart from the first punch he had not been able to land another one on her.

 

Kagura's face was bloodied and bruised but she would never give up. She once more tried to tear apart Goshinki with her Dance of the dragon but he escaped once again. As Goshinki was ready to retaliate, in order to buy more time and think of a strategy she asked him “how did you find me? And why did Naraku not try something earlier?”

 

“I guess telling you won't matter, you will die soon enough. The reason why we didn't do anything earlier is that we couldn't find you. It was as if you had disappeared from the surface of the earth, even Kanna's mirror did not work. But a few hours ago I found you. Your emotions were raging so hard that it made picking up your trail so much easier, it was as if your mind was calling to me.”

 

After an evil laugh interrupted by a short pause Goshinki said “looks like we've got company, it could be getting interesting”.

 

A fraction of a second later, a bright orb landed right between Kagura and the ogre. She was astonished to see it revealed none other than Sesshomarou. He turned his head slightly towards her and mentally assessed her wounds. `it appears that before really harming her, he decided to play with her' in fact none of her injuries were really serious nor lethal.

 

The demon lord than simply said “once this Sesshomarou has disposed of this lowly ogre we have much to talk about”. He looked calm and void of any emotions as usual but seeing Kagura's bleeding lip and her lying on the floor made his inner demon go crazy, his eyes started changing color from amber to bleeding red.

 

“Ogre you have sealed your faith when you decided to attack someone under my protection, I will end your miserable life” was the only warning Sesshomarou gave before cracking the knuckles of his hands and showing the now elongated claws of his right hand where a green poison started dripping melting the snow covered ground.

 

 

To be continued…

 

(A/N: I know short chapter, but next chapter there will be some action!! Get ready for some ass whooping! Not too familiar with action scenes, so hope I won't disappoint anyone! The chapter will be named Showdown!)