InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Jump Over the Wall of Freedom ❯ Truths revealed ( Chapter 17 )

Chapter 17: Truths revealed

 

(A/N: Hope you guys will be happy, not only did I find time to update, but this is probably the longest chapter I ever wrote!!! Yay me! Sorry on to the story…)

 

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Disclaimer: Do I look like Rumiko Takahashi? No I don't think so…

 

“Speaking”

`Thinking'

 

 

`Her? I wonder who Inuyasha was talking about? I guess he's right; I'm going to have to get Sesshy to answer some of my questions'

 

Kagura's intended nap had to be cut short, as she was still wondering who Inuyasha had mentioned during their brief conversation, and therefore could not fall asleep. She then decided to join everyone downstairs.

 

As she reached the corridor she felt as if she was not in the same house. In fact, during the short time she had spent in her bedroom it appears someone had gone into a Christmas celebration frenzy. In fact, the walls of the entire corridor were covered with red, green and silver garlands. As the wind sorceress joined the grand hall she was at a loss of words, a gigantic Christmas tree covered in white fake snow was standing proudly next to the big marble staircase where she was standing.

 

She could not suppress a bright smile as she saw Rin arguing with Jaken (who was uncomfortably standing on a ladder several feet above the ground) about decorations there was also a young demon with a short silver ponytail and funny dog ears also involved in the fight. Kagura nodded to Kohaku who was putting a garland on the other side of the huge tree. As the red eyed beauty was coming down the stairs she could hear Rin

“No! Jaken put the red one higher! It will be sooo pretty, right Shippou, Kohaku?” the little girl pouted.

 

“You little devilish child are you trying to…” the little imp could not finish as he fell from the ladder.

 

Luckily for him the wind user slowed his fall with a well calculated flick of her fan. As he fell on his butt with a little thud Jaken couldn't help but scream, which attracted the attention of several inhabitants of the house. Soon they all gathered in the hall but when they realized what just happened everyone had a big laugh and Rin kept pleading for Kagura to “please make Jaken fly again”.

 

As the laughter subsided and everyone went back to their previous activities, giving in to Rin's supplication Kagura stayed with the children and helped them decorate the Christmas tree.

 

Even if it would kill him to admit it, Jaken was very glad she was around so as to make sure he did not break his neck on the damn ladder.

The silver haired young demon was introduced to Kagura as Rin's cousin the famous and adored Shippou, son of Inuyasha and Kagome.

 

It had been a long time since the demoness had so much fun and felt this carefree, it was as if someone had turned the hands of time and she was once again just a child.

 

She had so many nice Christmas memories of her parents Mushin and Kaguya and her bitchy younger sister Tsubaki (whose behavior improved greatly during the holidays). She also had nice memories with Kanna, Naraku's little sister. The girl looked up to her, as if she was her older sister.

Once Rin was satisfied with her tree and everyone else was exhausted it was already time for dinner.

 

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As usual the meal was delicious and Kagura was glad to find that she could have nice conversations with Kagome and Sango. Every so often the wind sorceress would look towards the empty seat at the end of the table, which belonged to the demon lord.

 

`He hasn't been home all day. Maybe he's avoiding me or something. I just hope he won't come back covered in injuries again!' she thought.

 

Even if she got distracted for just a fraction of a second, it was as if Rin had a sensor and noticed it and would start babbling about “Something incredible that happened today at school”. Each time the wind sorceress would nod and smile and pretend to be incredibly interested.

 

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After dinner the children were put to bed, and of course Kagura gave in to Rin and tucked her in. After reading her a bedtime story Kagura was surprised when the little girl suddenly took her hand and spoke:

 

“You know Miss Kagura you're going to be a great mom.” She then yawned loudly.

The young woman was pleased beyond words and caressed Rin's hair softly before saying “thank you”.

 

Rin then half sleeping answered “you're welcome mommy”. Before Kagura's mind registered what Rin said, the little girl was already fast asleep.

 

`She called me mommy?' she may had been surprised by the display of affection, but she did not mind one bit. She just leaned and kissed Rin's forehead, got up and turned the lights off.

The wind sorceress was walking towards her room when she suddenly turned around and headed in the opposite direction.

 

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It was snowing again outside when Sesshomarou's car finally parked into the garage of his mansion. As he opened the front door he gave a heavy contented sigh. He had spent all day long in conversation with some stupid and stubborn business partner who was too coward to accept Sesshomarou's new idea for a business venture. But now he was finally home.

As soon as he entered the house he could tell that everyone was asleep.

`or at least almost everyone' he added mentally with a disgusted frown as he heard muffled moans coming from Inuyasha and Kagome's room.

 

As he walked through the empty corridors, he noticed that his dear Rin had once again entered her yearly Christmas frenzy. Red, green and silver garlands were hanging on every wall and in the darkness he could make out the shape of a tall and heavily decorated Christmas tree in the hall. Sesshomarou gently shook his head and smiled softly, it was only after the little girl entered his life that he started celebrating Christmas.

 

Even when he was raising Inuyasha the idea of decorating the house, having a family dinner and following other traditions never crossed his mind. As for the half demon's present, Sesshomarou would give him either a large amount of cash or his credit card and send him to buy whatever he wanted.

 

Sesshomarou did regret it today because even if he would never admit it, he would have loved to see on Inuyasha the look of surprise and happiness that plays on a child's face as he or she opens their presents hidden under the tree. He had grown to love seeing that look on Rin's face and he knew he would have been equally delighted to see it on Inuyasha's.

 

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First the demon lord went to check on his daughter who sometimes would try and stay awake until he got back home. To his relief and surprise he found her sleeping soundly. After a while of looking at her peaceful face he went to his study and poured himself a generous glass of alcohol.

 

After that Sesshomarou went towards his own room for some much deserved rest. Even if he would never admit it the injuries he sustained by the hand of the ogre the day before required much energy to heal. Not to mention the poisonous sting he received from a stupid bee demon before that.

 

As he was ready to turn the doorknob he smelt a familiar scent in his bedroom. It was with a look of surprise and pleasure that he pushed the door open and entered the room.

 

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Kagura had been waiting for him for a couple of hours, but she knew that soon she wouldn't be able to resist and that she would give in to sleep. She closed her ruby red eyes for what seemed to be a fraction of a second but when she opened them, in front of her right in the middle of the room stood the stoic demon lord in all his glory with his usual dead pan expression on his face.

 

To an unaccustomed eye he might even have looked angry but truth is that he was fighting really hard inside to suppress his urge to laugh at the bewildered look on the wind sorceress's face. He was also inwardly smiling in anticipation at how much it was going to be fun to see her lose her self control again. He couldn't tell why but he just loved to drive her mad.

 

Using his incredible self-discipline he took a bored facial expression before asking `what do you want now, Kagura?” He put a special emphasis on her name and received the desired reaction when she shivered. He chuckled inwardly and got nearer to the soft armchair she was sitting on.

 

“I want answers! You bastard how dare you go around proclaiming we're yours?!” She then got up pointing the tip of her closed fan towards his chest. She then continued “I am not an object or an animal and certainly no one's possession. No! I Kagura Tadakaze am like the wind I wield” she opened her fan with a flick of her wrist and said “I am free like the wind, I…”

 

Once again Sesshomarou silenced her with a kiss. This time Kagura was conflicted between pushing him away or simply marveling in the feel of his soft lips on hers. But by the time she had made her decision and tried to lean forward to press her cherry red lips harder on his, he had already leaned back with a smug look on his face. He then drained the glass he held in his hand in one swift motion and set the empty glass on one of the two bedside tables.

 

“You know drinking too much is bad for your health!” Kagura said to his back while infuriated by his never ending teasing at the same time she was thinking `you idiot is that the best you can come with!

 

“Oh my I didn't know you cared”. He answered with a chuckle while turning to face her.

 

“I don't really but if you were to drop dead who would free me from Naraku? Don't forget the only reason I'm here is because you promised to help me get rid of him”. The wind sorceress started inspecting her claws in a seemingly bored and nonchalant way and said on a bored toned trying to show that two could play the game of indifference. “By the way where were you all day?”

 

“Why do you ask, I thought this Sesshomarou was nothing of your concern? “

 

Kagura bit her tongue out of frustration and bluntly lied “Rin was worried”.

 

“Is that so? Well wind witch this Sesshomarou is not one to be deceived so easily. I know you are lying, Rin knows I can leave when I have business to attend to.” He then added with an imperceptible wicked smile “could it be that you were worried?”

 

“Me what? Never!” the wind sorceress protested blushing.

 

`Busted!' her inner demon teased

 

Trying to change the subject Kagura decided to slowly but surely lean towards the reason why she had really waited for him that night. She opened her fan and hid the lower part of her face before saying “you know I had a really interesting conversation with your little brother”.

 

“Is that so” he answered while taking off his jacket and tie and unbuttoning his shirt.

“Hey what are you doing!” she asked incredulously.

 

“It is called undressing, an activity one really enjoys after a long day. Especially before going to bed” he emphasized the expression “going to bed”.

 

His answer and the nice view of his body he was giving to her made Kagura blush furiously behind her fan as images from the previous night resurfaced. It required all of her control over her body to remain calm so that he would not be able to smell her growing arousal.

 

“I'm not stupid what I meant is why you are doing it now in front of me?!” she shot back.

 

“Considering the fact that we are in my bedroom and also that you have already seen me naked, this Sesshomarou did not think it would be such a problem” he then deliberately slid his shirt slowly revealing his slim but muscular chest where the magenta markings went down and lost themselves inside his pants, and Kagura knew very well where they ended…

 

Seeing that she was losing their little battle, Kagura decided to throw in “Sesshy” his ears twitched at the pet name and he gave her a death glare she shrugged off continuing “why was the room I'm staying in locked?”

 

“Wind witch where did you acquire this piece of information?” he asked after a pause while coming out of the bathroom where he entered a few minutes ago to Kagura's relief in order to change in his pajamas.

But unfortunately they consisted of only a pair of white silk pants, leaving his chest bared, as a form of invitation. He now stood a few feet away from her and locked his mesmerizing gaze of liquid gold in her shinning red orbs.

 

“Inuyasha” she answered not dropping his gaze. `Oh goody looks like I struck a nerve.' Seeing his eyes darkened she added “what's wrong?”

 

“Nothing this Sesshomarou was just making a mental note to remember to kill this half-breed painfully. What else did he say? ”he added.

 

“Very funny, as if you would kill him. You raised him moreover, family ties always run deep in demons especially inu youkai, right?” she added with a sad smile.

 

“What's with you all of a sudden” he asked concerned that her fiery red eyes looked glassy for once.

 

“Nothing just thinking about my own family” `What's wrong with me, why did I answer him? He has the weirdest influence on me!'

 

“Your family? I did not know you had any, where are they?” of course this was a lie as his secret informants told him everything about her parents and her sister.

 

“Tst! Did you think I was born all grown up from the flesh of an evil hanyou or something? To tell the truth I wish I knew where they are… Why are you trying to change the subject! You still have to answer me you know.”

 

Sesshomarou suddenly and with lighting speed got closer to Kagura and put his two strong arms on her frail shoulders as he leaned down in order for his piercing gaze to be set directly in Kagura's shocked eyes. Then he spoke “Do you really wish to know or is this all just a game to you Kagura?”

 

“I really wish to know” she whispered back. At that precise moment she was mesmerized by his eyes it was as if he was hypnotizing her, she could not say anything but the truth and the only movements she could make were to breathe, and even that proved to be difficult.

 

“Very well, I shall reveal the truth to you but you will in exchange tell me why you lost touch with your family” seeing her nodding he said “My parents were old fashioned demons. Therefore it was normal for the husband and the wife to have separate bedrooms and the crimson bedroom was my mother's room”

 

“I don't understand Sesshy” he did not even react to the name.

 

“Soon after Shiori's death she died too and my father decided to lock the door. I guess in a pathetic attempt to block the memories” he then let go of her shoulders and turned his back to her. Not wanting to see the look of pity and sadness everyone gave him when they heard the news.

 

Of course no one except his father and Jaken knew the whole truth.

 

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*Flashback*

 

It had been two weeks since the burial of Shiori, the distant family members and acquaintances had finally gone home and Sesshomarou could finally be alone. He was glad that he did not have to suffer their pitiful glances of fake sorrow, them who did not even know his beloved sister, hypocrites only here to please his father.

 

As usual his father was not home he was without any doubt hunting down Ryoukotsusei again. But the young demon was more worried about his mother: she did not sleep, eat, speak a word or even shed a tear since she had been informed of the death of her daughter. Sesshomarou had tried everything but it was of no use, it was as if all her will to live had been drained.

 

That evening he had asked the cook to make for her favorite dish and he even helped, him, the future Lord of the Western Lands who considered any type of manual labor that did not involve killing someone so beneath him.

As he made his way to her beautiful crimson room the silver tray of food in his hands he could not suppress the will to smile, which he had not done in more than three weeks.

The young demon opened the door with his right hand while balancing the tray on his left one but as soon as he turned the door knob and his sensitive nose took a swiff at the scent he gasped. Instead of the usual marvelous scent of freshly cut garden flowers he could smell tears, sadness and even faintly blood.

 

Afraid and not understanding what was going on, Sesshomarou set the tray down besides the door and entered the room. There was a violent storm outside and as the thunder was rolling and the skies shining with lighting he noticed that someone had left a window opened, which resulted in a fair amount of water soaking the soft bedding.

 

`Looks like I will have to send Jaken to scold the maids again' he thought while going towards the window in order to close it.

 

But then the future demon lord noticed that something was not right. He gasped and said aloud “Where is mother?!” He checked the entire room and the adjacent bathroom but was still unable to find her. He started panicking (which was not a usual emotion for him) as fear gripped his heart.

 

Sesshomarou ran outside the door and started screaming in the entire mansion “Mother! MOTHER where are you? MOTHER!!!” His screams attracted the attention of all the house servants, surprised that their usually stoic young master had lost his composure.

 

His governess the old Miss Hitomi came towards him alarmed for she had never seen him in such a state of distress.

 

“What is the matter master?” she asked.

 

“It's mother I cannot find her, she is not in her room” as if to emphasize his worries a loud and bright lighting flash made the old maiden gasp.

 

“Come master we shall find her” she said while taking his smaller clawed hand in her larger wrinkled one. The young Sesshomarou was not one to let anyone touch him under any circumstances.

 

They went through the entire mansion but still no sign of the Lady of the Western Lands. Sesshomarou was growing anxious at each passing second and he could not shake off the bad feeling spreading through his stomach.

 

Then as they were heading towards the red bedroom once again, the young demon stopped abruptly and headed outside under the pouring rain. He could not tell why but something was calling him outside. He knew it could not be his mother's scent as he was but merely a pup and would not be able to pick it up under such a heavy rain.

 

He kept running not paying attention to the old woman's plea to come back, he ran towards the south aisle of the mansion and abruptly stopped: there it was what had been calling to him…

 

 

 

 

(A/N: I know you hate me! Don't worry you'll know what it is next time. I'll try my best to post a new chapter this weekend Until then bye guys, and please leave a review it pleases this saphira very much! Oops Sessh's influence. In the next chapter Sesshy makes an important realization the chapter will be called Reasons).

 

 

Dictionary

 

Inu youkai: dog demon