InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Kagura's life ❯ The voice of the wind ( Chapter 1 )

 

A gust of wind blew by Kagura. Blank expressions fell over her face as she watched the Sun drift high overhead. Kagura's bangs flowed gently in another breeze.

“Lucky.” Kagura uttered to herself. “Is it my fate to never know true freedom, such as the wind does?”

Earlier, Naraku ordered her to fetch some water. How dare he treat me like an earning girl! Kagura's mind boiled other with loathing. I'm nothing she contemplated. There is no reason for me to stay alive any longer. Doing so would only please Naraku's sick design. Kagura looked at her fan.

“I'll wager that this is a part of Naraku just like me.” Kagura said, waving her fan

Kaguras mind conjured an image of Naraku. His body was being sliced to bits by her dance of blades. Despite her best efforts he reformed relentlessly. Naraku's green tentacles wrapped around her heart. The tentacles began to constrict. The red in Kagura's eyes seemed to glow with hate. There is only one ending for me, Kagura thought.

“It useless I can never defeat him alone. I have had enough of this life!!! I can't have my true freedom. My only hope is release in death. I will confront Naraku myself and force him to kill me!” Kagura bellowed to a passing breeze.

A current of air picked up rapidly. Kagura lifted off in to the air on a bright white feather. Only one though remained, torturing her mind. Would there be freedom in death?

A short time later Kagura arrived at Naraku's Keep. A quite thud sounded out as her slender feet hit the ground. Walking swiftly to the room she knew Naraku would be residing in.

“I'll end this here and now.”

The doors to Naraku's Meditation room burst open with an unbelievable gale force wind.

“Naraku!! I've come for my heart, hand it over or die!”

“Kagura how kind of you to grace me with your tamed wind. You of all people should know that you couldn't kill me.”

Naraku glanced coldly at the enraged sorceress. A strong continuous wind blew through the room. Kagura's hair whipped around at a grate speed. Naraku stood firmly on the floor. He seemed untouched by the lightest of breezes.

“You don't really think you can take your heart from me?” Narkue's hand opened as he spoke and Kagura's heart appeared in his palm.

This is my chance I'll take my own life before he can torment me again. Kagura's thoughts raced as she took aim at her own heart. With a dieing breath she preformed her strongest Dance of Blades. Kagura was surprised at the power of her attack. Surely I'll be free in a moment she thought.

“Fool!” Naraku shouted.

The moment before the razor edges where to meet there destination Knanna's emotionless face appeared in their path. The blades struck Knanna's mirror. The blades reflected back at Kagura hitting her in 3 places. Blood splattered on the wall and bits of Kagura's robe drifted to the ground. A thin slice of Kagura's finger had been cut off along with some hair and a large part of her shoulder. Before Kagura had a chance to fall Naraku placed an iron grip upon her heart.

“Go ahead do it, you coward!!” Kagura cried out in pain.

Naraku's grip gave way.

“I see Kagura. Did you think I would let you die so easily?”

“I'll kill you. Dance of the Dragon!!”

Emotion coursed through Kagura's dance. Unusually strong winds began to blow. Three large Tornados formed in front of Kagura's fan as she danced. They swirled around on a direct path to Naraku. Once more Knanna stood in the way of the attack. The winds struck her mirror and where absorbed. Knanna's mirror began to shake under the strain of the power.

“You wish for death Kagura?” Naraku camely stated. “You should thank things over. I'll leave you to your grief for now. Besides I still have use for you. I'll let you die when I see fit.” Naraku's hands closed quickly around Kagura's heart

Naraku, Knanna, and kagura's heart faded away. The mirror remained behind them. It was now shaking in convulsive manner.

Kagura shouted, “Dame you NARAKU!!!!”

The mirror began to crack. Light pored out from the fractures. Tornados emerged ripping the glass from the case of the mirror. The winds tossed kagura around the room. Glass cut her badly injured body. Kagura thought that this could be the feeling she had longed for.

“Death.” Kagura whispered breathlessly.

Everything went black. Much later Kagura awoke to find that she was no longer in Naraku's keep.

“He has moved again. Dame it all!”

Kagura set up ignoring the pain it caused her. Kagura moved her hands over terrible wounds. Glass from Kanna's mirror pierced her in a number of places. It took the better part of an hour to pull the glass out of her blood-covered skin. After she had finished she looked at the pile of glass stained red.

“So it was useless to fight him after all.”

Kagura set for a while and her body healed. It had done the same thing when Sesshomaru pulled her from the river. As her eyes watched the wounds close she couldn't help thinking about her last encounter with the Dog demon, Sesshomaru.

“He is strong that's for sure, but I wonder how strong?”

Kagura's eyes widened. An idea she had not considered before dawned. No matter how badly I am injured my body always heals. If I have no body how would I regenerate?

“I'll go pick a fight with that stuck up dog demon.” Kagura said out loud. “He surely has enough power to remove my body from this world with one attack.”

Kagura picked up the glass lying on the ground. She fashioned a make shift pouch out of some moss she found near dead tree.

“Better that this is destroyed with me then left here for someone to find.”

With new found Hope Kagura pulled her feather out and floated away on a graceful gust of air. After a good while Kagura caught sight of Sesshomaru. Quickly dismounting from her feather she landed behind him. Jaken took notice of her first (it would seem)

“What do you want Kagura? Have you come baring another gift for my lord?”

Jaken looked at Kagura's red body. She is covered in blood Jaken thought. She must just have fought with someone.

“Jaken do not waste your time or mine talking to someone like her.” Sesshomaru said coldly

“Kagura you have returned!” Rin shouted loudly.

Kagura knew that she would have to make Sesshomaru take notice of her before he would fight. Rin ran over to embrace Kagura lovingly. Kagura thought this kid must have problems. I'm red with my own blood and she wants a hug. Must be use to seeing me beat up. I hate to hurt someone so young who has done nothing to me, but I must provoke Sesshomaru. As Rin strode closer to her Kagura smacked her in the face. The small girl fell to the ground. Sesshomaru stopped walking.

“Away from me child!” Kagura said with hatred in her voice.

“Kagura do you have a death wish?” Sesshomaru asked.

Kagura answered, “As a matter of fact I do!”

With a turn of her wrist kagura snapped her fan open.

“Fight me Sesshomaru or do you let anyone smack your pitiful little human around?”

Jaken fell over harder then Inuyasha does when Kagome says sit.

“Sesshomar allow me to take care of this foolish woman.” Jaken begged.

“Do not pay her any attention Jaken. Kagura you should go lick your wounds you stink of defeat. Get up Rin we are going.”

Rin looked up at kagura with tears in her eyes. She quietly got up and ran toward Jaken.

“I'm not a dog like you. I have no need to lick my wounds. Sesshomaru I won't let you leave without a fight.”

Kagura took an offensive stance. Sesshomaru's eyes followed the lines of Kagura's body. He took notice of the blood makrs all over her body.

“……. Like you could stop me.”

Sesshomaru began to turn away from Kagura.

“I will stop you! Like this Dance of Bla…..??”

Kagura turned her fan. Before she could finish her attack Sesshomaru leaped over to her and took a hold of her wrist. His poison claws burned her skin. Smoke rolled into the air. Sesshomaru lifted Kagura off her feet as she wormed in pain.

“Are you a fool Kagura your not even worth my breath.”

Sesshomaru's grip tightened around her hand causing her fan to fall. Sesshomaru threw Kagura to the side. He quickly drew Tokiegen. With lighting fast motion he ran the sword through the fan long ways. The fan landed upright then separated leavening half stuck in the ground and the other laying on the soil. Soon after kagura landed on her back several yards away from Sesshomaru.

Sesshomaru's eyes looked over at kagura. His eyes almost seemed to beg for an answer from her. Kagura looked at him in awe for a second. She turned her head away and folded her uninjured hand in a lose fist under her chin. Her eyes began to tear up. It was all she could do not to beg him for help. Kagura's teeth fastened them self's upon her lip. The urge to call out to him was great. She wanted something from him at that moment, but she was unable to understand her own thoughts. She turned her head back toward Sesshomaru. Kagura and Sesshomaru eyes locked on one another. Can he know? Does he know how I fell? Does he have the power? Thoughts battled in Kagura's mind. Her large emotion filled eyes gleamed in the light of the late day. Sesshomaru eyes seemed to stare through Kagura's. Seeing something other then her outward appearance. He couldn't look past this thing. Kagura reached out helplessly.

“Release me.” Kagura whispered quietly.

“………. Let's go.” Sesshomaru said as he turned to Jaken.

Upon hearing Sesshomaru's words Kagura broke down. Sesshomaru, Jaken, and Rin walked away and where soon out of Kagura's sight. After weeping over her failed attempted to angry him Kagura returned to her feet. She walked over to her fan, now cut in two. What am I going to do now? She thought. I don't even have a fan. Kagura's hands dropped to her side. She felt a sharp pain in her already throbbing hand. She looked her palm closely it was cut and bleeding. The glass from the shattered mirror had cut through the moss bag. Kagura picked up her broken fan and walked in the opposite direction Sesshomaru had. There was no point in following him. Kagura looked back at her hand and said

“I sure do bleed a lot for someone with no heart. I don't have a fan to dance with any more. I'll never provoke him enough to use his strongest attack without it.”