InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Like Water for Chocolate ❯ Like Water for Chocolate ( Chapter 1 )
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By: stripped355 
no summary, if you want one,you'll just have to read it.
Anime/Manga: InuYasha Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Adventure / Hentai / Fantasy / Action | Type: Other | Uploaded On: 02.01.2009 | Pages: 2 | Words: 1.6K | Visits: 672 | Status: Work In Progress
no summary, if you want one,you'll just have to read it.
Anime/Manga: InuYasha Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Adventure / Hentai / Fantasy / Action | Type: Other | Uploaded On: 02.01.2009 | Pages: 2 | Words: 1.6K | Visits: 672 | Status: Work In Progress
prelude
Kagura felt only two feelings as she lay in the middle of the forest clearing. Pain. White-hot, agonizing pain. She had long since given up the urge to move, for her body only screamed in protest. Alone was another feeling kagura felt. She has always felt this, living in the house of the evil hanyou naraku. But here in the woods, in the darkness, where she lay in the middle of the forest clearing, crimson rivers of blood making a pool beneath her, she truly felt alone. The miasma in her throat burned with a scalding hot intensity, it made her eyes water. the stars were starting to blur.
She had seen this coming. She knew he would betray her one day. She knew she would upset him enough to the point where he couldn't take anymore. It didn't come as a surprise that the bastard had betrayed her. but she still obeyed him, still followed his every order, albeit reluctantly. Even though she knew he would never give her what she wanted. Suddenly the miasma wan't the only thing that burned her eyes.
' Stupid, stupid! You should have just escaped when you had the chance. You deserve to die!' she chastised herself. Kagura closed her eyes, letting the tears slide from the sides of her eyes. She bit her lip to keep herself from trembling as the tears made burning trails down her temples.
She didn't deserve this.
She only did what she was told.
All she wanted was her heart. Her freedom.
And he had taken that away from her.
Kagura glared up at the sky. She put herself in danger, just to make sure that fucker got what he wanted. Just so he could accomplish his goal. Kagura felt the tears stop. She felt warmth start to pool in her belly. It didn't take her long to realize that it was fury.
'No! I will NOT die here! I won't!' she thought; she tried to get up, but only served to seize up her muscles. Kagura gave a strangled cry as she tried her best to at least sit up. Her stomach burned with a boiling intensity as the miasma smoke licked at her intestines.
"Are you in need of assistance, my dear?" kagura stopped, her eyes widened in fright as she searched for the voice. She lied her head back down on the dying grass and slowly turned her head to her right.
There was a man standing not two feet away from her. Kagura couldn't deny that he was indeed hansome.
He stood tall, looking down at her with an amused expression. He had long dark brown hair and had a muscular build. From his clothes, kagura could tell that he was some sort of lord. But that wasn't what caught her by surprise. It was his eyes.
She had never seen such eyes on a demon before. Yes, she has seen many unique eyes, but he certainly went into the top 3. His pupils were crimson like her own, but the part where the white should be was pitched black. It gave her shivers. Kagura shrugged to speak.
"Wh...at do y...ou want?" kagura gurgled, the miasma somehow turned into liquid, and was currently dripping out the sides of her mouth. The demon tilted his head to the side to look at the tattered woman. she looked so helpless, he was surprised she lasted this long, but he knew she would get through the hour with whatever was lodged at the base of her throat. she would soon suffocate. he almost grimaced when he saw the purple liquid slide down the sides of her face. He reached into his sleeve and pulled out a hankerchief and leaned down to wipe her face.
"I want to help you, but you can decline and I can be on my way, if you like." he said, his voice creamy smooth. kagura could only stare at him as he picked up her head to wipe her face. if she could nod, she would, but couldn't find the strength to do so. if this stranager wanted to help her, who was she to decline.
"N....no. p...pl...ease" she managed to say. the man smiled, showing off his fangs.
kagura's eyes narrowed at the demon, but they soon widened as he lifted his hand. kagura closed her eyes, ready to feel the on coming strike of his claws. but it never came. kagura opened her eyes to see that the demons palm was glowing a firery red. he placed it onto her biggest wound on her her stomach and pressed down. kagura closed her eyes at the slight pressure but opened them when it stopped. kagura looked down to see that her stomach and the other fatal wounds were healed. suddenly she coughed harshly. she sat up and heaved as she demon watched with what looked like digust has she coughed up miasma goop. when she was done, kagura wiped her mouth with the sleeve of her kimono. she looked down at her tattered kimono with frustration. she sighed; she could always find a new one. kagura sat up looked at the stranger.
"You have my gratitude, demon. I do not know how I can repay you." the demon smiled at her devioulsy.
"I need an apprentice." he said immediately. Kagura's eyes widened and then narrowed. She had already learned her lesson with men, She wasn't going to make the same mistake twice.
"listen, I have thankful you helped me, but I cannot be your apprentice..."
"Because you have a hanyou to look for." he finished for her. Kagura's eyes widened as she jumped up and stepped away from the man.
"Naraku is his name, yes? you want revenge on what he has done to you and you want your heart back." he said as he stepped towards kagura, who took another step away.
"How did you..."
"I know everything about you kagura. I know what naraku has put you through. But I can help you get your revenge." he told her, taking another ominous step toward her.
"Who are you?" she asked in a dibelieving voice. The man bowed low to her.
"I am lucifer, and I am here to help." kagura stared wide eyed at him.
"I don't need your help. I can get my heart back myself." kagura stated, brushing past him. Lucifer made no move to turn around, but she still heard him talking to her.
"Your heart you say?" he asked. He knew kagura heard him, but she didn't stop. But what he said next made her stop in her tracks.
"When you say that, do you mean this heart?" kagura stopped, frozen in her spot. The wind brushed past the both of them. Had this been any one else, kagura wouldn't have believed them, but if the beating of the heart behind her was anything to go by, she would say that he held her heart in his hands. Kagura turned slowly to meet the one thing she cherished in this world. He held it in his hands firmly, thought not enough to hurt her, just so he wouldn't drop it onto the ground.
"Where did you get that?" she asked, stunned. Kagura absently walked over to her heart.
"Is that really important?" lucifer drawled. He waited as kagura got close enough to grab her heart and held it away from her.
"Ah, ah, ah. You can have it if you promise to be my aprentice." he teased. Kagura him a withering glare as she sighed frustratingly at him.
"...Alright! just...please give it to me!" kagura grabbed for it. Lucifer smiled at hernd handed it to her. Kagura grabbed her heart greedily and hugged it to her in a loving embrace. Like a mother to a child. She looked to lucifer in what could only be descrbed in utter happiness.
"Thank you..." she whispered. Lucifer smiled at her.
"You're quite welcome. Now down to business." kagura put her heart to her chest as lucifer wrapped an arm around her shoulder.
"What do you want me to do?" kagura asked as she walked out to the clearing.
"Like you, I'm also seeking out revenge from a certain person."
"Who?" she wanted to know.
"My daughter." kagura stopped to look at him.
"You have a daughter?"
"Yes. You see she has taken something very valuable from me and I want it back." kagura winced as he dug his nails into her shoulder.
"What did she take from you, milord?" she asked.
"My kingdom. She single-handedly took my kindom away from me, and I think it is high time that I reclaim it." this was the first time kagura saw him upset. His daughter must have done a number on him.
"So where are we going now?"
"We're going to my castle. And to train you. My daughter is not to fooled with and you will need all the help you can get."
"Is she really that strong?"
lucifer smiled down at his new apprentice.
"Of course. She is the daughter of the devil..."
Kagura felt only two feelings as she lay in the middle of the forest clearing. Pain. White-hot, agonizing pain. She had long since given up the urge to move, for her body only screamed in protest. Alone was another feeling kagura felt. She has always felt this, living in the house of the evil hanyou naraku. But here in the woods, in the darkness, where she lay in the middle of the forest clearing, crimson rivers of blood making a pool beneath her, she truly felt alone. The miasma in her throat burned with a scalding hot intensity, it made her eyes water. the stars were starting to blur.
She had seen this coming. She knew he would betray her one day. She knew she would upset him enough to the point where he couldn't take anymore. It didn't come as a surprise that the bastard had betrayed her. but she still obeyed him, still followed his every order, albeit reluctantly. Even though she knew he would never give her what she wanted. Suddenly the miasma wan't the only thing that burned her eyes.
' Stupid, stupid! You should have just escaped when you had the chance. You deserve to die!' she chastised herself. Kagura closed her eyes, letting the tears slide from the sides of her eyes. She bit her lip to keep herself from trembling as the tears made burning trails down her temples.
She didn't deserve this.
She only did what she was told.
All she wanted was her heart. Her freedom.
And he had taken that away from her.
Kagura glared up at the sky. She put herself in danger, just to make sure that fucker got what he wanted. Just so he could accomplish his goal. Kagura felt the tears stop. She felt warmth start to pool in her belly. It didn't take her long to realize that it was fury.
'No! I will NOT die here! I won't!' she thought; she tried to get up, but only served to seize up her muscles. Kagura gave a strangled cry as she tried her best to at least sit up. Her stomach burned with a boiling intensity as the miasma smoke licked at her intestines.
"Are you in need of assistance, my dear?" kagura stopped, her eyes widened in fright as she searched for the voice. She lied her head back down on the dying grass and slowly turned her head to her right.
There was a man standing not two feet away from her. Kagura couldn't deny that he was indeed hansome.
He stood tall, looking down at her with an amused expression. He had long dark brown hair and had a muscular build. From his clothes, kagura could tell that he was some sort of lord. But that wasn't what caught her by surprise. It was his eyes.
She had never seen such eyes on a demon before. Yes, she has seen many unique eyes, but he certainly went into the top 3. His pupils were crimson like her own, but the part where the white should be was pitched black. It gave her shivers. Kagura shrugged to speak.
"Wh...at do y...ou want?" kagura gurgled, the miasma somehow turned into liquid, and was currently dripping out the sides of her mouth. The demon tilted his head to the side to look at the tattered woman. she looked so helpless, he was surprised she lasted this long, but he knew she would get through the hour with whatever was lodged at the base of her throat. she would soon suffocate. he almost grimaced when he saw the purple liquid slide down the sides of her face. He reached into his sleeve and pulled out a hankerchief and leaned down to wipe her face.
"I want to help you, but you can decline and I can be on my way, if you like." he said, his voice creamy smooth. kagura could only stare at him as he picked up her head to wipe her face. if she could nod, she would, but couldn't find the strength to do so. if this stranager wanted to help her, who was she to decline.
"N....no. p...pl...ease" she managed to say. the man smiled, showing off his fangs.
kagura's eyes narrowed at the demon, but they soon widened as he lifted his hand. kagura closed her eyes, ready to feel the on coming strike of his claws. but it never came. kagura opened her eyes to see that the demons palm was glowing a firery red. he placed it onto her biggest wound on her her stomach and pressed down. kagura closed her eyes at the slight pressure but opened them when it stopped. kagura looked down to see that her stomach and the other fatal wounds were healed. suddenly she coughed harshly. she sat up and heaved as she demon watched with what looked like digust has she coughed up miasma goop. when she was done, kagura wiped her mouth with the sleeve of her kimono. she looked down at her tattered kimono with frustration. she sighed; she could always find a new one. kagura sat up looked at the stranger.
"You have my gratitude, demon. I do not know how I can repay you." the demon smiled at her devioulsy.
"I need an apprentice." he said immediately. Kagura's eyes widened and then narrowed. She had already learned her lesson with men, She wasn't going to make the same mistake twice.
"listen, I have thankful you helped me, but I cannot be your apprentice..."
"Because you have a hanyou to look for." he finished for her. Kagura's eyes widened as she jumped up and stepped away from the man.
"Naraku is his name, yes? you want revenge on what he has done to you and you want your heart back." he said as he stepped towards kagura, who took another step away.
"How did you..."
"I know everything about you kagura. I know what naraku has put you through. But I can help you get your revenge." he told her, taking another ominous step toward her.
"Who are you?" she asked in a dibelieving voice. The man bowed low to her.
"I am lucifer, and I am here to help." kagura stared wide eyed at him.
"I don't need your help. I can get my heart back myself." kagura stated, brushing past him. Lucifer made no move to turn around, but she still heard him talking to her.
"Your heart you say?" he asked. He knew kagura heard him, but she didn't stop. But what he said next made her stop in her tracks.
"When you say that, do you mean this heart?" kagura stopped, frozen in her spot. The wind brushed past the both of them. Had this been any one else, kagura wouldn't have believed them, but if the beating of the heart behind her was anything to go by, she would say that he held her heart in his hands. Kagura turned slowly to meet the one thing she cherished in this world. He held it in his hands firmly, thought not enough to hurt her, just so he wouldn't drop it onto the ground.
"Where did you get that?" she asked, stunned. Kagura absently walked over to her heart.
"Is that really important?" lucifer drawled. He waited as kagura got close enough to grab her heart and held it away from her.
"Ah, ah, ah. You can have it if you promise to be my aprentice." he teased. Kagura him a withering glare as she sighed frustratingly at him.
"...Alright! just...please give it to me!" kagura grabbed for it. Lucifer smiled at hernd handed it to her. Kagura grabbed her heart greedily and hugged it to her in a loving embrace. Like a mother to a child. She looked to lucifer in what could only be descrbed in utter happiness.
"Thank you..." she whispered. Lucifer smiled at her.
"You're quite welcome. Now down to business." kagura put her heart to her chest as lucifer wrapped an arm around her shoulder.
"What do you want me to do?" kagura asked as she walked out to the clearing.
"Like you, I'm also seeking out revenge from a certain person."
"Who?" she wanted to know.
"My daughter." kagura stopped to look at him.
"You have a daughter?"
"Yes. You see she has taken something very valuable from me and I want it back." kagura winced as he dug his nails into her shoulder.
"What did she take from you, milord?" she asked.
"My kingdom. She single-handedly took my kindom away from me, and I think it is high time that I reclaim it." this was the first time kagura saw him upset. His daughter must have done a number on him.
"So where are we going now?"
"We're going to my castle. And to train you. My daughter is not to fooled with and you will need all the help you can get."
"Is she really that strong?"
lucifer smiled down at his new apprentice.
"Of course. She is the daughter of the devil..."