InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Please ❯ Counting Down The Days ( Chapter 23 )

Chapter 23: Counting down the days

Kiri walked through a garden that seemed so fimiliar to her but she just couldn't put her finger on it. She walked around a little more. Seeing a cherry tree and a pond she realized that it was Sesshouamru's garden that she was in. Something caught her in the corner of her eye. Behind the cherry tree something sat. Being her cerious self Kiri headed towards the tree. The closer she got the clearer the object became. It was a person with silver hair.

Smilimg to herself Kiri continued towards the figure 'Seshoumaru' she thought happily. Once there she tapped the figure on the shoulder. Slowly it turned around. Kiri let go of the breath she didn't know she was holding. Sesshoumaru smiled up at her. 'This has to be a dream. Sesshoumaru is actually smiling' kiri thought. Sesshouamru stood up to tower over Kiri. Laughing Kiri went to hug Sesshoumaru only to go straight through him. Drawing in a sharp breath Kiri turned to Sesshouamru to see that she could slightly see through him like he was slowly dissapearing.

"Don't go, not agian...I can't take it to see you leave agian!" she cried. Kiri ran to grabb Sesshoumaru only mannaging to go through him and fall on the ground. Not wanting to see him Kiri just layed there on the ground stearing off into space. Eventually Kiri sat up and looked at where Sesshouamru last stood. He was gone. Every thing was slowly getting dimmer. Soon every thing was dark and Kiri was alone. Kiri couldn't take it anymore, she didn't want to be alone in this hell hole with Naraku. Taking in a long breath of air Kiri let go of a loud scream.

"SESSHOUAMRU!" kiri quickly sat up screaming his name. She was covered in a thin layer of sweat causing her blanket to cling to her. Kiri layed back down to try and get some sleep. Kiri lay awake the rest of the night.

"Miss. Kiri, Miss. Kiri" Kiri groaned and roled over at the voice.

"Go away" Kiri growled

"But miss Kiri you need to get up, breackfast is ready"

"I don't care, I'm not hungry"

"But you must eat something, you didn't eat last night"

"Just go away!" Kiri yelled sitting up in her bed. The maid jumped back startled. Feeling a pain of guilt Kiri added "I'll be there in a couple of minutes" the maid bowed and left the room.

Kiri slowly got out of bed and walked to the closet. She pulled out a blood red Kimono and sighed. The only colors she had were blood red and black. Sighing agian Kiri put the kimono on. After finding her hair brush she brushed her hair out letting it hang loose spilling down her back. Since she met Sesshoumaru it had grown much longer. It was probably a little longer than Sesshouamru's. She slipped her sandals on and walked out of the room. Not knowing her way around Kiri followed the scent of food to the dinning room.

Upon entering Kiri found a bowl of fruit sitting on the table. Kiri made her way to the table and sat down eying the bowl of fruit. Naraku caight this and smiled.

"Are you still not hungry this morning?" Naraku asked

"No I am not" Kagura chuckled causing Kiri to glare at her.

"You will starve if you don't eat" Naraku pushed the bowl of fruit in front of Kiri.

"It's better than being here" Kiri pushed the bowl away " anything is better than being here" Kiri stood up and left heading to her room.

"She really is going to starve herself isn't she?" Kagura laughed.

"She will eat...in time she will eat" Naraku said

Kiri entered her room and went to the window to see a new scenery."Damn this castle Kiri breathed resting her head on the wall. "Five more days, I must get out before i turn human" Kiri turned to see a maid walk in.

"Naraku sent me to bring you some breackfast...I will set them over on the dresser" The maid set the bowl of fruit down and left.

Standing next to the window Kiri eyed the bowl of fruit still refusing to eat. Turning back to the window Kiri started wqorking st the bars hoping to forget about the food. But it didn't work, it was like the food was calling out to her.The smell alone was killing her. Letting out an anoyed sigh Kiri hit the wall and walked over to the bowl of fruit. In about fiffteen minutes the fruit was gone. Exsasperated from not getting enough sleep Kiri layed back on the bed. She soon fell into a deep sleep.

When Kiri woke she guessed it was around mid afternoon. She looked around the room and found a new bowl of fruit sitting on her dresser. She gave it a puzzled look. How could she not wake up when someone entered the room?. The door was loud enough she could hear it all the way down the hall. "I must have been really tired" Kiri mummbled grabbing the bowl and setting it on her lap. Kiri looked over at he wondow "Two bars down, three mor to go" Looking down at the empty bowl Kiri stood up "Might as well" she sighed and headed out the door. "Ok let's see if I can find the kitchen" sniffing the air Kiri caught a light scent of scent of food in the air "Let's go this way" Kiri turned left and walked down the hall. Taking a right then another left Kiri found the kitchen.

When she walked into the kitchen a maid came up and bowed. "Is there anything I can do for you miss?"

"I just wanted to bring this bowl back and thank you for the food" Kiri said handing the bowl to the maid.

"You're welcome" the maid took the bowl and handed it to one of the other servents. "Is there anything else that you wanted miss?"

"Well I do kinda want a bath but I don't know who to go to for that" Kiri said nervously

"Oh yes, I can take you to the springs. Come follow me"

"Thank you" Kiri followed the maid down the halls.

"I am Suberu the head maid here, if you need anything come to me"

"yes, ok"

Kiri and Suberu walked throught two double doors "This is the bathing room. There will always be at least one servent here to help"

"Ok thank you" the maid bowed and left the room. The moment Suberu left Kiri was surounded by maids stripping off her clothes. "Wait a minute" Kiri stuttered "Hey don't do that, HA don't touch me there, I can bathe for myself tha-" Kiri fell into the hotspring. When she surfaced Kiri saw other servants holding soaps of different kinds. "FREEZE!" she yelled holding her hands out in front of her. Every one stopped and looked at Kiri. "I am perfectly capable of washing myself, I don't need any help"

"But miss Kiri that is what we are here for" one of the servents said.

"I know but I just want to relax"

"Yes miss Kiri. If you need anything one of us will always be around" the servants departed and Kiri sat down leaning agianst the side of the hotspring.

'At least the hot springs are nice, the servants are too...WAIT!...some of the servants in here are guys...the servant I was talking to was a guy!' Kiri turned a deep red and sunk deeper into the water 'Can this get any worse?'

"Excuse miss Kiri would you like me to wash your hair?" a servant asked

'Their not going to leave me alone are they?' Kiri sighed "Sure why not?"

After Kiri was done with her bath she wondered around the castle for a while then went back to her room to finish with those bars on the wondow. The next three days went by the same way. Kiri would get up put on a red or black kimono, go to breakfast, take a bath, wonder the castle and avoid Naraku. Then she would go to her room and work with the bars until dinner. After dinner Kiri would stay up over half the night still working on the bars..