InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Rox's Livejournal Drabbles ❯ Heartless ( Chapter 58 )

Standing on the cliffs edge, Kagura let the wind brush her face and ruffle her clothes. The wind made her feel alive, if an abnormal person like her could be considered alive. She closed her eyes and put her hand to her chest. Under her palm all was still, and she wondered how it must feel to have a heart. To feel it beat, to have blood running through her veins. Her mouth quirked in a sardonic smile to think that to others, this half life she lived appeared normal.

In the distance she saw a small group of three people traveling together. Kagura felt a pang, making out the unmistakable, stately and beautiful form of Sesshomaru. If she had no heart, how could she feel the way she did about him? Was love conditional on having a heart muscle beating in ones chest?

Disgusted with herself, Kagura sighed and let her hand drop. Brooding on her strange existence was getting her nowhere. She turned and walked away. Kohaku stood like a zombie waiting for her. She regarded him sadly a moment. How ironic, that she was put in charge of this other lost soul.

“Come Kohaku, time to go,” Kagura said, taking the feather from her hair.

“Yes, Lady Kagura,” Kohaku said in a hollow voice.

Soon they were flying on a feather in the wind, seemingly so free, but trapped in eternal dawn. The sun of life was but a flicker and a wish in their semi-dark world.