InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Special delivery ❯ Choices ( Chapter 4 )

Chapter 4: Choices

 

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Disclaimer: If I owned Inuyasha, Sesshy and Kagura would be happily mated and working on silver haired baby number three by now…

 

 

`Was abuse what the witch meant by things get bad?' Sesshoumaru wondered, worried despite himself. The dog demon knew that if he did not do anything, the sounds of screams, breaking objects and Kanna's crying would probably haunt him for a long time.

 

“This woman is so troublesome” Sesshoumaru said aloud as he hurried to the front door of the house, teeth gritted in frustration and anger.

 

Breathing deeply the dog demon raised his clawed hand to the knob of the front door. Noticing that it was locked, he only took a second to make his decision. After taking a step back, Sesshoumaru raised his right powerful leg and kicked open the door.

 

Nothing had prepared the dog demon to the scene his golden eyes came across when he walked past the broken wooden doorframe and entered the small dark house.

 

A dark haired man was holding Kagura against the wall. One of his large pale hands was gripping her throat tightly.

 

“Where is my money?!” The man screamed at Kagura's face, not even paying attention to the sound of splinting wood that had come from the front door of his house.

 

The dog demon could easily tell by Kagura's pale color, that she could not breathe. Not taking the time to ponder on the best course of action, Sesshoumaru took advantage of the element of surprise his barging in had created, and launched himself on the man.

 

Without any effort, Sesshoumaru managed to push the man off Kagura. As soon as she was set free, the wind sorceress fell to the floor on her knees coughing violently as she rushed to breathe in air.

 

`Naraku almost killed me.' She thought as she looked up to see why he had suddenly released her.

 

“Who the hell is that?!” Naraku asked as he pointed towards Sesshoumaru who was looking at him with murder in his golden eyes.

 

The disgust the dog demon had for the staggering man standing in front of him grew tenfold as he noticed Naraku's slurred speech, which was a sure sign that he was inebriated.

 

“You little bitch do you think you can have one of your friends come and help you? Don't forget your place. Just wait and see.” Naraku spat at Kagura who after regaining her breath had stood up.

 

“Don't you dare threaten me!” Kagura said running a soothing hand over her sore throat. Now that she could breathe, the wind sorceress was staring to feel the other aches and pains Naraku had inflicted upon her.

 

`I just hope the bastard didn't break bones this time' Kagura thought with a wince as she rubbed her aching left side.

 

“I will do whatever I want with you. Don't think that you're all powerful because you're hiding behind your boy toy. Remember little girl, you belong to me… and you're not the only one.” Naraku hissed as he sent a glare towards one of the side tables under which the shivering in fright Kanna was hiding.

 

Knowing exactly what Naraku intended to do, the wind sorceress stepped forward in fear before screaming “Don't you dare lay one of your filthy hands on my daughter!”

 

Tired of looking at the two dark haired demon's confrontation in silence, Sesshoumaru shoved Naraku back into an armchair in the farthest corner of the living room and stood a few feet away from the dark haired demon. The way Sesshoumaru had positioned himself right in front of him, effectively blocked any attempts at running away from Naraku.

 

Unfortunately for him, Sesshoumaru had a personality trait with which he had a love/hate relationship with: his tenacity. Once he started something, he did everything in his power to see it through the end. In other words, now that he had involved himself in the whole “Kagura mess”, he intended to go to the bottom of things.

 

“Kagura get your things” Sesshoumaru heard himself say, before he even took the time to rationally analyze the situation and find the best course of action.

 

Ever since he had decided to come to the wind sorceress's rescue, the dog demon had been living the whole situation as an out of body experiment. He heard himself speak, he saw himself act, but he had a hard time believing he really was doing all this.

 

“What?!” The wind sorceress exclaimed in surprise. She was more than glad that Sesshoumaru had some to her help, but she was not sure what exactly he had planned. It was one thing to accept a ride home from him, but it was another to let him deal with Naraku.

 

“This Sesshoumaru will not repeat himself” He simply stated not even bothering to look back at Kagura.

 

Sesshoumaru was merely improvising his plan one step at the time. All he could deal with for now was to prevent Naraku from getting close to Kagura again and then take the wind sorceress and her child out of the house. He decided he would deal with the rest later on.

 

It had been Kagura's goal for a long time to get the hell out of Naraku's house, but she had decided to wait until she would have spared enough money. If not she had a back up plan, but she needed two weeks to be able to carry it successfully.

 

`Then again seeing the way Naraku went berserk today; I don't think I can afford to stay here one second more. Who knows what might have happened had Sesshoumaru not come in…' The wind sorceress told herself a shiver of pure fear running down her spine.

 

Not wasting anymore time, Kagura hurriedly walked over to the side table under which Kanna was curled into a ball.

 

“Kanna-chan? It's okay, you can come out now.” Kagura murmured tenderly to her daughter as she extended her hand towards her.

 

Taking a hold of her mother's limb the infant crawled from under the table. Wiping away Kanna's tears, Kagura kissed the top of her downy white head and whispered in her elfin ear “It's okay baby. We're leaving we won't be staying here anymore. We're safe now, I promise.”

 

“Why are you making promises you can't keep Kagura?” Naraku called over from the other end of the living room.

 

Ignoring completely his remark and underlying threat, the wind sorceress took a hold of a bag and handed it to her daughter with clear instructions: “Kanna-chan mommy wants you to take this bag and put all you favorite toys inside. All the ones you want to take with you, okay?”

 

“Why would she need toys for?” Naraku asked unnerved as he tried to get up.

 

“This Sesshoumaru grows tired of you” The dog demon commented before delivering an unforgiving punch to Naraku's jaw, catching him off guard. The dark haired demon fell limply back in the armchair, completely knocked out.

 

The wind sorceress turned around in shock and stared at Naraku's limp body, before turning back to her daughter and giving her a reassuring smile. “Don't pay attention to Naraku. Just go get your stuff, okay?”

 

Nodding in understanding to her mother's request, the little girl walked over to her opened playpen and picked up toys. Hissing at the pain in her sides gave a painful throb Kagura too started gathering her things. Ever since the idea of leaving Naraku's house had sprouted in her mind, she had started preparing herself.

 

Not wasting any time, the wind sorceress hurried over to the sofa and removed its cushion. From underneath the piece of furniture she retrieved a large backpack. Seeing her gathering her things in a fast and orderly way, Sesshoumaru looked at Kagura with thin silver eyebrow raised in surprise. He had no idea the wind sorceress had been this prepared.

 

Turning towards the dog demon, Kagura said “I just got to go get food for Kanna in the kitchen, can you keep an eye on her in the meantime?” She knew that she would be able to pack food faster if Kanna did not follow her, but Kagura feared what might happen if Naraku woke up while she was away.

 

“Be quick” Was all Sesshoumaru answered after he noticed Kagura's nervous gaze straying towards the limp body of Naraku.

 

Not needing to be told twice, Kagura ran to the kitchen, heedless of the pain in her ribs.

 

 

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“Well I think you redeemed yourself for being such a jerk before.” Kagura told Sesshoumaru trying humor to calm her fear, as the two of them stood in front of the house she used to share with Naraku. In a rush to get away before the dark man awakened, the wind sorceress had just barely taken the time to grab her bag, containing the few belongings she could bring along, and the little money she had manage to spare, before slipping on her winter gear and getting out. She inferred it was a good thing that upon returning “home” she had not taken the time to change Kanna out of her outerwear, which had now gained them some precious time.

 

“Where will you go?” Sesshoumaru asked before he could catch himself.

 

`I have done enough for the witch. She can take care of her life from now on.' The dog demon told himself, angry at his display of concern for Kagura.

 

“I don't know yet, but I'll figure something out. I just need a place to stay for two weeks, that's when I was planning to leave the city anyway” Kagura said. The wind sorceress blushed slightly as she realized she was revealing more to herself to the dog demon than she had intended.

 

`What the hell is wrong with me? I know he protected me from Naraku, but still I barely know this guy!' Kagura scolded herself. She was at least proud of herself for not letting some of the terror she was feeling slip through.

 

The wind witch knew she would have to find a place to hide herself for a little time. Kagura was worried because of Naraku. He was a wealthy man with a lot of good connections, and if he were to put his hands back on her… well she rather not think about what he would do to her and her daughter.

 

“Anyway thanks for everything.” Kagura said as with a small awkward smile.

 

`How do you thank someone for just saving your life?' She wondered as she hoisted the huge backpack on her back and reached over to take a hold of her daughter's hand.

 

To the wind sorceress's surprise, Kanna stepped away from her mother's extended palm and reached over to latch herself on Sesshoumaru's leg. The dog demon looked down at the infant. His golden eyes locked with Kanna's black orbs, the two of them stared at each other in silence.

 

`Why is she looking at me like this? I feel like… she's asking me to help her' Sesshoumaru thought. Not wanting to deal with the little girl's pleading eyes, the dog demon averted his gaze from Kanna's dark obsidian orbs.

 

`I just lost a staring contest against a kid. Pathetic' Sesshoumaru scolded himself.

 

“Kanna, come on let him go. We're leaving. Come on baby hurry up” Kagura said to her daughter. Noticing that contrary to her obedient nature, Kanna had not moved away from Sesshoumaru's leg, the wind sorceress sighed and walked over to the twosome.

 

“Kanna we have to get going before Naraku wakes up. So let Sesshoumaru be and let's go” The wind sorceress said impatiently.

 

Kanna turned towards her mother before breathing out a single but definitive word: “No”.

 

Kagura was shocked beyond words. Never before had her nice, sweet and very obedient daughter refuse to do anything she had asked of her.

 

“Kanna enough of this! Come on let's go!” Kagura commanded as she pried her daughter free from Sesshoumaru's leg. Kanna pouted, but did as her mother told her.

 

“I'm sorry about that” Kagura apologized sincerely looking at Sesshoumaru. The wind sorceress feared that her daughter had realized some of her helplessness.

 

Sesshoumaru was sure he was going to regret his decision, but as he took in the pitiful picture of Kagura, her daughter and their bags lying on the snow covered ground was giving, he knew did not really have any other choice.

 

“You said you did not have a place to stay” he suddenly said to the wind witch. Kagura looked surprised by his inquiry, but did not answer.

 

`If Inuyasha saw me, he would be having the fun of his life. The idiot would certainly remark that some of father's… compassion has been passed on to me as well.' The dog demon told himself disgust rising inside him.”

 

“Come” The dog demon breathed out as he turned his back to the two demoness.

 

“Where?” Kagura asked in apprehension.

 

“To my penthouse” Sesshoumaru answered as if it were the most natural thing in the world.

 

 

To be continued…

 

A/N: Ooh I'm sure most of you saw that one coming? No? So Sesshy went against his natural inclining and rescued Kagura and Kanna from Naraku. And it seems that he wants to help them further? What's in store next? Let's see in the next chapter named Where do we go from here?