InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Special delivery ❯ Preparations ( Chapter 11 )
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By: saphira404 
I had so much trouble posting this chapter o.O
Anime/Manga: InuYasha Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Romance / Hentai / Drama / Comedy | Type: Alternate Universe | Uploaded On: 06.04.2009 | Pages: 4 | Words: 4.7K | Visits: 468 | Status: Work In Progress
I had so much trouble posting this chapter o.O
Anime/Manga: InuYasha Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Romance / Hentai / Drama / Comedy | Type: Alternate Universe | Uploaded On: 06.04.2009 | Pages: 4 | Words: 4.7K | Visits: 468 | Status: Work In Progress
Chapter 11: Preparations
A/N: My fingers just couldn’t stop typing, so here’s an extra long chapter.
Also I’m sorry if I may have confused you in the past, but here are the ages of the main characters:
Kagura: 22 years old.
Kanna: 2 ½ years old.
Sesshoumau: 26 years old.
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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…
Sesshoumaru looked at his wrist watch and frowned as he noticed it already was seven in the evening, His golden gaze then went up to linger on his plasma TV. The dog demon sighed, a blank expression on his handsome face. He turned towards Kanna who was sitting on the couch next to him, and almost smirked as he noticed that she had a similar bored expression on her face.
‘These children TV programs even manage to bore a child…’ He thought before letting out a long suffering sigh of pure boredom.
The dog demon wondered how he had let Kagura talk him into babysitting Kanna while she went out for a while. Since she had been absent for quite a long stretch of time, Sesshoumaru inferred Kagura’s definition of “a short while” differed from his.
He was pulled out of his reflection as he felt something tugging at his sleeve. Looking down to his left where Kanna was settled, Sesshoumaru was not surprised to find the young girl’s fingers clenching the white material of his shirt.
“Hungry” Kanna breathed out looking straight into Sesshoumaru’s amber eyes.
He groaned in despair before asking “What do you want to eat?” Kanna simply kept on staring at him in silence.
‘Figures that the damned witch’s daughter would not be helpful’ Sesshoumaru thought in annoyance. ‘It is Kagura’s fault, she is the one who left me in such a predicament’ He growled under his breath as he remembered what had happened a few hours before.
*Flashback*
“Aren’t you happy Kanna-chan? You’re going to meet your daddy” Kagura said with a bright smile. The wind sorceress was sitting at Sesshoumaru’s dinning room table, bouncing her daughter on her knees.
“Here” The dog demon grunted as he placed a plate of scrambled eggs in front of the wind sorceress.
“Thank you Sesshoumaru, we really appreciate you fixing breakfast for us” Kagura said before adding “Say thank you too Kanna.”
Not wanting to disobey her mother, the little girl quickly complied. Kanna uttered a faint “Thank you” as she stared straight into her host’s golden orbs.
“No need to thank me. Witch you need more meat on your bones, so eat.” The dog demon said as he eyed the wind sorceress suspiciously.
Kanna looked at Sesshoumaru with a warm glint in her eyes. She did not quite understand what had gone on in the past few days, but what she knew for sure was that she liked spending time with Sesshoumaru.
‘Don’t look at me like that. I wish I knew why your mother is acting so strangely this morning. She possibly couldn’t be having a hangover it would take a youkai more alcohol to suffer. It must be because she received a text from Shinichi' Sesshoumaru thought with a frown of annoyance and disgust as he looked straight into Kanna’s dark eyes.
Without saying a word, he nodded towards the two girls and headed towards the door of the kitchen.
“Wait Sesshoumaru!” Kagura called after him. She took her daughter off her knees and settled Kanna on the chair next to her, as she stood up.
“What is it?” The dog demon asked mildly annoyed. He was sure he would be getting to work late, and he was not keen on telling Inuyasha and Miroku the reason for his tardiness was that he had decided to cook breakfast for his two house guests.
‘I still wonder why I even bothered…’ He thought himself surprised by his own behavior. For some reason he had simply wanted to do something nice for Kagura and take care of her for a change. Sesshoumaru could not shake the feeling that something bad would take place between Kagura and her supposed boyfriend, and he wanted to make her feel good, just in case.
“You’re already leaving? You’re not getting some breakfast?” Kagura asked concerned.
“No. This Sesshoumaru is already running late” He explained a faint unchecked smile touching his lips as he noticed Kagura's worried frown.
“Okay. I’ve got a small favor to ask of you. Do you think you could come home early and look after Kanna while a go out for a little while?” Kagura asked trying to sound as sweet as possible.
“Why?” the dog demon questioned raising an eyebrow in curiosity.
“My my you’ve been bitten by the curious bug lately, haven’t you? No matter. If you must know, I’ve got some shopping to do. I want everything to be perfect for Shin’s return, so I need to buy a new dress for me and for Kanna too! I know the doc said it was okay, but she’s still recovering, so I don’t want to take her out too much.” Kagura explained a warm smile on her lips.
“Fine” Sesshoumaru simply stated as he resumed his walk towards his front door. To his dismay, he realized that he simply could not brush off Kagura when she was smiling at him so genuinely.
“Damn troublesome woman” He muttered under his breath as he closed the front door behind him.
*End of Flashback*
‘She really is a damned troublesome woman’ The dog demon thought as he took Kanna in his arms. “Let’s see what I can feed you” He added as the two of them walked towards the kitchen. For some reason he felt sure take out from his favorite Chinese restaurant would not fit the recovering little girl…
The two demons never made it to the kitchen, as the sound of the front door being swung opened caught their attention. Sesshoumaru turned around and was not surprised to see Kagura stroll into the living room with shopping bags in arms. As he saw the wind witch, the dog demon deposited Kanna safely on the ground.
“Hey you two. Sorry it took me so long.” The wind sorceress said as she walked towards the guest bedroom.
She reappeared empty handed and stopped in front of her daughter. Kagura scooped Kanna in her arms and settled her on her hip.
“Did you have dinner yet?” The pale blond infant shook her head negatively to answer her mother.
“Why am I not surprised?…” Kagura trailed off with a mocking smirk before she took Kanna to the kitchen. Sesshoumaru did not answer her jab and merely scoffed as he tuned his back to the two demoness and resumed his seat on the living room couch.
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“So how do we look?” The wind sorceress asked as she and Kanna walked into the living room. Right after dinner the two of them had disappeared to get ready for as Kagura had said “a small fashion show”.
In order to look good for Shin’s return, Kagura had used the last of the money Abi had given her when she had fired her, and the wind sorceress really hoped she had made a sound investment. She had gone to the hair dresser and had the natural wavy texture of her hair accentuated because she intended to let her hair unbound, as she knew this was the way Shin liked it the most. She had also purchased a new dress for both Kanna and her. She knew that her daughter would look pretty and cute in the white dress she had bought for her, but the wind sorceress was unsure of the sapphire blue gown she had bought for herself.
“I know what you’re going to say: This Sesshoumaru has no interest in your appearance… I would ask another male, but you’re the only person available, and I doubt the opinion of Toutousai, the senile manager of your apartment complex would be trustworthy.” The wind sorceress said as she planted herself in front of Sesshoumaru, her hands on her hips.
It took the dog demon some time before he could respond, after all he had to make sure his indifferent and cold mask was still in place.
“You are acceptable looking” Sesshoumaru said before averting his gaze from Kagura’s very appealing body, to his plasma screen.
The dog demon was not paying attention to the images of the newscast playing on the screen. No, as much as he tried he knew that the image of Kagura in her blue dress would haunt him for a long time. The neckline of the gown left the wind sorceress’s left creamy shoulder bare, all the way down to her clavicle. On the other hand the right sleeve was long and ample enough to cover her skin all the way to her elbow, as if tempting him to roll up the blue smooth satin material to reveal her skin inch by potent inch.
The tighter fit of the dress's middle embraced Kagura's narrow waist, generous breasts and round hips perfectly. Even if contrary to the first time he had seen Kagura, her dress today was long enough to cover the smooth skin of her long legs, along with most of her cleavage, the dog demon did not find her any less sexy, if not even more attractive.
More than her appealing curves, the one thing he was sure that did him in was Kagura's hair. He had never seen it unbound, and never could have guessed how long and wavy her luscious dark tresses were. Earlier as he looked at the wind sorceress turning around, the action causing her locks to fly everywhere, Sesshoumaru had wanted to bury his nose in the heavy dark waves.
“Acceptable?!” Her screech snapped him out of his contemplative daze.
“That’s it? Just acceptable!” Kagura protested in outrage, fuming as she saw the blank expression on Sesshoumaru’s face. She had not expected him to start fawning over her, but she would have enjoyed seeing him react a little more to her improved appearance. The wind sorceress had of course no idea of exactly how much she in truth had affected her host.
“Damn it Sesshoumaru! Do you know how much this dress cost me?... Whatever anyway I should know better than ask fashion advice from an ice block, I thought that at least as a man you could recognize quality when you saw it…” Her frown disappeared s something occurred to her.
“Then again maybe you can’t see me as a woman since I’m your friend and all. Yep that would explain it!” She exclaimed glad to have reached a sensible reason for the dog demon’s lack of reaction.
“Well come on Kanna-chan, let’s leave Mr. Indifferent alone with his TV and put you to bed” Kagura said with a slight pout as she took her infant in her arms and walked towards the guest bedroom.
For some reason she just could not identify, the wind sorceress realized that the fact that she apparently left Sesshoumaru indifferent unnerved her more than she cared to admit.
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‘The witch called me her… friend? We are not friends!’ The dog demon grumbled in his head as he averted his eyes from the open magazine resting on his knees to look at Kagura who was carefully applying a pale pink colored nail polish on her toes. The wind sorceress was wearing a pair of short shorts which accentuated the curve of her backside. And the way she was leaning forward and contorting her body made it all the more apparent to the dog demon.
Noticing that he was ogling the wind sorceress, Sesshoumaru almost slapped himself.
“Hey Sessh, could you help me with something?” Kagura asked as she turned her head towards the dog demon. Inferring that his lack of verbal response was a mark of compliance she added “I’m right handed, so I’m never able to properly apply nail polish on my right hand…”
“No” Sesshoumaru interrupted her. He could already easily tell what Kagura wanted him to do, and he was not willing to do it.
“Come on it’s not that bad. You’re an artist, so think of it as painting or something.” The wind sorceress protested. Noticing that Sesshoumaru was glaring at her, she tried another approach and smiling seductively said “Friends help each other, don’t they?”
“Since when are we friends?” He retorted sharply.
“Let’s see. We’re living together, you pretty much saved my and my daughter’s lives, and we have told each other things I’m sure we never told anyone before… yep that to me would fall under the definition of friendship” Kagura said with a small grin before knocking aside the magazine Sesshoumaru had feigned to be reading, and placing her nail polish in his hand. The dog demon did not prevent her from doing so.
“Come on don’t look so unhappy, my friend” Kagura mocked as the dog demon applied some of the pale color on the nail of her right thumb. “Stop pouting, you’re doing a great job, I knew you’d be a natural” Kagura teased him.
Sesshoumaru raised his eyes from his handiwork to glare at the wind sorceress. “This Sesshoumaru does not pout” He informed her dryly.
“Could have fooled me” Kagura said with a shrug. “Besides I’m helping you pick up some useful skills, girls love to be pampered.” At hearing Kagura’s remark, the dog demon stopped applying the nail polish and raised his head from Kagura’s delicate fingers to look angrily at her. Seeing his reaction she merely chuckled.
“Say Sessh? I’ve been wondering, are you single?” The wind sorceress asked casually, even if to her surprise she was burning to know the answer.
“Yes” He simply answered not moving his eyes from Kagura’s nails.
“Why?” The wind sorceress asked in surprise. Her question was greeted by complete silence, so she felt compelled to add “Don’t tell me you consider yourself too good to be with anyone… then again it wouldn’t surprise me, you’re a smug one after all” She added with a shrug.
“You know if you have someone in mind; it’s okay don’t worry about Kanna and me, you can bring that person home. And just so you know whether it's a she or a he doesn't matter to me, I’m pretty opened minded.” The infuriated glare she earned from the dog demon for this remark only made Kagura’s amusement grow.
“You wouldn’t have to worry, I’ll just say I’m your sister or whatever” Kagura said doing her best to control the bubbling laughter due to the dog demon’s outraged expression, she could feel building in her throat.
“I know a girl, she’s very cute, a little on the gold digging side, but Yura’s great. I could introduce the two of you…” Kagura said with a smirk.
“Not interested!” Sesshoumaru snapped.
“Argh! You’re not helping, you know that? I only have two days left in your company, and I may be a wind sorceress but even I can’t perform miracles. I mean it’s like in the movies: we meet in a crazy situation, you save me and in return I make your life all better and help you find the love of your life! But due to your anti social tendencies I doubt I’ll be able to fulfill my end of the bargain.” Kagura exclaimed in faked sorrow.
For fear of making the situation awkward, even if Sesshoumaru wanted to, he did not point out to Kagura that in most such movies, her character would have been ‘the love of his life’. He merely continued working in silence, eager to be done with Kagura's nails and be left alone.
As she admired the dog demon’s final work, Kagura smiled appreciatively. “If you’re ever tired of advertising, you can take manicurist as a new job” She then playfully blew on her nails trying to make them dry faster.
“Do not push your luck witch!” The inu youkai remarked dryly, even if in truth at seeing Kagura’s mirthful smile, he could not sound as angry as he intended.
“What luck? I’m serious! Look at your work” Kagura told him as she flung her nails in front of his eyes, wiggling them just to spite him.
“This color does not even suit you” he answered as he gently batted her hand away.
“Really?” She asked interested. What would be more fitting than light pink? Oh do please advise me wise one” Kagura asked a lopsided grin on her lips.
“Long blood red nails” The dog demon answered without flinching. ‘The kind of nails that can leave deep welts in a man’s back.’ The dog demon thought to himself, then horrified by his own line of lustful thoughts he mentally added ‘Where did that come from?!’
In truth Sesshoumaru knew where exactly his thoughts came from, the fact that he found his ‘friend’ eye-catching.
‘I don’t even know why she occupies my thoughts so much. I should just get her in my bed, and forget all about the witch. Just like I used to do with any woman I found attractive’ The dog demon thought. ‘But it would be different with her…’ He added before groaning as he realized where his thoughts had taken him.
‘Of course it would be different she is a mother and as much as an incompetent bastard he may be, she does have a boyfriend’ the dog demon thought before forcing away his thoughts of the witch.
“How strange, I didn’t know you did mind reading too. In truth I used to have long nails, but taking care of an infant destroyed that, and I also always wore red nail polish, but Shinichi likes pale colors better” Kagura said thoughtfully.
'The way he manages to make such a strong headed woman bend over backwards to please his ridiculous tastes is infuriating.' The golden eyed demon thought unnerved.
The words were barely out of her mouth that Kagura heard her phone ring. She smiled brightly as she reached over to her purse. Cursing as she was sure rummaging in her bag would ruin the freshly applied color to her nails, the wind sorceress carefully fished out her cell phone. The small smile she had on was wiped off as she read the text she had just received.
“What is it?” Sesshoumaru asked noticing Kagura’s dampened expression.
“It’s from Shin, he’s pushing back his return, a family emergency” Kagura said with a heavy sigh, trying not to sound as down as she truly was.
‘As if he didn’t have his family here…’ Sesshoumaru thought angrily.
“Don’t tell me you are truly surprised...” The dog demon said walking towards the wind sorceress. As much as he wanted to damn himself for it, Sesshoumaru could not stand seeing such a sad expression on Kagura’s face.
“What is that supposed to mean?” The wind demoness asked with fury in her eyes. She was angry at her boyfriend, and was projecting her feelings on the demon right in front of her.
“What I just said” Noticing confusion painted on Kagura’s face the inu youkai elaborated. “The way you foolishly hold on to this man is pathetic. If he has made no effort to see you in the past three years, why would things change now?” Sesshoumaru asked with a shrug.
Kagura glared daggers at Sesshoumaru, as her anger grew, a little wind picked up in the dog demon’s living room. Kagura repressed the urge to slap the man sitting in front of her.
“How dare you? You don’t know anything about Shin and me!” Kagura protested angrily.
“Indeed nor do I care.” the dog demon lied. Fortunately for him, Kagura was not paying enough attention to notice his deceit. Sesshoumaru got to his feet and walked around Kagura, just as he was about to head towards his bedroom, the wind sorceress interrupted him by walking ahead of him, and planting herself in his way.
“Shinichi and I may not be the best couple, but at least we have each other. It’s better than being a recluse haughty dog demon who considers himself too good to be with anybody, and who enjoys giving unsolicited life lessons to people!” Kagura snapped barely taking the time to breathe. She realized that she was being mean and unfair to Sesshoumaru, but she was angry and wanted to hurt him.
“I may be alone, but are you any different? Where was your precious man when you needed him? Where was he to protect you from your father? Where was he when you could not afford treatment for your daughter's sickness? Nowhere in sight! It may be hard for you to realize it, but he has abandoned you and your daughter a long time ago, and that is the most despicable thing any man could ever do” Sesshoumaru said. He usually was not a verbal man, when he was irritated he managed to keep it all in, but there was just something about Kagura that made him want to act, to help, to care.
‘How can she just still care about him? Believe in him?! Is it what they call love? If it is, then it indeed is a stupid and useless emotion’ Sesshoumaru thought angry beyond words.
“I told you to stop judging Shin and me. You don’t know anything about our situation? How could you anyway? It’s quite obvious you had a nice cushioned childhood with rich loving parents.” She said bitterly before adding on a scornful tone with shinning teary crimson eyes. “So yeah it’s hard for someone with a perfect life to know how I must feel.”
“Do not presume to talk about which you know nothing on. Unlike what you may think, I did not have the perfect golden childhood you may believe I had. I was barely older than your daughter when my father left my mother, so yes; I do how it is to grow up without a father, which is what you are making your daughter go through!”
‘At least when father left mother, he made sure to let me know he still cared about me, which is more than Shinichi seems to have done for his daughter’ Sesshoumaru thought boiling rage running through his veins. The dog demon was not sure where all his feelings of anger and hate were coming from, but he knew that he would need to go out and clear his head, lest he did something he would regret later on.
“Don’t bring Kanna into this!” She protested.
“Why not? She is involved. Besides I only do because I care about…” He suddenly interrupted himself. ‘I need to get out of here before I say something that I’ll regret later on.’
Kagura was shocked by Sesshoumaru’s sudden confession. She had always pictured that someone as rich as him had to have had a happy childhood. She did not know what to tell him. She tried to say something, apologize, but she could not form any words in her mind. Beside the angered expression in Sesshoumaru’s eyes scared her.
The inu youkai looked down at the infuriating demoness with fury painted in his golden orbs. Not willing to continue their argument, he turned around and silently walked over to the front door. Completely tuning out the wind sorceress he took his coat and walked out of the apartment, slamming the door shut behind him.
‘I shouldn’t care so much for the witch. I simply need to get a woman tonight, and then I will be able to get over these troublesome emotions inside me. All I feel for her is lust, which can be easily overcome...’ The dog demon thought as he took the elevator down from his penthouse.
Sesshoumaru fished the keys to his car from the pockets of his coat and headed towards the parking lot of his apartment complex. He knew of a nearby bar, where the women were beautiful, the drinks were good, and the atmosphere even better
To be continued…
A/N: Why is it that every time they get close something comes up? What is Sesshy going to do tonight? Is it going to make him forget all about Kagura? And what’s up with Shinichi? Find out in the next chapter named Distractions.
A/N: My fingers just couldn’t stop typing, so here’s an extra long chapter.
Also I’m sorry if I may have confused you in the past, but here are the ages of the main characters:
Kagura: 22 years old.
Kanna: 2 ½ years old.
Sesshoumau: 26 years old.
Much love to my dear reviewers:
On Fanfic.net
Killersupergirl Here’s your update, just like you asked)
Sychotic
Ngoc Chau
Sesshkagufan13
Jinxy-sama
Psycho-pyro-shrink
Foxfire7< br> WindWitch00 (Glad to see you’re back^_^)
Flam1ng1c3 (x2 Nice to get a new reviewer)
Sesshkagluv (I love getting new reviewers, and getting long reviews! You addressed so much that I doubt I can answer everything. Who is the true Shin? A clumsy young father or a selfish jerk? Good question. Answers will be given soon, very soon. You are right there is much more to Kagura’s past she has yet to reveal. And Sessh? He’s just too proud for his own good, and the idea of needing help is foreign to him. That’s why he reacted as he did)
Klv (Yes do look more into the Sessh/Kagura ship, they’re quite fun if you give them a try. Very good observations. What is the deal with Shinichi? Things will be explained… eventually.)
BlackMagicWhiteMagic
XelaKitsune
Krad
< br> On MM.org
Sovereignty (Thank for being my one, only and consistent reviewer on Media Miner! Big kisses.)
“Talking”
‘Thoughts’
Disclaimer: If I owned Inuyasha, Sesshy and Kagura would be happily mated and working on silver haired baby number three by now…
Sesshoumaru looked at his wrist watch and frowned as he noticed it already was seven in the evening, His golden gaze then went up to linger on his plasma TV. The dog demon sighed, a blank expression on his handsome face. He turned towards Kanna who was sitting on the couch next to him, and almost smirked as he noticed that she had a similar bored expression on her face.
‘These children TV programs even manage to bore a child…’ He thought before letting out a long suffering sigh of pure boredom.
The dog demon wondered how he had let Kagura talk him into babysitting Kanna while she went out for a while. Since she had been absent for quite a long stretch of time, Sesshoumaru inferred Kagura’s definition of “a short while” differed from his.
He was pulled out of his reflection as he felt something tugging at his sleeve. Looking down to his left where Kanna was settled, Sesshoumaru was not surprised to find the young girl’s fingers clenching the white material of his shirt.
“Hungry” Kanna breathed out looking straight into Sesshoumaru’s amber eyes.
He groaned in despair before asking “What do you want to eat?” Kanna simply kept on staring at him in silence.
‘Figures that the damned witch’s daughter would not be helpful’ Sesshoumaru thought in annoyance. ‘It is Kagura’s fault, she is the one who left me in such a predicament’ He growled under his breath as he remembered what had happened a few hours before.
*Flashback*
“Aren’t you happy Kanna-chan? You’re going to meet your daddy” Kagura said with a bright smile. The wind sorceress was sitting at Sesshoumaru’s dinning room table, bouncing her daughter on her knees.
“Here” The dog demon grunted as he placed a plate of scrambled eggs in front of the wind sorceress.
“Thank you Sesshoumaru, we really appreciate you fixing breakfast for us” Kagura said before adding “Say thank you too Kanna.”
Not wanting to disobey her mother, the little girl quickly complied. Kanna uttered a faint “Thank you” as she stared straight into her host’s golden orbs.
“No need to thank me. Witch you need more meat on your bones, so eat.” The dog demon said as he eyed the wind sorceress suspiciously.
Kanna looked at Sesshoumaru with a warm glint in her eyes. She did not quite understand what had gone on in the past few days, but what she knew for sure was that she liked spending time with Sesshoumaru.
‘Don’t look at me like that. I wish I knew why your mother is acting so strangely this morning. She possibly couldn’t be having a hangover it would take a youkai more alcohol to suffer. It must be because she received a text from Shinichi' Sesshoumaru thought with a frown of annoyance and disgust as he looked straight into Kanna’s dark eyes.
Without saying a word, he nodded towards the two girls and headed towards the door of the kitchen.
“Wait Sesshoumaru!” Kagura called after him. She took her daughter off her knees and settled Kanna on the chair next to her, as she stood up.
“What is it?” The dog demon asked mildly annoyed. He was sure he would be getting to work late, and he was not keen on telling Inuyasha and Miroku the reason for his tardiness was that he had decided to cook breakfast for his two house guests.
‘I still wonder why I even bothered…’ He thought himself surprised by his own behavior. For some reason he had simply wanted to do something nice for Kagura and take care of her for a change. Sesshoumaru could not shake the feeling that something bad would take place between Kagura and her supposed boyfriend, and he wanted to make her feel good, just in case.
“You’re already leaving? You’re not getting some breakfast?” Kagura asked concerned.
“No. This Sesshoumaru is already running late” He explained a faint unchecked smile touching his lips as he noticed Kagura's worried frown.
“Okay. I’ve got a small favor to ask of you. Do you think you could come home early and look after Kanna while a go out for a little while?” Kagura asked trying to sound as sweet as possible.
“Why?” the dog demon questioned raising an eyebrow in curiosity.
“My my you’ve been bitten by the curious bug lately, haven’t you? No matter. If you must know, I’ve got some shopping to do. I want everything to be perfect for Shin’s return, so I need to buy a new dress for me and for Kanna too! I know the doc said it was okay, but she’s still recovering, so I don’t want to take her out too much.” Kagura explained a warm smile on her lips.
“Fine” Sesshoumaru simply stated as he resumed his walk towards his front door. To his dismay, he realized that he simply could not brush off Kagura when she was smiling at him so genuinely.
“Damn troublesome woman” He muttered under his breath as he closed the front door behind him.
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‘She really is a damned troublesome woman’ The dog demon thought as he took Kanna in his arms. “Let’s see what I can feed you” He added as the two of them walked towards the kitchen. For some reason he felt sure take out from his favorite Chinese restaurant would not fit the recovering little girl…
The two demons never made it to the kitchen, as the sound of the front door being swung opened caught their attention. Sesshoumaru turned around and was not surprised to see Kagura stroll into the living room with shopping bags in arms. As he saw the wind witch, the dog demon deposited Kanna safely on the ground.
“Hey you two. Sorry it took me so long.” The wind sorceress said as she walked towards the guest bedroom.
She reappeared empty handed and stopped in front of her daughter. Kagura scooped Kanna in her arms and settled her on her hip.
“Did you have dinner yet?” The pale blond infant shook her head negatively to answer her mother.
“Why am I not surprised?…” Kagura trailed off with a mocking smirk before she took Kanna to the kitchen. Sesshoumaru did not answer her jab and merely scoffed as he tuned his back to the two demoness and resumed his seat on the living room couch.
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“So how do we look?” The wind sorceress asked as she and Kanna walked into the living room. Right after dinner the two of them had disappeared to get ready for as Kagura had said “a small fashion show”.
In order to look good for Shin’s return, Kagura had used the last of the money Abi had given her when she had fired her, and the wind sorceress really hoped she had made a sound investment. She had gone to the hair dresser and had the natural wavy texture of her hair accentuated because she intended to let her hair unbound, as she knew this was the way Shin liked it the most. She had also purchased a new dress for both Kanna and her. She knew that her daughter would look pretty and cute in the white dress she had bought for her, but the wind sorceress was unsure of the sapphire blue gown she had bought for herself.
“I know what you’re going to say: This Sesshoumaru has no interest in your appearance… I would ask another male, but you’re the only person available, and I doubt the opinion of Toutousai, the senile manager of your apartment complex would be trustworthy.” The wind sorceress said as she planted herself in front of Sesshoumaru, her hands on her hips.
It took the dog demon some time before he could respond, after all he had to make sure his indifferent and cold mask was still in place.
“You are acceptable looking” Sesshoumaru said before averting his gaze from Kagura’s very appealing body, to his plasma screen.
The dog demon was not paying attention to the images of the newscast playing on the screen. No, as much as he tried he knew that the image of Kagura in her blue dress would haunt him for a long time. The neckline of the gown left the wind sorceress’s left creamy shoulder bare, all the way down to her clavicle. On the other hand the right sleeve was long and ample enough to cover her skin all the way to her elbow, as if tempting him to roll up the blue smooth satin material to reveal her skin inch by potent inch.
The tighter fit of the dress's middle embraced Kagura's narrow waist, generous breasts and round hips perfectly. Even if contrary to the first time he had seen Kagura, her dress today was long enough to cover the smooth skin of her long legs, along with most of her cleavage, the dog demon did not find her any less sexy, if not even more attractive.
More than her appealing curves, the one thing he was sure that did him in was Kagura's hair. He had never seen it unbound, and never could have guessed how long and wavy her luscious dark tresses were. Earlier as he looked at the wind sorceress turning around, the action causing her locks to fly everywhere, Sesshoumaru had wanted to bury his nose in the heavy dark waves.
“Acceptable?!” Her screech snapped him out of his contemplative daze.
“That’s it? Just acceptable!” Kagura protested in outrage, fuming as she saw the blank expression on Sesshoumaru’s face. She had not expected him to start fawning over her, but she would have enjoyed seeing him react a little more to her improved appearance. The wind sorceress had of course no idea of exactly how much she in truth had affected her host.
“Damn it Sesshoumaru! Do you know how much this dress cost me?... Whatever anyway I should know better than ask fashion advice from an ice block, I thought that at least as a man you could recognize quality when you saw it…” Her frown disappeared s something occurred to her.
“Then again maybe you can’t see me as a woman since I’m your friend and all. Yep that would explain it!” She exclaimed glad to have reached a sensible reason for the dog demon’s lack of reaction.
“Well come on Kanna-chan, let’s leave Mr. Indifferent alone with his TV and put you to bed” Kagura said with a slight pout as she took her infant in her arms and walked towards the guest bedroom.
For some reason she just could not identify, the wind sorceress realized that the fact that she apparently left Sesshoumaru indifferent unnerved her more than she cared to admit.
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‘The witch called me her… friend? We are not friends!’ The dog demon grumbled in his head as he averted his eyes from the open magazine resting on his knees to look at Kagura who was carefully applying a pale pink colored nail polish on her toes. The wind sorceress was wearing a pair of short shorts which accentuated the curve of her backside. And the way she was leaning forward and contorting her body made it all the more apparent to the dog demon.
Noticing that he was ogling the wind sorceress, Sesshoumaru almost slapped himself.
“Hey Sessh, could you help me with something?” Kagura asked as she turned her head towards the dog demon. Inferring that his lack of verbal response was a mark of compliance she added “I’m right handed, so I’m never able to properly apply nail polish on my right hand…”
“No” Sesshoumaru interrupted her. He could already easily tell what Kagura wanted him to do, and he was not willing to do it.
“Come on it’s not that bad. You’re an artist, so think of it as painting or something.” The wind sorceress protested. Noticing that Sesshoumaru was glaring at her, she tried another approach and smiling seductively said “Friends help each other, don’t they?”
“Since when are we friends?” He retorted sharply.
“Let’s see. We’re living together, you pretty much saved my and my daughter’s lives, and we have told each other things I’m sure we never told anyone before… yep that to me would fall under the definition of friendship” Kagura said with a small grin before knocking aside the magazine Sesshoumaru had feigned to be reading, and placing her nail polish in his hand. The dog demon did not prevent her from doing so.
“Come on don’t look so unhappy, my friend” Kagura mocked as the dog demon applied some of the pale color on the nail of her right thumb. “Stop pouting, you’re doing a great job, I knew you’d be a natural” Kagura teased him.
Sesshoumaru raised his eyes from his handiwork to glare at the wind sorceress. “This Sesshoumaru does not pout” He informed her dryly.
“Could have fooled me” Kagura said with a shrug. “Besides I’m helping you pick up some useful skills, girls love to be pampered.” At hearing Kagura’s remark, the dog demon stopped applying the nail polish and raised his head from Kagura’s delicate fingers to look angrily at her. Seeing his reaction she merely chuckled.
“Say Sessh? I’ve been wondering, are you single?” The wind sorceress asked casually, even if to her surprise she was burning to know the answer.
“Yes” He simply answered not moving his eyes from Kagura’s nails.
“Why?” The wind sorceress asked in surprise. Her question was greeted by complete silence, so she felt compelled to add “Don’t tell me you consider yourself too good to be with anyone… then again it wouldn’t surprise me, you’re a smug one after all” She added with a shrug.
“You know if you have someone in mind; it’s okay don’t worry about Kanna and me, you can bring that person home. And just so you know whether it's a she or a he doesn't matter to me, I’m pretty opened minded.” The infuriated glare she earned from the dog demon for this remark only made Kagura’s amusement grow.
“You wouldn’t have to worry, I’ll just say I’m your sister or whatever” Kagura said doing her best to control the bubbling laughter due to the dog demon’s outraged expression, she could feel building in her throat.
“I know a girl, she’s very cute, a little on the gold digging side, but Yura’s great. I could introduce the two of you…” Kagura said with a smirk.
“Not interested!” Sesshoumaru snapped.
“Argh! You’re not helping, you know that? I only have two days left in your company, and I may be a wind sorceress but even I can’t perform miracles. I mean it’s like in the movies: we meet in a crazy situation, you save me and in return I make your life all better and help you find the love of your life! But due to your anti social tendencies I doubt I’ll be able to fulfill my end of the bargain.” Kagura exclaimed in faked sorrow.
For fear of making the situation awkward, even if Sesshoumaru wanted to, he did not point out to Kagura that in most such movies, her character would have been ‘the love of his life’. He merely continued working in silence, eager to be done with Kagura's nails and be left alone.
As she admired the dog demon’s final work, Kagura smiled appreciatively. “If you’re ever tired of advertising, you can take manicurist as a new job” She then playfully blew on her nails trying to make them dry faster.
“Do not push your luck witch!” The inu youkai remarked dryly, even if in truth at seeing Kagura’s mirthful smile, he could not sound as angry as he intended.
“What luck? I’m serious! Look at your work” Kagura told him as she flung her nails in front of his eyes, wiggling them just to spite him.
“This color does not even suit you” he answered as he gently batted her hand away.
“Really?” She asked interested. What would be more fitting than light pink? Oh do please advise me wise one” Kagura asked a lopsided grin on her lips.
“Long blood red nails” The dog demon answered without flinching. ‘The kind of nails that can leave deep welts in a man’s back.’ The dog demon thought to himself, then horrified by his own line of lustful thoughts he mentally added ‘Where did that come from?!’
In truth Sesshoumaru knew where exactly his thoughts came from, the fact that he found his ‘friend’ eye-catching.
‘I don’t even know why she occupies my thoughts so much. I should just get her in my bed, and forget all about the witch. Just like I used to do with any woman I found attractive’ The dog demon thought. ‘But it would be different with her…’ He added before groaning as he realized where his thoughts had taken him.
‘Of course it would be different she is a mother and as much as an incompetent bastard he may be, she does have a boyfriend’ the dog demon thought before forcing away his thoughts of the witch.
“How strange, I didn’t know you did mind reading too. In truth I used to have long nails, but taking care of an infant destroyed that, and I also always wore red nail polish, but Shinichi likes pale colors better” Kagura said thoughtfully.
'The way he manages to make such a strong headed woman bend over backwards to please his ridiculous tastes is infuriating.' The golden eyed demon thought unnerved.
The words were barely out of her mouth that Kagura heard her phone ring. She smiled brightly as she reached over to her purse. Cursing as she was sure rummaging in her bag would ruin the freshly applied color to her nails, the wind sorceress carefully fished out her cell phone. The small smile she had on was wiped off as she read the text she had just received.
“What is it?” Sesshoumaru asked noticing Kagura’s dampened expression.
“It’s from Shin, he’s pushing back his return, a family emergency” Kagura said with a heavy sigh, trying not to sound as down as she truly was.
‘As if he didn’t have his family here…’ Sesshoumaru thought angrily.
“Don’t tell me you are truly surprised...” The dog demon said walking towards the wind sorceress. As much as he wanted to damn himself for it, Sesshoumaru could not stand seeing such a sad expression on Kagura’s face.
“What is that supposed to mean?” The wind demoness asked with fury in her eyes. She was angry at her boyfriend, and was projecting her feelings on the demon right in front of her.
“What I just said” Noticing confusion painted on Kagura’s face the inu youkai elaborated. “The way you foolishly hold on to this man is pathetic. If he has made no effort to see you in the past three years, why would things change now?” Sesshoumaru asked with a shrug.
Kagura glared daggers at Sesshoumaru, as her anger grew, a little wind picked up in the dog demon’s living room. Kagura repressed the urge to slap the man sitting in front of her.
“How dare you? You don’t know anything about Shin and me!” Kagura protested angrily.
“Indeed nor do I care.” the dog demon lied. Fortunately for him, Kagura was not paying enough attention to notice his deceit. Sesshoumaru got to his feet and walked around Kagura, just as he was about to head towards his bedroom, the wind sorceress interrupted him by walking ahead of him, and planting herself in his way.
“Shinichi and I may not be the best couple, but at least we have each other. It’s better than being a recluse haughty dog demon who considers himself too good to be with anybody, and who enjoys giving unsolicited life lessons to people!” Kagura snapped barely taking the time to breathe. She realized that she was being mean and unfair to Sesshoumaru, but she was angry and wanted to hurt him.
“I may be alone, but are you any different? Where was your precious man when you needed him? Where was he to protect you from your father? Where was he when you could not afford treatment for your daughter's sickness? Nowhere in sight! It may be hard for you to realize it, but he has abandoned you and your daughter a long time ago, and that is the most despicable thing any man could ever do” Sesshoumaru said. He usually was not a verbal man, when he was irritated he managed to keep it all in, but there was just something about Kagura that made him want to act, to help, to care.
‘How can she just still care about him? Believe in him?! Is it what they call love? If it is, then it indeed is a stupid and useless emotion’ Sesshoumaru thought angry beyond words.
“I told you to stop judging Shin and me. You don’t know anything about our situation? How could you anyway? It’s quite obvious you had a nice cushioned childhood with rich loving parents.” She said bitterly before adding on a scornful tone with shinning teary crimson eyes. “So yeah it’s hard for someone with a perfect life to know how I must feel.”
“Do not presume to talk about which you know nothing on. Unlike what you may think, I did not have the perfect golden childhood you may believe I had. I was barely older than your daughter when my father left my mother, so yes; I do how it is to grow up without a father, which is what you are making your daughter go through!”
‘At least when father left mother, he made sure to let me know he still cared about me, which is more than Shinichi seems to have done for his daughter’ Sesshoumaru thought boiling rage running through his veins. The dog demon was not sure where all his feelings of anger and hate were coming from, but he knew that he would need to go out and clear his head, lest he did something he would regret later on.
“Don’t bring Kanna into this!” She protested.
“Why not? She is involved. Besides I only do because I care about…” He suddenly interrupted himself. ‘I need to get out of here before I say something that I’ll regret later on.’
Kagura was shocked by Sesshoumaru’s sudden confession. She had always pictured that someone as rich as him had to have had a happy childhood. She did not know what to tell him. She tried to say something, apologize, but she could not form any words in her mind. Beside the angered expression in Sesshoumaru’s eyes scared her.
The inu youkai looked down at the infuriating demoness with fury painted in his golden orbs. Not willing to continue their argument, he turned around and silently walked over to the front door. Completely tuning out the wind sorceress he took his coat and walked out of the apartment, slamming the door shut behind him.
‘I shouldn’t care so much for the witch. I simply need to get a woman tonight, and then I will be able to get over these troublesome emotions inside me. All I feel for her is lust, which can be easily overcome...’ The dog demon thought as he took the elevator down from his penthouse.
Sesshoumaru fished the keys to his car from the pockets of his coat and headed towards the parking lot of his apartment complex. He knew of a nearby bar, where the women were beautiful, the drinks were good, and the atmosphere even better
To be continued…
A/N: Why is it that every time they get close something comes up? What is Sesshy going to do tonight? Is it going to make him forget all about Kagura? And what’s up with Shinichi? Find out in the next chapter named Distractions.