InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Special delivery ❯ Safe haven ( Chapter 55 )

Chapter 55: Safe haven

 

 

A/N: I'm glad I managed to trick you with the almost lemon he he he. Is it time for our two love birds to be reunited for good? We shall see…

 

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“Talking”

`Thoughts'

 

 

On his way to his bathroom he divested himself of his clothing. He did feel slightly guilty at seeing how he had carelessly thrown his clothes around.

'Kagura would have my head had she been here.' He smiled fondly remembering how the wind sorceress would always insist he place his clothes in the hamper, not on the floor of his apartment.

Eager to calm down his heated blood, he wasted no time, and turned on his shower. He shivered slightly, but let the cold water cool him down. Just as he reached for his soap, to his shock he heard the doorbell of his penthouse ring. He muffled a curse at having to shorten his much needed shower, but still decided to answer. Turning off the water, he quickly stepped out of his shower, and grabbed a towel on his way to the door. He took the time to tie the pieces of cloth around his waist before answering the relentless sound of his doorbell.

A gasp almost escaped his lips as he saw none other than Kagura standing on his doorstep.

'Please let it not be a dream.' He thought as he pinched his water slick arm. As the slight pain registered through him, he realized that he indeed was wide awake. However the reenactment of his earlier fantasy stopped when he noticed the tears pouring from Kagura's eyes.

"Kagura? What's wrong?" He asked concerned.

"Sesshoumaru. I need you." To his dismay she suddenly broke down in tears in front of him.

 

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After her confrontation with Sakura, Kagura could only think of escaping. She knew that she needed to go somewhere she would be safe, and only one place came to her mind. Before she even realized it, the wind sorceress found herself in front of the door of her safe haven. She was not sure how she had gotten there. Considering the large distance, she was sure she must have taken the bus, but she really could not remember doing it. Very soon she found herself back in Sesshoumaru's apartment, where she felt so at ease.

Now she sat next to her savior, comfortably settled on his couch, with him seated next to her, she finally managed to calm down and force the tears down. She was aware that the dog demon was waiting for her to speak, to explain herself, but could not bring forth enough strength to do it.

"It seems like I interrupted your shower." She said staring at the wall, her crimson eyes not daring to turn to stare at the half naked man next to her. Despite the turmoil she found herself in, his water slick naked torso was however very appealing to her. Not to mention that she was itching to run her fingers through his long mass of damp silver mane. She could still remember how soft his long hair felt under her touch even when wet.

"Kagura, why don't you start by explaining yourself? What happened? Is Kanna alright?" He asked worried. Last he had heard the wind sorceress was on her way to pick up her daughter, and Sesshoumaru feared something might have happened to the young child. He was sure that only Kanna being harmed could make Kagura look as distraught as she did now. After all he had been with her the two times she had to take her daughter to Suikotsu's clinic, and could easily remember the look of panic in Kagura's eyes.

'Kanna!' Kagura thought worriedly. 'I know I should go back to her, but I can't... not right now.' Getting out of her thoughts she turned to look up at the man who was next to her. She could tell that he was worried, and decided to calm him down. 'I haven't seen Kanna yet, but I'm sure she's fine. She's still at the shrine. I trust Hana and Kagome to take care of her.'

"Kanna is fine. She's still with Mrs. Higurashi." The wind sorceress simply said. Only thinking about her daughter made fresh tears come to her eyes. She could not imagine for one second that Sakura Fujibayashi was telling the truth about her parentage; especially due to the implications it could have for her daughter.

A sense of relief washing through him, Sesshoumaru reached for a side table where a box of tissues had been placed by the wind sorceress several weeks back, and extended it to Kagura. She gratefully wiped her tears and blew her nose before taking a calming deep breath.

"Are you feeling better now? Can you tell me what happened?" He asked staring down at the woman sitting next to him. He slightly shivered as a cool night breeze came in from the opened window and came in contact with his wet skin. After discovering Kagura at his doorstep, Sesshoumaru was so shocked that he did not even take the time to get dressed, nor towel himself dry; decisions he now slightly regretted.

"Yes… do you remember the woman I talked to you about? The void youkai who gave me advice on Kanna." She then almost scoffed at remembering the concern Sakura had shown towards her and her daughter. At Sesshoumaru's nod she added "Well she was at the restaurant when I dropped by to pick up my book." She then suddenly paused as the previous events came rushing back to her mind.

"And what happened then?" He probed her.

"Well she just went on to inform me that Naraku isn't my father, and that she should know since she's my mother, crazy no?!" Speaking the words out once more caused tears to brim in her eyes. 'Damn it! Why can't I stop these freaking tears? I've never looked so weak before. What's wrong with me?!'

Sesshoumaru intently stared at Kagura as he sucked in a breath in shock before asking "Could she be telling the truth?"

"I don't know." She breathed as she realized that speaking the words aloud made it seem even more real to her. "I really have no idea. Ever since she told me that, I've been going crazy in my head trying to remember anything, and scrap my brain to see if there could be an ounce of truth behind whatever she said. I don't have any memories of my mother, but that doesn't mean she could be telling the truth, does it?" The fact that Sakura had known about her birthmark, and the resemblance she shared with her and Kanna, scared Kagura a lot, and confused her.

"Based on the way you speak, it sounds as if you actually think there is a chance this Sakura might be telling the truth." He noted thoughtfully. Kagura's sudden appearance on his doorstep had shocked him, but her revelations had almost rendered him speechless.

'Even now Naraku still manages to torture her. I have no doubt he has something to do with this Fujibayashi woman. From the moment Kagura mentioned her long ago, I found her interest in Kanna suspicious.' The dog demon thought angered beyond words. As unnerved as he was he however did not let Kagura see his true feelings by fear of upsetting her more than she already was.

"I don't know, and it pisses me off! If she's right... if she's telling the truth… but then why come find me now?!" Kagura took to her feet as a feeling of anger and hatred burned through her, replacing her earlier confusion. "What would she suddenly come into my life, and fuck up everything? She had almost a quarter of a freaking century since I was born to come forward, so why now? Where was she when I would have needed her, and why would she let me live with Naraku? And why..." Realizing what she had just said, and that she sounded as if she wanted to know more about the mysterious void demoness, Kagura quickly added "In any case well if she's really my mother, then I don't need her... I've done very well without her. Kanna's doing good too, and we can do just fine without her, and her useless advice."

"Well at least if she is telling the truth, it might explain where Kanna got her void demon genes, and why she was so eager to advise you on her powers..." At his words Kagura's face turned into a frown.

"I hadn't even thought about that. I guess that's another proof that what she's saying is... I mean could be the truth..." She still hung to the idea that her life until that day had not been a complete lie.

Sesshoumaru silently observed her forlorn look before deciding that the best think she would need was a warm drink and a good night's sleep. "Maybe I should make you something to drink to help calm down your nerves. A tea maybe?" He asked rhetorically as he too stood up, paying care to keep his towel in place. Of course it wasn't anything Kagura had not seen before, but taking into consideration her present distressed situation, he was sure getting an eyeful of him was not something she would relish.

"That wouldn't help. I'd rather have some of that powerful whiskey you have in that cupboard on the left in the kitchen. Oh and also put some clothes on before you catch a freaking cold." She added a small smile appearing on her dark red lips.

"Dog demons as this Sesshoumaru do not get colds. Did I not tell you that already?" He asked regally just as with great flourish, he pushed a lock of wet silver hair out of his eye, the ironical contradiction between his action and his word caused Kagura to suddenly dissolve into laughter.

"I'm sorry." She managed to let out after a long minute of laughing uncontrollably. "I guess I not only missed you, but also you incomparable sense of humor. Thanks I needed a good laugh after my overdramatic afternoon." She let out as her laughter finally receded, even if more chuckles still escaped her throat.

Despite her mocking him so openly, the only thought registering in Sesshoumaru's brain at the moment was 'She missed me?' A pleased smile then appeared on his lips as the prospects of Kagura's unwilling revelation dawned on him. 'Perhaps we will be able to reconcile earlier than I originally thought.' He thought to himself, very pleased with the situation.

"I still think you should stick to tea, it will comfort you better than alcohol would. I suggest you also call Mrs. Higurashi to ask her to keep Kanna overnight while I go get dressed." He said on his way out to the kitchen.

"What? Why? I can go pick up Kanna. Now that I talked to you, and vented away, I feel much better. I can fetch Kanna then we can go home without any trouble. You don't have to worry or whatever, I'm sure I can handle myself." As appealing as the prospect of spending the night in Sesshoumaru's penthouse was, she knew it would not be wise.

"Kagura, I am not sure you noticed, but the time is rather late." He said his long clawed finger pointing to the time displayed on the clock on his wall. He knew that Kagura had indeed not noticed when he saw her beautiful crimson eyes open wide in shock.

"It's already 11 at night?!" She gasped. 'Damn I guess I must have gone wandering after I left the restaurant. I needed air, and wanted to clear up my mind... I was so distraught I didn't even see time pass by. Kanna must be fast asleep by now, and I wouldn't want to disturb her.'

"I'm sorry Sessh. I hadn't realized how late it was. I guess I was lucky you weren't sleeping yet." She sent him an apologetic look.

"You know I don't usually go to bed early." He reminded her. His words almost brought a red tinge to her cheeks, she remembered that it was only the nights they would make love that he would enjoy going to bed early.

"Yeah that's right. I was just a little out of it earlier, and your apartment was the only place I could think of going where I knew I'd be able to come and think..." She smiled gently at him. The more Kagura basked into his comforting presence and gentle words, the more she realized how much she had truly missed Sesshoumaru. Not only as a boyfriend and lover, or as a father figure for her daughter, but also really as her best friend. Now that she had revealed all of her past secrets to him, she felt like nothing could really stand in the way of them being a trusting, loving couple.

Sesshoumaru had to really fight himself lest he let a silly and very unbecoming grin appear on his lips. The fact that Kagura saw him as the one person she could go to in case of trouble, and that she needed him and knew she could count on him to be there for her, made him rejoice. He was not entirely sure why, but getting positive feedback and words of encouragement from her were a real pleasure to him.

The two of them merely stared at each other in complete silence for a long while, each lost in thoughts about the other. It was finally Kagura who broke the silent tension "Anyways we can discuss that later. Just go get dressed, you're distracting me." She remarked as a joke, but the interested light that suddenly appeared in his golden eyes led her to believe he had taken her words seriously.

"How so?" He breathed out. Suddenly memories of his previous dream came back to his mind, and he wondered if Kagura's lips tasted as sweet as he remembered, or if that too had been his imagination.

"Well you know... you're half naked… It's the mom in me, I worry about you getting a cold or something..." even to her own ears her excuse sounded weak. The truth was that despite her confused state, she could not curb the envy of running her hand down Sesshoumaru's naked chest.

"Since when does this Sesshoumaru trigger your motherly instincts?" He asked an eyebrow raised in mockery.

"Just shut up and go put some fucking clothes on!" She pointed in the direction of the bedroom they used to share, a bright red blush on her cheeks again. “I'll call Hana in the meantime.”

“Will you spend the night here?” He asked blandly, masking his excitement at the prospect.

“Yeah yeah whatever.” She masked a small smile as she fished her cell phone out of her purse. Even as she dialed, her eyes followed the naked flawless back of the dog demon who went to his bedroom to get dressed as she had suggested.

`At least he's always able to distract my mind when I need it the most…' She reflected, glad to have followed her instincts and come to Sesshoumaru's penthouse.

Kagura quickly phoned the Higurashi shrine, and was glad to have someone pick up the phone immediately.

“Higurashi shrine, this is Kagome speaking.”

“Hey Kags, it's Kagura. I'm sorry I didn't come pick up Kanna, or even call…”

“Kagura. Are you okay? I've been so worried. Your phone was turned off.” Kagome said relief clear in her voice.

“Sorry about that. Something just came up, but don't worry about me. I'll come pick up Kanna tomorrow morning before going to work at the center.”

“Where are you right now?” Her human friend asked her.

“Well… I'm actually with Sesshoumaru… in his penthouse.” The wind sorceress reluctantly admitted.

“Oh!” Kagome gasped, a full smile appearing on her lips. “Don't worry then, just enjoy yourself. I'll take care of Kanna as long as you want me. Have a very goodnight Kagura.” Without letting the wind witch say more, Kagome hung up the phone.

“Crazy girl…” Kagura said with a chuckle as a blush appeared on her cheek. She was sure Kagome was imagining that she and Sesshoumaru were engaging in a certain type of activity.

`I can't imagine what she would have said had I told her I had spent a half hour talking to a half naked Sesshoumaru.' The wind sorceress chuckled to herself. She then went over to the master bedroom of the apartment to rejoin said dog demon.

 

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For the first time in a long time, Sesshoumaru entertained the idea of paying attention to what he was going to wear, but he found the idea so ridiculous that he brushed it off and ended up slipping on his favorite silk pajamas. Of course the fact that Kagura had once remarked that its navy color suited him nicely was just a coincidence.

Just as he was going to join the wind sorceress in his living room, he heard his bedroom phone ring. Surprised to have someone call him so late at night, he quickly picked up.

“Sesshoumaru.” He said as soon as he picked up the phone.

“Hey we got a problem.” He heard no other than his brother say.

“Inuyasha? What is it?” Knowing that his younger brother was not one to get easily flustered, he suddenly felt worried.

“Jaken has been trying to reach you for hours, but it looks like you ignored his calls as usual. Since he couldn't get a hold of you, I was next on the toad's list.”

“What is it he wanted?” Sesshoumaru suppressed the urge to roll his eyes. He really did not like spending much time thinking about Jaken and his over dramatics.

“Keh! Turns out that bastard of Kichiro Kanzaki decided to go through with his threat of hurting the Takahashi agency anyway he can.” Inuyasha did not even bother hiding his contempt for their late father's collaborator. “He didn't like the fact that we ousted him from the board, so he decided to sell all his shares of the company at a super cheap price…”

“Causing our other share holders and the market to panic thus making the value of our shares plummet. Damn him!” Sesshoumaru roared angrily. As he realized how much of a mess the older demon had caused, he felt worried. He knew that he was losing a great amount of money every second that went by.

“The worst is that he sold them to the husband of that old snake youkai we used to be in business with… Yamashita I think the name is.”

Hearing Inuyasha speak the name made Sesshoumaru's eyes turn red in ager, but not only because Kanzaki was messing up his company, but because he had enlisted the aid of people Sesshoumaru hated. Ever since Kagura had told him of her past, and the role Sousuke Yamashita had played in causing her pain, he wanted to get revenge for her on him. However he was afraid she would misread his intentions and get mad at him for trying to help her, just as she had been when he had disposed of Shinichi.

`However this time I am going to make Yamashita pay for personal reasons.' He thought a sharp canine being revealed by his cruel grin his mouth changed into.

“Do not worry yourself little brother, I will take care of everything.” As soon as he spoke the words, the dog demon felt a pounding in his skull. He almost felt like cursing, a headache was the last thing he needed right now.

“Feh! I ain't worried!” Inuyasha sputtered.

“We will talk tomorrow about how to proceed.” The older sibling said thoughtfully. Other then reassuring the other share holders, and making sure that the virtual value of his agency did not go down, the thing that was taking precedence in his mind right now was how to get revenge on Kichiro Kanzaki and Sousuke Yamashita for their attempted sabotage.

“Will you involve her?” Inuyasha asked intrigued. He knew that every time his brother had dirty work to do, he involved a certain demoness.

“It is a possibility. Goodnight.” Before Inuyasha had the time to comment his surprise over his usually restrained brother wishing him goodnight, Sesshoumaru hung up.

`I cannot believe the nerve of Kanzaki. I will have to not only clean up the mess he left behind, but also make him pay. No one messes with this Sesshoumaru.' He thought gently massaging his temple, wishing his migraine to go away.

“Sesshoumaru?” None other than Kagura asked as she tentatively walked inside the bedroom they used to share. “You're looking pale. What's wrong?” She asked worriedly, hurrying to his side.

“Just a migraine…” He trailed off as he suddenly, and contrary to his usual demeanor ungracefully, sat down on his bed, his legs giving under him.

“Sessh!” She leaped towards him. “What's wrong?!” She asked again, angered at her lack of words. She had never seen Sesshoumaru look in pain, but could really not mistake the grimace on his face for anything else.

“Are you okay? What can I do?” She asked him, not knowing how to react. What worried her the most, was the sudden lack of response from Sesshoumaru. Instead of answering her, he laid back on the bed and closed his eyes. She took in a shaky breath; he was in as vulnerable a state as she had ever seen him, and that terrified her. The Sesshoumaru she knew and loved was never weak; especially never in front of her.

 

To be continued…

 

A/N: What is Kagura going to do about Sakura? What will Sesshoumaru do about Kanzaki and Yamashita ? And of course what's in store for our fave couple? Find out more next time in Lifeline.