InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ The Temptress and the Ice Lord ❯ The Order ( Chapter 1 )

[ Y - Young Adult: Not suitable for readers under 16 ]

AN: The premise for this story is that, after he was nearly defeated by Sesshoumaru and InuYasha (after kidnapping Rin and attempting to absorb Sesshoumaru), Naraku did not go to Mt. Hakurei, but instead fled to someplace else and hid himself behind another of his barriers, making it hard to find him, but not so hard as it would be if he were in Mt. Hakurei's sacred barrier. Thus he is still threatened by InuYasha, Kikyo, Sesshoumaru, etc.
 
Disclaimer: All InuYasha characters and situations belong to Rumiko Takahashi and whoever else is behind all this stuff…and everything I came up with belongs to me, me, MEEEEE!!!! Lol
 
Kagura perched on the rail of the porch, taking in the gloomy scenery. Leave it to Naraku to find such a dreary place to run to. The house was small and battered, formerly the residence of some human hermit. It was built high on the slope of a mountain, and for a great distance below, there was nothing but craggy rock and short, unhealthy trees. From the bottom of the mountain, the building could not even be seen, tucked away among the rocks and brush. A good hiding place, but hardly pleasant. Kagura contemplated waving a huge red flag in the hopes that someone on Naraku's growing list of enemies would track them down and kill the jerk.
 
Said jerk was currently sitting in a corner of the room, Kanna kneeling before him, looking into her mirror. In another corner, Kohaku sat, staring into empty nothingness. They were all so quiet that Kagura may as well be the only one alive in the room…though she too was silent, granted not even the sound of her own heartbeat.
 
“Kagura.”
 
She started at the sound of Naraku's voice, and turned to find him smirking at her reaction.
 
“Yeah?”
 
“I have a job for you.”
 
“What is it now?”
 
“Sesshoumaru now has more cause to hunt me down. He is the most potentially dangerous of my enemies, and the most likely to track me here.”
 
“Yeah, so? It's your own fault. Even after whatever you did to him before I was around, he wasn't really hunting you. Then you just had to go and make me kidnap that kid, and try to absorb him to boot. What do you want me to do about it?”
 
“Seduce him.”
 
She actually felt her jaw drop at that. She was momentarily certain she'd heard wrong…but the look on Naraku's face, the almost-laughter in his eyes; these things confirmed that her hearing was as good as ever.
 
What?! What on earth makes you think I would do that?! And even if I would, what makes you think I could?! I don't know if you've noticed, but Sesshoumaru isn't exactly hot-blooded. And besides, what good would it do you?”
 
“First off, you have no choice. You will attempt it. If you fail, you will be punished. Sesshoumaru is attracted to you, cold or not. And I do not merely want you to seduce him. I want you to make him care for you. Then he will not attack me, fearing I would harm you in retribution.”
 
She laughed.
 
“Where did you get the idea that's he's attracted to me? Besides, even if he cared at all, Sesshoumaru's not the type to let emotion get in the way of his goals. He'd still kill you, even if I had to die in the process.”
 
“Stop arguing, Kagura, and go. Or would you prefer to stay, and feel pain?”
 
She pulled a feather from her hair and let it carry her down the mountain. Stupid Naraku. Would he truly reduce her to so little, to hardly more than a harlot? Obviously he would. Of course, it was hardly surprising that he would attempt to trade her body for his pathetic life. He was a coward, beneath all the evil. Fortunately for her, the potential customer for his bargaining was hardly going to be willing. Not that she honestly would have minded doing something with Sesshoumaru…she'd been attracted to him from the first time she'd laid eyes on him…it was merely the method that was distasteful. Would Naraku kill her for failing to do the impossible? Perhaps. And she valued her life too much to defy him. She would try her hardest…she just had very little faith that it would work. She could only hope that an honest attempt would stay Naraku's hand.