Seeds of Doubt | By : RaptorChicky Category: InuYasha > General Views: 1155 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0 |
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Summary: See
previous chapters.
Disclaimer: Again,
see previous chapters.
Seeds of Doubt
Chapter 4
There were times when Kagura wanted nothing more than
to rip Naraku’s lungs out and show them to him as he would gasp for breath and
then die at her feet.
This was one of those times…
She simply
couldn’t believe the request—no, order—he had given her. I am to
act as that hanyou’s nursemaid?! What
kind of rubbish is this?! '> This is his
plan, not mine—he should be the one to watch over that hanyou! Kagura fumed
as she strode down the hall; unknown to her, her anger was rustling up a faint
wind that stirred around her, rippling her kimono and playing with her
hair. Earlier, when Naraku had given his
orders, she had to fight to keep from protesting—she was still on his “shit
list” for going to Sesshoumaru for help—but she obeyed like the good little
detachment that she was, even after Naraku’s instruction of referring to the
hanyou as “Inuyasha-sama.”
“‘Lord Inuyasha’.
Hmph!” she snorted. I don’t even get that kind of respect and
I’m a full-blooded youkai. The wind
witch came to a halt in front of the door that separated her from the room
where Inuyasha lay resting and she glared at it; if it had been within her
capabilities, she would have burned two neat little holes in the shoji
door. Her orders made no sense: take
care of the demon who had damn near killed her in their first meeting and treat
him as an ally. Kagura knew that
Inuyasha possessed no memories of his past and that Naraku had made sure that
he would never remember, or if Inuyasha did remember, the memories would be
twisted; the inu hanyou would not recognize her, meaning he wouldn’t recall
what they done to each other, but she didn’t care. If the situation was reversed, she highly
doubted that she would be treated as an ally, so she wasn’t going to drop her
guard just becau—
A faint whimpering broke off Kagura’s fuming. Blinking, she sought out the source of the
sound and was surprised to find it coming from Inuyasha’s room. It
sounds almost like a frightened puppy…
The whimpering increased and Kagura could hear the rustle of cloth
against cloth, as if Inuyasha was thrashing against his covers. Curious, and a little worried, her hand
reached oo slo slide the door open.
“NO!!
Hahaue!!!”
The sudden terrified shout froze Kagura to the spot,
her hand still reaching out. Her stillness
was broken by a series of dull pounding from the room and she shoved the door
open, only to be forced back against the wall by a silvery blur. Looking down, she was shocked to find
Inuyasha huddled on the floor, trembling ever so slightly and whimpering
quietly as his long silver hair spilled around him like a curtain. He twitched when Kagura bent down and lightly
touched his shoulder, but then he suddenly latched onto her and released a
strangled sob.
“Weak…too weak to stop them…” he choked out in a
wavering voice. “Hahaue…”
Another shock came to Kagura when she found her arms
wrapping around the clearly troubled dog demon and one hand slowly combing
through the thick mane of hair in what could be considered a comforting
gesture. As she looked down at the
silver head buried in the maroon and cream silk of her kimono, she wondered if
it was maternal instinct that made her show this uncharacteristic amount of
compassion to someone she considered an adversary. The cynical part of Kagura wondered if she
even had maternal instincts. Pushing
that little mystery away, she lifted her eyes up from the distraught Inuyasha
and, peering into his room, discovered the sheets that had covered him were
torn to shreds and tossed aside, almost covering the deep claw marks that
gouged into the floor beside the futon.
Her mouth tightened and she glanced back down at the hanyou. What
was he dreaming ab—
“What
the hell…?” she whispered. What happened to his ears?!
Earlier,
she’d been too surprised to notice that Inuyasha had undergone a physical
transformation, not a big one, but there were definite changes, like his ears,
for instance. The furry white dog ears
were no longer perched on the top of his head and were replaced by the pointed
ears of a true youkai, positioned on the sides of his bowed head. How…? Tilting her head, Kagura took a closer look,
trying to get a better look at Inuyasha’s face: she spotted the dark red
stripes adorning his wrists, and found a matching stripe on his cheek—there was
certainly going to be a matching stripe on his opposite cheek—sweeping across
the flawless skin like a slash mark from a blade…or claw. And his aura was different as well—his youki
was that of a full blooded demon, not of a half breed. There was something else different about
Inuyasha’s aura, but Kagura wasn’t quite sure how to describe it and her eyes
traveled over the shuddering dog demon, searching for the cause of Inuyasha’s
transformation.
A
faint twinkle partially hidden by the hanyou’s—or was that youkai’s?—thick
bangs caught the wiitchitch’s attention and she lightly brushed the silky hair
out of the way, which resulted in her taking in a sharp breath: there, right in
the middle of Inuyasha’s forehead, was a dark pink shard, a Shikon shard. Kagura stared at the Shikon no kakera in
amazement; she had no idea that it was possible for one little jewel shard to
change a hanyou into a youkai—she’d always figured it would take a whole Shikon
no Tama to do that—but, somehow, Naraku had done it.
“What
has he done to you?” she murmured.
No
one answered—not Inuyasha, nor the figure hidden in the shadows at the far end
of the hall.
Pulling
away from the little scene, a smile tugged at the corner of Naraku’s mouth.
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Augh! Please don’t kill me! I’m sorry, but this is all I have typed up
for this chapter and I thought you readers deserved something…better
than nothing, I guess… After this, this
story is going to be on hold. For how
long? I have no clue; I’m having the
hardest time plunging myself back into this story line and I’m not sure where
or how to start again. Again, I’m truly sorry. Thanks for reading what I do have
typed up and like with my previous chapters, I would highly value a review or
two—who knows, they might be what kick starts my muse up again…
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