A Sesshomaru and Kagura Love Story

What would have happened if Sesshomaru was able to save Kagura using the Tenseiga? Read this story and find out...

Ch. #1

 

Kagura was in trouble. Naraku had injected a huge dosage of his miasma into her body. Naraku laughed as he watched the play of emotions on Kagura's face as she fought desperately to try to escape him. But this fighting proved to be of no help for Kagura because the damage had already been done. She was going to die.

 "Damn you, Naraku!!" Kagura said as she flew away on her feather.

However, truth be told, Kagura was very relieved. Naraku had returned her heart and she had finally regained her freedom. Now, she was free to do whatever she pleased. After flying for about an hour, Kagura spotted a forest underneath her and without a moment's hesitation, Kagura quickly descended into the trees and landed at an opening. Kagura looked down at her pink and white kimono and saw how it had been stained with blood.

Angry with the way things were turning out, she cursed Naraku again.

Suddenly, a sharp pain in her chest ceased her thoughts momentarily. Kagura clutched her chest in agony at the pain.

Subconsciously, she checked to see if her heart was still there. When she felt the familiar thumps from her heart, Kagura sighed in relief and started limping into the forest.

Kagura didn't exactly know where she was going, but she believed that any place without Naraku was freedom in itself.

 As Kagura was limping, her vision was starting to blur and she was feeling extremely dizzy.

However, the stubborn Kagura just shook it off and said, “I--I can heal these wounds in about a day.”

So she continued on until her exhaustion caused her to stop and rest for a few moments.

She knew that her battered body wouldn't be able to hold out for much longer.

Kagura saw a field of white lilies in front of her so she decided to sit down and rest a little more until she was feeling better.

 

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In the field, Kagura was enjoying the calm serenity of nature.

She listened to the wind blowing, the birds chirping, and could even smell the sweet aroma of the lilies lingering in the air.

Freedom was by far more wonderful than she had ever imagined.

 Kagura tried to get up from her spot to continue on her journey, but her body did not respond. Kagura lowered her head in despair.

She decided to spend the time she had left enjoying the remainder of her freedom.

“Is this the meaning of freedom? It's so quiet and peaceful here...but...there's something missing. Oh yeah...him....” Kagura said thoughtfully.

 Then, she shook her head of those thoughts.

'Get a hold of yourself! Don't think such things! No one is coming for you.' Kagura reassured herself.

She had no intention of revealing her emotions.

After all, she knew her feelings would never be reciprocated by a certain demon that was just using her as a leeway to get to Naraku.

That's when the thought hit her: she was all alone.

When it all came down to it, no one would be there for her when she died. No one would miss her.

“So this is how it's going to end? I'll die here alone?” Kagura questioned to herself.

Kagura watched the blood from her wounds turn all the white lilies around her red.

She was surprised to hear the footsteps of another person standing in front of her.

Immediately, Kagura looked up to see who it was.

She was shocked to see Sesshomaru standing right in front of her.

Kagura blinked a couple of times and almost had to do a double take to make sure that she wasn't dreaming. It was really him!

“Sesshomaru...” Kagura whispered exasperatedly.

Sesshomaru looked down at her with his icy golden-colored eyes and simply said,” I came following the scent of Naraku.”

In response to his comment, Kagura dropped her head and laughed to herself.

She couldn't believe how much she had expected from Sesshomaru.

I mean, this was Sesshomaru, right?

Kagura decided that she would humor him.

“Heh...are you disappointed? That I'm not Naraku?” Kagura said with a smirk.

Sesshomaru narrowed his eyes. 

 “I knew it was you,” came his soft reply.

Kagura jerked up her head in amazement only to see his beautiful form and...his...compassionate eyes?

Kagura lowered her head again.

 She could not bear to let him see the tears welling up in her eyes from both joy and disappointment.

“I see,” Kagura said.

 'You knew it was me and so you came,' thought Kagura.

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Sesshomaru put his hand on tenseiga and looked for the little demons trying to claim Kagura's soul from the Underworld.

To his disappointment, none were there.

'She can't be saved.' Sesshomaru thought to himself.

Then, he asked, “You leaving?”

Kagura smiled and answered, “Yes...very soon.”

Suddenly, a bright light engulfed the tenseiga. A soul appeared from the sword and time stopped moving.

(TIME FREEZES EXCEPT FOR SESSHOMARU)

The soul from tenseiga took on the form of Sesshomaru's father.

Instinctively, Sesshomaru narrowed his eyes at his father.

“What do you want, father?' came Sesshomaru's cold response.

His father plainly asked, “Do you wish for that woman to be saved?”

Sesshomaru looked at Kagura's dissipating form and back to his father and said, “Ridiculous.”

His father smirked and replied, “Still the same as ever I see, Sesshomaru. But could the great Sesshomaru be hiding something? I sense that something is troubling you, is it not? Your heart is undergoing a transformation which leads me to believe that it is partly due to this woman's existence.”

Sesshomaru simply said, “You are mistaken. This Sesshomaru has no time for the likes of her.”

His father sighed deeply and said, “Don't play dumb, Sesshomaru. Take a look at your sword. Surely you are not so blind that you are unaware of the great amount of noise tenseiga is making.”

 Sesshomaru said nothing so his father continued, “It's love, Sesshomaru. Admit it, you love this woman and in your heart, you don't want her to die.”

Sesshomaru kept his dead pan expression. "I have no desire to repeat myself. I am nothing like you,” replied Sesshomaru.

“If that is so, why did you go to see her? And if it was to comply with her wishes, then why would you care?” Sesshomaru's father asked.

 Sesshomaru's eyes softened a bit as he said, “I owed her for giving me valuable information and nothing more. Did you come here only to ask me silly questions? If so, then I see no further need to speak with you any longer.”

His father's eyes narrowed. He wasn't exactly a fan of his son's attitude, but nonetheless, he responded by saying, “Sesshomaru, would you like another chance to save her?”

Sesshomaru looked at his father with his dead pan facial expression, but replied, “I'm listening.”

His father nodded and said, “Good. You are beginning to understand. I have gotten Totosai to forge a new and improved tenseiga capable of saving the soulless and destroying miasma.”

“Soulless?” Sesshomaru questioned.

“Yes. For example, I know that that woman was created as an essence of Naraku. She couldn't be saved by tenseiga, am I right” said his father.

Sesshomaru said nothing. He was unwilling to play his father's games anymore.

 His father sighed again and continued, “If you were to save this woman using the sword, she would probably live.”

 “Probably?” asked Sesshomaru.

His father smiled at his son's almost apparent interest and said, “The sword would save her body from the miasma, but she would still have her wounds. Sesshomaru, this is a warning. The restrictions still apply. A person can only be saved once.”

Sesshomaru was surprised for a moment and his father noticed so he added, “Did you not know this? After all, you are not invincible. You must be careful, Sesshomaru."

 Then, his father handed over the sword to Sesshomaru. Sesshomaru looked at his father and said, “You seem to think that I will save that woman using this sword.”

His father glared back, “Do not misunderstand me. I never said you would save her. I simply asked if you wanted to. Remember this; don't always do things in your best interest. Farewell, my son.”

The soul of his father disappeared and time started moving again.

(TIME UNFREEZES)

Kagura is dying. Sesshomaru watched Kagura, but did nothing. The tenseiga was pulsing rapidly.

Sesshomaru only responded to it by saying, “Be silent.”

Kagura raised her head just enough for Sesshomaru to see the bright smile upon her face similar to Rin's a while back.

'Things aren't so bad, Sesshomaru....at least I got to see you', Kagura thought happily to herself.

Sesshomaru saw Kagura's body dissipating fast and he confided to himself that he would test out the tenseiga and used it on Kagura without a moment's hesitation.

Kagura's body was restored, but she was unconscious.

Sesshomaru kneeled down and carried her in his arms.

The Inuyasha gang spotted Sesshomaru carrying Kagura and immediately had questions.

However, these were questions that Sesshomaru was uninterested in answering.

“She will be safe with me,” was Sesshomaru's only response as he walked away with Kagura.

He could hear Inuyasha yelling out, “Where are you taking her?” and “Don't tell me you actually care.”

Sesshomaru did not turn around.

Deep down, they were all just grateful that Kagura was safe.

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As Sesshomaru was returning to his campsite with Kagura, Sesshomaru began questioning his emotions. He didn't understand why he brought Kagura with him.

He also didn't understand why he yearned so much to take her for his own right now.

However, he dismissed these emotions as being illusions placed into his mind by his father.

“Sesshomaru…stay…with...me...” Kagura moaned in her sleep.

Sesshomaru turned his gaze on Kagura. 'What is she thinking about?’ he thought to himself.

 Reassuring himself that this question had no further implications of the sort, he quickly added, “Her life is none of my concern.”

After a few more hours of traveling, a thunderstorm hit and soon it began pouring rain. Normally, Sesshomaru wouldn't care about traveling in the storm alone, but since he had Kagura with him, he decided that he had to find shelter.

With that thought, his gaze shifted to a small cave up ahead.

Inside the cave,  Sesshomaru had the unconscious Kagura lay down.

Kagura was breathing heavily.

Sesshomaru hesitated at first, but then he placed his hand on her her forehead. She was running a high fever.

Sesshomaru remembered what his father said about there being some doubt to her survival. So Sesshomaru waited for Kagura to wake up.

 Hours later, Kagura opened her eyes surprised to see that she was still alive. Then, she saw Sesshomaru and widened her eyes at the thought of him actually going through the trouble of saving her.

Sesshomaru glared at Kagura and said, “Don't get any crazy ideas. I merely did not wish to see Naraku get his way with you."

Kagura looked surprised at first and then smiled and said, “Thanks. I'm free now because of you. I-uh!! My head is splitting!!” Kagura groaned.

Sesshomaru knew that Kagura didn't have the strength to heal her wounds yet and could see that Kagura had lost too much blood.

The blood lossage caused Kagura to faint. Sesshomaru narrowed his eyes and then sighed.

Strangely enough, he felt the need to help her out. Sesshomaru opened her kimono and took care of the wounds.

Once again, he had to resist the urge to claim her.

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When Kagura was breathing normally again and her temperature had dropped, Sesshomaru quickly rushed over to his campsite to see if Rin was okay.

Rin appeared to be safe with Jaken and Ah and Uhn protecting her. He decided to stay with Kagura a little longer.

By the time Sesshomaru arrived at the cave, Kagura was already awake. She glared at him.

"Sesshomaru, you have no right to take advantage of an unconscious woman!" she yelled.

 Sesshomaru glared back.

"Kagura. Had I known you would have preferred death, I would have easily complied with your wishes." Sesshomaru replied.

The room fell silent for a moment. 

Kagura toned it down a little and asked, "Why didn't you, Sesshomaru? Why didn't you leave me to die?"

Sesshomaru looked up at the sky. It was nighttime now and the stars were shining brightly. 

"It is none of your concern." said Sesshomaru.

 "Damn well it is!!" replied Kagura, "Sesshomaru, I want to know. What are you thinking?"

Sesshomaru looked at Kagura and their eyes met.

"This Sesshomaru does not need a reason." responded Sesshomaru.

 Kagura narrowed her eyes at him.

She was fed up with Sesshomaru avoiding her questions.

Kagura was about to get in her ranting mood when suddenly, Sesshomaru stood up and started to leave the cave.

He turned around at the cave's exit and said, "The rain has stopped. There is no more need for me to stay here."

Sesshomaru continued walking. Kagura was surprised to see him leave. She felt her heart start to ache. She didn't want him to leave.

Kagura followed behind him, but Sesshomaru never looked back.

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When they arrived at the campsite, Rin and Jaken both eagerly greeted Sesshomaru.

Rin noticed Kagura and greeted her by saying, “Oh! Lady Kagura! You're okay!! I was worried because Master Jaken kept saying that you were killed by a demon."

Rin gave Kagura a big hug, which made Kagura blush because she had never had a hug before in her life and this was all new to her.

“Wench!! Why are you alive? I thought for sure you were killed by Naraku." exclaimed Jaken.

Kagura grinned at the imp's comment and found it to be rather amusing.

Jaken said, "Milord, where have you been? You wandered off on your own when we smelled Kag-"

"Jaken." Sesshomaru warned.

 "Oh, forgive me, milord." Jaken quickly replied.

Kagura was curious in hearing the rest of Jaken's sentence.

"Mind telling me what that was about, Sesshomaru?" Kagura inquired.

Sesshomaru just replied, "It's none of your concern."

No doubt about it, this answer made Kagura furious, but Jaken distracted her by asking, "Why are you here, witch?"

 Kagura simply just said, “I was bored and just figured that joining your group would be the best bet of seeing Naraku dead."

 "In other words, you wish to form an alliance." Sesshomaru stated.

At that moment, everyone looked at Sesshomaru in surprise for actually seeming to care about the matter. Kagura almost forgot to answer him.

"Mmm…brilliant as always, I see." Kagura responded.

Sesshomaru pretended not to notice Kagura's compliment. However, in truth, he loved receiving compliments from her.

Rin didn't miss a beat with Kagura's compliment and asked Kagura multiple questions, "What are you going to do after lord Sesshomaru defeats Naraku, Lady Kagura? Will you stay with us to be with Lord Sesshomaru? Do you love him? I think that he really likes-"

"Rin. That's enough." Sesshomaru interrupted.

Kagura blushed; she hadn't really thought that far ahead. "Let's just see what happens, okay Rin?" Kagura replied.

Rin happily said, "Okay!!" She rushed off to bed.

Jaken was tired himself and decided to deal with the chaos in the morning. He followed shortly after Rin. Sesshomaru sat against a tree on a large rock facing the moon.

Kagura observed her surroundings: a two-headed demon dragon was huddled around Rin and Jaken to keep them warm while they slept, and Sesshomaru, who appeared to be deep in thought and far from sleep. Kagura was starting to feel tired so she layed down on the cold ground. Kagura couldn't get any sleep, she kept tossing and turning and was very cold.

Sesshomaru noticed Kagura's obvious distress and without even looking, he said, "Kagura. Come here."

Out of habit, Kagura quickly obeyed these orders because she was still getting used to her freedom. Once Kagura came, Sesshomaru indicated for her to sit beside him and she did. Kagura finally remembered where she was and began acting like her old self again. However, she never expected what happened next.

Sesshomaru wrapped his mokomoko around Kagura to keep her warm for the night.

Kagura was surprised by his generosity but then glared at Sesshomaru and responded by saying, “You know, you can spare me the false sense of security, Sesshomaru. I don't need your hospitality.”

Sesshomaru turned around to meet his eyes with her's. Their lips were only just a few inches apart which made Kagura start to blush.

Then, without warning Sesshomaru sighed and turned away from Kagura.

He grabbed her hand and pulled her towards him for her to rest against his body.

 “Go to sleep. You are bothering me,” he muttered.

'This woman is really irritating, but I guess it can't be helped,' he thought to himself.

In a huff, Kagura leaned her head against Sesshomaru's chest and soon fell into a deep, comfortable sleep. Sesshomaru watched Kagura sleep for a bit. She felt warm against him. He didn't know why he was feeling this way. He felt so right with Kagura.

'No! This Sesshomaru will not be overcome by emotions such as love!’ was Sesshomaru's resolve to his thoughts.

After all, he didn't have time to waste on such trivial things. He saw this emotion as an obstacle he needed to overcome. He would allow himself to be with Kagura just for tonight and from then on, everything would be kept as strictly business. That was his plan. Then, seeing that there was no danger, he too fell asleep while leaning against Kagura.

Author's Note

This is a fanfic that I created a little while ago for the Inuyasha Series. The characters belong to Rumiko Takahashi, but the plot is mine. I had a lot of fun writing this and I hope you have a good time reading it. Please leave reviews to tell me how you feel about this chapter. I'll be sure to post more along the way. Thank you! :-)

Reviews

[Ana Drake]

Nice, I've been considering doing this myself. I love Sesshomaru so very much, he's my absolute favorite anime male of all time.
Anyway. good write. I think you captured these characters very well. And though I have a much different vision in mind for the woman of Sesshomaru, this was really good. :)

[ClosedEyesOpen]

This is pretty good, and I noticed right away what anime it was about. Good job keep it up =]