High, part 2

Chapter 1: After the moment

Well, to take it from there, and what I've read on reviews, I've decided to start a sequel to the short story, High. I wanted this to be a sequel for two particular reasons. Once, being that I wanted this story to be a little more darker, so that being a different rating to what I gave it, and two, that it would be another tale. This is a little new to me, since my last big story (check profile to see), and I'm still working on another big title. But don't forget that I have other stories to finish, so here's a fresh start to part 2!

Returning back to the castle of her master, Naraku, Kagura felt like she was sick to her stomach. Yes, she finally confessed her love to the Tai Youkai Sesshomaru, and she kissed him. And right out in the open truth be told! If Naraku finds out I'm…ughh I don't even want to think about it! She thought to herself. She landed right on the rooftop of the new castle and begun to advance to Naraku's chambers to report. She glanced down the hallways at all the rotting corpses of guards that once guarded this castle. But from Naraku's miasma, they all soon died, one after the next. She tossed her fan around to be rid of the rotting stench in the air. A few moments later she found her sister, Kanna. She was walking down the hallway with her usual glow, and slowly turned to look at Kagura. Her emotionless face spoke to her.

"Kagura," she droned to her sister. "Naraku has been expecting you. He will be angry since you've kept him waiting."

"Kanna," Kagura answered to her. "It's not my fault I'm late. I was just…caught up in some manners."

"What kind of matters?" Kanna asked her.

"Um…manners in searching for Inuyasha," she coldly told her sister. "Besides when did you become so suspicious of me?"

"Ever since you betrayed our master," Kanna looked at her again with her dark eyes. "You know it is not allowed to betray Naraku, and if you do again, he will kill you."

"I know that." Kagura sighed.

Letting Kanna lead the way, she continued on thinking of how the night went as they approached closer and closer to Naraku's chambers.

In the meantime, Sesshomaru walked back down the hill and into a long field of wildflowers. He watched as Rin had run off in the distance, chasing around the fireflies that darted each way as she reached to catch them. Jaken shortly followed her after yelling and swishing his stick around to tell her to settle down. The fireflies, he would remember them, as they were identical to the stars in the sky. The same sky were Kagura kissed him…it was just a kiss and nothing more than that, Sesshomaru thought. But did this Sesshomaru hear her say that she loved him? It was none of his concern for the meantime. He had Rin to look after, and Kagura would soon return to him as she usually did. Is that why she came and stopped them, so she could have time with this Sesshomaru?

"My Lord," his retainer Jaken coughed. "That human should be told to settle down! It is way past her bedtime and we don't want her to stall us in the morning, right Lord Sesshomaru-sama?"

He slowly brought his head down and coldly glared at Jaken, who quickly jumped and begging for him to not hurt him.

"Oh Lord Sesshomaru-sama!" Jaken shouted. "I did not mean to command you at all! I was just supposing that your great self would agree with your low retainer, Jaken. Besides, I should not even talk at all, as you seemed to be great in thought and.."

A loud thud made waves among the short grasses and Rin turned around, surprised. She then saw Lord Sesshomaru walking away, looking annoyed, and Jaken on the ground twitching in pain, with a large bump on his forehead.

"Oh, Jaken-sama! You see you talk to much for Lord Sesshomaru-sama and he goes to bash your head into the ground!" She giggled.

"Hurry, Rin," Sesshomaru called out to her. "Do not dawdle with Jaken, he will catch up."

"Hai! Sesshomaru-sama!" Rin called and then ran to catch up with her Lord. On the ground Jaken shouted in pain to wait up. Rin soon caught up to Sesshomaru, while holding Ah-Uh's reins, and looked up at him. His face looked caught up in thought.

"Lord Sesshomaru-sama?" Rin asked the Tai Youkai.

"What?"

"Rin wonders why Sesshomaru-sama is looking so confused.

Sesshomaru continued looking forward and answered the little girl. "This Sesshomaru is not confused, but simply wondering how to enter our location."

"Where do you plan on going to, Lord Sesshomaru-sama?"

"Well…this Sesshomaru plans to enter Naraku's castle. I can smell his retched scent from where we started walking.

"Ah! So that Naraku fool's castle has been found Lord Sesshomaru-Sama?" Jaken asked, now caught up. Sesshomaru gave one turn of his head and he heard the Toad Demon straighten up. "Sorry, Lord Sesshomaru," Jaken mumbled. "I forgot."

They continued walking as Sesshomaru thought, this Sesshomaru should go and investigate, since he's in the area, and this Sesshomaru is not here for Kagura's concern whatsoever. They then continued walking through the field as in the distance, Sesshomaru could see small withered purple clouds surrounding a new castle. Interesting, he thought.

Kagura, now well aware of where Kanna was taking her, followed through each way as she watched were her feet landed. Twice already she had landed on a corpse's head, and accidentally cracking part, making decaying organs spurt. It was disgusting for a castle to be like this, Kagura growled. No matter, Naraku will probably want to discuss about the organizing of this new castle and plans to demise of Inuyasha. Many times Naraku had thought of using that dead priestess, what's her name, Kikyo, but from times before she had dismissed the plan. She knew that the human side of Naraku still had feelings for her, and thinking of what he would do made her want to vomit. She hating Naraku was one thing, and seeing him being seductive and caught in a provocative manner was completely different. She and Kanna had caught him once with a poor village woman, and she died afterwards, probably from being so faint of heart. She later had gone out to scrub herself clean of the god-awful scene. She wished to never see him like that ever again. They then came to a corridor where one whole wall was a shoji (sp?) screen that had a candle to each side, as to light up the place a little for visitors. She slowly opened the screen for her and Kanna to enter, where she caught the crimson eyes freezing her from the darkness.

"Kagura," the voice spoke darkly. "You are late. Take a seat."

Both she and Kanna entered quietly and sat on two plush pillows layed out for them. Kagura inspected the new room, now slightly decorated with two paintings of a bonsai tree put on opposite sides of the room, and looked into the far corner, which led to another room. Probably his bedchambers, she thought. She then sat down beside Kanna, and looked to her Lord. He silently rose from his seat, his Baboon pelt resting on the chair, and walked over to them. His wavy hair was put up into a ponytail, now the strands falling down his shoulders. His bangs were separated in the middle, and his deep crimson eyes were marked with blue on his top lid (A/N: Always thought Naraku and Sesshy both had demon marking on top of their eyes, but you can think of it as eye-shadow also). He wore a deep plum coloured kimono with matching hakima, with the kimono decorated with what appeared to be three golden strands tied together to make a knot in the middle all on his kimono as a pattern. He then wore an eggplant coloured vest on top of the kimono. He then took a seat in front of them, his eyes still repulsive and cold as they had when they entered his chamber.

"I'd like to discuss our current affairs with the Shikon no Tama," Naraku spoke in the silence. "It would appear that Inuyasha and those comrades of his should find out our new little location. I think it would be different if this time Kanna would go out to hold our little enemies back. Kagura, I'd like you to stay here." Kanna then slowly got up and followed the orders that Naraku had given her. Glancing back at Kagura she did not show any emotion and closed the shoji screen, leaving into the night with the fleets of demons behind her back to oppose the small group of adventurers. As the screen closed, Kagura glanced back up at Naraku, with slight anger and impatience to why he had her wait here. Naraku continued to stare at Kagura, and then smirked.

"So, Kagura," he continued on. "Did you find that Inuyasha last night? I gave you much time to find him, and you come back to me differently."

"No, Naraku," she truthfully told. "Indeed I did not find him, I guess they were in the vicinity of another village."

"Do not lie to me, Kagura." It was then that Kagura felt a sharp tug on her insides, she cried from the pain. She then glanced up as Naraku held her heart, it glowing in a red radiance. Naraku laughed at her as he put her heart away, and enjoying watching her wriggle in his grasp. He loved to have her empowered by him. "Kanna had stayed with me as you went out, and she showed me where Inuyasha and his friends were. Sound asleep, in a small forest a few hours away. Do not tell me you didn't even find anything."

"I did stumble on his older brother, however." Kagura growled, rising from the ground and sitting back on the pillow. Naraku then looked up at her, interested. "Ah, the great Lord Sesshomaru. Yes, good Kagura. You did something good in return, for I'll need him for my next plan." He then walked over to the small yet lighted window. It was all the light that the hanyou could handle in the meantime. "I plan to make Inuyasha meet his brother here, where they should fight to the death. There I get a win/win situation. Kill that fool Inuyasha, making it a better chance to get the entire Sacred Jewel, and also getting the entire western lands for a territory." All that Kagura could do was listen to her Lord. He plans to kill Sesshomaru? But what did he ever do to Naraku?"

"Naraku, what did Lord Sesshomaru ever do to you?" Kagura asked him. Was it because Sesshomaru lost trust in him and now planned to kill him whenever he could get the chance? Or was it because Naraku still wanted his powers for his demon form? Naraku then gave her another cold glare, his eyes freezing her into place. He then bent down and reached her chin to look down at him.

"I think you should know better than I do." He coldly answered her.

Furious, she pushed Naraku away as he laughed in his corners of darkness. Frightened, she looked all around the room, wondering how the hell she would know better about this question she had asked him. "What do you mean, Naraku!" she shouted, making herself be heard by him.

"Don't think that I got Kanna to find you also while you were gone." He laughed. "Both me and her caught you in a little, lets say, 'romantic interlude' with you and the Inu Lord."

She knew it. Right as they kissed in the open, Naraku would have found out sooner or later, but too soon he did. Furious at his spying, she took out her fan and yelled.

"Dance of Blades!"

The blades went and hit the back corner of the room where Naraku left his Baboon pelt, which now was covered by splinters of wood. She heard him smirk again, and her face fell into terror as a hand went out and smacked her fan from her hand. Her fan, landing to the ground made her freeze, as she felt his cold, pale hand holding her from the ground. She gasped for air as Naraku brought her close to his face, close enough for his mouth to nudge her ear, and she looked as two corpse guards entered the room, waiting to take her away.

"Don't think you've done good for me, Kagura. In being romantic with him, you've disobeyed me, and that stays with me for awhile." He whispered. "So for now, enjoy your day in the dark dungeon, and I expect you to be ready for tonight."

"For what?" She snarled at him. It was then she shut up as she felt a cold, wet tongue glide across her ear.

"For your punishment." He then watched her as she was taken away, struggling all the while as the guards took her deep into the confines of his castle. He then reached down to take her fan, and put it back into safekeeping. Now, to wait in amusement, he would wait for Sesshomaru and his followers to enter his castle. Yes, they'll be here by nightfall, and then that's when the fun will start, he thought. He then walked back into the darkness, laughing in his deep voice that soon diminished as he walked further and further into the cloud of black.

Well, that's the end of Chapter one of Part 2! I told you all that this was going to be a little darker, and I should hopefully have the next chapter done in the next day or so. Please read and review!