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Title: The Unquiet Winds
Chapter Title: True Intentions
Characters: Sesshoumaru, Kagura's reincarnation (inevitable Kagura/Sesshoumaru), Shippou
Genre: Fantasy/Supernatural/Suspense
Rating: PG-13 (overall)
Universe: Canon divergence, Modern
Chapter Word Count: 500
Notes: This new serial was started to follow the themes for contests at Livejournal. This is the 20th installment, written for the "Diversion" prompt at![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif)
ib4y20. You can find all the previous chapters at my archive HERE.
Story Summary: Natsumi dreams of another woman's past, a woman who desperately wants to reunite with the man she loves, even if Natsumi has to suffer in the end.
Chapter Summary: Natsumi and Shippou start to realize Kagura's true intentions.
Natsumi sighed. “But...I already know that Kagura loved Sesshoumaru. I can feel it in my dreams. No, there’s something else here. There’s something else at work that is affecting me physically.”
“Oh? What do you think that is?” Shippou asked.
“I don’t know,” Natsumi said, and she picked out five books from the piles she’d actually check out. She knew specifically those books contained history about Sesshoumaru’s life.
“It’s obvious to you that Kagura was in love with Sesshoumaru,” Shippou said. “It’s probably a diversion.”
“A what?” Natsumi asked, confused.
“If you truly are her reincarnation, and I’m convinced you are, Kagura’s love for Sesshoumaru is extending through you. But there’s something else at play here,” Shippou said.
“And you know what that diversion is,” she said, eying him meticulously. She saw the fire and mischief in Shippou’s eyes, but she also saw something else: sadness.
“Your best bet is to speak to Sesshoumaru,” he said. “Whatever you need to do, you need to get over this pain when in his presence.”
Natsumi nodded in agreement, yet she was wary of the potential pain. Carefully, she mulled over Shippou’s recent words.
“Shippou-san, when you said that Kagura is extending her love for him through me, is there perhaps another way she’s extending herself through me?” she asked him, and she saw him turn away.
“It’s possible,” he said. “I’ve known stories of powerful miko trying to revive an old past life into a new body. Kagura was originally a youkai birthed from another youkai. It’s unusual she would die to find herself reborn as human, but the power, the magic, it may still be within her grasp.”
Natsumi felt her blood go cold, and for a second, she wondered if Kagura was listening to them as they began to discover her intentions. Her head ached again, a piercing stab behind her eye, and Natsumi tried to shake it off.
“Why would she want to take over my body?” Natsumi asked, gathering her books as they headed to the front desk. “Do you think she would do that? Is that why I feel this pain?” Natsumi added, and Shippou shook his head softly.
“I don’t know,” he said, and she knew he was only sharing a half truth with her. Shippou knew more, but Natsumi supposed he wasn’t fully helping because he was being held back, or he didn’t think it was his place to tell.
Shippou scanned the books she wanted to check out and handed them back to her. He probably sensed that she was troubled because he added one more tidbit to her mystery. “I would think, in Kagura’s position, she’d want to use your body to bring herself back, not only to fulfill her lost love, but also because she believes she can save him.”
Natsumi’s eyes widened from surprise. “Save him? Save him from what?”
Shippou said nothing but goodbye, and Natsumi left the library with an armful of books and more questions than answers.
Title: The Unquiet Winds
Chapter Title: True Intentions
Characters: Sesshoumaru, Kagura's reincarnation (inevitable Kagura/Sesshoumaru), Shippou
Genre: Fantasy/Supernatural/Suspense
Rating: PG-13 (overall)
Universe: Canon divergence, Modern
Chapter Word Count: 500
Notes: This new serial was started to follow the themes for contests at Livejournal. This is the 20th installment, written for the "Diversion" prompt at
ib4y20. You can find all the previous chapters at my archive HERE. Story Summary: Natsumi dreams of another woman's past, a woman who desperately wants to reunite with the man she loves, even if Natsumi has to suffer in the end.
Chapter Summary: Natsumi and Shippou start to realize Kagura's true intentions.
Natsumi sighed. “But...I already know that Kagura loved Sesshoumaru. I can feel it in my dreams. No, there’s something else here. There’s something else at work that is affecting me physically.”
“Oh? What do you think that is?” Shippou asked.
“I don’t know,” Natsumi said, and she picked out five books from the piles she’d actually check out. She knew specifically those books contained history about Sesshoumaru’s life.
“It’s obvious to you that Kagura was in love with Sesshoumaru,” Shippou said. “It’s probably a diversion.”
“A what?” Natsumi asked, confused.
“If you truly are her reincarnation, and I’m convinced you are, Kagura’s love for Sesshoumaru is extending through you. But there’s something else at play here,” Shippou said.
“And you know what that diversion is,” she said, eying him meticulously. She saw the fire and mischief in Shippou’s eyes, but she also saw something else: sadness.
“Your best bet is to speak to Sesshoumaru,” he said. “Whatever you need to do, you need to get over this pain when in his presence.”
Natsumi nodded in agreement, yet she was wary of the potential pain. Carefully, she mulled over Shippou’s recent words.
“Shippou-san, when you said that Kagura is extending her love for him through me, is there perhaps another way she’s extending herself through me?” she asked him, and she saw him turn away.
“It’s possible,” he said. “I’ve known stories of powerful miko trying to revive an old past life into a new body. Kagura was originally a youkai birthed from another youkai. It’s unusual she would die to find herself reborn as human, but the power, the magic, it may still be within her grasp.”
Natsumi felt her blood go cold, and for a second, she wondered if Kagura was listening to them as they began to discover her intentions. Her head ached again, a piercing stab behind her eye, and Natsumi tried to shake it off.
“Why would she want to take over my body?” Natsumi asked, gathering her books as they headed to the front desk. “Do you think she would do that? Is that why I feel this pain?” Natsumi added, and Shippou shook his head softly.
“I don’t know,” he said, and she knew he was only sharing a half truth with her. Shippou knew more, but Natsumi supposed he wasn’t fully helping because he was being held back, or he didn’t think it was his place to tell.
Shippou scanned the books she wanted to check out and handed them back to her. He probably sensed that she was troubled because he added one more tidbit to her mystery. “I would think, in Kagura’s position, she’d want to use your body to bring herself back, not only to fulfill her lost love, but also because she believes she can save him.”
Natsumi’s eyes widened from surprise. “Save him? Save him from what?”
Shippou said nothing but goodbye, and Natsumi left the library with an armful of books and more questions than answers.
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