Jin thought of the hanyou who'd summoned him warily. He's heard of him, this abyss, this Naraku. The evil hanyou poised to take over the world (as clichéd as that sounded), and said evil hanyou had heard of him- Jin, a nothing apprentice to one of the most minor shinobi. The wind youkai was honored- if a little creaped out by the hanyou's tendency for randomly sprouting tentacles and various …other…appendages.

Naraku had left Jin alone in this reception area for quite a while, and the red-head was getting twitchy. Jin fidgeted uncomfortably. As honored as he was by the hanyou's notice…Naraku's home was so stuffy! Well, of course it was, he'd stolen it from a ningen, Jin'd heard, and ningen insisted on building their houses with silly, unnecessary things like…like…walls. Jin snorted softly. Trust ningen to come up with the odd ideas.

He glanced out the window; it was getting dark, Naraku had left him alone for a little too long, in the wind youkai's opinion. Another snort from Jin, and he made his decision.

"If th' great, bloody git thinks 'e can keep th' wind, he'll be greatly mistaken." an angry Jin muttered.

A snicker from the door startled him. Jin whirled around, to see a youkai woman. Though she'd laughed, her eyes were deadly serious. "Oh, he does keep the wind." she told him scornfully. "Holds the winds heart in his own hands."

He raised an eyebrow at her. "An' who're ye, that yeh know so much o' th' wind?" She smirked at him. "I am Kagura, the wind." He blinked, thrown. "An' what does th' wind have t' do with an evil bledger like Naraku, lily?" She grimaced then. "He…owns…me." she spat bitterly, the words a struggle to get out. "An' since when can th' wind be owned?" Jin inquired. "Ah'd assume it has somthin' t' do with that 'heart' business ye'd mentioned."

She started. "You're…clever. Advice, then. Get away from that bastard, Naraku, while you still can."

He thought it over. "Ah believe ah will, lily. Care t' come with me?" A look of sadness flashed across her face for a brief instant. "What I'd give to do that…" she murmured, hand pressed against where her heart should be. He studied the action. "Ach, ah see. That great, bloody spider's got a bit o' yer heart." he said quietly.

"In the literal sense, I'm afraid." she replied. "And I won't get it back until he's dead. She smiled suddenly, a vicious smirk. "Won't be long until he is, if he's looking for help from youkai he's got nothing to offer." She glanced him over, an appreciative glint to her eyes. "I'd leave before he thinks to check on you, if you're going to go at all."

Jin winked at her. "Consider me gone, lily." he told her. The wind youkai headed to the door, but Kagura's voice gave him pause.

"Perhaps I'll look you up, once I fly free."

He turned to grin at her. "Th' name's Jin, lily. Ah'll be a-lookin' fer yeh." He blew her a kiss, playfully, before leaving the spider's den behind him.

Kagura watched him go, a light blush dusting her pale features.