"At Last, You Have Finally Won..." (Bankotsu Love Story) Chapter. 1 : Our Mountain Home...Destroyed...Gone...
"Madarao! Get up, little sister!" I suddenly heard my older sister,Hakubi, yell, as she placed her paw on my shoulder,gently shaking me, causing me to stir from my sleep. "Ughn..." I moaned groggily, waking from my sleep as I did so. "Finally, you're up! About time!"She groaned, standing up, her golden eyes watching me. "Ugh! Big sister, what's wrong now? It's the crack of friggin' dawn, and you're waking me up, when you know I loveto sleep." I answered, as she stared intently at me, placing her shoulder up against mine, gently nudging, and pushing me to my feet. "Simple, we're going hunting, I'm hungry, and I just can't wait anymore, and I'm not going to." She answered, finally helping me to my feet. "Ugh! Can't it wait?" I asked, sitting down. "No, it can't, I'm starving." "Well, that's what you get for skipping dinner lastnight." "ITOLD you I wasn't hungry, and that IREALLY wasn't feeling well." She answered, staring me down, and towering over me. "So? YouSTILL should've 're loss, not mine." I answered ratherarrogantly as I began walking off. Suddenly, I felt a strong yank atthe nape of my neck, as my big sister, Hakubi, grabbed me,and threw me onto the ground. "Ouch! Was that REALLY nesceccary, big sister?" I yelped, as she stood overtop of me, looking down at me. "Yes, as a matter of fact, itWAS. You were stepping out of line again, and I felt it nesceccary to put you in your place." She answered, glaring down at me. "Ok, ok, I'm sorry,sheesh! No need to get violent, big sister." I replied, getting to my feet. "You want me totoss you again?" Shegrowled slightly, giving me afierce glare from her golden eyes. "N-No." I studdered, looking away from her, breaking her intense stare. "Good, I didn't think so." She answered, as we walked on through our forested, mountain home. My older sister, Hakubi, and I are Wolf-Ayakashi, and we lived in the mountains, where forests, and pray, as well as beautiful scenery were in complete, and utter abundance. However, though we were sisters, we were not related by blood, you see, both my big sister, Hakubi, and I were only best friends who grew up together, and who had also been together as sisters for9 years. Hakubi was a completely black wolf with golden eyes, while I, needless to say was white with blueeyes, we looked nothing alike. "Madarao! Pick up the pace! You're walking far too slow! At this rate, the humans'll get to our food before we do, and I would NOT like that, little sister!" She warned/demanded as we walked on.I sighed heavily, 'Well, so much for not having to hear her mouth at all.' I thought, walking faster. Eventually, my older sister, Hakubi, andI did manage to find some food, and successfully kill it. We were eating, when, suddenly, we were bothknocked off our feet, andaway from eachother, as well as our kill by a large, and really very loud explosion. "What the hell?" I yelped, as Hakubi landed close by, un-scathed, while I, on the other hand, had been wounded, my upper arm quite literally leaking gasped, "Madarao! You'rewounded!" She cried,dashing over to my side, facing the smoke as it began to clear. Suddenly, as if out of no where, we saw Seven Sillouhuetts that soon turned into Seven young Men as they approached us. "Well, well, well, what do we have here? A couple of Mountain Wolves." A man with a blue bandana on his head said. "Gessh! No kidding!" Ared-haired, half-mechanical man said, steppingout of the smoke to the side of the man with the bandana on his head. "S-Stay away!" My big sister, Hakubi, warned, growling, and bearing her teeth. "Oh, and what's this? They even talk too!" Another man, who looked oddly like a girl too, said, walking out of the shadows of the smoke, holding a sword over his shoulder said, glaring, and smiling devilishly at the both of us. "We should kill them both right now." A man with what looked like bear-claw blades on his handsreplied, approaching from behind.I growled, and bared my teeth. "Stay away from us! We're warning the both of you!" I , Ifelt a strong hand wrap around me, and pick me up. 'What the hell?' I thought, wriggling, and struggling. "Oh, look, adoggie! Can I eat it?" He thundered, licking lips, only torevealhis razor-sharp teeth.'Oh, that's it!' I thought, as Ibit the giant man, sinking my fangsdeep into the flesh of his hand. "Ahhhh!" He yelled, releasing me. I landed gracefully on my feet, cluching my shoulder, and gasping gasped. "Little sister, your arm, it's bleeding even worse now. Wegotta get the hell outta here!" She exclaimed, alarmed. "I'm afraid I can't, and I won't let you do that." A very short man, dressed in all white, stated, carrying a bamboo tube, of what looked like what might've been poison in his hands. "And why not?" I asked, preparing to make a move. "Because, we simplyLOVE killing far too much to let you twoget away." A strange voice said from behind. Iturned my head to see the most amazing sight, a young man, probably no more than 17, or 18 years old, withjet-black hair, tied back into along braid, who had the most beautiful, sapphire-blue eyes I ever did see, with an odd, purple, four-point star on his forehead,and on his shoulder, he carried a large Halberd. "Wh-Who are you?" I asked, trying not to drool over the handsome young man. "We'reThe Band Of Seven." He answered, "And I'm the leader, Bankotsu, but, you won't be around long enough to remember that, now, will you?" He teased, raising his giant halberd off his shoulder, and lowering it, pointing itdirectly at my big sister, Hakubi. He charged at her, and just as he wasabout to strike,blood splattered into the air, only it wasn't my big sister, Hakubi's...It was mine...Bankotsu had instead, struck me in the chest, just a few inches from my heart, as I stood betweenhis giant Halberd, and Hakubi, my big sister, who's face was struck with fear, and worry, and she watched myfresh blood fall. "Ma-Madarao, little sister, N-No, it can't be...!" She half-whispered, her eyes, holding nothing, but, shock, and fear. "Ha-Hakubi! G-Go! Now!" "What?" "Go! Get the hell out of here! Go now! While I've got their leader distracted with me! Go! Leave our Mountain Home! Find safety!" "No! I won't leave you, little sister! You're all I have now! OurMountain Home isdestroyed! It's gone!" She yelled, attempting todash to my aid, but, was stopped by a bizarre snake-like sword. "Ah-ah-ah! One more move outta you, and the girlis dead, you understand? No funny-business."The woman-like man said, smirking , I coughed up blood, drawing everyone's attention. "No way! That's not possible! How can she still be alive right now with all the blood she's lost?" The man with the blue bandana on his headasked questionatively. "Ha-Hakubi! G-Go! Now! I can't hold them much longer! Go!" "No!" "Get the hell out of here!" I yelled. With a heavy heart, I'm sure, my big sister, Hakubi,turned, and dashed off, her eyes filled with tears. "Why that damned wretch! I won't let her escape!" "No! I yelled, summoning whatever energy there was left in me, and using my tail to pick up the woman-like man, and throw him hard into a tree, he gasped in pain. "You won't hurt my big sister!...*Cough!*IWILL NOT allow it!" I half-yelled, as Ifelt the energy draining from my body. "Why you damned wretch!" "Wait!" I heard the leader yell, as I felt his cerulean eyes on me. "Well, what are you waiting for? I'm losing blood, and I'm becoming faint, hell, your blade is only afewinches from my heart. Why not just finish me now, and kill me, put me out of mymisery? I asked, as the leader, Bankotsu, gently, but, swiftly, removed his blade from my bleeding chest, as I tipped over, lying on my side. He approached me, and looked down on me, he smirked, and then, chuckled. "So, you're just gonna drop dead after all of that fight you just showed me you had in you?" He asked, kneeling down beside me. "Well, this is a real disapointment, and here I was, convinced you'd put up much more of a fight once I released you. Are you really so weak, wolf-demon?" He asked, almost as if he were mocking me, which I'm sure, he was. "L-Leave me alone." I just barely managed to whisper before passing out, then, everything went black, 'Oh inari!'...
