Omg! Gomen, gomen, gomen! (Sorry in Japanese). I know it seems like I've disappeared off of the face of the earth, save for a few scattered reviews, and I am sorry to all my fans! I have also changed my username from "It's Called A Life. Get One." To "-Bankotsu's- Admirer-" just in case anyone cares. Doumo arigatou gozaimashita for being very patient! (Translation: Thank you very much!) And now, without any further-
Amaya: Hi everyone!
Me: I thought I ditched-er, left you in my notebook?
Amaya: You did, but I got bored.
Me: Uh huh. Well peoples, this is my OC Amaya. She's-
Amaya: NO!
Me:…..-sigh-…what now?
Amaya: Don't tell them! They'll find out!
Me: Fine. Now-
Amaya: On with the story!
Me: That's my line…..
Disclaimer: -sigh- ME NO OWNY INUYASHA-Y!! –sigh-
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Kagome sat at the base of Mt. Hakurei, waiting for Sango and Miroku. 'I'm sure they're all right.' Inuyasha had gone in too, leaving Kagome in the hands of Kouga. 'He's probably fighting the Band of Seven right now.' She sighed and Kouga looked over at her.
"Kagome? Where'd you go?" He asked, spinning around. The miko looked up.
"What are you talking about? I didn't go-" She had been sitting right next to him, now she was some four yards away. Kagome's eyes widened. "How…?" 'It's like I teleported…or something like that…'
"How did you do that?" Ginta wondered out loud. Shaking her head, Kagome rose to her feet and trotted the short distance back to the three wolf demons.
"I have absolutely no idea…"
"Try doing it again." Hakakku urged. Kagome blinked, then sweat dropped.
"I'm not even sure how I did it the first time…" She chuckled nervously. 'Okay…focus…" Images of a silver haired, amber-eyed boy flashed through her mind. 'Inuyasha.' Seconds later, Kagome found herself at the mercy of Jakotsuto, Jakotsu's sword. Mere nanoseconds before he swung, Inuyasha bounded forward and picked her up before returning to his previous spot.
"Kagome, what are you doing here? How did you even get here?" Kagome looked up, expecting to see the familiar goldenrod gaze. Instead, she was shocked to find herself drowning in the deep ocean blue depths of his human form. She opened her mouth to answer his questions when he cut her off. "Never mind! Just stay back!" Kagome nodded and sidled into a crevice in the back wall. The wall shuddered from the bone jarring impact of Inuyasha's limp body coming into contact. Kagome winced and peeked her head out…only to have it almost lopped off by Jakotsuto. She yelped and pulled herself farther into the crevice just in time to see the blade whip past the entrance. Taking a shaky breath and gathering up as much courage as she could muster, Kagome edged out of the crevice to retrieve Inuyasha…and once again found herself at the mercy of Jakotsu. She gulped.
"Please…don't kill us. I-I'll do anything. Just…please spare us. Jakotsu snorted.
"I don't take pity on mere women." He sneered. He raised his sword preparing for the final strike.
"No! No, no, no, no, no! Wait!" Kagome wailed pitifully. She leaned over Inuyasha's limp form...and appeared on the other side of the underground clearing just as Jakotsu's snake-like weapon struck where the two had been seconds before. The man blinked three times in rapid succession.
"What? You…moved…? Without moving?" Jakotsu stood still, dumbfounded.
"Ye-yeah." Then an idea struck home. "And I'm going to keep doing it until you promise nor to hurt us. After all," A sly glint appeared in Kagome's eyes. "None of your attacks are going to hit, so you might as well." Jakotsu clenched his jaw.
"Never!" He whipped his sword around, intending to run them both through. Kagome closed her eyes and her and Inuyasha teleported to another location a few feet away. Snarling, Jakotsu changed the sword's direction with a flick of his wrist. Kagome teleported once more.
"Give up yet?" She taunted.
"I would never!" Jakotsu growled. Just as he was about to strike again, a demon flew down from the ceiling, aiming to devour Jakotsu. The demon was swiftly sliced to bits, but several rocks of various sizes rained down from the it came out of. Kagome gasped and left Inuyasha's side, placing a hand on the mercenary's shoulder as he looked up. "You wench! Don't touch me!" Just as he was about to push her away, they were in the safety of the other side of the cavern. "You-you saved me?!" Kagome looked away, then nodded slowly. "Why?"
"I-I'm not really sure." Then she added hesitantly, "Are you still going to kill me?" Jakotsu averted his vision as well.
"No. We may just be mercenaries, but have enough honor to pay off our debts." Kagome nodded.
"Um, ok." She leaned her head against the cool rock wall, her breath coming in shallow gasps. 'Man that teleporting thing sure does take a lot out of me.' Inuyasha stirred next to her and got to his feet. To Kagome's surprise, he was back to being a hanyou. A half-demon. "Inuyasha! Are you okay?" Inuyasha rolled his shoulders.
"I'm fine. It takes a lot more than that to kill me. But that Jakotsu freak won't be when I get my hands on him." He spun around when a hand was laid on his shoulder and came face to face with Jakotsu.
"Hey Inuyasha!" Inuyasha blinked then whipped out Tetsuaiga with a faint ringing sound.
"Why you! I'm gonna-"
"Sit boy! Sit, sit, sit!" Kagome commanded. Inuyasha rose shakily to his elbows, then to his feet and climbed out of the gaping crater.
"Kagome!" Jakotsu watched the whole ordeal with wide eyes.
"I wanna do that too! Inuyasha! Sit boy!" He sweat dropped. "Darn…." Kagome shook her head.
"Great Kami…" Getting serious, she added, "We have to get out of here!" She insisted.
"No way! I'm going to find Bankotsu!" Inuyasha growled. Kagome's chocolate orbs hardened into a stony granite gaze.
"There's no time! Mt. Hakurei's going to collapse soon without the barrier to strengthen it!"
"I don't care! I'm going to find him and that's final!" Inuyasha bounded down one of the paths, leaving Kagome and Jakotsu.
"Wait, Inuyasha! Let me come with you!" Kagome grabbed the back of Jakotsu's shirt as he tried to run after Inuyasha.
"I don't think so." Kagome said.
"Fine. But don't hurt Big Brother!" He called down the tunnel, his word echoing and bouncing until they reached the hanyou's ears. Inuyasha flicked his dog ears in annoyance and continued on his way.
"First thing's first. Who's left in the Band of Seven?" Jakotsu muttered under his breath while counting on his fingers. Finally he held up four fingers.
"Three." He announced. "Me, Bankotsu, and Renkotsu." Kagome sweat dropped and put down one of his fingers. "Oh."
"Do you know where they are?"
"Why would I tell you, wench?"
"One, my name isn't 'wench'. It's Kagome. Two, because I think that someone owes someone a favor of two." Kagome replied, saying the last part in a sing-song voice.
"Fine." He grumbled. "I'm not sure where Renkotsu is, he was supposed to be back up, but whatever."
"And Bankotsu?"
Jakotsu shrugged. "He should be on his way here."
"Hm.. okay then. We need to go wait with Koga."
"That wolf demon?"
"Yup."
"What for?"
"Because that's where Sango and Miroku are meeting us."
"You mean that demon slayer and the monk?" Jakotsu asked eagerly.
"Mm-hm."
"Then-" All of a sudden, a gut wrenching THUD resonated from the wall as a body flew straight through it.
"Gah! Inuyasha!" Kagome rushed over.
"I-I'm ok."
"Are you sure?"
"Yeah. That corpse is goin' down!" He jumped back through the opening in the wall and the sound of metal on metal rang though the caves. Blood landed at Kagome's feet and she screamed.
"No way. You're not afraid of blood?" Jakotsu asked disbelievingly.
"Maybe just a little…."
"Tch." Jakotsu peeked his head through the wall and saw Inuyasha and Bankotsu sinking into the fleshy floor. "Big Brother!" Kagome looked up and followed his gaze.
"Inuyasha!" But it was too late. They had both disappeared. Kagome looked at Jakotsu. "We have to save them!"
"I know. But how?" He shook his head. "Why am I asking you? I'm the man here…" Kagome sweat dropped. 'Somehow, I'm not entirely convinced about that…." "This way!" Jakotsu decided on the tunnel to the far right. An evil presence seemed to leak from it.
"Naraku." Kagome muttered mutinously. "Have you ever met him?"
"A few times. Maybe once or twice."
"Hm. Let's get a move on it." Kagome took a deep breath and started down the tunnel.
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After several minutes, the path opened up into a clearing with a deep crater in the middle. "Whoa." Kagome breathed.
"Kagome!" A voice called her name and she looked up to see Sango and Miroku running towards her.
"Sango! Miroku! You're okay!"
"Yeah, but we have to get-" Sango broke off when she saw Jakotsu. "What's he doing here?" She asked, getting into a fighting position. Kagome sighed.
"It's a bit of a long story and we don't necessarily have the time. The floor swallowed up Inuyasha and Bankotsu. I'm not sure how, but the floors and walls turned into an odd, fleshy substance."
"We noticed." Miroku replied dryly.
"How are we supposed to rescue Inuyasha?" Kagome asked.
"And Big Brother." Jakotsu put in. Kagome nodded. Then, the walls quivered and fell away to reveal Naraku in his hideous, clashed together form. Kagome drew a sharp intake of breath.
"Inuyasha!" She called. He was trapped in one of Naraku's tentacles. Bankotsu who was also trapped, seemed to be in the worse condition. Blood was leaking slowly from his neck and arm, and he was unconscious.
"Kagome!" Yet another person called out to her.
"Shippou?" Kagome bent down and picked him up. Kirara purred as Sango stroked her back. "What are you doing here? Where's Kouga?"
"He-he came after you…but was swallowed up by the floor!" He sniffled. "Kirara and me came to find you." Kagome nodded.
"Sango! You and Miroku try to distract Naraku. Me and Jakotsu will take Kirara and rescue Inuyasha and Bankotsu." Sango looked at her skeptically. "I'll be fine with him! Just go!"
"Why are you helping them?" Shippou glared at Jakotsu.
"Just, never mind." Kagome got on top of Kirara and Jakotsu followed.
"Are you sure that this oversized neko can carry us?" He asked warily. Kagome sighed.
"Yes, and Inuyasha and Bankotsu. Come on, Kirara!" Kirara meowed then leaped into the air, flames billowing in her wake. She maneuvered her way over to Naraku, taking care to avoid the tentacle attempting to knock her out of flight. "Set us down here!" Kagome ordered. The demon lighted down and the humans immediately ran to their respective comrades. Kagome pulled frantically at the bindings, but no avail. Then another idea hit. Removing an arrow from her quiver, she thrust forcefully, purifying the miasma in the tentacle. Inuyasha blinked his eyes.
"Kagome?"
"Yup."
"Thanks for saving me."
"You're very welcome. But, before we go, we have to save Bankotsu and Kouga."
"WHAT?! That stupid corpse and that wimpy wolf? No way!"
Inuyasha snarled.
"Well, too bad. We don't time for this." Kagome went over to where Jakotsu was slashing at the tentacles with Jakotsuto. "Here, allow me." She gently pushed him aside and inserted another arrow into the flesh. The flesh disappeared and Bankotsu fell into the black crater. "Kirara!" Kagome cried. The fire neko swooped down and grabbed the back of Bankotsu's collar in her fangs. Kagome let out a sigh of relief.
"You're serious." Inuyasha gaped. Kagome nodded.
"Yes, I am."
Naraku looked down at them and chuckled. "So you've rescued that pathetic hanyou. And the mercenary brat. Good for you."
"Naraku! You're going down!" Inuyasha whipped out Tetsuaiga. "Kaze no kizu!" The golden blazes rushed out in all directions.
"Heheheheh…bad move." Naraku deflected the Kaze no kizu, sending it back at the Inutachi, er…and company.
"Ack…" Miroku and Sango looked on helplessly from the top of Mt. Hakurei. "Kagome, Inuyasha! You have to get out of there!" He called. Jakotsu looked up.
"Hey! What about us?" He pouted. Miroku sighed.
"Kirara! Bring Bankotsu up here!" Sango braced her Haraikotsu against the haywire Kaze no kizu. Kirara gently laid the mercenary on the cliff. "Now get Inuyasha and Kagome."
"And me!" Jakotsu yelled angrily. Sango rolled her eyes.
"Fine and Jakotsu." Kirara nodded and flew off to her rescue mission. When Kirara landed, Kagome and Jakotsu got on, but Inuyasha stayed. He mumbled a few incoherent sentences but Kagome seemed to have no problem hearing.
"Wha? You're going to rescue Kouga? Aw, thank you Inuyasha." Kagome looked down into the crater. "He's down there. Please hurry." Inuyasha gave her a smile and leapt into the inky black darkness. "Let's get out of here."
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After making two trips out of the collapsing mountain, Kirara changed forms and lay panting. "That was a lot of work. Good job." Sango murmured soothingly. The fire neko mewled weakly. Kagome was bent over Bankotsu, checking his wounds. Jakotsu was nearby, keeping an eye on things. Reaching into her yellow bag, Kagome pulled out a roll of bandages. She quickly applied them and he stirred slightly. Jakotsu's watchful eye caught the small movement and he rushed over.
"Big Brother!" Bankotsu tried getting to his feet, but Kagome gently pushed him, back down.
"Let me up, you wench!" He growled. Kagome shook her head.
"No way. You're injured."
"No little scratch is gonna keep me down! I didn't get to be the leader of the Band of Seven by sitting on my ass all day!" Kagome looked up at Jakotsu pleadingly. Jakotsu sighed.
"I'll fill him in on everything that's happened." He complied.
"Thanks, Jakotsu." Kagome smiled warmly and Jakotsu recoiled as if stung. He shook it off and gave a wary smile back. Kagome joined Sango and Miroku as Jakotsu muttered quietly to Bankotsu. "Hey, Sango? Where's Shippou?" The demon slayer turned.
"Sleeping. With Kirara." She replied. Kagome nodded.
"Hey." Kagome jumped, then whipped around and nocked an arrow.
"Kouga!" Kagome threw her arms around the young wolf demon. "Inuyasha was able to rescue you?"
"That's right! And he'd better say thank you!" Inuyasha grumbled. Kagome's eyes brightened and she hugged him as well. "Uh, is there a problem?"
"No, I just thought you had died."
"Well obviously I didn't." Inuyasha retorted.
"I-It's just…I-I was so worried!" Kagome sobbed. Kouga narrowed his eyes.
"Kouga!" A voice called from down the road. Two people were running towards them.
"Hakakku! Ginta!" Kagome shouted. The wolf demons collapsed on the ground.
"We s-saw M-Mt. Hakurei c-collapse and we w-were worried. So w-we came l-looking f-for you." Ginta panted. Hakakku nodded in agreement.
"All right, now that that's out of the way, what are those Band of Seven people doing here?" Kouga demanded. Before anyone could answer, he added, "Wasn't Mutt-face here supposed to get rid of 'em?"
"Yeah, well I didn't see you helping!" Inuyasha snapped.
"If you don't remember, I personally killed two of them." Kouga boasted.
"One was the weakest and the second exploded!"
"So? And how many have you killed?"
"…"
"That's what I thought." Kouga said mockingly.
"Quit it, both of you. Killing isn't something to be proud of." Kagome cut into their argument. "We need to get back to Kaede's village so Bankotsu can get his wounds proper treatment."
"I thought you already did that." Jakotsu piped up. Kagome jumped and shrieked. She hadn't realized Jakotsu had joined them.
"You scared me. Where's Bankotsu?"
"I got him to get some sleep."
"Good. Like I was saying, yes I put bandages on his wounds, but I didn't treat them." She explained. Jakotsu nodded and looked at Inuyasha. The two made eye contact and Jakotsu winked. Inuyasha gulped nervously. Kagome couldn't help giggling a bit. Sango and Miroku smiled and soon the whole group was laughing at Jakotsu's antics (everyone except Jakotsu and Inuyasha of course).
"It isn't funny!" Inuyasha spat.
"Yes it is!" Kagome laughed. Kouga clasped her hands.
"We must be off, Kagome. Farewell." Then he sped off with Hakakku and Ginta following.
"Thank Kami." Inuyasha muttered under his breath.
"Inuyasha." Kagome scolded gently. He jumped back.
"Don't you DARE-"
"SIT!" Inuyasha's necklace dragged him to the ground, with a muttered, "oof!". "How many times do I have to tell you to be nice? Sit! Sit sit sit! " Sango and Miroku winced, Jakotsu smiled, and Shippou let out a loud snore.
AMANDA. AMANDA. AMANDA. AMANDA. AMANDA.
Me: Well there you have it! My first fanfic in four months! Hope you enjoyed reading it as much as I did writing it! If you have any suggestions for the second chapter, please tell me right away and I will also give you full credit. Any questions in reviews will also be answered.
Hotaru: Maybe….
Me: Honestly! I will! Until chapter two, Ja mata.(See you later)
P.S. I am learning Japanese! Yay for me! So I may be putting in random phrases.