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CHAPTER 1: ENTER BANKOTSU

Author's Note: Hey guys! I just started watching Inuyasha again, and I fell in love with Bankotsu all over again! So I had a thought, what if he and Sango was a couple? LOL, Sango is my second favorite character after him so why not? I love it so far!

Hope you enjoy!

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Edited: September 21, 2018 - Decided to redo and add a couple of things (:

Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha

Sango stood anxiously as she and the others watched Inuyasha fight the leader of the Band of Seven, Bankotsu. She had been aware of his power was superior to others that have struggled against Inuyasha in the past since their last run in with him. He proved that as he was able to stop Inuyasha's notable wind scar only walking away with a scratch in his halberd, banryu. Every blow the mercenary stuck was calculated, effortless even. Sango clenched her fists around the strap of her hiraikotsu which was behind her back watching the two go back in forth ready to intervene if necessary. The sounds of Bankotsu and Inuyasha's swords vibrated throughout the island followed by gasps from Sango and the others.

Her eyes traveled from Inuyasha to Bankotsu, as she looked at him she shivered seeing those cold blue eyes narrow in determination at his opponent, his arrogant smirk in place amused with Inuyasha's attempts to strike him down. In Bankotsu's deep blue eyes Sango saw a dangerous glint of playfulness.

"Arugh!" Inuyasha yelled snapping Sango's daze, she gasped seeing that Bankotsu's banryu cleanly sliced through his kimono revealing a stream of blood dripping down his arm. Inuyasha stumbled back a few steps wincing in pain.

"Inuyasha!" Kagome yelled beside her already running forward, Sango's hand shot out stopping her friend. Kagome didn't acknowledge Sango's hand on her shoulder as she kept her eyes trained on Inuyasha.

"Kagome, no!" Sango hissed tightening her hold on her friend.

"He's badly hurt, he is at a big disadvantage," Miroku observed from the other side of her, clenching his fist around his staff nervously.

Inuyasha angrily started to rush to him with a shout sending a swing of the tetsusaiga at Bankotsu's body which he quickly jumped away placing his full attention towards the half-demon, "I'm quite disappointed, Inuyasha. You are a lot weaker than the last time we battled. Show me this wind scar of yours!" Bankotsu taunted pointing his mighty banryu at him.

Inuyasha smirked and brought tetsusaiga over his head, "Thanks for the invite! You're going to regret it!" He retorted. Sango smirked to herself certain that Inuyasha will now have the upper hand. "Wind Scar!" Inuyasha bellowed. The familiar yellow streaks of energy blasted from his sword aiming towards Bankotsu.

"He's got him now!" Shippo exclaimed as he was perched up on Miroku's shoulder. Sango nodded watching anxiously as the yellow strike of energy was now getting closer to Bankotsu, her stomach dropped as she detected the tiniest bit of worry for Bankotsu inside of her, but she quickly pushed it away.

The mercenary only smirked jumping into the air Sango watched in awe as Bankotsu spun his great halberd with one hand before coming to a stop pointing it directly at Inuyasha's wind scar, "Dragon hammer!" He roared as a pink blast of energy came from his halberd. Sango and the others gasped seeing the two surges of energy clash against one another before irrupting throughout the island causing Sango to use her forearm to black out the blinding light.

"He's stopped it!" Kagome exclaimed in disbelief.

Sango knew what was coming. Next, she tensed herself watching as Inuyasha smirked intending to use his backlash wave, rushing forward once more Inuyasha sliced through the air as he bellowed, "Backlash wave!"

But nothing happened.

Bankotsu was coming fast toward Inuyasha, his halberd ready to strike, "Don't just stand there in a daze!" Banryu clashed with tetsusaiga, Inuyasha shout out in pain as his arm was still bleeding heavily. He managed to push Bankotsu off of him as he stumbled back on purpose, Sango noticed the slight tremble in his wounded arm. He won't last long, Sango thought.

Suddenly, Sango heard Kirara roar beside her, without the barrier Kirara and Shippo was back to their full strength. Kirara roared once more as she was now transformed into her full form and started running towards Inuyasha stopping at his side before facing the mercenary hissing at him. A swell of pride rushed through Sango's chest, "That's it Kirara! Help Inuyasha!" She shouted. Bankotsu's eyes snapped in her direction surprising her. Brown eyes met azure ones making her freeze in place, his eyes locked into hers staring at her with surprise, anger and something she couldn't quite distinguish. Goosebumps started to erupt on her arms and neck confusing her even more as his eyes bore into hers. An unfamiliar feeling of warmth bubbled deep within her. Even though their brief moment of eye contact lasted for a second, it felt longer to Sango. She narrowed her eyes at him starting to glare wiping away the strange feelings she felt stir inside of her.

"The backlash wave technique surrounds and reverses the natural flow of an opponent's demonic aura," Miroku's voice snapped Sango out of her trance, Sango looked at her friend trying to process what he was saying.

"So what does that mean?" Sango asked tentatively as her eyes darted back and forth from Bankotsu to Inuyasha's hostile stance.

"Since Bankotsu was once human he doesn't produce such an aura," Miroku observed. Sango's eyes widened realizing that Inuyasha's most potent battle move will only be in vain meaning his fight against Bankotsu will get more complicated. Sango's eyes traveled over the mighty halberd wondering how much strength Bankotsu must have had without the jewel shards to wield such a powerful weapon.

Kagome gasped as if a lightbulb went off in her head, and she moved forward beside Sango clutching her fists, "Inuyasha! He's using the shards of the tainted Shikon jewel shard in his halberd!" Sango's eyes widen.

"That's it! He can use the aura of the jewel shard to create the backlash wave!" Sango perceived. Miroku nodded beside her, and a smirk graced upon his lips.

Bankotsu glared at Sango once more not missing the chance to make eye contact with her. His deep blue eyes caught her attention once more making her smirk disappear as she felt herself get lost in his cold, determined eyes. As if he realized what he was doing, he ripped his eyes away from their gaze before scowling at Inuyasha, "I won't fall for that again! Do you only have one battle move?" He shouted. She gasped as Bankotsu struck banryu into the ground, he used his hand to push himself off the sword which was created by some force. He shot through the air head first then turned upright. Sango watched this ordinary human mercenary shoot into the sky, hundreds of feet above them. He raised the banryu up to the sky. "Dragon thunder!" he bellowed.

She craned her head up looking at Bankotsu as he was high up in the sky. The once calm, blue sky was now turning into a raging storm as black clouds swirled above them. Sango flinched at the rumbling of thunder sounded off in the distance followed by bolts of lightening manifesting around Bankotsu and his banryu. Sango gasped in terror as she saw Bankotsu yell as the lightning bolts around him started exhibiting around the tip of his halberd. "Run!" She yelled at Miroku and Kagome sensing what was going to happen. She scoped Shippo in her arms as Kirara followed closely. Miroku pulled Kagome along with him as Kagome held onto the village boy's hand tightly.

"Even I can't predict where the lighting will strike!" Bankotsu laughed.

Sango glanced up as she ran, her heartbeat beating against her ribcage and thundering against her eardrums, she watched in horror as lightning bolts were suddenly striking randomly on the ground, narrowly missing her and her friends. She ran as fast as she could feel the white-hot electricity coming dangerously close on her heels. She screamed as the blinding light of a bolt landed in front of her making her fly in the air into Kirara knocking her out momentarily before everything went black.

A powerful vibration followed by a cry from Inuyasha roused Sango awake, she felt the dirt against her cheek as she tried to gain focus on her hand in front of her. She blinked a few times making the figures of Bankotsu and Inuyasha once farther away from her. She winced as the blinding light from the clash between Inuyasha and Bankotsu.

Groaning, Sango rolled over feeling every muscle in her body ache. She opened her eyes again as the images of Bankotsu and Inuyasha were still fuzzy. Blinking once, then twice she sat up cradling the back of her head in the process. Standing up and stumbling a few times Sango was able to retrieve her hiraikotsu which was not too far from her to help stabilize her by planting one end into the ground. She leaned heavily on the boomerang before shaking her head trying to regain consciousness. Around her, she saw the bodies of Kagome, Miroku, Shippo and the village boy she immediately rushed to them. She placed her fingers gently on Kagome's neck feeling her pulse, and she breathed a sigh of relief seeing the others were just only unconscious.

Her eyes snapped up to the two fighting, Inuyasha was ferociously striking Bankotsu haphazardly, she noticed the familiar look of anger in his eyes filled with worry. She watched in awe as Bankotsu effortlessly blocked every one of Inuyasha's blows. He pushed Inuyasha off, he pointed banryu up towards the sky once more and let out a mighty cry as he summoned pink electric bolts of energy, he slashed at the ground aiming it towards Inuyasha who only reflected it with his own wind scar canceling each of their blows out.

"How many of your dirty tricks are you going to pull on me?" Inuyasha spat out angrily sending another wave of yellow energy towards Bankotsu.

"Are you stupid?" Bankotsu shouted back jumping up in time missing the attack. Sango acted quickly running forward ready to jump in, she glanced behind her seeing Kagome and Miroku were finally gaining consciousness. She clutched at her hiraikotsu feeling her legs pump as she was getting closer to Bankotsu and Inuyasha. "In a match to the death, there is no such thing as fair or foul!" Bankotsu roared directing his pink bolts towards Inuyasha.

The two went back and forth relentlessly directing their powerful blows to one another only to have equally canceled each ball of energy sent their way. Sango strained her ears as she heard a light bell sound coming off in the distance. Stopping in mid-stride Sango's eyes snapped above her seeing Saint Hakushin's vajira zoom above her clashing with Inuyasha's tetsusaiga making it shrink back to it's rusty, old form. "Inuyasha!" She yelled catching the attention of the two of them. Bankotsu stared at her eyeing her up and down with surprise and interest.

"What is the meaning of this?" Inuyasha lashed out staring at his sword in disbelief and puzzlement on his face.

"Wait, Inuyasha!" Miroku shouted from behind Sango making her look over her shoulder at the monk who was still on the ground trying to regain his consciousness, "That vajira was the decor of the sacred barrier around this island!" Sango glanced at the vajira at Inuyasha's feet, Miroku continued, "It' seems Saint Hakushin is an ally of Bankotsu!"

Sango gasped turning her attention back to Bankotsu who stood at the ready with his halberd in front of him. His handsome features graced an arrogant smirk. Handsome? Sango caught herself thinking angrily before throwing that thought in the back of her mind as she watched Inuyasha growl in annoyance turning his attention back to the mercenary.

"I take he wants me to finish you off quickly," Bankotsu said, Sango started up her running once more as she saw Bankotsu spin his halbert with one hand as he advanced towards Inuyasha, "Too bad this has to end too soon for you all!" He snarled.

Sango was now in range, and she quickly grabbed her hiraikotsu on her back. Grunting she flung it with all her might towards Bankotsu, she anxiously watched as her weapon sliced through the air until it collided with his banryu, "Yes!" She shouted victoriously. Bankotsu growled in anger as the boomerang made contact with him, he pushed back the powerful force of her hiraikotsu sending it back at her.

"Who are you to get in the middle of this battle, demon slayer?" Bankotsu yelled at her turning his full attention towards her. Sango shot her hand up catching her boomerang at the right time. Their eyes locked once more and she felt the same shiver running through her legs followed by the odd warmth deep within her. She couldn't explain it. Bankotsu looked at her up and down once more before his arrogant smirk spread on his face once more, "Well, half-breed, it looks like at least one of your friends know their way around a weapon or two. Tell me, demon slayer. I hope you're stronger than you look!"

She glared at the mercenary as his stance was now towards her, she walked forward ignoring the odd feelings stirring inside of her, she didn't break the eye contact with his deep azure ones, "Yeah? Just try me!" She yelled as the two of them started to rush towards each other. Sango felt the adrenaline pump through her as she found herself rushing forward the wind rushing behind her ears.

"Sango, no!" Miroku shouted from behind her his rings jingling in the distance indicating he was running towards her. Sango ignored his protests and the gasps from her friends as she rushed towards the mercenary, her eyes didn't leave him as she readied unsheathed her katana from her obi. The familiar rush before a battle surged through Sango as it pumped through her body fueling her to run faster. Sango watched as Bankotsu started to spin banryu in one hand as they got closer to one another. Bracing herself for the inevitable clash in the middle Sango shouted a battle cry ready to clash with his banryu as they were just a few feet away from each other. Sango saw a little flash of regret in his blue eyes catching her off guard for a bit. Bankotsu was just about to bring his massive halberd down on her until a blast of lavender light zoomed past Sango sending a breeze against her side, she stopped in her tracks and gasped seeing Kagome's sacred arrow lodge itself into Bankotsu's arm disintegrating the flesh and skin around it until it was just bone. Bankotsu hissed as he lifted his arm inspecting the arrow piercing through his arm bones.
"You got him, Kagome!" Inuyasha cried from behind her.

Acting quickly, Sango ran forward once more intending to finish him off before the ring of Saint Hakushin's vajira went off above them. The vajira shot from the ground beside Inuyasha's feet towards Bankotsu breaking in the process, a shower of light washed over Bankotsu as it lifted him off the ground. Sango watched dazed seeing the light illuminate around Bankotsu; he shared her surprise as he looked at the odd balls of light surrounding him. His eyes looked from around his body back to Sango. She felt herself freeze up once more seeing his deep blue eyes connect with hers.

She couldn't quite explain what she felt or why there was pull from within her as their eyes met, everything around her stop as his eyes pierced into her as if he was looking into her soul. His eyes were so intense and oddly inviting she didn't notice herself walking towards him as the curiosity rushed through her. Sango gazed up at him as the light illuminated around him. He looks like a dark angel, she thought. The world around her came crashing down on her snapping her out of their trance as she heard Kagome and the others speaking behind her. She gasped as Bankotsu's figure slowly started to fade away from his feet up leaving his eyes last still never breaking eye contact with her.

Then he was gone.

Sango's hand went up to her chest feeling it beat again, she stood there dazed and confused on what just happened between her and the mercenary for a moment before she felt a nuzzle on her arm. Kirara mewed at her as if she was expressing her worry for her mistress, Sango shook her head running her hand on the back of her feline friend trying to get rid of Bankotsu's piercing blue eyes.

"Sango!" Inuyasha called behind her waving her over to them. Sango nodded and started walking towards her group of friends riding her thoughts of Bankotsu out of her mind.

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