..Hello!
Well--I'm a HUGE fan of diverse couples (hence the screen name...)...so here I am! Weird, I always thought my first story would be an Inu/San...but here I am! Makin' a Bankotsu/Sango! Oh well, you don't have to read. Erm--no flames about the couple, you can search for a couple you like--it doesnt mean you need to search out other couples and flame the story because of it.
On a lighter note, have fun! And please reveiw! PLEASE!
-Diverse-Thinker
Disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha-- Rumiko Takahashi does!
"HIRAIKOTSU!"
The large boomerang swung through the air fiercely, whistling as it cut through the wind.
Inuyasha watched as the boomerang swung towards him—but he trusted Sango. Gritting his teeth, Inuyasha let his head drop. The demon had slashed ferociously at him, creating 3 deep scratches that started from the inside of the right elbow, continuing deep into the stomach and passing it as it finished on the inner left elbow. He was breathing deeply, trying to maintain consciousness. Though it was hard—it was such a deep cut he could practically see the muscles inside him pulse with every breath.
Believing his instinct, he let the boomerang come closer. Inuyasha suddenly grinned as it ran infront of him, protecting him from the demon's next attack, then making a full circle around the demon and impale it's back. The demon's eyes widened and started to croak. Everyone watched as it stood still for a second.
Suddenly, The demon started to chuckle, "A slayer." The demon started to step a little closer to her, stepping on an unconscious Inuyasha on the way.
"Inuyasha!" Kagome yelled in fright as she saw the demon take's its pawed foot off Inuyasha, taking its last step near the exterminator. Kirara caught Kagome's shirt pulling her back just before Kagome was about to run towards him. "INUYASHA!" She yelled once more as he finally started to stir in his own Inuyasha-shaped ditch the demon had kindly created for him.
Miroku growled through gritted teeth as he saw the demon's arm extend itself like Kagome's rubber bands and extract the large weapon.
"Sango! Watch out!"
The demon didn't exactly know how to throw it, so he lengthened his arm in Sango's direction while the Hiraikotsu was held in his stretched hand.
Sango quickly whipped out her katana and held it vertically infront of her with both hands as the force of the demon holding her weapon, clashed against eachother.
The demon was strong, that much she could say. Her knuckles started to turn a ghostly white as she gripped her katana's handle harder. Sango was starting to be pushed backwards on her feet, and soon enough she was pushed until her back was against a tree making her back flatten against it.
Miroku took out his sacred rolls and looked over at Kagome who was poised to shoot her sacred arrow.
"Kagome!" Miroku yelled, grabbing her attention. She looked what was positioned in his hand and nodded.
"Gotcha!" Kagome yelled in agreement to Miroku.
Miroku aimed the sacred rolls in his hand, aiming at the demon and hoping Kagome's training would show some improvement, and threw.
'C'mon Kagome, this is for Sango and Inuyasha!' Kagome thought to herself confidently.
Kagome squinted one eye, aiming for one of Miroku's sacred rolls. Pulling the string of her bow backwards slightly, she suddenly let it go letting the arrow fly forward. They watched a pink aura surround it as it flew.
Sango stood even straighter, her own sword was cutting against her chest. But she would have to put up with it, because it was either that, or feel the full force of her Hiraikotsu cutting her in half.
"DIE SLAY-"
A pink light caught both the demon and the slayer's attention as they saw a sacred arrow coming their way. But not only was it a sacred arrow, it had the sacred rolls of a monk pierced through the top of it, and it was heading the demons way!
Kagome smiled in delight as her arrow cut through Miroku's roll, making the paper fly along with her arrow. Her aim was getting much better.
Sango's eye's widened as the demon's eyes rolled to the back of it's head, the demon's body beginning to sway forward after the arrow pierced it's back. It was going to flatten her.
Sango heard a loud roar of a certain cat demon from her side and looked just in time to see Kirara fly towards her. Grabbing onto Kirara's large mane as she flew past Sango, with one hand, and grabbed her weapons with the other, Sango lifted off the ground and out of the way just before the heavy demon fell.
Straddling Kirara, she looked back to see the demon fall face forward as she settled Hiraikotsu on her back and sheathed her katana.
"Sango! Get Inuyasha!" Sango heard Kagome yell as Kagome heard Miroku say he was going to suck in the demon, just incase the demon's friends would smell his death and come quickly for their revenge.
"KAZAANA!"
Sango looked down to see Inuyasha on all fours, attempting to stand on his own. She rolled her eyes, 'Cant you stay put for just a second, Inuyasha?'
"Down Kirara!" Sango ordered as she felt Kirara descend down to Inuyasha.
Confusion took over Inuyasha as he felt a heavy wind pull him slightly towards Kagome and Miroku. Looking over to the said people, making his silver hair blow wildly behind him, he saw Miroku open his Kazaana.
Looking back ahead of himself, he was the object about to be sucked in. 'They killed it?'
"INUYASHA!" Upon hearing his name being called from above, he looked up and saw Sango yelling to grab her hand over the loud whistling wind of Miroku's Kazaana.
Inuyasha held his hand up to her lazily just as Kirara swooped down near him, not even stopping to stand on the ground. The fast acceleration of Sango grabbing his wrist and swinging him around behind her knocked the wind out of him for a second.
Kirara flew straight upward just as the wind picked up even faster and the dead demon came hurtling towards the trio, making it miss and head straight for Kagome and Miroku.
Once Inuyasha and Sango were safe in the air waiting for Miroku to close up his Kazaana, both warriors looked over to the spiritual half of the group. Miroku stood tall as one hand gripped his curse one, an evident struggling facial expression on his sweating face, while Kagome stood behind Miroku, safely gripping handfuls of his robes in her hands as she peered over his shoulder.
"W-where's Shippou?" Inuyasha asked.
"He's probably hiding near Kagome's bike." Sango replied, not taking her eyes off the now sucked up demon.
Inuyasha looked at Sango temporarily, a fierce determined look on her face. She was always ready for anything. Sniffing, Inuyasha caught the scent of blood. Her blood.
"Sango—you're bleeding."
"Huh?" Sango looked over her shoulder to see Inuyasha sniffing her again.
"Look who's talking, you still have deep cuts." Sango informed him as Kirara descended towards Miroku and Kagome after he had closed his Kazaana.
"Keh, the ones on my arms healed already…"
Sango rolled her eyes, "And your stomach?"
"It's fine—" Inuyasha gasped loudly as Sango barely nudged his abdomen with her elbow.
"You definitely sound alright to me. I was just grazed by my katana, you on the other hand were cut deeply."
Inuyasha lightly crossed his arms over his chest and scoffed.
It had been like that for a while. Inuyasha and Sango were the fighters of the group always on the offensive, while Kagome and Miroku were mostly on the defensive. Passing by a village on their way, the people asked them about their wanderings, then about their group. Amazed as they were, they couldn't help but take their group for advantage.
-Day before-
"A hanyou, a miko, a monk, 2 demons and a demon slayer…" The village
chief had clarified before he lowered himself to bow at them. "Please,
I will do all I can offer if you could just kill a demon that has been
pestering us for quiet a while. It has demanded everything! And is now
demanding that we offer all of our young ladies to do his bidding!" Of course, Inuyasha had just keh'ed at first. Kagome looked towards the group then back at the chief, "What exactly could you offer us?" She asked sheepishly. "We have places to stay, food to eat, beautiful young maidens to clean
after you, equipment and weapons…anything we have would be yours!" "…A place to stay?" Kagome asked excitedly. "Equipment and weapons?" Sango's face lightened up. "FOOD!" Shippo jumped up happily. "Beautiful young maidens you say…" Miroku whispered to himself, a grin spreading onto his face. BONK Sango's eyebrow twitched as she refastened Hiraikotsu on her back. "What do you say Inuyasha?" Miroku asked his friend, a large red bump
the size of a fist on the crown of his head, "Let us stay here a couple
of days?" "A couple of days?" Inuyasha yelled before he centered his attention
back to the chief, "Why the hell do we need to protect this village, if
the place is practically deserted anyway!" He yelled a little more
irritated. The chief was silent for a few seconds before answering. "Well, some
people of the village had left not too long ago after…after…" "Spit it out!" "Inuyasha!" Kagome yelled, "After what, sir?" The chief bowed slightly at Kagome's kindness. "After the Band of Seven rode past here not too long ago." The Inu-gumi looked wide-eyed at the chief. "The Band of Seven came by?" Sango asked, "Then," Sango stuttered a little but, "…Pardon my rudeness…but…um…" "What she means is, why aren't you dead yet?" Inuyasha demanded, finishing for her rudely. The chief sighed, "That was what I was wondering myself. The Band of
Seven stopped at the head of the village, and only two continued on.
The one with…some femininity asked if we saw a boy carrying around a
sickle." "That must be Jakotsu…"Inuyasha grimaced. "We had told them no, and the one holding the legendary Banryu told us
that he'd kill everyone with one sweep if we were lying. We continued
to plead truthfulness until he told us that if we saw a boy in a ninja
suit and a sickle as a weapon, then we should inform them. They would
be staying not too far away from here. Then they left." The chief
informed them. "…So most of the villagers fled for their life because of the watchful eye of the Band of Seven?" Miroku asked. This boy with a sickle seemed very suspicious to Inuyasha, "Did they say the name of this boy they're looking for?" The chief thought for a second as he looked up in thought, "I…don't exactly remember…something with a K…" Inuyasha grabbed the chief by the front of his robes. "Remember, damnit!" "Inuyasha, no need to be so hostile." Miroku said trying to calm Inuyasha down as he put a hand on his shoulder. Inuyasha growled as he let go of the man, "Naraku, the person who
resurrected the Band of Seven…so the boy the Band of Seven would be
lookin' for has to be someone whose on Naraku's side…" The group remained quiet. "…And your point is, Inuyasha?" Shippou remarked as he rolled his eyes. BONK "OWWWW, Kagome! Inuyasha hit me on the head!" Shippou cried as he massaged his aching lump. "Inuyasha…" Kagome started. "Let me finish!" Inuyasha yelled. "As I was saying…the person they'd had to be lookin' for would have to
be on Naraku's side already…" Inuyasha then turned and looked straight
at Sango, "Or maybe forced with a shard, to be on Naraku's side…" Sango gasped, realizing who Inuyasha was talking about. "Kohaku…" She drawled out. Kagome gasped as well, 'Sango's little brother…' "Yes! Kohaku…that was it." The chief smiled sheepishly, getting a narrowed-eye look from Inuyasha.
After that, the group had decided to stay. The next day they had ventured out to seek this demon terrorizing the half-deserted village. And that's what led Inuyasha here—sulking in his self pity as Kagome finished wrapping his wounds from their recent battle.
Shippou grinned, "I told you we could take care of the demon ourselves, Inuyasha!" Shippou stuck his tongue out at him, knowing that he couldn't move fast enough or else he'd open his wounds.
"You didn't even do anything! You were hiding in the bushes somewhere, stupid!"
"Yeah, well atleast I wasn't laying there like a fool in the middle of the battlefield! Keh, Inuyasha, you were laying there as if you got sat 5 times in a row." Shippou snickered, making Inuyasha's cheeks flame up slightly.
Inuyasha growled, his fists forming under his squared shoulders. "Why you—"
"C'mon Shippou, before he got hurt he fount the demon." Kagome argued as she put her unused supplies back into her first aid kit.
"That's right!" Inuyasha puffed.
"…But maybe if he would have listened to me and used the Wind Scar first…" Kagome whispered as an after thought.
"What was that?" Inuyasha pouted.
Kagome smiled sheepishly at him after she stood up, "Oh, nothing Inuyasha." Not wanting an argument to happen while he's injured, she walked out of the hut.
Kagome giggled as she heard Inuyasha start to whine in the abandoned hut, "HEY! I didn't say you could leave me!"
"I'm still here Inuyasha…" Shippou replied sneakily.
BONK
"WAAHHH" Shippou ran out of the hut and into Kagome's waiting arms.
The sudden sound of Kirara's loud whining sound was followed by an ear shattering scream that filtered through the village.
"Sango…"Kagome realized. "Miroku! Inuya—"
Inuyasha had already grabbed Tetsusaiga as he ran out of the hut and stood before Kagome.
"That was—"
"Sango. I know. Why didn't I smell her blood before…? Damn."
"Where's Miroku?" Kagome asked in a rush.
Inuyasha looked up and sniffed as he looked a few huts down. He was about to run over there, when an…interesting…scent of sweat and arousal filled his nose.
Inuyasha growled loudly, even making Kagome step back slightly. "Inuyasha?"
"…I'll go get her myself." With that, he jumped into air towards the scream.
"WAIT! INUYASHA YOU'RE—" But he was already gone. "...Hurt." Kagome finished as she sighed irritably.
A couple villagers rushed over to Kagome, asking what happened and I they needed their help and soldiers. She politely declined and looked towards the hut Inuyasha had growled at.
Pieces to the puzzle started to form in her head as Kagome looked downward in disappointment.
"Ew, what's that smell?" Shippou asked childishly pinching his nose.
Kagome didn't smell anything, but she had a pretty good idea what Shippou and Inuyasha were talking about. "…Oh Miroku" She sighed sadly, feelings sorry for Sango.
Well-- Please reveiw! I beg of you...I live for them! (well ok, not really but you would understand if you had a story)
Anyway, Thanks for reading!