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The Violent Tomboy: The shards that weren't inside living objects disappeared, lol. So, since the shards are in the Band of Sevens necks, and they're alive..sorta, the shards stayed. Koga still has his. All will be explained later, I promise! ((wink))
Miry: Oh yes, lots of fluff soon to come!
PimpTroyce: Sorry about the time leaps, it's a habit. I'll try my best to make them longer, thanks for the suggestion! It's just so hard to fix! Lol...
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Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha only some of the random things that I make up.
Warnings: OOC (some characters) ,language. Rated for later chapters...Or just
in case.
Key: thought , "speech"
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LAST TIME...
Kagome looked down to find the shard stuck in a flower. That's why it's pure. She thought to herself, and looked up at Bankotsu. He only had two in his neck. "So you used one of your shards to lure me here...Were the others a distraction?"
"Yeah! How'd you know? You're pretty smart!" Bankotsu laughed, as he stood up and walked towards her.
"What do you want with me?"
"The same thing that half demon wants."
Kagome blushed. "What...is that?"
"You're powers."
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Catch you catch Kagome
CHAPTER TWO: You can't make me!
"What do you mean?" Kagome asked again, stepping back once more, but not before grabbing the shard from the flower.
Bankotsu continued walking towards her, ignoring the fear she had of him. "You'll find out later," he told her, lunging forward and grabbing her around the waist. "Ginkotsu, signal the others! I've got the girl!"
"Lemme go!" Kagome cried as she began kicking and squirming.
"Just be quiet!" Bankotsu ordered her covering her mouth with his hands. He held her firmly as he ran deeper into the forest after Ginkotsu fired his cannon. Kagome was actually quite surprised at how gentle the Shichinintai leader was being with her, what was he planning?
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"Is that the signal?" Jakotsu cried sadly. "I don't want to leave Inuyasha yet!"
"Let's go!" Suikotsu demanded, grabbing his comrade by the arm and running into the forest. Renkotsu jumped in front of Inuyasha, shoved a flower in the half demons nose and then followed his friends into the forest.
"What was that?" Inuyasha screamed in frustration, pulling the flower from his nose. "Are they just trying to ruin my sleep?"
"Oh no!" Shippo exclaimed, bothering everyone. "Where's Kagome?"
"I think I saw her running off into the forest!" Sango exclaimed, jumping onto Kirara and following after the Shichinintai members. "What have you done with Kagome?" she demanded, throwing her large boomerang weapon.
Suikotsu stopped and easily caught it. "She's probably somewhere getting killed by some demon. You should keep a better eye on her!" he taunted, tossing the weapon back at it's owner. "Stupid woman!"
"Where's Kagome?" Inuyasha asked, jumping down in front of Sango.
"It looks like big brother will have to wait awhile," Suikotsu sighed, getting into a fighting stance. "Make sure nobody gets in our way."
Renkotsu ran towards Sango and Kirara, breathing fire and chasing the two away, while Jakotsu assisted Suikotsu in attacking Inuyasha.
"We aren't going to kill him are we?" Jakotsu asked sadly, swinging his trick sword at the half demon with great force.
"Not until ordered," Suikotsu replied, trying to slice a hole into Inuyasha's chest.
"Stop talking so casually and fight me!" Inuyasha demanded angrily, dodging all the attacks thrown at him. Suddenly he found himself engulfed in fire and when he blew it all away with his wind scar, he was all alone on the battle field. Kagome had been lost, and the Shichinintai had gotten away.
"That was long and boring," Renkotsu mumbled as he and the others ran through the forest, headed towards a cave in the distance.
"Won't Inuyasha be able to pick up our scent along with that girls?" Jakotsu asked, worriedly.
"Nah, Renkotsu took care of that," Suikotsu explained.
"Really? How?" Jakotsu inquired, stopping and staring at Suikotsu once they reached a cave.
"I gave him a special flower that destroys a demons scent glands. He won't be able to smell for awhile. When he does, he'll have forgotten our smell along with that girls," Bankotsu explained, exiting the cave in the background. The Shichinintai had made an old cave into their new hide-out. Seeing as how they'd just kidnapped a young girl, they needed a place to keep her until they could get her to join them. Until then, they were stuck in that cave. The cave however, was conveniently in the middle of a rather large forest. It would be impossible for Inuyasha to find them without his smell, and if he did, they'd already be long gone.
"Where is the woman?" Jakotsu asked in disgust.
"Asleep in the cave," Bankotsu replied. "Thanks to Suikotsu's sleeping potion."
"No problem," the said man laughed heading into the cave. "I'm tired and it's late. Night."
"I agree, I'm quite sleepy," Renkotsu muttered, following Suikotsu. "Ginkotsu, lets go." Ginkotsu did as he was told and soon only Jakotsu and Bankotsu were standing in the moonlight.
"What's you plan?" Jakotsu asked his leader as he yawned.
"I'll talk to her," he replied, also yawning. "Let's get to sleep..." The two boys made their way to the cave, yawning and moaning about the nights work.
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Kagome found herself inside a cave surrounded by the Shichinintai. "Oh my gosh," she muttered to herself in fear. They were all asleep, but still scary. She slowly began to move in an attempt to escape, but was stopped by two strong hands.
"You're not going to run away from me, are you?" Bankotsu whispered into her ear, causing her to jump. "Woah! Calm down!"
Kagome tried to fight his grip, but was far too tired and just gave up. "What do you want...?" she asked trying to fight the sleep that was over coming her.
"I want you to rest right now," he replied. "I'll talk to you in the morning." Kagome felt him wrap his arms around her to keep her from escaping, yet he was being so gentle. The truth was...Kagome was confused.
When she woke up she found the other members of the Shichinintai watching her and Bankotsu intently. "Ahhhh!" she screamed, slapping Bankotsu in the face and rolling out of his arms.
"AHHHH SHIT! WHAT WAS THAT?" he screamed in reply, jumping up and looking around in surprise.
"Uhhh...Big brother?" Renkotsu asked softly, trying not to startle their leader again.
"Renkotsu?" the man with the braid asked, still confused.
"You're woman is escaping-"
"No she's not," Suikotsu interrupted, carrying a screaming and angry Kagome back into the cave.
"Ewww...How can you hold that woman?" Jakotsu asked in disgust. "And Bankotsu, how could you sleep with her?"
"Sleep with me?" Kagome asked blushing. "Ahhh! You pervert! Is that why you kidnapped me?"
"Wha? No no no! Of course not! I'd never do something so horrible!" Bankotsu exclaimed starting to turn red. "You were cold and tired...and I didn't want you to escape!"
"So..." Jakotsu mumbled, eyeing their leader suspiciously. "Why didn't you just tie her up and give her a blanket?"
"Uhhh..."
"He wanted something to cuddle," Renkotsu explained, getting a glare from Bankotsu.
"SHUT UP!" the Shichinintai leader yelled and began walking over to Suikotsu. "Give her to me," he demanded and took her out of Suikotsu's arms and into his own. "I'm the leader and I'll do whatever the hell I want!" he shouted as he left the cave with Kagome screaming in his ear the entire way.
"And she's supposed to help us?" Jakotsu asked sighing.
"If big brother doesn't kill her first," Renkotsu added.
"Someone wake up Ginkotsu. I can hear him snoring!" Suikotsu yelled to the two members before walking deeper into the cave to do cheese only knows.
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"Kagome?" Inuyasha screamed as he frantically looked for his missing girl. "Where are you? Dammit! I can't pick up her scent!"
"I'm sure Kagome is fine," Miroku told the worried half demon.
"Kagome!" Shippo cried.
"Do you really believe that?" Inuyasha asked angrily.
"I suppose not..."
"Kagome!" Shippo cried again.
"Arg! It was the Band of Seven! I knew they were up to something!"
"Kagome!" Shippo cried once more.
"Don't beat yourself up over it," Sango told Inuyasha whacking him on the head with her fist. "Calm down and lets just continue searching for her..."
"Kagome!" Shippo cried sadly.
"Arg! Would somebody shut him up?" Inuyasha asked, getting very angry. Suddenly everyone heard a loud sound...it sounded like...wind.
"KAGOME!" they heard a familiar voice scream. As soon as a giant tornado appeared, they all knew who it was. Kouga had come to the rescue. "Where's Kagome you pathetic mutt!" Kouga screamed, appearing in front of the half demon and grabbing him by the hair.
Inuyasha looked away in shame. "I don't know," he replied slowly. "The Shichinintai kidnapped her. "
"WHAT?" Kouga screamed in fury, shaking Inuyasha violently. "You let them take my KAGOME away?"
"She's not yours!"
"You're right!" Kouga snapped. "Right now she's the Shichinintai's girl! I'll save her!" Without another word, Kouga rushed off into the forest as quickly as he'd appeared.
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"Please stop screaming!" Bankotsu pleaded as he put Kagome down and covered his ears. Almost immediately she began running in the opposite direction. "Stop running!" Bankotsu cried, chasing after her.
"Leave me alone!" she yelled. "I've been chased by EVERYTHING, and I'm not going to be caught by the likes of you!"
"Am I that bad?" he asked, jumping in front of her and catching her in his arms.
"Why do you keep doing that?" she asked angrily, pushing him away.
"What?"
"Hugging me!"
"I'm not hugging you..."
"Liar! I won't sleep with you!"
"Wow! I don't want you too. You're soooooo not my type."
Kagome stopped and turned turn him, her face red with anger. "Then what do you want?"
"Uhhh..." Bankotsu stuttered. Damn this girl is angry...and really scary... "It's simple. I want you to help us find the jewel shards."
"FORGET IT!"
Bankotsu frowned, somehow he knew she'd say that. "Fine," he growled. "Have it your way." He marched over to her, picked her up, threw her over his shoulder, and carried her back into the cave where he tied her up and set her on the ground and stared at her. "If you want to eat...You find shard."
"Then I guess I'll starve," Kagome replied smugly.
"I guess you'll just die then."
"Fine by me."
"Is it really?"
"Inuyasha will save me."
"Nope."
"Yes he will."
"No he won't."
"Yes he will!"
"Nope, you know why?"
"...Why?"
"Cuz you won't want him too."
Bankotsu's last remark left Kagome more confused than she'd been to begin with. What on earth was he up to?
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Jakotsu, Renkotsu, Ginkotsu, and Suikotsu were all outside the cave listening to Bankotsu and Kagome fight, an interesting battle that Kagome was now loosing...The four had followed Bankotsu and the girl out and when they left and just decided to stay put.
"So...does anyone know how big brother plans to get her to help us?" Jakotsu asked in curiosity.
"It's quite obvious," Renkotsu explained. "He's going to try and romance her as soon as she stopped yelling."
"That's so gross."
"Gesh," Ginkotsu replied.
"You'd both think so," Suikotsu moaned as he peeked inside the cave, where Bankotsu was now having a staring contest with the young girl. "He's coming out."
Bankotsu left the cave and looked at his men that were all pretending to mind their own business. "I'll try force," the leader told them. "Jakotsu, Renkotsu, go find something really good to eat."
"Why...?" Renkotsu asked, staring at his leader in confusion.
"We're going to have a BIG feast."
"Is that so?" asked an unfamiliar voice to the Shichinintai.
"Oh, Hi Kouga!" Jakotsu laughed, waving to the wolf demon.
"I know you're hiding Kagome here," he growled. "I can smell her."
"Can you now?" Bankotsu asked raising his eyebrow. "We'll have to fix that now won't we. Catch him!"
Kouga jumped up in the air just as quickly as Suikotsu jumped at him, unfortunately for him, the Shichinintai had their act together and already surrounded him. When Kouga came down to the ground he was caught by none other than Bankotsu himself. Kouga was forced to the dirt by the four men and eventually knocked out when Jakotsu whacked the demon on the head with his sword's handle.
"Now what?" Jakotsu asked holding up the demon's limp body.
"Suikotsu, get some kinda potion that'll screw with his memory," Bankotsu ordered.
"Why not just kill him?" Suikotsu inquired curiously.
"We could use him to our advantage later. I'll get the smelly flower. Watch him Jakotsu." Bankotsu left and came back with the flower and shoved it up Kouga's nose. As soon as he appeared, Suikotsu popped up with a small bottle that he figured once belonged to Mukotsu and poured it's contents into the demons mouth, making him drink it. "Now...Throw him into the river."
"What river?" Renkotsu asked, wondering where there was a river.
"Uhh...the river that's far far far away from here," Bankotsu replied, grinning. "I have to go tend to the girl...Oh yeah, and once you're done dumping the wolf's body...Go pick up that food I asked you to get."
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"Why are we stuck hunting?" Jakotsu complained as he wandered through the forest with Renkotsu close behind. The two of them had just finished disposing of Kouga's body and were now back in the forest looking for food.
"Because, big brother trusts us to find something tasty," Renkotsu explained. "And anything Suikotsu brought back would be no longer edible."
"I guess...INUYASHA!" with that last comment, Jakotsu grabbed Renkotsu by the arm and pulled him into the bushes.
"Shichinintai! I can't smell you, where are you?" Inuyasha screamed as he jumped down in front of the bush Jakotsu was hiding in with Renkotsu.
"Inuyasha!" Jakotsu giggled, jumping out and hugging Inuyasha around the neck. "Do you know where we can find something yummy?"
"Ack!" Inuyasha screamed, trying to pull Jakotsu off. "Get off of me!"
"That reminds me," Renkotsu mumbled, stepping out of the bush. "Where is Kagome's yellow bag thing she carries around?"
"Renkotsu!" Miroku and Sango yelled as they approached the three people.
"Where have you taken Kagome?" Miroku asked worriedly.
"Ah...Monk. Tell me, have you seen her bag?" Renkotsu asked, ignoring Inuyasha and Jakotsu who were fighting in the background.
"Why do you want Kagome's bag?" Sango asked suspiciously.
"I thought she may like it back," the Shichinintai member replied. "So...Where is it?"
"Kagome! Have you found her?" Shippo asked as he flew in on Kirara holding Kagome's bag.
"Shippo!" Miroku yelled as Renkotsu grinned and jumped up grabbing the bag from the small fox.
"Thanks," he told Shippo before turning to Jakotsu and yelling, "It's time to go!"
"Bye-bye Inuyasha!" Jakotsu giggled, pushing Inuyasha into the bush and running off into the forest with Renkotsu.
"Kagome!" the half demon screamed, standing up. "I'll find her...but...I lost their scent again! What's going on?"
"Inuyasha's a loser!" Shippo cried, grabbing onto Miroku's robe and sobbing into it.
"Stupid fox!" Inuyasha hissed.
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Renkotsu and Jakotsu returned to camp with a few rabbits and a deer. Both were greeted by an eager Suikotsu, who stole the dead animals from them and began chopping them up with a little to much enthusiasm.
"What's that you've got there?" Bankotsu asked as he eyed the yellow bag on Renkotsu's shoulders.
"It's Kagome's?" Renkotsu replied, trying to remember the girls name.
"Great! Thanks," Bankotsu laughed as he took the bag from Renkotsu. "This'll come in handy later. Suikotsu's doing the cooking, so just take it easy until dinner." Bankotsu returned to the cave where he found Kagome trying to escape the ropes holding her. "Even if you did get out, I'd still catch you," he told her, sitting down beside her.
"Whatever," she mumbled coldly. Sure, she was scared to death...but she wasn't about to work with him no matter what. Inuyasha would save her, and she doubted Bankotsu was anything like Kouga...Of course, they all seemed to want the same thing. Her powers. Am I good for anything else? Would they even look at me if it weren't for my abilities? Suddenly her face became soft, as if she was going to cry. Of course Inuyasha will save me. He needs me to find the jewel shards...nothing more.
Bankotsu noticed her change in expression and moved closer to her. "Are those ropes to tight?" he asked her softly, removing the ropes that bound her arms.
"Thanks," she mumbled looking down at the ground. "Why are you being so patient?" she asked softly. She'd been wondering that the whole time she'd been captured, not that it'd been long.
"What good would it do to force you to do something you didn't want to do?" Bankotsu replied sounding rather intelligent. "It'd only make it harder for us. You could make us run into demons and what not...It's really not good for us."
"Of course," she growled, turning away and crossing her arms in anger. "Only thinking about yourselves...Just like everyone else in this era."
"What do you mean by that?" the Shichinintai leader asked in confusion. "You sure are moody aren't ya?"
"Stupid."
"I wouldn't be so quick to call me names. You might piss me off. Remember, I've got your little life in my hands."
"Don't remind me..."
"Heheheh..."
"What's that smell?" Kagome asked, once she noticed a very good smell filling the cave. What she didn't see was the other Shichinintai members with fans directing the smell into the cave and to her hungry nose.
"Lunch, you hungry?"
"No."
"Good, more for us."
"...Fine!" Kagome yelled, finally giving in. She hadn't eaten for awhile and was starving. "I'll give you a shard if you promise to feed me!"
"Cool!" Bankotsu laughed, standing up. He smiled when she set two shards in his hands. "Two?"
"One I found with Inuyasha and the other is yours," she answered looking away.
"Thanks," he replied, sticking one in his neck and the other in his nearby Banryuu. "Well, you can eat dinner with us now!"
"It'd better not suck."
"I hope not," he replied, taking her by the hand and leading her outside to the food that awaited them.
Outside the remaining Shichinintai members had set up a picnic style lunch and had a bunch of food sitting out. "I see you got her to corporate," Jakotsu laughed as he watched her sit down beside Bankotsu reluctantly.
"Yeah. Where'd you get all the food?" Bankotsu asked eagerly as he eyed the pile of food before them.
"The meat is compliments of Jakotsu and Renkotsu. The rest is stuff I stole from a once nearby village," Suikotsu answered.
"What do you mean once nearby?" Kagome asked hesitantly.
"I destroyed it," Suikotsu answered with a straight face.
"Hahahah!" Bankotsu laughed, grabbing a plate and piling food onto it. "Let's just eat and get down to business later!"
Poor Kagome...She was stuck with a bunch of blood thirsty killers...for how long? She didn't know.
CHAPTER END
NEXT CHAPTER: Headache
Kagome is a little more than the Band of Seven thought they could handle when demons and other people seeking her powers attack in an attempt to steal her away. It's even harder to protect her from danger when she's running to it. When Kagome is stolen away by the reincarnated Thunder Brothers, it's up to Bankotsu to save her. Will he save her before Manten and Hiten get their revenge on the modern day priestess?
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