Chapter 2
Nightmare of Chaos
"Bankotsu…"
"Yeah?"
"Why aren't you drunk?"
"I need to be ready to get my baby back tomorrow."
"Bankotsu…"
"Yeah?"
"WHY AREN'T YOU DRUNK?!"
"…"
"Maybe he just…umm…doesn't want to be?"
"Why does it matter to you?"
"Nothing. It's just-"
"It's just" you want to do something nasty when I won't be able to remember. Right?"
"…"
"…"
"I would never do that!!"
"Who's the gay one here?"
"I wouldn't do that. You're my brother basically."
"…You're still gay."
"So?"
"Well, I just don't want to be drunk. And that's the end of this argument. OK?"
"Fine."
Jakotsu leaned against the wall and rested his eyes, rolling them before hand. Sango sat near the corner, quiet from their argument, but Bankotsu kept giving her a glance or two.
"Are you a demon slayer?" He asked, casually, staring her in the eyes. Sango nodded shortly and pulled the blanket, that was wrapped around her body, closer.
It had gotten colder and colder by the minute. Sango had a feeling that winter was coming sooner this year. Even the air smelled of cool crisp snow.
They were silent for a moment before Jakotsu had clunked to the floor, snoring his ass off.
Bankotsu rolled his eyes and saw Sango shivering from the cool breeze.
So much for a good room. Bankotsu moaned to himself.
Sango continued to shake, but she stopped when she felt a warmth of a body beside her. She looked up to see Bankotsu sitting beside her with his blanket wrapped around them both.
Her cheeks blushed furiously, even though she tried to fight it back, knowing that this man was the leader of the Shichinintai who were in charge of hurting her and her friends. But still, his kind face and affections, practically made her fall into his arms, which she almost did when her eyes began to droop from the calm state she was in.
They quickly snapped open and she said a small thank you for the blanket. He smiled and snuggled into a comfortable position. Sango sighed and rested her head against his shoulder.
The door creaked open, with fog seeping through the side. Bankotsu opened his eyes as the red light faded in, revealing an army of soldiers at the door, their weapons pointed. Sitting up quickly, Bankotsu noticed that Sango was no longer at his side.
"Where's Sango?!" Bankotsu growled as he stood up, ready for any fight these bastards were going to put up.
They never gave an answer though. Still as boards. Cries of pain echoed outside, filling the skies with despair. They were the screams of his comrades. As soon as the yells ceased, Bankotsu found himself alone in the dark, no where to go. He heard voices from the top and found a large circular light, he was in a hole.
"Bring them over here men!" One voice ordered. Bankotsu squinted through the light until a large shadow, of what Bankotsu thought was a large wagon, loomed through the brightness.
Soon numerous things fell from the wagon and they were heading straight for Bankotsu. He jumped out of the way, just as the things smashed to the ground. When the dust cleared, Bankotsu's heart almost stopped.
All the bodies of his comrades and even himself were scattered across the floor, all headless. Blood covered the wet black soil and Bankotsu noticed it had begun to grow deeper. The red liquid rose to his knees before he began to climb up the grave.
The blood was on his heels as he climbed as fast as his could. Bankotsu looked back saw a hand reaching from the blood, covered with the liquid itself. It grasped onto his ankle and yanked into the thick pool of blood. Struggling to break free from the grip, Bankotsu noticed that the blood was now changing into a eerie black.
The black water suddenly disappeared from sight, but the hand was still gripping his ankle. Of course, the rest of the body was cast in the shadows. Bankotsu finally kicked free and fell to the ground, hitting his head hard.
Footsteps echoed across the smooth floor and Bankotsu sat up, rubbing his head. Then the sharp feeling of a blade was felt on his back. He tensed and turned his head to see his attacker.
Bankotsu's eyes widened as Sango stood above him. Her sword pointing to his back. Before he could even reason with her, Sango stuck the blade through his heart. But Bankotsu felt no pain, just nothing. Sango walked around to face him and kneeled down.
"I'm sorry, Bankotsu…" She whispered. Sango slashed a small knife across his neck and his jewel shard sprung from his skin. Darkness, once again, came back to his eyes.
"Bankotsu! Yo! Wake up!" An annoyed voice shouted into his ear. Bankotsu's eyes snapped open to reveal the room he was in the night before.
So it was a nightmare.
Jakotsu tapped his foot impatiently as Bankotsu came to his senses.
"You said you wanted to get Banryuu bright and early, but you can't even get your lazy ass out of bed!"
Bankotsu shot out his leg and plowed it into Jakotsu's stomach, causing him to fall to the ground.
"I'm surprised your legs could even reach that far." Jakotsu managed to spit out, but he was almost completely out of breath. Bankotsu didn't even bother to hurt him again, since they had to get moving.
Finally realizing, Bankotsu asked, "Where's Sango?"
"She said she was going to take a bath somewhere in the inn." Jakotsu explained, now that the pain in his stomach had ceased.
The steam from the boiling water, grew thicker as the air cooled more outside. Sango sunk her body deeper into the bath, letting the hot temperature calm her skin. She sighed and ran her idea through her mind over and over again.
She could either kill Bankotsu and Jakotsu, right there and then or get InuYasha to do it. But… this wasn't what she wanted. Sango actually had begun to like Bankotsu…even love him.
No! I can't love him. He's the enemy and that's how it will stay. Sango scolded herself.
As her mind was in complete thought, Bankotsu had appeared at the door. He was about to say something, but his eyes couldn't be torn away from her body.
Sango felt a presence near her and looked up to see Bankotsu staring at her breasts. Her face flashed a bright red and she dunked under the water, just her head on the surface.
"What the hell, Bankotsu?!" She shrieked and Bankotsu shook his head.
"I just needed to tell you tha-" But before he could finished Sango had already jumped out of the bath, while covering herself with a cloth, and picked up some of the burning coals, not even noticing the pain.
Bankotsu couldn't even move before she hucked them into his face. He was able to block two of them with his arm, but one more came flying and hit him on the cheek. The burn was unbearable as Bankotsu grasped his wound in pain and he ran out of there before she could do anymore damage.
Sango had changed back into her clothes and came back to the room, to find Bankotsu rubbing some sort of ointment on his burn mark, which had gotten big in the past ten minutes.
"Sorry." Sango said sheepishly.
Bankotsu sighed and smiled. "It's OK. I deserved it." Sango still blushed at her mistake though.
"Well, we better get going if I'm going to get my baby back." Bankotsu explained and Jakotsu and Sango nodded in unison.
OoOoOoO errie dream...uhh nightmare...w/e... PLEASE R&R!!
