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Kagome watched as Renkotsu nodded and walked off. Now there she was, in the arms of the well known mercenary, Bankotsu. She was scared, so scared in fact that she wasn't moving. She was still, not even struggling against him anymore, for it was futile anyways. Her eyes were locked up at his face. Millions of questions ran through her mind. A part of her was screaming for her to snap out of it, break away from him and run. As if being able to read her mind, Bankotsu smirked down at her. " Don't think about moving, it's pointless. You might as well just sit there and enjoy the view.." He looked up thoughtfully then smirked yet again.
Moving quickly he ran through the woods, holding Kagome carefully as to not harm her. Yes, he was infact kidnapping her, but the last thing he wanted was for her to be there, bickering the whole time. Though regardless she would be. Might as well keep it to a minimum. Dodging the tree's with ease, he soon made his way back towards the battle field. It didn't take long, to get there that is. Once arriving he held Kagome tightly, so she couldn't move, facing her towards the fight. He had beaten Renkotsu back to the area.
Why couldn't Bankotsu have went to tell the others? Renkotsu thought angrily as he walked through the forest, in no rush to tell the others. Oh how I would like to get a chance with Kagome alone. He thought as a wicked smile came across his face. She would deserve it to, for wearing those strange clothes that barely cover her body. He shook his head, attempting to get the image out of it, for now that is. Oh how he would have fun with her later, when they get alone. When it is his time to watch over after her while the others are out doing things.
There was basically a set schedual to watch her. Atleast one person had to be there with her at all times. So she was not to escape. Though at the time that Bankotsu had mentioned that, Jakotsu was quick to say that they should just bind her, and leave her there while they go out. Ha, even a child could get out of binds when left alone, in a cave never the less. Renkotsu thought with a snort. Though, the wench tied up is a pretty picture.
He continued his walk, now wanting nothing more than to get to a hot spring and relieve himself. With a groan he quickened his pace, now running. It didn't take him that much longer to get back to the area. He whistled once, then jumped into the air, flipping over Inuyasha and his friends. He landed easily beside Suikostu, who had stopped fighting and hoped back upon hearing the whistle.
"As much fun as it was, we got what we came for." Suikotsu said with a smirk, looking among the confused look upon Inuyasha's face. How pathetic, the imbecile doesn't even realize that the women is gone. He thought with a satisfied look on his face. He didn't move while the others came over to his side, they moved quickly, landing with much grace.
Inuyasha stared at them, puzzled. Got what they came for? "What the hell does that mean?" He shouted to them. It hadn't dawned on him that Renkotsu and Bankotsu had both left during the battle. It also didn't dawn on him that Kagome could be in danger, he thought running was the smartest thing she could do. "Explain yourselves!" He demanded as he shifted his Tetsusaiga, pointing it towards six members of the Band of Seven. "And where is Bankotsu?" He questioned, his eyes looking around briefly, just to make sure that the sneaky bastard wouldn't suddenly appear and attack him off guard.
"You are in no place to demand anything." A voice called out as he stepped out of his hiding place. It was none other than Bankotsu, ironic that he had stepped out just as Inuyasha had spoken his name. Kagome squirmed against his tight hold on her hair. "Inuyasha! Help me!" She yelled, trying to run forward, but was yanked back by Bankotsu. "You see, Inuyasha, we came here for a specific reason, and now that we got what we wanted, we have no use for staying." Bankotsu spoke as if he was sitting down, relaxing. "Everyone ready?" When he received curt nods, he shifted his gaze to Ginkotsu, as if silently telling him something.
"Kagome!" Inuyasha yelled back, everything else said by Bankotsu didn't register in his head. I have to save her, I can't let anything bad happen to her His thoughts were determined as he looked at Kagome's frightened face. Time seemed to stop. He could see the tears in her eyes. He could see the frightened expression, much less, he could smell her fear. It was intoxicating, he wanted nothing more than to run over to her and grab her. Shifting his angry eyes to Bankotsu, he noticed him look over at the mechanical one.
The siege tank fired a missle towards Inuyasha and his group. Hearing it strike, the members were quick to move. The last noise comming from them that Inuyasha could hear was Kagome's scream. She had screamed loudly. So loudly that he in fact wanted to cover his sensitive ears. Which he would have done, if he wasn't buisy jumping out of the way of the crazed missle hurtling towards him. He almost didn't have enough time. A few seconds later and the missle would have struck him dead on.
As the smoke cleared away, Inuyasha looked around, he couldn't see them. Could they have really gotten away so quickly? It didn't seem likely. How could they? The smell of blood caught his attention. He looked around, noticing Sango, Miroku, and Shippo laying on the ground, dirt covering them. In what seemed like a blink of the eye he was at their sides. Miroku was the first to stir. "Miroku?" Inuyasha's voice was laced with worry as he looked down at his wounded friend. "Are you okay?" He asked worriedly.
Miroku nodded briefly, to much movement caused far to much pain. "I'm fine, what about the others? And Kagome, how is Kagome?" Miroku looked up at Inuyasha. Seeing Inuysha's face fall, he put two and two together, Kagome wasn't rescued, she was taken by the Band of Seven. " It'll be okay, Inuyasha, we'll get her back." He spoke as reasuringly as possible. "But in the mean time, we need to work on what is going on here. " He got up, wincing as he went. "Sango?" He called out, looking around. It was still very smokey, with fallen debris on the ground. His eyes surveyed the area, until finally they rested upon Sango's body. He was quick to get over there, as much pain as he was in, he was desperate to see if she was okay. Kneeling down, he lightly touched her face,
Sango could hear it, faintly, but she was sure she could hear her name. She faught to open her eyes but the world around her seemed to be swallowing her. It was dark, so dark, so dreary that it seemed as though she would never see light again. Putting in all of her strength, she slowly opened her eyes. "Miroku?" Her voice broke, she was in pain, that was for sure. She opened her eyes, slowly, as if she was waking up from a slumber. She leaned forward, once seeing Miroku she couldn't hold it in. With a sob, she threw her arms around his neck, pulling him to her as she cried against his shoulder. Shippo laid in her lap, unconcious to the world around him.
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A/N Sorry for the unbelievably long wait, I was so buisy with my Virtual School. Then I ended up arguing with my friend because I had already had this chapter typed on his computer and he deleted it, because he said it took up too much space. 'Loser'. So ofcourse, I had to completely rewrite this. The first version was so much better so I apologize for the horrible writting. 3 AudreyNicole