His vision was beginning to blur and he felt his world begin to spin, but he couldn't let himself give in. That thing was still there.
That thing. With those red eyes, starring at him hungrily. He saw it lift it's fingers covered in his blood and lick it. A smile then spread across it's face. Such a wicked and evil smile. That smile alone said everything words did. It enjoyed the taste of his blood and it wanted more. It wanted to bathe in his blood.
Bankotsu forced himself to stand up. He would NOT die here.
He needed to get away from this thing. This was not Inuyasha anymore. This was something else entirely and if he didn't get away, this thing would literally rip him apart, and probably eat his very flesh.
It continued to lick it's fingers of blood as it stared directly at him. The pink tongue now stained with the blood and those brilliant white teeth were now pink with the mixture of saliva and blood were dripping like a toxic substance.
This thing…was nothing less than a monster. He had to get away, or he would die. He would die. He would DIE.
He waited too late. The thing was in motion, and though he was sure it was traveling faster than any other demon he saw it all slowly. Again with the slow motion, but yet he could do nothing as it neared him.
"BROTHER!"
A flash of silver came from behind him and altered the thing's direction. It leaped out of the way.
Bankotsu fell to one knee to take his breath. He knew it was Jakotsu to his rescue, though he wasn't sure if Jakotsu could hold his own against this thing.
"We have to get out of here." Bankotsu said just as his brother landed in front of him, putting himself between him and the demon.
"What? You want me to leave? After what this demon did to you?" Jakotsu cried.
"He will kill you. I'm in no position to help and will only be a distraction! We need to flee!" Bankotsu took a few tries at standing before he was at eye level and whispered lightly, "Distract him while I get Kagome. There's no telling what this thing would do to her if we left her."
Jakotsu simply nodded and started on the offense, driving the demon further away from Kagome.
Bankotsu took the time to jump to Kagome's body and dash away. As he predicted, the thing didn't even notice he had gone after Kagome since he had something else to entertain him. All it wanted was to rip flesh from bone and drink the hot blood from it's victums.
Jakotsu barely dodged the demon's claws. He couldn't take his eyes off this thing even to glance to see if Bankotsu made it out. He would dance with the demon another minute, then he would have to trust that he had gotten Kagome away safely.
Dodge left claw. Five seconds.
Dodge left foot. Five seconds.
Dodge.
Dodge.
Dodge.
He was already starting to get tired.
Dodge clawed uppercut.
Dodge fangs.
Dodge.
Dodge.
Dodge.
This should have been enough time. He needed to get out of here. Simply turning to flee wouldn't help at all. He needed to knock this demon out. He pulled out the Snake Sword and with a simple flick of the wrist sent the blades above the demons head.
As he predicted the flaming branches came tumbling down toward the demon, but instead of dodging them like he thought, the demon dashed straight for him. He flicked his wrist again to bring the blade back. The demon was much fast though, and sunk it's fangs into Jakostu's neck.
He cried out in pain as he felt the splatters of his own blood on his skin and pour down to stain his kimono. A sickening "thud" followed by the demons grunts relived Jakotsu. The sword hit it's mark. The demon's body went limp and Jakotsu shoved the heavy body off of him.
The flames were starting to grow wild. He needed to get out of here now. He put his hand on his neck and pressed firmly to try to stop the bleeding and launched through the trees.
If his sword didn't kill that monster the flames sure as hell would.