Sent to Heaven

Chapter 11

Finding Help

Bankotsu growled. "You both planned the whole thing?"

"Yes."

"Why?" Kagome whispered. "Why would you want to help someone like Naraku?"

"He is helping me."

"He is just using you!"

Saint Hakushein shook his head. "You both wouldn't understand…leave at once before I am forced to fight you."

"Oh yeah?" Bankotsu challenged. "Maybe I will fight you." Kagome tugged on his sleeve. "We will be wasting more time Bankotsu. Let's go." Bankotsu had to agree that she was right. "Fine."

They left the cave together in disappointment, walking without saying a seeing to each other. Kagome had to break the silence. "Now what Bankotsu?" she asked after her and Bankotsu were back at the mountain.

"Well first we have to get off of Mt. Hakurei." He looked down. "We have to jump."

"What?!"

"I said we-"

"WE WILL DIE."

"We're already dead."

"Why can't we just go around?"

"It will take too long."

"…"

Bankotsu rolled his eyes. "I'll hold onto you while we're falling."

Kagome lightened up. "You…you promise?" she asked, still uncertain.

Bankotsu nodded.

"Okay…"

Bankotsu held onto Kagome's waist.

Kagome slightly blushed looking at his hand.

"Don't scream or I will actually drop you."

Kagome's blush disappeared. "You promised you wouldn't!"

"I never said I was a man of my word." Bankotsu smirked.

Kagome lowered her eyes. "Remind me next time never to trust you again." She moved her face away from Bankotsu's.

Although Kagome didn't realize it, her words hurt Bankotsu. "Remind me next time never to trust you again." Bankotsu froze in spot. She doesn't trust me, Bankotsu sadly thought. Maybe I shouldn't have broken my promise after all.

Bankotsu was broken out of his trance when Kagome waved her hands in front of Bankotsu. "Bankotsu, what are you thinking?"

"Huh?"

"What are you thinking?"

"You can scream…if you want to."

Kagome looked at him in confusion. "I can scream?" she repeated. Then she began to have doubts. "You won't drop me…" Kagome trailed off her sentence, when Bankotsu flashed an extremely warm smile at her.

"I won't," he answered.

That smile was so warm and sweet that it left Kagome shuddering in fear. What's wrong with him?

Bankotsu was concerned. "You okay?" he asked on seeing Kagome twitch.

Kagome could only nod.

"We're jumping now."

Kagome saw something in the clearing.

"Ready?"

"Wait Bankotsu."

"What now?"

"Look."

Bankotsu looked ahead. "Hey that's Kohaku."

"And Rin."

"Oh yeah; that girl who follows Sesshomaru and the toad."

"Let's follow her to him."

"Who Sesshomaru? Why?"

"Sesshomaru can use his sword on us."

"I don't get how that will help."

"Sesshomaru's Tenseiga has the power to bring back the dead."

"So you're saying Sesshomaru will do that- for us."

"Well he is the only one that can possibly help right now."

Bankotsu gave in. "I guess we can try."

Kagome nodded and followed after Rin and Kohaku, with Bankotsu.

"Just go straight ahead," Kohaku told Rin.

"Aren't you coming Kohaku?"

"I can't. Goodbye Rin."

"WAIT!" Rin watched him leave and then went back to find Sesshomaru.

"There she is!" Jaken yelled to Sesshomaru.

Sesshomaru stepped over Jaken to go to Rin.

"Rin, where is Kohaku?"

Rin bit her lip. He found out. "Don't kill Kohaku, please. He guided me back here and protected me from the demons," Rin said truthfully to Sesshomaru.

"Demons?" There are demons behind the sacred barrier. Sesshomaru now understood everything. I see…Naraku's hiding place. "We're leaving."

"Okay." Rin stepped over Jaken and followed behind Sesshomaru. Jaken groaned in pain and ran to Sesshomaru and Rin quickly in fear of being left behind, once again.

"How are we going to get Sesshomaru stop?" Kagome asked Bankotsu.

"Call out to him."

"He can't hear us remember."

"Don't tell me - he can't see us either."

"No…"

Bankotsu gave her an annoyed look. "You expect him to use his Tenseiga without hearing or even seeing us to know we need him to." Kagome didn't answer but Bankotsu already knew the answer. It was yes.

"I don't suppose you have any other idea," Kagome accused.

"Kikyo."

"NO!"

"And why not?"

"We can't keep asking her for help."

"You said that last time."

"Kikyo has helped us enough."

Bankotsu protested. "I thought she only helped us twice."

"She did and this will be thrice."

"Thrice?"

"The third time."

"Are you sure you don't want Kikyo's help because she helped enough or is it because of something else…" Bankotsu knew he was bothering Kagome a lot by his question.

Kagome gasped. "Bankotsu don't go there."

Bankotsu smirked.

"I am not jealous."

"I didn't say you were."

"Well I am."

"You are?"

"I mean I am not," Kagome corrected quickly. She was jealous that for some unknown reason Bankotsu always brought up Kikyo but she didn't want Bankotsu to know about what she was feeling. She never felt any hatred towards Kikyo, but jealousy was something she always felt.

Kagome had to have her question answered. "Why do you always have to mention Kikyo in almost every conversation we have about getting saved?"

Bankotsu shrugged.

"She can't help us you know."

"I know but every time we're close to getting help from someone else, we need her help."

"Why is that?"

"Maybe because she is the only one who can see us."

"Saint Hakushein can see us."

"He's on Naraku's side."

"I…I guess we can ask for Kikyo's help just once more."

Bankotsu stared. "We don't have to."

"Right now all that matters is getting saved," Kagome said in truth. She left search for Kikyo once again, leaving Bankotsu behind. Bankotsu slightly smiled. "That's not all that matters, Kagome," he said to himself before going after Kagome.

Wow I finally updated in like...over a year. I hope everyone still likes this story=). Thank you Kittyb78 for helping me with it.