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A/N: Here's the next installment for my readers.

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Chapter Eleven:

"You filthy bitch." The disgusted snarl snapped her eyes open, with her heart pounding.

Wide eyed Kagome searched the entire area around her butt all she saw was emptiness, a black void.

"Where are you?" She whispered, rubbing her eyes in a futile attempt to see better.

Silence greeted her. 'How strange. I know I heard him…'

"Pay attention to me, you stupid whore!"

"Now, wait just a minute you cross dressing freak." Her anger began to rise. "I am not and have never been a whore."

"Only whores dress so scantily," he snorted. "Even Aniki's brothel whores dressed more than you."

"It's my school outfit." She defended. "And who are you to judge me?"

"Listen good you piece of filth. I don't know how you did it, but when I'm done with you you'll wish you hadn't."

"Me? I didn't do anything." She said confused.

"You're the only one who could have."

"What the hell are you talking about?" She scowled. "Come out and face me you coward."

"How dare you?" He sneered. Her throat tightened as if he were squeezing it.

"You're the one hiding in the shadows." She gasped, trying to draw air into her burning lungs.

"I am not hiding, you little tramp. I'm right here." The constriction of her throat eased.

"Where?" She spun around only seeing inky blackness. Her heart raced with fear.

"Inside your filthy body," he spat venomously.

"What?" Kagome screamed.

"The hell you doing, wench?" Bankotsu's voice grouched. "Trying to wake up the dead?"

Her eyes widened and she back peddled away from him as he rose to his feet.

"No," she whispered in a shaky voice and her body trembled.

"Then why did you scream at the top of your lungs?" Bankotsu stepped towards her with the eerie eyes of a predator and smirked at the fear pouring off her.

How he loved when they feared him.

"Stay back," she whispered, eyes locked to his hulking frame as he freeze frame stalked towards her.

"Think you can order me around, eh?" Bankotsu licked his lips. He got down in her face, nose to nose.

"Stay away!" She screamed and kicked her foot out.

He caught it and pinned her to the ground.

"Think again." His tone hardened like steel.

Desperate to get him away from her Kagome head butted him.

"Hey, you little…" Hey growled, rubbing his forehead and then snatched her by the collar then smirked and got in her face again.

"Mine's harder." He head-butted her back, snapping her head back and laughed when she moaned from the pain. "You've got spunk, little miko," he laughed, then turned serious. "Next time I won't be so nice." His eyes narrowed. "Let that be a lesson to you." He stared at the darkened woods around them and sighed. No sense in wasting time.

"Since you're up, we're leaving." He pulled her to her feet and grabbed the rope, then rested Banryu against his shoulder. "Let's go." He tugged the rope and walked.

Face throbbing she stumbled along behind him. 'Stupid nightmare got me in trouble'. She scowled. Her head hurt like a bitch from that wicked head-butt too and she couldn't see through the tears in her eyes.

'I told you I'd make you pay.' Jakotsu's smug voice rang though her head.

She stopped, causing Bankotsu to swing around and glare at her. He noticed her pale face and glazed wide eyes.

"What's with you?"

"He's… in my head," she said barely above a whisper.

"Huh? What the hell you talking about?" He scowled. "Keep moving." He tugged the rope hard and turned around again.

"I don't know how or why…. but Jakotsu is in my head."

That stopped him. He spun around and pinned her against the tree with his hand around her throat so fast she never heard him move.

"I'm not in the mood for any of your little jokes," he bit out through clenched teeth.

"It's not a joke." Her eyes watered. Disgusted he dropped her to the ground. Kagome rubbed her throat and sobbed.

"He's taunting me inside my head."

"How the fuck can he be inside your head?" Bankotsu demanded.

"How the hell would I know?" She glared at him. "All I know is that I hear him as if he was standing right next to me."

"Don't joke, miko. Not about this." He warned.

"I'm not!" She screamed. "Do you think I'd be calling myself filthy names? Or comparing my state of dress to your brothel of whores?"

His eyes widened. Only Jakotsu knew about that business, which had tanked before the BOS ever formed.

"He's the last person I'd ever dream about." Her hands balled into fists as she rose to her feet. "Like I really want some cross dressing freak of nature in my body," she huffed and crossed her arms over her chest.

"Watch your mouth," he warned. "He's still my friend."

"Why me?" She sobbed. "Why curse me to such an existence?" She raised her hands to the skies. "Isn't the stuff with Inuyasha enough? Must I be punished more?"

"Quit whining, bitch." Bankotsu sat down and scowled.

"No one is listening. And if they are, it's because they're laughing their asses of at us." His fists clenched. "Whoever did this will pay with their life when I find them."

"Meanwhile I'm stuck with not one, but two cold blooded killers, one of which is inside me and violating every law of nature."

He drug a hand down his face. 'And I'm stuck with a whiny little weak bitch. Oh joy.' His hand balled into a fist. 'And, if it's anything like that curse we heard of as children if she dies, he dies. Fucking hell!' He stared at her and sighed. 'And the only person who can tell us how to undo this, is dead. Of all the fucking luck.'

"What? Do I have three heads or something?"

"We're stuck with each other."

"Why?" Her eyes widened.

"Because if you die, he dies." He jaw clenched.

"You've heard of a curse like this before?"

"Once, when Ja and I were kids."

"Then you know-"

"The only person who knew how to break it died a long time ago."

"What?" She blinked. "Surely someone…"

"The only person who can undo it, is the one who cast it."

"So, where do we find them?"

"I killed everyone anywhere near that area." He grunted.

"Gee, what a surprise." She glared at him. "Now, look where your blood lust got us."

"Don't put this on me, bitch. You're the one who jumped into the water."

"You were going to kill me."

"It would have been quick." He scowled.

"So, now what do we do?"

"For starters, you're going to train."

"What?" Her eyes bulged.

"You need to get stronger and you need to learn how to fight." He stated matter-of-factly. "Who better to learn from than me?" He smirked.

"How about someone who doesn't want to kill me?"

"If I kill you, I kill him. You're safe with me," he assured.

"Safe doesn't mean harm free. Not around you." She snorted.

"By the time I'm done training you, you'll be able to stand against that fucking half breed alone." He smirked. "He'll never even see it coming."

"I'm not fighting Inuyasha," she snapped. "I don't turn against my friends."

"Neither do I." His eyes narrowed. "And I won't hesitate to kill anyone who gets in my way."

"Help us fight Naraku."

"I'll take care of him in my own time," he assured. "No one double crosses the Schichinatai and lives."

"First, we train." He rubbed his hands together. "Come here."

She slowly walked towards him.

"Dodge my strikes." He punched towards her.

Her eyes widened and she fell onto her butt trying to get away from the massive fists coming her way.

"You're too clumsy," he growled and snatched her up by the arm. "Pay attention to your surroundings. Now, again." He jabbed towards her ribs.

She 'epped' and jumped away, hitting a tree and getting pinned between it and a scowling Bankotsu.

"Let's try this another way," he sighed. "Try to hit me."

She tried to hit him, his upper body twisted out of the way and his hand tightened around hers, jerking it into a bent position that drove her to her knees.

"Well, I can see we have our work cut out." He released her. "Get up."

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A/N: See? Longer this time than last.

Don't worry he's not going to be an unfeeling ass to her all the time. :P

But, it'll take time for him to warm up to her. You can't argue he's out of character either.

Enjoy. XD