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Tales of Sora part 36
A Change of Fate
You were stuck. You didn't know where you were going. You didn't know where Bankotsu was. You were lost. The barrier was weakening you. You sat on the ground. You were hungry too. You should have just stayed with Inuyasha, Kagome, and Kouga and his men. You sighed hopelessly. Maybe you should just search for Naraku like everyone else. Then you'll probably meet Bankotsu again. You stood up, your going to find something to eat. You sniffed the air. Nothing, just the smell of trees and grass and water. Water...WATER!! If you go to the water you might be able to catch a fishy. You ran towards the scent. Then to stopped at a cliff. At the bottom of it was very shallow water. You gracefully jumped down, landing on your toes. The water was shallow, there were small fish in it. Better than nothing! You slashed in the water, you were quick. You quickly slashed the water and a poor fishy got cut up. You quickly ate it. It tasted really bad, but you were so hungry. Your ears twitched, someone was coming! You quickly turned yourself into a little bird. You looked to the side, Renkotsu was walking up the river. He looked beaten up and frustrated. He continued walking up river. You flew after him. One of Naraku's insects flew over him. Renkotsu looked up. The insect flew ahead of him and flew to...Bankotsu! Renkotsu looked nervous. You wanted to change back, but you knew that was unwise while Renkotsu was around. "Bankotsu, this is a surprise" Renkotsu greeted. "Hi Renkotsu, I heard the news from the insects. Our friend Ginkotsu bit the dust did he?" Bankotsu said. "Uh, yes" Renkotsu was sweating. Gee, why is he this nervous? "Thats a real shame, especially considering how you reconstructed him so adeptly" Bankotsu said. Then he smiled, "At least your still alive. Suikotsu went after Sesshomaru, but now he is dead as well, and you know what that means" Bankotsu walked up to Renkotsu and patted him on the back, "That means its just you, me, and Jakotsu. Just the three of us. I'm going to be depending on you now more than ever" Bankotsu said. Renkotsu looked to the ground and nodded. Renkotsu really looked like something was bothering him. Bankotsu didn't seem to notice. "Lets be on our way" Bankotsu began to walk down river. Renkotus hesitated, then followed him. Maybe you should go after them...no duh. You flew after them. Bankotsu turned and stared straight at you. You could hear your own heart beat fast. His eyes looked cold and heartless. "Hey Renkotsu, I want you to go after Inuyasha. The insects told me he was heading into the barrier. He must be weaker there" Bankotsu said. Renkotsu nodded and walked away a little too fast. Bankotsu continued walking. You didn't know what to do, go after Bankotsu. Or protect Inuyasha? Dammit, you had no choice but to protect Inuyasha. You couldn't let him die. You hesitated and looked back at Bankotsu. You just looked at him. Then you flew away. You followed Renkotsu. You followed him for a while. You were able to stay a bird for a long time. Then you got zapped and felt the barrier. Your powers...were gone. You turned into your true form and fell to the ground. Renkotsu turned around and saw you! BUSTED! "Ah, Sora. You've been following me" Renkotsu smiled. "My guess is that you want to protect your friends. Its too bad that you are a full demon. The barrier must be hard on you, so hard you can't move. One step closer and you'll be purified" Renkotsu kicked you. You couldn't do anything, your body wouldn't move! Renkotsu smiled and laughed. "I never seen something so pathetic!" he laughed. "B-bankotsu will kill you if he finds out" you said. Renkotsu frowned, "If he tries, then I will kill him!" Renkotsu said. "Do you really think you'll kill him? Your scared Renkotsu, I can feel your fear" You said. Renkotsu looked at you, sweating. "Your going to die Sora" he said as he took out a knife. "You don't know what your doing. Renkotsu please, lets help each other. I know you want to stay alive. I can help, as long as you don't kill my friends" you said. You couldn't believe what you just said. Protect Renkotsu? But you could feel what he was feeling, fear, hatred, and the want to live. "Go to hell!" Renkotsu spat. He stabbed the knife next to your neck. You were in shock, you thought he was really going to kill you. "Dammit!" Renkotsu growled. He put the knife to your neck, but he was shaking. "Renkotsu you are smart. I think it would be the SMART thing to do if you listen to me" you told him. Renkotsu shook his head, "I don't need a demons help!" Renkotsu yelled. He pressed the knife to your neck, some blood began to ooz out of your neck. "Renkotsu...please" you begged. You feared death, you couldn't let yourself die this way. Your ring turned into your sword and you slashed at Renkotsu, just missing his neck. Renkotsu jumped back. "Bitch! I'll let the barrier kill you!" he spat. The barrier forced your body to lay back down, you collapsed. Renkotsu walked off, "I'm going to kill Inuyasha, and survive" he whispered. You laid on the ground for a really long time. You couldn't move your body. No one was going to find you. It went dark. You were tired but the barrier wouldn't let you sleep. This was torture. You were scared, you had to protect Inuyasha. If Inuyasha was killed, Kagome would be so sad. Kikyo would too. Then Naraku will have no use for Bankotsu anymore and will probably kill him! Suddenly your strength started to come back! You sat up, the barrier was...gone! You felt your powers return to you. The pain slowly went away. Miroku and Sango must have broke the barrier. "Thank you!!" You laughed and stretched. Its time to save Inuyasha! You ran in the direction that Renkotsu walked off to. Then you stopped and hid behind a boulder. Bankotsu was sitting on a rock with Banryu in the ground next to him. You never saw Bankotsu look so...sad. You were about to come out and go to him when you saw Renkotsu come out of the mist. Bankotsu turned around. "Oh Renkotsu, still alive?" Bankotsu greeted. Renkotsu nodded and walked up to Bankotsu and stood next to him. Renkotsu's eyes showed hatred and fear. Was he going to kill Bankotsu? You looked at Bankotsu. He looked at the ground. His eyes were so sad. Then Bankotsu suddenly jerked his hand up and stuck his fingers into Renkotsu's neck!!! You gasped, Bankotsu pulled two jewel shards out of Renkotsu's neck and looked at them. "So, That's two. Right..right, you have one more don't you?" Bankotsu stood up and looked at Renkotsu calmly. "Damn you!" Renkotsu spat. Bankotsu smiled, "You know, for a smart guy, you sure can be stupid. You kept plotting and planning, but you waited too long to act. "Will you kill me?" Renkotsu asked in fear. Renkotsu was in pain and put his hand on his bleeding neck. Bankotsu held up a hair pin. "Well, what should I do? After all, you killed Jakotsu for a sacred jewel shard" Bankotsu said coldly. "WHO THE HELL ARE YOU TO TALK!! IN THE END, ALL THAT COUNTS IS POWER AND THE MORE SHARDS YOU HAVE THE STRONGER YOU BECOME!!" Renkotsu shouted. Bankotsu chuckled. "What's so funny!? Don't forget that you have shards also big brother!! And you used us to get them for you!" Renkotsu growled. "Lets put your idea to the test. Here" Bankotsu gave Renkotsu his jewel shards back. Renkotsu caught them and looked confused. "What's the problem? Don't worry, I won't even use Banryu" Bankotsu said. Renkotsu then put the two jewel shards back in his neck. Bankotsu smiled evilly, "Now I will show you how different you and I really are" he said. You felt an HUGE amount of hatred in Bankotsu all the sudden. "Whats wrong? If you don't come at me...then I'll come at you!" Bankotsu ran to Renkotsu. Poor Renkotsu screamed and took his cannon and shot at Bankotsu. Bankotsu jumped over the shot. "DIE!" Renkotsu screamed and shot at Bankotsu again and he dodged it. Renkotsu kept shooting but Bankotsu dodged each blast! Bankotsu ran in front of Renkotsu, "What's the matter Renkotsu? Your aim isn't that good" Bankotsu said. Renkotsu stepped back in fear and tripped. "Your balance isn't so good. Get up so I can kill you" Bankotsu said. "DAMMIT!" Renkotsu screamed and jumped back and drank his special liquid. Then he blew fire out of his mouth at Bankotsu. You looked through the fires. "Ha, I think I got him" Renkotsu said. But you saw Bankotsu through the fire, he wasn't dead. "Oh yeah, think again!" Bankotsu threw Jakotsu's hair pin at Renkotsu. The hair pin hit him right where one of his jewel shards were. The jewel shard popped out and Renkotsu fell to the ground. Bankotsu walked out of the fire and looked down at Renkotsu. "W-What is the difference? Tell me, HOW IS WHAT I'M DOING ANY DIFFERENT FROM WHAT YOU ARE DOING NOW!" Renkotsu spat. Bankotsu struck Renkotsu's neck and took his last two jewel shards out. Renkotsu's skin turned into dust and he fell to his knees. Renkotsu was dead. "The difference is, I would never betray my friends" Bankotsu whispered. He put the jewel shard in his hand. The fire around him disappeared. "How sad, its seems now I am the only one left" Bankotsu mumbled. One of Naraku's insects picked up one jewel shard that was on the ground and gave it to Bankotsu. "But I know I have things to take care of" he whispered. He stuck the jewel shard in his hand. Bankotsu walked over to Banryu and picked it up an set it on his shoulder. He looked up, "This will be the final battle for the Band of Seven" he whispered. He began to walk into the mountain. "No Bankotsu!" You jumped out from behind the boulder and ran in front of him. "Sora!" Bankotsu was shocked. "I won't let you kill Inuyasha! I won't let you die either!" you said. "How much did you see?" Bankotsu asked. You sadly looked at Renkotsu's bones, "I saw everything" you whispered. "Renkotsu killed Jakotsu. Then took the jewel shard for his own power. He was able to do that because Inuyasha was the one who weaken Jakotsu" Bankotsu hissed. "Oh, so you blame it on Inuyasha! I bet he was only defending himself. Please Bankotsu, I understand what it is like to lose a family member. You shouldn't blame anyone!" you told him. "What do you know about human feelings!!?" Bankotsu spat. "I know more then you know! Bankotsu, those jewel shards are tainted by your hatred, the more you have the more controlled you are. You don't need to fight Inuyasha. You don't need so many jewel shards" you said. Bankotsu looked at you darkly and reached into his pocket. "I'm sorry Sora. But I'm not letting you get in my way" he whispered. He took out some strange item. All the sudden you felt weak. You fell to your knees. Bankotsu brought the item and put it next to you. "This sacred item affects demons so they can not move. I was told to use it if you got in my way" Bankotsu said. "Idiot! Naraku is brainwashing you! Don't you see that?" you yelled. Bankotsu begun to walk away from you. "You just told Renkotsu that you don't betray your friends! You lied! Your betraying me!" you spat. Bankotsu turned his head to look at you, "Sora, I am itching to kill Inuyasha. Goodbye" he turned and ran. You tried to move but the item drained all of your strength. Bankotsu was completely taken over! You had to stop him! But all you can do now is just lay here! You failed, you fail at everything. Even after given a second chance. You slowly moved your head to where Bankotsu went. You blinked, your eyes were getting watery. Then you looked at Renkotsu's corpse. "I'm sorry Renkotsu. You weren't that bad" you said. "Even though you tried to kill me. Even though you killed Jakotsu. I felt your fear. Everything you did was all out of fear" you whispered. You wondered if Bankotsu was fighting Inuyasha. Maybe one of them is dead or badly hurt. "Please, don't die" you prayed. Demons began to come out of the mountain! It must be because of the barrier disappearing, these are Naraku's demons. Your body wouldn't move, all the demons came at you. All the sudden you heard a flute. Kane appeared in front of you, playing his flute. He lowered his flute from his mouth. "Bonjour Vixen" he greeted. You blinked, "K-Kane" you said his name in relief. Kane took his flute and it turned into a sword and he slashed all the demons in half. Then Kane looked at you, then the sacred item next to you. He picked up the items and squeezed it so hard that it broke! "Thanks!" Kane helped you up. "This is very important! Do you wish to save your friends!?" Kane asked quickly. You nodded, "Yes, but..isn't that obvious?" you said. Kane looked behind him, then back at you. "I had a vision. Bankotsu is going to die!" he said. "What!?" you panicked. Kane nodded, "Bankotsu had a great hate within him. His own greed will kill him. He and Inuyasha are killing each other as we speak. Bankotsu has forgotten about everything else. In my vision, Bankotsu created a ball of hate mixed with demonic power with his halberd and threw it at Inuyasha. Then Inuyasha uses his backlash wave and kills Bankotsu" Kane told you. You heart beat fast. "I sense great hatred. But...you can change my vision! But you got to act fast! You and me are gods! You can change his fate!" Kane said. You nodded and ran. Kane ran beside you, "He is beating Inuyasha to death right now" Kane said. You nodded, you trusted Kane. "Inuyasha cut out five of Bankotsu's seven shards. If he gets the two in his arm, it will be over for him" you began to run faster. There is no way you were going to let him die again! You entered a cave. "Vixen, I'll leave you from here. Good luck" Kane snapped his fingers and disappeared. You heard echos in the cave. Bankotsu was talking. "That's nine hundred and ninety one! Nine hundred and ninety two! Nine hundred and ninety three!" Then you heard Inuyasha's voice, "What the hell are you doing?" You ran faster. You had no idea what was going on. You then heard Bankotsu count till he got to the number one thousand. "If you decide to get out of here, I won't get in your way" you heard Inuyasha say. "I'm not going anywhere till I kill you and avenge my brothers" Bankotsu's voice echoed off the cave walls. "Just because your sword transformed a little" Inuyasha said. "Actually, I was hoping to cut your head off to complete the transformation. But then again, it may not have worked since you are a half-demon" Bankotsu said. You then stopped. The cave path went into two directions. You sniffed the air. Bankotsu and Inuyasha are on the path to the left. You continued running. You could hear the swords and blast hits echo in the cave. "When I first met Naraku, he told me of the existence of the Shikon jewel. A sacred jewel that gave power to both humans and demons. Humans can't posses demon powers, and I don't care for spiritual powers, and I wasn't born with the power of the divine" you heard Bankotsu. You also heard Inuyasha scream in pain. You were now at top speed, you had to stop them! "I always thought that to be stronger, you had to work hard to make yourself more powerful. However there is one other way, and that is to put power into an object. So I made a wish on my Banryu so it will transform after I cut off the heads of 1000 humans and 1000 demons. And just now I killed my 1000th demon! And besides that my Banryu has sacred jewel shards inside. 1000 humans, 1000 demons, a sword that absorbed the power of 2000 lives. You have a demon sword as well. But can it beat my Banryu!?" Bankotsu yelled. "You were brought back to life from jewel shards, but your still human. That sword is surrounded by a demonic aura. You should get rid of it for your own good!" Inuyasha said. "GO TO HELL HALF-BREED!" you then felt an intense hatred. You were close. You never felt so much power and hate. Was this all coming from Bankotsu? "A DEMON CAN NEVER UNDERSTAND MY DESIRES! OR MAYBE YOU THINK YOU UNDERSTAND CAUSE YOUR HALF-DEMON! IS THAT IT!? YOU CAN'T UNDERSTAND MANS WORLD WHERE STRENGTH IS YOUR ONLY HOPE FOR SURVIVAL!!" Bankotsu was yelling. "It's over" you then heard Bankotsu say. "No...." you whispered. "With this power I will lose to no one!" Bankotsu said. You saw it, a huge aura of hatred was flying towards Inuyasha. Inuyasha was about to use his backlash wave! "NO INUYASHA!!" you screamed. You ring turned into your sword and you hit your sword to the ground, "Heart Scar!" you said. A blast of red came from your sword and hit the aura of hate and demonic aura. The hate ball melted under your blast. "Sora!" Inuyasha said amazed. "I TOLD YOU TO STAY OUT OF IT!!" Bankotsu spat. You turned to Bankotsu with tears in your eyes. "BANKOTSU!!!!!!!!!" you cried and ran to him. You wrapped your arms around him crying. "I'm so sorry!! I thought you were going to die again!!! And...and.." you cried harder. Both Bankotsu's and Inuyasha's bodies were beaten badly. Bankotsu had a hole in his neck and looked beaten up and Inuyasha looked tired and cut up. "Please, I know I am a demon. I probably don't know What's its like to be human, but...but...I'LL PROTECT YOU! Then you won't have to fight to survive" you said. "Please Bankotsu...please stop fighting. I was so afraid. You were going to die! Please, I'll do anything! Just...stop fighting please!" you squeezed him. Bankotsu was silent. But the hatred in him slowly melted away. Bankotsu then dropped Banryu. "Sora..." he whispered. He then hugged you. You were still shaking from the fear of him dying again. "I'm sorry" he whispered in your ear. You kept on crying into his chest. Endless tears fell from your eyes. Then suddenly the cave began to shake. "W-What's going on?" Inuyasha said. The ground under you then began to draw you, Bankotsu, and Inuyasha in! You and Bankotsu let go of each other and ran near Inuyasha. "The ground is trying to suck us in!" you said. "Not just that, the entire cave. Its walls look like flesh all the sudden" Inuyasha said. He was right. Bankotsu backed up. Then the walls of flesh began to suck him in! "Bankotsu!" you ran to him but you couldn't move. Your legs were half way in the ground! You were grossed out! "Sora!" Inuyasha grabbed you and tried to pull you out but then the ground sucked him in! You closed your eyes as your head went under the ground then you went unconscious.
Your ears twitched. You heard familiar laughter. You slowly opened your eyes. You were tangled in what seemed like a large tentacles. You looked down. Inuyasha, right under you, was also tangled in the tentacles. "Sora, your awake!" Kagome said. She was riding on Shippo who turned into a big pink floating ball with big eyes. You listened to some evil laughing...NARAKU! The tenticals squeezed you harder. You and Inuyasha yelled in pain. You looked up, Naraku's face appeared in the darkness. "You did well to get here. Or so I would say under different circumstances. But its already too late. You are hopelessly tangled in my intestines" Naraku said. Kagome shot a sacred arrow at him but missed. Sango threw her boomerang. The boomerang went through his intestines. A liquid came raining down. The liquid burned when it touched your skin. It was like acid. Naraku's tentacles flew at Kagome and Shippo. It wrapped around them. Out of fear, Shippo turned to his normal form. The tentacle squeezed Kagome and Shippo and shook them. Another tentacle slammed itself into Miroku, Sango, and Kirara and pushed pinned them to the cave wall. "Fools, you still don't understand. The whole of Mt. Hakurei is one with my body. In other words, you are all trapped inside me" Naraku laughed. "K-kagome, does this mean we are going to be eaten like Kouga was?" Shippo asked. "Kouga..was eaten?" you panicked. Where was Bankotsu!?!? "There is no value in absorbing the likes of you. Especially a weakling demon. Not to mention a half demon like Inuyasha. Even more so a hand full of humans. And of course Sora, another weakling demon. Eating the likes of you would only serve to weaken my body" Naraku said. A tentacle came up. You gasped went you saw Bankotsu tangled in the tentacle. He was unconscious. "BANKOTSU!!" you yelled to him but he didn't wake up. Naraku evilly laughed, "The stupidity of humans makes me weak to my stomach. Even villains like Bankotsu fell in love with a pathetic fox demon. He told me he would kill anyone but you Sora. The barrier sure helped making sure you didn't get in the way. But then you got to Bankotsu while he was in battle. The idiot wanted revenge for his comrades. He should have just ran off with the jewel shards. But he didn't. Humans are so stupid" Naraku said. "Bankotsu! Wake up!" you yelled. No use, he was knocked out cold. Naraku's tentacles wrapped themselves around Bankotsu's arm and held it up. Then one of the tentacles began to reach to Bankotsu's wrist! It was about to get his jewel shard! "NO NARAKU!! Don't! I'll do anything!! Just don't kill him! Please!" you begged. "Sora.." Kagome said your name with sympathy. "And what can you possibly give me?" Naraku asked. You looked at Bankotsu's face. He was alive, he looked so innocent when he was unconscious or asleep. Tears rolled down your cheeks. "I-I...." you didn't know what to do. You closed your eyes, "I'M A GODDESS!!" you shouted. Everyone looked at you in shock.