Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha.
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"Hi." Bankotsu sat beside Yura.
"Hi." She whispered and stared at the ground.
"So uh…wanna braid my hair?" He asked with a smile.
"No, it's alright." She mumbled and he frowned.
"How about…washing it?" He offered.
"No." She sighed.
"Uh…"
"She's fucking mad at you, you idiot." Kagura rolled her eyes and Bankotsu glared.
"It's none of your business." He spat.
"Here you morons are." Hakudoshi sighed as he entered. "Why are Renkotsu and Kikyo here?"
"He came to us and Kikyo saved Bankostu." Abi frowned.
"Why did you leave?"
"We were fucking up Hiten's house apparently." Jakotsu rolled his eyes.
"Three walls and a kitchen." He mumbled and Hakudoshi rolled his eyes.
"Whatever, you need to start going after Naraku."
"What will become of us?" Abi frowned. "After we beat him, we'll all need to die…the jewel needs to be completed."
"We'll find a way out…"
"Easy for you to say, you have a heart." Bankotsu mumbled.
"Kagura has hold of my heart." He explained and their eyes got wide. "That was how she was revived."
"Whoa…can I have a part of your heart?" Bankotsu asked.
"No." He answered bluntly.
"But…"
"No." He repeated.
"I…"
"NO!" He shouted and everyone winced.
"Damn…" Bankotsu mumbled.
"I already think you've made some mistakes…Renkotsu is barely able to be trusted, Kikyo is one of Naraku's main targets, bringing you up on his list to kill, and you moved away…I think that three mercenaries, a thunder demon, a bird demon, a priestess, a hair girl, a wind sorceress, and a wolf are a tad noticeable in a human village." Hakudoshi crossed his arms.
"I think we blend in just fine." Bankotsu huffed.
"And on top of it all…something has happened between you." He rolled his eyes and everyone silently stared at the floor. "Get away from here." He glared.
"What about you?" Kagura asked.
"What about me?"
"Naraku has to have figured out something by now." She frowned.
"I'll be fine." He shrugged and left.
"So…do we really need to move again? I haven't even had any sake…" Bankotsu pouted.
"Quit complaining." Hiten glared.
"We should go now…we may be able to find more shelter and a more secure place to search for Naraku." Renkotsu suggested.
"Let's go!" Koga went to run.
"Not all of us can move that fast." Kagura glared.
"Alright…you and you can fly…" He pointed to Hiten and Abi. "Oh, and you…" He rolled his eyes and pointed to Kagura. "I'll carry the priestess, you can take Yura." He glared at Kagura again. "And the mercenaries will need to keep up."
"No, we can't separate." Abi crossed her arms.
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"Yeah, Renkostu, we'll find new shelter." Bankotsu rolled his eyes as they walked in the pouring rain. It was around midnight now and they were nowhere near any village.
"Look!" Yura pointed.
"A new mansion!" Jakotsu's eyes lit up.
"Big bedroom!" Bankotsu called and ran ahead.
"My ass!" Hiten flew to catch up.
They reached the mansion before the others and darted down the hall. Hiten pushed Bankotsu's head to the side and the mercenary's head harshly hit the wall and he fell completely on his side.
"Hey! That's cheating!" He grunted as he started to run. Hiten opened the door and Bankotsu caught up.
"You need to be quicker than that." Koga rolled his eyes as he sat in the master bedroom.
"Fuck no, you don't even belong here!" Bankotsu argued.
"Neither do you, zombie." He retorted and Bankotsu's face got red with anger.
"You fight for it…I'll be outside." Hiten rolled his eyes and walked by.
"I am not a zombie!"
"You're the living dead…which makes you a zombie." Koga explained.
"Where am I sleeping?" Jakotsu yawned.
"Anywhere." Abi crossed her arms.
"Koga?" He winked.
"Get the fuck out!"
"Yeah…there probably aren't enough rooms again…I call the next biggest room!" Bankotsu ran and everyone sighed.
"Six rooms and nine people." Kagura groaned.
"Who wants to share with me?" Bankotsu asked from his new room. "Besides Jakotsu!" He cut him off. "Nobody? Yura? Kagura? Kikyo?" And he got no response.
"I'll share with any guy or Kagura." Jakotsu huffed.
"Fine." Kagura rolled her eyes and they walked in a room.
"Can I share with Koga?" Yura asked nervously.
"What?" Bankotsu walked out of his room and straight to her. "Why the hell him over me?"
"Because I'm still mad at you!" She crossed her arms.
"I said I was sorry, it's not like I decided to get her…that! I just wanted to fuck!" He defended.
"And you got it so go away." She held her nose high and he frowned.
"Yura…" He placed a hand on her shoulder and she shook it off. "Please?" He whispered.
"No."
"Kikyo can stay here…she's the only one I'm sure wont try to kill me." Koga answered. Kikyo nodded and walked in.
"Pretty please?" He mumbled.
"No, Bankotsu."
"But you said you wanted to be with me…right? You didn't want to leave me…"
"That was before." His brows knotted together.
"Fine! Don't expect anything from me." He stormed down the hall.
"You can share with me." Abi offered and she nodded.
"Goodnight." Renkotsu bowed his head.
"I'll be back in a few minutes." Abi walked down the hall.
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Hiten sat on the porch and smiled at the sky. Thunder boomed, lightening cracked, and rain poured. He loved it. The wind blew and the rain pounded against the front of his body.
He didn't even notice that she was standing right beside him.
"Hiten?" He jumped and glared up at her. His smile went flat.
"Yeah?"
"Can I…sit with you?"
"I suppose." He looked forward again. She sat beside him and shivered a little. "You should go inside if you're cold."
"I'm fine." She whispered and he nodded. There was an awkward silence.
"Are you sharing with anybody?"
"Hm?" She cocked her head at him.
"A room…are you sharing a room with anyone?" He asked with a frown, still not facing her.
"Oh…yeah, Yura." She looked down. He nodded. "You got your own."
"I think I might stay out here tonight." He shrugged.
"You'll freeze." She glanced at him through the corners of her eyes and saw him smirk.
"Please, I create this weather; I think I can live through it." He answered proudly. "I…I was at my grave." She stared at him in confusion and he sighed. "Last night…I wasn't with a woman…I went to mine and Manten's original graves…Souten set them up after she…found us."
"Oh." She whispered and bit her bottom lip.
"I just…wanted you to know." He shrugged.
"Did you see Souten?"
"Sorta…she was asleep when I got there so I just left." He explained and she nodded.
"She's a sweet girl." She smirked and heard him scoff.
"Then you don't know her well enough…." He mumbled.
"Hiten?"
"Hn?"
"What's going to happen?"
"What do you mean?" He faced her.
"After we defeat Naraku…what will become of us?" She whispered.
"I…I don't really know…" He looked to the ground.
"Do you still…"
"I despise women. I always have, aside from my mother. They mess everything up and get in your way and make you…care. It's not their fault, they're just born that way. So I made sure I never got close enough to care for a woman or to 'love' one…but since I was forced to work with you and not allowed to kill you…I did love you. And right now…I want to hate you like I hated them all. I want to want to punch a giant whole through your face but…I can't. You still mean too much and we'll find out about Naraku after we defeat him." He replied quietly. She nodded and stood up. "Where are you going?"
"It's cold." She shrugged.
"Sit." His brows knotted together and she glared. "Please." He added with a dramatic sigh. She slowly sat beside him. "Come here." He held his arm out and she scooted closer. He wrapped his wet arm around her shoulder and pulled her close. "You don't nee-" He was cut off when a loud crash came from inside.
"What was…"
"Stay here." He stood up and walked inside.
"What the hell?"
"Renkotsu." Jakotsu pointed. The mercenary sat on his knees and held his head.
"Naraku…" Kikyo whispered and stepped forward.
"Stay back!" He warned and the priestess stared in confusion.
"Bankotsu…Naraku….he sent me to betray again but I…I couldn't do it. he warned me the consequence of disobeying him but…I couldn't….I couldn't betray you twice…I'm…I'm sorry for before….big brother."
"Stop it!" Bankotsu shouted. Renkotsu dug his own fingertips in his neck and withdrew two jewel shards.
"Take them and defeat him…" He frowned. "I'm…sorry…" He whispered as he turned to dust. Bankotsu kneeled in front of the bones and frowned.
"Damnit…" He picked up the two jewel shards. "He's going to do away with all of us…"
"Why didn't he let Kikyo help?" Jakotsu asked.
"His conscious…" The priestess frowned.
"We lost him?" Hiten stepped forward.
"Banks, are you ok?" Jakotsu asked.
"He wasn't going to do it again…he was good…he was going to help me…"
"But he went against you before." Koga reasoned.
"Shut up! You have no idea what this is about!" He snapped.
"Bankotsu, calm down." Hiten glared.
"No…I just lost a fucking brother, ok, I will not calm down! We lost him and any information we had!"
"Why are you freaking out so much? You hated him." Jakotsu crossed his arms.
"No, I hated what he did…he was family!"
"You have us…" Yura mumbled.
"Oh, so now you're going to talk to me?"
"Listen, you still have Jakotsu and you can't snap!" Hiuten shouted. "You have me, too…" He mumbled. Bankotsu pressed the two jewel shards into Banryu.
"Goodnight." He walked down the hall.
"Banks…" Jakotsu frowned.
"What happened?" Abi asked.
"Renkotsu died." Koga shrugged. Everyone silently dismissed themselves from the room and Hiten glanced at Abi.
"You can share with me if you'd like." She offered and he snapped out of his daze.
"No…" He frowned. She walked in front of him.
"What were you going to say before?" She whispered.
"Nothing." He answered quickly with a blush.
"You sure?"
"Yeah…" He went to walk outside.
"Can I…"
"Yeah." He sighed and she followed him back outside. The rain was now a light drizzle and Hiten frowned.
"Manten hated drizzle…" He mumbled. "He said it was a mockery of rain…" He scoffed a little. "He loved thunderstorms…like I do…" He tensed when she rested her head on his shoulder.
"Your brother would be proud…" She whispered.
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Another iffy chapter. The next one starts the plans for Naraku and whatnot…so please review!