[AN]Ugh... Mage was almost going to not update today because Mage is pissed as hell... Mage was having a good day... At lunch, Mage got to hang out with Michael and Bradley, who are THE two coolest guys I know... Then Chad stole Mage's shoe, but Mage knows dat Chad was just playing around... And Mage got her shoe back after she threatened to beat his ass with it ^-^... Then 6th period civics came and the almighty jerk Matt stole my pritty green pen and wouldnt give it back no matter how many times i made death threats... v.v Then he had the nerve to break it... then he hit me with his textbook 7 times... Mage's head hurts still... v.v Sorry, but I had to get that out of my system... Now for review responses...
dangerous-beans: o.o;;; rabid... hamsters... rodents... evil... *clings to ceiling fan* J/B story be out soon oo;; i started it last night dat mage did... NO HURT MAGE! o.o;;; Oohhh good rin/sessy? okay, me advertise! see the bottom authors note... and thats true, but Sess/Kag is still icky
serpentilewitch: Arigatou for all the reviews! =D
duckknight: sorry 'bout the cliffy... i dont READ Sess/Kag, I just see them on the list... *shivers* i hate those evil things... Long live fluffyshipping!
Cookie6: XD interesting phrase... Here's the next chap.
pensquared: thanks!
monkeybaby7: Oo; here it is...
Ninetales122: yesh ^^
LewsTherinInsanity: cataclysm? Ooohhhhh... thats a good word... not nearly as good as psychosomatic though! =D psychosomatic's my fave word for some odd reason... Meep Oo;
evil squeede: Exactly!! Plus, Kagome admits that she loves Inuyasha! Not to mention they kiss in one of the movies...
Pori-Pori: Arigatou!
CharmedAngel: Well, now you can find out ^^
Dragon Of Sea: Thanks! Yes, its nice when an author updates their stories often...
chibi Nataly: Yessshhh... Preps do that, me dont know why... *shrugs* it must be standard prep procedure or something...
EvilBunnies1: thanks!
Naoko2: Eheh... You'll see wether she sees the evil plot or not...
Mega Buu: Mage is modest? Oo; dude... Mage thought mage was a bitch! XD Mage's friends agree and Mage is proud of her title... mwaha ^^ I like the songs too! =D I love rock... Oohhh Love Before Honor? I think I've read that... Yeah, the goth/punk rocker themes do reflect my interests... I'm goth/punk myself ^^ the only one in the 8th grade...
Liz.Q: gomen about the cliffy ^^ YES I LOVED THE JA/BAN BADGE! ^_^ ITS SO CUTE! mwee... Yes, I read Bittersweetness! ALL YOU PEOPLE READING THIS SHOULD GO READ THAT! ITS GOOD DAMN IT!
ladyofthedragons1: gomen ne ^^
Neko02: You'll see wether they get the gig or not... mwee ^^ People hate Kagura... That means I'm doing my job in making her a bitch! =D
Ookami Spirit Hishana: Hehe... Sorry, Kagura doesnt die... I cant do that to her... Even though I hate her ; Nazuna is actually from the series. She was the girl who Inuyasha saved in the episode with the spider-heads... Which was the first new moon that we see Inuyasha on. ^^
Deadly Tears: Arigatou!
chaotic_cloud: Mage sowwy ^^
Wakadori Ramen: Heyyy! ; I love System of a Down! Chop Suey is their best song dude! Anyway, by Sess/Kag I mean Sess/Kagome... Though Sess/Kagura is just as bad ;
hush: Mage does too like hush-san! Mage just doesnt write longer chapters because Mage has most of this story pre-written... Thats how I update so fast... noodles... mwaha... *eats ramen* ^^
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Setting down the ballots, Mr. Heath looked to the committee and the two bands. Every student in the room looked anxious. Jakotsu was biting his nails nervously, Bankotsu was tapping his foot impatiently, Xelloss was hopping from one foot to the other excitedly, and Lina was sighing every five seconds.
Sango was tapping her finger against the armrest of her seat, glancing from Lord of Nightmares, to the Shichinin-tai, and back and forth again. Amelia seemed her ever-cheerful self, though she also seemed confident.
"And the band that will be playing at the Halloween dance is... The Shichinin-tai!" Mr. Heath shouted out. Jakotsu began jumping up and down excitedly, then began to dance with his boyfriend. The rest of the band were all congratulating each other. Sango jumped up to join Jakotsu and Bankotsu, squealing happily.
"I knew it! I knew you'd get it!" Sango yelled, laughing and hugging each and every band member for the second time that day.
Lina rolled her eyes and muttered to herself. Xelloss sighed audibly, but kept his trademark grin up. The rest of the band and Amelia looked disappointed too.
After she had calmed down, Sango looked around at the committee, trying to determine who had voted for the Shichinin-tai. She knew the band had gotten Jade's and Cloey's votes, most likely because of Jakotsu and Bankotsu. She also knew she had gotten Daemon's vote, because of the music though.
'Who else?' She thought, looking at the others. A silver-haired, golden-eyed senior with little orange tinted glasses sitting on the bridge of his nose was smirking. Ilpalazzo. 'So he voted for them too... That means we got Excel and Hyatt's votes too!'
Excel and Hyatt did whatever their beloved 'Ilpalazzo-sama' told them to and would have voted for whoever he had voted for. She also knew she had voted for the Shichinin-tai, so that made 7 votes. There were 12 on the committee, so there were only 4 that COULD have voted for Lord of Nightmares, since Anzu had left.
Sango looked over at the band and saw Jade and Cloey begging Jakotsu and Bankotsu to kiss again; both girls had cameras in hand. She rolled her eyes. Those two were somethin else.
Daemon grabbed his two best friends by the backs of their jackets and dragged them out of the auditorium, with a 'Congrats you guys.' directed at the band.
As the rest of Lord of Nightmares and the committee filed out of the auditorium, Sango turned to the Shichinin-tai. "Congrats again! C'mon, ice cream on me!"
"ALL RIGHT!" Suikotsu immediately ran out the door.
Bankotsu laughed. "Youre gonna regret that one Sango. No one can keep Suikotsu from his rocky road."
She giggled. "Ah well, you guys deserve it." So Sango, Jakotsu, and Bankotsu followed after Suikotsu. Turns out, the other band members had to get home, and Renkotsu just didnt wanna go.
On the way out to the parking lot, Sango took her cell phone from her jacket pocket and dialed Rin's cell phone number.
"Hello?" Rin answered.
"Hi Rin! Its Sango!"
"Hey Sango-chan!"
"They did it! The band got the gig!"
All three boys heard the loud squeal that came from Sango's cell phone. She winced, holding the phone away from her ear.
"Thats great Sango!"
"Yeah, I gotta go now. Treating the guys to ice cream. Tell Sess if you havent already, kay?"
"Kay! Bye Sango!"
"Bye Rin." Sango pressed the end button and put the small phone up. She climbed into the driver's seat of her truck while Jakotsu, Bankotsu, and Suikotsu got in on the passenger's side, Jakotsu sitting on his boyfriends lap with Suikotsu in the middle. The truck started with a roar, and pulled out of the parking lot, heading in the direction of the ice cream parlor.
Turns out, Sango DID come to regret her offer.
~*~
The next day at lunch, Jakotsu's class had been released a few minutes early, so he started out onto campus alone. Sitting amidst the half-ring of trees that had come to be the group's spot, he nibbled on a strawberry out of his lunch bag, waiting for Bankotsu and the others.
He didnt count on having an encounter with Kagura that day, so it came as a surprise when she approached him, surrounded by her usual groupies, Yura, Tsuyu, and Tsubaki. This time though, three guys were with them.
He recognized Nobunaga, Tsuyu's boyfriend, but the other two, he hadnt seen before. The smaller guy was better looking, with dark hair in a braid and a devious smirk on his face. Actually, he looked a little like Bankotsu, but only a little bit. The other seemed to be the good-looking guy's brother, though he was rather... large, to put it kindly, and pale. He had but three hairs on top of his egg-like head and a tiny black braid at the back of his neck.
Jakotsu stood, looking warily from the dark haired boy, to the bald boy, to Nobunaga, then to Kagura.
"Hello, Queer." Kagura said, a smirk on her heavily made-up face. Jakotsu glared.
"Dont call me that Bitch."
The pale, bald guy stepped forward, beady eyes narrowed. "DONT call Kagura-sama a bitch, you fruit!"
"Look, what do you preps want?" Jakotsu asked venomously, his muscles tensing.
"I want revenge for the black eye your boyfriend gave me." Kagura stated icily. "Hiten, Manten, take him off campus. The convenience store nearby should be far enough from school."
"Hai!" Both brothers shouted, each grabbing one of Jakotsu's arms. The smaller boy struggled, but to no avail.
He was taken off campus and dragged all the way to the nearest convenience store parking lot. Unluckily for Jakotsu though, the parking lot was empty.
~*~
Bankotsu, Sesshoumaru, and Rin walked out to their group's usual spot, only to find that Jakotsu wasnt there like he usually was on Wednesdays.
"Where is he?" Bankotsu wondered aloud, glancing around worriedly. If Jakotsu wasnt here, something was obviously wrong. His 5th period teacher, Mrs. Bluethman, always let his class out early on Wednesdays, since she had duty that day.
"What the...?" Rin's eyes narrowed in confusion as she picked up the ziploc bag that contained Jakotsu's lunch. "Somethings wrong you guys... He wouldnt have just left without eating even..."
Bankotsu's eyes widened. "Oh god... Ja-chan..."
Sesshoumaru studied the ground, frowning. What the hell had happened?! He spotted grass, torn up as if someone had dug their heels into it to prevent being dragged away.
"There was a struggle..." He said, red beginning to cloud his vision. Sess knew just who had set this up. And by the horrified look on Bankotsu's face, he knew it too.
"Kagura..."
~*~
"Let me go you bunch of baboons!!!" Jakotsu screamed, kicking at his captors furiously. His foot caught Manten in the shin, and the pale, bald boy immediately let go to nurse his new forming bruise. Jakotsu punched Hiten in the face with his free hand, then yanked his other hand free.
Hiten growled, rubbing his cheek. "Oh you are going to PAY for marring my perfect face!" His fist caught the smaller boy in the jaw and hurled him backwards.
Jakotsu moaned in pain, rubbing his sore jaw. That one was definately gonna hurt in the morning. Manten grabbed his arms from behind and held him tightly. Hiten stepped up and began to punch Jakotsu repeatedly, in the face and in the gut.
He cried out in pain and struggled against the strong arms holding him still. "LET ME GO!"
"Shut up you!" Hiten landed a kick to the boy's shins, then punched him again. The pain was too much; Jakotsu fell limp, breathing hard and whimpering slightly.
"Thats a good little freak." Hiten smirked and drew a small, concealed knife from his pocket. The knife glinted cruelly in the afternoon sunlight; blood coated the metal as the sharp edge was run along the smooth, paleish skin of Jakotsu's cheek.
He hissed in pain. "God damn it!"
"Cry for me." Hiten's features twisted into a cruel, sadistic smirk. Jakotsu glared and spat at his feet.
"Never."
Hiten glared and slashed the knife down Jakotsu's chest, ripping his shirt and staining it with blood from the long cut. Jakotsu cried out, unable to take any more of this.
"You bitch. I cant kill you, but I can make you suffer."
A face flashed before Jakotsu's eyes... Bankotsu... He had one chance to call out... And he hoped to whatever god was up there that his boyfriend would hear him. "BANKOTSU!!!"
~*~
Bankotsu ran like the wind, Sess and Rin close behind. "Jakotsu?! Jakotsu?! JAKOTSU?!" He called out, eyes darting wildly from one side of the street to the other. He just had to find Jakotsu!
"Jakotsu, answer me! Please! Koibito, where ARE you?!" Bankotsu was panicking now. Someone had taken his koibito and who knew what they were doing to him?!
He faintly heard his best friends calling out for Jakotsu in the background; he couldnt clearly hear anything but the quick beating of his heart and his own screams.
Then, another sound penetrated his ears.
"BANKOTSU!!!"
"KOI!!!" Bankotsu came upon the convenience store parking lot, and the sight sickened and angered him. There was his koibito, being held roughly by Manten, covered in blood. His shirt was ripped down the middle, and Hiten hovered over him with a bloody knife in hand.
Sess and Rin jogged up behind him, panting. He heard Rin gasp in horror as her eyes fell upon Jakotsu. Sesshoumaru saw red again, anger filling his mind and blocking out all else.
Bankotsu and Sesshoumaru ran forward, leaving Rin stunned. The two immediately set upon the bastards, Bankotsu knocking Manten to the ground with a well-placed punch. Sesshoumaru fought fiercely with Hiten, taking a few blows, but not really feeling them. He was just too angry.
"YOU BASTARDS! HOW DARE YOU HURT MY FRIEND?!" Sesshoumaru screamed, landing a punch in Hiten's jaw. "HE DIDNT DO ANYTHING TO YOU!!"
"AH DAMN IT!" Hiten rubbed his jaw, backing away. He glared as he knelt beside Manten and helped his younger brother up. "C'mon Brother, we're done here."
The Thunder Brothers left, nursing their injuries. Slowly the red faded from Sess's vision, and he looked down to see Bankotsu sitting on the ground, cradling a barely consious Jakotsu to his chest.
"Ja-chan... how could they do this to you?..." His voice was choked with tears. His eyes blurred with the salty liquid. "My Ja-chan..." He held Jakotsu tightly, protectively, stroking his boyfriend's dark hair.
"I'm so sorry I didnt come sooner... I got here as fast as I could... Honest..." Bankotsu felt the tears roll down his cheeks; he was crying, in front of someone no less, but he didnt care. It didnt matter. Nothing but Jakotsu mattered right now.
Rin ran over, tears trailing down her cheeks also. "Oh god..." She whimpered, looking horrified. Sesshoumaru drew her to his chest, holding her, feeling a need to comfort his distressed love. She threw her arms around him and sobbed freely into his t-shirt. "Is he... gonna be okay?" Sess heard her ask, her voice a bit muffled by his shirt.
"I... dont know Rin... I hope so..."
"Sess... bring your Jeep around... please... Ja-chan needs help..." Bankotsu said, trying to compose himself.
"Okay... I'll be right back. Rin, stay with them, okay?" Sesshoumaru said, holding her at arm's length and looking into her tear-filled eyes. He had seen Hiten and Manten head back towards the school, and didnt want her with him just in case he met up with the bastards again.
Rin nodded and sniffled, sitting down on the hard concrete by Bankotsu and Jakotsu. Sesshoumaru ran back to school at full speed to get his Jeep.
Letting out another soft sob, Rin leaned forward and gently wiped a bit of the blood of Jakotsu's cheek with her sleeve, not caring that the once-light blue shirt was now stained and probably ruined.
"Jakotsu..." Bankotsu heard her whisper. They sat in silence a few minutes, until Sess pulled up in the Jeep.
A terrible event had taken place, but one couldnt deny that it had drawn them closer. Rin felt now that she, Jakotsu, and Bankotsu had an unbreakable friendship. And she had also grown closer to Sesshoumaru in a way...
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[AN]Amazing how my writing goes from happy and light-hearted, to dark and sadistic, to kinda poetic. Oo; I guess its partly the music I'm listening to at the time... Cuz I was listening to Slipknot during this chapter, and if you've heard Slipknot, you know how dark and violent their songs are... But gods I love that band...
Anyway, I WILL DO ADVERTISING! As long as the fic is a Sess/Rin or a no pairings fic about Sess... or rin...
Fics You Should Check Out If You Havent Already:
~~ The Space Between Stars - by Lanenkar - http://www.fanfiction.net/read.php?storyid=1388360 - I havent actually read this myself, cant find the time...
~~ Captive Soul - by Rasberries - I LOVE THIS! Its probably the best Sess/Rin slave fic you'll ever read!
~~ Bittersweetness - by Liz.Q - ITS SO GOOD DAMN IT! oo;;; Seriously though, I love this fic...
~~ Whats Love, Sesshoumaru-sama? AND Tenseiga, Sword of Life - by Naoko2 - BOTH ARE SO GOOD! the first is uber-kawii and the second is sooo well written with an original plot and everything!
Okay, enough of that... R&R please![/AN]
dangerous-beans: o.o;;; rabid... hamsters... rodents... evil... *clings to ceiling fan* J/B story be out soon oo;; i started it last night dat mage did... NO HURT MAGE! o.o;;; Oohhh good rin/sessy? okay, me advertise! see the bottom authors note... and thats true, but Sess/Kag is still icky
serpentilewitch: Arigatou for all the reviews! =D
duckknight: sorry 'bout the cliffy... i dont READ Sess/Kag, I just see them on the list... *shivers* i hate those evil things... Long live fluffyshipping!
Cookie6: XD interesting phrase... Here's the next chap.
pensquared: thanks!
monkeybaby7: Oo; here it is...
Ninetales122: yesh ^^
LewsTherinInsanity: cataclysm? Ooohhhhh... thats a good word... not nearly as good as psychosomatic though! =D psychosomatic's my fave word for some odd reason... Meep Oo;
evil squeede: Exactly!! Plus, Kagome admits that she loves Inuyasha! Not to mention they kiss in one of the movies...
Pori-Pori: Arigatou!
CharmedAngel: Well, now you can find out ^^
Dragon Of Sea: Thanks! Yes, its nice when an author updates their stories often...
chibi Nataly: Yessshhh... Preps do that, me dont know why... *shrugs* it must be standard prep procedure or something...
EvilBunnies1: thanks!
Naoko2: Eheh... You'll see wether she sees the evil plot or not...
Mega Buu: Mage is modest? Oo; dude... Mage thought mage was a bitch! XD Mage's friends agree and Mage is proud of her title... mwaha ^^ I like the songs too! =D I love rock... Oohhh Love Before Honor? I think I've read that... Yeah, the goth/punk rocker themes do reflect my interests... I'm goth/punk myself ^^ the only one in the 8th grade...
Liz.Q: gomen about the cliffy ^^ YES I LOVED THE JA/BAN BADGE! ^_^ ITS SO CUTE! mwee... Yes, I read Bittersweetness! ALL YOU PEOPLE READING THIS SHOULD GO READ THAT! ITS GOOD DAMN IT!
ladyofthedragons1: gomen ne ^^
Neko02: You'll see wether they get the gig or not... mwee ^^ People hate Kagura... That means I'm doing my job in making her a bitch! =D
Ookami Spirit Hishana: Hehe... Sorry, Kagura doesnt die... I cant do that to her... Even though I hate her ; Nazuna is actually from the series. She was the girl who Inuyasha saved in the episode with the spider-heads... Which was the first new moon that we see Inuyasha on. ^^
Deadly Tears: Arigatou!
chaotic_cloud: Mage sowwy ^^
Wakadori Ramen: Heyyy! ; I love System of a Down! Chop Suey is their best song dude! Anyway, by Sess/Kag I mean Sess/Kagome... Though Sess/Kagura is just as bad ;
hush: Mage does too like hush-san! Mage just doesnt write longer chapters because Mage has most of this story pre-written... Thats how I update so fast... noodles... mwaha... *eats ramen* ^^
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Setting down the ballots, Mr. Heath looked to the committee and the two bands. Every student in the room looked anxious. Jakotsu was biting his nails nervously, Bankotsu was tapping his foot impatiently, Xelloss was hopping from one foot to the other excitedly, and Lina was sighing every five seconds.
Sango was tapping her finger against the armrest of her seat, glancing from Lord of Nightmares, to the Shichinin-tai, and back and forth again. Amelia seemed her ever-cheerful self, though she also seemed confident.
"And the band that will be playing at the Halloween dance is... The Shichinin-tai!" Mr. Heath shouted out. Jakotsu began jumping up and down excitedly, then began to dance with his boyfriend. The rest of the band were all congratulating each other. Sango jumped up to join Jakotsu and Bankotsu, squealing happily.
"I knew it! I knew you'd get it!" Sango yelled, laughing and hugging each and every band member for the second time that day.
Lina rolled her eyes and muttered to herself. Xelloss sighed audibly, but kept his trademark grin up. The rest of the band and Amelia looked disappointed too.
After she had calmed down, Sango looked around at the committee, trying to determine who had voted for the Shichinin-tai. She knew the band had gotten Jade's and Cloey's votes, most likely because of Jakotsu and Bankotsu. She also knew she had gotten Daemon's vote, because of the music though.
'Who else?' She thought, looking at the others. A silver-haired, golden-eyed senior with little orange tinted glasses sitting on the bridge of his nose was smirking. Ilpalazzo. 'So he voted for them too... That means we got Excel and Hyatt's votes too!'
Excel and Hyatt did whatever their beloved 'Ilpalazzo-sama' told them to and would have voted for whoever he had voted for. She also knew she had voted for the Shichinin-tai, so that made 7 votes. There were 12 on the committee, so there were only 4 that COULD have voted for Lord of Nightmares, since Anzu had left.
Sango looked over at the band and saw Jade and Cloey begging Jakotsu and Bankotsu to kiss again; both girls had cameras in hand. She rolled her eyes. Those two were somethin else.
Daemon grabbed his two best friends by the backs of their jackets and dragged them out of the auditorium, with a 'Congrats you guys.' directed at the band.
As the rest of Lord of Nightmares and the committee filed out of the auditorium, Sango turned to the Shichinin-tai. "Congrats again! C'mon, ice cream on me!"
"ALL RIGHT!" Suikotsu immediately ran out the door.
Bankotsu laughed. "Youre gonna regret that one Sango. No one can keep Suikotsu from his rocky road."
She giggled. "Ah well, you guys deserve it." So Sango, Jakotsu, and Bankotsu followed after Suikotsu. Turns out, the other band members had to get home, and Renkotsu just didnt wanna go.
On the way out to the parking lot, Sango took her cell phone from her jacket pocket and dialed Rin's cell phone number.
"Hello?" Rin answered.
"Hi Rin! Its Sango!"
"Hey Sango-chan!"
"They did it! The band got the gig!"
All three boys heard the loud squeal that came from Sango's cell phone. She winced, holding the phone away from her ear.
"Thats great Sango!"
"Yeah, I gotta go now. Treating the guys to ice cream. Tell Sess if you havent already, kay?"
"Kay! Bye Sango!"
"Bye Rin." Sango pressed the end button and put the small phone up. She climbed into the driver's seat of her truck while Jakotsu, Bankotsu, and Suikotsu got in on the passenger's side, Jakotsu sitting on his boyfriends lap with Suikotsu in the middle. The truck started with a roar, and pulled out of the parking lot, heading in the direction of the ice cream parlor.
Turns out, Sango DID come to regret her offer.
~*~
The next day at lunch, Jakotsu's class had been released a few minutes early, so he started out onto campus alone. Sitting amidst the half-ring of trees that had come to be the group's spot, he nibbled on a strawberry out of his lunch bag, waiting for Bankotsu and the others.
He didnt count on having an encounter with Kagura that day, so it came as a surprise when she approached him, surrounded by her usual groupies, Yura, Tsuyu, and Tsubaki. This time though, three guys were with them.
He recognized Nobunaga, Tsuyu's boyfriend, but the other two, he hadnt seen before. The smaller guy was better looking, with dark hair in a braid and a devious smirk on his face. Actually, he looked a little like Bankotsu, but only a little bit. The other seemed to be the good-looking guy's brother, though he was rather... large, to put it kindly, and pale. He had but three hairs on top of his egg-like head and a tiny black braid at the back of his neck.
Jakotsu stood, looking warily from the dark haired boy, to the bald boy, to Nobunaga, then to Kagura.
"Hello, Queer." Kagura said, a smirk on her heavily made-up face. Jakotsu glared.
"Dont call me that Bitch."
The pale, bald guy stepped forward, beady eyes narrowed. "DONT call Kagura-sama a bitch, you fruit!"
"Look, what do you preps want?" Jakotsu asked venomously, his muscles tensing.
"I want revenge for the black eye your boyfriend gave me." Kagura stated icily. "Hiten, Manten, take him off campus. The convenience store nearby should be far enough from school."
"Hai!" Both brothers shouted, each grabbing one of Jakotsu's arms. The smaller boy struggled, but to no avail.
He was taken off campus and dragged all the way to the nearest convenience store parking lot. Unluckily for Jakotsu though, the parking lot was empty.
~*~
Bankotsu, Sesshoumaru, and Rin walked out to their group's usual spot, only to find that Jakotsu wasnt there like he usually was on Wednesdays.
"Where is he?" Bankotsu wondered aloud, glancing around worriedly. If Jakotsu wasnt here, something was obviously wrong. His 5th period teacher, Mrs. Bluethman, always let his class out early on Wednesdays, since she had duty that day.
"What the...?" Rin's eyes narrowed in confusion as she picked up the ziploc bag that contained Jakotsu's lunch. "Somethings wrong you guys... He wouldnt have just left without eating even..."
Bankotsu's eyes widened. "Oh god... Ja-chan..."
Sesshoumaru studied the ground, frowning. What the hell had happened?! He spotted grass, torn up as if someone had dug their heels into it to prevent being dragged away.
"There was a struggle..." He said, red beginning to cloud his vision. Sess knew just who had set this up. And by the horrified look on Bankotsu's face, he knew it too.
"Kagura..."
~*~
"Let me go you bunch of baboons!!!" Jakotsu screamed, kicking at his captors furiously. His foot caught Manten in the shin, and the pale, bald boy immediately let go to nurse his new forming bruise. Jakotsu punched Hiten in the face with his free hand, then yanked his other hand free.
Hiten growled, rubbing his cheek. "Oh you are going to PAY for marring my perfect face!" His fist caught the smaller boy in the jaw and hurled him backwards.
Jakotsu moaned in pain, rubbing his sore jaw. That one was definately gonna hurt in the morning. Manten grabbed his arms from behind and held him tightly. Hiten stepped up and began to punch Jakotsu repeatedly, in the face and in the gut.
He cried out in pain and struggled against the strong arms holding him still. "LET ME GO!"
"Shut up you!" Hiten landed a kick to the boy's shins, then punched him again. The pain was too much; Jakotsu fell limp, breathing hard and whimpering slightly.
"Thats a good little freak." Hiten smirked and drew a small, concealed knife from his pocket. The knife glinted cruelly in the afternoon sunlight; blood coated the metal as the sharp edge was run along the smooth, paleish skin of Jakotsu's cheek.
He hissed in pain. "God damn it!"
"Cry for me." Hiten's features twisted into a cruel, sadistic smirk. Jakotsu glared and spat at his feet.
"Never."
Hiten glared and slashed the knife down Jakotsu's chest, ripping his shirt and staining it with blood from the long cut. Jakotsu cried out, unable to take any more of this.
"You bitch. I cant kill you, but I can make you suffer."
A face flashed before Jakotsu's eyes... Bankotsu... He had one chance to call out... And he hoped to whatever god was up there that his boyfriend would hear him. "BANKOTSU!!!"
~*~
Bankotsu ran like the wind, Sess and Rin close behind. "Jakotsu?! Jakotsu?! JAKOTSU?!" He called out, eyes darting wildly from one side of the street to the other. He just had to find Jakotsu!
"Jakotsu, answer me! Please! Koibito, where ARE you?!" Bankotsu was panicking now. Someone had taken his koibito and who knew what they were doing to him?!
He faintly heard his best friends calling out for Jakotsu in the background; he couldnt clearly hear anything but the quick beating of his heart and his own screams.
Then, another sound penetrated his ears.
"BANKOTSU!!!"
"KOI!!!" Bankotsu came upon the convenience store parking lot, and the sight sickened and angered him. There was his koibito, being held roughly by Manten, covered in blood. His shirt was ripped down the middle, and Hiten hovered over him with a bloody knife in hand.
Sess and Rin jogged up behind him, panting. He heard Rin gasp in horror as her eyes fell upon Jakotsu. Sesshoumaru saw red again, anger filling his mind and blocking out all else.
Bankotsu and Sesshoumaru ran forward, leaving Rin stunned. The two immediately set upon the bastards, Bankotsu knocking Manten to the ground with a well-placed punch. Sesshoumaru fought fiercely with Hiten, taking a few blows, but not really feeling them. He was just too angry.
"YOU BASTARDS! HOW DARE YOU HURT MY FRIEND?!" Sesshoumaru screamed, landing a punch in Hiten's jaw. "HE DIDNT DO ANYTHING TO YOU!!"
"AH DAMN IT!" Hiten rubbed his jaw, backing away. He glared as he knelt beside Manten and helped his younger brother up. "C'mon Brother, we're done here."
The Thunder Brothers left, nursing their injuries. Slowly the red faded from Sess's vision, and he looked down to see Bankotsu sitting on the ground, cradling a barely consious Jakotsu to his chest.
"Ja-chan... how could they do this to you?..." His voice was choked with tears. His eyes blurred with the salty liquid. "My Ja-chan..." He held Jakotsu tightly, protectively, stroking his boyfriend's dark hair.
"I'm so sorry I didnt come sooner... I got here as fast as I could... Honest..." Bankotsu felt the tears roll down his cheeks; he was crying, in front of someone no less, but he didnt care. It didnt matter. Nothing but Jakotsu mattered right now.
Rin ran over, tears trailing down her cheeks also. "Oh god..." She whimpered, looking horrified. Sesshoumaru drew her to his chest, holding her, feeling a need to comfort his distressed love. She threw her arms around him and sobbed freely into his t-shirt. "Is he... gonna be okay?" Sess heard her ask, her voice a bit muffled by his shirt.
"I... dont know Rin... I hope so..."
"Sess... bring your Jeep around... please... Ja-chan needs help..." Bankotsu said, trying to compose himself.
"Okay... I'll be right back. Rin, stay with them, okay?" Sesshoumaru said, holding her at arm's length and looking into her tear-filled eyes. He had seen Hiten and Manten head back towards the school, and didnt want her with him just in case he met up with the bastards again.
Rin nodded and sniffled, sitting down on the hard concrete by Bankotsu and Jakotsu. Sesshoumaru ran back to school at full speed to get his Jeep.
Letting out another soft sob, Rin leaned forward and gently wiped a bit of the blood of Jakotsu's cheek with her sleeve, not caring that the once-light blue shirt was now stained and probably ruined.
"Jakotsu..." Bankotsu heard her whisper. They sat in silence a few minutes, until Sess pulled up in the Jeep.
A terrible event had taken place, but one couldnt deny that it had drawn them closer. Rin felt now that she, Jakotsu, and Bankotsu had an unbreakable friendship. And she had also grown closer to Sesshoumaru in a way...
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[AN]Amazing how my writing goes from happy and light-hearted, to dark and sadistic, to kinda poetic. Oo; I guess its partly the music I'm listening to at the time... Cuz I was listening to Slipknot during this chapter, and if you've heard Slipknot, you know how dark and violent their songs are... But gods I love that band...
Anyway, I WILL DO ADVERTISING! As long as the fic is a Sess/Rin or a no pairings fic about Sess... or rin...
Fics You Should Check Out If You Havent Already:
~~ The Space Between Stars - by Lanenkar - http://www.fanfiction.net/read.php?storyid=1388360 - I havent actually read this myself, cant find the time...
~~ Captive Soul - by Rasberries - I LOVE THIS! Its probably the best Sess/Rin slave fic you'll ever read!
~~ Bittersweetness - by Liz.Q - ITS SO GOOD DAMN IT! oo;;; Seriously though, I love this fic...
~~ Whats Love, Sesshoumaru-sama? AND Tenseiga, Sword of Life - by Naoko2 - BOTH ARE SO GOOD! the first is uber-kawii and the second is sooo well written with an original plot and everything!
Okay, enough of that... R&R please![/AN]