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Paths of Moon and Flame: Shinku EitaiChapter 3
A Tale of Blood and Betrayal; The Bloodstained Tale of Kagome Part II
'They say I am heartless. They are correct. I feel nothing, nothing except malice. Malice and revenge. Lust for blood. For I, Kagome, can either save or destroy the world. So far, I am destroying it. So hence, until the one who can save me, my soulmate, is found, I am the bane of the world.'
o.O.o.O
Bankotsu's green-blue eyes narrowed in response before his voice rang out, breaking the silent tension in the clearing. "No." The voice was cold, uncaring, as was his heart. Black, tainted, and desolate, it struggled to beat within his chest, to feel emotions, only to be restrained in a vice, slowly squeezing the life from his body with every beat. With every breath, he found it harder to go on... but he simply ignored it, ignoring the strangled plea his cold and broken heart gave out, allowing himself to lose a bit more each time.
Still, he remained, standing in the face of the wind, defying its bitter and harsh conditions, staring pitilessly at the dying girl. "It is the final answer. No." He turned, raven braid whipping back into his face, armor glinting as the black clouds rolled over the warm sun, reflecting the dark mood perfectly.
Jakotsu raised his tearstained cheeks, his alto voice a hoarse whisper, riding the wind to his elder brother's ears, "I guess it was true. What they said about you. I defended you, thinking they lied. But… you really are a cold rock, standing until the end of time and beyond, unmoved by anything. You are watching someone die, and you sit about toying with her fate."
Furious, the assassin whirled and retorted, "That's what it means to be an assassin! You aren't supposed to care! You've done the same countless times! That makes us both rocks!" He turned sharply, ignoring the minute pang of regret for his words.
Violet eyes mirroring his hurt, Jakotsu whispered, "I suppose you are what they say you are. Just as I try to change something, everything goes wrong! Why did I have to be cursed! Why did you-"
"J-Ja-kotsu… Water..." A raspy voice interrupted him, and he immediately zoomed away, forgetting his weak state, coming back with a red bowl filled with water, and a crust of fresh bread.
"Here," He said softly, handing it to her. She drank slowly, wincing with each sip. 'Damn the poison. Damn Naraku! I have to leave before Jakotsu gets to involved with me… With my fate…' She took a slow breath, and opened her mouth, no sound issuing. Taking another pain-filled breath, she tried again, getting a ghostly whisper.
"Please… Some rum for the pain…" She watched him dash away before groping out to grasp Shinku Eitai's wrapped handle, ignoring the glare of Bankotsu, who had situated himself on a rock nearby. 'Thank god rum is in the basement… It'll take a while to get up…'
She lifted the handle, digging it into the hard earth a couple of feet a way. "Ugh!" She dragged herself over the sharp rocks and merciless shrubs whipping her face.
"You won't get very far."
Her cerulean orbs narrowed in resistance as she whispered in the eerie whisper. "Where can I find the Kokoro herb?"
"Shut up! I don't owe you any answers!" Bankotsu snapped, very edgy and short tempered.
'But you do…' Kagome thought sadly to herself before cocking her head to listen. There they were: the pounding steps of Jakotsu. The rush of wind and footsteps of another being. The Shikon Jewel approaching rapidly. And finally, the spicy, bitter smell of the Kokoro herb.
'Just like Naraku to finish me off on a deathbed. Better move before Jakotsu gets stuck in the battle.' She began dragging her battered body over to the nearest object, Bankotsu's rock. Breathing heavily when she arrived, she pulled herself upright slowly and painfully, knuckles grasping the handle of her halberd until they were white.
"You won't get far." Bankotsu repeated.
"Yea? You watch me!" Kagome yelled, ignoring the anguish her parched throat was in. Taking a shaky breath, she launched forward, oblivious to the poison, the pain, taking long strides across the field. Hissing sharply, she glanced around. Everything was dim and fuzzy, she could barely make out the shape of the assassin. 'Damn! My eyes…'
She brought a handkerchief from the sleeve of her yukata to her eyes, tying it around them. 'At least I can't strain my eyes now.' She continued limping to the edge of the clearing, swaying with the emerald blades of grass in the wind.
"Hmm…" Bankotsu watched her shout at him with amusement. Amusement that turned to astonishment when she ran across the area, stopping to glance back, then blindfold herself. 'What is she doing? Oh.' The answer hit him like a rock. 'Sh-She can't see anymore… I did that…' Pushing the thoughts to the back of his mind, he focused on her, the daggers in her back and shoulder glinting in the warped sunlight, glowing red.
"Where did those come from?" He asked off the top of his head, trying his best not to kill her with questions.
Silence was his answer as she moved away, limping terribly and painfully, but at least Naraku would leave the Shichinintai alone. For now. "Kami help me to leave this clearing and get far enough!" She whispered to herself, but the whisper was carried by the wind, and it reached Bankotsu's sharp ears.
"So, something is after you, eh?" He taunted her.
"It is not your concern."
'Man, this girl was truly a rock when it came to things she hated. Wait, did that mean she hated him?' His green-blue eyes drooped for some unknown reason, and he hopped off the rock, dusting himself off. 'I'll follow her.'
"If you plan on following me, change in plans. Go kill someone else, Bankotsu." Her words were sharp, delivering a stinging slap to his mind, the truth smacking him like a load of bricks. 'She does hate me…'
Clenching his hands, he felt anger build inside him, and he whirled, swinging Banryuu at the opposite side of the clearing, the earth shattering and rushing at the sky in a widening pathway. When he turned, she was gone.
o.O.o.O
Kagome jogged away, ignoring the pain jolting through her veins, one thought in her brain. 'Get away from Bankotsu! He's coming! Run!' She took a breath, and she pushed into a speed slower than her usual run, putting some real distance between her and Bankotsu. She arrived in the clearing where she had fought Kagura, noting the silence.
Quickly, she zoomed over to a trampled blue fern, a knife flicking up from her armguard, cutting a sprig. Placing it between her teeth, she got up. 'Damn it to hell! I can't avoid Kanna!'
o.O.o.O
'Why am I doing this?' Bankotsu sprinted off in the direction of the sound of crackling twigs, blundering through the forest at an impossible rate, heart thudding. Suddenly, he was there. 'Huh?' The training ground was scattered with knives, glinting in the glaring light. Eyes wide with surprise, he recognized then as identical to the ones in the girl's back and shoulder. 'But… why?'
He heard footsteps, and whipping around, Banryuu at the ready, he saw a girl. Her white hair and kimono did nothing but puzzle him as her shining orbs glinted. Glinted with the mirror in her hand.
"Where is she?" the voice was strange, quiet but demanding, and the mirror glowed.
"KANNA! LEAVE HIM ALONE!" A blue light whip sliced the air, wrapping around the mirror. The bruised and dirty girl yanked it, but the object never faltered. She ripped off the cloth, and her expression turned horrified. "No… RUN, BANKOTSU!" She screamed as the mirror began turning redder than blood.
"Huh?" He said stupidly, blinking in confusion.
The girl assassin ran at him, shoving him over as the mirror shot out a huge beam, slicing a path in the trees for miles. 'Why is she trying to save me?'
Wincing at the poison stirring in her blood, Kagome rubbed a cut on her cheek, swallowing the bright blue herb in her mouth, forsaking the horrid bitter taste followed by fire in her blood. "Ack!" She choked, falling to her knees, spitting out the herb. "Kuso! It's not working!"
"Murderer." The soft voice of the girl came out as a pinning accusation.
Kagome felt her body burn, and she whimpered, before realizing what she did. "What have you done to me?" She yelled, eyes flaring. "The Kokoro herb did nothing…"
"Ah, yes. Kokoro herb. As long as you have my poison inside you, nothing can save you. Now come join us." A man stepped out of the shadows, and Bankotsu noted Kagome stiffen in anger. A snow white baboon pelt, blood red eyes peering out of eyeholes.
"NARAKU!" She hissed, yanking out a curved dagger, she whipped it at him, its whirling blade cutting the air.
He stood still. "You may have escaped my death spell, and saved the one… Jakotsu… But you will be mine yet." He blurred at the last second, hands encircling her throat. Bankotsu stood shocked. 'That's where those knives came from… She saved him… And I was so nasty…' He felt guilt in the pit of his gut.
"Shut up! What… did you… do… to the… jewel?" Kagome choked out.
"SILENCE!" Her blood burned again, and she hissed in pain and frustration. "Come now. Kanna, finish him off."
"Yes master." The mirror glowed pale white, gleaming, and suddenly Bankotsu felt something drift out of his grasp. Shouting in anguish, he fell to his knees, hand shakily reaching for his soul.
Something in her snapped, and Kagome flipped up the knife, enlacing it with miko power, slicing at the man's throat. He dropped her, dodging it, and she winced. Seeing the soul fly from Bankotsu, her eyes turned red completely, and all she could remember was the feeling of blood flowing over her hands.
o.O.o.O
Growling, this new Kagome grinned and transformed, looking the same as when Bankotsu battled her, but her eyes glowed red, pain forgotten. She charged, lightning fast, feet thudding lightly on the ground, appearing next to Kanna in a fraction of a second, braid lashing.
"So he means something to you eh?" The man she called Naraku lazily said. "Kanna hold it." The girl stopped, and Kagome's eyes began to flicker back to normal, body staying in battle mode.
"What? Did I do something?" She snapped, "I can't remember the last half minute. WHAT HAPPENED TO ME!" She appeared next to Naraku, holding the knife to his throat.
"You don't want to do that."
"Why the hell wouldn't I?" Kagome screamed back at him.
"Because I can kill him at any moment," Her brought his hand up and snapped. The girl started up the mirror.
"Why would I care about that bastard?"
Naraku's eyes widened considerably. "You two aren't lovers?"
"Bingo." Her voice was cold, hard. "Don't you dare say that ever again, or I will make sure you never live another day."
Bankotsu was beet red, forgetting the fact that his soul was halfway gone. "Yeah, after all, we hate each other's guts!"
Kagome whipped her gaze to him, and Naraku grinned. "I'll have to thank you there… Bankotsu." He jumped onto the girl, pushing a blade at her throat. "After I kill her, that is." He increased his force, and Kagome gagged.
"Damn bastards you two are!"
Naraku just smiled evilly.
"R-Rei Chikara! (strength of the soul)" Kagome whispered, and a white mist flew at Bankotsu, soaking into him. Suddenly, Kanna's mirror cleared, and Bankotsu saw his soul withdraw from within it.
"What!" Naraku scowled, and he glared at Kagome. "What did you do, wench!"
"Heh. Shut up, monkey!" She forcefully shoved her long legs under his stomach, heaving up with all her might. Naraku flew up (lol) into the air, and she leapt up, doing a roundhouse kick, knocking him into the trees.
"Kanna." He commanded.
The girl floated away from Bankotsu, and toward the violent girl. "Look deep within my mirror… Bane of the world. Deep." Kanna's eerie voice rang out, and she positioned herself in front of Kagome.
"No!" Bankotsu heard himself cry it out, even though he didn't know why he did so.
Kagome smirked, wiping a thin line of blood from her mouth. "Just try. I have no soul."
'What?' Bankotsu's mind screamed. 'She can't…'
Kanna's mirror reflected Kagome, the nice, calm girl, eyes opening. Kagome felt her eyes glowing red again… She closed her orbs.
"Guess all's not what you thought." Naraku hissed.
"Guess again!" Kagome opened her eyes. They glowed navy blue, matching the pointed cross on her forehead. The girl in the mirror closed her eyes, and the mirror shattered.
Getting up and limping to Shinku Eitai, Kagome stated, "I have no soul… Because of him." She pointed, her slender finger pinning Bankotsu. "Yes, you. You killed my family."
"But… I didn't!" Bankotsu yelled.
"Tell me. Why should I believe you? I saw you!"
"Perhaps your eyes were deceived…" Naraku laughed as Kagome slipped into darkness.
o.O.o.O
Kagome leapt up, her head looking from side to side. 'Huh? I feel fine…' All traces of poison seemed to have vanished, and she sat back, surrounded by the fragrance of Sakura blossoms. 'Well, I ain't complaining.' She closed her eyes, rubbing her temples. In that flash of a moment, her world turned upside down.
'Not again!' Groaning, she saw she was high above, in the dark and ominous clouds, only it was different. Not being able to place what was wrong, Kagome tensed up and shifted over a bit, craning her neck to see the figures running below her. The cloud dropped, to a height where she could see perfectly.
It was her. Surrounded by her family and fellow assassins. On the night they were killed. And all she could do was watch.
"Mama!" The little girl cried, being pulled away by the current of assassins moving out to battle.
"You ought to be more careful," A hand yanked her out gently, and glancing up, the girl saw a smiling but stern older brother. Lowering her gaze, she mumbled the words sadly.
"Yes, Souta. I should be more careful." Her brother's face turned from stern to a broad smile, and her bent down, taking her hand and leading her to their parents.
"Here she is, mother!" He called out, oblivious to the terror-stricken looks of assassins nearby.
"Hush, boy! Do you want them to come?"
"Huh?" Puzzled, Kagome released her brother's hand and walked up to the assassins.
"Who's them?"
She received no answer, the fearful assassin's shrinking away in terror. "They're here!"
Chaos rang through the camp, spreading a blanket of fear over every being, trampling any remaining calmness, and fires sprang up everywhere. "Kagome!" A sharp voice called, and the older Kagome nearly sobbed at what was to happen. "Ka-" The voice cut off, and a fairly small silhouette appeared on the horizon, a large object over its shoulder.
"That's right. Run. Run like the beasts you are!" The cold and hard voice rang out, and Kagome hissed in recognition. Bankotsu. Fists clenched until they were white, Kagome hopped off the cloud, heedless of the mammoth drop below. Landing hard, she shook the numbness from her limbs, parting the crowd like butter in a vain attempt to reach him.
"Miss!" Someone had latched onto her arm, and Kagome gritted her teeth in annoyance. "Help me! I can't find my child! She's about five years old…" Shock hit Kagome, and she saw the dirt covered woman was her mother.
Terribly shaken, Kagome nodded, going from house to house, dodging embers. "Yo Kagome! Kagome! Where are you?" It was strange, looking for herself, and at last she saw a collapsed figure in the shadow of a magnolia tree, being pulled at by a little boy and a preteen.
"Get up, Kagome! We have to go!" The teen whimpered, tugging at his sister. A desperate look came over his face, and he said, "Mother won't forgive me if something happens to you!"
Kagome rushed over, picking up the minute body. "This is Kagome, right?" Freezing in shock, she realized that her voice was that of the one who saved her, and she had said the same words. "What's happening to me?" She whispered before taking off, two youngsters in tow.
"Miss Eitai! Miss, your children!" Again, the voice that was not hers shouted out.
"Thank Kami!" The woman rushed over as a man came up, taking the woman by the hands.
"Koi, the one is coming at us. I will stay, stay and protect you. But promise me, if anything happens, you will run! Promise me!" Nodding with a watery smile, the woman took her children by the hands, the other little boy following.
"Yes?"
"C-Can I come with you? I c-can't find my mommy!" The woman's eyes softened. She had a soft spot for children.
"Come on then." She put the little girl around her shoulders. Taking the two boys by the hand.
"RUN! RU-" The voice of Kagome's father rang out, and looking back from the floating clouds, she saw the same figure, birds cawing and taking off, scattering to the four corners of the world.
"Otokooya…" Kagome felt herself lose control again as her sight bled redder than Bankotsu's blood.
o.O.o.O
"What did you do to her!" Bankotsu yelled, swinging Banryuu in a wide arc, tearing up the earth around Naraku.
"What is it to you? Why should you care? You should thank me. After all, you hate her, don't you?"
The words stuck to Bankotsu, and her pondered it. 'D-Do I have feelings? No. It must be guilt.'
"You must be VERY guilty then." Naraku chuckled as Bankotsu looked mildly surprised. "Yes, I can see all that goes on inside your mind."
Glaring, Bankotsu ignored the 'I can see everything in your mind,' statement and bombarded the chuckling man with a question. "What happened to her before?" He nodded with his head toward the unconscious Kagome as the baboon shifted his gaze to his face.
"Tell me why I should tell you."
"Because I asked nicely, and this little kid has a big attack weapon that could slice your head off." Bankotsu said sweetly, brandishing Banryuu with a flounce. Weighing his options, Naraku decided it was best to answer.
"She lost control. It will only get worse and worse until she can find her soulmate." Considering this enough information, Naraku's thin lips snapped shut.
"And what happens when she finds her soulmate?" Bankotsu prompted, patting the long, shimmering blade of his halberd. Naraku hissed in annoyance.
"What is it to you?"
Blue-green eye twitching, Bankotsu retorted, "What about you, monkeyturd(oooh. Sounds familiar.)! Why do you hunt her?"
Sighing, Naraku whirled away, his harsh whisper carried on the wind. "Because. She can either save the world, or destroy it. I must prevent the discovery of her soulmate, or else I will fail. Will you join me, Bankotsu?" He turned, the dark eyeholes burning a hole in Bankotsu.
"What do I owe you, monkey?"
Smiling, Naraku saw right threw his 'I-don't-care-what-you-do!' attitude. "The girl…" He began slowly, "For you."
"Why in all the hells would I do that? I barely know her!" Bankotsu shouted, hands clenched tightly around the wrapped handle of Banryuu.
Naraku chuckled, and he turned away. "I shall be in the middle of the forest, on the night of the new moon. Bring nothing with you. You shall give me your answer then. And…" He paused. "You will feel something for her. Bitchy as she is, trust me: you will feel something. Even with that tiny, black heart barely beating inside you. As do I. But sometimes we must ignore our hearts, when there is a greater purpose." He left, the mysterious girl following him.
"Ugh. Just great! Everyone thinks I'm in love with a bitchy girl I don't even know!" He kicked her limp arm, and getting no response, he groaned irritably. "Great! The guys'll tease me forever about bringing home a gal!" He braced himself to pick up a deadweight, reaching out to sling her over his shoulder. "But… I can't just leave her here." 'Joy, I'm becoming a knight in shining armor. I'm SUPPOSED to be the villain, but now I'm the good guy.'
He sighed. "What's the world coming to when an assassin has to carry a bitchy girl back to his tent…" Reaching out, he pulled her over to him.
He picked her up by her waist, and was shocked to feel how light she was. 'Does she even eat?' He experimentally tossed her from hand to hand (how rude!) as he walked back to the camp. 'She's like a feather!'
"Bankotsu?" He nearly jumped, flushing at being caught in the act of tossing a girl.
"Uhh…."
"I don't wanna know." Jakotsu sighed, shaking his head at the disgrace of his beet red brother, walking off.
o.O.o.O
Kagome felt her eyes go red again, and she couldn't see anything. 'Kuso! It's getting worse!' All she could feel was lust for the blood of the tiny Bankotsu. "Wait!" A tiny voice cried, latching onto her leg, oblivious of this self-risk. "I never got to thank you!"
Amazed, Kagome felt her eyes go back to their usual brilliant sapphire, and she cocked her head, spotting a little girl dangling from her shapely leg. Herself. 'I was always reckless… Just never really noticed how reckless…'
Smiling, she detached the girl and smiled. "You're welcome… Kagome." The dirty girl beamed before taking off after her mother and brother. "What am I to do… Is it possible to stop the slaughter? I can't save father… But what about mother… Souta…" Head bowed, she jogged after the broken family. 'If I can't do anything, the least I can do is help."
She arrived at the clearing she knew they would come to, and leaned against a tree, waiting for the group. 'There they are… That means Bankotsu should be coming right about… NOW!' She leapt out, facing the small figure. "Move." It demanded, a squeaky, high voice, not having developed yet. Kagome nearly burst out laughing, imagining the present Bankotsu squeaking.
Her face turned dark, and she said simply, "I cannot let you pass. You are not to destroy her… my family."
"And who the hell would you be?" Suddenly, the small Bankotsu transformed into the one she knew in the present.
Eyes narrowing, Kagome's lips formed the words. "The bane of the world." The opposing teen let out a laugh.
"Laugh all you like. Odori no za Doragoro." His laughter died as the huge dragon of wind roared up before him, ripping up young trees, roots and all. "You should not have crossed my path. Raikou." Forked lightning zoomed around the clearing, blending in and out of the wind dragon.
Closing her eyes, Kagome formed a ball of blue miko energy in her left palm, eyes snapping open. She hurled it at the startled teen, who got his sleeve burned off.
"Bastard! That was my best yukata!"
Kagome nearly fell over before replying, "So. You will fight for garments, yet not family. What a loser!" She muttered the last phrase under her breath.
He attacked, swinging the large halberd in a deadly arc, and thinking she had avoided the worst, Kagome touched down. "Tsk. Tsk. All talk, no action. I expected as much." Bankotsu grinned as the earth tore itself open around Kagome, who shrieked, plunging down into darkness once more.
o.O.o.O
Still bright red, Bankotsu shifted the girl onto his broad shoulder, mumbling about not blushing. He frowned, his gaze drawn to the girl, her lids scrunched as in pain, and unconsciously, he walked slower, more carefully. 'What the hell has this bitch done to me?' He relaxed his eyes, closing them, gaze turned skyward. 'Naraku might be right, but there is NO way in HELL that I would do a swap for the girl!'
He continued to walk slowly down the long and winding path to Fort Shichinitai, brain wandering. For if he had paid attention, he would have easily sensed something slithering through the ferns, following them slowly, but surely.
o.O.o.O
"Can't believe I lost to that bastard!" Kagome screeched, plunging her fists at no certain object. Come to think of it, it was completely dark. Suddenly, sunlight blasted full force into her eyes, and she rubbed them angrily.
Glancing around, she noted she was in the clouds once more, jumping off and looking around, she saw yet another heartbreaking sight. Herself, inching slowly toward her. "Miss… Help me. My mommy…"The girl trailed off, and lay still, exhausted.
Swallowing a lump in her throat, Kagome moved rapidly through the ferns and undergrowth, coming to a halt in the clearing. There stood her mother, signature stance, and Bankotsu, halberd glinting. Suddenly, his eyes flashed. "YOU! BANE OF THE WORLD! I THOUGHT I FINISHED YOU OFF!"
Abandoning his former opponent, he charged at her. "Can't leave well enough alone, ne? I ain't complaining." She whipped out a katana, rapidly striking at the air, large flying blue blades flying out. Dodging skillfully, her opponent leapt away, twisting out of the field of death. "Go." She commanded the woman, who's eyes were watery. "Now is no time for sentiment. Go… mother."
Gasping, the woman bowed her head before fleeing to her children. A single phrase floated to her ears. "Kagome… Forgive me, bane of the world…"
"Pay attention!" Bankotsu snapped, striking at her, the blade landing on her armor. "That was a warning!"
"Keh. I don't need a warning. I live for danger." She lunged, sweeping him off his feet with the halberd in her right hand.
"Wha-?"
Grasping him by the throat, she forced her face down, next to his. "Tell me, how does it feel to die, by my hands, Bankotsu?" Suddenly, she noticed something. This was not Bankotsu. The eyes were violet. "WHAT!" She screamed as someone slashed her side.
"Pay attention, to me and only me, Kagome!" Bankotsu barked, swinging his arm back for the final blow.
o.O.o.O
"Huh?" He felt something gush out of her side, and glancing at his hand, he saw blood. "I don't remember this wound before…" His voice trailed off, before he saw cuts and bruises appear everywhere on her body. "What's going on?"
o.O.o.O
"Damn you!" Kagome cursed, nursing the large cuts and bruises inflicted by Bankotsu. Suddenly, a voice rang out.
"What's going on… Kagome?" And she began to wake, out of the slumber of nightmares, until she felt something hold her back.
"You can NEVER escape me! I'll be here… In your dreams! Haunting you!" It was Bankotsu, with blood red eyes, katana raised. He brought it down many more times, crimson spilling, before hissing. "Someone must really need you to defy me! I'll be here always! Always…" The voice faded, and she woke, lurching up.
o.O.o.O
"Kagome! You're awake!" Jakotsu's delighted voice sang out into the small room.
"How… did I get here?" Kagome asked groggily, mind not comprehending anything. Jakotsu raised a brow.
"You can't remember? Bankotsu brought you here. BAAANKOOOTSUUU!" He yelled, cupping his hands around his mouth. "SHE'S UP!"
The annoyed assassin walked into the room, scenting the thick smell of blood. "What happened? I smell blood again. Fresh." He strode over to the 'bitchy girl', and he stared good and hard.
Uncomfortable, Kagome reached instinctively for Shinku Eitai, shocked to not find it. "WHAT THE HELL DID YOU DO WITH MY HALBERD!" She thundered in Bankotsu's sensitive ear, her throat regretting it.
"It's in the other room." Bankotsu's eyebrow was thoroughly twitching now, and he pointed. A weak source of heat passed by him, and he frowned in annoyance. "You. Are. Not. To. Move." He stated grumpily, until he opened his orbs and saw the large bloodstains on her washed yukata.
"What did you do now?"
"Absolutely. Nothing." She mocked him, walking past the rice paper screen, its elegant and swirling herons curving gracefully around her silhouette. She came back, weapon in hand, and demanded, "So. Why the HELL am I here, bastard?"
"Sholdn't you thank me?" Bankotsu growled.
"Nope."
His eyebrow was gonna get a lot of twitching done today. "Listen, bitch…"
"Silence! Someone is watching…" Kagome whispered, and Bankotsu laughed.
"I would have sensed it." Kagome stayed alert, though, the only one knowing that someone was watching her every move.
"They're coming…" She whispered softly.
A/n: Whee! 9 pages! I really hope I get some reviews. I'm so sad!
Next Chapter:
What's been following Kagome, and why can't Bankotsu sense it? Kagome struggles to defy his orders, but will she escape before she is forced to tell her tale? Will Kagome fall prey to the tricks of naraku? Exactly WHO is her soulmate? No one ever said 'bonding time' between Kagome and bankotsu had to be a pretty sight, but that's awful! (covers eyes) Will sparks fly, or will they clash swords in a death match once more?
Next Chapter of:
Paths of Moon and Flame: Shinku Eitai:The Souls's Strangled Cry
Vocab:
Kuso- shit
Raikou- lightning
Odori no za doragon- wind of the dragon
Explaining thingie:
Yep, ANOTHER dream state thing for Kaggy!
Ya, monkeyboy likes kaggy (who obviously hates him)
Bankotsu was taking her back to the fort during most of her 'dream'
All I can think of, question me and REVIEW! I'm beggin' you!
-darkenedmoonlightflame and company (sess and ban)