AN: This story is almost nearing an end, and for those few readers that are interested…I have a story saved away on disk that tells of the bloody battle between Bane and Sess. If anyone is interested in me submitting it, let me know. And before I forget, I may or may not have misspelled Kagome's mom last name, it would've just been easier if Rumiko Takahashi had given her a first name to begin with.
E-Mail: 7: Close to home
Kagome ran inside her house and realized that there was no one home, her mother wasn't in the kitchen and Souta wasn't anywhere to be seen. Where could they be? Even her grandfather wasn't home. Kagome ran up the stairs and burst into her room. Inside she found Souta and her mother watching over Inuyasha, who appeared to be in a comatose sleep.
"Kagome I was so worried about you, when we heard someone upstairs we thought that you had gotten back, but I was shocked when I only found Inuyasha in a pool of blood. What happened?" Ms.Higurashi asked.
Kagome explained everything to her mother, all the sordid details, and at first it hit her hard, but she knew this was something her daughter was destined to do. Kagome approached Inuyasha and sat down next to him, almost immediately he opened his eyes, he sensed Kagome, and tried to sit up.
"Inuyasha, you're awake!" Kagome's sorrows and worries melted away, upon seeing that Inuyasha was okay.
"I thought that I had lost you." Inuyasha gave a disheartened smile and leaned back, his injuries were causing him severe pain.
"I thought the same about you." Kagome smiled. Souta and Kagome's mother gave the two some privacy and left the room, closing the door behind them. "I know who he is Inuyasha, his name is Bane, and he's one of Naraku's reincarnations."
Inuyasha couldn't believe what he had just heard, "What! If he's one of Naraku's reincarnation's what the hell is he doing here?" Inuyasha asked.
"That's not the half of it, he's been around for hundreds of years, but he's different. He's the only reincarnation that doesn't have a soul, he told me that Naraku destroyed it, but he continued living." Kagome felt her nerves tensing as she explained more, "Why do you think he had those items from your time, he fought countless battles, and I don't think that you can kill him."
"He told you all that? I can't believe what I'm hearing, what else did he tell you?" asked Inuyasha.
"That Naraku put a curse on him before he escaped, Bane hears Naraku in his head, and the only way he can silence that voice permanently is by killing me. Inuyasha he killed the one person who helped him, he cared deeply for her." Kagome noticed that a tear was gathering in her eye and wiped it away.
Before Inuyasha could say anything in response to what Kagome had told him, a scream came from downstairs. It was Kagome's mother. Inuyasha forced himself up with tetsusaiga in hand, and ran downstairs with Kagome. To their shock, Bane had found a way inside and was holding her by the throat. He applied pressure, causing her to gasp, and turned to face Kagome, he gave her one of the most sinister smiles she had ever seen, and he turned his attention back to her mother.
Bane stared her in the eyes and opened his mouth wide, his jaw dislocated, and he placed it near he beautiful neck. Acting on sheer instinct and anger, Inuyasha lunged at Bane, sheathing tetsusaiga, and grabbed his lower and upper jaw with his hands. Inuyasha pulled him away and tried as hard as he could to tear apart Banes mouth with his bare hands, but the demon was far stronger than him and easily pushed Inuyasha away. Bane snarled in anger as Kagome's mother ran past him and sought shelter.
"Die you son of a bitch!" Bane turned around only to find Inuyasha swinging tetsusaiga at him, the massive sword struck Bane across the stomach and sent him crashing through the wall and outside where the Bone-Eaters Well was located. Inuyasha leapt through the hole Bane created and landed outside. Meanwhile, Kagome ran up to her room and retrieved a bow, and a few arrows she had brought from the feudal era. She ran back downstairs and darted through the back door, only to find Bane hammering Inuyasha with blinding speed.
Bane repeatedly slashed Inuyasha across the torso and eventually knocked tetsusaiga out of his hands, the demon plunged his fist through Inuyasha's chest and twisted his hand. "You little insect, I beat your brother, do you really think that you can stand a chance against me?" Bane yelled out, his eye's turned from yellow to a blood red, as he pulled his fist out of Inuyasha's bloody body.
"NO!" screamed Kagome, she had taken aim and quickly released an arrow she had aimed at Bane. The arrow howled as it shot across the air and plunged itself deep into where Banes' heart used to be, blood and gore exploded from his chest and back, and he staggered backwards wailing in pain. The arrows' purifying power was engulfing Banes body, and he grabbed the base of the arrow and did the unthinkable...
"He pulled it out…" Kagome froze for a second and she quickly grabbed another arrow and fired it at Bane. The arrow found its way into Bane's throat, and the demon staggered even further back, he fell backwards, near the small structure that housed the Bone-Eaters Well.
"F-Foolish bitch!" Bane spewed out blood from his mouth as he pulled the other arrow out from his throat and gave out a loud bone-chilling howl. Bane looked down at the ground and noticed that Inuyasha was attempting to stand up. "You just don't learn!" yelled Bane, the demon ran at Inuyasha and gave him a powerful kick to the ribs. The bloody hanyou flew across the small area, with tetsusaiga in hand, and landed in front of Kagome.
Inuyasha grabbed his bleeding wound and picked himself back up, despite the incredible pain he was in. Kagome stopped him before he attempted to take Bane on and whispered something into his ear.
"That's the stupidest thing I've ever heard!" blurted Inuyasha.
"It's the only way, we can't kill him, but maybe this way we can stop him." Kagome walked past Inuyasha and stopped a few feet away from Bane. "You blame me for all of your misfortunes right?" asked Kagome.
Bane was baffled, why would Kagome just walk up to him unafraid? His eyes returned to their normal color and he replied, "Yes, if not for you, I wouldn't have been cursed, and things just might have been different."
"Fine, you want me? Come and get me!" Kagome ran at Bane and pushed him away, she pulled open the door to the Well and jumped inside. A bright light shined out from the Well and Bane ran inside, only to find that Kagome was gone.
Bane stormed out of the small shrine and ran at Inuyasha, catching him off guard, the demon picked Inuyasha off the ground and held him high in the air. "Where did she go?" he yelled. His loud voice caused Inuyasha to cringe in fear.
"She went back to my time." Inuyasha replied, "If you want I can take you to her."
Bane suspected something, but he wasn't sure what. "Take me to her, but I should warn you, if you two are planning something…I'll make sure I kill you both very slowly." Bane threw Inuyasha on the ground and let him get back up.
"I sure hope she knows what she's doing" Inuyasha quietly thought to himself. He walked over to the Well and told Bane to jump in, after Bane jumped in, Inuyasha followed. The two of them were transported back in time, emerging in the feudal era.
Bane looked around and noticed that everything was different, "What is this place?" he asked. Bane turned to Inuyasha and demanded an answer, "Well? Answer me!"
Noticing that Bane was furious and confused, he unsheathed tetsusaiga, and swung in at Bane. Inuyasha struck Bane with a powerful blow to the neck and retreated into the nearby forest. The demon fell on his knees, clutching his throat, and smelled Kagome's scent and two others. One was that of a demon and the other of a female. He took a minute to recover, and followed soon after. Bane ran across the forest, following the scents, he ran for a long time, suddenly her fragrant scent became faint, as if she flew high into the heavens. Even Inuyasha's scent was fading. Bane looked around, not knowing that there was a village nearby, and continued in the direction he felt they had gone.
"They're planning something…" Bane continued repeating to himself. The extremely pissed off demon followed the fading scent for hours, until he finally arrived at a familiar area. There was a small stream of clear water running down the land, and the smell in the air reminded him of something, and off in the distance were a few dark ominous mountains.
AN: Send me some letters letting me know if I should kill off Bane, a few people have taken a liking to him, even though he's a cold-blooded demon and all. On a parting note, I promised a great author that I'd shameless promote a story of his, and he is Benjamin Maxwell, author of "Beyond what the eye can see". Be sure to check out his fic and drop him a letter and let him know your opinion on his stories.