He clenched his teeth together. He had just kissed Kagome. His eyes drifted to the punch bowl, watching his expression.
He loved the way she smelled, her scent smelling of new spring grown lavender, so lively and yet so relaxing. Her chocolate brown eyes danced with complete happiness and her voice was like an oasis to a man who lived his life in the desert. Her entire being made him feel so alive and refreshed.
Bankotsu poured himself a cup of the flavored juice. He took a quick swig of his drink and pondered back to the day he had first seen her.
"Inuyasha! Die!" he snarled, thrusting his Banryuu forward.
The quick hanyou quickly brought up his large fang to block the incoming assault. "Not before I take your head with me, Bankotsu!" Inuyasha growled, throwing a speedy punch at Bankotsu's side.
Predicting his next move, Bankotsu swung his oohoko to the side, using the enormous halberd as a shield to Inuyasha's attack.
The two men raised their weapons proudly and charged at each other. Both arms met with each other, the weapons being forced against one another.
The other dojo students gawked at the scene before them. A heated battle between Meibi's top two Freestyle martial artists was truly a sight to behold and was a treat to witness by anyone.
"You've got some life in you, mutt?" Bankotsu smirked haughtily.
"Heh, I was just thinking the same about you, you damn human," Inuyasha snorted, the same conceitedness in his voice.
The draining tension and intense battle between the two stopped abruptly when a noise filled the stadium.
Bankotsu and Inuyasha blinked at each other and turned to the other members. The same confusion flickered in the pupils' eyes.
Both boys turned their attention to the two entrance doors.
A cheerful looking girl stood there, clapping energetically. She looked slightly younger than himself and wasn't very tall. The school uniform she wore gave away that she was one of the students here at Meibi and her interruption of the sport addressed that either she was new to martial arts or that she was a freshman and didn't know any better.
"Wow!" she beamed. "You guys are really strong!"
Bankotsu thrust Banryuu straight into the ground and blinked at her. "Thanks and you are?"
The girl stopped her clapping and grinned apologetically, leaving her hands stuck together in an almost prayerful way. "Oops! I'm Kagome Higurashi and sorry for interrupting your battle. It was just so cool! How do you guys hold up such heavy looking weapons?"
Bankotsu grinned proudly. Even if it was another dumb fan girl he couldn't help that she just complimented his strength.
"Oh! Inuyasha? Is that you?" Kagome asked.
Bankotsu looked to his side, at his rival.
The hanyou grinned back at her and jogged over to where the girl was. "Hey, Kagome! Did ya make it to class on time?"
The girl giggled. "Barely! The teacher kept sending me evil glares for interrupting class."
"Hey, Takashi! You know her?" Bankotsu shouted to him. He wanted to know what was going on.
The hanyou laughed. "It's none of your business. She's a girl I met in the hall the other day. Doesn't she look familiar?"
Bankotsu squinted his eyes. "Eh, sorta, not really."
Inuyasha scowled and dropped his fang like sword on the ground.
"What? Are you blind or something, baka?"
Bankotsu snorted. "Heh, apparently so, baka inu."
Inuyasha cussed at him. "You dumbass! Doesn't she look exactly like Kikyou?"
He could have been imagining it but the girl's lively expression dulled for a split half second.
Bankotsu closed his eyes and then looked at the girl's face. He probably was imagining it because her expression didn't change at all.I have to stop eating the school lunches… he mentally noted.
"So, Kikyou's sis, or Kagome, what are you doing here? You're not planning on joining Freestyle, are you?" he asked.
Bankotsu laughed. "Hanyou! Are you stupid or what? She doesn't look the type to hold a sword and slice someone's neck off!"
Kagome gave Inuyasha a small smile. "He's right… I just came by to say hi and thanks for earlier."
Kagome smiled at both men, gave a small bow, and began walking towards the door.
"Hey, Kagome, was it?"
The girl turned around. "Yeah?"
Bankotsu bit his tongue. He didn't know why but he felt like he had to ask. "You're welcome to watch us spar." Giving a mischievous smirk, he added, "And to see me whip this dim-witted puppy's ass."
Inuyasha clenched his teeth down and began barking loudly. "WHAT DID YOU SAY, YOU STUPID SON OF A BITCH?"
Bankotsu cracked his knuckles and both fighters went at it.
"Can't believe it was five months ago…" he frowned. He'd been staring at the cup for a while now. "Must've dazed off." He glanced at his watch. Eleven thirty. He heaved a sigh, finished his punch, and walked outside.
Jakotsu and the others are most likely waiting for me, he thought, shoving his hands into his suit pockets.
Taking a glimpse at the beloved sakura tree, he noticed no movements behind it. "She left…"
"Who left?" asked a chipper voice.
Bankotsu jolted his head around and his sapphire eyes connected with coffee ones.
"Hey, stranger."
Bankotsu couldn't help but smile at her. "Aren't you pissed off at me?"
Kagome tilted her head innocently. "Why? Cause you stole my first kiss?"
Bankotsu slumped. "It was your first?"
She nodded.
"Yeah, well, sor-"
"Don't apologize."
Bankotsu stopped. "What?"
She smiled at him. "Every time I walked through the doors of the Freestyle field I felt an inner peace in me regardless of the fact Inuyasha and you were trying to outdo each other in combat."
Bankotsu gave her a puzzled look.
"I thought it was Inuyasha I liked but when I saw him with my sister, I felt down and out and I ran out here crying."
"This is supposed to make me feel better how?"
She smiled at him patiently. "I'm not finished yet. Well, I felt down when I saw him with Kikyou but when I saw you walking away from me, so sad and heartbroken, my heart just dropped dead."
"That's because you're a good person; its second nature for you."
"No," Kagome disagreed, shaking her head. "Thinking about the past few months, it was just being in the room that made me feel at ease. I automatically assumed it was Inuyasha considering that I knew him better. It was your matches that I loved to watch. I thought it was because of Inuyasha but it was the only real time I ever saw you. It's true; I have a class with him, but I just tend to space off about random stuff, not really gaze at him like someone in love with him would."
Kagome took his hand and pulled him off the pavement road and into the grassy fields.
"When I dreamed about him I told myself stuff like every time I look beyond those doors I could feel my heart flutter and every time you both spared my face turned pink and I told myself as long as I get one moment with him I'll be the happiest girl alive."
Bankotsu began to frown. She knew he liked her so why was she torturing him with how much she loved his arch rival?
"But then, when you left Junsei Ai and me earlier, all the answers suddenly fell into my hands." A bitter smile fell on her lips. "I tricked myself into believing I was in love with Inuyasha when in reality…
I loved you."
Bankotsu widened his eyes. "What?" he whispered.
Kagome brushed her tears away with her hand.
"If I really was in love with Inuyasha I would have told myself 'Hey, I feel my heart flutter when I see him' and not 'I feel my heart flutter when I look beyond the doors'. I would've told myself 'Every time I look into his gold eyes, my face turns red' and not 'Every time you two fought I'd turn pink.' And," Kagome breathed in, "If I was really in love with him, I wouldn't have said 'If only for one minute with him I'd be happy' because that's not true. If a girl's in love they would say something like 'Bankotsu, if I spend only one minute with you I would soon after die of loneliness. I could never just spend one minute with you. It would have to be forever in your arms.'"
Clear streams of pure crystal slid down her face.
Bankotsu felt his heart being pieced back together. The only reason she pretended to love Inuyasha was because she didn't know him. The only reason she tricked her heart into believing it was in love with Inuyasha was because she didn't know his name.
Funny…
They were in love with each other for five whole months and they didn't even know it.
Kagome felt a warm hand cup her cheek gently. After his thumb wiped away all of her tears he picked her up, legs slung over one arm and the other arm supporting her back.
A small "Eek!" stumbled out of Kagome's mouth when he picked her up and she instinctively wrapped her slender arms around his neck.
Bankotsu carried a flushing Kagome out deeper into the nest of pink and white trees.
Kagome squeezed her eyes tightly and when she opened them she found herself under none other than Junsei Ai.
Bankotsu sat down, Kagome nestled on his lap. He leaned back against the tree and loosened his muscles. Suddenly something small and soft touched his lips.
Opening his azure eyes suddenly he saw a Kagome blushing red, who was twiddling her fingers. She kinda looks like a strawberry with her green dress and red face, he chuckled.
His finger touched his lip and a smudge of light brown lipstick stained his finger. He smirked mischievously.
"What are yo-"
Kagome did not get to finish her sentence before a pair of lips enveloped hers.
At first, Kagome stiffened her body from shock but then let her shoulders slump as he deepened the kiss.
Bankotsu's hand slid into her loose black hair and held her head to give him a better grip while his other arm wrapped around her waist protectively.
Kagome felt her head being pushed closer into his lips and reached out to cup the back of his head, heightening the encounter.
Bankotsu groaned and slid his tongue over Kagome's bottom lip.
Kagome froze for a second. Hesitantly, she parted her lips and allowed him entrance.
Bankotsu slid his tongue into her lips and began to caress the inside of her mouth. He moved his tongue skillfully and began to massage her tongue with his.
Kagome's eyes became half lidded and she leaned more on Bankotsu, his kiss draining all the energy from her body. Right now, she felt like melted jelly.
Bankotsu grinned, knowing perfectly well what he was doing to her. By the way she was reacting to him, he knew he could lead the moment into something a lot more intimate. But gazing down at her young, innocent face, Bankotsu knew perfectly well there was no way he could ever force her. He was too deep in love.
Kagome's tongue slowly grazed over Bankotsu's.
Suddenly he stilled. He's eyes widened. He never expected Kagome to take lead in the moment and was more than pleased that she responded so well. Her tongue began rubbing sensually against his.
Bankotsu leaned back and pulled Kagome on him so now both were laying down, lips still locked.
Their chaste kiss was broken when both stopped to take in air.
Feeling a bit lightheaded, Kagome leaned her head against Bankotsu's warm chest and let out a light sigh of content.
Smiling down at his new love, Bankotsu gently stroked her cheek with his hand.
Midnight, already.
"HIGURASHI-SAN!"
Kagome whipped her head. "Huh, wha?"
Ms. Misaki, her literature teacher, was standing in front of her desk, chalk still in hand and her young head raised sternly. Her shoulder length crimson hair was tied back in a small ponytail.
"Higurashi-san, would you like to tell us what the interpretation of this literature is?"
Kagome slowly shook her head, her face turning pink. "No, Misaki-sensei."
The teacher smiled at her and turned to the class. "Class, please read silently."
The class mumbled an inaudible 'okay' or 'sure' and dug their noses in the text books.
Ms. Misaki pulled Kagome out of the classroom and walked out with her in the hall.
"Kagome, are you alright?" she asked. "My class doesn't bore you, does it?" Misaki laughed.
Kagome smiled. "No, just a lot to think about, Miki."
Misaki laughed at her nickname. "Don't go calling me that around school. Well, whatever, but Kagome you better shape up! This is the fifth time you've done your in-class daydreaming since last week!" Miki stood up, pushing her red hair behind her ear. "You're just lucky as hell we're friends."
Kagome smiled. "Yeah, I'll try not to daydream next time."
Misaki raised an eyebrow. "And this time mean it!" she demanded pointing the chalk directly at her. "Next time, I'll act like a she-bitch!" She narrowed her eyes. "And you know very well I can! I have red hair!" she jested seriously pointing to her flaring red hair. "Behave or else!" Miki slid her finger across her throat to show her point.
Kagome laughed and nodded her head. "Yes, Miss Misaki Ishikawa."
Misaki rolled her eyes and jabbed a finger at the classroom door, motioning for Kagome to go back inside. Kagome sighed and jogged back into the classroom and took a seat.
Bankotsu smirked, a black pen hanging off his mouth. This was the fifth or sixth time she had gotten in trouble for daydreaming in class in just the past week alone. It had only been a month since that fateful day and the week after since he got transferred to Kagome's literature class coincidently.
Maybe I shouldn't kiss her right before class, he thought mischievously, tapping the black pen against his lip.
Turning his attention back to the book, he began reading the list of quotes Misaki-sensei wanted them to read. He scanned through a few of the literature text book pages, reading all the famous quotes and jotting down his answers and opinions on paper like the class was assigned to. Stopping at this particular quote, a small smile fell on his face.
Isn't this funny…he thought amusingly to himself.
In the large brown textbook, the line that caught his eye read:
The best feelings are those that
Have no words to describe them...
by Michelle Hammersley
Bankotsu touched his lips where, only a few minutes ago, he had caught the mouth of the woman he fell in love with.
The most eloquent silence; that of two mouths meeting in a kiss.
Smiling he shook his head.
She'll have to put up with daydreaming; I'm not about to give those make out sessions up.
Kagome sat down in her chair.
"Higurashi-san, please flip to page two hundred and thirty-four and begin writing your opinions about what the authors of the quotes are trying to say or express," Misaki-sensei droned on boringly. That's what teachers did, right?
Kagome immediately opened her book and her eyes landed on a specific quote.
The best feelings are those that
Have no words to describe them...
by Michelle Hammersley
Wow… Miss Hammersley knows exactly how I feel… Kagome's face split into a wide beautiful smile.
Bankotsu…
Kagome could already feel his breath whispering gently in her hair, tickling her ear and making her whole body shudder. His hush, deep voice telling her just how beautiful she looked to him and-
"HIGURASHI-SAN!"
Kagome snapped her head up. "Wha?"
Miki looked down at her sadly, arms crossed over her large breasts. She shook her head side to side, her ruby hair swinging lively.
Kagome scowled. "Miki!" she hissed. "I'm writing, woman!"
Miki raised one eyebrow and walked away.
Kagome glanced across her row and saw her boyfriend chuckling. His gorgeous daring cerulean eyes caught hers. He broke the brief contact and gave her his sexy smirk that any girl could swoon over and make her immediately obey his every command. He sucks that way, Kagome thought. But I love him anyway. She gave him her best, most loving smile and turned back to the book.
Silently, she reread the quote Michelle Hammersley said and wrote down her opinion on the quote. Her coffee brown eyes scanned lower and another smile escaped onto her lips.
You may only be one person to the world but you may also be the world to one person.
She grinned reading that cite. Ah, poets! she sighed dreamily. They are the ones who can truly picture this abstract feeling called 'love'.
Her eyes darted over to her love and she felt her face redden. Her body instantly filled with pure, untainted happiness and flood with warmth.
Junsei Ai…
Perfect Love is good.
How was that? Pretty lovy-duvy, eh? I warned you guys I could be bad with that! Lol, no really. I hope everyone liked this story.You can thank a few things, including my lovely Bankotsu and Kagome plushies and, believe it or not, my dad. He made me continue writing this story, saying stuff like he wanted to see why all these people sent me emails and stuff. And of, course, thank my lovely reviewers for supporting and encouraging me the whole way!
But really, I am considering making this a THREE-SHOT, the third chapter being a lemon. Hopefully you all know what lemons are so I won't have to explain that. You do know, right? Heh... Well, if you want the third chapter let me know in your reviews by stating so. Jamatane!
! SangOtaku6 !