What I Really Am
Chapter 5
Disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha or any other characters except for Eve (though I don't think anyone would want to use her).
The sunlight shone mercilessly in Bankotsu's face.
"Jiakotsu, Suikotsu? Would somebody block that annoying light I'm trying to sleep!" He groaned. BARK! Bankotsu jumped up holding his ear where someone had rudely barked. He looked to the side; an odd black and golden brown dog sat there with a dead rabbit in its mouth. The dog transformed into Eve. She removed the rabbit from her mouth.
"Who are Jiakotsu and Suikotsu?" She asked.
"They were two of my six brothers." He answered glaring at her.
"Here you go." She said tossing the rabbit at him. Bankotsu built up a fire then roasted the rabbit over it.
"Want some?" He asked when he finished.
"Nah." She answered.
"Did you eat already?" He asked having a funny feeling she hadn't.
"Nope." She answered not lifting her eyes from the rabbit skin she had made into a sort of wristband type of thing.
"Then you should eat." He said for once concerned with someone's well being.
"I don't want anything." She said. Bankotsu dropped the subject feeling he would probably pay dearly if he got on her nerves by asking too many questions. After he was finished eating they both got up and began traveling in the direction their instincts were telling them to. As they left the clearing Bankotsu looked down and saw the bullet Eve had thrown. He picked it up and tucked it away. Over the course of two hours they had stopped at every stream they had smelt; about five in all.
"Bankotsu, I smell water can we please stop?" Eve asked.
"Sure, like I care." He said turning towards the scent of water. Dang this girl must have drank her weight in water sheesh! He thought. Soon enough they reached the water and Eve drank some. When she had her fill she looked deeper into the water and noticed something was reflecting the sun.
"Wow, it's a Shikon Shard!" She said grabbing the shard. This interested Bankotsu, there were tons of evil things he could with the shard. He took a step forward. Her ears twitched, then she got up and turned to look at him. Her eyes gave him a hard stare as she held out the shard.
"I'll give you this shard. With it you can either take your second chance or ruin it. Your choice." She said unemotionally. Suddenly Bankotsu felt as if he was under a huge stage light, that he had to make the right decision.
"Uhh what should I do to take my second chance?" He asked gingerly taking the shard.
"Hmm." She mumbled, putting a finger on her chin in thought. Within seconds her eyes lit up.
"You need to return it to Kagome!" She said cheerfully. It was a good idea because she was the jewel's protector because Kikyo is dead, and then Eve had an excuse to see the group.
"Kagome. . .Kagome. Why do I recognize that name?" Bankotsu asked no one in particular. The name rang a bell but he couldn't put a face or event to it.
"Err. . . she has black hair, is a miko, is the reincarnation of Kikyo, travels with Inuyasha." She listed trying to jog his memory. He sweat dropped.
"Oh now I remember." He sighed then smirked. Without saying anything he began walking again. Eve's eye twitched and she scratched the back of her head in confusion and nervousness, anime style.
"So why did you smirk when you heard we were going to see Kagome, Inuyasha, and the others?" Eve asked a little afraid of the answer. Bankotsu and herself sat on opposite sides of the fire again. He was stuffing his face with some rabbit he had caught. Eve hadn't eaten anything. Bankotsu stopped stuffing his mouth and explain his run in with Inuyasha.
"To believe I actually gave you that shard!" She growled turning away from him. He smirked but found that he had a small guilty feeling in the pit of his stomach.
The next day they found themselves at another spring. Bankotsu stood inspecting the Banryu while Eve was on her knees drinking water.
"You know Eve you haven't eaten for about two days now but you can't seem to get enough water." Bankotsu mentioned, not looking away from the Banryu. She stopped. It was true that she hadn't wanted food but her body was constantly screaming for water. In fact last night she had tried forcing herself to eat something but she had almost vomited.
"I'm sure its nothing." She said continuing drinking. She had lied to him, in truth she was a bit worried but something stopped her from saying it out loud. Suddenly Bankotsu sniffed the air.
"Something is coming." He growled. Suddenly something came out of the forest and knocked the Banryu from his hands and about ten feet away. Mocking laughter came out of the forest as a snake demon slithered out
"Ahh, whats do we haves here, a couplesss of half demonssss. (yeah I'm going to have him talk a bit like golum) Thisss should makesess my job easier! Handsess over the jewel shard or Isess shall be forced to killses you!" It hissed with a voice full of malice.
"You'll have to go through me first!" Eve growled, brandishing her claws walking towards the demon.
"Ssso I getses the easy one first!" It laughed in a weird snake way.
"I think you will fine that I have a few tricks up my sleeves!" She growled. With lightning speed the snake lunged at her. Eve leaped away in the nick of time. She turned into her dog form and bit his tail using the lockjaw. Her jaws bit deep enough to break a bone before locking her jaws. The snake demon, enraged, tried to get rid of her by tossing her as far away as possible but her jaws wouldn't budge. Seeing the advantage of momentum, as the demon flicked his tail upwards in an attempt to get rid of her, she let go and flew up into the air. Coming down she angled her self she landed on his neck right next to his head. She bit down but he was too big to get her jaws around him.
His tail came up and whacked her in the head so she fell off, bringing snake demon flesh with her. Her body transformed to its more human look and landed on her back with a thud. She screamed in pain as the snake bit down on her side breaking several ribs and her arm as he slithered over it. Her head throbbed and her side ached, her vision was getting blurry. Soon she blacked out.
Bankotsu was faced with a choice. He could kill the demon and leave the girl or he could kill the demon and help the girl. It was either take the second chance or ruin it. He shifted positions and felt the bullet. The snake demon looked over his wounds then turned to Bankotsu,
"Now for you!" He hissed slithering slowly towards him.
"Don't be so cocky!" Bankotsu growled making his decision. He dashed back for his sword and aimed for the rather nasty cut made by Eve on its neck. In one swing the snake demon was dead. Now he was faced with a rather bad problem; Eve.
"Now what do I do with you?" He mumbled to himself. Gently as possible, he picked up Eve, bridal style. And carried her to the shard. He placed her on the ground and she moaned a little bit. Noticing the perspiration on her forehead he ripped off a bit of his kimono sleeve, dipped it into the stream, then he placed it on her forehead. He sat down next to her. She is so peaceful and beautiful, even injured and unconscious. Wait, did I, Bankotsu the murderer just think that?
"Guess you're not so much of a murderer anymore." WhisperedEve, smiling at him.
"Did I say that out loud?" He asked, blushing a little.
"Thank you." She whispered falling back asleep.
So, you chose to take the second chance!
It seems so.
Good job.
Hmm thanks.
Your mind seems preoccupied.
How did you know?
I am part of your mind yah ditz!
Oh how could I forget?
Obviously you did forget pretty easily!
My mistake.
Obviously!
So why are you bothering me?
Oh wow you don't seem too happy to hear me!
Well I'm here because of the girl? What do you think of her?
I don't know.
Well just think about it!
Whatever you say!
Bankotsu spent the rest day and half the night battling with a fever that Eve had developed, which seemed to not want to go away. The next morning Eve woke up the see Bankotsu already awake, leaning over her placing the cleaned makeshift washcloth on her forehead.
"Your awake." He mumbled. She tried getting up but pain erupted in her side. She yelped and Bankotsu forced her to lie back down.
"It seems that since you so brilliantly choose to diet by not eating food at all your immune system was weak enough that even your demon blood could do nothing about it. I'd bet that snake bite didn't help, but it seems that there is something weird in the venom cause it seems to have not taken any effect at all." He said with out emotion. This reminded her about Sesshoumaru and she began to feel guilty about how Bankotsu was taking care of her. She remained silent for a few seconds before completely exploding.
"Why? Why, why, why? I made another stupid mistake! I thought I bit down hard enough to paralyze enough of his tail so he couldn't hit me with it! But, no, I was wrong, I messed up again!" She exploded, spinning violently away from him. Pain exploded all over her body and she began to cough up blood.
"Eve! Calm down!" Bankotsu yelled. Her body was shaking violently and that seemed to make it worse. He grabbed her shoulders and held her still. Soon the coughing stopped.
"Everyone makes mistakes. It's a part of life, so calm down. I'm going to move you away from the blood and then I'll be back. He moved her, and then whipped the blood off her face. Getting up, he walked to the stream and washed the cloth, then returned and put it back on her forehead.
"Thank you," Eve said smiling. "Maybe it was a good idea to give you the shard after all."
Ok, end of chapter 5 yippee! Thank you Coon for you mostly positive reviews (no kiba threatening to kill me is not considered positive) I am very pleased to know SOMEBODY is enjoying this story besides me. I've put a lot of hours into this story so REVIEW REVIEW REVIEW! Heck I don't even know if anyone besides Coon has read this! Darn! Well buh bye for now and as Sesshoumaru's conscious would say: LIKE A BURRITO, I SHALL BE BACK! -akikusaalchemy