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Chapter fourUnholy Monk
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In another village, about a two days walk from where Bankotsu and the others were, there was a village of monks.
Though, we're only focusing on one, and his name is Renkotsu.
……………At the temple………….
"Have you seen Renkotsu?" asked a man, dressed in a green robe.
"Yes, he said he was going to the well to bring some water to the temple, but that was a while ago," another man, dressed the same way said.
"I'll go look for him, a demon might have attacked him," the first man, named Rodgi said, and left to go to the well.
………By the Well……………………
"RENKOTSU! Renkotsu, are you here?" Rodgi called out.
"Hm, I hear voices, and one sounds like Renkotsu's. What's he doing in the woods? He should be at the temple with us," Rodgi thought, as he quietly walked in the woods, toward the two voices.
………In the woods……….
"Ginkotsu, you have to stay hidden. We can't risk anyone finding you. I am a monk, so I live in the temple, it's a holy place, but I promise we'll leave here soon. And you can help me kill all those monks!" a bald man, wearing a green robe said to a giant man, with red hair, with guns hooked up to him, and he was sitting on some type of large machine.
"Renkotsu…what's going on? You're going to kill us?" Rodgi asked, shaking in fear, when he saw a fellow monk conversing with a machine man.
"Yes!" the machine man answered, a sinister smile on his face.
"Ginkotsu, control yourself, now, Rodgi, what are you doing here?" Renkotsu asked, turning to look at the other man, whom was still shaking in fear.
"I offered to come look for you," Rodgi answered.
"Well, you will be my first victim. I won't let you tell the others my plan," Renkotsu growled, drinking something from a clay container.
"What are you…" Rodgi started, but was soon burned up, as Renkotsu blew fire from his mouth.
.…….Back at the Temple…….
"Renkotsu, you're back, have you seen Rodgi? He offered to go look for you, because you've been gone for a while. We thought something happened to you," a monk, named Roshim explained, taking the bucket of water from Renkotsu.
"I haven't seen him," Renkotsu lied, "But I'm sure he'll be back soon."
"Yeah, I guess you're right," Roshim agreed.
"No, you're wrong, Rodgi is dead, and the rest of your pitiful lives will be gone, soon," Renkotsu thought, as he walked into the temple.
……….Inside the Master of the Temple's room………………
"Master, I think something's wrong with Renkotsu, he's acting strange. When I was finished talking with him, he had this strange smirk on his face, almost as if it were evil." Roshim said.
"I have always been suspicious of Renkotsu, but watch him, I have a feeling he's up to something. I can already see he has a dark side. I sensed it when he first came to this temple, and became a monk. But I figured the goodness in his heart overpowered that darkness, being the reason he became a monk. Yet, I fear as though, I am wrong, or either the darkness is growing," the head monk explained, a small frown on his face.
"But…but Renkotsu has always been loyal to us," Roshim stammered, "He even follows our ways!"
"True, but Renkotsu is smart, he could be doing this, just to betray us in the end," the head monk said.
"Why?" Roshim asked.
"I do not know," the head monks said, "But still, I want you to help me keep an eye on him. Do not tell the others. There's no need to alarm them, yet!"
"Yes, sir," Roshim said, leaving the Head Monk's room.
…….The next morning……….
"There's Renkotsu, where could he be going this early in the morning?" Roshim thought.
"…" Renkotsu sighed, looking around to make sure he wasn't being followed.
Once Renkotsu was sure that no one was around, he went into the woods.
"Why is he going in there? I should follow him, so I can report back to Master Shoujir," Roshim thought, sneaking after Renkotsu, moving from his hiding spot behind the large well.
…….With Renkotsu……….
"Ginkotsu, where are you?" Renkotsu called out.
"Here," Ginkotsu said, coming out from the bushes.
"We will be leaving soon, I fear that Shoujir knows something is wrong. We do not have much time. We will kill the monks, and torture Shoujir, until he gives us information on the Shikon Jewel, as well as its old guardian, the priestess, Kikyo," Renkotsu explained.
"Oh, no, I have to warn Master!" Roshim thought frantically, scurrying out of the forest.
"Grr, someone was here!" Renkotsu growled, turning his head to look at the bushes, in which Roshim was once hiding in.
……….At the temple…………
"MASTER! MASTER!" Roshim yelled, once he was out of the forest, and back at the temple.
"What's wrong, Roshim?" Shoujir asked, meeting the young monk outside the shoji of his room.
"I followed Renkotsu into the forest, because I was wondering where he was going. And he was talking to a gigantic man, I think the man might have been a demon. But Renkotsu said, that he was going to destroy the temple, along with everyone, but keep you alive, so he can torture you, until you tell him about the Shikon Jewel and the priestess, Kikyo!" Roshim explained, hurriedly.
"So, that is what he is after?" Shoujir said, more to himself, than anyone, while he was lost in thought, thinking of the tragic death, of the woman named Kikyo, the woman, with whom he had given the job of keeping the Shikon Jewel out of the hands of evil.