Chp 16
She opened her eyes, casting a light from them through the dark tunnel. Naraku's plan was simple, thats what she liked about it. The empire was ready as ever, the underground lairs and keepers came together for the last meeting before the unveiling.
Naraku was tall, proud of his dark deeds. His fangs gleamed with a dark smirk, as if keeping a humorous secret to himself. Midori knew better, Naraku never laughed at himself. She watched him sit around a table with another society called the Band of Seven. The leader, Bankotsu, was smiling along with Naraku. But this man was a human...although Midori doubted it was by choice. His face was beautiful though, slender eyes and side cheek bones. His face was somewhat cocky, like he knew he was better than you, and couldn't stop smiling about it.
It gave Midori a small flutter in her stomach to see him smile though...and that was a very VERY bad sign...
She turned her attention to the other man next to him. Jyakotsu, drag queen no doubt. His face was painted with lipstick, eyeliner, and blue streaks dripped down his face. He held his shinning black hair in a bun at the top of his head, two pins sticking out for decoration. The creepiest thing was that he wore a woman's kimono, a bright yellow thing, with a pink undershirt. She gagged, obviously not you personal shopper type gay guy...
Another man was there, a blad man with flames coming from his eyes. He was handsome in his own right, but a more mature and intellegent form from his companion, Bankotsu. Renkotsu, she believe it was Naraku called him. A pyro no doubt, always over there with his lighter toying with the flame. But he never looked at the flame, merely kept his gaze on Naraku...
A squat little man named Mukotsu was next in line. His angular face was covered in red slashes, his round red lips protruding like blood from a wound. His round eyes were like a bug's or something, definately not human. His large mouth was accomapied by small, baby-like teeth, protruding out like thorns. His smile was evil, like a snake with a very large mouth...
Kyokotsu, too much to be said about a man who can barely get a sentence out. He was a huge collasal giant, with buldging muscles and a tall 8 foot frame. His smiled made you think he was about to bite you with his sharpened teeth. His hair was pulled back with a blood staind headband. Scars lined across his face, ripping past the corners of his lips.
The man Ginkotsu was a regular Arnold Schwarteneggar(? Who really knows how to spell it?). Machine guns lined up their way from under his arms, a metal face mask cover half his face. Midori didn't know if it was for dramatic effect, or a true disfigurement. His seemed to growl unintetionally at everyone, like an animal.
Suikotsu, the man with a double soul. Midori had seen it more than one during their stay, a kind gentle man one minute, the next a derranged maniac with metal claws. She reminded her of Wolverine off the X-men, something she saw only from a boy on the street who had dropped the comic. He seemed to fit the profile, being crazy and all. But he could be very tender and kind, which shocked Midori as a cruel twist of fate. Like a prison he could never escape...
All seven of them were killing machines like Naraku, but unlike Naraku, none of them were demons. At least not technically. She caught the eye of Bankotsu again, seeing that cocky smile. She liked it more than she should allow herself, much more. His boyish face was shrouded with beauty, it made her heart flutter. It wasn't a good sign at all, something about him made her want to jump for joy, laugh at everything he said, or just gaze at him...
None of which she was allowed, or would allow herself to do.
She turned her head, and looked out the other way, convincing herself that this was completely idiotic...
Until she felt a gentle hand on her shoulder...
She turned and jolted back, her hands clawed together in a dragon's clasp(your palms are together and your fingers are like a jaw, you push into their stomach to thrown them back or off balance)...
"Sorry, didn't mean to scare you..."
She put her hands down, and blushed slightly. It was Bankotsu,"Forgive me, I'm not used to such gestures."
"So you're Naraku's new girlfriend?"
She shook her head frantically,"No..NO! God no, I'm...a sort of...shadow of him."
"So he hired you or what? I've never seen him keep a woman around before..."
"No, he created me..."
She watched his shocked expression, waiting for it to turn into disgust...
"He created you? Cool.."
"You're not disgusted?"
"Nah, can't help who we are can we? Look at some of those guys bad there and you'll be disgusted."
She giggled, something she had never done before. She liked it, it made her body bubble with joy.
"So how long are you to reside here?"
"I dunno, depends on how long we're needed,"He eyed her making a quick look over of her," Of course, I hope its prolonged."
He looked her dead in the eye and gave a crooked smile. She knelt her head down, trying to shadow her fearful face. She knew that look, Naraku gave that look to women he raped and killed...
He tilted her chin, looking her dead in the eyes.
"Don't be afraid of me. You obviously have never met a man other than Naraku."
She nodded her head, not finding it in her heart to lie to him. She dared to look back up into his grey ones, watching them sparkle...
"I'm sorry, I'm still new to this world..."
"Its ok..."
He saw her Naginata leaned against the wall behind her. He eyed her...
"Do you fight?"
"Better than anyone alive."
"HAH! You have obviously never met me! Tell you what, change into some fighting clothes and come fight me. I need a good challenge."
"To the death?"
"Of course not, just a friendly match."
"A what?"
"No death, just fighting til one gives."
She looked at him curiously, but accepted his proposal. She watched him walk away, feeling a lightness within her that wouldn't seize to lift her up...
Is this happiness?
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"You bastard!"
Inuyasha ran after a mugger who had just beaten a girl down to the ground and took off with her purse. He jumped up over the man, landing gracefully in front of him, giving him a deadly glare. He punched him clear between the head and knocked him out. He picked up the purse and gave it to the woman.
"Sorry miss, some people just never learn..."
He picked up the junky and dropped him off at the police station.
"Idiot..."
Inuyasha tied him to the pole, and taped a letter signed by the woman to him.
Back to the look out, fun fun...
He jumped up the the top of the nearest building, gliding over the tops as if he was flying. He took in all the scents, breathing in the aroma of this city. He smelt alot of sex, booze, and other things he didn't want to go into detail about. But somethign made him stop. Something always did when he smelt that smell...
Naraku...
He ran faster towards the smell, his legs painfully repressing him with every step. But he couldn't concentrate on that, not right now. He had to get to that scent...
It lead him to a dark corner of the city, alot of murdering and underground junk went on around here. He waited for Naraku to show his face, his dead fucking face...
"I'm glad you showed, Inuyasha..."
He stopped dead in his tracks, a young girl with pigtails and green eyes...the same girl from last time...
"You...how do you know that..."
"The girl only screamed it a couple hundred times with you were pleasuring her..."
His face twisted into a snarl, hers only became a small smile...
"I won't tell Naraku, about Kagome...where she lives, works, eats...or you...Mr. Taisho..."
"You bitch!"
"HAH! I'm a bitch, me? Never, I just needed information, and I looked for it..."
"You're a dead bitch..."
"I'd love to see you try..."
He lashed out, sending a stream of the Wind Scar towards her. She smiled and balled up the energy, throwing it behind her. She eyed him, daring him to try again...
"You can't win that way..."
She send a stream of water towards him, but he whacked it to the side with his sword. He glared, daring HER to try again this time...
She continued to smile, her soft lips turned upwards in a smirk.
"I do have a proposal to offer you though..."
"Keh! don't give me that!"
"If you would listen you might be surprised..."
She looked at him, her eyes glistening...
"I'll protect Kagome, in exchange for you killing Naraku."
"GO TO HELL!"
He swung the Tetsusaiga at her, suceeding in cutting her shoulder, but missing her head.
"HEY! I am helping you here! Naraku's getting ready to unleash this huge scheme and take over the world type psycho thing and I don't want that to happen! I'm not bad by choice, I would give anything to be like you. The only way I can is if Naraku dies! So quit trying to kill me and compromise with me!"
She gave him a half threatening half pleading look. Her heart thumped against her chest, waiting for any word from his mouth...
"I'm listening..."
A swell of relief passed over her...
"He created me...I don't have a choice but to help him. He holds my heart, my very soul is his to control. The only way to escape him is to kill him, but with a single crush of his hand, he can destroy me. I don't have any way to fight him, so maybe...I could find smeone to defeat him. No one was strong enough, not til I met you. If you figure out all the power locked up inside you, you could defeat him."
He eyed her, still wanting more...
"Kagome's in danger every second, Naraku's still hot on her tail. But I know a place where she'd be safe, where she'd be gaurded. But you've got to defeat Naraku for me...I can't live like this..."
She gazed at him, pittifully. He hated those eyes of her's, how intense they were. Lime green...no jade green...
"You still haven't told me your name..."
"Midori..."
Green, of course. I'm surprised Naraku had the creativity to give her a name actually...
"Well Midori, you've got me. I can't very well tell if you're being truthful or not. But I doubt you'd actually go through the trouble of telling me all that just to kill me. I guess I'll trust you for now...But Kagome stays with me."
"But she's in GRAVE danger with you! Soon you'll be the target of every henchman of Naraku's. He's coming out of hiding, he's bringing his entire empire up from underground. He's coming after you first!"
"Why..."
"Because you're a real threat. You have such power inside you, that you haven't even touched yet. Train, practice, do everything you can to unlock those powers! But until you have Naraku is tons stronger than you."
"Then I'll train, won't take long..."
"He's coming out of hiding within a week."
"I'll train night and day then, I refuse to let him hurt people..."
"It won't be enough..."She gave a sad smile,"Nothing will be enough, not against him, not in what little time we have."
"Stall him, do everything you can to slow down his actions."
"I'll try, but I still say it won't be enough..."
"And I say it will! I've got more will and more power than you've come to believe. I WILL kill him before he hurts the innocent, understand."
"I hope so..."
She closed her eyes, letting her long lashes touch her pale cheek. She raised an arm and summoned a dozen or so strips of energy. They encircled her in a sphere, drifting up towards the sky. She zoomed away, feeling nothing but dark gray...
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Bankotsu fiddled with his armor, waiting for the green eyed girl. He lifted his Banryou, seeing his reflection in the shinning metal. He sighed, bored...
He heard a wizzing sound above his head and looked up to see a shinning yellow sphere. When it reached the ground the strips holding the sphere shape slithered into the ground revealing the green eyed girl. She had on a long sleeved top with flared out sleeves that went to her elbow. She wore a chinese top made with red and gold, with mathing pants. She had her hair down...
"Hello!"
"You never did tell me your name..."
She oopsed,"Midori...I'm sorry, I must seem rude."
"Bankotsu, its cool though. Probably thought you'd mentioned it already."
"Thank you..."
She looked up into the dark grey eyes, watching them shine with his smile. She blinked and readied herself.
"I won't go easy on you..."
"I would only give you the same courtesy..."
She looked for the red marker. It blinked, and she waited for him to make the first move.
He threw his Banryou at her, trying to slice her. But she jumped back, sending a stream of water at him. He blocked it with his Banryou, and looked for any other attacks. She bent down and pulled a long shimmering strip from the ground, at least 13 ft in length. He watcher her curiously as the strip wrapped itself around her like a ribbon. She waited for him again...
He waited for her, not wanting to spoil the fun. She sighed and opened a lighter, sending a stream of fire towards him. He gasped and barely dodged the flame. He braced himself and pushed back the blaze, sending it back at her. She pulled up a stream of water and stopped it in its tracks. He came in for a direct attack, and met the blade of her Naginata. He smiled, not expecting her to actually know how to use it. He smiled...
"HAH!"
He punched her in the gut, sending her back into the wall. She felt her back crush into the cement barrier, knocking her into momentary shock. Next thing she knew Bankotsu was charging at her, about to cut her in half with the Banryou. She gasped and blocked his blade withher strand of energy. He looked surprised to see he couldn't cut through it. He met her gaze.
"I did underestimate you..."
"Most do..."
She sent a stream of wind at him, blowing HIM back into the other wall. She sent a wave of fire and water at him. His eyes widened...
But it stopped an inch from his nose...
She smiled,"I won!"
She let the water rush to the ground and he fire spew away. She walked over and helped him up.
"You are good..."
"Well, no offense or anything, but you are only a human..."
He turned his face away, she felt she upset him...
"Something I hope to soon change.."
She watched him get a scowl on his face, wondering what was wrong...
"You are an amazing fighter, most demons don't last more than 30 seconds. We much have been fighting for at least 6 or 7 minutes..."
He turned his face back into that smile, unexpectedly sending Midori's stomach into flips...
"Yea, well I guess I'll just have to train more! Dont't worry, next time I'll beat you, you can be sure of it!"
He seems so upbeat, so sure of himself. I don't know why...but I like it...
She nodded and set her Naginata on her shoulder, resting it.
"Next time..."
"I hope so..."
He got up and walked off. She felt sad to see him go, and yet...she still felt...happiness...
What is wrong with me?
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YAY! New chapter, woohoo! I'll be posting up the picture of Midori soon, wait did I do that already?
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No I have not, I should go do that...but not now. ANYWAY! Randomly I made Midori like Bankotsu, whats not to like? Sexy, strong, and long hair! He's a babe, yes I know
I will be drawing pictures of him too, once I get better at drawing him(few quick sketches here and there but nothing really worth your time to look at) And to anyone and everyone who read about the next story I am posting it up tonight along with this chapter, cause believe it or not, this story's almost over. Just 2 or 3 more chapters! Something like that!
Please review, and if you didn't review the last chapter, review it. It's got 4 reviews I usually get like 9 or 11 I'm disappointed in you all! But its forgiven, because I'm becoming a bit of a big head! ANYWAY...
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