Chapter 10: A Vengeful Demon

Bankotsu was frozen with terror and confusion. Wasn't Mikomi on Sango's side? So why would she do this?

Mikomi lifted the knife and was about to finish Sango off, but Bankotsu was quicker. He dived across the floor, grabbed Sango, and rolled out of the way. The knife struck the floor and was stuck in the wood.

Bankotsu angrily sat up. His hands and shirt were covered with Sango's blood. He had never hated someone so much. He didn't like Mikomi when she first got here, and he certainly hated her now!

Mikomi finally got the knife out of the floor. She ran over with the knife in the air, about to strike. But Bankotsu dodged it and grabbed her arm. He could have killed her right then and there, but he knew Sango would never forgive him. Instead, he punched her in the stomach and knocked her out.

Something seemed to have flown out of her as she fell to the ground. Bankotsu suddenly felt an eerie presence in the room.

Suddenly a cloud of miasma formed together and a strange demon appeared. Bankotsu had no idea what the heck the demon was, but it sure was ugly!

"How dare you interfere with my vengeance!" the demon croaked. "I despise the demon slayers, and now that she is the only one left, I will devour her!"

Bankotsu could feel anger building up inside him. If this… thing thought that he was just going to stand by and watch it kill his girlfriend, than it had another thing coming!

He ran across the room and held Sango in his arms protectively. "You'll have to get through me first!" he shouted. Bankotsu didn't have his Banryuu, so he grabbed the Hiraikotsu instead. But a lot of good that would do! He didn't know how to throw a giant boomerang.

The demon began slowly moving towards them. Bankotsu could feel his muscles tensing more with every step. He was in big trouble if he didn't do something soon.

Jakotsu and Suikotsu were howling with laughter. Renkotsu just sat there pouting. His face was as red as a strawberry. "You promised you wouldn't tell!" he mumbled to Jakotsu.

"It wasn't me!" Jakotsu protested. "It was Chibi InuYasha over here." He gestured towards an empty space beside him.

Renkotsu just stared at him. Suikotsu stopped laughing and gave Renkotsu a questioning look. Renkotsu shook his head and shrugged.

"Oh sorry." Jakotsu said as he dug into a bush. "He's a little shy… Ah! Here we are!" He pulled an object out of the bush.

Renkotsu and Suikotsu had the funniest look on their faces. Jakotsu had in his hands a mango with sticks for arms and legs. It had a rather sloppy face drawn onto it. It also had little rocks on either side of it for ears.

"Say hello to Chibi InuYasha!" Jakotsu announced proudly. "I tell him everything, and he doesn't say a word. Isn't that right Inu?" Jakotsu asked the mango. Then he made his voice really high pitched. "Right Jakotsu!"

Suikotsu cleared his throat. "Um… Jakotsu?"

Jakotsu was playing with an ear on his mango, which fell off. He looked up. "Yeah?"

Suikotsu glanced at Renkotsu. "What's with the mango?" He raised his eyebrow as Jakotsu began snuggling it.

"It's my new best friend!" Jakotsu squealed with delight. "Bankotsu's been ignoring me since hemade out with Sango the other day so-" His hand immediately flew to his mouth.

Suikotsu quickly turned his head towards him. "Did you just say what I think you said?"

"N-no, I said that… uh… he's been ignoring me since I made out with mango..." He forced a big smile.

"I don't blame him." Suikotsu said as he got up. He headed toward his room, Renkotsu followed.

As soon as they were gone, Jakotsu let out his breath. "Whew, that was close Chibi Inu!" he said to the mango. He had fooled Suikotsu, but he knew that he wasn't so lucky for Renkotsu. "Oh… Bankotsu's going to kill me! Unless Renkotsu kills him first!" Jakotsu joked to himself.

Then terror struck him. What if Renkotsu was so jealous of Bankotsu that he would actually try to kill him? Jakotsu began to fear for Bankotsu's safety. He only hoped Renkotsu wasn't that low.

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