Chapter 20: Fight At The River

A few weeks later, Sango was bringing some sake back to the storeroom. She opened the door and shrieked when she saw Stewie gulping a bucket. Everyone came running and gasped when they saw him.

"Bottoms up!" Stewie hiccupped. Sango grabbed the bucket from Stewie. "Jakotsu! How could you let Stewie drink this? He's a baby!"

Stewie tried to stand but he kept loosing his balance. "Damn you and such!" he shouted. "I will show you no mercy!"

Sango shoved the bucket in Jakotsu's hands and picked up Stewie.

"Put me down! I will kill you!" Stewie ordered.

"What have you been teaching him!" Sango demanded. She smacked him across the face.

Stewie laughed. "Ha ha! Serves you right for 'teaching' me bad things. Hit him again! Hit him again!" he chanted.

Sango looked at him. "Now Stewie. We don't talk like that."

"Yes we do." Bankotsu blurted out. Sango shot him an evil glare and turned back to Stewie. "You say nice words. Maybe you need some quiet time."

"Nooooooo!" Stewie bellowed. "Is this about me killing you? It was nothing personal. Just a joke!" He kept complaining as Sango brought him to a room.

She put him down on a pillow and gave him a teddy bear that appeared out of nowhere. "Here you go. Have a little nap, OK?" and with that, she left the room.

Stewie got up after a while and crept out of his room. He ran outside. "I've got to get out of this place!" Stewie mumbled to himself. Ginkotsu stopped him.

"Move you big hunk of metal!" Stewie snapped. But Ginkotsu didn't budge. "I said move!" Stewie shouted as he kicked Ginkotsu. "Blast!" Stewie cried as he hopped on one foot and held the other. "How dare you!" he shouted.

Ginkotsu smirked. "Why don't you just kiss my shiny metal ass!"

"Ha ha. That's so funny! It's so funny how you can take the saying 'kiss my ass' and make it suit you personally by adding 'shiny metal' onto it! You are indeed a clever robot! Haha! You're so funny!" Stewie snapped. "Speaking of ass, why don't you make yourself useful and wipe mine?" He took out his death ray and shot. Ginkotsu exploded into tiny pieces. "Victory is mine!" Stewie shouted and trotted out of the castle.

Everyone came out to see what the noise was. They all gasped when they saw Ginkotsu, or his parts anyway.

"Did Stewie really do this?" Jakotsu asked shakily.

"He was an evil child, that's for sure." Hiten sputtered. Everyone nodded. They all went back inside, not really caring that Ginkotsu died.

Sango woke up in the middle of the night trembling a little bit. She had another dream, but it was different this time. Somehow, she felt a strange presence inside her, and she could still feel it. She didn't how, but it was just… there.

Feeling the need to clear her mind, Sango quickly got changed to her armor and headed out.

The shuffling awoke Bankotsu. He moaned as he sat up and saw a shadow outside his door. He could just make out the figure when he saw the huge weapon.

Standing up, he grabbed Banryuu and decided to follow. He crept slowly behind her, being careful not to be spotted.

They must have been walking in circles for at least 20 minutes. Bankotsu noticed Sango was acting strangely. She wasn't her usual self.

Normally, when she went out for a night stroll, it was to take out her anger. She always seemed to be looking for something to kill. But this time, she was hardly paying attention to what was around her. Bankotsu had counted more than 10 things that Sango would have killed any other night.

She finally stopped on a bridge over a river. Sango smiled. She had the perfect view of the moon from where she was.

She looked up in surprise when she saw Hiten walk up and lean against the rail beside her. Sango felt herself become uneasy.

"What are you doing out here?" he asked.

Sango looked away. "Nothing. I just came to get some fresh air, that's all."

Bankotsu glared at Hiten from a bush. He knew that doornail was up to something, but he didn't want to blow his cover. Not yet.

Hiten continued. "You shouldn't be out here all alone. You don't know what kind of creeps are out there." As he said that, Bankotsu could see something strange in Hiten's eyes. They were lying eyes.

But something even more alarming caught his eye. Hiten was holding something behind his back. A weapon. Bankotsu could see the flicker of a dagger. Hiten didn't come here to for their help, he came to kill Sango!

He was just putting on an act the whole time, and he fell for it. How could he be so stupid? But there was no time to get mad at himself. Hiten was already getting the knife ready to slash.

Bankotsu dived out of the bush just as Hiten swung the knife at Sango. She avoided it, but it slashed her arm a little bit. Bankotsu quickly punched Hiten and let him slam into the rail, then went in for another punch. But the bridge gave in, and all three of them fell into the river.

Sango opened her eyes and found herself underwater. She instantly began looking for Bankotsu. Hiten and him strangling each other underwater, but she couldn't tell who was winning.

Sango quickly swam to the surface and shot out of the water. She took in some air and dived back down. She tried to pull Hiten off Bankotsu, but he roughly pushed her away.

Sango took out her sword and slash Hiten in the face. She stared in horror when there was only a scratch. It should have left a bad wound. It wasn't possible to leave a mere scratch unless… he was a demon!

Sango took hold of the Hiraikotsu. She didn't know how well it would work underwater, but there was no time. She threw her weapon at Hiten, praying that it wouldn't hit Bankotsu.

To her relief, it worked. Hiten looked up and dodged it just in time. Bankotsu took this chance to swim to the surface, but Hiten grabbed his leg and held him down.

The Hiraikotsu was coming back to Sango, but instead of catching it, she let it fly back to Hiten.

Hiten let go of Bankotsu and dodges the weapon again. He was growing tired of this little game. He turned back to Bankotsu, but he was already at the surface.

Bankotsu saw Sango emerge and was about to go back under to fight Hiten. He let out a cry of alarm as the Hiraikotsu shot out of the water and just missed him. It flew into the sky and landed on the ground.

Suddenly, Sango let out a cry and was yanked underwater again. Bankotsu dived in after her and saw Hiten trying to choke her. Bankotsu swam over and shoved Hiten off her. He quickly grabbed Sango, who was knocked out, and swam to the surface.

You likey? I didn't leave you on a cliff hanger! R&R!