Bankotsu chuckled, making them sweat even more. "Even if you did I wouldn't even care. You're all shaking so bad you're probably shooting your arrows half-assedly. 'My woman' as you called her is still breathing." He mentioned, feeling her heart beat against him.
The men exchanged looks before Bankotsu took Banryuu off his shoulder, smirking.
"Uh-uh, didn't anyone ever tell you never to take you're eye off the target?" He chortled.
A few dropped their weapon, about to run while the others were frozen in fear.
His grin widened, a carefree look in his eyes.
"Banryuusen." The word echoed as he swept his Banryuu horizontally. A powerful blade of wind escaped his halberd and sliced through the village men. Their yells stopped almost instantly and blood spilled from their middle—squirting everything. That included the pair as well as Banryuu.
"Ah, man." He sighed; looking down at the few drops of blood that had sprayed onto his Baby.
His blue eyes shifted to the woman in his arms when he felt her breathing heavily. Apparently, she had woken from unconsciousness.
Sango had her cheek to his chest instead of her forehead (from when she fell into him), and was looking at the dead and bloody men from the corner of her eye as her hand gripped the edge of his chest-plate.
"You awake already? I knew they had no experience in shooting."
When she didn't answer, he lifted Banryuu to his shoulder and turned his head more to see her face. When he did, he saw her eye wide…with fear?
"…You alright?"
That seemed to shake her out of her reverie. "Nevermind…just take these things out of me."
Bankotsu was a little confused but dismissed it and had her sit down as he sat behind her.
Even though the arrows were shot poorly, the men were still close enough to get it lodged into her well enough to make her loose quite a bit of blood. The mercenary moved her hair to the side.
"Hope you don't mind if I—" he grabbed the cloth of her black suit and ripped it open so he could see the arrows better, "rip this."
"Too late whether I mind or not." Sango replied.
Bankotsu chuckled, "Yup."
Something within Sango wondered how this childish man could so easily kill people with a smile on his face…then laugh as if nothing happened a little later. But she kept that to herself.
"You're lucky the whole head of the arrows didn't go all the way through or you'd have to go to someone good at this."
She kept quite as he began to pull out the first arrow.
"The fact that you're quiet during all this where as I'd probably be crying my eyes out means you used to get hurt a lot." Bankotsu joked.
"As a Demon Slayer, well yeah."
There was silence as he continued his work. Many times Sango looked over her shoulder at the slaughtered men—and everytime Bankotsu would look at her face to see her pale up before looking back in front of her. Many times.
She winced when he took out the first one and bit down on her lip.
"Good girl, no screaming." Bankotsu smirked, a bit perversely.
They were half way through taking out the second one when she looked over her shoulder once more.
"For crying out loud, what is wrong? You keep looking at them as if their going to wake up and attack us again—geeze."
Sango looked down towards her lap, quiet.
Bankotsu rolled his eyes, not pushing her to answer. Instead—he pulled out the second a bit faster than the other one causing her to yelp.
"Sorry, I was kind of tired of your silence."
Sango's eyes narrowed annoyingly. She heard him clap his hands,
"Alright, now take off your suit so I can patch you up."
Although she was a bit downcast, Sango punched him before standing up on her own. "Give me the bandages I'll do it myself."
"Ahh—" He rubbed his chest where she had punched. That actually hurt… "Damn woman I didn't mean it like that…" He mumbled incoherently under his breath. Even so, he handed her the bandages he hid in his chest plate before she walked off to hide behind a tree.
As she wrapped herself up, he asked about the glances to the dead guys. "So, what's up with you? Getting all scared at the sight of dead guys who tried to kill you…don't make me worry about your sanity."
"…"
"Not going to answer, huh?"
All he could hear was the sound of wrapping.
It was another 5 minutes before she emerged from behind the tree fully clothed.
Instead of looking to him, Sango walked right past him. A little confused, Bankotsu gathered Banryuu onto his shoulder and followed after her.
"Oi—where are you going, now?"
She looked at him over her shoulder. "You're not going to follow me are you?"
"…Well no. Not forever atleast." He laughed. "But for now, I'm just curious." For some reason, when he saw her leave—he felt the need to follow her. Strange, right?
She continued to walk as he silently followed behind her.
"…So you're just going to walk around with that hole in the back of your suit?"
"I have to."
Bankotsu shrugged his shoulders. "I don't know…" He smiled, "I'm pretty sure people who see you would make fun of you."
Sango opened her mouth to retort but he cut her off, knowing what she would say.
"And don't give me that, 'people can't see me' crap, either. Those men back there saw you and even shot at you—I highly doubt that was just a coincidence."
Sango suddenly stopped in her tracks. …That was true.
Sensing her surprise, Bankotsu stopped and gave the back of her head a skeptical look. "Don't tell me you seriously thought you were a ghost." He couldn't help the smirk that came to his tanned face.
Sango's head dropped a little before she continued to walk.
"Aw man, I cant believe you thought that…" He chortled aloud.
When she didn't answer back, Bankotsu sighed, continuing to follow her.
"If you don't tell me what's bothering you and why you're ignoring the hell out of me, I'll…I'll be mad."
Sango stopped again, more unexpected than the last time, resulting in him almost walking into her.
"…Now that I think about it, you must have gone through a lot to actually smile as you kill people."
That sentence made him surprised.
"All this time I was sort of thinking of you as insane for being able to smile and kill. But thinking the other way around, I wonder what you've gone through to inherit that ability." She said in a small voice.
There was a moment of silence as Bankotsu looked downward. "Well…yeah. I chose this life, knowing the consequences."
"…I see."
Another silent minute or so passed before they both turned around to see some sparks of light come from the horizon.
"Aw man! I didn't get any sleep at all." Bankotsu whined under his breath.
Sango turned around to fully face his turned-towards-the-sun form. "Hey…Bankotsu?"
He turned around to face her, when in the morning light he saw her cheeks tinted pink.
"…Yeah?"
Frozen, Bankotsu felt her touch his cheek.
"…You…you have a good heart, Bankotsu."
Before he could answer Sango leaned into him and stood on her toes as her head tilted to the side. Looking into her eyes, he saw her looking at his lips.
Soon, he found himself tilting his head into her before he felt the heat of her lips touch his. Bankotsu recognized her lips as incredibly soft…
Before he could even begin to implore her, Bankotsu heard his name being called.
"Bankotsu!"
"Aniki!"
"Oi, Bankotsu! Where the hell are you?" His brothers were yelling for him not too far off.
Sango leaned away and sunk back on her heels, a smile on her flushed face.
Bankotsu looked into her eyes a last time before he heard Jakotsu appear on the other side of the stream.
'Damnit!'
"Oi! Bankotsu! What are you doing just standing there? C'mon, you know Renkotsu is going to have a hissy fit if we don't get going soon."
Confused, Bankotsu looked from Jakotsu to the smirking Sango.
'…Can't he see her?'
"Aniki!"
Sango spoke up, "Well? Get a move on, you don't want Renkotsu to get in a 'hissy fit'."
"…But—"
Soon Suikotsu and Renkotsu were standing beside Jakotsu.
Gritting his teeth, Bankotsu turned his back to them and moved Sango infront of him so they couldn't see him talking—just incase they couldn't see her.
"Why can't they see you?" Bankotsu whispered, rushed.
Sango smiled as if she obviously knew something, but shrugged anyway.
"…Aniki? What in hell are you doing?"
Jakotsu leaned towards Suikotsu and covered his mouth with the back of his hand. "Is he…talking to that tree?"
Sango laughed at his utterly confused look. "Just go would you? Your brothers are questioning your sanity."
His eyes looked into hers.
"I…I'll come back. One day, I will."
Sango was a bit surprised at his sincerity.
"I'll see you, then." She smiled.
Bankotsu smirked. "I'll see you."
With that, he turned around and jumped over the stream towards his brothers. Sango watched as he walked away, being ambushed with questions as to why he was talking to inanimate wildlife.
Sango turned, an amused smile on her face. She walked into the forest where she was hidden in the shadows. In a flash, there was light, and she was gone.
Bankotsu turned one last time, in hopes of sending her a last smile—only to see she disappeared.
Sighing, Sango plopped onto her bed. Being back in her room felt nice. She walked out the door and into the family quarters to see Kohaku and their mom setting the table with food. Sango's father was drinking his usual saucer of tea. Kirara, who had already sensed her, mewed delightedly.
"Hey everyone."
Her family suddenly looked up.
"Sango!" Kohaku greeted with a smile. "Did you really go back to Earth to see the moon last night?"
"Mm." Sango nodded, ruffling his hair with a wide smile.
"Did you get any sleep?" Her mother asked, setting up a bowl for her daughter.
Chuckling, Sango replied, "Not really."
"Well? How was it?" Kohaku asked.
Sango thought for a moment, "Well, the experience was interesting."
"…What do you mean?" The two siblings and their mom sat on the mats placed for breakfast.
"I was seen."
"Well I've been seen too—"
"By Bankotsu."
"…The mercenary!" Kohaku exclaimed.
Due to the fact that their parents didn't know or remember a 'Bankotsu' they continued their breakfast.
"Yeah…" Sango responded, a wide smile on her face.
Kohaku rolled his eyes, knowing that kind of tone. Of course, their parents didn't know it, but Kohaku just realized she had probably fallen in love with him.
"At first he thought I was a ghost after I told him I was dead. So I went along with it…" She giggled.
Before Kohaku could reply, an ebony haired Inuyasha and Kagome walked in. Both rushed over to Sango's side.
"Word is you went to Earth for the first time…how was it?" Kagome asked. Inuyasha started to eat Sango's breakfast.
Sango had repeated what she told Kohaku to her two friends, resulting in Inuyasha spitting out his—er Sango's food.
"The mercenary!"
Sango laughed, "Yup."
"Wow…" Kagome stared wide-eyed. "Maybe he didn't know because he didn't see wings or a halo or some fairy-tale like that…"
"Keh," Inuyasha bit into the food again, "Who would've known Bankotsu can see Angels…"
Now would be a good time to re-read the summary, if you hadn't remembered what it said. Hehe.
Well, this is the reason for the late Second Chapter in 'Blood Thirsty'. Just had to post this up…
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Slightly alternate ending for Bankotsu: (I was forced to write this.)
Sango laughed at his utterly confused look. "Just go would you? Your brothers are questioning your sanity."
His eyes looked into hers.
"I…I'll come back. One day, I will."
Sango was a bit surprised at his sincerity.
"I'll see you, then." She smiled.
Bankotsu smirked. "I'll see you."
With that, he turned around and jumped over the stream towards his brothers—
Only to miss by an inch—and fall in.
Once his soaking head of hair slowly emerged from underwater, (obviously pissed), all he could hear was laughter.
"AHAHHAHA! OH MY GOD, THAT WAS…HAHAH…"
"HAH! I knew oo-aniki was too short to NOT get wet from the stream! I KNEW IT!"
"HAHAH…oo-aniki's legs are too short to jump over such a small stream! HAHAH!"
Even Sango from behind was on her back, laughing and pointing. Of course, the brothers couldn't hear—but Bankotsu could.
"SHUT UP!" Pointing towards Suikotsu--, "YOU! YOU'RE SO CONFUSING YOU SLAUGHTER CHILDREN AFTER FREAKIN' TREATING THEM TO HEALTH! WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH YOU!"
"YOU!" He then pointed towards Renkotsu--, "YOU'RE JUST SO BALD IT HURTS MY EYES TO LOOK ANYWHERE IN YOUR GENERAL DIRECTION IN DAYLIGHT! BALD, BALD, BALD!"
"AND YOU—"
"Don't even, oo-aniki." Jakotsu dared.
Dismissing Jakotsu with a loud 'HMPH', he turned around and looked as if he was grumbling to himself angrily—when he was really mumbling angry words at Sango.
"And you—you shouldn't even be laughing you humanity-confused seedling of the devil!" He muttered to her.
With that, he jumped out of the water and stood beside them.
Suddenly, his head lowered, defeated.
"Someone go get my Banryuu before I murder the next few people I see." He sighed under his breath.
"Yes, Aniki!" All three brothers jumped in the water.