(Sorry, but I have to research stuff alot for this fic. Like the names of other characters.)
Kagome was allowed home the next week, but she was still forgetting her past. As Bankotsu showed the girl all of the Tokyo sites, she accidentilly bumped into another woman.
"Gomen nasai! Gomen, gomen!" both women said at the same time, then jumped.
"Iie, I should be the one that's sorry!" they continued to say the same things.
"No, I assure you, it's my fault!" they both said, getting rather flustered.
"OI! Just accept the damn apology!" Bankotsu and another man said, both picking the shorter women up by their collars, causing them all to look at eachother funny.
"...Ok...akward moment..." the other man said. "Anou...is that you, Kagome-chan?" she asked.
"I'm...sorry, but I do not remember..." Kagome shyly answered. Now that Bankotsu looked, the woman looked rather kind, but he saw a mysterious shining in her eyes, a glint of something akin to evil. Now that he noticed, she had pretty purple-blue eyes and long black hair. She had a strange fan and umbrella with her. The man had shoulderlength black hair and mysteriously bright grey eyes.
"Oi, Bankotsu, right?" the womna asked. Now that they were no longer in puplic, her voice was a little darker, and he could clearly see a darkness in her eyes. Cold and calculated. The eyes of a killer.
"You're the one who nearly killed Kagome, ne?" she asked, startling him. He nodded, growing suspicious. "Who are you?" he asked. A grin found it's way to her lips. "My name is Mai." she answered. (She is very well named, for Mai not only means bright, but also coyote. Heehee. mostly kind, but damn murderous. You'll see later on.)
"You thought she was dead, ne? Wondering what happened?" she asked, a wicked grin formed on her face, and Bankotsu had no doubts. She was a killer. "Yeah." he answered simply. All traces of malice left her features and she handed him a book. "Watch yourself, Bankotsu of the Shichinintai. If you hurt her, I'll personally rip you apart." she said and flipped open the fan. Now that he saw it, it was a rather strange looking weapon. A metal fan, and at the top it extented into knifes, razor sharp. It clicked for him. "The Geisha and the Ronin!" he said, and the woman smiled. "Not bad. Right there." she said. Bankotsu recalled hearing about a geisha who met and fell in love with a Ronin, then when her okiya wouldn't let her marry him, then brutally murdered the entire village. Ever since then, reports of a woman dressed as a beautiful Geisha and a handsome ronin had been flying in about murders. This had, of course, been 500 years ago. The girl stood, then seemingly dissapeared.
He glanced down at the book.
Kagome was written in gold across the front, in beautiful cursive. He opened the front page.
Kagome Kagome,
Kago no naka no tori wa,
Itsu itsu deyaru?
Yoake to ban ni.
Tsuru to kame ga subetta,
Ushiro no shoumen dare?
END!
Vital Info!
The meaning of the name Kagome has been lost amoung the Japanese. Some think that there is a hidden message in the chant. Even though it doesn't really make much sense, some say that it comes from ancient Japanese mythology. I plan to make this chant and it's hidden meanings a major part of this story.
Thus, the meaning of this chant in english will be hidded until farther along in the story. Please, another note, If you do know the meaning of this, do not review a guess, cause the readers will have it spoiled. Guess in private messages.
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