Tanpopo Yamazaki 11-25-04 Chapter 5- Fate interrupted by a new villain

Author's note

Sorry to everyone for taking sooooooo long! I lost my floppy disk with this story on it and kept on forgetting to load it on to a new one, but as everyone can see, I did finally! And there must've been a problem while transferring the files on the chappie 4. Sorry about that as well! Well, ANYways, onto the story… (Btw…it's my friend's birthday on the 28th and whoever wants to send her a happy b-day e-mail, e-mail me and I'll tell ya what hers is. Thanks, love ya all!)

"Okay then Kagome, if its what you want..." He said leaning over to her and kissing her. He bent down closer and closer to the spot. Kagome winced in fear. To tell you the truth, she was scared out of her mind. She was afraid of all the consequences. The 'death' one especially. InuYasha stopped about three inches away from her collarbone and lifted his head up.

" I'm sorry Kagome." He said, staring into her surprised eyes. The truth was, he was too scared to do it. I know it didn't sound like him at all, but it was the truth.

"I just can't do it. I can't risk your safety. I'm sorry Kagome." He said, pulling away from her and staring down at his folded legs, quite embarrassed. Kagome stared at him for a moment.

" InuYasha, please do it. I don't think that I fell down this well and fell in love with you for no reason. We must be together after all." She was smiling at him. InuYasha could feel the warmth and smiled back at her.

" Okay…for the sake of our future…" He bent down and kissed the spot where he was supposed to bite, when all of a sudden, they heard a village woman scream and Kaede ran into the room.

" InuYasha! Kagome! There is another demon attacking the village people!" She yelled, standing at the doorway and her frown turning into a smirk. " What was thy doings in here?" She asked, still smirking. She couldn't help but thing of something bad. I mean, come on! They were both young, adventurous, curious people! It wasn't' her fault!

" Nothing you old hag!" InuYasha snarled at her and walked over across the room to grab the Tetsusaiga. He really wanted Kagome to stay here, just incase something happened, but he knew, out of all people, that he wouldn't be able to stop her.

Kagome got up and grabbed her bow and arrow that was next to InuYasha's Tetsusaiga.

" Come on, lets go get um!" She said, smiling at InuYasha and he found himself smiling back.

" Yeah…"

They ran out the door in time to see a young girl obviously being held hostage by a man with deep blue eyes and a long, braided ponytail…Hiten? No it wasn't Hiten, one of the thunder brothers…or was it. But why did he have a plus shaped symbol on his forehead? So it wasn't him…

" You there, are you trying to challenge me? There is a sword in your hands and a bow in yours." The mysterious man said to the two of them.

" Yeah we're looking for a fight…but we would like to know your name first!" InuYasha said to him, loudly and proudly to him.

" My name is…Bankotsu, and I want revenge on the priestess Kikyo!" He yelled, looking at Kagome and dropping the other girl. " I was obviously mistaken this woman here for the real one!" He ran as fast as he could at them and picked up Kagome, thinking she was Kikyo.

" InuYasha!" She yelled to him while being taken away from him as she spoke.

" Kagome! Why you little… You've got some nerve, thinking she's Kikyo! Kikyo isn't even real anymore! She's only clay and dirt! Now give Kagome back to me!" He bellowed, trying to follow them.

" No…I can see how much this girl means to you, so lets just see how much damage it will cause you to lose her to some one else!" He said, putting on a burst of speed, making InuYasha loose visible contact.

" Damn it." HE said, letting himself lightly fall to the ground after jumping tree to tree and following the sweet scent of Kagome.

" Don't worry Kagome, im coming for you…" He said to himself.

MEANWHILE

" You monster! Just what exactly do you have against Kikyo anyways?" She said, pouting as she was being carried towards a palace across the plains.

" I've got my reasons…" He finally answered. He was going to take her to his palace to become his bride; after all, it would make the man who knew so much about Kikyo angry, right? But nonetheless, she was quite cute and he knew she would bear some fine, well-breed children to him. And with him being a demon king, that would make his children part of the clan and royal family. It was such a great idea, and that damn dog boy would never find them with a barrier this strong.

" Oh yeah! Like what?" Kagome demanded, being dropped on the marble floor of a giant palace. She wasn't amazed at all. It wasn't like she even cared; she just wanted InuYasha back to her now. She started to cry a little and she tried and tried to hide her tears from this…Bankotsu…character, wondering if he has already noticed or not. He looked over at her, seeing her hurt tears.

" Sheesh, I didn't drop you that hard. You can stop crying now." He said, turning and looking at her from the corner of his eyes. But when he noticed that she didn't stop even after his commands, he started to get concerned. He walked over to her and kneeled down next to her.

" Whats wrong? I'm just as good as that damn dog demon, ya know! Even better at that! Is there anything you want?" He said, putting a comforting arm on his back. He could get quite used to being sweet and caring for this girl. She seemed nice too. But how to make her forget about the damn dog boy.

" I want InuYasha! And you can't be as good as him! Not even half as much!" She yelled, smacking him in the face and running down the hall, trying to find the exit.

He stared at her, running down the hall. He smiled slightly and thought-

' Oh you'll see, I'll be better than him, and I know how you'll realize it too…'

WA! And there's your chappie for ya all! Hope you all liked it. It isn't in the original plans, and im freezing my butt off because it is snowing and I am in my basement. Yeah, smart move, Tanpopo…Well, see ya all on the next chapter- Chapter 6- Bankotsu's plan and Kagome's heart…See yall soon! Btw- His name is Bank-o-tsu. Sound it out and you'll get it. C.F.G.R. ( cookie for good reviewers) (PS- Don't forget about Leena's b-day!!)