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Chapter 10:Alliance
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Bankotsu had the same grin on his face while InuYasha wondered what he had found out...
"Stop looking at me like that!" Shouted an annoyed hanyou.
"I'm trying to think!" Yelled back the leader of the Shichinintai.
Bankotsu rubbed his temples and placed a hand on his chin.
"How can you think, when Kagome betrayed us!"
"Because that wasn't Kagome!" Announced Bankotsu.
"Are you blind!" Shouted InuYasha.
"You are! if you didn't notice that that Kagome... wasn't our Kagome!" Bankotsu retorted.
"What the hell are you talking about?" Asked a very confused half demon.
"When I looked into Kagome's eyes... they didn't seem the same... Her eyes were faded..." Answered the mercenary.
InuYasha crossed his arms over his chest and jumped into a tree. Letting one of his legs dangle from the branch. He shut his amber orbs and began to think of what he just saw.
Bankotsu walked under the tree that InuYasha was in. He looked up to see him deep in thought. The mercenary waited for InuYasha to speak.
"Maybe your right?" Started the half demon.
"Of course I am..." Said Bankotsu.
"I'm going to save Kagome..."
"Let me go with you!" Shouted InuYasha.
"Why should I?"
"Becasue she is my friend..." InuYasha stated.
"Kagome would beg to differ..." Bankotsu declared.
"After what you did to her..."
InuYasha looked away from the mercenary and at the setting sun. He remembered how he and Kagome would watch the sun sets every night... together.
Bankotsu began to walk in the direction that Naraku and Kagome disappeared in. He looked around hoping that he would see a hideout or something, luck was on his side and in the distance surrounded by purple miasma was... a castle!
"I know where Kagome is!" Announced Bankotsu.
InuYasha jumped down from the tree and went to where Bankotsu was. He was pointing at large castle far out in the distance.
Bankotsu smirked and took of running towards the castle.
Sure enough InuYasha went with the mercenary, he stayed a few paces behind him. Bankotsu knew that it would take them all night to reach their destination.
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Naraku and the replica entered the castle, he made his way through the hallways. Naraku walked down the stairs leading to the basement.
He smirked when he heard a queit whimper coming from the only room in the basement. Naraku showed himself inside the dark room and signaled Kagura to leave.
The wind sorceress stood and slowly left the room, leaving only the miko and Naraku alone... Kagura shut the screen and made her way upstairs.
Naraku had a huge grin on his face, and was now walking towards the priestess. Kagome had been struggling to escape for while after she had given up. Her wrists had become red and were bleeding.
Kagome shivered when she felt Naraku's breath going down her neck. She wanted him to go away and leave her alone in the room.
The priestess moved back a bit and then when Naraku moved her way again, she used her tied up feet and kicked him hard on the chest.
Causing him to fly backwards, and landing on his back. Kagome took this as her chance to escape. She began to run towards the screen door but was stopped by something.
Kagome realized that it was Naraku's tenticles and she was slammed against a wall. She winced and then tried to get out of his grasp.
Naraku laughed at the miko's attempt to escape, and only applied more pressure. Causing Kagome cough and spit out blood, she gasped
for breath and felt herself fall.
She hit the floor and immidiatlety fell over, shaking and still coughing up blood. Naraku smirked in the darkness and left the room, he had thought of another brilliant plan...
He walked to a large portrait and took it down. Behind it was a small wodden door, he entered the room and went to the far corner. Naraku bent down and spoke...
"Long time no see... Kikyo..."
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InuYasha and Bankotsu were almost at the castle. They never stopped running even though thier legs were begging them to stop.
The half demon stopped near the front entrance of the castle.
He sniffed the air and furrowed his brows... at the scent he had picked up.
"I can smell Kagome's blood..."
Bankotsu looked at him and saw the look of concern and fear on his face.
"We should hurry... Kagome might be in danger!" Declared Bankotsu.
InuYasha followed behind the Shichinintai leader, they were now at the front doors. Bankotsu opened the large door and they both entered the large castle.
InuYasha and Bankotsu looked inside every room they came across, still no sign of Kagome or Naraku...? Bankotsu started to worry and thought that they might be somewhere else.
InuYasha followed the smell of Kagome's blood, it lead to stairs leading to a basement. Bankotsu and InuYasha ran downsatirs and looked around... it was very dark and they caught sight of a screen door, inuYasha sniffed the air once again and pointed at the screen.
Bankotsu ran to the door and slid it open. It was dark so he couldn't see anything, he followed the sound of breathing and coughing.
InuYasha was already inside the room and found Kagome. He used his claws to cut the ropes on her wrists and ankles.
Bankotsu went to the miko and wiped the blood from her mouth with his thumb. He used his kimono and tore off a piece of it to clean the cuts from the ropes.
When Bankotsu was finished he lifted Kagome up and began to walk out of the room. He stopped when he saw InuYasha staring at a door,
at the end of the basement.
InuYasha sniffed the air and his eyes grew wide at the smell that his nose had picked up. It was a familiar scent.
He ran towards the wooden door and stopped at what he saw...
"Kik... Kikyo..."