Chapter 2

Why Don't You Know Me?

"SIT!" A young girl yelled and the half demon slammed into the ground. The girl panted heavily and Sango sighed.

Sango was now sixteen. Here's a quick background info. The demon slayer's village was destroyed a couple moths ago. But Sango's younger brother, Kohaku, was controlled by the evil demon, Naraku, and was told to kill Sango's comrades and father. Kohaku was then shot and he died and Sango thought she died too.

But then Naraku placed a Shikon jewel shard in her back and she was forced to fight the half dog demon, InuYasha. Sango then controlled herself and she joined InuYasha's group. But Kohaku was revived and was a servant to Naraku and also Naraku erased his memory.

In the group was Kagome, a young girl who was reincarnated from the priestess, Kikyo, who had the sacred jewel to begin with. Kagome also comes from the future and she travels through a well.

Then there was Miroku. The perverted, but good hearted monk. But his family was cursed, by Naraku, with a Wind Tunnel in his right hand, that will suck everything into it when opened.

Then Shippo, a young fox demon. His father was killed by Hiten and Manten, the Thunder Brothers.

And of course InuYasha. InuYasha was played by Naraku fifty years ago. So him and Kikyo were forced the fight each other. In the end, Kikyo pinned InuYasha to a tree and then died herself right after. InuYasha was pinned to the tree for fifty years and then Kagome found him and broke the seal.

"What the hell did you do that for?" InuYasha shouted from the ground as he rubbed his head. Kikyo's sister, Kaede, placed the enchanted beads on InuYasha a while back and therefore whenever Kagome said sit the beads would pull him into the ground.

"You're being such a jerk!" Kagome yelled back and she crossed her arms and stuck up her nose. Sango sighed again. This happened often between the two. Kagome would always get mad at InuYasha for stupid reasons. But this time it was because he said he would kill the wolf demon, Koga. Who had a big crush on Kagome and InuYasha was jealous, but he didn't want to admit it.

Sango opened her mouth to say something, but Miroku leaned over and whispered into her ear.

"Sango, I wouldn't say anything if I were you. We should just let them get over with it and we can continue on our journey then." Sango nodded.

"I guess your right." Sango and Miroku sat quietly. InuYasha sat up and pouted, while Kagome still had that angry glare on her face. Shippo began to quiver.

"That was scary." he said, shaking and Kirara mewed in agreement.

A couple hours later, things finally seemed to cool down and the six continued on. They came across a village later that evening and everyone was tired.

"Maybe we can rest here for the night." Kagome suggested as she stretched. InuYasha nodded and they came closer to the village. The village head man came up to them.

"Who are you, travelers?" He asked gently and Kagome piped up.

"We have been traveling for days now. Is it okay if stay here for the night?" She wondered and a worried expression came across his face.

"Yes. Yes. Come inside." He beckoned and the group followed him into one of the homes. The man sat down and the worried expression was worse.

"What's wrong, kind sir?" Miroku asked and the man took a deep breath.

"I am dreadfully sorry, but we have no food to offer you at the moment." He said and Kagome blinked.

"Why? Is something wrong?" The man gave a quick nod and sighed.

"A couple of days ago, seven men came to our village asking for food and weapons and a place to stay. But I didn't trust them. So when I said no, they quickly slaughtered half the village and took all of our food. The leader of the small army said that he would be back here in eight days to get the weapons and if we didn't give them to him… he… he…"

"Yes, go on." Sango said as curiosity welled up inside her. The village head man took another deep breath and continued on.

"He said, he and his friends would kill each of us one by one." Fear echoed through the man's voice.

"I knew there was catch." InuYasha stated and the others looked up at him. "You want us to kill these people for you, don't you?" The man nodded.

"Seems easy enough. I haven't fought in a while, so this will be fun." InuYasha decided and Kagome smiled.

"Of course we'll help you." She said.

"Oh thank you!" The man shouted and then he left the hut. Sango looked over at InuYasha and saw the smirk on his face.

"InuYasha? Is there something wrong?" She asked kindly and he looked over at the demon slayer.

"No, why do you ask?"

"Well, you don't usually go up for an offer like that. You usually just refuse." Sango stated and InuYasha smirked again.

"I just need a fight that's all." Sango rolled her eyes. You're not fooling anyone. Sango thought. You just don't want Kagome to get mad again.

Later on, Miroku went to go and find a women to ask her if she'll bare his child and InuYasha went somewhere to think. Sango, Kagome, Shippo and Kirara stayed behind in the hut.

"So Sango…" Kagome started and looked Sango at the girl. "Do you ever get jealous when Miroku asks another women to bare his child?" A light blush spread across her cheeks, but she knew that wasn't true. She didn't like Miroku.

"Well…" Sango stared at Kagome and then just remembered something. Today. Today was the day that exactly six years ago Bankotsu disappeared.

"Sango? Is there something wrong?" Kagome asked as Sango's eyes began to well up with tears.

"Oh, it's nothing." Sango replied as she wiped her tears away quickly and Kagome sighed.

"C'mon. You can tell me." She said kindly and Sango took a deep breath. She waited for a moment. The sound of Shippo's light snores echoed through her mind and Kirara's silent purring.

Sango told her the long, sad story of Bankotsu's disappearance.

Kagome sat silent. Sango has had so much sadness and loss in her life. She thought and a tear dripped off of Sango's cheek.

"Sango…" Kagome started, but Sango buried her face in her hands and began to cry. Kagome bit her lip and gave Sango a quick hug.

"I'm so sorry." She said quietly and Sango looked up and smiled wearily.

"No, I'm sorry. I shouldn't be crying about this. It's been far to long." She explained. "Well, I'm going to sleep. Those men are going to be here tomorrow." Kagome nodded. Sango turned away from her and began to close her eyes.

The sun shone through the window and Sango squinted at the bright light. She rubbed her tired eyes and saw that Miroku and InuYasha had come back and they were both sleeping. There was a red hand print on Miroku's cheek, so Sango guessed that it didn't go all that well last night. Sango stood and stretched. She grabbed her giant boomerang, Hiraikotsu, and walked out of the hut.

She had gotten the boomerang and a couple of years after Bankotsu's disappearance.

Sango smiled as she heard the cheerful chirps of birds. The morning was her favorite time of the day. Everything seemed to forget about sorrows and death. Sango felt like she was part of it. Well, sometimes. But she couldn't let go of her losses. Bankotsu, Kohaku, her family and village, they were all part of her. And when they're gone it felt like her soul was torn.

Her smile turned into a frown as two children came out to play. A little boy and girl. Sango tried not to think of Bankotsu, but his face kept coming to mind. She turned away from the children. Sango closed her eyes, but her thoughts were interrupted by the loud warning bell of the village.

Her eyes shot open and she quickly ran back to the hut to wake the others. When she got there she saw that they were already awake.

"Okay, I'm ready for this!" InuYasha shouted as his hand formed into a fist. He ran outside, followed by Kagome, Miroku, Shippo and Kirara. Sango watched as they left and she quickly changed into her battle armor.

Sango was ready and she ran outside to the others. InuYasha had his sword, Tetsusaiga, pulled out and ready. Kagome placed her arrow into position. Miroku had his hand on the prayer beads that kept the Wind Tunnel sealed up. Shippo had hid behind Kagome's legs in fear and Kirara transformed into her big cat form. Sango took Hiraikotsu off her back and put her poison mask on.

The sun began to rise higher and children were beckoned into their homes. Dust began to form on the path ahead as the seven warriors got closer. The group was ready.

The seven men finally reached the village.

"What wimps. They got fighters to fight for them." A guy's voice said, but he sounded more like a girl. "There's women too. That's pathetic."

"We came for our weapons. So where are they?" A different man asked, but his voice was cold. He looked really evil and a bandanna covered his head.

The village head man was quivering.

"No! You can't have them!" He shouted, but a tinge of fear was in his voice. A light chuckle came from a different man.

"Well, we'll just see about that." He said evilly as he lifted up his hand in attack position, which had a glove with claws on it. The village head man gulped and ran into his hut, like a coward.

"So I guess it's just us!" InuYasha yelled. "This will be easy! Wind Scar!" A beam of yellow light shot from Tetsusaiga and was heading for the seven men. This time a younger, and shorter, man stepped to the front, they guessed that he was their leader. In his hand was large sword, bigger than InuYasha's. He put the halberd into a defense position and blocked the attack.

"He- he blocked my attack. How is that possible?" InuYasha said dumb founded.

"Is that all you can do!" The younger one shouted.

Something clicked in the back of Sango's mind. She knew that voice, but where had she heard it from?

"Who are you?" InuYasha demanded and a smirk spread across the leader's face.

"We are the Shichinintai." He answered proudly. Sango was still trying to think of where she had heard his voice.

"What is your business here?" InuYasha asked angrily.

"To get ready for battle, what else?" A growl came from InuYasha's throat.

"Maybe we should tell you our names. So when you rot in your graves you can know who your killers were." The leader said loudly. "This is Kyoukotsu, Mukotsu, Ginkotsu, Renkotsu, Suikotsu, Jakotsu and I'm Bankotsu."

Sango's eyes widened. No it can't be. She thought. But- but he disappeared. No one ever found him. Everyone thought he was dead. This is impossible. But it is him. He looks and sounds the same. But…

"No one really cares!" InuYasha shouted as he started to run towards Bankotsu. He braced for the attack the two swords clanked together.

"B- Bankotsu!" Sango shouted and he looked away from his opponent. Everyone gave Sango a confused look.

"Do you know this guy?" InuYasha asked, but Sango didn't answer.

"Is it really you?" She asked the mercenary.

"Do I know you?" He demanded arrogantly. He doesn't remember me. Sango thought.

"Don't you remember? It's me, Sango!" Kagome looked at Sango. Is this the guy she was talking about? But he's a killer. What happened to him? She wondered. Bankotsu shook his head and Renkotsu's eyebrow twitched.

"Stop all this sappy stuff and lets get on with the fight!" He shouted and as if it were a cue the members quickly got into battle. Bankotsu fought InuYasha, Renkotsu, Ginkotsu and Mukotsu fought Miroku, Suikotsu and Kyoukotsu fought Kagome and Jakotsu fought Sango.

"Give it up wench! You can't beat me!" Jakotsu shouted and Sango clenched her teeth. She took Hiraikotsu and threw it at the gay guy. He easily dodged the boomerang and it came back into her open hand. He can dodge it too easily. I'll just have to use my sword. Sango thought as she put Hiraikotsu on the ground.

"So are you giving up?" Jakotsu asked and Sango started to run at him.

"Not likely!" She yelled back as she pulled her sword out of it's sheath, but Jakotsu was quicker. He pulled his sword out and flung it. Many more blades came out of the sword, like a snake. Sango stopped and the blades began to go around her. She jumped out of the trap andJakotsu gasped.

Sango ran at him again, but this time he swung his blade and Sango's sword was knocked out of her hand. Jakotsu laughed, but he had another thing coming. Sango continued to run at him and when she was close enough she released the blade from her armor on her arm. Jakotsu was shocked.

How many weapons does this chick have? He wondered. Sango slashed and a thin cut appeared on Jakotsu's cheek. Jakotsu rubbed his cheek and noticed that it was bleeding really badly.

Bankotsu swung his sword at InuYasha and the half demon blocked it.

"You're no match for my Banryuu!" He shouted as he continued slashing at InuYasha recklessly. InuYasha smirked as he backed up and slammed Tetsusaiga into the ground.

"Wind Scar!" InuYasha shouted, but Bankotsu had something planned. He slammed Banryuu into the ground also.

"Dragon Hammer!" The two attacks met in the middle, they were even. Bankotsu smirked and ran up to the half demon

Bankotsu swung his sword at InuYasha and he blocked it. InuYasha jumped back and slammed his blade back into the ground.

"Wind Scar!" Bankotsu dodged the yellow beam.

"Well, it's been nice fighting you, but we have to go!" Bankotsu shouted as he ran off. The other mercenaries left their fights and followed their leader.

"Did he run away?" InuYasha asked stupidly and Miroku nodded.

"It seemed as though the rest of his group was weakening, so they ran off. But I have a feeling we'll see them again soon."

Sango stared as the group ran off. Why didn't he recognize me? She wondered.

OMG BANKOTSU HAS SHORT MEMORY LOSS! j/k yeah this a long chappie wow but ive wrote longer shrug but he came back OMG bankotsu is back he didn't die yay! wait i should no this i wrote this story! LOL Please R&R!