Chapter 5

I'm Sorry

Birds chirped lightly and the sun warmed her face. Sango opened her eyes slowly and she found herself lying on the ground beneath the beautiful green colors of the trees.

She tried to sit up, but her pain came back into her stomach and back. Not as much though because Sango noticed that her wounds were tightly bandaged. I must be back the camp. She thought. It was probably Kagome that bandaged me. But Sango didn't know how wrong she was.

She looked around for her friends, but they were no where to be seen. But Sango nearly jumped out of her skin when she saw Suikotsu at her side, but he looked different. Like, nicer different.

His once darker image was painted over with a kind grin sparkling in the sunlight.

"Oh, you're awake." He said, surprised. Sango didn't say anything. Where the hell am I? She wondered. Sango tried to sit up again.

"No. You can't get up or your wounds will reopen." Suikotsu ordered. Sango did what she was told. She couldn't get up anyways.

After a long period of silence, Sango finally spoke. "Where am I?" She asked Suikotsu, but he looked away from her and stared at something else. Sango turned her glance that way too. She saw Bankotsu standing a few feet away from her with his sword Banryuu.

"Are you done here, Suikotsu?" He asked and Suikotsu nodded quickly. He left the two alone.

Sango opened her mouth to say something, but Bankotsu interrupted.

"He has a split personality." He stated and Sango closed her mouth. Bankotsu sat down beside Sango.

The two sat in silence. Sango had so many questions to ask Bankotsu, but she didn't know where to start.

"You're not aloud to leave." Bankotsu stated and Sango blinked.

"What do you mean?" He sighed.

"I can't let you leave, you're now a prisoner. I don't want the mutt to find us." He explained. Sango blinked again.

It was usually Kagome that was kidnapped and then kept hostage for InuYasha to find her. Half of Sango's heart said to run, but other half wanted to stay and learn more about Bankotsu.

Bankotsu glanced at Sango and saw that she didn't look scared or worried or any emotion for that matter. Usually hostages would start crying and begging for mercy, but Sango was unafraid. Bankotsu respected that.

"Uh… Suikotsu said you won't be able to move in a couple of days." Bankotsu explained and Sango nodded. He stood up to leave.

"Wait…" Bankotsu stopped in his tracks and looked back at Sango. Her eyes were filled with tears. "I wanted to say I'm sorry…"

"Sorry? For what?" Bankotsu asked and Sango wiped the tears away with her able arm.

"I'm sorry for what happened to you." She replied quietly and Bankotsu smirked.

"I should be thanking you. I wouldn't of ever been able to kill people. Personally I love doing it." But that was the wrong thing to say.

Sango didn't know what to think. The boy… the boy she once knew… the boy she once loved… was gone and he wasn't coming back.

Sango turned her head away from Bankotsu. He shrugged and walked off.

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Bankotsu knew that he shouldn't of said what he said. The last thing he wanted was Sango mad at him. Yeah, he had changed, but why would it be her fault? Bankotsu shifted the weight of Banryuu on his shoulder.

He didn't know what to think of Sango anymore. She had changed almost as much as he has, except she still slays demons. But he wanted to know what the scar on her back was from.

FLASHBACK

Suikotsu took Sango from Bankotsu's arms and placed her down on the ground.

"What happened to her?" Suikotsu asked and Bankotsu snorted.

"She just got cut up. Can't you see that?" Bankotsu said arrogantly. Suikotsu shook his head.

"These are bad wounds. She'll survive, but I need to bandage them tight or they'll reopen." Suikotsu explained and Bankotsu nodded. Suikotsu walked off and came back a roll of bandages in his hands.

He began to take off the top of Sango's kimono. Bankotsu looked away. Suikotsu

wasn't a pervert because he does this all the time, but Bankotsu felt like he was doing something really bad.

Bankotsu turned back around when Suikotsu had bandaged her stomach and now her back was facing Bankotsu. Past all the blood on her back, he noticed a long scar that ran from in between her shoulder blades to almost the bottom of the back.

"Hey, Suikotsu." The doctor looked up. "What's that scar from?" Suikotsu glanced at the scar and examined it.

"It looks like a sickle wound." He answered. Bankotsu nodded. But who did she get that from?

Suikotsu began to bandage Sango's back slowly.

"I'll leave you to this." Bankotsu stated. Suikotsu nodded, but he kept his glance on his bandaging.

END OF FLASHBACK

Bankotsu sighed and he saw Jakotsu sitting on a tree trunk, sharpening to his sword with a slim rock.

Jakotsu glanced up from his work and looked at his leader. He could tell that he was still mad at him. But how was Jakotsu's supposed to know? He did say he was sorry to Bankotsu after Bankotsu told the story about how he used to be friends with the women. Renkotsu, of course, refused to say sorry or anything for that matter.

"Hey, Big Brother." Jakotsu welcomed, but not cheery because there was still a lot of tension between the two friends.

Bankotsu ignored him and turned around. He might as well just go back to see Sango.

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He reached the camp and saw Sango lying motionless on the ground. Bankotsu walked up to her and sat by her side. She was sleeping. Bankotsu set Banryuu down quietly and stared at the women.

She looked so peaceful when she slept. Her chestnut hair sat perfectly beneath her head and her light skin looked like silk. Her hazel eyes were closed, but even when they were Bankotsu could still see the beauty.

He sighed quietly, but that was enough to wake her.

Sango opened her eyes and saw Bankotsu sitting at her side. She smiled wearily and Bankotsu smirked.

"Felling any better?" He asked the slayer and she nodded slightly.

"Bankotsu…" Sango started and he looked at her with his deep blue eyes.

"Yeah."

"This is a really weird question, but do you ever feel like you're the only one in the world that is depressed or lonely?" Bankotsu looked at the ground.

"All the time." Sango nodded and she looked at Bankotsu. His eyes looked so sad at that moment. Sango chose to stay quiet.

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i no its kinda boring but atleast i finally updated! lol please R&R