Here is chapter 10! God it became a long one, hope you all like it I think I have checked and re-checked this chapters a hundred times and I am now happy with it :)
Chapter 10.
Chapter 10.
It had now been two weeks since her combat training against Jakotsu had happened and Kagome now trained against him every day instead of using the dummies. Her confidence was slowly returning and growing stronger the more she and Jakotsu trained and Bankotsu stood on the sidelines with Renkotsu, Suikotsu and even Ginkotsu watching her. Bankotsu always told Kagome when she did something wrong or right. Kagome sat right now in the training hall and was waiting for Bankotsu and the others, today was the first time she was going to try to fight against someone else instead of Jakotsu. Today she was gonna try to fight Renkotsu then after lunch she was once again gonna fight with Jakotsu. Kagome thought back on the first day she had fought Jakotsu two weeks prior and smiled a little at the memory.
(Flashback)
After everyone had eaten their breakfast Kagome, Jakotsu and Bankotsu stood up and started to walk out of the living room when Renkotsu stood up aswell and cleared his throat.
"Bankotsu, I would like to come down with you and watch this, I will not say anything. Ginkotsu also wants to come aswell." Renkotsu said as he looked at Bankotsu who in turn looked at Kagome.
"What do you say, Kagome? Is it okay it they come down and watch?" Bankotsu asked and Kagome looked at Renkotsu for a moment before she nodded slowly.
"Sure, I guess." Kagome said but she wasen't sure if she would feel comfortable being watched but she shrugged the feeling of. Bankotsu nodded and started to walk down the stairs to the training hall with Jakotsu and Kagome behind him. Renkotsu and Ginkotsu followed after them and then Suikotsu, who to everyones surprise just grumbled something about 'not risking the girl getting hurt' as his excuse.
When they first had come down Jakotsu and Kagome had walked to the center of the room and took their fighting stances and looked at each other, Kagome however looked a little bit worried. Jakotsu noticed that and smiled at her.
"Don't worry, Kags. I am not going to hurt you. Just relax and just do what you have been training. Keep your guard up and keep your eyes on me at all times. Okay?" Jakotsu said and Kagome smiled a little bit more relaxed at him and nodded. Bankotsu stood near one of the walls with Renkotsu, Suikotsu and Ginkotsu behind him and he nodded before he cleared his throat.
"Okay! Kagome, Jakotsu this is a training session. Kagome I want you to keep your head clear and make sure to keep a close watch on Jakotsu. Follow his movements and try to read what he will do, make sure to keep in mind what you have learned when training with the dummies. Try to attack Jakotsu where he least expect it. Jakotsu, I want you to take it easy on her. Don't go all out. Okay?" Bankotsu asked and both Jakotsu and Kagome nodded their answer and Bankotsu nodded.
"Okay then! Begin!" Bankotsu yelled out and Kagome's very first training fight against Jakotsu had started.
Their fight hadn't been going on very long when Jakotsu had flipped Kagome over his back and thrown her down at the floor as gently as he had been capable of and Kagome groaned in pain when her back landed on the floor and she immediately sat up and looked up at Jakotsu who smiled a little apologetic at her.
"Sorry, Kags I did try to not let you fall to hard. Do you want to stop?" He asked her and Bankotsu watched silently, this was a secret test for Kagome. If she would give up after being hurt only one time then there was no reason to train her at all. His brothers behind knew that aswell and waited quietly for the girl to give up since they thought she would but to everyones shock, except for Jakotsu and Bankotsu. Kagome stood up and stretched a little and then positioned herself in her fighting stand looked at Jakotsu with a determined look in her eyes.
"No, I want to continue. I want to become stronger and I want to get over this fear. I will never get stronger if I give up now." Kagome said as she then attacked right away, catching Jakotsu of guard and she was then able to do a round house kick right in Jakotsu gut full force making him glide over the floor holding his stomach with his hand and he looked at her in shock before he smiled a little proud that Kagome had a sneaky side to her.
"Great! Then let's see what you can do!" He said as he charged at her. Their fight had lasted about forty minutes after that Kagome had fallen down on her knees, sweating and breathing hard, completely exhausted. Bankotsu had announced the battle over and said Kagome had done very well for her first try. After that Jakotsu had helped Kagome to the bath room and stayed outside in front of the door so she could have her bath in peace.
(Flashback End).
Kagome smiled at the memory and she thought herself that she had become I little bit better in fighting against Jakotsu though she still messed up somehow though both Jakotsu and Bankotsu had been very patience with her which surprised her a little but she was grateful for that too. Kagome looked up at the ceiling and started to get a little bit worried over her training fight with Renkotsu. Unlike Jakotsu, whom she felt safe training with since he was gay, Renkotsu was straight. It made her tremble a little in fear even though she didn't think the fire breather would do anything it still scared her that she would fight him this morning and she closed her eyes and took a deep breath to calm herself down, it worked and she heard footstep and she looked at the door and saw Bankotsu and the others enter and they all saw she was waiting for them.
"Are you ready, Kagome?" Bankotsu asked her and Kagome slowly stood up and nodded though her eyes was shining with uncertainty and fear. Bankotsu looked at her and nodded but wondered if they were moving too fast but they had promised her that if she wanted to stop they would and since she hadn't said anything proved to him and his brothers that she wanted to try and he respected her for that.
Kagome and Renkotsu walked to the middle of the room and took their stands and Kagome looked at the larger man and bit her lip a little in worry. Renkotsu was much bigger than Jakotsu and that made her scared but she forced her fear down and looked into Renkotsu's eyes as determination slowly seeped into her eyes. Renkotsu smiled slightly at the girl and at her stubborn nature he had learned to admire since she started to fight against Jakotsu.
"Kagome, Renkotsu are you ready?" Bankotsu asked and once both nodded he took a deep breath.
"Okay, Kagome try to use the moves that Jakotsu have showed you that are good against an opponent bigger then you, Renkotsu make sure to hold back." Bankotsu said and once again they both nodded and Bankotsu shouted out for them to begin their fight.
Kagome watched Renkotsu very cautiously and slowly moved while she tried to read what he would do 'He looks so calm it is scary' Kagome thought and just at that moment Renkotsu lunged at her and Kagome let out a scared 'eep' and let her body follow what she had been learning from Jakotsu and Bankotsu and stepped to the side as soon as Renkotsu was near enough to grab her and then she elbowed him as harshly as she could in his back making him grunt out in discomfort and stumble forward. Kagome them moved away but wasen't fast enough so when Renkotsu did a low sweep with his leg her legs got kicked from the floor and she fell harshly on the floor and groaned in pain and glared a little at Renkotsu, who now was standing a few feet away and looked down at her. Kagome immediately stood up and kept her eyes on Renkotsu while she muttered something about 'overheated prick' and Renkotsu who heard her couldn't help but chuckle at it and then their fight resumed. Their fight continued with Kagome getting in a few punches and kicks however she was thrown down to the floor more time then she could count and when Bankotsu finally called of the fight she had finally been able to throw Renkotsu with an over the back throw to the floor and she stood over him panting and utterly exhausted. Renkotsu looked up at the young woman with surprise in his eyes.
He had not seen that move coming and he slowly sat up and looked into Kagome's eyes.
"I must say I am impressed I did not think you could do that on me just yet. You haven't done it to Jakotsu so I assumed you hadn't perfected it." Renkotsu said as he slowly rose from the floor and dusted of his clothes. Kagome smiled a very tierd smile at him and took a deep breath.
"Jakotsu has helped me train a little during the nights while the rest of you slept, he told me that when I was gonna fight someone else except him this move would not be something any of you knew about so me and Jakotsu agreed that I wouldn't use it on him." Kagome said and she then sent Jakotsu a brilliant smile in thanks and Jakotsu started to laugh when Renkotsu glared at him a little and Bankotsu shook his head a little
"Okay, enough of this. It is time to hunt some food for lunch. I will go this time, Suikotsu. You come too just in case." Bankotsu said as he started to walk towards the corridor that would lead them to the first floor and walked up with Suikotsu right behind him Ginkotsu moving after them as Jakotsu walked with Kagome, praising her for the hits she did get in on Renkotsu while Renkotsu walked behind them. They all knew why Bankotsu wanted them all to go out and hunt in pairs. It was because Inu Yasha and his group could come back and if they did it would cause trouble if Inu Yasha picked up their scent.
Kagome sat with Jakotsu in the couch in the living room drinking some tea while Renkotsu was working on something in Ginkotsu and she started to think about her friends and she let out a sad sigh. Jakotsu heard it, as did Ginkotsu and Renkotsu and they all looked at her.
"Kags, what's wrong?" Jakotsu asked as he sipped his sake cup and Kagome looked up at him and smiled a sad smile.
"I… I guess I miss my friends… but I am still scared to face them I know they would never hate me but I can't shake my fears away." Kagome said as she fingered her tea cup. Jakotsu looked at Kagome then at Renkotsu for a second and took a deep breath and took one of the clean sake cups and poured some sake in it and replaced Kagome's cup of tea with it and smiled.
"Here Kags, drink this it will help you relax." He said and Renkotsu narrowed his eyes slightly, he didn't know if there was such a good idea to let Kagome drink alcohol. Kagome blinked slightly surprised and looked at Jakotsu and shook her head.
"I can't Jakotsu. Where I come from you aren't allowed to drink sake until you are 21 years old. I'm only 18." Kagome said and Jakotsu looked at her in shock before he shrugged.
"One little measly cup of sake isn't gonna hurt Kags. It might be just what you need to relax." Jakotsu said and he looked at her with a smile on his lips and Kagome looked at him for a moment until she looked down at the cup in her hands and she shrugged and sipped it slightly. 'I guess he is right. One cup shouldn't be so bad and she grimaced a little at the taste and she heard Jakotsu chuckle beside her and she glared at him but continued to drink until the cup was empty and she picked her tea cup back and drank some of her tea to get the taste of the sake out of her mouth. Renkotsu and Jakotsu had watched her carefully but they both noticed that she wasen't a light weight if she was that one cup should have made her drunk already and they both smirked at the fact that Kagome, though she looked so delicate could hold such strong liquor down. After an hour Kagome sighed again as she had started to think of her friends again and then she thought of Shippo. She missed the little kit, he was like a son to her and she missed him terribly she noticed that Renkotsu and Jakotsu stared at her and she looked down at her hands.
"What is it, Kagome?" Jakotsu asked and when Kagome looked up into his eyes she couldn't help but tell him.
"I miss Shippo. I miss his hugs and how his pranks makes me smile… I want to see my little kit but I am afraid. Sorry Jakotsu, I think I'm gonna go down and take a bath and try to relax some more." With that said Kagome rose from her seat and she walked out of the room and down to the basement. Jakotsu watched her go and then turned to Renkotsu.
"Hey, Renkotsu. Do you think we can somehow get the little fox kit here without getting the rest of the group here aswell?" Jakotsu asked Renkotsu and Renkotsu let out a sigh since he knew what Jakotsu wanted to do.
"I don't know, Jakotsu. I think it would do Kagome some good to have the brat here but it's gonna be hard. We should talk about it with Bankotsu when he gets back." Renkotsu said and Jakotsu nodded in understanding and the room then went into a comfortable silence.
Bankotsu and Suikotsu had been out hunting for over an hour and they had killed a strong healthy boar and they was on their way when Naraku's saimyosho's came out from the leaves of a tree and they both stopped walking as one of the insects moved to sit on Bankotsu's shoulders and started to buzz angry. Bankotsu listened to the ugly insect and glared at it.
"How the hell should we know if Inu Yasha and his group have found the wench's body yet? We just dumped her in the woods between here and ." Bankotsu said calmly and the saimyosho started to buzz again more urgently and Bankotsu sighed.
"If you didn't see any corpse on the way here then, either some wild animal or demon have eaten her… or… she survived somehow. I don't see how that is my concern. I did what Naraku told me to and that was weeks ago now." Bankotsu said and looked annoyed at the insect and the saimyosho flew of his shoulder and looked down at him and Suikotsu before started to buzz again and then flew away towards their masters hiding place. Bankotsu glared after them and looked at Suikotsu.
"Come on, let's hurry home to the others." With that said he started to walk in a fast pace towards their hidden mansion with Suikotsu close behind him carrying their game. He didn't say anything because Bankotsu's tone in his voice had given him a warning and he casually glanced over their kill and saw that a saimyosho was following them probably to spy on them.
Bankotsu and Suikotsu reached their hidden mansion and walked through the barrier and walked through the doors and Bankotsu closed the door before the insect that was following them could get in and he gave Suikotsu a look that told him to go to the kitchen with their food and Suikotsu only nodded and walked into the kitchen to start prepare their late lunch while Bankotsu walked quickly into the living room and looked around and saw that Kagome wasen't there and he looked at Renkotsu and Jakotsu with a glare that told them not to speak. Renkotsu and Jakotsu both looked at Bankotsu then to each other and then Renkotsu made one of their silent signs that told Bankotsu that Kagome was downstairs in her room and Bankotsu relaxed slightly and nodded at Jakotsu to go down to her and his eyes clearly told Jakotsu to make sure that she stayed down stairs. Jakotsu quickly stood up and left the living room and walked down to the basement making sure to securely close the door behind him. As soon as Jakotsu had left Renkotsu stood up and started to check that the mansion was indeed safe and that no one could listen to them, that took only thirty minutes though he did see the saimyosho outside the mansion in a tree watching outside the barrier and then knew why Bankotsu had used their signs and stares instead of speaking. Naraku knew that Inu Yasha and his friends hadn't found the girl's body.
When Jakotsu came down and entered the training hall his voice got caught in his throat when he saw Kagome sitting in the middle of the room meditating with her power completely enveloping her body in a pure pink light with her eyes closed. Jakotsu were shocked and impressed over what he saw and he slowly walked towards her and didn't stop until he was just a few feet away from her. Jakotsu didn't know if he should disturb her with saying anything so he slowly sat down in front of her and waited. After a few minutes Kagome slowly opened her eyes and Jakotsu gasped shocked at what he saw. Kagome's warm chocolate brown eyes where glowing one pink and one sapphire blue. Kagome slowly opened her eyes when she noticed someone was looking at her and she smiled a little when she saw Jakotsu stare at her with wide eyes.
"Jakotsu, I am fine. I'm trying to find the answers to help you and the others, don't try to disturb me for a little while. I think I have a lead." Kagome said, her voice quiet and calm and then she closed her eyes once more and concentrating on what she had been doing all day since she came down to the training hall. Jakotsu couldn't do anything but stare at the young woman and decided to just sit there and wait.
It wasen't until over three hours later that Jakotsu, who had fallen asleep sitting in front of Kagome woke up by a small hand gently shaking him and he opened his eyes and grey eyes met that of chocolate brown eyes that gave him a gentle smile.
Kagome had stopped what she was doing and saw that Jakotsu had fallen asleep. She gently woke him up and smiled at him.
"Was there something you wanted earlier, Jakotsu?" Kagome asked and Jakotsu stared at her and noticed that in one of her eyes there were flecks of pink while the other had sapphire blue flecks in it and he wondered slightly if it was something that now was permanent.
"Yeah, Bankotsu wants you to stay down here for now. Naraku have noticed that Inu Yasha and you other friends haven't found your body so he is probably having us watched, his insects can't get into the mansion but they can see through the barricaded windows. Down here there are no windows so you are safe." Jakotsu said and he saw how Kagome's eyes widened in worry and she nodded.
"Okay I understand. I'll stay here until one of you come and get me." Kagome nodded and Jakotsu then stood up and smiled at her.
"I'm going to go and get you some food Kags. Then you are going to explain to me what in the world you were doing until just now." Jakotsu said and once he saw Kagome nod in agreement he left the room and went upstairs and in to the living room and looked at his brothers with a stare that told them that they was gonna follow him and he then turned on his heels and went to the kitchen to get some food for himself and Kagome and then walked back down to the training room, not even bothering to look if the others followed.
Bankotsu and the others watched Jakotsu until he had gone down to Kagome and Bankotsu the rose from his chair and walked after him with Suikotsu and Renkotsu slowly following him. They knew the Saimyosho was still outside but knew it wouldn't think anything of them leaving and the walked down and saw Jakotsu and Kagome sitting in the middle of the training hall eating their very late lunch and Kagome looked at them a little uncertain but relaxed then when they stopped and sat beside Jakotsu and she took a deep breath.
"I might have a way to give you your lives back. However I am not certain exactly how. I decided to try to meditate and only focus on how to help you and it took some time and no matter how many times I tried to found out how I only got a vision of a hospital… ehm it is like a place where people from my home goes to when they get sick or injured to get treated. I think the answers that I need to have is in my home however I don't know how far away we are from Inu Yasha's forest. I need to get there in order to go home." Kagome said and she saw how each member looked at her with slight confusion and she sighed.
"Okay, you are not going to believe me but I guess I have to tell you. I am not from this era. I was born 500 years in the future. I travel from my time to here through the bone eaters well in Inu Yasha's forest. I need to get to the well to go home and go to this place, the hospital I told you all about and found out why, when I tried to found out how to get you a chance at life again, that vision came up." Kagome said and she took a deep breath and looked at them all with uncertain eyes and she saw hos Jakotsu's jaw fell open in shock while Bankotsu looked at her with wide eyes and how Suikotsu just looked at her with confusion and slight annoyance while he rubbed his forehead and then she looked at Renkotsu who looked calm but he blinked a few times like he was thinking of everything that she had said and the first one to speak was Renkotsu.
"So you are telling us that you are from the future and that the answers to how to restore our lives once more is in your time?" He asked and when Kagome nodded he looked at Bankotsu who have calmed down a little and sighed.
"So Bankotsu. How are we supposed to get our lives back now? We can't just walk out of the mansion with her when Naraku is watching us." Renkotsu said and he was very curious on this future Kagome was speaking of and it did explain why this woman was so different from the woman they had met so far. He wanted to know more of Kagome's time but decided against it since it might turn into an interrogation and that would scare her and make her fear them like she had been before her training started. That was not a risk worth the knowledge he wanted. Bankotsu looked at Renkotsu and then to Kagome who was looking down at her hands that were in her lap and tried to think of a way to get her pass the saimyosho without alerting the insect and making it go and tell Naraku of her being alive. Suddenly Jakotsu snapped out of his stupor and jumped up on his feet and looked down at Bankotsu and then to Kagome and grinned.
"This is awesome! Kags you really are a weird girl but as for how to make her get outside without alerting that bug outside I think I know what to do." Jakotsu said while he huffed out his chest in pride and when Bankotsu looked at him with his brow raised in questioning he grinned.
"We can put her in one of the large sacs that are in the kitchen and pretend it is one of our sacs of provisions!" Jakotsu said with confidence and Renkotsu looked at him for a moment and slowly nodded in agreement.
"Yeah that could work. And for the insect outside. We could tell it that since the girl's body hasen't been found yet we are going to go and do some information gathering from Inu Yasha and his group and head for the village they always frequent." Renkotsu said and he walked to towards the hallway that led up to the first floor
"I'll go and get a sac we can use." Renkotsu said over his shoulder before he disappeared and the others waited with Kagome all in their own thoughts while Kagome looked at them and bit her lip a little in worry. There was so much with this that didn't make sense to her but right now she needed to get to the bone eaters well and figure out what the heck was going on and why she had gotten that vision of a hospital. After a few minutes Renkotsu returned and he opened up the sac that was made of strong fabric but the fabric would allow air to flow through it so that Kagome would be able to breath.
"Okay, Kagome. Climb inside if we leave right now we might be able to get to that well by tomorrow by lunch time. We need to keep the urgency on the low otherwise Naraku will suspect something." Renkotsu said and Kagome rose from her spot on the floor and slowly walked to Renkotsu and bit her lip again and she slowly and carefully put one of her leg through the opening of the sac and then she saw Jakotsu walk to her with a calm smile and took one of her hands in his own.
"Kagome, I'll help you then I will be the one to carry the bag with you in it." He said and Kagome smiled grateful at him and when she was in the sac and had sat down Renkotsu closed it with a loose knot. Jakotsu then took it and carefully heaved it over his shoulder and once he knew Kagome was okay and somewhat comfortable they all walked up to Ginkotsu and they all prepared to leave and Renkotsu filled Ginkotsu in quietly on what they were going and why and once they had taken some more sacs with foods and some bottles of sake they all jumped up on Ginkotsu and they all left the mansion.
Jakotsu put the sac with Kagome in it between him and Renkotsu since they stood with the other sacs that contained food behind them and it wouldn't look suspicious.
Once outside the saimyosho saw them and flew to Bankotsu and started to buzz. Bankotsu looked at the annoying insect and glared at it.
"Since the wench's body hasen't been found we are going to that village that Inu Yasha and his group always goes to so that we can found out what's going on. Go and tell Naraku that and make sure to keep your distance you damn insects are too easy to spot. Better yet, tell Naraku to watch through that albino kid's mirror instead." As soon as Bankotsu said that the saimyosho flew away towards the mountain it's master was hiding in to give him the information. Once Kagome got confirmation by Renkotsu and Jakotsu that Naraku's spy was gone she relaxed a little and let a quiet breath go through her lips from relief. She then made herself as comfortable as she could and their journey to Edo began. Renkotsu and Jakotsu noticed that Kagome seemed to relax a little bit more once the insect was gone and they both sat down on either side of her to give her some support in case she would fall asleep. Suikotsu sat with Bankotsu and looked ahead, he wanted to keep his eyes open though he looked back at Jakotsu who nodded and started to sprinkle some herbs over the sac Kagome was in and whispered to her that it was an herb that would mask her sent just in case Naraku would send Kagura to watch them. Suikotsu then looked forwards again. Bankotsu did the same. He knew it was a risk that they could run into Inu Yasha but they had the wind on their side right now and hopefully it would stay that way. 'It is going to be a tense journey to the well, hopefully Inu Yasha won't find us until then' Bankotsu thought and they disappeared into the forest towards their goal. The Bone Eaters Well.