Hey! sorry for taking so long! Please accept my greatest appologise *bows* Thanks to BanJak for being my first 'real' reviewer. I wuv you! And thank you for pointing out that I sometimes switch between past and present tense because its so true.. *hangs head sorrowfully* I have fixed those errors on this chapter, i think... Oh and sorry for the shortness of the chapter *bows repeatedly again* very sorry.
Disclaimer: I dont own Inuyasha, but if I did...
Chapter 3
~Renkotsu~
Renkotsu and the others had almost made it to the castle. It was in sight. A small village lay in front of the castle. Renkotsu turns to Ginkotsu
"Ginkotsu, get to work."
"Gersh" Ginkotsu halts along the outskirts of the village and starts to fire his cannon. Villagers begin to run around in a panic as they realize the ever real danger approaching.
Most of the buildings had already been demolished by the time they rest of them made it to the castle walls. Kyokotsu began pounding the gates open, and charged into the courtyard to the great surprise of the now very frightened guards.
"Hold your ground!" The man that looked like the squadron leader shouted.
Mukotsu entered the castle courtyard behind him and started laughing. "I don't think so." He pulled out a poison container and soon all of the guards were dead.
Renkotsu ran past him "Nice one, brother Mukotsu."
Mukotsu smiled and answered back "Why thank you, Brother Renkotsu!"
But Renkotsu was already too far ahead to hear him. As Mukotsu made his way to the castle to flush out any inhabitants, Renkotsu and Suikotsu went around towards the back. As they near the back a stranger in black stops them.
"I'm sorry but you will not go any further" The stranger yelled to them.
Nearing the man Renkotsu begins to see him more clearly. Dark clothing, he also wears a dark blue obi...there's a crest on his left shoulder. That must be the guy who attacked Jakotsu!
Renkotsu halts a few meters in front of the man. "Are you here to stop us?" Renkotsu hollers.
"Stop you? From what, hurting all these villagers? I could care less what happens to them. You entering the castle however...now that is a different story." He leaps towards the two, unsheathing two small ninja swords from behind his back as he jumps. Suikotsu raises his claws and Renkotsu takes a large gulp for his jug, spewing liquid fire at their attacker. To both their surprise the man jumps right through the wall of flame continuing his attack.
Suikotsu leaps toward and swipes at the man, who easily dodges it. Suikotsu curses under his breath and continues his assault.
Renkotsu takes a step back and starts analyzing the situation. This guy's got speed...I need to immobilize him somehow. An idea comes to him.
"Suikotsu!" Renkotsu hollers as Suikotsu looks over "Stall him!"
Suikotsu nods and begins fighting harder and faster. Renkotsu jumps behind the two fighters and shoot cable-like threads out at them. Suikotsu notices his actions and ducks out of the way just as the cables entrap the man, bringing him to his knees. Suikotsu grabs him and holds him, with his claws almost touching his neck.
Renkotsu walks up and pulls the strings closer as he did. "So, who are you and what do you want with us?"
The man spat at Renkotsu and in return Renkotsu punches him across the face. "We can do this the easy way or the hard way. I'd prefer the hard way but we are kind of short on time here so..." Suikotsu grips him tighter drawing his claws ever closer to the man's throat. "You'll just have to work with us here." Renkotsu knells down to the assailants eye-level.
The man in front of them smiles to himself having tasted blood in his mouth "Wouldn't you like to know" He mumbles
"All right! Hard way it is!" Renkotsu yells almost a little too giddy. Suikotsu slashes up the man's arm.
He grimaces and clashes his teeth together holding back a scream, his blood dripping to the ground. Renkotsu pulls back his hood revealing a young man with olive skin, dark black shoulder length hair and dark blue eyes to match.
Renkotsu couldn't help but notice that he looked a lot like Bankotsu.
"So, ready to talk now?" Suikotsu asked.
The assailant answers after a long pause. "What do you want to know?"
"We want to know why you put a spell on our brother, and why you pitted him against us. Oh, and how to break the control on him."
The young man looks down at the ground "Seems like a lot. I don't have the answers to your questions though."
Renkotsu looked unamused. "Will you give us the answers at the cost of your life?" He tugs harder on the cables.
The boy winced again and let out a small exasperated sound.
"I don't know. But I know who does." He raised his head and stares deep into Renkotsu's eyes. Renkotsu lifted an eyebrow.
"It's too bad you'll never find him though."
Renkotsu was pissed now. "Is that all you have to say? Well then..." Renkotsu nods at Suikotsu.
Suikotsu smirks and quickly proceeds to stab the boy through the stomach.
"..." The young assassin slumps onto Suikotsu, blood trickling out of his mouth, a blank expression on his face, eyes wide with pain and death. Suikotsu shoves the dead body off of him and flicks the remaining blood off of his claws.
Renkotsu sighs "If only he'd have told us the answers we needed sooner..."
Suikotsu rolls his eyes "We would have still killed him eventually."
"Yeah, but I'm not really into the whole, torture thing." Renkotsu almost shuddered at the thought. No, it wasn't kind of thing but it was Jakotsu's. He had seen Jakotsu many times before slowly torturing, his victims. They all died a very slow, a very painful death. He imagined Bankotsu in the place of those other men, and he silently prayed that they would get back in time.
Suikotsu spoke up, breaking Renkotsu's train of thought. "Let's get going."
"Right" They both ran into the castle, leaving a dead body in their wake.
*evil laugh* Thats right I didnt add any parts with Bankotsu in it *Maniacle laugh* guess you'll just have to wait in suspense untill the next time I update to see what happens...*walks away into the shadows to type up the next chapter*
