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Bankotsu and Kagome: Linked by Fate
Chapter 4: Day 3
"Bankotsu!" she yelled. Her yell. It was filled with so much pain and worry. Shock. Desperation. Everything was so perfect a moment ago, his lips rubbing against hers. And then everything turned dark. Why did this have to happen? Why couldn't she have been the one to take a hit and not him? Wait, hit with what? By what?...By who? She soon snapped out of her near catatonic state and shook Bankotsu a little. She then looked forward, still embracing Bankotsu, and saw someone she wished she didn't. She couldn't say his name. It just wouldn't come out. 'Inuyasha,' she thought, trying to get a grip of herself and keep calm.
Inuyasha stood, facing Kagome and the back of Bankotsu. His right claws were stained with blood and he was panting heavily. His eyes were flickering between blank white and pure red. Demon marks appeared on his face. He managed to grunt out, "Why?" while trying to refrain from letting his demon blood take over and overpower his human blood that equally ran through his veins.
"Inu...Inuyasha--What are you doing here? Why are you here? I told you not to come until later!" Kagome spat out angrily, tears welling up. She blinked hard and shook the tears away.
What a bitch! How dare she run off with another man, kiss him, and then scold Inuyasha about coming and seeing them. How could she do this to him? His body started to shake, and he felt the hot blood boiling beneath his skin. It felt good. It made everything go away. His eyes flickered to red, but didn't flicker back. His claws grew longer, as did his fangs. All that could be heard from him now were the growls mixed with low laughter.
"Why! Why did you have to hurt him?" she asked, then noticed his complete transformation. Shit. Now wasn't the time, she had to get Bankotsu out of there before he tore him to shreds. She stood up and went around to the backside of Bankotsu, looped her arms under his underarms and then started dragging him to the right. His arm was pulled to his chest by the connecting chain. Bankotsu had lost all consciousness seemingly.
Pathetic. Was she stupid or something? Did she honestly think she could run from him? Inuyasha growled and dashed over behind her. He bent down a little and whispered sinisterly, "You were supposed to be mine, that hasn't changed,"
Kagome stiffened at the cold voice behind her. She quickly whipped around and stared up at him as he stood up straight again. Every time he transformed it became worse, and every time it became harder for him to change back.
He inched slowly toward her as she equally backed away. He didn't even glance at Bankotsu who was knocked unconscious as she drug him. He simply lashed forward and tore Bankotsu from her hold, throwing him to the side. Kagome's arm was yanked by Bankotsu being thrown, but she used all her might not to let her arm pull out of socket and it seemed to work. Bankotsu simply jerked back from her strong counter pull. He was drug back by Kagome, whom had almost forgot he was laying there attached to her. Inuyasha kept stepping toward her until he had her cornered.
She felt her back hit the tree and started to tremble. She hated this Inuyasha. She hated when he turned demon. "Please, Inuyasha...Turn back,"
He looked at her as if he didn't speak her language at first, but then spoke. "You'd like that wouldn't you,"
It was sick. His voice. It was filled with nothing but lust. It disgusted her, and she wished for nothing more than to just disappear from the face of the Earth. She closed her eyes tight, hoping that just maybe, it would happen. Tears came to her eyes when she felt a hand rub across her face. "Please stop, Inuyasha," she pleaded. But then her mind went blank when she felt his tongue run across her cheek. She quivered in fear. "Bankotsu," she whispered without noticing.
However, this only angered the now transformed Inuyasha. He grabbed her hair nearly by their roots and swung her to the ground. He didn't even notice Bankotsu seemed to be dragged wherever she went. He stepped over her and looked down heinously. "You still don't understand?" he asked rhetorically and then dropped down to his knees so that he was sitting on her abdomen. He violently slapped her and then pressed his lips against hers.
No. Why was he doings this? Why did it have to be this way? If she had never met Bankotsu...She would've never kissed him, and her and Inuyasha would still be close. She wouldn't have to see this side of him. She would've slapped him hard if she didn't feel the cold, almost metallic-like claws against her wrists. So she did the only thing she could think of. She bit down as hard as she could on the intruding tongue that ran wildly inside her mouth. Sure, she would've loved if Inuyasha kissed her spontaneously any other time. Not now. Now wasn't right. It wasn't Inuyasha kissing her. It was this monster. This beast. This horrible, horrible beast. And besides that, she had met Bankotsu. Wait, why did that matter? It's not like that kiss mattered. "It's just to break the spell". That's what he said, and she knew that's all it would ever be.
Inuyasha jerked up at the sting on his tongue. He swished his tongue around in the blood that came from it and hissed. He then slammed his right hand down and held her neck hard to the ground. "Let's see how you like it when I do it to you," he growled and held her face with his other hand, squeezing her cheeks hard so her lips were puckered. He dipped his face down violently and nipped at her mouth, but she just clenched it shut. He pulled his face up again and eyed her. "Alright, if that's how it's going to be, I have other ways of making you love me."
What was he talking about?! She already loved him! Well, at least she thought she did. Yes, no doubt she loved Inuyasha, the half demon. What was he planning to do? Surely even his demon side wasn't that cruel...But oh how wrong she was.
Inuyasha licked her neck, she tasted so sweet and his animalistic self couldn't wait to see what she felt like when he was inside her. He rubbed her inner thigh with his hand and she jerked up, but he only slammed her back down by pushing her shoulder hard. He then dipped his face lower again and crushed his lips onto hers.
Kagome thought all hope was lost. There was no reason to even care right now. So what if he did unspeakable things to her? Her savior, her protector, was now the one she needed protecting from. But no one would protect her from him now, she thought. That is, until she felt something that made her warm inside. She felt the chain around her wrist slightly move. 'He's awake,' she thought to herself.
Bankotsu coughed up a little blood, his back burning from the pain Inuyasha inflicted upon it. He sat up and rubbed his head with his free hand and took in his surroundings. He looked over and saw Inuyasha on top of Kagome, smashing his lips to hers, and she was by no means enjoying it for he could see the bruises and scratches and tears on her face. That was a huge mistake.
Inuyasha felt a tap on his shoulder and angrily turned his head. A fist came to his face and he was flung back, but landed on his feet with a growl.
Bankotsu looked around for something. He must've dropped it when he was attacked from behind earlier. He then saw Banryuu and ran toward it, dragging Kagome along in the process. He picked it up with a smirk, but realized the weight attached to his arm. "Kagome!" he yelled, and helped her up. "Listen to me. I want you to tell me what he did to you,"
Kagome was overwhelmed with happiness that he was alright, and that she had been saved from Inuyasha's demon side, but her smile faded after hearing his question and she glanced away. "Nothing, I think we should just leave. This isn't the real him, his demon side took over," she tried to defend Inuyasha. She couldn't just rat out...Well who she thought was, her love.
Bankotsu violently grabbed her chin and jerked it back toward him so she would face him. "Tell me everything he did! Did--" he paused when he saw her advert her gaze elsewhere and shook her. Once having regained her attention again, he continued. "Did he put those scratches on you? He was kissing you...Did he...Did he touch you anywhere?" he asked hesitantly. There was no way in Hell he'd let someone live after touching his Kagome. Wait, wait, hold the phone and rewind. Just back up a second. 'My Kagome?' that thought replayed itself like a broken record in his mind. She was not his. He could care less about her! But still...
"Oh I touched her all over. She liked it, too. I got moans from her you couldn't even dream of. We even--" Inuyasha was cut off.
"Sit boy!" Kagome yelled. Why hadn't she thought of that earlier? Was she too stunned? No, she was afraid. Afraid of making him angrier. But now she had Bankotsu.
Bankotsu growled at Inuyasha's words, and felt no relief after Kagome sitted him. He pointed his Banryuu at him, letting a smirk show. "Inuyasha, prepare for battle."
Inuyasha's eyes glowed a blood red. He stood up and allowed his bangs to shade his eyes, which only made the contrast of the shade and red much, much more outstanding. He simply growled and stared at Bankotsu. He felt the need for bloodshed. Kill, kill, kill. That was the only word running through his mind right now. He then eyed Kagome who was quivering beside Bankotsu and licked his lips. "After I get done with your little lover boy, it's just me and you baby."
Bankotsu pushed Kagome behind him, his right arm going behind him as well due to the chain. Surprisingly, that was the last thing on his mind right now. "You leave her the fuck alone."
"Make me."
"Oh, I will," Bankotsu replied, his smirk only widening. It had been way too long since he had a fun, and he was about to make up for it by beating the Hell out of this worthless half-breed.
Inuyasha growled at his words and ran forward. Inuyasha may have gained brawns while in demon form, but he lost his brains. He had no strategy. No nothing except some punches and kicks.
Kagome was puzzled, though, and her mind wasn't on Earth. "Why didn't the Tetsusaiga stop his transformation?" she asked herself, but was soon brought back down to reality when Bankotsu picked her up and hopped out of Inuyasha's way.
'Damn, I forgot about this stupid chain. It's gonna be hard to fight having to watch over her and have her close by' Bankotsu thought as he eyed Inuyasha landing. "Kagome, get on my back and hold on as tight as you can. I'm going to be moving around a lot,"
Kagome nodded with hesitance, and got on. She wrapped her legs around his waist and did the same with her arms to his shoulders.
Bankotsu winced when she hopped on. The blood was still flowing from his back, and it burned when she rubbed against it, but it was better to bare the pain than let her get sliced to bits. His right arm was crossed over his chest as Kagome crossed her arms around him, so he only had his left hand available.
Inuyasha continued his relentless assaults on Bankotsu. He would run and jump at Bankotsu, and everytime he was flung back, he'd just do it again. Didn't he ever get tired?
Kagome closed her eyes tightly as Bankotsu hopped around quickly. He was fast for a mortal! Almost as fast as Inuyasha. Even without a jewel shard, Kagome was certain he'd be a tough match for Inuyasha.
She didn't want this. She didn't want either of them to be killed. "Bankotsu," she whispered in his ear.
Bankotsu grunted as he nearly dodged Inuyasha's attack. "What is it?" he asked, running a little so he could possibly get behind Inuyasha.
"Please don't kill him,"
Bankotsu froze, ceasing his running. "What? He hurt you, and you're defending him?!"
"You don't understand. He's not himself. His demon side took over," she explained. And that's when she realized it. Inuyasha's Tetsusaiga wasn't there. Where was it? She could've sworn he had it when he was first battling his demon side, trying not to let it control him. Did he discard it to let the demon side take over? "Bankotsu! We need to find Inuyasha's sword! It'll reverse the transformation."
Inuyasha just growled like a brainless zombie. He wasn't tired at all. He could go on for ages.
Bankotsu looked around. His vision wasn't the best right now, as sweat was getting into and stinging his eyes.
It was dark out, past midnight so how was she supposed to find it? The moonlight was dim, but a reflection of something metallic and shiny caught her eye. "Over there!" she yelled and immediately Bankotsu raced to where she pointed.
Inuyasha jumped in the way, however, but this time didn't attack Bankotsu. He simply ran along side Bankotsu and whispered something into Kagome's ear that she would never forget. "I will always find you. And when I do, and your friend isn't there to protect you, I'll make you mine."
Kagome stiffened at his words. He didn't mean it. He was in demon form, so why should she be scared?
Inuyasha licked at her ear before stopping his running.
Bankotsu had heard every word, and he would've hit him, but he was more intent on doing what Kagome asked him. He stopped in front of the sword Kagome pointed out and she climbed off. She picked it up and ran over to Inuyasha, pulling Bankotsu along. Kagome threw herself at Inuyasha, wrapping her arms around his neck with Tetsusaiga in hand. They both fell to the ground, but Bankotsu pulled Kagome up by the chain. She dropped the sword on Inuyasha and stared down at him. "He's changing. Let's go...Please, I don't want to face him when he wakes up," Kagome said, turning to Bankotsu and burying her face into Bankotsu's chest.
Bankotsu put an arm around her and nodded, though he stared down at Inuyasha evilly. "I'll be back for you, half-breed," came out through his smirk.
"Why were you so protective of me? I thought you didn't care," said her sweet voice. She was curious, and she wanted to know. She had a right. She asked this as she bandaged up Bankotsu's back wound from some supplies she gathered from a village on the way to...Wherever the Hell they were now.
"Don't you think about anything? That old wench said if the other person dies, then so do I,"
"Oh," Kagome said lowly, in a defeated voice. She sighed mentally and hung her head a little. But still, why did he act so outraged when he saw Inuyasha on top of Kagome?
"You never told me all he did to you,"
"Huh?"
"Did he touch you?"
Kagome gulped and glanced away from his back that she had just finished wrapping. He turned toward her and placed his hands on her forearms, eying her with that same question in the glint of his eyes.
"You can tell me,"
"Look, it's not like...It's not like he raped me or anything!" she yelled harshly. She thought back to when Inuyasha rubbed her thighs. She shuddered at the thought.
Bankotsu, seeing how shaken up she was, pulled her into his embrace. Oh God, how much he cared for her right now. This very moment. He wanted to just hug her forever. Why had these feelings sprung so fast? He couldn't even think in denial anymore. "You know how you asked me why I was so protective? And I said it was because of that rule?"
Kagome nodded, looking up into his gorgeous eyes. "Yeah..."
"I lied," he said with a grin. His smirk. That charming and gorgeous smirk.
Kagome looked at him with surprise written all over.
He wanted to kiss her. He really did. He loved that moment. The moment their lips melted together.
"Oh, you got the hots for me?" Kagome snickered, remembering what he had said earlier before their kiss.
Bankotsu smirked wider and leaned down so his lips were by her ear. "You want me and you know it." Ah yes, his arrogance as usual.
Kagome giggled a little before whispering back. "You're the one holding me,"
Holy shit, she was right. But it didn't phase him. He simply held her closer to him and pressed his lips against hers.
"I will always find you. And when I do, and your friend isn't there to protect you, I'll make you mine."
That thought walked her mind as soon as their lips met and she pulled back, frightened.
"What is it?" he asked, seeing the look on her face. She didn't need to say anything though, because soon after he pulled her back into an embrace and laid down. "I'm here to protect you, so don't worry," he assured, closing his eyes. The next time he saw Inuyasha, he was going to kill that bastard whether Kagome tried to stop him or not. No one threatens or touches or kisses his Kagome like that.
Bankotsu's eyes opened as the Sun's rays hit him like daggers. He yawned widely and turned his head to see Kagome staring blankly up the the sky. He looked up to see what she found so intriguing, but found nothing but clouds. He looked back over to her and stared at her for a moment. He was staring at beauty itself. "You're thinking about him,"
"Yeah," she simply answered, not moving her fixation on the sky.
"I don't understand why you just don't dump that loser,"
"Don't say that about him. You don't even know him," she said coldly.
Bankotsu rolled his eyes. "I know that he felt all up on you and would've raped you,"
"No, he wouldn't do that."
"My balls he wouldn't." Bankotsu replied sharply. "Ah well, once this chain is off you can go back to your little fleabag and hump him all day long for all I care,"
Kagome's eyebrows knitted, furrowing together and she turned her head toward him, who was now looking at the sky. "Is that how you honestly feel?"
Bankotsu's teeth gritted and he turned to her violently. "Of course not! But with how you keep talking, one would think he's a saint! A God! Buddha himself! You say he wouldn't do things like that to you, but if I hadn't of been there to stop him, he would have gotten further and I would of killed the dick."
Kagome smiled and stared back up at the sky.
A smile? That was her reply? A smile? Like Hell he was going to let her just ignore him like that. She needed to know. He sat up and then hovered over her, placing a knee on either side of her waist. "You need to listen to me,"
Kagome rolled her eyes slightly and pushed at his chest gently. "Get off," she said without care.
"Not until you listen to me," he said and stared down at her angrily. "I don't care if that was his demon side or not, if he finds you again, he'll want to mate you so I can't have you."
Kagome's nerve seemed to snap at that point and she only furrowed her eyebrows more. "Stop referring to him as if he has no self control! You don't know the real Inuyasha! He's at his normal state now, so just stop talking like that!" she yelled up at him, pushing him harder on the chest for him to get off.
Bankotsu frowned. He honestly didn't think she was this stupid. He grabbed her wrists and slammed them to the ground, ignoring her wince. "You said yourself he discarded the sword last time to become full demon, what makes you think he won't do it again?" and then he took a brief pause in his lecture. "Are you going to go back to him when this chain is off,"
"This chain can kill us for all I care,"
Subconsciously, his grip on her wrists tightened. "You wanna die? Me and you, is that it? Fine. Once we get this off, I'll kill you myself so I won't have to put up with your constant whining,"
Kagome's face turned to terror in an instant. She then realized how hard he was gripping her and winced in pain, but that wasn't what was really getting to her. It was his words.
Bankotsu sighed heavily. "Look, I didn't mean it. But I needed to make you realize what his intentions are and what he will do and just how much I can't let that happen."
Kagome looked up at him in wonder. "Do you...Do you...?" she trailed off, too embarrassed to ask such a question.
"Do I love you? I think you know that answer. The question is, do you love me?" he asked. His words seeming to echo throughout the forest.
"Yes," she whispered through choked up words and watery eyes.
They've known each other for a grand total of four days. And already they love each other? How can a love happen so fast? Are their minds just playing games on them? Or is it just lust? They've definitely "got the hots for each other" but do they truly love each other? There's a difference between loving someone and being in love with someone.
The day went on, just as life goes on. They were out of ideas. They've had it burned, poisoned, cut, and they've kissed each other. Nothing worked. What was the goddamn answer? It wasn't some clever riddle. It was simple. Only those two could break the spell. It obviously wasn't some fairy tale where a kiss broke the spell. So what was it?
"I got an idea," Bankotsu said.
"About the chain? What is it?"
"You know how at midnight we saw the chain break in half, a link fade, and then the chain reconnected?"
"Well, yeah I suppose. What about it?"
"Well, tonight at midnight. I say, when it disconnects, we make a run for it in the opposite direction."
Kagome nodded hesitantly. Sure, it was a new idea, but it didn't seem very reasonable, but she didn't want to make Bankotsu look stupid. Besides, what was the harm in trying it?
So, they would wait. Only a few hours until midnight. They would wait.
Of course, they had no clock in the Feudal Era, but it was close to midnight and the two were ready to run as fast as they could, far away from each other.
"Look, if this works, we should probably stay away from each other for a while." Bankotsu said, not liking the idea at all. She couldn't fend for herself alone! But he would rather take the risk than the both of them dying from the chain. He looked at her and saw her hesitance. "Hey, it'll be alright. We'll meet up soon," he said with his smirk and bent down, leaving a soft kiss on her lips before parting his from hers. The chain started to glow, and they knew it was time. Both hearts raced as they awaited with hope.
Author's Note: Whoo! Long time no update, eh? Ah well, I hope you enjoyed this chapter. I've never really made Inuyasha the bad guy before...But I thought it fit well into the progression of Kagome and Bankotsu's relationship. Reviews are loved! -Ami