Shadow Revealed

Chapter Two,

Captured Again With A Kiss

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Kagome slowly opened her eyes as the light came in and lightened up the cave a little bit. Kagome tried to stretch her legs and arms but something was preventing her from doing this, she looked down and saw a pair of hands wrapped around her, she then looked back and saw Bankotsu. Her mouth gaped open and she held a hand out in the air. Her hand came down swiftly and fast as it hit Bankotsu across the cheek and left a red hand print. Kagome then broke free and jumped up away from Bankotsu. Kagome glanced around nervously, Realizing what she had done. She glanced down and then away. She could see clearly what her actions had caused. She quickly looked back up at him when she heard his growl.

A startled Bankotsu jumped up, he felt his red mark on his cheek and shot a look at Kagome that could kill. "What was that for!?" Bankotsu yelled at Kagome.

Kagome went from being nervous to angry, "You were holding me! While I was sleeping, So you deserved that! Pervert!" she shot back at him.

Bankotsu laughed, "Haha you liked it when I was holding you while you were sleeping" he said, a grin appeared on his face. He crossed his arms on his chest grinning mockingly at Kagome.

Kagome blushed, she tried her best not to, but maybe he was right? No! No way she would like Bankotsu. "No! Why would I like you holding me like that!" she began to protest on what Bankotsu said.

Before Kagome could say more he backed her up against the cave wall so that she couldn't move anywhere and placed his palms on either side of Kagome's head. He leaned in close to her and settled his deep-blue gaze on her own chocolate eyes. "Now now don't be like that, anyway we are leaving to search for jewl shards so your going to cooperate with me...is that clear?" he said.

Kagome's heart began racing as he was very close to her, there was a tint of rose blush on her cheeks as the handsome Shichinintai leader gazed at her. His eyes were like cerulean orbs that you could easily get lost in. "Fine, It's not like I have a choice anyway" she said placing her hands on his chest a pushed him lightly away.

Bankotsu grinned and picked up his precious Banyruu and walked out of the cave. He made sure Kagome was walking beside him. Bankotsu liked having the company of a young beautiful miko, and in addition he was going to collect twice or maybe more shards with her help. He smirked having the thought about becoming the most powerful human in all of Japan. Today the sky looked very cloudy, it looked like it was going to rain soon or maybe later in the day. There was a slight chill running through the air, it was not as nice as it was yesterday, but that would not stop Bankotsu from gathering jewl shards. Bankotsu's thoughts were suddenly interupted by Kagome's sudden movement.

Kagome suddenly got a pulsing feeling through her body, she knew this feeling, it was all to farmilar. It was a sacred jewl shard. "I sence a sacred jewl shard, its uphead and I think its coming towards us" Kagome said concentrating. This is where she would get Bankotsu to fight the demon that came by them and she would make a break for freedom. While Bankotsu probably will be to distracted by the demom and would be the perfect chance for her, she smiled at her plan. Had to work.

Bankotsu got into a battle stance, his Banyruu was no longer rested upon his shoulder but held out in the air. He got a little closer to Kagome making sure nothing could happen to her. He silently waited, prepared for whatever came their way. He tightened his grip on his Banyruu, when he heard loud footsteps coming towards them.

All of a sudden a large demon came bursting out of the trees, making the trees fall over and crash to the ground. The demon had red hair that was messy and sharp teeth, he had piercing green eyes, and large sharp claws with horns attached to his head. Green scales and spikes all along his body. "Get out of my way puny humans!" his voice boomed through the forest, many birds had taken flight to get away from the angry demon. His eyes were full of rage, anything could set him off.

Kagome once again concentrated and searched all over the demons body, looking for the pink glow, her eyes stopped searching when she found what she was looking for, "Bankotsu, the shard is in his forehead" she informed Bankotsu. Everything was falling in place, the way she wanted it to.

"Got it!" Bankotsu said as he charged at the demon, he twirled his Banyruu as little shocks began to appear on his blade as he twirled it between his finger tips. He then smashed the ground with it, sending a large lightening bolt towards the demon.

As the battle proceeded Kagome ran through the woods as Bankotsu was to occupied with the demon. She ran as fast as her legs would carry her. Hoping with all of her heart she would have enough time to get away. As she ran through the bushes, a couple drops of water fell from the sky, she looked up and saw it had started to rain. Many puddles began to form on the gorund as it rained harder. Kagome's hair was almost completly drenched along with her clothes. The rain making a steady rythm of all the splashes.

The lightening bolt that Bankotsu had sent made the demon fly back and hit a large boulder, it cracked of the impact. Bankotsu ran towards the demon this time he jumped up and swung his Banyruu and sliced off his head, the jewl shard flew out along with blood, Bankotsu caught it with his hand and put it away safely, he grinned wickedly, "Too easy" he laughed as he jumped off the dead demon. His victory grin had soon faded away as he looked around for Kagome, "God fucking damnit! She took off" Bankotsu cursed. He began running after her, it should not be to hard to find her, 'She could not have gotten far' he thought.

Kagome kept running, in her hurry she had tripped over a tree root, "Ahhh!" she managed to yell as she hit the ground hard. A splash of rain water had also came along when she had tripped making her even more wet. She got up quickly but soon found herself on the ground again as pain shot up through her body. She looked down at her ankle and noticed it had began swelling, 'Oh no...Why did this had to happen! How am I going to get away now!' she began to panic. Trying again, she would not give up, she slowly this time lifted herself off the cold and wet ground and began slowly walking as fast as her sprained ankle would let her.

Bankotsu slashed through the branches and bushes, arriving at the scene looking pissed as hell he spotted Kagome slowly walking, 'If she is running away from me, why in hell is she going so slow?' he thought, seeing her pace through the thick woods.

Kagome bolted her head to the side. 'Oh my god. What was that?' Kagome pushed her drenched black hair behind her ear and strained her hearing. She could have sworn she heard a branch snap. Her heartbeat jumped and began to beat restlessly fast. Suddenly a feeling of warmth hovered above her and Kagome opened her eyes. Kagome screamed as Bankotsu tackled her to the ground, pinning her arms against the ground over her head, leaving one of his hands free. The young man grinned mischievously down at her.

"Miss me?" he laughed. "So where the hell do you think you were going?" he asked, already knowing the answear.

Kagome just froze, she knew that Bankotsu was going to kill her now, she said nothing to him. What could she have said? Kagome trembled with fear for what was going to come to her.

"You've got guts," Bankotsu said with a smirk "I like that, but you got what's coming to you now..." he said as he grinned, he held up his Banyruu to her.

Kagome saw this and with fear she closed her eyes tightly, waiting for the final blow to come to her, "Please...don't..." she pleaded. The rain began to fall harder, which made matters worse.

Before she had even finished her sentence, Bankotsu's lips crashed down on her own. His beautiful blue eyes were closed. Lost in the moment, Kagome was shocked at this, here she thought she was going to be killed but instead she gets kissed, Kagome closed her eyes also and followed what he did. Bankotsu let go of her hands and they ended up around his neck with her body flush against his as she returned the pressure on her lips.

They broke the kiss and Kagome blushed, thinking about what had just took place, Kagome looked up at Bankotsu and adverted her gaze away quickly. Bankotsu looked down at her ankle, he noticed it was swollen and then he suddenly knew why she had been going so slow in her pursuit to get away. He ripped a piece of cloth from his shirt and wrapped it around her ankle, he then tied it.

While this was happening all that was running through her head was, 'My first kiss.' Still looking a little bit shocked, she then broke free from all of the thoughts and looked down at her ankle, she then saw Bankotsu pick up his Banyruu and crouch down.

"Get on, you would slow me down if I let you walk with an ankle like that," Bankotsu said smiling at her.

Kagome nodded and got on Bankotsu's back, just like she would with Inuyasha, he stood up and began running, "We are going to quit for the day and find shelter" he said softly to her and looked around for somewhere to crash for the night. Kagome could not believe Bankotsu for once was actually being nice to her? Why all of sudden the mood change?

They finally arrived to a little hut, which seemed deserted, he set Kagome down and entered it, making sure no one was there. When Kagome stepped inside she sat down, letting her ankle rest. She took a deep breath and took a look around, it looked like this hut had been deserted for years, there was dust every where, and a few cracks in the wall. There was only one chair and one bed, other than that the hut was bare. They were both soaking wet and dripped every where they walked, leaving small puddles on the ground.

Bankotsu sat on the bed, leaning his Banyruu on the side of the wall in the small hut and looked at Kagome, she looked very sexy with wet hair. He grinned a little bit and commented, "Well I'm going to sleep" as he announced and laid on the bed.

Kagome saw Bankotsu lay on the 'only' bed in the room and she then asked, "Umm...where am I going to sleep exactly?"

Bankotsu looked at Kagome, "Oh you can sleep with me" he said sheepishly as he patted the place on the bed next to him. Loving her reactions to everything, amusing himself.

Kagome glared at Bankotsu, "I'm not sleeping with you! No way in hell" she yelled as she saw Bankotsu's grin.

Bankotsu turned away from Kagome, his back facing her, "Whatever, have fun sleeping on the floor" he said almost as if he did not care where she slept for the night.

Kagome made a face that looked disgusted as she looked down at the ground, the floor was very dirty, you could even say twice as dirty as the cave floor, she sighed and looked at Bankotsu once more. She stood up and walked over to Bankotsu and she said, " I am only doing this because the floor is 'very' filthy and I am saying this only once, keep your filthy hands to yourself! Or you will be known as the one handed mercenary of Japan!!"

Bankotsu smirked, "I knew you would come around and see it my way" Bankotsu had a huge grin on his face as he turned over to see Kagome. Making room for her, shifting covers around on the bed.

Moments later Kagome was in bed but as much as she could, she kept her distance with Bankotsu, Kagome sighed, 'I can't believe I am doing this...' she thought. Then thinking about earlier today about her running away, her getting caught again, and she had thought this time it would be game over for her but instead she gets a kiss! Her first kiss! As these thoughts circled drunkenly through her head, she slowly fell asleep, wondering what surprises would bring tomorrow.