Shadow Revealed

Chapter Four

Enter Tasuki

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'Yes thats how I'll be able to go to my own time and than-' Kagome's plotting was interupted by Bankotsu.

"Oi, do you sence any jewl shards yet?" he asked in a bored expression, things were not as interesting as earlier in the morning, he smirked thinking about that.

"Err...Yeah there is one uphead but it's faint." She lied. Kagome pointed in the direction that she was sure that was where the Bone eaters well was located.

"You sure about this?" he asked again, this time looking straight into her eyes. His face was dead serious. He did not joke around when it came to scoring another jewl shard.

"Y-y-yes" she stammered when those blue eyes looked into hers.

"Alrighty!" he said happily, "Good thing too, I was getting bored" he said as he began heading in the direction Kagome pointed in. Believing her.

Kagome just nodded, she kinda felt bad for lying but she had too. She had a pulsing feeling, but this time she actually felt it. This time there was an actual sacred jewl shard up ahead. Feeling like it was more than just one shard. How many though? "Bankotsu I think this person has maybe more than one?" she informed him, still not sure. She would have to get closer, then she would know for sure on how many this person held.

"Even better" Bankotsu smirked, he hoped this time it would be a better fight, Bankotsu always liked good fights, brightened his day up.

Snow flakes had begin to fall on the ground softly, it slowy came down harder, covering the ground with a white sheet of snow. Kagome held out her hand, snowflakes landed on her hand and then melted away. "Whats...happening? Since when does it snow in the middle of summer?" Kagome asked Bankotsu. When her beath came out you could see it, it was getting colder by the minute.

"What the hell? I don't know" Bankotsu said confused, looking around clutching his Banyruu a little tighter.

Just then a figure of snow whirled around and stopped abruptly in front of Kagome and Bankotsu. The snow around him faded and he was clear. He had short blue hair, it was pushed back, he had ice blue eyes which looked very cold. He had a matching pair of white gloves also. Skin was very pale and he had a staff in his left hand and on the top of it was a crystal blue orb that swirled different colors. Kagome then knew this was the man that had the sacred jewl shards. He had a long cloak on, pure white with blue rimmings on the sides.

"Bankotsu! He has two...no wait! Three shards on him, they are all in his chest" Kagome shouted, double checking him to make sure she had counted right.

The cold figure laughed, "Ah I see the women can see the sacred jewl shards..." he smiled looking at Kagome with interest, who was very oddly dressed, something he had never seen before.

Bankotsu growled and went in front of Kagome, "Yea so and who the hell are you?" he said demanding, his blue orbs matched his icy eyes.

"Oh where are my manners, I am Tasuki the ice master and yours?" he said calmly. His gaze never leaving the two, expressions never changing. His cold eyes burned through Kagome.

"Bankotsu the leader of the Shichinintai and what's it to you?" Bankotsu shot back with an attitude.

Kagome studied Tasuki longer, he looked like no easy oppenent. 'I wish I had my bow and arrows...' kagome had left them by the bone eaters well before she was captured by Bankotsu.

"Ahhhh yes the fearless leader and his band of mercenary's...such reckless humans" he laughed more and asked, "Tell you what, you hand over the jewl shards that you posess and I'll let you and your beautiful companion go."

Bankotsu grinned and held out his Banyruu, the tip of the blade was pointing towards Tasuki, "Not a chance."

Tasuki smiled and held up his staff into the air, it had turned a dark blue and then it began snowing hard, shaping into a blizzard. Snow was blowing into all directions making it very windy. It was very hard to see even what was three feet in front of you. Tasuki had disapeared into the icy snow with the blink of an eye.

Kagome shivered, what she was wearing was not very useful right now. Her eyes widened when she saw it began snowing like a blizzard, everything was blurry but lucky for her she could tell where Tasuki was with the shards in his chest. "Bankotsu! Tasuki is coming really close to us...really fast! From...the left!" she alarmed Bankotsu.

"Shit!" Bankotsu said, "God damn snow...I can't see anything!" he shouted. Just then Tasuki appeared in front of Bankotsu, he gave him a cold stare and held out his staff. Ice shards formed and striked out a Bankotsu, doing his best to dodge them all but they were too fast. One shard had pierced his left leg and another one hit his upper left arm. Bankotsu came to a stop and he tried to stay up but he fell to his knees. Blood ran down his arm and leg and dripped on the snow, making the snow turn red. "Fuck..." Bankotsu cursed, he pulled out the one in his upper left arm and tossed the ice shard on the ground, there was blood all over it. Bankotsu did the same to his left leg as more blood trickled down.

Tasuki laughed, the ice storm had cleared up a bit, "So are you gonna hand those shards over now? Or do I have to kill you?"

"Screw you..." Bankotsu shot at him and got up, he merely grinned, "If you think a little thing like that can defeat me, your dead wrong." Bankotsu stood up and this time he charged at Tasuki, sparks had appeared on the halberd, he swung his Banyruu and struck where Tasuki was, he missed. He did this repeatedly, they were running, jumping and lunging everywhere, staff and halberd clashing with each strike.

"Whats the matter, Can't hit me?" Tasuki asked as he dodged Bankotsu's swings of his deadly halberd like it was nothing.

"Yeah but you can't dodge what you can't see before it hits you" he laughed wickedly as he smirked and held out his Banyruu straight up into the sky. Thunder clouds had began to roll in, the sky got darker and darker. Banyruu had many more sparks circle around Banyruu and finally a big crack of lightening came down and hit the Banyruu. As soon as this happened many more thunderbolts came crashing down on the ground. They would strike everywhere and in places you would least expect it to. Making the whole battlefield deathly dangerous.

Tasuki smiled, things were getting more and more interesting as the battle proceeded. One of the thunderbolts crashed next to him, almost hitting him, it had grazed his right arm. The rain of thunderbolts had hit Tasuki again on the chest but not a direct hit.

The thunderbolts came to a stop, and Bankotsu ran towards Tasuki, he swung his Banyruu and this time it had clashed with his staff. The two men pushed against one another. Challenging eachothers strengths, agility and stamina. Bankotsu pulled his weapon back and hit Tasuki's staff, this time it knocked the staff out of Tasuki's hands. Bankotsu smirked, "Can't do much without that stupid stick now."

Tasuki smiled, "I can fight just as good, and I am finishing this now" he declared and held out his hand, ice had began to take shape, every moment that passed it got bigger and now was a spear made out of solid ice. He quickly dissapeared and reapeared in front of Bankotsu, with increasing speed. He took the spear and launched it towards Bankotsu, it had pierced through Bankotsu in the stomach.