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A.N. I love you all and such but I have to warn you, this story isn't for babies who believe that Bankotsu and Kagome should be together after a few mushy moments, I'm going to put lot's of stuff in here to test their love. Don't flame me for it. ^__^



Chapter 10

desire, and sometimes this longing is too much to ignore

I thought some time alone

was what we really needed

you said that it would hurt more than it helps

but I couldn't see that



"Hikari'" Kyou hissed when he saw what Hikari had done in her 'auto-pilot' state. He looked around, trying to find any survivors from Hikari's devastating Harvest.

"Sango, search the village," Kyou commanded Sango, dominance ringing in his velvet voice. Sango nodded and hopped on Kirara and started flying through the crushed town.

Kyou went around, too. Trying to find the cause of all this death, he searched every temple, but his effort was all in vain. But then, out of nowhere he heard a silent whimper. 'Hikari, poor girl, she has to wake up and see all the death she has brought upon humans; not knowing that it was her doing.' Kyou thought and followed the small cries.

"Damn it sucks not being able to hear her soul," Kyou complained, sniffing madly around the village. He slid open a hut door and found her crumpled on the floor; crying.

Hikari spotted the intruder and tackled him to the ground.

"Kyou-sama!" Hikari cried, confused and scared, not knowing what she had done. She always thought that she just had an angel beside her, always protecting her from these kinds of murders.

"I survived again, why do the mean killers leave me alive, Kyou-sama?" She was shaking and Kyou simply patted her back.

"You just have an angel Hikari, he is always guarding you." Kyou lied; he did not want to tell the little girl, that she single handedly wiped out an entire village with only the aid of her hands.

Kyou carried the girl and went on following waves of Sango's soul. Soon enough he found her examining some random temple.

"I found her." Kyou walked in the temple without another word and let down the sleeping girl on a futon inside a room and went outside to have a 'talk' with the slayer.

"You see now why she needs to be guarded by a slayer all the time?" Sango was confused, she never knew why it had to be her, why she needed to guard the girl, and sacrifice her own freaking blood.

"No, I do NOT see what you mean." Sango seethed.

"The only soul she cannot take is a slayer's soul. Therefore you are the best person suited for the job." Kyou explained.

"Yeah, but WHY does she NEED to be guarded?" Sango snapped

Kyou sighed and explained. "You know damned well what Hikari is- or will become. Her parents had no idea, that Hikari could fend for herself and supply herself with souls. They thought that they had to do the job; so their family became mercenaries, signing up for wars and such, just to kill-sadly the wars weren't enough. It didn't provide the necessary quota of souls Hikari needed. So they just went through town to town, village to village, and slaughtered countless people." Kyou paused a bit, to refresh his dried up mouth with some water and began again.

"I don't know what happened, because when her parents died. It seems someone continued their legacy, unfortunately I don't know who. But ten years ago, it stopped, the souls stopped coming to her. It seems that 'that' someone died and no one fed her anymore." Kyou's eyes held a grim expression and continued with hate trailing in his voice.

"So she automatically did the job of keeping herself alive. She kills by sucking souls into her body, unlike the traditional way of soul collecting, she did not use soul collectors; she just touches people and they die." Kyou finished his explanation and looked at Sango, who didn't seemed satisfied.

"Yeah, so? It's not that big of a deal; sure people die, but Hikari's Jewel is forty percent good, and sixty percent evil. She is not balanced. Unlike Midoriko's jewel, Hikari's can end the world in a snap." Sango said, and to put in more effect, she snapped her fingers when she said 'snap'.

"The world will become unbalanced, if she continues on like this. There will be no more humans on earth." Kyou whispered hoarsely, his velvet voice held darkness in every word he spoke.

"What? Impossible, people now a days are fuck machines; it's very unlikely that humans will become extinct. We will just reproduce and reproduce." Sango argued, but in a calm voice, she did not want to get Kyou all worked up, he might start a fight, that could result into more death.

"Yeah, people do have sex all the time and humans will reproduce, but-" he paused, just for the drama.

"But?" Sango urged him on, itching to know what he was going to say.

"But the offspring will be lifeless; they will have no soul, and most likely die days after birth." Kyou finished, his heart breaking at the thought.

"WHAT?! How would that happen?" Sango was obviously caught off guard; she was so not expecting that.

"Because, all the souls Hikari sucks in, won't get to be reincarnated. Basic ally, if Hikari sucks all the souls in the world; if someone tries to have a child,-" Kyou did not wish to continue, so Sango continued for him.

"They would live to be soulless zombies" Sango had a fearful yet, determined expression imprinted on her face; she was going to end this chaos with Hikari. But soon her expression was replaced with confusion.

"Hold up- you are a demon, aren't you guys supposed to love the idea of the extinction of humanity?" Sango queried, her brow shooting up.

Kyou's teeth grinned together and he forced out a sentence. "You, don't know.... what I am.. So..."

Sango got the point, 'Fine if he was that desperate to hide what he was, then by all means, hide it, see f I give a damn'.

"Fine, I'll back off now, you should get some rest. The night is approaching and we have to get a move on early in the morning." Sango's voice held a commanding tone, but she wasn't trying to force him into it, it as just a suggestion.

Kyou nodded and went inside the temple, but turned his head to face Sango.

"Do not try to command me, I am the boss here." Kyou said with a smirk planted on his face.

Sango just rolled her eyes and whispered a quick 'whatever' and took off to clean the place, since she knew by morning; the whole place would reek of rotting flesh, she did not want the Hikari to smell that.

Then she thought to herself.

'Kohaku, help me please, Kyou will really bleed me to death if I don't find you.'



I thought it was the end

of our tragic story

And so I let the one I love the most

to be alone

Kikyo's eyes narrowed on the sight of the hanyou she despised the most.

"Naraku," She greeted casually.

"Why Kikyo, Kukuku, I'm surprised you came." Naraku stated, without a hint of surprise in his voice- hah! Surprised he says.

"What did you call me for, you vile, despicable half man" Kikyo said coldly, her eyes burning with hate.

Naraku straightened up, quitting the mind playing game for awhile, he knew one thing. 'a pissed Kikyo, is not a good Kikyo'

"I'll be blunt miko, why did you tear apart the Inutachi?" Naraku asked as he tied his fingers together and rested his chin on them.

"I don't answer to pathetic beings such as yourself," Kikyo answered, her eyes narrowing even more.

Naraku did not have time for her stubbornness; he was going to have to use force to squeeze out answers from the miko.

"Do not even think of threatening me, blackmailing me with my life, hah! I'm already dead Naraku, I don't mind dying again." Kikyo challenged, although what she said was a lie, it sounded just as real.

"Fine, I will not threaten you," Naraku said and a chuckle rose from his chest. 'Silly mortal, if she wishes not to be threatened; then I will attack without warning, stupid human miko.' Naraku thought evilly and let out one of his tentacles and planned to use it as a whip. Before Kikyo could process what was happening, he stabbed her right in the stomach.

Kikyo fell on her knees, refusing to go done without a fight- scratch that, refusing to go down, she notched an arrow and let it fly, decapitating the offending tentacle.

But to no avail, Naraku unleashed a whole bunch of tentacles, wiggling around trying to get a hold of the miko.

She put up a fight, she unleashed all her powers onto the slimy tentacles, shooting at them with full force, but her arrows were limited, she knew she would not last long.

'NO, I cannot keep this up forever.' Kikyo thought, losing all the hope she had of winning against the hanyou. She fired her last arrow and held up the white flag, signaling surrender.

'Better to stay alive for my beloved' Kikyo thought and looked forward to avenging his death.

"Kukuku, not bad miko, if you had unlimited arrows you could have brought me down" Naraku stated.

Kikyo scowled, and shot her head up to glare at the half man. "What do you want to know?"

"I want to know your motives for destroying the Inutachi." Naraku said; his voice as demanding and manipulating as ever.

Kikyo sighed and thought about it. 'It does not hold threat if I tell him, the half man isn't a babble mouth, that I'm positive of.'

"Simple, I want to make Inuyasha's and Kagome's lives miserable enough for them to beg for death" Kikyo shrugged and was about to walk away when a huge tentacle wall popped up before her, her emotionless face flashed a small 'Ew' expression and turned around.

"What now?!" she snapped.

"Why did you do such a thing?" Naraku asked again with the same demanding, bitchy tone as before.

"Revenge, just revenge" Kikyo answered calmly, hoping that Naraku would back off- but he didn't.

"Revenge for what? Did Inuyasha choose your reincarnation over you? I wonder why I did not see that." Naraku mused and surfed through Kanna's mirror to check if he missed anything.

"No, he did not choose," Kikyo's words confused Naraku, what else would make such a pure person strive for revenge? But of course, he did not let his confusion show through his mask.

Kikyo threw him a sad look and said.

"He killed my beloved Suikotsu." after saying this, Naraku looked off guard and she decided to make a run for it.

'Foolish miko, did she not know that the person she is trying to destroy just revived her -gag- beloved? Poor undated miko' Naraku shook his head in disappointment and some sadistic pitiful expression on his smug face.

"I almost neglected the fact that the Shichinintai are out of my control." Naraku said to himself grimly and tried to figure out his next move.


And I tried and found out this one thing is true

that I'm nothing without you

I know better now

and I've had a change of heart

Bankotsu was sitting on a bench and fiddled with his thumbs.

'Should I go in? It's tempting but so wrong.' Bankotsu pondered around these thoughts and completely ignored his arguing brothers.

"What do you mean you're not coming in?" Dr. Evil snapped.

"This place doesn't have men! I don't want to fuck a girl, Ew" Jakotsu whined and eyed his oldest brother for aid, but no, his Aniki was in his own world, trying to figure out something that disturbed him. 'Probably about Kagome.'

"What do you want to do? We have to stick together." Dr. Evil argued.

"I'll go shopping!" Jakotsu beamed and gave big, puppy dog eyes to Suikotsu.

"Ugh fine, oi Aniki-" Dr. Evil moved to nag his brother but was cut off.

"Shut up! I'm trying to think, be patient you horny son of a bitch!" Bankotsu snapped and cradled his head with his hands and groaned in frustration; he was so confused!

Suikotsu backed off in an instant, fearing his brother's wrath.

'Come on Bankotsu, just one won't hurt. Think of it, the thrill of spilling yourself into some woman-'

'No! This one time, I'm going to do the good thing.' Bankotsu fought hard against his hormone-driven, sex-crazed side, but to no avail.

'Just one round, just imagine the whore as Kagome...' the voice trailed off and a whirl of perverted images of Kagome in positions he'd love to be in; her legs wrapped around his waist, him slamming inside of her- full throttle. Her moaning out his name, over and over again in pleasure as she came.

He couldn't take it, hormones got the better of him and he waved his hand to motion Suikotsu to come to him.

"Get one that looks like Kagome and we're off." Bankotsu commanded, feeling his groin harden as more of those images flushed through him.

Minutes later, they were called into their respective rooms. Bankotsu walked to his, his gut was feeling twisted. He knew he shouldn't do this but he is still going to , man was he weak.

He pushed open the door, and looked for her. He gasped in shock, there she was, his whore, and she looked... Exactly like ...Kagome.

The big brown eyes, the ivory pale skin, the raven locks, the scrumptious body, the whole package! She gave him a sexy wink and pulled him to the bed, pushed him on it, and they began their sexual entourage. The temptation was becoming harder and harder to resist.


WITH Kagome

Night falls, I fall,

and where were you?

Warm skin, wolf grin

and where were you?

Kagome was lying on the ground, shivering from the cold that enveloped her body.

"No, not like this, I must live through this and go be happy with Bankotsu for two months!" Kagome cheered herself on and crawled and crawled, dragging her body, using her arms. 'I bet I look like the grudge.' Kagome joked, but she knew all too well that it was true, she looked dreadful!

Black circles just below her eyes, she was paler than ivory, her hair was a mess, she crawled around the forest ground, and she grew thin from the lack of food, in other words, she looked dead, heck, even deader than Kikyo. 'At least she can walk.' Kagome groaned as she thought this.

After hours of crawling, she stumbled upon a path. 'Probably leads to Arashiyama' Kagome thought happily and a small smile wondered to her face. She sat up and decided to rest for a while.

'Oh Bankotsu, I want to see you again. -Giggle- I miss Hiten. I wonder where my mate is?' she joked herself.

A few hours later, she spotted a soul collector; a violet soul collector. 'Kikyo? No, her soul collectors are light blue in color. What are these?' Kagome thought, her eyes widened when she saw it had a few friends and they were heading straight her

"Oh god, they're after me and my soul!" Kagome whispered to herself and summoned all her strength and tried to pull out Kagryuu, but something caught her eye.

The soul collectors were already fully loaded! They were carrying electric blue orbs that glowed beautifully against the night sky.

She got over her awe when she remembered that the soul collectors were nearing her. She tried to escape- but she was too late. She shut her eyes and braced herself for impact, but it never came, she felt herself grow stronger, like she was given energy.

Out of curiosity she peeked open one eye and gasped at what she saw. She was face to face with the belly of a soul collector. It flew away after dropping off the blue orbs in her, then it circled around her, and then its friends did the same.

"What is happening?" Kagome asked out load hoping for an answer, strangely, someone answered her.

She heard voices everywhere, tiny, child like voices. Kagome figured it was the soul collectors talking and waved her hands.

"One by one please." Kagome ordered and the collectors complied.

"Nanami sends us to give you energy until you die."

Kagome's face fell. "Well, that was straight forward." She murmured.

The collector replied. "Did we hurt your feelings? We apologize; we do not feel so we don't know how to handle emotional people." Kagome shot them a confuse look.

"You are our client and we shall serve you, and we are not soul collectors; we are their brethren, energy thieves." one of the things spiraled around her, as if trying to show the difference between a soul collector and an energy thief.

'More like energy suckers if you ask me.'

Kagome examined their bodies, they did differ in some way- color, duh?

Kagome nodded in understanding and stood up. She turned to her heels and walked away from the path.

"Where are you going, Kagome-sama?" one of the thieves whispered into the air.

"I'm hunting, I haven't eaten anything real for days." Kagome exclaimed and patted her belly.


I fell, into the moon

and it covered you in blue

can I make it right , can I survive the night

alone?

Hiten stepped into the castle meeting room and his handsome face twisted into disgust. All the demon lords were present, there was Sesshomaru, Koga, Ayame, Yura (she ain't dead in this fic, so yeah), and a bunch of other ugly looking demons

"What have you called us for, Lord Sesshomaru?" Yura asked lustfully and sat on the table, crossing her legs, more than obviously trying to look sexy in front of the strongest demon lord. It wasn't really working.

'What a whore.' Hiten told himself. He chuckled a bit when he remembered the slut he fried just to prove his point to Kagome.

'Ah, those were the days, if only I had found her sooner.' Hiten smiled at the thought and continued to day dream about what could have happened if he just took her there on the spot and stole her away from the hanyou. Not really paying attention to the meeting, Manten will explain it to him later.

"This Sesshomaru will be frank, the demon apocalypse is coming and we have to stop it" Sesshomaru's cool, calm voice gave everyone chills. Except Yura, who got even more aroused with his authoritative tone.

"We cannot let that happen, for we will fail at our purpose here on earth" Ayame stated, her eyes shining with fear, Koga felt like comforting the girl so he did.

"Exactly, if we die out,the human population will rise and soon they will destroy themselves and our world. We cannot allow that!" Koga snapped as he held Ayame and patted her back.

"We must kill it's catalyst, I heard she is miko, a pale, beautiful woman." Sesshomaru informed them bluntly. Those words stopped Hiten's day dreaming. Hiten felt his heart become paralyzed. How could he be so blind!? The person who is going to blindly help destroy the world was his mate!

'No, impossible, Kagome can't do that; she doesn't have that kind of power.' – oh how wrong he was to underestimate his own mate.

Yura caught sight of Hiten in deep thought, finally giving up on Sesshomaru. "Hello handsome." Yura flirted with him nonstop.

"Back off, I'm already mated." Hiten didn't look at her and continued his pondering. "Come on." She said seductively, trying to feel him up, and pushing her body up against his. He immediately pushed her off and sent her flying up against the nearest wall, his body pulsing with irritation. What the fuck was her problem?! Couldn't the bitch take a hint?

"Hey! Don't you fuck with me you stupid bastard! I'll send you to your grave!" Yura yelled, infuriated at being hit by the very man she was trying to seduce.

"Then stop trying to fill your pussy up every second you get and take a hint!" He paused. "I. don't. want. you." He said slowly, as if trying to explain something to a mentally retarded child.

"Whatever." She said, finally giving up.

Yura shrugged, realizing he was right, and went to flirt with the wolf prince but was tackled down by Ayame and they started a cat fight.

"This Sesshomaru commands you all to shut the fuck up!" Everyone's jaw fell; they couldn't believe that the Lord of the western lands, just... CURSED! But you couldn't really blame him. With an overly horny Yura, a daydreaming Hiten, an overly assiduous Manten, a confused wolf demon, and a chick fight going on things were getting pretty hectic.

"Our race is being threatened by the apocalypse and you lowly demons can't take matters seriously?" Sesshomaru added calming down and put his cold mask back on.

Everyone recovered from the initial shock and fixed themselves. "We will find out who the catalyst is and kill it, understood?" Koga said, acting like the leader he is.

All the demons fled from the castle and began the hunt for the catalyst.

"Brother," Manten called out. Hiten looked at him and raised his brow. "What?"

"I wish to join Sesshomaru and his team, the Lord says that I will be useful to him," Manten stated, while admiring his brother's hair that danced with the wind.

Hiten's face fell, he did not want this, for them to be separated, his parents told him to protect his brother, but instead h e got him killed. He knew that he would be safer with Sesshomaru.

Hiten hanged his head and let out a frustrated sigh.

"Fine, if that is what you wish." Hiten's face was full of hurt and excitement at the same time.- it was weird cause that was just not possible.

'Maybe I'm doing this because I know he will be a burden when I meet up with my mate and her band of jerks.'

'No, that is not it! We are doing this for our brother! Not for some woman!'

Hiten sighed again and began his search.


High tide, inside

where were you and where were you?

Wide eyed, I died..

where were you?

After Kagome got over killing a poor bunny she plunged it into a stick and rolled it around a fire. She had to admit, she was quite happy, she heard voices of sweet, innocent children around her, coming from her faithful new servants. She was no longer alone.

Soon enough she went back on the road, and began to search for the path leading to Arashiyama. She couldn't find it! Just when she was about to give up, she heard voices. Not voices of her pets, but voices of men.

Kagome jumped to the side and hid herself from view, pulling out Kagryuu in case it would be needed. She ordered her pets to hide themselves to, so they were all huddled up in a bush, squeezed in there.

She couldn't breathe. 'I meant fly away! Not squish me in my own hiding spot.'

Then two men came to view, 'Hm, they look harmless.' just then, her loyal pets wiggled and caught her off guard, making her jump out of the bush and land on her butt.

"What?!? Why I'm gonna!" Kagome was about to get back in there to beat the crap out of her pets but stopped at her tracks when she noticed the perverted looks she was receiving.

'Oh great, perverts! OH GOD SAVE ME FROM THE PERVERTS OF THIS UNIVERSE!' Kagome mentally slapped herself.

"Hello, you seem lost, may we help you?" One man asked politely, but the look in his eyes gave of his lecherous side.

"Yes, I would love some help, can you show me the path to Arashiyama?" Kagome replied, trying her best not to pull their wandering eyes out of their sockets!

"This way." The men showed her the way, she shot a look at the bush she was in earlier. She could have sworn she heard her pets snicker. After she found the path she made a run for it, top speed, leaving the men in the dust.

Gods she missed running, she felt like she was flying when she ran.. She was so caught up in running that her energy levels sunk below sea level, when she was just kilometers away from her destination.

Soon her knees gave way and her pretty face met the forest floor. 'No.... not again, where are my pets?' Kagome thought aimlessly and lay down on the forest floor.


And then I met someone
and thought she could replace you
we got a long just fine
we wasted time because she was not you

Kagome's look alike harlot got Bankotsu worked up in seconds, and was now reaching for the ties of his armor as they shared a passionless kiss. There was no moaning like he had imagined, this was not Kagome.

The whore continued to kiss him as she moved to straddle him. She lined up her hips on his hard dick, and she began riding him. Bankotsu overcome with pleasure imagining it was his beloved, grabbed onto the blankets and moaned in pleasure. But his heart felt like something was missing. He shrugged it off and enjoyed the pleasure the she provided. It was the best he could get at the time.

Imagining Kagome in the slut's place, his need took over and his hands reached for the whore's hips. He pushed her to go faster and harder. The whore stopped and rolled them over so he was on top; she opened her kimono and pushed the braided head to her breasts.

At first he just stared at them, they were too big. He wanted Kagome's, the normal size. But feeling his own need increase painfully, he began to nibble on it's pert nipple with no mercy. He didn't give a damn if she bled or not.

The slut wanted more of him and forgot that she was there to pleasure him, not the other way around. She swiftly brought her hand under his hakama and grabbed his throbbing member. Bankotsu shot up in realization, this was NOT his Kagome; just some dirty whore. Kagome would never do that. She wasn't quick and passionless.

Finally able to control his desire, he mentally berated himself. 'What the fuck am I doing?! Idiot, idiot, idiot, idiot!!

Bankotsu, disgusted beyond all reason, without warning pushed off the whore; who was now getting ready to give him a blow job.


we had a lot of fun
though we knew we were faking
love was not impressed with our connection

they were all lies, all lies

Jakotsu strode from shop to shop, looking for all the stuff he needed. He entered a shop and looked around, looking for his type of kimono.

"PERFECT!" Jakotsu squealed and hugged the pink and white kimono to his heart and ran to the dressing room. (what do you call dressing rooms in the feudal era? Hm dunno)

The gay man spun around the mirror, checking himself out, making poses for the mirror and trying different hairstyles when he overheard a very interesting conversation.

"I mean hot man! The most beautiful woman I've ever seen!"

'Pft, women are disgusting, disloyal creatures, they are so not beautiful!'

"She had black hair and brown eyes."

'Huh? Kagome has those...' Jakotsu thought and leaned forward to hear more clearly.

"She wore this sexy kimono! She showed off her legs and shoulders! Gods, what a hottie!"

'Could be anyone,'

"And she has a voice of an angel!"

'Whatever' Jakotsu was about to lean away. But when he heard the last part, he froze.

"One flaw though, she had this huge scar on her palm." Jakotsu's eyes shot wide open and he busted out of the shop and ran to the whore-house that his Aniki was staying in.


I'd rather have bad times with you,

than good times with someone else
I'd rather be beside you in a storm,

than safe and warm by myself

Bankotsu picked up Banryu and turned around to face his whore, she held a pout and a look of disappointment on her face, she looked a lot like Kagome, but she was not her.

"Oh come on, we were just getting started." The whore said and climbed up to him and started kissing his ear lobe. Bankotsu seethed and pushed her off him again effortlessly. "Don't touch me you disgusting bitch!" He was being awfully merciful with her. Maybe it was because she looked so much like Kagome.

"Cheapskate! Go! Run to your woman! I bet she's dying somewhere right now." The whore said snidely and turned away.

Bad move. Anger overcame Bankotsu and his breathing sped up. 'How dare this slut say something horrible about Kagome?!' Bankotsu snapped and with one quick motion, he slashed Banryu and sent the whore's head flying; all bloody and messed up.

Bankotsu walked out of the room and sat on a bench waiting for his brother to finish 'It seems he is doing an all nighter.' he thought and rested his head on the wall, his head in his hands.

'That was close... I can't believe I let that disgusting creature from hell touch me!' Bankotsu thought. His heart whispered, "No one but Kagome, will satisfy me."

"Aniki!" His gay brother's voice knocked him out of his thoughts. He looked at him and asked.

"What do you want of me?" Bankotsu asked raising a brow.

Jakotsu panted and panted, trying desperately to catch his breath. "Aniki! Why aren't you with the whore?" Jakotsu asked. Before Bankotsu could answer...

"Never mind, I'm glad you didn't. I overheard some men talking about a woman! It sounds exactly like Kagome!" Jakotsu exclaimed.

Bankotsu's heart exploded from excitement. He felt a huge gush of joy overtake him. He nodded and took off, searching the whole village; and let me tell you- Arashiyama was huge!

It started to rain, but Bankotsu kept going, he needed to find her! Hundreds of thoughts were in his mind now.

'Oh god, will she forgive me? Not only that I slapped her but I told her to go away? Damn it!'

Bankotsu entered the small path, that lead him and his brothers to Arashiyama. He ran and ran, mud staining his white hakama. His face held a smile of worry and sadness all together.

He went deeper into the path, after a long time of running; he finally found what he was looking for.

His midnight blue eyes widened when he saw a small, womanly figure, lying down on the forest floor. She was wearing the kimono he knew all too well. Her hair wet and flowing along the water. Although her face hidden from his view, he still knew it was her.

'It's her, she's really here!' Bankotsu thought in awe and inhaled deeply. He was going to go to her, but he froze. First of all, she didn't look so good. What exactly had happened to her when she was alone?

'What do I say?!' he started to panic, he was not ready for this, but he couldn't just walk away and come back later. No, he had to swallow his fear and do it now! If she would ever need him, it would definitely be now.

He staggered to her, and when he was close enough; a meter away to be exact, he looked down at her and examined her, her eyes were open, looking the opposite way from him, Anger crept into him when he saw a scar on her neck.

'What the fuck is that?' poor Bankotsu, he had no idea that he was looking at Kagome and Hiten's mating mark. He cleared his throat and said. "Kagome?"

Kagome shot back into reality. Was she hearing things? Was she delirious? She did not know, but she heard the voice she had been longing to hear again.

"Bankotsu?" She groaned and tried to roll over to see if it really was him.

The braided boy bent down and helped her up and sat her on his lap. He held her close and pulled her to him, he buried his head in the crook of her neck. He held her there and hugged her with all his might, but careful not to hurt her. That was the last thing he wanted to do; hurt her, again.

Kagome was in shock, she didn't expect this, why was he showing her affection? Did he care? Whatever the reason, it felt awfully good.

'Oh no, not good, he can't care for me! No! He's gonna get hurt if I die! No he can't, please god NO!!' Kagome told herself.

"It's me, I'm here." Bankotsu hushed her and hugged her tighter.

Kagome couldn't take it anymore; she cried and returned the hug 'I'm so sorry Bankotsu.' "B-Bankotsu, I- I, how? Why?" Kagome sobbed. He then pulled away from her and examined her face. She was pale, paler than a malnourished albino.

'Did she fend for herself all these months?! Damn it! I'm such an idiot! How could I let her live through hell? I should have been with her! I should never have let her leave! Damn it all!' Bankotsu scolded himself over and over again.

"Stay with me, please?" Bankotsu choked out the word 'please', fearing that he will be rejected. Little did he know that was the last thing Kagome would do to him.


I can't blame you if you turn away from me, like what I've done to you,
I can only prove the things I say with time,
please be mine,

Kagome looked him in the eyes. It's been five whole months, and finally, azure met chocolate once more.

"Bankotsu" Kagome said and lifted her hands to him.

'I hope he had that dream too, or else he'll think I'm crazy and might actually break them.'

"Please, break my fingers." Her words shocked him, 'What? She had that dream too?!'

He looked at her, with understanding in his eyes, Kagome sighed a sigh of relief as he pulled her into another hug.

'No' Was Kagome's thoughts as she succumbed into the hug.

"I will never, EVER let you go!" Bankotsu held her to him; everything in his world was perfect.


I'd rather have hard times together,

than to have it easy apart
I'd rather have the one

who holds my heart

Kagome was here, and will always be with him. - yeah right.

He had his woman in his arms... 'Huh? When did that happen? Heck sounds good; I might make her my woman, 'might'. He and his brothers were alive and were allowed to kick Naraku's ass. The hanyou was out of the way. Everything was perfect, or so he thought.

Bankotsu had no idea that this happy ending, was only the beginning of the most chaotic, and painful experience he will have to go through in his life. Help him god that his world may not fall apart. And there was no way he could let that happen, because Kagome was in this world.


Here is chapter 10! I'm sorry... did I take too long?

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