The Grandchildren of The 2 Great Lords
Disclaimer: I wish I owned Nurarihyon no mago and Inuyasha but I don't… I applaud their rightful owners for their brilliant creations….
Chapter 9
I stopped dead in my tracks.
He laughed… the fool laughed…
My judgment was clouded by anger; I had no control of my temper, whatsoever. A searing heat ignited inside of me and I couldn't control it…
He called me… a… bitch…
I completely lost it.
What happened next happened so fast, in a matter of seconds, that it is very hard to recount (as seeing from Yura's POV):
She turned around to face Rikuo, her aura didn't have the pink or green glow from the previous fights but this was completely different. This wasn't her spiritual power… I gawked in awe as I knew, and probably everybody had witnessed, that this power was indeed unequal to anything this school had seen. She had called upon her youkai.
What I saw next proved it: a red light enveloped her and dust began to rise as her hair began to change, from a midnight black to silvery white, dog ears seemed to appear and her whole clothing had changed into red kimono with a yellow front bow, with two swords straddled to her waist. But what was the most amazing where the eyes: instead of golden pupils, her whites became red and her pupils into a dark purple. Also purple marks appeared on her cheeks. Her hair seemed to rise.
Nura's face was between shocked and amused by her transformation. As she was about to launch herself towards Rikuo, with a hand on the hilt of her sword, he invoked Kyokasuigetsu and disappeared. Kameko had already unsheated her sword and the fragile sword transformed into a massive, curved sword.
"Kaze no Kizu!" her usually mellow voice had a husky tone as she invoked and a massive amount of youkai energy wave left the sword at the spot where Rikuo had just disappeared, leaving a path of destruction.
The people in the crowd ran for cover as she released her 'wind scar' and gasped in awe at the 'fear' possessed by her katana.
"Kameko!" Itaku screamed as he took hold of her and engulfed her in an embrace. She fought back, trying to get away… her youkai had already claimed her body and it wasn't going to let go.
Just then Rikuo reappeared in front of her. He unsheated Nenekirimaru and as Itaku saw his intentions, he took one of sickles and threw it towards Rikuo's hands who let go of Nenekirimaru.
"Don't even think about it…" Itaku hissed.
Kameko was still growling and fighting Itaku's hold. Her youkai needs to be sealed, soon… I won't be able to hold her much longer, he thought.
That was when her katana pulsed, and something really weird happened: as her katana was pulsing, her youki began disappearing and before we knew it, her transformation had regressed and she laid slumped in Itaku's arms, still holding her katana, which now it had regressed to its fragile form.
When everyone was sure they where spared, they all crowded around Kameko's sleeping form, still in Itaku's arms.
"You…Baka!" Itaku yelled at Rikuo. The latter inhaled sharply.
"She could've killed us all!" I couldn't hold it back and I hit Rikuo's head with my fist. "This is your fault, Rikuo!"
"How could I have known she was going to transform into a youkai!" he yelled back.
"You are such an IDIOT! Oh my God, I can't begin to understand how your idiocy amazes me!" I yelled not holding back.
"She's supposed to be a miko!"
"Well didn't she say that she belonged to a clan of inu youkais! How in the world couldn't you have figured out that she had some youkai blood in her!"
Rikuo was silent. He made an 'o' shape with his lips.
"YOU IDIOT!" Itaku and I yelled at the same time. Rikuo's figure became smaller and smaller by the minute.
"You are such a thick head!" I huffed walking away.
Itaku stood up, carrying Kameko bridal style. As we both left, we left a bewildered Rikuo staring at dead air.
My eyes opened and it appears to be that I'm in my bedroom… but I could sense I wasn't alone. I tried but I couldn't make up the presence.
"She's awake!" a small voice exclaimed. I heard something ruffle and someone lifting for his/her seat. I felt extremely tired and confused.
"Kameko," I heard Seiichimaru's voice, "how do you feel?" he asked.
"I don't know… I… what happened?" I asked, noticing that my mouth was as dry as a desert.
I felt someone sit on my bed and tried to help me up. Immediately I felt as if I had taken a pounding on my head.
"You actually don't remember?" said another voice. Itaku?
"Un… what happened and first of all, what are you guys doing in my room?" I said.
"You transformed into your youkai self after Rikuo…" hesitated the small voice. Yura?
"… insulted you," said Itaku, clearing his throat.
That's when I remembered, "We where at the soccer game… the blue team had won and then that Rikuo threw me his T shirt and I remember becoming mad but after that its all blurry… what happened after?"
Then Yura recounted every event to the detail. I was astounded.
"Wait, you are saying that my youki just burst? Just like that? I don't understand… I don't… Seiichimaru, what's going on?" I asked my cousin.
"I phoned my father and he seemed concerned," he said.
"But, wait… I had awakened to my youki before… why is this happening?" I asked.
"I don't know," Seiichimaru said, "but what we do know is that you haven't called upon it at will, it happens only when you feel you are the most in danger… or now, when you've being insulted."
"But that time when I was attacked by Bankotsu, that didn't happened! I could've easily taken him down!" I exclaimed. This is all too strange!
"Matte… Bankotsu attacked you?" Itaku asked, very surprised.
"I thought you told him, Seiichimaru?" I said facing my cousin.
"I hadn't had the time…" he responded nonchalantly. Itaku and I sweatdropped…
I decided to tell Itaku about the attack. He was raging in anger, but calmed himself down.
"I will not leave your side! Bankotsu is a very powerful youkai. We can't let this happen again… but I can't protect you in the classroom," Itaku said.
"I can look out for her," Yura offered.
"Hey guys, guys… I can take care of myself," I said sweatdropping.
"It is obvious that you can't… he has an effect on you," replied Seiichimaru.
"It is decided then… Yura will look after you during class and Seiichimaru and I the rest of the day…" and with that Itaku and Seiichi left… thru the window.
Yura and I sweatdropped…
After Yura called it a night, I was lying in my bed, still wondering why I could only call upon my youki when either endangered or uber angry…
I get I got mad at Rikuo because he called me a… bitch… asshole… Anyways, that wasn't a reason to almost kill him… I mean, of course I wanted to 'kill' him, hypothetically… But… (sigh) I still don't know why I didn't turn into a youkai when I was cornered by Bankotsu… Is absorbing my spiritual powers one of his traits?
I kept mulling over the possibilities and before I knew it, I fell asleep.
The following morning was as usual but this time Yura was waiting for me outside my shoe-box bedroom. Given the fact that this is a school for youkais and gifted humans, its not recommended to share rooms. Every room had a toilet, a sink and a mirror but we all shared the shower rooms, which had two in each floor.
After we had breakfast, and by we I mean Seiichi, Itaku, Yura and I, we all left for our respectful homerooms. As soon as I entered ours, the room became silent and the stares… oh, the stares where bearing holes in my back.
Hey! I didn't plan on this! This is all Rikuo's fault!
I decided that it wasn't going to wear me down, so I sat in my seat and turned my gaze to the window.
Class started as usual and I did manage to keep my attention towards it the whole day. Even recess wasn't so bad… Yura and I manage to sneak into the cafeteria to get some potato chips. Rikuo ignored me the whole day and his gang only stared. I wonder why it bothers me…
After the day was done, I decided to go to library and do some studying with Itaku; meanwhile Yura was going to practice her onmyoji stuff.
After I was done with my studying, I told Itaku I was going to my room to change and that I'll meet them in the cafeteria. He wasn't to keen about it but he let it fly. When I was done changing into my regular clothes, a pair of leggings and an oversized Russian hockey team jersey, I walked down and left the girls dorm. It was awfully quiet as I walked towards the cafeteria… way too quiet… that's when I felt 'his' presence.
"That was quite a show, yesterday…" said the dreaded voice.
"Bankotsu…" I hissed. My aura was beginning to flare and I promised myself I wouldn't let down my guard this time.
"Ha! You remember my name now!" he exclaimed with sarcasm. Wiseass…
"What do you want!" I growled.
"Nothing…" he said nonchalantly. And before he even got close, I had already charged my bow and arrow.
"Well, well… what do we got here? The miko is ready for a fight… isn't she always?" he smirked. This time I heard several laughs. I became nervous but I was still charging him. That's when I saw the others…
So this must be the 'Band of Seven' everyone keeps telling me to stay away from…
They all stood out of their hiding places, if they where hiding… two of them where very large, while the rest looked like regular humans. That's when it hit me…
They are all humans!
But what is this demonic aura that I keep sensing?
That's when the one that looked like a girly boy decided to launch his weird looking sword at me. The segmented retractable blades of the sword made it very difficult for me to block the attack cause I barely missed it.
"Eh! Bankotsu… this human missed my attack!" said the boy with a girly voice after I dodge his/her attack. I can't figure out what he/she is… and dammit that sword! I've never seen a weapon like that!
"Let me take her one more time," the affeminate turd said as he was about to launch that snake-like sword, but this time Bankotsu stopped him/her.
"We didn't come to pick a fight, Jakotsu…" he said, I said looking at me with those piercing eyes. I was surprised… he's not here to fight?
"Put that bow down miko, that is not going to affect me," he said nonchalantly. "And as you heard me, we didn't come to fight you."
Ok, now… this is weird… why did he come here for?
As to answering my question, he said: "I want to ask you to be a part of our group." He said this with a smile.
Huh? My mind went blank…
I know some of the Inyasha fans might think, but lets pretend Inuyasha never fought or defeated them... pwease! I believe the Band of Seven, specially Bankotsu are one the most intriguing enemies Inuyasha fought, reason why I wanted to bring him to the story...
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