Note: This chapter contains sexual content.
The altercation between Bankotsu and Kagome was playing on repeat in her head while dinner went on as usual. Except that Bankotsu traded his food for sake, a whole lot of it. The bottles at his feet kept piling up, barely leaving any for the others. They didn't seem to mind and if they did, they didn't voice it. Everyone else seemed to be used to Bankotsu's change in mood and thought best to leave him be. Once finished with their food, the rest of the Band of Seven discarded their bowls and retired to bed, leaving Kagome alone with their drunken, brooding leader.
She kept her gaze downward. After what happened before dinner, she couldn't bare to look at him. Kagome knew if she did, she would crack. She will want to know what he's thinking. She will want to treat the fresh wound battering his knuckles. She will want to make sure he was okay.
Ignoring him, Kagome reached over to start cleaning the remaining dishes but a sake bottle shattered a little too close to her hand. She jumped back with a yelp before snapping her attention to a smirking Bankotsu.
"What the hell, Bankotsu?!" She shouted at him.
"What are you waiting for, wench?" He picks up another one of the bottles, throwing it to shatter in the same spot as the last, "Clean it up."
"What is wrong with you?!"
"YOU ARE WHAT'S WRONG WITH ME!" Bankotsu stood, smashing another bottle. "Come on, Kagome! Quit hiding that fire inside of you. Show it to me!"
"You're acting crazy, Bankotsu, stop it!"
"The only one here acting is you, Kagome! What is it? You can show Renkotsu the firecracker you are but not me? I won't have it!" Another bottle smashed. Her patience was cracking with every porcelain he shattered.
"I have given you every reason to hate me and you have the audacity to think I'm a decent guy?!" Smash.
"You're just as stupid as your precious half-breed!" Smash.
She growled and that's when he knew he was getting close. Just a little more.
"Goddamn it, Miko! Show me what you're made of!" Smash.
She roared into the night sky, the sound was animalistic and filled to the brim with so many emotions. Rage, frustration, confusion, and something else he couldn't really describe. She then looked at him with murderous eyes and that's when he saw it. A raging flame burning deep within her beautiful depths.
There she is.
She stomped over to Bankotsu and pushed him as hard as she could.
"IS THIS WHAT YOU WANT?!" She shouted right before she swung, her fist connecting with his cheek. "ARE YOU HAPPY NOW BANKOTSU?!" Another hit.
Before she could register what she just did, let alone the pain in her hands, he looked at her and smirked.
"Harder." He demanded.
She hit him again. Once. Twice. Each punch harder than the last. When she finished, her heavy breathing turned to panting. Bankotsu straightened his back and licked the blood off the corner of his mouth.
Damn, the girl can pack a punch. He smiled at the raven-haired beauty.
"Feels good, doesn't it?" Bankotsu asked.
"What?"
"The blood rushing through your veins. The erratic beating of your heart. The adrenaline that fuels your hate. It feels good. You don't have to deny it, Kagome."
"You're way off, Bankotsu."
"Am I, miko? The fire you feel inside, that's power. Power fueled by hate. Thanks to me and my brothers, you have discovered something truly powerful within yourself. Tell me, girl, have you known anything more powerful than hate?"
"You're wrong."
"Excuse me?"
"I don't feel hate for you."
Kagome's words just pissed Bankotsu off. He wanted her to let go, to feed off what he was giving her. But she was still being stubborn.
"Don't make me laugh, miko."
She stood up straight and looked him right in his eyes with determination and backbone. It was sexy and that pissed him off even more.
"I am not mocking you. There is only one person who holds my hate. I'm sorry to disappoint you, but it is not you or your brothers." Kagome said in a calm voice that opposed what her eyes were screaming.
"Why don't you humor me and tell me who holds the honor, miko?"
Kagome took a deep breath, as if her next words had a foul taste, "You only know true hate from the one you once loved. The hate in my heart burns for the only man I thought I ever loved. Inuyasha." She said his name with such distain that he almost believed her. Almost.
"You're such a fucking liar! You think you can make a fool out of me!? Let me tell you something girl, you've called his name in your sleep many times the last few nights. You sit there quietly waiting to be rescued by your precious hanyou so why don't you just admit it already!"
"Why don't you just get off my fucking back already!?" Her foul language was gasoline on the fire.
"You know girl, that mouth of yours is going to get you in some deep shit someday." He growled.
"I don't give a shit."
"What did you just say?!"
"I said, I DON'T GIVE A FUCKING SHIT!"
"Either you have a death wish or you're just batshit crazy."
"Either you have a hearing problem or you're just stupid!"
Bankotsu was not going to admit how much he loved the little warrior that was peaking her head. The fight in her was making all his blood run south.
"The fuck did you just call me!?"
"I think you just answered yourself ... stupid."
"I swear it's like you actually want me to kill you!"
"YOU KNOW WHAT BANKOTSU!? Kill me. Just do it already! Torture me! Slice me! Shoot me! Burn me! Do me like you do all the innocent people you kill on a daily basis! The real torture is sitting here as your captive and watching you do it, like the helpless little girl you all think I am. Well news flash asshole! I've had enough of your shit!"
"You insolent little we –"
"I'M NOT DONE YET! You expect me to be a happy, quiet, obedient little servant when your brothers have just in a span of five days tried to rape and beat me to death! You kill innocent people, CHILDREN for kami's sake! And even more sickening you enjoy it!"
"I'm a killer, miko. You know this."
"You are a heartless bastard! You couldn't give a damn about anyone's feelings to save your life!"
"Who's feelings? Yours?" He raised an eyebrow at that.
"That's not important! You could do more! So much more. You don't have to be an assassin. You don't have to kill innocent people. You don't have to find joy in something so horrible because you won't bother to find all the other joys in life! You're nothing but a coward!"
Bankotsu had heard enough. He grabbed her by the shoulders and slammed her into the nearest wall, pressing his hard body against her soft curves.
"Shut up!" He screamed into her face.
"No! How about instead of getting angry you be a fucking man and show me something about you that proves me wrong? Show me something real!" Her chest was moving rapidly, pressing against his with every breath.
"You want real?! I'll give you fucking real."
He slammed his lips to hers. This kiss was brutal, unyielding, and everything they both wanted, needed from each other. He released her shoulders and brought one hand to her lower back and the other tangled into her hair, trying to bring her impossibly closer.
Kagome couldn't think, couldn't bring herself to push him away. She needed this as bad as she needed her next breath. She grabbed his haori pulling him into her. They both needed to get closer, wanting to melt into one another. He dragged his tongue across her bottom lip, begging for entrance and she was more than happy to grant it.
He needed more.
He leaned down to grasp her bottom and lift, wrapping her legs around his waist without breaking their kiss. Laying her on the ground, he took a moment to look at her. Kagome's porcelain skin was flushed, her lips swollen from his kiss, ebony hair splayed against the earth, her chest rising and falling with heavy breaths; she was a magnificent creature, the most beautiful he'd ever seen. He caressed her cheek and felt her soften against his touch.
She tried to fight it; her feelings and desire for the man in front of her. But all the fight left her body the moment she felt Bankotsu's lips. It was a drug that she was instantly addicted to. There was no telling if this was right or wrong, if there was a future for them or not, but if they only had tonight, she will take it and embrace every moment.
He pressed his lips against hers with a gentleness even he didn't think he was capable of. Electricity thrummed through her body as he pressed his weight against her, she let out a moan as his hands began to wander over her curves.
"Ban," his name left her lips in a whimper. He left her lips and placed soft kisses along her jawline, down her neck, to her chest. He opened her kimono, the night air brought her sensitive rose buds to a peak. She gasped at the sensation when his tongue danced around her nipple before closing his lips around the peak while rolling its twin between his thumb and index finger. The pleasure was nothing she'd ever felt before. Her fingers found purchase in his hair, nails scratching his scalp making him hiss in pleasure. Her breathy moans were music to his ears. Her thighs spread further. "Please," she didn't know what she was asking for but she knew whatever it was, he was the only one that could give it to her.
He released her nipple and blew softly on the wet bud, making her arch her back at the sensation. His rough calloused hands caressed her body as he looked into her eyes. She was the only pure thing in existence to him, and as much as he wanted to claim her as his, he also knew that she deserved better than that.
"Not like this, beautiful. Not like this." He brought his hand up to her cheek, she leaned into his touch finding more comfort in it than anything else in the world, "I won't fuck you tonight, but I will show you pleasure only I can give you. You'll scream my name to the Kamis and I'm going to drink everything you have to give me."
She shivered deliciously at his words that both terrified and excited her. He descended to her lips once again. He tasted like sake and she yearned to be drunk off his lips. Tugging on the kimono, Kagome was completely exposed to Bankotsu's predatory gaze. That look in his eyes set fire to her skin.
Although Kagome never had any experience with another boy, she had never been self-conscious about her body before. She didn't think about sex or physical touch like other girls her age. Any of her friends in the modern world would probably never dare to lay naked outdoors with a man they're supposed to hate. But as Bankotsu looked at her, his cobalt eyes turning darker like a raging ocean storm, Kagome felt hot and admired. She couldn't understand why he had this effect on her nor why it made her feel so powerful. Bankotsu's hands wandered over her skin like he couldn't get enough. His touch felt so good she let out a sound that she didn't recognized. By the sound that Bankotsu made, she knew he liked it a lot and wanted to hear more of it.
"Mine" He growled before tightening his grip on her and capturing her lips in a demanding kiss.
The sensation was too much yet too little for both. They needed more.
Bankotsu trailed his tongue from her neck, down between her breasts before exploring her stomach. She yelped when she felt his teeth graze her hips. Kagome didn't know what Bankotsu was going to do, but she closed her eyes and let him take her where she yearned to be. With her eyes closed she could feel him everywhere. Goosebumps raised on her skin the further down he went.
When he blew air on her sensitive clit, her hips bucked up and he chuckled. Wrapping his arms around her thighs and gripping her hips, Bankotsu licked his lips before attacking Kagome's core.
She screamed at the feeling of his hot mouth on her pussy. She'd never imagined something so dirty feeling so out of this world, she couldn't control the cries flying out of her mouth. He licked, sucked and bit her clit in a fantastic pattern that left her breathless. A heat was brimming in her belly, the feel of it all almost overwhelming.
When Bankotsu slid two fingers in her channel, her vision went white. His fingers pumped inside of her while his tongue worked her clit in a double assault that stole the breath from her lungs.
"Ba- Ban … Bankotsu … Something is happening," Kagome tried to say between breaths. Bankotsu didn't let up.
Curving his fingers, he massaged her g-spot until he felt a change in the tissue.
Growling against her pussy, Bankotsu said, "It's okay, baby. Let go. I want to taste you as you explode all over me. Give it to me!"
His fingers pumped harder and faster while his tongue rolled against her clit. Kagome started to scream but it wasn't until he felt the tightening around his fingers that he pulled them out and covered her pussy with his mouth. He moaned against her as her sweet nectar coated his tongue, swallowing every drop she gave him.
Bankotsu looked over the raven haired beauty, tasting her essence on his tongue and shivered. Not once has he had anything more exquisite. And he couldn't wait to taste it again.