InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ A Mercenary's Everlasting Love ❯ six ( Chapter 6 )
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By: kittyb78 
renovations begin
Anime/Manga: InuYasha Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Adventure | Type: Fanfiction Sequel | Uploaded On: 12.21.2009 | Updated On: 12.21.2009 | Pages: 2 | Words: 1.8K | Visits: 243 | Status: Work In Progress
renovations begin
Anime/Manga: InuYasha Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Adventure | Type: Fanfiction Sequel | Uploaded On: 12.21.2009 | Updated On: 12.21.2009 | Pages: 2 | Words: 1.8K | Visits: 243 | Status: Work In Progress
Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha! I do own Koneko AKA Kitty, and the plot, and story line..... There. I said it. (sighs)
Chapter 6:
The next morning:
As soon as breakfast was over, Bankotsu took Miroku and Suikotsu out to search for suitable trees and began cutting them down. Bankotsu instructed the monk how to properly cut them into logs, and the three men worked throughout the day to get many logs chopped and ready.
As the three men began cutting and dragging the logs back to the village, Sango took Kitty and Kohaku to where the villagers had been buried.
They stood in front of the graves and Sango said, “Inuyasha and his friends, are the ones who buried everyone.” with sadness in her eyes as she stared at the deceased villagers’ tombs.
Kitty sniffed and said, “Such a cruel way for them to have died.” kneeling down to place a hand over one of the mounds, with eyes deeply saddened by the loss of her first village’s occupants.
Her eyes slowly drifted shut as images of her second village being turned into a battlefield entered her mind. Tears began to leak from her closed eyes as a deep sense or remorse filled her soul.
Kohaku’s eyes lowered to the graves and he sighed. Sango said, “Don’t blame yourself Kohaku.” sensing her brother’s guilt.
Kohaku lowered to his knees and said, “I can’t help it sister. Part of this was by my own hand.” and tears fell from his own brown eyes.
Sango dropped to her knees embracing him and said, “No Kohaku, you were tricked into it. Father and the rest know you would have never raised a hand against them otherwise.” with her own tears falling down her cheeks.
Gritting her teeth to get her emotions back in control, Koneko said sadly, “Sitting here moping won’t accomplish anything.” as she slowly rose to her feet.
Kohaku hugged his sister weeping into her chest and said, “You’re right.” before rising to his own feet and walking over to the shed.
Sango nodded wiping her own tears away and said, “There is still so much to be done.” following Kohaku into the shed.
Kitty sighed heavily and said, “Yes,” following her friends into the small shed.
The trio began rummaging through what little remained of the stored supplies, setting aside what was still salvageable and piling what was not in a smaller pile.
Once they had inventoried the contents of the shed, Sango and Kohaku took the various demon bones, and walked over to the forge. They carefully began instructing Renkotsu on how to take the cleaned bones and make them into weapons.
Kitty gathered the flaps of skin and guts, and carried them over to Jakotsu, where she patiently taught him how to turn them into demon slayer armor suits. Eager to learn, Jakotsu watched fascinated and tried to help whenever he could.
After the logs had been cut and dragged to the village, Bankotsu and Suikotsu began setting the foundation for the first log cabin.
Kitty had taken Miroku aside, and began instructing him in how to properly disperse the unclenched demon remains of all lingering spirits, and to purify the remains, so they could be used as need.
During this time, Renkotsu inspected the outer walls of the village and began mentally taking notes for how to repair and strengthen them.
Afterward the demon remains had been cleansed, Miroku and Kitty went to lend a hand with the logs. By the time the sun had begun setting, the four of them had the first cabin half finished.
Kitty made the stew and everyone sat around the fire waiting for the savory meal to finish cooking.
Sango said, “Father had such big plans for our village.” with a wistful tone in her voice.
Kohaku agreed, “Yeah he did. He wanted to make a name for the demon slayers, with our village ranked first among them, representing them as a whole.” as he stared into the fire beneath the cooking pot.
Koneko said, “I remember when we were kids, how he would talk about his plans for the village, and how everyone believed in him.” with a fond tone.
Sango smiled. “Yeah, it didn’t take much for the villagers to be willing to aid him either.”
Hearing the fondness in their voices, Bankotsu said, “We could still try to make his visions a reality.”
Everyone blinked at him and he said, “Well, you said that he wanted the village to represent the demon slayers, correct?”
Kohaku answered, “Yeah,” wondering where the mercenary was going with this.
Staring at his beloved, Bankotsu added, “You told me the demon slayers are fierce warriors, correct?”
She slowly nodded. Sango added, “Our people were some of the toughest warriors to battle demons.”
Bankotsu said, “Well then stop acting as if they are all dead. You, Kohaku and Kitty are all slayers. The three of you have offered to teach me and my men the trade.”
Sango nodded, “That’s true and the offer still stands.” staring at him.
Bankotsu smirked adding, “I’ve already told you I intend to expand the training grounds and help to improve them immensely.”
Kitty said, “Yes you did.” and then asked bluntly, “What are you going with this?”
Bankotsu informed her, “After the training grounds have been redone, and you three train all of us, we will have a village of powerful slayers once again.”
Kitty grinned agreeing, “Yeah, maybe even more powerful than our normal clan.”
Bankotsu smirked announcing, “And once that happens, the demon slayers will be a strong clan once again. They will be more renowned for having faced extinction and struggling back to thrive once more.”
Sango said, “He’s right. as of now everyone thinks the demon slayers have been wiped out.”
Kohaku blinked and said, “Which will give us the advantage of having plenty of time to train these guys.”
Miroku nodded and said, “That would increase the ranks to over double.”
Bankotsu smirked adding confidently, “Since my men and I have had previous combat training, we will adapt to the new training much faster than people with no training would have.”
Kitty said, “You’re right about that too.” watching his chest puff out with pride. Following along his line of thinking she said, “Once we have seven well trained slayers, we can show the world that we still have what it takes.”
Miroku caught on and said impressed, “Proving to the world that even in the greatest of odds, they slayers will overcome all obstacles.”
Sango grinned adding, “Which will allow us to continue to honor the teachings of our ancestors, and to continue providing assistance to those who have need of our aid- like our ancestors have done since the beginning of time.”
Kitty said happily, “Upholding the teachings of our clan, helping those less fortunate who would otherwise not survive.”
Bankotsu grinned saying, “See, the clan isn’t dead, only needs time to grow.”
Kitty grinned saying, “And grow we will. Overtime we will slowly increase our ranks and the village will once again thrive.”
Renkotsu said, “Indeed an impressive thought, big brother.”
Bankotsu’s eyes lit with excitement as he said, “And I know how you men love a challenge. It will be a new adventure for us.”
Suikotsu stated, “I can still be the healer, but becoming a slayer too… that would be a challenge.”
Kitty added relieved, “You would all be killing demons, not innocents, and still getting paid for it.”
Bankotsu said, “Yeah,” almost sad at not killing randomly anymore. But he perked up saying, “We would still make the money needed to live as we are accustomed too, and none of us would grow bored.”
Sango added, “That’s for sure. When the others were still alive, it seemed like every few days we had a new job to complete, and sometimes we got so many jobs, we had most of the people out in groups to complete them.”
Renkotsu said seriously, “I’m working on fortifying and repairing the outer walls, in case of another attack, so we won’t be near as vulnerable either.”
Bankotsu nodded, “Just as I’ve grown to expect from you Renkotsu,” nodding at his second in command.
Jakotsu admitted, “I actually enjoyed learning to make the uniforms today, I think I could be happy doing that, when we aren’t killing demons.”
Kitty said, “I’m glad. That will free me up to help with the training on a regular basis.” smiling.
Renkotsu piped in, “Crafting the weapons, and running the forge is more my style. I enjoy working with metal and fire.”
Bankotsu said happily, “Fighting will give me plenty to do to keep from being bored, and after I learn the tools of the trade, training new fighters will be fun.”
Miroku said, “That leaves me to do the spiritual side of things, exorcising and stuff, which is where I do my best work.”
Sango said, Training you four will be easier then starting from scratch, and as the village grows, more people may come to us for training.”
Kohaku said solemnly, “The first thing we should do, is get a memorial or fence resurrected around the graves, so that no one can disturb them.”
Kitty agreed, “Great idea Kohaku. Will all the rebuilding and stuff going on, we don’t need anything disrupting their resting places.”
Sango said, “Yeah, they’ve been through enough.” falling sad.
Bankotsu agreed, “After the cabins are built, and the walls fortified, we will build a fence ensuring no one can mess with the graves, but you will still be able to place flowers on their graves.”
Sango said tearfully, “Thank you.” and leaned into Miroku’s chest crying. Miroku held her trying to soothe her.
After dinner everyone turned in for the night so that they would be refreshed and ready to tackle another busy day tomorrow.
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A/N Short I know, but you will see why next chapter. Anyways, there is chapter six everyone- enjoy! XD
Chapter 6:
The next morning:
As soon as breakfast was over, Bankotsu took Miroku and Suikotsu out to search for suitable trees and began cutting them down. Bankotsu instructed the monk how to properly cut them into logs, and the three men worked throughout the day to get many logs chopped and ready.
As the three men began cutting and dragging the logs back to the village, Sango took Kitty and Kohaku to where the villagers had been buried.
They stood in front of the graves and Sango said, “Inuyasha and his friends, are the ones who buried everyone.” with sadness in her eyes as she stared at the deceased villagers’ tombs.
Kitty sniffed and said, “Such a cruel way for them to have died.” kneeling down to place a hand over one of the mounds, with eyes deeply saddened by the loss of her first village’s occupants.
Her eyes slowly drifted shut as images of her second village being turned into a battlefield entered her mind. Tears began to leak from her closed eyes as a deep sense or remorse filled her soul.
Kohaku’s eyes lowered to the graves and he sighed. Sango said, “Don’t blame yourself Kohaku.” sensing her brother’s guilt.
Kohaku lowered to his knees and said, “I can’t help it sister. Part of this was by my own hand.” and tears fell from his own brown eyes.
Sango dropped to her knees embracing him and said, “No Kohaku, you were tricked into it. Father and the rest know you would have never raised a hand against them otherwise.” with her own tears falling down her cheeks.
Gritting her teeth to get her emotions back in control, Koneko said sadly, “Sitting here moping won’t accomplish anything.” as she slowly rose to her feet.
Kohaku hugged his sister weeping into her chest and said, “You’re right.” before rising to his own feet and walking over to the shed.
Sango nodded wiping her own tears away and said, “There is still so much to be done.” following Kohaku into the shed.
Kitty sighed heavily and said, “Yes,” following her friends into the small shed.
The trio began rummaging through what little remained of the stored supplies, setting aside what was still salvageable and piling what was not in a smaller pile.
Once they had inventoried the contents of the shed, Sango and Kohaku took the various demon bones, and walked over to the forge. They carefully began instructing Renkotsu on how to take the cleaned bones and make them into weapons.
Kitty gathered the flaps of skin and guts, and carried them over to Jakotsu, where she patiently taught him how to turn them into demon slayer armor suits. Eager to learn, Jakotsu watched fascinated and tried to help whenever he could.
After the logs had been cut and dragged to the village, Bankotsu and Suikotsu began setting the foundation for the first log cabin.
Kitty had taken Miroku aside, and began instructing him in how to properly disperse the unclenched demon remains of all lingering spirits, and to purify the remains, so they could be used as need.
During this time, Renkotsu inspected the outer walls of the village and began mentally taking notes for how to repair and strengthen them.
Afterward the demon remains had been cleansed, Miroku and Kitty went to lend a hand with the logs. By the time the sun had begun setting, the four of them had the first cabin half finished.
Kitty made the stew and everyone sat around the fire waiting for the savory meal to finish cooking.
Sango said, “Father had such big plans for our village.” with a wistful tone in her voice.
Kohaku agreed, “Yeah he did. He wanted to make a name for the demon slayers, with our village ranked first among them, representing them as a whole.” as he stared into the fire beneath the cooking pot.
Koneko said, “I remember when we were kids, how he would talk about his plans for the village, and how everyone believed in him.” with a fond tone.
Sango smiled. “Yeah, it didn’t take much for the villagers to be willing to aid him either.”
Hearing the fondness in their voices, Bankotsu said, “We could still try to make his visions a reality.”
Everyone blinked at him and he said, “Well, you said that he wanted the village to represent the demon slayers, correct?”
Kohaku answered, “Yeah,” wondering where the mercenary was going with this.
Staring at his beloved, Bankotsu added, “You told me the demon slayers are fierce warriors, correct?”
She slowly nodded. Sango added, “Our people were some of the toughest warriors to battle demons.”
Bankotsu said, “Well then stop acting as if they are all dead. You, Kohaku and Kitty are all slayers. The three of you have offered to teach me and my men the trade.”
Sango nodded, “That’s true and the offer still stands.” staring at him.
Bankotsu smirked adding, “I’ve already told you I intend to expand the training grounds and help to improve them immensely.”
Kitty said, “Yes you did.” and then asked bluntly, “What are you going with this?”
Bankotsu informed her, “After the training grounds have been redone, and you three train all of us, we will have a village of powerful slayers once again.”
Kitty grinned agreeing, “Yeah, maybe even more powerful than our normal clan.”
Bankotsu smirked announcing, “And once that happens, the demon slayers will be a strong clan once again. They will be more renowned for having faced extinction and struggling back to thrive once more.”
Sango said, “He’s right. as of now everyone thinks the demon slayers have been wiped out.”
Kohaku blinked and said, “Which will give us the advantage of having plenty of time to train these guys.”
Miroku nodded and said, “That would increase the ranks to over double.”
Bankotsu smirked adding confidently, “Since my men and I have had previous combat training, we will adapt to the new training much faster than people with no training would have.”
Kitty said, “You’re right about that too.” watching his chest puff out with pride. Following along his line of thinking she said, “Once we have seven well trained slayers, we can show the world that we still have what it takes.”
Miroku caught on and said impressed, “Proving to the world that even in the greatest of odds, they slayers will overcome all obstacles.”
Sango grinned adding, “Which will allow us to continue to honor the teachings of our ancestors, and to continue providing assistance to those who have need of our aid- like our ancestors have done since the beginning of time.”
Kitty said happily, “Upholding the teachings of our clan, helping those less fortunate who would otherwise not survive.”
Bankotsu grinned saying, “See, the clan isn’t dead, only needs time to grow.”
Kitty grinned saying, “And grow we will. Overtime we will slowly increase our ranks and the village will once again thrive.”
Renkotsu said, “Indeed an impressive thought, big brother.”
Bankotsu’s eyes lit with excitement as he said, “And I know how you men love a challenge. It will be a new adventure for us.”
Suikotsu stated, “I can still be the healer, but becoming a slayer too… that would be a challenge.”
Kitty added relieved, “You would all be killing demons, not innocents, and still getting paid for it.”
Bankotsu said, “Yeah,” almost sad at not killing randomly anymore. But he perked up saying, “We would still make the money needed to live as we are accustomed too, and none of us would grow bored.”
Sango added, “That’s for sure. When the others were still alive, it seemed like every few days we had a new job to complete, and sometimes we got so many jobs, we had most of the people out in groups to complete them.”
Renkotsu said seriously, “I’m working on fortifying and repairing the outer walls, in case of another attack, so we won’t be near as vulnerable either.”
Bankotsu nodded, “Just as I’ve grown to expect from you Renkotsu,” nodding at his second in command.
Jakotsu admitted, “I actually enjoyed learning to make the uniforms today, I think I could be happy doing that, when we aren’t killing demons.”
Kitty said, “I’m glad. That will free me up to help with the training on a regular basis.” smiling.
Renkotsu piped in, “Crafting the weapons, and running the forge is more my style. I enjoy working with metal and fire.”
Bankotsu said happily, “Fighting will give me plenty to do to keep from being bored, and after I learn the tools of the trade, training new fighters will be fun.”
Miroku said, “That leaves me to do the spiritual side of things, exorcising and stuff, which is where I do my best work.”
Sango said, Training you four will be easier then starting from scratch, and as the village grows, more people may come to us for training.”
Kohaku said solemnly, “The first thing we should do, is get a memorial or fence resurrected around the graves, so that no one can disturb them.”
Kitty agreed, “Great idea Kohaku. Will all the rebuilding and stuff going on, we don’t need anything disrupting their resting places.”
Sango said, “Yeah, they’ve been through enough.” falling sad.
Bankotsu agreed, “After the cabins are built, and the walls fortified, we will build a fence ensuring no one can mess with the graves, but you will still be able to place flowers on their graves.”
Sango said tearfully, “Thank you.” and leaned into Miroku’s chest crying. Miroku held her trying to soothe her.
After dinner everyone turned in for the night so that they would be refreshed and ready to tackle another busy day tomorrow.
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A/N Short I know, but you will see why next chapter. Anyways, there is chapter six everyone- enjoy! XD