InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ A Mercenary's Everlasting Love ❯ fourteen ( Chapter 14 )
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By: kittyb78 
The return of Koneko's ex.
Anime/Manga: InuYasha Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Adventure | Type: Fanfiction Sequel | Uploaded On: 01.01.2010 | Pages: 2 | Words: 2.4K | Visits: 223 | Status: Work In Progress
The return of Koneko's ex.
Anime/Manga: InuYasha Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Adventure | Type: Fanfiction Sequel | Uploaded On: 01.01.2010 | Pages: 2 | Words: 2.4K | Visits: 223 | 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)
A/N: Hebiki= snake/serpent + yellow.
Chapter 14:
Outside the gate, a loud crash was heard, as well as the frantic scream of what sounded like a female, running for their life, from something big and heavy.
Bankotsu tore off out of the gate, with Kitty hot on his heels, bow in hand and arrows strapped across her back. Torao immediately followed after his mistress. Everyone else quickly followed suit.
Bankotsu arrived just in time to see a man being chased by a large ogre demon, as he screamed in a high pitched voice, “Somebody help me!” running wide eyed with his heart slamming hard against his scrawny chest as the ogre made a clumsy grab toward him again.
Torao took up a protective stance before his mistress in his larger form, intending to defend her, and if needed to fly her back out of harm’s way. Kirara had taken up a defensive stance next to her mistress as well.
Kitty stopped dead in her tracks and her jaw dropped as she mumbled stunned, “It can’t be.” shaking her head in disbelief, as she lowered her bow, and placed her arrow back in the quiver on her back.
The man threw himself to the ground, curling into a fetal position and whimpering in fright. His body began trembling and the air reeked of fear.
Bankotsu raised a brow at the guy’s actions, and scoffed thinking disgustedly, 'What a coward.' before leaping into the air, and bringing down his mighty halberd, burying it deep in the skull of the intruding demon.
The sharp blade sliced opened the ogre’s head and Bankotsu pushed his full body weight behind the blade, continuing to drive the blade down; rending the flesh with a sickening wet sound as the skin ripped apart, sending blood all over the place.
Bankotsu ignored the sticky substance, as he continued driving the blade through the massive demon’s body, until the demon fell with a massive thud, which shook the ground. It was cut into two clean halves.
Just before reaching the ground, Bankotsu jumped back, ripping the blade free and sent blood streaming through the air, as he twirled his companion around and landed solidly on his feet a few feet back from the dead demon’s corpse.
Noticing the man cowering and quaking with fear, Bankotsu rolled his eyes and muttered, “You can get up now.” resting Banryu heavily against his shoulder, and placing a hand on his hip, as he eyed the man with disdain.
Seeing that there was no real threat, Torao and Kirara both resumed their smaller forms and mewled.
Koneko snapped out of her shock and walked towards the man. She stood staring down at him and drew her foot back, planting it into the man’s stomach hard, earning a grunt of pain from him.
She rolled her eyes and said boredly, “Cut the drama and get the hell up already, you weak, pathetic excuse of a man.”
The man’s eyes widened as he heard her voice and the words registered. Only one person ever had the audacity to speak to him like that. He looked up and stared at her in shock for a minute. His heart leapt for joy. He’d finally found her.
He grinned and jumped up hugging her, saying, “Koneko it really is you. I’m so glad that I finally found you.” nuzzling his cheek against hers.
Her face adapted a look of horror and she doubled up her fist. She punched him off of her, sending him to the ground again, and growled out annoyed, “Keep your filthy hands off me, Hebiki.” before storming over to stand by Bankotsu’s side.
She made a show of removing his touches, as if he left her feeling dirty or something, and sighed asking, “What the hell are you doing here?”
Hebiki frowned and picked himself up off the ground. He dusted himself off and said, “I came looking for you.”
She frowned and asked, “Why?” staring at him as if she couldn’t stand him.
He answered, “So that we can get married.” as if it were obvious, while staring at her as if she’d grown a couple extra heads.
Bankotsu’s eyes narrowed at the man and he ground out, “What did you say?”
Hebiki noticed the anger in the man’s eyes and repeated explained in a scared manner, “I’m her fiancé.”
Bankotsu’s eyes became colder as he clenched his jaw. Before he could say anything, Kitty cut him off correcting seriously, “Ex fiancé,” and turned to her husband explaining, “He’s the one I was telling you about.”
Bankotsu snorted derisively and said, “listen here Hebiki, I don’t give a fuck what you think. My Kitty isn’t going anywhere- least of all with a schmuck like you.” glairing daggers at the quaking coward in front of him, as his strong arm wrapped possessively around his wife’s hip.
Koneko smiled and pat Ban’s cheek assuring, “Relax Ban, I have no intention of leaving- especially not with that thing.” jabbing a finger in her ex’s direction.
Hebiki’s face turned red with anger as he said, “I am not a thing!” glaring at her as he added huffing, “And you are leaving with me, whether you like it or not.”
Bankotsu snorted again. Kitty said, “Not happening Hebiki!” Before frowning and asking curiously, “Just how did you even find me?”
Hebiki replied, “I heard a rumor a while back about a priestess/warrior and some companions that had been traveling this way. When the person telling me the story, described the woman who had helped them, and her immense beauty, I knew that it had to be you.”
She snorted and demanded, “Just how the hell did you manage to survive that slaughter anyways?”
Hebiki stuttered, “Uh well, the truth is that I-“ shifting his eyes to the ground nervously.
She scowled and accused, “You ran away, didn’t you?” glaring at him with her hands on her hips.
He became a bit nervous under her harsh gaze and said, “No, no, I-“
She cut him off again. “Bullshit! You ran off just like the coward you are.”
Removing Bankotsu’s hand from her waist, she stormed over to Hebiki and delivered a loud, vicious slap across his face, fuming, “Instead of staying to help defend your village, you ran off with your tail between your legs. Didn’t you?” glaring at him with her eyes daring him to deny it again.
Knowing that he couldn’t honestly deny her accusation, he looked down at the ground and said, “I-“
She huffed and stormed away to begin ranting at him. “You’re nothing but a damned coward, that’s what you are! You never change Hebiki- always turning tail at the first sign of trouble.”
She continued tearing into him verbally, giving him a well deserved tongue lashing; while pacing with her hands fisted at her sides.
Hebiki sighed and stood there, rubbing his cheek and feeling like an idiot. He’d spent the last six months searching for her. Now that he’d finally found her, instead of welcoming him with open arms like she was supposed to, the bitch was lecturing him.
Bankotsu stood there smirking, highly amused as he watched his fiery tempered pregnant wife lecturing the scrawny man. Sango and the others stood watching slightly amused at the display as well.
She continued, “I can’t believe that you would just run away like that. You could have at least warned everybody of the impending attack, which you obviously had to have some knowledge about, because you ran away, like usual.” ending in a condescending tone.
He defended, “I left to look for you. I wanted to make sure you had reached the sick village okay and were safe.”
She scoffed, “I can take care of myself just fine, thank you. I sure as hell don’t need a weakling coward like you protecting me.” as she stood in front of him glaring at him, with her hands planted firmly on her hips.
Hebiki sighed and muttered, “All I found of you was a torn bloody piece of your haori.” as he pulled it out of his pocket, showing her.
She slapped it out of his hand and said sternly in a voice laced heavy with disproval, “You have no honor whatsoever! You should be ashamed of yourself Hebiki. You practically left everyone, including your own cousin, there to die brutally at the hands of those obviously irate demons.”
Eyes filling with sadness and sorrow at the many lives lost that day, she said, “If I had know, I would have at least tried to warn them, not run away like only a coward could.”
Having had enough of her tearing into him, Hebiki demanded accusingly, “Who are you to lecture me about honor when you shacked up with another man, without knowing for sure that I was dead?!” as his angry grey eyes bore into her with pure anger.
He raised a hand to strike her across the face, but was stopped by the man with the braid, who moved so fast that he hadn’t even seen him, until he was crushing the guy’s wrist.
Bankotsu ground out, “Try that again and you will end up eating the damned thing,” glaring at him menacingly, as he nearly crushed the bones of the hand hard enough to break them.
Hebiki whimpered in pain and tried to withdraw his hand. Bankotsu scoffed and dropped the hand, roughly shoving the man away, and moved to stand protectively between his wife and the intruder, glaring the man in front of him down.
'Scratch that, this cowardly fool is not a man, he’s a mere boy,' Bankotsu thought smugly, continuing to stare the guy down.
Hebiki stared at Koneko and mentioned, “You were promised to me, way before he,” stabbing an accusing finger at the annoying male beside her as he finished, “ever even came into the picture.”
She argued, “Not by my choice I wasn’t.” adding angrily, “You whined to that damned headman until he gave in to your pathetic pleas and betrothed us, just to get you to leave him the hell alone.” rolling her eyes at the memory.
Hebiki sputtered, “So what. In the end I got you now didn’t I?” puffing his chest out with pride.
She snorted and muttered, “I reiterate, not by my choice.” glaring at him. She was beyond annoyed that this snake had slithered back into her life, even if only temporarily.
Having heard all he was willing to listen to, Bankotsu bellowed out, “Enough!” and faced the man informing him point blank, “My wife isn’t going anywhere with the likes of you! Now leave, before I forget I’m supposed to have manners.” glaring at him angrily.
Hebiki’s eyes widened at the announcement of his beloved Koneko being married to this arrogant man, before narrowing at the man. He finally couldn’t take it anymore and doubled up his fist, slamming hard it into the smug face of the man, who had just shattered his happiness.
Bankotsu smirked at him and then punched him off of him and dropped Banryu to the ground, in favor of tackling them man. With the sickening thud of fist hitting flesh, they swapped punches back and forth for a good ten minutes; with Bankotsu of course, doing most of the damage.
Bankotsu ended up on top. He punched Hebiki dead in the face again, sending the man’s head snapping back harshly, before dropping him with an icy warning, “Do not ever try to hit me again.” as angry nearly black eyes glared through the weakling in his clutches.
Standing to tower over the man who was now rolling in pain on the ground, Bankotsu warned in a deadly tone, “Stay the hell away from my wife, and don’t ever make the mistake of showing your pathetic ass around here again.” He finished by delivering a vicious kick to the man’s stomach, which sent Hebiki skidding across the dirt, groaning in pain, before he landed nearly stuffed between the massive halves of the demon ogre, whose flesh was beginning to rot by the smell of things.
Bankotsu sent one last scathing glare at the man, before ordering, “Miroku, Suikotsu, get that pathetic filth out of my sight!” and bent down to pick up Banryu. He snatched Kitty’s hand, leading his wife back into their village, with an angry stride. Torao snorted in disgust at the stranger and followed after his master and mistress.
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Hebiki struggled to a sitting position and spat some blood out while favoring his bruised ribs, as he slowly made it to his feet. Suikotsu and Miroku made sure the man made it to the safety of the next closest village, before leaving to return to their new homes.
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Hebiki was taken into the residential healer’s place and fell unconscious. The healer worked on him for many hours, cleaning the various cuts, and abrasions, before sitting down to eat, satisfied that his patient would survive, despite the massive injuries he’d sustained.
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A/N: I’d say Hebiki should have left before making the mistake of pissing off a man of Bankotsu’s stature, huh?
Well anyways, that is chapter fourteen. Sadly, this story as well is coming to a close. In fact, all that remains is the epilogue, which will be up soon. Enjoy everyone! XD
A/N: Hebiki= snake/serpent + yellow.
Chapter 14:
Outside the gate, a loud crash was heard, as well as the frantic scream of what sounded like a female, running for their life, from something big and heavy.
Bankotsu tore off out of the gate, with Kitty hot on his heels, bow in hand and arrows strapped across her back. Torao immediately followed after his mistress. Everyone else quickly followed suit.
Bankotsu arrived just in time to see a man being chased by a large ogre demon, as he screamed in a high pitched voice, “Somebody help me!” running wide eyed with his heart slamming hard against his scrawny chest as the ogre made a clumsy grab toward him again.
Torao took up a protective stance before his mistress in his larger form, intending to defend her, and if needed to fly her back out of harm’s way. Kirara had taken up a defensive stance next to her mistress as well.
Kitty stopped dead in her tracks and her jaw dropped as she mumbled stunned, “It can’t be.” shaking her head in disbelief, as she lowered her bow, and placed her arrow back in the quiver on her back.
The man threw himself to the ground, curling into a fetal position and whimpering in fright. His body began trembling and the air reeked of fear.
Bankotsu raised a brow at the guy’s actions, and scoffed thinking disgustedly, 'What a coward.' before leaping into the air, and bringing down his mighty halberd, burying it deep in the skull of the intruding demon.
The sharp blade sliced opened the ogre’s head and Bankotsu pushed his full body weight behind the blade, continuing to drive the blade down; rending the flesh with a sickening wet sound as the skin ripped apart, sending blood all over the place.
Bankotsu ignored the sticky substance, as he continued driving the blade through the massive demon’s body, until the demon fell with a massive thud, which shook the ground. It was cut into two clean halves.
Just before reaching the ground, Bankotsu jumped back, ripping the blade free and sent blood streaming through the air, as he twirled his companion around and landed solidly on his feet a few feet back from the dead demon’s corpse.
Noticing the man cowering and quaking with fear, Bankotsu rolled his eyes and muttered, “You can get up now.” resting Banryu heavily against his shoulder, and placing a hand on his hip, as he eyed the man with disdain.
Seeing that there was no real threat, Torao and Kirara both resumed their smaller forms and mewled.
Koneko snapped out of her shock and walked towards the man. She stood staring down at him and drew her foot back, planting it into the man’s stomach hard, earning a grunt of pain from him.
She rolled her eyes and said boredly, “Cut the drama and get the hell up already, you weak, pathetic excuse of a man.”
The man’s eyes widened as he heard her voice and the words registered. Only one person ever had the audacity to speak to him like that. He looked up and stared at her in shock for a minute. His heart leapt for joy. He’d finally found her.
He grinned and jumped up hugging her, saying, “Koneko it really is you. I’m so glad that I finally found you.” nuzzling his cheek against hers.
Her face adapted a look of horror and she doubled up her fist. She punched him off of her, sending him to the ground again, and growled out annoyed, “Keep your filthy hands off me, Hebiki.” before storming over to stand by Bankotsu’s side.
She made a show of removing his touches, as if he left her feeling dirty or something, and sighed asking, “What the hell are you doing here?”
Hebiki frowned and picked himself up off the ground. He dusted himself off and said, “I came looking for you.”
She frowned and asked, “Why?” staring at him as if she couldn’t stand him.
He answered, “So that we can get married.” as if it were obvious, while staring at her as if she’d grown a couple extra heads.
Bankotsu’s eyes narrowed at the man and he ground out, “What did you say?”
Hebiki noticed the anger in the man’s eyes and repeated explained in a scared manner, “I’m her fiancé.”
Bankotsu’s eyes became colder as he clenched his jaw. Before he could say anything, Kitty cut him off correcting seriously, “Ex fiancé,” and turned to her husband explaining, “He’s the one I was telling you about.”
Bankotsu snorted derisively and said, “listen here Hebiki, I don’t give a fuck what you think. My Kitty isn’t going anywhere- least of all with a schmuck like you.” glairing daggers at the quaking coward in front of him, as his strong arm wrapped possessively around his wife’s hip.
Koneko smiled and pat Ban’s cheek assuring, “Relax Ban, I have no intention of leaving- especially not with that thing.” jabbing a finger in her ex’s direction.
Hebiki’s face turned red with anger as he said, “I am not a thing!” glaring at her as he added huffing, “And you are leaving with me, whether you like it or not.”
Bankotsu snorted again. Kitty said, “Not happening Hebiki!” Before frowning and asking curiously, “Just how did you even find me?”
Hebiki replied, “I heard a rumor a while back about a priestess/warrior and some companions that had been traveling this way. When the person telling me the story, described the woman who had helped them, and her immense beauty, I knew that it had to be you.”
She snorted and demanded, “Just how the hell did you manage to survive that slaughter anyways?”
Hebiki stuttered, “Uh well, the truth is that I-“ shifting his eyes to the ground nervously.
She scowled and accused, “You ran away, didn’t you?” glaring at him with her hands on her hips.
He became a bit nervous under her harsh gaze and said, “No, no, I-“
She cut him off again. “Bullshit! You ran off just like the coward you are.”
Removing Bankotsu’s hand from her waist, she stormed over to Hebiki and delivered a loud, vicious slap across his face, fuming, “Instead of staying to help defend your village, you ran off with your tail between your legs. Didn’t you?” glaring at him with her eyes daring him to deny it again.
Knowing that he couldn’t honestly deny her accusation, he looked down at the ground and said, “I-“
She huffed and stormed away to begin ranting at him. “You’re nothing but a damned coward, that’s what you are! You never change Hebiki- always turning tail at the first sign of trouble.”
She continued tearing into him verbally, giving him a well deserved tongue lashing; while pacing with her hands fisted at her sides.
Hebiki sighed and stood there, rubbing his cheek and feeling like an idiot. He’d spent the last six months searching for her. Now that he’d finally found her, instead of welcoming him with open arms like she was supposed to, the bitch was lecturing him.
Bankotsu stood there smirking, highly amused as he watched his fiery tempered pregnant wife lecturing the scrawny man. Sango and the others stood watching slightly amused at the display as well.
She continued, “I can’t believe that you would just run away like that. You could have at least warned everybody of the impending attack, which you obviously had to have some knowledge about, because you ran away, like usual.” ending in a condescending tone.
He defended, “I left to look for you. I wanted to make sure you had reached the sick village okay and were safe.”
She scoffed, “I can take care of myself just fine, thank you. I sure as hell don’t need a weakling coward like you protecting me.” as she stood in front of him glaring at him, with her hands planted firmly on her hips.
Hebiki sighed and muttered, “All I found of you was a torn bloody piece of your haori.” as he pulled it out of his pocket, showing her.
She slapped it out of his hand and said sternly in a voice laced heavy with disproval, “You have no honor whatsoever! You should be ashamed of yourself Hebiki. You practically left everyone, including your own cousin, there to die brutally at the hands of those obviously irate demons.”
Eyes filling with sadness and sorrow at the many lives lost that day, she said, “If I had know, I would have at least tried to warn them, not run away like only a coward could.”
Having had enough of her tearing into him, Hebiki demanded accusingly, “Who are you to lecture me about honor when you shacked up with another man, without knowing for sure that I was dead?!” as his angry grey eyes bore into her with pure anger.
He raised a hand to strike her across the face, but was stopped by the man with the braid, who moved so fast that he hadn’t even seen him, until he was crushing the guy’s wrist.
Bankotsu ground out, “Try that again and you will end up eating the damned thing,” glaring at him menacingly, as he nearly crushed the bones of the hand hard enough to break them.
Hebiki whimpered in pain and tried to withdraw his hand. Bankotsu scoffed and dropped the hand, roughly shoving the man away, and moved to stand protectively between his wife and the intruder, glaring the man in front of him down.
'Scratch that, this cowardly fool is not a man, he’s a mere boy,' Bankotsu thought smugly, continuing to stare the guy down.
Hebiki stared at Koneko and mentioned, “You were promised to me, way before he,” stabbing an accusing finger at the annoying male beside her as he finished, “ever even came into the picture.”
She argued, “Not by my choice I wasn’t.” adding angrily, “You whined to that damned headman until he gave in to your pathetic pleas and betrothed us, just to get you to leave him the hell alone.” rolling her eyes at the memory.
Hebiki sputtered, “So what. In the end I got you now didn’t I?” puffing his chest out with pride.
She snorted and muttered, “I reiterate, not by my choice.” glaring at him. She was beyond annoyed that this snake had slithered back into her life, even if only temporarily.
Having heard all he was willing to listen to, Bankotsu bellowed out, “Enough!” and faced the man informing him point blank, “My wife isn’t going anywhere with the likes of you! Now leave, before I forget I’m supposed to have manners.” glaring at him angrily.
Hebiki’s eyes widened at the announcement of his beloved Koneko being married to this arrogant man, before narrowing at the man. He finally couldn’t take it anymore and doubled up his fist, slamming hard it into the smug face of the man, who had just shattered his happiness.
Bankotsu smirked at him and then punched him off of him and dropped Banryu to the ground, in favor of tackling them man. With the sickening thud of fist hitting flesh, they swapped punches back and forth for a good ten minutes; with Bankotsu of course, doing most of the damage.
Bankotsu ended up on top. He punched Hebiki dead in the face again, sending the man’s head snapping back harshly, before dropping him with an icy warning, “Do not ever try to hit me again.” as angry nearly black eyes glared through the weakling in his clutches.
Standing to tower over the man who was now rolling in pain on the ground, Bankotsu warned in a deadly tone, “Stay the hell away from my wife, and don’t ever make the mistake of showing your pathetic ass around here again.” He finished by delivering a vicious kick to the man’s stomach, which sent Hebiki skidding across the dirt, groaning in pain, before he landed nearly stuffed between the massive halves of the demon ogre, whose flesh was beginning to rot by the smell of things.
Bankotsu sent one last scathing glare at the man, before ordering, “Miroku, Suikotsu, get that pathetic filth out of my sight!” and bent down to pick up Banryu. He snatched Kitty’s hand, leading his wife back into their village, with an angry stride. Torao snorted in disgust at the stranger and followed after his master and mistress.
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Hebiki struggled to a sitting position and spat some blood out while favoring his bruised ribs, as he slowly made it to his feet. Suikotsu and Miroku made sure the man made it to the safety of the next closest village, before leaving to return to their new homes.
--
Hebiki was taken into the residential healer’s place and fell unconscious. The healer worked on him for many hours, cleaning the various cuts, and abrasions, before sitting down to eat, satisfied that his patient would survive, despite the massive injuries he’d sustained.
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A/N: I’d say Hebiki should have left before making the mistake of pissing off a man of Bankotsu’s stature, huh?
Well anyways, that is chapter fourteen. Sadly, this story as well is coming to a close. In fact, all that remains is the epilogue, which will be up soon. Enjoy everyone! XD