InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Bankotsu's Futuristic Escapades ❯ Eight ( Chapter 9 )
[ Y - Young Adult: Not suitable for readers under 16 ]
By: kittyb78 
Bankotsu gets bored and Kagome takes him to the arcade.
Kagome finds herself in a bad position and is saved by Bankotsu.
Anime/Manga: InuYasha Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Romance / Drama | Type: Continuation | Uploaded On: 10.21.2009 | Pages: 3 | Words: 3.9K | Visits: 274 | Status: Work In Progress
Bankotsu gets bored and Kagome takes him to the arcade.
Kagome finds herself in a bad position and is saved by Bankotsu.
Anime/Manga: InuYasha Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Romance / Drama | Type: Continuation | Uploaded On: 10.21.2009 | Pages: 3 | Words: 3.9K | Visits: 274 | Status: Work In Progress
Disclaimer: I do not own the Characters, only this plot line and all its insane little twists.
A/N: Okay so a while back I was talking with BOA Destuction about wanting Bankotsu and Kagome to grow closer without things seeming rushed, or having things drag on forever.
He suggested Kagome being saved from a bad situation by Bankotsu, and in a way she also saves Bankotsu by reminding him that he isn’t a killer anymore. I thought it was a brilliant solution and started thinking of ways to use it and this is the result.
I have always given credit where I feel it is due so a BIG thank you goes out to another wonderful author whom I am proud to consider a friend- BOA Destuction!
I would also like to thank Frog-Kun for her review suggesting I clear up how Midoriko is still around after the jewel vanished. And Inuyasha‘s choice to remain a hanyou.
And finally Thank you to The Invisible Author for proofing this for me! XD
P.S. I hope you like the way this chapter turned out as much as I do! XD Now on with the story!
Chapter eight:
Once he had reassured himself that was still in his room at Kagome’s house, Bankotsu kicked off the cover and sat on the edge of the bed with his head in his hands mumbling, "What the hell is going on here? Am I going crazy or something?"
Back in the Feudal Era:
Sango was working on starting up the forge again to repair her demon bone weapon and asked Miroku, “One thing still puzzles me, Miroku. What happened to Midoriko’s spirit which resided in the jewel.”
Miroku tapped his staff on the ground walking the last step into the small building and said, “I’m not sure Sango.”
A light illuminated the tiny room and a ghost appeared saying, “I can answer that.”
Sango and Miroku blinked, staring in shock at the ghost and whispered, “Lady Midoriko.”
The ghost smiled and answered, “Yes, I am she who created the Shikon no tama,” and queried, “You wish the answer to your question?”
Sango said, “Yes please,” staring at the apparition who was famous for guarding her village and battling countless demons.
Kirara mewled and ran over, trying to rub against the ghostly legs. She smiled and greeted, “Hello, my old friend.” and wished she could pet her head once more.
Kirara mewled and she smiled replying, “I’ve missed you too.” Staring at the wide eyes of the demon slayer she said, “Now to answer your question: my soul was freed from the jewel before it was destroyed.”
Smiling she added, “Your young hanyou friend is far more caring than he lets on. The decision to return my descendant to her home was a difficult one for him. In the end he did so hoping for her to find the happiness she deserves.”
Returning to the subject at hand she continued, “Inuyasha had a difficult life and that has made him into a stronger warrior and better man than he otherwise would have become. Meeting your young friend also changed him into a better man; because of her showing him that he could be loved and accepted- even as a hanyou…. So in the end Inuyasha decided to remain a hanyou.”
Miroku nodded saying, “I see,” and asked concerned for the woman who was more of a sister to him now, “Kagome, she will find the happiness and love she deserves?” staring directly into the ghost’s grey eyes.
Staring back into his blue orbs Midoriko assured, “She still has some obstacles that she must overcome, but yes, she will find the love and happiness that has always been intended for her.”
Seeing sadness invade Sango’s eyes she added, “Do not blame your friend Inuyasha for returning Kagome to her time. It was meant to happen that way from the moment of Kagome’s arrival. All that has transpired has happened as it was meant to.”
Nodding, Miroku asked, “What will happen to you now, Lady Midoriko?” holding his staff as he stood in front of the ghost.
Midoriko smiled answering cryptically, “I have one more task to complete and then I will ascend to the next plain and begin my new journey.” Before they could ask any more questions, she waved her hands and a small mist surrounded them. When the mysterious mist had vanished, she too was gone.
Sango’s eyes lowered to the ground and she whispered, “Oh Miroku,” holding onto her fiancé as she cried. He sighed and held her, rubbing his free hand down her back and soothed, “It’s okay, Sango.”
Shippo, who had been hiding behind a bush, burst into tears and bounded toward the couple. Startled, Miroku dropped his staff and Shippo jumped into Miroku’s arm, crying all over again for the loss of his surrogate mother.
As he held his crying family, Miroku thought, 'Be happy, Kagome,' and turned his focus to consoling both of his loved ones who were seeking comfort from him.
Back in the Modern Era:
For the next few days, Bankotsu kept his mind occupied by either playing games with Souta, or pestering the hell out of Kagome.
Her books arrived and she started her schooling again. She was sitting at the kitchen table, frowning as she and her mother were going over a particularly hard math equation.
Bankotsu walked in and helped himself to a bowl of stew while Kagome and Sora continued working on her math.
Plopping into the chair beside Kagome, he asked, "So what’s that?” pointing to the notebook with the math equation.
Kagome muttered, “My worst nightmare- algebra.”
Bankotsu frowned and said, “Really, I’d have thought your worst nightmare would have been facing Naraku?” before lifting his shoulders in a carefree shrug and shoveling another bite of stew in his mouth.
Sora blinked and noticed he was tilting the chair back again. She scolded, “Bankotsu put the chair on all four legs now, before you end up falling backwards and spilling that hot stew all over you.” sending him a frown of disapproval.
He muttered under his breath and sat the chair upright, complaining, “I’m bored.” and pushed the already empty stew-bowl away.
Sora sighed and suggested, “Kagome, why don’t you and Bankotsu go for walk in the park, while I clean the laundry?”
Kagome stared at Bankotsu and fearing he would start getting into serious trouble soon if she didn’t find a way to entertain him said, “I need a break anyways.” She closed her math book and stood up.
Bankotsu whined, “Not the park again. Can’t we do something new and hopefully exciting?” while giving Kagome and Sora his puppy-dog eyes.
Kagome thought, “Wow, he really does look like a kid when he does that.” Frowning, she thought, 'Oh please, not that, anything but the lip quiver.' as he decided to play dirty and caused his lower lip to start trembling.
Sora smiled and said, “Okay, okay.” and grabbed her purse adding, “Here,” passing Kagome her zoo pass and some money.
Kagome blinked and said, “Thanks, Mama, but I don’t think he’d enjoy that.” as she passed back the pass and thought, a bit worried, “I hope this isn’t a bad idea.”
Bankotsu frowned, asking, “What was that? One of those credit card thingies?” hoping it wasn’t.
Kagome said, “No, it was a zoo-pass.” Adding amused, “Come on, Mr. Puppy pout, we’re going out.”
Bankotsu frowned asking confused, “Zoo-pass?” not liking the sound of that.
Kagome assured, “Don’t worry, we aren’t going to the zoo.” as she ran upstairs to retrieve her secret stash.
She came back down carrying a piggy bank and said, “I was saving this for a trip to the amusement park but-“
Sora said amused, “Oh don’t worry about the amusement park dear, I already have money and tickets set aside for that.” Informing her seriously, “You, Bankotsu, Souta, and Souta’s girlfriend are all going together this weekend.”
Sora smiled at her daughter adding, “I figured it would give the four of you some time together. You could use it to help Bankotsu adjust to the way we have fun these days too.”
Kagome grinned exclaiming excitedly, “Alright! Thanks, Mama!” jumping up to hug her grinning mother. Sora knew how much fun the kids always had at the amusement park so every year she tried to save for two tickets.
This year she had earned some extra money by knitting blankets in all her spare time that Kagome wasn’t home and selling them, so she went ahead and bought four tickets, intending to let each of her kids take one friend with them since she and her father would getting too old for the rides anyways.
Sora smiled at her daughter assuring, “You’re welcome, dear.” She hugged her back glad to have her precious daughter home at last.
Kagome sat back down and without hesitation opened her piggy bank spilling the coins onto the table top. Sora chuckled and handed her a bag for the coins adding, “Try not to spoil him too much. And don’t spend it all in one day,” with a chuckle.
Kagome assured, “We won’t, Mama.” and bagged the coins. Tying it shut, she placed the bag of coins in her backpack and slung it on her back, saying excitedly, “Come on, Bankotsu.”
Bankotsu frowned and followed after her confused. 'What she could possibly be so excited about?'
Kagome noticed his frown and said, “Don’t worry, you’re going to love this.” and led him over to their sandals. They slipped into her shoes and she grabbed his hand dragging him out the door.
When they descended the stairs from the shrine, he yanked his hand from hers and demanded, “Where are we going anyways?”
Kagome grinned replying, “Well you liked playing games with Souta at home right?” staring at him.
He said, “Yeah…” staring at her unsure of what he was getting dragged into.
She asked excitedly, “How would you like to play other games like that, only on a bigger system for a while?”
He snorted, “How can those systems be any bigger?” eying her as if he thought she was trying to trick him.
She grinned replying, “You’ll see, now come on or I’ll leave you standing here and go myself,” as she started walking off toward their destination.
He stood there a few seconds. When he realized she was serious about leaving him behind he bellowed, “Yo, wait up! You’re not leaving me here bored.” and sprinted, catching up to her quickly.
She smiled and said happily, “I told you, it’s your choice. Either keep up or be left behind and stay bored.” knowing that he’d rather do anything than risk being bored.
He sighed heavily and kept pace beside her. They waited for the walk light at the crosswalk and turned the corner after crossing the street.
Normally, Kagome wouldn’t be caught dead in this place without her school friends, but since Bankotsu was with her she felt safe enough. She also knew if she didn’t find some way to distract him he would likely flip out and start smashing things. Taking a deep breath, she walked up to the arcade and said, “Here we are.” grinning at him as she pushed him inside.
Blue eyes widened in awe as he stared at all the game machines and thought, 'This must be as close to heaven as I will ever get.' Smirking he said, “Hell Ya! Let’s have some fun.” and ran over to the machine with a fighting game just like a hyper little kid.
Kagome chuckled, “Hey! I got to change some of this for tokens first.” pointing from her bag to a smaller silver machine.
Bankotsu's face fell and he said, “Well hurry up then, girl!” and began impatiently dragging her by the arm towards the token machine she’d pointed at.
Kagome giggled and said, “Man, Bankotsu, I’ve never seen you so excited about anything before.” as she balanced her pack on her knee and unzipped it.
Bankotsu stood there tapping his foot as he stared at her, whining, “Come on already. What’s taking so long?”
She sighed and pulled out a hand full of coins and put them into the machine. The machine started clanking inside and tokens began falling into the lip. Kagome grabbed the coins, passed him a large handful, and said, “Here, now let me get the rest and then I will show you how to use them.”
He grumbled, “Hurry up already.” and began stuffing the other coins into her pack hurriedly.
The attendant walked over to make sure everything was okay and said, “Alright have fun you two.”
Kagome smiled thanking him and scolded, “Bankotsu slow down! It’s not like we don’t have time ya know?” as she bent over to retrieve the ones that fell to the floor. He scoffed and waited tapping his foot while she got her tokens and then grabbed her and dragged her over to the machine.
Closing her bag and slipping it on to her back she rolled her eyes and said, “Okay, you take the token and place it into this slot. Like this- watch me.” and popped a token into the game.
He did so and she grabbed the stick explaining, “Now grab this and move it around, and push the buttons. Just like at home...only bigger, see?”
He did so and they started battling in the game. He beat her and smirked declaring, “Ha! I win.”
She said, amused, “Yeah, you won.” Handing him some more tokens and saying, “Now, I’m going to play my favorite game, which is over there,” pointing to the driving games and the ski ball. Facing him, she continued, “You play what you want to, just try not to run out of tokens too fast, okay?”
Kagome shifted her bag and walked off toward the car game. Bankotsu followed her after pocketing his tokens and decided to see what was so fun to her about this new game. She sat in the seat and pushed her tokens in. She grabbed the steering wheel and positioned her feet on the pedals.
He sat in the seat beside her and watched the first few times. After realizing the things on the large screen moved, he too decided to give it a try.
She explained the object of the game to him and how everything worked and pushed more tokens into the slot to begin a new game.
She said, “Okay, now this is my car,” pointing to the purplish pink one. Pointing to the blue one on his screen she said, “That’s your car.” Preparing to race him she asked, “Ready?” as she watched the timer count down.
He nodded and gripped the steering wheel boasting confidently, “Prepare to eat my dust, miko.”
She smirked retorting, “I hope you like eating dirt, braid-boy, because you’re the one who will be eating my dust!” and took off as the race started.
Scoffing, “Never happen.” he chased after her and quickly caught up to her. As they came to a bend in the road she quickly maneuvered around the corner and he slid into the dirt.
Clenching his jaw, he maneuvered back onto the road and gave chase again. This continued for several laps and he gradually got the hang of it.
When the game announced she had won he demanded, “No way! Let’s go again.” earning a laugh from Kagome, who started another race.
That race ended in a tie and he declared, “Again!” starting another one.
Kagome stood up saying, “Na, you have fun practicing some more and then if you like we can settle this with a race on the machine at home.” She moved off to play ski ball.
Growing bored with the race game he watched her playing ski ball a while and then quickly grew bored with that too. Remembering he had a packet full of tokens he walked over to the fighting game and started playing it again.
Hours later:
When all his tokens were gone Bankotsu scanned the room looking for Kagome and scowled at not finding her.
Spotting the attendant he walked over demanded, “The girl I came here with, where did she go?”
The attendant said, “She went into the pool room a while ago,” and shrugged, pointing to the door she had left through.
He grit his jaw thinking, 'Damn that girl, when I get a hold of her I’ll-' stopping as a terrified scream rent the air.
Eyes wide, he cursed under his breath, “Shit! That’s Kagome.” and tore off running in the direction of the scream.
Minutes before with Kagome:
Eyes wide, she whimpered, “Please don’t hurt me.” afraid that they would. She had seen these guys at school once before and knew they were bad news.
The leader nodded to his boys to drag her outside. As they started dragging her outside Bankotsu’s eyes narrowed and he followed them.
The leader laughed, assuring, “We won’t hurt you babe, but we might give you a bit of a thrill.” as his hand went to her thigh.
Kagome’s eyes widened in fear, tears streaming down her face as a frightened scream ripped past her lips. “No! Leave me alone!” She began frantically thrashing against their hold. The other two boys pinned her to the wall as their leader’s hand removed itself from her thigh to rest on the collar of her shirt.
Heart racing rapidly with fear, she tried to fight them off and even managed to knee one in the balls before trying to run away, but found herself painfully slammed against the wall again.
Now:
Chest heaving with anger, Bankotsu burst through the door and saw that three guys, which were dressed in baggy shirts, had cornered Kagome.
The leader grabbed the fabric of her shirt, his fingers coiling around it tightly as he pulled down ripping it off wide open and exposing Kagome's breasts warning, “Behave!” In anger at her insolence, he raised his right hand high into the air and brought in down hard sending a vicious slap across her face.
Bankotsu’s eyes narrowed at the sight of her scared face and ripped shirt. He demanded, “Yo, shitheads! Let the girl go- now!” glaring at them as his fists balled up.
Without hesitation, Bankotsu took advantage of their being distracted and launched himself through the air tackling the leader to the ground. He began delivering punch after punch to the leader’s face.
When the leader went limp instead of struggling he dropped the guy in disgust and rammed one of the boys who had been holding her against the wall into the wall growling, “Don’t you ever touch her again!” as he watched the second one crumple to the ground.
Rounding on the third one, who had just kicked him in the ribs, he said in a dark, foreboding tone, “I’ll teach you bastards to pick on a defenseless girl.” and tackled him to the ground, punching the hell out of him.
Knowing what was about to happen if she didn’t stop him, Kagome shoved her fear aside for the time being, and with shaky hands pushed herself off the wall and yelled out, “Bankotsu, stop!” just as he grabbed the third boy, intending to raise him over his shoulders throw him through the wall.
Bankotsu frowned, demanding, “Why should I?” slowly raising the frightened boy over his shoulders, causing his arms to tremble slightly from the boy’s struggles.
Putting on a burst of speed Kagome ran in front of the former mercenary leader and said seriously, “Because you’re not a killer anymore,” staring deep into his eyes, searching for any signs of whether or not he would try refuting her claim.
As he saw the concern for him in her warm, brown eyes, Bankotsu’s eyes widened and he slowly lowered the kid down to the ground. Eyes narrowing, he squeezed the guy’s throat lifting him a foot off of the ground and stared into his eyes, warning icily, “You and your buddies are damned lucky that she’s right.”
Watching the boy’s eyes bulge as he desperately struggled for breath. Bankotsu opened his hand, dropping the creep roughly to the ground in disgust, and spat on him before inclining his head to indicate the first guy. He ordered angrily, “Take that idiot and leave while you still can.” causing the frightened boys to scurry over, dragging their unconscious leader away in a hasty retreat eyes wide with fear.
When the three attackers had finally disappeared, Kagome whimpered and collapsed against Bankotsu’s chest whispering, “Thank you, Bankotsu. I was so scared.” as her body trembled and she began soaking his shirt-front with her tears.
Feeling a bit awkward at first, he blinked. Releasing a heavy sigh and placing a soothing hand on her head, he pressed her face tighter against his chest saying in a low tone, “It’s alright Kagome. They are gone now and won’t ever hurt you again.” glaring in the direction the cowards had fled.
Her tiny hands clutched his shirt-front in her fists and she continued sobbing. Her knees buckled and he scooped the frightened girl into his arms, saying softly, “Let’s go home.” Walking a few steps, he bent over briefly to retrieve her pack and then carried her back to the shrine.
A/N: Okay so a while back I was talking with BOA Destuction about wanting Bankotsu and Kagome to grow closer without things seeming rushed, or having things drag on forever.
He suggested Kagome being saved from a bad situation by Bankotsu, and in a way she also saves Bankotsu by reminding him that he isn’t a killer anymore. I thought it was a brilliant solution and started thinking of ways to use it and this is the result.
I have always given credit where I feel it is due so a BIG thank you goes out to another wonderful author whom I am proud to consider a friend- BOA Destuction!
I would also like to thank Frog-Kun for her review suggesting I clear up how Midoriko is still around after the jewel vanished. And Inuyasha‘s choice to remain a hanyou.
And finally Thank you to The Invisible Author for proofing this for me! XD
P.S. I hope you like the way this chapter turned out as much as I do! XD Now on with the story!
Chapter eight:
Once he had reassured himself that was still in his room at Kagome’s house, Bankotsu kicked off the cover and sat on the edge of the bed with his head in his hands mumbling, "What the hell is going on here? Am I going crazy or something?"
Back in the Feudal Era:
Sango was working on starting up the forge again to repair her demon bone weapon and asked Miroku, “One thing still puzzles me, Miroku. What happened to Midoriko’s spirit which resided in the jewel.”
Miroku tapped his staff on the ground walking the last step into the small building and said, “I’m not sure Sango.”
A light illuminated the tiny room and a ghost appeared saying, “I can answer that.”
Sango and Miroku blinked, staring in shock at the ghost and whispered, “Lady Midoriko.”
The ghost smiled and answered, “Yes, I am she who created the Shikon no tama,” and queried, “You wish the answer to your question?”
Sango said, “Yes please,” staring at the apparition who was famous for guarding her village and battling countless demons.
Kirara mewled and ran over, trying to rub against the ghostly legs. She smiled and greeted, “Hello, my old friend.” and wished she could pet her head once more.
Kirara mewled and she smiled replying, “I’ve missed you too.” Staring at the wide eyes of the demon slayer she said, “Now to answer your question: my soul was freed from the jewel before it was destroyed.”
Smiling she added, “Your young hanyou friend is far more caring than he lets on. The decision to return my descendant to her home was a difficult one for him. In the end he did so hoping for her to find the happiness she deserves.”
Returning to the subject at hand she continued, “Inuyasha had a difficult life and that has made him into a stronger warrior and better man than he otherwise would have become. Meeting your young friend also changed him into a better man; because of her showing him that he could be loved and accepted- even as a hanyou…. So in the end Inuyasha decided to remain a hanyou.”
Miroku nodded saying, “I see,” and asked concerned for the woman who was more of a sister to him now, “Kagome, she will find the happiness and love she deserves?” staring directly into the ghost’s grey eyes.
Staring back into his blue orbs Midoriko assured, “She still has some obstacles that she must overcome, but yes, she will find the love and happiness that has always been intended for her.”
Seeing sadness invade Sango’s eyes she added, “Do not blame your friend Inuyasha for returning Kagome to her time. It was meant to happen that way from the moment of Kagome’s arrival. All that has transpired has happened as it was meant to.”
Nodding, Miroku asked, “What will happen to you now, Lady Midoriko?” holding his staff as he stood in front of the ghost.
Midoriko smiled answering cryptically, “I have one more task to complete and then I will ascend to the next plain and begin my new journey.” Before they could ask any more questions, she waved her hands and a small mist surrounded them. When the mysterious mist had vanished, she too was gone.
Sango’s eyes lowered to the ground and she whispered, “Oh Miroku,” holding onto her fiancé as she cried. He sighed and held her, rubbing his free hand down her back and soothed, “It’s okay, Sango.”
Shippo, who had been hiding behind a bush, burst into tears and bounded toward the couple. Startled, Miroku dropped his staff and Shippo jumped into Miroku’s arm, crying all over again for the loss of his surrogate mother.
As he held his crying family, Miroku thought, 'Be happy, Kagome,' and turned his focus to consoling both of his loved ones who were seeking comfort from him.
Back in the Modern Era:
For the next few days, Bankotsu kept his mind occupied by either playing games with Souta, or pestering the hell out of Kagome.
Her books arrived and she started her schooling again. She was sitting at the kitchen table, frowning as she and her mother were going over a particularly hard math equation.
Bankotsu walked in and helped himself to a bowl of stew while Kagome and Sora continued working on her math.
Plopping into the chair beside Kagome, he asked, "So what’s that?” pointing to the notebook with the math equation.
Kagome muttered, “My worst nightmare- algebra.”
Bankotsu frowned and said, “Really, I’d have thought your worst nightmare would have been facing Naraku?” before lifting his shoulders in a carefree shrug and shoveling another bite of stew in his mouth.
Sora blinked and noticed he was tilting the chair back again. She scolded, “Bankotsu put the chair on all four legs now, before you end up falling backwards and spilling that hot stew all over you.” sending him a frown of disapproval.
He muttered under his breath and sat the chair upright, complaining, “I’m bored.” and pushed the already empty stew-bowl away.
Sora sighed and suggested, “Kagome, why don’t you and Bankotsu go for walk in the park, while I clean the laundry?”
Kagome stared at Bankotsu and fearing he would start getting into serious trouble soon if she didn’t find a way to entertain him said, “I need a break anyways.” She closed her math book and stood up.
Bankotsu whined, “Not the park again. Can’t we do something new and hopefully exciting?” while giving Kagome and Sora his puppy-dog eyes.
Kagome thought, “Wow, he really does look like a kid when he does that.” Frowning, she thought, 'Oh please, not that, anything but the lip quiver.' as he decided to play dirty and caused his lower lip to start trembling.
Sora smiled and said, “Okay, okay.” and grabbed her purse adding, “Here,” passing Kagome her zoo pass and some money.
Kagome blinked and said, “Thanks, Mama, but I don’t think he’d enjoy that.” as she passed back the pass and thought, a bit worried, “I hope this isn’t a bad idea.”
Bankotsu frowned, asking, “What was that? One of those credit card thingies?” hoping it wasn’t.
Kagome said, “No, it was a zoo-pass.” Adding amused, “Come on, Mr. Puppy pout, we’re going out.”
Bankotsu frowned asking confused, “Zoo-pass?” not liking the sound of that.
Kagome assured, “Don’t worry, we aren’t going to the zoo.” as she ran upstairs to retrieve her secret stash.
She came back down carrying a piggy bank and said, “I was saving this for a trip to the amusement park but-“
Sora said amused, “Oh don’t worry about the amusement park dear, I already have money and tickets set aside for that.” Informing her seriously, “You, Bankotsu, Souta, and Souta’s girlfriend are all going together this weekend.”
Sora smiled at her daughter adding, “I figured it would give the four of you some time together. You could use it to help Bankotsu adjust to the way we have fun these days too.”
Kagome grinned exclaiming excitedly, “Alright! Thanks, Mama!” jumping up to hug her grinning mother. Sora knew how much fun the kids always had at the amusement park so every year she tried to save for two tickets.
This year she had earned some extra money by knitting blankets in all her spare time that Kagome wasn’t home and selling them, so she went ahead and bought four tickets, intending to let each of her kids take one friend with them since she and her father would getting too old for the rides anyways.
Sora smiled at her daughter assuring, “You’re welcome, dear.” She hugged her back glad to have her precious daughter home at last.
Kagome sat back down and without hesitation opened her piggy bank spilling the coins onto the table top. Sora chuckled and handed her a bag for the coins adding, “Try not to spoil him too much. And don’t spend it all in one day,” with a chuckle.
Kagome assured, “We won’t, Mama.” and bagged the coins. Tying it shut, she placed the bag of coins in her backpack and slung it on her back, saying excitedly, “Come on, Bankotsu.”
Bankotsu frowned and followed after her confused. 'What she could possibly be so excited about?'
Kagome noticed his frown and said, “Don’t worry, you’re going to love this.” and led him over to their sandals. They slipped into her shoes and she grabbed his hand dragging him out the door.
When they descended the stairs from the shrine, he yanked his hand from hers and demanded, “Where are we going anyways?”
Kagome grinned replying, “Well you liked playing games with Souta at home right?” staring at him.
He said, “Yeah…” staring at her unsure of what he was getting dragged into.
She asked excitedly, “How would you like to play other games like that, only on a bigger system for a while?”
He snorted, “How can those systems be any bigger?” eying her as if he thought she was trying to trick him.
She grinned replying, “You’ll see, now come on or I’ll leave you standing here and go myself,” as she started walking off toward their destination.
He stood there a few seconds. When he realized she was serious about leaving him behind he bellowed, “Yo, wait up! You’re not leaving me here bored.” and sprinted, catching up to her quickly.
She smiled and said happily, “I told you, it’s your choice. Either keep up or be left behind and stay bored.” knowing that he’d rather do anything than risk being bored.
He sighed heavily and kept pace beside her. They waited for the walk light at the crosswalk and turned the corner after crossing the street.
Normally, Kagome wouldn’t be caught dead in this place without her school friends, but since Bankotsu was with her she felt safe enough. She also knew if she didn’t find some way to distract him he would likely flip out and start smashing things. Taking a deep breath, she walked up to the arcade and said, “Here we are.” grinning at him as she pushed him inside.
Blue eyes widened in awe as he stared at all the game machines and thought, 'This must be as close to heaven as I will ever get.' Smirking he said, “Hell Ya! Let’s have some fun.” and ran over to the machine with a fighting game just like a hyper little kid.
Kagome chuckled, “Hey! I got to change some of this for tokens first.” pointing from her bag to a smaller silver machine.
Bankotsu's face fell and he said, “Well hurry up then, girl!” and began impatiently dragging her by the arm towards the token machine she’d pointed at.
Kagome giggled and said, “Man, Bankotsu, I’ve never seen you so excited about anything before.” as she balanced her pack on her knee and unzipped it.
Bankotsu stood there tapping his foot as he stared at her, whining, “Come on already. What’s taking so long?”
She sighed and pulled out a hand full of coins and put them into the machine. The machine started clanking inside and tokens began falling into the lip. Kagome grabbed the coins, passed him a large handful, and said, “Here, now let me get the rest and then I will show you how to use them.”
He grumbled, “Hurry up already.” and began stuffing the other coins into her pack hurriedly.
The attendant walked over to make sure everything was okay and said, “Alright have fun you two.”
Kagome smiled thanking him and scolded, “Bankotsu slow down! It’s not like we don’t have time ya know?” as she bent over to retrieve the ones that fell to the floor. He scoffed and waited tapping his foot while she got her tokens and then grabbed her and dragged her over to the machine.
Closing her bag and slipping it on to her back she rolled her eyes and said, “Okay, you take the token and place it into this slot. Like this- watch me.” and popped a token into the game.
He did so and she grabbed the stick explaining, “Now grab this and move it around, and push the buttons. Just like at home...only bigger, see?”
He did so and they started battling in the game. He beat her and smirked declaring, “Ha! I win.”
She said, amused, “Yeah, you won.” Handing him some more tokens and saying, “Now, I’m going to play my favorite game, which is over there,” pointing to the driving games and the ski ball. Facing him, she continued, “You play what you want to, just try not to run out of tokens too fast, okay?”
Kagome shifted her bag and walked off toward the car game. Bankotsu followed her after pocketing his tokens and decided to see what was so fun to her about this new game. She sat in the seat and pushed her tokens in. She grabbed the steering wheel and positioned her feet on the pedals.
He sat in the seat beside her and watched the first few times. After realizing the things on the large screen moved, he too decided to give it a try.
She explained the object of the game to him and how everything worked and pushed more tokens into the slot to begin a new game.
She said, “Okay, now this is my car,” pointing to the purplish pink one. Pointing to the blue one on his screen she said, “That’s your car.” Preparing to race him she asked, “Ready?” as she watched the timer count down.
He nodded and gripped the steering wheel boasting confidently, “Prepare to eat my dust, miko.”
She smirked retorting, “I hope you like eating dirt, braid-boy, because you’re the one who will be eating my dust!” and took off as the race started.
Scoffing, “Never happen.” he chased after her and quickly caught up to her. As they came to a bend in the road she quickly maneuvered around the corner and he slid into the dirt.
Clenching his jaw, he maneuvered back onto the road and gave chase again. This continued for several laps and he gradually got the hang of it.
When the game announced she had won he demanded, “No way! Let’s go again.” earning a laugh from Kagome, who started another race.
That race ended in a tie and he declared, “Again!” starting another one.
Kagome stood up saying, “Na, you have fun practicing some more and then if you like we can settle this with a race on the machine at home.” She moved off to play ski ball.
Growing bored with the race game he watched her playing ski ball a while and then quickly grew bored with that too. Remembering he had a packet full of tokens he walked over to the fighting game and started playing it again.
Hours later:
When all his tokens were gone Bankotsu scanned the room looking for Kagome and scowled at not finding her.
Spotting the attendant he walked over demanded, “The girl I came here with, where did she go?”
The attendant said, “She went into the pool room a while ago,” and shrugged, pointing to the door she had left through.
He grit his jaw thinking, 'Damn that girl, when I get a hold of her I’ll-' stopping as a terrified scream rent the air.
Eyes wide, he cursed under his breath, “Shit! That’s Kagome.” and tore off running in the direction of the scream.
Minutes before with Kagome:
Eyes wide, she whimpered, “Please don’t hurt me.” afraid that they would. She had seen these guys at school once before and knew they were bad news.
The leader nodded to his boys to drag her outside. As they started dragging her outside Bankotsu’s eyes narrowed and he followed them.
The leader laughed, assuring, “We won’t hurt you babe, but we might give you a bit of a thrill.” as his hand went to her thigh.
Kagome’s eyes widened in fear, tears streaming down her face as a frightened scream ripped past her lips. “No! Leave me alone!” She began frantically thrashing against their hold. The other two boys pinned her to the wall as their leader’s hand removed itself from her thigh to rest on the collar of her shirt.
Heart racing rapidly with fear, she tried to fight them off and even managed to knee one in the balls before trying to run away, but found herself painfully slammed against the wall again.
Now:
Chest heaving with anger, Bankotsu burst through the door and saw that three guys, which were dressed in baggy shirts, had cornered Kagome.
The leader grabbed the fabric of her shirt, his fingers coiling around it tightly as he pulled down ripping it off wide open and exposing Kagome's breasts warning, “Behave!” In anger at her insolence, he raised his right hand high into the air and brought in down hard sending a vicious slap across her face.
Bankotsu’s eyes narrowed at the sight of her scared face and ripped shirt. He demanded, “Yo, shitheads! Let the girl go- now!” glaring at them as his fists balled up.
Without hesitation, Bankotsu took advantage of their being distracted and launched himself through the air tackling the leader to the ground. He began delivering punch after punch to the leader’s face.
When the leader went limp instead of struggling he dropped the guy in disgust and rammed one of the boys who had been holding her against the wall into the wall growling, “Don’t you ever touch her again!” as he watched the second one crumple to the ground.
Rounding on the third one, who had just kicked him in the ribs, he said in a dark, foreboding tone, “I’ll teach you bastards to pick on a defenseless girl.” and tackled him to the ground, punching the hell out of him.
Knowing what was about to happen if she didn’t stop him, Kagome shoved her fear aside for the time being, and with shaky hands pushed herself off the wall and yelled out, “Bankotsu, stop!” just as he grabbed the third boy, intending to raise him over his shoulders throw him through the wall.
Bankotsu frowned, demanding, “Why should I?” slowly raising the frightened boy over his shoulders, causing his arms to tremble slightly from the boy’s struggles.
Putting on a burst of speed Kagome ran in front of the former mercenary leader and said seriously, “Because you’re not a killer anymore,” staring deep into his eyes, searching for any signs of whether or not he would try refuting her claim.
As he saw the concern for him in her warm, brown eyes, Bankotsu’s eyes widened and he slowly lowered the kid down to the ground. Eyes narrowing, he squeezed the guy’s throat lifting him a foot off of the ground and stared into his eyes, warning icily, “You and your buddies are damned lucky that she’s right.”
Watching the boy’s eyes bulge as he desperately struggled for breath. Bankotsu opened his hand, dropping the creep roughly to the ground in disgust, and spat on him before inclining his head to indicate the first guy. He ordered angrily, “Take that idiot and leave while you still can.” causing the frightened boys to scurry over, dragging their unconscious leader away in a hasty retreat eyes wide with fear.
When the three attackers had finally disappeared, Kagome whimpered and collapsed against Bankotsu’s chest whispering, “Thank you, Bankotsu. I was so scared.” as her body trembled and she began soaking his shirt-front with her tears.
Feeling a bit awkward at first, he blinked. Releasing a heavy sigh and placing a soothing hand on her head, he pressed her face tighter against his chest saying in a low tone, “It’s alright Kagome. They are gone now and won’t ever hurt you again.” glaring in the direction the cowards had fled.
Her tiny hands clutched his shirt-front in her fists and she continued sobbing. Her knees buckled and he scooped the frightened girl into his arms, saying softly, “Let’s go home.” Walking a few steps, he bent over briefly to retrieve her pack and then carried her back to the shrine.