InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Fire and Ice ❯ Thinking Ahead ( Chapter 11 )

“Hey, who exactly are those five guys living here?” Inuyasha slanted a look at his general, who sighed and nodded his head.

 

“Inuyasha, I think it's time I told you something.” He sat up straighter and took a deep breath, only to have Inuyasha interrupt him.

 

“Please don't be coming out of the closet.”

 

“I was never in the closet to begin with,” muttered Bankotsu.

 

“Whoops. Mixed you up with Miroku for a second there.”

 

“Hey! I was NEVER in the closet to begin with!” said the protesting monk.

 

“That's what the people who are in the closet always say.”

 

“Who do you know that's in a closet?”

 

“You.”

 

“I am not in the closet! I was never in the closet dammit!” ranted Miroku. He was rather frustrated. Besides, he wanted an answer to Inuyasha's question. One of the men, who was obviously queer, kept giving him these suggestive looks.

 

“I wonder where the closet is…” Inuyasha pondered.

 

“THERE IS NO FREAKIN CLOSET!”

 

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Fire and Ice

 

Thinking Ahead...

 

By: bs

 

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"Kinda weird how he actually managed to get married, don't you think?” Kagome looked over at Sango, who had resumed her duties as a cook, most likely without informing Inuyasha, but who was Kagome to judge?

Sango stopped kneading the dough she had and just stared at Kagome. “Sango…?”

 

Sango burst out laughing. “That - that is so rich…!” After a few minutes of Sango's inconsistent laughter, with small comments such as, “Inuyasha… married! HAH!” and “Poor naïve fools…”

 

Kagome seeing how Sango was a bit - preoccupied, decided to continue shaping her little globs of dough.

 

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“Suikotsu. This task remains in your hands.” Renkotsu gave Suikotsu a steely stare. “If you screw this up I'm going to do something drastic.”

 

Renkotsu's tone just added to the morbid mood of the basement that they were currently occupying. It seemed that the basement was a torture chamber of sorts… with a low swinging chandelier to top it all off.

 

“Like take away his belt?”

 

“No Jakotsu. You shut up. I will make sure you never forget this mission if you fail.”

 

“But I don't want to kill him,” sighed Suikotsu. “Why is it always me?”

 

“Because you're gooooood at it!”

 

“I said shut up Jakotsu. Anyway, as you have pointed out. There is a problem… you dislike killing. But your other side doesn't.”

 

Renkotsu grinned maliciously.

 

“Ohhh… I get it! So all we have to do is - “

 

“I said SHUT UP Jakotsu.”

 

Jakotsu pouted. “But it's not fair!”

 

“Fine. You can be involved.”

 

This made the man light up. “Really? What do I get to do?”

 

Renkotsu drew a dagger. “Slit your wrist and show Suikotsu the blood.”

 

“Oh… um. Whyyy?”

 

“You're making me impatient. I just might do it for you. I won't be gentle.”

 

“Oh you never are Renkotsu. That's what I love about you.”

 

“Your sarcasm shines through brilliantly.”

 

“Thank you.”

 

Renkotsu motioned toward the dagger. “Now will you…?”

 

“Ermm…” Jakotsu held the knife against his wrist. And began to slice when… “NO! CAN'T DO IT! It burns us Renkotsu. It burns us…”

 

“If you don't fucking want to do it then just don't do it then!” Renkotsu snapped.

 

Jakotsu was rubbing him raw… how did Bankotsu ever manage to shut him up?

 

“Mukotsu. You do it.” The dagger was tossed. Mukotsu grunted and slit his wrist, holding it up to show Suikotsu.

 

Suikotsu's face began to ashen… and then…

 

“Whoa… why is your blood green?”

 

“It's not working. I think it has to be red blood.”

 

“Ginkotsu! YOU do it!”

 

“Ginkotsu has too much metal. It wouldn't work…” Jakotsu sighed. “What a pity.” Then an idea struck him. “Suikotsu… why don't you slit your wrist?”

 

“How about you?” was the cold reply.

 

“Mou… you're the “leader” now Suikotsu! Take responsibility!” Jakotsu gloated. Ah… what fun.

 

Renkotsu growled. And swiped the dagger from Mukotsu, grabbed Jakotsu's right wrist, and slit it ((none too gently)) and raised it for Suikotsu to see.

 

“There,” was all that was said as he let go of Jakotsu's hand and wiped off the dagger.

 

Jakotsu pouted.

 

Suikotsu, had as Renkotsu planned, turned to his darker side. The jagged stripes appeared before his eyes, and Renkotsu eagerly handed him his weapons.

 

“Everything shall go forth as planned now.” Suikotsu grunted and began clambering up the stairs. The whole plan was to send him to Inuyasha's room and wait until the hanyou arrived and began to sleep in his room.

 

Then Suikotsu would strike and gouge out his heart. The next day there would be panic. An absolutely chaotic mess.

 

Unfortunately, Suikotsu was unable to follow through with the plan.

 

Renkotsu turned around in annoyance as he heard a loud thunk and watched as Suikotsu tumbled down the stairs after hitting his head on a low beam.

 

“My, my. And all that trouble we went through to turn his dark side on…” Jakotsu noted dryly.

 

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Kagura stood awkwardly at the end of the koi pond, staring at what appeared to be an endless amount of fish swimming in the pond.

 

Well - that was if you could call the monstrosity of a swimming pool a pond. Kagura felt that it must have been an old bathing pool. It seemed like it was a lake. A massive lake.

 

There was a clump of growing cherry blossom trees on the far corner, shading almost a fourth of the pond.

 

Closer to Rin (who was practically glued to Kagura, tugging at her hand to show her the fish) there were azaleas, chrysanthemums, peonies, and lilies (among other flowers that she couldn't name) placed in an intricate pattern to look like a gigantic picture. Kagura squinted her eyes, but couldn't quite make out what it was supposed to be.

 

“See this white fishy! Do you see it Kagura-sama?”

 

“Uh huh…” Kagura nodded absentmindedly, still gazing at the flowers. Rin tugged a bit harder on Kagura's hand, making her look down to glare at the little thing, but when Rin's eyes met hers she just blinked.

 

“Look! I call this fishy Sesshoumaru-kun!” Kagura gave the demon lord a quick glance at hearing this.

 

Sesshoumaru was gazing out into the horizon as if he couldn't hear them.

 

“Why… why do you call that fish Sesshoumaru-kun?” Kagura stifled a laugh. And she just about died when Rin looked up at her with those wide, innocent eyes and told her why.

 

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After Sango was through with her little laughing escapade, she decided it would be a good time to explain to Kagome the exact details of Inuyasha's marriage.

 

“Ah. Kagome… you want to know why Kikyou has married Inuyasha?”

 

“Okay..”

 

“Are you ready to hear this exciting reason?” Sango pepped Kagome up. She loved doing this.

 

“Not really…” Kagome went back to shaping her little dough balls. Sango's shoulders slackened.

 

“Kagome - I am trying to properly tell you a good story. Now do you want to hear it?”

 

“I was just trying to make conversation,” was the blatant reply. “Why are you so insistent on telling me this?”

 

“I love telling this story. You can't possibly imagine how many people I've told this.”

 

Kagome looked up for a moment at Sango. “Do tell.”

 

“Okay! It all started back when Inuyasha was a miserable old bachelor - “

 

“…he doesn't look that old.”

 

“ - he isn't - and he was all alone. No one to love him. No one to cherish him. Demons shunned him and us human girls ran away from him in fear - “

 

“… I see you haven't.”

 

“ - ew. He's like a brother to me - and Kikyou suddenly showed up out of nowhere one day and they bonded and six months later they were wed. They've pledged to each other for all of eternity - through hell and back… isn't that romantic?”

 

“Not particularly.”

 

Sango huffed and went back to focusing on her dough balls. That story was romantic, yes it was! Everyone Sango had told it to had gotten gushy (well, all the girls had) and started to moan about their own love lives.

 

Apparently Kagome was a one-of-a-kind girl. A pity. Sango really wished to learn what went on in that head of her. She had barely known her for three whole days and the girl was a mysterious thing.

 

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“Okay - let me get this straight,” Miroku cleared his throat and continued, “you used to be part of a gang, right?” This was confirmed by a nod from Bankotsu. “And here now the five men who are staying with us also used to be part of that forementioned gang?” Another nod. “And you used to be the LEADER of that gang?” Bankotsu glared but confirmed the question again with a nod. “So, I have a question for you. Why are you here when you could have been a leader of that infamous gang?”

 

“Just a question eh?” Bankotsu raised his eyebrow. “I left because I got tired of it all. We were just mercenaries after all.”

 

Inuyasha rolled his eyes. Miroku was just going to push Bankotsu's buttons. “Now that we have that dandy little thing cleared up, I want to get it confirmed. Miroku, did you get the answer for Sesshoumaru's troops? I figure that if you haven't run around panicking by now that means we're in a temporary “peace” I suppose?”

 

Miroku shook his head. “Well - it's like that. It isn't very serious. Sesshoumaru's just sent in a few demons here and there, trying to create havoc in the smaller villages but so far it's been alright and the guards set up at each post have been able to ward them off.”

 

Inuyasha nodded.

 

“But the thing is that some of the guards have been detecting a big moment of youkai aura coming closer everyday. They suspect that Sesshoumaru's sending some big guys in. But they aren't over in our country yet.”

 

Inuyasha frowned. “Bankotsu, any suggestions?”

 

“I think I can get some good answers.” He grinned. “After all, what good is it to be an ex-evil gang leader if I can't use some influence every now and then?”

 

As Bankotsu arose to go and talk to his former gang members, Inuyasha suddenly sat straighter.

 

“What's wrong?”

 

“Aren't you the cook?”

 

Miroku sighed, “Do I need a constant reminder of your harassing me? And your abuse of power?”

 

“No. I meant who's making dinner?”

 

“Sango. Probably. I haven't seen her all day.”

 

Inuyasha nodded. And then, “you mean after she made you go away because you were bothering her and that bitch right?”

 

“Again - your abuse of power threatens me significantly.”

 

“That's just your pervertedness showing monk.”

 

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AN: Hi hi..