InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Snow White and the Seven 'Dwarfs'...Sort of ❯ Out of Time ( Chapter 54 )
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By: Penthesileia 
Not taking any quotes from the chapter, it would give it away.
Anime/Manga: InuYasha Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Hentai / Comedy / Adventure | Type: Alternate Universe | Uploaded On: 03.16.2008 | Pages: 5 | Words: 4.0K | Visits: 322 | Status: Completed
Not taking any quotes from the chapter, it would give it away.
Anime/Manga: InuYasha Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Hentai / Comedy / Adventure | Type: Alternate Universe | Uploaded On: 03.16.2008 | Pages: 5 | Words: 4.0K | Visits: 322 | Status: Completed
Midoriko-sama- Yep! Mwhaha. Thank you! Personally, my favorite part was the green skin. Close second is Soten and that whole mess. (No one even guessed she was a good guy, go me!) Thank you for the review!
Kagome123- Thank you! And trust me, I'm going to focus on the final battle so much your going to get sick of it.
Note: Just to let you know, all the mini-battles that I’m about to explain are basically happening at the same time. Which means while Seven is doing their thing, Ayame and Kouga are doing their own thing while elsewhere Kagome is doing something and so on. Just letting you know so you don’t get confused later on.
Another note: I just looked at pictures of Seven standing together and I realize I might have made Kyokotsu a bit to big. He’s reallllllly big in this story, alright? Like a few stories high. Just needed to make that clear.
Disclaimer- I do not own Inuyasha I do not own Snow White and I am making no money off this story.
Kagome
I was strangely numb as we rushed towards Kikyo’s army. I barely registered pulling my sword out of its sheath and I hardly remember how I put one foot in front of the other while we ran. The opposing army’s mouths moved wildly, but I couldn’t hear a thing. All I could sense was the beating of my own heart.
Clang.
As if I’d been slapped, the battle came into focus with the sudden noise. My ears lightly ached as the clanging got louder and louder and suddenly, I was completely surrounded by it.
Screams and battle cries pierced the air and I looked wildly around me for my friends. They had already disappeared into the mob, fighting their own demons while I was left by myself in a tight circle no one tried to break through. Apparently, Kikyo’s army had taken her threat seriously and decided to give me a wide berth.
I finally forced myself to move when a hot liquid stung my cheek. I didn’t dare wipe it away, afraid of what it would leave behind on my hands.
“Kagome!” I heard Kaede call out loudly and I whirled around to see her struggle through the fighting to get to me.
I strode towards her, the soldiers parting away for me. I clutched her elbow and held my sword up at a young man who started to go after Kaede. He took one look at my face and ran.
“Kagome, we have to get to Kikyo!” Kaede told me urgently. “She must die!”
I nodded in agreement and followed Kaede’s lead as we fought our way through the furiously battling armies.
Rin and Seven
Rin dragged Sesshomaru down for one last kiss before letting go of him and running of with the rest of Seven. He quickly lost sight of her in the confusion and then was distracted himself.
“Are you ready?” Rin asked her men as they ran.
“Hell yeah.” Bankotsu told her.
“We’ve been waiting for the moment for a long time.” Renkotsu agreed.
“They will not get away.” Suikotsu said calmly, flexing his fingers within his gloves.
“Run a little over here, they’ll follow.” Jakotsu instructed and they jogged a little bit away from the battle.
Rin grasped her weapon, scanning her eyes among the soldiers.
“There.” she murmured, as she spotted a gleaming hunk of metal and a towering giant come their way.
Rin shuddered at the sight of Kyokotsu. Kami, did Kikyo make him bigger? He was so huge, his legs were taller then most houses.
“Who takes who?” she asked, while the ex-seven members started to make their way towards them.
“Two should take the giant freak, another three on the creepy metal loser and one can take care of the ugly frog idiot.” Jakotsu suggested.
Rin frowned at Jakotsu, “But there’s only five of us...”
“No there isn’t, Oda’s here!” Jakotsu said cheerfully, pointing as Oda galloped over to them.
Oda dismounted, smacked his horse on the rear and sent him flying off. “Let’s take care of these asshole’s quick, and then help out Princess Kagome.”
Rin nodded, finally finding something to agree with him over. “Right. Oda, Jakotsu, and Renko, get on the hunk of metal case, Suikotsu, you can take the frog no problem and Bankotsu-“Rin smiled coldly, running a finger up and down her hilt, “You’re with me.”
Jakotsu saluted, “Alright boss!”he said eagerly, obviously excited to get some long awaited revenge.
Ginkotsu, Kyokotsu, and Mukotsu broke free from the crowd and paused, studying them.
Rin scowled, “What the hell are you waiting for?” she snapped.
Kyokotsu smiled slowly, “We’re enjoying the moment. This is the day you all will finally die.” he purred, his eyes flashing wildly.
Rin drew out her sword, her mother and father’s faces rushing through her head, “Please, enjoy it. It’s the last bit of pleasure you’ll ever have.” Rin growled.
“All I want to know is why.” Bankotsu interrupted, taking a step as he stared the ex-seven down.“Why did you betray us?”
“Because you were all such fools! Always speaking about ‘protecting the weak, and defending the needy and defeating Kikyo’. What the hell was I going to get out of that?” Kyokotsu demanded.
He held out his massive arms, “And look at me now! All I had to do was tell Kikyo who the leader was and she turned me from a shrimp into a giant.” He bragged. “You can’t possibly imagine what she’ll give me for killing you.”
Rin laughed, shaking her head, “You moron. “ she said sadly. “Don’t you realize what Kikyo gives, she can easily take away? What makes you think she won’t kill you if you kill us?”
“She gave her word.” Mukotsu spoke up, Ginkotsu hissing in agreement.
Jakotsu snorted, “You would trust the word of a evil bitch before your own family?”
“Then I’ll kill her first.” Kyokotsu announced like a little kid.
“She had the great Taromaru of Seven killed. What makes you think you stand a chance?”Renkotsu asked.
“Enough.” Rin spoke up. “Enough talking, I want to get this over with.” she curled her lips, “Just looking at you makes my skin crawl.”
“Fine then, if you’re in such a rush to die, I’ll happily oblige you.” Kyokotsu roared, stretching out his long hands.
“Go!” Rin ordered, and Seven scattered to their targets, leaving Rin to duck under Kyokostu’s hand while Bankotsu savagely attacked it with his sword.
Rin rolled out from under the rain of blood, Kyokotsu’s cry of pain hurting her ears.
Bankotsu sprang back when the giant’s free hand came for him, just narrowly getting out of the way.
Kyokotsu snarled at them, clutching his bleeding hand. “You fucking bastard. You won’t get away with that!”
Bankotsu jumped to Rin’s side, grabbing her elbow and leaping out of the way with her when Kyokotsu’s foot came crashing towards them. “What now?” he asked, moving easily despite having to drag Rin around.
Rin bit her lip, thinking rapidly. “It looks like you nicked his artery, if we keep him running around he could die from blood loss.”
“Rin, he’s a freaking giant! You know how much blood he has?” Bankotsu asked, quickly getting out of the way when Kyokotsu pounded his fists just behind them. “It’ll take hours for him to slow down from one little cut. And the others need us!” he said, jerking his head over to the fight that was going on between Ginkotsu, Jakotsu, Oda and Renkotsu.
It didn’t look good for them. Even though it was three against one, Ginkotsu clearly had the advantage. Rin could tell by all the cuts and bruises that had appeared on her men.
Rin’s lips settled into a thin line as she decided what to do. “Throw me at his back. I’ll distract him and you attack while he’s trying to get me off.”
Bankotsu’s mouth fell open. “Rin, that’s insane!”
“Are you going to disobey your leader?” Rin asked coldly and Bankotsu’s jaw clenched.
“Come on Bank, spilt his chest open. I’ll be ok.” Rin promised softly.
Bankotsu’s eyebrow twitched, before he swung Rin’s up into his arms and ran between Kyokotsu’s legs.
He grabbed Rin by the leg and back of the neck, and with one rough toss, she was flying through the air.
“You better be alright Rin. No way do I want to explain to Sesshomaru how you died.” Bankotsu mumbled as he darted out of sight for the time being.
Rin gritted her teeth and grasped her sword with both hands as she crashed into Kyokotsu’s back, her sword piercing him and covering her in his blood as she hung on.
“You bitch!” Kyokotsu roared, shaking violently, trying to dislodge her.
Rin gasped when the sword slid out an inch, and prayed for help, knowing she would never survive if she fell from this height.
Her sleeve slid down, and her eyes caught the glint of Sango’s wrist swords.
She grinned, nearly laughing in relief, the laughter turning into a scream when her sword fell out another inch.
Quickly, she flicked the dagger out and dug it deep into Kyokotsu’s back. Kyokotsu screamed even louder but with the dagger’s curved tip and the band around her wrist she was safe from being thrown off. His arm’s slapped his back, but because she was in the center of his back he couldn’t reach her.
She flipped open the other dagger and slowly started to climb up, ignoring the ache in her arms by focusing on Kyokotsu’s cries of pain and frustration. She grinned grimly, hoping the sound of his sobs was reaching her father up in heaven.
The world tilted as Kyokotsu reached down for something.
Rin’s eyes went wide. “...oh crap.”
Kyokotsu was holding a wagon and hitting his back, laughing at Rin’s scream when it smashed into her left arm.
Tear’s gathered in Rin’s eyes at the pain, and she let them fall, not wanting them to make her vision blurry.
“That’s it bitch. We end this now.” Kyokotsu said evilly, the wagon flying towards her.
Rin refused to close her eyes, unwilling to show cowardice even if no one would ever see.
“Rin!” Bankotsu yelled, “Drop down!”
Numb from the pain Rin did what he asked without question, narrowly missing the wagon and nearly missing Kyokotsu’s scream of agony as Bankotsu’s sword ripped his chest open.
Bankotsu whisked Rin out of the air before Kyokotsu’s body could fall on her as it toppled over.
Bankotsu paused, crouching low on the ground in order to be ready if he had to jump away.
Kyokotsu never moved.
Bankotsu watched in amazement as Kyokotsu’s body suddenly started shrinking, until he was as tiny as he had been in life before betraying Seven. If it hadn’t been for the gaping hole in his chest, Bankotsu could have pretended he was only sleeping, and that these last four years hadn’t happened.
Bankotsu shook his head, knowing his old friend didn’t deserve any pity and turned his attention back to the present.
“You were amazing Rin, I’m sorry I couldn’t kill him before he hurt you.” Bankotsu told her balancing her in one arm as he picked up her sword and gently handed it to her.
Rin shook her head, trying to clear the fogginess. “Put my arm in a sling. We’re not done yet.”
Bankotsu looked shocked, “But Rin-“
“Do it.” she ordered, her eyes focused on the next battle.
Bankotsu scowled, but ripped off a large portion of his shirt and paused. “This is going to hurt.” he warned.
Rin rolled her eyes, “Like it doesn’t hurt already?”
Bankotsu said nothing, he only wrapped her hand up in the cotton and wrapped it tightly around her neck and chest so it wouldn’t move, not responding to the sweat that broke out over her forehead.
“Ok, let’s go help Jakotsu, Oda and Renko out.” she said, firmly taking up her sword with her right hand and ran off towards them.
Bankotsu smiled slightly before running after her, “Just like her father.”
Bankotsu quickly caught up to them, arriving just in time to watch Rin slice through two metal wires that had been chocking Oda.
Ginkotsu made a low hissing noise and some kind of gun rose out of his shoulder. Oda groaned in between gasping for breath, “Oh fuck, not that again.”
“Don’t worry, me and Bank are here.” Rin assured him while studying the gun. “What does that do?”
The gun pointed itself directly at Rin as metal disks began spitting out.
Rin shrieked and hit the ground, rolling ahead of the metal disks.
“Yeah, they nearly took out Renkotsu.” Oda said grimly.
“Where is he? And Jakotsu?”
Something on fire sailed through the air before landing at Ginkotsu’s feet.
Boom
Rin shut her eyes, so she couldn’t be blinded by the sudden light.
She opened her eyes and gasped. Ginkotsu’s armor was hardly even dented by the blast.
“Well they were making that while I distracted him.” Oda said dryly. “Clearly it didn’t go as well as we hoped.”
Rin frowned as she thought. “You and Bankotsu keep distracting him, I’ll be right back.” she ordered and started crawling away to where the bomb had come from while the two men gaped at her back.
Rin kept moving until she was at a ditch Jakotsu and Renkotsu were crouched in, arguing. She rolled over, nearly falling on one of them.
“What has he done so far?” Rin asked before they could notice the sling wrapped around her arm.
“Ginkotsu? Nothing much, just nearly killed us. You guys take down Kyokotsu? Great job.”
Rin gritted her teeth, “What attack has he done?” she specified.
Renkotsu studied her, “What are you thinking Rin?” he asked.
“Are there any large openings we can use to throw a bomb into?” Rin asked. “We can explode him up from the inside.”
Jakotsu smiled slowly, “Cool. Wish I thought of that.”
Renkotsu thought for a moment. “When Oda got to close to him, a very large drill appeared out his chest to make him back up. Perhaps we could insert the bomb in then...”
Rin grinned, “Get on it. Let me know when its done.” she ordered as she carefully crawled out of the ditch and back to the other two.
“Here’s the plan. We distract him, Renkotsu makes another bomb we shove in his chest.” Rin quickly explained.
“And just how are we going to distract him?” Oda asked sweetly.
Rin sprang up and jumped up and down. “Hey Junko, you should take better care of your armor,
I’m seeing huge rust spots all over it.” she said cheerfully while dodging a few metal wires.
Bankotsu groaned and hit his head against the ground. “That little idiot.”
“Is that all you got? Were you this slow when you were normal? If I were you, I’d complain to
Kikyo about a whole lot of design flaws.” Rin commented, quickly slicing through a metal wire that had wrapped around her leg.
Ginkotsu hissed at her, while his gun warmed up to fire.
“Personally, I would have gotten Kikyo to do something with my hair. Red is really not your color.”
Bankotsu added, popping up a few feet away from Rin.
Ginkotsu paused, not knowing who to point his gun at now.
“Give me a L!” Oda cheered as he appeared behind Ginkotsu.
“L!” Oda and Rin shouted back.
“Give me a O!”
“O!”
“Give me a S!”
“S!”
“Give me a E!”
“E!”
“Give me a R!”
“R!”
“What’s that spell?”
“LOSER!”
Ginkotsu’s gun was spinning wildly around now as he tried to decide who to use it on.
“Hey, boss!” Jakotsu yelled, his head poking up out of the ditch. He yelped and ducked back down when Ginkotsu shot off a disk at his direction.
Rin nodded at Bankotsu and dropped back down to the ground.
“Hey, piece-of-crapo. Can’t you shoot anything?” Bankotsu asked, running for cover when Ginkotsu finally picked a target.
Rin crawled over to the ditch as fast as she could, “What?” she asked them.
“Bombs done.” Jakotsu announced. “So what’s the plan now?”
Rin thought for a moment. “One of us needs to get close enough to him to plant it. They others can cover the one.”
“Ok, great. So who’s the person?” Jakotsu asked.
Rin shrugged, “It might as well be me. I’m leader and my arms are tinier. I can shove the bomb back further.”
Renkotsu and Jakotsu exchanged a glance. “Is that really a good idea Rin?” Renkotsu asked.
“It’s the only idea I’ve got. Let’s go.”
The three of them crawled out of the hole and after a quick hesitation, Renkotsu lit the fuse.
“We have three minutes. If you can’t get close enough, just throw it.” Renkotsu told her over the burning bomb in her hand.
Rin nodded and they spread out, each getting ready.
Rin cradled the bomb gently in her hand as she breathed deeply. “One more papa.” she murmured. Only one more and her father could rest in peace.
She closed her eyes briefly so she could picture Sesshomaru’s beloved face one more time.
“He’s going to get so pissed over this.” she mumbled, while hoping he would get the change to yell at her and chain her up later.
...hey, that was kind of kinky.
Now
Rin got up and started sprinting towards Ginkotsu, her weapon back at her side so she could hold the bomb properly. She wasn’t as scared as she thought she would be running without it.
She knew her men would protect her.
She skillfully dodged most of his wires while her men took care of the others. Her men blocked the metal disks for her and as she got closer, Ginkotsu’s chest began to open up.
Blinking away the sweat that was falling into her eyes, Rin picked up her speed, suddenly terrified she would be to late. Her heart was pounding, her broken arm felt like thousands of red hot needles was being jabbed into it.
But if she could do this, it would all be worth it.
Ginkotsu’s metal arm snapped in front of her, but she kicked it away and threw the bomb into the hole, nearly crying in triumph when she heard it hit the other side of his empty chest with nearly a minute to spare.
Wait, should his chest be empty?
So fast Rin didn’t even catch the glimpse of it, Ginkotsu’s metal drill shot out and found its way into her own chest.
“Rin!” Her men cried as she froze, the metal bit still inside her.
Ginkotsu hissed, his one eye gleaming as he grabbed her by the arm and held on tight, determined that if he was going to die, he would bring her along for the ride.
Bankotsu sliced his arm off while Jakotsu grabbed Rin and jerked her back, nearly crying when he watched the blood start to pour out of her.
“Run damn it!” Bankotsu screamed as he kept Ginkotsu busy as Jakotsu ran with Rin dying in his arms.
Bankotsu and the others just tore themselves away in time when the bomb exploded, blasting Ginkotsu into a million pieces.
Jakotsu placed Rin on the ground and had his hands clamped desperately over her wound, trying to stop the blood flow.
“He just barely missed her heart. If we get a healer she might have a chance. Go find Suikotsu now!” Jakotsu yelled and Bankotsu took off running.
He stopped dead when he spotted a small white body sliced open from head to toe. Mukotsu was dead.
But there was no Suikotsu.
Bankotsu legs trembled and he felt fear like he never had before.
“He’s not here!” He screamed, his heart breaking.
Jakotsu cursed, trying not to let his tears fall on Rin’s skin.
Bankotsu dropped down next to Rin and gently took her hand, “I couldn’t...I couldn’t protect you again.” he said in aguish. “I’m so sorry.”
Rin looked up at him, her eyes rapidly clouding. “It’s...ok. Don’t blame...yourself.” she struggled to get out until Renkotsu leaned over and placed his finger on her cold mouth.
“Please Rin, save your strength. You will be fine.” he said as if he believed it despite the doubt in his eyes.
Rin smiled slightly, knowing he was lying. “Tell Sess...I love him.” she asked them. “Bury me...next to papa.”
Oda shook his head, “I refuse to accept this. She is not dying!” he told them as he strode off towards the battle.
“Oda, where are you going?”
“To get a healer!” he snapped, before drawing his sword and going into the mob.
Jakotsu started to get up but sat back down after looking at Rin’s pale face.
He continued to put pressure on the wound while what was left of Seven sat quietly around their leader, waiting for the end.
AN:...I’m going to go hide now. Tell me if you would rather see Sango/Miroku’s battle next or Ayame/Kouga/Hojo/other wolf buddies. (Not saying who’s battling who though.) Please don’t kill me! Thanks for all the reviews! Now pleaseeeeee keep it up!
Kagome123- Thank you! And trust me, I'm going to focus on the final battle so much your going to get sick of it.
Note: Just to let you know, all the mini-battles that I’m about to explain are basically happening at the same time. Which means while Seven is doing their thing, Ayame and Kouga are doing their own thing while elsewhere Kagome is doing something and so on. Just letting you know so you don’t get confused later on.
Another note: I just looked at pictures of Seven standing together and I realize I might have made Kyokotsu a bit to big. He’s reallllllly big in this story, alright? Like a few stories high. Just needed to make that clear.
Disclaimer- I do not own Inuyasha I do not own Snow White and I am making no money off this story.
Kagome
I was strangely numb as we rushed towards Kikyo’s army. I barely registered pulling my sword out of its sheath and I hardly remember how I put one foot in front of the other while we ran. The opposing army’s mouths moved wildly, but I couldn’t hear a thing. All I could sense was the beating of my own heart.
Clang.
As if I’d been slapped, the battle came into focus with the sudden noise. My ears lightly ached as the clanging got louder and louder and suddenly, I was completely surrounded by it.
Screams and battle cries pierced the air and I looked wildly around me for my friends. They had already disappeared into the mob, fighting their own demons while I was left by myself in a tight circle no one tried to break through. Apparently, Kikyo’s army had taken her threat seriously and decided to give me a wide berth.
I finally forced myself to move when a hot liquid stung my cheek. I didn’t dare wipe it away, afraid of what it would leave behind on my hands.
“Kagome!” I heard Kaede call out loudly and I whirled around to see her struggle through the fighting to get to me.
I strode towards her, the soldiers parting away for me. I clutched her elbow and held my sword up at a young man who started to go after Kaede. He took one look at my face and ran.
“Kagome, we have to get to Kikyo!” Kaede told me urgently. “She must die!”
I nodded in agreement and followed Kaede’s lead as we fought our way through the furiously battling armies.
Rin and Seven
Rin dragged Sesshomaru down for one last kiss before letting go of him and running of with the rest of Seven. He quickly lost sight of her in the confusion and then was distracted himself.
“Are you ready?” Rin asked her men as they ran.
“Hell yeah.” Bankotsu told her.
“We’ve been waiting for the moment for a long time.” Renkotsu agreed.
“They will not get away.” Suikotsu said calmly, flexing his fingers within his gloves.
“Run a little over here, they’ll follow.” Jakotsu instructed and they jogged a little bit away from the battle.
Rin grasped her weapon, scanning her eyes among the soldiers.
“There.” she murmured, as she spotted a gleaming hunk of metal and a towering giant come their way.
Rin shuddered at the sight of Kyokotsu. Kami, did Kikyo make him bigger? He was so huge, his legs were taller then most houses.
“Who takes who?” she asked, while the ex-seven members started to make their way towards them.
“Two should take the giant freak, another three on the creepy metal loser and one can take care of the ugly frog idiot.” Jakotsu suggested.
Rin frowned at Jakotsu, “But there’s only five of us...”
“No there isn’t, Oda’s here!” Jakotsu said cheerfully, pointing as Oda galloped over to them.
Oda dismounted, smacked his horse on the rear and sent him flying off. “Let’s take care of these asshole’s quick, and then help out Princess Kagome.”
Rin nodded, finally finding something to agree with him over. “Right. Oda, Jakotsu, and Renko, get on the hunk of metal case, Suikotsu, you can take the frog no problem and Bankotsu-“Rin smiled coldly, running a finger up and down her hilt, “You’re with me.”
Jakotsu saluted, “Alright boss!”he said eagerly, obviously excited to get some long awaited revenge.
Ginkotsu, Kyokotsu, and Mukotsu broke free from the crowd and paused, studying them.
Rin scowled, “What the hell are you waiting for?” she snapped.
Kyokotsu smiled slowly, “We’re enjoying the moment. This is the day you all will finally die.” he purred, his eyes flashing wildly.
Rin drew out her sword, her mother and father’s faces rushing through her head, “Please, enjoy it. It’s the last bit of pleasure you’ll ever have.” Rin growled.
“All I want to know is why.” Bankotsu interrupted, taking a step as he stared the ex-seven down.“Why did you betray us?”
“Because you were all such fools! Always speaking about ‘protecting the weak, and defending the needy and defeating Kikyo’. What the hell was I going to get out of that?” Kyokotsu demanded.
He held out his massive arms, “And look at me now! All I had to do was tell Kikyo who the leader was and she turned me from a shrimp into a giant.” He bragged. “You can’t possibly imagine what she’ll give me for killing you.”
Rin laughed, shaking her head, “You moron. “ she said sadly. “Don’t you realize what Kikyo gives, she can easily take away? What makes you think she won’t kill you if you kill us?”
“She gave her word.” Mukotsu spoke up, Ginkotsu hissing in agreement.
Jakotsu snorted, “You would trust the word of a evil bitch before your own family?”
“Then I’ll kill her first.” Kyokotsu announced like a little kid.
“She had the great Taromaru of Seven killed. What makes you think you stand a chance?”Renkotsu asked.
“Enough.” Rin spoke up. “Enough talking, I want to get this over with.” she curled her lips, “Just looking at you makes my skin crawl.”
“Fine then, if you’re in such a rush to die, I’ll happily oblige you.” Kyokotsu roared, stretching out his long hands.
“Go!” Rin ordered, and Seven scattered to their targets, leaving Rin to duck under Kyokostu’s hand while Bankotsu savagely attacked it with his sword.
Rin rolled out from under the rain of blood, Kyokotsu’s cry of pain hurting her ears.
Bankotsu sprang back when the giant’s free hand came for him, just narrowly getting out of the way.
Kyokotsu snarled at them, clutching his bleeding hand. “You fucking bastard. You won’t get away with that!”
Bankotsu jumped to Rin’s side, grabbing her elbow and leaping out of the way with her when Kyokotsu’s foot came crashing towards them. “What now?” he asked, moving easily despite having to drag Rin around.
Rin bit her lip, thinking rapidly. “It looks like you nicked his artery, if we keep him running around he could die from blood loss.”
“Rin, he’s a freaking giant! You know how much blood he has?” Bankotsu asked, quickly getting out of the way when Kyokotsu pounded his fists just behind them. “It’ll take hours for him to slow down from one little cut. And the others need us!” he said, jerking his head over to the fight that was going on between Ginkotsu, Jakotsu, Oda and Renkotsu.
It didn’t look good for them. Even though it was three against one, Ginkotsu clearly had the advantage. Rin could tell by all the cuts and bruises that had appeared on her men.
Rin’s lips settled into a thin line as she decided what to do. “Throw me at his back. I’ll distract him and you attack while he’s trying to get me off.”
Bankotsu’s mouth fell open. “Rin, that’s insane!”
“Are you going to disobey your leader?” Rin asked coldly and Bankotsu’s jaw clenched.
“Come on Bank, spilt his chest open. I’ll be ok.” Rin promised softly.
Bankotsu’s eyebrow twitched, before he swung Rin’s up into his arms and ran between Kyokotsu’s legs.
He grabbed Rin by the leg and back of the neck, and with one rough toss, she was flying through the air.
“You better be alright Rin. No way do I want to explain to Sesshomaru how you died.” Bankotsu mumbled as he darted out of sight for the time being.
Rin gritted her teeth and grasped her sword with both hands as she crashed into Kyokotsu’s back, her sword piercing him and covering her in his blood as she hung on.
“You bitch!” Kyokotsu roared, shaking violently, trying to dislodge her.
Rin gasped when the sword slid out an inch, and prayed for help, knowing she would never survive if she fell from this height.
Her sleeve slid down, and her eyes caught the glint of Sango’s wrist swords.
She grinned, nearly laughing in relief, the laughter turning into a scream when her sword fell out another inch.
Quickly, she flicked the dagger out and dug it deep into Kyokotsu’s back. Kyokotsu screamed even louder but with the dagger’s curved tip and the band around her wrist she was safe from being thrown off. His arm’s slapped his back, but because she was in the center of his back he couldn’t reach her.
She flipped open the other dagger and slowly started to climb up, ignoring the ache in her arms by focusing on Kyokotsu’s cries of pain and frustration. She grinned grimly, hoping the sound of his sobs was reaching her father up in heaven.
The world tilted as Kyokotsu reached down for something.
Rin’s eyes went wide. “...oh crap.”
Kyokotsu was holding a wagon and hitting his back, laughing at Rin’s scream when it smashed into her left arm.
Tear’s gathered in Rin’s eyes at the pain, and she let them fall, not wanting them to make her vision blurry.
“That’s it bitch. We end this now.” Kyokotsu said evilly, the wagon flying towards her.
Rin refused to close her eyes, unwilling to show cowardice even if no one would ever see.
“Rin!” Bankotsu yelled, “Drop down!”
Numb from the pain Rin did what he asked without question, narrowly missing the wagon and nearly missing Kyokotsu’s scream of agony as Bankotsu’s sword ripped his chest open.
Bankotsu whisked Rin out of the air before Kyokotsu’s body could fall on her as it toppled over.
Bankotsu paused, crouching low on the ground in order to be ready if he had to jump away.
Kyokotsu never moved.
Bankotsu watched in amazement as Kyokotsu’s body suddenly started shrinking, until he was as tiny as he had been in life before betraying Seven. If it hadn’t been for the gaping hole in his chest, Bankotsu could have pretended he was only sleeping, and that these last four years hadn’t happened.
Bankotsu shook his head, knowing his old friend didn’t deserve any pity and turned his attention back to the present.
“You were amazing Rin, I’m sorry I couldn’t kill him before he hurt you.” Bankotsu told her balancing her in one arm as he picked up her sword and gently handed it to her.
Rin shook her head, trying to clear the fogginess. “Put my arm in a sling. We’re not done yet.”
Bankotsu looked shocked, “But Rin-“
“Do it.” she ordered, her eyes focused on the next battle.
Bankotsu scowled, but ripped off a large portion of his shirt and paused. “This is going to hurt.” he warned.
Rin rolled her eyes, “Like it doesn’t hurt already?”
Bankotsu said nothing, he only wrapped her hand up in the cotton and wrapped it tightly around her neck and chest so it wouldn’t move, not responding to the sweat that broke out over her forehead.
“Ok, let’s go help Jakotsu, Oda and Renko out.” she said, firmly taking up her sword with her right hand and ran off towards them.
Bankotsu smiled slightly before running after her, “Just like her father.”
Bankotsu quickly caught up to them, arriving just in time to watch Rin slice through two metal wires that had been chocking Oda.
Ginkotsu made a low hissing noise and some kind of gun rose out of his shoulder. Oda groaned in between gasping for breath, “Oh fuck, not that again.”
“Don’t worry, me and Bank are here.” Rin assured him while studying the gun. “What does that do?”
The gun pointed itself directly at Rin as metal disks began spitting out.
Rin shrieked and hit the ground, rolling ahead of the metal disks.
“Yeah, they nearly took out Renkotsu.” Oda said grimly.
“Where is he? And Jakotsu?”
Something on fire sailed through the air before landing at Ginkotsu’s feet.
Boom
Rin shut her eyes, so she couldn’t be blinded by the sudden light.
She opened her eyes and gasped. Ginkotsu’s armor was hardly even dented by the blast.
“Well they were making that while I distracted him.” Oda said dryly. “Clearly it didn’t go as well as we hoped.”
Rin frowned as she thought. “You and Bankotsu keep distracting him, I’ll be right back.” she ordered and started crawling away to where the bomb had come from while the two men gaped at her back.
Rin kept moving until she was at a ditch Jakotsu and Renkotsu were crouched in, arguing. She rolled over, nearly falling on one of them.
“What has he done so far?” Rin asked before they could notice the sling wrapped around her arm.
“Ginkotsu? Nothing much, just nearly killed us. You guys take down Kyokotsu? Great job.”
Rin gritted her teeth, “What attack has he done?” she specified.
Renkotsu studied her, “What are you thinking Rin?” he asked.
“Are there any large openings we can use to throw a bomb into?” Rin asked. “We can explode him up from the inside.”
Jakotsu smiled slowly, “Cool. Wish I thought of that.”
Renkotsu thought for a moment. “When Oda got to close to him, a very large drill appeared out his chest to make him back up. Perhaps we could insert the bomb in then...”
Rin grinned, “Get on it. Let me know when its done.” she ordered as she carefully crawled out of the ditch and back to the other two.
“Here’s the plan. We distract him, Renkotsu makes another bomb we shove in his chest.” Rin quickly explained.
“And just how are we going to distract him?” Oda asked sweetly.
Rin sprang up and jumped up and down. “Hey Junko, you should take better care of your armor,
I’m seeing huge rust spots all over it.” she said cheerfully while dodging a few metal wires.
Bankotsu groaned and hit his head against the ground. “That little idiot.”
“Is that all you got? Were you this slow when you were normal? If I were you, I’d complain to
Kikyo about a whole lot of design flaws.” Rin commented, quickly slicing through a metal wire that had wrapped around her leg.
Ginkotsu hissed at her, while his gun warmed up to fire.
“Personally, I would have gotten Kikyo to do something with my hair. Red is really not your color.”
Bankotsu added, popping up a few feet away from Rin.
Ginkotsu paused, not knowing who to point his gun at now.
“Give me a L!” Oda cheered as he appeared behind Ginkotsu.
“L!” Oda and Rin shouted back.
“Give me a O!”
“O!”
“Give me a S!”
“S!”
“Give me a E!”
“E!”
“Give me a R!”
“R!”
“What’s that spell?”
“LOSER!”
Ginkotsu’s gun was spinning wildly around now as he tried to decide who to use it on.
“Hey, boss!” Jakotsu yelled, his head poking up out of the ditch. He yelped and ducked back down when Ginkotsu shot off a disk at his direction.
Rin nodded at Bankotsu and dropped back down to the ground.
“Hey, piece-of-crapo. Can’t you shoot anything?” Bankotsu asked, running for cover when Ginkotsu finally picked a target.
Rin crawled over to the ditch as fast as she could, “What?” she asked them.
“Bombs done.” Jakotsu announced. “So what’s the plan now?”
Rin thought for a moment. “One of us needs to get close enough to him to plant it. They others can cover the one.”
“Ok, great. So who’s the person?” Jakotsu asked.
Rin shrugged, “It might as well be me. I’m leader and my arms are tinier. I can shove the bomb back further.”
Renkotsu and Jakotsu exchanged a glance. “Is that really a good idea Rin?” Renkotsu asked.
“It’s the only idea I’ve got. Let’s go.”
The three of them crawled out of the hole and after a quick hesitation, Renkotsu lit the fuse.
“We have three minutes. If you can’t get close enough, just throw it.” Renkotsu told her over the burning bomb in her hand.
Rin nodded and they spread out, each getting ready.
Rin cradled the bomb gently in her hand as she breathed deeply. “One more papa.” she murmured. Only one more and her father could rest in peace.
She closed her eyes briefly so she could picture Sesshomaru’s beloved face one more time.
“He’s going to get so pissed over this.” she mumbled, while hoping he would get the change to yell at her and chain her up later.
...hey, that was kind of kinky.
Now
Rin got up and started sprinting towards Ginkotsu, her weapon back at her side so she could hold the bomb properly. She wasn’t as scared as she thought she would be running without it.
She knew her men would protect her.
She skillfully dodged most of his wires while her men took care of the others. Her men blocked the metal disks for her and as she got closer, Ginkotsu’s chest began to open up.
Blinking away the sweat that was falling into her eyes, Rin picked up her speed, suddenly terrified she would be to late. Her heart was pounding, her broken arm felt like thousands of red hot needles was being jabbed into it.
But if she could do this, it would all be worth it.
Ginkotsu’s metal arm snapped in front of her, but she kicked it away and threw the bomb into the hole, nearly crying in triumph when she heard it hit the other side of his empty chest with nearly a minute to spare.
Wait, should his chest be empty?
So fast Rin didn’t even catch the glimpse of it, Ginkotsu’s metal drill shot out and found its way into her own chest.
“Rin!” Her men cried as she froze, the metal bit still inside her.
Ginkotsu hissed, his one eye gleaming as he grabbed her by the arm and held on tight, determined that if he was going to die, he would bring her along for the ride.
Bankotsu sliced his arm off while Jakotsu grabbed Rin and jerked her back, nearly crying when he watched the blood start to pour out of her.
“Run damn it!” Bankotsu screamed as he kept Ginkotsu busy as Jakotsu ran with Rin dying in his arms.
Bankotsu and the others just tore themselves away in time when the bomb exploded, blasting Ginkotsu into a million pieces.
Jakotsu placed Rin on the ground and had his hands clamped desperately over her wound, trying to stop the blood flow.
“He just barely missed her heart. If we get a healer she might have a chance. Go find Suikotsu now!” Jakotsu yelled and Bankotsu took off running.
He stopped dead when he spotted a small white body sliced open from head to toe. Mukotsu was dead.
But there was no Suikotsu.
Bankotsu legs trembled and he felt fear like he never had before.
“He’s not here!” He screamed, his heart breaking.
Jakotsu cursed, trying not to let his tears fall on Rin’s skin.
Bankotsu dropped down next to Rin and gently took her hand, “I couldn’t...I couldn’t protect you again.” he said in aguish. “I’m so sorry.”
Rin looked up at him, her eyes rapidly clouding. “It’s...ok. Don’t blame...yourself.” she struggled to get out until Renkotsu leaned over and placed his finger on her cold mouth.
“Please Rin, save your strength. You will be fine.” he said as if he believed it despite the doubt in his eyes.
Rin smiled slightly, knowing he was lying. “Tell Sess...I love him.” she asked them. “Bury me...next to papa.”
Oda shook his head, “I refuse to accept this. She is not dying!” he told them as he strode off towards the battle.
“Oda, where are you going?”
“To get a healer!” he snapped, before drawing his sword and going into the mob.
Jakotsu started to get up but sat back down after looking at Rin’s pale face.
He continued to put pressure on the wound while what was left of Seven sat quietly around their leader, waiting for the end.
AN:...I’m going to go hide now. Tell me if you would rather see Sango/Miroku’s battle next or Ayame/Kouga/Hojo/other wolf buddies. (Not saying who’s battling who though.) Please don’t kill me! Thanks for all the reviews! Now pleaseeeeee keep it up!