InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Stormy Knight Seduction ❯ Instinctive ( Chapter 19 )
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By: kittyb78 
Bankotsu lets his instincts take over and we get a glimpse of something from his past.
Anime/Manga: InuYasha Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Romance | Type: One Shot | Uploaded On: 09.24.2011 | Updated On: 09.24.2011 | Pages: 2 | Words: 2.3K | Visits: 441 | Status: Work In Progress
Bankotsu lets his instincts take over and we get a glimpse of something from his past.
Anime/Manga: InuYasha Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Romance | Type: One Shot | Uploaded On: 09.24.2011 | Updated On: 09.24.2011 | Pages: 2 | Words: 2.3K | Visits: 441 | Status: Work In Progress
Disclaimer: I do not own any of the characters. I only own my little plot line and all OC's.
A/N: Because of the blasted heat wave {over 137+ heat index for the last three weeks} I've only been able to type a sentence here and a sentence there off and on during the wee hours of the mornings. As you can imagine it's taken a while to finish the chapter. It's been way too hot to run my pc more than fifteen to twenty minutes without frying it. So I offer my deepest, humblest apologies for the long wait. I hope you will agree the finalized chapter was well worth the wait.
A/N II: It's that time of year again. Birthdays around every corner here from August to November, so don't be surprised if the updates take a while from now till then. Understand, I love writing, but my family is always my top priority. I know those of you who are parent or lead busy lives will understand. Thanks for sticking with me despite the lengthy time between updates.
XOXOXO:
Instinctive:
Kagome moved a step closer to Bankotsu and her fingers dug into the fabric over his bicep. She stared at the heavy layers of fog blanketing the ground, surrounding the trees before them.
The unmistakable stench of evil permeated the area. Bankotsu's spine stiffened as he felt malevolent, malicious eyes center on them. His hand covered hers briefly and squeezed.
"Kags, stay close behind me, but leave me enough room to swing Banryu."
She swallowed against the lump of emotions threatening to overwhelm her and gave him a curt nod. Her leg muscles tightened and she tried to breathe through it. She stiffly walked behind him. Her eyes never left his broad shoulders. Her hand tightened on her bow and her free hand poised over her quiver of arrows, ready to draw at any second.
Miroku's jaw tightened. "Inuyasha, can you smell anything… unusual?"
Inuyasha inhaled deeply and went into a small coughing fit. He shrugged. "I can't smell anything past the odor of decay and blood. They overpower everything else."
Shippo's small hands clutched the shoulder of Miroku's robe and his tiny body trembled as an icy claw wrapped around his heart, making him chill from the inside out. "I don't like this." His wide green eyes zeroed in on the shadows between the trees.
Sango's grip tightened and she shifted her stance drawing her weapon in front of her. She shifted so her body was behind its massive bulk. "Something is lying in wait beyond those trees."
Kagome's mouth drew into a straight line and she bit her bottom lip. She gave a curt nod and her voice dropped to barely above a whisper. "I sense it too."
Bankotsu's eyes surveyed the feathers strewn across the blood soaked ground under two of the trees. He checked the trees and saw claw marks deep in the rough tree bark. He spotted several pairs of eyes glowing from the dark shadows between the trees and underbrush. He positioned Banryu in a defensive stance in front of him. "We're definitely not alone here."
Inuyasha drew and transformed his Tetsuiga. "Alright, we know you're back there. Come out and face us, you miserable cowards!"
Bankotsu grunted and leapt in front using Banryu to catch the three inch thick vines which sprang out like living tentacles from the underbrush. Kagome fired a sacred arrow towards the center of the darkness.
An ear piercing shriek, like a flock of seagulls circling high above, emanated from deep in the shadows, growing in volume as the miko energy dissipated into the darkness. More vines spewed from the mouth of darkness and thrashed angrily aiming for the priestess.
"Oi ugly, leave her the hell alone!" Bankotsu quickly sliced the vines into ribbons.
A sinister growl caused the earth to tremble violently before a 100 foot tall Japanese Wood Poppy hybrid burst from the earth. It had twenty blood-red eyes centered in the soft yellow center. The surrounding yellow petals had black, fine hair-like needles finishing the head.
Its mouth opened to pour out bubbling ooze onto the ground melting everything within a twenty foot radius. Its talon shaped feet sank into the ground. It spit out several small buds that sank into the ground quickly covered by the bubbling ooze.
"I don't think those buds were dropped by accident." Miroku gripped his staff.
Sango frowned. "I don't either."
The muck surrounded the demonic plant hybrid until the lower part of the bulbous body was also submerged. It opened its mouth and a blood curling shriek pierced the air. Razor sharp four foot long hair-like needles shimmered from the leaves surrounding the head, before shooting off in all directions as the demonic plant flexed its body.
Bankotsu twirled Banryu easily fending off the needles that flew toward him and Kagome.
Inuyasha unleashed his windscar obliterating the rest of the needles. "You'll have to do better than that."
Sango's Hiraikotsu protected her and Miroku, before sailing through the air aiming for the demonic plant's body. The tip sliced just above the muck tearing the bulb open. She blinked and then scowled as the wound closed before her weapon had even returned. "I've never seen anything like this before."
Miroku drew out his sutras. "Perhaps it's one of Naraku's newest creations?"
Bankotsu smirked. "Heh, leave this small fry to me." He ran forward twirling Banryu and jumped into the air. He used both hands to bring down Banryu and slammed it against the back of the body. The plant's body pulsed and the air around it shimmered, sending Bankotsu sailing through the air.
He grabbed Banryu's blade with his free hand and rolled into a double back-flip. His feet landed on the trunk of a large tree. He pushed off the tree's large base and flew towards the demon again. "You stupid, overgrown poppy seed! I'll teach you not to fling me around like some damned toy."
He twirled Banryu and brought it down onto the large head, pushing his full body weight behind the strike. "Dragon slash!" He smirked at the squishy ripping sound as his blade sliced three feet deep into the soft head splitting open sever of the eyes. The creature howled and thrashed around. Two five inch thick vines sporting wicked looking thorns flailed around and tried to grab for him.
"Leave him alone!" Kagome rapidly fired her arrows obliterating the vines that tried to attack her lover. She blinked as the vines regenerated as fast as she destroyed them. "What is going on here?"
Bankotsu snorted. "Demon magic, I should have guessed." He yanked out his weapon and drew the sleeve of his haori over his mouth to avoid the nauseous gas spilling from the top of the plant's head. He leapt back going into a series of mid air somersaults and then rolled on the solid ground with his weapon in hand. He quickly got to his feet.
"Naraku's getting brave and careless."
Sango caught her weapon and grunted. "All magic comes with a price."
Miroku nodded. "Hai, especially demon magic."
Inuyasha scoffed. "It doesn't matter. Whatever the hell it is, that thing is going down!" He released several windscars and watched them hit.
Bankotsu snorted. "Don't waste your energy mutt, that thing heals faster than anything I've ever encountered."
The hybrid let out a deafening roar and the mud boiled rapidly.
Miroku's grip tightened. "Get ready everyone!"
Bankotsu snorted but his eyes never left the roiling mud pit.
Several scorpions with wolf heads popped out of the muck and landed on the solid ground.
Inuyasha growled. "That explains the marks on the trees."
Bankotsu's eyes narrowed. "Kagome, fire at the scorpions. Inuyasha you and I will attack the plant."
Inuyasha snarled. "Don't order me around, corpse." He gripped his weapon and released several windscars towards the plant body.
"Former corpse now shut up and get to work!" Bankotsu's attack went for the head sinking several more feet into the same spot from before.
Kagome fired at the scorpions obliterating half their bodies. "They're vulnerable! Aim for the tails first!"
Bankotsu shouted back. "Aim for the plant's head Kagome!"
She fired two arrows towards the demon's head and watched as the demon's body slowly glimmer with her energy while it screamed and thrashed around.
Bankotsu covered his mouth and ripped his blade loose repeating the somersaults and rolled to his feet. He fended off another wave of needles and glanced at Kagome. "Sango, Miroku, take out the scorpions!" He turned to Inuyasha. "Take care of the leaves and petals." He turned to his lover. "Fire your arrows into my attack."
She blinked and then nodded.
'I've got you now.' Bankotsu ran forward and jumped into the air spinning his weapon. "You're fertilizer." He landed with his feet on either side of the head bringing down his weapon. "Dragon slash!" Kagome's arrow combined with the energy of his attack and turned the tint of the energy pink.
The hybrid shrieked and tried to dislodge the warrior who held his ground. The roots ripped free of the earth. "Now! Inuyasha, aim for the roots!"
His teeth ground and he released his windscar towards the flailing roots.
Kagome shot an arrow towards the roots and then fired at the head again. "Die demon!" Bankotsu pushed his full weight behind the blade and forced the demon's flesh to render in half. He covered his head and leapt away from the nauseous smoke and rolled to land on solid ground.
Kagome fired at the smoke and the roots. Inuyasha's windscar sailed towards the roots Sango's weapon, now covered in Miroku's sutras, made quick work of the scorpions.
Bankotsu coughed and got to his feet. He smirked as the demonic plant hybrid withered into dust and vanished. The mud stopped bubbling and rain washed away the debris.
Bankotsu grinned. "See piece of cake."
Inuyasha snorted. "Just how the hell did you figure out its weakness so quick?"
Bankotsu raised a brow. "Duh, it was a plant hybrid. Plants all have a common weakness."
Kagome beamed. "They have to have their roots in the soil or they won't get the nutrients they need."
Bankotsu gave a curt nod. "Exactly."
Inuyasha snorted. "Since when does a hard ass mercenary know shit about plants?"
Bankotsu smirked. "Before I became a mercenary, I was trained as a botanist."
Inuyasha's jaw dropped and his eyes blinked rapidly.
Kagome grinned. "You like plants, eh Ban?"
Bankotsu lifted his shoulder in a careless shrug. "It's in the past. Let's get going." He led her away by the hand.
Miroku rubbed his chin and grinned. "I would have never expected that."
Sango grinned. "Well, everyone has a softer side, no matter how hard they try to hide it."
Shippo nodded. "That's true." His grip tightened on Miroku's shoulder. "Oi, they're leaving us behind." He pointed to the retreating backs of his companions.
Miroku and Sango followed the mercenary and his miko.
Inuyasha snapped his jaw shut and rubbed the back of his neck. "So the hard core killer has a soft side for plants?" He snorted. "Whatever. Oi, get back here!" He followed the monk and slayer.
A pain filled scream pierced the air. Inuyasha's breath froze. His heart beat rapidly and he bounded towards the scream. "Hang on Kikyo!"
"We have to save her!" Kagome ran in the same direction as Inuyasha.
"Wait a minute. Kagome get back here. Damnit! You can't just blindly run into an unknown situation. Shit!" Bankotsu tore off after her. 'Stubborn miko.'
Sango and Miroku climbed on Kirara's back and flew towards the others.
XOXOXO:
A/N: Didn't expect that little tidbit about our favorite bad boy did you? ;) I'd love to hear your opinions and reviews are any author's greatest motivation, so don't be shy to let me know what you think, good or bad. XD
P.S. Since I have little time to write lately, I'm going to focus solely on SKS because it's almost finished. With any luck I'll have it completed by the beginning of October. Sorry for all the lengthy Author Notes too.
Your humble author, Tempest78.
A/N: Because of the blasted heat wave {over 137+ heat index for the last three weeks} I've only been able to type a sentence here and a sentence there off and on during the wee hours of the mornings. As you can imagine it's taken a while to finish the chapter. It's been way too hot to run my pc more than fifteen to twenty minutes without frying it. So I offer my deepest, humblest apologies for the long wait. I hope you will agree the finalized chapter was well worth the wait.
A/N II: It's that time of year again. Birthdays around every corner here from August to November, so don't be surprised if the updates take a while from now till then. Understand, I love writing, but my family is always my top priority. I know those of you who are parent or lead busy lives will understand. Thanks for sticking with me despite the lengthy time between updates.
XOXOXO:
Instinctive:
Kagome moved a step closer to Bankotsu and her fingers dug into the fabric over his bicep. She stared at the heavy layers of fog blanketing the ground, surrounding the trees before them.
The unmistakable stench of evil permeated the area. Bankotsu's spine stiffened as he felt malevolent, malicious eyes center on them. His hand covered hers briefly and squeezed.
"Kags, stay close behind me, but leave me enough room to swing Banryu."
She swallowed against the lump of emotions threatening to overwhelm her and gave him a curt nod. Her leg muscles tightened and she tried to breathe through it. She stiffly walked behind him. Her eyes never left his broad shoulders. Her hand tightened on her bow and her free hand poised over her quiver of arrows, ready to draw at any second.
Miroku's jaw tightened. "Inuyasha, can you smell anything… unusual?"
Inuyasha inhaled deeply and went into a small coughing fit. He shrugged. "I can't smell anything past the odor of decay and blood. They overpower everything else."
Shippo's small hands clutched the shoulder of Miroku's robe and his tiny body trembled as an icy claw wrapped around his heart, making him chill from the inside out. "I don't like this." His wide green eyes zeroed in on the shadows between the trees.
Sango's grip tightened and she shifted her stance drawing her weapon in front of her. She shifted so her body was behind its massive bulk. "Something is lying in wait beyond those trees."
Kagome's mouth drew into a straight line and she bit her bottom lip. She gave a curt nod and her voice dropped to barely above a whisper. "I sense it too."
Bankotsu's eyes surveyed the feathers strewn across the blood soaked ground under two of the trees. He checked the trees and saw claw marks deep in the rough tree bark. He spotted several pairs of eyes glowing from the dark shadows between the trees and underbrush. He positioned Banryu in a defensive stance in front of him. "We're definitely not alone here."
Inuyasha drew and transformed his Tetsuiga. "Alright, we know you're back there. Come out and face us, you miserable cowards!"
Bankotsu grunted and leapt in front using Banryu to catch the three inch thick vines which sprang out like living tentacles from the underbrush. Kagome fired a sacred arrow towards the center of the darkness.
An ear piercing shriek, like a flock of seagulls circling high above, emanated from deep in the shadows, growing in volume as the miko energy dissipated into the darkness. More vines spewed from the mouth of darkness and thrashed angrily aiming for the priestess.
"Oi ugly, leave her the hell alone!" Bankotsu quickly sliced the vines into ribbons.
A sinister growl caused the earth to tremble violently before a 100 foot tall Japanese Wood Poppy hybrid burst from the earth. It had twenty blood-red eyes centered in the soft yellow center. The surrounding yellow petals had black, fine hair-like needles finishing the head.
Its mouth opened to pour out bubbling ooze onto the ground melting everything within a twenty foot radius. Its talon shaped feet sank into the ground. It spit out several small buds that sank into the ground quickly covered by the bubbling ooze.
"I don't think those buds were dropped by accident." Miroku gripped his staff.
Sango frowned. "I don't either."
The muck surrounded the demonic plant hybrid until the lower part of the bulbous body was also submerged. It opened its mouth and a blood curling shriek pierced the air. Razor sharp four foot long hair-like needles shimmered from the leaves surrounding the head, before shooting off in all directions as the demonic plant flexed its body.
Bankotsu twirled Banryu easily fending off the needles that flew toward him and Kagome.
Inuyasha unleashed his windscar obliterating the rest of the needles. "You'll have to do better than that."
Sango's Hiraikotsu protected her and Miroku, before sailing through the air aiming for the demonic plant's body. The tip sliced just above the muck tearing the bulb open. She blinked and then scowled as the wound closed before her weapon had even returned. "I've never seen anything like this before."
Miroku drew out his sutras. "Perhaps it's one of Naraku's newest creations?"
Bankotsu smirked. "Heh, leave this small fry to me." He ran forward twirling Banryu and jumped into the air. He used both hands to bring down Banryu and slammed it against the back of the body. The plant's body pulsed and the air around it shimmered, sending Bankotsu sailing through the air.
He grabbed Banryu's blade with his free hand and rolled into a double back-flip. His feet landed on the trunk of a large tree. He pushed off the tree's large base and flew towards the demon again. "You stupid, overgrown poppy seed! I'll teach you not to fling me around like some damned toy."
He twirled Banryu and brought it down onto the large head, pushing his full body weight behind the strike. "Dragon slash!" He smirked at the squishy ripping sound as his blade sliced three feet deep into the soft head splitting open sever of the eyes. The creature howled and thrashed around. Two five inch thick vines sporting wicked looking thorns flailed around and tried to grab for him.
"Leave him alone!" Kagome rapidly fired her arrows obliterating the vines that tried to attack her lover. She blinked as the vines regenerated as fast as she destroyed them. "What is going on here?"
Bankotsu snorted. "Demon magic, I should have guessed." He yanked out his weapon and drew the sleeve of his haori over his mouth to avoid the nauseous gas spilling from the top of the plant's head. He leapt back going into a series of mid air somersaults and then rolled on the solid ground with his weapon in hand. He quickly got to his feet.
"Naraku's getting brave and careless."
Sango caught her weapon and grunted. "All magic comes with a price."
Miroku nodded. "Hai, especially demon magic."
Inuyasha scoffed. "It doesn't matter. Whatever the hell it is, that thing is going down!" He released several windscars and watched them hit.
Bankotsu snorted. "Don't waste your energy mutt, that thing heals faster than anything I've ever encountered."
The hybrid let out a deafening roar and the mud boiled rapidly.
Miroku's grip tightened. "Get ready everyone!"
Bankotsu snorted but his eyes never left the roiling mud pit.
Several scorpions with wolf heads popped out of the muck and landed on the solid ground.
Inuyasha growled. "That explains the marks on the trees."
Bankotsu's eyes narrowed. "Kagome, fire at the scorpions. Inuyasha you and I will attack the plant."
Inuyasha snarled. "Don't order me around, corpse." He gripped his weapon and released several windscars towards the plant body.
"Former corpse now shut up and get to work!" Bankotsu's attack went for the head sinking several more feet into the same spot from before.
Kagome fired at the scorpions obliterating half their bodies. "They're vulnerable! Aim for the tails first!"
Bankotsu shouted back. "Aim for the plant's head Kagome!"
She fired two arrows towards the demon's head and watched as the demon's body slowly glimmer with her energy while it screamed and thrashed around.
Bankotsu covered his mouth and ripped his blade loose repeating the somersaults and rolled to his feet. He fended off another wave of needles and glanced at Kagome. "Sango, Miroku, take out the scorpions!" He turned to Inuyasha. "Take care of the leaves and petals." He turned to his lover. "Fire your arrows into my attack."
She blinked and then nodded.
'I've got you now.' Bankotsu ran forward and jumped into the air spinning his weapon. "You're fertilizer." He landed with his feet on either side of the head bringing down his weapon. "Dragon slash!" Kagome's arrow combined with the energy of his attack and turned the tint of the energy pink.
The hybrid shrieked and tried to dislodge the warrior who held his ground. The roots ripped free of the earth. "Now! Inuyasha, aim for the roots!"
His teeth ground and he released his windscar towards the flailing roots.
Kagome shot an arrow towards the roots and then fired at the head again. "Die demon!" Bankotsu pushed his full weight behind the blade and forced the demon's flesh to render in half. He covered his head and leapt away from the nauseous smoke and rolled to land on solid ground.
Kagome fired at the smoke and the roots. Inuyasha's windscar sailed towards the roots Sango's weapon, now covered in Miroku's sutras, made quick work of the scorpions.
Bankotsu coughed and got to his feet. He smirked as the demonic plant hybrid withered into dust and vanished. The mud stopped bubbling and rain washed away the debris.
Bankotsu grinned. "See piece of cake."
Inuyasha snorted. "Just how the hell did you figure out its weakness so quick?"
Bankotsu raised a brow. "Duh, it was a plant hybrid. Plants all have a common weakness."
Kagome beamed. "They have to have their roots in the soil or they won't get the nutrients they need."
Bankotsu gave a curt nod. "Exactly."
Inuyasha snorted. "Since when does a hard ass mercenary know shit about plants?"
Bankotsu smirked. "Before I became a mercenary, I was trained as a botanist."
Inuyasha's jaw dropped and his eyes blinked rapidly.
Kagome grinned. "You like plants, eh Ban?"
Bankotsu lifted his shoulder in a careless shrug. "It's in the past. Let's get going." He led her away by the hand.
Miroku rubbed his chin and grinned. "I would have never expected that."
Sango grinned. "Well, everyone has a softer side, no matter how hard they try to hide it."
Shippo nodded. "That's true." His grip tightened on Miroku's shoulder. "Oi, they're leaving us behind." He pointed to the retreating backs of his companions.
Miroku and Sango followed the mercenary and his miko.
Inuyasha snapped his jaw shut and rubbed the back of his neck. "So the hard core killer has a soft side for plants?" He snorted. "Whatever. Oi, get back here!" He followed the monk and slayer.
A pain filled scream pierced the air. Inuyasha's breath froze. His heart beat rapidly and he bounded towards the scream. "Hang on Kikyo!"
"We have to save her!" Kagome ran in the same direction as Inuyasha.
"Wait a minute. Kagome get back here. Damnit! You can't just blindly run into an unknown situation. Shit!" Bankotsu tore off after her. 'Stubborn miko.'
Sango and Miroku climbed on Kirara's back and flew towards the others.
XOXOXO:
A/N: Didn't expect that little tidbit about our favorite bad boy did you? ;) I'd love to hear your opinions and reviews are any author's greatest motivation, so don't be shy to let me know what you think, good or bad. XD
P.S. Since I have little time to write lately, I'm going to focus solely on SKS because it's almost finished. With any luck I'll have it completed by the beginning of October. Sorry for all the lengthy Author Notes too.
Your humble author, Tempest78.