InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ The Heart Of A Mercenary ❯ Four ( Chapter 4 )

[ P - Pre-Teen ]

Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha! I do own Catherine AKA Kitty, and the plot, and storyline... There. I said it. (sighs)

"Talking"
'Thinking'
Scene change....

Chapter 4:
The next morning...
Bankotsu awoke his face spreading into a smile when he felt Kitty curled into his chest. He leaned up on one elbow while on his side as he just watched her sleep. After awhile Kitty woke up opened her eyes moved her head away from his chest and saw Bankotsu looking at her. She smiled at him, and inquired, "What's up?"Bankotsu staring into her warm eyes replied, "Nothing."Kitty felt her self smile wider.Bankotsu leaned over, briefly feathered his lips over hers, rolled over, and got up. He reached a hand down and helped her up. She stretched and greeted brightly, "Good morning, Ban." looking at his smiling face.He looked into her eyes and replied seriously, "Morning, Kitty."She smiled at him and pointed out softly, "That is the first time you called me Kitty."Bankotsu looked at her and shrugged. She leaned over and lightly kissed his cheek. Then she walked over to and into the water and set about catching some fish for breakfast, while Bankotsu walked around and gathered some firewood. He dropped the fire wood by the remains of lastnights fire and started a fire and she carried the fish over to the fire and set the fish up to smoke. After the fish cooked; they sat down colse to the fire, and ate breakfast together.
With Inuyasha and co...
Everybody woke up, caught some fish then cooked the fish and ate fish for breakfast, then went around and packed up camp, and took off heading towards Kaede's.
Back with Jakotsu and the others...
"I wonder how much longer big brother will take?" asked Suikotsu, While staring into space.Jakotsu whined, "I sure hope he finds little sister this time! I miss her!" as he pouted.Renkotsu looked at him and scoffed and said, "I thought you hated all women, Jakotsu!?" with an brow raised questioningly.Jakotsu stared him dead in the eye and replied seriously, "Yeah, but little sister is different! She is special! She may be a woman, but she is still after all our little sister!"Renkotsu agreed evenly, "Yeah, she's something all right!"Jakotsu glared at him and warned angrily, "Don't you DARE talk bad about little sister!" starting to get irate.Renkotsu held up his hands and replied seriously, "Wow! Chill Jakotsu! I was only agreeing with you!"Jakotsu smiled and nodded.then sat back down.Suikotsu looked at the two, shook his head and laughed. He stated seriously, "I miss her cooking!"They all agreed.
With Kitty and Bankotsu...
They went around packing up then left the campsite and decided to hunt for shards for that day. Halfway through the day, they came into the deepest part of the forest. They were looking around for any signs f the jewel or danger and enjoying the beautiful forrest around them. Kittylooked at and informed Bankotsu seriously, "I sense a jewel shard heading this way."Bankotsu grinned and announced eagerly, "Alright! Time to go to work!" as his eyes lit up with excitment.Kitty looked at him, laughed and exclaimed, "Well, someone is definitely excited!" while smiling.Bankotsu looked at her, grinned and replied, "You got that right, babe! Now how far away is it?" tunring serious.She looked him dead in the eye and responded seriously, "Not far. It should be here any minute."Bankotsu smirked and readied his Banryuu. Kitty readied her Hiraiku.
A minute later....
A huge, ugly, snake-like demon with dark gray skin appeared and started towards them, demanding, "Give me the jewel ssshardsss!"Kitty jumped into the air, releasing her Hiraiku towards the demon, who just appeared. She yelled, "Hiraiku!" The demon quickly slithered out of the path of her boomerang. Then the demon angrily charged to wards them. Bankotsu jumped into the air, spinning his blade, as Kitty reclaimed her Hiraiku.The demon lifted it's head and glared at Kitty and angrily hissed, "Now you die sssslayer!"Bankotsu eyed the demon with pure malice in his eyes and said seriously,"I don't think so, demon!"Then he came down out of the sky and struck the demon with his Banryuu, slicing it in half. Kitty who had moved slightly away let loose a sacred arrow, purifying the demon. The shard fell onto the ground. She walked over and picked up the shard, instantly purifying it with her touch. Bankotsu smirked and embedded his Banryuu into the earth then, brought the jar out of his pocket, and then handed it to her. She smiled at him and added the shard into the bottle. Bankotsu took the jar from her hand and gently put it over her head, placing the jar around her neck.She picked up and inspected the jar and looked at him and smiled and stated, "I see there are many extra shards in here; from the last time I checked."Bankotsu looking into her eyes nodded and informed seriously, "After we became flesh and blood again, we took them out and decided to add the shards to the jar. We didn't want them inside us any more. Especially after Naraku tried to use them to turn us against each other."Kitty nodded and complimented seriously, "Wise move."Bankotsu nodded and agreed seriously, "I thought so too."Then he looked at her and queried, "So what now, babe?"She smiled and responded, "Food!"He laughed and stated, "You got it!'Then they reclaimed their weapons and walked down the path for a while until they found a safe spot to set up a temporary camp. He hunted and brought back a rabbit while she started a fire and gathered some water. They sat ny the fire and talked, while the food was cooking. After they ate, they set off again, traveling until just before sunset.
With Inuyasha and co...
They decide to stop and set up camp for the night. Kagome looked at Inuyasha and warned, "Inuyasha, if you try track her down again, she is just gonna get mad at you!"Inuyasha looked at her and while pacing retorted, "TEH! So what, she won't stand a chance against Naraku alone and we ALL know it!"Sango looking at Inuyasha mentioned seriously, "You must really like having a girl kick you ass then! Because that's EXACTLY what she is gonna do and you know it!" while sitting by the fire.Miroku sitting next to Sango and looking at Inuyasha added wisely, "Seriously, Inuyasha, just let her cool off for a week or so. Then try actually being nice to her and she might just join us."Inuyasha scoffed, "FEH! Whatever!" as he sat down sulking.Kagome and Sango looked at each other, shook thier heads, and sighed heavily.Everyone then spread out around the fire and settled in for the night and slept.
With Koga...
Koga, Ginta, and Hakaku, were sitting with the wolves back at their den. After such a long absence, Koga had decided to return to check on his den members. He looked at his two comrads and announced, "Now that we are sure everyone here is ok, we will head out again first thing tomorrow morning!"Ginta and Hakaku nodded to him and said, "Yes, Koga!"Koga nodded to them and they all settled in and slept for the night.
With Kitty and Bankotsu...
They had made camp for the night and had already eaten and were sitting up talking close to the fire. Bankotsu smiled at her with warm eyes and exclaimed proudly, "We were awesome together today!"Kitty smiled looking at him supiciously and questioned dryly, "You wouldn't be trying to butter me up now, then, would you, Bankotsu?"Bankotsu feigned a look of pure innocence while looking in her direction and asked innocently, "Now why would I do that?"Kitty laughed. She stared at him and answered, "To try to make me more likely to return with you, that's why!"Bankotsu looked directly at her and informed her seriously, "Kitty, you know I want you to return with me. We ALL miss you like crazy. We both know we work EXCEPTIONALLY well together! Why won't you just return with me?" with genuine concern in his eyes and anxiousness.something to that effectKitty sighed heavily. She grumbled exasperated, "Man, after spending the last 2 months CONSTANTLY refusing to join Inuyasha and his friends or Koga and his pack; you would think I would finally get a break."Bankotsu looked completely shocked and queried, "The mutt AND the wolf, have been asking you to join them for two months!?" Kitty sighed heavily and nodded. Bankotsu looked her deadin the eye and questioned curiously, "So why haven't you joined one or the other then?"Kitty looked him dead in the eye and replied seriously, "Because they are BOTH arrogant, rude, pushy males with ZERO respect for women!"Bankotsu laughed, then asked evenly: "Is that all?" while gazing into her warm carmel eyes.Kitty smiled gazed into his striking blue eyes and answered, "No! I refused to join them, because I couldn't get you and the others out of my head. I couldn't stop wondering how all of you were doing... I doubt highly, they would be happy if they knew that! So instead, I have been trying like hell to just stay away from EVERYONE..."Bankotsu arms crossed in front of his chest, smirked and questioned smugly, "So you couldn't forget me, huh!?" Kitty shook her head. Bankotsu uncorossed his arms looked directly into her eyes and informed softly, "I couldn't forget about you either. I have tried like hell, but every time I turn around you are ALWAYS on my mind!"Kitty smiled and mentioned softly, "Nice to know I am not the only one who couldn't forget." She looked him dead in the eye and queried seriously: "IF I return, what happens then?"Bankotsu held her gaze and answered seriously, "WHEN you return, we will carry on like you never left."Kitty's face melted into a smile and she said dryly, "When, huh?" Bankotsu smiled at her and nodded. Kitty quirked a brow and questioned seriously, "What makes you so sure I will?"Bankotsu smirked and said smugly, "Because I can be VERY persuasive." with determination in his eyes.Then he moved over beside her, and wrapped his arms around her waist, pulling her to him. He then proceeded to kiss her gently. She kissed him back, just as gently. They simultaneously broke the kiss.He smiled at her and looked into her eyes which he noted had softened just a bit. She smiled at him and informed, "You are gonna have to do better then that." He grinned and kissed her fiercely. She kissed him back just as fiercely. After a few minutes, they broke the kiss together again. She smiled at him and mentioned, "That's better." He laughed and stood up. He held out a hand and helped her to her feet. They hugged each other and then stepped back. She looked into his intense gaze with a determined one of her own and declared seriously, "I need time to think about this! I am used to being alone. I miss everyone so much, but I feel I am better off alone. I am just so damn confused right now." He sighed heavily and nodded. Then she warned him sternly, "So your just gonna have to give me time, Banky." with laughter in her eyes. He cringed at the name "Banky".She noticed this and threw her head back laughing. "What's so funny!?" He demanded while scowling at her.She laughed and responded, 'The way you reacted to that name!'while gazing at him.He looked at her with eyes full of mischeif and said, "Oh yeah!?" She grinned and nodded. He grinned, and picked her up bride style before she could even react. She squealed. He laughed while looking at her and taunted, "Not laughing now, are ya?"She threw her head back, laughing again. He laid her down gently on the ground, sat over her, and began tickling her. She laughed even harder, and yelled, "Stop it!"He smirked and demanded seriously, "Not until you promise not to call me that again!" She looked at him with laughter in her eyes then shook her head no. He continued tickling her mercilessly.After a while she yelled, "Okay! Okay! I give!"He smiled in satisfaction and nodded, and then stopped tickling her. He moved to sit beside her and she sat up. He smiled at her with warm eyes. Smiling at him, she suggested seriously, "How about, I just call you Bank then?"He grinned, nodded, and responded seriously, "Now, That I can live with. ANYTHING but Banky!" He shivered as he said "Banky"She laughed and nodded. Looking at him She informed smugly, "I was only calling you that, to tease you anyway!"Looking at her He sighed heavily and said relieved, "Thank goodness!"She laughed. Then they both laughed together.He looked directly at her and confirmed seriously, "I may not like it. But I do understand that you need time."She nodded and said, "Thank you."He nodded. Then they returned to the fire and stretched out beside it and settled in to sleep for the night nestled in each others arms.

Author's Note: Okay guys and gals there is chapter four please remember to read and review thanks.