InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ The Heart Of A Mercenary ❯ nine ( Chapter 9 )
[ P - Pre-Teen ]
By: kittyb78 
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Anime/Manga: InuYasha Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Action | Type: Other | Uploaded On: 07.29.2008 | Pages: 1 | Words: 2.7K | Visits: 154 | Status: Work In Progress
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Anime/Manga: InuYasha Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Action | Type: Other | Uploaded On: 07.29.2008 | Pages: 1 | Words: 2.7K | Visits: 154 | Status: Work In Progress
Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha! I do own Catherine AKA Kitty, and the plot, and storyline... There. I said it. (sighs)
Most importantly I would like to give a BIG shout out and HUGE thanks to my beta Frog Lady! :)
"Talking"
'Thinking'
Scene change....
Chapter 9:
With Bankotsu and co...
Kitty felt a few different auras as well as the jewel shards heading towards them and exclaimed, "Stop! Bankotsu, I sense the sacred jewel! As well as a very powerful demonic aura, heading directly for us!" Bankotsu nodded and everyone immediately prepared for battle.Hakkaku sniffed and exclaimed, "Koga!"Kitty looked at him and added, "Not just him. I haven't felt this presence in a LONG time." with serious eyes.She notched an arrow as the wind picked up and a lightning bolt struck the ground. When the smoke cleared, Sesshomaru stood facing the trio. He saw Kitty's arrow and said, amused, "Now, Cathy, is that anyway to greet an old acquaintance?"Cathy stared him in the eye and responded evenly, "Acquaintance huh? That's the only thing you can say to me after all this time?" Sesshomaru shrugged. Kitty scoffed and said in a fake hurt voice, "And after I painstakingly saved your life all those years ago too. Hmph, some friend you are." Kitty huffed and put her bow and arrow away.Sesshomaru smirked, held her gaze, and then queried her, "Why do I find you with these fools?" in a cool voice.Kitty held his gaze and replied evenly, "Not fools, Sesshomaru- friends; so don't worry so much."Sesshomaru questioned evenly, "What makes you think this Sesshomaru cares, wench?"Kitty walked towards Sesshomaru. She said sweetly, "Awww! You can't fool me Sesshu. You came because you were worried about me. How sweet of you"; as leaned over to lightly peck his cheek.Sesshomaru growled, then smirked, and shook his head. He looked into her eyes and mentioned, amused, "Sassy as ever, I see. I had hoped you would have outgrown that by now."Kitty scoffed, and replied, "Bite your tongue, Sesshy-kun!"Sesshomaru informed, amused, "Only you ever get away with speaking to me that familiarly!"Kitty replied amused, "Of course! After all you find yourself amused by this mere mortal woman." laughter twinkling in her eyes.Sesshomaru chuckled, then picked Kitty up in a bear hug. She squealed; he then lightly deposited her on her feet. He stared into her warm carmel eyes and questioned her dead seriously, "So sister of my heart tell me, Why are you with Naraku's pawn!?" She giggled and hugged him back.Bankotsu raised a brow, gazing from one to the other and back again and queried evenly, "I take it you two are friends?"Sesshomaru looked at him and replied evenly, "This Sesshomaru only has one human he will ever tolerate such insolence from, or consider a friend and it is this wench here."Kitty retorted evenly, "This woman only allows one being to refer to her as a wench and it is this Sesshy-kun!"; as she lightly placed her hand on his arm and looked him dead in the eye. She informed him seriously, "Now to answer your question: Bankotsu and the others no longer work for Naraku. He tried to kill them many times and after they became humans again, they quit obeying his orders. They are now working with your obnoxious brother, his friends, the wolves, and I, to bring that bastard down!"Sesshomaru smirked at "obnoxious" and queried, "Why would you ally yourselves together?"Kitty smiled and replied, "For starters, Ban here saved my life many times when he didn't have to."Sesshomaru raised a brow and demanded, "Ban!? Tell me, wench, just how close are you two?"Bankotsu smirked and informed Sesshomaru smugly, "We are lovers!" Sesshomaru stared at Kitty with a brow raised questioningly and Kitty grinned, blushed, and nodded her agreement.Sesshomaru was shocked and speechless for a moment, then raised a brow and demanded, "When did this happen!?" his amber gaze now hardened.Kitty laughed and said evenly, "Some time ago, so calm yourself, Sesshy-kun. You are starting to actually let your emotions show through." she teased with eyes full of laughter.Sesshomaru scowled, then stared Bankotsu dead in the eye and warned him dead seriously, "If you EVER hurt Cathy, I will hunt you down, and kill you VERY slowly!" while flexing his claws.Bankotsu nodded, smirked, and assured, "I have no intentions of hurting her, EVER!"Sesshomaru narrowed his eyes at Bankotsu a moment longer, until Kitty announced, "The sacred jewel shards are approaching fast!"Bankotsu readied his Banryuu and asked, "How many?" while gazing into his lover's eyes.Kitty looked him in the eye and answered, "Lots of them!"Sesshomaru informed evenly, "A demon hoard approaches us." Kitty nodded, and readied her bow and arrows.Koga's whirlwind appeared. Koga looked at Kitty and said, relieved, "Cathy! Thank goodness! The others are on the way!" She nodded.Then everyone faced towards the approaching demon hoard, ready to do battle. A big bear demon spotted Kitty and growled, "Ah! Another priestess! It has been some weeks, since I have dined on a priestess. You will be my appetizer." It started towards Cathy; she swung and released her Hiraiku, and it sailed to wards the bear demon. It jumped out of the path of her weapon, and resumed its path towards her.Bankotsu was busy slashing through tons of demons with his Banryuu. Koga was kicking and clawing demons as well. Sesshomaru used his poison whip across the bear demon's back and said coolly, "Stop picking on the miko and face a real opponent, you weakling." His poison whipped the bear three more times very quickly. It growled angrily, turned to face Sesshomaru, and launched itself at him.Kitty fired sacred arrows one after another, and destroyed demon after demon. Then when her Hiraiku returned she jumped up in the air and caught it. Bankotsu sliced two more demons in half with his Banryuu, quickly turned around halfway and sliced through another one, then jumped and landed next to Kitty. She looked at him, panted and warned him, "Heads up!" Bankotsu swung down his Banryuu and sliced another demon in half.Kitty and Bankotsu fought together back to back, destroying any demons that dared approach them. Sesshomaru drove his poison claws right through the chest of the bear demon, yanked his fist back out; and the bear fell dead at his feet. He quickly looked for and located Kitty and Bankotsu, fighting back to back. He pulled out Tokijin and yelled, "Dragon strike!"; as lighting evaporated the next group of demons, charging at him.Bankotsu grabbed Kitty by the waist. She held on to his waist with both hands; he jumped into the air and yelled, "Dragon Thunder!"Bankotsu stabbed his Banryuu into the earth and levitated up into the sky, and storm clouds began to form, and he called lightning into his Banryuu. The lightning then shot up from the Banryuu in a huge illuminating ball, into the sky, and sent a torrent of lightning bolts raining onto the ground, unleashing them at random points.Lightning bolts started raining from the sky, and falling everywhere. Sesshomaru was unaffected. Koga dodged most of the lighting, and the remaining demons were vanquished.After the storm died down, Bankotsu lowered himself and Kitty to the ground, then gently deposited her on her feet. Kitty released her hold on his waist and collected her Hiraiku. She turned to Bankotsu and suggested, "We better collect these shards." She began to do so. When something pierced her skin, a very sharp pain ran up her arm and she let out a blood curdling scream.Bankotsu, Koga, and Sesshomaru, all ran over to her. Bankotsu, clearly worried, demanded, "What is it!?" staring into her eyes.Kitty looked into her lover's eyes and said breathlessly, "My...my arm, som...something pierced into my arm."Sesshomaru immediatlely laid her back and began to examine her arm. He saw the wound, and two stingers digging into her skin. He instantly ripped out the stingers and melted them in his hand, then proceeded to draw out the poison. He yelled angrily, "That coward will pay for this! You hear me, Naraku!? You are dead, you filthy wretch!" Sesshomaru faced the men and informed them grimly, "Naraku's poison insects have injected miasma into her. I am drawing out what I can, but she will still be very sick for a while."Sango and Miroku arrived on Kirara and joined the others and demanded, "What happened?" while gazing at the injured Kitty and Sesshomaru kneeling beside her.Koga began pacing and growled angrily, "Naraku's insects poisoned her!"
Seconds later...
Inuyasha showed up with Kagome on his back. Kagome jumped off his back and ran over to Kitty. She looked at Sango and asked, "What happened!?"Sango looked at her sadly and replied, "Naraku has poisoned her."Inuyasha growled. Kitty stuttered, "K...Kagome, the shards, s...still need t...to be c...collected, b...but, be careful." Kagome nodded, and finished collecting the shards, with Inuyasha beside her.Sesshomaru faced Bankotsu and said evenly, "I have done all I can now. Bind her wounds and make sure she is protected. Someone must be by her at all times, until she has fully recovered."Kagome hearing this, walked over and cleaned and bandaged the wounds. Kitty looked at her and said, "Thanks." Then she laid her head back, and relaxed. Bankotsu gently knelt beside her and picked her up, and after standing back up he carried her to a nearby cave, with the others following.Sesshomaru walked over to her Hiraiku, collected it and carried it to the cave. He faced the group and informed them evenly, "I must go and retrieve the medicine she needs." Then he stared at Kitty and demanded, "I will return, Cathy, so you had better stay alive!"Kitty nodded and said, "Yes Sesshy-kun!" Bankotsu laid her down on a blanket at the back of the cave. He set his Banryuu against the wall of the cave, then sat down, and pulled her into his lap. Cathy sighed and said softly, "Ban, I am sorry this will slow us down a bit."Bankotsu said grumpily, "Once you are better, we will hunt that bastard down! Until then, woman, hush and rest."Kitty smiled, snuggled into him, and she rested.
Outside the cave...
Inuyasha began pacing and fumed, "Damnit! We should attack now while we know how to find him!"Sango stared and informed him, "It wouldn't do any good seeing as night has already fallen and he knows we are in the area already!"Miroku stared at him and added, "Besides, we must wait for Cathy to be at full strength again."Kagome looked at Inuyasha and reminded him, "She isn't even able to travel safely until she gets that medicine, that SESSHOMARU his self has gone after."Inuyasha stopped pacing, frowned and asked, "Why, though; why would Sesshomaru concern himself over a human? He hates humans!"Hakkaku looked at him and responded, "From what they said earlier, Cathy and Sesshomaru have like a brother and sister kind of relationship. She saved his life years ago. And from how he reacted when he found out about her and Bankotsu being lovers, I would say he definitely considers her the sister of his heart, that he called her earlier."Koga growled and demanded angrily, "So they are lovers after all!?" fury in his eyes.Bankotsu walked out smirking and informed Koga smugly, "You're damn right we are!" Then he looked at Sango and informed, "Taijiya, Kitty is asking for water."Sango nodded and said evenly, "It's Sango, not Taijiya." But she went to the river to collect some water and returned. She handed the pail to Bankotsu. He nodded and took it into Kitty and helped her drink. Kitty looked at him and said, "Thanks."Bankotsu nodded and softly ordered her, "Now go to sleep." Kitty smiled and obeyed. Bankotsu walked back outside and announced, "She is sleeping for now." Everyone nodded.Kirara mewled and ran inside the cave, then curled up next to Kitty. Sango followed Kirara, smiled and questioned softly, "You've missed her as well, haven't you Kirara?" Kirara mewled. Sango nodded, walked back outside, and rejoined the others smiling.Kagome, seeing this, queried her, "What has you so happy, Sango?"Sango looked at her and replied, "Kitty is back, safe, and Kirara is snuggled up to her, just her like old times."Kagome smiled and nodded. Bankotsu looked at Sango and queried evenly, "So, your cat demon is snuggled to my woman, huh?"Sango looked at him and said grinning, "Yup, just like when we were kids."Bankotsu grumbled, "I suppose this means I will have to remove that fuzz ball before I lay down tonight?"Sango laughed and answered grinning, "I doubt she would let you. Kirara has always thought of Kitty as a second owner, and is VERY protective of her." Bankotsu sighed heavily, and grimaced. He stood up and walked into the cave, looked at his lover sleeping with the "fuzz ball" curled into her side, sighed, and walked back out. Bankotsu re-joined the group, sat back down and smiled and said sweetly, "Aw well, I guess it couldn't hurt for just one night. Besides, she looked so content sleeping there."Suikotsu, a little shocked, looked at him and teased, "Watch it, big brother, or people will start to think you have gone soft."Bankotsu faced him and growled and replied, "I am still the leader of the Shichi'nintai brother. Do NOT mistake my feelings towards Kitty for weakness. I can still beat the hell out of anyone I choose to."Suikotsu threw up his hands and said, "No need to get defensive, big brother. I was merely saying that because of Renkotsu. We both know he..."Bankotsu sighed heavily and informed Suikotsu dead seriously, "I know. He WILL be dealt with soon enough."Koga snagged Bankotsu's gaze and asked smugly, "Trouble in your group, Bankotsu?"Bankotsu glared at him and said angrily, "It doesn't concern you, mangy wolf!"Sango, getting fed up with their bickering, demanded angrily, "ENOUGH! Sheesh! You two really do act like children. Cathy needs to recover, so you two had better quiet down or so help me, I will kick your asses myself!"Koga scoffed. Bankotsu chuckled, and looking at Sango's face, mentioned, amused, "Must be a Taijiya trait."Miroku looked from one to the other and warned, "Quit while you two are ahead. Sango is mean when mad and uses her Hiraikotsu as a beating stick."Sango narrowed her gaze at Miroku, growled and warned him, "Monk..." Miroku's eyes widened fearfully as he gulped nervously, and started backing away from Sango, who was still glaring at him.Everyone else laughed. Inuyasha said, "Okay, enough already. Koga, you and I are going to hunt for dinner! Kagome, you and Sango get the water and such ready."Bankotsu added, "I will collect some fire wood. Suikotsu, stay here with Kitty." Suikotsu nodded and everyone did as told.Ten minutes later, Kagome and Sango had the water ready and the cooking circle of rocks. Five minutes after that, Bankotsu returned with his arms full of firewood, and drooped it onto the ground at the girls' feet. He collected his Banryuu, walked to the river, and used the water to clean the blood off the blade. Then he walked over, sat down, and began polishing his Banryuu. Suikotsu thoroughly cleaned his claws. Kagome started the fire and started boiling the water and herbs. Ten minutes later, Inuyasha returned with rabbits, and threw them at Kagome's feet. She added them to the pot, and let them boil. Koga carried a boar, and threw it down by his wolves, and Hakkaku and all the wolves ate.
Author's Note: Okay guys and gals there is chapter nine please remember to read and review thanks.
Most importantly I would like to give a BIG shout out and HUGE thanks to my beta Frog Lady! :)
"Talking"
'Thinking'
Scene change....
Chapter 9:
With Bankotsu and co...
Kitty felt a few different auras as well as the jewel shards heading towards them and exclaimed, "Stop! Bankotsu, I sense the sacred jewel! As well as a very powerful demonic aura, heading directly for us!" Bankotsu nodded and everyone immediately prepared for battle.Hakkaku sniffed and exclaimed, "Koga!"Kitty looked at him and added, "Not just him. I haven't felt this presence in a LONG time." with serious eyes.She notched an arrow as the wind picked up and a lightning bolt struck the ground. When the smoke cleared, Sesshomaru stood facing the trio. He saw Kitty's arrow and said, amused, "Now, Cathy, is that anyway to greet an old acquaintance?"Cathy stared him in the eye and responded evenly, "Acquaintance huh? That's the only thing you can say to me after all this time?" Sesshomaru shrugged. Kitty scoffed and said in a fake hurt voice, "And after I painstakingly saved your life all those years ago too. Hmph, some friend you are." Kitty huffed and put her bow and arrow away.Sesshomaru smirked, held her gaze, and then queried her, "Why do I find you with these fools?" in a cool voice.Kitty held his gaze and replied evenly, "Not fools, Sesshomaru- friends; so don't worry so much."Sesshomaru questioned evenly, "What makes you think this Sesshomaru cares, wench?"Kitty walked towards Sesshomaru. She said sweetly, "Awww! You can't fool me Sesshu. You came because you were worried about me. How sweet of you"; as leaned over to lightly peck his cheek.Sesshomaru growled, then smirked, and shook his head. He looked into her eyes and mentioned, amused, "Sassy as ever, I see. I had hoped you would have outgrown that by now."Kitty scoffed, and replied, "Bite your tongue, Sesshy-kun!"Sesshomaru informed, amused, "Only you ever get away with speaking to me that familiarly!"Kitty replied amused, "Of course! After all you find yourself amused by this mere mortal woman." laughter twinkling in her eyes.Sesshomaru chuckled, then picked Kitty up in a bear hug. She squealed; he then lightly deposited her on her feet. He stared into her warm carmel eyes and questioned her dead seriously, "So sister of my heart tell me, Why are you with Naraku's pawn!?" She giggled and hugged him back.Bankotsu raised a brow, gazing from one to the other and back again and queried evenly, "I take it you two are friends?"Sesshomaru looked at him and replied evenly, "This Sesshomaru only has one human he will ever tolerate such insolence from, or consider a friend and it is this wench here."Kitty retorted evenly, "This woman only allows one being to refer to her as a wench and it is this Sesshy-kun!"; as she lightly placed her hand on his arm and looked him dead in the eye. She informed him seriously, "Now to answer your question: Bankotsu and the others no longer work for Naraku. He tried to kill them many times and after they became humans again, they quit obeying his orders. They are now working with your obnoxious brother, his friends, the wolves, and I, to bring that bastard down!"Sesshomaru smirked at "obnoxious" and queried, "Why would you ally yourselves together?"Kitty smiled and replied, "For starters, Ban here saved my life many times when he didn't have to."Sesshomaru raised a brow and demanded, "Ban!? Tell me, wench, just how close are you two?"Bankotsu smirked and informed Sesshomaru smugly, "We are lovers!" Sesshomaru stared at Kitty with a brow raised questioningly and Kitty grinned, blushed, and nodded her agreement.Sesshomaru was shocked and speechless for a moment, then raised a brow and demanded, "When did this happen!?" his amber gaze now hardened.Kitty laughed and said evenly, "Some time ago, so calm yourself, Sesshy-kun. You are starting to actually let your emotions show through." she teased with eyes full of laughter.Sesshomaru scowled, then stared Bankotsu dead in the eye and warned him dead seriously, "If you EVER hurt Cathy, I will hunt you down, and kill you VERY slowly!" while flexing his claws.Bankotsu nodded, smirked, and assured, "I have no intentions of hurting her, EVER!"Sesshomaru narrowed his eyes at Bankotsu a moment longer, until Kitty announced, "The sacred jewel shards are approaching fast!"Bankotsu readied his Banryuu and asked, "How many?" while gazing into his lover's eyes.Kitty looked him in the eye and answered, "Lots of them!"Sesshomaru informed evenly, "A demon hoard approaches us." Kitty nodded, and readied her bow and arrows.Koga's whirlwind appeared. Koga looked at Kitty and said, relieved, "Cathy! Thank goodness! The others are on the way!" She nodded.Then everyone faced towards the approaching demon hoard, ready to do battle. A big bear demon spotted Kitty and growled, "Ah! Another priestess! It has been some weeks, since I have dined on a priestess. You will be my appetizer." It started towards Cathy; she swung and released her Hiraiku, and it sailed to wards the bear demon. It jumped out of the path of her weapon, and resumed its path towards her.Bankotsu was busy slashing through tons of demons with his Banryuu. Koga was kicking and clawing demons as well. Sesshomaru used his poison whip across the bear demon's back and said coolly, "Stop picking on the miko and face a real opponent, you weakling." His poison whipped the bear three more times very quickly. It growled angrily, turned to face Sesshomaru, and launched itself at him.Kitty fired sacred arrows one after another, and destroyed demon after demon. Then when her Hiraiku returned she jumped up in the air and caught it. Bankotsu sliced two more demons in half with his Banryuu, quickly turned around halfway and sliced through another one, then jumped and landed next to Kitty. She looked at him, panted and warned him, "Heads up!" Bankotsu swung down his Banryuu and sliced another demon in half.Kitty and Bankotsu fought together back to back, destroying any demons that dared approach them. Sesshomaru drove his poison claws right through the chest of the bear demon, yanked his fist back out; and the bear fell dead at his feet. He quickly looked for and located Kitty and Bankotsu, fighting back to back. He pulled out Tokijin and yelled, "Dragon strike!"; as lighting evaporated the next group of demons, charging at him.Bankotsu grabbed Kitty by the waist. She held on to his waist with both hands; he jumped into the air and yelled, "Dragon Thunder!"Bankotsu stabbed his Banryuu into the earth and levitated up into the sky, and storm clouds began to form, and he called lightning into his Banryuu. The lightning then shot up from the Banryuu in a huge illuminating ball, into the sky, and sent a torrent of lightning bolts raining onto the ground, unleashing them at random points.Lightning bolts started raining from the sky, and falling everywhere. Sesshomaru was unaffected. Koga dodged most of the lighting, and the remaining demons were vanquished.After the storm died down, Bankotsu lowered himself and Kitty to the ground, then gently deposited her on her feet. Kitty released her hold on his waist and collected her Hiraiku. She turned to Bankotsu and suggested, "We better collect these shards." She began to do so. When something pierced her skin, a very sharp pain ran up her arm and she let out a blood curdling scream.Bankotsu, Koga, and Sesshomaru, all ran over to her. Bankotsu, clearly worried, demanded, "What is it!?" staring into her eyes.Kitty looked into her lover's eyes and said breathlessly, "My...my arm, som...something pierced into my arm."Sesshomaru immediatlely laid her back and began to examine her arm. He saw the wound, and two stingers digging into her skin. He instantly ripped out the stingers and melted them in his hand, then proceeded to draw out the poison. He yelled angrily, "That coward will pay for this! You hear me, Naraku!? You are dead, you filthy wretch!" Sesshomaru faced the men and informed them grimly, "Naraku's poison insects have injected miasma into her. I am drawing out what I can, but she will still be very sick for a while."Sango and Miroku arrived on Kirara and joined the others and demanded, "What happened?" while gazing at the injured Kitty and Sesshomaru kneeling beside her.Koga began pacing and growled angrily, "Naraku's insects poisoned her!"
Seconds later...
Inuyasha showed up with Kagome on his back. Kagome jumped off his back and ran over to Kitty. She looked at Sango and asked, "What happened!?"Sango looked at her sadly and replied, "Naraku has poisoned her."Inuyasha growled. Kitty stuttered, "K...Kagome, the shards, s...still need t...to be c...collected, b...but, be careful." Kagome nodded, and finished collecting the shards, with Inuyasha beside her.Sesshomaru faced Bankotsu and said evenly, "I have done all I can now. Bind her wounds and make sure she is protected. Someone must be by her at all times, until she has fully recovered."Kagome hearing this, walked over and cleaned and bandaged the wounds. Kitty looked at her and said, "Thanks." Then she laid her head back, and relaxed. Bankotsu gently knelt beside her and picked her up, and after standing back up he carried her to a nearby cave, with the others following.Sesshomaru walked over to her Hiraiku, collected it and carried it to the cave. He faced the group and informed them evenly, "I must go and retrieve the medicine she needs." Then he stared at Kitty and demanded, "I will return, Cathy, so you had better stay alive!"Kitty nodded and said, "Yes Sesshy-kun!" Bankotsu laid her down on a blanket at the back of the cave. He set his Banryuu against the wall of the cave, then sat down, and pulled her into his lap. Cathy sighed and said softly, "Ban, I am sorry this will slow us down a bit."Bankotsu said grumpily, "Once you are better, we will hunt that bastard down! Until then, woman, hush and rest."Kitty smiled, snuggled into him, and she rested.
Outside the cave...
Inuyasha began pacing and fumed, "Damnit! We should attack now while we know how to find him!"Sango stared and informed him, "It wouldn't do any good seeing as night has already fallen and he knows we are in the area already!"Miroku stared at him and added, "Besides, we must wait for Cathy to be at full strength again."Kagome looked at Inuyasha and reminded him, "She isn't even able to travel safely until she gets that medicine, that SESSHOMARU his self has gone after."Inuyasha stopped pacing, frowned and asked, "Why, though; why would Sesshomaru concern himself over a human? He hates humans!"Hakkaku looked at him and responded, "From what they said earlier, Cathy and Sesshomaru have like a brother and sister kind of relationship. She saved his life years ago. And from how he reacted when he found out about her and Bankotsu being lovers, I would say he definitely considers her the sister of his heart, that he called her earlier."Koga growled and demanded angrily, "So they are lovers after all!?" fury in his eyes.Bankotsu walked out smirking and informed Koga smugly, "You're damn right we are!" Then he looked at Sango and informed, "Taijiya, Kitty is asking for water."Sango nodded and said evenly, "It's Sango, not Taijiya." But she went to the river to collect some water and returned. She handed the pail to Bankotsu. He nodded and took it into Kitty and helped her drink. Kitty looked at him and said, "Thanks."Bankotsu nodded and softly ordered her, "Now go to sleep." Kitty smiled and obeyed. Bankotsu walked back outside and announced, "She is sleeping for now." Everyone nodded.Kirara mewled and ran inside the cave, then curled up next to Kitty. Sango followed Kirara, smiled and questioned softly, "You've missed her as well, haven't you Kirara?" Kirara mewled. Sango nodded, walked back outside, and rejoined the others smiling.Kagome, seeing this, queried her, "What has you so happy, Sango?"Sango looked at her and replied, "Kitty is back, safe, and Kirara is snuggled up to her, just her like old times."Kagome smiled and nodded. Bankotsu looked at Sango and queried evenly, "So, your cat demon is snuggled to my woman, huh?"Sango looked at him and said grinning, "Yup, just like when we were kids."Bankotsu grumbled, "I suppose this means I will have to remove that fuzz ball before I lay down tonight?"Sango laughed and answered grinning, "I doubt she would let you. Kirara has always thought of Kitty as a second owner, and is VERY protective of her." Bankotsu sighed heavily, and grimaced. He stood up and walked into the cave, looked at his lover sleeping with the "fuzz ball" curled into her side, sighed, and walked back out. Bankotsu re-joined the group, sat back down and smiled and said sweetly, "Aw well, I guess it couldn't hurt for just one night. Besides, she looked so content sleeping there."Suikotsu, a little shocked, looked at him and teased, "Watch it, big brother, or people will start to think you have gone soft."Bankotsu faced him and growled and replied, "I am still the leader of the Shichi'nintai brother. Do NOT mistake my feelings towards Kitty for weakness. I can still beat the hell out of anyone I choose to."Suikotsu threw up his hands and said, "No need to get defensive, big brother. I was merely saying that because of Renkotsu. We both know he..."Bankotsu sighed heavily and informed Suikotsu dead seriously, "I know. He WILL be dealt with soon enough."Koga snagged Bankotsu's gaze and asked smugly, "Trouble in your group, Bankotsu?"Bankotsu glared at him and said angrily, "It doesn't concern you, mangy wolf!"Sango, getting fed up with their bickering, demanded angrily, "ENOUGH! Sheesh! You two really do act like children. Cathy needs to recover, so you two had better quiet down or so help me, I will kick your asses myself!"Koga scoffed. Bankotsu chuckled, and looking at Sango's face, mentioned, amused, "Must be a Taijiya trait."Miroku looked from one to the other and warned, "Quit while you two are ahead. Sango is mean when mad and uses her Hiraikotsu as a beating stick."Sango narrowed her gaze at Miroku, growled and warned him, "Monk..." Miroku's eyes widened fearfully as he gulped nervously, and started backing away from Sango, who was still glaring at him.Everyone else laughed. Inuyasha said, "Okay, enough already. Koga, you and I are going to hunt for dinner! Kagome, you and Sango get the water and such ready."Bankotsu added, "I will collect some fire wood. Suikotsu, stay here with Kitty." Suikotsu nodded and everyone did as told.Ten minutes later, Kagome and Sango had the water ready and the cooking circle of rocks. Five minutes after that, Bankotsu returned with his arms full of firewood, and drooped it onto the ground at the girls' feet. He collected his Banryuu, walked to the river, and used the water to clean the blood off the blade. Then he walked over, sat down, and began polishing his Banryuu. Suikotsu thoroughly cleaned his claws. Kagome started the fire and started boiling the water and herbs. Ten minutes later, Inuyasha returned with rabbits, and threw them at Kagome's feet. She added them to the pot, and let them boil. Koga carried a boar, and threw it down by his wolves, and Hakkaku and all the wolves ate.
Author's Note: Okay guys and gals there is chapter nine please remember to read and review thanks.