InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Unexpected Encounters ❯ seven ( Chapter 7 )
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By: kittyb78 
Meeting the rest- Airi is introduced to the rest of the Schichinatai.
Anime/Manga: InuYasha Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Romance / Drama | Type: Continuation | Uploaded On: 12.21.2009 | Pages: 2 | Words: 1.8K | Visits: 439 | Status: Work In Progress
Meeting the rest- Airi is introduced to the rest of the Schichinatai.
Anime/Manga: InuYasha Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Romance / Drama | Type: Continuation | Uploaded On: 12.21.2009 | Pages: 2 | Words: 1.8K | Visits: 439 | Status: Work In Progress
Disclaimer: I do not own the Inuyasha characters, they belong to Rumiko Takahashi. I do own this plot line.
Chapter seven:
Back inside the castle:
As they entered the boisterous kitchen, everything became deathly silent. Airi's eyes widened in shock as she took in the many different faces around the table. She gasped in shock as she spotted a mountainous man staring directly at her.
Bankotsu's baritone voice boomed authoritatively, "Alright listen up, this is Airikotsu- she's your new little sister; so you all had better treat her with respect," eying each and every one of his men sternly.
He dutifully introduced, "These are your new comrades, Kyokotsu, Mukotsu, Ginkotsu, Suikotsu, Jakotsu, and Renkotsu," pointing to each one in turn. Airi nodded politely to each of them in greeting.
Bankotsu stared each of his male comrades directly in the eyes explaining, "She's one of us now and you will not harass her in any way! If any of you try to lay a finger on her, you will answer to me! Am I clear?"
They all nodded after getting over their shock. Knowing that they would be the more troublesome ones, Bankotsu eyed Mukotsu and Jakotsu both stressing, "That especially goes for you two."
Glowering at the shortest member he warned icily, "Mukotsu don't even think about trying anything with her. You keep your beady little eyes and gnarly hands off of what's mine, or I will send you right through the wall. Got it?" eyes hardening on the poison master, who was currently ogling his woman with undisguised lust.
Realizing that his leader was seriously warning him off, Mukotsu swallowed nervously and lowered his eyes from the gorgeous woman and nodded.
Bankotsu informed his group, "Airi is my woman and none of you will touch her! Understood?" Realizing that their leader was dead serious, their eyes widened in fear and they hastily nodded.
Stomping his foot like a petulant child Jakotsu whined, "Why did you have to chose her?" pouting as he glared hard at the unwanted addition.
Bankotsu immediately spun around and warned, "Do not question my decision again Jakotsu," clenching his fist to show that he meant business.
Jakotsu's eyes widened before he pouted sulkily, "Yes big brother."
Turning towards Airi, Bankotsu ordered sternly, "I expect you to get along with the others too, got it?" staring her dead in the eye.
She nodded answering, "We're clear," holding his gaze.
Satisfied he gave a curt nod and began passing out orders. "Jakotsu, Suikotsu, you two get to work on cutting up the meat. Renkotsu, take Ginkotsu and gather the fire wood. Mukotsu go scout around the perimeter and make sure there won't be any unwanted intruders. Kyokotsu, I want you to move those fallen trees further to the back, in case we need to make a quick escape. Airikotsu you're coming with me, while we check the supply cave- now move out!"
The men nodded and left to carry out their orders. Turning to Bankotsu, she raised a brow questioning confused, "Airikotsu?"
He replied evenly, "Yes Airikotsu, got a problem with it?" staring at her.
She shook her head answering, "No just curious why the 'kotsu' part."
He answered, "Each of us added 'kotsu' to our name when that we had, when we joined the group."
Feeling weird about being considered one of their group, she nodded adding, “I see."
He said, "Come on," taking by the hand and began leading her behind the castle over toward the supply cave.
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As they walked over to the cave, Airi stared at his broad back, silently thinking, 'I wonder if maybe I've misjudged him?' Remembering the blood and bodies that she’d seen everywhere, and the sadistic gleam in his eyes; she shuddered thinking, 'Nope, remember girl, no matter how nice he's treating you now- he still killed them.'
Sadness filled her eyes, and she pulled her hand from his, moving to walk beside him without the actual contact. She wrapped her arms around herself and asked, "How much further?" trying to distract herself from her thoughts.
Bankotsu puzzled over her strange and sudden behavior change. He stared at her noting that she refused to meet his gaze and answered, "Not much farther," leading the rest of the way in silence.
Airi sighed and dutifully followed him. Frowning while trying to puzzle out her swift behavior change, Bankotsu warned, “Be careful of the step before the entrance, it’s tricky.”
Not really paying much attention to him and drowning deeper into her thoughts Airi gave an automatic, “Mhm,” and continued walking.
Two minutes later, Bankotsu carefully maneuvered around the cave entrance. Airi was lot in her troubling thoughts and stumbled. She would have ended up falling face first, if a pair of strong arms hadn’t caught her. Bankotsu sighed reprimanding, “I told you to be careful,” with slight annoyance clear in his blue eyes as they bored into hers.
Airi blushed saying, “I’m sorry. I guess I didn’t hear you.”
Bankotsu stared deep into her eyes asking, “What’s with you today?”
Airi sighed, “Just have a lot on my mind is all.” she muttered trying to pull out of his arms.
He held her tight and asked, “Like what?” not about to let her just brush him off like that.
Airi sighed and said, “Let go,” trying to wiggle free of his vise-like grip.
Bankotsu shook his head and said seriously. “Not until you tell me what has you so distracted.”
Airi mumbled, “I’d rather not talk about it,” and tried to yank her arm free.
Bankotsu scowled, “Tough, now tell me what is so damned important that you’re too distracted to watch where the hell you’re going.”
Airi huffed snapping, “You and your brothers slaughtered my village, and now I-” breaking off to fight back her tears.
Growing irritated Bankotsu growled, “You what?” forcing her chin up so that she had to look him in the eyes.
Anger and sadness mounting, she narrowed her eyes at him and hissed angrily, “I’ll never get to say goodbye to my grandfather who was dying,” and forcefully shoved him away.
He was so taken back by her statement and anger, that his grip on her loosened and she managed to push free of his arms.
Turning away from him, she tried really hard to keep the tears at bay and began running, as fast as her legs and arms would go. Thankfully the kimono made running possible, so she quickly tore back down the path they had come. Her thighs burned and her lungs felt like they were going to burst, she was running that fast; in a vain effort to escape. He quickly recovered from his shock and cursing under his breath, tore off after her.
Her heart was beating rapidly inside her chest and tears flew from her eyes, as she pictured her grandfather the last time she had seen him; so many years ago. She remembered that day vividly and her heart broke a little more, fueling her to run even faster.
She thought brokenly, 'Grandpa I’m so sorry I didn’t make it back sooner. If only… if only I’d have been able to see you one last time.' She lifted a hand to angrily swipe at her tears thinking, 'But no, and it was because of him! He’s just like…'
Before she could finish her thought, she was roughly plowed into and tackled to the ground. She screamed and moved her hands to keep her head from hitting the harsh ground as the pain in her back began to radiate.
Chest heaving with anger, he jerked her onto her back and tried to pin her underneath him. So emotionally fired up, she began kicking at him using her arms to drag her away from him.
He snarled, “Damnit bitch settle down already!” trying to get hold of her ankle. She grit her teeth and used her free leg to hit him upside the head, earning a painful curse and a freed foot. She moved to her feet and started running again, but he grabbed her ankles and she fell forward, breaking her fall with her arms.
Bankotsu trapped her legs and crawled over her pinning her to the ground on her stomach, moving to pin her arms. Airi screamed angrily, “Fucking let go now!” using her agility to elbow him hard and maneuver them so that he was now on his back. She moved to crawl away again, only to have his vise grip clamp around her waist, as he rolled his body into her, using the momentum to once again pin her.
Her lungs began to burn so bad she began gasping for breath. He held onto her and glared at her a long minute, before releasing her waist to pin her hands above her head and spat angrily, “Fucking tell me what has gotten into you?!” hardened steel blue eyes boring into her.
She continued trying to wiggle free and screamed, “You killed him! You killed my grandpa! He was the only family I’ve ever had and you killed him, now let go!”
He sighed and ordered harshly, “Calm down and we’ll talk.”
She screamed, “I don’t want to talk! Let me go!” and continued struggling.
He grit his teeth and yelled, “No! Dammit woman, calm down before you give yourself a heart attack!”
Airi stopped struggling and just cried heart wrenching sobs. Bankotsu sighed and rolled his eyes before moving to sit over her hips, so as not to impend her breathing, and released her arms.
She covered her face and continued crying until her eyes were red and swollen. When her sobs finally ceased, he sighed and rolled to sit beside her, pulling her into his arms. She buried her head in his chest and sniffled, trying to calm down. Bankotsu sat there rubbing her back in a clumsy attempt to soothe her and mentally bemoaned, 'Why me?'
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A/N okay people, there’s chapter seven, enjoy XD
Chapter seven:
Back inside the castle:
As they entered the boisterous kitchen, everything became deathly silent. Airi's eyes widened in shock as she took in the many different faces around the table. She gasped in shock as she spotted a mountainous man staring directly at her.
Bankotsu's baritone voice boomed authoritatively, "Alright listen up, this is Airikotsu- she's your new little sister; so you all had better treat her with respect," eying each and every one of his men sternly.
He dutifully introduced, "These are your new comrades, Kyokotsu, Mukotsu, Ginkotsu, Suikotsu, Jakotsu, and Renkotsu," pointing to each one in turn. Airi nodded politely to each of them in greeting.
Bankotsu stared each of his male comrades directly in the eyes explaining, "She's one of us now and you will not harass her in any way! If any of you try to lay a finger on her, you will answer to me! Am I clear?"
They all nodded after getting over their shock. Knowing that they would be the more troublesome ones, Bankotsu eyed Mukotsu and Jakotsu both stressing, "That especially goes for you two."
Glowering at the shortest member he warned icily, "Mukotsu don't even think about trying anything with her. You keep your beady little eyes and gnarly hands off of what's mine, or I will send you right through the wall. Got it?" eyes hardening on the poison master, who was currently ogling his woman with undisguised lust.
Realizing that his leader was seriously warning him off, Mukotsu swallowed nervously and lowered his eyes from the gorgeous woman and nodded.
Bankotsu informed his group, "Airi is my woman and none of you will touch her! Understood?" Realizing that their leader was dead serious, their eyes widened in fear and they hastily nodded.
Stomping his foot like a petulant child Jakotsu whined, "Why did you have to chose her?" pouting as he glared hard at the unwanted addition.
Bankotsu immediately spun around and warned, "Do not question my decision again Jakotsu," clenching his fist to show that he meant business.
Jakotsu's eyes widened before he pouted sulkily, "Yes big brother."
Turning towards Airi, Bankotsu ordered sternly, "I expect you to get along with the others too, got it?" staring her dead in the eye.
She nodded answering, "We're clear," holding his gaze.
Satisfied he gave a curt nod and began passing out orders. "Jakotsu, Suikotsu, you two get to work on cutting up the meat. Renkotsu, take Ginkotsu and gather the fire wood. Mukotsu go scout around the perimeter and make sure there won't be any unwanted intruders. Kyokotsu, I want you to move those fallen trees further to the back, in case we need to make a quick escape. Airikotsu you're coming with me, while we check the supply cave- now move out!"
The men nodded and left to carry out their orders. Turning to Bankotsu, she raised a brow questioning confused, "Airikotsu?"
He replied evenly, "Yes Airikotsu, got a problem with it?" staring at her.
She shook her head answering, "No just curious why the 'kotsu' part."
He answered, "Each of us added 'kotsu' to our name when that we had, when we joined the group."
Feeling weird about being considered one of their group, she nodded adding, “I see."
He said, "Come on," taking by the hand and began leading her behind the castle over toward the supply cave.
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As they walked over to the cave, Airi stared at his broad back, silently thinking, 'I wonder if maybe I've misjudged him?' Remembering the blood and bodies that she’d seen everywhere, and the sadistic gleam in his eyes; she shuddered thinking, 'Nope, remember girl, no matter how nice he's treating you now- he still killed them.'
Sadness filled her eyes, and she pulled her hand from his, moving to walk beside him without the actual contact. She wrapped her arms around herself and asked, "How much further?" trying to distract herself from her thoughts.
Bankotsu puzzled over her strange and sudden behavior change. He stared at her noting that she refused to meet his gaze and answered, "Not much farther," leading the rest of the way in silence.
Airi sighed and dutifully followed him. Frowning while trying to puzzle out her swift behavior change, Bankotsu warned, “Be careful of the step before the entrance, it’s tricky.”
Not really paying much attention to him and drowning deeper into her thoughts Airi gave an automatic, “Mhm,” and continued walking.
Two minutes later, Bankotsu carefully maneuvered around the cave entrance. Airi was lot in her troubling thoughts and stumbled. She would have ended up falling face first, if a pair of strong arms hadn’t caught her. Bankotsu sighed reprimanding, “I told you to be careful,” with slight annoyance clear in his blue eyes as they bored into hers.
Airi blushed saying, “I’m sorry. I guess I didn’t hear you.”
Bankotsu stared deep into her eyes asking, “What’s with you today?”
Airi sighed, “Just have a lot on my mind is all.” she muttered trying to pull out of his arms.
He held her tight and asked, “Like what?” not about to let her just brush him off like that.
Airi sighed and said, “Let go,” trying to wiggle free of his vise-like grip.
Bankotsu shook his head and said seriously. “Not until you tell me what has you so distracted.”
Airi mumbled, “I’d rather not talk about it,” and tried to yank her arm free.
Bankotsu scowled, “Tough, now tell me what is so damned important that you’re too distracted to watch where the hell you’re going.”
Airi huffed snapping, “You and your brothers slaughtered my village, and now I-” breaking off to fight back her tears.
Growing irritated Bankotsu growled, “You what?” forcing her chin up so that she had to look him in the eyes.
Anger and sadness mounting, she narrowed her eyes at him and hissed angrily, “I’ll never get to say goodbye to my grandfather who was dying,” and forcefully shoved him away.
He was so taken back by her statement and anger, that his grip on her loosened and she managed to push free of his arms.
Turning away from him, she tried really hard to keep the tears at bay and began running, as fast as her legs and arms would go. Thankfully the kimono made running possible, so she quickly tore back down the path they had come. Her thighs burned and her lungs felt like they were going to burst, she was running that fast; in a vain effort to escape. He quickly recovered from his shock and cursing under his breath, tore off after her.
Her heart was beating rapidly inside her chest and tears flew from her eyes, as she pictured her grandfather the last time she had seen him; so many years ago. She remembered that day vividly and her heart broke a little more, fueling her to run even faster.
She thought brokenly, 'Grandpa I’m so sorry I didn’t make it back sooner. If only… if only I’d have been able to see you one last time.' She lifted a hand to angrily swipe at her tears thinking, 'But no, and it was because of him! He’s just like…'
Before she could finish her thought, she was roughly plowed into and tackled to the ground. She screamed and moved her hands to keep her head from hitting the harsh ground as the pain in her back began to radiate.
Chest heaving with anger, he jerked her onto her back and tried to pin her underneath him. So emotionally fired up, she began kicking at him using her arms to drag her away from him.
He snarled, “Damnit bitch settle down already!” trying to get hold of her ankle. She grit her teeth and used her free leg to hit him upside the head, earning a painful curse and a freed foot. She moved to her feet and started running again, but he grabbed her ankles and she fell forward, breaking her fall with her arms.
Bankotsu trapped her legs and crawled over her pinning her to the ground on her stomach, moving to pin her arms. Airi screamed angrily, “Fucking let go now!” using her agility to elbow him hard and maneuver them so that he was now on his back. She moved to crawl away again, only to have his vise grip clamp around her waist, as he rolled his body into her, using the momentum to once again pin her.
Her lungs began to burn so bad she began gasping for breath. He held onto her and glared at her a long minute, before releasing her waist to pin her hands above her head and spat angrily, “Fucking tell me what has gotten into you?!” hardened steel blue eyes boring into her.
She continued trying to wiggle free and screamed, “You killed him! You killed my grandpa! He was the only family I’ve ever had and you killed him, now let go!”
He sighed and ordered harshly, “Calm down and we’ll talk.”
She screamed, “I don’t want to talk! Let me go!” and continued struggling.
He grit his teeth and yelled, “No! Dammit woman, calm down before you give yourself a heart attack!”
Airi stopped struggling and just cried heart wrenching sobs. Bankotsu sighed and rolled his eyes before moving to sit over her hips, so as not to impend her breathing, and released her arms.
She covered her face and continued crying until her eyes were red and swollen. When her sobs finally ceased, he sighed and rolled to sit beside her, pulling her into his arms. She buried her head in his chest and sniffled, trying to calm down. Bankotsu sat there rubbing her back in a clumsy attempt to soothe her and mentally bemoaned, 'Why me?'
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A/N okay people, there’s chapter seven, enjoy XD