InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Unexpected Encounters ❯ twenty ( Chapter 20 )
[ X - Adult: No readers under 18. Contains Graphic Adult Themes/Extreme violence. ]
By: kittyb78 
Cold shoulder- Sango decides to give Miroku the silent treatment.
Airi has another dream and becomes more withdrawn, until Ban decides he's had enough of it and confronts her about it, demanding answers.
Miroku ends Sango's silence treatment.
Anime/Manga: InuYasha Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Romance / Drama | Type: Continuation | Uploaded On: 12.21.2009 | Pages: 3 | Words: 2.3K | Visits: 289 | Status: Work In Progress
Cold shoulder- Sango decides to give Miroku the silent treatment.
Airi has another dream and becomes more withdrawn, until Ban decides he's had enough of it and confronts her about it, demanding answers.
Miroku ends Sango's silence treatment.
Anime/Manga: InuYasha Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Romance / Drama | Type: Continuation | Uploaded On: 12.21.2009 | Pages: 3 | Words: 2.3K | Visits: 289 | Status: Work In Progress
Disclaimer: I do not own the Inuyasha characters, they belong to Rumiko Takahashi. I do own this plot line and all OC’s.
Chapter twenty:
While riding on Kirara’s back in the air, Miroku rubbed his bruising neck, trying to assuage the mild burning, and muttered, “Wow that was too close.”
Sango snorted derisively and ignored him. Miroku frowned. Shippo scolded, “Miroku you really should stop asking every woman you see to bear your child.”
Sango grit her teeth and remained silent. She was really getting sick of Miroku flirting around. Miroku sighed and wondered why Sango wasn’t saying anything.
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Kagome rode on Inuyasha’s back and said, “I know you’re not happy about this Inuyasha, but we have to stop Naraku at all costs! If that means teaming up with Bankotsu and the others, isn’t it a small sacrifice compared to what would happen if Naraku won?”
Inuyasha scowled and said adamantly, “I still don’t trust those mercenaries- they’re evil. The whole damned bunch of them.”
Kagome corrected, “Not all of them are. That girl Airi was actually really nice to me while I was with them.”
Inuyasha snorted. Kagome sighed and said, “Inuyasha, she said that Bankotsu killed Mukotsu for attacking her. He’s very protective of her, so I don’t think he’s all bad.”
Inuyasha scoffed and snapped angrily, “He’s an evil killer.” wondering why she was trying so hard to get him to believe otherwise.
Kagome sighed, “True, but he has some good in him too.” Thinking, 'He has to; otherwise he wouldn’t have been so concerned about me eating before we left, right?'
Inuyasha scoffed again and thought, 'Kagome, sometimes you’re too damned innocent.' and continued running.
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Kyokotsu was walking off to the side of Ginkotsu and easily kept pace with the rest of his group. Ginkotsu plodded across the ground.
Suikotsu rode on the back with his knees bent up and wondered how long it would be until they came across the kind priestess Kikyo. He wanted very much to see her again.
Jakotsu sat on the back with his legs dangling over the edge and sighed wondering if he would ever find the right person for him, while mentally bemoaning about how much he wanted Inuyasha’s cute little fuzzy ears.
Renkotsu stood on the tank-like member of the group, next the cannons. He had managed to find a small scrap of material and made himself a new head cover, but was still sulking over the loss of his aqua one- it had been his favorite one.
Bankotsu sat in his usual position on the front right side, with his back pressed against it. Airi sat beside him and said thoughtfully, “That girl Kagome, I sense that there is something unusual about her.”
Bankotsu said, “Well, she is a priestess and they are just strange and unusual- period.”
Airi nodded and tried to hide a yawn. Seeing this and remembering that she had been up all night guarding the girl, Bankotsu suggested, “Go ahead and rest while you can.” moving to lazily drape his arm over her shoulder.
Too tired to object, she closed her eyes and leaned her head against his chest. His chest was very comfortable and his arm served as a pillow of sorts. Overcome by the need for sleep, her eyes drifted shut and she began to snore softly.
Bankotsu briefly smiled at her, deciding that he would ask her later what exactly she meant by her statement, before returning his attention to the path ahead.
As the groups continued traveling, Airi had another disturbing dream…
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Dream Sequence:
The same child from before was shivering in her bed, trying desperately to drown out the noises, one a male voice she knew was dangerous. She bit her lip and whimpered in fright of the angry voice. She felt deep inside that this man was trouble and feared for her parent’s safety.
When she suddenly felt the cover yanked off of her, her eyes widened and mouth opened to scream, but a firm hand covered her mouth and a voice whispered, “Quiet.”
Her eyes widened as she recognized the voice. The voice whispered, “I don’t have time to explain right now. Come child we must leave quickly, climb on my back and hold tight.”
Shaking she wrapped her tiny robe around her and ran for the window. She climbed onto his back and he quickly slipped out of the window with the frightened child clinging to him, afraid that she would fall off.
He sensed her fear and assured, “Relax child, I won’t let anything happen to you.” As soon s his feet touched the ground he took off running, with the child in his arms.
She smelled the acrid odor of smoke in the air and heard the roaring of flames, before pressing her tiny face into the chest of the man holding her.
She didn’t know what exactly was going on, but she instinctively knew that they had to get as far away as they could.
Two loud horrified screams tore through the air from behind them and the child’s face became drenched with tears, as she pressed her face closer to the person’s chest and whispered, “No, mommy, daddy.” Feeling the loss of her parent’s deep inside her six year old heart.
The man’s hold on the child tightened protectively and he continued running away, hoping to put as much distance between them and the chaos behind them as humanly possible. His heart was heavy with the loss of his own child, as he stared down at the shaking child in his arms and vowed, “I won’t let him hurt you.”
End Dream Sequence:
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Heart racing with fear, Airi’s shoved away from Bankotsu and sat up curling her knees to her chest, as she tried to calm down.
Bankotsu asked, “Airi, what is it?” staring at her confused.
She sat up with her legs crossed Indian style, staring at the scenery passing by, and said, “Nothing,” casting him fake smile.
He frowned wondering, 'What the hell is going on here?' and asked, “Another dream?”
She sighed, “Yeah, probably just my stress getting to me.” and shrugged it off. Bankotsu’s frown deepened, but when it became clear she wouldn’t discuss for the moment, he sighed and turned his attention back to the path they were traveling.
Airi frowned not really seeing the trees and ground passing by and wondered, 'What the hell was that? And why are these dreams so vivid?' still slightly smelling the feint trace of smoke.
Over the next few days, Airi became more withdrawn trying to figure out why she kept having those dreams. One of the voices she recognized as belonging to her grandfather, the other one, her mind refused to reveal the identity of.
Bankotsu noticed how withdrawn she was becoming and decided that he’d had enough of it. He ordered Ginkotsu to stop and the rest of his group to begin setting up camp.
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Without a word Bankotsu's hand snagged Airi’s arm and he led her over to the river where they would have some semblance of privacy.
Gritting his teeth, he shoved Banryu into the dirt and pulled her over to him. He lifted her chin staring her dead in the eye and demanded seriously, “I want to know what the hell is going and I mean now!”
She blinked staring at him a moment and sighed nodding. He let her go and stepped back, waiting for her explanation.
She wrapped her arms around her and said, “I’ve been having these really strange dreams lately.”
He mumbled, “Thought so.” and asked, “What are they about?” staring at her.
She sat down on the ground hugging her knees and said, “Death.” He frowned and sat beside her.
She took a deep breath and said, “In the dreams there is a little girl, about five years old. The weird part is, I’m beginning to think I am or at least was that child.”
He titled her chin so she was looking into his eyes and asked, “What makes you think that?”
She sighed and answered, “Because I feel, hear, and smell everything she does.” yanking her chin free from his grasp, she continued, “I smell the smoke of the fire. The screams of her parents send a deep sadness and fear racing through me.”
Taking a deep breath to help calm her rattled nerves she added, “And because the man who rescued her was my grandfather.” falling silent.
Bankotsu blinked a few times and scratched the back of his head asking, “So what do you think they mean then?”
She replied, “I’m beginning to think that they are memories, trying to return.” At his puzzled frown she explained, “I really don’t have many memories about my younger years. My first memory starts about the time that my grandfather and I started planting a vegetable garden in the village he resided in.”
Bankotsu fell silent as his mind slowly digested everything she had said. She laid her head on her knees and sighed. Without a word his arm went around her shoulder and he pulled her into his side. She blinked and he titled her chin, assuring, “We will find out why this is happening in time. I promise Airi, I won’t rest until we do.”
She stared into his eyes a moment and then nodded, leaning into him and holding him. He wrapped his arms around her just holding her for a few minutes.
He sighed heavily and stood up, suggesting, “We should get back before Jakotsu starts harassing the mutt and another argument breaks out.” and held out a hand to her.
She sighed and placed her hand in his saying, “You’re right.” as he helped her to her feet.
He pulled her into his arms and said, “Try not to dwell too much on the dreams just yet. We need to find and defeat Naraku and then I promise we will figure out what’s going on, okay?”
She nodded and hugged him saying, “Thanks Ban.” He smiled and planted a kiss on the top of her head, hugging her back. Stepping back he retrieved his halberd, and settled it onto his shoulder, before pressing his palm to her lower back and ushering her back over to the camp.
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Bankotsu informed his men, “Jakotsu and Suikotsu, it’s you two’s turn to hunt tonight. Monk you have water duty and Kagome has cooking duty.” as he led Airi over next to the fire and told her to sit down.
She quietly sat and ignored Inuyasha’s protest about Bankotsu ordering his team around. Bankotsu scoffed rolling his eyes and placed Banryu against the tree beside him. He pulled Airi to sit between his legs and waited for the food to be cooked.
Inuyasha scowled at being ignored and pouted with is back against another tree, and Tetsuiga leaning against his bent knee.
Once Miroku returned with the water, Kagome sighed and started boiling the water in a pot over the fire.
Renkotsu finished gathering wood and started two smaller fires so the two groups wouldn’t have to be so crowded.
When Suikotsu and Jakotsu returned with a couple of deer, Sango helped cut the meat and stuck them to roast over the other fires.
Kagome dropped the vegetables and some noodles into the boiling water and waited for them to cook.
Sango, who was still ignoring Miroku, walked right past him, not even looking at him, as she rinsed her tanto and washed her hands. She put the knife away and returned to the camp.
Miroku stood up grabbing her arm and asked, “How long are you going to continue ignoring me?”
She glared at him, yanking her arm free and walked over sitting beside Kagome.
Inuyasha blinked and said, “Wow looks like she is really mad this time.” staring at his friend.
Miroku sighed heavily and sunk back to sitting on the ground, muttering, “Tell me about it.” as his eyes fell to stare at the ground sulking.
Inuyasha shook his head and said seriously, “Well, when you ask a woman to live with you and bear you children, and the turn around and keep asking other women to bear you a child, they tend to get upset.”
Miroku sighed heavily and said, “I didn’t mean it Inuyasha. The only woman I want to have my children is Sango.”
Inuyasha snorted, “Maybe you should tell her that, and stop asking others.” averting his eyes to stare at the fire. Miroku sighed heavily and stared longingly at Sango, who had her back to him.
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A/N: okay there’s chapter twenty everyone enjoy.
Chapter twenty:
While riding on Kirara’s back in the air, Miroku rubbed his bruising neck, trying to assuage the mild burning, and muttered, “Wow that was too close.”
Sango snorted derisively and ignored him. Miroku frowned. Shippo scolded, “Miroku you really should stop asking every woman you see to bear your child.”
Sango grit her teeth and remained silent. She was really getting sick of Miroku flirting around. Miroku sighed and wondered why Sango wasn’t saying anything.
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Kagome rode on Inuyasha’s back and said, “I know you’re not happy about this Inuyasha, but we have to stop Naraku at all costs! If that means teaming up with Bankotsu and the others, isn’t it a small sacrifice compared to what would happen if Naraku won?”
Inuyasha scowled and said adamantly, “I still don’t trust those mercenaries- they’re evil. The whole damned bunch of them.”
Kagome corrected, “Not all of them are. That girl Airi was actually really nice to me while I was with them.”
Inuyasha snorted. Kagome sighed and said, “Inuyasha, she said that Bankotsu killed Mukotsu for attacking her. He’s very protective of her, so I don’t think he’s all bad.”
Inuyasha scoffed and snapped angrily, “He’s an evil killer.” wondering why she was trying so hard to get him to believe otherwise.
Kagome sighed, “True, but he has some good in him too.” Thinking, 'He has to; otherwise he wouldn’t have been so concerned about me eating before we left, right?'
Inuyasha scoffed again and thought, 'Kagome, sometimes you’re too damned innocent.' and continued running.
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Kyokotsu was walking off to the side of Ginkotsu and easily kept pace with the rest of his group. Ginkotsu plodded across the ground.
Suikotsu rode on the back with his knees bent up and wondered how long it would be until they came across the kind priestess Kikyo. He wanted very much to see her again.
Jakotsu sat on the back with his legs dangling over the edge and sighed wondering if he would ever find the right person for him, while mentally bemoaning about how much he wanted Inuyasha’s cute little fuzzy ears.
Renkotsu stood on the tank-like member of the group, next the cannons. He had managed to find a small scrap of material and made himself a new head cover, but was still sulking over the loss of his aqua one- it had been his favorite one.
Bankotsu sat in his usual position on the front right side, with his back pressed against it. Airi sat beside him and said thoughtfully, “That girl Kagome, I sense that there is something unusual about her.”
Bankotsu said, “Well, she is a priestess and they are just strange and unusual- period.”
Airi nodded and tried to hide a yawn. Seeing this and remembering that she had been up all night guarding the girl, Bankotsu suggested, “Go ahead and rest while you can.” moving to lazily drape his arm over her shoulder.
Too tired to object, she closed her eyes and leaned her head against his chest. His chest was very comfortable and his arm served as a pillow of sorts. Overcome by the need for sleep, her eyes drifted shut and she began to snore softly.
Bankotsu briefly smiled at her, deciding that he would ask her later what exactly she meant by her statement, before returning his attention to the path ahead.
As the groups continued traveling, Airi had another disturbing dream…
--
Dream Sequence:
The same child from before was shivering in her bed, trying desperately to drown out the noises, one a male voice she knew was dangerous. She bit her lip and whimpered in fright of the angry voice. She felt deep inside that this man was trouble and feared for her parent’s safety.
When she suddenly felt the cover yanked off of her, her eyes widened and mouth opened to scream, but a firm hand covered her mouth and a voice whispered, “Quiet.”
Her eyes widened as she recognized the voice. The voice whispered, “I don’t have time to explain right now. Come child we must leave quickly, climb on my back and hold tight.”
Shaking she wrapped her tiny robe around her and ran for the window. She climbed onto his back and he quickly slipped out of the window with the frightened child clinging to him, afraid that she would fall off.
He sensed her fear and assured, “Relax child, I won’t let anything happen to you.” As soon s his feet touched the ground he took off running, with the child in his arms.
She smelled the acrid odor of smoke in the air and heard the roaring of flames, before pressing her tiny face into the chest of the man holding her.
She didn’t know what exactly was going on, but she instinctively knew that they had to get as far away as they could.
Two loud horrified screams tore through the air from behind them and the child’s face became drenched with tears, as she pressed her face closer to the person’s chest and whispered, “No, mommy, daddy.” Feeling the loss of her parent’s deep inside her six year old heart.
The man’s hold on the child tightened protectively and he continued running away, hoping to put as much distance between them and the chaos behind them as humanly possible. His heart was heavy with the loss of his own child, as he stared down at the shaking child in his arms and vowed, “I won’t let him hurt you.”
End Dream Sequence:
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Heart racing with fear, Airi’s shoved away from Bankotsu and sat up curling her knees to her chest, as she tried to calm down.
Bankotsu asked, “Airi, what is it?” staring at her confused.
She sat up with her legs crossed Indian style, staring at the scenery passing by, and said, “Nothing,” casting him fake smile.
He frowned wondering, 'What the hell is going on here?' and asked, “Another dream?”
She sighed, “Yeah, probably just my stress getting to me.” and shrugged it off. Bankotsu’s frown deepened, but when it became clear she wouldn’t discuss for the moment, he sighed and turned his attention back to the path they were traveling.
Airi frowned not really seeing the trees and ground passing by and wondered, 'What the hell was that? And why are these dreams so vivid?' still slightly smelling the feint trace of smoke.
Over the next few days, Airi became more withdrawn trying to figure out why she kept having those dreams. One of the voices she recognized as belonging to her grandfather, the other one, her mind refused to reveal the identity of.
Bankotsu noticed how withdrawn she was becoming and decided that he’d had enough of it. He ordered Ginkotsu to stop and the rest of his group to begin setting up camp.
--
Without a word Bankotsu's hand snagged Airi’s arm and he led her over to the river where they would have some semblance of privacy.
Gritting his teeth, he shoved Banryu into the dirt and pulled her over to him. He lifted her chin staring her dead in the eye and demanded seriously, “I want to know what the hell is going and I mean now!”
She blinked staring at him a moment and sighed nodding. He let her go and stepped back, waiting for her explanation.
She wrapped her arms around her and said, “I’ve been having these really strange dreams lately.”
He mumbled, “Thought so.” and asked, “What are they about?” staring at her.
She sat down on the ground hugging her knees and said, “Death.” He frowned and sat beside her.
She took a deep breath and said, “In the dreams there is a little girl, about five years old. The weird part is, I’m beginning to think I am or at least was that child.”
He titled her chin so she was looking into his eyes and asked, “What makes you think that?”
She sighed and answered, “Because I feel, hear, and smell everything she does.” yanking her chin free from his grasp, she continued, “I smell the smoke of the fire. The screams of her parents send a deep sadness and fear racing through me.”
Taking a deep breath to help calm her rattled nerves she added, “And because the man who rescued her was my grandfather.” falling silent.
Bankotsu blinked a few times and scratched the back of his head asking, “So what do you think they mean then?”
She replied, “I’m beginning to think that they are memories, trying to return.” At his puzzled frown she explained, “I really don’t have many memories about my younger years. My first memory starts about the time that my grandfather and I started planting a vegetable garden in the village he resided in.”
Bankotsu fell silent as his mind slowly digested everything she had said. She laid her head on her knees and sighed. Without a word his arm went around her shoulder and he pulled her into his side. She blinked and he titled her chin, assuring, “We will find out why this is happening in time. I promise Airi, I won’t rest until we do.”
She stared into his eyes a moment and then nodded, leaning into him and holding him. He wrapped his arms around her just holding her for a few minutes.
He sighed heavily and stood up, suggesting, “We should get back before Jakotsu starts harassing the mutt and another argument breaks out.” and held out a hand to her.
She sighed and placed her hand in his saying, “You’re right.” as he helped her to her feet.
He pulled her into his arms and said, “Try not to dwell too much on the dreams just yet. We need to find and defeat Naraku and then I promise we will figure out what’s going on, okay?”
She nodded and hugged him saying, “Thanks Ban.” He smiled and planted a kiss on the top of her head, hugging her back. Stepping back he retrieved his halberd, and settled it onto his shoulder, before pressing his palm to her lower back and ushering her back over to the camp.
--
Bankotsu informed his men, “Jakotsu and Suikotsu, it’s you two’s turn to hunt tonight. Monk you have water duty and Kagome has cooking duty.” as he led Airi over next to the fire and told her to sit down.
She quietly sat and ignored Inuyasha’s protest about Bankotsu ordering his team around. Bankotsu scoffed rolling his eyes and placed Banryu against the tree beside him. He pulled Airi to sit between his legs and waited for the food to be cooked.
Inuyasha scowled at being ignored and pouted with is back against another tree, and Tetsuiga leaning against his bent knee.
Once Miroku returned with the water, Kagome sighed and started boiling the water in a pot over the fire.
Renkotsu finished gathering wood and started two smaller fires so the two groups wouldn’t have to be so crowded.
When Suikotsu and Jakotsu returned with a couple of deer, Sango helped cut the meat and stuck them to roast over the other fires.
Kagome dropped the vegetables and some noodles into the boiling water and waited for them to cook.
Sango, who was still ignoring Miroku, walked right past him, not even looking at him, as she rinsed her tanto and washed her hands. She put the knife away and returned to the camp.
Miroku stood up grabbing her arm and asked, “How long are you going to continue ignoring me?”
She glared at him, yanking her arm free and walked over sitting beside Kagome.
Inuyasha blinked and said, “Wow looks like she is really mad this time.” staring at his friend.
Miroku sighed heavily and sunk back to sitting on the ground, muttering, “Tell me about it.” as his eyes fell to stare at the ground sulking.
Inuyasha shook his head and said seriously, “Well, when you ask a woman to live with you and bear you children, and the turn around and keep asking other women to bear you a child, they tend to get upset.”
Miroku sighed heavily and said, “I didn’t mean it Inuyasha. The only woman I want to have my children is Sango.”
Inuyasha snorted, “Maybe you should tell her that, and stop asking others.” averting his eyes to stare at the fire. Miroku sighed heavily and stared longingly at Sango, who had her back to him.
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A/N: okay there’s chapter twenty everyone enjoy.