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Family Connections	By : Saranwyn Category: InuYasha AU/AR > Yaoi - Male/Male Views: 4204 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 1
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InuYasha reclined in the corner of the club Bankotsu often occupied. The other six members of the gang were mingling with the other customers, but InuYasha was focused only on the leader, who sat apart from the rest, sipping a drink at the bar. The leader of the "Band of Seven," as they were called, was normally pretty carefree and confident, but tonight he was brooding. It wasn't the first time the half demon had noticed it. The human usually waited for a time when he thought no one was looking then let his confident façade drop. In truth, the man seemed a little insecure. Well, he is a gangster – that just screams insecurity, InuYasha rationalized. I mean, look at me…He sighed.
Suddenly, someone wrapped their arms around him from behind, leaning over the booth to nuzzle his neck. The half demon stiffened for a moment, then he turned and shoved the other man away, glaring angrily and rubbing his neck.
"Jakotsu! I swear you do that again, and I'll kill you!" he snarled. The human fake-pouted, his eyes widening.
"Don't be so mean, InuYasha," he whined before his expression shifted to malicious smirk. "Besides, you should know that threatening me only turns me on more." The younger boy fought the urge to get up and smack the man – he knew it would only suffice in egging him on.
"Stop bothering me, Jakotsu. I want to be alone." The man sighed and, heedless of InuYasha's request, sat down across the table from him. "Seriously, Jakotsu-!"
"Just listen to me, Yasha." For once, the man seemed perfectly serious, startling the half-demon into silence. "I'm worried about Ban-chan."
"You should be worried about yourself, if he hears you calling him that," the teen advised, but Jakotsu just frowned. It was such an uncharacteristic look on the older man that InuYasha actually began to consider that there was going to be some merit to the conversation. "Okay, why are you worried?"
"Well, look at him. I mean, I know no one else pays attention, but I've seen you noticing it too. He didn't used to be like this…"
"What do you mean?"
"I mean before you joined, he didn't do this except when we had real trouble."
"So? Why are you talking to me about this?"
"Because you're the only other one who really seems to even realize how troubled he is. Now, maybe you don't care, but I do, so…what do you think I should do?"
"How should I know? If you haven't noticed, my people-skills aren't exactly fantastic." That's the understatement of the century, as I'm sure Sesshoumaru would tell me. He frowned, shaking his head. Don't think about him, InuYasha. Ever since he'd left five months ago, he'd been trying – and failing miserably – not to think about his older brother. It seemed that at every possible moment, he would think about what his brother would say or do. It was more than a little distressing, actually. Jakotsu sighed.
"Well…it seems like I only bother him. He never opens up to me."
"Hm – that might be because you're always trying to get into his pants. If you treated him like a friend not a piece of meat, he might like you better."
"Piece of meat?! I don't do that! I treat him differently from anyone else!" InuYasha lifted a skeptical brow. "I do! Don't look at me like that!"
"Well, try a little harder, because none of us can see it."Jakotsu pouted, crossing his arms. "Hey, you asked for my advice; I'm just giving it. If you don't want to hear it, don't ask!" Jakotsu sighed and looked back at Bankotsu.
"I-I guess you're right…even though I think I treat him differently. But what do I do now? He already hates me."
"Look, I really don't know! I couldn't even get my own brother not to hate me!" He flushed, turning away, embarrassed by his own outburst. "Whatever. Just leave me alone." Jankotsu tilted his head.
"Is that why you ran away?"
"It's none of your business!"
"Yes it is. You're a member of the gang. We're supposed to take care of each other. What happened between you and your brother?"
"What do you mean what happened? He's always hated me. It just got…worse as I got older, and I got sick of it. So I left. Now can we please drop it?"
"Well, I don't think we should, but because you said please…" They lapsed into silence, both watching their leader.
Bankotsu sat at the bar, drinking moodily. As he sat there, completely oblivious to the rest of the world, his mind wandered back to a certain incident four months ago. It had been bothering him ever since it's occurrence shortly after InuYasha joined his gang.
He saw a familiar figure across the club. The rest of the gang had already gone back to the base to sleep. Before he could get a better glance at the figure across the room of writhing, dancing bodies, it was gone. It couldn't have been…? No way. But suddenly a deep voice behind him caused him to spin.
"Bankotsu." Staring straight at him, now a good deal taller than him, was Sesshoumaru. The demon had only grown more beautiful as he got older, and more intimidating.
"S-Sesshoumaru?" the human choked on his drink. "What are you doing here?" In his head, he imagined the demon tearing him to shreds, snarling something about his betrayal. Instead, the taller man took a half-step back to show he intended no harm.
"I heard a member of my pack seems to have wandered into your arms," he commented. Bankotsu let out a soft sigh of relief. Though part of him wondered why Sesshoumaru was bothering with this. Didn't he hate his brother? What did he care?
"What of it? If you want him back-!"
"I don't. Keep him, drop him, I don't care. What I am saying, though, Bankotsu – is that if you harm him, personally, in any way, I swear I will not only kill you slowly and painfully, I will do the same to everyone you care about. And I'll leave that little gay pretty-boy – Jakotsu was it? – for last and make him suffer the worst."
"Look, InuYasha's a good addition to my gang. I wouldn't-!"
"Shut it. I don't care. Remember, he's not one of you. He never can be. And remember to leave him alone during the heat – I'm sure you've already learned your lesson about that, right?"
"Yeah, yeah, I know." He flushed slightly and looked away.
"Good. And by the way – I hold you responsible for the actions of your boys, too, so keep them under control." The demon turned to leave.
"If you care so much, why don't you just take him back?" Bankotsu chanced a question. Suddenly, he found himself pinned against the bar, the demon's hand locked around his throat, the claws extending a little to press threatening into the sensitive flesh there.
"I don't care about him. I'm doing my duty as Alpha. Nothing more." The human nodded stiffly, trying to move as little as possible for fear of the claws. "Are we clear?"
"Crystal," he croaked out. The demon released him and turned away, sneering his disgust.
"Good. I don't think this needs saying, but you aren't to mention this to InuYasha." Then, he was gone, disappearing through the crowd and out the door.
Ever since then, he'd been worried about Sesshoumaru's threat. Who knew what the temperamental demon would consider "harm?" And he couldn't always keep all his men under control, and it wasn't like InuYasha got along well with any of the other men. He didn't want to throw InuYasha out – he was good for business, but it was dangerous to keep him around. Especially with the way that Jakotsu keeps bothering him. If they get in a fight, Sesshoumaru could use that as excuse to waste us all. He glanced over at the half demon to see him sitting peacefully with Jakotsu. Or not? However, both of them were watching him. He flashed them a smile and tipped back his drink. Jakotsu stood up and walked over to him, sitting down beside him.
"What do you want?" Bankotsu asked, frowning.
"Can't I just want to sit and drink with you? You are our boss, after all, right?" The younger man sighed and looked away. "What's bothering you, Nii-chan?"
"Maybe the fact that you're bothering me, huh?" Jakotsu looked absolutely crushed, his head hanging as his shoulders slumped.
"Why do you hate me so much?" Bankotsu's throat tightened. But then the man brightened up as if nothing had happened. "Sorry, just kidding! I know, it's just because you actually are in love with me, and you're just embarrassed."
InuYasha shook his head as he listened to their conversation. What did he care about Bankotsu anyways? He didn't. To be honest, he didn't care for any of the Band of Seven much, and none of them knew about him being a half demon, except perhaps Bankotsu. They didn't like him, either. All in all, he was wondering if he should leave. Would they come after me if I did? Being here just makes me even more lonely, seeing the rest of them together. He sighed and stood to head out to the old apartment building they used as a base. He caught Bankotsu's eye and waved to let him know he was leaving.
He sucked in a deep breath of cool, night air, relishing in the quieting of the noise as the door swung shut behind him. His feet carried him deftly towards the building the rest of the gang called home. He couldn't think of the place as "home" when it wasn't with his pack, even if he wanted to – which he did very much. After about fifteen minutes, he became aware of someone following him. What's more, he sensed that said person was a demon. His stomach coiled tightly in anticipation of a fight. He branched off into an alley and turned, lunging forward to grab the other man's shirt, pinning him against a wall.
"Who are you and what do you want?" he snarled. The other man smirked, totally unperturbed by his position. He had long, wavy black hair and gleaming, purple-grey eyes. He wore a purple shirt, white pants, and a white, hooded, fur-lined jacket.
"Hey," he greeted InuYasha, smirking in a way that made InuYasha's skin crawl. "I'm Naraku – you're one of that gang, right? The eighth member in the Band of Seven – kind of out of place there, aren't you?"
"What do you want, demon?" the teen snarled viciously.
"Ah, not quite. I'm half demon, just like you. And I think we want the same thing." InuYasha was shocked for a moment, but he quickly recovered, pushing harder against Naraku.
"And what is that, hm?" The other man smiled disarmingly.
"To become demon, of course." InuYasha gasped slightly. Is that possible? Wh-what would Sesshoumaru say if I became full demon…? No, he still wouldn't accept me, ever. Still…if I were full demon, I would belong somewhere, right? "That's why I think you should join my band. You see, we belong together, InuYasha."
"Oh, and what do you intend to do to rival gangs?" the teen challenged. Even if he didn't like Bankotsu or his gang, they'd been working together – they were as close to a pack as he'd ever gotten, so he wasn't about to betray them.
"Ah, well, we've got to do what we've got to do. The only was to become demon would be by gaining power by vanquishing foes. And the more powerful enemies we kill, the closer we get." (A/N: I realize this is nothing like the real anime/manga, but I didn't want to include the Shikon Jewel because it's just too complicated, and that's not the main plot of this thing.) InuYasha growled lowly. He wasn't about to kill the only people that had given a shit about him.
"Forget it, Naraku. You can count me out." He pulled back. "Take my warning and get out of here before I make you." He turned his back on the half demon and stalked off, back to the bar. Better warn Bankotsu-san that we have trouble. To his satisfaction, Naraku didn't follow him as he returned to the club. Flinging the door open, he strode over to his leader, who was drinking in silence with Jakotsu.
"InuYasha – I thought you'd left," his boss commented, confused.
"I did, but we need to talk…alone," InuYasha replied sourly. The older human stood and took InuYasha to one of the secluded enclaves near the bar where they could sit and talk in privacy.
"Now, what is the matter?" he asked.
"Some half demon just approached me saying he wanted me to join his gang – he's trying to run us out. Said his name was Naraku."
"And what did you tell him when he asked you to join his gang?"
"No, of course. He wants to kill you guys!"
"Pity…would've been nice to have an inside man. Oh well – thank you for your loyalty. I'll tell the others, minus the fact that he's half demon."
"Yeah. Anyways, now, I'm really headed back. I'll make sure no one follows me."
"Thank you. Goodnight."
"Goodnight." Well, now I really can't ask him to leave, Bankotsu thought with a sigh. We'll need him if we're up against a half-demon. Naraku he said his name was? I guess I'll have to look into him…
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