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Shards of Destiny	By : RoseLillian Category: InuYasha > Het - Male/Female Views: 1142 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha or its characters, but Rumiko Takahashi does. I do own Seresute though and everything pertaining to her. I do not make any money off of this.

Chapter List
- 12
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Rumiko Takahashi owns Inuyasha, not me.

It was deathly quiet in the small room that the three inhabited. Sesshomaru and Bankotsu stood staring each other down while Seresute slept in the large bed, healing from her injuries. It was Sesshomaru who broke the silence.
"How is it that you and Seresute know each other?"
Bankotsu smirked and chuckled softly. "She's my mate. We've been mated for nearly 50 years, counting the years I was dead as well."
Sesshomaru's breath hitched. His mate? Bankotsu tore his eyes away from the yokai lord and walked to the bed, kneeling beside the sleeping goddess. He pushed a few stray strands of her hair out of her face and kissed her forehead. The demon's eyes narrowed. Without looking away from Seresute's beautiful features, Bankotsu spoke.
"I won't let anyone take her away from me. As long as I have breath left in my body, she will be mine and mine alone. I love her…" He refused to turn his face back towards the demon so that Sesshomaru could not see the lone tear that slid down his cheek. "I'll do whatever I can to keep her away from you. She was mine first!"
With those words, Bankotsu grabbed Banryu and lunged at Sesshomaru, who drew Tokijin and blocked the swing. The back draft from Banryu took out a whole section of the wall allowing the sunlight to pour in. Taking this as an advantage, Sesshomaru leapt outside and prepared for a counterattack. Sure enough, the young mercenary was chasing after him, murder apparent in his blue eyes. The demon parried the giant halberd and jumped back to once again clash swords with Bankotsu. Their strength matched evenly as they ground their swords together.
"What makes you think she would want a dead mortal? I have so much more to offer her," Sesshomaru said, his golden eyes fixed on Bankotsu's.
"Apparently you don't know her as well as I do. I'm all she'll ever need, so get it through your head, you dirty dog!" He pushed Sesshomaru back and slashed at him, catching the front of his armor and breaking the spikes on his shoulders. Sesshomaru stepped back, checking the damage done to him before turning back to Bankotsu.
"Impressive, for a human."
Bankotsu growled before slashing once more at the demon.
"You would never understand the human world, where strength and killing is our only chance of survival!"
"Even Inuyasha would be able to take you down…" the demon mused as he dodged another swing.
Bankotsu screamed in anger as he dashed toward Sesshomaru and brought Banryu swinging forward powerfully. It was enough to surprise Sesshomaru and Tokijin was knocked from his hands, landing many feet away. Bankotsu took Sesshomaru's surprise to his advantage and brought Banryu back to stab the demon in the chest. Before he could, a bright barrier surrounded the demon lord and repelled Banryu, sending it flying out of Bankotsu's hands. Both men turned to the source of the barrier, which turned out to be a very pissed off Seresute. Her eyes were no longer deep blue, but flaming red. She brought her hands up and chanted a few words which lifted both men up and slammed them into the nearest surface, which happened to be a tree for Bankotsu and a rock wall for Sesshomaru. Slowly she advanced toward them, showing no signs of limping or pain.
'She must have fully healed already…' went through both of the warriors' minds.
They both watched in horror as her hair slowly began to rise and crackle with electricity. The sky grew dark and lightning flashed across the clouds. Her eyes glowed red as she brought her hands together over her head and a large seal appeared, gathering the electricity of the lightning into a large sphere. Finally she spoke.
"The fighting of two men over a woman is pointless and childish. I will not tolerate it and if it happens again, I will roast the two of you alive."
She glared at both men, who both nodded their heads frantically. She released the seal and released the spell holding them, causing them to fall face first into the ground. Her hair fell back down to frame her face and her eyes returned to their deep blue color as she sank to her knees, breathing heavily. Bankotsu ran to her side, wrapping his arm around her waist and holding her to his body. Sesshomaru watched this event unfold before him and sighed, turning to leave. Seresute looked to him.
"Sesshomaru?"
He stopped midstride and turned his head slightly to look back at her. She looked down for a second before lifting her head to meet his golden eyes.
"I am sorry, but I cannot be the one for you. Rin is more than welcome to come visit me, but please understand…"
Sesshomaru scoffed at her and continued walking away. Seresute felt her heart sink a little knowing that she may have just hurt the demon lord. Bankotsu watched Sesshomaru walk away before turning back to Seresute, seeing the sad expression on her face. He held her closer to him, nuzzling her neck and burying his face in the crook of her shoulder.
'Even dead, he still retains a sense of affection for me…' Seresute thought as she turned her head towards him and his lips met hers in a gentle kiss. She kissed him back for what seemed like hours, but then he released her lips, blinking slowly at her.
"Seresute…let's get back to the others." He took her hand and grabbed Banryu, hefting it onto his shoulder before leading her back to the small cabin. Jakotsu and Suikotsu were chatting quietly in the main room. Renkotsu was outside with Ginkotsu.
"Little Sister, come sit with us." Suikotsu patted the floor next to him. Seresute walked over and sat next to him, Bankotsu coming to sit next to her.
"Jakotsu, dinner! Renkotsu!"
Renkotsu poked his head in the window and lifted his eyebrow in question.
"Go hunt for meat. Bring back plenty of it."
Renkotsu grumbled and disappeared. Seresute sat there staring into the small fire in the middle of the room, the flames dancing in the depths of her eyes. Suikotsu watched her with a practiced eye, noting the pale tone to her skin from the blood loss. It wasn't until his eyes travelled further down that he saw…
"Little Sister, you're bleeding again."
"Fuck! Seriously!" Bankotsu's yell made both Suikotsu and Seresute jump. He grabbed her shoulders and shook her. "Woman, you better not go dying on me. If you die, what am I gonna do with myself?"
She just stared at him with blank eyes before looking down at her wound, noting the small trickle of blood coming from the wound that Tokijin had given her.
"I'm fine. It'll heal." She moved to place her hand on it, but Suikotsu had beaten her to it, placing his hand over the wound to staunch the bleeding. Bankotsu rose to his feet and stomped to the doorway. Before he left, he turned his head to Suikotsu.
"Don't let her leave. She needs to heal up before she even thinks about moving," he said as he opened the door and slammed it shut. Seresute and Suikotsu looked at each other with confused expressions before the doctor began tending to her wound.
Bankotsu stormed outside into the fading sunlight, night beginning to fall. He walked into the trees, pacing around and around before finally slamming his fist into a nearby trunk.
'She was all that I ever wanted, the only one I want. Even in death, her memory was the only thing keeping my spirit sane. Now that I'm back, I need to protect her more now than ever with that filthy dog coming after her.'
He looked in the direction of the cabin, still seeing it perfectly. He could see the silhouettes of Seresute and Suikotsu against the shadows of the fire. He knew the doctor was tending to her, but he couldn't help but feel jealous that he wasn't in there with her instead of Suikotsu. A thought, unbidden and unwelcome, entered his mind.
'Do you still love me, Seresute?'
As if hearing his thought, she rose and stood to look out the window at the rising moon, the moonlight shining off of her shimmering light brown hair. Her bright blue eyes glittered with what seemed to be unshed tears as she looked in the direction that he had gone. Bankotsu felt a pang of sadness as he stared back at the woman he loved. Suikotsu must have said something to her because she turned back to him and walked away from the window. The young mercenary sighed and walked deeper into the forest, the cabin disappearing from his sight. The forest grew more dense and soon the light of the moon disappeared. Bankotsu was surrounded by complete darkness. He contemplated going back, but as he turned to go back the way he came, he heard a sinister chuckle coming from behind him.
"Who's there? Show yourself!" he yelled, his fists up and ready. Out of the tree in front of him stepped an old hag with stringy hair and missing teeth. She chuckled at him again.
"I know your deepest desires, Bankotsu of the Band of Seven."
He cocked an eyebrow at her. "Oh yeah?"
"You desire her. You want her as your own and no one else's. What do you say if I can take out the rival for her affections?"
Bankotsu's breath hitched for a second. He knew that if he tried to kill Sesshomaru that Seresute would probably not forgive him for it, so what was the harm in sending someone else to kill him without her knowing?
"You think you're up to the job, wench?" he asked, his eyes glittering with bloodlust.
"Oh ho ho ho, I haven't failed yet." She smiled widely, showing the gaps between her teeth.
"What do you want as payment?" Bankotsu wasn't worried about gold or treasure. He and his brothers had plenty of that from their raids, but if it was something other than that, he was going to cut her head off without a second thought.
"Oh nothing. Seeing as you are deeply in love with her, which will be all I require. That you will love her and never be false."
The young mercenary folded his arms over his broad chest and looked down at her before nodding his head in agreement. She grinned widely again and disappeared into the woods.
'What just happened?' Bankotsu thought to himself. He felt a little creeped out by the atmosphere of the dark forest, so he turned and walked out back to the cabin. He stopped at the edge of the forest upon seeing Seresute standing at the open door of the cabin, the light from inside illuminating her shimmering hair. They stood where they were, regarding each other before Seresute ran to him. Bankotsu ran to her and they crushed each other in a tight embrace. Bankotsu had never felt so strongly for a female in his entire life. What was it about this woman that made him so protective of her?
Seresute felt his arms hold her tighter to him, enveloping her in the searing heat of his body. She remembered what he had said about the Shikon shards keeping him and his brothers alive and resolved to bring him back as living flesh and blood that night.
'I'll never let go….I promise….' they both thought.
Bankotsu pried her out of his arms and kissed the diamond shaped mark on her forehead, letting one hand grip her hair in a gentle hold. It was at that moment that Seresute remembered that night, that last dreadful night that she and Bankotsu had spent together.
It was almost winter…
It had grown colder, but it went unnoticed by the two lovers entwined in an embrace. Sweaty and spent after having made love, they rested in each other's arms, savoring the moment.
"I wish you didn't have to go tomorrow…" the young goddess murmured to her lover.
Bankotsu sighed and rubbed her back. "I know babe, but I have to. I want to be able to make a life for you and Kayaku."
"You don't need to do this for he and I to live a good life."
"Seresute…" The young mercenary sighed again and brought her face up to meet his. Kissing her softly, he stared into her eyes.
"I need you to promise me something. I have a strange feeling about tomorrow, but it isn't good. If I don't return tomorrow, I want you and Kayaku to survive. Live a long life. Live long and well with him."
The meaning of his words sank in quickly and she looked up at him with frightened eyes. "Bankotsu, no! I won't let myself be torn apart again. If you leave me…I'll never heal…" Her voice trailed off as she buried her face into his bare chest, sobbing quietly. "Bankotsu, I love you. Please…don't go. Don't go. Don't go!"
He listened to her little tirade, his heart breaking inside. Deep down he really wanted to stay with her, but he wanted her to be comfortable in life. His mercenary living didn't feel like it was exactly good enough for her.
"I love you too Seresute, more than you know. Forget about tomorrow. Let's enjoy what time we have tonight."
He wiped away the tears on her cheeks and kissed her again, but with more intensity. Seresute allowed herself to once again be lost in the heat of his passion as they made love once more that night…
Her heart still bled after that night, but now that he had been given another chance at life, she was going to bring him back and keep him from danger. She held him tighter. Bankotsu looked down at the young goddess and chuckled softly, bringing his arm down and sweeping her into his arms, bringing her face closer to his so that their eyes were only a few inches apart. She smiled at him as he carried her back into the cabin and past the main room, ignoring the surprised looks that Jakotsu and Suikotsu were giving them. Renkotsu almost ran into them as he came out of his room, but he quickly stepped aside and let his leader carry his woman to his room.
Seresute had settled into his chest, almost falling asleep in the warmth surrounding her, but it disappeared when she felt the cool soft surface of a bed underneath her and a warm body on top of her. She turned her head from the sheets just in time for Bankotsu's lips to catch hers in a deep kiss. His hands slipped from her hips to underneath her shoulders, lifting her body to press against his. Seresute lifted an eyebrow in amusement as his free hand slipped underneath her to brush her butt.
'I suppose I could seize the moment and lose myself for now…'
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