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Tainted	By : Tassanaburrfoot Category: InuYasha > Het - Male/Female > Shichi'nintai (The Band of Seven) > Shichi'nintai (The Band of Seven) Views: 12465 -:- Recommendations : 1 -:- Currently Reading : 2
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Bankotsu smiled as he felt the girl in his arms stir. Opening his eyes, he gazed down at her to see her still sleeping so peacefully. She was so beautiful and he wondered, briefly, how he had gotten so lucky. He pulled her closer to him so he could rest his cheek lovingly atop her head. Good god, how he loved this woman.
That sudden thought caused Bankotsu eyes to fly open and he sat up, consequently dropping her back onto the bed. He held his head in his hand as she woke up. Love? When the hell did this thing become about love? He didn't love her. He didn't even care about her. She was just a pawn in his plan to avenge his brothers.
She's pregnant with my child, he thought, but quickly dismissed it.
She thought she was pregnant with his child, but he knew better. In order for her to be pregnant, he would have to be able to produce real semen. He hadn't. He was a specter, a ghost. Ghosts did not produce real semen.
Ghost did not produce semen at all, a little voice told him, which he promptly ignored. He had to ignore it because if that were the case then…
He shook his head. The sooner they left this castle and sent her on her way, the better. He had much more important things to worry about. He had to focus and figure out what he was going to do about Renkotsu and Inuyasha. The solution to both was simple. He would kill them.
"Are you ok?" Kagome asked as she stretched.
He nodded. "I'm fine. Get dressed. We'll be moving out soon."
As he watched her move about the room, he noticed her stomach was looking… rounder than usual. Almost like she had drank a quart of water. He frowned. Perhaps she was eating too much. Or maybe she was right?
He shook his head again and got out of bed. He did not know when the girl managed to implant herself in his mind, or when he had given her permission to do so. Thinking about her just was not a good thing for him. He had a job to do, as did she. There was no time to think about what might have been between them. Not that there really was anything, he noted to himself.
He purposely did not look at her as he dressed and strapped on his armor. He needed to get away from her and quickly, but he knew if he just left, she would think he was rejecting her. That would not work in his favour.
Sighing, Bankotsu turned his attention to Kagome and saw her brushing her hair. "I'm going to go check on Renkotsu, ok?" he told her.
"Wait!" she said as she shoved her brush into her bag and pulled the bag closed. "I'll go with you."
He frowned. "I don't need a babysitter," he snipped.
She shook her head as she walked past him and opened the bedroom door. "It's not a matter of babysitting," she replied. "If he's ready, then we can go."
Bankotsu hesitated. "And if he's not ready, we could have a few more minutes to ourselves," he pointed out.
She stopped and looked at him. Pain shone in her eyes as she pursed her lips for a moment. "The more time I spend with you, the less I want to let go," she whispered. Looking at the door frame, she continued, "Last night was something I'll never forget. I don't… I hate the thought of losing you, Bankotsu. But I know that's what will happen in the end. I know I shouldn't have these feelings for you, but…"
He approached her and drew her to his chest in an embrace. His heart skipped a beat. "You'll always have me, my little miko," he whispered, nuzzling her hair. "Even when I'm gone… I'll always be with you."
He did not understand why he said the things he said or the sudden ache in his chest. He held her close to him as an urge to not let her go swept through his body, but he knew he had to. Neither of them belonged in this world of war. He had died years ago and she… well, she hadn't even been born yet, technically.
He felt her small body shudder as she sobbed and he was determined to hold her until she stopped. He closed his eyes as tears of his own threatened to escape.
I am Bankotsu. I am the leader of the Band of Seven. I am strong. I am ruthless. I am a murderer. I enjoy wreaking havoc and destroying innocent lives. I love the feel and smell of blood on my hands. I have killed a thousand men. I will kill a thousand demons. Others fear me.
As he felt her sobs subside, he gently broke away from her. "You're right," he told her. "Let's get Renkotsu and leave this place."
She nodded and followed him out of the room and down the hall.

The priestess frowned. "You lied to me!" she accused.
The two mercenaries turned and looked at her curiously. "What?" Bankotsu asked.
She pointed to the path that led to the road that led down the mountainside. "You told me there was no way out of here," she snapped. "What would you call that?"
The younger mercenary narrowed his eyes and frowned. "Why the hell would I tell you this existed? You are my captive, not my guest," he sneered. "And if you keep looking at me like that, I'll knock the shit out of you."
She glanced away from him as she continued to follow the two mercenaries. Her heart told her that she wouldn't have to worry about Bankotsu's wrath. He wouldn't ever really hurt her. But Renkotsu was there and he did not know of the things that had transpired between the miko and his leader. He did not know she was with child.
Protecting their unborn child was her first priority at the moment. It had to be. Aside from the few pictures they took, the child would be her only physical evidence that Bankotsu ever existed in her life. Her only evidence that he ever loved her.
Even though he didn't say it, she knew he loved her. He had to. There was no way he could have done what he did the night before if he didn't. She sighed as she pushed her bicycle along the path.
It didn't take them long to reach the bottom of the mountain, which surprised her. Her escape route would have been a lot easier than she thought. She was amazed at the depths of which Bankotsu had lied to her and how much she had believed him. Fear made a person believe almost anything, she supposed.
The two mercenaries stopped near a fork in the road and turned to the miko. Bankotsu approached her and placed a hand on the bicycle. He pointed down one of the paths. "This road should lead to a village nearby," he told her. "They should be able to provide you with shelter for the night and, if you're lucky, an escort back to Edo."
She nodded. "Are the two of you going to Mount Hakurei?" she asked.
"Yes," he replied. "You can tell that half breed that I'll be waiting for him. I've a score to settle with him. I'm sure that'll get his blood boiling."
She frowned as she looked up into his cobalt eyes. "Regardless of how I feel towards you," she said, "you don't actually expect me to lead Inuyasha into danger, do you? I do still care about him immensely."
His eyes hardened and she thought he was going to rebuke her statements. "It doesn't matter," he growled lowly. "Whether you deliver my message to him or not, he'll still come after me. You just make sure his neck is clean."
The miko gasped as he unexpectedly pulled her into a searing kiss. Her bike fell to the ground as she lifted her arms around his neck. One of his hands was buried in her hair while the other held her waist against his body. Kagome opened her mouth, inviting his tongue, and he accepted the invitation greedily.
Just as quickly as he started the kiss, Bankotsu broke it. He gazed into her eyes. "Be safe, my little miko," he whispered.
She fought back her tears as she nodded. "You too," she muttered.
They broke away and the two mercenaries watched as the miko picked up her bicycle and began walking down the path. They watched as she walked away from them. When she got to the fork, before she turned down the path Bankotsu had suggested, she turned to look at the mercenaries one last time.
Renkotsu looked away, as though annoyed by the situation. Kagome met Bankotsu's eyes. The young leader gave her a single nod and mouthed, "I love you."
She took a deep breath and, focusing on the road ahead of her, walked away.

When Kagome saw the village, she stopped. Knowing the mercenaries were now far away from her, she allowed herself to collapse on the ground. Heavy sobs wracked her small body as tears flooded from her eyes.

Author's Note: Tissue anyone? The next few chapters are going to go by relatively quickly as this story wraps itself up. Just a forewarning.
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