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[barbaricdragon-archived]

starter for @bellscul

Bankotsu wandered through the forest idly. He had no way to track Naraku, especially since the damned hanyo was in hiding. Unlike the other groups tracking the spider, Bankotsu could not sense demonic energy or pick up Naraku's smell. Instead, he resorted to tracking someone who could track Naraku... especially since the evil hanyo was also looking for her as well. 'Follow Kikyo, find Naraku,' he mused as he trailed behind the undead priestess.

He had heard from Naraku about her first death-- he would call it tragic, but he rarely spared any thought towards other people. To him, a person was one of two things: an enemy he needed to kill, or an ally he could rely on. He saw nothing more in a person. However, he couldn't help but chuckle at the irony that she was also among the living dead.

As he followed her, he realized that she could sense his tainted jewel shards and had probably caught onto him immediately, but he hoped to avoid a violent confrontation. If he was forced to fight with her, he wouldn't hesitate to kill her, even if she was his best shot at getting his revenge. There was no room for hesitation when it came to a battle, after all.

[slayerled]

Inserts a shocked pikachu Sango face at how amazing Amanda, @bellscul​‘s edits are.

[barbaricdragon-archived]

starter for @bellscul​

Blue sentences scribbled in scruffy capital letters onto a torn scrap of lined paper torn from his notebook spilled from Bankotsu’s ballpoint pen, writing a secret message addressed to the aloof yet beautiful schoolgirl sitting at the desk in front of his. The teacher’s detailed lecture blended into the scenery as mere background noise, while piercing opticals of bright cobalt eyed Kikyo’s desk as he leaned sideways to achieve a better vantage point of the target. Satisfied, he quietly crumpled the notebook paper into a sphere and gingerly tossed it forward, so that it rolled onto her workspace before puttering to a stop. 

He had been pining after her ever since she had officially broken up with her ex-boyfriend, and Bankotsu had no intention of giving the silver-haired jock another chance with Kikyo. Wasting no time trying to impress her, he flashed her cocky grins whenever they passed each other in the bustling hallways, and went out of his way to show off for her wherever applicable. Despite his abundant self-confidence, he was entirely unsure of whether or not he was having any effect on her--she wasn’t all that expressive--so he decided to write her a letter:

// meet me outside the west exit after class

[barbaricdragon-archived]

happy holidays @bellscul​, and thank you so much for the awesome interactions between our muses (I was going to post this earlier, but I wasn’t finished with the graphic up until now ;v;)

in order to upload this to tumblr I had to downscale it by a lot and it nuked the quality, I sent you a dropbox link in pms if you want to download it

[barbaricdragon-archived]

Kikyou just lays near Bankotsu, snuggling him with a arm over his chest as she laid her head onto his shoulder, gently snoring away.

Twinkling lights scattered throughout the sea of ebony black smiled down on the couple as they rested within Nyx’s shaded embrace. A chilly midnight breeze swept through the limitless fields of verdant green and caressed Bankotsu’s tanned face, gently sweeping stray curls of navy bangs from side to side. Soft puffs of zephyr passed through her supple pink lips and blew angelic kisses against the mercenary’s bronze skin. Blissfully sighing into the placid darkness, he slowly turned his head to gaze fondly at his lover’s sleeping countenance, leaning down to utter ordinary, undecorated words just for her. 

“I’m glad I met you,” he murmured. His hand drifted sideways to tangle his calloused fingers with hers. “And I love you.”

[barbaricdragon-archived]

just wanted to show off this super dope promo graphic by @bellscul ✦ 

[hoover-daddy]

reaches for his rod, before hitting it gently ontop of his head. ' When will you LEARN, your actions have consequences!? '

“ow--!”

“please, kikyou-sama... i’ve already been hit over the head multiple times...”

[barbaricdragon-archived]

@bellscul​ sent word prompt; [ cry ] for your muse to wipe mine’s tears away ++ reverse

Timid insecurities never ceased their pestering keening in the far back of Bankotsu’s mind, steadfast in their petty feud with his shaky rationality. At times he could not ascertain if he was pleasantly dreaming, or if it was all a cruel ruse. He hated to suspect that she was anything but genuine in her beautiful feelings, yet his despondent conscious told him it was too good to be true. Ignoring his feeble doubts was easy, but banishing them from his head entirely was an impossible feat alone. Sweet words exchanged between the two lovers were superficial; you can lie with your tongue but not with your body. 

Kneeling beside his lover’s limp figure--arrows meant for him lodged in her pale flesh like thorns--he felt salty tears gathering in the corners of his sapphire blue eyes and rolling down his tanned cheeks. “I’m sorry I doubted you, Kikyo,” he mumbled under his breath, his throaty voice barely louder than a whisper. He had failed to notice the assassin prowling after him--arrow notched in their longbow and released...he was sure a pompous daimyo somewhere wanted him dead and gone--and Kikyo had paid the price instead of him. 

From her slumped position on her back, with her head resting on his forearm, she used her forefinger to gently wipe his tears and his lip quivered. His head was bowed as his body trembled; he wasn’t sure if the arrow was poisoned or not. “Please don’t die.”