PSL: This is a tale that is dedicated to a piece of fan-work made by Deviant Art user ~maho-urei the link is to her artwork called Bad End. It was such an emotional piece that I could not resist creating a story to go with it. I have an outline that separates the story into about 40 Chapters it may be less it may be more we shall see where it goes. I hope you like it ~Maho-Urei!

Prologue- Bankotsu's Surprise, Just the Beginning

The Schinintai travelled along the Feudal countryside hunting for a half demon and his group under orders of Naraku. The one who gave them a second chance at life, if you could even call it that. Bankotsu's thoughts trailed on into the day as he and his brothers walked along the winding roads leading away from Mt. Hakurei.

He and his brothers were a group of seven assassins who were hired to do the dirty work of lords in war time. There had once been an 8th member but, they died to give their brothers a chance to live. The brothers had escaped and avoided death for quite a few years until one by one each was slain as they were captured by their enemies. The 8th's sacrifice was in vain and yet none of the seven ever forgot the difference their precious ninja had made for them.

The ninja's death had affected them all but; none had been worse for wear than the leader Bankotsu and Jakotsu who had by far been closer to the 8th than any other.

For Jakotsu ninja was an imouto and for Bankotsu his koi. Ninja had given everything for them and they were lost without their precious member. Mukotsu mourned the ninja's bold and fiery persona. Suikotsu missed the cheery air. Ginkotsu and Kyokotsu missed the kind and the ever open minded ways of their comrade. Renkotsu last but not least, he missed the intelligent conversations they could share over weaponry and explosives.

As they heard laughter in the distance they all froze. The laughter was so familiar…just like their precious ninja. It couldn't be her could it? They rushed over the final ridge to their destination and were all shocked at the sight before them. It was their precious comrade the ninja formally known as Kagome who later became known as Firakotsu due to her fiery and feisty nature. The clearing of the bones eaters well was before their eyes and she was playing with her friends and the child she adopted.

Bankotsu almost rushed to her before he was grabbed on the arm by his brother Jakotsu who was shaking his head. "What is it Jakotsu? Don't you want to see her too?"

Jakotsu looked at the others and said, "Yes aniki , I would love to be with my Imouto again but, don't you remember what she had said?" Seeing the cluelessness on his brother's faces he sighed and began to explain. "She told us she was from the future where we had been enemies of her friends, remember? We can't just walk up to her out of nowhere and say, "Hey guess what you go further into the past and become a part of our band of mercenaries!" His purple eyes shined with amusement at their disappointed faces. "She would call us crazy and run like the wind."

Renkotsu looked a little down trod but nodded in agreement, "Brother is right Big Brother, we have to wait until she goes back then wait until she returns. It's the only way she will understand."

Bankotsu froze, "Until she returns? Don't you idiots remember? She died in my arms!" His cerulean eyes were misty with tears, "She won't come back once she is gone." He looked up to see Suikotsu with a hand on his shoulder and added,

"Big Brother, don't you remember what Midoriko told us? She said we would have our Firakotsu back we just had to be patient." He smiled at the hopeful look in the younger man's eyes relieved he helped a bit. "We must let time take its course. Now we must attack so that the taijya will knock her down the well."

Bankotsu replaced his face into its traditional smirk and approached the Inutachi. "So you're the famous Inuyasha I keep hearing about. Well you don't seem to be all that much to me." He pulled out his Banryu and prepared for his battle. He watched as they taijya nudged her friend towards the well but, not before she gasped out,

"Be careful everyone they all have a jewel shard in their necks!" The all you could hear was her scream as she was knocked into the well by the other woman. Once the light vanished he nodded to his brother's who also retrieved their weapons and said, "Well it happened just like she said it would."

The brash half demon being who he is jumped forward and demanded, "What the hell is that supposed to mean?!" His voice in its usual growl as he drew his sword about to unleash the Wind Scar until,

"Simple Inuyasha, Kagome was sent back to our time during our first life and was a friend of ours. We simply set the ball rolling as we were told to by her before we left the area." He laughed lightly and said to his comrades, "Come on guys lets leave the mutt and his group to figure it out for themselves seeing as they won't believe us anyway."

With that the Schinintai disappeared from the clearing their hearts a little lighter than before. Knowing sooner or later they would have their precious ninja miko back amongst them. Bankotsu and Jakotsu were the most eager of all; they had a lot of catching up to do with their dear ninja. Oh how they had missed her.

Soon Firakotsu Satori, soon you will be beside me as my wife once again only this time. I will make damn sure that it will be official to all who dare question our devotion to one another. Of this I swear to you, koi.