Okay...ive got a new story :D

This ones a ban/kag one...:D

I think this first chappie sucks...but keep reading on :D please...

And i dont own Inuyasha :D

Chapter One

Shadows Gather

It is a story from over ten years ago. Those guys came to this place from the eastern provinces.

The Shichinin grave is a mound built to appease the Shichinintai...

The Shichinintai were a group of seven soldiers out for hire. They weren't retainers of any lord, and wandered from war to war taking up work.

In terms of their strength, those seven could do the same job that one hundred soldiers could do. However...

Their killing methods were too cruel.

Those who were attached by the Shichinintai were cut to pieces and reduced to ashes.

Though it seemed that they deeply liked killing people.

So after they had done so many horrible things, many Daimyou feared their strength and rode out to subdue the Shichinintai, However...

They had quite a struggle.

The Shichinintai made their escape into the mountains.

They were outnumbered.

After a long struggle, they were finally captured in an abandoned village in the north.

All their heads were cut off...and they were buried.

Nevertheless, the local people feared a curse and wanted to appease the souls of the Shichinin. They erected a grave at the base of the sacred mountain.

That's the Shichinin grave.

...Its a recent rumor that the Shichinin grave has broken in two...

That was the way I was introduced to the Shichinintai, It made my heart ache to think of those that had been taken by them. Me and my friends, shocked by this, wanted to avenge the dead. Long and Hard, we searched for them, But my friends never knew we would find friendship... and I never knew...I never knew I would find love.

"Inuyasha!!!" said Kagome in a sweet sweet voice.

Inuyasha's ears perked up and he said with a laugh " H-hai."

"SIT!!" yelled Kagome. Inuyasha went down with a truckload of curses and hands in the rock on sign. He slowly peeled himself off the ground and shoved his face right up against Kagome's. " What was that for!?!?" he yelled.

"For going through my stuff!!" yelled Kagome. " I told you a hundred-thousand-million-gazillion times NOT to look through it!!" Well...an actual number might be more reasonable...but Inuyasha had that coming for him...thought Miroku shaking his head.

" I was hungry! I wanted more RAMEN!!" yelled Inuyasha, his stomach proving his point by growling loudly just then.

"I was making food for all of us already!! And you cant get everything you want!!! I want to go home right now! Can I !? NO!! You want the jewel RIGHT NOW and can you have it!?! NO! You wanna be a full demon and can you!?! N-O NO!!!" yelled Kagome. "I want-"

"Kagome..Lets...uh...finish making dinner now..." said Sango slowly walking towards the fuming miko. Inuyasha looked at Sango then yelled " STAY OUTTA THIS!!" Sango quickly backed up and tripped over Kagome's backpack that Inuyasha had been going through. She fell backwards. Miroku ran forwards to catch Sango, but fell over a tree root. His plams that were facing up landed on the ground. Sango's ass landed right on top on them.

Kagome forgot about her anger and laughed at the sight before them. Miroku was on the ground and Sango was sitting on his hands perfectly.

"Ouch.." said Sango, then realizing there were two hands underneath her ass, she turned around. Miroku gave Sango a cheesy smile and said " Uh..Ah...Sango...I can ex-..." but too late. Sango shouted " HENTAI!!" and whapped him on the head. She got up, now being the one that was fuming and sat on the other side of the fire and continued making dinner.

Miroku got up with swirly eyes and a nice bump on his head. He sat down and leaned against a tree behind him. Shippo shook his head. He never learns dose he??...

Kagome had calmed down now and was helping Sango make dinner. Inuyasha was still mad at the lack of ramen to his stomach. " Kagome..." he whined giving her puppy eyes. Kagome shook her head. "Inuyasha. We're at the base of Mount Hakurei and before we headed here you wouldnt let me go home. Where am I gonna get Ramen from??.."

"Well...Then go back to the well and get some then come back !" said Inuyasha smiling at himself that he had made such a good idea. Kagome sweatdroped. "It took us so long to walk here...Are you saying you'll take me all the way back to the well then back here?" she said "...Actually that would be kinda nice...I can get some clothes..and take a nice shower...and.." Inuyasha's eye popped out and said " Are you serious!?!? Who said I was gonna take you??"

"Inuyasha!!" yelled Kagome " YOU are the one that wants ramen NOT me!. And you ask ME to go all the way back there and get it FOR you?!?! No way in hell!"

Inuyasha growled. " But I want RAMEN!" he yelled. "Inuyasha!! SIT SIT SIT SIT SIT SIT!!!" yelled Kagome...and he had himself in a Inuyasha shaped crater.

"Okay...Let's talk about more important issues on hand now." said Miroku now without the swirly swirl eyes.

"Whats more important than ramen??" asked Inuyasha climbing outta his crater. " Sit." said Kagome. Inuyasha's face met the ground again.

"According to the information we have gathered, there are 7 people in the Shichinintai." said Sango. " and one of them is now dead...er..again..." said Miroku. " Kyokotsu .." said Kagome looking up at the stars through the hole in the trees above the clearing they were in. " Yeah..The giant fuck and the poison using bastard." said Inuyasha climbing out of his crater for the second time.

"Inuyasha! Watch your language! Shippo's here!" yelled Kagome. Inuyasha was about to yell back when Sango inturrupted them " Dinner's ready!" she said.

Inuyasha and Shippo both dived for the food. Their hands landed on the same piece of the same rabbit. They locked eyes.

"Hey! I got it first!!" yelled Shippo. " Too bad hey Shippo?" said Inuyasha and snatched it off the ground and held it above Shippo's head. Shippo tried jumping for it but he couldnt reach it. As he landed, his bushy tail his the fire and caught. But he didnt notice. " Ha. Too bad squirt!" said Inuyasha and tore into the piece of meat with his teeth. " Aww...Kagome..." whined Shippo, eyes filling up with tears. "Shippo dont...Oh my god! You're on fire!" said Kagome, eyes wide.

"I-what?" asked Shippo turning around trying to see his tail. He ran around and around in circles. He couldnt see it. " Kagome..I cant see it!" said Shippo still spinning around. " Hey. Shippo. Stay still for a while." said Sango and took water from their bottle and poured it all over Shippo's tail. The fire went out leaving the smell of burnt hair lingering in the air.

"I wonder where we're gonna find the rest of these Shichinintai people.." sighed Kagome. This meant a long time before she could go home.

"I dont know Lady Kagome. But since we're here at Mount Hakurei... then I would guess here?" said Miroku as the dug into their food

Jakotsu and Renkotsu sat leaning on the outside wall of the hut.

"So Kyokotsu's dead now is he..." sighed Jakotsu, a man, but a man that looks and acts more like a women. " Pity..."

"Yah.. But he waspretty useless anyways.." said Renkotsu leaning his head backwards and sighing. Reaching over beside him, he pick up a cup and took a long drink.

"And I thought it was gonna be like the good old times agian..." sighed Jakotsu. " The seven of us..and our little jobs...They were so much fun...and- Renkotsu no aniki?"

Renkotsu wasnt paying him any attention. Instead, he was looking at a girl that was walking past with a red kimono and gold designs on. The girl turned and looked at Renkotsu and smiled.

Renkotsu jumped to his feet with a thousand watt grin on his face, while kicking over his drink in the process. It spilled all over the floor and all over the bottom of Jakotsu's clothes.

"Oh ouch! Hot!" yelled Jakotsu and stood up.

"Renkotsu no aniki?" asked Jakotsu looking up at him and a confused look on his face. Renkotsu didnt answer him but he walked away, following the girl.

Now that was too weird. Huh?...Since when did Renkotsu like girls?...I thought his favourite thing was his cannon...or maybe his gourd?...I must be dreaming or something...thought Jakotsu.

Just then, Bankotsu walked up to Jakotsu and said "Hey! ..what did you do to yourself Jakotsu??" laughing at him. The top half of Jakotsu was all dry, but the bottom half was mostly wet where his ass was, and then little trails of water fell from that.

Jakotsu gave Bankotsu an annoyed look. " Renkotsu spilled his drink all over me and the floor." he grumbled.

Bankotsu laughed some more. When he was finished laughing, he said " Anyways, What were you staring at?..." while staring down the same direction that Jakotsu had been staring at but didnt see anything Is my eyesight failing or something?...

"Renkotsu no aniki saw this girl and he jumped up and followed her just like that . Really! He didnt even turn around to look at me! And he didnt even tell me where he was going!" complained Jakotsu. Bankotsu had a funny look on his face. " Is Renkotsu actually falling in love with a girl?..." he said " Wow..."

"Hey Bankotsu no aniki..You should get a girl too." said Jakotsu snapping Bankotsu back to reality world.

"W-what??" stammered Bankotsu."Hey..I was joking!" said Jakotsu with a laugh. "Geeze Jakotsu dont joke about retarded stuff!" said Bankotsu and he walked away.

Heh...Bankotsu would look good with a girl... thought Jakotsu as he watched Bankotsu walked away.

As he walked, one sentence kept on coming back to him over and over agian. You should get a girl too... Bankotsu sighed. Iunno..Maybe I should...But only if the right one comes along...

"Kagome. When we finish eating, you wanna go to the hot springs with me?" asked Sango. "Is there a hot springs nearby?" asked Kagome nearly jumping up at the idea of a warm bath. "Inuyasha?" asked Sango.

Inuyasha stuck his nose up into the air, closed his eyes and said. " Keh! I dont know!" Kagome sighed. She was gonna save this for later, since she only had one real one left, but hey she had a fakie right?. It had been a long time since she had a nice hot bath.

" Inuyasha...Tell us..." she said waving a precious cup of ramen in front of his face. Inuyasha opened one eye. Then he jumped up and made a grab for the cup of precious ramen. Kagome brought it up higher at the last second and Inuyasha fell splat onto the floor. He got up and made another grab at it. "Tell me where the hot springs are Inuyasha." said Kagome still waving it around. Inuyasha paused for a moment then said while pointing " Over there, 15 minuets or so walk. Bring your bow and arrows when you go." Then held out his hand.

Kagome nodded then went to go get her bathing stuff. "Ramen?" asked Inuyasha following Kagome around like a lost puppy.

After she and Sango were all ready to go, Kagome put the ramen onto the floor and told Inuyasha to stay where he was. Inuyasha looked comfused but did as Kagome was told, not wanting to sacrifice any chance at getting precious ramen. Kagome walked to the edge of the line of trees that hid their little clearing and turned around.

"Inuyasha. After I come back from taking a shower, I will give you the ramen. Do NOT touch the ramen before I get back. If you do. I will know." said Kagome and walked away with Sango. That left Inuyasha looking confused as hell with his ears down and his clawed hand scratching his head.

After 15 minuets of walking in the direction that Inuyasha had pointed out, they found an awsome hot spring. It was nice and big and there was steam gently rising from it.
"Awsome!!" shouted Kagome and ran the rest of the way there. Sango followed on her heels being just as dirty as Kagome was.

Kagome quickly stripped off her clothes, while she was, she thought she heard something, or someone in the bushes nearby. She turned into that direction, but there was no one there and there was no more sound. So she ignored it and slid into the hotsprings.

"Kagome. What was...Why did you tell Inuyasha that he couldnt have his ramen and he cant touch it?" asked Sango, curious of her friend's earlier actions.

"Oh that?" said Kagome with a giggle " That was a fakie. There was no ramen in it. I only wanted Inuyasha to tell me where the hotsprings were."

Sango laughed, while imagining Inuyasha's face when he found out. Big eyes, opened mouth and a big NANI on his face.

"Smart idea Kagome..." said Sango after she recovered from laughing.

"So..when are you gonna tell Miroku Sango?" said Kagome with a sly smirk. Sango's face turned red. "huh?...tell him what..." she stammered.

"Haha...Sango, theres no point denying it! Its written all over you face! You totally love him!" exclaimed Kagome.

Another rustle in the bushes was heard in the opposite direction it was last heard in. " Miroku!!" yelled Sango ducking herself down into the water while Kagome picked a rock up. Sango reached for another rock and together, they chucked it hard. BONK! THUD!

And Miroku the monk slid out nicely to the edge of the pool.

"Sango Lady K-" began the monk but was hit nicely unconscious by the again fuming taijiya. "Geeze. Cant ever leave us alone for a second." Kagome heard Sango mumble. " Kagome. Stay here if you want. Im gonna drag that fuckin monk back to the campsite then Im gonna make him stop in his perverted habits." said Sango to Kagome.

"K Sango. Ill be there in a little while." said Kagome as she sunk even deeper into the water. It was comforting, really.

Sango got out and put a towel around her body. And Miroku chose this perfect moment to wake up right after Sango had finished covering herself.

"Kagome." said Miroku. "I came to tell you..."

"Tell me what!?" shouted Kagome. " You could've just stayed back there and called us or something or wait till we got back to tell me! You dont need to walk your shiny white ass all the way over here!"

"How do you know my ass is shiny and white Lady Kagome?" asked Miroku with a twinkle in his eye but then quickly changed the subject when he saw fire blow off both women. " Um...Ya now as I was saying...Inuyasha has just gone off to see Lady Kikyo...and I thought you should know.."

Sango and Kagome stared at him for a second, then all the attention changed to Kagome. " Its...Its alright guys...Um..you guys go back first..I'll come...in a little while.." she whispered looking down into the water.

"Kagome-" said Sango. Miroku got up and whispered into Sango's ear "Lets leave Lady Kagome alone for a while...She might wanna think by herself or something.." "Ya...you got a point houshi sama." whispered back Sango.

"Um..Kagome..We'll be back at the campsite..Meet us back there okay?" said Sango.

Kagome nodded.

So together Sango and Miroku left the little enclosure that they were in, with Sango's hands holdind Miroku's behind his back.

After they were gone, Kagome sighed and let her tears flow freely down her cheeks.

Whats the point? Why? There are so many guys that like me back in my time. And here too! But Why!? Why do I love a guy that dosent love me back?...sniffle sniffle...heh...maybe it was a challenge?... Inuyasha...

She thought she heard the rustle in the bushes again. She came out of her thoughts and looked that way. Another rustle. Then the figure of a man appeared.

Kagome gasped. She moved her hands and covered her breasts.

The man approached. He stepped into the faint sliver of moonlight that managed to come through the trees. All his features lit up instantly.

Kagome could only stare at him. Holy Shit! Who is this guy!? Hes HOT!she thought.

The man stared back at Kagome. Their eyes met. Heh..so a good looking girl has come to bathe by herslef... he thought.

Their eyes met. Chocolate brown with blue.

"Who are you." asked Kagome quietly while reaching for a towel to cover herself up with.

"Heh. A question for a question pretty lady." said the man. " Who are you?" moving his arm slightly. Kagome gasped. Resting on his shoulder and grasped in his right hand was a giant silver halberd.

Kagome couldnt speak. She trembled in fright.

The man looked at her. He dropped his sword and let the tip sink into the earth. He walked over to where Kagome was sitting on the pool's edge with a towel around her.

"So..I'm unarmed now. Who are you." said the man again.

"K-Kagome. And you." said Kagome quietly.

"Heh. You look sad Kagome. What's a pretty lady like you gotta be sad about?" he said. Kagome blushed red.

"I answered you question. Now answer mine. Who are you?" asked Kagome looking into the man's eyes. "Me?" said the man.

"I am Bankotsu. Leader of the Shichinintai."

So...What you think of the first chappie?...Please R&R!!:D