Title: Curse of Curves
Author: SangOtaku6 and Schwarz Stein
Genre: Action, Humor
Rating: T
Warning(s): Sexual Undertone, Language, Violence
Disclaimer: cries

A/N: Like mentioned in the Warnings, there will be shoujo-ai (watered down yuri), in this story. There will be not anything hardcore, but it is a forewarning.

-.-.-.-

She could feel her own ragged breathing; her chest was heaving with every breath she took. Blood danced on the tips of her ebony black bangs as her cerulean eyes glared hatefully at the world.

This was too fucked up.

Her eyes trailed over her slightly muscular yet delicate figure. During the strenuous battle, her right shoulder had popped out of its socket trying to dodge fired missiles and a few strategically shot cannons. The deadly serpent blade had made large gashes that marred her tanned legs, making her walking irregular. Miscellaneous slash marks adorned her body, one in particular cutting the string that tied her armor together, thus making a large portion of her breasts revealed to the gawking world. Not to mention, the side of her head had been bleeding rather profusely since her rapid descend from the trees. To put it bluntly, it just was not her day.

As she trudged forward, her ragged breaths persisted. The noise that often came with a mass quantity of people was heard nearby. Almost there. She suddenly stopped at the head of the cliff overlooking one village. A smirk plastered itself on her face.

She would not submit herself to fate so easily.

-.-.-.-

"Aniki!" sang out Jakotsu from across the bloodied field. "Look at our beautiful work!"

The grounds, which the legendary Shichinintai were on, were heavily bloodied and filled with carcasses of warriors and horses alike. Some of the said corpses were so deeply mutilated, that they could no longer be identified as human or beast.

Bankotsu, who lifted his head upon hearing his title called, answered back proudly. "Good job, guys! Let's head off and go collect our payment!"

The five other members got up from their crimson creations and walked to their comrades. The metallic member of the group, Ginkotsu, rolled up to their leader with a dedicated, "Gesh!"

Without a word spoken, the members jumped upon their comrade's tank body and began to move forward.

"Big brother," Renkotsu began, kneeling beside his laying leader, "is there something troubling you?"

The unease on Bankotsu's face was as evident as day and night. "I don't know… something just doesn't feel right…"

The second-in-command's attention was caught. "What do you mean?" Renkotsu inquired curiously.

Bankotsu stood up from his horizontal position. "I'm not sure. I'm going to back. Go on ahead and collect the payment." With his command said, he jumped off the human tank and dashed back to the bloodied grounds, his beloved halberd pressing against his shoulder.

Bankotsu stopped before the bloodied field just in time to see an injured warrior run into the woods. It wouldn't do to have a survivor go back and report what had occurred. It had been their employer's specific orders to kill anyone who had seen them.

"Fuck! We missed one!" Bankotsu growled malevolently, chasing after the warrior. Although he had said it vehemently, a slight stir of adrenaline cried out in joy. He now had prey.

Realizing he had not escaped the band of mercenaries, the warrior urged his feet forward. He had to escape.

Tear began to roll down his cheeks when he ran into a bare clearing. Centered in the field was a solitary grave. He realized that his would soon join that lonely one.

"Thought you could escape, eh?" a malicious voice sneered at him. "You might want to reconsider that thought."

The man whipped around and threw himself on the ground. "Please!" he begged, "I can't die! I have a wife back home who is seven months pregnant with my first child!"

Bankotsu arched an eyebrow at him. The pity-me act never worked on him, why did they bother trying? He would humor him anyway.

"Stand up, you bastard excuse for a man."

The man readily did what he asked.

"Now, turn around."

The trembling man turned around immediately.

"Now, I'll give you two seconds to run."

Shocked at the murderer's words, the warrior turned to look at Bankotsu. The man's perspective on the world drastically changed when the infamous halberd that had slain his comrades connected with his neck. The bodiless head rolled to the ground, a scarlet trail following its path. The man's body, which had still been standing, dropped to its knees and fell over to its side.

"Time's up," Bankotsu smirked. He flicked his wrist, which jerked some of the blood on his halberd off. The teen turned to his trusted companion. "It's time to get you cleaned up now, Banryuu."

As he turned around to leave, a slight rumbling shook the ground beneath his feet. Bankotsu looked back and noticed a grave next to the decapitated body. The vibrations were coming from that grave. As he stared at it harder, he noticed a chunk of the small gravestone missing. Cursing his luck, he readied himself for the upcoming event he felt drawing near.

The grave shook uncontrollably before it shattered into millions of stone shards. When the dust cleared, a beautiful woman stood where the grave once stood. From her thick eyelashes, violet eyes met Bankotsu's azure.

"Are you the fool who disturbed my sleep?"

Bankotsu said nothing as he glared back at the mysterious woman. He would not let himself be caught unaware.

The meticulous woman mimicked his glare. "Are you attempting to defy him, little boy? Perhaps, I should make you more talkative?"

"Fine, I'll say something: shut up, bitch."

Her eyes narrowed in rage as she slowly paced toward him. "I will teach you to respect me, you wretched bastard."

Banryuu sliced across her midsection, in a fruitless attempt to divide her in two. Shock registered on Bankotsu's face when the halberd's attack merely went through the apparition. "What the fuck-?"

Bankotsu was roughly seized by his throat, the woman sneering hatefully at him. "You cannot kill ghosts like that, little boy. Didn't your mom ever tell you?"

Bankotsu scowled as his hands tried futilely to grasp the spirit's hands. He could feel his lungs gasping for the luscious oxygen the ghoul was denying them.

"Why don't you stop struggling, Mortal, and die?" she leered.

Bankotsu coughed as he tried desperately to breathe.

The woman eyed Bankotsu curiously. "Tell me, little boy, why you aren't dead yet?"

He only persisted in his gasping.

The female ghost continued to stare at him. A spiteful sneer crossed her face. "You are awfully handsome. I bet you have all the ladies running into your pants, eh?"

He glared hatefully at her but could not say anything.

"Since you won't die, there is something else I can take from you." Noticing the defiant look he was giving her, her smile increased. "In my past life I was known for the most exotic yet reliable love potions across the lands. One day a man came to me and begged me to curse him with one of my potions so he could be with his beloved." Her face came dangerously close to his. "Care to know what the potion did?" When he gave no response, she grinned. "It turned him into the most voluptuous female in the village. Turned out his beloved was the village's headman who was married. Well, until he divorced his wife and left his five children to be with my client. Ah, it was such a lovely scandal, it was. Now, wouldn't you like to be like that man?" Leaving him no time to respond, the former witch spoke an incantation. When she had finished, a cold smile graced her face. She slowly dragged her nails over his face.

Bankotsu's eyes widened as he felt a strange stirring inside his body. The witch heartlessly dropped his body onto the ground. On impact, he immediately began writhing on the ground, crying out in pain.

She smiled sweetly as she watched the curse's transformation taking place.

The pain began to subside. It was the only coherent thought running through Bankotsu's mind. His labored breathing gradually slowed down to a normal pattern. Hastily, he jumped from the ground, reaching out to grasp Banryuu's hilt.

He grinned evilly as beads of sweat rolled down his face. "You should have finished me off when you had…" Bankotsu slowly stopped himself when the voice that poured from his throat was not his own. It sounded so…feminine.

Shaking slightly, Bankotsu looked down and noticed his armor was straining against something… two lumps of flesh to be exact. Unwilling to believe what had happened to him, his hand inched lower until he reached his lower regions.

It was missing.

Bankotsu nearly screamed.

The witch seemed quite pleased with the turn of events. "My, if ever you were a gorgeous man, you certainly make one beauteous woman. Nobleman and bandits alike will be aching to have you in their beds," she mused, tapping her delicate finger against her pursed lips. "How does it feel to be one of the women scum like you use to sate your physical desires?"

Bankotsu whipped around. "You bitch! You'll pay dearly!" the girl threatened in a very feminine voice. "How dare you mock Bankotsu of the Shichinintai!"

"Little boy, you should not act that way to your master," the ghost tsked, wagging her index at her. "After all, there are very few who can break your curse. I am one of those few."

Bankotsu glared hard at her. "Lift this damn curse off of me now!"

The woman looked at the fuming petite girl with an amusing gleam in her eye. "If you ever want your curse removed, than you will submit yourself to me."

Bankotsu spat at the ground near her semi-transparent feet. "You aren't even worthy of my respect!" Bankotsu hissed. "I would never submit myself to a whore like you!"

The ghoul twirled an auburn lock in-between her index and thumb contemplatively. "Well, since you seem so fixated on your decision, I shall leave you be the way you are."

Bankotsu growled at her. "Die!" she cried out, fully intent on slicing the ghost with her beloved Banryuu. However, a slight miscalculation had been made.

The ghost howled with laughter. "Have you forgotten so soon? You have the body of a woman – not the masculine build you are accustomed to." She grinned down at him. "Now, all of your years of training will do you no good." Her final sentence was spoken so truthfully, "You areweak."

Bankotsu could only glare at her. Her ghastly appearance let no physical attacks mar her form. Not to mention, now she had to readjust her life as a lowly female who could barely handle Banryuu's enormous weight.

"Now, little boy, I have some revenge to seek upon the world." Glancing at him once more, she pursed her lips. "Enjoy being a woman."

Before she could scream at the spectress, the ghoul disappeared with the brush of the wind.

Alone, and now a female, Bankotsu mustered all his strength and cursed at the gods laughing at him above.

Minutes that seemed like centuries passed him by. There was nothing he could do right now. Pausing for a moment, Bankotsu picked up his halberd and heaved it upon his shoulder. Had Banryuu always been this heavy? Bankotsu let out a frustrated sigh and went in search of his waiting comrades.

-.-.-.-

How stupid could I have been?! He berated himself as he barely dodged Jakotsutou's dancing blades. If a girl came up to me, proclaiming to be one of my comrades, I'll slice her open too. From his right, another member, Suikotsu, slashed at him, leaving four jagged slashes on his armor. In retaliation, Bankotsu socked Suikotsu in the face. Although it did not do as much damage as it would have done had he been in his original body, it still did enough to cause the man to temporarily see stars.

Suddenly, a dense fog began to cloud the area. Mukotsu. Bankotsu mentally complimented himself for picking warriors with so much potential but he shoved that thought away. After all, he knew too well what his comrades were capable of. Underestimating them, especially when they teamed up together, was like signing one's death warrant. Holding a sleeve to his face, Bankotsu managed to avoid breathing in most of the toxins Mukotsu released into the air.

Spotting a tree nearby, Bankotsu leapt onto a branch to avoid the poison, as the pollutant would be too heavy to reach the top of the trees. Since the branch-made maze limited his speed, the tree gave him enough of a disadvantage that he would have to jump off soon. He stealthy hopped into next tree, narrowly avoiding a flaming missile, courtesy of Renkotsu. Bankotsu did not need to look behind him to smell the smoke beginning to emerge from the burning tree. This would not be an easy battle.

A loud "Gesh!" was heard before a series of missiles came flying toward Bankotsu. He widened his eyes as the missiles drew closer to her.

-.-.-.-

"Inuyasha? What's wrong?"

The previously mentioned dog demon let loose a low rumbling growl as he walked over to entrance.

The rest of the group's members were huddled inside Kaede's around a heaping pot of cooking stew. All had concerned or worried faces on.

Kagome gently got up from her seat beside the cooking food and walked over to where the disgruntled hanyou was. As she opened her mouth to speak, Inuyasha interrupted her.

"Do you sense any shards coming this way?"

Kagome, looking surprised but somewhat curious, turned away from the demon to gaze into the forest. It was very faint, but a light tug assured her it was a jewel shard. The small gasp that escaped her lips confirmed the hanyou's beliefs and he dashed ahead to confront the jewel's owner.

Miroku and Sango looked at each other worriedly, debating whether they should go follow the hanyou. Shippou glances up between the adults, curious on what was going on.

Kagome, sighing softly to herself, voiced her thoughts. "Miroku-sama, Sango, you all should stay here. Inuyasha and I can take care of whatever it is." Kagome turned to Shippou, whose face was beginning to etch with confusion and worry. "Shippou, stay here and protect the villagers, okay?"

Although he was still slightly worried, the fact she would entrust the village's safety to him made his chest swell. "Don't worry Kagome! My foxfire will destroy anything!" he boasted arrogantly.

Kagome smiled a half-hearted smile. She needed to catch up to Inuyasha fast and it was difficult even when he did not have a head start. With a quick flick of her wrist (that was intended to be a wave of good-bye) Kagome sprinted out of the hut, her bows and quiver of arrows clutched tightly in her hands.

Inuyasha, why are you so concerned? She frowned as the faded figure of Kikyou began to appear. No, no it wasn't Kikyou. Kikyou gave the shards she stole to Naraku. As a reassurance to her heart, Kagome looked up at the sky. Not a soul stealer in sight. She released a breath she hadn't know she was holding in. Slipping out of her musings, Kagome caught sight of a figure with long silver hair. Inuyasha! As she came closer and closer to his location, she noticed another figure. The other being, she couldn't see very well – Inuyasha was obstructing her path.

"Inuyasha!" Kagome called out to him, letting him know she was nearby. She saw his triangular ears twitch in acknowledgement. As she ran to stand beside him, her eyes traveled over the body lying beside Inuyasha's feet. The clothing looked familiar. As recognition flashed in her eyes, she began to step behind. Although the cloth was drenched in blood, it was obvious who it was. No other had armor like his.

"Inuyasha, she whispered. "Is that who I think it is?"

Inuyasha only scowled. "You're thinking it's Bankotsu of the Shichinintai, aren't you?"

A feeble nod came from Kagome.

Inuyasha growled. "It has to be him but it isn't!"

Curiously, Kagome knelt down beside the still body. For being Bankotsu, the body looked more delicate than usual. Eyeing the body more intently, Kagome concluded that the best way to determine whether it was him or not was to flip the body over and look at the face.

Turning to the stumped hanyou, Kagome asked him, "Inuyasha could you please turn the body over for me?"

"Keh," he muttered, before emotionlessly kicking the body over.

"Inuyasha!" Kagome squeaked angrily.

"Whatever," Inuyasha looked the other way.

Sighing, Kagome brought her attention to the body once again. Widening her eyes, a gasp flew past her lips. Laying before her, was a young, but very beautiful, girl. She had long lashes and her parted hair gracefully fell over her closed eyes. Her perfect lips carried heavy breaths – Kagome mildly thought about all the attention this particular girl might get from males. Miroku would be sure to ask her to bear his child. Even so, the beauty had blotches of blood coating her face, a long gash right above her left eye. It would likely need to be stitched. As Kagome fingered the girl's amazingly soft sable bangs, smudges of scarlet left their coloring on Kagome's fingers. Whatever attacked the girl did quite a number on her.

Kagome bite her lower lips. It might have bandits or… even a youkai.

"Well, is it Ban–" Inuyasha cut his own statement off when he blinked down at the girl. That couldn't be Bankotsu - Bankotsu was not a girl. Or, at least, he didn't remember him as one. Inuyasha scrunched his face, trying to recall the last meeting with the Shichinintai. No, he concluded, he was sure Bankotsu was a guy.

"Unless Bankotsu became a girl," Kagome sighed, "this is not him." Getting up carefully, Kagome wiped the blood coating her hands on her uniform. It was a bloodied mess from holding the mysterious girl anyway – a little more wouldn't hurt. "Inuyasha, I need you to carry her back to Kaede's."

Grunting slightly, he picked up the wounded woman and began racing ahead to the village, with Kagome trailing a few yards behind.

-.-.-.-

Upon entering the village, Sango and Miroku came out to greet them. The surprised looks in their eyes told Kagome that the least thing they were expecting was Inuyasha and Kagome to come back with a beaten body.

Stepping forward, Miroku was the first to speak. "That armor looks strangely familiar…"

"Looks like Bankotsu's, doesn't it?" Inuyasha scowled. "Kinda smells like the bastard, too." He received a light glare for that comment from Kagome.

"But it's not him," Kagome began.

"It's a 'her'," Inuyasha finished.

Seeing it was a female clad in warrior attire, Sango's curiosity was caught. She took a few cautious steps forward and gazed down at the woman. "It does look an awful lot like the Shichinintai's leader but…" she took a moment to go through all the youkai she had met before. "I have never heard of a youkai with the ability to change someone's gender. It would technically be impossible, wouldn't it?" With her last question, she looked to Miroku for confirmation.

Miroku gave a slight nod. "While it would be nearly impossible, I have been a witness to stranger occurrences." His gaze dropped down to his right hand.

Hearing all the commotion outside, Kaede wearily stepped out of her home. Her gaze traveled from each of the group's members to end on the center of all the tension. "What seems to be the problem?"

Miroku spoke up, "Inuyasha and Kagome found an injured woman who bares an uncanny resemblance to Bankotsu of the Shichinintai, the band of merciless assassins."

Pausing for not a moment, Kaede turned around abruptly, and began walking toward her hut. When she realized the others weren't following, she snapped at them. "What are ye all waiting for? For the child's wounds to become infected?"

Hastily, Kagome shoved Inuyasha into the hut.

Miroku, Sango, and Shippou followed them soon after.

-.-.-.-

Ugh, shit… Where the hell am I?

"She's coming to!"

That voice… sounds familiar…

Opening her eyes slowly, Bankotsu almost died… again.

Jerking awake quickly, Bankotsu was about to try and feel around for Banryuu when an inhuman amount of pain attacked him. He immediately fell back into the soft cushioning of the bedding. The pain assaulted him everywhere, his head and legs receiving the brunt of the pain.

"Try not to move so fast yet," a voice cooed. The voice belonged to Inuyasha's wench.

Just as Bankotsu was about to snap at her, the rest of the group entered the crowded hut.

"Is she awake, Kagome-sama?" the monk asked.

Kagome turned to Miroku with a small smile. "Yes, she's healing remarkably fast." Kagome glanced back at Bankotsu.

"It must be the fact that she is a warrior," the demon slayer spoke proudly. "In the circumstances and training we put ourselves through, our bodies heal faster than most humans."

"Keh, not as fast as demons though," Inuyasha muttered, crossing his arms, which earned him a Sango death glare.

Kagome chuckled nervously; she turned to speak to the bedridden girl. "Don't mind them. They're always like this." Moving to sit more comfortably, Kagome smiled. "My name is Kagome. What's yours?"

Bankotsu, who was already weary, being in enemy hands, almost jumped when Kagome began to speak to him. Then she had to go and asked the one question he had not thought about yet.

What the hell would he called himself? Bankotsu was out of the question, as much as he loved his name and the rumors that came with it. If he told them his real name, they wouldn't hesitate to slay him. He eyed the hanyou unenthusiastically. At the very least, the hanyou would try and most likely succeed. He was in no position to fight, not with all the wounds his brethren had given him.

Kagome smiled down at Bankotsu expectantly.

Shit!

Bankotsu tried to pull a name out of his mind but the only one that seemed to come out was his own. He had never found a reason to make up an alias.

"Uh… erm…"

Kagome still sat smiling at her.

Damn girl!

"Uh… you…"

Kagome blinked her eyes, but before she could say anything, Miroku rushed up past her and clasped his hands around Bankotsu's.

"Miss Yuu, will you do me the honor of bearing me a strong son?"

Bankotsu looked at all of his enemies' faces. The stupid wench was smiling, Inutrasha was scowling, the slayer was gazing at her proudly, the fox was eyeing her curiously, and now the monk was looking at her expectantly.

Too many things were processing in her mind right now.

Enemy lines?! Son?! Yuu?! Wait, son?! Sex with… a man

Bankotsu couldn't handle it.

He fainted.

-.-.-.-

Fuck, what's going on?

Rubbing his head groggily, the slight sting brought him back to reality. Reality was cruel. Reality had the mighty leader of the Shichinintai turned into a woman, attacked by his own comrades, and even thrust into the enemy's base. No good, no good at all.

Bankotsu wearily looked around. No one was here. Now was his only chance to escape, injured or not. Slowly getting up from the bedding, Bankotsu paused when he heard some noise outside the hut.

"Ye are getting much better, child."

"Really?! Thank you so much, Kaede-sama!" A low grunt was heard form the old woman. Bankotsu presumed the restless wench hugged the elder priestess.

"Seriously, child, ye are becoming very powerful."

Silence followed.

The next line that spoke from the woman's mouth was low, so low, he might have missed it if he weren't so trained.

"Ye may one day become stronger than even my sister, Kikyou."

Kagome stuttered a bit before actual words were formed. "Kaede-sama! You must be joking! Kikyou is…" her voice sounded melancholy… "Kikyou is one of the most powerful priestesses."

"Than ye have the potential to surpass her."

Another silence was shared and then another topic was slowly brought up, but it was irrelevant.

He had found the first step towards his revenge.

A cruel, malevolent smirk crossed Bankotsu's features. "I'll play your game now, you ghost whore, but just wait. I will be the last one laughing."

-.-.-.-

Authors' Notes:

SangOtaku6: Welcome to our (meaning Schwarz Stein and myself's) co-authored story. It's a little different than what I am used to but I'm sure we can make it work!

Oh! One thing I want to point out is that Bankotsu is a girl. Some people might be confused when I refer to Bankotsu as a 'him' rather than a 'her.' Okay, please don't lose me here. In group settings where they don't know about his gender swap, we'll be using the female version as that is what they see him as. In situations where he is talking to himself, we'll use the male version. If anyone's still confused as to how we use them, you can just send me a message on my main.

Also, a shameless plug. I've been trying to get this around the BanxKag community (but there are just so many of us!). Basically, there is a new Live Journal BankotsuxKagome community, Persumptimum Ai. It is for fans and authors alike – to bring the community together. For the authors, yes, we will eventually have writing. Fan art is also accepted. Link is on our profile.

Schwarz Stein would love it if you would read and review. (I would too!)

Also, check out our main stories if you haven't already!

Pocky Love,

SangOtaku6