Feb 10

Kagome was not supposed to come back for a few weeks. She said she needed time off. That was her worse mistake. As soon as she took off InuYahsha went and mated Kikyou and brought her into the group. By the time Kagome came back everyone loved her. Songo called her little sister, as did Miroku, InuYasha bent to her every whim, even Shippo started calling her mom. It broke Kagome`s heart to see the happy looks and awe on their faces. They had for gotten her. The day Kagome came back she walked to the village alone. It was like any other time really, nobody came to greet her back at the well anymore. She hesitated at the tree line when she felt Kikyou, and that's when she saw how everyone looked at Kikyou. She was left out of breath, and trembling. One hiccup escaped and all looked to see the look of utter devastation and heartbreak on Kagome`s face. No one moved or told Kagome that they didn`t mean it. No they looked at her with anger, as if she wasn`t supposed to be here anymore and that they didn`t want her to be here. They abandoned her and didn`t even care! Kagome did the only thing she could think of at the time, she fled.

May 1

'No!' Kagome thought,'don't think about that anymore!' Kagome sighed to her self. She could never get out of this cycle could she. No Kikyou even took Koga away from her. It was like anytime anyone saw Kikyou they were like Kagome who? It wasn`t fair to Kagome at all. All though the thoughts were crushing her, Kagome some how managed to change in to her only pair of clean clothes, her old school uniform. Kagome heard footsteps coming her way and reacted on instinct. She grabbed the kunai she had bought and hid some senbon in her sleeve. Kagome dropped in to a crouch like her sensei taught her and melded into the shadows of the trees. When the footsteps stopped a voice boomed out, "Little ninja witch, you don't need to hide from me."

"Then show yourself" Kagome`s voice boomed with the power she possessed. No one should be able to tell what she was! Everyone assumed she was a miko, they never asked her about it. With a chuckle a figure emerged from the wood line into her vision. The figure had midnight hair that was in a braid down just past his knees. Kagome had no idea what the purple star on his head was supposed to mean, but he pulled it off or so thought Kagome. Kagome even found his Banryu to be cute. She took a quick look at his companion and her gay-dar went off the charts.

"Now that you`ve seen us, how about you show yourself?" The smirk in his(the cute one`s) voice pissed Kagome off to no end. She quickly threw a kunai, which he dodged, and ran up close. She pushed him down on the ground, which was not expected, and straddled his hips. Kagome used her legs to pin his down and used her left hand to pin his above his head. He stopped struggling when Kagome put a knife to his throat. That was also when he got a good look at her. Kagome knew she was beautiful, leaving InuYasha had helped boost her confidence. Once Kagome had accepted that she was a witch, her eyes went from being brown to electric blue. Her hair could change at will, right at this moment it was about chin length and was a dark purple, almost black but you could see it was still purple. Her figure had filled itself out more, not overly so but enough to catch any males attention. The man pinned beneath was dazed for a few minutes, he could do nothing but stare at the beauty above him. When he got his barings he tried to buck her off but found that his legs would not move. A quick look down showed that Kagome`s calves were across his knees, allowing no motion to come from any part of him. Kagome noticed that the companion inch closer to help his leader.

"Ah ah ah. If I just let you up so soon you`ll leave me. Now where would be the fun in that?" Both men froze for different reasons. The companion was frozen due to Kagome`s powers not letting him, and the man pinned beneath her froze due to the sound of her voice. When not in intimidate mode it was quiet husky, much like liquid sex or so she was told. Kagome felt the shiver go through the pinned man and smirked. "Now what is your name?"

It was the pinned mans turn to smirk. He leaned up and nipped her ear before whispering "Bankotsu"

Kagome tried not to show how much it affected her, but was failing miserably. Her voice squeaked " And your companion?"

"His is Jakotsu. We are two of the last four remaining band of seven and we were wondering if you would join us." He winked at the end of his statement. Kagome helped him up and looked at him with a blank stare.

"So all you want is to offer me a job? and pray tell, why the hell would I join you?" The change in demeanor made Bankotsu`s head spin. What just happened to the humor in her voice? It was like she was a different person.

"We would watch your back in bad times and fights. You would have companionship." The look on her face said no, "Look, we wouldn`t ask unless we needed it. This group we are going up against is tough! The half demon alone wouldn`t be a problem, But that undead miko, taijiya, and monk in with that half demon make it impossible to defeat them!"

Kagome perked up at the end, So they were fighting InuYasha. The smile returned to Kagome`s face. " Ok I`ll help. I have a little vendetta towards the group too, and if you play your card right then I may just stay."

"Come on- wait you said you would help? Really?" Kagome nodded at his obvious enthusiasm. " So why do you not like that group?"

"The clay pot bitch. She not only took half of my soul, no she had to go take my spot in the group. InuYasha, the half demon, was to be my mate! Sango, the Taijiya, was my sister! Miroku, the monk, was my soon to be my brother in law! Shippo, a little fox demon you haven't met yet, was my son! She was there for just a few weeks and took everything from me so I`m going to take what's mine back!" Both boys shrunk back at the fury withheld from Kagome`s voice. Kagome took a few minutes to calm down. Then they took off for their camp.

Everyone arrived at camp at noon. There were two figures huddled by a fire, They jumped to attention when Bankotsu walked into camp.

"The bald one is Renkotsu, and the one with claws is Suikotsu. They are the only other remaining members of the band of seven well now band of four." Kagome heard the sadness in his voice, but chose to ignore it. She looked between Renkotsu, Suikotsu, and Jakotsu with unseeing eyes. It kind of creped them out a little. She slowly walked forward until she was right in front of Suikotsu, and lightly touched his abdomen right above his navel. It wasn`t pushing at all but it was enough to send Suikotsu to the ground, coughing and hacking up blood.

"Tsk. Just as I thought. As soon as I entered camp I knew you were hurt! You have internal bleeding, Do you know how deadly that is? Stupid boys just cant ask for help can they!" Kagome continued her rant while she layed him on a mat. She had started taking off his shirt when Renkotsu garbed one of her hands

"What do you think you are doing to my brother?" Kagome snorted at his tone. Does he think he`s being scary? really?

"What do you think, you thick headed lice biter? Did you not listen to my rant? Cause if you did you`d know that I was trying to heal him. And the longer we sit here twiddling our thumbs, the less likely he`ll survive!" At the thought of his brother dying Renkotsu let Kagome`s hand go. He nodded his consent for her to continue. Both Bankotsu and Jakotsu stared at Kagome with open mouths. Renkotsu was one of the scariest, Next to Bankotsu him self, of the band of seven! And Kagome didn`t even bat an eyelash, She even got him to back off! "Close your mouths, you`ll catch flies if you don't."

Both boys closed their mouths with an audible snap, and watched Kagome. Kagome had Suikotsu`s shirt open and put her hands over his navel. Her Hand glowed a mint green and moved over Suikotsu`s abdomen. She would go from pant line up to his shoulders and back down to his pant line, over and over she did this. Aside from the glowing it looked like Kagome was caressing Suikotsu, and Bankotsu did not like that for some reason. The frown on Bankotsu`s face looked like it was going to be etched there. Kagome closed her eyes, and began humming. It took a few minutes but eventually Suikotsu opened his eyes. He grabbed one of Kagomes arms and sat up. Kagome frowned, eyes still closed, and said, " But you`re not fully healed! Why stop now when I could finish it out and not worry about it?"

"I can finish the rest out on my own, and you have used most of your powers you need to rest. You will rest." Nobody noticed that Kagome twitched with agitation. The boys crowded around their now miraculously healed brother. The air dropped a few degrees and all five boys looked at Kagome. Kagome`s bangs hid her eyes from view, she stood rigid and still. Everybody froze when she spoke.

"Who do you think you are? InuYasha? My father? Where do you get off ordering me around like I`m some stupid bitch who can`t think for herself? I take orders from one man, and you are certainly NOT him! I am Not some stupid pet, and will not tolerate being treated as one! And besides, as you are now you are more of a hindrance then a help! So I swear to all that's holy, If you do not lay back down and let me finish what I fucking started then I will use force. Got that?" All boys quivered at the obviously pissed off witch. Suikotsu did as told and laid back down, the others made excuses to leave the cave, Bankoutsu went hunting with Renkotsu and Jakoutsu went to go gather some fire wood. Kagome huffed and sat back down next to Suikotsu to finish the healing she started. A few hours later the other boys came back to see the campsite cleaned up, a pit for the fire set up, some sticks were laid out for food, and all their extra clothing plus a certain witch was missing. Suikotsu was passed out on the same mat as before.

"There you pansy's are! I was wondering what happened to you guys. Took you long enough!" Bankotsu, Jakotsu, and Renkotsu turned and saw a very wet Kagome walking back with all of there now clean extra clothes. Of course, Renkotsu and Bankoutsu being two straight men only saw a wet Kagome in a white shirt. Jakotsu, being the only gay man around, snorted and chuckled at Kagomes confused look. Kagome put down the clothes she had just washed and looked at her shirt, she sighed when she realized what it was the boys were looking at. Then she did something crazy, Kagome pulled her shirt off completely. Bankotsu and Renkotsu almost whined at the offending article that was keeping the top half of Kagomes luscious body from view, Jakotsu squeaked and turned around mumbling something about crazy sisters and horny men. Kagome raised an eyebrow and chuckled at the ogling, she turned and bent at the waist over to look through her bag. The men`s attention switched from Kagome`s bra to the almost now visible panties that were hidden beneath her forest green skirt, both men secretly wished that a breeze would come through. Unfortunately for them, Kagome found what she was searching for before the for mentioned breeze could come. She put the shirt she grabbed from her bag on and turned towards Bankotsu and Renkotsu with humor in her eyes and a smirk formed on her lips.

"Do you boys see something you like?" Kagome asked with almost perfect innocence. She would`ve gotten away with it if it were not for her smirk. Bankotsu sobered up and looked away, embarrassed at being caught ogling, Renkotsu on the other hand had no shame and continued ogling. Bankotsu got fed up and slapped Renkotsu on the back of the head.

"Would you go get the food cooking?" It was more like a silent command then a request. Renkotsu nodded solemnly, he walked away pouting at having his ogle time being cut short. Kagome chuckled. "Oh don`t think I`ve forgot about you over there, little miss innocent. You`ll be getting some type of punishment for being a tease."

"Promise to be rough?" Kagome chuckled at the shocked look that crossed Bankotsu`s face. A smirk crossed his face and he walked over and pulled Kagome close. He nipped her ear, again.

"Only if you make the same promise." His husky voice invaded Kagome`s ear and made her shiver. Bankotsu pulled back and winked before letting go and walking back to camp with a smirk on his face. It took Kagome a few minutes and deep breaths to collect herself enough to walk back to camp.

May 4

"So Kagome tell me more about yourself?" Bankotsu sat next to Kagome on the grassy hill. They both didn`t notice, or care enough to aknowlage, that they weren`t alone on this hill.

"What do you want to know?" This week Kagome`s hair was sakura blossom pink and in two waist length pigtails. Her eyes were a shade off from blood red and squinting in the sun light.

"Anything, do you have any upstanding promises with anyone?"(A/n: He asked this to see if she`s promised to a guy o.o) Kagome sighed and laid back on the grass. He just had to ask that question.

"Remember you asked for this. When I was 12, me and seven of my friends were out about the village. The next thing any of us knew we were in an underground bunker of sorts. A gang of evil people had kidnaped us. We were there for weeks, and the only way to get out was to agree to the promise. On the honor of our family, if we did not find and marry a person after 4 courtships then we must commit seppuku, but here`s the catch we must obey every command given to us by the other in the relationship. After a few weeks I was the only one left who would not agree, so they took to starving me. When that didn`t work they started beating me. I was missing for three months, starved for two months, and beat for one. One day I grew tired and finally agreed to the promise. The next time I awoke I was in the healers hut, and had to give my statement to the leader of the village about what happened." Bankotsu looked at Kagome with wide eyes.

"How many courtships have you had?" Bankotsu knew this was prying but he couldn`t help it. He was naturally curious about everything, which got him in a lot of trouble.

"None of your business. I`ve had as many as I`ve had, and that's all there is to it. I don`t need you to worry over me. Got that?" Bankotsu grew quiet, lost in his own thought. He was like this for the rest of the night.

May 17

"Kagome would you like to court me?" Bankotsu cringed at how nervous he sounded, even to his self. " No, um.. So Kagome, would you possibly consider courting me? No no! That not right either!"

"Ok," Bankotsu whipped around. There standing behind him was Kagome herself. "I`ll court you."

Kagome rolled off the tree she was leaning on and walked over to Bankotsu, and sealed the deal with a kiss. She sighed when Bankotsu tried to go a bit farther then kissing. "Not right now. Later I promise."

Bankotsu sighed and pulled back. " Ok, later."

May 18

Kagome was the first to wake up. Her lavender shoulder length hair got in her face, and she groaned and rolled over wishing someone would turn the sun off. She was dozing off again when she felt it, An aura long since felt but unforgettable to her. InuYasha. Kagome`s face twisted into a snarl. How dare he show up close to her! The others felt the change in atmosphere and snapped awake. They all looked at her rigid form and was instantly set on edge. Kagome looked back and mouthed 'InuYasha.' Bankotsu`s eyes darkened, and the others got ready for the confrontation. It was a good twenty minutes and the inu-tachi finally broke through the tree line.

"Why are you here?" Kagome was the one to speak up first. The others thought it only fair, this is the group that abandoned one of their own and they need to be taught a lesson.

"Who are you, wench? Why don`t you go hide like a women should and let us men take care of things? And if you`re good, maybe I`ll reward you by lettin you suck me off." The wink sent her way made her gag. How did she love him before?

"Copy why are you here? I had hoped you would`ve died long ago." InuYasha turned to Kikyou in shock, then looked back to Kagome and smirked.

"So this is where you`ve been hiding, Ne Ka-go-me? Why did you run away from me in the first place? That hurt me you know, I was going to make you my mate along with Kikyou. It`s not uncommon you know," InuYasha`s hurt looked fake even to Kagome, but something was wrong with Kagome. All of the band of seven could see it, to them it looked like she was in a spell of some sorts.

"Y-You mean that InuYasha? Do you really mean that," There was hope in Kagome`s eyes and voice. She took a step forward. That crushed Bankotsu. The pieces were like little splinter, and the rest of the band knew this. They looked pissed at Kagome.

"Of course, silly wench. Do I say things I don`t mean? Now get your sexy ass over here, love. Stand by Kikyou and let me deal with these heathens, ok?" Kagome sighed happily and trotted over next to Kikyou. Kagome looked genuinely happy to Bankotsu and that depressed him further, that is until he saw a flash of silver and white over by Kagome. That`s when he knew it, this was all an act. Kagome acted like that so she could get her soul back. It still hurt him, but he at least understood. He smiled and began to fight InuYasha with more enthusiasm, when Sango and Miroku got there Kagome froze them and InuYasha, then teleported them away.

"I`m sorry I did that to you guys, but it was the only way I could see getting close enough to Kikyou to get my soul back. It was split second decision, and if needed to prove my sorrow I will do seppuku." Kagome pulled a thin katana out of nowhere. Kagome hung her head enough to hide her eyes. All the guys sweat dropped.

"Uhhh... Kagome. I don't think that's necessary, but I don`t know if I can forgive you yet." When Kagome didn`t move Bankotsu got worried,"Uhh...Kagome maybe you need to give me that sword. God Damn It Kagome Give Me The Fucking Sword! Now!"

All the others froze in remembrance of the first day Kagome was here. Nobody dared try and give Kagome an order after that. They prayed for Bankotsu`s soul, in preparation for his near death. Everyone froze when she just held the sword out to him. He snatched it from her and placed it out of her reach. She lifted her head up and even though she was crying she managed a small smile. "I told you I only obey one man."

"I`m sorry. I wanted to reassure you once I saw the look of complete devastation on your face, but if I did I would`ve lost all that work. Then it would`ve been for nothing. I`m so so so sorry." Kagome sobbed quietly.

May 23

Kagome is depressed, Bankotsu was avoiding her for five whole days. If he didn`t talk to her by the end of the day, then Kagome would take that as a 'lets break this courtship off, I don`t want you anymore.' Who would anyway? She was a cheater, even if InuYasha and her did nothing. Kagome still thought herself to be a cheater. 'I`m stupid! horrible! I shouldn`t have even thought of going with Bankotsu until this was over! I`m stupid, stupid, stupid!' Kagome`s thoughts continued this way all day, she even hit her head on various things too. No one could cheer her up, and that upset them.

At Night

"Ok Bankotsu, what the hell is going on between you and Kagome?"Jakotsu got right to the point. Little did any of them know, Kagome was eaves dropping out side the door.

"I don`t know what you`re talking about Jakotsu. We`re just fine." Bankotsu lied perfectly, but Jakotsu wasn`t buying it.

"Ever since the InuYasha incident Kagome`s been depressed and you avoiding her! So I ask again, What the hell is going on between you two?" neither Kagome nor Bankotsu have ever heard Jakotsu raise his voice. To be honest it scared both of them.

"Why would something be wrong? I mean who would want an unfaithful woman like her anyway?" Kagome gasped silently, and flinched. She made up her mind after that. Tonight after bed she would go to Goshinboku, and beg for forgiveness. That night Kagome left, leaving a note in her place.

Next Morning, May 24

Bankotsu awoke early that day. He hasn`t woke early since Kagome came into the group. Bankotsu looked aroun and saw a note. He picked it up, read it, and droped it with tears in his eyes. There were six words on the note.
' I have a promise to keep.'