The Engagement Part I

"Nobody likes me…everybody hates me guess I'll go eat worms…big one's little ones, ushy gushy, gushy ones…worms that squirm and squirm. The first one's easy goes down easy. Second one sticks to my tongue. Third ones rusted…forth ones BUSTED! Fifth one tries to run…SoOoOoooo…BITE OFF THEIR HEADS and…SUCK OUT THEIR GUTS…then throw the skins away---You'll be surprised how many itty bitty worms you can eat five times a day---HEY!" Kazuki sung to himself. He was walking along the creek trying to blow off some heat. So far all he got was a sore throat and a song stuck in his head. Some rustling in the bushes startled him and he jumped. He turned to see the whole group staring at him in awe. He turned brick red and faced away from them, "Um…yes? Don't you guys have a least a few more minutes talking shi…crap about me before you come looking for me BEGGING for forgiveness?"

"Kazuki…go to hell…" Inuyasha muttered.

"Only if you move out…" He grumbled and quickly turned sickeningly fake happy, "So, what do you guys want?"

Inuyasha went to go strangle him but Miroku grabbed him by the collar of his clothing. He cleared his throat and let go of him. "Inuyasha came to apologize…" He looked at the demon but didn't get a response so he continued, "Please take his grumbling as an apology." He looked at Inuyasha again but still nothing. "Ignoring him for now…I think we should all rest up for tomorrow."

Sanosuke chewed on a small twig in his mouth staring down at Kazuki. "Come on kid, stop moping around and get some rest…never know when we'll run into some killer mice…"

"I WAS FIGHTING FOR MY LIFE AND YOU'RE MAKING FUN OF ME!" Inuyasha shouted. He jumped at Sanosuke and seconds later Inuyasha was lying face first into the ground with a giant bump on his head.

"Hey Kagome, shouldn't we be working on those reports?" Kazuki asked her seeming not to really care.

"Oh my gosh I almost forgot!" She screamed. She grabbed Kenshin and started running back towards the village. "I need you for about half an hour!"

"Oro?" He shouted as he and Kagome slowly became out of sight.

"Hey Sanosuke, any chance you know anything about a false army?" Kazuki said boringly looking around swearing he could hear the chitter chatter of small woodland creatures.

Sanosuke thought for a moment then took a large step forward lifting his fist into the air. "You've come to the right person! Now I can set it straight!"

"Actually I think my spine may be crooked now…" Inuyasha groaned. Sanosuke stepped off of him and chuckled embarrassingly. "Can we go now?"

"We're already leaving!" They heard Sango shout from a distance. They could see her, Miroku, Shippo, and Kirara already far ahead of them walking back to the village.

Pretty boring after that…Kagome interrogated Kenshin for half an hour, and he told her all he was willing. Eventually she gave up. Kazuki was rather fascinated with Sanosuke's version. He thought it had more zest. He ended up writing much more then he needed. Kaede tended to Inuyasha's recent wounds thanks to Sanosuke. Sango yelled at Miroku for reasons I'm sure you all know…Shippo and Kirara just watched in amusement. Afterwards they all played cards, Kazuki winning, then Kazuki got the crap beat out of him from Inuyasha because Kazuki was cheating the whole time. Exhausted they all went to bed.

Salali stared down at the group from a nearby tree once again. As soon as she was sure they were asleep she walked over to Kazuki's body. She stroked the fine red strands and chuckled. "Poor, poor, Kazuki…soon you will be mine…" She kissed him lightly on the forehead and walked around the group. She stared at Kenshin for a moment and studied him. "Perhaps they're brothers…?" She poked him in the forehead curiously. He mumbled something and rolled over. She stiffened but soon relaxed as he continued to lightly snore. She shook her head in disgust. "Redheads…shouldn't wear pink…" She left the group in silence.

"Wake up…" Inuyasha growled.

"No…" Kazuki groaned.

"Now…" He jabbed him in the side with his foot.

"No…" He groaned rolling over. The sun was up but it was still to early for Kazuki to get up. He never did like getting up early.

Sanosuke sighed and grabbed a bucket. He headed down the stream to get some fresh cold water. He came back and stared down at Kazuki. "Kid…get up…"

"No…" He groaned yet again.

Sanosuke snatched his blanket. "Last chance…" He said.

"No…" He groaned shifting in his 'sleep'. He slowly opened one eye and screamed as ice cold water came rushing down on him. He sat up drenched and hacking up water. "You, you asshole!"

"Serves you right, we've been waiting for at least a hour!" He dropped the bucket next to him and walked over to Miroku who was in hysterics, as was the rest of the group. "It's not THAT funny." He laughed, "Okay, maybe it WAS." They all were laughing still and Kazuki was fuming.

He stood up and grabbed his backpack. He had forgotten it was open and some stuff fell out. Sango began to help him pick up and as she lifted up a magazine he screamed, "DON'T!"

A fold out came out.

Her face turned a deep read and she glared at him. She whacked him upside the head with the magazine and she stormed off. "LET'S GO! That's includes the two perverts!"

Miroku looked at her confused, "Two?" He walked over to Kazuki who sat there with a large lump on his head. Miroku ignored him and picked up the Magazine. His mouth dropped as he flipped through the pages. He shook his head and patted Kazuki on the head. "It's okay, we all get curious." Miroku helped him put the stuff in his bag and went to go find Sango.

Kagome screamed, "Don't tell me you brought that thing here too!" Kazuki slung his backpack over his shoulder and turned his head to the side and slightly upward. "Fine, be that way, let's go…"

Sango was leading the group. The thought of people looking at those kinds of magazines made her furious. "Hmph, men, maybe if I'm lucky someone will take them away from me…" She mumbled.

"Wait! Stop!" A young woman shouted.

"Hm?" Everyone said in unison as they turned around to see a carriage being pulled by some horses.

A young woman with reddish black hair came out of the carriage. "These four men will do." She said as she pointed at the group.

"Oro?" Kazuki and Kenshin said in unison.

A man came out of the carriage and slapped chains on Kazuki, Kenshin, Sanosuke, and Miroku. He dragged them to the back of the carriage and set them in a large wagon with bars it had dragging behind them. The woman and man went back into the carriage and they started heading back to wherever they came.

Silence…

"Oh…" Kagome began.

"My…" Sango continued.

"WHAT ABOUT ME!" Inuyasha and Shippo screamed at the carriage. They looked at each other. "What do you mean what about you?"

"Never mind about that! We can't just let them take the guys!" Kagome shouted as she got on her bicycle and pedaled after them.

"Feh…" He reluctantly followed after carrying Shippo.

"Did…I do that?" Sango wondered aloud as she jumped onto Kirara and followed after Inuyasha.

"I DEMAND TO HEAR MY RIGHTS!" Kazuki shouted as he was slammed into something similar to a prison cell.

From a separate cell Kenshin grabbed onto the bars, "They didn't even bother to take our weapons?" He questioned.

"At least they took the chains off…" Miroku said as he rubbed his sore wrists.

Sanosuke sat in the corner of his cell and crossed his arm, "Let's just wait and see what they want. We could all probably get out of here easily, well, except for Kazuki."

"SHUT UP! I COULD EASILY GET OUT OF HERE!" He screamed.

"Why are you always yelling?" Miroku winced and covered his ears.

"It's teenage hormones…too much testosterone to the brain I guess." Sanosuke shrugged and leaned back against the wall.

"AGH!" He screamed and fell back onto the ground. "I hate you all…One day I will become supreme ruler of the world and will use you all to pick the fungus from my fat because all supreme rulers are overweight people who eat loads of chocolate…" He rambled.

"Wait Sano, aren't you a teenager as well? You're only 19 I believe." Kenshin asked as he looked at Sanosuke.

He stiffened and turned to him. "I suppose you're right." He laughed nervously. "Kazuki, you're scaring me."

"…and I will marry 50 women and they will all help me bathe, but I will have to bathe in a lake for I cannot fit in a pond…"

"Okay…" Sanosuke muttered. "Maybe we should have fed him…"

Miroku put a finger to the side of his mouth and held his chin. "Anyone else think that woman was quite beautiful?" He announced.

"Wait, what?" Sanosuke shouted. He stopped and went into the same pondering position, "Now that you mention it…"

"…after I cure stupidity I shall win a noble prize and people shall give me gifts of the sort…I then shall make it so no one can say…ahem, w-i-l-l, they may only say shall…and people shall have to listen for if they don't I shall use my humongous ass to crush them into itty bitty pieces…"

"KAZUKI!" Sanosuke snapped.

"What…" He whined.

"So these are the four you found, sister?" A woman with bluish black hair said as she entered. "They're quite cute!"

"ORO?" The two redheads shouted.

"How cute!" She said as she pinched Kenshin's cheek through the bars. He pulled back and held it. "Who gets him?" She asked her older sister.

"I will of course." The one with blackish red hair stated. She walked up to each cell and studied each man inside. She returned back to Sanosuke. "You can have him!"

"Excuse me!" Sanosuke shrieked. He sat there dumbfounded. They stared back at him for a while, but soon ignored him once again to study the rest.

"Let's see…" The redhead continued. She looked at Miroku and gasped. "A monk! Oh my goodness! Chika's always wanted to marry a monk!"

"…What?" Miroku asked as he stared at them. This was getting confusing.

"What about Meia? Since she's only 16 she definitely should have this one." The blue-headed one said. "Oh my, he looks a lot like yours!"

A girl with greenish black hair entered and looked at the other two women boringly. She moved some strands of her hair behind her ear. "Have you even bothered to ask their names?"

"Hmph, I was just about to do that!" The redheaded shrieked. "But can you go get Meia first?"

"I'm right here…"

Everyone jumped at the girl's sudden presence, including the caged men. She had purplish black hair. All of the girls had eyes matching their hair color. They wore rich clothing with beautiful designs.

"Meia you little brat!" The redhead scolded. "What have we told you about sneaking around like that!"

"I'm…sorry…" She whispered.

"Akako dear! Where are your manners! Let's introduce ourselves!" The blue-headed one said excitedly. She smiled at them, "I am Toyo." She bowed.

"Chika…" The green-haired one bowed.

"My name is Meia." The purple-haired one said so softly they could barely hear her.

"Hmph, talk louder would you? I'm Akako, and we're the Zenkami sisters." She smiled vigorously. She did not bow, meaning she felt she was above them, but she did open up their cages with a key.

"Why do you now open the cages?" Kenshin asked curiously. He stepped out and stared at Akako trying to figure out what she was thinking.

She laughed, "Where do you plan on leaving? You're in our village, and our father is lord of this village. So if you try leaving." She made a cutting noise and slid her finger against her throat.

"How…lady-like…" Kazuki stated.

"What are your names?" Toyo asked kindly. She smiled sincerely and giggled.

"Um, my name is Kenshin." He said and he blinked a few times. Everyone else seemed to be dumbfounded so Kenshin continued. "This is Sanosuke, Miroku, and…"

"Ima!" He interrupted. Kenshin and Sanosuke winced.

"Ima?" The girls said in unison.

"Dickface."

"Ima Dickface?" They said in unison again.

"Yes, you all are. Now let us go!"

"I'm going to kill him!" Akako shrieked as she pounced and pinned him to the wooden floor. She began strangling him and Kenshin had to pry her off. The others were too engrossed in the fight. She adjusted her kimono and scoffed, "How dare he!" She embraced Kenshin in a hug. "Thank you for stopping me from killing him!" She nuzzled into his kimono. Kenshin stood there wide-eyed.

"Wait, I can't get married! I'm only 15!" Kazuki shouted. "I haven't even had a girlfriend! I got things to do! I don't have a license…I haven't smoked a cigarette…I haven't gotten drunk…dammit I wanna see…" Miroku clamped his mouth shut.

"Let's keep our mouth's shut before we blurt something out that could be held against ourselves shall we?" Miroku said calmly. Kazuki nodded and he released his mouth. "Ladies, I'm sure you're all wonderful…gorgeous...ahem, nice women. But we can't settle down right at the moment."

Toyo smiled, "You don't have a choice, we've picked you as our grooms, and we ALWAYS get what we want." She said in a singsong tone.

Next time on Inuyasha: Great, what the hell have they gotten themselves into now? What exactly is going through the sisters' heads? And why is Kazuki running around a hot spring naked…Next time on Inuyasha, The Engagement Part II, See you soon!