Author's Note: I reserve the right to edit or completely rewrite this chapter. I'm not completely satisfied with it, but it's going in the direction I want to go. Please R&R, even if it isn't a great chapter. I promise I will try to make it up to you…especially when this writer's block vanishes.

Chapter 3: Taking Care of Business

The bell rang informing all the students that lunch was over and everyone at the table put their lunches away. "I'm surprised that those girls didn't find us," Bankotsu said with relief.

"Oh, they knew you were out here, right, Sesshomaru?" Kagome said turning to her friend.

Sesshomaru nodded and pointed to the window revealing a group of girls plastering their faces to the glass. "The girls don't come out because they're scared of Sesshomaru, even though they find him very attractive and used to do the same thing to him as they are doing to you," Sango told them.

"I wish I had a group of girls following me," Miroku muttered.

"What class do you have next, Kagome?" Bankotsu asked.

"History with Miroku," Kagome said.

"Well, I don't know if I will be seeing you later today, but if I don't, we'll have to all have lunch again tomorrow," Bankotsu said with a smile.

Kagome nodded. "Hai. That sounds good. Have a good one!" Kagome said and ran off with her friends leaving Bankotsu with Jakotsu.

Jakotsu stared at his brother, who was staring at Kagome as she walked away, with surprise. "Bankotsu," he said snapping his brother out of his trance.

"What?" Bankotsu asked as he started towards his locker.

"You just met her," Jakotsu said.

"So…what's your point?" Bankotsu asked.

"You shouldn't exactly be thinking about dating her," Jakotsu stated, causing Bankotsu to freeze.

"Dating her? Who ever said I was thinking about her in that sense?" Bankotsu asked.

"Your eyes are giving you away, brother. For once, there is a girl that doesn't follow you around like a lovesick puppy, so she intrigues you," Jakotsu said as he opened his locker and pulled out his cell phone checking for messages.

"So what? That just means that I could possibly be friends with this one," Bankotsu said as Jakotsu put his phone back in his locker.

"Ha. Yeah right. Anyway…Suikotsu left me a message. We got a job tonight," Jakotsu told him.

"Great, my dear companion must be getting bored sitting at home," Bankotsu said and walked off to class. Jakotsu shook his head. This is exactly why you shouldn't become friends with her, brother…

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Bankotsu and his brothers stood outside a large white house silently. There was a single light on in one of the bedrooms and two figures playing around on the bed. "Gross!" Jakotsu said in disgust as he saw the silhouettes. "Let's get this over with, brother. Those two up there are making me sick."

"Jakotsu…not everyone can be gay so deal with it," Bankotsu said. "Genkotsu, let's go. You're going to hoist me up to the open window at the other end of the house…then we're going to have a little fun."

The brothers smiled and nodded. They watched as Genkotsu helped his younger brother climb into the window and waited until he came down and opened the door for the others. Jakotsu crept behind him and followed him to the room where the couple was. Suikotsu and the other brothers were waiting at the bottom of the stairs, just in case something went wrong.

Jakotsu turned to Bankotsu and smirked. "You got one and I got one?" he whispered. Bankotsu nodded and they opened the door.

Downstairs the brothers smirked as they heard the cries of pain and waited while Jakotsu and Bankotsu came striding down the stairs with smirks on their faces. Blood covered their weapons and there were spots on their clothes and faces. "Finished?" Renkotsu asked.

"Is there anyone else in this house who we're supposed to kill?" Bankotsu asked his eldest brother.

"No, a big house to just those two," Suikotsu said.

"Lucky bastards," Mukotsu muttered.

"Not so lucky anymore though," Jakotsu laughed. "What shall we do now, brother?"

"Go home and clean up while Suikotsu gets the rest of our payment," Bankotsu said and walked out of the house. His brothers followed him obediently and returned home.

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Kagome sat at her desk doing her homework when her cell phone rang. She picked it up and smiled when she saw who it was. "Hey! What's up?"

"Can you come over?" She heard Sesshomaru ask on the other end.

"Yeah, but my mom has the car."

"I'll come get you. Be there in 10 minutes."

Kagome closed her cell phone and grabbed her bag. She closed her books and headed downstairs. She quickly wrote a note to her mother and headed out the door just in time to see Sesshomaru pull up in his car. She got in and smiled, as he backed out of the driveway.

"So what brought this on tonight?" Kagome asked.

"I wanted to talk to you about that new kid, Bankotsu," Sesshomaru said.

"He seems nice," Kagome said as her cheeks turned a slight shade of pink.

"Kagome," Sesshomaru said, "I don't trust him. There's something he's hiding."

"Well yeah, Sesshomaru, we just met him and Jakotsu. Do you really expect him to spill out his whole life story the day we meet him?"

"No, but I don't get a good feeling from him," Sesshomaru said.

"What did Inu Yasha say about him?" Kagome asked curiously.

"I didn't ask him for his opinion. He's not a very good judge of character, especially after falling for that walking corpse, Kikyo," Sesshomaru stated as he pulled into his driveway.

"Sesshomaru, I think you're just paranoid," Kagome said with a smile as she walked up to his door and leaned against it. However, as Sesshomaru approached her, she saw the look in his eyes. He was dead serious and there was no look of paranoia in his amber orbs. "Sesshomaru…"

"Kagome, just promise me that you will be careful around him and his brother," Sesshomaru said with worry. Kagome nodded and he reached behind her and unlocked the door. Kagome felt his arm drape around her shoulder and he escorted her inside, but just as they stepped inside, someone stood before them.

"Sesshomaru, we have business to discuss," the old man in front of them stated.

"I do not have time for your business, father," Sesshomaru stated as Kagome stepped behind him. Sesshomaru's father wasn't exactly the most pleasant man on the face of the planet and even though she had known Sesshomaru for several years, she knew nothing about his father. She didn't even know what the man did, let alone why he scared her so much.

"Inu Yasha can entertain Kagome. We need to talk," his father demanded. "INU YASHA!"

Inu Yasha came running down the hall and stopped next to his father. "Y-yes?" He asked.

"Take Kagome into the TV room and entertain her," His father ordered.

"Uh…"

"No father, I brought Kagome here and I intend to stay with her and keep her company," Sesshomaru said through clenched teeth.

"Sesshomaru…" Kagome said softly. "I can hang out with Inu Yasha for a little bit. Your father obviously has something important to discuss with you."

Sesshomaru looked down at Kagome and saw the fear in her eyes that his father always brought out. He sighed and nodded. "I'll be back as quickly as I can," Sesshomaru assured her.

Kagome nodded and walked off with Inu Yasha into the other room while he followed his father up to his office.