A/N: Thanks for waiting patiently everyone. I've had a lot to do with my sorority and well since i got way too fucking drunk last night and decided not to do homework today because of it, i decided to finally update. I hope you like the chapter, i think it's pretty good. Please Read and Review!

Chapter Six: Getting to Know You

Inu Yasha and Sesshomaru walked up to the roof and shut the door behind them. "You smelled it too, didn't you?" Sesshomaru asked once he was certain they were alone.

"Blood…" Inu Yasha said as he nodded. "Ningen blood."

"It wasn't from Sango, Miroku, or Kagome. It was coming from Bankotsu and Jakotsu had a faint scent of it," Sesshomaru said.

Inu Yasha watched his brother pacing back and forth and leaned against the door to the roof, crossing his arms over his chest. "What do you think it means?" Inu Yasha asked.

"I don't know," Sesshomaru said. "What do you think?"

"Well…maybe one of his brothers accidentally got cut next to them," Inu Yasha suggested, trying to think of a logical explanation for the blood.

"Inu Yasha, that blood's smell did not have any scent of those two. Hasn't father told you this before? Blood among relatives smell similar," Sesshomaru reminded his little brother.

"Sesshomaru…you could at least try to trust them. Kagome seems to, why can't you?" Inu Yasha asked curiously.

"Because there's something wrong with those two. They're hiding something," Sesshomaru stated as he stopped in front of Inu Yasha and looked him straight in the eye. "Don't you have that feeling in your gut, Inu Yasha? That something is wrong with those two!"

Inu Yasha sighed. "Yes, even looking past the gay one…yes…" Inu Yasha said softly. "But Sesshomaru, Kagome is great with judging character. She looks past the bad and brings out the good in people, you, of all people, should know this. She brought out the good in you; maybe she will change those two."

"She's too trusting and naïve, Inu Yasha. That's why you're going with her today, so you can keep an eye on her," Sesshomaru told him. "If you find out anything suspicious, tell me immediately."

Inu Yasha sighed and nodded. "I guess I will follow your orders this time, but don't make a habit of it. The only reason I'm doing this is because I care about Kagome and I don't ever want to see her hurt," Inu Yasha stated and opened the door to the roof, walking down to class, leaving his older brother to his thoughts.

Kagome, Sango, and Inu Yasha waited with their backpacks at the front door for Bankotsu and Jakotsu. "Sango, where do you think we should take them?" Kagome asked.

"Let's take them to Shinobi and get some food," Sango said with a smile. "I'm sure Inu Yasha would like to eat some…"

"RAMEN!" Inu Yasha exclaimed as he shot his fist into the air and jumped for joy. Bankotsu and Jakotsu decided to walk out at that time and stared at the man like he was insane.

"What's he happy about?" Bankotsu asked Kagome curiously.

"He's happy to see me, right?" Jakotsu exclaimed throwing his arms around Inu Yasha, whose eyes immediately went wide and jumped out of the boy's arms.

"EWW! DON'T TOUCH ME!" Inu Yasha exclaimed and hid behind Kagome. Kagome giggled and turned to Bankotsu.

"We're taking you guys to Shinobi, I hope you're hungry," Kagome said with a huge smile on her face. She reached behind her and grabbed Bankotsu's hand, pulling him to the front of the group and started walking away. Inu Yasha immediately took off after them so he didn't have to walk with Jakotsu. Jakotsu looked at Sango in disgust. He hated girls, but decided to put that aside to possibly help out his brother.

"So, what does Kagome think about my brother?" Jakotsu asked Sango as they walked several feet behind the other three.

"I don't know," Sango said with a smirk. "She's only known him for a day. Why? Does Bankotsu like her?"

"He hasn't said so specifically…" Jakotsu said with a smirk. "But I think he is quite taken with her."

"Taken with her… Ha! You sound like an old man with that kind of talk," Sango laughed, but took the time to take a look at Kagome and Bankotsu. "I must say they do make a cute-looking couple."

"So would you like to participate in a little scheming?" Jakotsu asked with a smirk.

"What do you have in mind?" Sango asked curiously.

"Let's just get them alone for once, considering they haven't been alone yet. Well…not since they first met," Jakotsu told her. Sango quirked an eyebrow and stared at the gay man with a bit of surprise.

"What are you talking about? They first time they met was when you and Inu Yasha were arguing over the table," Sango said.

Jakotsu shook his head. "Nope!" He said happily. "They met in the hallway or something. Bankotsu said that she slammed her hand in her locker. Bankotsu found her and took care of her."

Sango lowered her gaze and sighed. "She didn't tell me…" Sango said softly. "Oh well… After Shinobi, we'll go to a movie. Kagome likes to sit in the back, but I'll grab Inu Yasha and we'll sit in the front. What do you think?"

"That could work…but what if they don't talk? It is a movie after all," Jakotsu said.

Sango nodded her understanding and thought. "Well…let's just see how the restaurant goes," Sango said. Jakotsu nodded and they hurried to catch up with the rest of the group.

Kagome, Bankotsu, Inu Yasha, Sango, and Jakotsu walked into the restaurant and were seated at a very large booth. "Hey…this place is great!" Bankotsu said as he looked around and saw the armor and weaponry surrounding the room. They were all armor and weapons of a ninja.

Just then a waiter came up with five glasses of water. "Hey. How's everyone… Kagome!" the waiter said with a smile.

"Hey Kouga. How are you?" Kagome asked with a smile.

"Great. Where's Sesshomaru?" Kouga asked as he looked around frantically.

"He's at school. He had student council after classes," Kagome told him. "Why?"

Kouga smirked and pulled out a piece of paper, writing something quickly on it and handing it to her. "Because I can finally give you my number and we can go out on a date," Kouga said happily, but once he said that, Inu Yasha grabbed the paper from Kagome and shredded it.

"Get a life, moron. She's not interested," Inu Yasha stated to the waiter without looking at him.

"Fuck you, Dog shit!" Kouga shouted as he leaned across the table, but Kagome stopped them.

"Please don't fight," Kagome begged.

"She told you before that she wasn't interested, Kouga," Inu Yasha stated as he turned to catch the man's gaze and sparks immediately shot between them.

"Yeah, Kouga. Give it a rest. Kagome just isn't interested. She only sees you as a friend," Sango sighed from across the table, next to Jakotsu. "And it wasn't just because Sesshomaru was here."

Kouga huffed and stood back up. "Well who are these two guys? I've never seen them before," Kouga said through clenched teeth.

"This is Bankotsu and Jakotsu. They just moved here," Kagome said with a smile. "We're showing them around today."

"I see. Anyway, back to work, what can I get you all to drink?" Kouga asked and started scrawling their order on the pad of paper in his hand.

Kouga brought out their orders and left them on the table. They grabbed their chopsticks and smiled. "Itadakimasu!" they exclaimed and dug into their food. Kagome looked over at Bankotsu and Jakotsu smiled as they took their first bites.

"So? What do you think?" She asked.

"It's great," Bankotsu said with a smile. Kagome nodded and went back to her food. "So what are we doing after this?"

Sango and Jakotsu gave each other a quick look and smirked. "Let's go to a movie!" they said quickly.

Bankotsu, Kagome, and Inu Yasha froze and stared at the two across the table. "A movie sounds like a good idea," Inu Yasha said. "I've wanted to go see that new movie, Blood Suckers, for awhile now."

Kagome immediately tensed at the thought of the rated R horror film and stared at Sango with wide eyes. "I think that sounds great!" Sango said happily, ignoring her best friend's glares.

"Yeah! I want to see that too!" Jakotsu chimed in with a huge grin on his face.

Bankotsu looked over at Kagome and saw her feeling a bit uneasy. "Umm…I don't think Kagome wants to see that movie, guys…" Bankotsu pointed out.

"Well why don't you and Kagome go to a different movie that will end about the same time, Ban?" Jakotsu suggested and watched as Bankotsu looked to Kagome.

"That sounds like a good idea, Kagome. Why don't we go see something you want to see," Bankotsu said to her. Kagome smiled and nodded, not noticing that Sango and Jakotsu's faces had completely lit up. If it hadn't been for the fact that they were in the presence of Kagome, Bankotsu, and Inu Yasha, they would be dancing on the tables.

"Great! Let's hurry up and eat and get to the movie theater," Sango said cheerfully. Inu Yasha watched as everyone nodded and started inhaling their food again, but he stared curiously at Sango and Jakotsu. Are those two planning something?

At the movie theater, Kagome and Bankotsu got tickets to see a comedy called, Third Times a Charm while Sango and Jakotsu dragged Inu Yasha into Blood Suckers. "HEY! I can walk you know. I do have two legs," Inu Yasha said as Sango finally stopped dragging him into the other theater. "What's with you two anyway?"

"Nothing," Sango stated. "Why would you think something is wrong with us?"

That's when a light bulb went off in Inu Yasha's thick head and he glared at Sango and Jakotsu. "You two! You wanted them to go to a different movie, so that's why you said you would all watch this one with me!" Inu Yasha exclaimed as he started towards the door.

Sango and Jakotsu quickly jumped in front of him and pushed him back towards the middle of the theater. "Oh come on, Inu Yasha! Nothing is going to happen to Kagome!" Sango exclaimed.

"Yeah, she's safe with my brother and my brother isn't one to try anything. Besides, I thought you were DYING to see this movie," Jakotsu told him.

Inu Yasha sighed and crossed his arms over his chest. "Well…I guess it's ok," Inu Yasha muttered and took a seat. "But I'm going to really hear it from Sesshomaru tonight…"

"What?" Sango asked, but Inu Yasha ignored her and the lights dimmed as the movie was about to start.

Bankotsu and Kagome sat in the back of the movie theater and waited for their movie to begin. "Th-thank you for coming to this movie with me, Bankotsu," Kagome said shyly. "You didn't have to…"

"Don't worry about it, Kagome. That movie looked dumb anyway," Bankotsu assured her. Kagome smiled and nodded.

"So what do you think of the area so far?" Kagome asked.

"It's ok. I like it so far," Bankotsu said with a smile. Kagome nodded.

"Why did you move here anyway?" Kagome asked curiously.

"My older brother has his own business and needed to relocate to be closer to his clients," Bankotsu said.

"Oh? How many brothers do you have?" Kagome asked.

"Six. I'm the youngest," Bankotsu asked. "Suikotsu is the oldest, he's the businessman. Renkotsu is a private investigator, and the other 3 don't have jobs, and obviously you know about Jakotsu."

Kagome giggled. "Yes," Kagome laughed.

"What about you? Do you have any siblings?" Bankotsu asked politely.

"I have a younger brother named Souta," Kagome answered. "We live with my mom and grandfather at a shrine. My grandfather is a Shinto priest. My cousin, Kikyo, is a priestess at the shrine across town."

Bankotsu's eyes widened in horror. That girl in the picture…the one that looks exactly like Kagome…is her cousin! "Bankotsu, are you ok? You look a bit pale all of a sudden," Kagome said as she placed her hand on his forehead to see if he had a temperature.

"Huh? Oh, no. I'm fine, Kagome," Bankotsu said with a smile. "Are you close with your cousin?"

"Kikyo? No, not really. She's about nine years older than I am and would never play with me or anything when we were little. She was kinda mean and her mom and my mom never really got along," Kagome answered softly as the lights were dimmed. "Oh, look. The movie is about to start."

Bankotsu nodded and turned his attention to the movie. As the movie went on, Bankotsu couldn't help but watch Kagome through the corner of his eye. She laughed and smiled throughout the whole movie and it made him happy, but he couldn't help but wonder if that would all stop if her cousin was murdered. He felt awful and he didn't know what to do. Suikotsu was going to go through with the job no matter what and they never gave up a job once it was accepted. Shit… I've gotta talk to Jakotsu because… I never want to see Kagome cry…

After the movie, Bankotsu and Kagome found Jakotsu, Sango, and Inu Yasha outside waiting on a bench. "So? How was Blood Suckers?" Bankotsu asked the three on the bench.

"AWESOME!" Inu Yasha exclaimed.

"Well it's getting late and we all have homework to do," Sango said as she grabbed her book bag.

"Come on, Kagome. I'll walk you home," Inu Yasha said as he walked over and put his arm around her shoulder. Kagome smiled and nodded before turning to Bankotsu and Jakotsu.

"Do you two know how to get home from here?" she asked.

Bankotsu and Jakotsu nodded. "Thanks for taking us out!" Jakotsu said happily. "We'll see you guys tomorrow!"

Kagome smiled and nodded while Inu Yasha escorted her and Sango home. Once they were out of sight, Jakotsu turned to Bankotsu. "So? How'd the movie go?" Jakotsu asked happily.

"You planned that, didn't you?" Bankotsu asked and watched as Jakotsu's grin grew wider.

"I don't know what you're talking about big brother," Jakotsu said as he started walking away, but before he could get far, Bankotsu pulled him back with a serious look in his eyes. "What's wrong?"

"Kagome's cousin…is that Kikyo girl," Bankotsu stated.

Jakotsu's smile immediately dropped. "You're kidding…" Jakotsu said with a wide open mouth.

"No," Bankotsu said.

"What'd you do? Ask her flat out if she knows that girl?" Jakotsu asked. "Were you just like…I saw a picture of you…actually it wasn't of you, it was of a girl who looked just like you, do you know her!"

"OF COURSE NOT! We were talking about our families," Bankotsu said. "She said her cousin Kikyo was a priestess and her grandfather is a priest."

"Shit…well…what are you going to do?" Jakotsu asked.

"Talk to Suikotsu," Bankotsu said as they started for their house. Jakotsu watched his brother from behind him and smiled. I was right…you do care for her, brother…