Disclaimer: I do own it. I'm NOT insane…I think.
Story: Due to the jewel shards on their necks, the last four members of the Shichinintai were somehow able to travel to Kagome's time. Unfortunately for her, the well has sealed up. At least they don't have their weapons!
Set after Ginkotsu's death.
Spoilers: After Ginkotsu's death, no.
Warnings: Eh, maybe…this is anime after all…
Pairings: No telling! Secret, secret!
A/n: And I knew I couldn't stay away from angst. And there's more Inuyasha in here. Poor hanyou. There hasn't been much screen time for him.

Kagome Higurashi! No Need for Shichinintai
Chapter Five: An Order of Therapy Part Two

"Why do you smell like the Shichinintai?" Was the first thing she heard from Inuyasha.

"Huh?"

"You reek of grave yard soil."

Kagome began to feel her blood boil. He was acting like a jerk like usual. Couldn't hehave shown he cared just a little bit? Why couldn't he have asked how she was or why had the well been sealed?

"I'm sorry, Kagome. I –did they get you? Is that why you haven't been back? Why the well wasn't working?" This was so unusual of Inuyasha that Kagome didn't know how to act. It went even weirder when he pulled her into his arms and just held her.

Her eyes widened but then she smiled softly. It felt so good to be with Inuyasha like this. She wrapped her own arms around his waist and then laid her head on his shoulder.

"I must've just walked through an area they were in. I'm fine really. The whole time I was in my era. Somehow the well had sealed up and I couldn't get back." Kagome said in half truth. She couldn't really say the Shichinintai were with her. She couldn't take the disappointment and anger Inuyasha was sure to be in if he knew the truth.

She was unprepared for the next move. Inuyasha placed his forehead on hers, gripping her arms tightly, with just a hint of tears in his eyes.

"I was so worried…I was scared that something had happened to you."

She knew she looked shocked but she tried to smile reassuringly at him. He took a deep breath and then stepped away from her. He had turned back to normal.

"Yeah, well, let's get going," he said gruffly. She giggled and hooked an arm around his. She felt so deliriously happy right then.

"Yes, let's."

Shortly they reached the housing area and Sango ran towards Kagome as soon as the taijiya saw the girl.

"Kagome, we've been so worried! What happened?"

Kagome smiled at her and started explaining as soon as the two of them had started walking. Inuyasha stared after them, not even acknowledging the monk that slipped next to him.

"You know, if you don't want to lose her, you're going to have to be careful. And choose soon, Inuyasha. Kikyo may wait for you but Kagome won't. If you don't choose then Kagome will do so for you."

"Shut up, Miroku."

Miroku shook his head at the half demon.

"You'll see, Inuyasha. You'll see," he muttered.

Later, just after lunch time at the hot springs…

"Kagome?"

"Hm, Sango?"

"You seem awfully quiet. Is something bothering you?"

Kagome didn't answer for a second. "You're my best friend, Sango, so I'll tell you. Remember when I was gone and the well was sealed? And the Band of Seven hadn't of bothered you at that same time?" She waited for the demon slayer to nod. "They were stuck in my time and I was taking care of them until the well was working again."

Sango let her jaw drop just a little.

"I didn't want anyone to know because I didn't want anyone to think I was helping the enemy." A bit of desperation was starting to leek from Kagome's voice.

"Mainly Inuyasha. Of course the idiot would get something like that in his head. Don't worry, Kagome. Me and Miroku have your back."

The taijiya saw the relief on the girl's face and smiled.

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It was a pathetic sight. That night, in the Shichinintai's current HQ, which was actually a cave, the four men were looking and feeling miserable.

Bankotsu was lying down, the handkerchief Kagome gave him covering his face. Renkotsu was drawing up random geometry problems and Jakotsu was eating the Hot Cheetos that was Kagome's last gift to him, giving pauses to let his mouth cool down. It didn't help that he was shoving them into his mouth at a rapid pace.

Suikotsu?

Right now he was using one of his claws to draw a window and afterwards, he sat underneath it, scowling straight ahead.

"Want to go fight Inuyasha and them?"

A chorus of 'Yeahs' answered Jakotsu and everyone jumped up.

It might take them awhile to trail back to the village but they didn't feel right without a certain girl.

They wouldn't be there until the afternoon tomorrow.

However, the next morning, after breakfast was another matter. Kagome was again surprised, when Inuyasha wanted her to walk alone with him. Together, they walked near the farming fields.

"Kagome, would you promise to wait for me?"

"Wait for you?" Kagome asked puzzled.

"For my decision. Do you promise to wait…forever?"

Kagome stopped walking and when Inuyasha felt she wasn't following him any more, stopped too, not daring to look back at her.

"You want me to wait for you forever?" she asked in disbelief.

"Please Kagome." He answered back pleadingly.

She closed her eyes and she began to breathe unsteadily.

"I can't always be here for you to fall back on."

He whirled around angrily.

"And why not?"

"Because I have a heart too!" she snapped back. She wanted to add 'And because I'm afraid I'll be waiting in vain.'

She started to walk away from him, back towards the village. He stayed there, where she left him to fume.

He still hadn't come back by the time it was lunch and Kagome was starting to worry. Maybe she had been a little too harsh…

"Oi, Inuyasha! We want to have some fun," the voice of the Shichinintai leader, Bankotsu, echoed into her ears. What were they doing there?

She ran out, meeting up with Miroku and Sango. She saw Shippou and Kirara up ahead, the former scared out of his wits, as they were the only ones in front of the Band of Seven. That is until she and the two with her came closer. And she saw Inuyasha jumping in front of the scared kit and the transformed fire cat.

"Well, well, well, if it isn't the little dog-cutie. I'm going to finally enjoy cutting you up. And I even get to keep those adorable ears of yours." Jakotsu smirked at thehanyou.

Inuyasha growled in response. Kagome let out a small giggle that no one noticed except her former charges. Jakotsu gave her a side wink that only she noticed and again she wondered what they were doing there.

"Kagome, stay back. I'll take care of these bastards."

Kagome took a step back fearfully. She didn't want anyone to get killed or even hurt.

The Inu-gumi split with Shippou hiding behind Kagome, Kirara going to her mistress to fight against Renkotsu, Miroku to go against Suikotsu and Inuyasha going up against Bankotsu and Jakotsu.

The fighting was starting to get really aggressive and Kagome was trying to stay out of it. Jakotsu started taunting Inuyasha and she listened in.

"Inuyasha! Can't you do any better? I'm starting to get bored!"

"Shut up, you freak!"

"Inu-koi, we really must thank your wench for all the help she's given us. She's such a sweetheart. The only girl I can actually stand." Bankotsu glanced over at Jakotsu confusedly but didn't linger.

Anger fueled Inuyasha and he let out another Wind Scar but this one was really explosive. Still angry, Inuyasha shoved his sword back into its sheath, regardless if the fight was over or not.

All fighting stopped as everyone stared at Inuyasha in shock. He stomped over to Kagome.

"Is what that freak said true?" He yelled.She said nothing, she couldn't lie to him. Not again.

"Is it? Answer me!" When she still stayed silent, he grabbed her backpack from next to her feet and shoved it into her chest.

"Go home. You're not welcome here." He said coldly.

When he started walking away, she cried and stepped forward, throwing out one hand to reach out to him. She dropped her backpack and that hand stayed limp at her side.

"Inuyasha, please!"

"Don't say anything to me, you traitor!"

The words echoed into her ears as Inuyasha glided into the air away from her and she dropped to her knees.

Sango grit her teeth. "Don't worry Kagome, we'll talk some sense into him." Sango yelled as she and Miroku began to run after the hanyou. However, the taijiya glanced worriedly to the mercenaries they were leaving Kagome with. She just hoped they felt like they owed her and didn't kill/harm the modern girl.

"Are you sure it's okay to leave Kagome with them?" Miroku asked, having just heard about Kagome's hospitality.

"Better than if she was with Inuyasha at the least," Sango said to him. 'They wouldn't break her heart…or her life. For Kagome, it's probably better to be dead than to live the way she's living with Inuyasha.'

Shippou, too, began to leave. He couldn't let that stupid Inuyasha hurt his mamma like that.

"Yeah, mamma. I'll go with them to teach him a lesson," he said as he rode away on Kirara's back.

"No. Please, no. Don't leave me here. I don't want to be alone," Kagome whispered hoarsely. They were all gone already.

"I don't want to be alone!" She screamed from the floor.

Jakotsu bit his lip. He hadn't meant for it to turn out like this.

"Miss Higurashi, are you alright?"

"No, Renkotsu. Not at all. I'm far from it actually."

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They had taken her into her hut, an old lady who had introduced herself as Kaede, Kikyo's sister, instructing them to where it was. That had been two hours ago. Kagome still hadn't come out and they were beginning to worry. They didn't want her to feel bad, but they did miss her, so even her there miserable was okay so long as she was still there, with them.

Kagome stared blankly at the mirror as she brushed her hair. She didn't acknowledge Jakotsu, who had slipped behind her and took the brush from her hands. He took her place in brushing as she folded her hands on her lap.

"I'm sorry, Miss Higurashi. I just…I just wanted to get Inuyasha and you into a fight so that you'd get irritated with him and stay with us for awhile. Even if it's for a little while…"

He stopped brushing as one of her hands gripped his. Something replaced the brush and he looked down to see an ornamental dagger. His breath hitched.

"What were you doing with this?"

She said nothing until, "Go away."

"But –"

"Go away!"

He walked away slowly, his footsteps slow and unsure, still facing her. She had continued her brushing.

As his last steps went out the door, he heard the sure shatter of the mirror. He gulped and turned on his heel. He saw the others and his hand dropped the dagger.

"I…I just…she needs help. Suikotsu, bandage her hands up. She probably used her hands to break the mirror. And take whatever sharp… whatever she could use to harm herself! She…she wants to be alone."

Jakotsu picked up the dagger and began to walk away, muttering about 'letting her be alone but he won't risk her life.'

The other three stared after him before Suikotsu walked off to get the bandages and Renkotsu and Bankotsu decided to grab most of the objects Jakotsu was talking about. They regretted coming in there. She was just sitting on the ground, like a blank doll, her hands bleeding and the mirror smashed into pieces all around her.

They quickly grabbed whatever looked dangerous, including some blunt objects, before they left just as quickly. When Suikotsu entered with the roll of bandages, he entered an almost bare room.

He walked closer to Kagome, careful not to get her riled up. Slowly and gently, he picked up her hands and held them tenderly for awhile. After staring at the stained hands for a moment longer, he looked up into her eyes. They were dull and without the usual shine. With the same tenderness that he held her hands with, he began to cleanse her wounds before he bandage them.

None of them talked and it made him reminisce of those times in her room when they would sit together. Except she was fine then. A bit lonely but not suicidal.

"Don't doanything stupid, Miss Higurashi. If you need us, we'll be outside. We'll…give you your alone time."

He pulled her closer and kissed the top of her head. He left without another word but his words struck something in the girl as she watched him walk away.

Two days. Almost two days had passed and she still had not come out. It scared them a lot. This whole thing scared them a lot. They've never had any attachments outside the Shichinintai and now this. And now they don't even know if she's inside dead or dying.

"Miss Higurashi, please talk to us!"

Bankotsu scowled and just entered.

He blinked at the darkness of the room and was reminded of the time where they were still in Kagome's time and there was that blackout. He acknowledged the others who came in after him silently and all of them tried to get their eyes adjusted to the darkness.

"Miss Higurashi?" Bankotsu called out again.

Jakotsu scowled and stepped forward. "Hey Kagome. You promised not to abandon us, remember?"

The others were surprised at how casual Jakotsu used Kagome's name and a little…jealous? Their thoughts were cut off when a weak voice answered back, "I promised that until we were back here…"

Suikotsu's eyes swept the room and he could barely make out Kagome's huddled form in the corner.

"Then why don't we go back?"

Everyone was silent and pondered Suikotsu's words. And then, very slowly while using the wall to help her, Kagome got up and headed towards them. They could see her legs were a bit wobbly, indicating she had been like that for some time. As she fell forward because of that, all of them went forward to catch and help her.

"Stupid woman, you don't need to do everything by yourself. If you need help, just ask." Jakotsu spat out while Bankotsu picked Kagome up and held her bridal style.

"Although, you're still cooking for us," he added.

Started 11/5/05 –Completed 11/5/05