Ugh. My parents are ripping out the carpets in our house 'cause my little sisters are allergic to dust and all that, so we have to wear shoes and socks and I can't find my flip-flops! They're also doing my room so all that's left as its supposed to be is the 1000 pictures on my walls, not even my anime/manga shelf is how it's supposed to be! But enough of my ramblings, let's get a start on the second chapter of Jigoku no Shichinintai!

I OWN NOTHING!!!

"What the hell are you doing here you bastard?!" Inuyasha spat at his enemy.

"You said it puppy."

"Stop it with your damn riddles or you're going to hell, here and now!" Inuyasha said, pulling out Tetsuaiga.

"Sorry, but it's technically impossible for me to go to hell from here," Bankotsu told him, looking bored.

"What!?" Inuyasha hissed, bunching the muscles in his shoulder like a cat ready to pounce.

"You don't get it? It should be obvious. You guys are in hell, simple as that," Bankotsu said, shrugging.

The Inu-tachi stared at him in wide-eyed horror. Sure they heard of the place and Inuyasha and his elder brother Sesshoumaru had beat the crap outta the sword of hell Sou'unga, but even Miroku, who had the shortest lifespan of them all, hadn't expected to end up there for a few years, much less getting there through a portal in the middle of a mountain.

"You must have been touched in the head or something," Inuyasha finally managed to say. "The netherworld was closed off when we sealed Sou'unga and the other is only for demons…"

"Baka, you didn't really think that annoying sword was the only way in, did you?"

"No, but-" he broke off and looked at Bankotsu suspiciously. "How did you know that Sou'unga is annoying?"

"Cause it's at my palace."

Six pairs of eyes widened.

"What? I'm the lord of hell," Bankotsu said simply. He grinned as he caught a metallic sound in the distance. "I'm sorry, I meant we are the lords of hell."

The moment he said this, the large tank-like form of Ginkotsu emerged from the mist. Riding on him were the Shichinintai members Jakotsu, Suikotsu, Renkotsu and Mukotsu with the enormous cannibal Kyoukotsu lumbering beside them. Jakotsu waved happily and called out to Bankotsu.

"Oh damn," Inuyasha muttered as he saw Jakotsu.

"Oh don't worry cutie, I'm dead and your alive. The worlds don't really work like that," Jakotsu sighed mournfully when he saw Inuyasha's face.

"Don't jump to conclusions so quickly," Renkotsu sneered.

"What do you mean by that?" Inuyasha demanded.

"Huh?" Bankotsu didn't seem to have any idea of what Renkotsu was babbling either.

All eyes were on Renkotsu.

"It is impossible for living beings to survive in the netherworld for long then a day."

"Where did you hear that?" Bankotsu asked, quizzical.

"Ooaniki, did you read 'The rules of Hell for Dummies' ?" Renkotsu asked his young leader.

"No, it's just a pile of crap and you know I can't read. Why?"

"Because they say in the third chapter that living beings cannot survive for more then 24 hours in hell!"

"Oh, okay then. I'll read it after I learn how to read," Bankotsu replied, bored. Renkotsu sweatdropped.

"Hate to break into your little heart-warming conversation, but mind telling us how in the hells we can get back?" Inuyasha interjected spitefully.

"I wouldn't mind, except I have no clue," Bankotsu answered.

"Nani?!" the inu-tachi cried in exasperation.

"Ooaniki, when we get back to the palace, I will give you reading and writing lessons so you can read 'The Rules of Hell for Dummies', okay?"

"Sure. Does it say that kind of stuff in it?"

"Yes, Ooaniki," Renkotsu sighed, exasperatedly.

"Then, let's hear it!"

Renkotsu sighed as he took out the book. "It says here that if living beings ever find their way into the Netherworld without dying, they have one chance to get out: defeat the lord(s) in battle."

"Oh yeah, I sorta remember that…" Bankotsu muttered, silently cursing his bad memory.

"So all I have to do is beat the crap outta you guys in battle again!" Inuyasha exclaimed.

"Don't forget, pup, there is always that time limit."

"So what? I'll kill you anyway!"

"Hello?" Bankotsu asked, waving his hand in front of Inuyasha's face. "Did you not hear me? We. Are. Dead. Must I repeat it again for you?"

"Ok, I meant I'll defeat you anyway!"

Bankotsu shrugged. "If you can." He reached into his pocket and pulled out a piece of paper. "Here's a map, you can use it to find us. We appear as red X on the map so we're easier to see. Once you find one of us, that person will give you something to do, plus you have to beat them in a fight. Understand?"

"Keh! Of course we understand!" Inuyasha practically yelled as he took the map from Bankotsu. The Inu-tachi did not really like being told what to do by their former, now dead, enemies, but they really had no choice. It was a literal do or die situation.

"Thanks for being so understanding," Bankotsu joked. "We will be waiting where you see those X. By the way, you have to defeat us in the order that you originally killed us, don't ask why."

"Fine! But let's hurry up! We still have to kill Naraku you know!" Inuyasha interjected angrily.

"Fine, see you there!" Bankotsu yelled before disappearing into a ball of blue light and flying of to… where ever he was supposed to go. The others did the same, but with different coloured lights depending on the person (Jakotsu- purple, Renkotsu- red, Suikotsu- green, ect…).

"So, do you guys think that we should do what they say?" Inuyasha asked his gang when the Shichinintai had left.

"It seems as if it is the only way out," Miroku told him reasonably.

"Who's first?" Sango asked.

"Hmm? Oh! It's Kyoukotsu in the north," Inuyasha answered, checking the map.

"Then let's go!" Kagome exclaimed.

So the gang left toward the north preparing to face the giant Kyoukotsu.

This chapter is dedicated to Ocean Siren because she put this story on her alert list!

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