Hey guys. Thnx 4 all the reviews that I got 4 the last chappie and im sorry for not updating sooner. I wuz away..

Okay. Rant is over. Let's continue on with the story.

Oh and by the way as Im saying it for the rest of the story to save myself from typing it over and over again, I DONT OWN INUYASHA.

Imouto

To understand everything is to forgive everything

"Oi wench! Move out of the way!"

She looked up, not daring to believe who her saviour was, then darkness surrounded her for the second time that day and she fell.

Darkness, and a voice. The two things Kagome sensed when she regained consciousness.

"How long do wenches take to wake up?... What a waste of my time. Seriously. I could be doing something so much better with this time right now..."

Her eyes cranked opened slowly, and saw Jakotsu with an annoyed look on his face and chewing on his perfectly manicured nails with his lipsticked lips pulled back to reveal his teeth.

"Oh good. Finally awake."

She sighed and felt a sharp pain on her back. With that pain, the memory of what happened came back to her. Falling into a hole, getting pierced by something, and then falling again through darkness as she saw Jakotsutou flying through the air.

Her brain was still foggy, but then she realized. Why did Jakotsu save her? Didn't he hate her? Licking her parched lips and forcing air out of her lungs, she managed to ask him.

"Why did you save me?"

"Because I felt like it alright? And quit moving. You're poisoned if you haven't already noticed."

Kagome nodded while closing her weary eyes again. The pain was getting worse, but she forgot all about that as she fell into unconsciousness again.

Always forgive your enemies, nothing annoys them so much

The remaining Shichinintai were sitting around the fire awaiting Kagome and Jakotsu's return. It had been a while now, and they were starting to get worried. And the fact that the slasher with whom the miko loved to fight was with her didn't help the situation.

Renkotsu was leaning against the earthen walls of the cave, thinking of that woman. He still didn't know how he was gonna persuade her to work against Bankotsu, but he thought that his sweet sweet honeyed words were slowly working their magic. Ah well. He'll have to wait and see. He knew what she wanted. She wanted to be loved and to be accepted, as Inuyasha had done neither. And he also knew that she was gonna be around for a long time. Perfect.

Opposite the flame user was Bankotsu, staring into the depths of the fire. He didn't know what was wrong with him, but every time that scene played over again in his head, he would feel the rush of a certain emotion.

"Kagome. How are you feeling?" Renkotsu asked in the best caring voice he could fake at that moment.

Her eyebrows flew up and disappeared behind her bangs. "I never thought you were the kind to care, Renkotsu."

"Well I do now. And I care about you. Is there something wrong with that?"

"Well..no...but.."

"You know Kagome, you're quite pretty..."

That last sentance. That was the one that hit his nerve the most becuase Renkotsu was making a move on what was his. No wait. What was his? Since when did Kagome belong to him?

You know Kagome, you're quite pretty..

Another wave of emotion flooded through him.. This feeling. It was...jealousy.

I am not jealous and I do not want her! he yelled in his brain.

Quit trying to deny it, you know you are and you know you do. The little voice in his brain said back to him.

No i don't. I dont need a hell annoying wench like her!

Then why is she always in your thoughts?

..Because..um...ah well...Shut up!...

Suikotsu sighed, disturbing Bankotsu's silent battle with himself. He really did enjoy Kagome-san's company. She was very nice and cared for everyone around her, not just herself.

"How long is Jakotsu gonna take to get Kagome?" he said with a small sigh. I dont want anything to happen to her, even if i haven't known her for that long, she's still like my imouto.

"Iunno. Let's wait a while longer and see if they come back." replied Renkotsu. I wanna go find her and start persuading her...now

"But Jakotsu left at sunset and its already near midnight now." Jakotsu hates her...

"You don't think he did something to her do you?" But he's gay...

"And why are you so worried about her, Renkotsu? I thought you hated her, but then you paid her a compliment and now you're worrying about her?" Does he like her? Or is he plotting something behind o aniki's back?

"Urusai. It's none of your buisness." Kuso. If o aniki figures out what I'm trying to do, I'll be in so much shit...

"Do you like her?" Or at least that's what it looks like.

Bankotsu's eyebrow twitched. He'shad enough of talking about Kagome, and especially about Renkostu liking her." Shut up! Stop talking about this useless shit topic!" he yelled, which made Suikotsu's eyebrow go sky high.

"This isn't useless, o aniki. Love is very powerful and therefore is very important. And plus, Kagome-san has so much love to offer to us so..."

Their leader's eyebrow twitched again. "I said shut up! I'm going for a walk and I'll be back in a while." and he jumped up and walked out of the cave with his precious banryuu slung over his shoulder. "And don't follow me!"

Suikotsu shook his head. " What's his problem?...Hey...Do you think he likes her?" he asked the flame user beside him, who nodded his head slightly. Emotions huh? Just another way to destroy that brat.

To love means loving the unlovable

She was falling. Falling through a vortex of pain and suffering. Why was she here? What did she do to deserve this?

Lightness. Floating. Was she traveling in unconsciousness? How was that possible?

Low voices were heard. And more pain inflicted her already injured shoulder. A warm wetness spread across her back. She knew it was blood. And she also knew that there was nothing she could do to stop it.

Her body felt like lead weights. No matter what she tried, she couldn't lift any part of it. Not her hands, not her legs, not her head.

She felt as a liquid was being forced down her throat. It tasted really bad, but there wanst anything she could do to stop it. Was it poison? Or was it medicine? She had no was of finding out.

Was that arms that surrounded her body now? And if they were, who's was it? Who cared enough for her in the feudal era other than her little group and Koga's group to pick her up and not harm her at the same time?

Soft. She was laid on something soft. No more wetness. No more blood. The arms around her were gone, replaced by something warm that was laid on top of her. Vibrations went through the floor signaling to her that someone had just sat down beside her.

Then nothing. No sound, no feeling, no voices, no movement. For how long can it stay that way only to be broken by the sound of rustling fabric and a slap of sandal on wood, followed by an unmistakable sound of a sword being drawn out of it sheath.

But that was as much as she could remember, as the darkness that had been lurking in the shadows came out and took over her body again.

But not before she heard a cry for mercy and sensed a tainted shard.

To forgive means pardoning the unpardonable

Kagura flew through the air on her feather, hurrying to the person she hated the most. Naraku. She had no choice but to work for him since he held her heart, but she would always dream of the day, the glorious day that she would be freed from him.

Free...that word would mean the world to her. Not needing to return to that bastard. Not needing to fight unwillingly anymore. Not needing to care about the fact that her heart was in someone else's hand. A time where she would feel her own heartbeat..

But that was fantasy. In reality, she was still working for him, therefore, had to go and report something to him. The fact that the Shichinintai, the feared group of assassins that Naraku had brought back from the grave, had taken in a girl that was supposed to be dead.

She didn't know what they were doing with her, and she was pretty sure that stupid baboon man didn't know anything about it yet either. But with a stroke of luck, maybe it'll all work out for the wind soceress. Maybe somehow, because of that girl, they would unite and destroy him, therefore, setting her free.

She knew that plotting against Naraku wasn't a smart thing to do, but she also knew that Kohaku would soon be freed of that asshole's grasp and he too, will plot against him. Kanna was the only one to remain so faithful to him. The only one. Her elder sister.

Kagura looked down at the land beneath her and sighed. Naraku's castle.

With much hatred in her, she landed and put the feather back in her hair, slowly walking up to the door and opening it.

Naraku was sitting there facing away from her with his baboon pelt covering him. " Kagura."

"Naraku."

"What buisness do you have here? I thought I told you to stay in Mount Hakurei to defend it against anyone that would come and disturb me."

"Yes. But I have news. The Shichinintai have taken in that miko that travels with Inuyasha. Apparently, she has been revived and is now walking among the living again."

"Yes...Kagura. I know that she is with the Shichinintai right now. I also happen to know that she is alive again because..." Naraku turned around and faced the wind soceress. "I was the one who brought her back."

Faith means believing the unbelievable

For the thousandth time, it seemed to her, Kagome opened her eyes and blinked to clear them. She turned her head to one side. She was in a place where the walls were made of a brownish grayish stone. Looking over to the other side, the young miko saw the person she loved to hate standing out in a pink kimono sitting against the darker walls. Jakotsu. Third in command, and slasher of the Shichinintai.

"Where are we?" she questioned the cross dresser in front of her. She thought she heard water from somewhere, but she couldn't place the exact location.

"Cut the questions wench. Is that all you do? Ask question after question?" he snapped back at her and turning away to face the cave wall.

"It's Kagome and no asking questions is not the only thing I do!"

"Well that's what you've been doing the whole time I've been stuck with you."

"Well maybe if you answered them then I would stop asking!"

"Fine!"

"So answer my question! Where are we?"

"Look wench I'm o-"

"Its Kagome!"

"Does it look like I care? Look wench, I'm only gonna say this once so don't bother asking me to repeat myself afterwards! You passed out in that giant hole after you had been poisoned by the youkai that I had to come save your sorry ass from and then I took you to the stupid village healer and got you looked over but the shikon shard in my neck started pulsing and then everything went black!"

Kagome sighed. So Naraku had taken over Jakotsu again. But underneath that, another thought surfaced. "Why did you take me to the healer?"

"Cause Bankotsu no o aniki will have my head if I let you die." he said with anger clouding his voice. "And I said cut the questions!"

"But you still didn't give me an answer! Where are we?"

"In some stupid cave behind a waterfall apparently. And whatever got us into here has sealed it up nicely as you should be able to see and to make it all better, we have no way of getting out."

Kagome sighed at that information she was just given. Great. They were stuck in a cave with no means of escape except for that tiny tiny hole that a small mouse could've squeezed through and of all the people that she could've been stuck with, it had to be Jakotsu. Still, taking it from a optimistic point of view, it was like a little vacation away from the other four Shichinintai.

"Hey Jakotsu. Why did you save me?" she said quietly.

"Another question? And I already answered you! I felt like it okay?"

"But-"

"But nothing. Quit talking you stupid wench. You're giving me a headache, and besides, be grateful that I actually saved your life."

She sighed. Normally, she would've fired up at that comment, but it didn't matter so much at that moment. "Hey, we gotta do something to pass time here and it might as well be talk. No way in hell am I dying stuck in a cave stuck with someone that hates me."

"Your damn luck"

"..I've been meaning to ask you, but why do you hate me so much?"

"Its none of your fuckin' buisness."

"Is anything polite ever gonna come out of your mouth?"

"No."

Silence fell with Jakotsu looking up at the ceiling and Kagome staring down to the dark rocky ground.

After a while, Kagome was fidgeting slightly. "It getting boring here..."she said with small sigh.

"Well then find something to do wench, as long as it dosent involve talking to me."

She let out an exasperated growl. "I wasn't talking to you in the first place!"

"Whatever. Just quit being annoying."

"Would you drop your 'I hate you act' and tell me why!"

"No."

They sank back into silence.

Which Jakotsu soon broke with a sigh. "Okay. I guess...I don't really...I just never thought that we were gonna have some one else travel with us. Even more so, I never thought it would be some wench like you."

She looked up, surprised that he was on this topic when only a little while ago, he was totally being an asshole. Scratch that. Still is an asshole. "Is there something wrong with travelling with a girl?" she said adding more emphasis on that word.

"Hell ya since I find men are so much more interesting and that no one has ever been brave enough or strong enough to travel with us..." and he trailed off, looking deep into the fire's depths.

Kagome made a funny face at his men are more interesting comment, but let it slide as he continued. "When you came along with us, I hated you for...intruding?"

"Hm Intruding? On what?"

"Just intruding. How hard is that word to understand?"

She stared at him, then took in several deep breaths to calm her rapidly rising temper. After doing that, she forced out in a calm voice "...I never meant to do that. If that's what you think of my actions, then im sorry."

"Not to mention the fact that everyone seems to like you. Even Renkotsu and Bankotsu no o aniki." he grumbled.

She looked down. " I'm sorry." she repeated.

"No...It's not your fault for being liked."

She smiled sightly at his words. "You know Jakotsu. I never hated you. I just thought...I knew that if you wanted, you could be a great friend and ally."

He looked up at her "...After we got killed the first time round, I never trusted anyone to not betray us. And since you were on our enemies side originally, I guess..."

"You thought that I was gonna betray you and get you guys killed again?"

"Yeah..."

"You know I won't."

"I know, but I only realize that now."

The usual silence fell on the two opposites again, as they both learned and thought about all the reasons that they hated and avoided each other before. They could think of alot, but now that the truth was there in front of them, they all seemed really stupid.

"Jakotsu..."she said, breaking the small silence. "Thank you.."

"For what? I did just about nothing for you except insult you so far."

She cracked a smile. "For saving my life, as you kept on reminding me just a bit earlier."

He nodded while rolling his eyes, then added "You know Kagome...I really don't hate you...and I'm sure you understand why it seemed I did now."

Her face emitted so much surprise that he felt it sitting on the other side of the fire. She looked up and found him finally looking at her with his full attention.

"And...Kagome...Gomen nasai..." he added slightly quieter.

She gasped. Since when did Jakotsu say sorry to anyone . "Apology accepted but since when were you-"

"Someone to apologize? Never."

Kagome smiled and slid across the smooth rock floor so she was sitting beside Jakotsu now. He smiled back a rare smile at her and brought her closer.

"So were stuck in here together huh?" she said gently with a small grin on her face.

"Yeah...and to make it worse, no way of getting out of here either..."

"What do you mean to make it worse!" she said faking hurt on her face.

He let out a laugh and then another silence fell on them.

The two of them sat together both staring into the fire with the sound of water on the other side of the boulder calming them down, even if it marked their prison. They had no idea what time it was, they had no idea when and if they could get out, but they knew from that moment on, that they could rely on each other in their time of need.

"Imouto." he suddenly whispered snapping Kagome out of her thoughts and her thinking bubble.

She was shocked. Did he really say what she thought he said? "What did you just say?"

He turned his head to look into her eyes and repeated himself a little louder.

"Imouto."

Okay. And CUT. Chappie over and Jakotsu and Kagome are now friendly with each other and he's even calling her Imouto. Isn't it awesome?.

Next chappie: Bankotsu realizes a few things and Suikotsu has a nice talk with him. The shichinintai minus Jakotsu soon figure out that something is wrong cuz of the time it's taking the gay guy and the miko to return. Meanwhile, Jakotsu and Kagome are still stuck in the cave with no means of escape.

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