Okay...third chappie

and this chappie is mostly from episodes 103 and 104...but theres some difference later on :D

and thnx 2 the reviewers and a BIG! thnx 2 archangel

on with the chappie

Chapter Three

Red Rose Poison

The sun rose high and bright into the sky. Shippo opened his eyes to the wonderful smell of breakfast cooking. Sango was sitting at the fire and making roasted fish that probably Inuyasha had caught earlier. Kagome was still asleep beside him. Shippo jumped up.

"Kagome!! Breakfast smells so good!! Get up!!" he yelled while jumping up and down on Kagome's stomach. " Owwie..." said Kagome and felt around for her source of pain. " Shippo! STOP before I beat you into pulp!!" yelled Inuyasha from his tree branch.

Shippo stopped and jumped off her stomach. He ran to the fire and sat down looking hungrily at the fish. " Is it done yet!?!" he asked Sango. " No Shippo..Be paitent..Just a bit longer." said Sango with a smile.

Kagome slowly got up. " Oi wench! Finally up!?! Your the slowest and laziest person here!" said Inuyasha from his tree branch. " What!?! IM the laziest person!?!" yelled Kagome. " Ya. You just sit there and you dont DO anything and in battle, you can even protect yourself!" Inuyasha yelled back.
"SIT SIT SIT SIT SIT SIT SIT!!!" yelled Kagome and Inuyasha fell off his tree branch and kissed the dirt.

"How many times do you think hes gonna get sat today?" asked Shippo. " a lot unfourtunatly.." sighed Miroku shaking his head at his quarreling companions.

When Breakfast was finally finished and Inuyasha had finally gotten out of his hole, they set off for the village that was a few walk from where they were.

At around mid day, they reached the outskirts of the village. They saw an army of men marching through the village. But there was no war. Maybe they were out the exterminate something?

They passed a group of men talking about the spirits of the Shichinin in the fields. The gang went down to ask them about the rumors. The men told them

"It is a story from over ten years ago. Those guys came to this place from the eastern provinces. The Shichinin grave is a mound built to appease the Shichinintai...The Shichinintai were a group of seven soldiers out for hire. They weren't retainers of any lord, and wandered from war to war taking up work.

In terms of their strength, those seven could do the same job that one hundred soldiers could do. However...Their killing methods were too cruel.Those who were attached by the Shichinintai were cut to pieces and reduced to ashes. Though it seemed that they deeply liked killing people. So after they had done so many horrible things, many Daimyou feared their strength and rode out to subdue the Shichinintai, However...They had quite a struggle. The Shichinintai made their escape into the mountains.They were outnumbered.After a long struggle, they were finally captured in an abandoned village in the north.All their heads were cut off...and they were buried.Nevertheless, the local people feared a curse and wanted to appease the souls of the Shichinin. They erected a grave at the base of the sacred mountain. That's the Shichinin grave...Its a recent rumor that the Shichinin grave has broken in two..." they were told.

As the group continued walking on, Sango said to Miroku " Hm..Ghosts...What do you think, Houshi sama?" "With Naraku's demonice aura gone its normal to think that its just bullshit but.. " said Miroku. "I dont know if its a ghost of a youkai...but were going in that direction anyways." Kagome suddenly stopped walking. " I sense a shikon shard."
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Jakotsu walked along the road towards the village. He had the rose that Bankotsu wanted him to give his.."Kagome" girl or something. "Heh..I wonder what colour Inuyasha's blood is..." he sighed to himself.

Suddenly "MAKE WAY!" was heard. Jakotsu opened one eye lazily and saw an army of men screeching to a halt right in front of him.

"Did you say something?" asked Jakotsu, his hand on the hilt of his bendy sword. " If you're going on further from here please be careful. Theres talk of a terrible ghost lurking about." The leader of the army shouted back " FOOL! We're here to exterminate that ghost!"

Jakotsu laughed. " Given that attitude, you seem to have no idea what kind of ghost it is." Silence. " Bastard. Are you saying that you know?" said the army's leader. Jakotsu laughed an evil laugh. " You see, I am the ghost."

The leader gasped, somewhere, a horse nickered. "First unit foward!" yelled the leader. The first unit came forwards and bent down. They pointed their guns at Jakotsu.

Jakotsu leaned fowards. " whats that?" he asked. The leader laughed. " If youre a ghost from 10 years ago, you wouldnt know. FIRE!!'

One of them fired their guy. It his Jakotsu in the shoulder. "...Could this be one of the rifles Ive heard so much about??" he said with a smile after examining his wound.

The leader looked pissed. " You ghost...Second unit FOWARD!" Jakotsu sighed. " are you still trying? I get the point." he asked slowly drawing his sword. " Its great okay? And he swung his bendy sword and killed off the units.

The leader's horse reared up. " Impossible..So far away...just by swinging his sword.." Jakotsu's sword was dripping in blood. " This really brings back old memories.." he said quietly.

The leader looked sacred shitless but he pointed his finger at Jakotsu and said "Do-dont be frightened! Surround him!"

And thats what the army did. " This bastards using some kind of strange magic!" When Jakotsu heard that, he laughed. " Im not using anything like that." he rose his sword above his head. "Not now, and not back then!" he swung his bendy sword and all the soldiers were annihilated.

Inuyasha ran onto the scene right after the last soldier was killed. When he got there he stopped. " STAY BACK!" he shouted to Kagome. Kagome looked. There in the middle of a ring of dead soldiers was a young man in pale purple clothing looking into a gun.

"This is rare, so Ill take it back to Renkotsu no aniki." said Jakotsu to himself.

From the point at where they were standing, Miroku realized something."These are the guys we passed earlier in the village!" he said. " That guy finished them off by himself?" asked Kagome all amazed.

Jakotsu turned around and stood up. He looked at Kagome. Let see...Long black hair...brown eyes...wearing..uh...weird...Kimono?...what is that?...OH! Could this be Kagome that Bankotsu was talking about?!!...

But Inuyasha inturrupted his thoughts. " What are you! You dont smell like a living human! You smell of a dead person and grave dirt!"

Kagome gasped. Bankotsu smelled of grave dirt as well! Could he be...One of the Shichinintai??...

" Inuyasha's cute, but the monk is sexy..." said Jakotsu with a smile. Inuyasha and Miroku now looked royally pissed off. " Is it okay to suck him up?..." said Miroku, his hand on his prayer beads. " Sure..." said Inuyasha.

"WAIT!" yelled Kagome. " This guy has a jewel shard! Maybe the shard's power is what revived him!" "You bastard! Who gave you the jewel shard?!!" yelled Inuyasha. Jakoutsu laughed. " Your angry face is nice too...As for the shard, You'll have to ask Bankotsu no aniki..."

Kagome gasped "Bankotsu!?" she said without meaning to say it out loud. Inuyasha, Jakotsu and Miroku all looked at her. " Are- Are you Kagome?" asked Jakotsu.

"Bastard! How do you know her name!!??!!" yelled Inuyasha jumping infront of Kagome. "Inuyasha. Calm down for a second." she said as she stepped around him. " Who are you?..." she asked Jakotsu.

He looked at her for a while, then said " So you are Kagome. I am the Shichinintai's slasher Jakotsu." Kagome gasped. "Then...Bankotsu is..." Jakotsu laughed. " Yes...My big brother."

Inuyasha and Miroku looked at them with a funny face. "Um...so you uh...know his brother?" asked Miroku. What Kagome did next surprised the shit out of everyone. She blushed.

"K-kagome?" asked Inuyasha, scratching his head in confusion. "He wants me to give something to you, Kagome..." said Jakotsu with a smile and took something out of his clothes. It was a single rose, covered in a thin layer of ice. It was beautiful. Red with spots of black on the petals.

Inuyasha looked at it and screamed " Dont touch it Kagome! Its probably a trick!". Kagome was on the point of reaching out and taking the flower, but at Inuyasha's words, she stopped.

"...Remember last night, Kagome. Do you honestly think that my head would still be attatched to my shoulders if Bankotsu no aniki found out I had given you a trick rose?" said Jakotsu. " He asked me to give this to you. Personally. And he stayed out late at night to pick it too."

"Kagome! Dont take it!" yelled Miroku and Inuyasha at the same time. Kagome looked like she was in thought. Do I trust this guy?...He...is part of the Shichinintai after all...but...so is Bankotsu...and he was so nice...I think...

Kagome decided. She walked forwards to Jakotsu and took the rose out of his hand. Nothing happened. Then, something fell out the middle of the rose. It was a scroll of paper. Kagome picked it up off the floor and unrolled it. Written on that piece of paper was one single word. Remember.

Kagome looked up at Jakotsu with confused as hell eyes. " Remember? What does he want me to remember?" she asked him.

"I dont know...And normally for another women, I wouldnt be this kind, but since...what Bankotsu no aniki told me about you and him...I'll be nice to you, for his sake." said Jakotsu.

Inuyasha ran up and jammed his face right up against Kagome's. "What do you mean YOU and HIM!!??!!" he yelled.

"NOTHING! ABSOLUTLY NOTHING!!!" yelled back Kagome. " Are you sure its nothing Kagome? Im not sure if Bankotsu no aniki thinks its nothing...I think hes actually thinking about much more than nothing.."said Jakotsu.

Kagome blushed 5 shades of red then screamed "SHUT UP!" and stomped off, her hand still clutching the red rose. Jakotsu laughed. Looks like what Bankotsu no aniki said was true...that girl is fiery...

"Inuyasha, See you next time!!..." he said and ran off " That mukotsu...hes interfearing again.." he mumbled under his breath.

"Keh! What was up with that!!" yelled Inuyasha, about to run off after Jakotsu. Inuyasha was in a bad mood over what Jakotsu had said. Kagome seems to know Jakotsu's older brother...And he said that his brother wanted him to give the rose to her...And...For Bankotsu and Kagome, Jakotsu was willing to be nice?...What the fuck is going on??...

Kagome ran fuming into the village. "That Inuyasha. Does he have to know every single little thing about everything that goes on in my life? Geeze Cant I hav-" and she stopped when she saw a thick black cloud roll into the village. " What is it??..." she yelled. Just then, Sango ran to where Kagome was. " Sango, What is this cloud?" she asked. " Its poison Kagome..Dont breath it in.." Sango answered while putting her little black gas mask on.
Somewhere in the forest, Mukotsu was making more poison. " heh..." said Mukotsu as he added more ingrediants in. Then, realizing that he was not alone anymore, he said " Its been a while, Jakotsu.". Jakotsu stepped on his head instead of answering him. " You dick! Were you planning to melt me also?" he yelled while taking his foot off. "Of course not, not when we have just been reunited." said Mukotsu rubbing the top of his head.

"Heh.." said Jakotsu and looked away. " Anyways. How are the rest of the Shichinintai?..." said Mukotsu as he stopped making poison and looked up at Jakotsu. " Alright..Renkotsu's taking care of Ginkotsu right now..and Renkotsu seems to have a lot on him these days.." said Jakotsu picking a plant and putting the stem into his mouth. " Oh really?" said Mukotsu. " And whats wrong with Ginkotsu?"

Jakotsu sighed. " well theres THAT thing of course. You know what happens when they don't replace all the gunpowder and stuff." Mukotsu laughed and said as he began to make his poison again " Yeah and a good greasing too right?"

Just then one of Naraku's bees fluttered down to them. It buzzed to Jakotsu. Mukotsu gives him a funny look. Then out of no where Jakotsu screams out " OH MY GOD! YOU MEAN INUYASHA'S COMING FOR ME BY HIMSELF?!??!! Mukotsu. Ill leave the others to you and DONT touch Inuyasha. He's mine." " Well then.. can I have the women?" asked Mukotsu. " Go ahead. I dont care. " said Jakotsu as he ran off to find Inuyasha. Mukotsu laughes evilly as he finished making his poison. "Perfect." he said.

Kagome and Sango are trying to run from the poisonous cloud, but it felt like their strenght was being sapped from them. " Sango..." whispered Kagome, not being able to spare any strength. " K-kago—me." panted Sango. In the distance, they saw a well. " Water.." said Kagome softly. Sango nodded, but it was such a small movement, Kagome could barely see it.

Halfway there, a huge black cloud blasted out of no where. Kagome collasped onto the ground on her hands and knees. Sango soon followed quickly.

Then a short man appeared out of no where. "Hehe..What have we got here? Two pretty ladies hey?" he said. Kagome tried to cover her face with her hands, but the guy said " You cant run from Mukotsu's poison." Mukotsu! I bet hes another one of the Shichinintai...it looks like they all have names that end with Kotsu...thought Kagome. Her strength was slowly going.

"Hehe...I wont kill you yet ladies. This poison only paralyzes." he said. Kagome's head was spinning and a strong wave of nausea was passing through her. Sango was no better off than Kagome was. " I made this batch myself. Its special. It dosent work on demons, but you are both humans so...' said Mukotsu laughing crazily.

Kagome was now on the ground. She was totally sick now. Sango was still on her hands and knees. Crap...My mask wont...work...I wont last much longer...I dont think..Kagome...she already...and with that, Sango fell to the ground as well.

Just then, Shippo came running up to the two girls. "Kagome! Sango! Are you alright!?!" he yelled shaking them. Shippo...get Inuyasha...Kirara...you three...are demons...wont..get harmed...thought Kagome weakly, hoping that somehow, the message would reach Shippo.

"You!" shouted Shippo and pointed at Mukotsu. " Who are you? You- Youre one of the Shichinintai arent you!!?"

"Why little raccoon, who are you?" asked Mukotsu turning around and looking at him. "And yes. I am the Shichinintai's poison user Mukotsu!"

Shippo gasped and he threw his spinning top at him. It landed on his head and began to spin. Mukotsu threw some needles at Shippo. It landed in his chest and stuck out of him where if he was a girl his boobs would be. He slowly fell to the ground. The top stopped spinning. Mukotsu reached out and picked Shippo up. Then he threw the poor kit up into the air and kicked him.

He landed far away..and he couldnt move...I have to get up...I must get Inuyasha...and Miroku..uh..pain...and he chucked his crying mushrooms as far as he can, then he blacked out.

"Heheee." said Mukotsu laughing like he always does. " Its just me and you two ladies." he goes up to Kagome and says " My my...I even had enough luck to catch a pretty lady!" Aww...he even has the same language as Bankotsu...pretty lady...thought Kagome and when Mukotsu picked her up she thought Gross!...I never knew that short fatty could have enough strength to pick me up...No wait! Did I just call myself heavy!?! Aww shit...Sango..Are you alright?!...

Renkotsu walked up a huge flight of stairs. " Heh..Long stairs...This will be a nice place for us I think.." When he reached the top of the stairs, there was a couple of monks cleaning up and sweeping the temple. One of them approaches Renkotsu. " Do you have buisness here?" he asked.

Renkotsu looks around the temple. " No...This place is perfect. Its just what Ive been looking for." The monk is totally confused to hell. " W-what do you mean perfect?" he asked.

"I claim this temple for the Shichinintai." announced Renkotsu. The monk steps back and away from Renkotsu. "Y-you are one of those zombies??..." he stammered.

"Ya..And your robes will look good on me." said Renkotsu not looking at him. Then he suddenly turns and faces the monk.

He cracks his knuckles...

"Hehe...Jakotsu said I can have the ladies if I wanted them...I will take them back to the Schinintai and they can be ours..." said Mukotsu. He made a sleigh like thing out of the bamboo curtains of a door and a few pieces of wood and dragged the two girls onto the it.

Where...where is he gonna take us?? And what do you mean "they can be ours??" Aw..I think were in big shit this time...thought Kagome. Beside her, Sango was having Similar thoughts. O crap...Where ever this old fat fart is taking us...It wont be good...

Mukotsu pulled the sleigh as he headed for the temple that Renkotsu had recently gained them. On the way there, they saw Jakotsu sitting in a pile of mushrooms.

"Jakotsu? What happened to you?" asked Mukotsu laughing again. "Shut up!" yelled Jakotsu and pushed his way outta the mushrooms. He looked behind Mukotsu and saw the two girls.

"Hey..Arent those two girls the ones with Inuyasha??..." asked Jakotsu. " And...Kagome?" he added studying her face.

"Who cares? You said I could have the girls, so I took them. Im gonna bring them back with us to the temple." said Mukotsu. " What temple?" asked Jakotsu. "Oh.. Dont you already know? Renkotsu no aniki got us a new hideout place. Its a temple to the north." said Mukotsu.

"Oh..Okay then. Let's get going..." said Jakotsu.

It took them half the day to reach the temple. When they reached the temple, Jakotsu ran up the huge flight of stairs and called " Renkotsu no aniki!!"

Mukotsu, left at the bottom of the stairs shouted up to Jakotsu. " Jakotsu no aniki!!! Dont just leave me here to drag the girls up!!!" No answer from anyone. Mukotsu grumbled. He pushed Kagome off the sleigh and then dragged Sango up.

Bankotsu stood there. " Mukotsu?" he said. Mukotsu looked up. " Bankotsu no aniki! Its been a long time!"However, Bankotsu wasn't at all intrested in him. He looked at the girl on the sleigh. Somehow...she seemed familiar... " Whos that girl on the sleigh?" asked Bankotsu. " Oh..I poisoned her..and I brought back her and her companion. They can work for us..or something like that." "K..." said Bankotsu and walked away.

"No wait! Bankotsu no aniki!! Help me!!..." yelled Mukotsu, but Bankotsu was already gone. " Shit!" Mukotsu swore and dragged Sango into one of the rooms nearest the entrance. He threw her down onto the floor and found an outfit that was old and had holes all over it. He threw that too on the floor beside Sango. He stripped off all her clothing and put her under a blanket.

Then he went back outside and dragged Kagome up. He dropped her off in the same room and gave her a similar outfit. She was similarly stripped and put under another blanket. Then he left a note saying to come to the main room as soon as they woke up.

Then he went to the main room himself. The others were all already there. " So...You got their names Mukotsu?" asked Renkotsu. " The two ladies?"

"Um..No..But I think one of them is called...uh..." he said trying to remember what the annoying little kit called her..."Now what did that retarded kit call her?...Sango..ya thats it . Sango."

"Okay." Renkotsu nodded. " Which ones Sango?" he asked. " the one with the low ponytail." said Mukotsu. He nodded.

Hours passed.

Kagome woke up . She felt cold and her head was still floating around. Beside her, Sango woke up as well.

"Where are we?.." asked Kagome in a voice so quiet you could barely hear. Sango shook her head, feeling just as shitty as Kagome was. They looked around. They were in a small room with nothing in it A thin blanket covered both of them and rags laid beside their blankets. A small piece of paper was on the ground.

"What does the paper say?" asked Kagome, not being able to read the 500 year old writing. Sango picked up the piece of paper and said " Come to the main room once you are awake. Be prepared to serve."

"Serve?" asked Kagome. They looked at each other, then at the clothes that were on the ground that looked more like rags. Then it hit them. They were gonna be servants to the Shichinintai.

The gals have to serve the shichinintai now...hm...i dont think theyre gonna be very happy...please R&R!