-sob, sniff- H-hi every b-body, its time for t-the n-next chapter o-of Of Swords and Hourglasses.

Bankotsu; what's up with you?

Me; i-its ch-chapter s-six!

Jakotsu; so?

Me; THAT MEANS IT'S THE LAST OFFICIAL CHAPTER!! –sob-

The whole OSH group(including Shift-shift); WHAAAAAT?! –shift-shift-

Ch-chapter 6 –sniff- (warning some goriness)

Normal p.o.v.

4 months after the night in the meadow-

Mitsuki sat at the edge of a river, with a waterfall about ten yards away. Then she heard kids on top of the cliff where the waterfall was.

"You cant catch me!" one laughed.

"Wait! Jinta, watch out for the--!" but the warning came too late. Then boy's laughter became frantic screaming as he fell to the rocks at the base of the waterfall. And before Mitsuki had time to react, the boy hit head first on the rocks. And the screaming stopped.

The other boy began crying and screaming, as he climbed down the rocks.

Mitsuki quickly ran over to the rocks and grabbed the boy's mangled bloody body and laid it on the shore.

The other little boy came up behind her and screamed, as he laid his eyes on his friends corps, mangled, crushed, and bloody; his head imploded from the impact he got when he hit the rock.

Mitsuki felt queasy, as she took her first look at the boy's body, and her first whiffs of the blood. Then she felt a frantic tugging on her shirt. She looked over to see the other boy, his eyes like the waterfall behind them.

"MAKE HIM COME BACK!!" he screamed in hysteria. "MAKE MY BROTHER COME BACK!!"

"Sh-shhh, its ok, I think I can help your brother…" Mitsuki said kindly holding back the urge to vomit and curl up in a ball.

"R-really?"

"Yes now step back…" she dipped the corps in the water cleaning some of the blood, then she laid her hands over his head wound, which was the worst, and her hands began to glow.

She concentrated hard. It had been a very long time since she had restored flesh, and she wasn't excellent at it. But slowly and surely his body recovered. But even after he looked normal, his chest still lay still.

"W-why isn't he waking up?!" the boy next to her asked, the hysteria still fresh in his voice.

"Calm down. His body is restored, but now I must call his soul…" she said cupping her hands in front of her mouth, blowing into them. She had found that doing this made it easier to call the souls of children.

When she took her hands away from her mouth a small light was resting in them. She took the light and placed it in the boys body. And soon his chest began to rise and fall, and then his eyes opened.

"H…Hakaku…?" he said.

"I'm right here," he said joy lighting up his tear stained face.

The boys thanked Mitsuki, and ran off back home, after getting a lecture about playing around cliffs, by Mitsuki.

Then Mitsuki collapsed onto the ground. She sighed. She hadn't used that much power in a loooooooong time. And so she lay on the ground for a long while, just resting, her arms rapped around her torso.

--

The Band of Seven sat talking and laughing about their last battle.

"it seems like the warriors just get weaker and weaker every time, huh Bankotsu," Jakotsu said.

"Yeah its so boring!" complained Suikotsu.

"Well hopefully the next battle will be better, but as long as we get money and I get to kill some people, its fine with me," Bankotsu said.

Something snapped in the bushes, and the sound of foot steps and clanking armor could be heard in the distance.

Bankotsu stood up and propped Banryu on his shoulder. "Hmm… well boys, looks like we get another round."

--

After Mitsuki had regained her strength, she went off to meet Bankotsu and the others were they had said too.

Then she caught the sent of blood.

"Oh god no…" she said under her breath. Then she took off running.

She ran through the trees, not caring about the scratches she was getting. No, nothing mattered now. Except getting to Bankotsu. And as she ran, the sent of his blood grew stronger.

When she broke through the trees, the sight she saw stopped her dead in her tracks.

All of the members of the Band of Seven were on their knees, arrows sticking out of them. And the samurai that had swords readied to kill them.

"BANKOTSU!!" she screamed trying to run towards him, but being stopped by the warriors.

He looked up and let out a small gasp. "Mitsuki..!" He turned to look at the head samurai who had his katana ready to chop Bankotsu's head off. "Please… if you're going to chop my head off fine, just don't let the girl see."

"Fine, women should never have to see blood shed anyways. Men take the girl away." The man in the strange mask said.

"No Bankotsu!" she shrieked, struggling to break free from the samurai's grip. "PLEASE!! ARE YOU JUST GOING TO GIVE UP LIKE THIS?!" she screamed hysterically, falling to her knees. "I'm not the only one who needs you!! You can't let this baby grow up without it's father!!"

Everyone stopped.

The Band of Seven (except for Bankotsu) all stared horrified. If Mitsuki was pregnant, that meant that her and Bankotsu had… EWWW!

Bankotsu's eyes widened with shock. He turned back to his soon to be killer. "l-let me go see her! Please, just let me feel it!"

The samurai pondered for a moment. "Well, even if you are a merciless killer, you still have a shred of humanity in you… fine, just for a moment."

Bankotsu crawled, his hands still bound, over to Mitsuki. "Are you serious?"

She nodded, tears falling down her cheeks. "I couldn't figure out how to tell you… I guess now wasn't the best time huh?" they both laughed a little.

Bankotsu stroked Mitsuki's belly gently.

"Ok that's enough," the samurai said impatiently.

Bankotsu cupped Mitsuki's chin in his bound hands, and kissed Mitsuki gently, but passionately. But then the sound of swords slicing through flesh made them part, as the other members of the mercenary group were beheaded.

"I love you… Mitsuki…" Bankotsu whispered to her as then were drug away from each other.

"No… Bankotsu… please…! NOO!!" she screamed reaching out for him as they took her away. But then he smiled gently at her, and she stopped. He was ready to die.

Her tears blurred her vision as her body fell limp in the samurai's arms. And the over powering sent of Bankotsu's blood filled the air.

"BANKOTSUUUUUUU!!"

End chapter….