Well, all I have to say is that I'm sorry that this wasn't out sooner. I know you don't want to hear a big long apology, so, I'm sorry. Now, review responses.

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Sorry I.M.K.S. lovers, they don't appear in this chapter. In fact, this chapter mainly focuses on Kagome's "family", the Band of Seven. However, when you find out about Kagome's "markings", that's really important. It may seem silly, but you need to know about it later. Well, I'll stop babbling and let read the story.

(P.S. I was up until 1:30 in the morning typing this, so you better enjoy it!)

(P.P.S. I don't really like this chapter that much, so it's ok if you don't. I won't get upset.)

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Recap:"Hey, Kagome?" Sango asked after everyone was silent for a while.

"Wadda ya want, ya little slut?"

"Mind tellin' me how ya plannin' on bustin' me outta here?"

"Well…"

Now:

"Well…" Kagome drawled.

"Well?" Everyone asked in unison, leaning forward as they did to hear better.

"I was thinkin'…Sango, ya work here, right?"

"Sure as hell do! Why?"

"Hold on, I'll tell ya in a minute, ya little whore. Ayame, ya came with your "grandma"?"

"Yeah…"

"Rin, sweet, ya are here with your cousins?"

"Yes."

"Kag," Sango interrupted haughtily. "What are ya plannin'?"

"I was jus' askin' to see who would miss ya guys if you were to suddenly disappear fer a few days, then suddenly come back in a band run by an alley girl."

"An alley girl?" Rin asked.

"One who lives in the alleyways. An alley girl, an alley guy, that kind of shit." Kagome explained carelessly.

"Oh."

"Yep. So, as I was sayin', would anybody's "family" mind if ya "disappear" fer a few days?"

Sango shrugged.

"The bastard really couldn't care less."

"The old lady's ready to bite the dust anyway, I dun think she even 'members my name these days…" Ayame sighed.

Rin was the only one who looked nervous.

"I don't know, you see, my cousins, they…" she stuttered.

Kagome just smiled, revealing rather pointy teeth that made Rin's eyes grow wide.

'Jeez,' she thought, 'I feel bad for anyone who gets in Kagome's way…'

"Dun worry hun," Kagome said, "Ya can come when ya ready. Here's my address."

The alley girl handed Rin a piece of black paper with silver print on it.

"See ya soon!" And with that, she walked out, followed closely by Ayame and Sango.

"Oh," she popped her head back around the doorway, "Dun bring anyone. That address there is top secret."

"Why?" Rin called back.

"You'll see when ya come!"

"Huh," Rin stated thoughtfully as she wound her way through the tables back to her cousins. "What an interesting girl. I mean, she invited random strangers to her house to teach them how to play instruments and start a band. And the way she talks…how long has she been living on the streets?"

"Hey Rin! Over here!" Yelled her cousin as she waved her arms in the air to get Rin's attention.

"Coming!" Rin hollered back over the noise of the "restaurant".

'Do I really want to join this band?' Rin thought. 'It is going to be run by an alley girl after all…'

The next second Rin hit herself on the head and scolded, "Bad Rin, bad! You know it's not nice to judge people by how they look or where they live! For all you know, Kagome is probably a really good person."

But somehow, Rin seriously doubted that…

"Where is she?!" Kagome shouted. "The little bitch shoulda been here by now!"

"Kag, calm down." Sango said soothingly from her spot on the couch. "She's probably jus' late or somethin'.

"Yeah," Ayame agreed. "She jus' got held up or some other shit like that."

Kagome growled deeply in frustration but stopped pacing and flopped down onto the couch nevertheless.

"I dun think so, though," The alley girl muttered angrily, "I knew I shouldn't a trusted the little-"

Kagome was cut off when a rather triumphant Rin walked into the room, smirking at the astonished faces the other girls gave her.

"What?" She asked innocently, "You wouldn't happen to be talking about me, would you?"

Sango and Ayame jumped up to give the new girl a hug, but Kagome just sat on the couch with her nose up in the air haughtily.

"I knew she was gunna come all along. I was jus' fakin' it." However, she smiled and walked over to give Rin a thump on the back that almost made the poor girl's knees give out.

"Good to see ya mate!"

A deep male voice came floating into the room. "Higurashi, what's with all the noise?"

"Nothin' that bastards like ya need to worry about, Bankotsu! Jus' me an' the girls plottin' your death." She replied casually, inspecting her black nails.

"Say what?!" Came the voice again before a teenage boy stormed into the room, his black braid flying behind him.

"Oh, hullo Bankotsu. Where's the rest of 'em?" Kagome asked, a split second before a rather feminine looking teenage boy came in, followed closely by a seemingly half-metal guy, a bald man with a huge gun, a very short, fat male, an enormously tall ogre/man, and a guy with metal claws.

"Heh, speak a the devil! Wadda ya know? There they are! Girls, I'd like ya to meet my family."

"Jakotsu," she said, pointing to the feminine looking boy.

"Ginkotsu," The metal one looked up and raised an eyebrow.

"Renkotsu," The bald guy with the gun smiled mischievously.

"Mukotsu," The short, fat man looked up and stared at the girls curiously.

"Kyoukotsu," The ogre/man cocked his head to the side at his name.

"Suikotsu," The guy with metal claws waved a hand in greeting lazily.

"An', as you all know, Bankotsu." The man with the braid whipped his head around to glare at Kagome, who merely raised her hands in a sheepish way.

"Ok fellas, down to business. What the hell do ya want?" She commanded before she noticed no one was paying attention.

"Woah," Rin, Sango and Ayame whispered in unison.

"What?" Kagome asked, turning around to look at the girls, but they were watching the other occupants of the room incredulously.

"Ya guys are the Band of Seven, one of the mos' notorious gangs in all of Japan." Sango said in awe.

Ayame spun on her heel to stare at Kagome.

"You live with 'em?" She questioned.

"Uh…yeah. I dun see what the big deal is. So what? I told ya I lived in the alleyways, what did ya expect? A mansion?"

"Hey, Kagome?" asked Rin, who had been quiet up until now.

"Uh huh?" Kagome replied.

"Where are your markings?"

The alley girl just about fell over.

"Say what?"

"Well," Rin stated meekly, "They all have markings on their face, and I was just wondering where yours were…"

Kagome started chuckling, and Rin immediately felt rather embarrassed.

"Rin, sweet, I was adopted by the Shichinintai when I was eleven years ole'. Ya didn't really think I was related to them, did ya?"

"Aww, but I thought ya considered us family, Kag. Besides, what 'bout the tattoos ya got that make ya look like us?" Bankotsu accused.

"I haven't shown 'em yet," Kagome said sheepishly.

"Show us what?" Ayame demanded.

Kagome sighed, and then rolled up the sleeves of her long-sleeved black shirt under her red "Fear The Spork" shirt. There, on the alley girl's wrists, were three black jagged stripes, and when she rolled up her baggy black pants, the other girls could see there were identical stripes on both ankles as well.

Kagome then spit on her hand and started rubbing at her face.

"Kagome!" Sango yelled, shocked. "What are ya doin'?!"

"Here, ya little slut." The alley girl stopped her scrubbing and turned to Bankotsu, who tossed her a wet rag. "That'll prob'ly be easier than using spit."

"Thanks ya bastard." Kagome said gratefully as she took the cloth and continued to rub at her face furiously.

"Hey, bitch, what are ya- Fuckin' hell! What the hell is on your face?!" Sango demanded as she stepped aside and let Rin and Ayame look at Kagome.

"Holy shit! Kag, what the hell…"

"What's with all the- Oh my god! Kagome, what on earth did you do to your face?" Rin inquired.

There, running across the alley girl's cheeks, were silver stripes, identical to the ones on her wrists and ankles.

Bankotsu whistled.

"Damn girl, if I didn't know any better, I'd actually call ya hott."

Kagome's face turned red with anger.

"Wadda ya mean, if ya didn't know better?!"

Jakotsu leaned in and whispered in Bankotsu's ear, "If I were ya, I'd start runnin'. Me an' Suikotsu still 'ave the bruises from the las' time Kags pummeled us. An' that was 2 weeks ago."

"BANKOTSU!!!"

Said male gulped, then ran out the door, Kagome hot on his tail shouting, "YA LITTLE BASTARD! GET YOUR ASS BACK HERE!"

When the screaming was no longer echoing through the room, an awkward silence settled in the air and Renkotsu coughed slightly.

"Well…" Mukotsu said, stretching his arms as high as he could. "Not that this ain't fun or anythin', but I'm gunna go do somethin' more entertainin'."

"I second that." Kyoukotsu stated, following the smaller man out of the room.

"Me too." Ginkotsu and Suikotsu added in unison as they followed the other two out of the room.

"Yeah, I'm goin' with them. See ya later!" And Jakotsu was there no more.

Now it was just Ayame, Rin, and Sango.

"Sooo…" Rin said as she rocked back and forth on her heels nervously.

"Sooo…" Ayame echoed as she watched the ceiling fan spin around.

"Sooo…" Sango added as she stared at her feet.

The tension in the air was thick and suffocating and was growing denser as time dragged on longer.

At least until Kagome stalked in, looking disheveled but triumphant, dragging Bankotsu by his black braid behind her.

Ayame flinched at the painful way the alley girl was carrying the gang leader and winced even more when she heard the vulgar insults said gang leader was screaming at said alley girl.

"Is she dragging 'im by his hair again?" Sango jumped when heard Suikotsu's voice right by her ear.

She turned to reply, but closed her mouth when she realized the man wasn't paying any attention to her and was instead watching the scene with a rather amused look.

"Oh, tsk, tsk," Came Jakotsu's voice from behind Rin. "Kags is goin' to ruin Ban's pretty hair if she keeps doin' that. Such a shame…" The feminine teen shook his head sadly.

"Excuse me?" Rin asked incredulously as she spun around to look at the boy. "Did you just call Bankotsu's hair pretty?"

Jakotsu seemed shocked for a moment before he replied, "Why yes, I did dear. Haven't ya ever noticed how it seems to shine in the light? Ya know," he giggled girlishly, "I used to think that Bankotsu wore a wig 'til Kags came along. She abuses Ban's hair so much I'm surprised it hasn't already fallen out yet. I 'member, the first day she was here," he giggled again. "He called her a whore, an' she picked 'im up by his hair an' almost tossed 'im out the window. Lemme tell ya, she was one strong little eleven year old."

Rin gaped. "She was only eleven and she almost threw Bankotsu out of a window?!"

Jakotsu stared at Rin for such a long time that Rin started fidgeting under his gaze. "'Ey, Gin, come over here fer a momen'!" He shouted.

Said male trotted over to where the two were standing and asked, "Wadda ya want now, Jak?"

"Listen to this one, she sounds differen' than the rest of us, watch! Speak girl."

"Ehh…" Rin said awkwardly. "What am I supposed to say? There really isn't anything for me to say, I mean, I'm not a very interesting person and I don't have anything exciting that happened to me, I mean-"

Ginkotsu stuck his hand out and Rin stopped her pointless babbling immediately.

"Ya right Jak; she sounds too smart to be in Kags band. I dunno what Kag sees in ya; ya actually sound like ya know what ya talking 'bout, unlike the rest of us here."

"Yeah, I know, she sounds too smart, dun she?"

Both Jakotsu and Rin jumped at Kagome's voice, but Ginkotsu merely smiled lopsidedly.

"Hey Kags, when'd the fight stop?" He asked.

"Oh, ya know, the usual, when Ban told me that he was an idiot an' that he'll never do anythin' like it again." She snorted. "Yeah right, never do anything like it my ass. So, Jak, Gin, 'bout Rin…"

"Oh, can we?" Jakotsu pleaded.

"Heh, I ain't gunna stop ya."

"Stop them do what?" Rin questioned nervously.

Kagome just smirked, her extremely pointy teeth poking over her bottom lip.

"Oh, dun worry, you'll find out soon…"

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So, that's it. Same for reviews as last time. Good night!

Once again, I am so sorry I didn't update!!! So so so so so so sorry!!!

Oh, this is just kind of an info chapter. Nothing much really happened, I know. I'm saving everything for next chapter. (wink wink nudge nudge)