Disclaimer: I do own it. I'm NOT insane…I think.
Story: Due to the jewel shards on their necks, the last four members of the Shichinintai were somehow able to travel to Kagome's time. Unfortunately for her, the well has sealed up. At least they don't have their weapons!
Set after Ginkotsu's death.
Spoilers: After Ginkotsu's death, no.
Warnings: Eh, maybe…this is anime after all…
Pairings: No telling! Secret, secret!
A/n: No bashing in this story! Because, I don't want bashing in this particular story…er, I don't know why. And the reason why I put this in Kagome –Bankotsu is because he's the leader of the Band of Seven and they're the co-leads in this story, along with Kagome. I might not be able to avoid OOCness, considering this is the first time I'm writing an Inuyasha fic, so I apologize in advance. Also, this was so supposed to be light and fluffy, not too much, and a humorous fic but considering I excel in angst, look out for it. I might not be able to avoid that either.

Kagome Higurashi! No Need for Shichinintai
Chapter One: Love, Peace, and Time Travel!

"SIT BOY!"

Kagome glared at the small crater where Inuyasha was in. How inconsiderate of him! A little voice in the back of her head began to recite the whole thing in a mocking tone.

"Here, Kagome. These clothes might fit you. You're Kikyo's size, right?"

"But Inuyasha, these look like Kikyo's miko garb…"

"I know, isn't that great? You'll look like Kikyo."

"But why?"

"Well, I thought you looked really nice last time when you look like Kikyo. You looked really elegant."

Over and over, it repeated in her head until it dwindled to only 'like Kikyo, like Kikyo'.

After she had sat him, she hurried away. She wanted to go home and away from Inuyasha. Well, it wasn't like it was his fault he was in love with Kikyo. Kikyo was his first love after all. Maybe his one and only…

It just hurt to think that after all this time he couldn't even consider her feelings when it came to Kikyo and herself. She didn't hate Kikyo but she resented that the dead miko still held a part of Inuyasha's heart. So what, if Kagome did too? It's just a question of how much. For both Kikyo and Kagome.

Because no matter what seems to be happening, Inuyasha still cared for Kikyo and he also cared for Kagome. It was all a complicated matter and she really didn't want to think about it right now.

Frustrated, she tossed her bag into the well and then followed suit. She didn't notice anything during her vented walk there, including four familiar mercenaries trailing after her.

Still irritated about the whole ordeal, Kagome headed straight for the bath. She took her time, brooding to herself about inconsiderate hanyous, before deciding it was time to get out. At the same time, her mother came in.

"Kagome, you have friends over."

Friends over at this time of night?

"Sure thing, Mom. I'll be down in a sec."

Her mother smiled at her before hurrying downstairs to tell the visitors whom Kagome had yet to figure out whom.

Dressing herself in pajamas, sure that it was okay since her mother said they were friends, Kagome hurried down as well to meet them…

…and froze at the first sight of them.

"Mom, Souta, Grandpa where are you going! Don't leave me here with them!"

Not only did she spot the Shichinintai but her family looked like they were leaving. She didn't know where they were going, she didn't know how the Band of Seven got here, she didn't know where Inuyasha was- after all, he was supposed to protect her, and most of all, she didn't know what she should do.

"Kagome, dear, we were gong to go visit your aunt in the US. That's why I was so glad your friends from the Sengoku Jidai came and now you won't have to be alone here."

Panicking, Kagome avoided looking at the stoic looking assassins and continued her desperate pleas to her Mom.

"But why couldn't I come with you!"

Her mother laughed and winked at her.

"Because I know you're gong to be busy going back and forth through the well to continue shard hunting. Besides, honey, you're surrounded by gorgeous guys! We'll see you in a month!"

They left, leaving a shocked and panic-ridden daughter behind.

"Where are we, wench?" Jakotsu sneered at her.

She turned her head slowly from the door to face the feminine man and the others.

"This isn't happening. I'm imagining this all up. I'm in a nightmare, that's it."

Kagome walked away from them in the same pace she moved her head. Renkotsu grabbed her arm and twisted it behind her back.

Bankotsu walked to be in front of her. Crossing his arms, he scowled.

"This is no dream, miko. And you better tell us what the hell is going on."

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It took awhile to explain it all but once it was all explained she was glad. Renkotsu had let go of her arm but now they were all watching her intently. She sweatdropped at all the tension in the air.

"So, Inuyasha's wench, you're from the future? Here?" Jakotsu again. Of course. None of the others called her anything but miko or woman. Or girl for that matter.

"Er, yeah. And I'd appreciate it if you would call me by my name. Kagome. Kagome Higurashi."

"Whatever. Well, Kagome Higurashi, be a good woman and feed us something."

Oh, she hated that man. Out of all of them, she hated Jakotsu the most. At least, it seemed like they didn't have their weapons with them. And that brought up the fact that these four men were all alone in this foreign world, defenseless and absolutely clueless about everything in the modern world. Well, they'll be able to go back first thing in the morning or even now if they wanted. And they could still kill her easily without their trademark weapons.

Scowling at them, she turned on her heel and headed towards the kitchen.

She wanted to put poison in their food but if they survived it, she would be in a lot of trouble. She had no idea what they were capable of and she didn't want to find out from personal experience. And so, she cooked them all miso soup, grumbling to herself and wondering where the hell was Inuyasha.

"Here!"

She almost slammed the hot bowl of soup on the table.

"It probably tastes horrible," Jakotsu laughed, grating on Kagome's nerves.

"Well, don't eat it then! Starve for all I care! I'm going to my room."

With that, Kagome stomped to her room, locking it. It was probably futile but it made her feel secure somehow. She fell asleep a little after her head fell on the pillow.

Sometime later, she awoke but kept her eyes closed. She felt several presences in her room that couldn't just belong to her. Slowly, she opened her eyes and found herself looking into several pairs of faces, surrounding the side of her bed. She gulped and looked at her door. The doorknob was broken off.

"The well isn't working, girl." She didn't like the threatening tone layered underneath but she was more afraid of the panic and scared look in Bankotsu's eyes.

She shot up at that, though, and ran for the well. She didn't care if they followed her or not. The well had to be working. She couldn't possibly survive staying with these men for an indefinite amount of time and Inuyasha would probably be in an uproar that she hadn't come back and the well had been sealed so he couldn't retrieve her.

What! The well can't be sealed! What was she talking about? They were probably just luring her into a trap and she was falling for it.

She flipped herself into the well and then started to panic. No blue light. She hadn't traveled to the Feudal Era.

She blindly began to feel around, panicking at why the well wasn't working. She practically leaped over the ladder and then, she began a brisk walk back to the house. There, she grabbed a flashlight and hurried to the well once more. All this in quick almost automation.

With flashlight in hand, she began to search everywhere, flashing light here and there. Her panic gave no room for any calm to seep in and she practically became a wild animal. Kagome grabbed her little jar of jewel shards from underneath her shirt and threw it at the floor of the well. It struck against a barrier and Kagome dropped to her knees to try to hammer against the barrier with her own hands. Except her hands went through the barrier and hit the floor.

She stopped and then took a deep breath. She stayed frozen for awhile, finally noticing other things beside her panic. The four males were still with her, though they were silent.

Standing up suddenly, she walked regularly from the well to the house and began to gather sheets and pillows. In the big room downstairs, reserved only for guests to stay in, Kagome set four mattresses on the floor and put the sheets and pillows on them. She was setting up the room for guests, for though murderous and cruel mercenaries, they were guests staying in her home…

Still aware that they were following her every move, Kagome went to the bathroom and started to fill the sink up. No one had talked and she was glad. Once the sink was full, she plunged her head in and screamed. Taking her head out and staring at the bewildered assassins, she plunged her head in a second time and screamed louder than last time.

Once she was finished, she acted like nothing happened and began to fix up snacks. They may be guests, but they were rude and selfish. She made them PB & J sandwiches.

She shoved them at the men and pointed to where she had set up makeshift beds.

"That is where you will sleep. Good night." Kagome said blandly.

She went back to the kitchen, made herself some tea and then stared straight in front of her, mug in hand. When a small noise caught her attention, a quick glance at the clock told her it had been five hours since she first went to sleep. A total of four hours of sleep and one unholy panic-ridden roundabout.

Remembering the small noise, she caught sight of Renkotsu hovering in the doorway. She stared at him, still not blinking, until he said something.

"Miss Higurashi –"

"Oh, so it's Miss Higurashi now?"

"We're here alone with no one to help except you. Survival says 'Don't bite the hand that feeds you.' If the others won't do the same, I'd be surprised. But you'd know for sure that I wouldn't try anything, because even if we don't have our weapons we are still capable of killing you through other ways and yet we would be stuck in a world we don't even understand. So, I implore you, that though our lives are in your hands, don't take advantage of it."

"I'm not that kind of person," Kagome scowled at him. He looked at her for a second before joining her at the table.

"You'd explain what kind of world we're in, how you are able to travel between worlds, but you haven't explained why you travel between the two eras in the first place. Why do you help them out? You don't have to, you have no obligation to."

Kagome smiled. "As if. It's my fault the jewel was broken in the first place." And she went on to explain how she first came to Sengoku Jidai, how the jewel broke and little things like how in the beginning Inuyasha had called her wench.

"Is that why it doesn't really bother you as much when Jakotsu calls you Inuyasha's wench?"

"I guess. That and because it's a little bit true…" Kagome broke off and didn't bother to explain.

A moment of silence and then Renkotsu wanted to know something else.

"You know I have another jewel shard. The one that was once Ginkotsu's. Why have you not told Bankotsu about it?"

"Because it's not my place to tell when it is yours to keep. Ginkotsu died to protect you and he gave the shard to you. Therefore, it is yours by right and Bankotsu would just order you to give it to him."

Renkotsu stared at her, not knowing what to say.

"Would you like some tea, Renkotsu?"

"Yes, please."

They drank tea together until Renkotsu left to get some sleep. Kagome stayed, staring into her empty mug, wondering if she was still going to be alive by the end of the month.

She had fallen asleep on the table soon after.

The next morning, Kagome felt rather uncomfortable and stiff. She felt someone poking her and she opened her eyes, blinking out the sleep. Her eyes becoming less bleary, she saw Jakotsu still poking her.

She growled and the feminine man leaped away. She saw Bankotsu leaning against the wall, Jakotsu standing right in front of her, Suikotsu sitting in the chair next to her and Renkotsu near the stove looking exasperated.

"Miss Higurashi, would you please cook us something to eat?"

"Since when did we call her Miss Higurashi!" Jakotsu yelled, staring at him like the others were doing.

"Of course, Renkotsu. Whatever you like," Kagome answered normally, as if Renkotsu had been a long time friend.

Unlike the other two times she had made them food; she actually made a full breakfast. There were scrambled eggs, bacon, hash browns and toast. She put aside strawberry jam for the toast and put equal amounts of everything on five plates.

Placing them on the table, she started on her own plate, splattering enormous amounts of strawberry jam on her toast. Suikotsu ended up eating right after she did, being the first of the Shichinintai at the table in the first place. Renkotsu came quickly right after Suikotsu; sitting on Kagome's other side. Bankotsu shrugged and sat across from Kagome and Jakotsu grudgingly went after Bankotsu, sitting next to the leader and across from Renkotsu.

They ate in silence until Suikotsu broke it by saying, "This is quite good, Miss Higurashi. Thank you for your hospitality."

It was a long silence after that and nobody moved.

"Uh, you're…welcome."

Everyone started to eat again, but the mood had become tense.

"I agree with Suikotsu, Miss Higurashi." Of course, she knew Renkotsu would say that. It wasn't as much as a shock as when Suikotsu had said anything.

"Yes, when we finally go back and make Fort Shichinintai a reality, you should become our head cook."

The shock level became high again when Bankotsu said that. A weird compliment, but still a compliment. She really doubted Jakotsu would say anything. She was right.

Jakotsu just let out a grunt.

Kagome started to eat a little faster, eager to get away.

Started 9/1/05 –Completed 9/7/05