Bankotsu's Harem

Bankotsu’s Harem
An Inu Yasha FanFic
By Tsukashi


This fic is in response to Kawool’s challenge, because I agree that Bankotsu is just too damn fine!

DISCLAIMER: I do not own Inu Yasha A Fuedal Fairytale, nor any of its characters. I am not receiveing monetary or any other kind of compensation for writing this fic, it is purely written for enjoyment purposes. This will be the only disclaimer posted to this fic.

WARNING: This fic contains many spoilers. If you have not seen episodes 102 and beyond, you may not want to read this fic.

However, if you have not seen these episodes, and choose to read this fic, I have been very descriptive in the characters, so you hopefully will not get lost. (Don’t worry if you do, I have the cast of characters written on this page, with a brief description, cuz I got lost while writing it, I had to re-write almost an entire chapter, due to the fact that I had written the wrong name with the wrong personality. DOH!

Cast of Characters:
Shichinintai:
Suikotsu – (dual personalities/berserker)
Jakotsu – gay/snake sword
Ginkotsu – Mechanical guy
Kyoukotsu-Giant who eats oni
Mukotsu – the poison user
Renkotsu-bald fire user
Bankotsu –leader

Women:
Kikyou
Kagome
Ayame
Sango
kobikobi (Original Character)
Panjiiro (Original Character)

Others:
Inu Yasha
Miroku


1. The Mission:

The Shichinintai gathered murmuring and joking amongst each other. They were waiting; waiting for Bankotsu, their esteemed leader. He had called them together. Suikotsu, with his green facial markings, wild hair and eyes, and berserker claws lounged, listening and bantering with his comrades. Jakotsu sauntered around with his feminine grace, laughing and talking in his girlish voice, his serpent sword strapped to his side. Ginkotsu belched smoke from his smoke stacks, his well oiled gears turning as he moved to and fro, very little of him was human anymore. Kyoukotsu towered above the rest, his eyes bloodshot, and voice booming. Mukotsu the shortest of the Shichinintai carried his bamboo satchel of poisons on his back, as was his wont. Renkotsu appeared laid back, light gleaming from his bald head, but as usual, the wheels in his mind were turning. Why had they been called together? Did Bankotsu have a mission worthy of the Shichinintai?

“Oii, Bankotsu!” Jakotsu called. A hush fell over the group, as all turned their attention to the handsome man who had just graced them with his presence. He stood tall and proud in his white uniform with blue embroidery; a solitary black braid fell down his back to his knees. Blue eyes scanned the faces of his comrades in arms. A small smile graced his face, showing a dimple.

“Ho, little brothers! How goes it?” Bankotsu called in greeting.

A chorus of fine, ok, and not bad greeted him in response.

“How did the upgrades to Ginkotsu go?”

“His cannon was replaced with new newer model that the Chinese were using, giving him better accuracy. His firing mechanism was given an enhanced spring-loaded device, giving him a better range with his projectile blades, and a few small alterations to his main engine, allowing him to move quicker.”

“Good, good. Mukotsu, have you had a chance to make that poison you and I discussed?”

“Hai, big brother! I have not yet had a chance to test it on a human, but it worked quite well on the bird and the rabbit that I used it on. Near immediate paralysis, with a gradual shut-down of all bodily functions, until finally the heart and lungs stop. It’s a wonderful addition to my collection!” Mukotsu said enthusiastically.

“Kyoukotsu, how did your patrolling go?”

“Good. I flushed out 3 tasty youkai.” Kyoukotsu said, patting his stomach.

“Renkotsu, did you get all of our welcome snares set?”

“Hai, older brother, no one will enter our newly acquired home without us knowing.”

Jakotsu spoke up, “We were able to repair the damage Ginkotsu did to the south wall. We lost a few of the buildings to fire, but all of the main buildings are salvageable.”

Bankotsu smiled, he was pleased. And even better, everyone appeared in good spirits, between their newly acquired base, the defeat of the great lord who was trying to raise an army against them, and being able to accomplish everything needed in a short time, well they should be. As an added bonus, it would make them less likely to question the odd mission he was about to give them.

“I have been thinking…”

He had everyone’s rapt attention, as all turned to him, he continued.

“I have decided that since we have a permanent home now,” the men laughed and cheered at this. He continued after the jeers died down “We should make it a little homey.”

Murmurs of assent went though the small group and someone said they should name their town Fort Shichinintai. More murmurs of assent went through the group. “Hmm, Fort Shichinintai? I like it, anyone apposed?” No one spoke up. “Ok, Fort Shichinintai it is!” for a moment, the group of ruthless killers looked like a group of children, whooping and hollering.

After the commotion died down, Bankotsu spoke again, “As I was saying, we should make Fort Shichinintai more homey. We should take some women. Women to cook, clean, make our clothes, and possibly bear our sons. What say you?”

His comrades laughed and agreed that this was indeed a good idea, except Jakotsu, whom they all ribbed and teased. “Well, we could just have Jakotsu do the laundry!” Suikotsu laughed. Jakotsu just stuck his tongue out at Suikotsu.

“As leader, I get first pick.” None dared raise an objection to this. “Here is the mission. Each of you is to go and find one woman. She must be beautiful, she should be smart, and she should have some quality that makes her worthy of this Bankotsu. Something that makes her stand out in a crowd. Does everyone understand the mission?”

A chorus of yeses answered him.

“Do any of you have questions?”

Silence greeted him. “Dismissed.”

Respectfully, the Shichinintai saluted their leader with a fist to the shoulder. They chatted and speculated amongst themselves as they walked away. Discussing who would go which way and if any had a particular woman in mind already.

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Author’s Notes:

This chapter was written not only to establish the story line, but also so those of you unfamiliar with the Shichinintai, could get to know them. Chapters 2 and 3 will be much the same in that they are to establish story line, and character personality.

This is an AU, so you will notice many differences, such as that the Shichinintai are actually alive for this fic. The village they have taken is actually the village from which the assault on them was being planned. Having killed the head of the army, the rest fell easily.

For the Kikyou haters, sorry, I don’t hate her. I don’t particularly like her, but I understand her, and am trying to portray her character as I see her. As for the Bankotsu/Jakotsu fans, there will be no yaoi in this fic. I do NOT like that pairing, and will not be writing it, sorry.

I am hoping to update this fic at least once a week, depending on my muse, if she keeps up like yesterday, I’ll have this fic written in a week, wrote for a solid 4 hours yesterday, now it is just a matter of filling in all the gaps, I don’t necessarily write my stories in sequence, I write the parts I feel inspired to write, and then fill it in from there. This will most likely be a lhy fhy fic, and don’t worry about the chapter length, because other chapters will more than make up for the short ones, if it is short, it is because I have conveyed all I wanted to in that particular chapter.

I am trying to make sure I am not forgetting anything, because I have tried to post this twice to AFF.net, only to be booted as I was posting, so now I am re-writing my notes a third time, this time in Word! I think I have said all I wanted to say, except:

A special thanks to Kawool. Without you, I would not have been inspired to write this fic, and without your words of encouragement, I would not have been as quick to post this up, so a big hug and kiss to you!

Please review my story! I don’t care if you already reviewed it on a previous chapter, review again! I love to hear your thoughts, ideas, questions, and the best is praise! On a bad day, when work is crappy, and the kids are driving you nuts, it is wonderful to know that someone was thoughtful enough to say, hey! I liked what you wrote. So, I urge you to review, please.

Ok, I will try one more time tonight to post this, so if you are reading, I was successful! (Yes I can be a real dork at times! LOL) Happy thanksgiving everyone.