'Cold… and dark… I must be dead again…' A voice echoes to himself. 'Damn. This sucks. If only I was alive for a little bit longer, maybe, just maybe, that hanyou could've been something like a friend…' He muses to himself, remember a fiery pair of gold eyes and the excitement he felt when fighting the owner of those eyes.

'Is this what they call the world between Nirvana and Hell? I don't remember this from the last time I died…' He adds. While he doesn't remember the afterlife he was in from the first time he died, this is, he finds, really boring. Floating in darkness can be very dull.

"I can get you out of here."

Opening eyes he didn't know was closed, he sees a young girl engulfed in a pale, white light and garbed in a pale kimono. 'Shinigami?'

"Nope. Wrong." She giggles playfully. "I'm just a Wanderer. Drifting between worlds and whatnot. And I have a proposition for you!" Taking his silence as a motion to continue, she does. "You see, a world a ways away has gotten quite dumb over the years and needs a little clean up. That's where you come in!"

'You want me to pick up some other people's mess? Not interested!'

"You're no fun~. And here I was, going to put your mercenary skills to use for an offer you can't refuse."

'…What offer?' He's interested now. What can this little Wanderer give him to make him want to help?

"Revenge against Naraku? Coming back to life with needing a jewel shard? Both? Take your pick." She lists of, looking at her nails with feign disinterest.

'Alright. I'll bite. What's the situation?'

"I knew you'd come around!" She smiles brightly. "Long story short, there's a world of witches and wizards, and they have a villain named Tom Riddle, or Voldemort. He's like an off-brand Naraku, but those wand wavers are having a bit of a rough time with him. However, he's gotten dangerous enough to interfere, since he got Naraku on his side now. I bring you back to life, you off them both, and you're free to wander the Earth to your heart's content. If you also behave."

Brought back to life, revenge, and a chance to kill off more people? Sounds like a good deal. 'What's the catch?'

"The catch is, you can't do it alone, no matter how strong you are. So, I'm making an ultra-team that you HAVE to cooperate with. And, on the off chance you go beyond my expectations, I'll even toss you a bone and bring one of your friends back. Deal?"

'And if we fail?'

"You stay dead and both worlds burn."

'Okay, deal.' A bright light engulfs the area, and he feels solid for the first time. And it feels good to have a heartbeat again. "By the way, whose gonna be on this 'team' with me?"

"Oh, you know." She say in faux innocence. "Just InuYasha, Kagome, Kouga, and Sesshomaru!"

…

…

"WHAT?" He screams at the Wanderer. He did try to kill most of them and he doubts they'll be interested in working with him.

"No take-backsies!" She sticks her tongue out at him with a playful wink and he feels his body falling through the white space. "Have fun, Bankotsu!"

OKAY! New story! Sorry I've neglected my other stories, but...

Anyway! As for pairings, if I feel I can fit it in! Who should Kagome end up with? Bankotsu, InuYasha, Kouga, or Sesshomaru? And also add why. Those are the ONLY options I'm looking at right now! I have a preference right now, but I will look at other options for good arguments and see which one might be better. You can vote in my PM box, or in the comments section.

Please review! Votes, or just commentary are welcomed!