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Bankotsu awoke the next morning darting up seeing Rin still sleeping on the mat. He blushed looking at her as he stood up and walked outside looking at his surroundings. Sesshomaru had not been there, or he would have known, so he still had time to get more distance from him. Once he was far enough away he could relax and plot how he would get back on Inuyasha, he thought about simply killing that wench he traveled with, she did shoot him with an arrow in the arm when he was about to kill Inuyasha. Better target than anyone. He sighed sitting down as he heard a sound looking behind him to see Rin opening the door and sitting outside next to him.

"Hey BanBan." He said kicking her legs playfully. She didn't mind being with Bankotsu, he hadn't hurt her and he even let her sleep next to him. She smiled up to him seeing was in thought about something, she figured it was best to leave it be, prying into his business could bring out a bad side. "Bankostu?" She said using his full name. "When are we going to leave?"

Bankotsu looked down to Rin and thought. "Give me a few minutes to wake up and we can get moving okay?" He said smiling to her .

"Okay!" She ran inside taking a piece of bread and giggling as she secretly ate it, she knew he wouldn't care, but she was just trying to mess with him.

"Bring me a piece Rin?" He asked without looking back to her. Rin nodded grabbing a piece for him as well walking back outside and handing it to him. "Thank you Rin." He said taking a bite.

"No problem BanBan." She said poking his arm and looking away. He was fun to mess with, cause he just gave her silly looks and never said anything. She was hoping to get a response from him, but he was good at controlling anything he was feeling. She thought about Lord Sesshomaru and what he would do if he found her, she hoped he wouldn't kill Bankotsu since he was a pretty nice guy.

"Rin." Bankotsu called her name looking down. He decided what he was going to do, there was no sense in avenging his comrades, the one truly responsible for their downfall was Naraku, he knew what he had to do. "We are going to go after Naraku, just as Sesshomaru is." He said looking to her.

Rin looked at him in shock wondering where this came from, Lord Sesshomaru had been trying to kill Naraku for a long time now, and she didn't know is Bankotsu could even stand against him. "But Bankotsu, how are you doing to do that?"

"Simple." He said choking on his own words. "Find Inuyasha." He swatted himself in his head for even suggesting it to himself. Bad Bankotsu Bad. "He can help us, but before that we have to go a bit out of our way."

"What do you mean?" She tilted her head looking at him. She didn't know what came over him, but he seemed to have made up his mind.

"In the village where Inuyasha was bound to the tree a Priestess guarded a jewel. According to Naraku her sister Kaede is still alive. I need to talk to her about Naraku." He said seriously. "To beat the man you have to know his history." He stood up offering his hand to Rin. "Lets get going."

Rin nodded grabbing Bankotsu's hand and began to walk with him. "How far away is it?" She didn't like long walks.

"About 36 hours, if we don't sleep." He didn't care how long it was, if Rin needed to sleep he would just carry her. She was cute enough to go out of the way for, carrying Banryu and her would be tough, but she was small and he was strong. Bankotsu looked at his surroundings as they changed from path to mountain and rock. He knew that the mountains separated the two regions, but they presented no obstacle for him. He looked down to Rin as she walked silently next to him. "Rin why haven't you tried to run away?"

Rin looked to Bankotsu confused, not knowing what to say. "Well uh, you haven't given me a reason to." She said honestly. "Your nice."

Bankotsu smiled to her and nodded his head. "So you don't mind being with me instead of Sesshomaru?"

"It is fine, I could get used to you, as long as you don't try and kill anyone." She said looking to his Banryu

"Now why would you have a problem with me killing anyone?" He smirked down to her.

"Because Lord Sesshomaru kills demons, you kill people." She looked up into his eyes sadly hoping he would agree.

Bankotsu looked up toward the road and stored ahead blankly. "I won't do anything bad, in front of you."

Rin frowned but stayed silent, at least she wouldn't see it after all. Rin wished there was a way to control him, to make sure he didn't kill people, but she was just a little girl, there was nothing she could do to stop him. "Bankotsu is there a way to make people do what you want them to?" She asked.

"Oh yea of course, it is called holding a sword to their neck or taking a hostage." He said casually.

"I mean without killing someone." She sighed seeing there was no way through him.

"Not to my knowledge." He didn't really care about controlling people, he preferred them dead. People where useless unless they where strong, all he cared about was seeing Naraku dead, nothing else mattered. "Rin you should get some sleep." He said looking to her. "After all it is going to be a long walk."

Rin nodded to him and let him pick her up in his arms as they walked. She shut her eyes and began thinking of the man Naraku who kidnapped her months earlier before Lord Sesshomaru and Inuyasha forced him to retreat. Rin had no idea why Bankotsu would purposely chase after him. "Bankotsu, I will stay with you under one condition."

"Alright what is it?" Bankotsu asked.

"Promise to protect me from Naraku and other demons." She said hopefully.

Bankotsu smiled and nodded. "Alright Rin, I will protect you, I promise."

"Okay." She said as she closed her eyes slowly drifting off the sleep on his arms.

Bankotsu continued walking the path toward the village in which the Priestess Kaede lived. Naraku was half-demon, but something was different about him, he wasn't like other demons. Now he promised to protect this young girl, she would only get in his way. He was a bloodthirsty killer, but he was a man of his word. What have I gotten myself into. He thought to himself as he looked to Rin. He looked to her and kissed her forehead silently as he continued to walk towards the village.

Rin awoke to Bankotsu carrying her still. They were traveling downhill and she was surrounded by trees. "Bankotsu where are we?" He asked him.

"Near the village you have been asleep for a while." He walked down the forest spotting a tree with vines growing from it. "There's the tree, so the village is right here." He said walking out of the forest as he saw the village up on a hill from where the tree was. He set Rin down and grabbed her hand walking with her. "Well Rin we are here."

Rin looked up to the village in curiosity as it seemed normal, why was it so important then they come here. I might as well trust him, he hasn't given me a reason not to, right? She smiled to Bankotsu holding his hand as they walked into the village. The villagers stared but no one attacked or said anything to them. Rin got closer to Bankotsu for protection.

"Don't worry Rin none of them will hurt us." He reassuringly looked to her eyes and smiled. Bankotsu spotted a hut that he knew had to be Kaede's. He smiled walking towards it.

Kaede looked outside of her hut spotting the Mercenary with the young girl as they walked towards her. I thought ye would come here. And that girl with ye will have great use in making sure you don't harm Inuyasha or Kagome. Kaede smiled to them as put her hand to her kimono, holding a white beaded necklace, with black teeth.