There he stood while the wind blew his bangs softly also making his long braided hair fall over his left shoulder. He stood and stared at the beautiful blossoms that fell from it's tree. He out stretched his hand as one fell upon is index finger. He then remembered how his best friend, Jakotsu, loved the blossoms.

A bitter smile came upon his smooth lips as memories flooded his mind before jakotsu died. He was now the only one of the shichinintai standing. For the first time in his life, he felt so alone.

"I will kill that half breed and when im done with him ill dispatch myself of naraku and live life by my own will…kill on my own will.." thought bankotsu.

He crushed the small blossom in the palm of his hands and threw it aside with and evil look in his eyes but wait…he could hear someone. He turned around trying to follow the voice.

It sounded as if someone was fighting but who? He walked further and not to far ahead he saw that girl. Inuyasha's wench. He furrowed his eye brows together and a frown graced his lips. He stepped behind a near by tree and hide himself from being seen.

It seemed like to him that she was trying to train herself of some sort for thats what it looked to be. Some how he found him self interested in what the young miko was doing and even though she seemed very unskilled at fighting she looked quite graceful to him.

"ill have to admit..this girl is pretty lovely.." he smirked. "humph lovely enough to take to bed"

Kagome had been focusing her miko powers, which of coarse the elderly priestess kaede taught her some time ago. She closed her eyes and focused hard on her powers. Suddenly she had controlled it. A smile came onto her smooth face.

"no matter how hard you try girl, you'll always be a weakling" came a sudden voice.

Kagome lost control and shot her power at a tree in the distance. Slowly kagome turned around to come face to face with someone she'd least want to cross at the moment.

"b-b-b- bankotsu!" stuttered kagome.

"hah I must say you looked very foolish just now" his smirked grew wider.

Now this angered kagome. She looked him straight into his eyes walking closer to him with her hand out in a fist.

"I am not foolish!" yelled the young girl.

"I said you looked foolish wench,not that you are foolish, you make yourself guilty" he said laughing evilly.

Kagome furrowed her eyebrows at him and got an idea.

"Since I look so foolish to you why don't you teach me not to be so!" she smiled cruelly.

"hah! don't think that I will fall for you stupid trap. I have no time for a weakling such as you!. He frowned.

He turned to walk away only to hear kagome's voice stop him.

"pathetic mercenary leader!" yelled kagome at his back. Man but this had ticked bankotsu off. With one quick move he ran forth to kagome holding her up by her slender neck.

Kagome held his wrist to try and break free to no avail. Banksotu looked at her with his eye brows together and showing his teeth disgustingly at her.

"don't you ever mistaken me for yourself you useless wench!" Yelled bankotsu in kagome's face.

Bankotsu dropped kagome on the ground and began walking away yet again. He made his way to the forest as kagome sucked in air into her burning lungs desperately. Holding her neck looking at bankotsu's retreating form. Tears slowly filled her caramel eyes.

"I just wish I was strong enough for my friends.." whispered kagome.

Some how bankotsu heard this. He stopped. He groaned and turned back to her. Kagome was startled when someone held the back of her uniform pulling her to stand up. She looked at him as he looked at her again with disgust and pity.

"follow me wench".

He let her go and began walking away. Kagome stood there shocked for a second then ran to catch up with the mercenary.
he looked at her from the corner of his eye as she looked straight ahead. it was silent until kagome finally spoke.

"where are we going?" she asked with much curiousness in her voice.

not looking at her he spoke. "you wanted to become strong so badly right? well you'll have what you want."

she looked at him shocked and smiled . he turned to look at her with a grin.

"don't flatter yourself miko. I only think that you will be a better opponent than that mutt of yours"

her face went from a smile to an anger looking face. yes even though inuyasha hurt her so many times by going after kikyou she still didn't like the fact that someone would call him a mutt. he was her bestfriend and she loved him dearly. trying not to make matters go bad she didn't respond to his rude words.

"thats what i thought wench" smirked bankotsu to himself.

A/N: this is my second chapter and id like to thank

yuti-chan and kittyb78 for the reviews and ill try to work faster on the other chapters