Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha! I do own Kayla, my other OC's, the plot, and storyline... There. I said it. (sighs)

Chapter 8:

Kayla woke up to the sunlight steaming on her face, through the open window next to the bed. She smiled as she felt the arms around her, cuddling her. She opened her eyes and noticed she was held in Bankotsu's strong arms. Her eyes were drawn to his handsome face, which was currently softened. His sleeping face seemed so serene, and carefree, like that of a child; much different that the angled, and set, stubborn jaw he usually wore during the day time.

She shifted out of his arms carefully sitting up as she stretched. Bankotsu's eyes shot open at the movement of the bed. He shot up bolt right and began scanning for the enemy. Once he spotted Kayla stretching, he relaxed. Half a lifetime of living as a mercenary, wouldn't just disappear overnight, so his instincts kicked in alerting him to another's presence. Realizing he was safe, his pounding heart began to slow to a normal pace, as he slowly relaxed.

Her semi-sheer nightshirt bulged and strained at the single fastened button just above the nipples. Her taut flat tummy was peering from the slit in the shirt, widening as it approached her hips, and wrapping sexily around her full bottom. Her cleavage was just visible enough to stir the imagination, and her nipples hardening from the morning air just accentuated the effect. She raised her arms straight upright to stretch, one arm bending to support the other at the elbow. As she raised her arms, her full chest raised as well.

His azure gaze drank in the lovely sight before him, as he thought of how smooth her skin was. His gaze traveled to her toned stomach and settled on the lacey boy shorts styled underwear, he'd come to associate as her favorite style, before traveling up slowly to land on her face. The way she looked this morning was like a vision of beauty, as he thought of how smooth her skin was.

Kayla stopped yawning and noticed his blue eyes shining at her. "Oh I'm sorry. I didn't mean to wake you." as she slowly lowered her hands and stopped stretching. She ducked her head; her face tinting a slight pink, as mild embarrassment set in. his eyes had watched her, and was reminded of a wild cat stretching.

Bankotsu let out an amused chuckle, before answering, "It's okay, I needed to get up anyways." as he smirked and reached out, grabbing her around the waist, pulling her to his body. Her eyes widened in surprise as he proceeded to lift her into his lap and held her there. He nuzzled his face into her neck and whispered, "Nothing I'd rather do, then to hold you like this, first thing in the morning."

She smiled and her arms went up to circle around his thick, chorded neck. She cradled his head lovingly and rested hers against his, saying, "Me either babe, me either." relishing the feeling of his hot breath fanning her neck.

Bankotsu smiled, loving the feeling of her bare neck exposed to his face. His lips puckered and he placed a few kisses on her neck, causing her to giggle at the ticklish sensations. Bankotsu's face spread into a smug smirk and he nuzzled into her neck, inhaling the scent of her skin.

Kayla laughed, "Cut that out Ban, it tickles." He grinned and lowered her to the bed and began licking her neck, tickling her even more, enjoying the fact that he was able to make her laugh. Hearing her laughter, always made him smile. Knowing she was laughing because of him, made him happy.

She giggled a few more minutes, before lightly pushing on his chest. He sighed and sat back as he asked, "What's up Kay babe?"

Kayla replied, "I'm hungry, that's what." as she moved to the edge of the bed, before standing to her feet and walking into the kitchen.

Bankotsu shook his head slightly amused, and followed after her. He was surprised when she walked out the front door. Going to and searching through the SUV, she thought, "Damn, I forgot the fishing poles." Remembering a tidbit she'd one seen on a survival show, she decided to give it a try. Shrugging, she walked toward the bank by the cold creek.

Kayla walked over to the edge of the creek and slipped into the water without making much of a disturbance. She got into position and tried to catch some fish, but kept missing them. Bankotsu watched her, curious as to what she had planned. Once he realized what she was planning and saw the frustration marring her beautiful face, he decided to be nice and give her some tips.

Bankotsu walked over and glided into the water carefully. He slipped behind Kayla, who stood up straight glaring at the water and fish. She smiled when she felt Bankotsu's body line up perfectly with hers, which sent a molten heat coursing throughout her body and her pulse sky rocketing. Bankotsu nuzzled aside her hair with his face. "You have to relax," he whispered, closer to her neck rather than her ear. She gasped as the vibration of Bankotsu's deep baritone voice sent a rumbling thrill through her.

She forced herself to relax against him, and Bankotsu had to bite back a groan as the sweet curves of her lower back melded smoothly against his groin. He hissed softly against her neck, "Now- I want you to slowly and carefully turn your body so that you're facing the direction the current is flowing." Kayla shifted slightly in compliance to Bankotsu's instructions, and felt the smooth jet stream of the water flowing naturally past her legs, unlike before when it beat against her legs like a torrent.

Bankotsu bit back a groan that was determined to be released, before he said, "Good, now see that fish there?"

She answered softly, "Uh-huh," trying to focus on the fish, rather than the feel of his hard planes, against her soft flesh.

"I want you to cautiously submerge your hands into the water surrounding the fish, following the current of the water," Bankotsu instructed, as he reached around her, grabbing her arms and slowly dipped her fingertips into the water.

She breathed, "Okay." Of course, Bankotsu was feeling her every movement through the scant distance of heat and clothing that separated their bodies. She did as Bankotsu instructed, following the current of the water so she could a make a grab for the fish. Throughout her movement to attain her goal, she was agonizingly reminded of Bankotsu's presence behind her and how close she was to his body.

He explained in a low voice, "The key is to try and reach in for it right before it even passes your legs."

A fish came darting toward them and as soon as the time was right, Bankotsu pushed her arms in and she grabbed it. "Heh, not bad," he said, letting go and standing up straight. Smirking, with his good hand he grabbed the fish from her hand and threw it back into the water. "Now catch one on your own," he said while stepping back a hair.

Kayla got into position like he had shown her. She repeated in her head, "Okay, I can do this!" She bent over like before and waited until a fish came almost to her legs. She closed her eyes and shot her arms in, pulling them back up. She opened her squinted eyes and gasped.

"I caught one," she exclaimed excitedly, with a smile as she held it up triumphantly and grinned.

Bankotsu smiled and said amused, "Good job." trying not to damper her enthusiasm at such a mundane task.

She threw it onto the bank and caught several more good sized fish before deciding it would be enough. Bankotsu stood behind her enjoying the view as her backside was presented to his feasting eyes again and again. After finishing, she wiped her brow with her arm. Bankotsu snagged her waist drawing her over to him. She giggled.

Bankotsu's fingers dug into her hips pressing her against his hardened flesh as he growled huskily, "What do you plan on doing about this?" thrusting his hips against hers.

Kayla smirked saying, "I've some ideas?" as she ran her hands into his sleep tousled hair.

He playfully growled, "Do tell," as he squeezed her hips, winking at her.

She winked at him saying, "Later," and moved toward the bank, only to be yanked back into the water, and pinned between his strong arms.

Smirking at her surprised face, he quickly undid the button of her top and slid his hands over her breasts, cupping them and tweaking the nipples. He informed her seriously, "Oh no, you don't! You can't prance around in the water in nothing but a shirt and panties, and tease me like that thinking you're getting away, scot-free." Before fastening his mouth to her pert nipple and suckling.

She moaned as she grasped his shoulders to keep from losing her balance. He wrapped one of his arms around her back to steady her, as he continued his sensual assault. His teeth raked her nipple lightly, as he tossed her saturated shirt over to the shore, before molding their lower bodies together and continuing his assault.

His tongue traced around her jealous other nipple before lavishing the same attention on it. All the while he kept their lower bodies pushed together as they ground against each other. When he heard her whimpers of need, he smirked and pulled back long enough to shed his soaked hakamas and tossed them to the bank as well. Before she could even realize he'd pulled back, and regain her thinking, he was back again. His toned fingers slid enticingly down her taut belly as he continued to seduce her.

The water lapping at her thighs with a liquid embrace, added to the sensations coursing through her body. She began to nip at his earlobe, while he suckled her neck. His fingers slipped into her lacey panties, teasing her by lightly brushing against her heated mound, before hooking into the material and slipping them down her long legs. Tossing them to the shore as well, he pulled her further into the water. By this time she was a pulsating mass of need and moved her hands, gliding up and down his toned chest.

Smirking as he felt the water engulf them, so that her plentiful globes bounced just above the water, he decided they'd gotten deep enough for the full effect, little did she know, he enjoyed making out in the water even more than normal. Being out in the open, under the sky, and surrounded by water very much reminded him of back home. He roughly pulled her to him and began sliding his fingers down her silken skin, loving the feel of her soft yet toned flesh.

She gasped as her senses reeled from his sexual onslaught. She raked her nails along his back and grabbed his sculpted butt with both hands, slamming his lower body against hers, as she began rubbing against him like a cat in heat. Bankotsu shocked at first, smirked and roughly pinched her butt in response; chuckling as he earned a startled gasp from her.

She quickly began moaning, and panting as his skillful fingers slipped into her folds, pumping in and out of her heated flesh and his thumb rubbed her bundle of nerves vigorously. She gasped again as he removed his fingers and entered her in one quick thrust. Grabbing her hips, he encouraged with a husky growl, "Wrap your legs around my hips." She immediately obeyed and was rewarded with a heated kiss, as his mouth molded to hers.

He began guiding her body in the rhythm he wanted, and she broke the kiss moaning his name, pleading for him to continue. The water lapping around their bodies, only heightened their pleasure as their bodies rocked together. Instead of a fast pace, he'd settled for a slow place, purposefully prolonging their experience in the water. Kayla's head was swooning as unknown pleasure coursed through her veins. She felt every nerve tingling as the water licked along her bare flesh.

Bankotsu loved feeling himself inside of her tight canal. She fit him so perfectly; he was beginning to think she'd in fact been made specifically for him. The water kissing his naked flesh as he buried himself inside her lithe body and her breathy little love noises, made him feel like he was in sheer heaven. An incredibly hot feisty woman in his arms, wrapping her strong legs around his hips and pulling him in deeper, the water all around them and the sun shining down on them- yup he was in heaven.

As he shifted so that his mouth could capture the diamond hard nipple that had been taunting him mercilessly, she cried out his name and dug her nails into the flesh of his shoulder blades. He let out a moan of male satisfaction at the feel of her nails in his flesh. He fused their mouths together with a passionate and dominating kiss, relishing the fact that she'd submitted to him. She reached up and tangled her fist in his silken hair, yanking his hair and forcing him to release her mouth. Throwing her own head back, she cried out his name as her juices flooded his cock. Feeling her inner walls hug his member and begin milking him, he roared out his own earth shattering release.

They laid their foreheads together and panted in harmony, until they had regained their breaths. She ever so slowly unlocked her ankles and began to lower her legs to the bottom of the creek. He smirked as he cupped her luscious backside, squeezing it, and started to carry her over to the shore. He pulled out of her and allowed her to climb off, smirking wider as their combined juices leaked down her upper thigh.

She smiled at him a moment, before moving back into the water and rinsing free of the sticky fluids. He watched her intently, his mind reliving the ecstasy of his recent conquest, as his eyes jealously danced over her scrumptiously naked flesh watching her hands slip along her skin. Rivulets of water careened down her toned flesh and he thought one word- mine! He too moved back into the water to rinse his toned body free of all traces of their combined fluids.

She watched in fascination as his strong hands slipped along his taut abs, and down his toned legs. She was awed by the volatile relationship of raw masculine power, and gentle playfulness which characterized the man right before her very eyes. The movements of his hands slipping over his muscled body, made her want to start melting all over again.

Tearing her eyes away from his dangerously enticing body, that oozed raw sexual intensity, she slipped out of the water. Her hips swayed in a natural seductive way, as her inky black tresses slipped down her back stopping about half way over her curvaceous backside; thus only allowing him a peak at what lay underneath the black silky mane.

His sapphire eyes, watched her curvy body as she exited the water. The thoroughly committed every dip, and curve to his vivid memory. She was sheer perfection in his eyes. She had a killer body, that was for sure; but more than that he loved her feisty spirit that refused to be broken. Sure, most men would love the challenge of taming a woman like her, but not him. He'd rather keep her wild spirit and enjoy the times when their tempers would clash. One thing was for certain- life with the naked goddess in front of him, would never be dull.

That she'd weathered such harsh treatment from what was widely viewed as a loving society, and persevered with a male in her life, attested to how strong her spirit really was. He admired her spunk, and the fact that she never hesitated to let him know exactly what she thought, whether he liked it or not.

Noticing that there was nothing but dirt or soggy clothes to sit on, he chuckled and proudly strutted over to the cabin, smirking as he felt her eyes glued to his firm backside; whenever his hair swayed.

She watched him exit the water, after wringing out his long atrous hair in his hands. She bit her lip as he walked past her and strutted into the cabin. All the while her deep eyes watched his every move thinking he was sheer masculine perfection.

He walked into the cabin and retrieved one of the sheets from the bed. He then decided to give her a real thrill, and threw the sheet over his shoulder, leaving his front side open to her wandering gaze.

As he walked up to her, her pink tongue slipped out to moisten her suddenly dry lips. He inwardly smirked at the effect he had on her. Outwardly, he bent down and began laying out the sheet. Once he'd finished, he snatched her hand and fell onto his back laughing as she fell onto his chest.

Her eyes widened in shock before she grinned at the look in his eyes. He stretched her out on her side while she began to trace his nipple with her fingernail. Her actions elicited a deep exhale of raw pleasure as he grabbed her by the elbows and ground her into his chest, nipple to nipple.

Feeling her nipples respond to the touch of his body, she leaned down and pressed her lips to his. He opened his mouth and her tongue slid inside, caressing his moist cavern. He smirked into their kiss and began a battle of tongues with her, while his battle worn hands slid along the smooth skin of her back, delighting in the shivers he felt running through her body.

She moaned as broke the kiss, to place gentle kisses across the wide expanse of his well toned chest, and to tease his nipples with her velvety tongue. He tossed his head back with a moan as she continued her sensual assault. Slowly she began to trail kisses down to his chiseled abs and teasingly licked his navel. Before she could reach her goal, he flipped her beneath him and began grinding his painful arousal against her soft nest of curls, as he began his own sensual assault on her tender breasts.

Her slender hands fisted in his raven locks of silk and she moaned as she pulled him closer to her bosom. He tortured her relentlessly with his wicked mouth, just as her hands were doing to his body. She ground her hips back into him and cupped his buttocks urging him even closer. He shivered in pleasure as their bodies began to moisten, gliding against each other. When they were both good and ready, he flipped her onto her hands and knees, before swiftly entering her tight folds and began pistoning into her.

She moaned and thrust her hips back to meet his forward thrusts, driving him as deep as possible, while his hands slipped up to kneed her swinging mounds, teasing the nipples into diamond tips. Heavy pants mixing with the wet sounds of bodies dancing in tune to the age old ritual lovers had shared since the dawn of time.

When he felt her nether lips begin swelling telling him her release was near; his hands slipped to grab her hips as he pounded into her with near demonic speed. His hoarse cry joining her hers as they sent each other over the edge into sheer ecstasy. Her womb greedily milking him dry of his hot, copious semen.

Feeling her knees begin to shake, he laid them on their sides and remained buried inside of her not ready to leave the haven of her body yet. They stay there enjoying the afterglow of their lovemaking, until his nostrils caught the faint smell of smoked trout.

Reluctantly, he removed himself from her body and walked over to the fire, carefully removing the fish and handing his naked Goddess one instructing, "Careful babe, it's hot."

She smiled and gratefully accepted her breakfast, savoring the fresh taste as she slowly ate her fill, then walked back into the water and cleaned off, before slipping into the cabin and dressing in some hip hugging jeans, with a v neck tee shirt, and grabbing the shotgun and some ammo.

Once Bankotsu polished off his meal, and cleaned, he pulled on some jeans, and a muscle defining shirt and joined her, curious what the big contraption in her hands was.

She smiled at him and loaded the gun with shot shells, then set up a few big coffee cans for targets. Tucking the butt of the gun to her shoulder, she aimed and pulled the trigger, sending the first can jumping into the air with a big hole in the center of it.

Bankotsu blinked and watched as she aimed for the second can. Stepping back to keep her balance, as the gun barked again sending the second target jumping with a hole in it.

Impressed with the results, Bankotsu asked, "So what will it do to a living animal?" staring at his woman.

Kayla smiled and reloaded the gun with slugs, then took him by the hand. She led him into the forest and said, "Watch and find out love." traveling quietly through the trees until they found a deer. She carefully so as not to make noise, lifted the gun, tucking the butt to her shoulder, and planted her feet, aiming at the animal.

Her finger inched toward the trigger and fired, causing her to step back again in order to stay upright.

Bankotsu watched as the deer fell limp to the forest floor and walked slowly towards the kill. He smirked as he picked up the deer, flinging it over his shoulder and led her back to the cabin.

As she knelt beside the deer he began carving up, she explained, "When hunting, we have to use slugs or else you'll end up having to clean out the pellets, which can spread too far and taint too much of the meat with residue."

He nodded and continued skinning the deer and chopping up the meat. Once the meat was chopped, he hung the skin up to dry in the sun, not wanting to waste a good blanket.

Kayla smiled and went to put some of the meat away. Once she was finished, Bankotsu said, "Lemme try," reaching for the gun. A coy smile crossed her face as she unloaded the remaining slugs and loaded a shell into the gun. Smiling she turned it over to him and instructed, "Be sure to tuck the butt of the gun into your shoulder like this, so you don't end up dislocating or breaking your shoulder.

He tucked the gun and aimed pulling the trigger, ending up having to step back, in order to remain upright. Sending her a cocky smirk, he fired again, this time at one of the trees.

Afterwards, she taught him how to unload the empty shells and load some new ones, stressing to aim only at his targets, then left to pull the weeds out of her garden. Bankotsu continued practicing with the shotgun until lunch time, when Kayla suggested they stop for the day, and instructed him how to properly clean the gun and dispose of the empty shells; while the deer meat cooked along with some vegetables she was making into a stew in the fire place.

After lunch, Bankotsu started chopping wood and building himself a training area, while Kayla put away the shotgun and shells, and finished weeding out her vegetable garden.

After dinner she noticed he was rubbing his shoulder and asked, "You okay?"

Bankotsu smirked answering, "Just fine," not wanting to admit he might have over done it with the shotgun practice.

Kayla shook her head smiling amused and moved behind him to begin rubbing the soreness from his shoulders, before closing down the cabin and going to bed for the night. Bankotsu followed her into their room and crashed on the bed, as soon as he had her in his arms. They both fell into a peaceful slumber.

A/N there's chapter eight, enjoy! :D