Kyoko cried softly holding Taisho's knife in her hands. The crackling campfire was a silent reminder of the day's events.

The man who had found her had simply mentioned that Mr. Taisho was dead, with no emotion at all. He took her on his horse after telling her that. She had been grieving and did not want to talk to him. The stallion had luckily escaped with minimum injuries and had responded to his whistle. They rode till dusk and stopped in the middle of nowhere.

The said man had barely spoken a word and left her to fend for herself as he went after telling her to stay. Thinking back, she didn't even know his name. She leaned back on the rock where she was sitting. The new position gave a new pain instead of helping her relax. Her stomach groaned in protest as she sat up again.

He returned with a dead rabbit, wordlessly skinned it and skewered it to barbeque it over the camp fire. The food was as terrible as she was feeling inside.

She never said a word; neither did he.

AN: Yea, I know it's a terrible chapter. Didn't feel like posting it for a long time :/

I think character-wise, both are purposely a bit out of character. But hey, the way they meet on the show is different from this and even there they don't like each other.