When the others came back, they grinned at what they saw: Bankotsu was asleep, laying on the grass, with Kame's head resting on his stomach. The hand that was around Kame was the hand she was holding.
"This is too cute!" Kasumi and Jakotsu giggled together. They all quietly worked around them, setting up camp, and cooking a small dinner.
"Did any of you see Bankotsu sleep the other morning when those two were in the tree?" Moriko asked.
"As a matter of fact, I didn't." Renkotsu agreed with her. All of the others nodded, and looked back at Kame and Bankotsu. They had barely moved for the past few hours. But, they had to wake up sometime.
Kame opened her eyes, and looked over to see her group, and the Band of Seven looking at her. She sighed, and sat up, not even waking up Bankotsu. The arm that had been around Kame, fell softly to the grass, and he turned his head the other way. She smiled at him, and then stood.
"Are you okay? You had a lot of poison in your system." Tamiko said, walking Kame over to the others, and sitting her against a tree. She leaned gratefully against it. "Yeah," She sighed, "I'm fine. I'm a half demon. I should be." She rubbed her face.
"Do we have anything to eat?" Kame asked, and then yawned.
"Yeah, we made dinner. But, Bankotsu has to wake up. We can't eat without him."
"I'll do the honors." Jakotsu said happily. She jumped up from his place beside Kasumi, and skipped over to Bankotsu. "Wake up!" He yelled in his ear.
"Hey," Kame said, "Don't be so rude. He does deserve some sleep, so don't wake him up that way." She heard the girls begin to giggle. Jakotsu led a half asleep Bankotsu over to Kame. He sat beside her, and his head fell onto her shoulder. She laughed.
"I've never seen Bankotsu like this." Suikotsu said.
"I heard that." Bankotsu mumbled against Kame's shoulder. They all laughed at him. He raised his head, and sat up straight. He sighed, and rubbed the sleep from his eyes. He hadn't meant to fall asleep, but he did. After a while, he had realized just how tired he had really been.
Everyone ate in silence. No one spoke until Jakotsu decided to break the silence with a really loud burp. "Excuse me!" He sang happily. Kame laughed. Bankotsu grinned, and shook his head at his brother.
"You can be so gross..." Bankotsu mumbled.
"A guy can only try, brother." Jakotsu laughed.
Bankotsu put an arm around Kame, and she put her head on his shoulder. After a few minutes of silence, Bankotsu stood, and helped Kame up. "We'll be back." He said.
He and Kame walked through the forest, him supporting most of her weight with his arm around her waist. She stopped, and leaned against a tree. Bankotsu stood there hesitant. Now that they knew how each other felt, he was extremely nervous. He didn't know why, he had never been nervous before in his entire life!
Kame looked up through the leaves of the trees, and sighed. "What does it look like?" She asked. Kame looked at him. "Around us. What does it look like?" She said.
"Well, were standing in very green grass, with lots of different colored flowers. The trees are huge, and there are vines draped along the top of them. Little poison berry bushes are spread out around..."
Kame laughed. "Tamiko would love to have a look at those..."
It's now or never Bankotsu... He thought to himself. He stepped closer to her, and put an arm around her waist. She looked at him, and he kissed her. Not like she did him, just a peck on the cheek, but he aimed right for her lips.
She froze, but then she closed her eyes, and stood on her tiptoes, and put her arms around his neck. She was ecstatic. She really did love him, and this proved that he loved her just as much. She pulled away, gasping.
"I do love you, Kame," He looked right into her eyes. "And I would do anything for you." He admitted. Kame smiled.
"I don't want us to be killers anymore. If we are, we kill demons, the bad kind." He smiled.
"All right. Starting today, right now, we only kill bad demons. Anything else?" He asked.
"Yeah..."
"What?" He asked her, his arms still around her waist. She smiled.
"Don't ever leave me. I want you to stay with me," She said. "You're mine." She laughed. Bankotsu grinned, and kissed her again.
But one small thought plagued Kame. What about mom and dad?
