O.k. people welcome to…. CHAPTER 14! And here's today's' Japanenglish:
daifuku- great luck

Taiyoukai- demon lord

Omae- you are

After they finished eating lunch, Yuki said:
"I have a surprise!"

"What?"
"Wait a minute, I'll be right back."

'He's gonna love it! Wait, I don't care, I made it for ME, so I will be happy. Yeah, that's it, all for ME.'

"Here it is," she said when she returned with the surprise, "Strawberry Daifuku."

(Strawberry Daifuku is a large strawberry put in a soft chewy and sticky rice pastry

Along with sweet red bean paste.)

"This…is…excellent…" Bankotsu said while wolfing the desert from his plate.

"Arigato, my mother taught me how to make it…" She zoned out into nostalgia.

A few seconds later, when he had finished his dish, Bankotsu said:

"I lost my parents too… my father was a soldier and he died, in one of the battles and my mother became sick and died as well."

"That's sad…did you have any brothers or sisters?"

"No, my father left to fight when I was 5 months old and died when I was two, they never got a chance to have more children."

"Oh…"

There was an awkward silence.

"I'm going to continue training; you can do whatever you want."

"Arigato." 'That was strange… poor guy, I can really relate to that only I didn't lose my family at such a young age. And these guys are like his family, no wonder he seemed so depressed when he heard the news yesterday. Anyhow, what shall I do?'

Two days later:

"Oo-aniki!" Jakotsu waved excitedly to Bankotsu.

During the past couple of days much happened-

At the castle they received news that Sesshomaru, the taiyoukai of the western

Land killed Mukotsu, something the stirred mixed emotions in Yuki's heart.

From one end she was glad he died after what he did to her but she how much Bankotsu cared for these men, like brother… but then she reflected, pondering why Bankotsu's emotions meant so much to her and decided rapidly to dismiss it.

Also they heard that Inuyasha had destroyed most of Ginkotsu's body but Renkotsu managed to somehow repair him.

'Now I see how…' Yuki thought, 'He looks even worse, now he looks like a

Bloody tank! Weird…'

Within those two days they also moved to another castle, this time Yuki was not

Present during the killing spree, Bankotsu said she didn't have to so, I quote:
"You won't make a damn scene again."

Everyone were sitting around, Bankotsu and Jakotsu were sitting on the deck,

Drinking sake and talking.

Meanwhile, Yuki was starting up a fire to cook over when she heard something coming and Bankotsu shouting at her to go inside and stay there until he says so.

"Something dangerous is going down, right?"

"Hai, now go, do as you're told."

She went inside, thinking:
'Does he… care for me? Keeping me away from danger?'

When she was inside she peeked threw the window, but she couldn't hear a thing.

"Omae Kouga, ne?" Bankotsu asked with hatred in his voice.

"Hai and I'm going to kill you!"
"In your dreams, teme!"

The battle began.

That's all folks!