Chapter 3

That night Nanashi slept in the same place as Bankotsu, but she chose to sleep in a tree while Bankotsu slept on the ground. Nanashi woke up early and stared down at Bankotsu, 'He is the only man outside the tribe who has been kind to me since Hiten died.' Nanashi thought to herself, 'and he shares my hated of the half-demon scum InuYasha' Nanashi jumped from the tree without disturbing Bankotsu, she was quite light on her feet. She sighed and looked around, today they would have to start on a information hunt for where InuYasha and his group was.

Bankotsu was shivering in the snow he slept in, Nanashi noticed that the fire had gone out in the night. She quickly started the fire up again feeling the sudden heat coarse though her body giving her goosebumps. The sudden heat also woke Bankotsu from his slumber, he blinked and stared at Nanashi with half open eyes. Nanashi herself, was tired...and hungry. "You hungry?" She asked in a tired voice. Bankotsu nodded and blinked slowly as he started to get up, she stopped him, "You're to tired I'll go...sit" Nanashi said and turned away.

Bankotsu was to tired to argue, he was never a morning person. While he waited for Nanashi's return with food Bankotsu poked at the fire and thought. The smell of the charred wood that danced in his nose reminded of his old comrades, his friends. The times the spent as mercenaries, he sighed and stared at the sunrise. Jakotsu always used to wake him up at this time he recalled, right as the sun was rising, Bankotsu missed him. He started to think about how he had escaped from Naraku and InuYasha at Mt. Hakurei, almost dead and beaten, but he had escaped with his life and became stronger for his revenge.

He herd a noise and looked up just as Nanashi was coming into the campsite with four rabbits. Bankotsu's stomach growled extremely loud

"GAH! Nanashi I'm sorry I didn't see you there!" Bankotsu said waving his hand for some reason. Nanashi ducked into the water and said the oddest thing.

"Throw me my clothes and come join me the waters great!" Nanashi said.

"WHAT?" Bankotsu said in alarm.

"I'm kidding just give me my clothes!"

"Ur… Okay" Bankotsu said throwing the clothes to Nanashi, then getting up and walking away. 'Wow I haven't seen anythinglike that for ages' He smiled slyly 'this has been a good day' He started to drool being dead was okay but you rarely see things like that unless your lucky. Bankotsu sat down on a rock wiping away the spit that had dripped to his chin, then waited for Nanashi's return…if she did return.

Nanashi did return though she sat down across from Bankotsu, her hair was wet and clinging to her face. Nanashi didn't look and Bankotsu at all she looked through him in a lost daze. She was thinking about Hiten again and how he died by the hands of that InuYasha. Bankotsu stared at her; he wondered what she was thinking about and most importantly…who was this Hiten guy? 'I have to ask' Bankotsu thought as he got up to sit by her, Nanashi did not move or flinch.

"Uh…hay um I am sorry about what happened" He said with a light smile, when Nanashi didn't respond Bankotsu frowned. "Hay Nanashi, who is this Hiten guy?" Nanashi looked up at this question in sorrow.

"Hiten was my lover, and best friend…we grew up together him me and his brother" Nanashi sighed and looked to the sky "We never let his brother know we were in love…but one day his brother brought home a strange girl…Kagome I think it was" Bankotsu raised an eye brow at this he knew all to well of this priestess, and her half-breed companion.

"Her lover apparently had some jewel shards, so of coerce Hiten went after and then…" Nanashi's eye welded with tears "InuYasha that son of a bitch…killed him and his brother"

Nanashi started to cry at the memory and then a new feeling inched it's way inside her; she didn't know what it was…it was new but it burned. 'Is this...Is this hatred?' Nanashi thought to her self.


Yes this is short but hay...I don't care...R