(A/N: Sorry it took me so long to do another chapter School has been keeping me busy but here's another chapter and i'm sorry about it being so short the next chapter will be much longer I promise)

Disclaimer: I do not own any Inuyasha

Bankotsu: Mercenary, 17 yrs old

Kagome: Miko in training, 16yrs old

Chapter 2

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Last time...

"Oh god I must have been starving," she thought as she was now on her second fish. She heard Bankostu move around and groan until his eyes fluttered open. "Where am I?" he thought. Kagome was scared she didn't know what he would do to her she grabbed her bow and arrows and held on tightly to them as she waited for him to sit up and for the reaction he was sure to give...

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Bankotsu slowly sat up and looked around till his eyes landed on a girl that had ebony black hair, big beautiful brown doe like eyes, a perfect creamy white complexion, hair pulled into a ponytail and she wore a priestess's garbs. She looked scared as she clutched her hands tighter onto the bow and arrows she had. That's when Bankotsu remembered her she was the girl that always traveled with Inuyasha.

"What are you doing here?" he asked angrily.

" I-I umm I saw you fall so I cleaned you up and made something for you to eat" she explained. Bankotsu looked at the fire that was going and saw the fish that were cooking. He looked around to see if her companions and mainly if Inuyasha was around when he didn't see them he was confused. He looked back over to her with a glare.

"Where is Inuyasha and the rest of your group?" he asked. He saw her face change from fear to sadness in just seconds and fall to face the ground. She looked up at him with tears in her eyes.

"Its a long story" she said wiping the tears from her eyes. He looked slightly confused and didn't know why but had this feeling like like he didn't want to see her cry for anything.

"Hey I've got nothing but time" he said as he stood up and sat on the other side of the fire. He felt bad there must have been some reason she cried at the thought of her companions. She offered him a fish and he took it hungrily, eating it with in seconds and started on the others that were there still cooking by the fire. Kagome poked at the fire with a stick and gave a deep sigh looking at Bankotsu.

"Well you see after we defeated Naraku all of our missions were complete and the Shikon no Tama was whole again. Inuyasha had decided a while back that he would not use it for himself but still we all helped in getting the shards back. Inuyasha kept his promise and went to hell with Kikyo like he had promised her long ago." she said as tears began to fall.

"Sango and Miroku went together on another journey to go and find Sango's little brother Kohaku after they find him they will be married and finally live the normal life they always wanted. Shippo he was like my son...but he stayed with Kaede back at the village I go a couple times to visit them now and again." she explained to him. He stared at her and found himself feeling bad for her she was just like him everyone had left her and she was now all alone, they were both in the same boat.

"I'm sorry for your loss of Inuyasha and all your friends," he said in a sad tone. He stopped eating the fish and placed it oh his lap as he sighed. Kagome looked straight at him.

"Is -is he sympathizing for me, ME!?" Kagome thought in her head loudly.

"I know how you feel to lose everyone you cared for and then have to be all alone and to have nobody there for you" he sad as he bowed his head.

Kagome looked at him and felt the sadness that he had held. She remembered that her along with all of her friends had killed off the Shichinin-tai one by one and now all that was left was Bankotsu. " I can't believe we did that even though it was so long ago and now he's alone by himself now" she thought sadly.

"Bankotsu?" she said suddenly scaring him out of his thoughts.

"Yea" he replied back as he took another bite of his fish.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry for all the pain that I have ever caused you and I am hoping that you can forgive me please," she said sincerely. She turned to look him straight in the eyes and grabbed his hands for emphasis. Bankotsu's eyes went wide with shock and a little fright at how fast she had turned to face him. He looked at her deep in her eyes and saw all the regret that she held for her and her old companions killing all of comrades she looked as if she could take it back she would in a heartbeat. Bankotsu sighed and grabbed her hands back.

"Kagome Its in the past now so lets just leave it as it is" he said as he stood letting go of her and went to his faithful banryuu.

" Being alone isn't all that bad I mean it does have its perks," he said dryly. Kagome stood and walked over to him while she thought to her self

"Maybe -maybe he would want to travel with me, I mean I do need some companionship right? Well let's just hope he doesn't kill me first".

" Bankotsu I hate being alone and that's exactly what I am right now. So I was thinking that if... well that is you know...umm if maybe you wanted to I don't know umm maybe travel with me. Only for a while till I get use to this being alone thing" she said rather quickly waiting for his answer. Bankotsu stared at her for a minute and considered this. "Well I don't have anyone to go to, I don't have anywhere to go to, so why not" he thought to himself.

"Kagome you are aware that I am your enemy and that I could kill you at any given moment now right?" he said seriously. Kagome looked at him and replied " Bankostu you were never My enemy you were always Inuyasha's enemy and besides I'm sure if you wanted me dead you would have already killed me" She said rather confidently. Bankotsu only smiled and took one arm and wrapped it around her shoulder while still holding his beloved banyruu with the other hand.

"Well if you put it that way sure Kagome why not I don't have anything better to do".

"Great!" Kagome said excitetly that she jumped up and hugged Bankotsu with all her might. She noticed what she was doing and quickly jumped off.

" I-I'm sorry Bankotsu I didn't mean-" but she was cut off by Bankotsu while she started blushing. Bankotsu flashed one of his oh so famous sexy cocky smirks and said "Its okay Kagome I was always told that women couldn't keep their hands off of me". Kagome blushed deeper and scowled at him.

"You sure are one cocky basterd," she said under her breath.

"What did you say?" he said looking clueless.

She turned with a bright smile on her face and said "oh umm I said do you want any more fish you better eat up because we start traveling tomorrow".

"Oh okay then, and yea I'm starving" he replied as he went over to the fire with Kagome and sat down to began to eat again. After they had finished all their fish they talked more of there past and the things regretted and the things they did not. They soon fell asleep and waited for the next morning to come to start their journey together. Neither of them knew where it would take them but they both hoped for the best.

(Please review some more and I will post the next chapter much more quickly and incase you didn't read the top my next chapter will be much longer okay well don't forget to review thanx buh bye!)