"So Bankotsu, what do you think?" Renkotsu said. His report was definitely interesting. I was sure that Suikotsu had left out some things, but the information wasn't important, my answer was pre-decided.

"Alright!" I said standing were all of my comrades could see me. "I've made my decision and I think Inuyasha will be a great addition to The Band of Seven, no, rather, The Band of Eight." I said. Everyone clapped, which clearly made Inuyasha embarrassed. I had told Renkotsu before that I would discuss with everyone all at once about Inuyasha's name and what not.

"As Inuyasha is one of us now, you will be expected to treat him as one of us. This means calling him by 'brother' as we do each other." I said.

"OH~!" Jakotsu shouted "Brother Inuyasha! What a lovely thing to finally be able to say!" He said, he jumped on Inuyasha hugging him tight.

"HEY!" Inuyasha screamed "GET OFF OF ME!".

"Enough Jakotsu!" I said sternly. Jakotsu immediately let go of Inuyasha. "Not Inuyasha anymore." I said.

"Inukotsu?" Mukotsu said.

"No." I said. "You said yourself that you wanted to hide the fact that you were working with us, so that your former group didn't find out." I said.

"Yea, so, I guess a disguised name fits with that too?" He asked.

"Yes," I said. "So, I've done some word play, and came to a conclusion."

The clearing was silent. " From this day forward, I name you Akikotsu." I said. It had been difficult to find the right name, but I happened to stumble across the type of dog breed his family was, through this I cut the breed name down to Aki and added kotsu, and then, done. No one asked about the name, instead they tried it out.

"So, Akikotsu, huh? It sounds like a nice name, It doesn't feel too bad on the tongue either." Renkotsu said.

"Akikotsu… No doesn't sound too bad." Mukotsu said.

"Akikotsu? It just doesn't fit him." Jakotsu whined

"Well, the word play from from Akita, so call him Akita-kun then." I said.

"Ugh! NO way! Akikotsu is fine, but NO Akita-chan, kun or anything!" Inuyasha said, glaring daggers at Jakotsu.

"Fine, fine," Jakotsu chuckled. "Brother, Akikotsu. A lovely ring to it~! Though…" Jakotsu trailed off.

"Whats wrong with it Jakotsu?" Kyokotsu said.

"It sounds, Girlish in a way…" Jakotsu said.

"Any other possible names Bankotsu?" Inuyasha said with a frown.

"I think it sounds fine," I said, "Jakotsu will say something at least about any name I give you, best just stick with this." I sat down.

"Ok, sure." He said smiling.

Ginkotsu was quiet, he was basically more machine than he was human now. So, he didn't have much of a conscious thought most of the time either. Kyokotsu, was huge now, he had been swallowed by many demons, causing himself to, increase in size because of something like, he was a demon now. Somewhat anyway.

"Say, Inu. . . I mean Akikotsu." Mukotsu said.

"What is it, Brother?" Inuyasha said. My mind seemed to refuse to call him Akikotsu, at least in thought. But Inuyasha was adapting to the whole 'Brother' thing, far too quickly. It seemed to take Mukotsu by surprise, but he smiled.

"I had meant to ask a long time ago, but, were did you learn to cook?" Mukotsu said. Everyone went silent, even I focused on Inuyasha. It was clear that we all had wondered that. With all eyes on him, Inuyasha seemed to grow somewhat nervous.

"Uh, well." He began, he looked unsure of something. "I don't normally talk about this," He said, "But, You all know that i'm a half demon." He said. Everyone nodded so he continued.

"My Father died the day I was born, protecting me and my mother from some insane guy who loved my mom. And since my mom was human, she died when I was pretty young." He said. All of us began to get the picture. "My mother was a princess from her village, but even despite that, it was a human village, so not only was I ignored and rejected as a kid, once my mom died, I was kicked out. So, I had to learn how to cook and clean, and protect myself when I was probably the equivalent to a 6 year old human kid." He looked away. He probably knew that we had all had hard lives to, but not in the same way. Mukotsu could definitely relate, He had told us how he had been abandoned countless time because of how ugly he was. Even Jakotsu was silent, me and Jakotsu had grew up in the same village, and had both killed our parents, but Jakotsu had a better reason than I did. So, in truth I really had no relation to these men, but It made me feel fortunate for my friends, and what I had gotten when I was younger. Finally I couldn't stand the silence anymore.

"I'm sorry to hear that." I said, myself looking away as well. It was an awkward silence for the next few minutes, I gently hit jakotsu with my elbow, since he wasn't too far away from me. We got like this every time one of us mentioned our sad past. It was because we all had bad Social skills, so none of us knew what to say. I always counted on Jakotsu to bring up the mood, but this time even Jakotsu seemed at loss for words. Thank goodness he thought of something.

"So, brother Akikotsu! Another question!" Jakotsu said, acting cheery.

"Yea, sure what is it." He said calmly. He looked at Jakotsu, as if nothing was wrong.

"Suikotsu was telling us, that you haven't been using your sword, How come?" Jakotsu asked.

"Oh," Inuyasha pulled out his sword. "This thing? It only goes into it's true form when the user is protecting somebody. Since I would wanna use for the exact opposite, it's complete junk. I doesn't even cut in this form, I mean yea I cut the food with it, but that's because that stuff is really easy. But basicly, Jakotsu, volunteer?" He said

"Sure." Jakotsu said holding out his arm. Inuyasha quickly sliced his upper arm. Not even a dent. "Oh wow, It didn't even hurt!" Jakotsu said surprised.

"See what I mean." He said with a sigh. He put his sword back in it's sheath.

"Why didn't you just ask for a-" He cut me off mid sentence.

"When I'm given things like that, stuff happens that I don't to go into detail over. So, basicly I go crazy, is all you need to know for now." He said.

"Oh, alright." I said. I might've actually given him a shard, but knowing that, it suddenly doesn't sound like a good Idea to put a jewel in his sword.

"Hey guys, I'm gonna go for a walk, I'll be back shortly!" Inuyasha said smiling.

We all nodded, but why go for a walk all the sudden...