Even so I think Mukotsu's comment, had been a Wake up call, for the rest. They shifted, uneasily pondering the now apparent question. Damn, I had let it show too much. They were suspicious now. These 6 other men, who had trusted me, now had doubts in their leader, and Inuyasha, wasn't much better. That same smirk he had tried to hide the very day we found him in the woods, with his odd proposal. I should have known better. Even if Mukotsu had woken up the rest, He had brung light to something in my mind as well. Inuyasha was planning something, and It might as well be against us. He was a potential threat, and if I let him gain my trust so easily, If he choose to betray us, things could end up disastrous. He was a Dangerous threat. I had once led these same men, who had trusted me, and who had bonded with me, Into a trap that led them to their deaths. I would not let this happen again. From now on I will concentrate on watching his every move, but I must hide. Suikotsu had definitely not said something about his time with Inuyasha. Tonight. I will find out what.

"It's so late at night Bankotsu! What could you want so late?" Suikotsu said looking at me with wide but tired eyes. I stood in front of him, pondering my questions.

"It was easy to tell, that you left some parts out when telling Renkotsu about what happened on your assignment. I would like to know what happened exactly." I said with a calm voice. He looked away, a clear sign of nervousness. I had planned this well. "If anything had been threatened," I assured him, "We are out of earshot for even a demon. He can not hear you hear." I said.

"Bankotsu," He said, "Bankotsu, really, nothing happened, I just made him mad, I said some things that I shouldn't have, and I got what I deserved." He said, looking me straight in the eye.

"Are you sure, there aren't any concerns." I said with a warning tone. He shook his head and turned around, heading back to camp. I sighed before following. 'Well, this was a complete flop' I thought.

We woke up in the morning to a delicious smell, by Akikotsu's call, "Breakfast!" He said loudly. We all got up and went to the smell.

"Yum, Yums!" Jakotsu said happily.

"It smells so good," Mukotsu said. Inuyasha smiled at our compliments.

"I hope you all slept well. Since Bankotsu said we'll be leaving early, I cooked up a nice Breakfast for us. Also in celebration of my first day as an official member of The Band of Eight." He said smiling happily. Times like this made it hard to believe that he was the same Short-tempered Half-Demon we once knew. It also made it extremely difficult to doubt his loyalty.

"And what now? Will you give a speech too?" Renkotsu said with a light chuckle. Inuyasha looked Surprised at the comment, but smiled again.

"No, Not a speech, it's more like a sentence." He said laughing.

"Oh?" I said smiling myself.

"Really, I just wanted to ask that you all can be better brothers than mine related by blood." He said it looking at none other than me. His hopeful smile was a stab in the heart for me. I never had a little brother, Jakotsu was my Best Friend, and if it weren't for that, he might qualify, but here I had one willing, adorable, skillful kid, and all I was doing was treating his desire to fit in, just like the rest of us had once had, like absolute crap. But their was still a doubt in me. I refused to let myself become hypnotised by him, but the others had, especially Jakotsu. . . . . . . . . .

"AwwWWW!" Jakotsu pounced on him, "You're so CUTE!" Jakotsu said, squeezing him tightly, "Please, oh please call me brother, just this once~!" Jakotsu pleaded. Akikotsu probably only caved because he knew that Jakotsu probably wouldn't let go unless he did.

"Ah! Brother Jakotsu! I can't Breath!" He managed to say. Jakotsu let go, spinning round and round until he fell, still dazed. Meanwhile the rest of our brothers, including myself, were dying of laughter. We ate and then took off, Akikotsu had dropped the cute act, Probably deciding against it, for the better of himself. Our entire walk was laughing at Akikotsu as he rubbed his sore neck that Jakotsu had hung on too during his "Cute Daze", which was what we had ended up calling it.