"You guys'll accept jobs from just about anybody, huh?" I said, shifting my position as unwantedly waited for their chef to have dinner done. Bankotsu gave me another strict glance, but I disregarded it. "At least I'm not say'in it to his face." I said grumpily, "Besides, How am I not supposed to like him, 'I don't look threatening' He said?!" I growled the words. Renkotsu spoke up,

"He may have given you quite the insult, but he was drunk, he-" I cut him off,

"So? So, because he's drunk by sunrise, I'm supposed to just let him insult my Honor, My appearance. Do you want me to his punching bag?" I yelled.

"Alright, alright, Akikotsu, calm down. I'll speak with him about it, and I'm sure he'll give you his deepest apologies.".

"Whatever…." I mumbled, grumpily. It was Jakotsu who spoke next.

"I'm SOOooo Hungry!" He cried as he flopped over onto his back. "Akikotsu would have been done hours ago by now! I don't care if they have a woman cooking for them! She's slow and It's not gonna be better than Akikotsu's!" Jakotsu whined. Silently I agreed with a nod to him.

"It's impolite to not at least try her cooking. Tomorrow it will be Akikotsu's turn to cook dinner, and then if they like his over her's, He will cook from then on." Bankotsu said calmly. I looked out the window, 'Sunset! Where has the Sunset gone!?' My transformation was only minutes away, and I was still in plain sight. I immediately stood up. "I need to go! See you tomorrow, bye!" I called as I ran into a thunderstorm, heavy rain and crackles of Lightning stardled and drenched me but I kept running. I heard them call after me,

"Akikotsu! You haven't even eaten dinner yet!"

"It's pouring out there come back!" I heard them yell. I couldn't even if I was starving too.

BOOM!

I gasped as a fork of lightning struck the tree beside me. It cracked and tumbled down, nearly on top of me. I inched back, to the strong, brod looking tree I huddled over. I hugged my soaked body, and my now black hair, hardly thick, did nothing to keep me warm. My now brown eyes, couldn't see like they usually could, and my eyesight was blurred by the downfall, of huge raindrops. I was afraid to fall asleep, incase another tree almost fall on top of me, or lightning decided to try and hit me. But I was too tired to try and stay awake. Running so fast as a human, it was hard work. I lay down and curled up into a ball, as let sleep reel me in. The sound of rain was drowned out by a peaceful feeling as I drifted off into my sleep.

"Where did you go last night!" Bankotsu screamed at me, I had known he would be mad, but not this mad!

"I was, uh," Geez how would I say it.

"Well?" He screamed tapping his foot! The rest of my brothers just watched in an awkward silence. It seems they had never seen him so angry before.

"I'm sorry." I said, not knowing what else to say. I gave me a glare made of daggers, and left. I turned to the rest, "What did I do?" I asked confused. They all shrugged, just as confused as I was.

"I would ask him," Jakotsu began,"But, I think it's best to leave him alone about now." He said in a whisper so that there was no chance of Bankotsu hearing him. We all nodded in agreement. About an hour passed and Bankotsu wasn't back yet, so I decided to go and see what was up with him. Nobody said anything as I got up and went out. I walked down a few halls before hearing an argument, that sounded about another few halls away from me.

"That ….. Matter, Yo.. ….. worst Leader…. Ever seen!" Bankotsu said. I couldn't make out all of it, but what I did it seemed like we may not have a job after all, I walked slowly toward the sound, until I got close enough to faintly hear the voice of the Samurai Leader I had complained about last night.

"... Right to…...Job…..Army….all eight of you…disrespectful….." He said, I couldn't make sense of the words I heard, but this didn't sound pretty. I now knew why Bankotsu had been so frustrated earlier, he wasn't mad at me really, probably just upset about other things. I took my leave, heading back to the place where we were being held for now.

"So? How'd it go?" Renkotsu asked. I close the door with a still concerned look on my face.

"I didn't actually talk to him, I didn't need to, I heard him and that drunky talk'en…" I said sitting down in my usual spot.

"Yea, and what happened?" Suikotsu said. I opened my mouth to say something, but close it as soon as it opened.

"What's-," Jakotsu began to say, but just then we all heard a stomping down the hall, The door slammed open, Bankotsu grabbed Banryu, his sword and he didn't even look back when he said,

"Come on, we're gonna slaughter this village and leave." he yelled. We all got up and grabbed our weapons, even myself grabbed Tessaiga, I looked at it for a few seconds, mourning the loss of being able to wield it, perform the wind scar, or even, I paused. 'Tensaiga, won't you just give up your want to protect.' I sighed. Jakotsu tapped me, and I looked over at him, he had this look of understanding on his face, as if he knew that I wanted to use Tessaiga badly. I shook the thought away and continued outside, Jakotsu following me close behind. I put Tessaiga at my side, tucking in so that it would stay, and I cracked my Knuckles, and flexed my claws. I heard screams as Jakotsu and I hurried to catch up with the rest of our brothers. Once we did we sall that they were already enjoying themselves, leaving nothing for me and Jakotsu to kill.

"Greedy Bastards," Jakotsu whispered, as he hurried to join them in fighting. For a second I just watched feeling useless, but then I felt Tessaiga, pulsing at my side. 'It wants me to use it?' I thought as I took it out of it's sheath. It transformed for me! But how, why! I stared at the huge sword, and smiled, 'Maybe Tessaiga isn't such a worthless sword after all.' I thought. I swung it through the air, admiring its larger form. I too jumped into the battle, testing out Tessaiga. I gave a Wind Scar to the villagers who stupidly lined, 'This Wind Scar is much stronger than before,' I thought Everyone of my brothers now look in my direction, so surprised to see that I was using Tessaiga, after calling it 'Junk'. I just continued smiling and jumped over to my enemies in mere seconds, slicing them in half with great ease. 'I may even begin to enjoy myself.'

"That has to be the first time we've slaughtered a village that huge," Jakotsu said laughing. Bankotsu nodded, laughing himself. We had all really enjoyed ourselves today.

"I'll say," Renkotsu said smiling.

"It's already Sunset." Suikotsu said, looking up at the sky. We were all soaked in blood, Head to toe, and were now searching for a spring to bath in. And I'll admit I wasn't fond of the Idea of bathing with Jakotsu, but unless we wanted the blood drying in our hair, we really didn't have much of a choice.

"Akikotsu," Bankotsu said. I looked up at him, and he turned to look at me, stopping as he did so. "Didn't you tell us that your sword can't wield unless you're protecting somebody." He asked. I nodded.

"That's what I thought- No, That IS how it's supposed to work." I said looking at it confused. "I don't know why It wanted me to use it, It's not supposed to do that." I said.

"It's simple," Jakotsu said looking at me. I looked at him confused. "You may not know this, but Demon weapons have souls of their own, Detachments from the one who their material came from. In your case, Tessaiga has a small part of your father's soul, because his fang was used to make it." Jakotsu said.

"And so that means what?" I asked.

"Tessaiga is able to sense your feelings for it. You've created a bond between Man and Weapon, and so Tessaiga will not only be more powerful now, It will wield at your command, and protect you when you need it, even if you don't call for it." Jakotsu said smiling. I looked down at my 'friend', and I couldn't help but smile.

"Let's go find a pond or something to wash ourselves off before the blood dries." I said.