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I raised my sword to block the worm youkai coming after me.

My sharp blade split it down the middle with ease, as it fell at me.

With that creature writhing in the dirt on either side of me, I was now safe... momentarily, anyway.

I'll have to take my food, and run with it. All these youkai won't let me rest until they get my Shikon no kakera.

I gathered my things, and headed into the forest.

Things were so much easier with Bankotsu. He killed youkai like he was shaking rocks out of his foot gear. He always had something to teach me, too. Those things he taught me were the only reason I was still alive right now.

I cast my eyes up at the orange sky. The sun would set soon, which is why I was eating now. I would need the energy to survive night fall...

Bankotsu's POV:

I finally got off of Hakureizan, and started feeling just a little less sick.

I could finally think.

And the first thing I thought about was finding the brat again.

That attack... she was holding something back, I know it... even if she's using that power to defend me, I have to know what she really is, and why she didn't say so sooner.

I set off into the distance, heading for the lake.

I've been gone for a few days, now, though... she may be dead, if she didn't get over her problem with water, and leave the island... even then, she might've gotten herself killed.

That brat was so stupid... until she started listening... and learning...

Youkai began coming at me. These weren't very strong youkai, but there armor was impossible to break. You had to catch them in their joints to kill them.

This gave me a bit of an idea, as I began slaughtering them.

Once all of them were dead, I took pieces of their armor, and started away with them...

Mori-hime's POV:

I stood there, shaking a little.

Before me, there was a big cave. A pair of yellow eyes were glowing from inside, and they did not look happy to see me.

I could hear this creature snarling, and a dripping noise inside.

I probably would've passed the cave on by if this creature hadn't spotted me, and begun glaring at me.

Now, I was stuck. If it decided to turn away from me, I was free to go on my way. If not... I had little choice other than to be ready.

I stood so still, my body was aching from lack of movement.

This creature refused to move, though.

My hands began trying to move toward my swords, while my feet were trying to run away.

My will to keep still was dying away quickly. This creature needed to make a move soon, or I would.

I cast my eyes around for something to distract me. I felt danger all around me, somehow.

It was probably just me dying to move, but, I felt so uncomfortable there.

I looked back at the cave, and the eyes were gone.

Relief washed over me, and my whole body relaxed as I turned to start walking.

A demonic screech erupted from the cave.

I saw those yellow eyes coming at me right before I was knocked to the ground.

I cried out in shock, and pain as something huge and heavy pinned me to the ground.

On top of me, there was a bear youkai, growling, and drooling on me.

I could smell death on him.

And I could feel his intentions in my throat.

This creature was going to eat me, and take my Shikon no kakera. Little did he know, he would have to defeat the power of that shard first.

I put my hands on the ground, and forced my knees down, too.

I summoned up my deepest fear for my life, and darkest anger for having been humiliated, and called out the power of my Shikon no kakera.

"I... am... a... PRINCESS!" I shrieked, lifting myself up, the bear's paw still on my back. "I... will... not... be... TRIFLED WITH!"

I jumped out from beneath the bear, whipped out my swords, and put two cuts across his nose.

He roared in slight pain. But, he was more irritated by this than anything.

I put more cuts on his face, even sticking his eye ball at one point.

That was going too far for him. In a blink, something heavy slammed into my side, and threw me up out of the trees. I watched in horror as the ground rushed up at me...

Bankotsu's POV:

A scream echoed through the trees. I knew this scream all too well.

I began running toward it, wondering how she'd survived so long without me.

She was good with a sword, no doubt about that. But, she didn't like hunting for food. That was always my job.

The trees began thinning.

I heard another scream, coming from somewhere above me.

Looking up, I saw her tumbling through the air, swords falling from her hands.

A line of tall trees got in the way before I could see what happened to her.

I turned to head in the direction I'd seen her falling in.

I used Banryuu to cut down trees in my path to make my trip quicker.

I reached the base of a cliff, and saw a bear youkai climbing up the side, and reaching for something on a ledge.

"No you don't!" I said.

The bear tried to look back at me as I jumped up, spinning Banryuu over my head to get power for my strike.

As I reached the creature, I dug Banryuu deep into its back, causing it to roar in pain.

"Think that hurts, huh?" I said. "Eat this! Ryuuraisen!"

A wave of lightning ran into the creature, making him scream in agony as it fried him.

After a few seconds, I pulled Banryuu out, and bounced off of the bear's corpse to the ledge.

The brat was just getting up as I landed beside her. How'd she survive that fall? No human could survive a fall like that?

I waited for the bear's corpse to fall over and make its noise before speaking.

"What've you been up to, huh?" I asked.

She froze, still trying to catch her breath.

Very slowly, she turned to look up at me.

"Right. Just trouble." I said. "Anyway, I need to talk to ya."

Her eyes were wide with terror.

I saw her limbs tense up.

Quick as lightning, she jumped up, and took off running faster than I'd ever seen her run.

I can't say I was shocked at her expression. She was looking at me like that the whole time we were on the island.

But, I didn't really expect her to run.

Irritation began to set in, and I took off after her.

It was nothing to put myself right in her path.

She cried out in fear, and fell backwards trying to turn around.

I stuck Banryuu in the ground, hoping that would help settle her nerves. Maybe she thought I was mad because she didn't follow me when I was taken to Hakureizan. If so, she needed to know that wasn't her fault before she had a heart attack.

She continued to back away from me as I moved toward her.

"What?" I asked. "What's your problem?"

She rolled up, and took off running again, this time turning to run into the trees.

Great. She thinks I'll kill her.

Which I might do if she keeps running like this. Just so that she'll stop and listen.

I chased her into the trees.

It took a few times getting in her way to get her cornered against a tree, where I caught her hands.

She fought me. Looking at that skinny brat, you'd think she wouldn't be able to fight too hard. Hell, the last time I had her pinned like this, she couldn't fight.

This time, though, she put up enough of a fight that I had to keep my grip on her, or she'd get away for sure.

She was crying, and screaming, not letting me get a single word in.

I wasn't entirely sure what I was going to do about this, but, I didn't have the patience to wait on her to wear herself out.

So, I did the first thing that came to my mind that would make her stop.

As she was going to turn her head to the right again, I leaned down, and pressed my lips to hers.

She froze at the contact. I could feel her pulse still racing in her wrists, but, she was standing still, and she wasn't making any noise.

Even though she was quiet now, I didn't feel like moving away.

I really don't know why. But, now that I had her, I wasn't going to let go yet.

No. I was going to enjoy that for as long as I could, and make sure she was perfectly calm before I released her...

Well, that cut could've been better, but, I'm proud of this chapter. I went a whole chapter with only a few lines of speech! That's rare for me! Please, review!