I awoke to what it seemed to be almost dawn. I sat up and looked around me to see that the rest of them were sleeping. 'I wonder if there is a place for me to take a bath in?' I asked myself. The river would be far too cold to take a bath in plus people would probably see me. "No use in going back to sleep." I said aloud. I laid back down and looked up at the sky. I then heard a yawn from one of the five people. I looked up to see that it was Jakotsu. "Hey Jakotsu." I whispered he then looked at me.

"What?" He whispered back still half asleep.

"Would you happen to know if there was any place where I could take a bath?" I asked him in a hush tone so I wouldn't wake the others.
"There is a hot spring no far." He told me.

"Could you take me there?" I asked.

He sighed "Sure the rest won't be up for a while though." Jakotsu said getting up. He grabbed his sword as I got up and grabbed my bag. "Follow me." He told me as he started walking. We started walking there but it was complete silence. "So why do you guys like killing?" I asked him breaking the silence.

"It's fun. Plus I love to kill my men nice and slowly so they will beg for me to hold them in my arms." Jakotsu told me.

"So you lke to kill innocent people and go to war?" I questioned. Jakotsu nodded at me. 'Something we don't agree on. Killing people. I will never kill a person as long as I live.' I thought. We then reached to what seemed to be the hot spring. The sun was almost up now. "I guess I'll be bathing." I told him. He went behind a tree and waited for me to get finished. I undressed and got into the spring. 'This is so warm.' I thought as I instantly was relaxed. I bathed in the spring, which only took me ten minutes. I put on my black and purple off the shoulder top that went down to my but and black skinny jeans with my black converse. I put my old clothes in my bag and went to Jakotsu. "By the time we get back they should be up." Jakotsu told me leading the way back. I followed him as we were walking I brushed my hair. Once I was done I put my brush back in my bag.

It was silent between us two on the way back. I didn't want to take out my ipod touch because I wanted to conserve the full battery I had charged before I had run away. When we arrived to the village the rest of the group was waiting for us at the entrance.
"Where did you two go?" Bankotsu asked.
"She wanted to bathe in the hot springs." Jakotsu explained.

"We have to get moving if we want to get to the abandoned demon slayer village before dark." Bankotsu said as he started walking.

~Meanwhile~

Naraku looked in to Kana's mirror. 'She looks like Michiko but I am not for certain. If the legends are true Michiko's powers have been passed down to her. If the powers are passed down she shall be a great asset to help me kill InuYasha.' Naraku thought. "Kohako meet the band of seven at the abandoned demon slayer village and give him my instructions." Naraku told Kohako. Kohako nodded and was off.

~Back to the band of seven and Emily~

We were walking for quite some time in silence. I started to get bored, so I grabbed ipod out of my bag and listened to it. I started to listen to Secrets by One Republic. I soon got lost in my music and started dancing while following Bankotsu. The rest of the group was behind me. I only heard mumbling but thought that it didn't concern me. I then bumped into Bankotsu as he stopped to turn around and look at me. I lost my balance for a second and regained it. I paused the song and looked at Bankotsu. "What?" I asked him.

"What were you doing?" He asked.
"Dancing." I told him. He then turned back around and continued walking. "Don't fall behind." He told me. I kept following him along with the others. I continued to listening to my ipod for a while but then put it away. "How much longer?" I asked. "Not much longer." Bankotsu told me. I sighed from my legs being tired. 'The last time I walked this much I was walking for charity.' I thought to myself. I just continued. Within an hour or so we got to the village to see a boy at the entrance.

"Bankotsu sir." The boy said.

"What is it Kohako?" He asked.

"Naraku told me that you are to take her to the hut over there and then into the nearby cave." Kohako told him.

"What are we supposed to do in the hut?" He asked Kohako.
"There is a document for you to look at and a weapon for her." Kohako said while pointing at me.
Bankotsu nodded "Do you know why Naraku would want Emily?" Bankotsu asked Kohako.

"I am not entirely sure Bankotsu sir but I must get back to Naraku." Kohako said.
"Take care Kohako." Jakotsu said. I smiled at him and he nodded back at me before he left. Bankotsu walked into the village and we followed.

We walked into the hut and I looked around. I saw a sword in a sheath, a hook thing that was connected to a metal ball by a long chain,a bow with arrows, a weird looking outfit, a mask thing and two documents. I went to go look at the first one looked like a family tree and the second one looked like a historical document the only thing was that it was written in Japanese. I sighed I wasn't really good at reading at Japanese. I only knew bits and pieces. "Can anyone read this for me?" I asked pointing to the historcal document. Renkotsu stepped up. He started to read it. "It's all about the legendary Michiko." He told me.

"Who is that?" I asked.

"It is said that Michiko was a very powerful priestess who was also a demon slayer. Her mother, Amarante, was a priestess and her father, Ryu, was a demon slayer. They fell in love and had Michiko but her original name was she was growing up her father trained her to fight the ways to be a demon slayer. She would go out and help her father when he needed her. She was excellent in fighting. She also was trained to be a priestess for when her mother would fall ill and die Emiko would take over. Then one day when Emiko was only thirteen her village was attacked by demons. Everyone was killed included her family but she was the only survivor. She had started to travel to find another village. When she found one she had changed her name to Michiko so the demons wouldn't find her. She had protected the village and helped those who needed it. She swore that she would find the demons and kill them as revenge for her is said that this is the village stayed at when she was killed. She had gotten married and had a child before she died. She came to this village to train unskilled demon slayers but it was a trap to kill her. Her child lived on and carried on the name. It is said that her ancestor can get Michiko's powers by going in a nearby cave but it's just a legend." Renkotsu explained.
I was overwhelmed at what I was told. "So this is here stuff right here?" I asked them.

"I guess." Renkotsu told me.

I picked up the sword and saw that there was a picture of Michiko. I examined it closely to see that she looked like me. "This must be her. She is so beautiful" I said aloud.
"Grab the equipment and let's go into that cave." Bankotsu told me. I put the hook with the chain that must of been used for climbing gear in my bag along with the strange clothes, I put the sword and sheath around my waist and the bow and arrows on my back. I followed Bankotsu outside to where the cave was. 'I have a bad feeling about this.' I thougth I walked in first with the others following not to far behind. The cave was dark and muggy. I could only see a few feet in front of me. 'If only there was light.' I thought as a light came out of nowhere. I looked behind me to see that it was Renkotsu. After walking in the cave for some time we came to an alter with a marked grave. I went up to the alter to see a sliver chained necklace with a silver star on it. In the middle of the star was a green stone. It pulsed as I touched it 'What's going on?' I asked myself. I picked up the necklace and felt a surge of energy going throught my entire body. "What's going on?" I asked aloud as I was lifted up off the ground along with the necklace and my arms thrusted back.I looked down to see that I was about five to ten feet off the ground .I felt like engry was being transferred into my body.

Everyone's eyes grew wide as they saw what was happening. "The legend is true then..." Renkotsu said. I saw some orbs go into my body. I felt stronger after the orbs entered my body. Then the necklace went onto my neck. I started to fall after I had the necklace on. "Emily!" Bankotsu yelled as he went to catch me. He put down his Banryuu beside him quickly and caught me in his arms.

"Emily are you ok?" He asked me. I felt so exhausted.

"Yeah, I'm just very tired." I told him as I wrapped my arms around his neck. I saw him blush a little as I did this.

"There should be a clearing nearby." Bankotsu told me. He handed me off to Suikotsu and picked up his Banryuu. I soon fell asleep in Suikotsu's arms. When I awoke I saw that I was infront of a fire and I saw that Bankotsu was sitting beside me.

"Feeling better?" He asked me. He gave me a heartwarming smile.

"Y-yeah I should be fine." I said as I sat up. I looked down to see the necklace that we had found in the cave. I looked around for my bag and equipment to see that it was behind me.

"So I'm Michiko's ancestor?" I asked.
"It appears to be that way." He told me. I looked up but couldn't find the others.

"Where did the rest of them go?" I asked Bankotsu.
"They went to go get food. I stayed behind to watch you." Bankotsu told me. 'That was nice of him but why couldn't Jakotsu, Suikotsu, Renkotsu or Ginkotsu stay with me?' I thought as I looked at him but when he caught my gaze I looked down blushing. In the corner of my eye he smirked then laid on his back looking up at the stars. He patted beside him signaling me to lay beside him. I moved my equipment to my left side and laid back."I haven't looked up at the stars with someone in a while." I told Bankotsu.

"How come?" He asked me.

"When I was little my mom, dad and brother, Alex used to go out to a clearing like this away from our house and look up at the I was ten it all stopped. I hated that we stopped doing this it was always so relaxing so I would leave the house and look at the stars by myself." I told him.

"That's sad." He told me. I looked at him and smiled then returned my attention back to the stars.

"So how did you get Banryuu?" I asked Bankotsu.

"I had Kaijinbo build Banryuu for me. It's my compainon. I never go anywhere without it and now it's a demonic blade because I killed one thousand demons and humans." Bankotsu told me.

"That's pretty cool." I told him.

'Bankotsu is so nice. He seems very calm and caring especially for me. I wonder why but I already asked and he told me. He is pretty cute and that smirk of his makes him even cuter. AH! What am I thinking? I can't possibly want to be more than Bankotsu's friend. Or are my feelings true? I don't even live in this era and I'm falling for someone who is a mercenary and the only thing he loves is killing and that sword of his, so he can't actually reciprocate the feelings i have for him but I may be wrong. Who knows.' I thought as I looked up at the stars. I was startled when the rest of the group came back with the food.I sat up and watched them return. Bankotsu sat up after I did. He got up and went to help them. The food was prepared after a half hour. We ate our meal as we sat around the camp fire. When we were finished we sat in silence for a bit.