I was bored of sitting in silence. "Do you guys have anything fun to do?" I asked them.
"Uh I don't think so. Do you have any fun things to do?" Jankotsu asked me.
"Well, where I come from we play a lot of games. The games I played recently were seven minutes in heaven, which is a game where you either spin a bottle or pick a number and go into a place where no one else is and kiss or do whatever for seven minutes. You can tweak the time but it is usually seven minutes. Then truth or dare is a game where you pick a person and you ask them truth or dare. If the person says truth you have to ask them a question and they have to answer it truthfully. If they say dare you have to dare them to do something. Another would be never ever and you start with ten fingers and say somethign you have never ever done and if you've had done the thing that the person has never done you put a fing down and the last one standing wins but those are the only games I can think of at the moment." I explained to them.
"Oh I wanna play truth or dare that sounds like fun! We can play that never ever game tomorrow when we are traveling." Jakotsu excalimed with happiness.

"Okay, we will play truth or dare first. Since you want to play Jakotsu, you can go first." I told him.
"Bankotsu truth or dare?" Jakotsu asked Bankotsu
"Dare." Bankotsu said proudly.
Jakotsu snickered before speaking. "I dare you to go in the woods with Emily for seven minutes." Jakotsu told Bankotsu.
'Did he just said what I thought he said? He wants Bankotsu and I to play seven minutes in heaven? AHH!' I thought with my heart pounding. I was so nervous.
"So you want me and her to play seven minutes in heaven?" Bankotsu asked Jakotsu. Jakotsu nodded.
"No way." Bankotsu told him.
"It's a dare you have to do it unless you are chicken." Suikotsu said.
Bankotsu got up and reached for my hand. I took it and he helped me up. "You're seven minutes start when you enter the forest." Jakotsu told us. We both started to walk to the forest. As we entered Jakotsu yelled "You're seven minutes have begun!". I picked a tree to sit at and Bankotsu sat across from me. "Now what?" He asked me.
"Well we can do whatever we want. We don't have to kiss. We can just sit here and talk for seven minutes." I told him.
"Talking would be nice." He told me. I looked at him trying to think of a topic to think about.
"So why do you like killing Bankotsu?" I asked him even though his answer will probably be similar to Jakotsu's but without the whole guy thing.
"It's exciting." He told me. We sat in silence for a mintue. I looked up to see the stars through the trees. He looked up to see what I was looking at.
"What are you looking at?" He asked me.
"The stars." I told him.
"What's with you and the stars?" He asked me.
"I dunno. I think they are really romantic, beautiful and mysterious." I told him.
"So that's why you like the stars?" He asked.
"That is the first part. The second half is from the memories I had with my family before I was ten, which I already told you." I told him. I looked back down to see Bankotsu had moved closer to me.
"So why do you wear that face paint around your eyes?" He asked me looking at my face.
"First it's make-up, not face paint. Second I wear make-up to bring out my features. For instance eyeliner brings out my eyes, eyeshadow also brings out the eyes but it goes on the eyelid. Lipstick and lipstick goes on the lips to bring out the lips, mascara to make the eyelashes get bigger, and concealer hides blemishes but that's just the common make-up there is some more products. Most people wear chapstick though because it hydrates the lips making the lips not dry and chapped." I explained to him.
"So guys can wear this make up too?" He asked me.
"Yes they can. Some guys wear eyeliner it's called guyliner." I told him.
"Ah but girls look so pretty with out it. Even you." He told me. (She is wearing make-up. She didn't put her head under the water in the hot spring and her make-up didn't run.)
"Thanks. Would you like me to discontinue with wearing it." I told him. I looked away so he wouldn't see me blushing. 'He said I looked pretty without make-up!' I screamed in my head.
"You can still wear it but don't wear it from time to time. I'd like to see your face without the make-up." He told me.
"You know? I don't understand how I'm the ancestor of Michiko. My dad and mom never mentioned anythine about a priestess/demon slayer in our family." I told Bankotsu as I leaned back against the tree. I started to think about anything said to me in my family.
"Maybe your grandmother told you stories." He told me.
"Well my grandmother, Esmeralda, would talk about a famous relative of ours who was a hero. My grandmother told me that she was beautiful and wise. My grandmother told me that she had our ancestor's beauty and wisdom. She said that I have it too. It was her wish that when I was born that I'd carry on the name Esmeralda. My full name is Emily Esmeralda Anne Thompson. It's a mouthful." I told him.
"So were you and your grandmother close?" Bankotsu asked me.
As I began to speak I heard Bankotsu shout "Times up!"

I got up and waited for Bankotsu to get up. "We'll finish our conversation when they are sleeping." I told him as I lead our way out of the forest. When we returned everyone was staring at us. I sighed. We continued to play the game until Renokotsu, Jakotsu, Suikotsu and Ginkotsu went to sleep. Bankotsu and I laid beside each other awake. We faced each other in order to talk to each other. "To answer your question earlier, my grandmother and I were close. She died when I was thirteen. When she died I lost my only best friend. Sometimes she would call me Esmeralda or Essie on purpose since I technically have two names. When she died I was devastated." I told him.

"That's terrible. Were you going to go live with her?" He asked me.

"Yes I was but when I was packing my things she got in a car accident and was sent to the hospital. She was on her way to get me so we could celebrate my birthday I was thirteen finally but when she came out of the intersection she got into a crash. She died later that night at the hospital. I was there when she died. Her last words to me was 'Essie there is a greater power in you. You will discover it and help save humanity like your ancestor...' then she died. I cried all night," I told him crying. He pulled me closer to him. I put my head on his chest and I was still crying. We were in the cuddling position.

"She probably wants you to be happy. Now you'll mess up that make-up stuff of yours." He told me. He looked down at me and smiled.

I laughed a little. "Let's talk about the stars." He told me.

"Ok then." I told him as I was still lying close to him. I looked up and started to look at them. We were talking about the stars for quite some time. We soon passed out in the middle of our conversation. I felt the warm sun against my face. It was morning and I was tired. When I opened my eyes I saw Bankotsu's chest. I realized that my head was laying on his eyes widened and I blushed. 'What happened last night?' I thought as I was trying to think of how we got into this position. 'That's right. I was crying and Bankotsu pulled me closer to him to comfort me. We must of fallen asleep like this.' I thought. I heard Bankotsu yawn. I looked up at his face and he opened his eyes and looked down at me. I smiled at him and sat up for him to get up.

"You sleep well?" He asked me.

'I slept fine knowing that we were cuddling while sleeping.' I thought but instead I just said "Yes." He sat up with me. I got up and grabbed my bag and got out my black and purple tanktop and black shorts. "I'll go change." I told him. He just nodded and watched me walk off. I went behind a tree and changed into my outfit still wearing the converse and sweatshirt. I started to walk back to the campsite with the dirty clothes in my hand. I went to go put them away. "I really don't know how to wield any of these weapons. I took a sword fighting class once but I quit because I didn't have enough time to do it." I told Bankotsu while looking down at my weapons.

He looked at me. "Would you like me to train you?" He asked me.

"Yes I would like that." I told him.

He unsheathed his Banyruu. "We will work on your technique with the sword. You'll practice by hitting Banyruu." He told me. I grabbed my sword and my bows and arrows. Bankotsu started carrying Banryuu on his right shoulder. I followed with my sword. He stopped a few feet away from the campsite. He got in a stance "Unsheath your sword and copy my stance." He told me. I copied him and he got on the other side of me. "We will practice because you are good at fist combat. We are going to try this but I won't hit you or at least try to." Bankotsu told me. I nodded and we started combat. I ran at him and tried to hit him. He blocked my swing and pushed me back. I did a back flip before he could swing at me. I ran at him again but started to slide to kick him in the legs. I successfully got him on his back. I got up and held the sword to his neck. "How was that?" I asked him.

"Good. You are a natural born fighter." Bankotsu said as he got up. I put the sheath on my sword and we started to walk back to camp. The rest of the group was slowly waking up. I picked up my bag and put it on my back while Bankotsu sheathed his sword. They group grabbed their belongs and we started to continue where ever we were going. When we got to a dirt path there was a village in the far distance. The ground soon started to shake. "What's going on?" I asked.
"Maybe it's an earthquake." Renkotsu said.
Then out of nowhere a huge centipede demon appeared.
"It's you." It said looking at me.
"Who me?" I asked as Bankotsu started to unsheath Banryuu.
"I only want to battle Michiko." The demon said. He discontinued unsheathing Banryuu after hearing the centipede telling him tot do so.
I sighed. The demon thought I was Michiko. "I am not Michiko. I am Emily. Michiko died a long time ago." I explained to the centipede.
"That is impossible because her scent is all over you." The demon told me. It then came after me and I dogde it. The guys stood back and watched because of Bankotsu ordering them not to do anything. I pulled out my bow and arrow but the demon kept coming after me. I then found an opening. I then set up my bow and arrow even though I have never touched a bow and arrow. I pulled back the arrow and fired it. The arrow was purple "A sacred arrow!" The demon yelled. The arrow then hit the demon and I killed it.

"Good job Emily!" Jakotsu yelled. I just stood there in awe. I couldn't beleive what I had just done. I just killed a demon and I felt great. Bankotsu came up beside me and put his free hand over my shoulder. I looked at his arm and blushed. "Nice job Essie." He whispered to me. He continued to walk towards the village and I walked by his side looking at nature. He looked at me and smiled.