As we continued on our journey towards the village some villagers had come up to us.
"Are you the ones who killed the demon?" An old villager asked.
"Actually she killed the centipede demon." Bankotsu told the man as he pushed me forward.
"The prince of our village would like you to stay the night." The man said.
"We can't. We have a long journey ahead of us and we really need to get going." Bankotsu told the man.
"I don't think it will hurt Bankotsu." I told him.
He sighed "Lead us to your Prince." He told them. The villagers nodded and lead us to the village. Once we arrive to the castlethe prince appeared.
"I am Prince Yukio." He said. I bowed at him. He had bright green eyes and short brown hair that came with a handsome face.
"I am Emily and the people with me are Bankotsu, Jakotsu, Suikotsu and Renkotsu." I told him.
"The band of seven?" He asked.
"Uh there aren't seven people here just five. Wait are they the band of seven?" I asked him.
He nodded at my question. "Oh I didn't know they had a name." I told him.
"Well I will show you to your rooms." Yukio told me. He showed the boys their room and showed me my room. Just like the others did I had put my equippment in my room instead of having to lug it arounbd the village.
"Will you care to join me on a stroll?" Yukio asked me.
"Maybe later." I told him while looking at Bankotsu.
"You can find me in the village when you are ready." Yukio told me before he walked away. I then looked at Bankotsu.
"What?" He asked.
"Can we talk?" I asked him.
"Sure." He told me as he took my hand and lead me away from the others. I blushed when he took my hand and brought me to a place away from the palace. Once we arrived to a quiet place he let go of my hand.
"What do you want to talk about?" He asked me looking up at the sky.
"I want to know about your past." I told him while looking at him.
"There is nothing to tell." He told me as he looked at me.
"I still want to know though." I told him.
"Maybe I don't want you to know." He almost yelled back.
"Look I told you everything you asked me and you aren't going to return the favor?" I yelled at him.
"No it's very personal!" He yelled back.
"Mine was too but I still told you!" I yelled.
"Well that's your choice and this is mine!" He yelled.
"I see how it is now. You don't trust me but I trust you. I guess I should of never of trusted you!" I yelled at him crying. His face then looked deeply saddened. "Essie I didn't mean-" "No you said it and you did mean it." I told him crying. I ran off 'Why did I even like him?' I thought to myself as I bumped into Yukio.
"What's the matter Emily?" He asked me.
"Bankotsu and I got into a fight." I told him. He hugged me and I blushed.
"Let's walk." He told me. I nodded and started to walk with him around the village.

~Meanwhile~

Bankotsu had headed back to their room as there was no sense in going after Emily if she was upset. Besides she probably wouldn't of wanted to talk to him anyway. When he opened the screen door he saw Jakotsu being served by a male. "Oh hey Bankotsu this is Itazura." Jakotsu said.
"Oh please call me Ita." Itazura blushed.
Bankotsu nodded and sat down against the wall and closed his eyes.
"What's wrong with him?" Jakotsu asked Itazura.
"I heard yelling between a guy and a girl not far from here but that's beside the point. As you were saying about killing many men." Itazura told Jakotsu.
"Oh yeah! So I was killing all these men while I almost got killed from this lord. I would of died if Bankotsu didn't save me with his Banryuu." Jakotsu had explained.
"Oh good thing Bankotsu was there because I don't think I would enjoy someone else's thrilling stories to about killing." Itazura said.
"I like you Itzura. I like you alot." Jakotsu said while giving him a wide grin.
"You do? You realy do?" Irazura asked. Jakotsu nodded. Itazura had now a wide grinon his face. He tackled Jakotsu into a hug. "I LOVE YOU JAKOTSU SO MUCH!" Itazura yelled. Jakotsu hugged him back. Bankotsu sighed. He wasn't going to get any peace and quiet.

~Back to Emily and Yukio~

We walked all over town helping a myriad of villagers. 'Yukio is so nice. I wish Bankotsu was mmore like him. He seems to care more about me than Bankotsu. Bankotsu didn't even come after me. Someone who really loved me would of come after me.' I thought as there were reruns of our argument kep playing in my head. I sighed.
"You ok?" Yukio asked.
"Yes I was just thinking." I told him. He gave me a smile and I smiled back. He grabbed my hand and I blushed. I started to get butterflys in my stomach. 'I like Yukio.' I thought. At least I liked someon e who actually cared for me and my feelings. We started to walk back to my door. When we arrived Bankotsu was walking slowly towards my room. I looked at him and he looked at me and stopped. I was still mad at him for what he had said earlier.
"Would you like to join me for dinner?" Yukio asked me. I returned my attention to him.
"I would love to." I told him smiling.
"I shall send someone to get you." He told me. I nodded and he left. I looked back at Bankotsu. He turned around walking. "Bankotsu what's wrong?" I asked him. He stopped walking and looked over his shoulder.
"Nothing. I'm fine." He told me.
"You're lying." I told him.
"I'm fine." He told me.
"Keep telling yourself that but I know you aren't fine." I told him. He walked away. I sighed. 'Why must he be so difficult?' I thought. I went inside my room and laid down for a while waiting for dinner. I then heard a voice telling me that it was time to come eat. I got up and followed the servant to the Prince's dinning room. I sat down and we prayed before eating. I started to eat. We chatted inbetween bites. When we were done we started to talk about nature and the stars. He and I shared the same views. I smiled at this because we were both intelligent.
"I know we've only know eachother for a day but I've fallen in love with you." Yukio told me. I blushed instantly.
"I like you alot Yukio but I'm not sure. There is someone else." I told him.
"Is it Bankotsu? He doesn't seem like he loves you very much. I think he just is pretending to like you, so it would be more fun to kill you." Yukio told me.
"You think so?" I asked him. He nodded at me.
"Then I will marry you." I told him. He then got up and grabbed my hands. I looked deep into his eyes. I got an eerie feeling from him. His eyes told a different story. They were cold and evil. That's when I knew that something was terribly wrong with this prince. His grin turned into an evil smile. I started to back away but he tightened his grip on me.
"I usually take beautiful girls but you are beautiful and powerful. I must have your soul." He told me. I kicked him in the leg and he let go of me. I was running towards the door when he grabbed my ankle and brought me to the ground. There was a loud thud to the floor. "BANKOTSU!" screamed at the top of my lungs. Then he started to take my soul. Islowly started to feel weak and passed out.

Bankotsu heard Emily screaming his name. Bankotsu grabbed hid Banryuu and ran towards Emily's scream. When he got there he saw the Prince almost done sucking out Emily's soul. Bankotsu had ran up and got Yukio off of Emily. He punched him in the nose and Yukio went to the floor. Bankotsu had killed him quickly and then went to Emily's side. Emily started to become concscious. "Thank you Bankotsu." She told him before becoming unconscious.

I soon could feel heat along my side. I opened my eyes to see my head laying on Bankotsu's lap. He saw that I was awake. "Essie, your alright!" He said with happiness.
"Bankotsu thank you for saving me." I told smiled at me and I smiled back. I sat up across from him. He looked relieved that I wasn't going to die. I looked around to see that it was nighttine and we were under the stars.
"Where are we?" I asked.
"A place not to far fromt he village. Don't worry I have Banryuu." He told me. I nodded at him
"My mom and dad died from an attack of mercenaries and demons. They also took all of our belongings. They killed every single villager but me .I had no wher eto go and no one to take care of me. I sought to get revenge and I killed all but one of the responsible killers. It felt good to kill, so I was challengning demons to battles and killed every single one of them. I formed the band of seven, a mericless band of killers and in the end we were all beheaded and Naraku brought us back to life. Now I'm here with you." Bankotsu told me. My mouth almost dropped. It was terrible I gave him a hug. He was surprised by this action and he blushed. I slowly pulled away and was face to face with him.
"You have people who will never die onyou and I am one of theose people." I told him smiling. He smiled back at me. 'I wonder if I should ask if what Yukio said is true?' I thought to myself. "Do you care for me Bankotsu?"I asked him while avoiding his eyes. He took my chin and held it.
"Yes I do care for you Essie." He told me.I blushed. He pulled my chin. It was so romantic with the stars and everything. Our faces started moving closer until our lips kiss was long and deep. I kissed him back. We pulled apart after four mintues of nonstop kissing. We both blushed. We put out the fire. He picked up his Banryuu and headed back to the castle. I lead him to my room and we laid down cuddling as we both started to drift into dreamland.

It was Bankotsu who woke me up this time. I looked at him and smiled. "Hey Bankotsu." I said to him. He smiled at me. I got up and didn't bothered changing. I grabbed my equipment and put it on. Bankotsu grabbed his Banryuu and wrapped his free arm around my shoulder. I blushed and suddenly remembered that we kissed last night. 'I wonder if Bankotsu loves me? The mood was right and we kissed. If this ruins my chance of being with him I'm going to blame the stars and the romantic setting.' I thought to myself.

We met the others at the village exit. There was a man talking to Jakotsu.
"I'm going to miss you Jakotsu I must say you were the most exciting person I've ever met." Itazura told Jakotsu.
"I will miss you too." Jakotsu told him. Itazura had kissed Jakotsu on the lips and then hugged him. Jakotsu blushed. I thought it was cute. We then started on our way again. I have no clue where we are going but where ever we go as long I'm with Bankotsu I will feel safe.