As we were walking down the path I couldn't help but wonder 'What did Bankotsu think of the kiss? Did it mean anything to him as it did to me?' I thought while I was looking at him. He then caught my eyes and I looked away quickly blushing.
"Anything on your mind?" He asked me.
'Yes.' "No." I told him. The rest of the group stopped their own conversations and started to listen to ours.
"Are you sure nothing is on your mind?" He asked me.
I sighed. "No I'm lying. I was wondering if there was a hot spring nearby." I told him.
"Yeah there is a ways up near a clearing." He told me. I nodded. We soon came up to the clearing and Bankotsu pointed to the direction of the hot spring. I took my equipment and went there. I soon arrived and got undressed and went into the hot spring.
~Meanwhile~

InuYasha and the gang where traveling the smell of blood but there was no scent of gunpowder along with the smell. They soo came upon a fallen demon. "Looks about a day old." Sango said. InuYasha went ad examined it closer.
"It was killed by an arrow." He said.
"Could it of been Kikyo?" Miroku asked.
"It's possible." Sango said.
"It's not Kikyo. I don't smell her around." InuYasha said. Kagome was relieved by this.
"Let's go ask the village." Kagome said. They headed along the village and they stopped Itazura.
"Would you of happened to know who killed the demon?" Kagome asked him.
"Yes it was a girl who dressed funny. Her name was Emily and she was traveling with the band of seven. Our prince was going to take her soul because he was a demon who ate the souls of beautiful souls but Bankotsu killed him." Itazura told them.
"Which way did they go?" InuYasha asked him.
"They exited the village and started to go south. Wait are you going after them? Please take me with you! I wish to see Jakotsu again!" Itazura pleaded.
"I'm sorry but it's too dangerous for people like you." InuYasha told him
"Oh please! I long to see Jakotsu again! I'm miserable without him!" Itazura pleaded.
"Sure! You can ride on Kirara." Kagome told him. InuYasha grunted and Kagome glared at him. They soon started on their way towards the direction of the bad of seven and Emily left.

Koga was far ahead of Ginta and Hakkaku and the wolves traveling with them. He was following the scent of the band of seven. The scent was coming from a nearby hot spring.

As I finished changing into my black tanktop, black frilly miniskirt, short shorts that went under the skirt and my black converse. I had put me equipment on and my bag on when I heard a voice say "You smell like the band of seven but you aren't one of them." I turned around with a swift movement with my bow and arrow aimed at the person. "Who are you?" I questioned.
"Koga of the wold demon tribe. Why are you traveling with the band of seven?" He asked.
"I have no clue but Naraku wants them to keep me safe. You better leave or I will kill you" I told him.
"You kill me? HA!" Koga told me. I then shot the arrow but he dodged my arrow.
"A sacred arrow! Who are you?" He asked.
"I am Emily the ancestor of the powerful demon slayer priestess, Michiko." I told him.
"I thought that was a legend!" He told me.
"Well are we going to fight or what?" I asked him as I shot another arrow and he dogded it.
~Meanwhile~

"Why is she taking so long?" Bankotsu asked the group.
"Why don't you go and check on her?" Renkotsu suggested. Bankotsu started to get up when a blonde haired hazel eyed girl came from out of the forest. She stumbled and fell. "Help!" The girl cried. Suikotsu ran to her side as he could hear voices of men coming towards them. "Back away from her! She has stolen from our king! She is a wench!" a man said. Suikotsu killed the men without saying a word to them. The girl had gotten up and looked up at Suikotsu.
"Thank you for saving me! My name is Amai!" Amai told him.
"Suikotsu." Suikotsu told him. Amai gave him a hug. She let go and followed Sukiotsu to where the others were sitting. They introduces themselves to her and then Amai sat down.
"What is someone like you doing out here?" Suikotsu asked Amai.
"Well I was accused of stealing something, which I clearly didn't. I was looking for records of when my lovely Zura had left from the palace." Amai told him.
"Who is Zura?" Jakotsu asked her.
"My love." Amai told him. Then out of the bushes came InuYasha and the others. Amai looked up and saw Itazura. "Itzura!" "Zura!" Amai and Jakotsu said at the same time. Itazura got off and looked at the two. Amai and Jakotsu both looked at eachother angry
"HE'S MINE! HE TOLD ME THAT HE LOVED ME AND THAT HE WAS GOING TO MARRY ME!" Amai yelled at Jakotsu.
"HE KISSED ME AND LOVES ME!" Jakotsu yelled back.
"Guys there is no sense in fighting over me. Amai I thought I told you that I didn't love you anymore?" Itazura told him Amai.
"I thought you were joking." Amai told him tearing up.
"See he loves me!" Jakotsu said as he crossed his arms and saw InuYasha hiding behind Kiarara.
"My beloved InuYasha!" Jakotsu yelled with was dreamy eyed while looking at InuYasha .Itazura was enraged.
He turned to InuYasha "WHY HAVE YOU TAKEN AWAY JAKOTSU FROM ME?" Itazura had yelled at InuYasha. InuYasha's eyes got wide at Itazura's assumption.
"WE AREN'T TOGETHER! HE SICKENS ME!" InuYasha yelled at Itazura. Itazura still hated InuYasha despite him telling the truth.
"Were is Emily?" Kagome asked.
"Nowhere near here." Bankotsu answered. Then InuYasha pulled out his Tetsaiga.
"Get out of the way if you want to live." InuYasha told everyone in the area. Suikotsu pulled Amai close to him and backed up with her. Amai looked up at him and smiled. Itazura grabbed Jakotsu and got out of the way as Bankotsu unsheathed his Banyruu. InuYasha and Bankotsu had started fighting.
~Back to Emily and Koga~

I was running through the forest back to the camp because I couldn't battle Koga by myself since he was too fast. I thought I lost him but he grabbed my ankle and pinned me down. "BANKOTSU HELP!" I yelled at the top of my lungs. Koga was then sniffing the air "I smell the mutt and Kagome." Koga said. He then unpinned me and picked me up and carried me to where the battle was. I saw InuYasha and his friends.
"Koga." Kagome said.
"Emily! You're alright!" Sango yelled. Koga then put me down.
"What are you doing here mutt?" Koga asked InuYasha.
"Saving Emily." InuYasha replied.
Bankotsu stopped fighting InuYasha and ran to my side "Emily are you alright?" He asked me. I nodded yes. InuYasha was surprised by this. I looked at him "I want you to leave. I don't want you to hurt Bankotsu." I told him.
"We are trying to save you!" InuYasha yelled at me.
"I don't want to be saved!" I yelled back. InuYasha's mouth dropped in pure shock.
"Emily, Naraku wants you for something. Naraku is a bad man." Miroku told me.
"I don't care. If Naraku wants me, I won't give up with a fight." I told him. Bankotsu helped me up. Kagome and Shippo could see what was going on between Bankotsu and I.
"Let's go InuYasha. You too Koga." Kagome told them. InuYasha looked at Kagome.
"Are you crazy? I have a chance to kill Bankotsu and you are telling me that we have to leave?" InuYasha questioned.
"I'll explain later." Kagome told him.
"I'll get you next time!" InuYasha told Bankotsu. He then put Kagome on his back and left with Koga.
"What happened at the hot springs?" Bankotsu asked me.
"Well I was battling Koga but he was way to fast for me to attack him so I started to run to get to you but he pinned me down and then he could smell InuYasha and he unpinned me and brought me here." I explained to him.
~Meanwhile~
InuYasha and the gang and settle far from Emily and the Band of Seven.
"What was that about?" InuYasha asked.
"Emily and Bankotsu like eachother." Kagome told InuYasha.
"Huh?" He asked.
"You are so dense." Shippo told him.
"What did you say?" InuYasha asked Shippo mad.
"Nothing." Shippo told him hiding behind Kagome.
Koga had found them and went by Kagome.
"What do you want wolf?" InuYasha asked Koga.
"I want to tell you that the legend about Michiko is true." Koga told them. Then Ginta and Hakkaku showed up. "Koga we finally caught up to you!" They said simultaneously. Everyone then returned their attention to Koga.
"I thought that they were just legends! How'd you find out?" Miroku questoned.
"Emily told me. She's Michiko's ancestor." Koga said.
"Then she killed the centipede with her sacred arrow." Kagome told them.
"But why does Naraku want her?" Sango questioned.
"Well if the legend is true, Emily had inherited Michiko's powers. After all Michiko was a powerful priestess, so Naraku must want Emily for her powers." Miroku explained.
"Then we must get to Naraku before they do." InuYasha told them.
"Well Kagome I better get going." Koga told her and then he left.
"WAIT KOGA!" Ginta and Hakkaku yelled running after him.
"Let's go to the nearby village and rest because it will become dark soon." Miruko said as he got up. They all started to head to the village.
~~

Jakotsu and Renkotsu had returned with food for dinner. They built a fire and started to cook the meat. Amai couldn't stop staring at Suikotsu. He looked at her and she looked away blushing. I giggled a bit.
"We should get you to a village tomorrow. It'd be safer there." Suikotsu told her.
"I feel safer with you." She told him. He blushed when she kissed him on the cheek. 'How cute.' I thought to myself. I then looked at Itazura and Jakotsu as they were wrapped up in their conversation. I smiled at them but then my attention returned to the thought of the kiss. I then went through my bag and got out my ipod. I put on Break the Ice by Brittney spears and headed into the woods. I started to dance for a bit when I felt a hand on my shoulder. I jumped and turned around to see that it was Bankotsu. "Time to eat." He told me. I shut off my ipod and started to walk out of the woods with him. Before we got out I stopped. "Bankotsu?" I asked. He stopped and turned to look at me.
"What is it Essie?" He asked.
"Remener the kiss last night?" I asked him.
"Yes what about it?" He asked.
"I was wondering if it meant anything to you." I told him while looking at the ground.
Bankotsu was silent for a minute. 'What do I say to her? Do I tell her my true feelings? Or do I say no so it won't ruin our friendship?' Bankotsu thought. "No it didn't mean anything. It was just a kiss." He told me. He then continued walking. I frowned 'Maybe it was for the best that it didn't mean anything but I wished it did. Oh well.' I thought to myself as we continued to walk back to the campfire. I set my stuff down beside me and started to eat. After we finished Bankotsu looked at me.
"Hey Emily you think you could dance for us?" Bankotsu asked me.
"Uh sure." I told them. I got out my speakers and hooked up my ipod. I put on Break the Ice by Brittney spears. I started to dance and everyone was watching me. I did some flips and dropped it low twice and did a couple of body rolls. When I was finished What's my name by Rihanna feat. Drake.
"Hey do you think you could teach me how to dance?" Bankotsu asked me.
"Sure." I told him as I shut off my ipod and put my speakers and ipod back in my bag. I then sat beside him. We all were talking and having a good time as it was getting later.