Once we got to the clearing I got off of Ginkotsu and went to sit by the soon to be built campsite.
"Can I please help?" I asked Bankotsu as I took off my equippment and put it beside me.
"No you need your rest." He told me.
"But I don't want to be the useless person who sits and does nothing." I told him as he put sticks about six feet away from me. He then came over to me and knelt in front of me.
"I don't want you to hurt yourself anymore than you have been hurt." He told me.
"But I'm not a weakling. I'll be fine." I told him before I gave a long passionate kiss. He kissed me back and then I pulled away after a minute.
"No you have to rest." He said as he got up and went to go gather wood while the others were getting food. I laid down on my back and looked up at the sky. Bankotsu had finished putting together the wood when everyone came back from getting fish. Renkotsu started the fire and I helped set the fish on sticks with Bankotsu. We then waited for the fish to finish. Bankotsu had his arm around me the entire time. I held his other hand and rested my head on his shoulders. Everyone then went to sleep. I laid my head on Bankotsu's chest while I traced circles on his chest. He looked down at me "Anything on your mind?" He asked.
I looked up at him "Kinda." I told him.
"You want to talk about it?" He asked.
"Yeah." I told him as he started to stroke my arm. "I can't help but wonder if I'm going to die. After all I don't want to be withoutyou." I told him. He looked into my eyes.
"You won't die. I have faith that you will kill Yoshi. I'll even help you if I need to. I don't want you to die." He told me. I smiled at him.
"Thank you Bankotsu. I never want to leave you." I told him.
"I'll make sure that you will always stay with me." He told me. We soon went to sleep.
~Dream/Vision~
I had run to the demon slayer village with my bow and arrow out. Bankotsu, Jakotsu, Renkotsu,Ginkotsu, Itazura, Suikotsu and Amai all stood at the entrance watching me battle Yoshi. He kept coming at me and I kept dogding him until I hit him in the chest and then came at him with my sword. I had gone to cut him when he almost cut me but I swiftly dogded it. I then cut off his arm but he picked it up and reattached it.
"Silly girl you can't kill me! Even Michiko couldn't kill me. You two shall have the same fate!" He told me.
"I don't think so." I told him as I came runing at him when he gave me a big wound. Then Bankotsu came runing towards me and Yoshi ran away.
~End of Dream vision~
I had woken up to see Bankotsu watching me sleep. I gave him a smile and gave him a quick kiss.
"What's wrong?" He asked.
'Should I tell him? If I do tell him it could cause him to worry and I don't want that. I won't tell him.' I thought. "Nothing is wrong." I told him.
"Something is wrong. You can tell me." He told me.
"No I'm fine." I told him.
"Why won't you tell me? I know something is wrong." He told me.
"Because I don't want to tell you! I'm going for a walk ALONE!" I yelled at him as I grabbed a bag and my weapons.
"Fine with me!" He yelled. I then got up and started to walk through the forest. I then came upon a lake and a waterfall. I dropped my equippment by a rock and I took off my top and shorts. I dove inthe water with just my bra and underwear on. I started to swim around until I felt something brush against my leg. I started to swim to the edge but something grabbed my leg and brought me under. I soon became unconscious. When I awoke my feet were chained to a wall and I was struggling. Then out of nowhere a guy with long black hair and golden eyes came up to me.
"You will be a perfect bride." He said.
"Who are you?" I asked.
"I am Suijin the water demon." He told me as he grabbed my face. I tried to pull away but I couldn't.
"BANKOTSU!" I screamed at the top of my lungs.
"He won't here you. In fact no one can here your cries for help. Now if you be a good girl I'll let you live and be my wife but if you misbehave I shall kill you." He said as he let go of my face and disapeared. I started to cry. I wasn't going to be saved.
~Meanwhile~
It had been hours since Emily had left and Bankotsu was getting worried. He started to look for her with the others. He had brought his Banryuu to protect Emily if he had found her. He couldn't find her at all. He had passed the place where her stuff was so many times. As it got dark he went back to camp. "Don't worry Big Brother we will find Emily." Jakotsu reassured Bankotsu. Bankotsu had tears coming down his face. "I hope so too." He said as he laid down as if he was waiting for Emily to return and lay in his arms as they went to sleep together.
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It looked like it was getting dark. "I'm so sorry Bankotsu. I shouldn't of yelled at you. I only wish to be in your arms now. Please find me." I cried as I sat on the cold stone floor of the inside cave. Then Suijin came back with food. "Eat this darling." He told me as he fed me food. Once I was done eating he gave me a kiss on the lips. "Get some rest because tomorrow you shall become my wife." He said before he gave me another kiss. He then left. I continued to cry "I don't want to marry him. I don't love him like I love you Bankotsu." I cried. Then my necklace started to glow. I looked down at it to see Bankotsu crying at the campsite. 'Maybe I can send him a vision showing him where I am.' I thought. I closed my eyes and started to concentrate.
"Bankotsu, I'm underwater in a cave that is located in a lake that has a waterfall. My stuff is on the rock. Hurry and save me or I will become Suijin's wife if you are too late." I tried to tell him.
~Meanwhile~
Bankotsu was sleeping when he could see Emily. He then hear "Bankotsu, I'm underwater in a cave that is located in a lake that has a waterfall. My stuff is on the rock. Hurry and save me or I will become Suijin's wife if you are too late." Emily said. Then Bankotsu woke up. He grabbed his Banryuu and started to run to the lake Emily described to him. He unsheathed his Banryuu and looked around. "Shoijin come out where I can see you!" He yelled. Then Shoijin came out. Bankotsu killed him in one quick blow and he grabbed the key that had fallen from the now dead Shoijin. He then dropped Banryuu and dropped into the water to find the cave.
"Emily where are you?" Bakotsu questioned. My head snapped up as I heard Bankotsu's voice.
"In here Bankotsu!" I called out. He soon reached me. "Bankotsu." I said while I started to cry. He came over and embraced me. I wrapped my arms around him. "I'm so sorry." I cried.
"It's ok. I never want you to leave me again." He said.
"I promise." I told him as I gave him a long deep passionate kiss. He kissed back but he soon broke it. "Let's get you out of these chains." He said as he took out the key and got my ankles out of the chains. He picked me up bridal style and carried me out of the cave and brought me back to the surface. His clothes were soaking as were mine. "I grabbed some of my brothers clothes by accident. Change into them. I don't want you to get sick." I told him as I went through the bag and grabbed my brothers sweatpants, dc shirt and boxers. I gave them to him.
"I won't get sick." He said. I looked at him.
"Yes you will. I'm changing too." I told him.
"We could do something while we wait for our clothes to dry." He said as he gave me a seductive smile.
"As I would love to but I'm exhausted and as you said I need by rest. I promise you this, we will have fun when I'm feeling better and my strength is regained." I told him. I grabbed a new bra and underwear. I also got out a pair of socks and I decided against wearing my boots because I would be taller than Bankotsu. I grabbed out a pair of black spandex shorts and the new pruple dress I bought. I went into the woods and changed into it. "You like it?" I asked him as I returned to him seeing him in my brother's clothes. He nodded. I saw that the pant length was too long so I went up to him and I folded up the waist band until it was the perfect length. "Let's get back to camp." I told him as he resheathed his Banryuu and put it on his shoulder. He put his free arm around my waist and I picked up my stuff and we headed back to camp.
Once we arrived we set our stuff down. We laid next to eachother and we were cuddling.
"About earlier, I shouldn't of kept pushing. I only wanted to know what was wrong. I worry about you and your visions." He told me.
I looked up at him "I had a vision of me battling Yoshi and everyone was watching me fight him. Then he got me in the same place as he did Michiko and I fell. He ran away and you came runing to my side and that was it." I told him as I looked into his eyes.
"I will not let him kill you. I won't." He said as he gave me a kiss goodnight. We both drifted into dream land.