Back with chapter two, Youko and Yomi show up! YAY! Thank you Yimi for your reviews. Let's get this thing rolling!

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Catarina trained with the tiger tribe for 28 years now. Being the heiress to the tribe made all the other walk on egg shells around her. She longed for the freedom of her childhood. Well trained assassin, and one of the best in the tribe, everyone wanted to hire her. But she had something to avenge before she went back to the freedom of old.

"Father," she called out as she enter the center hut of the hidden tiger village.

"Catarina," he said as he came to embrace his daughter. "Another successful miss…ugh…"

"I told you I would avenged her," she whispered as she pulled the dagger from his gut.

"Why," Tskada breathed. He fell to his knees, and looked up at her. "You are my flesh and blood…"

"And that didn't stop you from abandoning me or mother," she replied. "Now join her in death!"

Stabbing him in the heart, she left the hut as he took his last breath. Tears shimmered in the corners of his pale blue eyes, and his body fell to the ground. She left the village, never to return again, she didn't care she was the heiress. It meant nothing to her, nothing meant anything to her anymore. Her emotions died the day her mother did.

"You truly are as good as they say, assassin," a dark voice laughed as she entered the forest, far from the border of the tiger village. "You assassinated your own father."

"He was no father to me," she replied, as she took out her Katana, and turned to face the voice. "Show yourself!"

"Now now," he laughed. "I just wanted to hire you."

"Talk before I slash your throat," she smirked.

"I want you to kill a bandit for me," he said as he came from the shadows of the trees. "My name is Yomi."

"Is that suppose to mean something you six eared freak?" Catarina laughed, as she pointed her sword at him.

"It should," he sneered. "I am a partner in a group of bandits that will soon be legendary!"

"I care why?"

"Because," he said as he threw a sack of gold at her feet. "That is the down payment for completing my task for you."

"I take full payment after the job is done," she said as she put her sword way. "Now who is the target?"

"Youko Kurama," he replied as he picked up the bag at her feet.

"Consider him eliminated," Catarina laughed as she turned to leave. Yomi grabbed her arm and made her face him.

"If you fail me I will kill you," he said as he squeezed her arm. She jerked her arm away from him.

"Do not make threats to me," she growled through her teeth. "Try and kill me and you'll lose those ears of yours."

"I'll be expecting his head soon," Yomi called after her. An evil smile formed on his lips, as he watch her disappear into the shadows.

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Youko Kurama was strolling the woods near his encampment when he felt the rapidly approaching demonic aura. This aura didn't feel familiar, and it seemed to be heading towards him. Curious to see who would dare challenge him, he headed out towards to aura.

"Youko Kurama," a female voice laughed from the trees. "Have you so eagerly come to your death?"

"Are you going to kill me?" Youko smirked. "Better demons have tried, and you do feel so weak."

"We'll see who is weak," she said as she landed before him, and pulled out her Katana.

"Do I get a name before we fight?" he said as he took out a simple red rose.

"Catarina, heiress of the tiger demon assassins," she replied automatically.

"A tiger assassin," Youko said as a small smile slipped across his lips. "So Yomi has sent an assassin after me as I did him."

"Some rivalry between you two huh," she smirked. "Now you gonna fight or smell the roses all day?"

"Rose whip!" he called out and transformed the rose into his thorny whip. Holding the whip between his hands, he prepared to attack. "You think you can beat me half breed? Go ahead and try!"

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Battle scene next, gotta give me time to write it. Reviews pls... Till next time!