Notes: Thank you for the reviews! And no the twins are not stronger than Inuyasha. Andy just got the best of him with Kagome's help. Look at chapter 1, it clearly states that Inuyasha was stronger than Andy cause she ended up needing to use the Air Rip.

Disclaimer: Same old drill, I don't own Inuyasha and co.

So don't sue.

Chapter 4: Ambush

Alex looked around at the forest they were recently passing. ' Why do I fell like were being watched?' Andy had no such suspicions like her sister; she walked along with Kagome listening to the girl talk about how she had come involved in the whole shikon shard problem. " So the shards are spread every where and you have to find them." Andy asked, Kagome. Kagome nodded. " Must be very hard on your school work." Andy said.

" You have no idea." Kagome said, " But what about both of you? Don't you need to be in school too?" Andy smiled. " We get our training at headquarters. That includes education with a slight twist, its actually much more enjoyable than actual school cause instead of running around a track, we get to be inside a simulation room and test our skills against what ever program they load. The first level of training is easy, so is two through four, five starts getting much harder. I couldn't pass it for two months."

" Simulation? As fighting demons." Kagome asked. Andy nodded. " Yep, that's about it, they also move around a lot, we have to concentrate to be able to know when the images move, else we loose and have to start all over. Besides that we learn a lot about the weak spots of many demons." " Andy, stop giving away everything you know protocol." Alex said, looking back at her sister with an annoyed look on her face. Andy shrugged. " Who cares, we don't actually really ever follow protocol." Alex sighted as Andy got back to telling Kagome about their job. Alex looked around at the trees, and stopped. " You sense it too?" Alex looked at Inuyasha who had come to join her. Alex nodded. " It wasn't so obvious a couple of minutes ago, but now the feeling is getting really hard to ignore."

Inuyasha put his hand to the hilt of Tetsusaiga. Alex gripped her staff. Now Miroku joined them, he also gripped his staff. Kagome came after him. Both Sango and Andy joined them last. " Keep on guard, there's something out there." Inuyasha said. Everyone nodded. Shippou hid inside Kagome's pack. Kagome prepared her bow and arrow.

They didn't have to wait long, an all to familiar voice drifted to them from the surrounding trees. " So you know I'm here." " Annabel, what do you want?" Alex yelled.

" That should be easy to guess, I want the Shikon shards the miko holds, and yours too." " Get real!" Andy yelled. " You won't get them!" Annabel laughed. " I have back up this time sisters, you're not going to win this time." Andy growled in annoyance. " Don't call us sisters! Cause we are not!" " How very wrong you are." Annabel said, dryly.

She stepped out of the shadows. " Time to settle the score." she said. Andy didn't wait, she charged forward. Annabel watched her until she was right in front of her. Then she disappeared, and appeared in back. She had not counted on Alex charging her at that moment. While she tried to evade Alex, Andy turned around and was able to slash her cheek. With a growl Annabel spaced herself from the twins. At that moment Miroku charged her, she evaded him only to be meet by Sango's weapon. She was send sprawling. Kagome fired her arrow; the arrow hit Annabel on the shoulder, making her wince but nothing more. Before she could make another move, she found herself face to face with Inuyasha. " This time I will get rid of you!" he yelled, swinging the Tetsusaiga towards where she was. Annabel cast her shield before the force of the sword hit her. The shield shattered because of the force, sending her sprawling. Inuyasha was about to make the final blow, when Annabel yelled, " Now!" Suddenly Alex was overwhelmed because of all the demon presences. She clutched her head, as she started becoming dizzy.

Annabel laughed as the small group was completely surrounded by demons. " Now what?!!" Andy asked out loud. Inuyasha had retreated to the group; he stood in front of Kagome and held the Tetsusaiga ready. " Inuyasha, I hardly think even all of us we'll be able to hold all this demons at bay." Andy said, looking around. Inuyasha growled in response. " Well do you have any bright ideas?" he asked. " As a matter of fact I do. I can teleport us out of here, but I'm not sure how far since my sister doesn't look in the best of conditions and she's the one that acts as an energy source." " As long as we can get away from here I'm in." Alex said, trying to hold on to consciousness. Andy nodded. " Everyone hold hands."

Annabel took the arrow from her shoulder and looked at the group that was now surrounded by demons.

" Now they will pay, this time I will have all of them destroyed and the shikon shards shall belong to my master."

She walked forward; the demons parted making a path for her. But before she could reach the group, they glowed and disappeared. " No! I forgot she could do that! Curse her and the rest of them." she looked at the demons. " Find them! And when you do kill them!"

They all bowed and disappeared. " They will not get away!"

Andy sat on the ground taking deep breaths, they had teleported further than they had expected, but this had left her without much energy, she was verily able to keep awake.

Her sister was worst off; she had fainted the moment they had appeared here. Andy supposed that the need to get away from so many demons busted her power even more then both of them had expected. Kagome sat beside her. " You don't look good." Inuyasha snorted, " Of course she isn't look at her, I can pricelessly smell her exhaustion." " Thanks for the complement." Andy said, dryly. " You better rest." kagome said, " Were save at the moment, we'll wake you up if something happens." Andy nodded and promptly fell asleep.

Shippou peeked out of Kagome's pack, and was surprised to see they were no longer where they had been. " What happened?" he asked, getting out of the pack. " Andy and Alex helped us escape." Miroku said, looking at Shippou. "Maybe you could have seen it yourself if you hadn't gone and hide." Inuyasha said, sparring a glance at the Kitsune.

" Inuyasha, leave Shippou alone he couldn't have helped us if he tried." Inuyahsa snorted but turned away from Shippou.

Shippou ran to Kagome. " What are we going to do now?" he asked. " Were going to wait until Alex and Andy wake up, then we'll figure out our next move." Miroku said. " Who made you leader?" Inuyasha asked. " I was simply implying the obvious." Miroku said. " Its better we don't start fighting." Kagome said, looking at Inuyasha with the I'll-say it-if you- don't -stop look. Inuyasha turned away and jumped onto a tree. " Well that was easier than usual." Sango said. Kagome looked at Inuyasha before turning back to the others. " I'm sure they'll be hungry when they wake up, so lets start making lunch."

The others nodded.

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Annabel bowed before her master. " They escaped again, Master but I promise you this is the last time they will do so." The one to whom Annabel bowed looked at her from behind his desk. " You have said that many times, you would be dead now if you weren't my best warrior and creation." The man wore a blue business suit, his hair was jet black and fell to his shoulders in a ponytail, he had shocking green eyes and was tall and slim.

" But, I will keep you alive, I have made a plan to finally rid myself of those two. I'm quite surprised that Inuyasha is still alive. I made sure that the priestess Kikyo got rid of him for me, and as a bonus she got rid of herself. Perhaps I underestimated her. What did you say about a young girl that looks like Kikyo?" " Yes master, a girl of about fifteen accompanied Inuyasha and the rest of the group. She looked the image of Kikyo except that this one had shorter hair, and did not act like Kikyo for all that her skills were not bad in archery she was not as good as Kikyo herself." Annabel said. Naraku thought for a minute. " Yes, this is interesting indeed, I want the girl captured, the shikon shards that you say she has, I want them, the shard the twins carry I also want it, kill both when you have the shard. Now leave, I will call for you when my plan is ready to be put to action."

" Yes Master." Annabel rose from her kneeling position and exited the office.

When she had carried out her Master's plan she would be given her freedom, if those two had not harmed her so bad in their third encounter she would still have her freedom and would not be taking orders from Naraku. To the humans that worked for Naraku she was only his adoptive daughter. The mere thought was nauseating to her. For all that Naraku had become one of the richest man in this world and many thought she was lucky, she hated it all, she wanted out of it all, and she would have her freedom if it meant the lives of the twins and anyone else that Naraku wanted dead. She passed the secretary with a smile and entered the elevator. Just Naraku's scent made her want to throw up and this place was filled with his scent.