Kimori starred at serenity, she looked very serious and didn't seem to miss inu-yasha at all. "Is this far enough ?" asked serenity. "Yes, we should land now" said Kimori. Serenity made the flying leaf descend onto solid ground. "Your foxfire attack was stronger than before, how did you do that ?" asked Kimori. "Well, I thought about all the times inu-yasha had yelled at me and hurt me, then I felt this power build up inside me, and without thinking, I used my attack on him" said serenity. "Admit it, you despise him, you can't stand him" said Kimori. Serenity lowered her head. "Its true...isn't it ?" asked Kimori. Serenity fell to her knees. "Yes, after what he said to me, I can't stand him !" yelled serenity.

"Aww, poor thing" said a voice. Serenity looked around and barred her fangs. "Don't be alarm, its only one of my companions" said Kimori calmly. "So small and frail, plus she looks like a half-breed" said the voice. Serenity growled at that remark. "Yoko, enough taunting" said Kimori who was getting annoyed by her. A figure came out of the trees and landed in front of serenity. She was female, had long black hair with sliver streaks, ice blue eyes, and wore a dark green hooded robe, underneath it, she had on short blue kimono pants and a sleeveless kimono shirt in the same color.

"Serenity, this is Yoko, say hello" said Kimori. "Hi" said serenity dryly. "Aww, whats wrong with the little half-breed" said Yoko as she kneeled down to serenity's level. "Her older brother made her upset, called her useless and suchlike things" said Kimori. Yoko petted serenity on her head and smiled. "So, why is she hanging around with you ?" asked Yoko. "She has inner strength within her, she wishes to fully use it" said Kimori. Serenity sighed and sat down. "I despise you inu-yasha, I want to see that look of fear in your eyes again !" thought serenity. "Shes quiet..." said yoko. "Im reading her thoughts, shes not at all quiet" said Kimori.

Yoko continued to pet serenity's head. "For a half breed, shes very cute" said Yoko. "Alright, that does it !!" thought serenity. Kimori's eyes widened at serenity's thoughts. "As a token of my favor !!!" said serenity as she took something from her pocket. Yoko was known in a squatting position and she had a stone statue on her hands. Then, serenity put a spell scroll on the statue figure's head. "Is this your idea of a joke ?!" shouted Yoko as she tried to lift her hands. "Ha-ha ! Unless you can remove that spell-scroll, that statue of Jizό stays right there !!" shouted serenity. "Why you little !!" growled Yoko.

Serenity giggled, but stopped when Kimori gently bopped her on her head. "Ow !" yelped serenity as she rubbed her head. "Take the spell off her now" said Kimori. "Do I have to ?" asked serenity. Kimori bopped serenity again, but slightly harder this time. Serenity growled. "Fine ! I'll do it ! But only if you promise not to call me half breed anymore !" said serenity. "Alright, alright !" said Yoko. Serenity took the spell-scroll off the statute of Jizό and it shrunk back to being able to fit in the palm of her hand. "fox sorcery ?" asked yoko. Serenity nodded. Kimori put his hand on serenity's head and smiled at her. "you want to draw out your full power. Me and yoko will help you" said Kimori. "lets take to our lands, she would like to meet everyone im sure" said yoko. Kimori picked serenity up and walked off. "lets not waste anytime then" Kimori said. Yoko glowed a dark blue aura and her body formed into a small floating orb of light and it flew off across the forest towards its destination.

Kimori ran at full speed through the forest with serenity clinging to him. Kimori stopped and set serenity down. "how fast can you run ?" asked Kimori. "very fast" said serenity. "ok then, try and keep up with me" said Kimori. Then, Kimori dashed off with dust flying up behind him. Serenity raced of after him. She wasn't getting tired but she couldn't keep up with Kimori. She tripped over a rock and landed on her hands. Serenity got and idea, she dashed off after Kimori, she was now running on all fours like a fox. With a longer stride, she caught up to Kimori and kept up with him. "huh ?! how'd you get here ?!" said Kimori. "so, how does this work ? am I supposed to keep up with you, or is one of us supposed to win ?" asked serenity. "it's not a race" said Kimori. "aww, ok" said serenity.

When Kimori and serenity got to their destination, a few other demons surrounded serenity. serenity tried not to get scared, but was having a hard time because they starred at her like she was their next meal. "Kimori, brought a meal back alive eh ?" said one of them. "her tail would make a nice pelt" said another as he pulled on it. Serenity flinched and clawed the person right on their arm. "enough, she is not a meal ! she is with me, and no one better touch her !!" yelled Kimori. Then, the little blue orb of light appeared near serenity and it formed into a familiar figure. "took you long enough yoko" said Kimori. "I took my time" said yoko as she flipped back her hair.

"so Kimori, why is this little half breed following you ?" asked one of the demons. "don't call me that !!" shouted serenity. "enough taunting ! everyone, this is Serenity, she will be with us now" said Kimori. Serenity nodded and looked around at everyone. "im Taii, sword techniques is my specialty" said one of the male demons. He had short black hair, green eyes, and wore a grey men's kimono. "my name is Samajima, and I use lighting as my attack" said the last member, she was female. Her hair was clear water blue, her eyes were amber, and her clothes were deep purple. She wore the same kind of clothes yoko wore, but the sleeves were longer. "im honored to meet you all" said serenity as she bowed her head respectively. "at least she has manners" said Taii.

To be continued...