Selenay gestured with swift sign language to Yoko, who was a good distance away from her. She was where she need to be, now she waited for Kurama's signal to show that he was in position. After a few moments she saw his signal. Jumping into a tree, she closed her eyes in concentration. Summoning false images of the dead took a tremendous amount of her spirit energy. Four images of different demons appeared. Opening her eyes, and looking up she sent out another command for the images to distract the guards.

The images corresponded to the command and quickly dashed to the guards. The guards took notice of these images, and they immediately assumed that the images were live demons and chased after them. Selenay grinned at this and said under her breath, "Its like the fish taking the bait." The images would lead the guards to a grim death.

Yoko waited til the guards were out of sight, before heading into the fortress. He had the hardest part, yet it seemed so simple. His skills had far surpassed those of a regular thief. He pressed himself against the wall, he could smell the herbs Selenay had spoken of. Some spies in here were quite sneaky. He moved quickly moved to the side to avoid being seen by one. The ones who run this fortress were quite smart for putting spies up as a defense. Grinning to himself, he thought of how this would be a bit more fun than he had anticipated.

Staying in the shadows, he avoided being seen by any of the spies. Secretly he counted them. One...Two...seven! Seven spies in all! A plan formulated in his head on how to get rid of those pests. Using another seed he planted it firmly into the tile floor, and beneath his palm. Using his spirit energy, the seed grew plants that broke off into seven branches. The spies barely had time to even cry out, as the malicious plants curled around them and their mouths, then squeezed them to death, snaping bones in several places.

Satisfied with his work, he trailed off to the next room. He examined the room carefully, making notes on where the traps that triggered the poison darts were. His hands worked swiftly to disengage the traps and he walked cautiously to yet another door. Slowly he opened it, and what he saw would dazzle anyone. He had expected a tiled room, but instead he saw a wide field of the rare herb. The herbs glowed a tender green color, that was full of warm and greeting. The sweet aroma was enough to make anyone want to stay here. At first he was reluctant to pick any of these wonderful herbs. After shaking his head several times to regain his senses, Yoko began to pick the herbs and put them in a silk pouch.

He made his exit swiftly, meeting Selenay in the forest. She seemed to be sleeping on a tree branch. Yoko growled, knowing she was just trying to irritate him. "Get up. Now! We're going back to camp."

She opened one eye to look at him, "I used a great deal of spirit energy, I need to rest here."

Yoko growled again, his tail switching in irritation, "I got your herbs, now I practically own. Now do as I say!"

Selenay remembered the terms of agreement and jumped out of the tree. She scowled at him and held out her hand for the herbs, "Not til you hand over the herbs." She knew that he would keep the herbs if she didn't take the herbs now.

Yoko Kurama handed the herbs over to her. "Now we will go!" Yoko started ahead down the nearly invisible path to their camp. He didn't even bother to turn and look to see if she followed. Selenay sighed and trailed a little behind him, but none the less followed him.

When they got to the camp he told her to prepare the herbs to heal her brother. She did as she was told and boiled the leaves in water. She went over to her brother who was breathing heavily, and put the wooden cup to his lips. She forced the liquid and herbs down her brother's throat, and his health gradually started to return.

Yoko roughly grabbed her arm and took her to a cabin, that was seperate from the tents. He bent over her and kissed her passionately. She was surprised by such abruptness, but allowed his kiss to sink in. Her hands felt along his chest and abs. Kurama ran his hand though her silky hair, and then caressed her face. Selenay shivered under his touch. Kurama ran his hand from her heel and slowly pushed her dress up to her thigh. He could feel the wonder softness of her leg, loving the moments of touching her. Her hand clapsed over his hand, and she looked at him lovingly. Yoko was about to make another move, when Kuronue busted through the door, "Yoko...Sorry for the intrusion." he saw Selenay and scowled at Kurama, "How about we go to the castle? Thats where the most valuable treasure lies."

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I am SOOOOO sorry this took so long, my brothers wouldn't let me on to type it and I had two projects! Well please review and except my apology.