A/N: hi guys. It's nearly Christmas. It took a little longer then I planned to get this chapter out. I really am not sure weather or not to figure out some way for Mari to get together with a character or not, it'd take just a little bit of planning. If y'all wanted I could sneak in a little bit of someone from a different anime. You'll see whom in this chapter. Hope it's not too corny.

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Chapter Four

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Since the day on the Sunset Hill with Shippo, Mari and him had spent a lot of time

together. Mari and he would play for hours on end. He reminded her so much of her

little brother. Now she sat against the wall of Kaede's hut, watching the group sleep. She

turned her head sharply to the window when she heard the movement of cloth as

something moved outside. She got up, not making a sound, and crept stealthily towards

the reed door. When she got to it, she jumped slightly as she felt some ones hand on her

shoulder. She turned around quickly, but it was just Inuyasha. "Did you hear it? Can

you smell anything?" she whispered to him. HE looked at her for a minute before

answering. "Yeah, I heard it. And it smelled like a Kitsune." Mari looked sharply at

him. "Fuck, That means sneaky, stealthy, tricky, and to top it all off, loves a good puzzle

and watching others try to get out of things they make. Fuck, fuck, fuck!" she

whispered. He just nodded at her. "Just stay here." He said, walking outside. She just

looked at him. "Hell no! And let you have all the fun, I happen to love, tricks and

puzzles just as much as a fox." She smirked. He just grinned and shook his head at her,

walking towards the forest. She giggled softly and followed. She changed her mood as

they approached the forest, however. She now wore a more calculating look, as though

she were taking in all of her surroundings and analyzing them. Inuyasha leapt into the

trees and started searching above ground while Mari closed her eyes and felt around with

her senses. Her eyes snapped open quickly, whatever it was, it was entering the hut, were

Kagome and the jewel were, there was no time to get Inuyasha. She ran to the hut,

pulling out her sword and tackled the One leaning over…He wasn't leaning over

Kagome, but Shippo. She growled at the intruder that was under her body, seeing as she

completely through him to the ground when she tackled him. She looked at him and

smirked. He ha golden bronze eyes and silver white hair. Two fox ears twitched on the

top of his head and Mari resisted the urge to touch them. She smirked at him again, "So

you're the Kitsune huh?" she looked at Kirara, who had woken up, and signaled for her to

wake the others up. "So, What's someone like you want with Shippo? Huh?" He didn't

answer her. She growled, grabbed him by the shoulders and shook him. "Answer me."

She said in a deathly calm voice. It took him smirking at her to realize how close their

faces actually were. She blushed and tried to get her face away from his but he held her

there. "Get Off!" she snarled at him, her upper lip curled slightly. All of a sudden

Inuyasha came crashing through the door, startling all the occupants, who were awake

because of Kirara. All of the people in the hut looked at Inuyasha. "Bout time you got

here." Mari said indignantly from under the fox. Said fox took this opportunity to take

advantage of Mari's open mouth. Inuyasha looked at his smirk a moment before trying to

signal to Mari what was going to happen. Mari just looked at him with a bemused

expression on her face. "What the hell are you trying to mmmffff!!" she said, the last

part was muffled as the fox kissed Mari full on the mouth. Everyone's eyes went wide as

Mari screamed into his mouth and socked the side of his head with her fist. "What the

hell." She then looked at the fox more closely. "Holy Fuck!" she said, and walked out of

the hut. Everyone in the hut were staring open mouthed at the fox. He was just looking

at the reeds door with a confused look on his face. No one bothered to stop him as he

followed Mari.

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Mari was at the sunset hill when the fox found her. She must have sensed him because

she spoke when he stepped behind her. "You're Youko Kurama. Aren't you?" she

asked him, turning around to face him. He looked startled for a moment but then nodded.

"Fuck." She muttered to herself. When she had been in her own world she had been

absolutely in love with Youko Kurama. Her 'friends' all thought he was hot, but they

didn't love him. Kurama looked confused. "What is it I have done to upset you?" he

replied in a voice that did nothing to help her situation. She looked at him and sighed,

"Well for one, you kissed me. That's not generally something I allow people to do. You

stole my first kiss. And for number two, I would really have to know you better to give

you that answer. Would you like to join us or stay with me while they go? Or are you

like all of the other demons, thinking yourself superior to all humans?" he just looked at

her as she stood up and walked away.

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A/N:Hey guys. I hope that this chapter wasn't to cheesy. I hope you liked it.