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Hero: Chapter #3!

Tesse: sorry about the long wait, I've been really busy lately. Anyway on with the chapter. I don't own yuyu hakusho but Ai is my character.

Chapter 3: Hiding

Ai sat down in the warm sand lining the stream. She soaked in the sun for what seemed like hours, letting her self dry off. She had tried to wash her clothes and face, which were both covered in dirt. Jin barely spoke to her as he began to do the same thing.

"What are we gonna do now?" Ai asked.

"Stay here for the time being. They don't know that we're here so we have maybe a day or two before they find us," he said rubbing the dirt off his face.

"Don't you think it would be a good idea if we left now?"

"Can't. They'd see us if we tried to fly, and walking well attract demon on the ground. Best if we stay here for right now," he said casually.

"Oh," Ai was a little confused.

"This way have a little time to rest, Bounty Hunters are clever but they think we're both dead. If we let them look for our bodies we'll be able to get away while they're busy. Let's lay low for a while," Jin said calmly rubbing his hands together and picking the dirt out from his fingernails.

Ai laid her head back down and closed her eyes. She heard a rustle of clothing as Jin laid down next to her.

"Thanks," she said quietly.

Jin's pointed ears perked as he sat up again, slightly surprised. "For what?"

"I never said thank you for saving me," Ai said calmly, a small smile on her lips, her still closed.

Jin cheeks turned slightly red with bashfulness. "Uhh…. You're welcome," he said scratching his head. He was glad that he wasn't running alone anymore, but he didn't want to put Ai's life at risk. He didn't deserve any thanks.

"Ai?"

"Yea Jin?"

"Do you miss your home?" he asked afraid she would say yes.

"A little, but I've only been gone a few hours. I know everything all right, I didn't see them destroy the house, and Mino is a smart cat, he goes back to being a stray when I'm not around," she answered, not opening her eyes, letting sun soak into her skin.

"Oh," he thought for a minute, absorbing her answer. He laid back down again, feeling Ai's presence next to him and let his mind drift off.

Before long the two of them were asleep.

WITH TOUYA...
Touya pushed a large branch out of the way and moved ahead. He wasn't able to sense his teammate Jin anywhere in the entire forest. 'If he's here than he's hiding it.'

He had come back to the forest where he and Jin were separated as soon as he thought it was safe to come out of hiding. He felt the insanity of loneliness set in. He found himself talking to a tree last night. He needed to talk to something that understood him and that could speak back and maintain a conversation.

Touya sat down under a tree, his senses were getting weaker, he couldn't read one's spirit energy. 'Maybe it's because there isn't anyone to sense or they're just masking it somehow?' he thought hopefully.

"Don't move!"

Touya's eye's shot open again only to see the sharp point of a katana inches away from his face.

WITH AI AND JIN...
"Ai wake up," Jin said softly.

Her eyes slowly flickered open and met Jin's face close to hers. "What's up?" she asked.

"You…umm…"

Ai gasped, she had a hand on one side of Jin's face affectionately and she had moved closer to him in her sleep. She quickly took her hand away as her cheeks turned bright red. "Sorry!" she said quickly.

Jin laughed and got up again. As soon as Ai was looking away he rubbed his cheek blissfully. 'That was heaven!' he thought about sleeping close to Ai when night fell. Maybe she would do it again.

"Are we gonna start moving again?" she asked snapping Jin out of his fantasies.

"Yea, on foot. We'll start slow. If we head east we'll make it to the coast in maybe two days," he said.

Ai nodded showing she understood.

Tesse: That's chappy number 3! Please tell me what you think! I won't update until this story gets at least 10 reviews so please, please, please review!

Hero: Or else you wont get to find out what happened to poor Touya!