Chapter 11-
Now we're really startin' to get cookin'. 53 guards all taken out by Yusuke and his "team". I hope that you will all find this chapter entertaing.

Yutsuki: Everyone take off your clothes.

Yusuke: WHAT??

Yutsuki: Unless you all want to be Kori food I suggest you listen.

Kurama: What if we don't?

Yutsuki: Then the Kori will smell the blood and devour you piece by piece while injecting venom into you which will stop your brain and heart causing instant and painful death.

Koenma: Alright then.

Kuwabara: Do you expect us to walk around naked?

Yutusuki: No, we can use these blankets to cover up.(Reaches into her pack and pulls out some blankets.) About five miles down there is a secret compartment that has clothes for us. Hurry, they're coming!

As everyone strips and pulls on the blankets they can hear the hustle of feet.

Yutsuki: We have not even two minutes. Everyone listen, you can breath, just don't move or talk, or you'll be dead. Right now they're attracted to the blood. Quick, throw your clothes on top of the guards.

Everyone tosses their clothes onto the pile.

Yusuke: And I really liked that jacket to.

Yutsuki: Now everyone into that corner and fast.

Just as they get huddled in the corner, the Kori appear and begin to tear into the guards. Shizuru can barely stop herself from barfing. The Kori devour the guards quickly. As they search for more food they easily give up as there is no scent of blood to follow. They scatter off in the opposite direction.

Yutsuki: Alright everyone.

Kurama: We have blood on our hands and face, why didn't the creatures smell it.

Yutsuki: Because it was dry.

Kuwabara: I thought you said we would get to the gates faster than walking and so far all we've done is go down vine.

Yutsuki: On the contrary, although we descended, we also went in slanted position, about an 70 degree angle. We cut out about 17 miles of walking. So like I said this is quite a bit faster.

Yusuke: How much farther? My heart's done about seven 360's when we had to watch that blood fest.

Shizuru: Oh, don't mention that. I almost hurled watching that and hearing about it doesn't help.

Yutsuki: We have about 10 miles to go.

Yusuke: Only 27 miles? We could have walked that in 2 hours.

Yutsuki: Unlikely. You would have needed to have the ability to walk on water because there is a 4 mile wide swamp that encircles the castle. It is invisible to the naked eye and has monstrous creatures in it. To go that way you would, like I said, need to know how to walk on water or know the whole path of tree branches which takes many detours. Besides, it took you only 10 minutes to travel 17 miles.

Yusuke: 10 minutes on the vine? It sure seemed a lot shorter.

Yutsuki: It usually does.

(Meanwhile)

Naserui: Hasakie, there has been some disturbances in the underground passage to the castle. You don't think that the outsiders....

Hasakie: Are here already? Of course they're not. It will take them at least a week to discover what to do with the cape and where to go. Besides, they don't even know where the underground passage is and they'll assume the best way to go is forward. They'll have to dodge the swamp at all costs.

Naserui: Yes, but Princess Shitaroui has been missing for almost a month now. She knows this land far better than anyone else in this family and she is loved by all the villagers. If she helped them they might be able to come here more swiftly than we have anticipated.

Hasakie: Even if Shitaroui helped them when they arrived, they wouldn't be able to get past the Kiro and the guardian of the gate. Besides they still have to get here. Stop worrying.

???: Stop worrying about what?

Naserui: Hello Prince Tsiku.

Tsiku: Why are you troubled?

Hasakie: He's worried that the outsiders will arrive sooner than planned and that our darling little sister will help them on their way to the castle all because of some disturbances from the underground entrance. I think it's just more rebels who got what was coming to them.

Tsiku: We should do well not to underestimate these strangers, after all, the girl and one of her friends managed to escape the first time. Merely a fluke of course but they do have remarkable powers of their own.

Hasakie: They are nothing but simple children. We kidnaped their friends while they stood back and watched them being ripped from their own arms.

Tsiku: I do not know why you are both so heartless sometimes, but I know it is the only way we can maintain order almost always . I have to agree with Naserui though, the young princess has made many allies in the village. She could use it to her advantage if she needed. I don't know that she would turn on her own family yet since she doesn't the real plan. My only regret is not telling her.

Hasakie: We can't tell her, with what she knows already is enough to defy and loath this whole family. If she knew the whole truth, she would strengthen the rebellion even more. Believe me when I say that if she had already joined the rebel scum, we wouldn't be having this conversation.

Tsiku: I know that. But knowing there are other worse ways for her to find out is even more threatening. First she'll learn the truth and hate us for it, and then she would hate us even more for not trusting her enough to tell her. She thinks that we are finally letting her know more about our family and the plan we devised and yet she knows little to nothing.

Naserui: If she wanted to kill us, she would have already. We all know that we are no match for her even if we all combined. She has more knowledge of her potential, I fear, than she lets on. I think we should send at least 5 scouts down to the tunnel and if they aren't back by they're usual time, we'll know for sure.

Hasakie: Even if she could tap into what we can't, she would only use it for the good of the realm, not to kill us. And scouts are only if there is a definite threat.

Tsiku: You underestimate her I think. After all, you two are her brothers.

(Back to Yusuke's group.)

Yutsuki: Here we are, Shizuru, you can wear this. I think it's the only thing tall enough for you.

Shizuru: Thanks. It's pretty cool.

The outfit is made of silk and cotton. There are beautiful symbols on the deep velvet red color of the top. The pants are a sort of off-red with a dragon symbol on it. Yutsuki's is the same basic thing only sky blue.

Yusuke: Can't wait to see what ours look like.

Yutsuki throws what look like green sweat suits at their faces.

Yusuke: How did you and Shizuru get such cool outfits and we're stuck with the cheap, $1, sweats?

Yutsuki: Those are all we have unless you prefer to walk around in the blanket.

Yusuke: Crap, decisions, that includes planning ahead. Not exactally my strength.

Yutsuki: They aren't all that bad, they have a bonus ours don't...

Yusuke: What? Ballet shoes?

Yutsuki: No, better, they act as a defensive booster. Ours boost speed and agility. I could get you matching ballet shoes if you really wanted though.

Kuwabara: Yeah. I bet he could do some fancy spins for us.

Yusuke: Thanks but I'll pass.

Koenma: Yusuke can't you just be happy we don't have to walk around in blankets anymore? You really are ungrateful.

Yutsuki: Come on, we have 5 miles to go.

Kurama: Will we encounter other diversions along the way?

Yutsuki: I don't know. But if those idiots in the castle are as paranoid as usual, than we might.

So far they're all alive and breathing. I know that this was another talkative chapter but, it really does put you on the edge of your seat. There is a missing princess who the whole family fears and she has some awesome powers apparently. What could this all mean, and what is the royal family really up to? Guess you'll have to wait and see. Thanks again for everyone who reviews my stories. I hope that this is a story that you can enjoy every chapter of even if some aren't as exciting as others. Let me know what you think and if you want more ass kicking, I assure you, it's coming, maybe not soon or maybe real soon but it is on it's way.