Author's Notes:YAY! I LOVE THIS SONG! "BROKEN" BY SEETHER FEAT/ AMY LEE FROM EVANESCENCE! umm... anyhoo... excuse the randomness... but this song kicks ASS! SO THERE!

and for my reviews... which i usually do at the END of the chapter are going to be right NOW cuz i have a special dedication! YAY!

waterdragonmaster-thankx so much for ur nice review! YAY! i guess i'll hafta block writer's block and come up with somethin' really good for this story soon since so many ppl seem to like it! -

Dark Dragon Kitsune- thanx for readin' my story courtney!

HOLLABACK- JORDAN THANK YOU SO MUCH! YOU TOTALLY RULE! I ASKED YOU TO READ AND REVIEW AND YOU DID! YAY FOR YOU YOU ROCK! unlike JAEL! ((glares at Jael)) meanie...

Jael: I TOLD YOU I'M NOT ALLOWED TO GET ON TO ANYMORE! MY PARENTS BLOCKED IT!

me: yeah... riiiight that's what they ALL say! meanie!

Jael: ((sigh)) i give up...

me: SO FOR ALL OF YOU WHO WAITED FOR IT! HERE'S THE FOURTH CHAPTER WHICH I WILL TYPE THE TITLE FOR CUZ IT'S TOO LONG FOR THE THINGY AT THE TOP OF THE PAGE!

Disclaimer: almost forgot it this time... oopsies... that woulda sucked... anyhoo... i don't own inu-yasha... ((snuffle)) DAMMIT TO HELL I WISH I DID THOUGH! I CAN DREAM, CAN'T I?

lawyers: not of that

me: DAMN LAWYERS! DIE! ((pulls out shotgun))

ONWARD TO THE STORY!

Shadowfox Chapter 4: The High Priestess Tomoe and The Haunted City of Yokohama

"I came to help you destroy Naraku!" Kitsune finished.

"And why would you put yourself in our battle?" Sango asked.

"And without knowing the terms or reasons or..." Miroku began.

"Because, I have reasons of my own," Kitsune said in a tone full of hatred for the youkai that had caused them all so much pain.

"And what might your reasons be?" Kagome pried. All of them were suspicious of Kitsune and Ayame. Not to mention their uneasy wonder of what exactly his reasons were.

"Yeah, fox, you don't seem like the type to just help someone out.." Inu-Yasha snapped at the Shadowfox.

"Are you truly so thickheaded that you believe you're the only ones who've been hurt by that bastard Naraku!" Kitsune snarled at his older brother.

"What did you call me!" the inu-hanyou growled, his hand flying to the hilt of the Tetsusaiga.

"I merely spoke the truth!" Kitsune shot back, "I have been betrayed because of Naraku as well, you idiot!"

"By who! Huh! I doubt that you have EVER known betrayal, fox!" Inu-Yasha growled at him.

"And what if I have! Do you think you're the only one who knows what it feels like!" Kitsune snapped, his hand also at his blade's hilt.

"Do you think you could stop my Tetsusaiga with that pathetic human sword!" Inu-Yasha was all but challenging his younger brother.

"I probably could, ya bastard!" Both demons were on their feet.

"TETSUSAIGA!" Inu-Yasha drew the steel-cleaving fang.

"This sword is more than what it looks like!" Kitsune said in a taunting tone, "Kiba no Ryu!"Now, as we can all imagine, THIS got some stares. Kitsune drew a blade that matched Tetsusaiga's size but not its appearance. The new sword looked like grained wood. The steel itself seemed to flow in one smooth direction under its solid surface but what disturbed them most is that the "Kiba no Ryu" was bloodstained horribly. It was knicked as if it'd been used many times.

"W-w-what IS that!" Shippo was stammering so badly that they were surprised he didn't fall off Kagome's shoulder.

"My weapon of choice," Kitsune answered simply.

"No shit, sherlock!" Inu-Yasha snapped, "He meant what the hell's the deal with that thing!"

"It's been used many a time... or at least more than yours!" Kitsune said, eyeing the Tetsusaiga's nearly flawless steel compared to his blade.

"Hmmm... Kiba no Ryu... interesting name... what type of sword is it?" Kagome asked. She seemed to be contemplating the name.

"Enchanted, duh!" Kitsune growled.

"We figured that much!" Miroku snapped.

"She means what was it made from, fox!" Sango said in an annoyed tone, though she almost sounded exasperated.

"Oh, well, it was made from"

"I WANNA TELL THE STORY!" Myoga had reappeared out of nowhere, as he was so good at doing and had now taken up his usual position on Inu-Yasha's shoulder, "Ahem..."

"What makes you think you know about MY sword!" the fox hanyou growled.

"That's a good point, Myoga!" Inu-Yasha snarled at his supposed "helper."

"Well... erm... I really have no idea of how the Kiba no Ryu came to be..." the old flea admitted.

"Which is exactly why I am going to tell them what it is!" Kitsune snapped.

"Oh, this should be good... I don't even know if he knows how it was made..." Ayame stated boredly, yawning afterwards.

"What are you, a fox or a cat!" Kitsune shot at his partner, "Anyway, as I was saying before I was so rudely interupted by a certain someone..." He glared at Ayame. Ayame 'hmphed' in return. "The Kiba no Ryu was made from two sources or 'binding agents' as Totosai so lovingly calls them..."

Inu-Yasha rubbed his jaw slightly in remembrance of how one of his fangs had been pulled out for a "binding agent" to repair Tetsusaiga, "Okay, fox, so whose fangs built your blade!"

"A fang from the dragon, Ryukotsusei and a claw of the great Inutaishou!" Kitsune said, running a finger down the sword lovingly.

"B-But that's impossible!" Myoga stammered, jumping up and down from his new position on

Inu-Yasha's shoulder.

"Oh, really? Would you like to tell us why, Myoga?" Ayame snapped.

"Because, My Lord, the Inutaishou, would NEVER lose a claw to something so weak as the dragon Ryukotsusei!" The old flea seemed satisfied with his arguement.

"The old bastard lost a fang to 'im, didn't he?" Kitsune snarled.

"H-How dare you speak of your father like that!" Myoga shouted at the fox.

"Because I don't like him... He wasn't a good father, I s'pose..." Kitsune shrugged. It was obvious he didn't care what any of them thought of him.

"Well, as riveting as this conversation is," Sango stated in a business-like manner until her tone turned impatient,"That doesn't answer our question! Why do you want to help us destroy Naraku?"

"Because," Kitsune said," Y'see this?" He gestured to a thick scar in the shape of a cross running down his right eye and above his left, "Ya' think I did this to myself!"

"You mean you've fought Naraku before!" Miroku asked, completely stunned, his expression like that of his friends.

"Well, we tried to..." Ayame said, yawning again, "But Kitsune's plan is to rush into everything without contemplating what happens if we lose.."

"No, you just can't think as fast as I can!" Her partner snapped.

"Geez, sounds like the brothers are pretty alike..." Kagome said dryly, rolling her eyes.

"We are NOT!" Inu-Yasha growled back.

"Do you want me to sat the s-word again!" The modern-day girl shot back.

"Well, n-no..." The inu-hanyou shrunk back. He really didn't want to be sat again if he was willing to give up an arguement against Kagome.

"Well, actually, Naraku didn't do this," Kitsune said, saving his older brother and changing the subject yet again, "Ayame did..."
Everyone was kind of just staring at that point.

"You know I couldn't help it!" Ayame snapped at her partner.

"Oh, yeah right! How the HELL am I supposed to believe that you rendered my friggin' BLIND in my right eye for two weeks on ACCIDENT!"

"I dunno... but you better find a way, 'cause it's true..." The vixen trailed off.

"Riiiiiiiight..." Her partner said sarcastically.

"Did it ever occur to you that she could've been under Naraku's control!" Sango snarled, surprising herself that she came to the aid of a Shadowfox.

"Finally! Someone gets it! Thank you, Sango!" Ayame said triumphantly.

"Well, one last thing..." Kagome said, her eyes falling to one of the fox's arms. He followed her gaze, "What's up with that cut on your arm...?"

"Hmm? Oh, this?" The fox looked rather uncomfortable as he pulled up the sleeve of his right arm revealing a long spiraling scar that looked chillingly like a dragon curling down from his shoulder to his wrist, "Well, ummm nothing really... nothing important..."

"Uh-uh, Kitsune! She asked and that means you hafta tell your story!" Ayame shouted at him.

"Dammit, vixen! Shut up, will ya!"

"No, 'cause you hafta tell!"

"Damn..." Kitsune growled.

"I didn't mean to bring back bad memories if that's what I did..." Kagome said timidly.

"No, Kagome, don't apologize," Sango said, still very suspicious of their visitors-turned-supposed-allies, "I wanna know what the fox's history is!"

"Fine!" Kitsune sighed.

"So... where d'ya wanna start? Huh? Huh?" Ayame asked excitedly.

"Have you never heard your partner's history before!" Shippo asked, shocked.

"Well, umm.. no..." the vixen replied, shifting uneasily.

"And you work with him!" Shippo inquired, "I wouldn't do a single thing around him until I knew about him!"

"Well, I know part of it..." Ayame said, obviously still uncomfortable.

"And if you want to know the rest of it, you'll shut up!" Kitsune snapped at her.

"Okay, then! Tell it!" The vixen settled on the cool ground.

"Hmm... well, I s'pose the story begins with the high priestess named Tomoe and that damned city of demons, Yokohama..."

"YES!" Ayame said happily, "I finally get to hear the story!"

well, whaddya think? cliffy, huh? anyhoo the next chapter's gonna be called Trust and Betrayal and yeah, I know it's the title of an RK Samurai X movie and yeah I know Kenshin TOTALLY KICKS ASS! YAY! umm.. anyway... it'll be Kitsune's story! YAY! .! don't worry it won't be very fluffy ... not very fluffy... and if you don't like fluff and want to miss an important part in the story then just skip it! boy, if that doesn't sell something I dunno what does...

OH AND ONE MORE THINGY! ummm... that wasn't supposed to sound gross, ya pervs! ((smacks Jordan)) YAY THAT'S TWO SHOUT-OUTS TO JORDAN IN ONE CHAPTER I'M ON A ROLLLL! ((slaps self)) BAD ME! let's see if I can finish this without being sidetracked again, shall we? anyhoo, i'm going to start reading and reviewing a story for each of the people who review my story who have stories published! ((reads over that again)) umm... that wasn't supposed to sound that confusing... well, here's a basic translation: if you have a story and you've reviewed Shadowfox, then you can expect to get a review from me! YAY! that's a fair trade, right? a review for a review? Later! see ya next chapter and thanks for all the good reviews! I LOVE GOOD REVIEWS! THEY KEEP ME FROM FALLING TO WRITER'S BLOCK!