Ooo! Next chapter, finally! Here you go. From the desk(or lap, I'm writing on a lap top) of Kyoumi! Hope you liked Maki's chapter. It was very good, I though.

Chapter Three

"Running from what?" a masculine voice said. Tori was in such shock that she turned around sharply, loosed her balance and feel on her butt. Crawling backwards on all fours, she tried to get away from the man before her.

Tori's breath was slow and ragged as she looked at the man before her. Suddenly her breathing became slower and more natural as she realized the person in front of her was only InuYasha... Wait! He followed her here? No! No no no! He's in danger now! Tori told herself.

"InuYasha... What are you doing here?" Tori asked, her breathing still slightly ragged.

InuYasha glared at Tori. "We had to go look for a certain moron who left... Now, who do you suppose that was?" InuYasha asked, smirking a bit. He stood up and looked at her before saying, "Come on. Let's go find the others."

"No." Tori shook her head, still breathing hard.

"What?" InuYasha asked, looking at her strangely. He watched as she stood up and looked at him for a second. Suddenly she started to race through the forest and InuYasha followed her, yelling, "Hey! What the hell are you doing?"

InuYasha followed her scent closely, and he could see glimpses of her every so often through the trees. Though she was a weak demon, she was fast. Her arms flew out behind her and her hair flew back. InuYasha figured that she didn't want to be caught, but he wasn't just going to let her go. He was much too stubborn.

"Get back here!" InuYasha yelled as he suddenly got closer to her. He was soon almost right behind her, swerving through the trees and zigzagging through the forest. Suddenly she crouched down and pumped her arms to give herself an extra boost. Her eyes shifted all over the place as she could see almost magnified compared to us, or even InuYasha.

InuYasha leaped to catch up with her, and miscalculated his jump, because he landed right on top of her, causing her to land on the ground, face first, with InuYasha sitting on her back. He put his clawed hands on her shoulders to hold her down and he growled. "What the hell are you doing?" InuYasha yelled, growling and glaring at Tori. Tori was shaking from a mixture of fear and crying. Her now dirty face had clear streaks on it from the tears that were falling down her cheeks and face. She closed her eyes and you could see the emotion she was going through, even though her tears were silent.

"Please... Don't hurt me... Please..." Tori said, closing her eyes and breathing deeply.

"I'm not going to hurt you. Just answer my question," InuYasha said, growling. He glared at Tori and she shook again with tears.

"If you become my ally your life is in grave danger. You aren't safe," Tori said, shaking a bit, even more tears falling down her cheeks. InuYasha got off of her and helped her up.

"I've been in worse danger before. I'm going to help you, whether either of us like it or not," InuYasha said. Tori's shoulder's shook slightly as another tear fell down her cheek. She looked away from his face and he growled. He sniffed the air and looked to his left. "Kagome and the others are coming. You better not try to run away again. Stupid wench."

Tori looked in the same direction and nodded as she saw the others, though they were too far away for InuYasha to see them. The group caught up to them, and by then Tori's face was dry and partially cleaned off.

"You found her!" Kagome said, running up to Tori and hugging her tightly around the neck. Tori just stood there, confused about what she should do. Kagome let go and looked at Tori's face. "Why are you so dirty?"

"I fell," Tori answered quickly. Kagome smiled and then said to the others, "Let's go home, all right?"

- - -

I could run from him, but not from these guys. I can't escape these people, Tori thought as she flew through the sky, flapping her wings at a slow pace. She was large enough to hold Shippo and another person on her back while she was in her eagle form. I can't say they would be comfortable on her back, and she was actually rather small for an eagle demon.

Up ahead she saw something shining in the forest, and she unconsciously dove deeper to investigate. Those damn eagle instincts. Why did she have to be so curious?

The others were suspicious of what she was doing, so they followed her, and when they reached the ground what happened was one of those amazing anime gasps that happen at the weirdest times and the whole group seems to gasp at the same time.

Tori stood there, looking directly at Kanna and Kagura. Stupid mirror. Having to be so shiny and attractive. Stupid wind, for having been going the opposite direction so InuYasha couldn't smell them. Stupid incarnations, for having to just be there and smirk, except for Kanna, who was always emotionless and such.

"Finally you've come. I've been waiting for a while," Kagura said, opening her fan up.

"Who are you?" Tori asked the wind demon as she hid her face behind her fan, exposing only her eyes. InuYasha clenched his hand and growled.

"Kagura!" InuYasha yelled, answering Tori's question. "Why are you here?"

Kagura sighed and raised her fan slightly higher on her face. "Naraku sent me here. He wanted me to see who this wench was, and if she was a threat at all," Kagura said, raising her fan high above her head and then slashing it through the air, yelling out, "DANCE OF BLADES!" InuYasha grabbed Kagome and Shippo and jumped out of the way, Sango and Miroku got on Kirara, and Tori just jumped out of there. "Run away, will you?"

Kagura sent another Dance of Blades towards Tori, but she just dodged them. She continued to dodge anything that was sent towards her, and soon Kagura was getting sick of all of this nonsense.

"Die, bitch!" Kagura yelled as she made a Dance of the Dragon. Tori, having just landed, gasped and protected herself from the winds that continued to swirl around her. Once the winds subsided, Kagura smirked. "Not very strong for a demon, are you?" Kagura said, looking at Kanna. "Kanna, let's go. We've got all the information we need."

Suddenly Kagura left on a giant feather and Tori seemed confused. Why would they just randomly attack her? Who where they? And who was this Naraku person?

"They must have came here for a reason," Kagome said, seemingly reading Tori's mind. Tori looked at Kagome and then at the sky, where she could still see Kanna and Kagura on their giant feather.

Are they working for Master Ashi? Tori asked herself, suddenly curious of what they were doing. Tori looked over to the group, who were getting ready to head off again. Well, no matter what I do, these guys are involved now. But, I can make sure they don't stay involved for long. I have to try and protect them from whatever Ashi is planning.

Suddenly the group left and Tori followed them, thinking of plans for how she could get away from them. And suddenly a thought occurred to her.

- - -

That night, dinner was served and the group decided on the topic of interest for that night, what Kanna and Kagura were doing there.

"They had no reason to attack us," Shippo said, eating some of his instant ramen. Thank you, captain obvious.

"Naraku must be planning something really bad," InuYasha commented, looking into the fire. Kagome nodded, and so did Sango.

"They always seem to show up to find information, but what type of information? We know it's about Tori, but what about her?" Miroku said, mainly questioning himself.

"Maybe it's not this 'Naraku' person," Tori said, but immediately regretting it. She bit her lip and watched as everyone turned to look at her.

"Who could it be besides him? Those are his incarnations," Miroku asked.

"They came from his body!" Shippo exclaimed.

Tori looked at her food and ate some of it. "How would I know? I'm just throwing stuff out there... Who is Naraku, anyway?" Tori said, changing the subject. You could feel the air tense, and suddenly Shippo spoke up.

"He's this evil demon who was actually a human, but he was really badly burnt, so he gave his body to demons, and he's done lots of bad things and stuff," Shippo said, having to take a deep breath after he finished that.

Sango looked at the fire and said, "He destroyed my village and murdered my brother." You could see the obvious pain in her eyes.

Miroku looked at his right hand and said, "He put this air void in my hand."

Tori sighed and looked at the fire. She would just slow them down if she stayed with them. She wouldn't be able to help destroy Naraku. She couldn't even destroy the simplest of demons. She was too weak, and though she had the body and talent to be able to kill demons, she had never been trained. She wasn't going to stay here, and that's final. She had to keep running. Tori couldn't relax at all. The constant threat of being found... it was too much. Though, the dimwits in the hut didn't seem to notice anything... those morons. How can you not notice if someone is so anxious they're about to pee their pants?

Tori put her styrofoam cup down, once she was finished, and backed up against the wall, sitting in the corner of the room. She held her knees close to her chest and waited until everyone was asleep. Once everyone was pretty much dead, she snuck out like the night before. She looked around, her eyes easily adjusting from the dim firelight to the dark skies of the night. She looked up and saw the full moon. Tori suddenly blinked and looked to her right, thinking she saw something in the forest. It was probably just her imagination... Well, she hoped as much.

She decided that it was best to wait until she was a ways away from the village until she put her plan into action. Walking through the forest she was still jittery, wondering how on earth she got to this place. Tori had met many people on her travels, but none she remembered more than the people living high in the mountains, near the ocean. Tori had met a demon near there, and the demon's family gave her fresh food and a nice shelter.

Tori shivered, thanks to her revealing outfit, and she continued to travel through the forest. Suddenly she stopped, her body tensing. She heard something... And that wasn't exactly good.

Suddenly a demon landed in front of her, grinning and licking his lips. Tori gasped and her eyes widened.

"W-who are you?" Tori asked, backing up a bit.

"Your worst nightmare," the demon said, running towards Tori. Tori jumped up and over the demon who was chasing her, and started to run through the forest, looking back once in a while. Her speed seemed unmatched, but soon she noticed that she wasn't the fastest demon around. She gasped as the demon chasing her caught up and slashed at her back, but she jumped up to avoid his attack.

What did I do to deserve this, Tori asked herself as she transformed into an eagle and flew into the sky. She looked down and noticed that the demon could jump as high as she could fly. She flapped her wings harder and sped up, using all the strength she could.

Suddenly she felt a weight on her back and she plummeted to the ground, but she managed to turn herself enough to land in a nearby body of water. A deep lake near a hot spring. They plummeted into the water, the fluid splashing up into the air and covering up Tori and the demon. Tori kept her eyes open under the water and held out her claws suddenly.

Turning around she slashed through the demon's body, but because of the water slowing her down, it didn't harm him that much. She kicked out of his grasp and swam away, going up for air and going onto the shore.

She turned around and stood there, breathing in deeply, watching the water for a second, before turning around. She started to walk forward when she heard a splash, and turned around suddenly. The demon she was just fighting jumped out of the water and headed towards her.

Suddenly it was knocked aside and started fighting another demon, unfamiliar to her. It wasn't one of the people she knew, but he was very strong, and had the demon dead in a matter of minutes.

He turned around and looked at Tori. "Who are you?" the mysterious demon asked.

Just so you know, it's not my fault if the chapters that I don't write have spelling errors. It is every other chapter that I write. I'm writing the odd numbers... oO; yeah.

Damn, that was short.