Ok, so that chapter wasn't really too bad I guess. Maybe I'm just gettin better at my writing skills. Cool. Anyway, it's regents week, which sucks ass. But thankfully I have no regentses to take up the precious time I need to write this story! Now, let's thank the reviewers for their wonderful reviews!

Devil-Angel- Yeah, Julin is pretty funny. She'll be like that for the whole story pretty much, unless there's depressing things and all. Anyway, thanks for the review!

Schizo the Mentally Disturbed- I hate pop-ups too. They bug the hell outta me. And pop-up blockers don't do a damn thing to stop them either. Anyway, hope you like this chapter!

Doublelynn- Thanks and welcome to the big family of reviewers as I usually call them. Half of these people have been here with me since the first part. Hope you'll stay awhile as well!!

Ok, now, on to the awaited chapter.

Chapter 3

The town was in a complete state of shock. Women scurried to get to their houses while men did their best to help those who were injured get to safety. Gojyo ran past the scared people, pushing through the crowd that was trying to get away from the danger. Something was really wrong, and it had to do with Kirashi.

Kirashi winced as she glared up at Dokugakuji from the pile of rubble she was currently sitting in. He had hit her quite hard, sending her right through the building wall. She slowly sat up and could taste the metallic blood in her mouth. She also knew that there was something dripping down her face, most likely a head wound.

Dokugakuji smirked, "Well, seems you're stronger than you look. Good, I like a good fight every now and then. Makes me a bit sick to have to kill someone who's weaker than me."

Kirashi grinned slightly as she stood. "I'm flattered. Really, I am. You're a pretty tough guy, and I like that." Kirashi gently took a bit of the blood on her face into her fingers and gently licked it off with a smirk, her eyes never leaving Dokugakuji. "This will be fun." Dokugakuji returned her smirk. This would be fun indeed.

As Gojyo tired to get to Kirashi, Sanzo and Goku were trying their best to get to Hitachi and Julin, but it was hard getting past all the people and the stands they knocked over. Somehow, though, they had to get to them.

Julin laughed as she dodged another one of Kougaiji's attacks. "This is fun!" She landed on top of a pole that once held one of the markets stands up and looked down at Kougaiji with a grin. "Hakkai was right! You are really strong! Good!"

Kougaiji growled slightly. Though she was nothing more than a child, she was getting on his nerves. Every attack he made against her, she dodged and laughed. It was like this was some type of game to her and that she's the one making up all the rules.

Kougaiji blinked when Julin started grinning and pointing up. He looked up above him just in time to barely dodge the oncoming attack. Hitachi had her sword drawn and had attacked from above. This was becoming difficult. Though these two where just a child and a youkai woman, they were both a bit too strong for him to handle alone.

"My turn!" Julin said as she jumped up, fist raised and ready to attack. Her attack, however, never hit its mark. Julin went flying back, crashing into another stand.

"Julin!" Hitachi yelled. She looked towards the sound of a jingling bell, sounding more like the kind of bell you'd put on a cat.

"Lirin!" Kougaiji yelled. His younger sister stood up from the position she had landed in after attacking Julin. "What are you doing here!?"

Lirin looked at him with her big cute eyes. "Lirin was bored! And you can't handle both of them at once!"

"Where's Yaone?"

"She went to find that other girl! Lirin made her come," she replied with a big smile that was too cute to argue with.

Kougaiji sighed. Lirin had that kind of effect on him. He could never stay mad at his little sister. He should've known she'd pull a stunt like this.

Julin winced as she tossed some of the stuff off her and climbed out of the pile of what was once a fruit stand. She gently rubbed her eyes, clearing her vision of the blood. "Who did that!? That was mean!"

Lirin turned to Julin, grinning. "No one hurts Onii chan!"

Hitachi and Julin both had to blink. "Onii chan?"

"You mean you're his little sister?" Hitachi asked, sword still in hand.

"Yep! Now, prepare to fight!" Lirin yelled, pointing to them with a cheerful grin. This was going to be really fun.

"Lirin, I'll handle this one," Kougaiji said as he turned to Julin. "Time to take you down."

Julin grinned and jumped up. "I'm ready for ya!"

"You ready, old hag?" Lirin said as she pointed to Hitachi.

"I'm ready whenever you are...And who you callin an old hag?" Hitachi replied. This was going to be an interesting battle.

During this whole time, Maki was off in another area of the town, trading some of her goods for those the town offered. Usually, she'd trade something that she already had more than one of for something that caught her eyes.

"Wow, this is pretty," Maki said as she held up a necklace. The pendant was a jade circle with a silver dragon that wrapped around it. She began to look through her bag for something to trade for it.

While Maki was busy looking for anything worth trading for it, Yaone stood at the end of the street, watching her. "Forgive me for doing this," she said as she removed her power limiter.

Maki handed the old woman one of the necklaces that was handmade out of carved bone. The woman smiled and accepted the gift, handing her the jade necklace in return.

Maki grinned as she put the necklace into her bag. "Thank you!" She hopped up and continued down the street. She looked at all the wonderful things that were set out along the street. Necklaces, pots, food, and even some clothes were set up for people to see and but or trade for. It was amazing how different everything is when you go from town to town and village to village.

"Miss Maki I presume." Maki blinked and turned around to find a woman standing behind her, staff in hand.

"Um…yes. What can I do for you?" Maki asked. This woman didn't seem like any real threat. Though looks weren't everything.

"I'm sorry. My name is Yaone, and I have come here to kill you. Please forgive me, but you must die," the woman replied.

Maki blinked at her. It wasn't every day you come across someone who apologizes for having to kill you. "Oh, no. It should be me who should apologize. You see, I can't die just yet. I'm sorry you came all this way for that, but, if you'd like, we can fight and see who will win."

"I'd like that very much. I must kill you, but you must not die. It seems we'll have to settle this in a fight."

"It would seem so," Maki said as she took her bag off and set it aside. "Sorry, I just can't have anything get broken."

"Oh, no. Not at all. I understand. Are you ready now?" Yaone asked. This woman seemed quite polite, which she liked.

"Yes, I'm ready. Let's start, but let's also try to not hurt anyone else in this battle, shall we?" Maki said as she gently bowed to Yaone.

Yaone returned the bow with one of her own. "Yes, let's try."

By the time Gojyo had reached Kirashi, he was already a bit out of breath from having to run. The sight her saw before him was not what he expected. On one side stood Kirashi, blood flowing down the side of her face. On the other side stood his brother, Dokugakuji. This was bad. What would his brother want with Kirashi? She had nothing to do with this.

At the moment, neither one of them moved. Both of them stood staring at one another, willing the other to make the first move. Then, it was like everything happened in a second. Both of them rushed at each other, Kirashi with nothing more than her fists, and Dokugakuji with his sword. Dokugakuji raised his sword and struck down on Kirashi, who was able to dodge before taking a good punch to his chin. Dokugakuji grunted and took another hit at her, nailing her in the stomach with his knee. Kirashi had to jump back to regain her composure, a hand to her injured diaphragm.

Dokugakuji smirked as he rubbed his injured chin. "Nice shot. You're definitely not as weak as your body looks."

"Thanks for the compliment. You're attack wasn't so bad either. A little on the low side, but that's alright," Kirashi replied with her own smirk. She really liked this guy. And though he and Gojyo looked nothing alike, they had the same cocky attitude. That was all she needed to know that they were really related.

"Ready for round two?" Dokugakuji asked, pointing his sword towards her.

"Dude, I was born ready. Bring it on," Kirashi replied.

Ok, chapter 3 is finally finished, and it really sucks. But the next one will be better I promise!! I'm working on chapter 4 now. So hurry and review so I can put it up!!