They kept clawing at vines, leaves, and low hanging branches. Now they about almost in the heart of the forest. Halyn kept her eyes infront of her and her claws slashing at things in her path. Then she heard something, so did Koga, Ayame and Shippo. "What's that?" Koga asked looking around. Halyn, Shippo, and Ayame looked around. "I don't know" Halyn answered. Then she turned to Shippo. "Do exactly as I do ok?" she told Shippo. He nodded. Then Halyn transformed herself into a fox, and so did Shippo. "Me and Shippo will see what it is" Halyn said. Then they walked on. They heard movement on the ground again. "It doesn't sound like feet" Shippo said. "Mm, I agree. It might just be a small snake or something" Halyn said. Then she saw someting move just a few feet away from her. Then the thing got up into the air. It was big, fat, and slender. "I don't think it's a small snake" Shippo said pointing a paw at it. Halyn turned around to see a giganticly huge boa constrictor with wings in their path. "Oh, shit" Halyn cursed under her breath. "What buissssnesssssssss do you have here demonssssssss?" the snake asked. "I'm here to get my father's sword" Halyn spoke up. Then she transformed into her normal self (sort of normal anyway) and so did Shippo. The snake looked at them. "You and the younger boy are the offssssssssspring of the fox demon'ssssssssssss Akio and Aiko?" the winged snake asked. Shippo and Halyn nodded. "Then why are there other demonssssssss and mysssssstical creaturessssss following you?" it asked. "Because I had to find two of them and my brother before I could come get the sword" Halyn told the winged snake. "Halyn!" Halyn heard Koga shout. The snake hissed. "Ssssssstay back!" it hissed. The wolf demons, elves, and mermaid stopped. Then the snake turned his attention back to the fox demons. "Sssssso, if you want me to believe you, you musssssst ansssssssswer my quessssstionsssssss" the snake hissed. Halyn and Shippo nodded. "Now, my one quesssstion hasssssssss been anssssssswered. You can transssssssssform into fox'ssssss. How were you told to come and get the sssssssssssword?" the snake asked. "I" halyn started but the snake interupted her. "And I mussssssst be told all the detailssssssss" he concluded. Halyn started again, "I had been engulfed in blue flames and a very loud voice was in my ears. It was my father's. He told me to find my brother. Then my old friends from our dimension. But I wouldn't find my one friends InuYasha until I found the sword of time" Halyn described. "Very good. How old were you when you firsssst heard your father'ssssss voice while you were in the blue flamessssssss?" the snake questioned. "I was 14" Halyn answered. "Very well. Now, you musssst ansssssswer my final quesssstion" the snake hissed. "What?" Halyn asked. "What doesssssss your heart dessssssssire the mosssssst?" the snake asked. This Halyn really had to think about. She always wanted to see her brother. 'Ok, let's see. seeing brother? Check. Seeing old friends? Half a check, almost a full. Parents? Blank. being in right time and dimension? will be' At the thought of her parent's, Halyn stopped thinking. "I would like my parent's death to be reversed" Halyn told the snake. "You have a mind that issssss not sssssselfish. You care about otherssssss. You didn't think of your own persssssssonal gain. And for that, I'l let you passsssssssss." And after the snakes final words, he slithered off. Orenda and Randilyn were looking scared. Halyn looked around to see if anything else was going to stop her. Nothing. "Come on" Halyn shouted over to her friends.
Furthur into the forest, they encountered more vines and more troublesome thickets. But they got through. Then a glow emmited from the middle of the forest. "I think I see it!" Shippo exclaimed. Halyn turned her attention to the light coming from infront of them. Halyn then started to claw her way through the thicket faster. So did the others. Then Halyn and Shippo came into a clearing first. Then the others came too. There, rapped in a vine, was the sword of time. Then a voice came into Halyn's head but there was no pain. But the voice wasn't in her head. Everyone was hearing it. But the voice was focusing on Shippo and Halyn. "Halyn, you have found the sword of time. You have found your brother and your friends. Now, all of you must go to our time and dimension and stop Naraku. Good luck to you all" the voice said. All of the demons recognized it, especially Shippo and Halyn. 'Dad' they both whispered. Then Halyn cut the sword down from the vines that was holding it and grasped it's handle. Halyn grabbed the sheath it was held in and pulled on the handle. The sword made a small sound of metal scraping against metal (or whatever sheath's are made of). The sword looked as if it were new. The light that was around it grew brighter, then died. Halyn gazed at the sword in her hands. Then Halyn remembered what her father told her before. He said to stick the sword out infront of her, whisper the name of where she wanted to go, then make a cricle in the air and a portal will open. Halyn did as she remembered she was instructed. She stuck out the sword infront of her. "My real home" she whispered. Then she drew a circle in the air. Then a an enclosed circle of blue light appeared infront of them all. They all starred at it. Then they heard a voice come from the other end. It sounded like a guy's voice. Like he was fighting. "Let's go" Halyn told them. Halyn jumped into the light, then Shippo. Koga and Ayame didn't hesitate either. Candace was about to until she noticed that Orenda and Randilyn weren't moving. "You guys got to come too. We have to help Halyn" Candace said. "But what if we never see each other again? What about Pongo, Nox and Avita?" Orenda questioned. Candace looked back at them. "Halyn has a sword that can disrput time and space. We can still see each other. And before we go back to our on dimensions and times, we can take them with us" Candace concluded. Then they saw the portal closing. Candace didn't waste any more time to jump in. Then Orenda and randilyn jumped in too, after gathering up all their courage.
