The large panther demon padded silently through the forest that should not have been there, keeping an ear out for anyone that might have been following him and his companions, whilst also listening to the quiet discussion between them.

"It still makes no sense. This forest was chopped down with only the tree Inuyasha was pinned to remaining. How can it have grown back in such a short time and without people noticing?" The orange haired kitsune asked his much older friends, mouth pulled down into a confused frown.

"It is possible one of their number used illusions to hide the forest and the people trapped inside." The low husky voice of his leader answered the kit's question with a theory, shrugging her shoulders gracefully.

"What makes you think that people are trapped inside?" The dragon man asked in his rough voice, tilting his head to the side in interest.

"People don't just disappear with no reason and Inuyasha's forest has clearly overtaken the city that surrounded the shrine." Azami replied with a slight roll of her eyes. "Therefore, the humans must be somewhere inside the forest."

Azami silently crept through the unusual forest, following the clear signs of someone having passed through that way recently. She caught the scent of boar and couldn't for the life of her work out why it was so familiar. Then there was the prints, the boar was apparently bipedal.

The sound of a large body running at a fast pace reached her ears. 'By the sound of it, they're not too far off' she thought as she quickly scaled one of the trees to hide amongst the leaves. She brushed a branch away to prevent it from obstructing her view.

A brown, rotund body crashed into the clearing she had just been standing in and tripped over a tree root. As it got up, she realised it was a boar yōkai with red markings underneath his eyes.

'Why does he look so familiar?' she wondered, staring hard at the boar. Her expression flattened as she remembered who he was.

"Chokyūkai." She muttered, dropping down silently onto the grass beneath the tree she had concealed herself in.

The aforementioned demon spun around and squealed in shock at her sudden appearance. "Who are you?" He demanded, taking a step forward in an attempt to be intimidating.

"Surely you cant have forgotten me, Chokyūkai." She said, as she took several steps forward. "We only met six hundred years ago."

"I remember now," he replied. "You were that girl I saw with that black haired girl."

"I have unfinished business with you." She informed him, ducking forward to kick his legs out from beneath him.

"Oof!" He exclaimed as he hit the ground. When he attempted to get up, he found Sakenomi in its true form against his neck.

"Now...tell me, what is this 'Shirubādoggu' planning?" Azami asked, leaning down to look closely at his eyes.

"What makes you think I know?!" He shouted, trying in vain to get away but only receiving a blade pressed closer to his neck for his troubles. "Surely, you're being unreasonable?"

"I don't think so. Considering the last time we met, you attempted to place a mind controlling band of gold around my head even though I am not a human." She growled out at him.

"He wants the sword of his grandfather! The one who saved that black haired girl!" He finally answered in desperation.

"Thank you. That's all I needed to know." She removed the blade from his neck and for a split second, he though she was going to let him go. Until she brought the sword swinging down.

Tsuna gulped slightly as he looked around at the forest that gave off the feeling of not being quite right.

Faintly, he thought he could hear the sound of whispering but none of the people he was with had opened their mouths. They would have continued in that fashion, until they past a particular tree.

The bark itself twisted its shape into that of a human male's face. "Help us, save us," it rasped.

Tsuna screamed in shock.

Uroko-jū watched the older yet younger looking yōkai inspect the trees closely whilst Fukushū sniffed around the decapitated body of the boar yōkai they had noticed as soon as they walked into the clearing.

"What are you looking for?" He finally asked, his questioned echoed by Shippō.

"Something is not right with these trees. I can feel it." She replied, leaning in to look closer at one of them before taking a quick step back as the bark twisted its shape into that of a woman's face.

"Help us. Save us." She wailed in despair.

All the eyes of those gathered there widened in shock as the mysterious disappearance of the humans finally started to make sense to them.

"It would appear that the humans aren't trapped in the forest," Azami said after a beat of silence. "The humans are the forest."

Hey.

So its been awhile and I apologize for that but I did say that updates would be slow for this.

Next chapter, Azami and co should meet up with Tsuna and co if all goes as planned. Byakuran wont show up for awhile, but when he does show up, there will be a romantic scene between him and Azami.

And just for your information, I did not make up Chokyūkai. He's an anime exclusive character but he's a canon character to the Inuyasha verse.

So, yeah. I'll try and update quicker next time but I make no promises.

A question I have is if I should write a Harry Potter/KHR! crossover, tell me what you think, please. If I do, it might take awhile to write but I'll get it finished eventually.

I am working on the next chapter of Down in Underland, but progress is slow.

Anyway, thoughts on this chapter?

See ya