Tsuna breathed out shakily as he looked around the creepy forest. The forest seemed to have taken on an even darker light since he had seen the bark of one tree shift into the face of a man, to the point where he was startling at the slightest sound of movement.

"Tenth...someone's coming." Gokudera announced, even though they could all here the sound of something running towards them.

All of them stiffened, ready to attack should they need to.

A large, kind of terrifying but recognizable figure walked through the trees and became visible to them, accompanied by a very familiar large cat.

"Well...if it isn't my foolish little brother." A familiar voice drawled as the owner dropped down from a tree into a crouch before standing up. She was followed by someone they hadn't seen before, a boy with auburn hair tied back in a ponytail and green eyes. Though they had never seen him before, something about him was eerily familiar, possibly in the structure of his face.

"Azami-nee...why are you here?" Tsuna tilted his head to the side in question.

Usually, Azami wouldn't have told him anything upfront, but now was not the time for riddles and guessing games.

"I know who the person behind this is, why he's doing this, and who he is after." She said simply.

"What?"

Tsuna didn't turn to look at around at the group to try to find who had said that, but the look on his face probably mirrored the others in confusion, all except for Reborn whose face hadn't changed.

"The person, or should I say say yōkai, who is behind this is the descendant of someone I once knew. The person he is after, is me."

"Why?"

This time, Tsuna was the one to ask the question, confused as to why someone would be after his sister.

"Because, Tsuna, I have something that he does not. Something that he believes should be his, simply because of his blood. He has deluded himself into thinking that I stole it, unable to accept that his grandfather simply didn't think his descendants were suited to wield it," she paused and looked around at them, inwardly debating over telling them any more before deciding that they would find out soon enough, might as well make it sooner.

"Tell me, do any of you remember the sword I gave to Sesshomaru? The sword that can revive one hundred beings?"

Gokudera was the one to answer this time. "Yeah...but what does that have to do with anything!?"

Azami smirked. "That sword, as you know, is part of a set. Sesshomaru originally wanted Tessaiga, the sword that could kill a hundred in a single swing. However, it was not left to him by his father. Instead it was left to his younger half brother, Inuyasha. He fell in love with a human named Kagome and they had several children together. When Inuyasha was dying, he didn't hand Tessaiga over to his eldest son. He handed it over to me."

As the humans registered that piece of information, Shippō half turned to face the East before quickly walking to stand beside Azami instead of behind her.

"Kōga should be here soon with Ayame and their pack," he muttered to her, watching her think over that bit of news before nodding.

The cat daiyōkai turned to face her companions. "We should start moving towards their base. The sooner we find them and defeat them, the sooner the trees will be returned to normal."

"If he manages to get to the area in time, Kōga will probably follow our scent there," Shippō nodded and turned to follow Uroko-jū and Fukushū who had already started to walk away.

"You wont be needed," Azami told the Vongola group. "However, you are likely to follow us regardless, so I will only say this once. Stay out of the way."

With her piece said, Azami loped off after her comrades.

"Do you think they'll be any help?" Shippō asked as soon as Azami was walking beside him.

"Who can tell?" She shrugged, looking sideways at him. "They're human, but they are stronger than normal humans. Maybe they will useful but they may also not be."

The kitsune hummed and nodded in acceptance of her answer. For a short while there was quiet in the group, the only sound being the crunch of leaves and twigs beneath Uroko-jū and Fukushu's feet, before he spoke up. "If you need me to reveal myself as the former Cloud Arcobaleno, I will."

Azami laughed slightly and reached over to ruffle his hair. "I don't think it will come to that, but thank you."

Chūsei stood beside Shirubādoggu's throne, face carefully blank as she listened to her supposed leader and his subordinates go over their plans.

She had been told by Amai that the thistle and the dragon would be arriving soon enough. Now she just had to find a way to get Amai out of the dungeons and away from here.

Some distance away, a wolf demon and his pack moved forward towards the base, where they would meet someone they had not seen for a while and fight against someone else that they had not seen for even longer.

In Tokyo, a Inu daiyōkai stared out at the bustling city, half lost in his thoughts and half lost in memories of the past. Golden eyes snapped open as he finally came to a decision over what to do.

And at the centre of it all, a crazed dog demon waited alongside his loyal subordinates for the Vongola to arrive.

So...it's been a while.

But hey, new chapter! That's something, right?

Now I don't know how many of you read the last update I posted but I meant what I said when I asked if there was any story ideas you would like to see me toy with. If you have any, tell me and I'll see what I can do.

Anyway, thoughts on this chapter?

See ya