Hey! Guest thank you so much for reviewing! Sorry but I'm not revealing their father yet! I'll go more into detail about Fuu and her newly found skills and Mugen and Jin's lacking in them at the end on the authors note!

Well, back to it!

I don't own Samurai Champloo sadly!

Enjoy!

Fuu stared at the dark forest, clenching her daggers tightly. Everyone else was asleep, but she couldn't. She knew something was out there, she just had a gut feeling. How could the guys not feel something is off here? She glanced back at Jin, who had Shino's head on his lap. She sat up slowly, trying not to wake up Mugen.

Fuu looked down at Mugen's sleeping face. He had his arm around her waist tightly, his face unusually peaceful. He looked like a little kid, he looked like Kaiyo.

A twig snapped and Fuu's head snapped back to the forest. "Guys." She said, her voice calm and quiet. It was enough to wake everybody up, they looked at her questioningly as she looked back to the forest. "Someone's here." Fuu said.

Shino snapped up as Jin stood up, bringing Shino along with him. Fuu stood up slowly as Mugen stood up along with her. Mugen put his hands behind his head and glared off at the darkness. Fuu rested her hands on her daggers, feeling tense. She would have to move very little in order to not irritate her wounds.

"I know you're out there, you've been watching for a while now." Fuu said.

It was quiet and they stood tense as they waited for something, anything. "Four-Eyes." Mugen muttered.

"I don't hear anything." Jin replied.

"They're out there." Fuu muttered. "I know they are."

Mugen looked to Fuu. "There ain't nothing-" Another twig snapped and Mugen cut his sentence off. "Okay, maybe there is."

Fuu glared at the forest. "Show yourselves."

As soon as she let that sentence leave her lips, three men clad in black clothes stepped out of the darkness. Fuu eyed them warily, there was three, one for each of them. Mugen and Jin weren't going to be happy, seeing as they're trying to keep her out the fight.

Fuu stared at the three men. They were dressed like ninjas, they had masks covering their faces but she could see her eyes. They were blank, like hers, like they had nothing to fear and nothing to lose. They were going to be tough opponents, she knew that, they were sending the big boys now after all.

"You must be the assassins, you're ninjas." Fuu said.

"You must be Kasumi Fuu." One of the ninjas said. "Seems like the rumor is true, especially since you're armed and you have your dogs."

"We ain't her dogs." Mugen said angrily.

"Says you." Another ninja said.

"Why is the Shogun after us?" Jin asked the men.

"We do not have to tell you that."

"Well since ya ain't talkin' much, how but we fight ya now?" Mugen asked, his voice dark yet playful. "I'm itchin' for a good fight."

"Agreed." Jin said, unsheathing his sword. Fuu took out her daggers as Mugen glanced at her cautiously while he took out his sword. Fuu's wounds weren't healed yet and if he knows Fuu, which he does very well, she was going to push herself.

The ninjas unsheathed their swords and lowered their stance. "These will be difficult enemies." Jin muttered to Mugen lowly.

"Yeah." Mugen mumbled with a grin. "That just makes it better."

"Well boys, let's get 'em." Fuu said with a cold smile.

Mugen took off towards the middle ninja, clashing swords with him. Jin followed suit, slashing at one of the ninjas. Fuu was about to go until a voice rang throughout the forest.

"STOP!"

Everyone froze, Mugen jumped back and Fuu hurried over to him. "That voice, it sounds familiar." Fuu said to him.

A girl step out, clad in white. Her brown hair was up in a ponytail and her brown eyes were wide. The ninjas turned to look at the girl.

"Yatsuha, this is not your fight." One ninja said.

"It isn't your fight either, you're under false orders. I've come to stop you." Yatsuha said.

"Oh fuck me." Fuu muttered, crossing her arms. Yatsuha began to talk to the ninjas as the four stared at them. Shino came up to Jin and grabbed his arm, looking between a tense Fuu and Yatsuha.

"Who's that?" Shino whispered.

"That is one of Mugen's old bed mates." Jin said with a slight smirk.

The ninjas turned to look at the four. "You better get going before the bounty hunters come. You all got some serious demands on your heads." A ninja said. He turned to look at Yatsuha. "As soon as you're done here, come home. Boss will want to see you."

"Yeah..."

The three ninjas slunk back into the shadows and Yatsuha turned to the others. She grinned and ran up to Mugen, hugging him tightly. Mugen held up his hands and gave the girl a puzzled a look. Fuu glared angrily at the two. "Mugen! I've missed you!" Yatsuha exclaimed.

"Uh, who are you?" Mugen asked confused, his eyes glancing back and forth between the girl and Fuu. He cringed slightly when he saw the fuming look on Fuu's face, Yastuha pulled away and looked to Mugen with a slight pout on her face.

"You don't remember me? Yatsuha?" Yatsuha asked.

Mugen stared at her before his eyes widened in recognition. He pointed a finger at her. "You're that bitch who didn't give me my nookie!" Mugen shouted.

Yatsuha grinned and grabbed his arm, sliding her hand up and down his arm. "I knew you didn't forget me baby. If you're so mad about me not giving you any, we could go somewhere quiet..."

Fuu cleared her throat as she sheathed her weapons. She crossed her arms and glared at the two as Mugen looked at her helplessly. "As much as the reunion is nice and heartwarming, we have our own problems." Fuu said, her voice clear with anger. "What's going on?" Fuu asked.

Jin stepped forward. "Why are the Shogun after us?" Jin asked.

Yatsuha suddenly looked serious as she looked at the group. "About two weeks ago, a massive killing happened. An entire village was killed, the Shogun is under new control and they came to my clan with a request. The orders were to kill you and Mugen, then take the girl. I'm not sure why, but I do know that the Shogun want one thing." Yatsuha said looking up at Fuu.

"Me." Fuu said, looking down at the ground thoughtfully.

"As soon as I found out they were after Mugen, I talked to the head of the clan. He agreed that something didn't seem right and sent me to stop the assassination from happening. We don't like to be used for somebody's own personal gain. I do know whoever is after the girl, wants Mugen and the samurai dead." Yatsuha said looking towards Fuu. "And they want you bad, I'm not sure for what. But it can't be good."

Fuu sighed and looked out towards the forest, she still had that sneaky suspicion of someone watching her. "Well." Fuu started, still staring towards the dark forest. "If they want me, they know where to find me." She said, coldly. She looked towards Yatsuha, who was still all over an uncomfortable Mugen. She glared slightly. "You can continue your reunion." Fuu said angrily as she walked towards the fire.

"What?! Girly!" Mugen called to Fuu. "Fuu!"

"Who's that? Your girl now?" Yatsuha said, rolling her eyes.

"Fuck." Mugen muttered, watching Fuu lay down on the sleeping mat they were just on together. Jin chuckled amused.

"Fuck indeed, old friend." Jin muttered.

"Well brother, it seems our prey have made many friends."

"It seems so."

"What do we do? The girl seems to know we are watching her."

"She's a smart one. We just wait, we'll have our time." The man grinned coldly, excitement growing deep within him. "This girl is something interesting, I want to see more of what she can do."

Fuu rolled her eyes as Mugen came to sit at the fire with Yatsuha. Yatsuha was talking his ear off but Mugen didn't seem to notice. He kept glancing at Fuu. Fuu, on the other hand looked at the dark forest once again. Her paranoia getting the best of her as she stared coldly at it.

"You want me, come and get me."

Hey! Sorry I haven't been updating lately. I've been having some personal problems and it's been making it very hard for me to get the inspiration to write. But I am planning to jump back in the saddle and write again, it's what makes me feel better. I feel horrible for going off the radar like that.

Anyways back to the trio!

So Fuu has been alone for a while before she met back up with her boys. She became more cautious and more alert than the others. While Mugen and Jin are very confident in their own skills, Fuu doesn't let herself rest. She's always been paranoid ever since they split up because she's always been a target for other men. I feel like that made Fuu more realistic about things.

Mugen and Jin on the otherhand is a different story. Jin has been married and out of the constant fighting game for a while, he's became lax in everything. Mugen is more preoccupied with Fuu, especially with Fuu being injured and all. He's became distracted with everything about Fuu and running himself ragged because of her that he doesn't seem to pick things up yet.

I decided that Yatsuha should come back, make things more complicated. It should be interesting.

As for the two brothers, they seem to have one goal and that is to defeat and kill Fuu and the others. I don't want to reveal them just yet, I'm super excited though.

Thank you so much for reading and Guest, thank you so so so so much for reviewing on every chapter. I really appreciate it.

I'm sorry for not updating and going MIA all of a sudden!

Well thanks for reading and I hope you enjoyed! Lemme know what you think!

Until next time!

Moe