Time for some training

[Kaliri]

Kaliri rubbed her arm where she'd jarred it, falling on her ass. She looked back at Kumori when Gwen growled. "Kumori-kun?" She asked.

[kumar]

Pishka galloped around the clearing, attemting to frolic with Gwen, and when that failed, tried to imitate her, making a choking, purling noise when Gwen growled. she looked at Gwen, trying to take the same stance.
Lenore, however, stopped laughing, and then looked Gwen dead in the eyes.
"It's the tracks, isn't it? Like Kaliri's only bigger."

[Kumori]

Kumori ran up to Gwen, "What have you found?" He asked her, as he looked down at the ground. He noticed the tracks, and knew Kaliri had not been around this part of the clearing yet today. "Yeah, it is. Where did you see them before?" he ask Lenore.

[Kaliri]

Kaliri, who was listening to the exchanges. suddenly froze.
No, it can't be. She thought, her entire frame rigid. How could they have come for me?
"Yes! KEEE!" She jumped up to run over tothe tracks. "Kokoro-Chan! Nee-Chan!" She ran past them, yelling, following the tracs sloppily, but well enough.

[kumar]

Lenore was taken aback at Kaliri's reaction. As she sped by, Lenore blinked. "I was following them over there" she said, pointing to the other side of the clearing. "They were going back past that way. This can't possibly be the same tracks, unless Kaliri has a giant double that's been running haywire all over these woods..." She looked at Kumori.
It was clear from her look that she thought they should be expecting trouble. She looked back the way Kaliri had gone.
"Just in case, we should catch her before something happens. Not saying there's anything wrong, but... best to prepare..."

[Kumori]

Kumori nodded ot Lenore, and sent Gwen chasing after Kaliri. He then followed, trying to catch and calm her, so she did not give away their position.

[Kaliri]

Kaliri was exstatic, shooting and stumbling down the path. Suddenly, she came upon an escarpment in the middle of the forest, overlooking what was normally a natural basin in the valley. Now, it was dry, grass filling the basin, except a small stream you could step over without changing your pace, running through the middle. All through the basin were tents. she laid on her stomach, inching forward to get a good look, eyes open wide and joyous.

[kumar]

Lenore followed Kumori, but set pishka to follow the tracks back and see where they came from, how far they had followed from. She stopped a moment, to study the tracks once more, then started running along the path to catch up with the other two.

[Kumori]

Gwen reached Kaliri first, and crouched beside her, placing one paw on the center of her back trying to signal to her that it was better to wait and not going rushing into whatever was ahead.
Kumori came up on her a moment later, and layed down beside her to survey the scene before him.

[Kaliri]

Kaliri just patted Gwen till she got off, telling her "It's okay, I'm not going down." She stared down, wide eyed, at all the tents. Suddenly, the one in the middle stirred. A tall woman in a not-so-concealing outfit exited the tent, with her Long black hair tied up, a partial facemask, and apparenltly no modesty. Her upper chest was in a black shirt that came roughly to two inches or so beneath her shameless and not unremarkable chest. Her black pants, skintight, ranged from just barely clinging for dear life off her hips, to just barely gripping her thighs about halfway to mid-thigh. A forehead protector was tied around each arm, one thigh, one on her head, one around her neck, and one tied loosely around her waist. She wore skintight black leather boots, and a pair of steel backed finger gloves completed the outfit.
But as far as kaliri was concerned, It was her natural appearance that shocked Kaliri the most. The Shapely yet delicate looking woman before them LOOKED EXACTLY LIKE LENORE!

[kumar]

Lenore came up the path behind the two, skidded to a halt, and looked down, at the tents. Then she saw Lauja. "Shit" She hissed, and turned to run back and get Pishka. She never made the full rotation however, as then she was enveloped in darkness.

"So...." said a voice behind the other two, before she'd even hit the ground. Do we have to take these two in, too, or can we kill them?"

"No..." Said another voice. "Lady Spirit-Walker wouldn't like it if we killed them before she got to."
"Tsk." Said the first. "Taking all the fun..." He wiped his hands together. "Out of the job."

[Kumori]

Kumori turned over and jumped to his feet all in one motion. Gwen also turned and growled at the two men standing there, then stalked up to stand protectivly over Lenore.

[Kaliri]

Kaliri cried out, when she saw Lenore, and vaulted forward, trying to knock one of the large men away from Lenore.

[kumar]

The man she tried to knock away grabbed her as she did so, and let his legs absorb the impact. He brought a kunai around to land the butt of it on the back of Kaliri's head.

[Kumori]

When Kumori saw the butt of the kunai slam into Kaliri's head, his eyes blazed. His right hand slowly moved up towards his Katana on his back, "That my friend was the last mistake you will ever make in this life." he said in a very cold and deadly voice. As soon as his hand gripped the pomel of his sword, he wipped it out in a slash designed to take of the head of the guard that had hit Kaliri.