"A couple of days should bring us to the forest I think."  Daniel said.  He chuckled at the name she had given her mount.  When they stopped for the night and after they ate, he began her training in the martial arts.  Stances, and pointing out places on a person's body that should be hit.  She would have a long way to go before she was anything near what he was in the arts.  But to those that had no idea of the oriental style of fighting, some simple moves at the start could prove to be an advantage.  Added to that her claws, used as punching weapons instead of slashing could be deadly, even slashing with certain moves would prove fatal.<br/><br/>Tiny went out to hunt and enjoy his meal, returning to the camp satisfied and ready to take a nice nap as it was with his kind.  With out Midnight, he was their long range guard, with his sense of smell and hearing.  He stayed close to them sleeping next to them.  It would be a strange sight to see a massive creature like him laying next to them, peacefully and guarding them.  Daniel was glad of his company on the trip.<br/><br/>The two days it took to get to the forest was uneventful and they saw no one.  Once they reached the forest the real work began.  They had to search, find any sign that would tell them that the Kurii ship was there.  Entering the forest Daniel lead them further in for a couple pastangs.  They came upon a village surrounded by a wooden  palisade.  The village was empty and there was signs that there had been a fight of some sort.  Possessions still remained in the primitive huts and by all looks the people there were very primative in nature.  "Taken.  All of them.  No dead bodies so more then likely they were surprised and taken while they had been asleep. "  He bent down by one of the huts and picked up a pair of manacles that looked out of place in such a village.	"Well we should be able to find a trail."  he looked at Tiny and grinned.  Picking up some clothing he held it to his nose.  "Think you can sniff them out."  he asked and Tiny began sniffing the ground and moving.<br/><br/>As Tiny tracked with scent.  Daniel looked at the signs of the passage of a number of people.  There were the bare feet of the villagers, and the heavy sandaled feet of warriors, much like Daniel wore.  "The villagers were taken by warriors, and not slavers."  he pointed to the sandal prints in the soft earth.  "A good number of warriors, perhaps a hundred by the worn path they made. "  What would Warriors want of primative villagers?	It just did not make sense to him at the moment.