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'Where the hell am I?' Lacy asked herself, looking around. She looked down at her clothes and noticed that they were still in tact. "What..?" she whisped out loud.

Flashback

"Mother I really think you should get off the phone and pay more attention to the road," Lacy said impatiently.

"Shut it Loucinda I'm on the phone," her mother snapped at her from the driver's seat.

"Don't call me that damnit," Lacy seethed.

"I'll call you whatever the hell I want to call you. Watch your mouth young lady, I don't know just who you think you're talking too," her mother chided harshly. She went back to her phone conversation, "Well listen Charlie I think I'm gonna go now because my daughter is being incredibly rude. I'm guessing we're still on for Thursday? Okay. Love you, bye bye," she hung up.

"You act like a love sick puppy," Lacy said referring to her mother's newest boy-toy.

"Oh stop your whining," her mom said, "you're just upset that I can get a guy and you can't."

"Ooooh yea. I'm reaaaal jealous of my mom. You've figured me out," she said sarcastically.

"Sometimes you're such a bitch," her mom huffed.

"Well you just need to grow up," Lacy commented. "You act like you're twenty two when you're not, mom. You're thirty eight and I'm your seventeen year old daughter," she finished quietly.

"Well maybe I don't want to get old just yet," her mom snapped.

"Whatever mom, just watch the road."

"I really think we need to talk about this Lacy," her mom said looking at her.

"Watch the road mom," she said eyeing the slightly swervy car in front of them.

"I mean every time I come home just a bit past twelve you freak out on me!" she continued.

"Mom, I seriously think you should just watch the road," Lacy said nervously.

"Lace, I just wanna have some fun in my life, is that so much to ask?"

"MOM!" Lacy screamed grabbing the wheel as the car in front of them came to a complete stop. She turned to the right and their car zoomed across the four lane interstate and landed in a ditch.

End Flashback

'That's all I remember,' Lacy thought to herself when she heard a child's cry.

She looked around for the child all while damning her maternal instincts. Her eyes settled on a little girl in a checkered kimono with wild black hair, wiping her eyes and nursing her knee.

"Hi there," Lacy said bending down to be on the girl's level. She sat next to the started child, "That's a nasty cut on your knee there. Think it would be okay for me to help you out?"

The teary girl nodded and Lacy slung her up into her arms gently but rough enough to make her giggle. "Do you know where any water is around here?"

"There's a stream that way," the little girl pointed east.

Lacy walked in the direction the girl pointed and started up a conversation to figure out just where the hell she was. "So what's your name?"

"Rin's name is Rin," the little girl said. Lacy giggled and said, "Say 'My name is Rin'."

"My name is Rin," Rin smiled. "What is your name, pretty lady?"

'How cute,' Lacy thought. "My name is Lacy. It's nice to meet you, Rin."

"Rin has never heard your name before," she thought for a minute. "You don't look like you're from here either, you have different eyes and clothes," Rin noted.

"Very good observation, Rin. No I'm American, I come from the other side of the world. I moved to Japan when I was a little girl."

Rin's eyes lit up, "That's neat! Would you tell Rin about this Amareekah?"

"It's America," Lacy pronounced, "and yes, I'll tell you about it some time. But now we must clean your knee up so it can feel better!"

She placed Rin on a tall rock by the stream and ripped off part of her sleeve to clean it with, "So Rin, why are you out here all by yourself?"

Rin winced as Lacy continued to clean her wound, "I was looking for Sesshoumaru-sama. Jaken-sama fell asleep and Rin became bored, but I couldn't find Sesshoumaru-sama and then I fell and hurt my knee. Maybe you can help me find him?"

"Of course I'll help you find him," Lacy said tenderly, ripping off another part of her shirt and wrapping Rin's knee in it. "Let's go," she held out her hand to Rin and helped her off the rock. She turned around and saw a tall white haired man with a rather large boa on his shoulder.

She pushed Rin behind her gently and said, "Who are you?"

"Sesshoumaru-sama!!" Rin squealed running up to him and hugging his leg. "Jaken-sama fell asleep and left Rin but then Rin got bored and went looking for you but I fell and hurt my knee and then Lacy-sama helped Rin feel better and find you!"

Sesshoumaru nodded and then looked at Lacy, then turned to leave.

"Come, Rin."

"Uhm, Sesshoumaru-sama?" Rin asked looking back.

"Yes," he turned to look at her.

"Can Lacy come with us? I mean, she helped me and I'll feel really really bad if we just left her. I think she's lost," Rin added as an after thought.

"Is that true, human?" he asked Lacy.

'Human..?' she thought. "Uhm, yes. I have no idea where I am. One minute I was in a ditch somewhere on the highway and then I woke up in some clearing."

"Highway?" he questioned.

"Yes...you know...the one you drive cars on?" she explained.

"I don't know what you speak of girl, I have never heard of this 'highway' or 'cars'," he stated.

"I don't think I'm in Kansas anymore," Lacy said holding her hand to her forehead.

"Rin, this girl may come. I wish to speak with you privately later, girl, but for now you will travel with me," Sesshoumaru said turning around and walking off.

"Yay!!" Rin cheered and grabbed Lacy's hand to pull her along. "We will have so much fun! And you can tell me about this America you speak of."

"Yeah, sure.." Lacy said almost silently with a dazed look on her face. 'Where the hell am I?' she asked herself again and she was pulled along by the engergetic seven year old.