Disclaimer: I don't own any Inu-Characters. With the exception of Kaori and Suzume.

Notes: I tried to make this chapter sort of romantic and humorous at the same time. A lot of Sesshomaru fans out there will be wishing that they were Kaori.

Kagome gave Rin a leg up out of the well and let Sesshomaru go next, followed by herself. All at once, Sesshomaru's sensitive nose was over-whelmed by all the scents and immense pollution. He shook his head to clear his mind.

Rin was amazed. She was looking at everything she could see from the doorway of the shrine. "Wow, Kagome, the future is amazing!" she marveled.

Sesshomaru looked at Kagome accusingly. "What have you humans done? The air is so polluted that it's hard to breathe."

"That's just how it turned out." Kagome said. "I don't like it either, and some humans even fight for others to stop polluting air,"

After a moment to let her words sink in, the hatred gradually slid from his golden eyes, but not completely. He turned and told her, "Lead the way to Kaori and Suzume. Now."

"Fine, fine! I'm going," Kagome added under her breath, "Geez, you can be such a jackass sometimes."

Sesshomaru considered killing her right then and there, but for one, Rin was with him, and two, he would never find Kaori and Suzume on his own with all of those scents distracting him.

As they walked down the sidewalk, Kagome leading the way, Rin tried to look at everything. She was turning her head so fast that Sesshomaru thought it would fall right off if she kept on. People were also staring at Sesshomaru like he was some kind of nut-job, but he ignored them.

Kagome led Rin and Sesshomaru to a two story, baby-blue house that looked quite cozy to Rin. Kagome turned to Sesshomaru and began telling him, "Now, there are some things that you need to know. One, Kaori is at school right now and will be home in about ten minutes. Two, she always opens her window as soon as she gets home, so that's how you'll get in."

"But, Kagome," Rin said, "There's a window opened right over there."

"Oh," Kagome realized. "Just go right in, then. Bye, Rin! Bye, Jackass- I mean, Sesshomaru!" she called as she ran back towards her house and the well.

Sesshomaru's blood boiled, but he kept calm for Rin's sake as they entered the house. She was mazed at how nice it was. The room was normally sized, but it was just as nice as Sesshomaru's room back in his palace!

Rin saw the bed, climbed up on it and began jumping. "Oooooooooo... It's bouncy! Sesshomaru-sama, come jump with me!"

He looked over at her. "I'm too big for that, it's also impolite to jump on someone else's bed."

"Oh," Rin said, sitting down. "I'm sorry... I didn't know."

"It's okay, Rin,"

Sesshomaru's eyes scaned the walls and came to rest on a painting; a painting of two children playing tag. His mouth opened slightly and his eyes widened, realizing who the children were. Rin followed is gaze to the picture. "Wow," she marveled, "Did Kaori do that? She's a really good artist."

Sesshomaru nodded once in agreement, then he heard a door open and close, so he sat down on the bed waiting for Kaori to walk through the door. A slender girl with black hair, icy blue eyes, and a single pink mark on each cheek walked in and stared at the guy on her bed for a moment.

"Kaori," he said.

"Yes? How do you know me?" the girl replied, curiously. She didn't seem angry or scared at all.

Sesshomaru smiled sort of sadly. "You don't remember me, do you?"

Kaori shook her head. "But you do smell familiar,"

Sesshomaru quirked an eyebrow.

"I know," Kaori said, "It's kinda wierd, but I've always known people by scent."

"I don't find it wierd," Rin piped up, appearing from behid Sesshomaru, "Sesshomaru-sama knows people by scent, too. He says you smell like cherry blossoms."

"Awwww... You're so CUTE!!" Kaori said, looking at Rin.

She blushed. "Thank you,"

"Kaori, who are those children in that painting?" Sesshomaru asked.

"Huh? Oh, that one. That's me and-" She looked from the painting to Sesshomaru and back. "You..." she finished. "Whoa, this is WAY too strange for me! That painting was just an idea, but now it seems like a blurry memory."

"It is a memory," Sesshomaru insisted, then sighed. "Kaori, you said that I smelled familiar, correct?"

She nodded, and blushed when he walked towards her and stood really close.

"Then... Do I feel familiar?" he asked as he put one of his hands on the side of her face and ran it slowly down her neck to her shoulder, where it stayed.

It took a while for Kaori's reaction, but Sesshomaru and Rin waited patiently. At last, her eyes began to tear up, then they closed, and she slowly put on of her hands on top of his. "Do you remember me, now?" Sesshomaru asked.

Kaori nodded and threw herself into Sesshomaru's arms. "I only just realized how much I've missed you, Sesshomaru! The whole time I've been in this world I have had times where I felt an extreme loss, but I couldn't remember what I lost. Now I know that it was you,"

Rin felt really bad that she was crying, so she went up to Kaori and tugged on her pant leg. When She bent down to see what she wanted, Rin said, "But now that you have Sesshomaru back, you won't be sad anymore, will you?"

Kaori smiled through the tears. "No, I won't,"

Sesshomaru sat Kaori down on the bed, Rin sitting beside her, and explained the whole story of what was going on.

Kaori interrupted, "But how do you know that I'm in danger?"

Sesshomaru pulled down the collar of his shirt, exposing the piece of flesh that the necklace was etched in. "This is how. It's colored black; a sign that the other person who has the Mark is in danger or encountering it. "

"Oh... I have one of those, but Suzume always told me that it was a strange birthmark."

"Where is she?"

"Um... Actually, she pulling in the driveway right now." Kaori replied.