Hannah squinted her eyes when the sun hit her face "ugh, time to get up" she mumbled. She felt something soft and furry against her cheek. Curious as always, she touched it and opened her eyes. She silently yelped and jumped away. Sesshomaru stirred but was still sound asleep.

Hannah blinked `he must have carried me back here when I passed out` she thought. She blushed at the thought of him carrying her, maybe he wasn't going to be too bad after all. She decided to cook some breakfast before they woke up…

(later)

Rin wrinkled her nose, waking to a delicious, but unknown smell. She sat up and rubbed the sleep out of her eyes. She spotted Hannah by a camp fire, cooking something in a small pot. She stood up and walked over to her "morning Hannah Chan" she said. Hannah looked up from the pot and smiled at the little girl "morning sleepy head… you hungry?" she asked.

Rin nodded and sat down. Hannah handed her a bowl of oatmeal.

"what's this?" Rin asked sniffing it. Hannah laughed "it's oatmeal, it's good for you" she said. Rin gazed at the whitish brown goo and ate a small spoonful of it. She immediately pulled a disgusted face.

Hannah thought for a moment, she rummaged in her bag and pulled out a small container with dark reddish purple stuff in it "try it with this…"

She took a spoonful of the red stuff and mixed it with Rins oatmeal. Rin tasted it again, and put on a smile "it's yummy Hannah Chan" she said. Hannah smiled and ate a bowl herself. "it's jam. Gives it a nice sweet taste doesn't it?" she asked. Rin nodded eagerly and shovelled down her breakfast.

Jaken soon woke up and helped himself to some of the sweet oatmeal. Hannah huffed `not even a thank you` she thought.

Rin turned her head and noticed that her lord had woke up. "good morning my lord" she greeted. Sesshomaru nodded silently and remained sitting against the tree. "Hannah…where is your pet?" he asked suddenly. Hannah gasped "yikes! I forgot about him! The poor guy must be hungry" she said

She put some oatmeal in another bowl and pulled out a scroll. She spread it out and slammed her hand on it "summoning Wolfie!"

The scroll went with a bang and Wolfie appeared in a cloud of white smoke. He growled and barked at Hannah `you forgot about me!` he yelled. Hannah cringed and jumped up into the tree above Sesshomaru. She peeked out from behind the leaves "my bad" she squeaked. The dog sighed and gobbled up his breakfast.

Hannah slowly climbed down the tree and sat beside Rin, it's not such a good idea to deal with Wolfie when he's hungry. An hour later, Sesshomaru stood up "we're leaving" he said walking into the tree's. Rin trotted after him, dragging Hannah with her.

Jaken followed as well. But he was glaring at Wolfie at the same time "filthy mutt" he mumbled. Wolfie heard the frog imp and growled. Jaken yelped and ran ahead, Wolfie chased after him. They passed the two demons and the human child in a white and green blur. Rin blinked "what was that?" she asked.

Hannah sighed "Jaken must have made Wolfie mad. He'll get over it" she said as she walked on.

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Wolfie eventually calmed down after giving Jaken a good beating. He was sound asleep in Hannah's bag and Rin was taking a nap on Ah Uhn.

Hannah walked silently behind Sesshomaru, not uttering a word. Sesshomaru glanced at her face `I know her scent from someone…but who? It was so long ago since I smelt it` he thought.

Sesshomaru sensed something and stopped, making Jaken bump into his leg. Hannah stopped with a confused look on her face "is something wrong?" Hannah asked. Sesshomaru turned to her "Take Rin somewhere safe." he said. Hannah didn't know what was up, but she nodded and gently picked up Rin from Ah Uhn's back. She jumped up and disappeared into the tree's.

Sesshomaru glanced at Jaken. The imp took the message and scurried off into the woods with Ah Uhn. Wolfie remained beside him, sensing the aura too.

Sesshomaru reached for his tokijin as someone emerged from the shadows "Naraku" he said coldly, recognising the baboon pelt. Naraku smirked from under the mask "sharp as always Lord Sesshomaru…but I'm not here to fight you" he said.

Sesshomaru frowned `he's not going to make another wager again is he?` he thought, remembering the last time that he accepted one of his wagers.

"That woman that is travelling with you…doesn't she seem familiar to you?" he asked. Sesshomaru growled and kept his guard up.

"you will leave her be Naraku" Sesshomaru said with warning.

`he must have spotted her before she came across me and the other two…but he is right, she is very familiar, so I must keep hi away from her.` he thought.

Naraku turned away from the dog demon "I didn't think you would answer" he said, disappearing into the tree's.

Wolfie growled `how is she familiar to you and him?` he asked. Sesshomaru bent down and petted the small dog on the head to calm him.

"that is what I'm wondering" he said to the dog before turning away and searched for his companions.

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Hannah set Rin down on the grass and sat next to her "amazing how she can sleep while I'm jumping around" she mumbled.

She laid back against the tree and closed her eyes. The silence calmed her, but she still kept her guard up `I hope Sesshomaru's ok` she thought

A twig snapped catching her attention. She jumped up and whipped out her lucky knife. She slowly moved towards the tree's where the sound had come from.

Nothing was there. She let out a sigh of relief `must've been my imagination` she thought. She turned and bumped into a furry chest `eh? Furry?`

She looked up and saw the familiar baboon mask and she saw the red eyes through the eye holes. She yelped and jumped back "waa! It's you again!" she yelped. Naraku chuckled in amusement "quite jumpy I see" he said. She blushed "well you snuck up on me, that's why" she said with a pout. Naraku just stood there…staring at her. She fidgeted with her hair `why is he staring at me?` she wondered

Naraku moved forward, making her move back. He backed her up against the tree and trapped her between his arms. He leaned forward and sniffed her neck "cherries" he mumbled.

`huh? What's he on about?` she thought. He backed away a bit and stared at her face. She blushed and looked down at her feet. But he gently took he chin in his hand and made her look at him. Naraku took in her image, trying to remember who she looked like. His eyes widened from under his mask.

`her eyes…I remember now!…she looks like…`

"HANNAH CHAN!" Rin called. Hannah pushed Naraku away and ran off to Rin. Naraku stood there in the middle of the forest, memorising her face. He growled under his breath "How could I not have seen it before…" he said. He brought a few of his Sayimosho "follow her and the others. Don't get detected" he said. The poison insects flew up into the trees and went in the direction Hannah went. Naraku left the area. `that scent of cherries on her smells…nice.` he thought.

Looks like Naraku's figured something out. Who is the mysterious person that resembles Hannah? Well wait and find out in the next chapter.