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"Come on!" I said. "You said you would forgive me if I found her, and I can't take you with me if you're gonna hang so far behind me!"

"Believe me, I can keep up!" Zuka called.

I had been picking up the Inu language as of late, and was already semi-fluent. I could speak to Zuka, now.

"If you really can keep up, act like it!" I said. "I don't want to turn away, and find that you've run off on me again. Besides, I don't even know what this kid smells like."

I looked up.

"Why is this my punishment, anyway?" I asked. "You can find anyone you want without any help. What good is it to make me find this person for you, if you can do it faster than me?"

I only recognized a couple of words when he answered my question.

He already found the girl, I guessed, and was...testing me?

"I'm not sure I understood that." I said. "Who am I to question my punishment anyway? I'm almost never in trouble...not that I've had many chances to put myself in it. If I've been told to look for someone I've never seen before as punishment, it must be a sufficient punishment."

I continued along the path without any further arguement.

Not fifteen minutes later, I caught a familiar scent.

"It's him!" I said.

I looked around, and then up. There was a dragon in the sky.

Flying right beside it, though, was the amazing creature that had my attention.

"Ooooiiiiii!" I called up. "Sesshoumaru-sama!"

I waved to get his attention.

He cast a brief glance in my direction, and kept on his way with the dragon.

For whatever reason, I didn't feel bad that he hadn't paid me anymore than a second of his attention. This was just the way he was, always had been, and probably always would be.

Why did I think I knew so much about him?

"Oi!" Zuka barked.

I came back to Earth, and stopped myself from walking down a hill, and falling into a river.

"Good." Zuka said. "You heard me."

The rest was non-sense to me. I had no idea what he was trying to say.

I wasn't even sure how to reply.

I sighed, and looked in the direction Sesshoumaru had gone.

I was used to him leaving me. He did this alot.

Which was totally ridiculous, because this was only the second time I'd seen him.

Why did I feel I knew him?

I cast a glance back at Zuka. The girl would have to wait.

"I don't know how I know you, Sesshoumaru-sama." I said. "But, I'm more than ready to find out! Gomen ne, Zuka-kun!"

I ran to find Sesshoumaru.

I ran for a long time, not stopping for anything, or anyone.

Finally, I saw the dragon Sesshoumaru had been following. The imp called Jaken sat beside the dragon. I caught another familiar scent here.

It was...me? No. It was human. And I had never been to this place before.

I went through the trees. The dragon and the imp were instantly on alert.

"You! Filthy hanyou! How dare you follow us!" Jaken squawked.

I tilted my head to the side.

Despite how bad this had hurt before, it seemed like he hadn't even spoken this time.

I also felt like this imp was very stupid, and weak, and wouldn't hurt me, for fear of severe punishment. "Ne, where is Sesshoumaru-sama?" I asked.

Jaken scoffed. "Even if I knew, I wouldn't tell you, half-breed!" Jaken said.

I shrugged, and looked at the dragon. It had two heads, reins on either head, and a saddle on it's back. "Ah-Un..." I said.

The dragon settled down.

"That's your name isn't it?" I asked. "Odd...Seems I know everyone in this time..."

I touched Ah-Un without hesitation. He was a good dragon, and he liked me.

I felt that way, anyway.

"Jaken-sama!" came a voice.

It sounded like a slightly older version of me.

I turned. A human girl, about seven or eight years old, came running with an arm-full of mushrooms. She looked at me.

"Jaken-sama, you really should tell Rin before you invite a friend to stay a while." The girl said.

"This wretch is no friend of mine!" Jaken squawked.

I continued to stare at the girl, and, for a brief second, I thought I was looking in a mirror.

She looked like me with brown eyes, no dog features, and a couple of inches taller.

I was allowed to stay with them for the evening.

The girl and I conversed almost the whole time. She and I were really good friends within a few hours. Despite her childish personality, she was very strong.

She didn't really need anyone to take care of her, she could do everything herself.

She couldn't stand being alone, though.

We talked until she fell asleep beside me, that night.

I stayed there, watching her. Would I look like her if I were human?

Would I look older? Would I continue growing from where I was, if I became human?

I stayed up all night, puzzling over this.

Morning came. I got ready to leave, just as soon as the girl woke up.

"Do you really have to go?" The girl asked.

"Yup." I said. "I abandoned a mission before coming here, and I really need to get back to it!"

I started away. "Good. You found her." came Zuka's voice.

I stopped. This was the girl he wanted me to find?

Why? Who was she to him?

I looked back at the girl. "I just realized," I said. "I didn't get your name! My name is Mori."

She laughed. "My name is Rin." The girl said.

The name rang through my head like an echo in a cave.

Finally, it reached my mind. Memories raced through my head.

Memories that I didn't really remember.

"Rin..." I said.

A chilly morning breeze floated past me, and I shivered, as it made me remember dying...

Maybe a little soon for this, but, I like it! Please review!