Luna was racing through the woods quickly, not stopping for anything. 'Not far now.' She decided to run through the night, and wasn't really regretting it. So far, she wasn't tired, sleepy, hungry, or even thirsty. Luna glanced up at the sky. 'Still night. I might be able to sneak in unnoticed.' The first beam of light quickly destroyed that plan, and Luna silently cursed herself for being so slow. 'Stupid creature, can't even run fast. How could I let myself get this out of shape? I should have been able to have snuck in and slept a little by now!'

Rin, however, was fast asleep with Sota. Sesshomaru had started to growl at this idea, but Rin had silenced him with a glare. In her dream, Sota was playing a game with her. They were playing 'Hide-and-Seek' and so far, Rin was winning. For some reason, they had decided to play in the woods. Rin had just been found by Sota when a glow made her freeze.

She snapped awake. Rin knew she had to go back. "Sota, I have to return to the spot that we battled Kagura."

"No... don't go..."

'He's probably not talking about me,' Rin mentally sighed. 'I guess I'll just run there, find the glow, and return.' Rin started out of the door. She leaned back in and grabbed the stiletto. 'Can't forget this.'

Luna was still running, although now she was now sure she was in Serdio. She had just seen the castle in Bale and was more than happy to run along the path which would lead to Hoax and her family.

Rin, meanwhile, had just found the spot of the battle. Intently, she sniffed the ground for the glowing object. She focused so hard on locating the object, she didn't hear the pounding of paws.

Luna was so intent on arriving at Hoax, she didn't notice the tiny creature on the ground.

The force of the impact caused both creatures to topple over. Rin glanced up and saw a large dog with wolf-like fur.

Luna glanced over and saw a small girl with two dog ears.

"Mom?"

The dog rolled over, a child-like glow in her eyes.

"Mom, it is you!" Rin hugged the giant dog. "Wow, I didn't know you had a dog form too!"

Luna relaxed and changed into her human-like form. "Hey, Rin, why are you out so early?"

"Um... I wanted to find this." Rin picked up a glowing ball from the ground.

"Why is that just laying around?"

"I fought Kagura and she had it."

"You fought who?"

"Kagura, Sesshomaru's stalker."

"Did you win?"

"Yeah."

"Well, I would've been proud of you anyways, but the fact that you won is quite impressive." Luna glanced down at the girl. "Let's go home."

"I'll race you."

"On your marks, get set, go!" The mother and child raced home, each happy to be together again.

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Luna: Zzzz....

Rin: She had a long night.

Author: Zzzz....

Rin: Will you wake up already?

Author: Hey, I just got out of dance class... shut up...

Rin: Fine, I'll do it. Today, I'd like to thank deathsonic, again... who else... my dancer friend, Hime... Well, that's about everyone. Do I have to say it?

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