Disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha or any of the other characters in it. But I do own Kohana.

Oh, and yes I did realize I misspelled Jaken's name. Sorry ^_^;

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CHAPTER TWO: QUESTIONS

As the sun's light entered into the cave that Sesshoumaru led Kohana and Jaken to, Sesshoumaru was the first to awake. He stood up to stretch and he looked over at Kohana. He walked over and knelt down beside the sleeping girl. He just kept staring at her but with eyes filled with sadness and suffering of pain. [Even though she looks like Rin she is not her. My heart can't be healed just by having a girl who is nothing more than a mere reflection] But Sesshoumaru was going to learn that this girl was much more than a reflection.

A hour later Jaken woke up and followed by Kohana a few minutes later. Kohana got up and gave Sesshoumaru a hug though he didn't hug her back when she let go she smiled at him.

"I never got to thank you for healing me."

"It's quite okay. I've saved another girl before you."

"Who was she? I bet she was really nice."

"Very. She was full of life and as for her name, I can't say."

"Oh, I guess something must have happened to her."

Sesshoumaru didn't answer. He wasn't going to let his emotion slip and it was too hard to talk about Rin. He turned around and started to walk away as Jaken nodded to Kohana that it was time to leave. Kohana kept quiet, for she knew very well why he was not answering. [He suffered the pain of loss and that girl was named Rin. I have a connection with her and that's why I look so much like her. Though he thinks I am not that promised person, he is still unsure about me for at first he did think I was because I have the aura of her.] She knew that she should tell Sesshoumaru the connection but the time was not right to admit the truth.

Kohana came to a halt when Sesshoumaru stopped and sat down. She noticed the forget-me-nots nearby. Her thoughts left her mind and she started to smell and pick the flowers. Forget-me-nots were her favorite flower. She picked a few of them for Sesshoumaru to at least try to cheer him up. When she had a handful of flowers, she walked over to Sesshoumaru and placed them in his lap.

"For you."

"Why-why thank you" Sesshoumaru was a little pleased. The forget-me-nots always made him remember of Rin's laughter.

"You look so sad. I wanted to cheer you up" said Kohana as she smiled.

Sesshoumaru grabbed the forget-me-nots and started to walk ahead again and Kohana followed behind him as well as Jaken. As the sun began to set they all stopped by a river. Jaken fell asleep on a rock, Sesshoumaru leaning against a tree, and Kohana was sitting by the river bed with her feet in the water, while humming a little tune she liked and looking at the stars. Sesshoumaru was looking at Kohana and got to his feet to join her. Though she wasn't Rin, he needed to know more about this girl. He set himself on the ground next to her. They kept quiet for a little while until Kohana finally broke the silence.

"There are so many stars out tonight. It's so peaceful to watch them. From what I remember me and my mother would watch stars every night from a very beautiful place."

"Tell me Kohana, how old are you?"

"Well, I was born in April so I'm twelve." she responded.

"What is your favorite flower?"

"Forget-me-nots"

Sesshoumaru was thinking of Rin and the time he asked the same questions to her. Sesshoumaru noticed that Kohana had bruises on her arms.

"Where did you get those bruises?"

"I got them from a perverted group of thieves who wanted me to marry the leader's son. I refused and I think that's how I got the broken leg and sprained knee."

"How did you escape?"

"All I remembered is a bright light surrounding me. I guess I have a guardian angel."

Sesshoumaru got to his feet and went over to the rock Jaken was sleeping on and leaned against the tree next to it and fell asleep. Kohana looked over at Sesshoumaru. [You must of really loved her and with her gone from your life the colors of your soul is gone. You do not want to come to close to me because you think you'll just get hurt and hurt me because I look like her. It's too much for a broken heart to handle to have a person who's a reflection and for me to go through your pain. That's why.] and tears started to come down her cheeks. She understood it was hard for him to have a girl who's just like the girl he lost and who looks likes her but who wasn't her exactly. Kohana wiped her tears away and smiled. [I'll heal hour heart and bring the colors back into your life because you saved me. I promise] The wind swayed her long hair to the side and she fell asleep by the river bed.

The next morning Sesshoumaru woke right up at sunrise thinking he was the first to wake but he wasn't. he heard a flute playing a beautiful tune. He looked over at Kohana by the river bed. She was playing the flute and Sesshoumaru recognized the tune. It was the song Rin always sang, and before his eyes a girl in a white kimono with wings was standing right beside Kohana and was singing.

"Yama no mo ka!

Mori no mo ka!

Kaze no mo ka!

Yume no mo ka!"

(Where is Sesshoumaru-sama? And Grandpa Jaken?)

The girl looked over at Sesshoumaru and smiled at him. "R-Rin, is that you?!?" he asked but the light surrounding her was so bright he couldn't tell.

"We will meet again and the angel left and Kohana finished the tune and noticed Sesshoumaru was watching her and she smiled and went back to playing her flute. Sesshoumaru was shocked of what he just saw and he remembered Kohana's words ["All I remember is a bright light surrounding me. I guess I have a guardian angel."] and those words echoed in his head. [Is your guardian angel Rin?!? Is that why she promised that I would meet somebody like her because she would be a guardian angel to that person?!?]

He was still unsure about Kohana and what he just saw but he thought to keep in mind of this possibility. Did Rin know this would happen? Sesshoumaru didn't know but questions would be answered later but one thing Sesshoumaru knew was that Kohana was definitely different from other humans and Rin. Kohana didn't know it but things were going to happen soon in this journey that would come in surprises.

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