At Sesshoumaru's castle...

Stella runs to the side of the castle and looks up at the "window" to Sesshoumaru's room.

Sesshoumaru mentally sighs and stands up. He walks to his window and looks down, noticing Stella, and freezes.

Stella sees Sesshoumaru but is distracted by a door opening. She looks over and sees Jaken walking out.

"STELLA!! YOU'VE RETURNED!!" he exclaims in excitement. I wonder why...

Sesshoumaru stares at them from his spot.

Stella walks past Jaken, through the side door, inside.

"Stella?" Jaken squeaks.

Ignoring Jaken, Stella keeps walking. She goes down the main hallway to the third smaller hallway on the left. She stops at the fourth door on her right and stands there, staring at the door.

Sesshoumaru smells Stella's presence and sits down under the "window".

Stella opens the door slowly then, biting her lip, swings it open all the way. She walks in and stares at Sesshoumaru.

"...Sessh..." she mutters.

Sesshoumaru stares at the ground to avoid eye contact.

"You could at least look at me!" Stella growls.

Sesshoumaru slowly looks up at her but still doesn't make eye contact.

'Dammit, what was I going to say...?' Stella thinks.

'I want to tell her... but... Rin...' Sesshoumaru thinks.

"Why Sesshoumaru..." Stella asks, "Why didn't you let my sister stay? She wouldn't have done anything!"

"I... I couldn't..." he replies.

'I want to tell you, Stella... I really do...' he thinks.

"You have to have a better reason than that!"

"I'm sorry..." he mutters and stands up. Stella's eyes start to water as he walks past her out the door. Stella falls on the floor crying.

"Sorry for... what... for breaking my... heart or... breaking our..." Stella sobs.

Sesshoumaru closes the door and leans lightly on it.

"Don't do this... to me... Sessh..."

"I have to... for Rin's sake..." Sesshoumaru whispers and walks down the hall.

' 'For Rin's sake...' what does he mean by that?' Stella thinks. She stands up abruptly and throws the door open but Sesshoumaru is long gone.

"Dammit..." Stella mutters. "Now I have to look for him...". She walks out and starts looking for him. Wow... she can cry and then not cry real fast can't she?

After about half an hour Stella gives up. "I'll never find him..." she mutters and runs back to camp.

Tatsuya finishes eating and wipes her hands on Ayame when he's not looking.

Yuki stifles a laugh.

"Hmmm... You know what we need?" Tatsuya asks to no one in particular.

"What?" Shigure asks.

In reply, Tatsuya makes and energy orb and blasts a hole in the ground a couple of feet away.

"WOW!" Momiji exclaims in fascination.

"What are you doing?" Yuki asks.

Tatsuya walks over to the hole and takes out a large crate.

"Sake!" she exclaims happily, pointing to the crate.

"Ahh... sake! Brilliant idea, Tatsuya!" Shigure says and clasps his hands together.

Tatsuya takes the crate out and blasts it open with another energy orb. "Drink up!" she says as she passes one to everyone.

"I've never had sake before!" Momiji says happily.

Ayame gets hit in the head and falls unconscious.

Tatsuya drinks down a whole bottle and licks her lips, he fangs gleaming in the firelight. "Then drink up, little one."

"Yes, some of us are underage." Yuki states plainly.

Shigure drinks some of his sake.

Tatsuya shrugs. "Well no one needs to know, he'll be out after a bottle anyway."

"..." Yuki takes a small sip.

Shigure greedily drinks the rest of his and Tatsuya passes him another bottle.

Momiji takes a sip and is already becoming drunk. "It's stwong!!"

Tatsuya holds up her bottle. "Best in the country." she says then drinks down the whole bottle.

Momiji takes another sip and passes out.

Stella arrives. "..."

"Oi, Stella!" Tatsuya exclaims, her face slightly pink. "Want some sake?" she asks, holding up a bottle.

Stella rolls her eyes. "I'll pass." she says and walks past Tatsuya and leans against a tree.

"Are you sure? This is really good!" Shigure says.

Tatsuya jumps up and smacks her hand right next to Stella's head. Leaning on it, she pushes the sake bottle against Stella's stomach. "C'mon Stel' it'll do ya some good!"

"Leave me alone..." Stella growls.

"Alright, but your missing out..." Tatsuya says as she puts her hands up in a surrender pose.

"Fine..."

"YAY!! Drink up, missy." Tatsuya says and shoves Stella the bottle.

Stella takes a sip. 'What the hell was Sesshoumaru's problem? I have to find out...' she thinks as she takes another sip.

$$$$ ONE HOUR LATER... $$$$

Ritsu, Ayame, Yuki, and Momiji are unconscious on the ground. Tatsuya and Shigure are sleeping and Stella is half asleep, sitting against the tree.

Stella shakes her head and stands up. Finding everyone sleeping or passed out, after looking around, she runs off really fast to who knows where. ...We do! "Where is he...?" she mumbles.

Tatsuya opens her, now yellow glowing because it's night, eyes and stares at where Stella ran off. Making sure no one is awake; Tatsuya sets up a barrier and quietly follows Stella, making sure to keep her distance so Stella can't identify her.

Stella stops and sniffs and runs a little further to a random little hill where there happens to be... you guessed it! Sesshoumaru!

Sesshoumaru notices Stella but ignores her.

Stella runs really fast in front of Sesshoumaru so she's literally in his face. Sesshoumaru stares at the ground next to him, trying not to make eye contact.

Tatsuya is further away, standing on the very top of a tree, watching and listening to the whole thing.

"Dammit... why don't you ever look at me!?" Stella exclaims.

"If I do..." Sesshoumaru starts to say.

"Continue..." Stella urges.

"I can't..." Sesshoumaru mutters.

"Why not?"

"I just can't..." Sesshoumaru turns around and walks a couple of steps.

Stella jumps in front of him.

Sesshoumaru purposely stares at Stella with his ever so popular non-emotional stare.

"Yes you can... I... I'm your mate..." Stella says quietly.

Sesshoumaru's eyes are shadowed.

"No... that puts you in danger... and... your not my mate anymore... that's... that's for the better..." Sesshoumaru mutters.

Stella's eyes become shadowed and a single tear falls down her cheek. "Fine... if you think that's for the better... then... that's it..." she mutters and runs off. "The bastard..." she mumbles and after running for a couple of miles, she stops to lean against a tree and cry.

Tatsuya's eyes glow a little brighter yellow and she runs off into the darkness... somewhere...

()()()()()()() NEXT DAY... ()()()()()()()

... Yea I think this is a good ending spot...

OUTTAKES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

() Stella sees Sesshoumaru but is distracted by a door opening. She looks over and sees Jaken walking out.

"STELLA!! YOU'VE RETURNED!!" he exclaims in excitement. I wonder why... "I JUST got my nails painted and I wanted to know if you liked them!" he exclaims and holds his hands out with bright sparkly purple nail polish. Oh... that's why...

Stella sweat drops. "It's really... pretty..." she manages to cough out.

()Tatsuya takes the crate out and blasts it open with another energy orb. "Drink up!" she says as she passes one to everyone... and misses, hitting the director, a cameraman, and breaking two cameras. "... I guess I should have practiced shouldn't I..." she says.

() Stella shakes her head and stands up. Finding everyone sleeping or passed out, after looking around, she runs off really fast to who knows where. ...We do! ...the bathroom!!

FLUSH...

()"Sorry for... what... for breaking my... heart or... breaking our..." Stella sobs.

Sesshoumaru closes the door and leans lightly on it. Only he put a bit too much weight on it and...it broke.

"....Our door?"