Kai: Sorry for the long update!! Been busy with school and them my computer went all screwy and I couldn't use it anymore… ARGH!! So annoying… anywayz! Hope ya like this new chappy!!

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"SO… is anyone hungry?" Stella asks, but before anyone can answer she quickly puts down the food and runs off yelling, "I'll be back!"

Running into a random clearing, she sees Jaken. Her ears twitch and her tail sways as she watches Jaken watch Rin on a rock (he's on the rock). Jaken senses her presence and stares at her.

"Stella?!" he squeaks.

"STELLA!!" Rin exclaims and runs over to Stella.

Okay, to cut it short, they play tag and then stop playing tag and Stella goes back to camp, yadi yadi yada the end.

. . . And back at camp Ritsu and Ayame are sucked into a portal… but that's beside the point.

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"Well that was certainly… weird…" Tatsuya mutters. 'And that certainly wasn't one of father's portals…'

"I'm glad I wasn't sitting over there!" Shigure says cheerfully.

And that's when Stella gets back…

"Hey… where did the other two go?" She asks.

"Oh… them? Some random portal and appeared and they were sucked in… no biggie, ya know?" Tatsuya replies.

"Oh…" but of course she doesn't get it.

Later, after everyone eats and is sleeping except for Stella and Tatsuya…

Stella is in a tree and Tatsuya is laying against the trunk of the same tree.

"…So you and Sesshoumaru are back together I presume?" Tatsuya says, breaking the silence.

"Yea…" Stella says and nods. "Why are you suddenly interested?" she asks curiously.

"I had a hunch and I wanted to see if I was right… well anyway, that's good" Tatsuya says and smiles.

"Very good" Stella replies and Tatsuya giggles. "What" Stella asks, annoyed.

"That sounded funny for some reason".

"Whatever".

And yet another moment of silence.

"Your lucky… you know that?" Tatsuya says quietly, breaking the silence again.

"Yea, I do. You've only told me like… I don't know… a lot" Stella replies.

"Yea I know but… you're so young and already mated… its just… wow… I wouldn't know what it's like… I could never have reached the level of a connection like that…"

"We're the same age… and besides, Sessh can be a real jackass at times…"

"At least your happy with him… I could never find someone again… not after all I've been through…"

"Yes you will!"

"Stop lying… I'm just not ready… I don't know if I'll ever be"

"You have plenty of time and there's gotta be someone better than a monk!"

"Not for me… maybe someone could replace him but no one could replace Kiyu…" Tatsuya mutters as tears start to swell up in her eyes. Stella notices and throws an acorn at her head. "OW! What was that for?!" Tatsuya exclaims.

Stella shrugs and in return Tatsuya throws a rock at her head. Stella dodges and jumps out of the tree while Tatsuya goes to a crouching position and throws a rock clinking to Stella's noggin.

"This means war…" Stella growls.

"You asked for it…" Tatsuya answers and a fang appears as she smirks.

Stella tackles Tatsuya to the ground and Tatsuya throws her off, pinning her down… anyway let's not get too detailed because then you'll all be totally lost. Just remember that they have a playfully somewhat painful sibling fight. And then they have a giggling fit and start tickling each other.

So later on…

Both are just lying there on a ground It's a miracle they didn't wake the others up.

"It's been bugging me… do you know why Sesshoumaru never let you stay with us?" Stella asks, out of the blue. "I mean… we are twins… and we wanted to stay together…"

Tatsuya sighs. "Stella… what would you do if mom could come back…?"

"I don't know… maybe tell her about me and Sesshoumaru…" Stella says and shrugs.

"… I was wondering if there was a way to… you know… bring mother back…"

"Resurrecting someone from the dead isn't easy…"

"I know… but for mom, I'd do anything…"

"Yea, it'd be great to see her again"

"It'd be great to see her at all"

The sky turned pinkish purple as the sun started to rise.

At Sesshoumaru's castle…

Rin and Jaken are inside the castle sleeping as Sesshoumaru stands on a hill not far from the castle's front. He is approached by two figures that stop a few feet away from his reach.

"What do you want?" he growls, smelling who they are immediately.

"We came to tell you that our master has grown impatient of your slow progress and has decided to shorten your deadline until tomorrow night" the taller one announces.

"What?" Sesshoumaru growls louder.

"I will see you tomorrow night, Sesshoumaru" the taller figure says and jumps back into the woods, the smaller almost glowing white figure seeming to disappear among the trees as well.

Later that morning…

The Stella/Tatsuya Gang's heading east. Stella folder he hands behind her head and yawns.

"All we're doing is walking… this is really boring…" she mutters.

Tatsuya sniffs. "We're almost there…"

Where? I'm not telling you… wait for the next chappy!

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Kai: Sryz, its like midnight and I really don't wanna do bloopers. Should do some though since this chappy is pretty serious… oh well! I'll try to edit next chappy faster!

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