Chizuru: About right… watches watchNOW things might start to actually form a story line…

Miroku: ENOUGH WITH THE EXPOSTION ALREADY!! fumes

Chizuru: Ok, ok! hides in a corner, assuming the fetal passion and hugging Sesshy doll

Sango: thwacks Miroku Caitlin cough Umm, Chizuru, doesn't own Inu Yasha and crap like that…

Miroku: Guess who's point of view it is THIS time!!!

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As much as he wanted to question his master, he was afraid of upsetting him. He noticed that Rin had the same symptoms. He thought about asking her, but she was always busy taking naps, unlike Sesshoumaru-sama, who, being the very taciturn person that he was, didn't really show much change in his daily lifestyle.

What could have happened to them? Why are they so tired? And what are they doing at night that they don't want me to know about??? O.o I have to figure something out, He thought. But it was more complicated than that. Sesshoumaru did seem to notice Rin's sleepiness, and he was concerned and confused too. So that ruled out some of the things he was thinking… .

There came a day when the strange toad person noticed that Rin wasn't as sleepy as usual, so he attempted to approach her. He sat her down and told it to her up front, "Rin, are you getting enough sleep?" Well, not exactly.

"Why, of course I am, Jaken-sama, why do you ask?"

"Well," he coughed, feeling rather nervous to be butting in to this child's personal life, "you just don't look very energetic lately. Every time that we walk past a flower bed, you are either asleep or too sleep to notice it at all. Even Sesshoumaru-sama stops and glances out at the flowers, and you don't even bother to do that! It's just not like you…"

"Well, Jaken-sama… I have been very busy lately, that is, I haven't been getting as much sleep. But I am still very well." The tired girl attempted to feign a smile, to no avail. I swear, I don't know who she's trying to fool here…

"Well why haven't you been sleeping, then? Sesshoumaru-sama and I have been starting to get worried about you!" The small toad started waiving his arms hysterically in the air.

"Oh, no," the small girl started to laugh, a soft, choked up laugh, which brought chills to the frogs bones, "I think it is Sesshoumaru-sama that we should be worrying about in the end…" Rin's voice trailed off slightly, as if she had said something which would probably lead to something that she didn't want to talk about…

The frog blinked, "W-wh-why? What happened?" He turned toward Rin who was looking at the ground.

"He keeps on having dreams, sad dreams, dreams that scare him…"

Sesshoumaru-sama? AFRAID?!? NO WAY!!! Jaken was about to protest when she looked up and started to continue,

"He's been having dreams about Kagura. Almost every night, now." A single tear fell to the ground. "I may not know too much about these things, but I can tell he's in pain. I think he misses her. And so, I haven't been about to sleep, seeing him in such pain. It always wakes me up at night, after you've gone to sleep and started snoring." She smiled again, with a bit of relief. "I didn't even know that you snored, Jaken-sama!"

She quickly brushed her tears away, and went to wherever, not wanting to talk anymore.

I snore…? Wait, Sesshoumaru-sama, GREAT Sesshoumaru-sama, he misses, misses HER??? But why? Does he love her? How could this have happened? What am I going to do?

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Rin quickly ran from Jaken, being afraid of showing her tears, knowing that she was in pain too. There has to be a way to fix this… maybe if we can just find a way for Sesshoumaru-sama to visit Kagura, maybe that will make him happy…

And who knows better, but Sesshoumaru-sama himself!

With a plan already in her head, Rin ran as hard as she could, eager to find out what she needed to know.