Chapter 2
'Go on Miroku...go on...' Hanah said. She had been in the bag all day, and needed to get out. Miroku's scent slowly died away, and Hanah smiled. as she began to figure out how to get out. Just as she figured the button out from the inside, she threw back the flap to see none other than Miroku, hovering above the bag. "I..uhmmm...HI?" she stuttered, suprised she was caught.
"Now what do we have here? A stow-away." Miroku smiled. "Hanah, I thought Inuyasha told you to stay with Kaede?"
"He did, but.." she drifted off as her eyes did the same.
"Hanah, what are your reasons for this?"
A tear came to her eye. "I'm tired of mommy being worried all the time! I want her to be happy again so I came to see what was going on!"
"Hanah, you know it isn't safe."
"I know, but... Oh, please Miroku-sama, don't tell! Don't tell Mommy and Daddy!"
"Hanah, they are going to find out sooner or later..."
"Just please wait a while! Please!"
Miroku sighed heavily. "And what if Kagome were to open her pack?"
"That's why I'm getting out. I'll walk behind you all a little and control my scent so Daddy nor Shippo will know I'm here."
Miroku sighed., then nodded. "Fine, but I must tell them soon."
"Fine."
"Now go, they will be back momentarily I'm sure."
And Hannah ran into the bushes.
'Yay!' She exclaimed to herself. 'It's working!'
Kagome, Sango, and Shippo came back shortly, and began discussing the path to be taken. Hanah listened closely from the bushes as they spoke.
"Kagome, do you sense anything?" Inuyasha asked.
"No. Nothing." she responded quickly.
"I guess we must just chance it, and head to the East." Sango said. "At least that's where the last rumor we heard of came from."
"I agree." Miroku added.
"To the East then. We'll wake with the sun and head on." Inuyasha said as Kagome yawned.
"Yeah, let's sleep for now."
Kagome got up and unrolled her sleeping bag, then lay down, not bothering to change into her pajamas. Shippo curled up beside her. Sango unrolled the sleeping bag Kagome had given her, as did Miroku. Inuyasha lept to a tree over looking them all, and drifted into a light sleep.
Hanah looked out from the bush and dreamed of being curled up in her loving parents' arms.
End Chapter 2