Sango-chan94549: well...., i just like using cliffy's ^.~ it's a habit with me. lol well, enjoy this chapter!

mirokuluver: well, this chapter will me less creepy. in fact, it's going to be a little bit more funny than the last chapter i had. ^_~

Inuchibi2: lol, ok ok ok, here's an update. don't use your iron rever soul stealer on me. lol

cerridwen heron: ^^ hehehe, he may like her.... he may not like her.... it all depends on what happens. ^_~

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Vocab.

Gomen nashi ~ i'm sorry

Urusai ~ shut up

Baka ~ idiot

Matte ~ wait

Hai ~ yes

Naze ~ why

Eeto ~ um, uh, er, etc.

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Chapter 8: Starting the Journey

"So..., what is it?" Sesshoumaru asked.

"You see, I not really from this world..." Rora started, "...I'm really from the future..."

"...So that explains the weird outfit you've got on." Sesshoumaru teased.

"It's not weird! ..... Well, maybe to you it is, but it's not weird where I come from." Rora said, looking Sesshoumaru straight in the eye.

"... Calm down..., just explain to me one thing..., how did you get here if you're from the future?"

"... There's a dried up well in the forest of InuYasha," Rora sighed, "and I fell in it.... and also, I've got to get back to that well soon so my parents won't worry about me and so I can get these EVIL BRACES OFF!" Rora stated as she stood up angrily.

Rora calmed down now, but the reason why she had a short temper at this point was because everything in her life was changing right before her own eyes. It all started when she first found out that she was moving to Japan.

"Gomen nashi," Rora sat back down, "I'm usually not this angry... It's just that too many things are going on in my life..., and I just can't take it..."

'So, she's going through a lot, huh... Hmm, maybe I can help her get back home...., but if I do that... will she come back? Heh, what do I care, I'll just take her home....'

"SESSHOUMARU-SAMA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

'Oh great, the toad is here.' Rora thought with grief as the toad demon came running into the clearing with Rin and Aun behind him. Rora just watched them as they made their way towards Sesshoumaru. Although, they couldn't see her, because of the tree, but Rora knew that it was them due to Jakens scratchy voice.Sesshoumaru just stood up with his emotionless mask back on as Jaken, Rin, and Aun finally made it to him.

"Sesshoumaru-sama!!" Rin called out in happiness.

"Sesshou-.......... who's that girl?" Jaken asked. As Jaken finished his question, Sesshoumaru just turned to look at Rora and then back at Jaken. "Her name is Rora." was all that Sesshoumaru said before he started walking off in a direction. As he walked, he stopped only once to look back.

"Jaken, take Rin home, I'm going to take Rora to her home... Aun will come with us." with that said, Sesshoumaru turned back around, motioning for Rora to follow.

Before Rora went to follow Sesshoumaru, she turned to face Rin and Jaken.

"It was nice meeting you two, even though it was for a short time." Rora said with a smile.

"Hi!! I'm Rin!" Rin said as happily as possible. Rora just smiled at the young girls happiness before she turned around to follow Sesshoumaru. Jaken was just off to the side of her so Rora just pretended to be as innocent as possible and trip him when he wasn't looking.

"AHHHHHHH!!!" Jaken yelled as he fell to the ground with a loud THUD!

"Oops, I can I didn't see you there." Rora giggled as she continued her way towards a waiting Sesshoumaru who wasn't looking her way.

"Why you!!!!!!" Jaken mubbled with his face in the dirt.

"Jaken-sama! You look funny!!" Rin laughed.

"URUSAI!!!!!"

"Jaken, you're so mean." Rin pouted.

"........ Baka."

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SMACK!!!!!!

"KEEP YOUR HANDS TO YOURSELF!!!!!!!" Sango screamed at the top of her lungs. Miroku was just sitting behind her while they were riding Kirara and InuYasha and Kagome were just below them.

"Heh, you'd think that Miroku would know better by now." InuYasha sighed.

"Well, actually, knowing him, he's just going to continue this until he gets way...." Kagome said and then mumbled, "and after that he'll still do it."

"Keh, he should stop that so he'll stay away from trouble" InuYasha in said sounding bored.

BANG!!!!!

"Too late." InuYasha said.

"KEEP YOUR HANDS TO YOURSELF!!! HOW MANY TIMES DO I HAVE TO TELL YOU THAT!!!!"

"SANGO!!! MATTE!!!!!!!" Miroku yelled as he ran after the flying Kirara with Sango. Sango just glared at Miroku for a slight moment and then and then turned back to the trail in front of her. Miroku then knew that he was going to have to run the entire trip instead of riding Kirara.

"I should know better......" Miroku whispered, "But doing what I do is fun!" Miroku grinned as he continued running right behind Kirara and InuYasha and then picked up speed.

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"So you're saying that Rora just never EVER came home? Not even for a like a minute?" Kurisuchinu asked. Kurisuchinu was sitting next to Roren on a big green sofa that sat up against a wall while Bera sat in a red rocking chair that was just a little off to the side of the sofa.

"Well, I did see her coming home from school with a new friend, and as soon as her friend left, Rora went running after her and that was the last time I saw her." Bera said, looking down to the ground as she spoke.

"Hmm, did you by any chance get into a fight with Rora?" Roren asked.

"Hai, she was acting like a total brat once I told her that she had to go to the orthodontist and to the doctors office before she went to school alone." Bera said matter-of-fact.

"ALONE! No wonder she must've been angry, going to a totally new place all by yourself is tough." Roren said, also matter-of-fact.

"Yeah." Kurisuchinu said.

"Well.... she desevered it." Bera said.

"Naze?" Kurisuchinu asked.

"...E-E-E-Eeto....."

"So you just wanted to give her a hard time!" Roren said, standing up as soon as she started talking.

Bera didn't know what to do at this point, sure she may have been a little nice to Rora every now and then, but Bera wasn't the nice-mother type. Apparently, Bera AND Debido are not all that nice to their own child. The only time that they would ever be nice to Rora was when she did well in school.

"Well, we're going next door, maybe they'll have some info on her daughter." Roren said as she and Kurisuchinu left the room and started heading out the door. Bera was left alone.

"WHY MUST THAT BRAT ALWAYS GET INTO TROUBLE!?!?!?"

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As the day grew older Rora grew tried with every moment just passing by. Good think that Sesshoumaru got Aun to come along. So for the rest of the day, Rora rode on Aun while Sesshoumaru lead the way. Luckily, he already knew where InuYasha's forest is, and he would eventually find the well Rora used as well as Kagome.

Ever since they started their little 'quest' they were quiet. Rora wanted to start a conversation, but she was too shy to even open her mouth. If she could just say one word, then she could just die happy. So, as Rora continued thinking of what to say to Sesshoumaru, she was caught by surprise when Sesshoumaru was the one who started a conversation.

"So, where you come from...., what is it like?" Sesshoumaru asked, keeping his focus on the path in front of him. Rora was still surprised, normally, Sesshoumaru never started a conversation unless someone else did.

"Well..., there are a lot more people, and they use cars instead of horses to travel.... and... um..." Rora said.

"Well, what do you think of it?" Sesshoumaru asked, turning his head slightly to look at Rora.

"Oh...., that's a completely different story......"

"So, what's do you think of it?" Sesshoumaru said, stopping before he turned around to look at Rora and let Aun catch up with him.

"Well, I never liked it.... my mom always punished me for no good reason..." Rora said as she looked down to the ground.

"Naze?"

"I don't know, maybe for fun? I'm just not sure, but once or twice in a year, she'll be nice." Rora said softly.

"Then why do you want to go back?" Rora then turned her head to look directly at Sesshoumaru after he asked Rora why once again.

'Why do I want to go back? Why do I want to go back to that evil mom of mine?'

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^^ hehehehe, why does Rora want to go back? hmmm, find out in the next chapter. ^^ please r&r!