A light fog covered the trail we were walking on. To be careful, I put Rin on Ah-Un and walked beside the two headed dragon. The little girl is very talkative at times, but then again, who isn't? Excluding Sesshomaru, I'm sure everyone talks way too much at times. Either way, it's not like she was being annoying with it. Listening to her ramble on about nothing was actually pretty funny. From wondering why there are different colors for flowers to wondering why some flowers are taller than others, to how they taste. She said that dandelions taste like grass. I'm not going to question it. I guess she's tasted grass too, but that's okay. It'll be good roughage for her body… that is if she can even digest it. I hope she only ate like three shafts of grass and the stem of the dandelion. Actually, I wish she hadn't eaten grass and a dandelion.

I stopped walking once I noticed that Sesshomaru stopped. He was looking into the fogged up sky.

"Is something wrong, Lord Sesshomaru?" Rin asked.

"No." he replied as he started to walk again.

I remembered what episode we're on, episode 167, the last episode before the Final Act. A splash in the river beside us assured me of the episode that was happening.

"Lord Sesshomaru, it's one of Naraku's incarnations!" Jaken squeaked. "Should we pull her out of the river?"

"Leave her." Sesshomaru commanded.

"As you say- Rin! What are you doing?!"

Rin was already wading in the water, trying to get to Kagura.

"If we don't get her now, she'll float all the way down the river!"

"Rin get back here!" Jaken yelled.

When Rin slipped into the water, I gave off a sigh. I proceeded to take off the top layers of my kimono until I had only the bottom two on. Then, stepping into the water, I started to walk toward the two. I understand why Rin fell now. The rocks were slippery, and I ended up making the same mistake. After getting over my embarrassment, I grabbed Rin's waist and pulled her over to land. She was holding fast onto Kagura, making me drag her along with us. After getting Rin on land, next was Kagura, then me. If I didn't love Rin, the little tyke, I wouldn't have volunteered myself to go into the water and gotten so dang wet. Dang me and my will to help Rins in need!

We ended up building a fire near the river so Rin and I could dry. Kagura was still out cold, but that didn't bother me. She's a good guy now, for the most part. I didn't need to worry about her hurting me. What bothers me is how close to the end we are. After the final acts, that's it. I'll probably go home and not come back. Truth be told, I don't want to leave Sesshomaru or Rin, or Kagome, InuYasha, Sango, Shippo, Kirara… heck, even the perverted monk. InuYasha has been a part of my life since I was twelve. Now that they're real, I don't want to leave. I've always wanted to be a part of Kagome's adventure, but now I want to start my own with Sesshomaru.

How will he react when I'm forced to leave? We already planned to mate, and everything. I've technically been leading him on for so long… I got swept up in the heat of the moment, but now that I have to actually think about it, there's no way I can get what I want in the end. I have to face it now. I can't go on living day by day, being ignorant about it anymore. At the same time, I can't be sure that I will leave. I assume I will, but I don't know for sure.

"Kazumi-chan, what are you thinking about now?" Rin asked.

"Dragons." I replied.

"Dragons? Ah-Un's a dragon!"

"I know, that's why I started thinking about them. They're different here than what I was told where I came from."

"Really? What were you told they look like?" Rin asked me.

"I was told that they fly with wings, and sometimes breathe fire or ice. Some stories even suggested that they can change shape and look like humans!"

"What? I've never thought about them doing all that! Can Ah-Un change shape and look like Rin?"

" 'and look like me,' Rin. But I don't think he can, unless he's hiding that from us."

"Ah-Un, are you hiding things from me?" Rin questioned the dragon.

She started talking to Ah-Un, asking him questions. I was glad she didn't catch onto me changing the subject, but I'm sure Sesshomaru did. I knew he knew that I was lying. Rin always knows when I'm thinking about serious things, and usually tries to get me to share them, but I can't. If I were to actually say them all out loud…

I didn't notice that I was holding Kagura until she started to groan. When I looked down at her, she was staring at me.

"You awake, Sleepy Head?" I asked her.

"…I hate you so much." She answered.

"I guess you realized that I was right."

"I should have listened to you, but I'm afraid it's too late for that."

"I guess it is."

There was a silence between us all of us as Kagura rummaged through what was left of her kimono. She took out a jewel and held it out. I looked at it before holding my hand out to grab it. When I closed my hand around it, I brought it back to look at it. Surprisingly, there was nothing in my hand. Did she know magic? What? When I looked around, I realized that Sesshomaru had taken it before me.

Well, I look like a damn idiot now. That doesn't matter right now. I need to pay attention to what was happening before me. Karuga was explaining that the jewel would lead Sesshomaru to Naraku's heart. Of boy, this is definitely the last episode before the Final Act. Things were starting to tie themselves up. Wait, Sesshomaru already has a new arm and Bakusaiga… What? …That's why I shouldn't have said anything before. Now the Final Act is going to be messed up. Tokijin might not break, and InuYasha might not learn Meido Zangetsuha... I knew it! I knew I was right not to tell them anything! Gosh! I don't want to deal! Well… yes I do. Everything will be okay in the end. All I did was tell Sesshomaru something I shouldn't have.

Oh crap. I have a jewel shard. Damn it Kagome! What else am I going to truck up now? I told her it wasn't a good idea! Oh no. Didn't she us a jewel shard in that demon's stomach or something like that? Oh God. Please let them not need this shard to get out of the demon's stomach. As soon as I see them again, Kagome's taking this thing back. She needs it, not me.

"Kazumi-san! What are you still doing? We're leaving!" I heard Rin call.

I looked at her and realized that she was on Ah-Un. She and Sesshomaru were both looking back at me. When did Kagura leave? Either way, I got up, threw on my other layers, and caught up with them.

"Kazumi-san, you really do think a lot." Rin commented

"I do, but I don't use what I think about in real life." I sighed.

"Huh? Why not?"

"I just don't put things together half the time... a lot of times… majority of the time… I rarely put things together."

"How? You're so smart, Kazumi-san."

"Thanks for the compliment, but common sense isn't that common." I told her.

"What? What's common sense, and why is it called common sense if it's not common?"

"Oh ho ho! That is a wonderful question, Rin!" I commented as I placed my hand on my chin. I could feel my eyes sparkle as I posed. I moved out of my position to keep up with the group. "Common sense is the part of your mind that tells you knowledge that a lot of people know. For example, you know fire burns so it's common sense not to put your hand in fire."

"Oh! But what if you don't know that fire burns?"

"That's why it's important to learn."

"Okay, but why isn't it common? You know fire burns, so why touch it?"

"Sometimes you forget."

"How can you forget? Sesshomaru-sama always says," the little girl sat up straight and held her head and chest up. " 'Stay away from the fire, Rin.' "

I held in my laugh, just barely. I had to cover my mouth and curl over myself before speaking again. "Not everyone has someone like Sesshomaru to remind them." I explained.

"So, the reason common sense isn't so common is because not everyone has Sesshomaru-sama, because Sesshomaru-sama is common sense, right?"

"N-no. He just has move common sense than others."

"Why?"

"Because he's Sesshomaru."

"So we all have to become like Lord Sesshomaru?"

I could feel myself sweat drop. "I don't think that's possible, and understanding common sense isn't that easy."

"…Can I find common sense then? Is it something I can trade for in the market?"

This is going to take some time.