And I'm back! Yay…well…Meh, whatever. Sundays shall be my weekly posting day. I usually have too much going on during the week to even bother with the internet, and on Saturdays, I'm almost always busy going out with friends, and so…Sunday is my relaxing day (though I was supposed to go to a comic book convention with my dad…) This is a kinda short chapter…

Never Forgotten

By the ever striving for success: Artemis

Chapter Two

"This is good for tonight, we'll rough it." Kagome began gathering leaves to create a make-shift bed while Aidan groaned.

"I want my bed…" he complained, oblivious to a very irate Kagome in his presence. Her glare was menacing and filled with a promise of immense torture if he didn't shut up.

"It's your fault we're stuck here! So quit your bitching and help me!" She crossed her arms in front of her chest as if daring him to contradict. "I'll try to start a fire if you'll pick up some wood." He let out an exaggerated sigh before disappearing behind a tree.

"I can't believe I'm stuck here." Aidan grumbled as he began picking up small twigs. "At least I know she wasn't lying all these years." He muttered ceaselessly to himself in multiple languages before being shaken out of his own mind by a swishing sound. 'But…there's no wind…'

He looked around himself, seeing a glimpse of silver ahead of him. "Aya?" He called out. 'But why would she be here?'

"KAGOME!" He ran back to their camp in a rush, stopping right in front of the wanted girl. "I think I saw Aya. Well, I saw silver hair, but I think it was her. Nobody else could possibly have that beautiful shade--"

Kagome jumped to her feet and walked into the forest regally. "Aya?" She called loudly, looking around for her mischievous daughter. Seeing nothing, she turned back to Aidan. "I don't think it was her. There are many demons that possess that odd coloring."

Oh how wrong she was. But that was her life, never ending irony.

Unknown to anyone, a small teenage girl climbed out of an old well hidden inside a forest. She jumped out and looked around, brushing silver strands out of her amber eyes.

"Okay…I don't think I'm in Tokyo anymore." Aya muttered to herself. She seen her mother and Aidan disappear into the well about thirty minutes before she decided to investigate why they hadn't crawled back out.

"Great…now I have no clue where I am…and I don't have momma…or food!" she whined to herself.

The smart thing to do would be to stay by the well in case her mother was somewhere nearby and decided to come back.

But when had Aya ever ignored her curiosity? Never, that's when. Even after she had been burnt by the clothing iron at the tender age of three, she still continued to investigate it. Who was she to deny herself the opportunity to explore the surround wooded area?

With her mind made up, she traveled in the direction she picked out by 'eeny-meeny-meiny-moe'.

"Maybe I should've gone the opposite way…" She murmured after an hour of journeying. She pulled her tresses up into a long ponytail with a rubber-band and tied her jacket around her waist. "Thank Kami." She breathed as she found a small pond. She sat on a rock and scooped up a handful and slurped it down happily. "This is probably so contaminated." She laughed.

Her head shot up when she heard a twig snap a short distance away from her persons. Not wanting to be caught by some type of hunter, she ran as fast as she could in the direction she had originally been traveling.

For once, her curiosity abandoned her when it should've been there. If she had stopped to investigate the noise, she would've found her mother and also, perhaps, not run into the rock hard chest of some unknown person.

He narrowed his eyes at the girl before him who was sprawled on the ground. She sat up, shook her head, and looked up at him. Her eyes widened in shock as he kept his emotion in check behind his emotionless façade he had developed. Her amber eyes, so much like his father's, stared at him, her brows coming together in thought.

She stood and began her inspection of him, going around in circles. "Cease, human." He growled out.

"Human?" She asked in confusion. "why would you call me that? Aren't you human, too?" His grey orbs narrowed once again.

"Of course not! I'm a full inu-youkai." He stated proudly, ready for this girl to pay respect to him for his superiority in race. She raised a delicate eyebrow and began to laugh. "Human, you try my patience." He pushed her against a tree with force, placing a clawed hand at her throat. "What are you doing wandering on my lands?" He growled once again.

She pried his hand from her throat with surprising strength and began rubbing her neck. "I'm looking for my mother. She's missing."

He looked her over critically, taking in her strange clothing and remarkable appearance. She held herself as if she were a princess, with stubbornness and pride. 'She looks like father…' He thought once again. A pain settled behind his eyes. 'He did tell me to report anything strange. What better than to bring the thing to him?'

"Come, human."

"It's Aya…stop calling me that, it's unnerving." She crossed her arms. He quirked an eyebrow. She tapped her foot. "Well, what's your name?" She prompted.

He scoffed. "As if it would be important to you." He turned and began walking. "It's Juro. Now come with me…my father will know what to do with you." He shook his head of confusion and walked towards his home. No sleep would be allowed for them if he wanted to make it back before the night was over.

"It's going to take a couple of days." Kagome pushed her way into a clearing with a stream. She wasn't in the best of moods after her restless night spent making sure no youkai were anywhere near. Though Aidan slept like a baby.

"Too bad they haven't invented cars yet." he groaned. She had long since gotten used to his ceaseless complaints and promptly ignored him to the best of her abilities.

She remembered his claim to seeing silver hair the night before. 'It could have been him…or even Juro. I bet Aya is so worried right now.' She looked at the disappearing sun and sighed, time to make camp for another sleepless night.

Yes…I'm going to leave it there for the time being. So…Aya and Juro finally meet. If you haven't already figured out who Juro is…then I'm sorry, but you, my dear readers, are much slower than I thought anyone could ever be. But, I'll give you a couple of clues in case you can figure it out. He's Sesshomaru's son (not adopted at all) and he's actually mentioned in the first chapter…hmm…I wonder where, though. hinthint But yeah, I was actually proud of this chapter. I was going to make it much longer…but I decided to just wait until the next chapter to put in the meeting of Aya and Sesshy…which is actually being rewritten a bit…Man, I just realized how crappy it would be to meet your father and never know it's him. (if you hadn't already figured that out either…I'm soooooooooo so so so so SO disappointed) Thank you to my reviewers for the other chapter, it was nice to get a few.

But…it's time to get selfish…I don't think I'm going to post another chapter until my review count hits around 15...I don't think that's too many…I may lower it later…or I'll give in and just update anyways, but I may not…nudgenudge

Loves!

Artemis

Kikyo61: No, they're not twins, or else Aya would be around 16, but they are brother and sister. A lot more will be explained in the coming chapters, but I don't think until around chapter 4 or 5...I haven't written it yet.

AngelMaiden: Please don't cry! I hate it when people cry! XD

Sessishot2005: Oh my god! You fucking rule! You're the first person that has told me that one of my stories "Fucking Rules" that's just too freaking awesome.

Kagome21: I promise, as long as I'm inspired…and if I'm not…I'll…umm…bang my head against something until I am. Is that okay:D

Lass: She didn't mean to leave her daughter alone…it was an accident! XP

Thank you to: XWiltedxxRosesX, Chelsea, and tasha600 for the encouragement. You guys are great.

Oh yeah, and by the way, at this point in the story, there's not much action going on with Kagome and Aidan...and there won't be until after Aya meets with Sesshomaru. So, pretty much, look forward to more of them after chapter 3...maybe. And one of my friends brought it to my attention about Aidan and Kagome's language trade-off...he doesn't teach her everything about the languages, he'll just say something and teach her what it means in an off-handed sort of way...though that doesn't really have much to do with the plot line...my friend is just picky.