I can't believe that she got lost. She was right behind me, I told her to follow me and she still got lost. "I am going to kill her!" I shouted as I entered Kaede's hut. Shippo hid behind Sango at my outburst and I felt bad, but I was too mad at Suri to really pay attention. "How did she even manage that?"

"What's wrong Kagome?" Miroku asked.

"I lost my cousin! No, she wandered off." Why would she do that before I told her everything? Doesn't she realize what she just did? No, of course not. Suri doesn't notice when she gets herself in danger. I sighed and sat down.

"What do you mean you lost your cousin?" Inuyasha asked. How was I supposed to explain what happened?

I scratched the back of my head. "Well, you see. My cousin, Suri, kinda came through the well with me and then she wandered off on our way here."

Inuyasha smirked. "You probably won't have to worry about killing her then."

I stood up from where I sat. "I didn't even think of what I would do then! We have to find her!"

The little girl who's name I learned to be Rin was the only reason I was still alive right now. It was obvious that this Sesshomaru guy didn't like me, but he was very fond of her. I too also liked her already and it had only been a short time. A few days. Three and a half to be exact. I wonder if Kagome has been looking for me or if she just figured I was a goner. I learned the hard way what Rin and Jaken had meant by it wasn't safe to be out alone. "What are you thinking about?" Rin asked from where she walked next to me. I looked down at her and smiled.

"My cousin… and I'm a little concerned about my brother."

Her eyes lit up a little bit. "You have a brother? Is he younger than you? Do you get along?"

I laughed. "No, he's older and no, we don't get along. I hate him with a passion." She frowned a and looked down at the ground.

"Then why are you concerned?" She asked, still looking at the ground.

I took her hand in mine. "It is a very, very long story."

"Why do you two talk so much?" Jaken asked annoyed. If Sesshomaru just didn't like me, Jaken hated me and it was all because I threw that rock at him.

I put on my innocent smile. "It's because we are girls. Girls talk a lot. It's in our genes. You wouldn't understand because you are of the male persuasion. If you want, I could tell the very long story so I'm talking more?"

He shook his head, "That won't be necessary." I smiled, but all the innocence was gone.

"Then it's settled. So Rin, you really want to know the reason?" She nodded. And Jaken gave me a hostile look. I glanced at Sesshomaru. He was so quiet, but I think he was actually listening to us intently. "Well, it basically started the day I was born. He hated the fact that he wasn't going to be an only child anymore. He was never nice to me, so I was never nice to him. Then when I was ten and he was fifteen, our parents left us."

She frowned and looked sad. "What do you mean they left? Did they die?"

I shrugged. Who knows if they did or not. "They just decided that they didn't want us anymore and left us alone. As far as I know they are still alive, but I don't really care. Haruto, my brother, decided he wasn't even going to try and help us stay alive. So I did everything I could to get money for us to pay the rent and bills and buy food."

"Everything you could?" Jaken asked and I knew what he was insinuating. I took his staff from him and hit him over the head with it.

"I didn't do anything like that. I have some self respect."

"Suri, how old are you now?" Rin asked. I threw Jaken's staff at him before I answered.

"Seventeen," I answered.

She gave me a strange look. "Then shouldn't you live with your husband instead of your brother?" I tripped over a root that was on the ground. Did she really just ask me that? She knelt down next to where I fell. "Are you okay?"

I nodded and stood up. "Yeah, fine. Um, why would you think I had a husband?"

She tilted her head at me. "Because where I lived, a lot of women were married before seventeen."

I smiled at her. I still had absolutely no idea where I was, but things sure seemed to be like how they were a long time ago. "Where I'm from, we tend to wait a little longer. Usually until after high school at the earliest, but a lot of people wait until they are in their thirties, but that's not everybody…"

"Who is your cousin?" I looked toward the man that had asked the unexpected and strangely timed question. I couldn't get over his voice and his golden eyes. I couldn't think of her name. Who was my cousin again? Did I even have a cousin?

"Kagome," I finally got out. "Why? Do you know her? Do you know where she is?" I saw Jaken open his mouth as he was about to say something. I didn't care what he was going to say. I walked faster, nearly jogged until I was at his side. "Sesshomaru?"

"You ask a lot of questions," he said plainly. I pressed my lips together and tucked my hair behind my ear.

"Sorry, people tell me all the time that I need to learn how to shut up," I mumbled. I cleared my throat a little. "But, do you know her?"

He didn't look at me. He hasn't since that first day I backed into him. "She's with my little brother."

I smiled and accidentally let out a giggle. "So you know where she is then?" I saw him glance at me and I felt weird for a moment until her looked away again.

"Of course."

I clenched my hands into fists. "You've known she was the one I was talking about all along didn't you?" I practically shouted.

"I suspected."

His short answers were really starting to bother me. I could tell I was getting on his last nerve, but he was also getting on mine. I narrowed my eyes at him. "Can you say sentences that are longer than two words? Or is that too complicated for your dog brain, Lord Fluffy?" I didn't know where that braveness had come from. And he obviously didn't appreciate my words.

He had grabbed me by my throat and pinned me to a tree. I struggled under his large, strong hand. "It would be wise of you to keep some thoughts to yourself." He just held me there, by my neck with my feet off the ground. I stopped struggling and just stared at him. He stared back and I had that weird feeling again. I wish I knew what it was.

"I will," I said though my air supply was being cut off. He released me and I fell to the ground. That was the most I had heard Sesshomaru say since I met him. The pain that was now in my neck was worth hearing his voice though. I stood up and joined Rin's side once again as we continued on to wherever it was that we were going. She grabbed my hand and pulled gently. Before she said anything, she yawned. It was getting late. I smiled and lifted her up.

She laid her head on my shoulder and in a matter of seconds she was asleep in my arms. I brushed some of her hair out of her face and whispered, "Sleep tight, little Rin."

short chapter yes, but I like it :D I have no long rant to put here as per usual becasue the one I have for today would be longer than the chapter. Happy Singles Awareness Day! (To say the least)

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