lostmoonchild: Okay, chapter twenty five. I don't own Inuyasha, YYH, or anything else unless I say otherwise so the lawyers can stay home.

Chapter Twenty Five

Hana silently giggled as she snuck away from Kagome and Inuyasha, pleased with how she could easily get away from them. "See? I'm so good at sneaking, not even Youko Kurama would notice that I'm gone until something of his was missing." Hana said proudly to her doll. "Remember, it's a secret!"

She held tightly to her doll, determined to find a spring or something she could swim around in. Kagome would let her swim soon enough but she never let the ten year old girl swim around completely naked. In the Makai, she was allowed to swim around in any clean body of water they could find but neither Hiei or Kurama cared much if she was swimming stark naked or not just as long as Kagome never found out.

When Kagome did find out, whoever was taking care of her in the Makai would always make up some excuse. Normally the excuse was that Hana had snuck away from her current caretaker or she seriously needed a bath since she had gotten into a nasty fight with some demon. The first excuse Kagome never truly believed but the second excuse, well, nobody doubted Hana's ability to get into a fight.

Hana stopped when she smelt a scent that she didn't recognize. She sniffed the air delicately and followed the strange scent. It smelt like the sea combined with the scent of trees. There were three other scents with the first scent, one smelling like a filthy pond, another smelling like wildflowers, and the third… like a dragon?

She looked confused and followed the scent, until she came to a bush. Frowning slightly, she threw herself through the bush and crashed into somebody. Whoever the person was, they must have been rich since the pants felt exactly like silk. Whimpering in slight fear when she felt the person's energy level, Hana dropped her doll and backed away.

Sesshomaru looked at the whimpering child and noticed she smelt like his half brother and his half brother's bitch. Rin picked up the child's doll and offered to give the doll back when the strange girl cried out and started feeling the ground frantically for the doll. "Lixa! Lixa, where are you?!" The small girl cried out looking worried. "Uncle Kurama and Uncle Hiei are going kill me!"

"What's your name?" Sesshomaru questioned.

Hana stopped feeling around for her doll and looked up in Sesshomaru's direction. "I know that voice… PAPA!" Hana screamed covering her ears.

Sesshomaru raised an eyebrow when Inuyasha showed up and watched as Hana held tightly to Inuyasha's hair. "What are you doing here, Sesshomaru? About to attack a kid?" Inuyasha spat coldly.

Hana buried her face in Inuyasha's hair and whispered, "I can't find Lixa. Remember, papa, I got her as a present?"

Inuyasha looked down at Rin and saw her holding the doll. He set her down and said, "Take three steps forward, pup."

Hana looked up at Inuyasha, her gray eyes showing pure confusion, before taking a few steps forward. Rin smiled happily and held Hana's doll out. Hana squealed with delight as she took her doll back and hugged the doll tightly. "Lixa, don't go running off again!" Hana scolded lightly, pretending that her doll was alive.

Sesshomaru frowned slightly and said, "This Sesshomaru refuses to believe that you have a pup, half demon."

Inuyasha growled causing Hana to look in his direction. "I would be careful about what you say around the pup, Sesshomaru." Inuyasha said attempting to pick Hana up but stopping when she pushed his hands away.

Hana smiled and sang quietly, "Winds of the West, carry me on your wings.. Through my blood flows the old, the dogs of the west."

Sesshomaru looked at the small child and said, "I demand to know exactly WHERE she gets the idea she's of this blood."

Inuyasha sighed and picked Hana up by the back of her shirt. "C'mon, pup. Your mother has some explaining to do." Inuyasha said looking at Hana before turning his attention to Sesshomaru. "If you want answers, Fluffy, I suggest you follow me."

A low growl escaped Sesshumaru's lips as he glared at his brother but unwillingly followed. If Inuyasha's bitch had answers, then he would be damned before he didn't follow his half brother, idiot or not.

lostmoonchild: There's something for you Sesshomaru lovers. Okay, I admit to liking Sesshomaru since a friend of mine and I decided that if we were ever pulled into Inuyasha, I'd go with Sessy and she'd go with Inuyasha. Read and review, flames are accepted. Ja ne for now!