lostmoonchild: Hey, everybody, thanks for the review(s)! I just love reading them and I'm proud to post this chapter since you'll get a glimpse into the mind of a ten year old with a mission. Anyway, I don't own Inuyasha, YYH, or anything else unless I say otherwise.

Chapter Forty One

The small hut was quiet as the only sounds that could be heard were the soft breathing of everybody who was inside it and the crickets outside. A pair of bright eyes looked around the small hut and once certain that everybody was sleeping, moved to the small fox child that slept soundly next to the young priestess. "Shippo!" Hana whispered, putting a hand over her adopted brother's mouth.

Shippo woke up with a start and yelled into Hana's hand before realizing who's hand it was over his mouth. Pushing his adopted sister's hand away from his mouth, Shippo shot a tired glare at the young hanyou. "What?" Shippo asked sleepily.

"C'mon, I got an idea."

"Can't it wait until tomorrow?"

"No! Inu-papa wants to leave tomorrow to find Jewel Shards before everybody shows up."

Shippo groaned and managed to move away from Kagome without her waking up. "So what were you planning?" Shippo questioned as they went outside.

"We'll go back to my and Kagome's era and head to the Reikai."

"You mean we're gonna die?"

"Nope. There's a portal to the Reikai that nobody's noticed yet. I use it if I need to check something at the Reikai." Hana answered holding onto Shippo as they walked to the well.

"So we're going to check something out at the Reikai?"

"Yep."

"What?"

"The battle against Naraku."
"WHAT?!"

Hana waited patiently as Shippo finished gagging from their trip through the well before climbing up the ladder. The only sounds that could be heard were the sounds of the city. "Are you sure this is a good idea? I mean, I don't know my way around the city and you're blind… what if somebody comes to hurt us?" Shippo asked.

"You worry too much." Hana stated walking down the stairs. "Just calm down."

"Mama's gonna be mad when she finds out."

"She ain't gonna find out. I've got a plan."

"Which is?"

The small girl grinned and held onto Shippo tightly when they found the portal. "Ready?" Hana questioned with a slightly worried look.

"Have you traveled through these things before?"

"…With Ka-ka."
Shippo looked nervous and nodded. The worse that could happen was they got killed, right? Taking a breath, Hana jumped through the portal with Shippo digging his claws into his adopted sister's arms as they were pulled through.

"Where's that file?!"

Hana walked quietly around, careful to stay out of anybody's way. She had learned long ago that if you didn't draw attention to yourself, nobody would even notice you. "Hana, where are we?" Shippo whispered.

"Spirit World."

"This is the Spirit World?"

"Yeah. Uh oh, asshole alert."

Hana and Shippo quickly hid behind a large pile of paper as a man walked past them. "Who's that?" Shippo whispered.

"The moron Ka-ka takes me to. His name's Ciro."

"Why does mama take you to him?"

"To make sure my demon blood isn't getting out of control. Ka-ka got really upset that last time I had to go to him."

Shippo fell silent as they walked around, amazed when they came to a room labeled "records" but screamed when a gentle voice said, "You know, I doubt Kagome would appreciate her kids running around in the Reikai about to do what I think they're about to do."

Hana spun around and made an innocent face when she "saw" Kurama. "Uncle Kurama! Hi… we weren't doing anything." Hana said innocently.

"uh huh. So where's Kagome? Sound asleep in the Feudal Era, correct?"

"Well… you see…"
Kurama smiled and led Hana and Shippo away from the room. "Why don't we go for a walk?" Kurama suggested. "Then you can tell me what you two are thinking?"

After ten minutes and a couple glasses of juice, Kurama was listening intently on the what the two were planning. "We just wanna help Inu-papa and Ka-ka!" Hana said, looking ready to cry.

"So what exactly were you two going to look for?"

"Umm…"

Kurama shook his head a little before answering, "You two go back to Kagome and the others before they notice you're missing. I'll finish what you two wanted to start."
"really?" Shippo asked.

"Sure. I'll tell you guys what I found out when we go to help."
Hana nodded and held Shippo tightly as they ran back to the portal that would take them back to ningenkai. Within ten minutes, they were jumping through the well and going back to Kaede's as if nothing had ever happened.

lostmoonchild: Okay, that's done! Unfortunately there's not too many chapters left so I'm kind of unhappy about this story being nearly complete. Now the sequal idea is still in the air since I'm not entirely sure what should happen but if anybody wants a sequel or has an idea for one then let me know. Read and review, flames will be used to protect my muse from my brother's anti-yaoi thoughts.