Shippou

We didn't know where the Hell we were going. Kohaku had told us to start south, so that's what we did. After hours and hours of nothing but walking in plain forest, I had known that we were lost.

Poor humans, I thought. They have such a horrible sense of direction.

"Shippou, do you know which direction we're going?" Rin asked, looking over her shoulder at me.

"Of course I do! We're going the wrong way!" I shouted back at her.

She narrowed her eyes at me and scoffed, turning toward me. "Well, which way SHOULD we be going?"

"Depends…Kohaku, which way did you come from? Do you remember where you saw him?"

Kohaku looked around at the millions of similar trees surrounding us. As if to look for a slight distance like a large boulder or something to make it look a lot more familiar. He got stuck on one grassy path between two twig-like trees with no leaves on them.

"I don't remember exactly where…but I feel a strong aura coming from that direction." He nodded toward the path.

I looked down the path and a shiver ran through my spine. The aura was almost as strong as Naraku's had been but it wasn't. Still, I knew what Kohaku was talking about, and even if it wasn't Bakeneko, we had to go after it.

Rin looked at the both of us as if we were crazy. "I don't feel anything guys…"

We both looked at her suddenly. She couldn't feel that aura? Well that's strange…

"Ummm….okay,well…we better get moving." Kohaku looked over at me.

"Yeah…" I gave him a nod and looked over at Rin. "Want me to carry you?"

She grunted and set her eyes. "No. I can walk."

I gave a look back. "Well, I was just asking! You looked tired!"

"Well I'm not! We got to get moving!" Then she stomped past us into the direction Kohaku pointed to.

We looked at each other and shrugged, knowing our next move. "Alright," I said to Rin. "Your decision." Then I and Kohaku sprinted past her.

Her eyes followed us and she started running. She knew she couldn't keep up, though. We were dodging from tree to tree, picking up speed. I looked down and Rin was lagging far behind.

"Guys, stop! Wait for me!" She shouted out, waving her hand and trying to keep her pack from slipping.

But I didn't stop. I didn't want to stop. I just kept jumping from limp to limb, my paws barely touching before I would jump off again. I loved how powerful I had become. Then I looked and realized there were no trees ahead of me. I looked down and saw the water under my feet as I submerged into the lake.

I jumped out of the water and sprinted to the bank. Kohaku, who must have bounced back from the tree and landed on the bank, laughed at me, while I was clawing my way out of the water.

Rin ran up next to him and gave him a strange look. Then, she looked at me and burst out into laughter.

"Stop laughing!" I said while ringing the water out of my tail.

"That's what happens when you get ahead of yourself, Shippou." Rin laughed.

I scoffed at her turned to look at the lake. That's when I froze.

"I smell something…" I muttered. I looked back at the two still laughing at me and then turned and ran off. I had a scent, and it wasn't just anyone's scent. It was Sesshomaru's.

Looking around, I saw something silver shining on the ground. I stopped and wrapped it around my finger and sniffed it; Sesshomaru's hair.

"What… what i-is that?" Rin asked over my shoulder. She was panting but totally interested. Her eyes were wide with curiosity, and she was even leaning over my shoulder!

"Sesshomaru's hair…" I breathed out. I sniffed it once more then ran off to find the trail. I caught the scent hen followed it around. It stopped and I finally looked down.

The dead end was at the edge of the lake.

I know, I know. It's short, I know it's short but it was getting really hard to write this chapter. I'll try to get them up faster. T.T

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