Chapter 13: Inuyasha's sorrow

Inuyasha stood at the brink of the riverbank near Keade's village, he had spoken since Hanon's departure and intended to stay that way. All her memories, all of us, me, gone he thought to himself sadly. He stared out at the crystal clear river; the sound of the rushing water seemed to relax him, he could the little fish trying to escape the strong current. He dipped his fingers in nice icy cool water and let it relax him. He needed to try hard and forget Hanon; after all, she would be in danger if she was with him. You see what this world has made you, you're dangerous and you need to come back so we can change you back, there is a way Yugi's words flowed through his mind. He remembered how angry Hanon had gotten when he refused to give the jewel shard she had kept safe in her shell locket. He remembered the terrifying feeling he got when he saw Hanon's blood red eyes and her long claws. Her voice had sounded like a wild mutated animal. She didn't look like herself, Yugi was right. This world had changed her a lot; this world had made her dangerous to be around, this world had changed her into a monster. There is a way the sentence echoed through him. Inuyasha stood,

"There is a way" he said to himself, he knew what he was going to do. Even though he hated Yugi, he knew he was the only one to could turn Hanon back to the person she used to be. The others won't like it though, because once I turn her back to her old self, we will never see her again, I will never see her again he thought. Sadness of losing Hanon once again drained him from his strength to stand and he fell back to the ground. He would go tomorrow at dawn to see Yugi; he would be able to sniff out his scent so he could find him.

"Inuyasha how long are you gonna sit here?" asked Rini, Inuyasha looked over to her, not saying a word. Even though Inuyasha didn't like her all that much, he couldn't help but notice she was a lot like him. She sighed; her huge bunny ears flopped down and almost covered her face. "I know your upset about what happen with Hanon, I am to, she made me feel… ugh, I don't how to explain it, but it felt good, ya know" she said, Inuyasha didn't speak, but he understood where she was coming from.

"You won't be successful" she added, and stared at the river. Inuyasha twitched his ears,

"What are you talking about?" he asked, Rini looked at him.

"Your plans to turn Hanon back to her old self, it won't work" she said, Inuyasha stared at her in confusion. How did she know about what he planned to do?

"How the hell did you know about that?" he asked getting angry. Rini smiled as she stood up in front of Inuyasha.

"I can read minds" she chuckled, Inuyasha was very angry at her for not telling them she had that kind of power.

"And why the hell didn't you say anything?" he asked annoyed, Rini gave him what looked like both and innocent and flirty look.

"I've got my reasons, so back to what we were discussing, your little 'plan' is not going to be successful" she pleaded again. Inuyasha turned his head back towards the river,

"What's it to you?" he said arrogantly, Rini stood and grabbed him be his ear.

"Hanon is my friend, I haven't known her for long, but I do know this, she doesn't even know you anymore, so what makes you think she'll for whatever trick you have plan up that huge sleeve of yours? If you ask me I wouldn't dare go with any I know, would you?" asked Rini, Inuyasha didn't speak, as much Rini was annoying, she was also very smart and what she said was a really good point. As far as he was concerned, Hanon was known to have a large attitude. She wouldn't dare follow someone she didn't know, if they tried something Hanon wouldn't hesitated to kick there sorry asses, Inuyasha hoped that it wouldn't be his. Hanon was strong already, but now that she was a demon there was no telling just how stronger she had become.

"Ah, I see your thinking" said Rini, making Inuyasha return his attention back to her.

"What's that supposed to mean?" he asked, Rini smiled and let go of his ear.

"Simple, you usually don't think things out do you?" she asked and waited for a response, when Inuyasha didn't answer she continued, "that's what I thought to, you don't think things through, you just through things out there and watch them screw up as you go along, you need to learn to think, now if your gonna try and capture Hanon, then think it through" she said and sat back down.

"Are you calling me stupid?" Inuyasha asked, Rini sighed angrily.

"I know you already know your stupid so I don't need to say anything, you need to find a way to make Hanon remember" she said, Inuyasha shook his head.

"I don't want her to" he whispered, loud enough for her to hear.

'What?" she managed to say after Inuyasha's words had shocked her so.

"You heard me, I don't want her memory to come back, look what this world has turned her into, she's been turned in a monster, and it's all my fault" he said, there was a moment of silence, then Inuyasha felt the sting on face and realized that Rini had just slapped him. Inuyasha fell back hitting his back on the ground hard. He stood angrily, and glared at Rini.

"Can we lose some of the violence!" he yelled, Rini crossed her arms and rolled her eyes annoyed.

"Sure as soon as you stop acting so weak and pathetic!" she yelled back,

"How am I acting weak" he said,

"By letting Naraku win, are you really just gonna sit here and let Naraku win, are you gonna let him get away with taking Hanon away because his little plan didn't work on her?" she said, Inuyasha stared up at her, once again she was right. Was he going to sit back and let Naraku continue with his plan? No way in hell was he going to let that happen, but he was sure having Hanon lose her memory was a part of his plan, so bringing it back somehow would foil his plans.

"You may be a brat, but you're smart" he said, Rini stared up at him. Her eyes were beautiful, like gems. Her hair was held up in pigtails and her big white floppy bunny ears were resting gently at the sides. Her kimono was red and very short (unlike Inuyasha and the rest of the group) her sleeves were short, and her skin looked soft.

"You only figured this out now? Really you are a complete idiot" she said, breaking the compassion that had been flowing between them. Inuyasha didn't know why, but he felt like he had found someone who was just like him, only more mature. Inuyasha began to walk away when Rini called him back

"Inuyasha, can you come here real quickly?" she asked, Inuyasha nodded and walked back over, he almost reached her but felt something wrapping around his leg. At once he fell to the ground, he looked up at Rini who was rolling on the floor laughing.

"Shippo it worked, he fell for it!" she laughed; Shippo emerged from the bushes and began to laugh with Rini.

"I can't believe he fell for it, you think he would of sensed it, talk about canine 'power'" mocked Shippo. Inuyasha stood angrily,

"Shippo, I'm gonna get you!" he yelled, Shippo stopped laughing and hid behind Rini who tried her best to stop laughing.

"You really think 'she' is going to protect you?" asked Inuyasha, preparing to grab Shippo and thrust him around couple times to teach him a lesson. Rini had clamed down and gave Inuyasha glare.

"Inuyasha learn to take a joke, seriously your so sensitive" retorted Rini, and walked off holding Shippo in her arms. Inuyasha twitched angrily.

"'Learn to take a joke,' joke yeah as if!" he mocked, then got an idea. He jumped into tree and hid his scent; he then dressed himself with branches and leaves. He drowned himself in mud from head to toe. He was ready to go, he followed Rini and Shippo's scent closely and hid in a tree, he waited for them to move to the center of the clearing, Rini placed Shippo down and they began to laugh. Inuyasha knew what they were laughing about, and he was about to put an end to it. He jumped from the tree and began to yell and scream, Shippo stared at him in fear, and they had no way of knowing it was him. Rini picked up Shippo and began to run away, Inuyasha started to chase them when a voice caught him by surprise.

"You're so childish Inuyasha"