A Lost Life

Chapter One

Leaving It All Behind

She was sitting at her dinning room table. Her house was immaculate, as it always was. Her husband and her kid was sleeping. Her life boring and beyond fair, She and her husband had gotten into it earlier that day she felt like she had enough, she didn't know what more to do. So she stood up with all her strength and all her might, packed a couple of things, she could get too without waking her family, she headed out the door not knowing exactly where she was going. It was cold, and light flurries of snow, about four blocks from her home she ran into a man who was coming around the corner. He stood their strong and powerful. She could see his snow-white hair that almost hung down to the ground he had on a type of black suit with a black leather trench coat. The color of his clothes was so black that it blended in with the darkness that faded behind him. With the snow flurrying down she couldn't see his face that well, but the words that came out of his mouth hit her like a brick. "I know you are strong, but trust me this is not the time." With that he disappeared as quickly as he had come. How did he know what she was going through? She stopped cold in that thought. Taking this stranger's words to heart she turned around and headed back to the home that felt more like hell than home.

Days passed by turning into weeks and then the weeks turning into months living her life every day the same, nothing changing. Every night though she had dreams of him. The dreams of him kept her going, what he said in the dreams warmed her even on the coldest night. Always the same thing and he always looked the same way. The faceless stranger always showing in the midnight dark, always saying:

"Don't be sad, please don't cry."

"I'm not there to wipe the tear from your eye."

"Laugh a little laugh, Smile a little Smile,"

"I Promise it will be ok in a little while."

Then a night came that the dream changed, Instead of his normal voice saying those words so beautiful to her ear, His voice was rougher and almost commanding but sincere, the words were different, and she wasn't at home in her bed. She was standing on that same corner but this time it was sunny and warm out there was no snow or rain and she was standing right in front of him once again. He said swiftly. "The promise has been fulfilled. It has been a while." With that he disappeared, this mystical creature. It touched her just like the words he said before had. She knew when she woke up that the time had come for her strength to move her on. So as the morn came, she sent her kid to school like a normal routine all along knowing there was nothing normal about the morning. She went home and once again packed her things knowing now something was going to be different she had that feeling deep down.

As she reached the corner to her house, she searched around with her eyes thinking of the direction in which she should go. Looking back at the home in which she was leaving, she remembered and flashed back to the reasons. The pain that home held for her she knew she needed to remember everything at that moment so she can leave it behind. And never have any regrets. She spent the first day walking wherever the road went usually not lighted areas and country roads just to be on the safe side. The sad part people usually think that would have been a bad way to keep safe especially for a woman but in her case it was a good thing for the secrets she hid deep from everyone would not find her. She reached a cemetery she was too tired to really notice the name but she decided to go deep in the back to lie down and sleep for she wanted not to be found. She fell asleep for no longer than three hours when she awoke to a touch unfamiliar to her. Flinching, she jerked away, not sure what blow to expect. When realizing that the man who stood before her was not one of pain but was one of comforting, she wiped her eyes to make sure she was seeing clearly. And there he stood in all his glory. His moon white hair floating down to the ends of his feet, The deep but bright color of blue like you see at the bottom of a flame in his eyes, And an aura of fire. His skin shone brightly like a ghostly appearance. She reached up feeling for once in a long while safe. He pulled her from his standing position to where her eyes met his.

She looked deep into those tell all eyes and with curiosity asked "have you been stalking me. How did you know I was here? And are you really here."

"No need to stalk you, yes I am really here, and I was on my morning run and found you here."

"But it is you right? The man from that night? The man from my dreams? The feeling I get from you I know it is you?" she was even more confused now.

"Hmm, are you sure you are ok. I don't know exactly what dreams or what night you are talking about. But I know that I am here and if you need me for anything I am glad to help." He looked at her questioningly not wanting to make her think she was crazy.

Being an emotional wreck, she broke down, Right in front of this almost stranger. She told him of her dreams of him and that night the first time she tried to walk away. Just wanting him to understand she wasn't crazy she knew and felt it was he.

"I don't think you to be crazy. Things happen in life that are sometimes unexplainable. Is there something I can help you with? Anything you need. I want to make sure you are all right. Someone you wish to call maybe?"

She quickly replied "no, no one to call I will be fine. Thank you for your concern."

"I can tell you are having problems of some sort. I wish there was something more I could do. I am so sorry to wake you from your slumber"

"No but if I may ask one question, what is your name? Who are you?"

"My name? My name is . . . " he stuttered for a minute as if he had forgotten who he was "Eric Morris. It is nice to meet...mmm... what is your name?" he said with a sly grin.

"My name is Kagome Higurashi."

"I wish I could carry on this conversation Kagome, if I may but I must get to work. Maybe we will see each again?"

"I would like to but I am not sure where I am at? I don't really know where I am going. I am just going."

"Well I can tell you where you are, and maybe someday where you are going, but for now you are in Shellron." If she had been paying fuller attention, she would have noticed that he knew more than what he led on to know, but it didn't faze her.

"Shellron wow I didn't realize I have gone that far. Well thank you."

"If you would like, I live here outside of town we could go get my vehicle and I can take you in town or you can come use my phone. I would hate to leave you out here like this, but it just wouldn't feel right." He replied.

"I really have no one to call. Thank you though"

"Well at least let me get you a room for the night and some food. You look exhausted?"

"Well I don't know, but I am kind of hungry and still a little tired. But why would you do that for me?" she asked.

"Well I can't just leave you out here you should rest at least until you know where you are going."

It hit her like lightening he had mentioned earlier that he could tell her where she was going, it started sending little shivers up her spine. "I remember what you said earlier do you feel that you know where I am going." She asked.

"No, not at all, how would I know that, I can just tell by your reaction that it is somewhere far from here." He said smirking.

She threw him a question look, still uneasy with his answer, but knew that she was really hungry and she was exhausted, so she looked at him and said "I would appreciate it, thank-you."

"Appreciate if I tell you where to go?" he asked knowing full well of what she meant.

"No, I was talking about the room and food." She mumbled.

"Oh I see," he chuckled "not a problem, this way."

With that she started with him back to his home. About three country blocks she looked up to see what looked like something of a farmhouse as big as one but she could tell by the style, this man was not a farmer. The wooden outlook the trees surrounded almost its entirety. If it wouldn't have been for him, she probably would not have even seen it. She slowly and cautiously walked up the drive toward this beautiful home when she reached his truck she said "I will wait out here."

"That is fine I will go and change and I will be out in a bit to take you into town you are welcome to come in though if you like?"

"Well yea maybe I should while you get ready." She said starting toward him a little uneasy about the whole suddenness of the situation.

He walked up and unlocked the door, reaching his arm out to her and to motion her to proceed before him into his domain. She responded and slowly walked in the front door. Her mind overloaded her with what she found inside. A winding staircase sat in front of her. It had a brown glow like it was inviting her to see what was up there. He said "Will you be all-right while I go get ready?"

"Yes I will be fine. Thank-you."

"Well make yourself at home, look around if you like I will be upstairs for a few. I will be back in a minute." With that he left her standing there to tour his home. She looked down at the hard wood floor beneath her; it almost looked like it had been freshly waxed. She approached the middle of the room that was off to the staircase it was very open turned into carpet had a fireplace and furniture she would have always imagined owning. With a powerful mystical feeling flowing in the air, she found there not to be any pictures on the wall, kind of strange for something as beautiful as this to be so bare. But she dare not question why. She decided she didn't want to see much more still a little uneasy of being there. She decided to sit on his couch in front of the fireplace. Looking down at the coffee table she noticed a simple word carved in it. What it meant she had no clue and who put in there even bothered her a little. But it said Kannon that was it. She was made to wonder if this man was married, would his wife come in and see her there and think she was doing something wrong. She decided to stand up and wait at the mantle.

Meanwhile, the man upstairs getting dressed was constantly thinking about the beautiful woman downstairs. He wanted to know how to approach her with the information he had on her. How would she respond if she actually knew who he was? Would she feel betrayed? He was intrigued by her ignorance of who she was. He got dressed and went back downstairs to see her standing at the mantle. It felt right she belonged there. He finally spoke, "You like my place? I would really like to have time to talk with you; my door is open if you would like to speak."

"Thank you. I appreciate the offer. Maybe someday right now I have way too many issues." She stated with a sly laugh.

"Well I just wanted to make it known. Come let's go"

With those lines they hopped into his truck and headed for town not many words spoken. Both to uneasy knowing the other needed something that the other could probably give but both too bull headed to say something. He went and took her to a restaurant. He gave her twenty dollars and said "eat well and get some good sleep if you do decide you need anything I work at Florans Stock Market."

"Thank you. I wish I could repay you and someday I promise I will."

With that once again he disappeared, but the man she knew was from her dreams. Where was this going to lead and should she stay in the room or keep moving? She decided to go eat and decide what to do after that she sat down and ate. You could tell she was starving the way she ate she acted like she had not eaten in weeks. The gentleman once again reappeared; it had only been about twenty minutes.

"What are you doing back? I thought you were going to work?" she asked

"Well I realized that you didn't have enough for a room too around here. I wanted to make sure that you stay in a room so you can get some sleep. I wanted to bring you these keys. I have gotten a room for you. It is at the red roof inn right up the street here, and if you wouldn't mind I would like it if you would come over for supper tonight?" he said with a sort of all-knowing smile.

"Well thank-you I wasn't paying attention to how much I had. I appreciate it. Well I am going to go get some sleep. Call me there later and we will see about supper." All knowing that she had planned being gone before he would have called.

"Ok see you later." He said waving her goodbye.

She went to the red roof inn hotel down the street and saw that not only had he gotten her a room but he had gotten her a suite. She decided to take a hot shower she knew that she probably looked terrible and exhausted from the walk and sleeping in the cemetery. She was going to lie down when she noticed there was a hot tub in the room. Oh it was a magnificent hot tub. So she ran the water and decided to relax for a bit might as well enjoy what she has now. She had never been treated this well before and she couldn't figure out how come this man was being so nice to her. She had nothing to offer him but a broken life. She got out of the hot tub and without realizing what time it was decided to lie down and go to sleep she was mighty tired.

She was awoken five hours later by the phone ringing beside her. Damn she thought she had slept too long she wanted to be gone before he called. She didn't want to burden him any further, so she decided not to answer the phone. She got up grabbed her things and left the room with the phone still ringing. Long to her surprise he was calling her from downstairs. She ran right into him coming out of the elevator.

"Hi," she was being shy.

"Hi, why didn't you answer your phone?" he questioned her.

"I must have already left the room when you called." She said trying to not act like she ignored the phone.

"Oh well I had tried to call for the last hour. I will have them check on their phone here." He said knowing all to well her intentions.

"I am sorry." She said.

"Oh not your fault, Where you planning on leaving I noticed you had your things?" he asked looking at her radiant eyes.

"Well, yea, I didn't want to bother you anymore. I figured I must be going on my way." She said trying to slide by him.

"Wait a minute. You don't even know where you are going, No need to run off. Let me help you please?" he said grabbing her arm lightly to where she could have got away if she really wanted to.

"I don't know if there is any help for me." She could feel the tears starting to form in her eyes, but she didn't want to cry in front of this perfect stranger.

"Come just have supper with me, if I cannot show you that I can help you; then I won't stop you from leaving. Even though I feel like you should stay." He said to her with a confused look on his face as if his words had even shocked him. He had not meant to tell her that, he was shocked at his own slip. The confusion came from the fact that he still didn't know if he wanted to take that chance with her again.

"Ok," she said in almost low uncertain whisper.

They walked out of the Inn the whole time his hand caressing her elbow. He offered to carry her bag but she refused. He helped her up into the truck and shut the door behind her. What she had gotten herself into once more she had no clue, all she knew is that it had to better than being no where at all.

They arrived once again at his huge home out in the country. This time was different he had a servant come and greet him at the door. She had not noticed any servants earlier. And how much money did this man really have.

"Good evening sir, I have prepared a place setting for your guest. Dinner is ready." The servant almost bowed to the man.

"Thank-you Jaken, that will be fine, is Rin dressed and ready?"