Behind the Mask

Kagome x Aoshi Shinamori

Ch.1 – Sesshomaru

Aoshi was sitting at his desk staring at numerous information he had just copied down for profiles when Hanya appeared on his ceiling. "What is it?"

"There is a strange man at the door asking for you leader."

"what is their level of strength?"

"Unknown. They took out Kanryu's men so fast I could not observe their technique. The only words they will speak is asking to see you."

"Go greet them for me, I will be downstairs shortly."

"Yes leader." And with that Hanya vanished.

A few minutes later Aoshi found himself downstairs with a strange man standing in front of him. The man had long black hair pulled back in a low ponytail, a white haori and dark blue hakamas. He was small but built pretty well for one of his stature and his clothes were loose so not much could be seen and a mask covered the strangers face. Looking at the mask closely, it was a porcelain white with light purple markings on the side, a blue crescent moon in the middle and red eyes. "who are you and what do you want?"

"Are you Aoishi Shinamori?" The light whisper of a slightly deep voice reached his ears.

"I am. Who are you?"

"I am a wanderer in search of information. Have you heard anything about a family by the name of Seta?"

"The name sounds familiar but I will have to look it up. What do I get in exchange for information?"

"I will would for you until what I am searching for is found."

"And if you cannot find that which you are in search of?"

"Then you shall be my keeper."

"Very well, follow me." Aoishi led the man to his study and pulled a book off the shelf. "Seta is the last name of a boy named Sojiro. He works for Shishio Makoto, the shadow battosai."

"I have heard of Shishio. Then my search is complete since now I have a trail to follow. It was nice working with you." The man turns to leave.

"Not so fast. If you were searching for the boy and this was all you wanted you could've simply tried to break in here and take the information instead of offering me a false deal."

"I could have, but I wanted to meet you. Humans are boring these days. Its rare to find a lively one and you care for a few. But I must be going." The man tries to leaves again but Aoishi blocks the door.

"I do not accept false deals. You owe me." Aoishi pins the man against the door, holding a sword at his throat. "who are you? Why are you looking for that boy? Who do you work for?"

"I work for whoever I choose. As for my name… you may call me… Sesshomaru."