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Chapter 01

8:59 PM. Just a minute more... I glanced at my watch while walking over to a customer.

"Here's the Caesar Salad, Chicken Parmesan, and Crab Imperial you ordered, Miss." I smiled while holding the platter. Then, I gently placed it down onto her table.

"Thank you," she replied.

I responded with my usual swift bow—or should I say nod, and then headed to the back. 9:00 PM. Alright! Time to leave.

"Hey guys, I'm leaving. It's nine." I half-waved to my fellow workers to get their attention.

"Okay man. Good job today."

"Yeah." I tugged on my collar to loosen it as I walked to the room to change.

BANG!

I was too anxious to leave this shitty restaurant, so I accidentally swung open the door just a bit too loudly.

"DUDE, Sesshoumaru! I told you not to do that!" Inuyasha yelled at me.

Apparently, he was taking a nap on the bench with his uniform over his face.

"Can't you open the door like a normal person?" he asked angrily as he bent down to pick up his shirt.

"Oh, stuff it," I replied as I brushed pass him. "It's your shift."

"C'mon, bro... Can't you just work overtime and help me out just this once?"

"So I'm your bro when you need help, huh?" I said coolly as I started to take off my black vest.

"You're just going out to have fun, right?" Inuyasha whined. "All the girls here like to have you waiting on them anyway."

"And why exactly should I help you?" I asked him. "You know our father told us to work because you're so spoiled. And you know what? It's actually your fault I even have to work this late."

"What do you mean it's my fault?" he huffed angrily.

"It's because you're spoiled... You know that. Father didn't want to hurt your feelings too much, so he wanted me to work with you because it's LATE at night. Got it?"

"So what. You don't have to come with me," he said as he turned his back on me and started to strip. "I mean, I'm already fifteen, you know. You're just a year older than I am."

"Yeah." I started to unbutton my white shirt, because I wasn't sure how to continue the conversation.

After I finished dressing, I glanced at my younger brother. I was worried because he seemed upset.

"Shit, why do we have to put this stupid bow tie on?" he muttered as he fumbled with it around his neck. "It's so gay."

After breaking the silence, he finally turned around to look at me.

"You look fine," I commented. "You really don't like working here? All the workers are nice to you."

"Yeah, but I don't really like working this late." he said while shifting his eyes away.

"Oh." I was stunned. "I didn't really think about that. Why didn't you tell me sooner?"

"I didn't want to look like a wimp. I mean, it's not like I'm scared to go home late or anything since I'm only working for three hours, but..."

"But what?"

"It's boring. All the other workers know each other well, and they hang out together," he confessed to me. "I want my friends to work with me."

"Then why don't you ask them? Or do you want to work during my shift with me?"

"What? Really?" he asked excitedly. "I thought there was no space left! Can you ask the manager for me?"

"Sure! I'll ask right now if you want—so you can go home early."

"Thanks, bro!" he grinned at me and started to take off his bow.

I chuckled and ruffled his short, black hair. He was still just the same, old, spoiled kid. Then, I left the room to look for the manager. After I confirmed that it was okay for us to go to work together, I walked my brother back home. We approached the gates that opened, but I wasn't going to stay home.

"Inuyasha, try to sleep early, okay?" I told my brother as I punched in the password to our villa.

"You're going out again?" Inuyasha grabbed my sleeves and started to say something to me. "Let me—"

"No." I said strictly. "Go inside and sleep. If you're bored, call father and talk with him. He'll be very happy to hear from you, since you never call him..."

Inuyasha shoved me away and closed the doors on me. Then, I strode out of the entrance and out of the big gates.

I took out my phone and scrolled down the list of my contacts.

Beep... beep... beep...

"Sup?" a voice picked up.

"Hey, man. It's me." I said.

"Sesshoumaru! I was waiting for your call for ages. What took you so long?"

"Sorry, Kouga. My bro held me up." And I truly was sorry because I told him I definitely wouldn't be late.

"So, where you at right now?" he asked me.

"Just walking to your place" I replied. "I haven't got a car, you know."

"Ah, yeah. I forgot about that. Naraku was supposed to pick us up at my place. Where the hell is he?"

"I wouldn't know." I laughed. "Probably chatting up some girls. You know him."

"Well, he better get here by the time you arrive..."

"Don't worry about it. He wouldn't miss a chance to show off all the girls he met," I said as I got onto a bus.

After ten minutes, I arrived at Kouga's apartment and rang his doorbell. The door opened, and Kouga welcomed me loudly.

"WHOAAA. YOU CUT YOUR HAIR?" he exclaimed with shock. "Yo guys! Come check him out."

"Back off, man." I threw a punch at him—which he dodged—and welcomed myself into his room.

And surprise, surprise. I was greeted by a whole bunch of eyes raping me, as well as some whooping noises.

"Sesshy!" Ayame squealed. "You cut your beautiful, long, silver hair! Oh my god!"

"Ehh, whatt? No way!" Rin jumped into the conversation. "Why'd you do it? Your long hair was so cute."

"He looks cuter now, Rin!" Ayame said.

"No he doesn't. He looks so HOT."

"Alright, alright. DOWN, girls. DOWN," Kouga said, laughing. He sat down on a couch, pulled Ayame close to him, and then hung his arms around her shoulder.

"I personally like his current style more," Sango said from the other side of the room.

Of course, Sango was sitting in a corner with Miroku. Hell, I would've mistaken them for a scene out of an AV if Sango didn't speak. I mean, they were freaking wrapped up in each other...

"Stop staring at him," Miroku said. He then proceeded to kissing Sango.

"You guys done yet?" I was tired of everyone's comments about my hair. "Where is Naraku anyway? He's got a car, but the man's still so late."

"Should I call him?" Kouga asked while getting up.

"Yeah, call him," Ayame and Rin agreed. "We're sick of waiting for him. Wasn't he going to show us something really cool?"

"Psh, probably just some of his girls again." Sango rolled her eyes and got up to sit around with us. Miroku promptly got up with her.

"My thought exactly," I said.

"Well, no point just waiting and guessing," Kouga said. "One sec... Just let me-"

Ding dong~

"Well, here he is!" Kouga exclaimed, opening the door. "MAN OF THE HOUR! YOU MADE IT!"

"WOOOH. Finally!" Everyone clapped and shouted, welcoming Naraku into the room.

"Hey guys. I got stuck, so I was late," Naraku said calmly, running a hand through his hair.

"Huhh? What do you mean stuck?" Rin crossed her arms and huffed cutely. "Where were you? You could've at least called ME!"

"Rin," he called her name and gave her a quick kiss on her cheeks. "Sorry to make you wait, Rin."

Rin immediately lit up again and smiled like her usual self.

"Soooo," Rin drawled while taking holding Naraku's arms and taking a quick peek behind him. "You didn't bring any other girls today?"

"No. I told you you're the only girl for me." Naraku hushed her with another kiss and smiled. "Don't you believe me?"

I coughed from the sidelines and smiled because I couldn't believe him. He was just so fake—I couldn't help but utter a cough to stop myself from laughing.

"You got something to say?" Naraku challenged me.

"Nah, man." I stopped myself and settled for a light smile. "So, where were you stuck at?"

"Oh, right. THAT." Naraku said, getting back to what he was about to tell us. "Well... it's a very long story."

"We have all the time in the world," I said. "Try us."

"Yeahh." Rin said, cuddling up to Naraku. "Let's sit down first."

After we all moved the couches so we were sitting around in a circle, Naraku began to tell us about why he was late.

"Well, it all started when I was heading towards a club," Naraku started. He quickly looked at Rin, and then continued. "This club," he said while shifting his eyes away from her, "was cool, you know. Had a lot of chill guys and girls. So we were talking, and this one girl came up to me and started chatting with me. She asked if I wanted to follow her somewhere, and I thought she was crazy-"

"Wait, what? THIS CHICK WANTED YOU GO TO HER HOUSE?" Rin started to whack Naraku. "AND YOU WENT, DIDN'T YOU!"

"Whoa, whoa! Calm down, Rin!" He had to hold onto both of her arms to stop her from beating him with her light slaps. "She didn't say her house, alright?"

"Oh shit. She wanted to get you down somewhere else?" Miroku asked.

"Hey, hey... Let's be serious," I laughed. "Just go on, Naraku."

"Ah, right." Naraku hugged Rin close beside him. "So she wanted me to follow her into the forest, and then—damn, Miroku, get your head out of the gutters!- and then, we stopped at this really old looking well. It had vines all over it."

We were all pretty much speechless after that.

"She raped you. She jumped you with a gang of girls, so you were stuck." Miroku said plainly.

"ARE YOU SHITTING WITH ME?" Naraku jumped up and looked like he was going to knock Miroku out. "That girl just led me to the well, jumped in, and disappeared when I looked in! And well, SHIT! How was I supposed to get out of the forest? She led me deep into the forest! It was like a goddamn maze! You just haven't been there!"

"Don't worry about it, Naraku. I get lost all the time too," Ayame piped up.

Apparently, she was listening intently to the conversation and decided it was time for her to speak up because Naraku was going to get nowhere with his explanation if people kept interrupting.

"Well... how'd you get back out?" I asked. "I mean, you said it was like a goddamn maze."

"It seriously was," Naraku nodded. "I can take you guys there to prove it."

"Wait, what?" Kouga stopped him. "How can you take us back there if you couldn't even find the way out? I mean, first of all, how the hell did you even get out?"

"Good point," Ayame agreed.

"So?" we all asked impatiently.

"Well, you won't believe me, but... that girl reappeared suddenly and was dressed up in an entirely different outfit! Then she kindly led me out of the forest and didn't say anything. I mean, I didn't think much about that then, but, damn—I guess I was too shocked."

After a moment of hell-bent pondering, I finally spoke up.

"So, I'm guessing she traveled through time using that well?"

Everyone turned to look at me.

Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha.