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If only... Sesshomaru thought.
Kagome handed the key to Akari and the group left. Sesshomaru felt a pang in his chest as he walked away from the place but he doesn't know why.
Akari went inside the house and saw Akira sitting on the sofa.
"Did they left?" He slowly stood up while brushing his white hair and walking towards Akari."
"Yes. Mr. Akira." Akari stared at the red eyes of the man whose fangs can be seen in his smile.
Akari gave the key to Akira. "Thank you Akari."
"I should be the one thanking you Mr. Akira. You found me in the well."
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Akari could still remember that time when she saw a light coming from the forest and she decided to follow it. She was walking with her bare feet with only bandages covering them and was holding some flowers when the light she was following suddenly disappeared; and a well out of no where appeared infront of her and pulled her inside.
When she opened her eyes, she found herself inside the well. It was dark and she could feel some hard objects near here. She tried to stand but was stopped with something that caught the hem of her kimono and tore it. She tried to stand and climbed up to where she was but her feet were painful and she fell.
"Sesshomaru-sama!" she shouted and hoped that he would come to her rescue. She waited and heard some footsteps outside. Sesshomaru-sama?
"Is somebody there?" a man's voice coming outside could be heard but it's different from her lord's voice.
Could it be another demon? or probably human?
At first, she was hesistant to answer but she had no choice.
"Yes. Please help me!" She shouted, tears began to fall from her eyes.
The door opened and she could hear footsteps, then she saw a silhouette of a man looking at her from above the well, she could see his hair. It was white but shorter. Then she lost consciousness.
She woke up in an unfamiliar room.
"Im glad you're awake! I found you in the well last night." a dark-haired man entered the room carrying a tray of food.
She looked at the man and around the room. It was wide with things that were new to her. I thought I saw a white-haired man last night?
"Thank you for helping me." She said.
"Dont mention it. Where are you from?" The man said while putting the tray on the table next to the bed.
"Im from..." Lord Sesshomaru! "I should be heading back." She tried to stand but her feet were painful causing her to trip. She looked at her feet and noticed that those were still the same bandages she had last night.
"Are you alright?" The man tried to help her but before he could come close, she already managed to somehow stand up and sit on the bed. Tears began to fell from her eyes.
"Is there something wrong?" The man stood infront of her and looked her in the eyes.
Just then, she noticed the face of the man.
His face is beyond perfection. His face was small yet masculine. He had a perfect shaped nose and almond-shaped black eyes.
"Where am I? What's this place?" Where is my lord? Why is he not here? She wanted to add those questions but she couldn't.
"This is the modern era. With what you are wearing right now, I guess, you have been transported by the well into this world." The man looked at the kimono that she was wearing.
"Transported? What do you mean?" This only added to her cconfusion.
"That well, which some people called "The Bone eater's well is a special well. I was transported by that well into this world many centuries ago."
"Centuries?" She looked at the man in disbelief. He looked young. Maybe in his twenties?
"Yes! You heard that right. You might have seen a guy with a white hair last night, right?"
She looked at the man and nodded her head.
"I was that man. I'm a half demon."
That explains why I saw a white-haired man lastnight. But I still don't get it.
"You might be wondering why I'm here." The man added.
The girl just nodded her head.
"Well, My father was from the white fox tribe and my mother is a human."
Like Inuyasha-sama!
"My father died against a battle with a demon and my mother died from a suspicious accident. My father's clan wanted me dead because they don't want that a mere half demon would inherit my father's throne. I decided to run away and ended in the bone eater's well. That's when I got sucked in and ended up in this world." He looked at the girl infront of her. "By the way, what's your name?"
She wanted to tell him her name but when she was about to open her lips, she remembered her memories together with her lord and his voice everytime he calls her name. She just stared at the face of her savior.
"I guess, you are not ready to tell me your name. I will just call you Akari. I'm Akira." The man smiled at her.
That's how they met. It was still fresh in Akari's memories. She sat on the chair in the garden infront of the house and looked at the stars.
THE next day, Akari was about to go out from the convenience store where she was working and was on her way home from work when two familiar people came to her direction.
"Oh! Kagome-san and Inuyasha-san." Akari smiled at the couple while trying to zip her blue jacket.
"How are you? We bought some ingredients for tonight's dinner nearby and we decided to say hello to you." Kagome said to Akari. Inuyasha just looked at the girl infront of them from head to toe. She sure looks a lot like Rin and they have the same smell.
The group went out from the convenience store together and stopped infront of the park.
"Sesshomaru! We are going!" Inuyasha shouted at his brother. Sesshomaru just glared at him and stood from the bench where he was sitting. Akari held her breath as he was walking towards them. His long white hair blown by the wind with his usual nonchalant expression just added to his mysteriousness. He was wearing a green polo shirt and black pants at that time. Every girl in the area turned their direction towards him. He was like a model cut out from the magazine.
"Oh, Mr. Sesshomaru. Good afternoon! How are you?" Akari greeted.
"Fine." Sesshomaru just looked at Akari, nodded his head.
Same as usual. Akari thought.
"Akari, how long have you been living with Mr. Akira" Kagome asked Akari while they were walking.
"Just recently." Akari was taken aback by that question but managed to answer immediately.
Recently? Sesshomaru thought.
"Where did you meet Mr. Akira?" Kagome's next question.
"Well..." What am I gonna say to them. I haven't thought about this. "I was working in the convenience store and Mr. Akira was there... he was checking the.. sales." Akari kept looking at her feet and looked at the people infront of her. "He saw me... and we talked. That's how we met."
Is she telling the truth? Inuyasha's expression changed.
"That's how you met?" Kagome asked.
"Yes!" Akari answered while wiping the sweat on her forehead with her handkerchief. She looked at the group and looked around her. "Oh! I just arrived. Im gonna go inside. Take care." With that, Akari bowed her head and rushed towards the house.
Sesshomaru looked at Akari as she entered the gate and the way she spoke reminded him of Rin... the way she lied.
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