Previously on Great Dog's Devotion:
("Finally...I get to go home." She thought as she walked back to the river, just waiting to return back to the Well.)
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They had been walking for four days and four nights while taking resting periods in between them, until they got to where they need to be, in a certain area where Sesshomaru and Nikko had first met. Sesshomaru told Jaken and Rin to stay with Ah-Un as Nikko had said her goodbyes and hugged them both.
Rin didn't wish for her to leave because of the time they spent together and Rin had seen her as a part of the group almost like a family unit, but Nikko promised Rin that she'll come back, but is not sure when. Rin nodded in understanding, softly smiled and hugged Nikko one last time and had to reluctantly let go.
After that, Sesshomaru walked onto a path in the forest as Nikko followed him. Half an hour later, as Nikko was walking by Sesshomaru side, finally they had found an open field with a Well in the middle of it. She gasped for joy as she saw it."Thats the Well I came out of to get to this Era!...I can finally go home!" she thought. The Well... the very thing that can take her back and she immediately ran to it.
Suddenly, she came to a halt as she was a few inches away from it, it was almost as if something had stopped her from jumping in and going back to her own era. Then she realized what it was, gradually she turned back and saw Sesshomaru a few yards from her.
The wind was blowing between them and the grass was waving in the breeze. They stared at each other for a moment, feeling something vaguely tangible between them, but he quickly broke the eye contact, looked away and was heading back to the forest.
She thought for a moment somberly as he was walked away "So this is it...do I really want to leave like this...just the silence between us?" She decided then, she couldn't leave without saying something to him, so she ran from the Well and went after him as his back was turned to her.
"Sesshomaru!" She shouted in desperation as she suddenly went into a sprint to go after him. He stopped and slowly turned around to look at her, unsure why he responded to her as he heard her running to him instead of him continuing to ignore her and walking away nor why did he pause when she called out his name.
Suddenly, she collided into him and held him into an embrace. She felt him tense as she continued to hug him, she felt that she may have overstepped her boundaries this time, until he slowly relaxed and awkwardly hugged her back with his one arm. She smiled brightly as he did this action and at that moment she wanted to stay like this forever.
As they were hugging, she took a breath in content of this and accidently smelled his scent... It was Rich Dark Earth and Lotus Blossoms. She engraved it into her mind, never wanting to forget the scent of him. Her left arm was touching his MokoMoko, which to her was the softest thing she had ever touched, she wanted to touch it more but she didn't, not wanting to ruin the moment.
She felt at peace and safe in his arms, he was strong with power just below the surface, while other have feared it, she didn't feel frightened by it, in fact she felt welcomed to it also she felt something within him but she couldn't put her finger on it.
But from what felt like hours where only seconds later, all good things must come to an end and she reluctantly lets go of him. She tilts her head up to look straight into his eyes. Her eyes showed emotions while his had showed nothing as he usually does but she understood and smiled softly at him.
"Well...I guess I'll go now." she said softly. He nodded as she looked back at him with nervousness, though he didn't understand why. He heard her heart racing and her cheeks were starting to become flush.
"Ok...It's now or never...do it!...you might not get this chance again...besides...what do you have to lose?" She thought as she was building up her courage.
She put both hands on his shoulders, went on her tippy toes and light kissed him on the cheek like a rose petal softly grazing his cheek. Then she leans close to his left ear, "It something to remember me by." she whispered in his ear, then quickly lets go of him, ran to the Well, jumping feet first into it and disappeared back to her era.
Suddenly, he realized what had just happened, quickly dashed to the well and saw nothing except bones on the bottom but, he didn't jumped into it...He didn't go after her. He stood there for a moment, for what felt like hours instead of minutes with conflicting thoughts and emotions pending within him, then he decided against it, so he turned away from the Well and left.