Otaku: Anime Becomes Reality [SesshomaruxMisao]

[AoStar]

Go on with our lives and lose those things behind.
Wrapped around in lies, we stand there voiceless.
We want to leave our lives, until we find a way.
Searching for the light for eternity.
~Fukai Mori--Do As Infinity~
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The day was an ordinary one. The skies were remarkably clear after a large storm the day before, and the air smelled of rain. Sesshomaru was somewhat fond of the scent. It was a much more likable smell than the awful yet attractive stench of blood. The demon stood standing on the large hill near the lake, enjoying the peacefulness of the morning. Rin and Jaken were still asleep under the nearby tree, and he enjoyed the quiet. The constant bickering between the two was becoming a nuisance lately.

"Oi, Sesshomaru," a female voice called out. He wasn't startled; he could smell her a mile away. This woman, or demon, had masked her scent, thinking she could sneak up on him, but simple things like that obviously could never work on a demon like him. Fool.

He slowly turned to face her, not in any hurry. The demon of which had ruined his quiet morning stood at average height, with long dark hair falling to her ankles. Her eyes were large and violet, and her face was almost innocent. Almost. "What be so important as to approach me so shamelessly?" he questioned, golden eyes staring her down. Although she was average height for a woman, the tall youkai was almost twice her size.

The woman reached into her kimono and pulled put a glowing orb. Sesshomaru, undeniably curious, stared into it. She spoke, "Sesshomaru, Lord of the western lands, look into my orb. It holds a special future for you." Her voice mumbled. Her voice was beautiful, captivating even. Sesshomaru knew this was a trap, but he couldn't get his eyes to move from the orb once they were on it. "Kami wa, kono jaakuna tamashī o toru to, sore o tsuihō suru. Tōi sekai ni sore o tsuihō suru. Gods, take this wicked soul and banish it. Banish it to a distant world."

Sesshomaru vanished.

[Aydan Tenaebra]

"Argh. Why the hell is this the major I chose?!" Misao grumbled as she feverishly erased the Mandarin she had begun to write into her Japanese class essay. Far Eastern Studies: focus culture and language. It was beginning to be a pain. She ran a hand through her her silver hair and sighed. Jotting down the last of her thought in the proper language she tossed her homework aside. Starting college at 16 had resulted interestingly and she now found herself staring out the window wondering why she'd done it. It succeeded in not only making her look weirder than normal but getting on her nerves outright. Therefore she turned to her favorite escape: the world of anime and manga.

Her room of the four person suite was decorated wall to wall in posters of her favorite shows and comics, and other relics from her time at cons. Her suite mates were good though, not nosy and didn't really give her a hard time. On the rare occasion she saw them, they would just affectionately refer to her as their little Otaku. It was this title she simply shrugged off and only seemed to prove over and over again- just like then. She opened up her lap top and began to type in her favorite website. She needed a break and it was time to check on the Inu-tachi. As she opened up the latest chapter of the scanned Inu-Yasha manga, she wondered if Sesshomaru would appear in this installment. After all, the silver haired demon lord was the best character of the series.

[AoStar]

When Sesshomaru opened his eyes, he was sitting under a tree, feeling a dull ache in his left arm. The familiar feeling of loss seeped into his mind, and he wondered: Where had his arm gone? He had it just a moment ago, before he gazed into the orb and blacked out. Had the demon that approached him cut it off? Had he just one arm once more? As his mind processed what was happening, he smelled a human approaching him.

Rin. The scent was as familiar to him as his own.

The girl stepped up to him, offering him some food. Her face was bruised and beat up, yet she smiled anyway. She was much smaller here in this moment, causing him to realize something. Have I been put back into the past? he thought. Rin was still sitting beside him, offering him the food, but he refused it.

Suddenly, another darkness overwhelmed him. This time he tried to fight it, tried to keep his mind from going under submission. For once, the demon lost this battle. He could feel his body being pulled somehow, in many directions. It was not painful, but it gave him a strange vibrating sensation from the tips of his toes to the hair upon his head.

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When the darkness cleared this time, Sesshomaru found himself inside a room. This room was unlike any he'd ever seen before. The walls had many pieces of paper on them, and on this paper were fully colored pictures. Paintings, were they? There was even one of him.

Human, he thought immediately, feeling the presence of another. He turned around in one flawless move, and gazed at the female with slightly curious eyes. "Whom are you?"

[Aydan Tenaebra]

Misao was nearly at the end of her chapter. As she had hoped, it included another interaction with Sesshomaru and she was thoroughly enjoying the banter. There were only a couple pages left when a male voice came from behind her. She nearly jumped out of her skin and snapped her laptop shut.

In a flash she was on her feet and facing the intruder. Bright blue eyes widened and her hands flew up to her mouth as she let out a brief, startled squeak. Oh no. Oh no oh no oh no. Misao stared horrified at the man... the Demon before her. "Oh god... I've finally lost my mind... I knew I'd been working to hard.... Now I've gone 'round the bend..." She groaned sinking on to the side of her bed. Taking a deep breath she closed her eyes. "Okay. I'm dreaming. Yeah. Dreaming. When I open my eyes... He won't be here.... Yeah... Ichi... Ni.... San!"

She popped open her eyes and whimpered. "Oh god. Sesshomaru.... is... is in my bedroom..... I've gone insane or something is very wrong..."

[AoStar]

Sessomaru quickly lost interest in her babble, and instead went to look out the window. This was a whole different world he was in. First he had traveled back in time, and now this? How long would be here in this world before he blacked out again and ended up somewhere else?

He turned back to the girl. "Hush," he demanded. "Where am I? You must know, correct?" Seeming this girl could see him and speak to him--she had mentioned his name, so she must've knew who he was--he figured she knew someway to get out of this predicament.

[Aydan Tenaebra]

"You... You are in the real world and the future to boot. Well... The future compared to where you think you're from..." Misao said after taking a deep, calming breath. Okay. She told herself. I've got this. I can handle this... I hope.

"H- how are you here?" She questioned after a moment. "I don't understand... You aren't real. A fictional character...." She had never been so confused in her life. Not even when she found herself in a Java class that she clearly had had no business attempting to take. Only, this time, she couldn't just drop it. This predicament was much worth. Either she had gone completely mental, or- some how- her favorite Manga character had come to life... And, Jesus, he was every bit as calm and direct he was written to be.

[AoStar]

Sesshomaru took a moment to think about this, eyes analyzing the room. The future. Was that even possible? How was he to get back, and why was this girl going on about him not being real? Would Rin be okay if he wasn't there for a long time? Well, of course she had Jaken, but then again, Jaken was pretty much useless. Knowing the questions would only make him worrisome, he cast them from his mind.

The demon looked her in the eyes and placed a hand onto her shoulder. "You can feel this, correct? I am not a fictional character. I am just as real as you, and while I'm here, we need to decide where I'll be staying until I find my way back. By what name should I call you?" he asked her. Sesshomaru hated the fact that he "needed" her, but he had no knowledge of this world, and trying to do everything on his own would probably be a bad decision.

[Aydan Tenaebra]

She blinked. Okay, that was very real.. She glanced at the hand on her shoulder. What in the hell had happened? She nodded in response and began to think. Where could he stay? Her suite room was certainly too small even if she could manage to hide him from her suitemates to boot. Maybe her parents'? They were relatively laid back and accepting... but they would ask awkward questions... Maybe it was time to take up their offer on getting her an apartment? The semester was almost over anyway... That would mean hiding him in her room for a week, but surely she could manage that much?

"M-Misao. My name is Misao." She replied shakily. "I suppose you'll have to stay with me, until we can get you home."

[AoStar]

"I see," he mumbled. The demon was quiet for a moment, then his eyes shifted to hers. "You are my ally now, Misao," he spoke, "which means that in no circumstances can you let yourself be killed, and that in no circumstances can I let you be killed." His hand gripped the hilt of his sword. "If any danger arises, I will rid of it."

He glanced around the room, before walking over to the window and taking a seat on it. In this area, where the fresh air drifted inside, he could close his eyes and it could feel like home. Of course, Sesshomaru had too much pride to show it. "For the remainder of our time together, I will be here," he stated, looking below him at the world very different from his own.

[Aydan Tenaebra]

"Um... I don't foresee any need to worry about that. There... really isn't anything like where you're from here, not that I've ever seen anyway. I will happily help you until we can get you back though." She replied, more calmly now than before. Slowly, she was beginning to accept what was happening and, at any rate, continuing to freak out wasn't going to help.

"We'll only be in this room for another week or so. The semester is almost over and I can't stay in the dorms over summer. My parents offered to get me an apartment, so I'm going to call them and get that set up so that we can transition there without much trouble... and without my parents having the heart attack of me asking if a boy... er man... could live with us for a while. It's just better that they don't know.." She continued after hearing his remark. "Plus it's way too small to stay here comfortably for any extended period of time and it's going to be hard enough hiding you from my suite mates for a week. Speaking of moving around and such... I'm going to need to find you different clothes or you're going to stick out to an obscene degree."

She glanced at her desk to locate her wallet and then sighed when she spotted the half-written final paper for her Japanese IV class. She flopped down in the chair and took up her pencil. "Ugh..." She groaned, "But that shopping trip is going to have to wait until after I finish this god forsaken paper."