Unexpected Discoveries

Chapter 1:Panic Attack!

A/N: Hi everyone, for those of you who don’t know a Minotaur is a monster in Greek mythology with the body of a man and the head of a bull. It lived in the Cretan labyrinth and was fed human sacrifices until it was killed by Theseus. Well with that little fact out of the way I hope you enjoy!!!

Mandisa heart rate was elevated; she was hyperventilating as sweat poured down her caramel brown skin as if she was standing in the middle of a monsoon. All of the previously mentioned symptoms were accompanied by shivering, nausea and a emotion she knew well like any other human, pure undeniable indescribable fear.

There in the forest laying not five feet from her was the decapitated head of what looked like; she could not believe she was actually contemplating this, but it resembled a Minotaur! The bull like eyes were lifeless as she stared at it in shock for a few moments before she closed her eyes and shook her in an attempt to make the delusion before her disappear…to her dismay, it was still present when she opened her eyes. She was not hallucinating like she hoped she was, everything she witnessed was a reality.

Several feet away from the bull head laid the very large muscular pale human like body of the ‘Minotaur’. Said body seemed to be melting due to a green substance…acid perhaps? Blood gushed from the area of its neck where its head use to reside. A sizzling sound could be heard throughout the forest and smoke could be seen as the flesh disintegrated.

The being whom she witness end the life of the ‘Minotaur’ stood tall and proud as the individual gazed at her with a indifferent look upon its face. From the way the creature moved and killed she determined that it was not of the same species as she was, the being certainly was not human. She also determined from the way the organism was dressed that the individual was a sentient humanoid. She did not know if being had any other abilities like shape shifting, but she would not be surprised if it did, considering the power it already displayed.

The individual was wearing what looked like ancient Japanese pants and robes. The robe was mostly white with violet purple areas on the end of the sleeves by the wrists and a patch of violet on the left shoulder. Inside the purple patches were beautiful blooms. On its right shoulder it sported what looked like a white fluffy boa. The being was also wearing a large yellow and purple obi which was tied elegantly around its waist. She noted that the creature standing before her was absolutely breathtakingly gorgeous! If she did not know any better, she would swear she was looking at an angel. However the wicked looking spiked armor, two katana's at his side and the paradox of his fierce fiery yet cold golden eyes told her that the individual before her was most certainly NOT an angel! Another clue to help her narrow down whom or what the being may be was the fact that he cut the Minotaur head of with one hand that appeared to have talons attached to each one of its digits. Talons that glowed green and leaked what she guessed was a very strong acid.

The creature had what looked like two magenta strips tattoos on each of its cheeks and a tattoo of a blue crescent moon on its forehead. It gazed at her for a little longer and titled his head slightly to the left like a curious dog. A few strands of his thick, healthy, shining long silver and blue streaked mane fell over its left shoulder. Little did she know those were the creature’s natural birth marks and not a form of stunning cultural expression. Nevertheless she did know that it would probably not take too kindly to being called ‘it’, hence why she tried to puzzle her brain and figure out exactly what was standing before her. That’s if she decides to try and communicate with it and not just keep her month shut and do a disappearing act, hopefully fleeing quietly and losing the creature in the foliage. However she will only be able to pull off that feat if she can manage to get over her petrifying fear and actually get her feet to move.

For what seemed like hours her heart pounded as he continued to stare at her. Not only seeing a ‘Minotaur’ charging at her as if it wanted to gore her scared the hell out of her, but seeing the person in front of her appear out of thin air and cut the ‘Minotaur’ head of with its talons as if he was slicing through warm butter…well to say that it was unnerving would be the understatement of the year!

Then the individual begin to slowly approach her and her fear turned into a full blown panic attack! One part of her wanted to thank him for saving her life. After all the ‘Minotaur’ did look as if it was out for her blood. The other more logical part of her mind told her to bolt, run like she was an Olympic track star who ate way too much sugar for breakfast; flee as if her life depended on it. She saw a sample of what he was capable of and as far as she knew she was next. Although she had no idea why, what did she do to piss the beautiful deadly creature off? Now that she thinks about it as it come closer, the individual doesn’t even look pissed, it looks bored!

“You wear strange garments like Inuyasha’s miko use to wear, you are not from this time. Who are you.” He stated with a indifferent soft baritone voice that demanded an answer.

The majestic creature observed the human female closely for several moments before it spoke, intrigued by her appearance. The predator was tracking down a rouge bull youkai that was trespassing on its lands and terrorizing it occupants. The silver hair prowler smelled the sweet fragrance of the human female miles away but dismissed it, preferring to focus his sensitive nose on his prey. The being hunted the bull youkai down and killed him, right in front of the human with the sweet smelling scent he detected earlier. The human caught its attention not only because of the color of her skin, which he had rarely seen, but because of the clothing she wore.

The silver beauty looked at the short beige color pants with two large pockets on each side that was above her knees, the white short sleeve shirt, vest to match her pants, long brown tabi socks and beige short boots that tied together to come to its conclusion. She showed a lot of skin just like Inuyasha miko used to when she wore her extremely short kimono. The being noted that the female had toned legs indicating the possibility that she preformed hard labor. The women before him appeared to be a human African decent, which he had seen infrequently on his many travels . Being the curious creature that it was it wanted to know how another human from the future and from what the individual presumed to be another continent, came to arrive in its lands when the bone eaters well closed up two years ago after the miko came back.

The scent of fear spiked as it slowly approached her. The creature could hear her heart pounding in her chest as if it was trying to break free from the confines of her upper ribcage and take flight. Sweat drenched her body and it could even her hear stomach churn with anxiety. It wondered what the human would do when it got too close to her, run, feebly attempt to fight? The being would find out soon enough…

The tall creature spoke in a calm deep tone that lead her to believe that the creature was indeed a male. It was difficult to tell the gender of the being by just looking at him. He had a very pretty face, sported what looked to be a boa and wore finally decorated silk garments yet he wore that intimating armor. Now that he was closer she could clearly see more masculine features. Like his baritone voice, broad shoulders and large rough calloused clawed hands.
Although she had yet to be fluent in the language, she knew he was speaking Japanese and understood most of what he was saying. Being an archeologist she had to be fluent in other languages besides English. Be that as it may, she was still learning the Japanese language so she could tell that it would be somewhat difficult to communicate with him. She decided that as of right now fleeing was not an option for two reasons. One she STILL could not get her legs to cooperate and two she thought about how fast she saw him move when he killed the ‘Minotaur’. She was fast, but there was no way in hell she would get one step before he caught up to her. Who knew how he would react if she took off. He may be insulted that she ran and neglected to answer him and decide to sharpen his claws on her, he looked like the authoritative type that did not take rejection lightly.

She normally being a very independent and outspoken person was not herself, hence why she was unable to react to her situation the way she would if she was in her right frame of mind. However something horrible happened right before her run in with the ‘Minotaur’ and the silver haired hunter in front of her.


Trying to remember the right phrases to respond she thought about how she ended up in this situation in the first place.

Flashback:

Mandisa worked for a museum in America. She was investigating a rumor of an underground pyramid in Egypt. After presenting her proposal and findings to her employer she was chosen to go to Africa and see if myth was true. It turns out that it was.

What she did not expect to find however was a secret hallway that lead to a large chamber that had a large arch doorway. The arch of the door way was decorated with rubies while the door itself was covered with a spiral pattern of sparking clear diamonds. She tried to warn her fellow archeologists not to touch anything on the arch door. Her warning was based on instinct and pass experiences. Alas the two did not heed her words thinking she was a young, foolish and paranoid. The two man examined the door themselves and did not detect any traps, which is why they chose to remove the jewels.

They grabbed a few of the jewels from the doorway, as soon as they removed the gems they found out that they gravely miscalculated as the rubies begun to glow angrily. Before her very eyes they were consumed by fire from the inside of their bodies to the outside. Their blood curdling screams was sounded throughout the large dark chamber. Their skin boiled as their eyes exploded in their sockets. Finally the hot blue flames burst out of their skin forcing them to the ground below, yowls of pain emerging from their months no more.

She screamed for help as she did everything she could to put them out the unforgiving flames, but her efforts was in vain. Even if someone from outside and above the pyramid could hear her cry for help, they could not enter the chamber because as soon as her partners touch the jewels, a clear barrier covered the entrance, preventing anyone from entering or leaving. As the two man turned into ashes a bright blinding white light came bursting from the door. She ran away from the door trying to find another way out and discovered the barrier that shielded the entrance. The arched door slide open, wind started whip around the chamber violently. A golden goblet flew at her and just as she turned her head it struck her in her temple knocking her out cold. When she woke up she was hoping it was all a terrible nightmare. However the large bruise, pounding headache and the fact that she was in the middle of a forest instead of the desert told her otherwise. Then seconds later the ‘Minotaur’ was heading straight for her as if it was about to gore her. Before she could register what was happening the head of said ‘Minotaur’ rolled in front of her causing her already fearful mind to fill with more terror…

End of Flashback:

The wheels in her intelligent mind begin to turn rapidly as she pondered:

‘Not from this time, what the hell is he talking about?! No way that door could have been…that was not a gateway to the past…no, no, no, no fucking way!!! Shit, no matter how much I deny it, now that I think about it, it make sense in a completely insane way. But what doesn’t make sense is the fact that I ended up in Japan’s past. Since the doorway was in Egypt, shouldn’t I be in Egypt past? How the hell did this happen?! How is that gateway in Egypt connected to Japan and why, or is it? Wait one minute, how the hell does he know I’m from the future just by looking at me? Has he met someone from the future before?…’ Her mind puzzled as she attempt to calm her frantic breathing and rapid thoughts.

If the circumstances were not so dire she would have been ecstatic about the unexpected discoveries of a gateway through time and the creatures found in said era. Physics professionals, Astronomers, Anthropologists, Natural Life Scientists and fellow Archeologists would absolutely be astonished and excited about the prospect of time travel and the discovery of a new species.

What really freaked her out was that she was not sure that her mere presence in the past was negatively effecting the future. However the discovery of a time portal was nothing to get excited over as far as she was concerned. After all the lives that were lost in the process could not be revived by the gateway. Even if there was a way back to the gateway, back to Egypt, there was no guarantee she would live long enough to find it. Especially sense the deadly pale beauty towered over her only a few inches away…she was so screwed!

“This Sesshoumaru will not repeat his self.” He said in a stern cold tone as he loomed over her, making her crane her neck to look up at him.

He was certainly too close for any form of comfort. Her dark soulful brown eyes looked up into the intimating golden orbs that were cold yet reminded her of the fire that consumed her partners’ bodies so mercilessly. Men whom deaths she felt were her fault.

Then it clicked, the creature said ‘this Sesshoumaru’ so he was either arrogant, mentally disturbed or both. He was talking as if their was more then one being in his body. But more importantly he said ‘SESSHOUMARU’. The alarm bells sounded in her head. If her translation was correct, he referred to himself as ‘killing perfection, prefect destruction or destruction man’. Any way she looked at it, it did not sound good at all particularly after seeing him in killer mode. She was dealing with a stuck up psycho who called himself Sesshoumaru. As stated before, she was so screwed!!!

Being overcome by guilt and apprehension from all of the terrifying and sorrow filled experiences of the day, she did something that she never done in all the 27 years of her life….she fainted.

Sesshoumaru resisted the urge to roll his eyes as he indifferently watched the human collapse on the forest floor. He contemplated leaving her to her fate, but decided against it. She had not answered his question or other questions that were to follow. The daiyoukai loathed not knowing the full details of anything that sparked his interest. So he called Ah-Un and place her medium size 5ft 8in frame on his mount with ease and walked off into the forest….

TBC

A/N: I hope you enjoyed the first official chapter of this story! Reviews as always are adored and appreciated!!!