Found You

Chapter 1

Visitor

'I must get a way, it is obvious that I am not worthy...' Thoughts past through a fox demon's mind as she past several dimensions, searching for the perfect one. She was tired of the way her life was, and wanted it to change. But there was no way that it would. 'This world... no. He knows this one...' Her mind raced find a place worth hiding. Then she remembered one at which her friend described. "...Alright." She nodded to herself, turning to the direction that it felt right to go.

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"Hey Misoka! Did you see that dish I made!" The wolf pup asked happily. He was putting away his cooking apron, ready for the next time it would be used, hopefully on a dish as large again. The long night was finally over at the Moonshine Bar, allowing everyone to rest. The princess sat in one of the chairs of the tables tuckered out, watching the three Lunar creatures clean. For some reason, she always enjoyed this. Nozomu was wiping clean the stage, his microphone on the stand; Mitsuru avoided the communication of everyone so he headed up to his room. The short fox turned his gaze to Akira, holding a folded piece of paper. "Yes... Akira...?"

"Hm?" Akira bound over to him, ready for any instructions from the sound of Misoka's voice.

"Get some spare blankets and pillows set up. Princess..?" He turned to Mahiru as she was startled to be in the commands. "You would not mind someone staying here in your room would you?"

"...Um... Not at all... Why do you ask?" She looked at him, watching him slip the paper into his pocket and walk out of the shop. He turned his head, keeping his back to them before he walked out. "We are going to have a guest..."

Not long, there was a knock on the door of the restaurant, Misoka being the first to answer it. Outside stood a girl, a little older than Mahiru, but not much; her head cast down in a small bow, not allowing her face to show. This girl, once fox demon, was now only the appearance of a mere human. One by one, everyone except. the tengu, whom just arrived where everyone else had been, headed to the door, seeing what was taking so long of silence.

"...I came... in the request from a friend, telling me that I am able to reside here...?" She replied, a quiet tone that was almost inaudible. Akira immediately invited her in by pulling her inside, as everyone guided her to the couch. Mitsuru glanced to the girl, sending glares to her direction. "What is this onna doing here? It's past business hours..." He sneered ungratefully.

Misoka turned to look at him, sitting in one of the chairs. "If you would hang around more often, then you would know..."

"...I apologize for being a burden on-..." Mitsuru took this to an advantage, taking the next step against her. "That's right onna! You are a burden upon us now find a hotel or a garbage heap to satisfy you!" He did not giving a second thought of another onna trying to weaken this race that he was cursed with. The girl finally glanced up, her thick, long, brown hair falling in her face, almost covering her hazel eyes. The glasses she wore slid from the bridge of her nose, but she did not take the time to push them back up. The emotion shone in those eyes were of sadness, depression, fear; but looking to the angry one only made the emotions show more visibly. She hair was longer than expected once she straightened from her bowing position, coming down past her waist. He received glares from the other three bandits and a confused look from the princess. Mahiru was use to these words, but when he spoke with them again, she felt the same fear rise again from when he spoke them to her.

"Mitsuru!" Akira yelled back, but reverted to his better self, asking the girl her name.

"...Uh..." The onna seemed confused at first but passed it off "...my name is ...Lisa..."

"Than Risa it is!" Akira smiled, sticking his tongue out and his eyes slid closed with the smile. She was about to correct him of the pronunciation, but decided not to, knowing that it is difficult for them to understand the concept of the letter 'L' in names. Nozomu leaned down to her, taking her hand into his then sat down beside her. "What is it that brings you here young lady?"

Lisa turned to look at him, a cover up smile to his kindness, along with a small blush. She could almost immediately tell he was the flirtatious one. But the smile soon disappeared when she looked up at Mitsuru and was brought back the thoughts that sent her here in the first place. "...A personal reason if you don't mind..."

"No. It's alright." the princess smiled to her. "You can stay in my room while you stay."

"What!" Mitsuru almost yelled to Mahiru's comment. He waved his hand out, first pointing to the visitor, than waved it out "I do not approve of this!"

"But Mitsuru... It's not your room to worry about..." Akira once again counterattacked his comment, but calmer than before added with a tone of confusion. Misoka was silent through all this, but finally spoke up. "Unless you would wish for her to say in yours Mitsuru..."

Mitsuru froze, quivering his upper lip in a sneer. "You're joking..."

"You could stay in my room if you would like Sweety. There is plenty of room in my bed." Nozomu cooed happily at the idea, leaning into her with his hands clamped together. She merely blushed at the comment, not replying anything in fear of embarrassing herself or hurting his feelings. Misoka stood up, ready to leave the living room to go to sleep. He considered it to be already late and he felt like not dealing with the situation any further. "Risa... I am going to ask you to sleep on the couch tonight, courtesy to Mitsuru's choice. Akira, go retrieve the items from the Princess's room.." He bowed slightly for his 'good night' motion then left, Akira already gone and back with the supplies to sleep on. The princess said her good night and headed to her room; Mitsuru already gone out of sight from the others, not wanting anything to do with this onna. Nozomu staying behind with Akira, helping with setting up her bed on the couch.

"Is this alright?" Nozomu asked politely, watching her ease into the couch full of blankets.

"...Yes, it is. Thank you... um..." She looked up at him, pausing for she did not know his name. The vampire smiled, slightly baring his fangs without realizing it and patting the top of her head, "Just call me Nozomu."

"Thank you Nozomu, Akira." She nodded a small bow to both as she looked to each. The smile on Akira's face grew as she remembered his name. "If you need anything, just ask us!" He bound up the stairs, getting the rest that he needed. Nozomu removed his hand from her head, his smile slightly disappearing. "I apologize for Mitsuru's rudeness... He shouldn't be like that but he is."

Lisa shook her head, smiling a bit. "Don't apologize. From where I'm from, that attitude is common... I should be use to it by now."

"And where is that place may I ask?" Nozomu asked with interest.

"...A place of demons..." She replied, no emotion of being thrilled from it.

"You don't look or act of it from the way it sounds..."

"That's because I am not-... I did not live there all my life..." Her words were about to speak something different from what her thoughts were thinking. Nozomu did not press on, seeing that the subject was making her uncomfortable. He got up from where he was, smiling and placing a kiss on her forehead.

"You should get some rest. It looks like you need it." He walked over to the stair case, turning to look at her before blowing a small kiss her direction. Lisa blushed once more and shrank more into the couch, watching him leave before getting comfortable once again on the couch to sleep. Nozomu reached his room, sitting on his bed as he thought. 'What brings her here? It's not like she knows any of us... And what was up with the fox accepting it without hesitation..?' He turned his eyes to the moon outside his window. It was a week until the full, maybe less. His thoughts then turned to the girl, Lisa. She seemed too kind to be demon, but her scent was not normal like a human. When he had given her the small kiss upon her hand, he smelt it then. He never smelt that scent before, but it was so natural, so familiar to him for some reason or other. Her scent also told that she was health by blood standards, except she had already been tainted and was not white anymore. Was this why she was here? To hide? Maybe. Did the others smell it? Maybe so, but Akira did not sniff about her.'

The vampire yawned, stretching out across his bed. He turned to look at the clock, reading 11.49. Yes the work hours were long, along with encountering her. So he should get the rest he deserved. He undressed and got into his night shirt and pants, but before he climbed completely in bed, he thought for a bit. 'It was not right for Mitsuru to deny her a better rest...' The tengu may have been rude to everyone, but it wasn't right for him to be angry at the princess, nor this new girl. They did nothing wrong. Nozomu got up from his bed, walking down the hallway to the direction of the living room. He could tell the others were asleep, their heart rates at a steady pace. Amazing how a busy night would bring rest so suddenly. He looked down the stairs, seeing that she too was fast asleep. Her blankets were not arrange the way they were before, more in a large heap on top her. The pillow was halfway off the couch, but what surprised him was that she was not resting her head on it. More like underneath it like the blankets. He walked closer and pulled up one of the chairs to sit beside her. Her breathing was calm, but was slightly louder than the rest considering her breaths were through a small gap from under the pillow.

Her scent was on the blankets, as well as on the pillow as he took another whiff of it. Yes, there was something different about it. But he could not put his finger on it. With a little more thought to it, he got up and reached his hands down to her, slowly and easily peeling the blankets off. The last one was more difficult then the others, for she had a grasped hand over it. Not caring much of the blanket anymore, he slipped his hands under her, lifting her and the grasped blanket. She stirred slightly, but not much, to the movement. Only cuddling closer to the warmth of his chest and mumbled slightly "...Hi...ei..."

Nozomu smiled down at her. Surprised that he had done this, as well as how oblivious she was to it all. It may seem that he took any girl in his bed if one of the other bandits walked in on this, but he could not have Mitsuru's demands be this harsh. He carefully held Lisa in his arms and grabbed the glasses she wore from the arm rest, finally carrying her up the stairs and attempting not to wake the others. His vampire senses were showing him the way around the dark, like a cat would. Finally reaching his room and the bed, he set her down on it, pulling the blankets over her, along with the one she carried with her, and set her glasses on the night stand next to his clock. Once she was warm and he made certain that she had not waken, he crawled in as well on the other side. 'Yes, she is at least safe here...' were his last thoughts before falling to his sleep.

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