Stranger Happenings

Chapter 1

I stumbled through the tangle of bushes, grumbling loudly. I yelped when a briar bit deep in my arm and blood welled out. I am so over nature time, this freaking forest is out to get me. Where the hell am I anyway? I fall down a hole and wake up to this. It must have led somewhere a few miles from the resort I was staying at. I looked around again and listened carefully. I waited to hear the sounds of a roadway or city. I couldn't hear anything and began to get nervous. I must have been pretty deep in the forest. I was here on a business trip for my company because I could speak Japanese and I needed the promotion.

I heard voices and hid as they come closer, afraid it might be poachers or something. I couldn't see them through the bushes as they stopped in the clearing I had just been in. I heard a female voice arguing with a man, "Inuyasha we need to stop and rest." This man answered back, "Feh wench, we aren't stopping anywhere, we need to keep moving." He just called her a wench? Seriously who the hell says that anymore?

I was about to start easing away when a man grabbed my shirt and hauled me from the bushes. I looked up and was about to give him a piece of my mind when I noticed the old traditional clothing and even stranger his silver hair, golden eyes and….DOG EARS! I gave a scream and he flattened his ears to his heard. A young girl in a local school uniform sweat dropped and stepped forward. "Sorry about that. Inuyasha over reacts at times." I nodded slowly and looked at each of the people in this strange group.

"Where am I?" I wasn't exactly expecting the answer I got and ashamed to say I fainted. The girl rubbed the back of her head and grinned sheepishly, "It's not so much whereas uh…when." Yeah I fainted and this coming from someone that's never been given to hysterics in her entire life.

I woke up to the smell of food later that evening. Night had fallen and there was a fire burning brightly with the group gathered around it. I sat up and apologized for losing it. "This absolutely can't be happening." The young girl introduced herself, "My name is Kagome Higurashi and I'm from your time as well, the pervert over there is Miroku, a monk. That's Sango and Kirara, she's a demon slayer and that's her neko demon companion. Dog boy over there we call him Inuyasha and he's a hanyou or half-demon. So who are you?"

"My name Stormy Knight and I'm from the United States, over on a business trip from my company." They all seemed rather pleased to meet me except for Inuyasha, he said something to the effect of he didn't like my scent. "Hey are you hungry Stormy?" I nodded and was offered a cup of ramen, which I happen to love. I was eating my ramen while Inuyasha complained about me being another burden to be protected and use up supplies. I glared at him over the top of the cup I was eating out of before smiling sweetly, "You know Inuyasha, you shouldn't make assumptions about people. I am perfectly capable of caring for myself although I have to question your thinking capabilities at the moment. I happen to have a friend in the states that's a demon hunter. Furthermore it's disappointing that you can't tell a human from a half-demon." He turned red and looked like he wanted to start yelling although at the moment he was only stuttering. The others looked like they wanted to start asking questions. I held a hand up. "I will be happy you answer any questions you have but let me clarify a few points now, I was shocked because in my time demons and half-demons were concealments so it was unexpected to see one out in the open. Secondly yes demons do exist and there are still demon hunters of which I am one. Yes I am wearing a concealment charm which I will be happy to remove. Anymore questions?"

They shook their heads no and I removed the necklace from around my neck. My deep blonde hair became streaked with strips of silver hair and white dog ears appeared on top of my head along with my tail, my eyes turned a light lavender color and my fangs and claws lengthened. I smiled at them as they looked on in shock, even Inuyasha was completely speechless. Kagome was the first to speak, "Wow so you're like Inuyasha, an inu hanyou." I shook my head no, "I'm half wolf demon."

Some people might have wondered why I would trust to tell my secret to strangers, hell I even wondered myself. But I could see the goodness in them, even the grumpy half-demon. I smiled at them again and finished the broth left in the bottom of my ramen cup, a serene look on my face. "That was very satisfying, thank you Kagome." She smiled happily, "Your welcome, Stormy."

I snuggled down under the blanket someone had draped over me after I had fainted earlier and closed my eyes pretending to be asleep. My sensitive ears listened into the conversations as the others began to settle in for the night. Soon I could pick out the breathing of every one of the humans and knew they had slipped into deep sleep, even the small neko. I continued to pretend sleep until Inuyasha spoke, "I know you're not asleep you know." It wasn't a question but a statement.

I sat up and slipped off my shoes, enjoying the feel of the cool earth beneath them and leaving me in my jeans and t-shirt. I jumped up it the tree and sprawled across the tree branch my blonde and silver tail curling lazily against my leg much like a cats. "You're a strange half-demon, you know that huh?" He shot me a strange look before turning his gaze back to the ground, "You love her don't you?" He looked up at me and blushed bright red, "No I don't." I rolled my eyes and nodded, "Yea, buddy. Lie to your friends and I'll lie to mine."

"Just what the hell does that mean wench?" He all but yelled at me. Before he could draw another breath I was in his face my claws an inch from his throat. "My name is Stormy. I'm not your human woman and I won't be so nice about you calling me outside my name. Understand? Good." He swallowed and nodded. Satisfied I sat back on the limb and smiled. "So you do love her don't you?" This time he looked at me before looking up into the night sky. "It's more complicated than that."

"I heard them talking about a woman named Kikyo, and Kagome being her reincarnation. So you love them both." He nodded slowly. "Don't worry I won't tell anyone, I'm not one to carry tales." I jumped down from the tree and headed back to my blanket to get some real sleep. I fell asleep that night thinking about Micheal, my demon hunter friend and lover. I remembered the feel of his long black hair slipping through my fingers as I lay next to him. I turned over restlessly and went to sleep.