"Mommy! Mommy!" Yoshirou's eyes shot open as she sat up. Face covered in sweat, she slowly started to breathe again, realizing she had been holding it. She had been having that same dream for years and yet...
"Why can't I let it go…?" she wondered, "mother is dead... She's never coming back, I need to move on, but..."
But the youkai can't just forget about her mother like she was nothing. She loved her, even if she had little memory of her. Tears began to fall as beautiful memories of her childhood raced through her mind. A family if three wolves running about in a wide spread field. She remembered herself as a pup, chasing butterflies...
Yoshirou quickly wiped her tears as her father slid the door opened and enter her room.
"Good morning dad." she said.
"Had that dream again?" he asked after he slide the door shut.
"Yeah," She replied tightly.
Her father sat down beside her on the bed and pulled her into a tight embrace.
"It's alright. It will be alright; your mother is in a better place now. You should be happy for her." he repeated it, as if to convince himself more than her.
"I know father." she answered, but as she wipe away the newly fallen tears.
Both remain silent, lost in each others' embrace. Neither wanted to speak a word, for fear it would upset the other.
After awhile he pulled away and said, "You best get dress it's almost noon."
Yoshirou nodded and slowly got up.
"Stay in the hut until I return, unless a fight brakes out. Then leave the village and find a safe place to hide." her father told her, as always, and left to see his new employer.
Yoshirou stretched her arms to wake them, put on the kimono he brought her to blend in with the humans, and left their hut to go out and explore the new village they were staying at. It was quite nice, reminding her of the other one she and her father were living at a few days ago, though this village reeked of demons, numerous demons. Her father did say the person who hired him was a demon himself, so she figured this must be a demon owned village.
While wondering down the path to a grass plane, she came across a girl emerging from a well. The youkai raised a brow at the sight of the girl and her odd attire.
Maybe she's a foreigner, but she does look Japanese... she thought. Wonder why her kimono is so short?
She merely shrugged and went on her way, not giving the girl in the odd kimono a second glance. Her father taught her to mind her own business and never interfere with other peoples' personal lives, or else bad things would happened to you. After wondering around the village for a few more hours, thinking aimless thoughts, Yoshirou decided to return to the hut when it grew dark.
There she laid on her futon, staring blank at the ceiling before falling asleep. After awhile she was awoken from her sleep by a loud crash and people screaming.
'What in hell is going on?' she thought as she sat up.
Rubbing the sleep from her eyes, Yoshirou quickly got up and opened her door. Thousands upon thousands of demons decorated the night sky; people were running and hiding from these terrifying monsters, while others tried to fight them off as much as they could.
Yoshirou slide her door shut and picked up her bag. She never unpacked to begin with. Throwing her bag over her shoulder, Yoshirou closed her door and descended through the chaos. She was a youkai herself, such a scene didn't frighten her. She held her hand over her mouth and yawned as the demons swopped down and ate some villagers. The demons wouldn't attack her because her father had given her an oil to rub over her body to hide her sent, and as long as she stayed quiet the demons could not see her.
On her way out of the village Yoshirou noticed that the majority of the demons were targeting a specific area. Curiosity getting the best of her, she took a detour and went toward the demon filled area.
She climbed up a bushy tree and dimmed her senses to catch a glimpses of whoever it was that pissed off a gang of demons. She saw that girl in the strange clothing again, and some other people who she didn't recognize at all. Making herself comfortable on the tree, she carefully listened to their conversation, which wasn't much. Their discussion mainly consisted of them screaming out their attacks.
From what she could make out; they were fighting a white baboon, who is also sitting on a tree. A white baboon with tentacles coming out of it? Yoshirou arched her brow at the creature.
...Well there's a first for everything...Hmmmmm... wonder how exactly did its parents met...did a baboon fall into into the ocean and mate with an octopus...or a squid?
She sat there and watch a moment longer, that demon with the ears and the others, they were losing to the baboon with the tentacles. To think some land octopus/baboon was giving them so much trouble. Soon she got bored of seeing them get their butts kicked by a half thingy, or whatever it was, and left.
While walking through the forest, Yoshirou realized she forgot something in the hut. So she quickly ran back to the village. When she returned the villagers were putting everything back in order.
As she slid the hut's door open, the youkai was greeted by a room filled with people. They were the people she saw earlier, the half breed wolf, human girl with the odd looking outfit, another human girl with a two tailed cat, a little fox demon, and a monk.
While she was busy gazing at everyone, an old woman with an eye patch spoke up.
Woah, where she came from?
"Good evening dear child." the old woman said kindly.
"...Umm...hi..." Yoshirou replied, uncertain as to what to say.
The youkai was about to ask them what are they doing in her hut when all of a sudden she felt something squeeze her butt.
She looked down to find the monk's hand on her.
Those in the hut either slapped themselves in the head or rolled their eyes.
Yoshirou reflectively slapped him on the face. His head turned left and right for one of the human girls slapped him as well.
"Can anyone please tell me what are you people doing in my hut?" Yoshirou demanded to know.
She was furious at them for intruding, and one of them just tried to molester her at that.
''Well we didn't see any one in here?'' said the half breed.
"For someone who barged into another person's hut without an invitation, I may add, you are pretty rude." Especially the monk.
"Inuyasha!" the odd clothed girl screamed, "SIT!"
The beads around his neck glowed and the Inuyasha dropped to the floor.
"Why'd ya do that for Kagome!" Inuyasha yelled, after he pulled himself off the floor.
Yoshirou stared blankly at the bickering couple for a few seconds and shrugged. Her father told her to never get involved in a lovers' quarrel, or else she'll get pulled into their arguments. Walking passed the intruders, she searched for the bracelet that fell off her bag. After she located the trinket, she placed it on her wrist and left.
She walked and walked until she reached her destination, a large dark forest. Her father found the hiding place for her years ago, after his vengeful ex-girlfriend kidnapped her once and tried to use her against him. Ever since then, the demon father and daughter had come up with strategies for certain situations. In this particular situation, where her father was working and a fight broke out near her hut, involving a hoard of demons, she was to retreat and find a body of water about five hundred miles west from the village and hide in there until her father came pick her up.
The beginning is going to be a little slow but don't worry it'll pick up soon.