Dragon Tamer

Ch.1 – Cursed

Hatori was walking down the street when he felt something slam into him. Next think he knew he was on the ground staring into dark brown eyes. "I'm so sorry!" The girl's face turned red in embarrassment. She quickly pulled him to his feet before taking off down the street. Nearly a second later a male in red shoved Hatori out of the way, the snarling boy was obviously after the girl. Wait. Hatori freezes as everything that just occurred registers in his mind. A girl had run into him, landed on him, practically holding him, and he never changed. He stayed in his human form. Then the thought that the man in red was chasing her, it crossed his mind that the mysterious girl was in trouble. So he followed after them. It wasn't hard to find them, the man had the girl pinned against the wall in a nearby alley. "Please, I don't want to go back." Her sad voice floated through the air.

"You will go back." He snarled. "You have nowhere else to go. You're mine."

"Within the next second Hatori found himself blocking the girl with the man on the ground. "Leave her alone."

"who the hell are you? You one of her friends? Cause I'll kill you!"

"Please leave the lady alone."

"You stupid human, you have no idea what you're dealing with!" The boy snarled.

"Neither do you." Hatori replies with venum lacing his voice. "Now leave."

"Not smart to pick a fight with me punk." The boy cracks his knuckles in an outword display of ego. But Hatori was too fast and the kid was once again on the ground.

"I will only repeat myself once more, leave." The kid snarled again but left. Hatori turned to the girl who bowed to him.

"Thank you I owe you."

"I'm Hatori Sohma."

"Kagome Higurashi. I live at a shine nearby, come and I'll cook dinner." She smiles as he follows her. As they walked he took the time to take in her appearance. She hd long bluish-black hair, dark brown eyes, but her form was hidden beneath red and white robes. He did notice that she had small rope sandals on her feet. He kept quiet until they were sitting at the kitchen table with bowls of oden.

"So… Ms. Higurashi… Are you a miko?"

"I'm wearing the robes of one aren't I?"

"I mean a real miko. Not a modern-age miko."

"I am a fully-trained priestess. Why? You got a demon?"

"…uh,… well… you see, my family is cursed. The kids are in the most danger since they decided to leave the Sohma Estates and go to a public school. I've been looking for a holy being who can help. I've been to countless temples and shrines and interviewed numerous monks and mikos but to no avail. Do you think you would be able to help me?"

"I can promise you that I'll do my best. What's the problem?"

"My family, for generations has been cursed… with the zodiac."

"Ah! So that's why I got a weird vibe from you!" Kagome laughs.

"…vibe?"

"You're aura. I can read it. You seemed like a demon at first, but looking at you now I can see you are indeed something else. Let me guess… you're the dragon."

"…yes." Hatori replies hesitantly.

"Can I see? Please?" She looks up at him with big hopeful eyes.

"..um… I can't change by choice. We change when hugged by those of the opposite sex that are not of the zodiac. Or when we're sick because our bodies are weak."

"I see… so when I ran into you, you should've changed. But you didn't because my miko powers kept you from doing so. So…" she slowly gets up and walks over to Hatori. "If I do this…" Before Hatori can blink there is a blinding flash and Hatori finds himself in his zodiac state. "…A seahorse? Really?"