Chapter 1
"Ah, stupid bastard how dare he fire me. All I was doing was my job. Stupid man, just like all the others." Kagome had just been fired from her job as a body guard to the local lord. She had been employed there for about two months when the lord had tried to kiss her, when she refused him, he threw her out and fired her. This was not the first time it had happened, either. She was extremely angry and brooding about her recent loss of a job. She had been walking for a while now and she had come to a different village when she looked up and noticed that she was in front of a huge castle. This helped her mood somewhat, they always needed body guards at a large mansion and if she was lucky they wouldn't notice her pointed ears, claws, and fangs. She was a demon after all and a woman so the job market was horrendous. She could get some jobs if the people didn't notice her ears. Kagome suddenly lifted her nose to the air and took in a deep breath.
"Hmm, it seems I should be welcome here. It appears to be a demon castle." She said aloud to herself. She went up to the gate and knocked on the heavy wooden gate.
"Hello, who are you what do you want?" The gate keeper said gruffly.
"My name's Kagome and I was wondering if there were any job openings at the mansion." Kagome said pleasantly hoping to win the rude looking man over.
"What would you do here?" He said intrigued by her pleasant attitude.
"That depends on what is needed." Kagome said in the same bright tone.
"Well we are in need of a paid servant, you would wash, clean, and cook." He said apprehensively.
"I can do those things moderately well, my cooking could use some work but I'm an excellent cleaner and if a guard gets sick I could fill in for them." Kagome said.
"You, a guard? Ha, I doubt you could harm a flea." He said laughingly, then he was startled by the sudden fire that was in her eyes.
"You wanna try and prove that theory?" She said crossly. She hated it when people thought she was weak and couldn't fight.
"Yeah I would as a matter of fact." He was befuddled at the ferocity in her voice. He let her in the gate and took a defensive stance he didn't want to embarrass her to bad in front of the other people mingling in the courtyard.
"I'll be nice and let you have the first strike." He said mockingly.
"Okay it's your funeral." She said sarcastically.
"Whatev..." He began he didn't get to finish his word because she had flew at him and he had to move with lightning speed to avoid her.
'She's fast I might really have to fight her.' He thought sourly, he didn't relish th thought of being beaten by a girl. He once again had to move quickly out of her way, but just as he thought he had escaped her, she rotated swiftly and clipped his chin with her fist, breaking his jaw. He lunged painfully at her, his speed greatly reduced. She avoided his attack easily and hit him in the back. He stood for a few seconds and then dropped to his knees and then on his stomach. He lay still in the dust allowing some to settle on his back. Several people had surrounded them in the few minutes the fight had taken place. When the dust fully settled and everyone could see someone shouted that she had killed him.
"He's not dead just passed out, he'll wake up in a few hours." She then dusted herself off, walked away calmly and went off to find the lord of the mansion.
'I hope all the people here wont want to test me, that could get very tiresome.' She liked to fight but not weak meaningless demons like the gate keeper had been. She often found herself at a lack for a challenge. She liked challenges that were both mentally and physically hard. She could solve difficult puzzles and beat almost anyone. It wasn't long before she had been found by a page and was being escorted towards the castle. Some of the people in the courtyard were staring at her with strange looks, some were even whispering about her. They knew she was a demon and were wise enough to keep their voices at a level so she couldn't hear them.
