Chapter 12 and the action's heating up. Introducing a certain hanyou and gang. Read on!

There was nothing quite so funny to Ohara as the sight she had just witnessed. It never seemed to get old, even if this was about her fifth time doing it. She couldn't help it, it was just so hilarious. All the months she had wondered in the feudal era forests, afraid to approach humans, and now, here they were, fleeing from the evil look she had given them, yelling "MONONOKE!". Of course, it wasn't so funny anymore, as Sesshomaru's poison had worn off and she was back to her 'human' self. Now she couldn't find her way back.

Dang. Usually when she was on the verge of reverting, Sesshomaru would simply inject more toxin into her, claiming he would not court a girl who was by all appearances, human. The more frequently she felt Sesshomaru's poison claws, the longer the toxin seemed to last. It had been running strong since last night until a few minutes ago, when it suddenly wore off. At least she had the beautiful bow and quiver of arrows he had given her to defend herself with until her demonic suitor found her.

"Hey! That girl over there looks lost. Maybe we should warn her about the mononoke nearby!" A little boy's voice exclaimed behind her. Instantly, Ohara had an arrow notched and ready to fire pointed at the band of human's behind her.

"Ohara!?"

"Kagome!?"

Ohara stared at her friend from her original era, slowly lowering her bow. Kagome, a strange, energetic girl from the school she had gone to, was standing in front of her, along with a young monk in purple robes, a female demon slayer with brown hair and an enormous bone boomerang taller than herself, a small cat demon, and a fox yokai child.

"Ohara, what are you doing here? Have you been here the whole time? Everyone thinks you've been kidnapped or murdered or something!"

"I fell down a well in your shine while looking for you to give you the homework you missed."

"Your fell down the well! It's been four months! What have you been doing?" a look of sympathy crossed Kagome's face, "Wow, you must really want to get back, huh?"

Ohara snorted at Kagome's pity. "Not really."

"W-what!? Why not?" The poor girl seemed terribly confused. Ohara decided to enlighten her.

"I actually have a new, better life here. I am free to do what I want, I get to travel all the time, I have a suitor-"

"Suitor?" the girl stopped her. Ohara rolled her eyes. It was just like Kagome to stop her when a male was mentioned "You fell into the fedal era and got yourself a BOYFRIEND?"

"Yeah, something like that." It did not go beyond Ohara's notice that the monk in the background sighed quietly, or that the demon slayer glared at him.
Kagome hesitated, "Well, what's his name?"

Ohara smiled, puffing herself out with pride, "His name is Lord-"

"OI!" A loud voice interrupted them, "Something reeks of that bastard Sesshomaru!" A red and white figure stomped into view, stopping next to Kagome. He looked kind of humanish, except for his long silver hair and golden eyes. However, his clawed hands and the white dog ears atop his head clearly marked him as a mononoke. Yet, there was something clearly ningen about him. He stared at her for a moment, "Who are you?"

"Inuyasha!" Kagome growled, black hair ruffling a bit, "this is my friend, Ohara. She's from my time and had been stuck down here for months. Least you could do is be nice to her!"

"Friend? Keh, I doubt that. She smells so strongly of Sesshomaru that I thought that it was him that showed up." Kagome gawked at the strange demon then at her friend.

"Inuyasha. This Sesshomaru suggests you step away from what is his."

"Sesshomaru!" the group said in unison. Ohara grinned as the daiyokai landed beside her, causing the others to stumble back. Kagome finally seemed to come out of her shocked trance and put the pieces together.

"Sesshomaru? You're dating Sesshomaru?"

"HA!" The one called Inuyasha scoffed, "All that talk about hating humans and criticizing our old man and here you are, with one!" He barely had time to leap out of the way of Sesshomaru's poison claws. However, the dog demon's hand did not stop on it's path, continuing instead to slash Ohara's toppled over from the unexpected strike.

"How could you?" She heard Kagome gasp, "You've killed her! For no reason!"

"Hn."

Toxin swept through her eagerly accepting veins, breaking apart what bound her true self. She curled into a ball, readying herself for the burst of yoki that was to come. Surprised sounds came from her observers as dragon yoki erupted from her.

Ohara was on her feet in an instant, rearing and roaring her pleasure of shedding her human form. The graceful green dragon flowed behind her lord, brushing her head against him in affection.

"A DRAGON?" Inuyasha yelled, unnecessarily loud in Ohara's opinion, "She's a flipping dragon?"

Sesshomaru gave the demon a critical look, "Your powers of observation are most impressive. I refuse to become weak as father did."

Ohara poked his shoulder in confusion. He looked to her, "Unfortunately, this Sesshomaru's father also sired this hanyou by a human woman."
She nodded. Half-brother? That explained their similar looks and Inuyasha's comment on their 'old man'. It also explained why Inuyasha seemed so human. Ohara closed her eyes and concentrated, pulling herself into her humanoid form.

"So I take it you have met Kagome before."

"Met me?" Kagome huffed, "He tried to kill me!"

"Not surprising," Ohara replied casually, "He tried to kill me when we met too. Then what happened?"

Inuyasha laughed, "I cut of that bastard's arm! Or, foreleg at the time."

Sesshomaru growled.

So yes. I will not leave you in suspense long. Well, maybe if you don't review, I should. I'm just going to let that threat hang, hehe. Honest critique and questions are appreciated, I don't get insulted! The help is greatly appreciated. Thanks!