AN: okay, so this is an AU, it takes place in the modern world. JAXA, the ISS, cell phones. Everything. I'm not going to try to explain the conflicts with the manga. I'm just going with japan is way behind the times. (they still actually use phone line faxes IRL.)

almost no one from the manga or anime will probably here, we know the super powerful Moka, the genius Yukari and them all. I wonder how this would affect the less powerful yokai spread around the world. For ever Yukari, there are a thousand witches who struggle with basic magic, for every Moka Akashiya there are a hundred lesser vampires who blood is so diluted that they are not much better then base line human. And then Moka and company bust open the yokai world with there battle in the middle of Tokyo. And then they get go to back to yokai academy and its separate world, safe from everything they just unleashed.

Not everyone gets to, and those are the stories I wanted to tell. Everyday yokai just trying to get along with the fear of the bad old times, still fresh. The witch hunts were real to them, just just tales.

And also the human side. People who see what might be, what could be.

Note, there will be a succubus, expect the sex demon to behave, well, like a sex demon. There will be lemons when it fits the story. Later tho. Much later.

CHAPTER ONE: the succubus.

Sonia glanced down at her watch and huffed. Another 20 minutes of boring classes. College was supposed to be one big party with an endless stream of hot guys, but some one had lied to her. First, it was a small college, something called a community college. And while she was in the dorms, there really wasn't much going on. Some parties that consisted of mostly drinking and video games. What few hot guys there were seemed few and far between, with most of them either weirdly religious and very not sex friendly, or oddly focused on their studies. And not very sex friendly.

She quietly cursed under her breath for coming here. She finally was ready to find her destined one, but ended up in some little shit hole town. Still, the pull of this place was strong. Like really strong. Succubi were all about feelings, and she knew better than to ignore them. So she doodled in class, waiting for it to be over. It was math, and required for some of her other classes.

The bell rang and she slammed out of there and didn't look back. Up next was welding, that frustratingly involved a lot of books and remembering numbers. She was good with her hands, and so figured that burning a stick next to but not touching a piece of metal should have been easy. And it was, but the endless numbers and figures made her head hurt. The only reason she kept at it was for the guys. A few were good looking, most were average, none ugly. Some how she had envisioned hot sweating bodies dripping sexily with sweat, instead she got smelly helmet of darkness, hot leather that smelled like something died and bits of burned skin and the mother of all hellish sun burns. And reading. Lots and lots of reading.

If nothing else, it was supposed to be good money. And there were very few female welders, so that alone meant she was staying. Working a job with no competition was worth all the endless numbers that danced in her dreams and made fun of her as she tried to sleep. Master of dreams she might be, but those numbers had so flooded her mind she gave up by the third night trying to make them go away.

Class passed pretty easy for her, with only a minimum of the hated text books and mostly practical work. With her succubus strength and steady hands keep the spark were it was supposed to go was easy. Working the gas wasn't that hard. The smell was something she was getting used to. The teacher went on about 'xray quality' but she could tell if it was good just by the smell. Was kinda like a burnt steak, but with bits of garlic mixed in.

college was out and she went back to the dorms to shower and then decided to get something to eat in the town nearby. She hitch hiked without fear, there wasn't much that could hurt her, not with 12 inch razor claws and the ability to fly. She ended up wandering the outdoor version of a mall that was made up of half shoe stores, and half of those half sneakers. The rest of the buildings were filled with restaurants.

She wander up and down until she stood in front of a pizza place. The small mom and pop store had there door propped open and the alluring aroma of pizza and all things edible wafted out to greet her. She walked in and studied the food on display, making her way slowly up to the counter were a teen of maybe all of 17 manned the register. He wasn't a bad looking kid, but he would look a hell of a lot better if he would just stand up straight.

"I'll take a pizza, with extra meat." she said, then wanted to face palm for the innuendo laced order.

"Uh, sure, I mean yes. uh.." he stammered, trying to keep his eyes on hers. She had to give him that, he hadn't once looked at her tits.

"That one." she said with a smile, pointing to the pizza she wanted.

"Sure." he said before grabbing a slice and handing it to her. "that will be $7.46."

She handed over the money, and he dropped it. She went for a stray quarter that was in danger of falling off the counter just as he went for the same quarter. Their hands touched for briefest of moment, with him jerking back.

Sonia lived forever in that moment. Skin on skin, she had flashes of lust filled bedroom encounters, of naked days spent by the lake, breakfast in bed, followed by actual eating of food in bed. Of late night dates, cuddled close in the theater, the intoxicating scent of him so close and yet so maddening far away. Of meeting his parents, of rings and children. First days of school, working in the yard sweat dripping down her breast, his eyes still full of love and lust even tho the kids now were driving cars and having dates of there own. Of lazy mornings and being surprised by there family as they celebrated there 20th anniversary. Of naked flights with him clinging on to her arms as her wings carried them to a lonely city roof top to watch the stars under a blanket huddled close for warmth, the feel of him pressing into her backside, his hardness so close, so warm. She slipped off her skirt, never really wanting to wear panties in case of just a time like this, his hands on her breast, his whispers of love in her ears as she grinds her ass against his-

"Are you okay? Miss? Should I call some one?"

"what?"

"Are you okay?" he asked again.

"Yes." she said out of reflex, before adding, "why?"

"cus you dropped our pizza on the floor and are kinda drooling." he said with a blush, his eyes meeting hers before glancing away.

"oh. Oh damn." Sonia said as she finally looked down at her pizza sitting on the floor.

"Here, another. On the house." he passed her a new slice as she grabbed some napkins and tried to clean up her mess.

"I'm so sorry!"

"No its okay. It happens."

"really?"

"Okay, not really. This is the first time. Really, its okay."

"well, if you say so. I'm really sorry. I'm Sonia by the way." she said, extending her hand over the counter. He let out an uneasy forced smile and shook her hand. Again the flashes came and went, but was so brief and fleeting she almost dismissed it. Almost.

"Tony."

"So, how long have you worked hear?" she asked.

"since forever. My parents run the place. Its kind of a family business."

"Oh, that's really nice."

"Expect for the part where your boss is also your dad, and your other boss is your mom."

"yeah, now that you put it that way..." she trailed off, enjoying the real smile he graced her with. They made as much small talk as she could milk out of the situation before she finally had to eat her pizza. She waved at him and walked out of the building feeling numb all over.

She knew what this was. Destiny. Her destined one. Her everything. He was 17. She was pretty sure there were laws against that.

"Fuck!" she yelled as she took out her anger on an innocent wall. She let out an 'oops' as she pulled her fist out the wall, leaving behind a small crater in it. Damn but Tony had lust rolling off if him in waves.

Tony got off the clock when his dad came back from the store. The rest of the night was pretty much the same. It all paled in the memory of Sonia. That shock when they touched, it felt almost painful. It wasn't like he had never touched a girl before, but there some something about here. She was older, and was just being nice. With looks like that she probably had her pick of anyone she wanted.

Tony finally got home near midnight, the it being an unusually busy weekday. School was tomorrow, and he would be tired again. But money was money, his parents paid him by the hour, with as many hour as he could fit in. his social life was pretty much is work life.

He took a shower, played some games them went to bed with dreams of a raven haired Sonia.