Chapter 3- Two Mind's Consensual
A/N: Sorry about not updating sooner. Was planning on working on it, then on Monday I came home to find the electricity was off. It should be back on tonight so I'll see what I can get done for ya asap.
Toshiya gave Inu-Yasha an annoyed glance before turning away from the dog-demon. She hoped her grandfather would change his mind, or the he grandmother would make him come and retrieve her. She couldn't possibly stay here for too long; people would start asking for her back home. Surely her grandparents would see that she was not suited to stay here in this time period. It just wasn't her time.
A large gust of wind and dust made her long hair fly around her shoulders. The teenager looked over her shoulder to see a man next to Inu-Yasha. No, it wasn't a man, it as another demon. He had long black hair in a high pony tail, wore fur around her waist, and had dark eyes. All she could seem to think was, 'Hey, nice furry skirt.' Blinking a couple of times, she turned and walked back to Inu-Yasha and stood slightly behind him.
The other demon barely acknowledged her presence. Then glanced at her and said, "Who's that?"
"None of your business," Inu-Yasha spat at the other demon.
"Toshiya," she said, from behind the dog-demon.
The dark haired demon barely cast another glance before turning on Inu-Yasha. "I smelt Kagome. Is she here?" he asked, sounding somewhat hopeful.
"No." Inu-Yasha said, giving the other demon a glare. "She's not. Hasn't been in over forty years."
"I but I could smell her." The demon protested.
"Then you're losing your sense of smell, 'cause she ain't here."
"I'm her granddaughter," Toshiya said, moving slightly around Inu-Yasha.
The other demon finally looked at her, really looked at her. "You don't look like Kagome at all," he smelled the air, "but you do have a scent very similar to hers. I'm Koga." He offered.
"Nice to meet you," Toshiya said with a half smile.
"Likewise," Koga said. She could tell he was checking her out. He had that look that guys get when they do that. Where their eyes linger a little too long in places they shouldn't.
Inu-Yasha was beginning to get annoyed by the wolf-demon's presence. "She's too young for you," Inu-Yasha said, as if reading Koga's mind.
Koga glared at the dog-demon. "Shut up, mutt. You're just jealous that women prefer purebreds to mutts."
"Oh, shut up, Koga," Inu-Yasha snapped at the wolf. The two immediately began to exchange rude comments and insults back and forth.
Toshiya momentarily tuned them out and listened to the soft chatter of the villagers behind her. They said, "That's Kagome-san's granddaughter? She looks like a demon. No respectable woman wears clothes like that. Inu-Yasha and Koga must already have feelings for her, they're even bringing up what happened with Kagome."
'Fuck," Toshiya thought placing a hand over her eyes and the tip of black painted nail on her lips. "Okay," she said loud enough to get everyone's attention. "I'm the granddaughter of Kagome and Miroku. I am not a whore; this is the style for teenagers in my time. Inu-Yasha and Koga do not have feelings for me. Okay?" She sighed. "Everyone happy now? Did I answer all your questions?" She looked around to see all the villagers going back to work to look like they hadn't been staring. She turned to the three male demon who were still staring at her. "Can we go now?" she asked Inu-Yasha.
"Uh, yeah…" Inu-Yasha said, a little speechless about her bold speech.
"I'll go with you," Koga said. "I'd like to become better acquainted with my dear friend's granddaughter."
Inu-Yasha snorted, "We don't need your company, Koga."
"Stop it," Toshiya said softly closing her and taking and deep breath. "Just let him come and behave yourselves until we get back, ne?"
The two demons glared at each other and said, "Humph." They agreed to walk with out arguing until they were away from the villagers.
Sango was waiting for them when they returned. She had finished preparing the meal and was seated inside the house pouring soup into a bowls and serving rice. "Koga, nice to see you. It's been a while." Sango said.
"Yes, it has." Koga said with a smirk.
"Please, join us for dinner." Sango invited.
"Sure." Koga said. Inu-Yasha grumbled something inaudible under his breath, but Koga just let it slide.
The three demons and Toshiya sat down and ate the food Sango had prepared. For being cooked the old fashioned way, Toshiya thought, it ain't bad. They ate mostly in silence. Sango or Shippo would occasionally start a small conversation, but after a few minutes it would die down.
After she finished her bowl of rice and miso soup, Toshiya excused herself. She walked around to the back of the house and leaned against the wall. Her arms folded across her stomach and her legs crossed at the ankles as she took in a deep breath of the clean, crisp night air. This was going to take some getting used to. Being so far from her friends, family, and just missing modern technology was going to hit her hard. The sound of twig snapping in the darkness made her open her eyes. It was Koga, and he was walking towards her, a smile on his smug face.
"Hey," he said, leaning against the wall next to her. She nodded in reply. "Sango told me that Miroku just left you here, that true?" Again she nodded. "Well, don't worry, I'll keep an eye out for ya. I know you don't wanna be stuck around that mutt the whole time you're here. So if you ever wanna get away from him and I'm around, just let me know." Koga offered.
"Thanks for the offer," Toshiya said. "What's the deal with you and Inu-Yasha, anyway? You're always going at each other's throats?"
"Well, it started along time ago with your grandmother. He just can't see that people don't always prefer him over me."
"Oh," Toshiya said. "So this is a who's ego is bigger thing. Men."
Koga chuckled, "Something like that, I guess."
Toshiya could feel his eyes on her, a feeling she'd never quite liked. "So, uh, what's there to do around here?"
"Well, I live with my pack, we go hunting a lot."
"Oh," Toshiya shrugged. "Sounds fun."
"So…" Koga said, sliding a little closer to Toshiya.
"Huh?" she asked, looking at him.
"You're really pretty," he said, reaching over and touching her arm. She was starting to get a little uncomfortable not.
"Uh…thanks…I think." She said, starting to edge away.
"Hey, Koga, hands off." She heard the newly familiar voice.
'Oh, thank God,' she thought. 'And Buddah, too.'
Koga growled softly, "Well, I gotta go. See you around." With that said, Koga was gone in a whirl of dust and wind.
Toshiya shivered. "He do anything to you?" Inu-Yasha asked.
"No, but thanks for showing up. He kind of creeps me out."
"He is a creep." Inu-Yasha said. "You ready to come inside? It's getting late and everyone's laying down now."
"Yeah," Toshiya said, she pushed off the wall and walked over towards Inu-Yasha. The two walked around to the front of the small wooden house.
Shippo had gotten a small fire started to keep the little house warm through the night. He smiled kindly at her as the two entered. Sango handed Toshiya a blanket and a small pillow, "You can sleep over on that side."
Toshiya nodded and laid out her blanket before sitting down on it. They sat in silence for a short while before a small creature wandered into the house. "What's that?" Toshiya asked. The creature looked somewhat like a cat and dog, but it had two tails.
Sango held the little yellowish creature. "This is Kilala. My pet."
"Oh," Toshiya shrugged. "It's cute."
The small creature padded its way over to Toshiya and she pet it on the head. "She likes you," Sango said with a smile.
"Well, goodnight everyone," Shippo said snuggling down onto his pallet.
"Goodnight." The other two replied.
"Night," Toshiya said, lying down on her own pallet. Her back to everyone else.
Inu-Yasha lay on his own pallet on the wooden floor. He watched Toshiya as she slept. The rise and fall of her rib cage as she breathed. This was Kagome's granddaughter. It had been so long since he had seen her that he wouldn't have thought to ever meet her children, let alone be stuck babysitting her granddaughter. There was something different about Toshiya, though. He could smell it vaguely, but couldn't really tell what it was. It had a feeling to it, too. Slowly he drifted off into sleep.
