The Fox and The Star

by The-Confusing-And-Bewildering

An American teenager wakes up in a crater. She is found by a strange man... and why does he have a tail? Shippou just wanted a companion. Could it be as simple as wishing on a star? This is going to be broken down into different sections that will be posted as separate stories .PLEASE REVIEW! :)

4. Chapter 4

Warning Shippou is a little out of character in this chapter. But here's the thing, he's a male animal-based youkai that was raised in a very male dominated society. In his mind he has been spoiling her and all he gets back from his efforts is disrespect.

Chapter 4: Disrespect

He was just so beautiful. I blushed when he caught me looking, again. Quickly finding the two small rabbits roasting on the fire far too interesting for someone who had been only been eating rabbit for two weeks. We still had not left the village of Edo and Shippou was well , beautiful. Completely out of my league and beautiful. What was I saying? 'Pull it together Pearl! I'm stuck in what could only be Japan during some far gone era where bizarre,beautiful, beasts wish upon stars and girls fall from the sky! I have to get out of here!How in the blue blazes will I accomplish that? I'm completely codependent on Shippou!' I did not notice that I had groaned out loud until I came nose to nose with a concerned Shippou.

"Are you alright Pearl Hoshi-sama?" I shook my head. "I am not okay. I don't know where I am ,I fell from the sky and landed in a strange land AND FOR THE LAST TIME I AM NOT A STAR!" I was furious. Shippou winced. A small part of me found his discomfort satisfying. Shippou snarled menacingly his eyes flashing like Christmas lights back and forth from green to crimson.

"I have done nothing to you!" He was now in my face , yelling. "Nothing except take you into my home!FEED YOU!" He seemed to grow bigger and his voice went from deep to downright demonic. "CLOTHE YOU! AND YOU REPAY ME BY GIVING ME THE SILENT TREATMENT AND DISRESPECTING ME!" I was shocked into silence my jaw on the dirt floor. He had seemed so even tempered. Shaking with banked rage, he closed his eyes and took a deep breath. When he opened his eyes the were emeralds once again. I blinked and Shippou was gone.

Furious I floated high above the hunt to try and calm down. It had been two weeks. TWO WHOLE WEEKS and my vixen still refused to speak to me politely. I had waited patiently for her to submit to my cuarting jesters. Accepting all of my offerings, I assumed she would turn around. She was above me in the social strata and I knew this. That was why I had held back my instincts to force her into submission. A thought suddenly struck me. Kagome would be ashamed of me for yelling at Pearl. After all I had kept her against her will. 'I feel like Inubakayasha. I should apologize for yelling.'

Then I heard her scream.