Chapter 5 - Tekku and Kamara
Tekku sat on the side of a slope overlooking the Village. He didn't realize it, but it was the same slope that Kenshin and Miroku used to sit with their children many years ago. Kenshin's baby was long grown up and was Tekku's mother, Kenru. The boy was wearing athletic shoes, a simple pair of trousers and a tee-shirt and light jacket. He could have passed for any boy in the Human World and indeed his clothes came from that very world.

A year ago, Kurama had taken Tekku on one of his shopping trips to the Human World and had gone to one of the more popular clothing stores. Tekku had never even imagined shops like these: full of clothes and shoes and thousands of other incredible things. Kurama had laughed and given the boy carte blanche. He practically bought out the store.

And now every time Kurama went to the Human World, Tekku begged to go with him. Fortunately, the boy looked human, except for fangs, but he was careful not to smile too widely. Tekku was very handsome, dark red hair with blue-green eyes, but the boy seemed completely unaware of his looks.

Kurama didn't mind the company and he got a kick out of seeing the teenage girls watching the boy surreptitiously. But Tekku's mind was focused on all the wonderful items in the store and he never even noticed the girls.
Suddenly Kurama realized that they were also watching him. He sighed. Having a teenage boy's body was a nuisance. And often it was not only teenage girls, but men who thought the teenager looked very appealing. Damn! Not only was he stuck as a teenager boy forever, but he was feminine looking!

So, Tekku sat on the hill looking like an ordinary teenage boy, except that he was not. He was fourteen now, and somewhere in his twenties, he would stop aging and live out his long, long life forever young. He was agile as a cat and beneath soft skin were muscles like steel springs. He had claws that he could retract a little under his fingernails making them not as noticeable as InuYasha's claws which did not retract. He could see in the dark and could walk silently, even with shoes or boots on. His hearing and sense of smell was a hundred times that of a human. Tekku was very special, but he lived in a world of special beings. His own grandfather was over a thousand years old, but looked like he was in his mid-twenties and was legendary in his conquest of females. Tekku probably had over a hundred uncles and aunts, most of whom he had never met. His best friends were a Thunder Demon named Aniki who could call down lightning from the sky itself and Kain, an Apprentice Mage who could heal with a touch, so it was not surprising that the Bobcat did not think himself as special at all.

Tekku was lost in thought and he never heard the approaching footsteps until they were almost upon him. He turned sharply, startling the girl behind. "Oh!" 

"I'm sorry. I was daydreaming and didn't hear you come up." Tekku said pleasantly.

"May I join you?" The girl asked. The Bobcat nodded and she sat down next to him.

Kamara was another of the special people of Otherworld. She was the daughter of Kouga, leader of the Wolf Demons, and of Kagome, his human mate. Their love was legendary and every young girl in Otherworld dreamed of finding someone to love them as much as Kouga loved Kagome.

Unlike her older brother Kome, she looked more human than wolf. While Kome was a carbon copy of his father, Kamara was a blend of both parents. She had her father's long straight black hair, his slender build and his blue eyes, but hers were human looking rather than his elongated oval pupils. She had no claws or fangs and was only moderately stronger than a human.
And she liked the boy sitting next to her very much. Her mother and his grandmother, Kaoru, were best of friends and when Kenru came to visit her mother, she always brought Tekku with her. He was only a few months older than Kamara and she had watched him grow from a cute little boy into a very handsome young man. And he barely noticed her even when she was sitting there right next to him!

It was Kome that had told her about the ways of the Bobcats. Tekki was the exception to the rule -- Bobcats did not mate; they had casual sex whenever their heat came upon them or just whenever they felt like it.  Their society was completely open. Kamara, being half wolf, had a distinct disadvantage. Her entire nature, both wolf and human, was designed so that she would spend her life with one person. The opposite of a Bobcat's nature. But if Tekki could fall in love and mate with Kenru, there was no reason that Tekku could not do the same. Besides he was half human.

So Kamara sat silently at his side, hoping that one day he would notice her. But her contemplation of the handsome Bobcat was interrupted by his father calling. Tekku stood up and waved, catching Tekki's eye. The Bobcat walked up the hill.

"We are returning to the Castle in a short while." Tekki informed his son.

"We are? Is something wrong?" Tekku asked.

"There might be. I encountered a pack of Demon Wolves -- they are not your clan, Kamara, but from Demon World. And they can change from wolf to human shape. Anyway, I hurt one of them badly. Hiten has already taken him to the Castle."

"Demon Wolves?" Kamara said.

"Your father can explain it much better than I." Tekki said, and then turned to his son, "Now, come on. We've got to get going."

The trio went down the hill to the Village and Kamara turned off to run into her house. "Daddy!" She called as she opened the front door.

"He's with your brother next door." Kagome told her.

Kamara rushed to Kome's house. Kouga was in the bedroom talking to her brother, still bedridden from his wound. "Daddy!"

Kouga looked up at his out-of-breath daughter. "Kamara? What's wrong?"

"Tekki is taking his family back to the Castle right away."

"Yes, I know that. I was telling Kome about the Demon Wolves. I don't want you wandering the hills by yourself. These wolves are too dangerous."

"Can I go to the Castle with Tekki?" Kamara blurted.

"What?" Kouga said.

Kome smiled, knowing of her crush on the young Bobcat, but said nothing.

"I want to go to the Castle. Please, Daddy, please?"

Ever since her birth, Kamara could talk her father into anything, and today would not be an exception. After all she would be with two Bobcats and Kenru was an excellent swordswoman in her own right. "Are you sure it is okay with Tekki?"

"Oh, yes! Not a problem!"

"Well, alright, just as long as your mother says its okay."

Now every teenager in all five worlds knew how to get around that one! Just a couple of little white lies.  Kamara ran to Kenshin's dojo first, and found Kenru packing their few belongings. They kept clothes at the dojo so the family would not have to carry so much back and forth. "Kenru! Daddy asks if I can travel with you to the Castle."

"Of course, child. We are leaving in only a few minutes. Can you gather your belongings in time?"

"Yes, on my way home right now. I'll be right back." Kamara flew out of the dojo and to her home. "Mom! Daddy says I can go to the Castle with Tekki and his family."

"What? When did he say that?" 

"Just now. He thinks it will be safer with these Demon Wolves around. And then he won't have to worry about me."

"Well, if your father says it's okay..." Kagome said her brow still furrowed. She wished that Kouga would not do everything on impulse.

Kamara ran to her room and began to stuff clothes and accessories in a leather carryall. She only hoped that she remembered everything. Then like a small whirlwind, Kamara rushed out of the door, calling a goodbye to her mother.

It worked! She was going to the Castle with Tekku! He would surely notice her now! After all, the magic of the Castle had worked for Kenru with Tekki. There was no reason it shouldn't work just as well with their son!

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