Chapter 33: The Fateful Encounter

*Emily Mini Arc Begins*

We start the scene with Koga still in pursuit of Riley. Koga is on his own walking and spots a village in front of him. This village he came across was small and uncivilized. As he looks around the village itself he spots a young girl being harassed by four older men.

One of the random thugs is hovering over her with his tongue out, "What are you doing here little lady?"

The young girl was fairly short, but she was dressed in a way indicating she didn't belong in this village. Koga at that moment assumed she wasn't from the village either and was passing by too.

The young-looking girl smiles at the thug who asked her, "Where are you going young lady.." smiles at him nervously, "Just walking by..." and also thinks to herself, "Oh shit, how did I get myself into this mess."

One of the other thugs puts his hand on her shoulder, "You seem lost, why don't you let us help you?"

The young-looking girl then smiles at the other thug. "No, I'm fine, although I do admire the sentiment." She then thinks to herself, "fuck off you annoying pig."

One of the bigger-looking thugs then approaches her with a disgusting look on his face, "No, no. Don't be like that come with us."

She notices him coming closer. At that brief moment, it looked like she was about to grab something in her shirt, but before she could do that Koga arrives and grabs the thug's hand before it reaches her.

One other thug watching from afar is walking towards the group and sees Koga, "Who the fuck are you."

Koga sighs to himself then he squeezes the guy's arm he is holding causing the thug to wallow in pain. He then pulls the thug towards himself and then kicks the thug at the other thugs to cause them all to fall.

One of the thugs gets angry and threatens Koga, "Dammit you'll pay for that."

Koga then stares at them back with a cold stare, "Oh, and how so?"

The thugs immediately realize the power difference between themselves and Koga. They then decide to run terrified.

Koga snickers, "Cowards." He then turns around to the young-looking girl. "You alright?"

The young girl shakes her head yes and bows in gratitude. "Thanks for the help mister..."

"The name is Koga, what about you?"

The young-looking girl smiles, "My name is Emily, it's a pleasure to meet you." She then thinks to herself, "Wow, HE'S SEXY!"

Koga turns around and starts walking away, "Well see ya."

Emily was surprised that he would just leave her as she ran after him, "WAIT!! You're not going to leave me here by myself, are you?"

Emily says this as she catches up to Koga. Koga looks down at her, "I got somewhere to be."

Emily gives Koga a puppy dog face, "BUT I'm all alone." 

Koga doesn't seem fazed at all from the puppy dog face, "Go stay with some of the villagers."

Before Koga turns around Emily grabs Koga's arm and has an even bigger puppy dog face. "Nooooooo, stay with meeeeee." She holds on and doesn't let go.

Koga gets annoyed and tries to shake her off, "HOW OLD ARE YOU, 12!"

Emily pouts, "HEY IM 14 FOR YOUR INFORMATION!"

Koga sighs and stops resisting as he realizes she won't let go of him.

Emily finally lets him go and starts patting off any dust on her, "How about we make a deal?"

Koga doesn't seem interested but he is kind of stuck at the moment so he listens.

Emily negotiates with a serious face, "Stay with me only one day and I'll cook you a meal and let you stay in my room at the inn. That way you can rest up a bit for your journey."

Koga again doesn't seem fazed tells her, "I'm not really interested."

Emily was shocked at his candid and abrupt response. She proceeds to plead, "COME ON.... PLEASEEEEE. I just need protection for one day." She then starts begging.

Koga rolls his eyes and finally agrees, "Fine, but only one day then I have to leave."

Emily smiles and thanks Koga. She thinks to herself, "YES!" And she cheers in her own mind basically.

Some time passes until it is nighttime. Koga and Emily are next to a fire. Emily prepares a meal for Koga and they begin talking.

Emily starts off by asking Koga, "So what brings you here anyway?"

Koga doesn't look at her in the eye and brushes off her question, "That's none of your concern."

Emily pouts and thinks to herself, "He's so stubborn!"

Koga begins eating the food and doesn't thank her for the meal. She was initially upset cause she thought it was rude, but then Koga decided to ask Emily a question, "What about you, it's strange for a little girl to be all alone in such a random place especially since you're not from here."

Emily begins eating herself "Well, I was traveling through this village and got separated from my companions somehow."She laughs nervously.

Koga raises his eyebrow, "How did that happen?"

Emily thinks for a second, "Well...." She has a flashback of her walking around, "I found this cute dog and I wanted to pet it. " The flashback shows her seeing a little dog and chases after it until she ended up in this village. We then come back towards Koga and Emily, and Emily is laughing nervously again.

Koga sighs, "Wow, you're kind of an idiot."

Emily barks back, "HEY I'M NOT AN IDIOT!"

Emily then thinks to herself, "He's a jerk!"

Koga rolls his eyes, "Right..."

Emily starts pouting and begins stress eating, "You're quite rude I hope you know that."

Koga closes his eyes and ignores her.

Emily eventually gets over it, "Whatever. I'm still curious what you're doing here."

Koga feeling kind of bad sighs again and responds, "Let's just say I'm looking for somebody."

At this moment Emily was getting curious herself, "Is it a friend?"

Koga has an intense look on his face, "Far from it."

Emily begins to understand the situation and stops asking questions.

They eventually finish eating and decide to call it a day. They walk over to the inn Emily got for herself.

When they check in Koga immediately realizes something, "You only got one room?"

Emily laughs nervously again, "Yeah... I may have lost my wallet as well."

Koga thinks to himself, "It might've been those thugs."He then sighs, "I'll just sleep outside, don't worry about it."

Emily again starts begging Koga to stay, "Nooooo! Come with me."

Emily grabs Koga and they both head to the room Emily was staying in. When they arrived Koga noticed that this room was surprisingly huge! Koga thinks to himself, "How did a little girl like this get such a huge room."

Emily smiled and pointed towards the ground, "You sleep on the ground over there and I'll sleep on the bed. I'll go get your bedding."

Emily heads downstairs to get more bedding.

Koga then thinks to himself, "Who is this girl?"