DISCLAIMER: I own neither "Inuyasha" nor "True Blood" which were created by Rumiko Takahashi and Alan Ball, respectively.

"Light thinks it travels faster than anything but it is wrong. No matter how fast light travels, it finds the darkness has always got there first, and is waiting for it."

- Terry Pratchet

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I KNOW WHO YOU ARE

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Kagome panted out as she struggled desperately against his hold.

"How do you feel about being a companion to death," he whispered against her ear. He smirked when he saw a flash of fear on her face. "You would have life eternal." He leaned towards her and let his fangs graze her exposed neck. "You smell delicious when you're afraid."

"I would rather die than spend eternity with someone as disgusting as you," she bit out. Her eyes trailed over to Hojo's broken body for a moment, a small sob making its way out of her mouth.

Godric followed her gaze before a laugh escaped from his mouth. "You would be amazed to see how a few centuries can alter the heart."

"Don't," she pleaded, finally aware that Godric was truly serious about changing her. He had threatened her before but there was a deranged glint in his eyes that chilled her to the very core. "Please, just kill me…"

Godric simply nuzzled her neck with the gentleness of a lover. "I don't think so," he murmured as a half-smile teased the corner of his mouth. "If you die, who am I going to play with?"

"I'm not a toy," Kagome hissed out indignantly.

He cast a curious sideways glance at her, his cold grey eyes burning into her. "No. No, you're not," he said, tightening his hold. He ignored her frantic pleas as his fangs pierced her flesh.

Two years ago…

The moon was high in the sky, blanketing the meadow, and providing light to the scene playing out beneath it. The young miko brushed a strand of hair as her sapphire orbs coolly observed the youkai before her. The caterpillar demon inched forwards, its numerous legs causing a tremor in the ground. It towered over Kagome, its small beady eyes trained on her. It bellowed out a great roar as it prepared to rush forward.

She jerked her hand back, and in a series of even and controlled motions, she let the arrow fly. She watched, in a detached manner, as the arrow sliced through the air to hit the caterpillar demon. It uttered its final scream before it disintegrated into ashes, scattering throughout the meadow.

Kagome paused and let out a tired sigh.

"Yet another one," she murmured. She trailed her hand towards her neck and tugged the chain up, revealing a softly gleaming jewel.

This was the third one tonight and there were still two more youkais wandering around the village perimeter. She was tired and dirty and hungry and all she wanted to do was to go back home and collapse on her futon. But she knew that the Council wouldn't have left her alone until she destroyed all the youkais in the area. Sometimes, she thought bitterly, sometimes, they are just asking far too much…

She let out another agitated breath, pinching the bridge of her nose, trying to fight back the headache that always followed after she used the power of the Shikon Jewel.

"Alright Kagome, two more and you can finally go home." She tightened her grasp on her bow and walked towards the woods where the next youkai was lurking.

She stalked through it, pushing the branches away as she trekked through the shrubbery. She felt the slight hum of the Jewel through her clothes and knew that the youkai was somewhere close by.

She heard a slight hissing sound and walked towards the source of the noise only to discover, and with a slight sense of disappointment, a sleeping snake youkai. If it wasn't for the trail of blood dripping from its lips, it could have passed off as a regular snake. She took a step forward and its eyes snapped open, revealing a set of green eyes. It slithered up and opened its jaw. It was about to attack but Kagome quickly laid waste to it with a well-aimed shot at its torso.

One more and then I can go home, she told herself, imagining the soft comfort that waited for her at home.

Kagome began to walk back but all of a sudden, she felt something. The Jewel was humming violently. She felt a prickling sensation dancing along her skin and she knew that she was being watched.

"Hello?"

She paused and looked around.

Perhaps it was just a lost villager?

"Hello?"

But then again, who would walk around in the forest, at night, knowing that there were demons roaming the area?

Oh that's right. Nobody.

At least nobody that was human.

"I know there is somebody there."

She slowly picked an arrow from her quiver and drew back her bow. Her eyes narrowed as the feeling of danger heightened. "If you do not want to die, I suggest that you reveal yourself."

She was met with silence but she knew very well that that was misleading.

She swiftly turned when she saw a figure emerging from the shadows. A cold laugh from the figure drew chills up her spine.

"Well, well, well. Somebody seems a little confident about her abilities."

Kagome furrowed her brows in confusion. It was her language but the accent was different. It sounded like it was not from around here.

The figure drew closer into the moonlight, allowing Kagome to finally see the creature that spoke.

She couldn't stop the soft gasp from escaping her mouth as her eyes focused on him.

It was a boy, somebody that looked like her own age. If Kagome never felt the emotion of fear before, she knew it now. The man – creature – in front of her was looking at her like she was some sort of prey. He was wearing the traditional hakama but he looked more like the foreigners that dropped on their shores many years ago. His gray eyes appeared to be studying her as closely as she was studying him. He was handsome, devastatingly so, she thought. He had brown hair that gracefully framed his face and his eyes were the grayest she had ever seen. Eyes that held knowledge that a boy his age should not have had. Even his posture screamed power.

But there was something wrong with him. Something that made even her want to run away. Something dangerous.

"Afraid little miko?" he asked, his voice taunting.

She gulped inaudibly as she took an instinctive step back. Her mind was screaming at her that he was not just another demon.

"What are you?"

He smirked. "I am Death."

"Death?" she asked, apprehensively, her brow raised.

"And I know who you are, little one." He walked around her, keeping a safe distance away. "Or should I say the Guardian of the sacred Shikon Jewel?" He let out a little laugh again. "But I'm sure you prefer to be called Kagome right, from the Higurashi family?"

Her hand tightened around the bow, her eyes never leaving his for a second. "How do you know so much about me?"

He shrugged. "I heard about the power of the Jewel and I travelled from my country to this land. I travelled all over, searched far and wide for it, trying to determine whether it was even real or not. And when I thought that it was just a myth, I hear about how the Guardian of this precious Jewel has been striking fear," he paused, clenching his fist in front of his chest dramatically, "into the hearts of the demons." Before she could even blink, he disappeared and in a split second, reappeared in front of her. "Can you imagine my surprise when I saw that the Guardian of said Jewel was a little girl?"

Kagome jerked back, raising her bow and aimed it right at his heart. "Little girl? Little girl?You look just as old as I am!" She exclaimed indignantly, bristling at his comment.

The boy smirked at him. "Oh you have no idea."

She didn't know what he meant by that but at this point, all Kagome wanted to do was to rid of this stranger. "What do you want with me?" She narrowed her eyes even more. "Because if it's the Jewel you want, you'll have to fight this little girl to get it."

She was getting irritated on how everything she seemed to be saying only served to amuse him even more. She was being serious. Why did he look like this was only a joke?

"Believe me, miko, if I wanted to kill you, I would have," he shook his head, "have no doubt about that."

She scoffed. Despite the fear that was still clawing at her, she still had some confidence in her abilities. "And if you can kill me so easily, why have you let me live? Why are we even having this conversation right now?"

"Because you interest me," he tilted his head, his eyes scanning her face as though he was looking for something. "I haven't been as intrigued with another human since…well, it has been a number of years and besides…"

Her heart stuttered in fear and surprise when he grasped her bow and threw it carelessly to the side. He was taller than her and she forced herself to lift her head up to stare back at him.

"…You smell delicious."

"…Excuse me?"

"Your blood," he answered, his eyes focusing on the curve of her neck, "why it's practically singing to me." He inhaled sharply, closing his eyes. "Begging me to taste it." His fangs dropped, causing Kagome to tense even further. He was definitely not human.

"Your powers won't work on me demon!" She raised her hands up and used it to blast him a few feet away from her. Her eyes widened imperceptibly when he simply stood up, brushing the dirt from his clothes.

"Intriguing indeed," he murmured. He uttered a few more sentences but it was in a language that she wasn't familiar with. He smiled, but it was a smile that caused chills. "You just gave yourself another day to live, little one." He put his hands in his pockets, still with that creepy smile on his face but he had retracted his fangs. "But don't worry. One day, we shall meet again." And without another word, he disappeared back into the shadows.

Kagome stood there for a moment, her jaw slack.

"What just happened?"

All the tension left her body when she realized he wasn't going to come back.

At least not tonight.

But the fear only left to make way for a sinking feeling that this was not the last time that she was going to see him.

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NEXT CHAPTER:

It's been many days since she saw the strange boy in the woods. However, Kagome's life doesn't stop. As she rests in her village, she hears about a strange new development in another village and she is called to investigate.

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AUTHOR'S NOTE

I pretty much have this story outlined. All that's left is for me to actually write it out… I know there aren't that many "Inuyasha" and "True Blood" crossovers so please tell me what you think of the chapter.