[AN: This is going to be an InuTaisho/Kagome fic. Don't like, don't read, don't flame.]

Disclaimer: I do not own "Inuyasha" or any of the characters therein. It is not my intention, deliberate or otherwise, to claim otherwise.

Thoughts in italics

To Love a Demon

Chapter 3 – So'unga's Master

Kagome's scream pierced the air.

Blood, the color so red it was nearly black, dripped from the tip of the blade that pierced her through.

Silver hair swirled about her. Strong arms held her tight to a muscled chest covered in silk and bone. Kagome wondered vaguely if the demon had run her through but the wicked laughter that settled over the clearing reminded her that it was So'unga impaled in her flesh. She could feel the blood from the demon who had tried to save her mixing with her own, tingling as his youki mixed with her reiki. Kagome looked up at his face.

Golden eyes then darkness.

Touga gazed at the woman in his arms. Throughout the Netherworld there had been tales of this girl-child and her power. There wasn't a youkai that had died within the past three years that did not have a tale of the miko and his sons. He could see why So'unga was so intent on taking her life. This Kagome could destroy all of demon kind with little more than a thought.

So'unga's laughter brought him from his thoughts and he reached behind him with his right hand to take hold of So'ungas' hilt. "Return to your sheath, So'unga. By my hand you were tamed, by my blood you are now bound." Touga's voice rippled like dark silk across the clearing.

So'unga laughed as he slid from their bodies before returning to Saya. "For now, Lord InuTaisho. For now." So'unga fell silent, Saya binding him once more.

"KAGOME!" The shock of seeing his father wearing off, Inuyasha raced once more toward the pair.

Touga turned to his sons as they approached, Sesshomaru's gaze falling to the miko as well before meeting his own eyes. Inuyasha dropped to his knees before them, reaching a trembling hand toward Kagome's pale face before turning to Touga. "Father?" Inuyasha's voice trembled a bit before it steadied. "How? No, forget that. We need to get Kagome to Edo." Inuyasha jumped to his feet.

Touga gave a nod before gathering Kagome to his chest and rising to his own feet. "We must hurry. My blood will help, but she is in great need of a healer." Kagome's breath shuddered and coughing shook her slight frame.

"Edo is too far. The House of the Moon is closer." Sesshomaru turned and sent a short set of barks to the southwest.

"Then go, already!" Inuyasha yelled. As one the males of Taisho streaked through the forbidden woods and prayed that Kagome's prophecy was not about to come true.

[AN: Yeah. I know. It's short and I'm evil. XP No fear. I uploaded chapter 4 too. Hit next and read on. Shout out to those of you who reviewed. It helped to motivate me after the whole washing the flash drive accident. Thanks. Later.]