The Moon's Water Lily
Summary: She ran all the way across the world to keep her secret and family safe. Loneliness begins to take it's toll and she decides to take a job teaching at the nearby university. When one of her students gets a little too close how far will she have to go to keep her secret and can she take another heart break? Vampire fic SessXKag
Disclaimer- I do not own Inuyasha.
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Chapter 6
Kagome only knew one thing. This wasn't Sesshomaru's work. He had been with her there was just no way. The only way that was possible was that if he had been working with another and Kagome knew this couldn't be true. She would sense if he intended ill will towards her, but all she ever got was curiosity.
So that left her with no leads. She had never heard of one being able to leave not even a tiny bit of themselves behind. No scent or aura of power of any kind. It was strange and gave her an eerie feeling. This being could not be human and that lead her to believe that it was one of her own kind. Someone out to taunt her. It seemed her question as to whether she was still being hunted had been answered. The small phone that she'd dropped in reminder was the clear answer to that.
Sesshomaru sat in one of the plush recliners of his rented home. He was trying hard not to admit to himself that he had had a good time with her. Fighting hard and losing. He didn't understand it. While the beast in him still seemed to be wary of her, he still felt himself pulled towards her. It was as if she was compelling him to do so.
He did consider that notion. Perhaps she was some type of sorceress sent to bring down his kind. Maybe she masked her true scent and silenced her heart beat purposely to intrigue him. However he quickly scratched that theory. Even his beast could tell that regardless of what exactly she was she meant him no harm.
Still he needed to know what she was. That was his top priority and if he was forced to spend more time with her in the process then so be it. He could force himself to endure.
As Kagome sat thinking she realized another thing. Whoever this was had been watching her. They had probably seen her with Sesshomaru now putting him in danger as well.
Her face dropped into her hands and her body wracked as it would if she still cried. She had never wanted this. This was the thing she had always wanted to avoid above all others. She never wanted another in danger it was the reason she had even fled her home in the first place. And now she had done it again.
She should have known that as soon as she started feeling like she could be almost normal again that things would be ruined. She was a creature of hell and that was what she deserved. Sesshomaru was innocent though he deserved none of what she had potentially brought down on him.
She considered running again. It had taken them quite awhile to find her maybe she could do it again, but this time they might not just leave Sesshomaru alone. Even now she wasn't sure what had become of her family. She knew she couldn't risk it this time and in truth she was tired of running. If the wanted her so be it. They could have her, but they would not have him. They would have to kill her first and maybe if it came to that he would have time to run.
She would keep him close to her as much as possible. And when she couldn't be with him she would guard him from the shadows. She would not let another die because of her.
She picked up her phone and dialed his number. She did not have time to waste.
Sesshomaru was surprised as he hung up the phone. Only mere hours of seeing her she had invited him over for dinner. Of course he'd immediately accepted. Now he'd be able to inspect her home to see what he found there. If nothing else it would at least be a little interesting to see how she lived and where. Perhaps he could sneak back later and inspect things as she slept.
She'd insisted again on coming to him. There was to be a blizzard that night and if it started on his way she didn't want him to get lost. Sesshomaru had to hold back a snort when she had said that. Again she worried of him getting lost something he knew was impossible. His nose was far too strong to allow that even in the snow.
He rose from his seat and went into the bathroom to shower. He started the water and quickly undressed. She would be on her way soon and while normally he'd be annoyed by the lack of advanced warning he found it didn't much bother him. Not where she was concerned. Which he reasoned to himself was only because of the threat she may cause to himself and all of his kind.
Kagome drove as fast as her car would allow. She had a sense of impending doom and felt she wouldn't shake this feeling until she had him in her sights. She thanked kami she'd stayed reclusive all this time making no other friends. She tried to wish she hadn't taken the job teaching, but she couldn't. She didn't regret meeting him.
And she would keep him safe. No harm would come to him she would see to that. Over and over she told herself this. Slowly making her forget that while she was a vampire and had incredible strength, there would probably be several of her kind she would have to face. But her determination won over blocking that out of her mind.
She pulled down the drive for the second time that day. And if she had her way she'd make it at least until school on Monday before she'd have to bring him back again.
She got out quickly this time trying to calm herself as she went. He couldn't know what was going on unless she had no choice but to tell him. Or else even after they parted ways he'd have a mark on his head.
He didn't immediately open the door this time so she knocked with as much force she thought a normal human woman of her size would. She heard what to all others would have been a faint 'come in' though to her it was as if he stood next to her.
She took his invitation only pausing to quickly around her before opening the door and walking in. She knew he had just gotten out of the shower, she could smell soaps and water. His scent was all over the house very dominating and for some strange reason it soothed her. And she did not understand why.
He immerged from the hall towel drying his long hair wearing only a pair of jeans. Very nicely fitting jeans if Kagome did say so herself. She felt a strange warming in her body and realized this was something she never thought she would feel again. Of course she had seen men she was attracted to but not like this. Not since high school.
"Sorry I am running a late. Make yourself at home in my absence."
Kagome merely nodded and Sesshomaru disappeared into the hall again. If his life didn't depend on it she might have run away right then. She had no real way of knowing how this strong attraction would effect her as a vampire. It made her think back to something Meiyo had told her long ago.
Kagome had only been a vampire a few weeks, but Meiyo felt it was time it took her to hunt. She could see how excited her was by this and it made her sick. Well mentally it did, physically she felt her body just as excited craving only the satisfaction the hunt could give it.
"Come my Kagome."
Kagome nearly growled at him. She hated him calling her in such a way, but seeing how he was all she had at the moment she held her tongue. There was no telling what would happen to her should he abandon her and she wouldn't put it past him to even kill her if the need arose.
She followed him out of the basement up and up to the roof she had tried to jump from not long ago.
Meiyo took her hand as he led her and smiled at him a smile that never met his eyes. Nothing ever did though. This being was as cold as his skin and as dead as his still heart told he was.
"This time we shall jump together."
Kagome only nodded in acknowledgment.
Once they reached the top Meiyo pulled her over the edge with him both landing without a sound. He had chosen to jump off the back of the building into the darkness of an alley.
"Here we will wait. We do not want to draw attention of others. When you smell someone that is appealing to you let your instincts take over. Grab them and pull them back here."
Kagome nodded again thinking there was no way there would be anyone that passed that could smell appealing to her. Drinking from the blood bags was bad enough. There was no way she could see herself doing it do an actual person one she'd probably kill.
They both heard footsteps and Kagome tensed up. While thinking she didn't want to do this at all she could feel her throat burning. She was craving this.
"I will go first. You will watch."
Faster than Kagome could blink Meiyo had the woman in the alley in his arms. He had a gentle grip on her both his hands on either side of her face.
"You will remain calm and not scream."
Kagome watched in fascination as the woman nodded. Meiyo gave that cold smile again.
"Compulsion, something that will come easily for you." He said to Kagome though not removing his eyes from his prey.
He leaned his head down to the junction wear her throat met her shoulder and inhaled her scent. The woman shuddered in response as if she was feeling pleasure from this.
Meiyo kissed the woman here dropping one of his hands from her head down to her breast kneading it bring a moan to come from the woman.
Kagome looked on trying to not be interested. From what Meiyo had told her usually it was quick and they drained their victim and moved on. Although looking closer at the woman Kagome could see she was quite beautiful and maybe this was the reason for Meiyo's behavior.
Meiyo brought his lips to the woman's forcefully shoving her against the hard wall of the building. He held her head in place while dropping his hands lower down between her thighs. His hand slipped out of Kagome's sight then as it went under the woman's skirt. Although when the woman threw her head back and moaned loudly her arousal hitting Kagome's nose full force it was easy for even an innocent like her to figure out what was happening.
Kagome watched as Meiyo dragged his elongated fangs against the woman's throat.
"Do you want me?" He whispered huskily.
"Y-yes!" She moaned out loudly.
Meiyo smirked. The sound of tearing fabric reached Kagome's ears. Meiyo lifted the woman so her legs wrapped around his waist. She watched him make quick work of his own zipper and he began to thrust in and out of the woman so roughly Kagome couldn't believe the poor girl didn't just break in two.
Kagome wanted badly to run away. She didn't want to see this. This was not something that should be watched. And being as she had never done it herself she would have liked to someday find these things out on her own not like this.
Kagome could smell the woman's blood that was coming from the back of her head as it beat repeatedly into the brick wall. Kagome's own fangs dropped then and she fought hard not to throw Meiyo out of the way and drink the woman herself.
Her pants grew shorter and louder and Meiyo began to moan himself. Meiyo brought his head back and bit hard into her neck just as she screamed in both pleasure and pain. Meiyo continued to thrust as he drank his dilated pupils rolling back into his head.
When he was done he dropped the woman to the ground as if she were nothing.
He looked back at Kagome who must have had a horrified look on her face one he mistook.
He gently caressed her cheek and she had to stop herself from flinching. "Do not be jealous love. This is often done when drinking. It brings even more pleasure to the experience. It matters not who it is. You are my mate. And soon when you have learned it will be you and I that share these things together."
Kagome shuddered hoping beyond hope that that day would never come.
A few seconds later they heard footsteps again. Meiyo looked at her and nodded. "Now do as I did."
Kagome stopped herself from grimacing in disgust. She might have to drink from someone but she refused to rape them on top of it all.
"Close your eyes. Your body will do the rest."
Kagome did as she was told. Instantly everything else shut off to her. All she heard were footsteps and the beating heart that was pumping the warm fresh blood she so craved.
She knew when the moment was right and snatched the being and held her hand over its mouth as she came back to stand beside Meiyo. This one too was female though Kagome hardly noticed. Her eyes had dilated leaving only blackness the color completely gone.
She looked her victim in the eye again mimicking Meiyo.
"You will remain calm. You will not scream."
Kagome didn't wait for her to nod before biting down, ripping through her flesh into the vein pulsing at her neck. The warm blood trickled down her chin and shirt but she took no heed.
Something far within told her to stop that it was enough, but she didn't. She kept on and on until Meiyo placed his hand on her shoulder bringing her back to reality. His eyes were filled with lust and he smiled.
"Well done love. Well done."
Kagome dropped the body. Slowly her eyes came back to normal as she came back to herself. Her gaze dropped to the woman now lying lifeless at her feet.
She dropped to her knees. As if sensing what was about to happen Meiyo threw her over his shoulder. She had her eyes closed but when they stopped he put her down on a soft patch of grass.
Kagome let out the wail of guilt and disgust. She understood why Meiyo had ran her out of the city for surely everyone there would have hear her.
She wished she could cry. The anguish she felt was stronger than any emotion she had ever felt before. She'd taken a life. Something that could not be replaced or given back. She hated herself. She wished it was she who had died. At least she deserved it.
Meiyo apparently growing tired lifted her from the ground and rammed her into a tree. Before it would have broken her back but now left not even a small bruise.
"You will end this insufferable nonsense now or I will make you stop."
Kagome snapped out herself and looked at him. She snarled dangerously though he was not fazed.
"This is your fault. It is you who should be the one I kill."
Meiyo rolled his eyes. "You need to learn to keep your emotions in check. Now that you are vampire they are ten times more intense than when you were human. Once you lose your humanity it won't be a problem but until then you need to be careful. Many have committed suicide during their first few years."
Kagome stopped her snarling and put on an emotional mask she found easier to manage each day. She vowed never to lose her humanity. She would rather cease to exist than that.
Kagome sighed. If this was what was happening she may be just as deadly to him as the other vampire that were hunting them.
Sesshomaru smirked as he slowly dressed himself giving him time to think. He had been surprised at his professor's reaction to him. She'd practically been drooling over him. And this pleased him for reasons still unknown or rather reasons he chose to not let himself really think about.
She was a strange woman, but one that did not instantly annoy him. This was something he never thought would happen. He shrugged and walked backed out to meet her.
Sorry for another long wait I update as often as I can. I hope this makes up for it. Until next time..!
