Blood's Broth

-CagedRaven-

Summary-

(A vampire story) What name he went by this time she didn't know, nor how he looked. The beating of her forgotten heart told her body her beloved was of age again. Now all she would have to do was find him…

Chapter Ten

"… Kikyo…?"

Brown eyes looked questionably down at the person bowing before her.

"Actually, it's Kagome," she straightened up, giggling softly at the mistake behind her hand. "Kagome Rhice."

'Well, this was something new,' Rin thought to herself, opening the door wider to make room for the visitor… that just stood there smiling…

She lifted a brow wondering what the woman was waiting for, "Um, you can come in…"

"Thank you…"

"Rin Takahashi," said girl smiled, closing the front door behind her. She waited for Kagome's jacket and asked if she wanted slippers after she took off her heels.

"No thanks, I'll be just fine."

'English She has an English accent,' Rin thought, as she showed Kagome into the living room. Rin watched her in pure amassment, she looked a lot like Kikyo but there were still major points that made the difference between them noticeable at second glance. The first major point would have to be their hair; though both had the same black silk hair, Kagome's was more full and heavy looking then Kikyo's. Second, the obvious air of mystery that seemed to surround her brother's mate. What was it that made the hanyo pick her? Again she was sucked into her venturing thoughts… Rin's brows raised in amazement as Kagome seemed to walk the roundabout way to the sofa., bypassing the same mirrors all the other female visitor's loved to look into just because they were so odd looking.

"Inuyasha," Kagome pouted, "Your dog ears are gone again."

The hanyo, sitting on the sofa with his arms crossed, sighed in frustration, "Yea,"

He had been so caught up in the idea of her coming over that he completely forgot the moonless night was tonight. It didn't matter that much anyway, Kagome already knew his secret, but Sesshoumaru's girlfriend didn't and that's what was bothering him the most.

Kagome flopped down next to him and ruffled his head, "Its okay, you're just as cute like this as you are with the ears."

Rin watched the couple from afar, how her brother pushed her hand away and the way Kagome would just smile. It was clear that they had been spending a lot of time together. Rin just hoped that Sesshoumaru wouldn't ask her a lot of questions; she remembered back to when he had mentioned this Kagome Rhice, Inuyasha had known her then too. Rin looked toward the kitchen when her mother came walking out, wiping her hands on a towel. Kagome stood, introducing herself to the woman.

"Hello, sorry I wasn't able to answer the door," the older looking woman said, extending her hand, "I'm Inuyasha's mother, Izayoi Takahashi."

Kagome shook Izayoi's hand happily as they both exchanged smiles, "It's a pleasure."

'Inuyasha looks a lot like his mother,' Kagome looked over to his sister, 'Rin has some similarities but not much, seeing as how she's human she must have a different father. But she could be like Inuyasha and change into a human…'

"I'll leave you three, I need to go back and check the food."

"I'll help you," Rin said, tailing behind her mother and leaving the two behind. Kagome sat back down next to her beloved, her senses taking in all the smells of the house. One scent caught her attention; she remembered it from before, when she was looking for her beloved she had run into this same smell. Kagome looked over to her now human lover; he still seemed agitated over something.

Catching him off guard she pulled him into her chest, "What are you thinking so hard about?"

Blushing while trying to escape her hold, Inuyasha huffed, "My father; I told you he's going to be intimidating-"

"I've been around all sorts of people and demons in my life time; none can be as intimidating as my fathers."

'I guess that must be true…' Inuyasha thought, finally freeing himself. Kagome turned around eyeing the silver haired demon behind them and waved.

"Hello,"

Inuyasha followed her gaze spotting his father, "Dad, when did you get there?"

Inutaisho raised a brow, having heard the last of their conversation. "About two minutes ago."

Kagome introduced herself again and he mirrored her actions. Kagome mentally reminded herself that Inutaisho was the one who gave Inuyasha his tasty demon blood. She also pulled all the information her lover had given to her to the front of her mind to all his predicted questions.

Kagome's eyes took in his features, a habit of hers, noting the purple lines on his cheeks. She knew she had seen it before but couldn't place it. 'Perfect, now it's going to bother me…' she pouted to herself, completely lost in her own thoughts.

'I smell death on this girl…' The demon lord tried to pinpoint the scent of blood on her, smelling Inuyasha's but dismissed it as nothing else but her marking him. 'Then she must have been around a corpse. I wonder if Inuyasha smelt it before tonight; most likely not with the moon disappearing and taking his demon genes along with it.'

"So, Kagome, what kind of demon are you?"

'So he was going to jump right into questions, Inuyasha did say he would…' Kagome thought while sitting back into the soft chair, she crossed her legs at the knee and threw one hand over her lap. Kagome could sense Inuyasha's disapproval at her pose, after all body langue was one of the first things dogs went by but she would be damned (no pun intended) if she would let some baby talk down to her. That's exactly what Inutaisho was to her, a baby in years; he was only sixty-five, Kagome six hundred and seven.

"I'm a bat demon," Kagome answered, adding in as an after thought, "sir."

"A bat demon, huh?"

Kagome had a feeling it was a trick question, the way his eyes stayed glued to hers showing close to no emotion. She knew his stare was one of a dog waiting for the other to look away, giving the first dominance over the space, or in his case, his home. Kagome's question was why did he see her as a threat? Kagome glanced over to her beloved, wondering if he saw the same thing she did, hiding her questioning eyes behind a smile. 'You can have your home, Inutaisho, but I will have your son.'

"Dad, Ma asked if you could-" Rin paused, literally sensing the tension in the air. When Inutaisho looked her way she pointed into the kitchen, "Uh, mom wants you…" Inutaisho slowly nodded, following after her and leaving the two by themselves once more.

Kagome looked over into Inuyasha's now brown eyes, "Well, that was odd."

"My dad is pretty sharp," Inuyasha whispered, hoping his father couldn't hear him. "He may not be as old as you and act a little childish sometimes; but even so, his nose is something hard to trick." Inuyasha stood up, stretching his arms over his head. "Let's go outside real quick."

"Sure they won't think I stole you away?" Kagome grinned, following after him.

"Older then father…?" standing in the threshold was Sesshoumaru, listening to his brother's conversation.

"Sesshoumaru, you're late!" Rin exclaimed, playfully pointing in his face. "Where were you? Actually, how did you get in?"

"My window," his answered her last question, ignoring the other.

"Window…?" Rin followed behind her order brother as he walked to the side window that looked out to the front. She pulled her newly acquired apron off and tossed it to the side; peeking at the couple behind the curtain. "So, where's your girlfriend?" she whispered.

"Cielia had to cancel; she had a buyer at the last minute."

Rin nodded, recalling the lifestyle of the demon that caught her brother's attention. "Someone wants to buy a painting?"

"Sounds that way."

Rin sighed, stepping away from the window, "With everyone being in a relationship, maybe I should find a boyfriend myself."

"Don't be silly, Rin. You don't need one." She noticed his eyes had never left the two standing outside; his ears may have been listening in on their every word. Rin could tell by his farcical expression that something was getting under his skin.

"Father's calling you, Rin."

Sesshoumaru watched Rin's reflection on the glass of the window exit the room; he wandered in his own thoughts while it was quiet. Why did Inuyasha seek out the very demon he had told them all to say away from? Why did he seem to act cold to his family while with her he acted normally? But most importantly, why did this woman smell of death and the hanyo's blood? These were the question's he wanted answered, but the one he needed to know was why he remembered her scent from along ago…

"Sesshoumaru," Inutaisho watched first son step away from the window, "It seems as though we are on the same page."

"Inuyasha," Kagome sat on the concrete ground, pulling her beloved down with her. "I just remembered something important you should know."

He was all ears now, "What is it?"

"Now I know where I've seen your father's marks from, they were on the face of a young demon-"

"My brother, half brother; a while back he told me you ran into him."

"Oh, he was your brother?" a silence over took them until she broke it, "Then I believe it just became even more troublesome."

Lifting his black brow, Inuyasha looked over to her, "What do you mean?"

She tapped her heel as she colleted her thoughts. "I knew his mother… and him when he was very young."

Inuyasha was at a lost for words, his wide eyes looked to her face for some kind of sign that she was lying- anything! Her not looking him in the eye was the sure sign that it was true. He fell backwards, releasing his breath in a huff of hot air; it was just his luck. Sooner or later Sesshoumaru would remember her scent from his past and put two and two together…

"Did you look the same back then too?" he saw her head nod from behind. Sitting back up, Inuyasha pulled her over to him softly, "Its okay, rarely dog demons remember anything from early years of life. So far he seems to only remember your scent, and because it's only that you should be okay. Just stick with the plan."

Kagome nodded again, her cheeks tinted with a bit of pink from the cold. 'When he talks of plans it reminds me of Ryo…'

"So your woman was a no-show, huh Sesshoumaru?" Inuyasha joked, taking a large slice of his mother's homemade bread. The table was full with many different dishes, each of their plates once hidden beneath the food.

"No, she got mixed up in another job, but hopes to see you all soon."

Ignoring their conversation, Izayoi talked with Kagome, "I made so much because I didn't know what you liked, and Inuyasha was no help either."

Kagome smiled, "It's fine; I can eat any human meal."

Izayoi lifted a brow but didn't question it; Inutaisho took it as his chance to mentally probe her mind. "Why wouldn't you be able to?"

The two brothers quieted down, the uneasy feeling coming from the great dog demon set the mood in the room; Rin and Izayoi looked back and forth nervously.

Smiling once more, Kagome giggled behind a hand. "I told you already, I'm a bat demon so my main source of nutrition is blood."

"Is that why you're with Inuyasha; to feed off him?" Anger welled up inside the dog demon but also inside Rin.

"When did this become an interrogation? I thought we were just having dinner!"

"That changed after I found out she was a bat demon and wreaked of death, as well as my son's blood."

Inuyasha looked over to Kagome, "…Death, Kagome you didn't-"

"No, no I couldn't possibly-" Kagome thought back to recent matters she dealt with, "… my brother… Hakudoshi." Playing the part she let a few tears roll down her cheeks, "He always seems to be getting me in trouble." Wiping away her tears with a napkin, Kagome stood slowly, "I deeply apologize for the smell, Inuyasha never told me it was still on my person. He passed away a few days ago, so now it's just me, my father and uncle." She let more of her tears fall.

Rin got up and escorted her out of the kitchen, yelling over her shoulder, "Are you happy now?"

Izayoi excused herself, deciding she could be more of some help to the crying female then to the three males.

"Inuyasha," the hanyo looked over to his father, "Anything else you want to tell me before I look like more of a jackass?"

"Sorry dad, I didn't even know she had a brother, let alone know someone had died."

Inutaisho shook his head, looking over to Sesshoumaru then back to Inuyasha when he started to talk, "Look, there's one thing I know you shouldn't bring up, kids. She can't have any." Inuyasha stood and left the room, going after his new mate.

Both full demons sat at the table, still filled with plates and utensils. The demon lord sighed, sitting back in his chair. "You know, Sesshoumaru, they left us to clean up the table," Inutaisho stood and started staking plates, bringing them over to the sink to rinse off and placed in the washer machine. Sesshoumaru followed suit.

"You know she never gave an answer to why she smelt of Inuyasha's blood."

"She's obviously feeding off of him, and the way they both looked I guess he's giving it to her willingly." He stated, placing a plate on the top shelf in the machine.

Sesshoumaru nodded, it made sense. If someone cared for someone else and this person needed something the first could give, they would give it up. "Do you know how old she is?" Sesshoumaru asked, passing his father another glass.

"I was about to ask when she turned on the water works."

"I heard she suppose to be older then you…"

Inuyasha sat on in his computer chair, twirling around and stopping right before he got to dizzy. His mother had offered her the bathroom, and so now she was neck deep in the tub. At least the night was almost over, he hopped. Judging by how his mother looked, Kagome was going to spend the night; he still wasn't to clear on the idea but guessed it was fine. 'I just wished she would have told me she was in mourning…'

"Inuyasha,"

Said boy looked to the door way were Kagome stood, wearing a pair of Rin's pajamas. They seemed a size too small for her, but confirmed her staying the night. "Kagome."

"Can I sleep with you…?"

Smirking, the hanyo waved her to the bed, lucky he had cleaned out his room before hand. "You're nocturnal, and can't walk in the sun; I'll have to come up with some way of letting you stay all day until tomorrow night."

Kagome closed the door, walking over to her beloved's bed, "How come you never told me your brother died? Why didn't I know you even had a brother to start with?"

Kagome smiled, "Because I don't but do, and he's been dead a long time ago." It took the teen some time before understanding what she had said.

"So you're not blood related?" she nodded, "And has been dead for years?" she nodded again, falling back into his bed and breathed in his scent off his blankets. "So those tears were fake, and what about the death scent my father smelt?"

"It was from my brother, Hakudoshi, the grim reaper. I never told you this; it feels like I have…"

Inuyasha shook his head, "No, I think I would have remembered that your brother was the grim reaper." Tired of whispering, Inuyasha changed the subject. "So, what do you think of my family?" the hanyo softly laughed out.

"They we're sweet, even though your father didn't seem to like me very much."

"If you say so," Inuyasha turned on his laptop, the hum of the machine started as he waited for the welcome screen to show. Kagome looked about his room, noticing the window and looking out it to the empty sky. No music would fill her ears tonight, but even if the moon was out she wouldn't hear it with Inuyasha being so close by.

"Inuyasha, what are we going to do about the sun?"

An orange glow came over the horizon showing the signs of morning. A mother peeked in on her son after getting no reply; he was sleeping in his bed. The room was a little bit darker then usual and the two were hidden underneath the covers; a soft smiled shinned on her face as she closed the door silently.

"You're going to let him sleep in?"

Knowing that her husband was behind her she shook her head, "No, I'm going to let him stay home. You said yourself he stayed up late with her."

He nodded, crossing his arms over his chest. They had been talking all throughout the night, but unfortunately a little too softly that he couldn't make out what was being said. He guessed she couldn't sleep, seeing as how Inuyasha could fall asleep at the drop of a hat.

His wife started the short walk to the stairs, "I'll leave them a note for when they wake up."

"It's been three days now; how long are you planning to keep her in there?" a woman said, her voice echoing in the large room. Its walls and high ceilings painted a dark gray, bouncing the little light that filled the room. In the center sat a man in a leather chair, one of his legs thrown over the other and his left hand lazily held under his chin. The fire's glow reflected off his demon eyes and in his ears the voice he had just heard. Rethinking the past few days' events over and over to make sure other thing would go to plan.

How he easily convinced the young woman that her lover had been deceived, how she could help. The look in her eyes told him she would help at all costs the poor fool that had fallen for the Devil's daughter.

"Not for to much longer, Kagura, not for to much longer. After all she wanted to stay in there all on her own." A sly smile traced the demon's lips as he absently bit the nail of his finger.

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It was dark, but the woman hidden within the darkness didn't care. Her whole life seemed to be surrounded in it. Her mother warned her about going out with demons, falling in love with them. But she didn't listen, believing that her mother was wrong and that her family's history with demons was all wrong. That it wouldn't happen to her…

'But it did…' she cried out in her mind. All the tales of the past Yuuhi were indeed just tales when in truth it was real. If any Yuuhi would fell in love with a demon that demon would betray them in the end. Then the Yuuhi would try and go on, live life to the fullest that they can; failing because they couldn't give their child the love they needed when they should have. 'It happened to ma too, that's why she told me to stay away from them, and why she's always at work…'

She stood up from her place on the floor, and glared into the darkness. "That won't be my story's ending!"

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He turned his head to the sound of a door opening, the wandering woman about the room stopped to turn to her also.

"I am ready; what do I have to do."

His smiled turned into a smirk; it was all falling into his plan. "Kill Kagome Rhice."

"I can't believe it was that easy," absently scratching the back of his head, the hanyo put the note back on the kitchen table. They had been up all night, mostly because Kagome was used to it, talking about close to nothing.

He walked over to the window, wincing when the sun's rays hit his amber eyes. This too seemed like a long forgotten memory to him. He tried to remember it, where he was, when it had been. He ran a hand down his face in defeat; maybe it would come back to him some other day. Another matter was his dream last night; he wanted something very much in this dream. So much he was willing to kill anyone who got in his way, even Kagome. No, Kagome was the one person that had this item. Whatever it was the hanyo didn't like the evil feeling that filled him even time the mysterious object crossed his mind. It was clear to the hanyo now that it wasn't a dream but a memory of a man name Ryo Tokahara.

The first dream made sense now too, Ryo was a twin and that's why it seemed as though he was looking into a mirror. The part of the painter though still left the hanyo puzzled. 'What am I doing?' Inuyasha shook the thoughts out of his head, focusing fully on what he wanted to eat. Opening the cabinet widely his eyes watered in happiness, Ramen. It was going to be a beautiful day.

After all the steps to his morning feast were over Inuyasha sat happily down at the kitchen table and began to eat his noodles. 'Yup, today was going to be wonderful.' He didn't know how hungry he was until he had reached the bottom of the cup. He threw it in the trash and decided on making another. The hanyo watched clouds drift across the sky as he waited for his water to boil, trying to keep his mind clear of all the thoughts that plagued his mind before. The man he once was (if Kagome was right about reincarnations) Ryo Tokahara was indeed having thoughts of killing Kagome.

He poured the hot water into his cup of noodles and covered it, keeping all of the steam in. Inuyasha had to wait for it to be ready so he kept himself busy by flipping through a magazine someone had left behind. He wasn't reading it, or looking at the pictures in it, against his will his mind still traveled and drifted back and forth from his dreams to the present. Why someone like Kagome could even be born and most importantly why she was sure to fall in love with him. The hanyo understood he had the soul of her first lover, but was it only because of this soul under all his flesh and bones that she loved him?

"Inuyasha," he turned to the stairs, watching her sit in the shadows of the landing. "Can you close out the sunlight?"

"Right, sorry," he said, shutting the curtains one by one until all the windows in the room blocked out the sun. Her unheard footsteps brought her closer to his side. "I thought you would still be sleeping."

"I also thought I would sleep in longer, but waking up in a room that smelt of my beloved only made me hungry." She drew his face near her own, touched her lips to his neck where she heard and felt his blood pulsing under his flesh. Taking a taste of his skin with her tongue before she bit down roughly, ignoring his wince and the trail of crimson liquid that leak out between her lips.

"Not so hard next time, that really hurt." His amber eyes looked off to his right as the smell of his own blood filled his nose. "I'll have to open the windows so dad and Sesshoumaru don't smell this in the house. Maybe if I'm lucky it's windy outside."

Kagome didn't answer him like she normally would; instead it felt like she was taking more of his blood than usual. "Kagome," again she didn't listen, and he could feel the wet stain on his shirt growing. "Kagome, your making a bigger mess than normal-"

Her blood stained lips covered his just as hungry as her appetite, her fingers slide under his lose shirt feeling up his warm skin. He broke their passionate kiss, inhaling the sexual tension in the air. "Kagome-"

"I'm sorry, I had the strangest dream and-" he pulled her in for another heated kiss.

"Up stairs, my room."

A longing smile sneaked its way across her profile; it weakened when she noticed his blood still streaming down his neck. She was so lost in her desire she forgot to close the wound. "Inuyasha let me close that before it gets too bad."

The doorbell chimed before he could respond, "If I wasn't here no one would be able to answer it anyway."

"But what if it's a demon and can smell your blood?" Kagome mentally cursed herself for not being cleaner about the whole matter.

"It's not," the hanyo sniffed the air, smelling passed the scents in the room they were in. "It's Kikyo; but why would she come here?" he walked over to the door, already sensing an odd aura coming from her. He was having second thoughts on opening the door.

Kagome accompanied him, whispering to him after licking her bite on him closed, "Its fine, Inuyasha, open the door. I will wait over there in the other room; this aura is something I would like to keep away from." The bell chimed again; Inuyasha waited until Kagome was away to open the door. "Kikyo," he tired to sound surprised. The hanyo let his ex in, having no idea how she found out he was home to begin with.

"Inuyasha, what happened to your shirt?" her brown eyes zeroed in on the fresh blood stain.

"Oh, this? Nothing really, I had cut myself scratching to hard…" he nodded, trying to believe in his own story. Kikyo raised a brow, her eyes wandered around the house after staying fixed on him for some time. Inuyasha thought she looked as if she was in search for something.

"How'd you know I was here?"

Her brown eyes went back to him, "To tell the truth I guessed. You've been absent so much this year, it feels, so I guessed maybe you were home today too."

Inuyasha shoved his hands in the pockets of his pajama pants, watching her every move around the living room. "Why are you here?"

"No reason, really; I just wanted to see you," Kikyo smirked, "And I know your 'girlfriend' is in the other room so you can come out." Glaring Kikyo down, Kagome walked around the corner, staying on the other side of the room from Inuyasha. "Just as I thought, it was you that pulled his heart away from me." She turned her back to them secretly pulling something out of her bag.

"I just want you to know one thing," she turned around pointing a gun full of holy bullets at Kagome, "You brought this on yourself." The sound of the bullet shouting off and blowing straight through Kagome echoed throughout the house. Kagome's body flew back a few spaces before heavily falling to the floor. Her blood was already starting to pool around her unmoving body.

The hanyo ran over to her, helplessly trying to find signs of life, "What have you done?"

Kikyo let the empty bullet shell fall to the floor, "I sent the devil's daughter back home where she belongs."

Inuyasha shook his head, how had she found out about that? How was she able to hurt his mate when she had lived for so long? "What did you shoot her with?" he yelled at Kikyo, ignoring his bloody hands.

"A holy bullet one of my assisters made. I was told she wasn't too good in archery so she came up with this. I thought it would be better to bring then arrows-"

The hanyo looked her straight in the eyes, his own red with anger as all his demon blood took control of his emotions, and the thought of losing his mate the center of it all. "You bitch."

TBC…

I have to repeat that my translations are coming from a site. I, myself, really don't speak any of the languages I will be forced to use in this story. If they are wrong, I apologize.

I know its shortest chapter but don't worry, I'll try and make the next one longer. Please review.

-CagedRaven-