Disclaimer: I do not own Diabolik Lovers or it's characters, that right belongs to Rejet. Nor do I own InuYasha or it's characters, that right belongs to Rumiko Takahashi.
Kou was on edge. In the last few months, there had been a string of deaths, all vampires. All Vampires, like him who were a part of the public life. From actors to people working night scene, Idols, and models. It was bad enough that their father had put him on lockdown. Meaning when he went to work, he now had two bodyguards. It was humiliating to him. The same, of course, went for his brothers and the Sakamaki brood.
Right now, he lifted his eyes from his text and looked at the bubbly looking Raven-haired girl who was giving her speech to the class. Her blue eyes were shining brightly as she read off her history report of the Feudal Era of Japan. The details she used, her expression and tone. It was soulful and loving. Quite creepy. But he knew something was different about this human, just not what.
His mind raced back to when she appeared in the School. It was only a few days before the first Vampire murder. Which now that he thought about it was odd. He didn't believe that the girl herself would be all that capable of murdering a Vampire. Hell, she was overly klutzy. More like she was a magnet to attract them. The innocent vibe, sweet and accepting personality. Her ability to get along with anyone. That and she somehow tended to gravity unnaturally to the others in this School who were born to the nightlife.
Narrowing his eyes, Kou filed his thoughts away so he could talk to Ruki about it later. But for the moment, he had a report to give. Then he had to work for a few hours after School.
Standing there, he stared at the blond, brown-eyed girl before him. He knew who Tama was. She was new to the industry and was making waves, big ones. Her fame was skyrocketing quickly after her first single debut. Not even he had taken off like that, nor any of the other non-humans. Her voice did hold quality to it that was enchanting, her personality that was just... spellbinding, though not to him. The damn girl was only a natural who drew people to her. And now, he had the displeasure of being in a duet with someone who was giving him a run for his money in the business. Not at all pleased.
But this was a chance to learn the competition. Oh, yes. The girl was from the same company, but not even with help could he find a damn thing on her. No address, age... nothing. He chalked it up to the fact that while Tama was her stage name, her real personality was a secret. One, Kou wanted to find out.
"Tama, this his Mukami Kou. Kou, Tama," His manager said, her voice bright and cheery.
Flashing a small smile, making sure not to show his fangs, Kou had to blink as the girl quirked an eyebrow at him. Though her purple lips were curled into a friendly smile, he got the impression she was not impressed with him. She was making him fight back from lashing out. He had been warned about his temper. So, he just tilted his chin up at her. His eyes were roaming over the girl. Noting how she stood, the confidence, yet vulnerability she exuded — a part of her charm.
It had his skin crawling. Kagome felt off like there was something that was not right about her. A thought that had him pausing. With a quick shake of his head, he watched and listened as the outline of the duet was to be done. Each of their top songs was going to be merged into one song and switching between the two. It was a massive thing in the industry right now. Fans of songs mostly did it. Where they were sped up and blended. A lot was good. Nightcore was the biggest group of people on the web that did it.
"So, Kou, your top song Bloody Rose, and Tama's top song Lost Love will be blended through the various verses. This will be done almost like a love song," His manager said.
This had him frowning. His song was not a love song; it was about a brutal love that had gone wrong. He had written it himself after losing Yui to the Sakamaki's after she was turned and mated. A thing that was always being rubbed in his face by her mate, Laito. He had not heard Tama's song at all. And frankly, he didn't want to. He was familiar with a few of her works, and while they ranged widely, her voice just had him twitching and growling and feeling agitated.
"Is there a problem, Mr. Mukami?"
At the deep voice, Kou whipped his head around to look at the tall man standing next to Kagome. He knew who he was. The number one manager in the company. A man he had wanted himself but was declined. Personally, to his face. He was a tall, long black-haired man with deep brown eyes that were cold, distant, and exceptionally intelligent. This man also had the ear of the owner.
"Not really, I am just unfamiliar with the song," he stated.
This had his manager sighing in a defeated manner. He had heard his manager telling him to listen to a sound disc, but he hadn't. So now he was on the receiving at the end of two managers staring and a smile that was slightly mocking from Tama, herself. Kou just shrugged his shoulders. He could listen to it. With all going on with the vampire murders, there was more important for him to be doing and worrying.
"It is final week in school for the end of the spring semester..." he stated flatly.
This had the two managers backing off a bit. One thing that was understood was that School always came first with the Idols that were still in School. But Tama, she just snorted. It was causing him to narrow his eyes. The girl was taking pleasure from his current situation.
"I take it you don't have finals?" he asked, lacing his voice with a lot of sarcasm.
This had her going blank face before sniffing and replying, speaking for the first time that night, "Yes, but I at least can balance my school life and professional life."
Kou stiffened. There was no mistaking that she was making her voice sound higher pitched than it was. His ears did not mistake that. And that her voice sounded slightly familiar.
Another five Vampire had been killed in the week since getting paired up with Tama. One of the vampires had been in a sister talent agency. So, of course, Kou was on edge. And being in School wasn't helping, though finals were over with. He had been shocked to see that the new girl was at the top of his class. He'd done relatively well, as always. It helped that most of the stuff covered he knew by rote. Being over a century, well, it made a difference.
The new, Kagome Higurashi, had garnered the attention of his brother Azusa and Ayato Sakamaki. The way she was currently rolling her eyes as the two sat on either side of her, pressing into her space, told him a lot. He was amused by how she reacted to being between the two — earning a lot of dark glares from the other female population. The females were not taking well to a human girl getting attention from either of them. And well the human females, just plain jealous that some of the hottest boys in the School were taken with her.
Curling his lip in a snarl, Kou stood up, readying himself to leave the cafeteria. He had a song to listen to. The fact there'd been leeway given to him due to finals. Now, he had to listen to that damn song by Tama. He was not looking forward to it at all.
Kou was on edge; the meeting had been attacked. His suspicions were now proven accurate. Ruki could stick it hard this time, especially after he had adamantly refused to acknowledge that there was something different about Kagome Higurashi, as well as the fact that her attending the School and the murders were so close together. Nope, he knew what he had seen and felt, even in the dark. Or should he say, Tama?
Letting a cold smile curled his lips as he dodged another attack by the invader or one of the invaders. His nose wrinkling at the smell coming off the bastards. They were a mix of human and demon, true half breeds or Hanyo. It left him feeling disgusted. Demons were rare, to begin with, and laws were in place to keep the peace between demons and humans. Vampire skirted that line finely due to the nature of evolution. But now, as he dodged another attack from a giant claw as he watched ears flick and red-tinted eyes shift to the side.
Kou didn't have to know what the thing was looking at. No, he instinctively knew. And the way he felt his skin start to crawl as if it were trying to flee from his body was not comfortable.
"Move, Mukami!"
At the sound of Tama's voice, Kou threw himself back as far as he could, slamming into the recording rooms far wall. His eyes hurt from looking at the girl, who was glowing with an odd lilac-colored light that she had formed into a bow. The arrow she let loose flew towards the Hanyo that had been attacking him. Its ears were going flat against its head as it tried to get away. Only to be pierced by the energy-based arrow. That arrow had his instincts demanding he kills or claims the girl. She was strong and a fighter, but also deadly dangerous.
"Bitch! He wants you... your power... the thing you guard... he says he will be whole... that you betrayed him... Your loyalty false," the hanyo screeched as its body began to turn to glittery silver ash.
Those words had a sob so filled with pain coming from Tama's lips that Kou looked at her as he saw her manager come up behind her. The man was no human either, and he now was tall, pale-skinned with white-silver hair and golden eyes, markings on his cheeks and wrist. The amount of power that was rolling off of him had Kou and his instincts trying to make themselves as small as possible.
"Miko, it is alright. We will get him. Killing him will be mercy since he had given in to his darker half... He was not meant for you, and he loved the dead clay pot... You... Miko, know from Shiori, that you were to be bound to one of her descendants," the man spoke.
Kou could only watch as the Tama looked up at the man and buried her face into this chest and cried. He was confused. The girl as an enemy to all demons and creatures of the night. Yet here she was willingly touching and being comforted by a demon. A powerful one. It was looking like they know each other very well. Leaving him to wonder just who the hell they were and if his father was well aware of them.
It had been three weeks to the day since the attack on the company and him learning more about his fellow student and Idol. Kou was not amused that he was now pretty much bound at the hip to the girl. She was annoying. Or at least to him she was. And her now living in the Mansion with him and his brother didn't help in the least. Her Guardian was there more often than naught to make sure that nothing happened to her, because and Kou could quote, that they were nothing but ill-mannered children, who had yet to learn who their betters were.
Which included the girl, one Kagome Higurashi, who was a Miko no less. A very powerful one that their father respected. That in and of itself was part of what made her so damned annoying. Their father, when he came around, more often now that she lived there, trying to woo her and dote on her — often forgetting that they were there.
But it was amusing watching her when dealing with their father. Who was a very persistent man? Each attempt to be polite failed. Her trying to hide from him only served to make his father more interested. The girl had no clue she was enticing him by rebuffing him or making him chase. Though, as Kou sat on his bed, looking over at Kagome where she was crouching on the floor, he wondered if he should tell her. It behooved him as to why she thought she'd be safe in his room. He had made it very clear that he didn't like her at all.
Of course, she had just looked at him when he told her, smiled, and laughed at him. This had struck not only him but his brothers as well as strange. When asked, she shook her head and walked away — leaving them alone with her Guardian, who looked amused at them before sighing and going back to reading the stock section of the newspaper.
Kou narrowed his eyes as he looked at the red-clad Hanyo that had burst through the living room window. It's white ears flicking left and right as its red eyes darted around, its nose wiggling as it sniffed. He was pissed. In the last month and a half several Hanyos had come and attacked, not just his family but the Sakami mansion, School, and the company he worked for several times. It had been made clear that they wanted Kagome, who was not to be handed over.
"Inuyasha!"
Kou felt his eyes go wide and had the urge to strangle the girl. She had been told she was to stay in the basement, safe. And here she was calling out. And to the Hanyo no less, who honed in on her. Just as his little white ears pressed flat to his head as those red eyes narrowed while a dog like a snarl erupted from him.
"Sit, Boy!"
Two words had Kou, his brothers going wide-eyed as the hanyo slammed into the ground. Though there was now a small crater in the middle of the glass littered living room, the Hanyo was pushing himself up and growling.
"Bitch! You will give me what I want. You betrayed me!"
Those words had Kou shifting his body as he watched the Hanyo step out of the crater and towards where he knew Kagome was.
"I did no such thing, Inuyasha. Do you think I wanted to hear that little bit of prophecy? You think I don't still feel a damn thing for you?" Kagome said, her voice laced with pain.
Kou, not sure what he was missing, darted forward as the Hanyo's body tensed as it readied to attack. The force of his blow was easily deflected as he was flung backwards. Pain exploded from his wrist and forearm. Which was no small feat? He had enjoyed the enhanced speed and strength that came with the change from human to vampire. Not much could harm him and make him feel pain like this. And the damn Hanyo was doing it with ease.
Crashing into the hutch, Kou just stayed as he willed his body to heal itself faster. His eyes watching as his brother each took a crack at the Hanyo, meeting the same fate as he had, all while the Hanyo kept making its way towards where Kagome was just standing.
"Please, Inuyasha, do not make me do this. You were my best friend. I loved you," she said.
This had Kou going very still. That was no lie. The way her eyes became bright with unshed tears. And it bothered him to see that. To hear her words. It made him feel angry. She was not allowed to be in love with anyone.
"Feh, as if you could do anything. You live by those weak, pathetic emotions... Because of you, so many vampires have died. And now, you are living with them, making it so much easier, Ka-Go-Me!" the hanyo said.
This had Kou looking at Kagome, who was crying now. Her head down, chin resting against her chest. He could see her body shaking slightly. Her hands were curled into fists. But what had him taking real notice was the fact that strange lilac glow was encompassing her body — and steadily getting brighter.
"I do. And no, it doesn't make it easier for you, Inuyasha. It makes it easier for me to do what I have to do," she muttered.
When her head lifted, Kou saw the smile and soft look that she wore when in Idle mode. Her full pink lips were parting as she took a deep breath. Kagome was lifting her hands, clapping them together as she did on the stage. Then her right arm was pulled back into that odd stance she took — that lilac-colored glow forming into a bow and arrow before she pointed it at the hanyo. Her blue eyes were going black as she smiled.
"Taking A Shot at Life with a Smile," she said in a bright, cheery voice. Then the room was bathed in that brilliant glow.
With a side glance, Kou found himself smiling as he watched his partner and competitor go through the dance routine once more. The way their bodies moved as they prepped for the upcoming competition in the Tokyo vast Entertainment and Talent Business Idol Wars. Amazed at how far they'd come since last year. When the rampant killings of vampires were happening, their company was attacked to having the annoying chick living with them. To kill the one that was behind the massacre, all done by Hanyo no less.
It had been a hell of a time getting life back into the normal flow of things. Only to realize as he had watched her start to leave with all her belongings, which ironically was not very much with her manager. Kou had stopped her. He had not wanted the woman to go. When asked why he had given the lame excuse that it would be boring without her obnoxious self there. Which had Kagome looking at him, lifting an eyebrow and smiling at him in a knowing manner that had him feeling peevish.
Now, though, Kou was rather happy. She lived in the Mansion, they were a duo in the company as performers. An item that the company was putting their support behind, even if it was taboo in the Idol culture to be dating. It took the fan's fantasy away from being able to think of dating either of them. Of course, that was quickly taken care of by both his father and her Guardian and manager. Who had collaborated and said that before either had become an Idol that they were engaged as children. Which he was happy about, though he would not admit it. She was his, literally. He'd asked if this was going to be legit or not after the announcement.
That it was a huge selling point and only increased their popularity, oddly enough. But being an Idol was a war in and of itself. And either way, Kou won because he got to take her home and have her any way he wanted.
"Stop smirking!"
The low his had Kou smirking wider as he kept his eyes on Kagome, who was flushing darkly under his gaze. Not missing a step, he was in her personal space, arms at her waist, shifting her into a seductive sway, then spinning her across the practice floor. Noting the way her blue eyes sparkled in a challenge. Letting him know she'd get him back.
THE END!