((See me? Still not owning InuYasha. Or anything of importance, not even the computer I'm using. Sad, is it not? ;:cries:;))

Authors Notes:

Wow you guyth! It'th like, a totally new chapter! Like, WOW!

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You know what? THAT WAS JUST WRONG! MOVING ON!

I LOVE YOU!! *Holds cheesy plastic trophy to her chest, sobbing…totally fake* You like me! YOU REALLY LIKE ME! ^_^ I got 8 reviews for the first chapter! And frankly, that ain't too shabby on my pathetic standards. To tell the truth, if you guys keep reviewing like this…I might just let you live when I DESTROY THE WORLD!! MWAHAHAHA!!! Um…yeah…*coughs*

Okay, first thing. You should always, always, always READ MY NOTES. They could hold some wonderful magical information and crap. So yay.

All right…. second thing! A lot of you people mentioned this is like Anne Rice's best fricken work "Queen of the Damned". And it is because I got the idea for this fan fiction after watching the movie 15 times in a row. (Then I had to return it to blockbuster…*cries*) Also, this beginning thing is basically the only part that will bear resemblance of that movie/book. Then it will run its course down its own dysfunctional and sad saaaad little plot.

NOW! The third thing. I would like to go out and thank Tyne Lowe for beta reading and making this story beautiful. Because she is always there to mock my grammatical "skill". Keh.

So I'm done my pathetic ramblings! Thank you! -T

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~Chapter Two: Facing Facts

~InuYasha's POV:

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"InuYasha." Sesshoumaru drawled, his voice clashing with the waves against rock.

"Yes, Sesshoumaru?" I drawled right back, imitating his bored tone.

He narrowed his eyes for a moment, obviously not amused by my sense of humor. "Now as a child of the night you have responsibilities. You must remember the law of the Vampire and keep it sacred."

"Whatever." I grumbled, flicking a lock of black hair out of my eyes. When he said I was far from home he wasn't kidding. The place I was now was really . . .salty. I was surrounded by sea, fog and sand and it wasn't at all what I was used to. What I remember of being a human was being a normal boy. I remember being wealthy, but not rich. I think my family and I lived on an orchard. Or was it a tobacco farm? Oh well. Not like those memories of being weak would do any good now. I'd never see my family again.

Even if I cared I couldn't. My mother with her beautiful violet eyes and dainty stature, and her kindness to every living thing. And my father with his stern disposition but very good influences. Of course these thoughts would not haunt me for long. Within a year I only remembered my name from my previous life. Didn't give a shit either. Heh.

The castle had long since disappeared over the starry horizon and we walked miles without saying anything. Every so often I would flick my amethyst eyes to the strange man striding silently beside me. If we were one and the same creature, and he being the one to sire me, wouldn't I be more like him? I stilled seemed to be the 'me' I remember. But Sesshoumaru was just really cold, ya know? Strange.

"InuYasha, are you feeling anything unusual yet?" He broke me out of my thoughts. Hmm. Unusual? If you counted the huge headache and the tingly feeling in my gums and being really pissed, then yeah 'unusual'.

"I'm just hungry." I replied with a snort. "So this is hunting? Very exciting. Action-packed."

"Remember, we must be silent. To keep the secret, we must wait for the prey to come to us. I have already explained this."

"Yeah, yeah! I heard you already." I crossed my arms over my chest and walked faster. I spotted pinpricks of light on the horizon, and a faint smell entered my nose. It smelled like honey, but sour. I never smelled it before, but I could guess what it was. Humans. As we walked closer the smell became bitter, and stronger. I crinkled my nose in disgust.

Sesshoumaru smirked. "Smells good, doesn't it?"

"No. Smells like shit."

"It was sarcasm, InuYasha." He narrowed his eyes. "You really are thick headed, aren't you?"

I growled deeply, only to gag again on the sickening sweet smell. It was intoxicating. But as disgusting as the smell of the mortals was, it was arousing to all my senses. It made a pounding in my ears, and my eyes bulge. I found myself rather anxious. I began to walk faster; the sooner I get to my dinner the better. Oh, the smells! The sounds! They called to me! The humans wanted me to feed on them!

The salty sea breeze became stronger upon my face; my robes were whipping back as I ran faster. Blood . . .oh that wonderful filling copper sensation.

Sesshoumaru still walked slowly behind me, staring at the stars. Ugh, he was boring. Not to mention slow! How could he just stand there like some aristocratic moron? There was so much to do! We were Vampires, damn it!

Finally after both of our patience were tested, ("Slow down! You're making a spectacle of yourself." "Shuddap and lets let's GO ALREADY!"), and a new concept ("InuYasha, you are the biggest ignoramus I have ever witnessed."), Sesshoumaru and I finally reached the seaside village.

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Now pay attention boys and girls! Here's when my afterlife got officially fucked up. And just so you know, this was about . . .300 years ago, give or take a few. So times were different. It was dirty and poor and had lost all modesty. A normal person would have looked upon the poor villagers with pity, but I, I saw mutilation and soulless bodies. They had nothing but to be eaten by me; humans were pathetic and weak.

It's funny now though. I remember a few years ago, I was in a bar bathroom when a couple of spike and chain clad boys walked in. They were nothing but hissing black blobs, nothing but "Oh woe is me" kind of things. When did boys start to wear eyeliner? But what intrigued me the most was when on of them walked briskly up to the cracked mirror above the decaying sink and reached into his pocket, bringing out a small coffin shaped box. I raised a brow questioningly as he opened the box to reveal two small yellowing fangs set into red velvet. Then he took a stubby black finger and stuck them both over his own rounded human canines. For effect he smiled evilly into the mirror, his acne stretching like crusty rubber.

I snorted with disgust at first, but I had to admit that the whole situation was pretty ironic. So I laughed. And let me tell you that having not laughed in 200 years, it felt good.

The two oily teenagers whipped around to stare at me. "What the hell is your problem?" the fanged one sneered, causing his lips to pull back to far and loosening one of his fangs enough to drop to the floor. He cursed under his breath as he bent down to retrieve it. In a flash he must have heard his friends muffled scream as I let my fangs slide out of their sheathes within my gums, because his head instantly flung up to stare at me.

"My problem? I'd start worrying about your own." I chuckled as I leapt forward with inhuman speed and grabbed onto his silent friend, ripping into his jugular.  I held onto his arms as he thrashed uselessly against me. Then he jerked violently back and stopped fighting. I had won again and I grinned viciously inside my mind. The metallic and thick liquid already soaking into my tongue and it made me feel invincible. Because truly… I was.

Oh dear, it seems the other boy found the door was locked. A pity. Heh.

I finished with his good friend who he so desperately to abandon, his crimson life rolling down my chin. I dropped the body with a 'thump' on the cold tile floor.

I advanced on the one fanged 'vampire' and watched as he shuddered under my stare. I flecked my gaze to the little plastic tooth on the ground, stained with sticky red liquid. I laughed again, harder, and more manically. I need to get with teenagers and their silly fashions; they were horribly amusing. After that night, I had spotted more imposter children of the night. And each one of them tasted like a small victory for the original Vampires. 

It's my favorite story to tell Kouga even though he's must have of heard it one hundred times. But in this village on the coast, it holds my darkest memory.

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No one noticed us as we walked through the crowded streets, though I saw a few young women glace at us, a chill running down their spines as I saw them shudder. I smirked at them and winked, which got them to whip around and blush furiously. It also earned me a scowl from Sesshoumaru. But like I care what that crazy bastard thinks.

Even though it was after dark, the village still had a lot of people around, much to Sesshoumaru's dismay. But the feeling they sent to me was amazing; all of their pulses throbbed loudly in my skull. The buzzing in my ears returned, and I felt myself clenching and unclenching my hands. They wanted me to drink them! The mortals were taunting me with their heartbeats. Pushing the blood though their bodies, the heat flowing through the crowd.

I felt my undead companion change direction, and my legs moved against my will to follow. I watched as his long silver hair billowed behind him, his silk embroidered jacket doing the same. For a moment I wandered back from my hunger and wondered; why did he not draw attention? Obviously being in the body of a young man and having silver hair and golden eyes was not the norm. Was he just the unusual lord of the castle that they ignored? Hm.

He stopped at the mouth of an alley, and whipped around to face me. Rage evident on his face, "InuYasha, do you realize how many looks you were getting?" he hissed.

I snorted. "Don't care."

He blinked, but then narrowed his molten eyes to slits. He growled, "You need to learn. If you are caught, I am caught. I do not have a desire to leave this world yet."

I leaned forward and smiled. "Don't fucking care." I said, making sure I pronounced every syllable clearly. He opened his mouth to argue, but stopped suddenly, the anger on his face wiped away.

He stood to his full height and without warning thrust his arm around the corner of the alleyway and pulled back, bringing with him a young girl. He shoved her against the wall, his body pressed against hers but his hand still wrapped firmly around her throat. She gasped silently, her eyes springing tears. She wasn't beautiful. Just pretty, a kind of hard working pretty. What I noticed the most though, were her bottomless black eyes. They were livid.  She squirmed under his weight, squeezing her eyes shut, the hot and resentful tears falling down her dirt-smudged face. Why wasn't she screaming?

"You were listening, weren't you?" Sesshoumaru whispered into her ear, his lips brushing the side of he face. Her delicate hands bunched the cloth in the front of his shirt, her eyes widening.

She slowly nodded her head, choking on a sob. She looked over his shoulder and spotted me, giving me a pleading look. My otherwise cold heart gave a lurch, but I smiled anyway. She whimpered and gave me a harsh look, mouthing to me 'Please' over and over again. I stood there and fought the urge to help her, my mind fighting to be humanistic.

"You shouldn't eavesdrop, girl." The vampire's eyes burned into hers. Then without warning-

He let her go. Pushing her to the cold stone ground. I looked at him in disbelief and shock as the girl did the same. She gathered her self and made a way to run away, but Sesshoumaru caught her. He gave me a look that said 'are you stupid or something?' before pushing the girl into me.

He wanted me to catch her.

Oh.

I shot a look at him before looking back to the small frame of the mortal girl in my hands. She shivered under my gaze, and then looked away bitterly. I dug my fingers into her fore arms. She just stood there placidly.

"Do I not scare you, girl?"

"My name is not 'girl'." She finally spoke, her voice quiet but strong.

I blinked dumbly at her bravery. "I don't give a damn."  I murmured venomously.

"It's Kikyou." She said stubbornly, her eyes flicking to meet mine.

I paused and we stared, the world melting away. How dare she. Her dumb courage stumped me. "W-what?"

"My name…" She whispered. Her dark eyes weighed on mine. "…is Kikyou."

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Yadda yadda yadda…let me get this over with. Okay people, I'm veeeryy greedy when it comes to my reviews. Ya see? I JUST CAN'T GET ENOUGH OF 'EM! Soo…That's why I will not update this story until I have at least…15 more reviews. I know that's all snobbish and mean, but people. I know more than 15 people read my fics, but don't review! I'm sometimes bad like that too! But I love comments/criticisms!  You can flame me for all I care! (If you hate this for some strange reason and totally need to bite my head off for some reason, then email me…you can find it on my author's page. Gracias.) I just need these reviews to LIIIIIVE. O_O; And Vamp Inu-chan says he'll make you into a human shish kabob if you don't! YAAAAY!! ^_^ -Tannim-chan