Sorry this took so long, I have a bad habit of slacking . . . this chapter was written quickly so sorry for the bad writing, I might rewrite it later.

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Puzzle Piece

Chapter Two

I had to tell him, I couldn't kill him letting him die unknowing what he was that wouldn't be fair, but it would be less painful to him. I couldn't kill him, but I had to. I had sworn to my kind that I would kill any of the already damned. He was so helpless, but I had sworn to protect the innocent from hell's demons, and he was a potential threat. I have no choice.

The being in front of me shifted to his knees while I contemplated what I was to do. I raised my gun that I had instinctively lowered and once again pointed it to his head. "You know why I can't bleed, don't you?" His amber eyes looked up at me with sorrow and I could not do anything but pity him. My arm ached to lower the gun, my heart told me I could, but my brain told me he could be faking.

"Yes, I know." I told him, doing my best to keep my voice from shaking. I didn't want him to know I was afraid.

A growl started deep in his throat. "Then tell me. Why don't you tell me, damn it?" His aching amber eyes went from rage quickly but then he fell back and whimpered, sorrow return ed to his eyes. "I am sorry, I-I just want to know, please tell me."

I took a deep breath, still not lowering the gun. "You're dead."

"What the hell do you mean I am dead?" Anger flourished in his eyes once more. "I can't be dead. I am still breathing, my body is still moving, don't lie to me! Tell me the truth! DAMN IT! TELL ME!"

I cringed because of instinct and cursed myself for showing weakness. I regained my posture. And continued to tell him with a firm voice. "You're a vampire. The living dead."

"I TOLD YOU NOT TO LIE TO ME!" His amber eyes flared, but sorrow filled them quickly before he could hide it. He once again tried to hide it, but to no avail. "Vampires, they aren't real! You won't fool me with your tricks!"

"I told you the truth and that is all I can do. Please, believe me." I was begging. How pathetic, I hated begging, my kind told me not to beg, they taught me to have pride in who I was and what I did. Begging was not in the nature of someone with my job.

"I refuse to believe you." He sank back, the sorrow in his eyes once more. I could quickly tell this boy covered his pain with anger. "If I am a vampire, kill me. Do it. You have your gun, kill me, KILL ME NOW!"

A smile ran across my face and I couldn't stop a laugh.

"DON'T YOU DARE LAUGH AT ME! IF I AM WHAT YOU SAY I AM, KILL ME AND END MY SUFFERING!"

I lowered my gun and looked up at him, tears rimming my eyes. "I can't do it. I just can't. You're too human. Take my life. I'll be your first victim for my weakness." I dropped limply to the ground and continued to cry at my weakness. When nothing came I looked back up to him. "Come now, you are hungry, are you not? I shall be your dinner tonight, just please don't make me a vampire. I would rather go straight to hell instead of live off death."

"What the Hell are you talking about? What do you plan me to do? Drink your blood?" He was obviously being sarcastic, but I shoved my wrist into his face. He paused for a minute, but the quickly grabbed it and I planned for it all to end, but before I knew it he was pulling my up off my knees back to my feet in a swift motion.

"Damn humans. You're so stupid." I looked up at him with questions to be said, but before I could open my mouth he asked one of his own. "Where do you live? I am taking you home."

I felt my face go red and quietly asked him why he wasn't drinking my blood. If it were any other vampire I'd be long dead. He simply said, "I am not a vampire and I don't kill humans, not worth my time."

"I can go home on my own." I insisted.

"A girl can't go out at night alone, especially in this city."

"Did you forget a minute ago I was holding a gun to your head?"

"Feh. And you, being a woman, didn't have the guts to fire it. You meet with a gang and you're screwed."

"I could handle myself."

"Feh."

Isn't it strange how a conversation can go from killing to being walked home?

We walked out the door and onto the deserted streets where the shadows loomed high above us shrinking both of us and the only light being from that of the moon.

After this we continued to walk down the deserted streets and there was a short awkward silence that nearly everyone absolutely hates, but what can you do?

"Hey," I piped up with a question. "what's your name?"

"Inu-Yasha." He said so without looking down at me and continued to walk at a brisk pace. "And you?"

"Kagome."

He didn't say anything. I figured he was thinking about something. The whole vampire thing must be very new to him and he wouldn't know what to think. He must be afraid, more afraid than I was of him, which was hard to imagine. I decided to let him think, I didn't have anything else to say or do, and it was a while to my apartment.

"What was that?" Suddenly Inu-Yasha was stopped and scanning the area for the sound he had just heard. I had heard nothing, but the ears on top of his head twitched madly. I would have to ask him about those ears later.

A figure appeared out of the shadows and in said in an cocky voice, "Well, someone's out tonight to play with. Won't you please come play with me?" The figure appeared out of the shadows and in his hand was a metallic object I automatically recognized as a gun.

"Come on out guys. Let's have some fun tonight." Behind the man appeared many other people, all with various weapons in hand.

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Severed Glass

Sorry, it is crappy, I know, and it's a cliffy. Just hate me, please. This could be called a sketch for the chapter . . . I plan on rewriting it later, but it had been a while since I posted the first chapter I wanted to get something out. So Until Next Time . . .