Author: Hello again! Did ya miss me? Probably not but that's ok I missed you guys. You know what I noticed? I looked back on every chapter and I noticed that about every single one I talked about how short the chapter was...that must be pretty annoying. So I'm not going to say anything about it anymore...Oh and I know I've been making Naraku a little soft lately and I'm sorry I'll try to work on that I want him to be in character throughout this fic. Well, I want to thank samy-chan for reviewing every chapter...thank you samy-chan!!

Well here is the next chapter.

Naraku started to realize how pathetic this scene might have looked so quickly let go of Ame. No, he didn't want to show any weak emotions not to a human...not to anyone. He wasn't going to be like that wretched weakling Inu-yasha...love only makes you weak. Ame looked up at him with mixed emotions, she was sad because it was obvious Naraku didn't feel the same way. But she was also mad at herself, for always coming to him whenever she felt bad, hoping that he would soothe her troubles...He didn't love her; it was like a cold hard slap of reality, she knew he liked her but she knew he didn't love her.

She almost started crying again, she fell in love with him so easily...maybe it was because of the loneliness in her heart. She was but a young girl when her family died, then she felt as though a huge chunk of her heart was gone. Suzume was a very good person, but she couldn't fill that emptiness. For some odd, dim-witted reason, he could...she didn't have the slightest idea why but he slowly...ever so slowly started to fill that emptiness that was lost.

He is an evil, heartless Hanyou; she couldn't understand how he could make her feel good, all she knew was that he did. She hoped that sooner or later he would start to love her...that's all she ever wanted in life, was to be wanted and loved by someone.

Ame started to bite her lower lip she didn't want him to see her cry again...she wanted to be strong, if that was what he was looking for then she would be as strong as she possibly could...for him. She felt the cold February air start to kick in which stung a bit when it hit her watery eyes. She quickly looked down to the ground looking into the deep green color of the fresh grass; she looked at everything but him. He watched this whole scene believing that she was just upset because he pulled away when it really went way deeper than that.

When she believed she got rid of her tears, she looked up at him, her eyes holding complete sadness but a mysterious strength that Naraku never saw before.

"I'm sorry, I was just worried" He made a hardly noticeable nod and stared at her intensely,

"Would you like to go back to the castle now?" His voice not much louder than a whisper.

"No, if you don't mind I would like to stay outside for a little longer." He turned his back towards her

"That's fine, I'll be in the castle." A cloud of miasma formed around him as he took to the sky. She then just sat on a rock taking this time to think about things, she wanted to figure out a way to make Naraku love her...but how? Maybe if she proved herself by defeating a demon, then he would be proud of her. Then again, she knew there was no way she could win against a demon. Naraku would probably just end up destroying the demon and just get upset that she went looking to kill a demon. She sighed looking up to the clouds covering the small traces of the perfect blue sky.

"Maybe, I just need to give him some time, I'm sure he'll love me eventually. I just hope it's soon." She said to herself still looking at the clouds that soon started to swallow the blue sky hiding the sun with it. She started to cheer up knowing she still had a while and that gave her a lot of time. He would love her...she was sure of it.

Ame stayed outside a little while longer enjoying the fresh air until she felt drops of rain hit her face. She stood up and started to walk back to the castle thinking of nothing, but listening to the gentle sound of rain hitting the ground and of her sandals as they squeaked on the wet grass. She loved the rain, it was so calming and peaceful it made her clear her mind of any troubles that she was having and just listen to its sound. Soon, castle came into view and she stared at it for a long time looking at every detail of it. She walked into the castle and by Naraku's room, but when she peered into it, she saw that he wasn't there.

Of course she wouldn't expect him to be in his room all day but she was still curious as to his whereabouts.She decided to look around for him, just because she was curious. She looked through what seemed to be every room in the castle until she came to one room at the far end of the castle, she assumed he was in there because the door was shut and she looked through every other room. She was about to open the door when for some reason, she got a really bad vibe, it seemed to tell her to stay away so she decided to go back to her room and go to sleep.

Ame woke up to the sound of rain on her window and immediately wondered if Naraku had gone back to his room yet. She quietly got out of bed, walked to his room, and poked her head inside. She was surprised that he still wasn't in his room. All sorts of thoughts clouded her head, what could he possibly be doing in that room? She didn't think she should interfere with whatever he was doing so decided to go back in her room.

Meanwhile, Naraku was still in the room laying his back against the cold hard wall breathing harder than usual. He looked outside the window he had with half opened eye lids...he was obviously in a pretty vulnerable state. It was the same state he was in when he marked Ame as his mate...This state was what made him do that. If he was his normal self he would have never have marked Ame, but the fact still remained that he wasn't himself.

Naraku...was in heat (heat, mating season, whatever you wanna call it) he didn't want to mate with Ame so soon but eventually he would and he didn't give a damn if she was ready or not. That is why he closed the door and stayed in the room across the castle, if he would have been in the room next to her it would have drove him crazy. The thing that bothered him the most was that he still cringed at the thought that he made a human his mate. This bothered him dearly, then and idea came to him. His blood turned to that of a full Youkai around this time (sorta like when Inu-yasha turns into full demon when Tetsusaiga breaks.)

There was a way that he could inject some of his blood into her that way she would be a Hanyou and that would make mating with her a lot more bearable. A smug smile crossed his face as he laid his head back and relaxed...Then he noticed that feeling of lust started to disappear. He decided it must be safe enough for him to go outside and take that time to make her a Hanyou and just wait the miserable state out. So he got up slowly and quietly opened the door, he started to walk at a fast pace to her room wanting to get this over with before his lust returned again.

Ame started to hear footsteps coming down the hall she quickly turned and saw Naraku quickly come in her room, trying to have as little eye contact as possible. Ame looked perplexed at Naraku's current actions,

"Naraku, what's wrong?" He didn't answer her question but moved on to something else.

"Ame, to have demon offspring you need to become a Hanyou." he said quickly and to the point, when she was silent he took it as a sign to continue.

"I am at a state where my blood is that of a full blooded Youkai, I need to take this time to make you a Hanyou." Ame was taken aback by this sudden demand but slowly nodded her head. She would do it as long as it made him happy,

"Good" he took out a small dagger and sat next to her. He grabbed her hand roughly and quickly cut a big gash in the palm of her hand. She winced at the pain but didn't say anything; he soon did the same thing to his hand and quickly grabbed her cut hand with his. She didn't say anything but just looked at her deep red blood drip down her wrist with his dark red blood, she could hear him let out a very low, very soft growl.

She didn't know what was going on with him, and she didn't like it. he soon let go of her hand and his cut quickly resealed. She looked down at her cut hand which remarkably sealed itself. Naraku started to quickly stand up and walk out of the door without saying a word. Ame looked down at her body, she didn't feel any different but she was sure that it worked.

Ame went down to her village to have lunch like she normally did and met up with Suzume in the inn.

"He's been acting very strange today..." Ame said while taking a bite out of some steaming rice. Suzume shook her head.

"Well Youkai usually act strange, but...how was he behaving?" Ame swallowed the rice and looked up at Suzume who was busy cleaning out some bowls that had been dirty,

"He moved to a room on the other side of the castle and kept the door shut. He didn't come back out until this morning and then he left and went back to the room shortly after." Suzume set the bowls down in a neat stack and dried her hands with a small hand towel.

"Hmm, I don't know what that could mean, maybe he just needs some time alone, that's what I figure. I'm sure he'll be back to his usual self in a day or two." Ame made a slow nod and looked down to her rice and continued to eat it.

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Ame didn't bother Naraku, she decided to take a bath in the hot springs that they had in the back of the castle. She quickly took her clothes off and slowly got in. The warm water felt so good, especially since it was just early spring, it felt really relaxing. She sighed in content and gently closed her eyes and rested her head against a soft smooth rock. She opened her eyes to stare up at the half moon that was a dazzling white. She started to sit up to wet her hair when she suddenly felt a powerful force push her side ways.

She gasped as she felt a warm feeling behind her, and knew what it was immediately when she saw long wavy black locks gently touch her skin, tickling it a bit. She heard the sound of heavy breathing and felt a warm breath hit her ear,

"Ame...you are ready now...kawaii." The deep voice was full of want and lust and she felt their lips start to kiss her neck.

Author: yep next is the moment you've all been waiting for I hope you liked this chap...I might update soon...then again I may take a while...well, R&R people!