He leaped down from the tree he was in and landed into the bushes. Kagome gasped and quickly whirled around to face the bushes. Then she calmly turned back to the road and continued walking. 'if it's a vampire, it probably thinks I'm just a stupid girl, scared and lost, the ideal victim. We'll he's going to get a suprise.' she thought a she held the knifethat she brought, tightly in her hand.

It was her fathers knife, before he died. He was killed by a group of bandits before kagome was born. The blade was sharpened on both sides,and almost five inches long. Deffinitly long enough to kill someone. The idea of plunging a knife into a living, breathing, human, wasn't exactly appealing to her. But remembering her mothers death, just this morning, made her conclude that these" vampire" creatures couldn't be human. She kept walking, waiting for the vampire to strike.

But he didn't attack her. He continued watching, wondering why a woman was traveling alone, at night, seemingly unafraid of danger. "Keh! Stupid wench! She's practicly asking for trouble!" he said, peering out at her from the bushes. He walked silently along the edge of the road until he was right behind her, stepping when she stepped, breathing when she breathed.

Kagome stopped and listened, trying to hear the vampire that she knew was in the bushes somewhere behind her. So she was extremely suprised when the knife she had was suddenly taken from her hand. By the vampire. Who was directly behind her. Turning and walking back a few steps she looked at her first vampire, glaring at him with white hot anger in her eyes.

"You!" she said with obvious contempt. He was quite good looking, she noted. 'whats wrong with me?he might be the one who killed my mother! and all i can think of is how cute he is!' she mentally yelled at herself. He was standing there, looking bored as he examined her knife. His silver hair fell far past his shouldrs, and his eyes were the most unusual color. What little light was left shined on his fangs wich were revealed as he smiled mockingly at her.

"And just what were you intending to do with this little toothpick?" he said laughing at her, as he started walking towards her. She stood her ground as he got closer.

"That little toothpick," she said calmly," is going to help me kill my mother murderer." he stood inches away from her now, but still she glared up at him with a ferocioty that he hadnt expected. He thought that she would do the usual thing. He leaps down, she screams and runs, he chases and kills. The usual preditor vs. prey scenario. But this girl was standing her ground, staring up at him with her deep blue eyes level with his amber-gold ones, looking at him like he was the scum of the earth. He was alarmed with the itensity of her gaze, it was like she was trying to bore through his eyes, straight to his soul. As he held the knife lightly in his hand, he could sense a mix of deep sadness and anger within her. Sensing peoples feeling were one of his many gifts,apart from being agile.

"I'm sorry for your mother, but-"

"Your a vampire, aren't you?"she interrupted.

"Feh! Stupid wench! As if it's any of your business," he said, angry that she even dare ask," I will kill you so i guess i can grant you the satisfaction of knowing what did it."

"Your wrong. It's i who will be killing you." she told him with determination. He chuckled.

"Do you even know,"he started, as he slowly began getting closer ,"what a vampire is?" he whispered, threateningly. Kagome stayed still as he circled her.

"No I don't and I'm pretty sure your not going to tell me. So, if you wouldn't mind giving me back my knife so i can kill you, I would really appreciate it."

"This little thing?" he motioned to her knife. She nodded. He handed her the knife. She looked down at it, the blade gleaming in the moonlight. She looked back up at him. He spread his arms out questioningly.

"What are you waiting for? You wanted to kill me, so do it!"

Kagome knew she couldn't just stab him, let alone kill him. Now that she thought about it, she wasn't sure if she could kill anybody. The thought of letting someone get away with murdering her mother, just because she was to squamish to kill someone, made her feel weak.

"I am not a weakling!"she whispered, seething with rage. She lunged at him, and he stood there, as she stabbed him in the shoulder. She gasped and pulled the knife out, looking at him as he stood there, a little blood coming from the wound.

"You could have moved! Why did you let me stab you!" she yelled accusingly. 'she's yelling at me?!? I'm the one who was just stabbed!' he thought.

"To teach you a lesson on vampires!" he said showing kagome his shoulder, wich was healing at an incredibly fast rate. He leaned closer and whispered in her ear. "We're immortal." he told her as he grabbed her by the neck, and shoved her up against a tree. " Atleast to ordidnary weapons. Silver is another matter though." he went on, ignoring her feeble attempts of removing his hands. As he looked down at her, he realized she was really very beautiful. Long black hair, that shone in the moonlight. Bright blue eyes, seemingly brighter in contrast to her fair skin.

'I might as well knock her out before i kill her' he thought. He had released his hold on her neck and was now holding her shoulders.She looked up at him now, and he could tell that her attitude had changed from rage, to sorrow and defeat.

"You want to kill me? Then do it." she put her head back exposing her neck. He knew she was doing exactly what he had when he had told her to kill him, but she wasn't immortal, and she really would die. But her neck seemed so inviting. He could hear her pulse, throbbing with life. He bent forward to bite, when she said accusingly,

"You killed my mother." but he was under her spell, listening to the blood pumping. He placed his fangs on her neck, almost peircing the skin, he could almost taste the sweet, thick, blood already-

"INUYASHA!" he picked up his head and looked in the direction of the yell. He saw miroku running towards him.

"Miroku?"

"Dont bit her! Her mother," he said trying to catch his breath,"her mother knew...gasp...almost everything...gasp...about the shikon jewel."

O.o oh the twists and turns! tell me what you think!

-AngelsTears15