Shout outs

regana- If I write any inu/kag, I either do it without realizing it, or only slightly. Glad you like it

mistymixwolf- That's a lot of mores! Thanks for the review, and here's the new chapter.

Librianangel- I love 'em too. I've read dracula twice (edited and unedited), seen the movie once, and I've seen The league of extraordinary gentlemen about twelve times. Some call me crazy. And on the pairing, It's more Ketsu/kag.

Disclaimer-if I owned inuyasha, I'd be rich, and I would't need to post here. Obviously I am not rich....

Chapter three-

Kagome jumped back, double checking the reflection. Ketsueki didn't flinch when she moved. He merely lifted his light purple head, an stared into Kagome's eyes.

"I suppose you want to know why I don't have a reflection, Kagome" He said. Kagome was now more wary of her friend. I don't need to know, I've seen enough movies!

"You- you're a-a" she stuttered. Ketsueki stood up now, holding Kagome gently on the arms so she wouldn't shiver.

"Yes. I am a Vampire." He said. Kagome, regardless of Ketsueki's gentle but firm grip, started to shake slightly. It dawned on her what that liquid was.

"You gave me your blood!" She said., terrified. I need to get out of here....

Ketsueki nodded as he lifted his sleeve to reveal a scar. Kagome swallowed.

"you will die within a few days- for you, maybe two more- unless I drink your blood. And I may be an undead, but I am still a gentleman. I won't do it unless you tell me to." he explained.

Kagome was shocked. If she didn't become...like him, then she'd die. And if she did accept, then she would never see daylight again, and she'd have to drink blood for eternity....

"What do you wish to do, Kagome?" He asked. Kagome took a deep breath. She wanted to live.

"Can you- let me say goodbye to them? For two days? I'll see you at night, so you can...prepare me?" She asked, nervous. How in the world was she going to explain this to her mother?

Ketsueki smiled, and nodded.

"that sounds like a good idea, Kagome. It will give me time to prepare, as well. I will join you here when the moon directly overhead tommorrow night." He said.

"you need time to prepare?" asked Akgome. He nodded and sat down by the water again.

"the master doesn't know about you. I must tell him..." he said, stroking the water where his face would be. He turned to look at Kagome, his eyes grim.

"what do I look like?" he asked,"when I was normal, I had Black hair. I still see my hair, but to me it is still black. I know it's not because when I returned in this form, no one believed who I was"

Kagome looked at Ketsueki. What was it like, not knowing what you look like? Kagome would find out soon enough.

"you have really, really light purple hair, and eyes only a bit darker." She said, sitting down next to him.

"purple? Really? I suspected it was red" he said. Kagome shook her head.

"ketsu, how old are you?" she asked. Ketsueki put his fingers to his chin as he counted. It was a simple gesture, but the way the vampire did it made it seem captivating.

"I was turned when I was 17, I think. I will be one hundred twenty this year" he said, after a few minutes,"I am Quite young"

Kagome looked at her friend with new emotion. One hundred twenty years without seeing your face?

"don't you miss your life?" she asked.

"no. I have forgotten it. After a few years, your memory of your human life starts to fade. I tried to write it down. It did help for a while, but I lost the book. I don't remember any more now." He said.

"oh..I'm sorry..."

"don't be. But if you continue to talk of sad things, you will not possess that beautiful smile any longer. And that, Kagome, would be more of a tragedy than me forgetting my life"

Kagome blushed.

She didn't realize how little color appeared on her cheeks.


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til next chapter,

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