To Kikyou...
Kenji's eyes opened slowly and then he looked around. There was no sight of the priestess. He then sat up even though he had shown signs that it hurt him to move. He looked around one last time to confirm that the priestess was no where near. He stood up but quickly fell to his knees. 'Damn! Am I truly this weak?' he thought to himself. "You shouldn't try and move." Kikyou said as she walked in the door. 'She's back.' he thought to himself and then sat back down. "Where'd you go?" he asked. "To gather herbs." she answered. He looked at her and saw she was indeed carrying a large amount of herbs. He looked to the other side of the room and saw plenty of herbs lying there. "Isn't that enough?" he asked pointing to the pile on the other side of the room. "Those are different types of herbs." she said as she sat down, far away from Kenji. "Vampire." she spoke, almost under her breath. Kenji's eyes widened in shock and then he quickly glared at Kikyou. "What... Did you say?" he asked innocently. He held he normal smile. "That's what I thought." she smiled and looked at the door, which she left open. "It's a beautiful night." she stated. Kenji sighed deeply. "I suppose it was bond to happen. Any good priestess would have figured that out." He said placing his arms behind his head then laid down.
"So you are?" she asked. As she turned her gaze to Kenji. "Yep, one of the living dead, or so we are called." he said. "Your eyes are blood red, you have fangs-" Kenji cut Kikyou off. "I didn't think you noticed those." he said turning his head so he could look at her. "I did. I suppose it's true what they say." she said. "What's that?" he asked turning his gaze towards the door instead of Kikyou. "If you injure a vampire it bleeds out the blood that they have drained from another. That's why you had such a large amount of blood around you." she said. "Yes. I drink blood, I can't have water or normal food, like you humans. I'm grateful for you going out and getting those herbs for me. But, you see, they won't work on me. My body can't take anything but blood. I can't digest the food or water like humans." he said. "That would make sense. Since your body is dead." she said. "It's not dead... It's just not alive. If it were completely dead then my wounds would not heal. As you can tell, they are." he answered. "They are healing very quickly." she said. "Yeah." he said with pride. "My body heals faster then that of a demons! Though, it would heal faster if I had some blood." he said turning his gaze to Kikyou, once again. "Is that so?" Kikyou asked. "Yes, but don't fret. I wouldn't suck your blood." he said and then closed his eyes. "Why is that?" she asked. "Because you are dead. If a vampire drinks the blood of the dead, then they will die. Or so I was told. Personally, I don't want to find out if I can live threw it our not." "How did you know?" she asked with a surprised tone. "Your aura is like mine but different. You are deathly cold, like myself, I noticed that when I took the cup from your hands earlier today." he said.
Kikyou began to rub her hands together are he said this. It was true, she was as cold as death. Something that Inuyasha did not like, she could tell when she touched him. He didn't want a love that was cold and dead. "Why do you look so sad all of a sudden?" Kenji asked. Kikyou looked from her hands to Kenji. Kenji now sat up in his bed, turned so he could see her. Kenji... For some reason, he reminded her so much of her love, so much it hurt. She looked away from him. "Nothing." she said. "'Nothing' she says in a depressed tone." he mocks her. Kikyou looked at him with anger.
"Yeah, yeah. You're ticked off. You can deal with a little mocking. As a vampire it hurts my pride deeply to get help from a priestess." he said, he was now kneeling and facing Kikyou. "Oh?" Kikyou answered. Kenji looked at Kikyou, she was a beautiful, cold, dead woman. She wasn't a human, anymore, she wasn't a werewolf, nor was she a demon. She lied under none of those categories. So, to be a vampire and feel attraction to her, well, that would be fine. But she was a priestess. A holy person, that was forbidden. Not that he felt anything towards this woman. "How do you live?" he asked Kikyou. "What?" she asked. "How do you live? As a dead woman, I can't believe that body of your's doesn't need anything to maintain it's looks." he said. "Off the souls of tragic maidens." she answered. "Tragic maidens?" he asked. "Yes, those woman who are going to hell. In a way I'm spearing them, for a time, from going to hell." she said. "That's noble of you?" he said somewhat confused. He thought it sound somewhat noble but, at the same time, it sounded wrong. "No. It is wrong. I do it for my own good." she said turning away from him with a saddened voice. "I see nothing wrong with that." he stated. "Is that so." Kikyou said without looking at him. "Humans eat animals, for their own good. Humans kill others, for their own good. Demons eat humans, for their own good. Demons eat animals, for their own good. Vampires drink the blood of either, for their own good." He said as he stood, this time he did not fall to his knees in pain.
Kikyou looked at the man. Was he trying to comfort her? If he was, it wasn't helping. To compare what she was doing to what a demon did... She did not like that. "Where are you going?" she asked as she observed Kenji walk, slowly, to the door. When Kenji heard her he stopped and leaned against the wall. "It's night, I need to feast." he answered. "There's no village for miles. It would be day break before you could get there. At least, In that condition." she said. "Fine." he said while rubbing his eyes. "Good bye. Thank you for your help." he then left. 'I wonder if he'll live threw the night?' she asked herself as she stared at the door.