Author's Note: Enjoy ch. 2!

Japan: 1929
2: One and Five

"You're not concentrating hard enough!" Inuyasha's harsh voice interrupted Kagome's train of thoughts.

"Oh shut up!" Kagome counter as she waited, crouch low for Inuyasha to come at her again with his sword.

"Study your opponent, feel what he feels, study his reaction and the way he moves. His eyes will most likely predict which way he will first attack, look at his eyes."

"I can't look at your eyes!" Kagome argued. "It is too dark in here, and I can't see a single thing! Why do we not do this out in the daylight like we use to!"

"Because I can not stand the daylight!" Inuyasha answered, his anger already beginning to show, but he kept it well hidden.

"You did when I was little!" Kagome shot back.

"That was because you were not use to the darkness yet."

"Well, I am now, so we go back into the daylight. I can train better that way."

Inuyasha rolled his eyes. She was getting more and more demanding now that she was older. She was different, way too different from the girl that he had rescued 11 years ago. He'd prefer the quieter side of her rather than the loud and obnoxious side she was giving him now.

"You don't wish to train today, fine." Inuyasha told her as his sword disappeared into the palm of his hand.

"Yes!" Kagome's eyes lit up. "Can we go out then?"

"No." Inuyasha reply curtly.

"Why not? I want to—"

"You can go, I need to get some sleep."

Kagome stared at Inuyasha's back as he exited out of the big cave they were practicing in. It was his basement though, not a cave, even though it did look like a cave.

She was angry with him. He was supposed to keep her safe. She wanted him to keep her safe! But he knew, as well as she did, that she was able to take care of herself, so he was not worried about her. She wanted him to be worried, damnit! Was she not pretty enough for him?

With that last thought in mind, Kagome twirled around and threw her many different daggers, three in total, for now anyway, to a dummy figure behind her. It hit right in the middle, where the heart is. Right on the spot too! She thought angrily as she went to pull the daggers off the dummy. If only it was Inuyasha she was doing it too, she thought as she opened her mind to him.

I heard that, Inuyasha answered in his sleep.

Kagome closed her thoughts to him once more as she took her cloak and covered herself from head to toe. It was fine with her that he wanted to sleep and then spend his nights away from her while she was sleeping. But she wasn't. She knew where he went, and he always went to the same girl each night. Kagome struggled to contain the jealousy in her. She would love to throw her daggers at the girl's heart.

Where are you going? Inuyasha questioned her in his sleep.

Go to sleep, Kagome ordered Inuyasha. She didn't feel like talking to him now.

Don't get yourself into too much trouble now—

"Oh just be quiet." She said, loud enough for Inuyasha to hear, and then she slammed the door shut.

(-)

People avoided her wherever she went. Kagome didn't know whether she should be thankful for it or not, but after 11 years of Inuyasha being the only one she could depend on for food and shelter, she didn't want anyone else taking his place. After all, she was so use to being with him, listening to his voice, soft, smooth, alluring, talking to her when she awoke screaming from her nightmares; she wanted him to be near, to hold her body when the night air was cold and there were no blankets to cover her; she wanted… she wanted…

"Ah, hell!" She told herself out loud. She was only 15, quite young to be thinking herself in love with him. It was probably a natural thing, she knew. After all, the fairy tale stories her mother read to her when she was young were still stuck in her brain. She had always wanted a hero, someone who would rescue her one day; someone that she could fall in love with and live happily ever after. And Inuyasha is that hero, a voice said. Of course he was, but she was still too young yet. Still, it seem her love only grew as she grew. And pretty soon, she'll be way too old, she thought.

With an irritated sigh, she stopped at a small restaurant. Barely a restaurant, like those fancy ones inside a big house, but the ones outside, in the open with only a covering on the top. It was okay, on sunny days, but on windy days, it would probably lack customers. Like a day like today, Kagome thought as she seated herself in one of the corners, leaning her back against one of the poles that kept the place up.

"Are you not too young?" her waiter came up, not bothering to take her order, but instead to question her.

"I want some dried meat and a cup of water only," Kagome ignored the waiter's question.

"You are, but a kid. Where will you have the money to pay?"

"Do you want money or not? You have food, I have money." Kagome demanded.

"Show me."

Kagome was already angry enough. She took out two xiens and with her middle finger and thumb, shot them towards the desk at the front. It hit two seconds later without making a sound. "There. Now give me my food."

"The money is stuck, it is useless—"

"I will get my food or—" Kagome let her hands fall to the dagger at her side. She knew she was being mean, she knew, but she didn't care. If the waiter wanted to test her, then maybe she can relieve some of her stress on him.

"I no like trouble." The waiter's brow shot together. "But I no like to be threaten. I have need of good hands and a girl. You be perfect for the job."

"Hell no." Kagome growled.

"Very well, I will beat you black and blue." The waiter nodded, and Kagome found herself surrounded by five large man. All of them had no clothes waist up. They were wearing a small armor plate only to cover their naked chest and they were all muscles, not an inch of fat anywhere. Even their necks were bulging with muscles. At the waist of her enemies were merely kids swords, compare to hers. And they probably handle it like kids too, she thought as she grinned. Here was good exercise. Here was a way to get her anger out.

"You guys should know better than to attack a young an innocent girl like me," Kagome said as she stood up. She lifted her right hand to her left waist and clasped her hand around the handle of her sword. She drew it out slowly, loving the reaction of her enemies as they saw what she was drawing out. They didn't know she carried a sword. That was good. She always wanted the advantage when in battle, and she was willing to use whatever method available to have the surprise attack first.

"Nice sword you got there, girl, but do you know how to use it?" one of the taller guys smirk at her.

"I know, it's a Kazari tachi, one of the earliest Japanese style swords. I am sure you guys know already, that it is a straight kiri-ha zukuri blade. Almost… a thousand years old, this sword."

"How did you get it?" the waiter look at her, surprised. "It is only for nobles of the imperial court."

"Maybe I am one," Kagome shrug her shoulders. "Or maybe I killed one…"

"Give me that sword." One of the five guys surrounding her told her.

"Come and get it then," Kagome smiled, adrenaline pumping through her. "Do you want to do it inside here where we could ruin your boss's place? Or shall we go out into a more…open area?"

"Get out! If you guys ruin my place, I will take away your paycheck for five months."

All of them stepped outside with Kagome following, already judging the outcome of the battle. They were all really strong, but compare to a vampire's strength, they were weaklings, and Kagome had beaten a lot of good vampires in her time with just her human strength alone, well…maybe a little help now and then from Inuyasha when she was fighting the more older ones, but still, she beat them nevertheless.

They went out, about a mile from the restaurant with Kagome in the lead. She didn't have to turn around to see if they were going to attack her. She would have heard their footsteps no matter how quiet they were. They were pretty honorable guys, she thought as she grinned. It was going to be fun killing them. She continued on her way until they reached a wide space with barely any trees, just sand and rocks.

"You should pray first before we began," one guy told her.

"I think you guys need to be the ones praying," Kagome told them without looking at them. She was looking around, concentrating on the area and whether there was any people nearby and also how much damage her attacks could cause.

The five large men got into their position, surrounding her while Kagome only shook her head.

"What? You don't wish to fight anymore?" one guy announced at her shaking head.

"No, I was just shaking because you guys are dummies."

"What?" One guy stepped forward.

"That is right," Kagome grinned as she rushed forward, her first attack taking the guy by surprised. She had the strength of ten men and she knew it. For some reason, she didn't want to kill the men. Her only choice then, was to knock them out cold. She knew just the right place to hit them. "Watch out, Terri!" One of the five guys shouted at their friend, but Kagome was quick and fast and she hit Terri's neck, one of the nerve points. Terri fell to the ground immediately.

"Terri?" One guy rushed forward without realizing it and Kagome hit him right in the shoulder near his chest, another nerve point she learned from Inuyasha. The guy didn't faint, but Kagome wasn't planning on having him fainted. She planned on him freeze instead, and freeze he did.

"Hey!" The others rushed at her and she put her sword, the Kazari tachi, away and decided to bruise their egos instead. They were strong men, but their nerve points were like any other humans were and so they were easy to freeze.

Before the fun began, it was over and Kagome was standing in front of them with four guys standing, unable to move at all.

"What did you do to us?" one guy shouted.

"For fighters, you don't seemed to comprehend what happened," Kagome told them.

"We are only fighters, not some…yoga people."

"Yes, I agree," Kagome smiled. "That is why you should learn other different types of fighting skills to improve yours. You guys will be unable to move for about two days. If you are strong, maybe one day, but if you are weak, only two days the least," she thought out loud, "of course, unless your friend, Terri wakes up and knows where to hit."

"Kid, unfreeze us immediately!"

"We underestimated her, boss," one guy grumbled.

"Shut up, we didn't." the boss yelled back.

"Sayoonara!" Kagome saluted them as she jumped into the sky. "Have fun."

"Damnit, kid, get back here!" the boss shouted, unable to move at all.

"We're stuck…" the boss' comrades groaned.

"Shut up," the boss commanded. "We better not get this out. The Famous Five defeated by a mere kid, do you know what that will do to our reputation!"

"Yup, and a mere kid is a girl too."

"Yeah boss, we do know," one guy muttered.

"What would our original boss say?"

"We'll probably get fired."

"Good, I was damn tired of his ordering about anyway."

And then the four burst out laughing.

(-)

Where have you been?

Kagome ignored the voice in her head and instead went to her bedroom.

I ask you, where have you been? "None of your business," Kagome muttered to herself.

Kagome!

Kagome wince, but didn't answer. She blocked him from her mind immediately. Let him come to her tonight, she thought.

She had been wandering for most of the day after she had defeated the five men at the restaurant. She return to the restaurant and got her money back before being seen, and then she took off, going off to another place where it was more expensive, but no one would bother her there.

Surprisingly, everyone ignored her and she was damn glad of that. If anyone else had come up to her, she would have killed him or her immediately before an explanation was given. She was irritated enough that Inuyasha hadn't once tried to contact her, and so she had shut off her mind to him immediately when he didn't contact her. She left it that way until she came back to his home, his cave. She had hoped that it would be hers one day, but that was unlikely to happen. Inuyasha didn't care about no one but himself, and maybe that wench he visited nearly every night for nourishment. She hated to admit it, but she was damn jealous of that wench, whoever she was.

Now she was tired as heck, and night was coming fast. She didn't want to go vampire hunting tonight. She fell asleep before the sun set.

(-)

Inuyasha awoke just as the sun disappeared behind the mountain and the hunger hit him full force. He managed to contain it, hold it inside. But he knew it was useless. The monster he had tried so long to contain was struggling to appear, and he didn't know how to keep it in the darkness where it belong. Ever since Kagome had come to live in his house, he had felt the beast stir more than once. It was demanding her blood and no matter what, Inuyasha couldn't bring himself to take hers. She was like a sister to him, at least, he hoped he thought of her as a sister. Lately, he had been thinking of her as someone else rather than a sister, and it disgusted him because he wasn't supposed to be thinking of her like that.

He waited for a full ten minutes, breathing deeply, in out, in out. The beast stirred and moved, but other than that, he managed to control it this time, and he hope, for a while longer until he could go back to the secluded mountains. He shouldn't have gotten out so soon. The beast might have disappeared while he was in the mountains, but it was probably just waiting until the time came. A time like this…

Kagome cried out in her sleep.

Inuyasha lay back down on the bed and closed his eyes. She had had nightmares like this, but she wasn't even aware of them. He had no idea when the nightmares started since he had always been gone away at night sometimes so the first time he came home, he had thought she was in trouble. He had ran and found her on the floor, but she was struggling in her dream and didn't even noticed it. He had picked her up and put her on the bed, but she, being only eleven years old, had clung to him like a scared child, and she had been scared too. Something in her dream scared her, and though he had the power to go into dreams to see what it was, she always locked her dreams so whenever he tried, he had been unable to enter it.

"No! Not mama!"

Inuyasha didn't want to hear her. He didn't want to be affected by it. He thought he had no feeling, no heart. He was mistaken. Ever since she had turned fifteen, and that was quite some time back, he had started noticing her in a different way and he hated it. He had tried to distant the distance between them, but she was always there, smiling at him and giving him her attitude. He had pretended not to be affected by it, but by god, it was getting harder to pretend each day.

She cried out in her sleep again and Inuyasha clenched his fists tightly together. He could not, would not, go to her. He had been going there most of the night when he found out she had been having nightmares and have been holding her. Once immediately then, her nightmares stopped and she fell asleep, but now, now that he wasn't going in there because last time he had almost, ALMOST, kissed her while he was in there. He had gotten out of the room immediately because he didn't want to kiss her like that and it had been very tempting.

"Not him! No!"

Inuyasha tried, he really did. He closed his eyes and willed himself, but he found himself blocked. He had no idea why she kept blocking him even in sleep. She had nothing to fear, and he wanted to help her, damnit, though he didn't know why and will never want to know the reason why. He didn't even know if she was blocking him consciously or unconsciously.

She stopped her struggling, and Inuyasha knew the struggling was over for tonight. He didn't want to wake her up. They were supposed to go hunting, but he might as well let her rest. After all, he had pushed her too hard over these past few weeks fighting and telling her to master her skills. She was good enough already, better than most he had seen, but still, though he was not willing to admit it even to himself, he wanted her safe at all times. Especially when he was not around to protect her.

He might as well find someone to feed upon, he thought as he dissolved, disappearing, camouflaging himself along with the darkness. He knew exactly where that was though, and lately, it had become harder to go to that place because of the one in his home. His blood was crying for hers, demanding hers only, and he had no idea if after he had drank it, he will be satiated and forget about her, or whether he will always be unsatisfied once he had tasted her blood. Nevertheless, he wasn't willing to risk it.

Kagome knew he left the house already when her eyes opened. She didn't hear a Inuyashand, and she knew at this time, where he was going to be and for how long. He had said they were going to hunt tonight, didn't he? Why didn't he come wake her up then? Damn him! She thought angrily. It was all right though. If that damn bastard wanted to be in the arms of another lady, fine with her! Why should she care? She was only a fifteen-year-old kid who had no idea how harsh reality is.

She donned herself in her favorite black clothes and fastened her Kazari tachi to her waist along with the sheath. Then on the other side of her waist and to the back, she put in three small size daggers. This was enough protection for tonight. She wasn't going out to hunt food, so she decided not to bring along her bow and arrow. Besides, it would probably just slow her down.

She had gone only for ten minutes when she knew she was being followed. She grinned, already anticipating the next battle with whomever it was that was following her. She whistled, pretended she didn't noticed anything and turned the corner, making sure she stayed in their sight. She didn't want to lose them. She was pretty sure it was a them because she heard footsteps, two behind her and two coming towards her rear. Another one in front of her, thinking of surprising her, Kagome's grinned widened, she might as well give them a show, she thought.

She came to a clearing, she could see real well at night even though she wasn't one of the vampires. It was part of Inuyasha's fault too, that she could see really well. Inuyasha had taken her to a forest while she was young and had prevented her from escaping out of the forest. She had been forced to stay in that forest for a whole month, practicing her eyes in the dark. At first she was afraid. She had never been away from Inuyasha that long, but she had gotten use to it after a couple of weeks. She had learned how to cook on her own, how to make her own fire and many other survival skills as well as seeing and hearing really well. That was how she became an independent person, and ever since then, she hadn't been clinging to Inuyasha's like before.

She had been too busy remembering that she didn't see the first attack made on her. With a curse at herself, she twisted away and managed to avoid being cut with a sword, but her cheek didn't, and she wince as she felt blood on the left side of her cheek.

"Getting careless?" It was Inuyasha's voice, but she couldn't see anything.

"No," She was sure it was not Inuyasha because Inuyasha would never harm her. He wouldn't dare cut her, or even wound her like now. He had a lot of chances during any one of their practice sessions, but he always held back, always made certain to avoid cutting her. So this possibly couldn't be Inuyasha, but the voice was exactly like his…

He came at her again, and she saw his shadow. Without another thought, she threw one of her daggers towards the shadow and hid behind a tree, the shadows helping her blend in.

"You have a pretty good vision for a mere human." Inuyasha's voice rang out loud and clear in the night.

Kagome frowned. She recognized that voice from somewhere, but where? It was almost as similar as Inuyasha's voice, except a little lower and deeper. Where could she have heard it before? Was it one of the vampires she fought in the past?

"But it is no use hiding, I can see your every move," the voice was in a bare whisper now, but she could hear. "You are not frightened, amazing, so my twin brother did really well huh?"

Twin brother? God, why can't she remember? Dammit! Where was the voice from again? Her heart started to beat faster, warning her that this was one of the old and ancient vampires, the stronger kind.

"That is right, be afraid," the voice chuckled. "Be very afraid of me, Kagome, because I have waited long enough for you, and my patience is almost to an end, but you still are not ready to become mine yet."

Kagome searched the surrounding area around her. Where the hell was he? Who the hell was he and what the hell does he want?

"I do not know what you are talking about," Kagome answered loud and clear, betraying her true emotions, "but I do know that you are going to die once I get my hands on you."

"Once you get your hands on me, you will not be killing me," the voice chuckled again. "So my twin brother is not here eh?"

Kagome frowned. Dammit, she couldn't sense his energy, his presence was somewhere to her left, but she wasn't sure because the evil surrounding him was strong. This was a boss, or something, because Kagome will never be able to defeat him without Inuyasha, but he wasn't around, but she could give it a try, and if she died trying, good, maybe it'll give that cold-hearted Inuyasha something to think about!

"Come on if you dare!" Kagome spat out.

"Watch out!"

Kagome didn't have any time to react before she was pushed out of the way and fell to the ground. She heard a noise, like a knife piercing through skin.

"Terri!"

Kagome felt strong arms grab her as she stood up, and then she was forced behind another set of trees.

"Dammit, you stupid boy!"

Before Kagome could speak, someone pulled her hand and she started running so that her hand won't be pulled away from her. "You were supposed to watch him, Fuie!"

"How was I to know he would do something stupid like that!"

"Terri?" Kagome's eyes widened. "Terri? It is not you people again, is it?"

"So we meet again, kid."

"Boss, he is coming."

"Shit," the boss swore. "Fine, Han, Kinyu, you two distract him."

"You can not defeat him!" Kagome tried to stop them, but they were gone before she could say anymore.

"Listen, kid, we have got an injured boy here because of you so you should just shut up and be thankful."

"I did not ask to be rescued!" Kagome replied indignantly.

The boss didn't say anything.

"Listen," Kagome jerked her hand free from one of the guys. "That…thing back there is not human. Do you understand me? If you do not call them back, they will die and you will be the one at fault here."

"Quiet!" The boss barked. "Fuie, see to Terri's wounds. Now!"

"Yes, boss!"

They stopped at the end of the forest, near the creek, close towards Inuyasha's hideout home cave.

"Are you listening to me?" Kagome demanded after a moment of silence from the boss and some noise from Fuie and Terri.

"He okay?" the boss turned to Fuie.

"Yeah," Fuie wiped his forehead with his arms. "He's—he got cut real bad on the arm—too much blood, I can not seem to stop it—he will get a fever, I can tell you that."

"Well, stop the bleeding, you are a doctor!"

"You are a doctor and you do not know how to stop a wound?" Kagome turned to Fuie.

"I—I" he swipe his forehead again. "I—"

"He is a warrior and a doctor," the boss muttered. "And he hates the sight of blood, but he has good healing hands."

"We need to find a hiding place!" Kagome turned back to the boss. "I can not call you boss!"

"Just call me Kiet."

"Kiet, did you hear me back there? That thing is not human!"

"We are outlaws, we are warriors, we know!" Kiet told her. "Han and Kinyu are both fully equipped with the knowledge that that…thing is not human! That…thing is a vampire!"

"He is shaking now…" Fuie's breath quickened.

Comforted by the thought that they knew they weren't dealing with just any human, Kagome went to the boy. "He does not look like a boy to me."

"He is nineteen, that is a boy to us. We are almost thirty-five years old." Kiet told her.

"Oh," Kagome frowned. "Will Han and Kinyu find us if we leave?"

"Yes," Kiet said impatiently. "I picked Han and Kinyu to distract the vampire because they both are very good trackers and they both are very good at escaping."

"All right," Kagome picked up Terri without slowing down at all. "There is a cave nearby, similar to a house. If we could get inside, it will be hard for a vampire to get in. The defenses there are real good."

"How would you know?" Kiet turned to her now. "How can we trust you?"

Kagome blew her bangs out of her eyes, "Please! We are wasting time here! I could have killed you five earlier really easily, but I did not, did that not tell you something?"

Kiet nodded, and let Kagome lead them.

It didn't take long for Kagome to reach Inuyasha's place, though Kagome feared it was too late for the kid Terri to live. He was already shaken badly from the wound and if he didn't die, the lost of blood will cause him his death. If she could get him inside, she might be able to save him, but dammit, his chances weren't looking real good.

"Close the damn door and watch it closely!" Kagome demanded harshly. "Though he will not be able to breach it, watch it in case your two friends come!"

"Where are you taking him?" Fuie demanded. "You do not know—"

"I am a healer!" Kagome didn't even bother to glance at him as she opened one of the connecting doors. "I know what to do to an injured man."

"Good." Kiet, the boss, nodded and Fuie let her go.

Kagome stopped before going into the room and turned around to face the two. "I might not be able to save him, he is convulsing too much, and he has lost too much blood. I will try my best, but I can not guarantee it."

They both turn to look at her. "What are his chances?"

"30 percent chance," Kagome knew, she didn't have to check. She could feel his heart beat slowing down, his breathing slowing as well.

"Try your best," Kiet said, then turned back to look at the door without saying another word.

Fuie nodded and then turned his back on her.

Kagome closed the door and went right to work. Inuyasha came home a little after midnight.

He smelled blood and the scent of human on his ground and the beast inside him immediately snarled savagely to life. This was his home, no one would dare come to this place, but these humans did. He would make them pay! He caught another scent, a familiar one, and managed to rein the beast inside for her sake. Kagome was inside, somewhere. The humans might have captured her.

Kagome?

He tried to reach her, but she wouldn't answer. Damn her! He cursed. She had no right to cut him off like this! Wasn't her life in danger?

Kagome! Answer me!

No answer.

He took a deep breath because he was already breathing fast, from fear? He didn't know, but he was afraid for her safety. The beast inside clawed at him, demanding to be let out, but he held on tight. Not now, he would not release him. He had controlled him for centuries, why suddenly when Kagome might be in danger, was it wanting to be let out now?

"Someone is out there," Inuyasha heard a whisper.

"What do we do boss?"

"I do not know, it might be him, we hit him good to keep him occupied a while and then ran, but we had no idea how much damage we caused and how long it will take him to recuperate."

"She still inside?"

"Yeah, been in there for almost five hours now."

Kagome, Inuyasha thought, they must be talking about Kagome.

"Dammit, stupid Terri. Why the hell did he do that?"

No one answered.

Inuyasha appeared out in the moonlight where they could see him. "Let me in."

"Who are you?" All four of the men were suddenly alert, stiff, and ready for combat.

"I am a friend of Kagome, let me in." Inuyasha said again. He would surrender quietly and kill them when they weren't looking, after all, they were just humans. They were nothing compared to him, and Kagome! She could have defeated these humans easily, why didn't she?

"It Inuyashands like the same voice."

"Of the attacker?"

"Yes boss. He talked enough for me to recognize his voice."

"Maybe he is trying to trick us?"

Inuyasha immediately stiffened as he listened to the conversation. It was said in a whisper, but he could still hear, after all, he wasn't human was he? He was a vampil, master of his kind because he could stay out in the daylight for more than a day and because he was much more stronger. He was one of the ancient Vampils, the Master of his kind, all right, and he wouldn't hesitate to kill anything or anyone who threatened what he cared about. But there was one similar to him, only, he wasn't a vampil, but a vampire, one who couldn't stay out in the daylight, and he had the same voice as him.

"Are you saying someone that Inuyashanded exactly like me came here today?" Inuyasha asked.

The four hesitated.

"Tell me!"

"You attacked us, so don't be pretending you don't know!"

Inuyasha was immediately inside, past the door to his home. "What did you say?"

"Shit!" One guy, taller and more muscular than the group swore. "Get ready everyone!"

"How the hell did you get in? Did Kagome not say this house had a very good defense?"

"Where is she?" Inuyasha demanded angrily at the thought of anything happening to her.

"We're not giving her to you!" One guy said, already in his fighting posture.

"I do not want to fight," Inuyasha clenched his hands into a fist and growled dangerously because he was already burning to kill them. "Where is she? Is she safe?"

Two of them frowned.

"Yes, she is safe," the tall one spoke up. "She has been working on one of our men who got attacked. You are not the one who attacked her are you?"

"No," Inuyasha's stomach twisted at the thought of attacking her. Of course not! He would never to her harm! She had come to mean a lot to him, and he would rather die than hurt her!

"Yeah, you are different from the other one," the one with the dark hair spoke up. "I sense no evil in him, just…nothing."

Everyone turned to stare at him.

"You are one of them aren't you?"

Inuyasha didn't answer though, and went straight to the door where Kagome was. He had to see for himself what his damn twin brother had done to Kagome. Dammit, he didn't think his twin would attack his soon. He had said he was coming for her when she was one eight so why did he attack now when she was one and five!

(-)

"No!" Kagome whispered as he put another washcloth on his head. "You will not die you hear me? You will not die!"

She had been constantly washing him on and off with cold water. His fever had risen and he had shaken terribly. Kagome had tried her best to calm him down with her voice and when he finally did manage to calm down, his fever had gone down, but he started shaking with a chill. She had wrapped him up with a blanket, and then his fever had gone up.

"I will die."

Kagome's eyes widened and she stopped what she was doing to look at the Terri, who was now wide-awake. "Terri!"

"You are okay, good." He smiled at her.

"Why?" she asked because it was the only thing she could think of.

"Because you were exactly like my sister. You reminded me of my sister." Terri closed his eyes and opened them again. "Alias was a good fighter with a smart tongue," he grinned, making him look younger. "But she was killed," his eyes hardened as he saw it again and again through his mind, "by a damn vampire. I swore, I would find that vampire and kill him myself…"

Kagome watched as he struggled to stay awake. "You will live…" she told him fiercely.

"My family, all gone," he said tiredly as he gave up the struggle to live. "I will be with them."

"No!" Kagome angrily pounded his chest. "No! Live, dammit!"

His arms came up to hold her hands. "Ouch!" He chuckled weakly. "That hurts, Alias."

He was hallucinating, but Kagome didn't care. She had to do something to make him live! "Do not go brother."

"Alias?"

"Live!" Kagome demanded him. "Live for me. I am here, just open your eyes."

"I need to sleep," his hand came up to her head and stayed there. "Big brother needs to rest, and the he will play with you."

"Yes," Kagome smiled. "Rest, then come back."

"I will, I promise," he gave her his charming smile and finally closed his eyes.

Kagome went right back to work because his fever had gone down a little bit now.

She was still working when the door slam open, putting her out of her trance. She didn't even bother to glance up to see who it was, she just demanded that more cold water be brought and another set of blankets.

"Kagome?"

She heard the soft whisper and glance up quickly to see Inuyasha standing there. She forced a smile. "Welcome back."

"Kagome are you okay?" He was by her side immediately, kneeling in front of her, looking at her to see if there were any bruises, and saw the dry blood on her cheek. She hadn't tended to it, she had forgotten about it. "Dammit, Kagome, do you know how serious a cut can get?" He demanded harshly as he put his palm on her cut cheek.

"I will be fine." Kagome said tiredly. Other than the cut, she was just tired.

Inuyasha chanted in the ancient language of the vampires, a healing spell, and Kagome flinched, but the cut was already healing itself, removing away the dead skin and the dry blood. "Who attacked you?" Inuyasha asked.

"I do not want to talk about it," Kagome was already putting a new washcloth on Terri's face. He was quiet now, not murmuring nonsense about his family being attack anymore. "I have to save him."

Inuyasha finally noticed the young man by her side. He was deathly pale and was burning with fever.

"Why are you saving him?" Inuyasha questioned as he stood up.

"He saved my life," Kagome said softly. "I wasn't paying attention, and he pushed me out of the way before the sword could cut me."

"Dammit," Inuyasha cursed again. "Did I not teach you better than that? What did I tell you about being alert?"

"It was dark and I was not paying attention!" Kagome argued.

"No matter," Inuyasha dropped the subject and moved around to sit across from Kagome. "Go to bed, I will handle it from here."

"No!" Kagome said stubbornly.

"Go to bed!" Inuyasha demanded.

"No!" Kagome reply. "I am staying here!"

Inuyasha closed his eyes and muttered something, and when he opened them, Kagome was gone. At least there was an advantage at being a vampil no matter how much he hated being one, he thought with an ironic smile. Kagome had been sent to her room by his ancient magic, she wouldn't do what he said, so this was the only way. His grin grew even wider because she would be really furious with him when she awoke. He had also put in a little sleeping spell in it.

"Lets see if I could save you." Inuyasha told him.

"Too late."

The voice surprised Inuyasha. "You are awake?"

"Yes," he answered. "You have the same voice…as the one who killed…my family."

Inuyasha watched him closely. "Am I the one that killed your family?"

"No," he shook his head. "You are not. You're not full of evil, like the other one…"

"Who attacked you?" Inuyasha questioned.

"Do not know," Terri shook his head. "All I know is…his name…is Sesshomaru…killed my family, and he tried to…to…"

Inuyasha watched as he struggled to breath.

"To kill her…" he finished.

"I owe you one," Inuyasha said quietly, the first gratitude he felt in years. "Thank you for saving her…"

"Just…keep her safe," Terri closed his eyes. "My last wish, keep her safe for me, if not for you." He took a deep breath, let it out, and then he never took another.

Inuyasha stood up and promised him silently: I will keep her safe. Go in peace.

(-)

The Famous Five felt their member died, his last intake of breath and from then on, they were known as the Famous Four. They mourned silently for they were warriors, and each had a different method of mourning. The four of them all disappeared the next day, each going their own way.

End

Author's Note: Tell me if you want me to post another chapter...I already have this story finished on my computer!