disclaimer: still don't own it, so u still can't sue...HA!

Chapter 19

Stare from the Shadows

Two Months and Three Weeks Later

Mitsukai stared blankly at her ceiling. The room was dark, darker than usual because there was no moon that night. Mitsukai sighed. And rolled over to stare blankly at her wall instead. She had woken up in the middle of the night and couldn't fall back asleep. It was always the same. She could never sleep the whole night on the first night of her human week. It was some kind of instinct deep within her that made her more aware of everything.

Mitsukai rolled over onto her stomach and tried to smother herself to sleep with her pillow. That only succeeded in her throwing the pillow across the room, gasping for breath. She growled. Now she had to get up and get the pillow back. She kicked her blankets off and sat on the edge of the bed. She rubbed her eyes annoyed that she couldn't see in the dark any longer. She felt around the dark wall for her light switch. She flicked it on and instantly decided that it was a mistake. The sudden flood of light blinded Mitsukai causing her to cry out. She shielded her eyes from the light and stumbled around for a moment reaching out for something to hold onto so that she wouldn't ...

crash

"Aaaaah!"

thump

...trip.

But obviously it was too late for that now. She groaned and sat up, swatting at the books that had fallen ontop of her. She growled and rubbed her side where she had fallen into the desk before falling to the ground.

"Ow," she muttered.

She stood up. A few more books fell to the ground at her feet. She kicked them to the side and walked toward the spiral staircase leading to the living room and kitchen below. She guessed that because she couldn't get any sleep that she would settle for getting a snack. She dragged herself to the fridge and opened it. She didn't see anything she liked so she opened the freezer. She smirked.

'Aha! Ice cream! Perfect,' she thought as she greedily grabbed the ice cream. She closed the freezer door and turned. There was a shadowed figure of a man with bright golden eyes. Mitsukai screamed.

"Holy Fuck!"

"Quiet down will you. Why are you so loud?" Inutaisho's familiar voice said. "And watch your language pup."

"Kami! It's only you. Shit! Don't ever scare me like that again!" exclaimed Mitsukai in a loud whisper. "And sorry."

"Better. What are you doing up at this hour?"

"Can't sleep," Mitsukai answered simply as she opened a drawer to take out a spoon. She took the lid off the ice cream then placed it on the counter.

"Do you want to go for a walk?"

Mitsukai stuffed a spoon full of ice cream into her mouth.

"Can I bring my ice cream?"

"I think you better leave the ice cream here."

"Fine, whatever."

Mitsukai took a few more mouthfuls then replaced the ice cream in the freezer.

Soon she and Inutaisho's dog-demon form were walking through the dark and empty park. They walked in silence the whole time. About half way through the park Inutaisho said he was going to head back. Mitsukai wanted to walk alone for a little while so she told him that she'd be back before Kagome woke up, otherwise they'd both be in trouble. Mitsukai decided to walk to the burnt shrine then back to the apartment.

A few minutes later she stepped onto the burnt shrine grounds. She looked around. For some reason this place always seemed so serene and calming, sometimes it seemed like a sad place, but usually it was perfect for relaxing or thinking. Mitsukai saw the outline of the well and walked over to it. She traced one of the knots in the wood with her fore finger then sat down on the edge of it. She yawned.

Suddenly Mitsukai got a bad shiver up her spine.

'What the hell?' she thought. 'That was a bit creepy.'

She yawned again.

"Tired?" came a voice from the shadows.

Mitsukai looked up into the branches of the great tree where she was sure the voice had come from. All she saw were two golden eyes. Suddenly a flash back of a night three months earlier.

Flashback

Three pairs of eyes flashed before her in her mind. Mysterious and mishievious; blood lustful, cold, and amused; and uncertain, hesitant, with a hint of recognition. Two, red; one gold...

Suddenly, something silver flew past Mitsukai's head and she ducked just in time to prevent it from decapitating her right then and there...

Her eyes widened in shock and horror at her near death experience as she watched the weapon land a few feet away from her...

She heard a snicker from somewhere in the shadows...

She heard quiet footsteps behind her and she spun around to see a shadowy figure of a guy...

...cold red-gold eyes watching her with blood lust and amusement...

Three pairs of eyes flashed before her in her mind. Mysterious and mishievious; blood lustful, cold, and amused; and uncertain, hesitant, with a hint of recognition. Two, red; one gold...

end flashback

Mitsukai screamed. Her scream wasn't like her surprised scream back at the apartment. This one was full of terror. It was loud and pierced the warm night air. It was shrill and eerie.

She staggered back a few steps then tripped over one of the great tree's roots. She cried out as she fell. She didn't hit the ground. She was caught before she did by a pair of strong arms. She opened her eyes and looked up in to the face of who had caught her. Sasuke. Tears welled in her eyes and she began to cry into Sasuke's chest. Sasuke was a bit startled at first but did his best to comfort her by whispering comforting words and running his fingers through her hair. She suddenly pulled away quickly. She wiped her tears away.

"What the fuck am I crying for?" she muttered, mentally kicking herself for crying and appearing weak in front of someone.

"Are you okay Kai? I didn't mean to scare you like that," said Sasuke.

"I'm fine," she snapped. She sighed. She shouldn't take her anger at herself out on Sasuke. "I'm sorry Sasuke. It wasn't you're fault. It was...it was this dream I had a while ago. I don't know why it still bugs me."

A pair of red-golden eyes flashed before her, blood lust evident in them. She cringed at the thought.

"What kind of dream?"

"That's a stupid ass question. It was obviously a nightmare."

"I meant, what was it about?"

Mitsukai sighed. Should she tell Sasuke? She couldn't tell him about the feudal era. He'd think she was weird. So she decided to just tell him the part about the eyes. It's what scared her the most anyway.

She sighed.

"Well, it's...it's not really much of a dream i guess," she began. "It's these eyes that keep popping up in the back of my mind." 'That's true,' thought Mitsukai. "It's the worst when I'm sleeping." 'Also true." She saw the eyes mostly in her sleep. "They're red. I can only see the outline of the face, but the eyes are always so vivid. Just a pair of eyes melting out of the shadows. They're so full of blood lust and this amusement with killing. It's- it's- I don't know..."

Sasuke was silent. Mitsukai looked up at him but he wasn't even looking at her. He glaring at the well. Mitsukai ignored this and continued, guessing that he wasn't going to make a comment.

"Sometimes," she continued, "I see the weapon."

"The weapon?" Sasuke asked, strangely interested and he looked a bit scared.

Mitsukai nodded. "I never actually see it, it's just a blur of silver flying past my head."

Sasuke was silent again. Mitsukai followed his gaze to the well and studied it. Then she looked into his eyes, which were still glaring at the well.

"But it's only a dream, right?" she said.

Sasuke finally looked away from the well and into Mitsukai's eyes. He nodded.

"Yea...only a dream."

A/N – sry that was a short chappie. But i hope ya like? Don't wry, chp.20 will be up soon. I spent all day working on it (i'm giving up intelligence for u pplz so u better be happy!) cept history class. I like it...although i do tend to either cry or wanna barf everytime we watch a documentary (either cuz it's SO incredibly boring and i want it to stop or cuz it's really sad or graphic and it makes me feel sad...) lol i kno kinda pathetic...but tru.