Chapter 3

Ukaran's POV.

I was nose to nose with the strange female I'd seen looking for something, I did not know what, in the forest below my mountain... My mother, lady kikyo, still lived in the cave she'd given birth to me in five years ago... But when I should still be a child of five, here I was a man... For every year I lived, I aged by five years... I am twenty five years old, and never knew a kind word from anyone but my mother... My father, a powerful half demon named Naraku, was murdered after they thought that they destroyed my mother... But at the last moment, my father made the ultimate sacrifice... He gave up his demonic energy that enabled him to regenerate his body to my mother right before she was destroyed... His aura had sensed my life inside my mother's womb and protected me especially when she was torn to pieces...

This female in front of me, knew not who I was, or how many humans I'd killed because of my hatred for the ones that had wronged my family so... Yet this little female thought to befriend me?!

" You know not who you speak of friendship to, little one... I am dangerous..." I growled darkly...

And she did the unthinkable... She giggled... She giggled at me! How dare she laugh at me! I tried to warn her what kind of person I was and she dared to laugh at me! Ukaran the son of the great and powerful Naraku! I would show her just who she's dealing with... The little female squeaked nervously the instant she felt my aura grow darker as I towered over her, backing her up until she hit a nearby tree... She shivered in fear as I ran a single claw down her collar bone and down the front of her kimono, the sharpness, just enough to ensure fear, I truly wished no harm to the innocent and lovely little female standing before me... Her scent of fear smelled of fresh rain honey, and I found I rather liked her scent that way... I found myself wanting more... I pressed myself into her sweet little body, loving the way she whimpered in fright... Her fear was so incredibly intoxicating... It made her natural beauty as a demon intensify that much more... Her kimono hugged her curves perfectly and made her all the more desirable...

I smirked darkly as her scent spiked even more when she realized what our close proximity was doing to me... I resist my urge to lick my lips... The little female in front of me wiggled nervously, not realizing how intimate she was rubbing against me... I growled low in my throat, causing her to begin to shake in fear...

" I... I'm sorry!" The girl said frightfully, " I just wanted to be friends is all!"

" Friends huh..." I growled low, " And what exactly do friends do?"

" Um... Well..." The girl said a bit less nervous, " Friends are someone you can talk to if you have something that you need to get off of your chest... And they can keep you company... Do you have any siblings or anything?"

I sighed and sat down, reaching up and pulling her down into my lap as I thought about what she'd told me... I'd never met anyone like her before... Her beauty brought out my passionate side... My animal instincts... But her fear brought out my dark side... The side that wanted to drink deeply of her sweet blood... After thinking carefully of what he'd wanted to say, he spoke carefully...

" I grew up... Lonely... Children never asked me to play games or be thier friends... No one wanted to be around me and no one but my mother ever cared about me... I still visit my mother from time to time..." I said, suddenly missing her.

" Do you live around here?" She asked.

" Yes... I live in a cave a few days walk from here..." I replied, " It's very secluded and private... And very lonely..."

The girl suddenly leaned back against my chest and pressed her cheek against mine...

" I'm sorry you've been so alone... I'm happy to meet someone new... Up until now I've only been allowed around family and friends of my family and that's it..." The girl said, irritation clearly visible on her features, " They treat me like such a baby sometimes!"

I couldn't help but find the girl amusing... My mother loved me, I knew that, but she had no other family, no relatives to love me after she was gone...

" You don't realize how lucky you are to be loved by so many..." I said roughly.

She gasped when my arms tightened roughly around her, but I didn't care... This female stirred something deep inside me that I knew nothing about... And I found myself wishing to know the name of the strange feeling I was feeling... It was comforting...

" What happened to your father?" The female before me asked nervously.

" A bunch of humans murdered him..." I growled darkly...

The girl in my arms stiffened and began to try to free herself from my grasp... But I dug my claws in... She promised to be my friend, so I wanted to make sure that she would keep her word...

" Why do you wish to run from me now?" I asked angrily, " Did you still not wish to be friends?!"

" Yes! " The girl said trembling, " Of course I do, but your hurting me... Your squeezing me too tight!"

I couldn't help the dark chuckle that escaped my throat... She didn't realize it yet... But by her offering to be my friend, she has offered herself to me... And I have decided to except... One day soon, I shall claim her as mine...