*Diabolik Lovers and InuYasha are two very different anime and I don't own either of them, but I will make them work in this fan fiction!
General POV
She felt eyes on her before she even left her house. She couldn't tell if they belonged to the same being that followed her home the night before but someone was definitely watching her now. As a precaution, she packed some talismans into her bag along with some herbs and a pair of silver hair sticks that she knew could be used as crude weapons in a pinch.
On her way to the bus stop, she flexed her powers to get a feel of where her stalker was hiding and found his aura southwest and slightly above her. If she had to guess, he was watching her from the woods and up in the trees. It took a lot of self restraint, but she didn't look. These creatures, whatever they were, had probably realized that she was different but had no idea just how much power she had yet. That was her ace. So long as she kept the extent of her power a secret until they forced her hand, she would be able to make a move and get away safely… at least she hoped so.
Just like the night before, Kagome sat at the front corner of the classroom closest to the door. And also like the night before, she could feel their eyes on her for the majority of the night. The only difference was the potency of their auras, it was much stronger than the night before and she had a theory as to why that was. They wanted her scared, so they were purposefully pushing their auras at her so she'd feel how powerful they were. It was the intimidation before the hunt. But this also gave her an advantage since it told her that they would make a move tonight.
She made it through her classes without any of them making a move against her. She let herself relax and conserve her energy for when she would need it, knowing that would help when the time came.
When class ended for the night, Kagome knew exactly what to do. She ignored them.
She had learned from Kouga and InuYasha that when it came to being hunted there were three things that she had to do. First, she couldn't present herself as prey and show weakness, that would egg them on. Next, don't challenge them directly; if she did that then they would attack to prove their dominance. That was why it was best to simply act as if she were ignoring them, indifference was probably the best defense against a predator. But then there was the last and probably most important lesson when it came to being hunted, and that was to be prepared to fight or run at any given time.
Walking out of class, she kept her head held high and carried herself with an undisturbed presence. She noticed that the two other boys she had seen in the halls the night before were waiting outside of the classroom. She didn't even look at them. It was easy to tell that her attitude bothered them, but they didn't attack. She hadn't expected them to attack at the school anyway.
As she left the school grounds to walk to the bus stop, she counted the five auras from before plus another one. They could have attacked her then, but they didn't and she figured that it was because there were still people around and they didn't want to blow their cover as normal, though admittedly attractive, high school students. As she rode the bus to her stop, she quickly figured the places where they would be most likely to attack. From the bus stop to the shrine steps was about a eight minute walk and then five more minutes to go up the steps where the barrier was in place. The area right at the bus stop would have a lot of foot traffic but that died down about three minutes into her walk. That gave them about a 10-13 minute window of opportunity to attack her before she got to safety.
The bus stop came much too soon for her liking. Before she got off, she slipped one of her hair sticks up her sleeve so it could slide down into her palm if she needed it. She concealed a talisman in her other hand as well, glad that Miroku had taught her how to use them properly before the well had stopped working. She probably could simply purify them if she had to, but she would rather keep those abilities under wraps unless absolutely necessary.
Just as she'd suspected, she was about half way to the shrine steps when she felt the six auras begin to make their move. The two red heads appeared in front of her, the blonde and the boy with glasses behind her, the boy holding the bear was to her left and the new boy was at her right. The sixth boy's appearance startled her slightly due to his silverish-white hair which reminded her so much of InuYasha even though it was much shorter than he'd ever wear it. But all similarities stopped there; his eyes were ruby red instead of gold, his skin was pale rather than tan, and his body was toned instead of muscular from constant fighting.
Keeping her mask of indifference, Kagome looked from one boy to another with the same expression. "What do you want?"
"Oh ho, so I was right. Miko-chan has some fight in her." Said the boy wearing the fedora.
"If you do not intend to answer my question, then let me pass." She said, glad that her voice didn't tremble. Despite her outward appearance, she was a bit scared. But hell, anyone would be if they were surrounded by six dangerous predators, so I think I can cut myself a little slack here. I'm allowed to be scared, but I will not allow myself to be beaten.
"You shall come with us," said the boy wearing glasses, his tone leaving no room for argument.
I was right, he is kind of like Lord Sesshomaru. Kagome thought before turning her head slightly so she could look over her shoulder at the boy. Then she said something that she was sure would piss him off since she had said something similar to Lord Fluffy and it had been enough to change his expression when she'd said it to him.
"It is considered improper to expect an audience without formal notice or invitation. Since I have received neither, I will have to decline and ask that you let me pass. It is late and I have no desire to discuss this matter in such an inappropriate setting."
She watched with great satisfaction as Glasses' eyes widened in surprise before his brow creased in displeasure as Fedora and the red head with the scarf started laughing. "That was not a request, but an order."
"Which makes no difference since we are not in acquaintance with each other and, therefore, you hold no authority over me or my actions." Kagome countered quickly, causing his scowl to deepen. "I say again, let me pass."
"Not happening, birdie. You're coming with us." Scarf told her as he took a step in her direction, as did the other boys.
Before any of them had a chance to react, Kagome had opened the talisman in her hand, held it above her head and yelled "Illuminate!" The light it produced was blinding and burned their skin. She took advantage of their distraction to run past them towards the shrine. She knew that the talisman wouldn't give her much of a lead, but it gave her the time to pull another talisman from her bag and prepare for the next attack.
It was the violet haired boy that appeared in front of her next and he looked pissed! She was able to dodge his reaching hands as she slipped past him and kept running. When she felt their auras move to attack again she lifted her talisman and yelled "Expel!" This caused all six of them to go flying away from her and she was running again before their bodies even his the pavement.
Ayato shook his head as he sat up from where he had landed and glared at the retreating figure of the girl that all six of them had failed to capture so far. "She is really starting to piss me off."
"I'm done playing," Kanato said in a dark tone as he glared after the girl.
Kagome had just reached the lower steps of the shrine when one of her attackers came upon her too quickly for her to react and wrapped his arms around her.
"You won't escape us, Miko-chan." He said as she felt his breath on her ear.
She didn't even reply as she slid her silver hair stick from her sleeve to her palm, flipped it in her hand and stabbed him in the leg. He hollered in pain and surprise as he released her and she yanked the stick from his leg and kept running up the stairs, taking them two at a time.
As she neared the top, she sensed two auras rushing ahead of her to cut her off while the other four closed in from behind. Keeping her grip on her hair stick with one hand, she pulled the emergency pouch of herbs out of her bag with the other and tore the top open with her teeth. She quickly said the prayer over the herbs to activate the power she had already infused with them before flinging them in a circle to hit all of her attackers. She heard them scream in surprise and pain as the smell of burning skin caught her nose and she pushed past the two that had been blocking her path and into the safety of the barrier she'd created the night before.
Her attackers attempted to follow but were stopped at the edge. They glared at what they could not see before they started attacking in earnest to break through. Kagome could sense how strong they were and knew that the barrier, as it was, probably wouldn't hold them back for long. So she pulled two more talismans from her bag and used them to fortify what she had already set up. Once it was set, the next one to strike the barrier, which happened to be the white haired boy, was violently thrown back and fell down the shrine steps.
After that, they didn't dare touch the barrier but continued to glare at her.
Kagome took a few breathes to fill her lungs, it had been a long time since she'd had to run and fight like that and it had worn her out. Once she'd caught her breath, she stood up straight and looked at all of them as the white boy joined them again. Their clothes, which had been pristine when they had first approached her were torn and bloody in some places. Though they were healing quickly, she saw burns marring their alabaster skin. Their expressions were furious and promised her great pain if they got the chance.
Realizing that she couldn't walk away from them like this without inviting greater danger down the road, she chose to speak. "I don't know what you want from me, and frankly, I don't care. Please know that I have no desire to fight you but I will not hesitate to do so if I must. If you choose to attack me again, I cannot guarantee that results will be the same."
"Because you know we won't let you escape," Scarf snapped at her, his expression contorted with a sneer.
"Because I will not simply work to incapacitate you next time," she quickly corrected him. "I am no stranger to fighting, but I find no gratification in it or killing other beings. I have had to endure more than my share of battle, tragedy, and loss; and I do not wish to endure any more. If you try to force it upon me again, I will not hold back next time."
Subaru was silent as he looked into the girl's eyes and knew that she wasn't lying. He recognized the soul-scarring pain reflected in her eyes and was surprised that he was seeing it in a human. Shu and Reiji seemed to recognize it too and were intelligent enough to use caution. Ayato, Laito, and Kanato, on the other hand, were too infuriated by the fact that they had been bested by a human to realize that she could possibly be a threat.
"You don't know who you're dealing with, human! We will make you suffer!" Ayato yelled at her.
Then, to the surprise and confusion of the six vampires, the priestess started laughing. It wasn't even a little chuckle, there were actual tears in her eyes as she wrapped her arms around her stomach. It took her a moment to collect herself and wipe the tears from her eyes before she looked back at Ayato.
"Is that supposed to scare me? You think I haven't suffered already?" She yelled at them, her eyes taking on a slight edge of insanity. "I have fought things that monsters like you have nightmares about. I have been betrayed by the one I loved for someone who tried to kill me multiple times. Then I come back here to where I'm supposed to find peace and even that was stripped away from me! I hardly have anything left to call my own, and I will not hesitate to destroy every one of you next time in order to keep it if I have to."
Kanato didn't know what it was about this woman, but she scared him and enticed him. He wanted her blood and her soul. He wanted to break that strong spirit and let the insanity he'd seen in her eyes take her over. He wanted her!
"You should be ours," Kanato said loud enough for her to hear him. "We want to take you home."
"This is my home," she said firmly as she looked over all of them again. "Now I want you to get off my property and never come back. And while you're at it, leave me alone at school too. I'm there to study, which means that I have no time for the likes of any of you." Without sparing them another glance, Kagome turned her back to them and went into her house.
~oOo~
The brothers had soon returned to their manor, angry and surprised that they had failed in bringing their new prospective bride home.
"I knew that Miko-chan was powerful since her barrier kept me out last night, but damn! I didn't expect all that." Laito said in amazement as he checked the stab wound on his right leg. It was healing but rather slowly, making him suspect that she had stabbed him with something made of silver.
Kanato cuddled Teddy tight to his chest as he sat in his chair and looked at the wounds she had inflicted on himself and his brothers. "She likes to cause pain. Maybe she likes receiving pain too. Don't you agree, Teddy?"
"That human thinks she's too good for us! She needs to know her place! If she refuses to submit to Yours Truly, I'll rip out her throat and make her submit!" Ayato ranted as he paced back and forth.
Shu was quiet for the most part as he checked himself over for the damage she had caused him. "She may be more trouble than she's worth," He mumbled, but then discovered that his music had been damaged during one of her attacks and became increasingly annoyed. "Then again, there are some things that can not be forgiven."
Reiji was less than pleased with the outcome as well. Not only had she done laps around him in the ways of propriety, which he had not suspected she would know, but she then proceeded to deny them and act as if they were no threat to her. He could tell that she had not lied about her past full of pain or that she had not used her full power to evade them, which served to anger him. Now all he could think of was trapping her in their manor and breaking her in every way possible. The fact that she would fight them only served to thrill him even more.
"We are not through with her yet," he said calmly as he adjusted his glasses, which had luckily come out of the fight unscathed.
Subaru was more quiet than usual. He couldn't get over the look he had seen in her eyes. That tortured, pained look that said that she had seen the deepest pits of hell and survived. With Yui, all he had ever seen was fear and innocence and he had known that she would never survive in their world. He had been right, they had been unable to save her after she had stabbed herself to kill Cordelia. The act had left her body too weak to survive the Awakening and she had died a painful death in the end.
But this girl was strong. There were very few beings that would be able to survive an attack from all six of them at once. There were even fewer that could come out of it completely unscathed while littering them with injuries, but that was exactly what she had done. And the fact that she had done so as a human was unheard of. He wanted that strength. He wanted to feed from it.
"We'll find a way to have her." He said with conviction.
There was no way that Kagome could have known, but the threat she had faced had multiplied. The brothers, while acting on their own, were dangerous beings. But on the rare occasions when they acted together, they were an unstoppable force.
A/N: So what did you guys think of the fight? I tried to have her fight without her powers this first time so that it would be an even better fight for round two! Did I do the reactions of the guys okay? Let me know!
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