*If I owned Diabolik Lovers and InuYasha, I would definitely do a crossover episode! But I don't, so I can't.
General POV
Kagome was expecting them the next night as she was leaving the shrine, she had even taken extra precautions before leaving the house that night, just in case. What she hadn't expect was for them to be waiting for her at the base of the shrine steps. It was just three of them this time: Scarf, Fedora, and Violet. They were looking at her with a mix of anger and interest that put her on edge. The fact that they were purposefully pushing their auras out to intimidate her didn't help.
Still, she kept her mask of indifference on her face as she descended the stairs. To her complete surprise, they didn't attack her. They just started walking along with her and staring at her which made her even more uneasy. The silence between them was especially unnerving and it took a lot of effort not to fill the silence.
When they reached the bus stop, she noticed a black limousine waiting there with the back door open and Glasses, Blonde, and White Guy standing beside it.
"As an apology for last night, allow us to escort you to school," Glasses said, calmly and politely.
She didn't bother hiding the glare from her face as she looked at them. They wanted to get her alone and isolate her in order to push their dominance on her. That's what InuYasha, Kouga, and Shippo had told her about situations such as these.
"I don't believe it would be proper to accept a ride from those who has yet to show enough manners to properly introduce themselves. Being that you followed me home last night and I have sensed you even before that, it is obvious that you already know who I am so I see no need in introducing myself to you. Besides, my mother always told me not to accept rides from strangers."
Kagome just barely hid her smirk as she watched Glasses' jaw clench in annoyance as she sat down on the bench. Scarf looked amused but angry as he came forward to grab her arm and force her into the car… then hissed in pain as he quickly drew his hand away and looked at the burns that covered his palm.
"I would suggest all of you keep your hands to yourselves." She said coldly, without looking at any of them. "Those herbs that I used last night are quite potent. And if one were to bathe in those herbs and wash their clothes in them, those properties would absorb into their subjects without their potency diminishing in the least."
She heard a chuckle from Fedora as he sat down beside her but kept enough distance between them so that he wouldn't accidently touch her. "I am really starting to like you, Miko-chan," he told her, giving her a smile that Kagome wasn't too proud to admit, if only to herself, that it made him look sexy as sin. "My name is Laito Sakamaki, and these are my brothers: Ayato, Kanato, Reiji, Shu, and Subaru." He listed off as he pointed to all of the brothers.
"A pleasure," Kagome said coldly although she was glad to be able to use their names instead of calling them things like 'Fedora' and 'Glasses.' "I would suggest moving you car. You're in a no parking zone, you'll get a ticket."
Laito chuckled, but no one moved. "Now that we've been introduced and, as you said, we need to move our car, you have no reason not to accept a ride from us."
"You mean besides the fact that I don't want to and I don't trust any of you?"
"So cruel, Miko-chan. How can you not trust us if you haven't even taken the time to know us?"
"Because I don't trust those who hunt me like prey." She said, finally turning to look at Laito and pin him with a glare.
"As you so clearly established last night, you are anything but prey. And what's the harm in us giving you a ride to school? They are expecting you and us there, so it would be foolish to take you anywhere else. You've already proven that we are unable to touch you or harm you. And accepting our generosity will give all of us a chance to speak privately."
He was trying to manipulate her, she knew it. But at the same time, this would allow her the chance to figure out what they were and what they wanted from her. Trying to speak with them at school was a bad idea since anyone could walk in on the conversation. Speaking with them at her home or their home was definitely out of the question. This was probably the best chance she had to find answers.
"Do I have your word that you will take me directly to school, will release me when we arrive, and not make any attempts to harm me along the way?" She chanced, looking the dark haired vampire, Reiji, in the eye.
Reiji gave her a nod. "You have our word. We simply want the opportunity to speak with you in private."
A large part of her was calling her crazy for even considering their offer, but the other part knew that she needed to gather information about these boys if she were to properly ward them off. So she stood from the bench and approached the limousine. The brothers wisely gave her a wide berth as to avoid touching her as she situated herself on the seat closest to the door but allowed enough room for all of them to climb past her while Ayato sat beside her. She tried to ignore the feeling of dread as the door closed behind them and she found herself completely isolated with six predators.
As the limo pulled away from the curb, Kagome started asking questions. "So, why the interest in me?"
"You are something different and powerful, so we were curious." Laito told her. "Then I found out just how powerful you were and we decided that we wanted you for ourselves."
"Nothing good ever comes to those who want to control my powers." She told them matter-of-factly.
"It's not your power that we want, birdie. We want you." Ayato told her.
"I belong to no one but myself." She said, her voice become even colder than before.
"Why are you being so stubborn?" Kanato growled at her.
"It's my right." Kagome said as she looked at the violet haired boy who was still holding his teddy bear. "I will choose my own path in life and I refuse to let anyone take that from me."
"Since this line of conversation is leading us nowhere, I must ask you; how did you know that we were different? Miko are not meant to be as powerful as what you have displayed." Reiji asked her.
"That's because there aren't any as powerful as I am. Not anymore, at least. I was able to sense your auras and could tell that you were different. Granted, I've never come across beings like you before and have had no luck figuring out what you are."
"Oh, Miko-chan has never met a vampire before. That's surprising." Laito said as he tilted his hat at her. It drew her attention and she didn't miss the gleam in his feline green eyes.
What he said surprised her. In all her time in the Feudal Era, she'd never come across a vampire before. The bat youkai she'd met drank blood like vampires, but were quite different from the vampires in front of her. In all honesty, she'd believed that true vampires were pure fiction or a type of youkai that she hadn't come across yet. Since they had been effected by her talismans and herbs, she was pretty sure it was the ladder.
"Knowing what you are doesn't change anything." Kagome said as she finally wrapped her head around the fact that vampires were real and she was in a limo with six of them. "You claim that you're not interested in my powers. If I'm to believe that, as well as your claim to be vampires, then I can only assume that you desire my blood and I refuse to be your blood bag. And if you were to try to take my blood by force, I will simply fight you off like I did last night. So, if that is all, I believe we are done here."
The vampires were surprisingly silent as they continued their journey to school. Upon arrival, Kagome was ready to get out of the car but found the door locked. She turned to glare at Reiji since he had been the one to assure that he would let her go. "Unlock the door, please."
"One final thing before you leave. You have mentioned coming across beings that were different from us, correct?" Reiji asked her.
"Yes, they were youkai." She confirmed.
"Then I am sure that you are aware of their feeding habits as well. I cannot say for sure how similar our habits are to theirs, but I can assure you that we do need to feed on human blood. We have been without a steady source for some time now and have become quite thirsty. If we were to go on a normal hunt, only the satisfaction of a kill would quench our thirst; abet only for a certain period of time. Someone of your power and potency, on the other hand, would be able to quench our thirst without the need for a kill. You would even be able to sustain the six of us with ease. You stated last night that you have had your fill of battle, tragedy, and loss. Would you be willing to allow others to be sacrificed so that you can maintain your own selfish desires?"
"You call me selfish when it's all of you trying to force your desires on me? That's bull, and you know it." She snapped at him, failing to keep her temper down.
"It is a simple fact. We must feed and if we cannot have you, we must obtain it through other means."
"I could just kill all of you to keep you from killing innocent people," she told them, her voice little more than a growl as her teeth ground together.
"That would be a pointless endeavor." Reiji said dismissively. "Even with your powers, you are only human and cannot be in six places at once. And I highly doubt that you would be able to track us so easily without being detected by us, in which case we shall just avoid you."
She didn't even bother hiding her anger any more as she glared at the vampire. "You're right, I can't be in six places at one time. But I could easily purify all of you right here and now before you could harm anyone else."
Then she blinked and all of them had disappeared from sight; the door handle that she had been holding was unlocked. Stepping out of the limo, she wasn't sure if she was surprised to see the six of them standing outside and looking at her smugly.
"You wouldn't be able to move fast enough," Ayato grinned at her, showing off his fangs. "And even if you coated yourself in those herbs of yours every day, we'd find an opening and break your neck before you could do anything."
"You can't escape us, Miko-chan. That's just the way things are now. It would be easier for you to give in and accept your fate."
Still defiant, Kagome continued to glare at them as she took a few steps away from the limo to draw closer to the vampires, she didn't want to be overheard by the surrounding humans. "There's something else to this. If it was just about blood, you could have chosen anyone before you came across me. What is the real reason you want me?" She demanded.
Reiji, deciding that keeping the truth from her was pointless, told her. "Human females that are exposed to us over time are known as brides, they have the potential of becoming vampires and bearing the next generation. However, the Awakening is hard on the human body and most die. With your powers, we suspect that you will be strong enough to survive."
She honestly didn't know what to say to that. In a way, she believed him. It had been normal practice in the Feudal Era for male youkai to seek out the strongest females to have their young. And if human females had to go through this Awakening process, it would make sense for vampires to also look for strong females that would survive the transformation.
"You do realize that what you're asking from me may be physically impossible. My powers would probably keep me human so there is little chance that I could become a vampire." Kagome told them, hoping that this information would make a difference.
"That is a possibility, but doubtful." Shu said dismissively.
"We are pureblood vampires and our natural influence for the Awakening is much stronger than most. That is exactly why we need a stronger human, Miko-chan." Laito told her before giving her a wink.
Not knowing what else to say, Kagome stood between then in silence.
"You will give us your answer by the end of the night," Reiji soon told her before he and the brothers walked away.
It took everything Kagome had not to collapse into a heap and cry right there in front of the school. It was happening again. Fate had decided to turn her life upside down all over again and drop her into a nest of vampires this time.
What seemed even worse was that she already knew what she would decide. She could survive the situation that they were presenting her with, she had already survived much worse. And the idea of turning them down and not being able to save whatever poor soul that was unlucky enough to cross these vampires' paths… she knew that she wouldn't be able to live with herself.
Wiping away the stray tear that had escaped from her eyes, Kagome steadied her resolve and entered the school. She would be strong. She had to be. After all, she had nothing left to loose.
A/N: I decided that I didn't want to draw out bringing Kagome to the Sakamaki brothers anymore since that would slow down the story. Don't get me wrong, she's going to stay defiant the whole time but it's going to be fun coming up with the power plays between them.
A/N2: I am so surprised by how well this story is being received. I thought with how few IYxDL stories there were, I would just be posting it for myself and maybe get a couple readers here or there. But it's really taking off and that makes me so happy!
Warm-Fuzzies and please vote and review!