*I wonder what would happen if InuYasha fought against the Diabolik Lovers brothers? Hard to say for sure since I don't own either of them.

General POV

Kagome was hardly able to concentrate during her classes. She hated what was happening to her and wished that she could figure a way out of it… sort of…

Without meaning to, her thoughts drifted back to the time she spent in the Feudal Era; she thought of the adventures she'd had, the people she helped save, and the friends she'd left behind. Since the well had stopped working, her life had become admittedly boring and increasingly lonely. It was a rarity for her to come across anything similar to her old life; and when she did, it would inevitably try to kill her. These vampires showing up in her life were interesting, to say the least. It made her feel more alive than she had in a long time, although she doubted that the feeling was mutual.

She knew that these vampires didn't actually care about her and never would. They probably saw her almost the same way that InuYasha had, as a human with a certain talent that could be used. Something to play with and then discard when there was no longer a need for her. She couldn't stand the idea of that happening to her again.

"What are you thinking, Miko-chan?"

Kagome jumped slightly in her seat. She'd been so deep in her own thoughts that she hadn't even noticed Laito approaching her, he was even sitting on the desk in front of her.

"Past betrayals and pain. Wondering if the six of you will do the same thing." She said absently.

"What kind of pain? I'm sure you'll find that we can be very accommodating in that way," he told her before making a show of running his tongue over his fangs.

"Which is exactly why I'm considering to take my chances to try and kill all of you. Even if I couldn't do it all at once and you did what you said you would and started hunting. What's to say that I wouldn't track all of you down when you're alone? After all, it is easier to kill a single vampire than an entire group."

Laito hummed at that but never stopped smiling at her. "An intriguing thought. But even if you did go that route, it would take a while to kill all of us. And if you were able to kill one of us every week, that would still be a minimum of 21 bodies. We would make sure that you knew about them every time, their blood would soak into those shrine steps of yours every morning."

Suppressing a shiver, Kagome did her best to act indifferent to his words even though it was tearing her up inside. "Some people would call that a minimal loss scenario. I kill the six of you, get to keep my freedom, and save countless others from your fangs in the future."

"But that's only if you succeeded in killing us, Miko-chan. Accepting our offer is the best way to go, and you already know that."

An indignant snort escaped her before she muttered. "Yeah, right. Being used and discarded all over again. Every girl dreams of having a life like that."

"Ah, I see. You have been scorned by a past lover." Just as Kagome was about to deny it, Laito leaned so close to her face that she had no choice but to lean back in her chair. "Don't worry, Miko-chan. We would never let you experience such a thing with us, we'd kill you before we let that happen."

If Kagome hadn't already been so well versed in the ways of youkai, she might have been terrified. But she knew better. If she were to translate what he was saying into human terms, he'd just promised her that they would never discard her as if she didn't matter. That they wanted her bad enough that the only way she would ever be rid of them is when she died. In a way, she found that comforting.

Unable to help herself, she chuckled and shook her head at him. "Such a romantic," she said before grabbing her bag, which held her dinner, and stood up to leave the room.

"You shall eat with us," Reiji stated behind her, announcing his presence.

"Someone needs to teach you the proper way of speaking to a lady. A gentleman is supposed to request to dine in the lady's company instead of demanding it." She told him, knowing that it would get under his skin, before turning to leave the room.

It didn't take her long to find her way up to the roof of the school. It was a nice night out and she could finally enjoy it since she wasn't preoccupied with trying to avoid the vampires. The six of them had followed her, and although none of them seemed interested in eating food she noticed them eyeing her neck. Seeing that made her really glad that she'd taken that herbal bath before coming to school, it was probably the only thing that was keeping them from trying to taste her at that moment.

"So, what have you decided, birdie?" Ayato asked as he gave her devious grin.

"That depends on what you guys expect from me. Just telling me that I will be giving you my blood and possibly become a vampire to produce the next generation leaves out a lot of details." She countered.

"You will come home with us and be ours. We have a room for you." Kanato told her as he eyed her small bag of cookies.

"That would make it hard to take care of the shrine during the day," she mused out loud.

"Out of the question. To live with us means that you will have to live our lifestyle, and that does not include taking care of that filthy shrine." Reiji told her. He quickly realized that he should have kept that from her until she was moved in.

"Then, no deal. That shrine has been part of my family since the Feudal Era and it has significant meaning to me. Plus, I have responsibilities there that no one can do but me."

Subaru didn't like this conversation, it was annoying. "Who cares. If you refuse to come, we'll burn it down with you inside." He threatened.

The next moment, there was a blast of power that caused all of them to collapse. It had been a searing pain that had coated their skin and absorbed deep into their bodies, happening so fast that none of them had been able to stop it. When they looked to the miko, they were shocked to see that her body was practically glowing with a soft pink light as she stood from her place and looked down at them with seething hatred. In that moment, they came to realize just how powerful and dangerous this girl really was.

"Do not threaten my home." She said coldly, staring down at all of them. "I am the last protector of the Higurashi Shrine and the relics it keeps. If you dare to harm it in any way, then I will not only destroy you; I will erase you from existence." Kagome sent out another burst of her purification powers which had them withering in pain on the floor. "Consider this a warning, in more ways than one. If you are looking for a subservient female, then you will not find that in me. I am not a dog that will sit and bark on command, nor am I a piece of meat that you can gnaw at without thought or consideration. I am a human miko and I demand courtesy and respect."

Gathering up her bag and half eaten dinner, Kagome glared at all of them as she stepped over their prone bodies to reach the doors. "I believe we are done here. If I catch any of you feeding to kill, I will end you." Giving one final blast of her power to beat her message home, she opened the doors and left them behind.

It was close to five minutes before any of them could move without feeling extreme pain. Reiji was shocked, he had never thought that a human could possess such powers. It made no sense to him. He wanted to know how it was possible, but he would not find the answers without her.

Ayato was beyond pissed that she had gotten the drop on them. He also realized that she probably could have killed them right there but hadn't done it. Did she not see them as a threat? Did she pity them? Just thinking about that pissed him off.

Kanato, Shu, and Laito were surprised that she had been able to cause them so much pain without even moving. She seemed to do it simply by willing her own energy. Their thoughts automatically went to thoughts of her blood. Would it carry that power within it? Would it energize them or would it hurt them. They wanted to know.

Subaru glared at the door that she had escaped through, hating the fact that she had turned them down again. At the same time, he realized that he had screwed up when he had threatened to destroy her home. She had already told them that she hardly had anything left and that she would do what she had to in order to keep it. Still he growled as he stood up and stretched his body, amazed that her attack had caused them so much pain but had left no physical wounds.

"She is proving to be quite dangerous." Shu commented as he stood as well.

"We shall try to convince her again later. If she still denies us, then we shall kill her." Reiji said, matter-of-factly.

"Sounds like fun," Ayato grinned. He had a feeling that if they did fight her, not all of them would make it out alive. He wanted to see what she would do if she fought them full out. Who would she be able to kill? Who would be the lucky one to get the drop on her and take her life? He wanted it to be him. To be the one that caused those pretty blue eyes to dim as he drained her life away.

"I want to keep her," Kanato whined.

"Yes, killing her would be such a waste. Power such as hers mixed with our bloodlines, we would be unstoppable," Laito mused, lust in his eyes. The more their little Miko-chan fought and denied them, the more appealing she became. "Perhaps, if we treated her as a vampire instead of a human, we might get somewhere with her."

~oOo~

Kagome felt like she was about to have a panic attack. She hadn't meant to loose her composure and lash out with her powers, but they had threatened her home. And it wasn't only that she was protecting the well and the God's Tree; she was protecting the pictures of her mom, her grandpa's old stories, and Souta's soccer trophies. These things meant the world to her. They were all she had left of the happy life she once lived.

Much to her relief, the vampires kept their distance from her for the rest of the school night. They were waiting for her outside but she simply glared at them before continuing her walk to the bus stop, only to see it pulling away from the curb before she arrived. Huffing in annoyance, she decided to walk rather than wait an hour for the last bus to arrive.

She hadn't gone far when she sensed one of their auras appear beside her. Glancing over, she saw that it was Kanato. Kagome couldn't help but feel a little guilty for hurting him with her powers earlier since he hadn't done anything. Remembering the way he had eyed her cookies earlier, she pulled the small bag from her larger one and offered it to him. "Would you like some? They're chocolate chip and I made them from scratch."

"Are you going to poison me?" He asked her, giving her a creepy smile.

Rolling her eyes, she reached into the bag to pull out one of the cookies and began eating it. A second later, the bag disappeared from her hand and Kanato was eating the cookies, seeming to enjoy them.

"I like sweet things," he told her, smiling that creepy smile again but with cookie crumbs at the corners of his mouth.

"So do I. Salty things are good too, but they taste best when mixed with sweet things."

"Like salty skin and sweet blood. Yes, that is the best. Isn't it, Teddy?"

Kagome chose not to react to that comment. The way he said it coupled with the shy, contemplative look on his face was just too much for her and it took a lot of effort not to shudder.

"Why don't you want to be with us? Do we scare you?"

She thought for a moment before answering. "Sometimes you do, but not a lot. I've seen a lot scarier things than you and your brothers."

"Then why?"

It took a lot more thinking to answer that question. She wanted him to understand what she was feeling but knew that human feelings were different from that of youkai. Then she inclined her head to the stuffed bear he was holding. "What would you do if someone threatened to destroy Teddy to force you to do something you didn't want to do?"

The look he gave her… that was scary! He looked ready to rip her throat out just for mentioning the idea.

"I feel the same way about my shrine as you do about Teddy-"

"Don't talk about him like you know him!" Kanato yelled at her, his outburst taking her by surprise and causing her to stop walking. "You think you're so smart and powerful, but you're just a pathetic human! I could crush you in a second!"

She didn't dare try to tell him to calm down, she could tell that would only set him off even worse. Instead, she just stood there while he ranted at her. It wasn't a submission, she refused to do that, but the fact that she didn't fight him seemed to be enough that he eventually calmed down. Once he had, she started walking again, not looking at him.

"They're going to kill you."

She stopped but didn't look at him.

"If you don't come with us, we will have to kill you because they think you're dangerous." That made her chuckle and Kanato tilt his head in curiosity.

"So it's 'join us or die,' huh? Not the first time I've heard that and it probably won't be the last. But what's more appealing, do you think? Being forced to live a life where everyone tries to control me or dying to be free?"

She didn't wait for him to respond. She just started walking again, eager to get home and rest.

Kanato's aura was soon rushing away and she could sense another one ahead of her. When she saw the lean body with short red hair leaning against a phone poll ahead of her, she knew it was Ayato. Kagome didn't even break stride as she walked past him and he soon fell into step beside her.

"I'm looking forward to your final decision," he told her. She didn't even bother to ask why since she knew he would tell her a moment later. He didn't disappoint. "If you choose to come with us, we get to feast on you as much as we want. Turn us down and it will still happen, but I'm curious to see how many of us you take out before I kill you."

"And what's to say that you won't be the first one to die?" She pondered out loud. "From my experience, it's cocky bastards like you who rush head first into battle, get injured the most, get angry if someone else steps into their fight to save their ass, and then end up dying anyway because they did something stupid. And I can't say if the loyalty your brothers have for you is stronger than I've seen other youkai kin have for each other. But I think if it came down to letting you die in order to kill me, they'd probably let you die."

Kagome was watching him out of the corner of her eye the entire time she spoke and saw his expression become angrier and angrier. She didn't want to admit it, but teasing him like this reminded her of the good times when she would tease InuYasha. His expression was pretty similar and she found it entertaining.

"It would be a mistake to underestimate us." He finally said.

"Just like it was your mistake to underestimate me? I can sense how powerful all of you are, so I know what I'm up against. I also realize that I'll probably die, but that doesn't scare me anymore."

Ayato couldn't help but stare at her. She hadn't lied, he could tell. It was a rare human that was somewhat sane and didn't fear death. That being the case, he had to ask. "Then what is it that scares you, birdie?"

"Nothing that any of you could do to me," was all she said as she kept walking, leaving him behind in a stunned silence.

It was Laito and Shu that joined her next, one walking on each side of her. She noticed that the blonde as looking up at the sky and she couldn't help but look as well. Although it was a clear night, the street lights made it difficult so see the stars. What she could see, she was very familiar with.

"Do you know about the constellations?" She asked him.

"No, it's too annoying to try and remember them all."

"It's not if you only memorize the ones that interest you." Then she pointed to a constellation close to the horizon. "Like that one, Aries the Ram, five stars in a simple 'V' shape. Doesn't seem like much but a lot of people put a lot of stock in it."

To her surprise, since Shu didn't seem like the type to react to anything, he actually looked and made a "huh" sound as if he did actually find it interesting. This made Laito chuckle beside her and she turned her head to shoot him an annoyed look.

"You say that you want nothing to do with us, yet you lead us on in so many ways. You're quite the tease, Miko-chan."

She scoffed at that. "I think you're mistaken. It's not that I'm a tease, the six of you are just stalkers. You chase after me, I tell you to leave and you come after me again. There is no leading there, I just want to live my life the way I want to."

"You say that, but you enjoy having us around," he said in a low voice. Kagome wished that she could say he was wrong, but she'd be lying if she had. She'd been alone for so long and having them around her like this made that feeling go away. "Oh ho, so you don't deny it. We would keep you company in a lot of different ways if you came with us."

"I won't abandon my shrine or let any of you harm it," she said firmly.

"I wouldn't expect you to. But we don't like our pets to go wandering around without a leash. If it's only the shrine holding you back, I can think of a few ways we could accommodate that."

Kagome saw his charming smile and knew right away not to trust it. Instead, she said "I have a feeling that any 'accommodations' you might make would cost me more than I'm willing to pay."

He laughed at that. "You're probably right, but you just may enjoy it. You are light and strength and we are all clamoring for the chance to break you down and make you ours. If you agreed to come with us without a fight, we might have someone take care of your little shrine."

Not knowing how to respond to that, she kept walking. They had reached her usual bus stop and she only had to deal with all of them a little while longer before she got within the confines of her barrier and left them behind. If she were to be honest with herself, having other people around to help at the shrine would be a godsend. Between night school, taking care of herself and taking care of the shrine; she was absolutely exhausted. Debt collectors had already cleaned out her family's savings and she was living on the razor thin profits from the shrine. She could have sold the shrine to give herself some financial stability and just lived in an apartment since she didn't need all the room in her large, empty house. But she knew that she'd never forgive herself if she did that.

"Peaked your interest, didn't I, Miko-chan?"

"Like I said, it would cost me more than I would gain." She replied, hoping that he wouldn't realize that she hadn't denied his claim but knowing that he had.

She could sense the other four waiting for them at the top of the shrine steps, just outside of the barrier. She quickly noticed the look in Subaru's eyes, it was a look similar to one that she had seen in InuYasha's more times than she could count. It was a guilty, apologetic, but angry look that said he was sorry but wouldn't say it out loud. Kagome made eye contact with him and gave him a nod, catching him by surprise, but he nodded back.

Reiji looked at her with an annoyed expression as he started to speak. "If this pathetic place is the thing that is holding you, we shall see it taken care of. That being said, you and your belongings shall be moved to our manor so that we may begin the process of the Awakening and have access to your blood."

Kagome glared at him again. She hated being told what to do and she was pretty sure that he was doing this on purpose. "Do not give me orders as though I'm your servant. If you expect me to give you a proper, well thought out answer then you will have to wait until tomorrow night. You can pick me up for school at the bottom of the shrine steps and I will give you my answer then. But for now, I will wish all of you a good night." They didn't stop her from entering the barrier. She was grateful for that.

Reiji was annoyed that she hadn't answered him right away and that he would have to wait until the following evening to receive the answer that he knew they would get. But he would let that slide for now. The triplets smiled at each other as the brothers disappeared to head home to the manor and ready a room for her. She would be joining them soon, one way or the other.

A/N: I don't know where the walking home together idea came from, but I'm glad I did it. I tried to make sure that none of the characters acted OOC, but I think I might have messed up and made them too docile. Oh well, it was needed to get her to agree of her own free will and I don't think I did too terribly.

Until next time, Warm-Fuzzies and please vote and review!

A/N 2: It will be a little while before I post the next chapter. I guess you can say that I'll be doing on-site research in Romania! Will get back to this story after I return to the US. Wish me luck! Hopefully, I won't be mauled by a rogue vampire, werewolf, or zombie!