*Maybe if I could prove that I'm a vampire or a miko, I could own Diabolik Lovers or InuYasha. But that would be giving away too many secrets, so I guess that's out.

After returning to the manor, it had taken the better part of the rest of the night for Kagome to give the brothers a synopsis of her adventures down the well and into the Feudal Era. She told them about the well and the centipede demon that had pulled her in. How she had freed InuYasha from the tree and then ended up traveling across the countryside to collect the jewel shards. She even told them about her friends that she had met which traveling. The only thing she purposefully left out was half of the ending, but that was more because she didn't want to think about it instead of not wanting to tell them.

They had all been doubtful of whether she was telling the truth at many points, she could tell. But then she knew that they could tell when she was lying and then there were her powers, which left them little room to doubt her. Whenever they tried to ask questions, Reiji would give them a look that basically said that they would wait until she had finished. Then he would ask his own question a few moments later, something she found funny. Kagome did see the purpose of his restricting the others' questions and not his own since their questions would constantly diverge from what she was telling them and his would explain details that none of them were familiar with.

By the time dawn was just beginning to break, she was exhausted and wanted nothing more than to go to sleep. Reiji, however, ordered her to eat before going to bed. She knew that he was being insistent due to the health of her blood rather than her actual well being, but it was hard to argue with him since she was actually hungry. And, much to Reiji's not-so-secret delight, she was even too tired to have their usual propriety battle and simply ate her meal in silence.

When they were finished, she was surprised when Subaru actually offered to escort her back to her room. Probably a good idea since she still wasn't familiar with the layout of the house and didn't want to get lost. The youngest brother hardly looked at her as he lead her back to her room. When she saw the chained room with the rose and the rosary, she couldn't help but stare and accidently stumbled into his back. He snarled at her, but it didn't really faze her.

"What's up with that room? It seems like there's a lot of sadness coming from there?" Kagome asked him, watching him as she did. Just like Ayato, he avoided looking at the room before he turned away from her and kept walking. She kept following him, glad that he still lead her to her room.

Kagome quickly noticed the hurt expression that he was trying to hide and was again reminded of InuYasha. He had always tried to hide himself away like this when someone he deeply cared about had died. She couldn't help but feel sorry for bringing it up. "Thank you, Subaru. And I'm sorry for asking about that room. I won't ask you again."

Turning to go into her room, she was taken by surprise when she was suddenly pinned to the wall beside her door while Subaru held her there by her arms. His breathing was a bit labored and he was looking at her feet.

"Wha-"

"Shut up!" He snapped, startling her. Then she was being pushed into her room where she fell onto her bed. When she looked up, the door to her room was closed and the white haired vampire was hovering over top of her. When she looked at his face, she easily recognized his hunger. He was fighting the beast inside of him for control and knew that if she said or did anything she could end up with her throat ripped out.

When he pulled on the collar of her shirt to expose her throat, she didn't even dare to scream. Instead, she turned her head and looked away from his face to show submission. He struck quickly but it didn't hurt as much as Ayato's bite. She felt his body shuddered as he drew her blood from her wound, but she could tell it wasn't out of pleasure. He was shaking from holding back his emotions. Unable to help herself, Kagome lifted her arms to embrace him; her left hand resting at his back while her right hand lightly stroked his hair.

Subaru wasn't sure what had come over him. One moment he had wanted to hurt her for making him remember Yui, the next moment he was feeding from her. Drawing back from his first bite, he took a much needed breath to calm his nerves before moving the collar of her shirt a bit more to bite her again. Her blood was beyond anything he'd ever experienced before. So strong with a hint of sweetness and spice; each draw making him feel more and more alive.

She didn't fight him, he noticed that almost right away. If he had to describe it, she was embracing him like a lover and it made him feel cherished instead of like the filthy creature he actually was.

He was soon withdrawing his fangs from her skin and sealing the wounds with his saliva, but he didn't pull away from her. Just a few more seconds, he thought as she trailed her nails along his scalp and he breathed in her calming scent.

Kagome kept quiet, not wanting to break the trance she'd created for the two of them. She wasn't sure if it was his white hair or the way he kept acting like her former friend, but she could almost tell exactly where his mind was. He felt lost and alone in the world because he and his brothers had lost someone important to them, they probably even blamed themselves, which told her that the room probably belonged to a former bride.

When he sat up, Kagome found herself blushing from their position since he was straddling her legs and his arms were braced on either side of her head. His red eyes locked on hers and she actually forgot how to breathe for a moment; not because she was scared of him, but because he was so beautiful.

"Why didn't you fight me?"

She blinked at his question for a moment. "Because you were in pain."

"So you pity me? Is that it?"

"I learned a long time ago not to waste my time with pity," she told him, keeping his gaze the entire time. "What you do have is my sympathy. Whoever you lost must have meant a lot to you."

That made his lip curl as he looked away from her. "She never should have been here in the first place. She was weak and fragile, there was no way she'd survive with us. I told her that, but she didn't listen."

"You tried to protect her."

"I gave her the knife that killed her!" He yelled before punching the mattress next to her head. "That idiot! I told her to run but she didn't. Then she goes and kills herself to protect the rest of us."

Kagome never stopped watching his face as his expressions continued to change from annoyance, to guilt, to anger and then back to guilt. It surprised her to see how much he really was hurting and could only guess that the rest of the brothers must have felt the same way.

Knowing the risks, but not caring, Kagome reached up to cup Subaru's face between her palms so she could guide his face closer to hers. To her surprise, he didn't fight her but he did seem shocked when she gently kissed his cheek before releasing him.

"She might not have been as weak as you think." She told him, keeping her voice calm. "I can tell you from experience that it's really scary to come face to face with death when you're a human. And you wouldn't believe how much more terrifying it is when you know that you're leaving behind people you care about. But at the same time, doing something like that to protect the people you love, I know she wouldn't have any regrets."

Subaru couldn't help but stare at her, unsure if he should be angry or relieved by what she'd told him. He wanted to believe that what she said about Yui was the truth, but he wasn't sure if he could since the two of them were so different. "How could you know?" He growled at her.

"Because that's what I felt every time I thought I was about to die. I'd think to myself, 'This is it, there's no coming back from this one. I just hope that all of them will be safe because I love them so much.' If she died to protect all of you like you say she did, then she loved you and that's the reason why she chose to stay instead of running away when you told her to."

He couldn't say anything. He wanted to yell at her and say that she didn't know anything, but he couldn't deny it either. He still remembered what she'd said the moment before she'd thrust his knife into her own heart to protect them from Cordelia and their uncle. How, despite being scared of them, she had been willing to sacrifice herself to protect them. He also remembered when he saw her chest rise and fall for the last time and the sadness he'd felt. He had really hoped that she would live, but it just didn't happen.

His thoughts began to fog his mind even more, angering him, but then Kagome was sitting up to give him a hug. It was awkward due to the angle and so different from the way he would embrace his prey when he fed from them, but he couldn't deny that it felt good and helped to calm his mind. He stayed like that until she released him, and then he was off of her and the bed, standing next to the door.

The swiftness by which he moved coupled with the blood she'd lost made her head spin slightly. He didn't look at her as he opened the door, but then he paused. "Her name was Yui," was all he said before walking out the door and closing it behind him.

~oOo~

Reiji was going through the different texts in his library, looking for the particular ones that their latest bride might have been mentioned in. Like his brothers, he had been skeptical about most of what she had told them when they had returned home but there were certain things that could not be ignored. The dark priestess that they had met the night before being one of them and that fact that she held powers that had not been seen in centuries being another.

One of the texts he had already found confirmed that there had been a jewel known as the Shikon no Tama that had been shattered, the shards dispersing across the land. The same text had also told of an odd group that had gone in search of the shards consisting of an inu-hanyou, a monk, a demon hunter, a kitsune demon, a fire-neko demon, and a powerful purification miko. In another text he found had a drawing of the group, he couldn't deny that the priestess depicted in that drawing strongly resembled Kagome.

The last text he found was also enlightening since it mentioned some things that, if they were true, Kagome had failed to mention when telling them the tale. It told of the jewel finally being destroyed after defeating the spider-hanyou, but then the priestess was betrayed by the inu-hanyou that had been her protector and an undead priestess that had stolen part of her soul. The two attempted to kill her so the undead priestess could obtain the rest of her soul, but she escaped into the forest. No one ever saw her again and it was suspected that the inu-hanyou and the undead priestess succeeded in killing her. However, when the two of them returned to the village, the other four members of the group attacked the two for their betrayal and drove them away from the village, never to be seen again.

If what Kagome told us is true, she is very powerful and just barely escaped with her life. He thought as he continued to read over the text in front of him. It would also fit in with what she said that first night about being betrayed by the one she loved for someone that tried to kill her. I would even bet that the name of the woman he betrayed her for was "Kikyo" since she reacted so brashly when the dark priestess mentioned that name.

The dark haired vampire couldn't help but grin due to the information he had found. This was exactly what he needed to get the upper hand on their new bride so he could break her down. Soon, he would be able to twist her in whatever way he wanted as she submitted to him. Just the thought of her being pinned beneath him as she squirmed and cried excited him.

I will have you, priestess.

~oOo~

Kagome stared at the faint sliver of light that had made its way between the thick curtains of her room. It was still hard for her to believe that she had agreed to become the bride to the six vampires that she was now living with. But at the same time, she didn't really regret it. Her family was gone, killed by Tsubaki in an effort to kill her. The well wasn't working anymore, and even if it was she had put enough seals on it to make sure that nothing would ever be able to come through it so long as she lived. Her friends from this era had drifted away from her over time and her friends in the Feudal Era were forever out of her reach.

She was so tired of feeling alone and unwanted. Even if these six vampires were only using her for her blood and possible breeding in the future, it didn't matter to her. But at the same time, it felt like at least Subaru needed her for more than just her blood. He had taken the comfort she offered and she was glad that it had helped him.

Turning onto her side, away from the light coming through the curtains, Kagome pulled the sheets up to her chin and curled up into a ball. Like Ayato had told her, this was the life she had chosen so she would live it as best as she could. She wasn't sure if that life would be centuries long as a vampire or a few months if she happened to die because of the Awakening. Either way, she wouldn't let that scare her.

For as long as I can, I'm going to enjoy the fact that there are people who want me around. Even if it's just for a little while, I'm glad that I'm not alone.

A/N: A pretty depressing chapter, I know, but I promise that it will get more interesting from here on. And I know that the whole InuYasha-betrays-Kagome-so-Kikyo-can-have-her-soul is a bit over played, but I'm using it anyway.

Half the brothers have gotten their first bites in, who will be next? Warm-Fuzzies and please vote and review!