A/N: Whoa, I'm back... sort of.


Chapter 14

Kagome's breaths came in shallow pants as she chased the flickering vampire. Annoyingly, she'd been outmaneuvered by him and now they were playing a game of cat and mouse. It also didn't help that she'd been injured fighting him earlier, her shoulder aching and her main hand now mostly useless.

The miko slowly entered the third room, and standing with his back to her was the annoying rogue. She analyzed him and cautiously made her way toward him. His body language suggested he was relaxed, but one could never tell, so she removed the bow from her back and knocked an arrow.

"Won't you let me go hunter?" The blond vampire turned and looked at her through a glowing red eye.

"I can't, but I can listen to your last words." Her words were harsher than she intended but she supposed that that was a good thing. Kagome tightened her grip and waited.

He flashed into her space and extended pointed claws at her but Kagome dodged just in time and rolled away, however her bow fell from her grasp and skidded across the floor. She cursed and turned onto her hands and knees, trying to crawl as fast as she could to reach her bow. He was faster though and stepped on it. It was crushed under his foot and Kagome glared up at him.

"You know, I know who you are."

She snorted and pushed up to stand but razor claws were instantly at her throat. "Yeah, my name is pretty widely known."

He smiled indulgently and almost gently wrapped his hand around the column of her neck, "I don't want to kill you."

"Then, I'll kill you." Kagome grabbed him by the arms and sent a burst of reiki into him, and he immediately cried out and wrenched himself away from her. Now he was the one kneeling and she the one standing.

"What do you know?" She asked softly.

"I should not tell you because you have just ended my life, but… your eyes are like mine."

Kagome frowned. "No they're not."

He smiled again and motioned for her to bend forward. Against her better judgement she leaned toward him. His hand shot out and grabbed her chin tightly and Kagome jerked back in surprise, but his grip was strong. "They are old. They are pained. They have seen horrors that only the long-lived have seen and most of all, they are lonely."

Kagome clenched her hands and was able pull away from him as his hand turned to ash. "You know nothing."

"I know enough. However that is not what I wanted to tell you," He sighed as more of him was transformed into dust, "rumors say that you are going to be used for a jewel. A vampire works with a hunter, and the Kiryu are the key."

"I don't understand, how do you know!"

He merely smiled again, and the rest of him fell to the floor as ash.


A/N: It's finally starting to come closer to the original story line guys!

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