I hope you learned by now that I'm not Rumiko Takahashi and therefore, don't own InuYasha or any of its characters. ^^

Done In With a Bite

Chapter 6

Blood Sucker and Pain

I sighed. There was only one person who called me "Lord InuYasha". So he was coming to get me today. Usually, my father would send a maid to tell me it was time for training.

I had training daily so that my body was ready for anything that came our way, at any time. It consisted of exercises for agility, strength, speed, and the heart and lungs. Usually, at the end of my training I would be pitted against ten or so demons, which I was either supposed to kill or knock out, depending on the demon. The demons would be one of three options: captured trash that I was to dispose of, family members, which I would knock out, not kill of course, or captured wolf demons that I was ordered to just knock out.

It was already that time again? I sighed once more.

I walked over to the doorway and crouched down, so that I looked like I was sitting, but I wasn't touching the ground.

Soon, I felt something itchy and annoying at my neck and instinctively squashed it. Myoga fluttered down to the floor, swaying in the wind.

I saw Kagome's curious eyes watch the flea youkai drifting towards the ground. After a second, she looked at me, her brows knitted together.

"This," I pointed at Myoga's flattened form. "is my father's vassal, a flea youkai named Myoga."

"It is nice to meet you, Myoga." Kagome greeted. "My name is Kagome Higurashi."

After a second, Myoga inflated and jumped onto my shoulder.

"And who might this young lady be? This Lord's young mate, perhaps?" he asked, wiggling his gray eyebrows.

"N-no! Where did you get such a thought, Myoga? And how many times do I have to tell you not to drink my blood as a greeting?" I nearly yelled at the tiny youkai.

Kagome looked at me, her brows knitted together again.

I said, "Never mind. It's nothing."

Her brows still knitted, she nodded hesitantly.

Then she said something very softly, so softly I was lucky to have inhuman hearing.

"Suck... blood..." she whispered, her fingers coming up to her neck, where she had been bitten. Her eyes looked glazed over, like she was in a trance. She turned so she was facing the window, her back to me.

I realized my mistake. She had had her blood sucked out of her not very long ago. It couldn't be a very pleasant subject for her.

I got up and made my way over to her. I placed my hands just below her shoulders and looked into her eyes, which still had a very distant look to them, from my place behind her. I placed a small smile on my face and I knew my eyes looked concerned; I could feel it.

"Yes, Myoga sucks my blood, but I'm his King's son. Also, my father allowed him to drink his blood from time to time, and his blood flows through my veins, so to Myoga I must be tasty. He'd have no interest in your blood, so you have nothing to worry about, Kagome." I said reassuringly.

Then I turned around with a fist up, fire in my eyes, to look at the elderly youkai. "Right, Myoga?"

I could see the sweat building up on his forehead as his eyes dashed from side to side, searching for any possible escape route from the possible danger.

"R-right, Lord InuYasha." Myoga finally replied.

"You see, nobody's going to suck your blood." I said, turning back to the girl with onyx hair, my expression back to normal. I lightly embraced her from the back, placing my hands on hers and bringing them around her waist. "You'll be alright. I won't let anything hurt you again."

I felt something wet drop onto my sleeve. Was she crying?

After a second, I wondered if had just imagined it, since no other droplets descended after the first one.

Just after I had convinced myself that I had just dreamt the wetness up, I felt two more wet spots on my sleeves that hadn't been there before.

Then Kagome's head shot up into the air, her neck stretched to the limit. Her bottom lip was imprisoned under her front teeth, her brows smashed together, her eyes showing the utter meaning of pain.

She thrashed, trying to free her arms so she could do something. What, I was not sure.

I tightened my hold on her. I wouldn't let go, no matter what. At this moment, I thought she barely had any conscious thought, or that possibly, she was possessed. She whimpered and whined, but I didn't let go.

Soon enough, her head came down again, and her face looked peaceful, as though she were asleep. Her arms slackened, falling to her sides. I slackened my tight hold in response to that, so that I was just embracing her lightly again.

Her eyes fluttered open and she looked surprised when she found my arms around her.

"Uh, InuYasha, what are you doing?"

Author's note: Well, how did you like it? I feel good about this chapter! A lot of ideas just came to me, and I think I put them to good use ^^