It wasn't often that she sat down to wonder about her life. You couldn't blame her either. Her life wasn't easy to comprehend. I mean, who ever heard of a 400 hundred and something year old twenty two year old? No one right? That was the point. There was no one who had ever heard of her, and if there was someone who had, they were on one of two sides. One, they were her family. Two, she had tried and failed to kill them. Those were the group she despised. Why? Because they made life so much harder. They were the ones who showed p at her doorstep and tried to kill her. They were the ones who remembered her face and the fact that she wasn't as harmless as she looked. Or if even more despicable, they understood her. Now, typically, it isn't a bad thing to be understood. But who wants a person who you want dead to know what you feel like? To sympathize with you?

That was why she hated meeting people who could later fill out one of those two categories. They made life so difficult. Kagome sighed softly into the night sky. Sure, she had a normal occupation, but she had experienced life in both the past and the future. So far, the past seemed to hold everything dear, after all, back then, they didn't have to worry about police did they? Yes, sad as it was, Kagome hated the police. Why? Because they were nosy. They investigated things that they didn't need to investigate. Things they shouldn't investigate. It was also one of the reasons she enjoyed the night more than she let on. It was wilder, more fun and vibrant. Kagome sighed again and looked at her companion from the corner of her eyes. Sometimes she wondered if Shippou had the same thoughts she did. She wondered if he regretted not dieing in the past. Sometimes, she wanted to just grab him and shake him. But then, she understood. Shippou would fit in no matter where he went. It was part of his nature. As a kitsune, he was more adaptable. He wasn't stuck in one time, or even hard to teach. In fact, if not for his incredible genius, they would have continued to be poor. Over the years he had established many different companies on a hunch. His hunches were always right and so they had more money than they needed. Kagome knew it was another reason he would never settle down. He saw it as his job to protect her, that and he didn't want a gold digger as his wife/husband.

A wry smile crossed Kagome's face. It was her fault her son had dipped into both sides of the sex pool. Maybe if she had tried to be more quite at night he wouldn't have gone both ways. But what was done was done. Shippou would forever be his own. No matter how unique that was.

"What are you thinking Mother?"

"Dwelling on the little things Shippo." Kagome smiled softly.

"Such as?"

"Nothing you need to be concerned with." Shippou nodded and continued to look at the sidewalk. Kagome giggled softly when a passing couple about near broke their neck as they stared at them in shock. That was another thing Kagome could dislike her son for. Her son was ethereal. He had blood red hair and the palest skin she had ever seen. And his eyes, her son's eyes had lightened to an almost freakish green but what made them truly spectacular was the exotic slant they had developed along with the slit irises.

"What is it Mama?" Shippou's voice was soft, almost cajoling.

"Have you heard from Sesshoumaru lately?" Shippou snorted.

"You know as well as I do no one can contact the dog without him wanting to contact us."

"Or when he's in the mood for company."

"Or when he gets tired of Rin running rampage over his current mistress." Both of them sighed.

"I miss seeing that first hand."

"As do I Mother." The duo fell silent again. They walked in amiable silence for a couple minutes and then Kagome stopped suddenly.

"What is it?" Kagome tilted her head to the side, acknowledging her son while not answering. Her eyes slowly faded to that watered down blue. "Well?" A smirk appeared on her face as she raised a hand.

"Vampyr…"

"Here? Is it the same one as earlier? The one you mentioned?" Kagome hook her head. She turned to her son, a smile ghosting onto her face for a second.

"Shall we play?"

"As you wish Mother." Kagome smiled and raised her finger to her mouth. With a precise movement, she bit into her finger. Shippou caught her hand and lowered. He pulled her closer as they continued to walk down the street. Holding her in a way entirely too comfortable for a mother and son relationship, they turned the corner. Shippou's eyes landed on a beautiful woman as they walked by. She smiled at him, and he ducked his head to meet the woman at his sides. He felt, rather than saw the vampire laugh at his actions. The pair continued on, seemingly oblivious to the creature that was stalking them. They turned into an alley, for all intents looking as if they were to much in a rush to get home. As expected, the vampire followed them. Seconds later, the vampire lay screeching in a net of pale blue energy.

"You tricked me!!! Bitch!!!!!" Kagome giggled softly.

"Haven't you and your kind learned your lesson?" The vampire shrieked in reply.

"Bitch!!!!"

"I know. Cruel and sadistic whore. Vengeful brat. Anything else?"

"How did you do this?"

"What do you mean?"

"I think she's asking how we lured her here." Kagome smiled sweetly at Shippou.

"Oh. She should have just said so."

"She did Mama."

"Ooops." Kagome crouched down in front of the cursing vampire. "My body is specifically made for one purpose. To destroy beasts like you. Granted, most of the time, I don't give a hoot as to who my instincts say to destroy. But I hate you. Your kind took something very important away from me."

"W-what did they take away?"

"Your kind took my mother away. And when she didn't prove to be the true source of blood, the one that seduced you like no other, you went after my little brother."

"I didn't!"

"No. Your little bloodsucking friends did. That is enough for me." The vampire woman looked into the cool eyes of her murderer. She saw nothing there.

"W-was he the blood source?"

"He was a training monk. He was the source, or at least one of them. People whose bodies are specifically designed to kill things that are tainted always have the same type of blood. Some are headier than others, able to break down the strongest of wills. Others simply can waft through you. His was the type that engulfed and ensnared."

"A-and yours?"

"You're here aren't you?" The woman looked up into a pair of green eyes.

"Yes."

"What do you think? Mother, kill her soon, she only draw attention like this." Kagome nodded and clenched her hand into a fist. The net meshed together, disintegrating the vampire in it. Kagome stood up slowly.

"I hate them."

"You only hate the bloodsucking ones."

"They all suck blood Shippou."

"The ones who do it to the unwilling. They always seem to be the ones that you catch."

"I know. Sad isn't it?"

"Are you going to kill the one that you met earlier?"

A pair of amber eyes flitted through Kagome's mind. "No."

"Why not?"

"I don't know." Eerily blue eyes snapped towards the ally entrance. "Who's there?" Kagome snarled when no one answered her. "Who the hell is there!?"

"Calm down Mama. They're going away."

"Your point being?"

"Who's going to believe them?"

"No one really." Kagome nodded

"Precisely. I'm hungry." She adjusted the red choker around her neck and looked up into the sky. "Let's go."

"As you wish Mother."

"Come on babe." 'Sometimes I wish night could last forever…'

Riho Yamazaki wasn't entirely unfamiliar with danger. She knew of murderers, muggers and rapists, but what was completely new to her, was one woman named Kagome Higurashi. The woman was beautiful and dangerous. Something about her drew Shido in. Something about that woman was also wrong. She wasn't nice and yet, she wasn't cruel. She had no designs on Shido, but yet she did. If there was one thing Riho hated, it was an enigma. But then, Riho had also witnessed that same woman walked past her in another mans arms. Riho sighed as she remembered the man's sheer perfection. The man had towered over the woman and yet he had been dominated by her. Riho shivered as she remembered how his pale green eyes had slid over her before going back to the woman in his arms. It was times like that when she wished she was more beautiful. After all, this Kagome seemed to have everything she wanted and yet, she still was taking her Shido away.

Riho pouted into the night as she continued her walk home. What was so awing about that woman? She was short and busty and her hair seemed to shimmer with its own light, but what was so special? How could she attract a man like the one that was wrapped around her finger, and even worse Shido!? The brown haired teenager dug into her bag and extracted a set of keys. She was about to open the door when she heard a near silent moan of delight. Face flaming; she crept over to the edge to see a woman pressed against the wall. Above her loomed a man with black hair. Riho gasped in wonder as the man ran his hand over the woman's body in a way that showed possession.

'Will Mr. Shido ever touch me like that?' Riho shook her head. She gasped in shock when she realized the man was staring up at her. Smiling in an apologetic manner, she backed away from the railing.

"So why the hell does she want Shido!? He's mine!" Riho sighed softly as a pale blush rose to her cheeks again. "But I would never be brave enough to do what that woman outside is doing. Maybe she is. Maybe that's why he likes her so much already." Riho set her bag down and walked into her apartment. "I'd never be able to do that."

The school girl turned her kettle on before turning to the windows.

"Maybe Shido can tell she would be an exhibitionist. He seems to like that type of woman." She sniffed daintily as her mind turned to Yayoi. "Who does she think she is anyway? She isn't pretty." When the kettle whistled Riho sighed. She stared out the window and saw the Kagome's face. "But she is, isn't she?"

(Shido)

Shido would never admit to hoping to find the woman who had captured his attention. He would also deny the faint stirrings of appetite in both ways for said woman. Too bad Guni could care less.

"You wanna sleep with her don't you Shido?"

"Shut up Guni."

"I can tell you know. Something about your eyes shifts whenever you smell that napkin."

"Quiet Guni."

"Answer me then!"

"Yes Guni. I want her. And I don't know why. There's just something that call to me." Guni smirked in victory.

"You have been celibate for a while though Shido. Maybe its just time you got laid." Shido's mind flashed to a scene with him and two other women in bed. One was drained of blood and the other was soon to follow.

"No! Never again!" Guni frowned.

"What is it?"

"Never again Guni. I lose control like that."

"If you had sex more you wouldn't lose control, however you don't."

"Shut up Guni. I will not sleep with her." Guni snorted.

"Keep telling yourself that. You lose some fragment of control around her Shido. What happens when you lose the wrong, or in this case right one?" Guni flitted out of his reach easily. Shido could only stare at her in amazement. Usually she sounded so simple minded that he forgot how brilliant she could be.

"I won't. We'll probably never meet again."

"Then why are you trolling the city for her minutes before daybreak?"

"I don't know…" Guni smiled impishly.

"You're gonna get laid Shido. Whether you choose to or not. It's only a matter of time." A truly evil smile lit across her features. "What will poor, poor Riho say?"

"Riho? Why does she matter?" Guni shook her head.

"Sometimes you are so dense Shido." The demonic sprite flitted off into the night, away from Shido's questions.

(Kagome)

Shippou smiled at his mother from across the table.

"What is it?"

"I was thinking how beautiful you look today Mother."

"What do you want?"

"You wound me mother. Who says I want something?"

"You only compliment me when you want something."

"Kagome, you wound me more. Such harsh words from such a wondrous mouth." Kagome twitched. Slowly, she turned in her seat. Behind her stood an almost familiar figure. She turned back around.

"I'll kill you for this Shippou."

"Am I interrupting something?"

"No!"

"Yes!" Kagome glared at her grinning son.

"I was just leaving. I have work to do and you've kept me up late as it is Kagome."

"Shippou…"

"I'll see you later today." Standing, the kitsune shook his head, blood red curls falling smoothly into place. "I enjoyed my night with you. Especially our alley venture."

"Shippou…"

"And I'll be footing the bill." The fox laid a kiss on his mother's cheek before running off.

"Do you sleep with all your architects?" Kagome's eye twitched.

"Do you stalk all the people who happen to get shot by your insane friend?" Shido slipped into the newly vacated seat.

"As a matter of fact, I don't. But for some reason, you've got me ensnared."

"Please, escape. If I wanted you, I'd do a lot more than ensnare."

"Like your alley adventure?" Amber eyes shifted to gold as the vampire leaned forward. "It'd be a pleasure to follow you into one." A wry smirk curled Kagome's mouth.

"It'd mean your death vampyr." She leaned forward and pulled a crumpled napkin out of his pocket. "Like the smell much?" She waved the bloodstained napkin in his face.

"As a matter of fact, I do." Shido caught her hand and leaned in. "But I like the aroma coming off you more."

"Which would be?"

"Your blood." Gold eyes were locked on her cheek. Pulling her closer, he ran his tongue over her cheek. Kagome stiffened under the contact. Shido pulled away and stood. Acting the perfect gentleman, he held out his hand to help her out of her seat. Not wanting to cause a scene, she took it and allowed him to lead her out of the restaurant. Minutes later, she found herself sheltered under an awning as the predawn light began to appear. Shido ran appreciative eyes over her outfit before his eyes clashed with hers.

"Do not touch me." Shido inclined his head.

"As you wish." Kagome's eyes widened in shock when his lips descended on her cheek anyway. With an almost too sensual touch, her cheek was cleaned of the staining blood.

"What," Shido murmured as he pulled away. "Is the scent of your blood doing to me?"

"I don't know. I'm not-." Kagome's answer was cut short as lips descended on hers.