Disclaimer: I do not own NightWalker: Midnight Detective or Inuyasha. They, as well as the characters, belong to their rightful creators and their distributors. The only things I own are the slight changes that I make within the story.
AN: Okay, I feel very bad for leaving this fic hanging for so long, I have good reason as well. With my desktop still without internet and to avoid another laptop crashing on me, I really toned down on the amount of time I spend in the internet so I don't watch anime online as often as I use to. And this has made me put most of my fics on hold for any anime I don't have in my DVD collection. Not to mention things have been very tight for my family and lots of drama concerning my sister and her being irresponsible, so I can't really go out and buy what I need like I used to.
But with what time I do get the chance to spend on the internet, I managed to get this chapter done within two nights just to put in some progress and show that I hadn't completely given up on any of my stories.
Hope everyone enjoys and this Chapter is dedicated to my friend, co-author of some of my fics, and a long time fan of this fic, DeathNoteMaker, who's also referred to as Shi Kami the Murderous Prodigy.
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4th Night:
The Golden Dawn Approaches Part 2
Shido and Yayoi had managed to block the NOS who had Megumi by parking Yayoi's car in the middle of the road. When Yayoi's Cheif, who also gave the order to Megumi's abduction, stepped out of the car, Yayoi asked what they had intended to do with Megumi.
After telling them it was none of their business, the Chief Inspector's men quickly came up behind him ready to use force should it come down to it and were given that chance when the Chief Inspector gave the order to get rid of Shido and Yayoi.
Despite Yayoi ordering them to stop and release them, they didn't listen and apprehended them.
With all the commotion that was going on, it brought Guni out of her hiding place under Shido's hair before she was caught in the gloved hand of one of the agents.
During the three's struggle to get free and fight back, Megumi's scream caught their attention as she struggled to get from the man that was trying to keep inside the car she was trying to get out of, "Please don't! This is my baby! What did it do to deserve this? Let me go, please!" When her struggles stop, another agent came to help get Megumi back into the car.
This had angered Shido, making him fight back. With his strength as a vampire, he was easily able to push the two men holding him off of his person before he quickly went to help Megumi get free.
'If everything that Kagome said about the child is true… then they have no real evidence that the child's a crossbreed other than his father was possessed by a Breed.'
As Shido continued on, one of the men saw Shido coming at him before he pulled out his gun and began firing, only managing to graze his left check before Shido brought out his Blood Sword and sliced the man's right hand in self-defense.
The lavender haired vampire cursed, knowing that he blew his cover.
After a pause, the Chief Inspector came out of his shock, growing angry that a breed was right under his nose the whole time and gave the order to capture Shido. Before they could even lay a hand on him, Shido grabbed a hold of Megumi and managed to get away, leaping from one of the squad cars and onto the side of a tall nearby building where he ran up the side with Megumi holding onto him and was able to easily avoid the firing of the Chief's men's guns.
While the human that held her was distracted, Guni bit down on the finger of her captor's hand. Once he let her go to subside the pain of being bitten, Guni swiftly flew away, determined to follow Shido.
Once the three were out of sight from over the building, Yayoi relieved that they were able to get away safely but worried about Shido since he harmed a human when he didn't mean to go so far while defending himself and saving Megumi.
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Back at Shido's office, Kagome was pacing worriedly as she wondered Shido, Guni, Yayoi, and Megumi were all right. They had been gone a little longer than they were supposed to.
'I really do hope that they're all safe and that they didn't run into any trouble. Even though I try to think positively, telling myself that they're fine… I can't help this dread that I keep feeling since Shido left to save Megumi…' Kagome was soon brought out of her thoughts as she felt a presence similar to Shido's at the door that. But after turning to see the silhouette from the fogged glass, Kagome knew that it wasn't Shido since the owner of the silhouette had wavy hair and was taller than Shido.
With her worried pushed to the back of her mind and keeping her guard up, Kagome quickly and quietly made her way to the closet that was set to her left where she put her forty-five-inch Oak Bokken (wood sword) in case anyone broke in while she was alone in the office. After Shido officially hired her, he bought her the bokken since they won't do as much harm as her Katana that she left back at her apartment. So far, it hadn't been used but Kagome knew that she could still use it out of self defense without cutting anyone.
Once she was armed, Kagome slowly made her way back to the door where she kept her self against the wall until she was next to the door where she reached out and grasped the knob. Slowly turning it, Kagome abruptly pushed the door open with her Bokken poised to strike.
Her expression changed into one of confusion at not seeing anyone there at the door anymore and looked out into the hall from her left to her right.
Behind her, Cain silently phased in and waited for Kagome to acknowledge his presence before he captured her.
Feeling the energy from before appear from behind her as she was closing the door, Kagome inwardly gasped before hastily turning toward the intruder, swiping her Bokken to hit while charging it with her miko energy in hopes that her weapon would make contact with some part of the intruder.
When the Bokken managed to hit Cain in the arm, the elder vampire hissed at the burning sensation of Kagome's energy trying to purify him.
While distracted, Kagome swiftly moved to his blind side where she tried to land another blow at him but only manage hit air as disappeared once again.
Finding the method to be getting old, Kagome gave a growl that would even impress Inuyasha before challenging, "Bastard, quit disappearing like a coward and face me!"
"Be careful what you wish for little one." Cain's voice echoed in the room before appeared behind her once again, ignoring the burning pain on his arm as his hand reaching out grab Kagome by the neck, "it just might come true, if you're not careful."
Hearing him from behind her once again, Kagome dropped down to a crouch, avoiding Cain's hand and swiping her sword once again but at the vampire's legs, making said vampire jump back to put some distance between them.
With blue eyes as cold as ice and narrowed, Kagome replied to him, "Oh, I know plenty about wishes… especially with the fact that they always come at a price. So I don't need to be told to be careful by the likes of you. Not to mention, I'm not going down without a fight."
Cain's furrowed in irritation but smirked in interest, at the prospect of this girl fighting him despite that she wasn't as strong as him. But he couldn't allow a fight to take too long since he was on a tight schedule to meet up with Shido again. And to get his attention, he needing the girl who was crouching in front of him, ready to fight him off.
He needed to disarm her before he could apprehend her, though.
'I will have to tread lightly since she can control her holy powers… but if I can find a weak point, she's as good as done for.'
Deciding to feign an attack to make her come at him, Cain made a move toward Kagome as she also came at him. And as she was going to strike at him again, Cain dodged in time to swat at her hands hard enough to make her lose her grip on her weapon, allowing the wooden weapon to clatter on the floor.
In her shock, Kagome never saw him come at her again in time until the last thing she saw was his cloak covering her vision and feeling a pain in her neck before she fell unconscious.
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As Yayoi was being interrogated back at the NOS HQ, Shido was able to lose the Chief's men and came across a church where he was certain Megumi would be safe for the time being.
After he had set her on her feet, he walked passed her and started to beat himself over how he had harmed yet another human when he never meant to.
"I've eluded Cain this long, and now it's all wasted!" Shido cursed before he froze at hearing the church's organ play, making him look up only to catch the sight of the man he just mentioned sitting at the instrument, playing that haunting music.
"You need no fret." Cain spoke over the music, "After all, humans merely exist for us to prey upon." As Shido stood with his guard up and Megumi moved closer to him for protection, the older vampire continued, "You don't have it in you to kill Megumi, much less her baby. The Golden Dawn will come. Have you resolved to witness it along side me?"
With a great sense of defiance, Shido replied with equal resolve, "My duty is to protect humans from the Night Breeds!"
At this, Cain stopped his playing on the organ and turned to where Shido stood, "How naïve… your little Holy Human was correct about the cross-breeding of the Night Breeds and men being nothing new." Knowing he was referring to Kagome, Shido sneered as Cain continued to speak as he stood and made his way to the pedestal, "Your fixation on wretched humans prevents you from seeing things in proper respective. Shido, have you ever wondered why vampires were blessed with the gift of immortality?"
"Because they were and are sinners who trifled with human life!" Shido answered with distaste, eyes shut wanting to block out anymore of Cain's poisonous words.
But Cain continued patiently, "That is untrue. God granted us the privilege to witness history. You'll know when you see the Golden Dawn."
Opening his eyes, Shido replied, "History doesn't interest me."
Holding his hand out to him, Cain supplicated, "Shido, come with me. Let us relive the day when time seemed perpetual… Those days we had spent together in Transylvania await you."
'Transylvania…?' Shido asked himself before realizing why the mention of such a place ran a few bells.
Memories of a castle built upon a plateau flashed across his mind as he heard the thumps of a strong heartbeat resound in his ears. Memories of when he threw humanity aside and nights of lustful indulgence as he and Cain not only made their female bedmates writhe in ecstasy, but also drained them of their blood until their last breath was spent on their last night of sinful temptation.
Such memories were so vivid that he could still taste the warm blood on his tongue and drip from the corner of his mouth; the him that he always called a monster.
Shido's body went numb, his mind in a haze as looked into his sire's eyes and he could hear nothing but Cain's voice bidding him to return to his side and the loud heart beat.
Megumi watched the events with confusion and unease but knew that something wasn't right as Shido did as he was asked and started to walk over to Cain as if in a trance. Before he could grasp the older vampire's hand, she called out to him, bringing him back to his senses.
Once Shido knew what was happening, he slapped away Cain's hand in anger that the older vampire hypnotized him.
In retaliation and anger of the woman's meddling, Cain attacked Megumi only for her to take cover behind the pews but felt herself land almost on her stomach.
And her cry, Shido turned worriedly to her and quickly went to her side, bringing her into his arms to make sure she was all right. Seeing that she was unconscious, Shido angrily turned to Cain who phased over him, several feet away in midair.
"Shido, remember the days in Transylvania!"
"I can't go back to the life of a vampire. I'm a human now!"
At these words, Cain sighed, "How sad…" before he opened part of his trench coat to reveal someone Shido never wanted to be caught Cain's clutches.
"Kagome!" Shido gasped, pained to see that not only was the girl he came to care for was unconscious but at the complete mercy of Cain."
"If you fail to comprehend the meaning of eternity, I'll have to teach you physically." Cain spoke with a disciplinary tone before he lifted his right hand, elongating and hardening his nails through his gloves and into claws.
Witnessing how close the sharp points were to the unconscious miko, Shido blood ran cold before begged for Cain to stop but was told by him to be still. Cain's index claw then cut the choker Shido had bought for her on their outing when Taki Ryuichi first appeared. With the leather strap went the cross he bought for her as well as a welt of blood appeared where Cain had cut and she grunted from the cold sting.
When Shido caught sight of blood or the first time in Shido's undead life, he was scared… horrified to see Kagome's blood run from the wound and down her shirt before he desperately begged Cain to spare her life, "Please stop, Cain! I beg you! Kill me instead if you must! Just spare hers. She doesn't deserve this!"
But did not listen, and made a swift and final cut down the front of Kagome's shirt, shredding the fabric of her top and the bandages she used to bind her breasts. With said cut, not only was a part of her breasts were exposed but Cain had cut deeply from her sternum to her stomach making her blood flow from the wound and Kagome gave a gasped groan at the pain with her face contorted in that exact pain.
Kagome could feel her self being held in midair by an unknown force and the cold feeling of Cain's presence next to her. And as much as she wanted to push him away or blast him with her energy and allow herself to fall, she couldn't move her body no matter how much she demanded it. Her body felt heavy, like she had slept less than her usual eight hours, her mind was in a fog—like she was under the same sort of influence she remembered feeling during the times she was put in a trance or someone was controlling her mind.
She could faintly hear Shido's voice calling her name… his voice sounding like it was pained and afraid.
Kagome then felt something nick her neck, cutting off her choker before she felt and heard her shirt being torn open. Her shirt didn't matter as she felt her self being cut open from her chest to her stomach and a warm and thick liquid flow from where she was cut down the rest of her body, soaking the front of her clothes.
Finding amusement and slight jealousy at Shido's desperation for the girl's safety and even greater pleasure as seeing Kagome's blood flow from the wound he inflicted as he spoke in mock sympathy, "If only you hadn't gotten involved with him, poor thing." He then turned his attention to Shido, "In just a few minute, she'll bleed out to her death. What can you do for her now?"
Shido cursed, gritting his teeth as he promised to kill Cain before he bit his finger and formed his Blood Sword.
Cain just laughed at his declaration, "You want to kill me, who had granted you eternal life?"
Before Shido leaped at him to bring his blood blade down on him, the lavender haired vampire heard Kagome whisper his name so softly in pain. This seemed to push him further in his want to get Kagome away from Cain as he brought his sword down, only to hit nothing when the older vampire disappeared from his sight and leaving Kagome to fall.
Shido was able to catch her in his arms before he lowered himself to the ground, careful not to agitate the wound Cain inflicted her as he lay her on the floor before standing and turning to stare back at his sire with hate, "Quit using your cowardly illusions and face me!"
Cain soon appeared again, laughing amusedly before Shido made his Blood Sword turn into Blood Bullets aimed at Cain but they just seemed to phase through him. Forming another Blood Sword, Shido leaped at Cain once again as the older vampire formed and used the same claws he injured Kagome with and have them dart at Shido.
After Shido dodged them, he swiped his sword at Cain only for the older vampire to disappear as the blade sliced right through him like a hand through smoke.
Realizing, with great frustration that it was yet another illusion, Shido heard Cain's laughter echo through the church before he was able to pinpoint where the laughter was coming from and jumped through the glass skylight of the roof and onto the roof outside. As he turned once he landed, he was face to face with Cain again as the older vampire faced him as well, his form shadowed but the light of the full moon as he stood atop of the cross as the wind tousled with his hair and trench.
With another amused chuckle, Cain spoke as if chastising a child, "You can't kill me."
Not bothering with a reply, no matter how irritated he felt, Shido formed a Blood Whip and struck at Cain but was only able to hit the cross and making it fall from its place to the ground, at the entrance of the church.
As Shido started to give chase to Cain's fleeing form away from the church, Guni was searching for Shido until she came across the exact building of worship he was previously at. As she flitted through the entrance, she spotted Megumi along the aisle unharmed. But what made the sprite gasp in shock was Kagome prone form on the floor and unconscious while still bleeding.
After Megumi's reassurance of getting a doctor, Guni flitted over the miko's form, calling out to her to wake up and snap out of it before feeling a tremor and she looked up at hearing the sounds of fighting. Swiftly flitting her way up to the opening of the ceiling, Guni made a panoramic search before she saw a glass building fall and quickly went at its direction, knowing Shido was there and most likely still fighting the one who injured Kagome so badly.
From within the church, Kagome's breathing became shallow as she tried to rack her brain as to why she couldn't heal herself and why she couldn't summon her power to do so. The miko had a feeling that Cain had done something to immobilize her as well as make her unable to summon her power to heal herself.
At the rate she felt her heart slowing, it wouldn't be very long until it stopped and she was dead. Kagome started to feel helpless, more so than ever before as flashes of her loved ones flashed in her mind; Souta, her aunt and uncle who were taking care of him, Guni, Luna, her many classmates, Yayoi, and lastly…
'Shido…' Kagome could see his kind smiling face, looking at her fondly and Kagome couldn't stop the sting of tears behind her closed eyes at the thought of never seeing him again...
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On the other side of town, Shido's chase after Cain led him to the Yokohama Bridge. Landing on the elevated steel that was set high over the oncoming and going traffic below, Shido stared off at Cain as the elder vampire spoke, "You're wasting your time, Shido. I have been alive for hundreds of years longer than you, making my power much more superior than yours."
Not wanting to hear anymore of Cain's talk, Shido lashed out shooting Blood Daggers at him before Cain erected a barrier of sorts to block the attack and summoning a strong gust of wind to push Shido back.
The force of the gust was not only enough to push Shido back but was also enough to break the steel cables that helped with the bridge's suspension. After they broke, the cables fell onto the traffic causing one horrible accident after another and even made a gas truck drive off the bridge and onto another road with stopped traffic and exploded.
Not paying any mind to what was happening below them, Cain stepped closer toward a heaving Shido and spoke, "I will ask you one final time. Will you come with me… and witness the Golden Dawn?"
Trying to ignore the pain that was caused by the harsh contact with the wall behind him, Shido stared back up at Cain with rage, "I don't give a damn about any of that!"
Cain's calm expression soon turned angry as he allowed his energy to flow through his hair and use them as separate limbs to wrap around Shido's throat almost cutting off his air supply completely.
Though the younger vampire's struggles to get free, Cain spoke once again before he formed his own Blood Sword, "Since it seems that I have spoiled you rotten…. So I believe a complete reeducation is in order." After Shido gave another curse during his struggle to get Cain's hair to release his neck, Cain gave what sounded like a reminder, "I'm only doing this out of love, Shido." As he was about to bring his blade down, blast of electricity had hit him from behind, making him release his hold on Shido and the grip he had on his Blood Sword.
Shido was confused by this but soon caught sight of Guni's small form from behind his sire, releasing a current of energy before Cain swatted her away hard.
The distraction was all Shido needed to form his Blood Sword and moved to strike and successfully pierced through the side of the older Vampire's neck, catching him by surprise.
During Shido's pause, Cain asked with a gurgled sound, "Are you really going to kill me, Shido? Do you realize that if you kill me, your past – your true identity before you became a vampire – will be lost forever?"
For a moment, Shido was hesitant because he knew what Cain said was true. If he killed the man now, the truth about himself he had been searching for will be lost to him. And this gave Cain the benefit of a doubt about this night being his end, "Try to remember the days back in Transylvania when our love was mutual."
Shido remembered what Kagome had said when they were talking as they left the theaters, "There's really not much of a point in brooding over something that happened so long ago… if Cain had never turned you into a vampire, we never would've had the chance to meet each other. And you never would've been able to meet Yayoi-san or Guni… … there's really no point in wondering what could, would, or should have been if you never ran into Cain and he never changed you into a vampire."
The vision of her smiling face that night could be seen vividly in Shido's mind and it was all he need before he stared back at Cain and plunged his sword deeper into the vampire's neck and sliced his head clean off his shoulders, allowing the body to fall into the blazing fire below.
Once standing, Shido looked down at the burning blaze, "I've come to like the life I have now, Cain. So I no longer care about some long lost memories… not when I have the chance to make new ones that I can come treasure more." As this last part was said, Kagome came to his mind, along with Yayoi and Guni… all three of them being people he had come to greatly care about.
Remembering that Guni was injured, Shido went over to where to pixie was sitting, rubbing the back of her head. Kneeling next to her, he asked her if she was okay. His concern was washed away when she just laughed cheekily before she jumped up and looked at Shido worried and panicked, "Oh no! Shido! Kagome's…!"
The lavender haired vampire began to feel dread as he quick traced back his steps to the church with Guni not far behind him. Along the way, Shido prayed beyond hope that Kagome would be okay.
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Once Shido and Guni had made it back to the church, Shido held Kagome close and tried to make her stay awake. Guni knew the fatality of the girl's wounds and told him that unless they do something, then Kagome really will die.
Finally able to get some feeling back into her body but still unable to grasp her powers, Kagome spoke weakly, "Shido..." getting Shido's undivided attention, "Something's wrong… I can't summon my energy to heal the damage. Cain must've done something to seal it…"
Shido, despite his worry for the young woman he grew to care about and ignoring the fact that she didn't add an honorific to his name, he didn't put it passed Cain to use some sort of method that sealed Kagome's power, if only temporarily and make her as helpless as a normal human being. And he knew that with her power sealed and with the fatality of her injury, Kagome's end was certain unless he does something to prevent that.
The stray thought of changing her came to him but he soon crushed it as soon quick as he thought of it. To grant Kagome eternity would be to damn her to a life where time stands still for her.
Her weak voice brought him out of his thoughts as she spoke helplessly, "I don't want to die, Shido. Not yet…" the sorrow in her voice was enough to break Shido's heart. He didn't want her to die either. He had rather it had been him who was dying in her place.
As Kagome cursed her self for feeling so weak and tried to keep her tears at bay. She knew what she was about to ask next would tear Shido apart but staring up at him with pleading eyes, she still had to ask, "Shido… I know that this may be too much to ask, but please… please change me… take my blood…"
"No, Kagome! Do you want to end up like me? Never dying but never truly living; denied the right to live and the right to die? To be a predator that hunts at night? And be granted a body that stand still in the flow of time, never changing?" Shido was torn between granting her this yet also not wanting to damn her to the life that was given. He was so lost that and confused as to what to do.
He didn't want Kagome to die yet he also didn't want to turn her into a vampire…
"I know the consequences, Shido. You've made them plainly obvious every day since I found out what you really are. But this isn't completely for me." Thinking of her brother, she couldn't hold back the tears anymore, "Souta… I don't want to leave him alone. I'm the only direct family he has left… please…"
Guni looked on, worried that Kagome wasn't thinking straight in asking Shido to change her into a vampire.
Shido's hold on Kagome tightened, not knowing what to do. He never liked to see Kagome's tears. The last time he had seen them was when he saw her visit her family's grave, despite that it was raining. He never wanted to see look like that again. It was one of the reasons he did everything he could to keep her out of the loop when concerning Night Breeds at the beginning.
After pleaded to him once more, Shido gave in with a silent but regretful sigh as he shut his eyes. Opening them again, Shido answered, "I understand…" with all his will to not pull away from her or let her go, Shido leaned down to lick the nick on her neck before biting his tongue and connecting his lips to Kagome's, allowing his to pass into Kagome's mouth to drink.
Although Kagome didn't expect him to give her what would be considered a kiss but as she felt and tasted the blood on her tongue, she understood that he was being considerate at how she felt. As the blood passed down her throat, Kagome could feel the changes within her body take form as her wounds healed, along with her powers being released from their dormant state but seem to meld with the energy that was in Shido's blood.
Even though Shido wanted to enjoy the feel of her lips, his guilt stopped him from doing so as he gently pulled away to look down at her and his heart sank in his chest at see Kagome's eyes glowed an iridescent mix of pale blue and pale violet while the irises of her eyes change from a deep blue to Tanzanite and the pupils became slitted like a cat's.
After feeling her body change completely as her power adjusted, Kagome thanked Shido before he pulled her closer to him tightly, internally beating himself for damning the one person he never wanted to protect from the darker side of the world.
Within his arms, Kagome took comfort in his aura and how much he cared.
Despite that she knew and understood from her many demon friends that immortality could be a very lonely existence, Kagome also knew that it doesn't have to be that way unless you know what you want to do with the time you have and how you want to spend it… and also, who to spend it with.
The miko, now turned vampire wasn't going to take this second chance for granted. True, there were things she will have to give up and adjust with, but she would deal with that.
She had all the time in the world now… and Shido would be right beside her…
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Several months passed after that fateful morning as Shido and Kagome walked side by side along the wide walkway that was along the waterfront of the local park near the harbor.
The both of them were in a comfortable silence before Kagome caught sight of a familiar face holding a bundle of joy in her arms as she watched the sunset. The newborn vampire smiled, greeting the woman, "Megumi-san! Long time no see."
Megumi almost beamed at seeing the young girl who she had mistaken for a boy all those months ago, "Ah, Kagome-chan, hello!"
Walking closer to her, Kagome leaned down to take a closer to the baby and almost melted at how adorable he was, "Aww, he's so adorable! I hope the pregnancy wasn't too harsh."
The older woman gave a good natured laugh before answering, "Not at all! Although the doctors were surprised when I first told them how far along I was and yet I looked much farther into my pregnancy. And after a few tests once Ryuichi was born, they deduced that he had a bit of an aging disorder while he was inside me. But after six months, his growing rate changed into that of a normal baby's. Strange, isn't it? Other than that, they gave the okay that he was perfectly healthy."
Kagome then smiled knowingly, holding a finger out to the baby boy before he latched his tiny hand on to it. With that contact, Kagome could sense his aura and could feel that the dark aura she previously felt when he was still inside Megumi's womb was completely gone.
After leaning down further to kiss his tiny little hand, Kagome gently took her finger back before speaking sweetly to little Ryuichi, "We'll see you around, Ryu-chan." Before turning to Megumi with a gentle, "Take care of your self, Megumi-san."
"I will. Thank you." Megumi returned the smile before turning her attention back to her baby son as the pair before her said their goodbyes and continued on their way.
Once Shido and Kagome were out of earshot, Kagome turned to the man next to her who was now her sire in the vampiric world, and smirked, asking, "So was I right about Megumi-san not being the Phantom Slasher? Or was I right?"
"What do you think when you look at her smile." Shido replied, turning back to the where Megumi sat as she cooed at her son before continuing, "How can a woman commit such atrocities when she was soon to be expecting to give birth to a new life?"
"So I was right." Kagome grinned before correcting Shido on his rhetorical question, "And by the way… that last part isn't completely true. My mother had always said that there's nothing more frightening that a mother protecting her young. Even I understood that when I took care of a fox child for a while."
Guni came out of hiding from behind Shido's hair, adding in agreement, "Yep, women are a very scary bunch… and much more so than any Breed or demon."
After a while when Shido didn't say anything, Kagome noticed that something was on his mind before asking, "Is there's something wrong, Shido-san?"
"Just the fact that I had stopped your time…" Shido answered with some regret coloring his tone.
Furrowing her brows in confusion, Kagome stopped Shido by stepping in from of him before speaking, "Now hold on a second. I told you before that it was fine. I'll deal with-"
"Someday, you will say you hate me for it." Shido cut her off. "For giving you the eternity of endless nights…"
The miko turned vampire frowned at Shido's words, "But you don't know if that will ever happen. I'll deal with the consequences of being a vampire since it was my choice to change in order to live a little longer. And you forget, Shido… it's hard for me to hate anyone. The only ones I had ever come to hate were the Night Breed that killed my mother and grandfather and an evil hanyou that practically destroyed the lives of my friends for his own greed. And both are now dead."
Kagome explained before looking Shido in the eye seriously, "it takes a lot for me to hate anyone, Shido-san… and you've already saved my life twice now, Shido. And you also helped take care of my brother when I had passed out after dealing with the Night Breed responsible for tearing my family apart. He's even grateful to you now for saving my life a few months ago. I doubt that I could hate you after all the good things you've done for me…"
Shido's eyes soften for a moment before pointing out, "That feeling won't last… in time, your views will change and you will come to hate me, like I had come to hate Cain."
Kagome clenched her hands in frustration before turning to Shido who now had his back to her and spoke with force, "History doesn't always repeat itself, Shido. And I've never completely regretted anything of the choices I had made."
"I don't need any allies. That was my tacit mantra." Shido spoke after he turned to face Kagome and her now iridescent tanzanite eyes that were now glittering in the light of the setting sun until he smiled, "And yet, before I knew it, I found myself surrounded by more and more people who soon became dear to me."
Smiling softly at these words, Kagome thought to herself, 'Of course. It just shows that you soul is still that of a human's… and as it is, in human nature, no one can really truly go on in life alone.' Her thoughts were stopped when Shido spoke once again, "Let's head back. Yayoi is expecting for us."
In agreement with him, Kagome retook her spot at his side as they started to make there way back to the office, neither of them knowing when may lie ahead of them but willing to face all of it when they came across them.
YES! 7 pages! I believe that's longer than my previous chapters until now XD Hope everyone enjoyed this, even after it had been so long since I last updated this and also hope the length makes up for it. And sorry if there are any mistakes you may have seen. After trying to get this done, I just wanted to get it posted and done with. ^_^;;;
I'll do what I can to start the next chapter when I can, and update my other fics as well.