A/N: KONNICHIWA!! :-D Happy first day of summer!

And please profusely thank my new beta reader Kinkatia for doing such a wonderful job editing this chapter and having to deal with my horrible grammar! Give her your thanks for making this story more readable! Because I suck at grammar and everything after it...anywho, thank you times a million, Kinkatia! I always miss apostrophes even if I try not to, O.O

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Oh My Gods! 7

She still couldn't believe it--gods, she was such an idiot. Why did she have to be an emotionally attached person? Why couldn't she be cold and impassive like him? Heck, if she were anything like him, would she be feeling worse than crap right now? No, she'd be happily slumbering and not spending every single damn minute thinking about him.

But she just couldn't believe it.

Did she do something wrong? Was she not good enough--or maybe experienced enough--for him? Hmph, as if she could ever leave him speechless, wowed, amazed...whatever other word came to mind. As if she, an unworldly, inexperienced virgin, could ever please him, a...sex god; he sure looked like a sex god...Yes, there was no use pondering it; their kiss, their first kiss meant absolutely nothing. At least to him.

Rin sighed and flipped onto her back, stretching her limbs across the queen-sized bed as far as they could go. She didn't even have the will to wonder where her fiancé had gone in the middle of the night--she had sensed when he had suddenly gotten up and left their bed, and there were no signs of his return. Where could he be? It's been an hour since he left so it couldn't have been a bathroom break. It was also highly unlikely that a proud, regal demon like him would camp out in the bathroom...

Was I so pathetic in his eyes that he left? Maybe that was it. Dammit, why was she wallowing in self-pity?! Why did she care so much about what he thought of her? Rin gritted her teeth and fisted her hands, now feeling self-hatred rather than pity. She was such a weak person that it disgusted her. That's it! I'm not going to think about him anymore and I'm going to sleep! She closed her eyes...and waited.

And waited.

And waited.

And waited.

"Ok, so I guess I'm not getting any sleep tonight." The obsidian-haired teenager groaned and rubbed her eyes before she sat up on the large bed. "Now what? I can't watch T.V. because no one bought one, my laptop's battery needs to charge, my mp3 player is some...where..." She abruptly trailed off with a grim expression on her young face, while her cinnamon eyes darted from wall to wall. Something seemed wrong, even unusual...but what was it?

Paranoia soon clouded her judgment, forcing Rin to imagine false things amongst the dense black from either side of her. For a moment there, she thought she saw a cloaked silhouette standing beside a tall wooden dresser...no, that impossible. Her room was dark, of course, so she couldn't really tell what was true and what her imagination created out of fear; however, she knew for certain that no one was in the room with her. The air surrounding her then became thick, almost to the point of being suffocating, and she tensed, her 'sixth sense' telling her that danger was quickly approaching. Something is definitely out of place.

BANG!

"KYAAAAAAAA--wait a second, is that...Kagome?!" Rin blinked and lowered the comforter that she had grabbed onto for dear life when the door to her room had been slammed open. Standing precariously in the doorway was in fact a certain raven-haired teenager, who was gasping in fright; she had shrieked only because her friend did first. For a second there, I thought I was going to die! The teen sitting on the bed nervously chuckled and her breathing finally steadied.

"R-Rin! You scared the crap out of me! I thought you'd be asleep!" Kagome's chocolate eyes then widened after she remembered just why she had barged into the room across from hers in the middle of the night. The younger teen just looked on in confusion. "We have no time! Hurry, get up or we're going to die!"

Ah, so I am going to die either way. Rin rolled her eyes, but complied nonetheless. Her friend seemed too perplexed and edgy to be faking a serious dilemma. She soon frowned when the thought suck in. "What's going on?"

"Hell if I know!" It was rare for the teen to swear, which only added to the gravity of their current situation. "One second I'm sleeping, the next I'm watching a battle between our fiancés and some weird demon puppets--"

"Hold on--what?! B-But...h-how?!" Rin was baffled. Everything Kagome was saying didn't make any sense at all! And what battle, what demon puppets--heck, what is going on?!

"I don't know!! Now's not the time to explain things--we have to think of something quick because we are going to be attacked by demon puppets!"

The other girl's head swam with the information. "An a-attack? Oh geez, this is just what I need to make my day even worse!" She gasped when she realized something seemingly important. "N-No...I'm going to die before I can get revenge on Sesshoumaru! I can't die yet!! I DON'T WANNA DIE!! THAT STUPID-ASS RACCOON DOG HAS TO PAY FOR CALLING OUR KISS A MISTAKE!!"

The miko was having trouble understanding Rin's half-cries, half-screams of rage. Er, since when was the silver-haired demon a raccoon dog? And he did...what?! He called it a mistake?! If she wasn't soon to be facing her impendent death, she'd also be livid right now... I'll kill him...and I'll kill Inuyasha just for heck of it...hehehe... Maybe two irate teenagers were scarier than mighty morphing power ranger puppets...not to mention much more homicidal...

Kagome sighed to clear her mind from apprehension and fury, even if just for a second. She needed to think of a plan, although she doubted anything would protect her against two demon puppets equipped with enough tenacious 'techniques' to send her to hell. What could she do? I knew I should've listened to Gramps and learned how to control my miko abilities! She had the ability to purify demons...but, uhh...drawing upon that power was the problem at the moment...

Gods, we're defenseless! We have no weapons, no magical powers--nothing to even stall time! All we can do is hide, but where? Where can we go if these piece of crap demons will only sniff us out? The miko figured that the impossible was her only choice.

"Rin, we're gonna face them dead-on, ok?"

"I'll shove the Receipt from Hell down his throat and the Slipper of Death up his ass. I should also stick a parking cone somewhere in there while I'm at it...yeah...and I'll take his Mercedes to Okinawa with me..."

Evidently, Rin wasn't listening.

"Hellooo...our funerals might take place soon..."

The teen was unfazed as she blankly stared at her raven-haired friend. "Is there something else you want while we wait to pick out Sesshoumaru's, I mean our caskets?"

Kagome rolled her eyes. "It's kinda late now--I already chose a pretty silver one for me and a red one for Inuyasha...uh, anyway...maybe we can survive at least until the guys come to save us. They should be on their way; they just have their own opponents to take care of first..."

The cinnamon-eyed teenager gaped at her friend. So is that where Sesshoumaru left at midnight? To fight these demon puppet people? "I knew I should've committed suicide with that receipt earlier. Now we both have to face the consequences of being engaged to demon gods..." Kagome allowed herself to smile a bit. Not even two days together and she was already being attacked by Inuyasha's enemies. Sheesh.

Silence ensued as the two teenagers stood awkwardly in the middle of Rin's room, huddled close to each other with their eyes and ears always alert. They decided that since it was feckless to hide, and their demise was coming either way, it would be better to have died bravely, right? Both girls just hoped their fiancés were well on their way...

"It was nice knowing you, Kagome," Rin muttered before she latched onto the teen's arm, and the miko merely shuddered as her sixth sense rocketed with presentiment, "even if we've only known each other for less than two days, I still feel like you're my best friend. Hmph, you're my only friend..."

Aw, that's so sweet! She wanted to cry! "Thanks, Rin--the same goes for you...except the no friend part because you met mine earlier...unfortunately. If we survive this ordeal, then we're definitely having a Girl's Night Out, best friend!"

"That sounds--"

"Sorry to have kept you waiting, my princesses, but I must interrupt your lovely chat."

Kagome and Rin simultaneously gasped and spun around only to come face to face with a handsome lavender-eyed demon who had long, inky black hair tied into a high pony tail. The latter teen had never seen this demon before; therefore, she didn't know how powerful he was, but the former girl remembered their previous 'encounter' and mentally prayed for her fiancé to come quickly. But...this demon was different from the other puppets Kagome had seen in her 'dream'...this one actually had lavender eyes rather than silver, and he also had facial markings--one jagged indigo stripe running across each of his cheeks.

Why would this demon puppet stand out from the others?

"It's such a shame that Prince Sesshoumaru and Prince Inuyasha have yet to arrive. Don't worry--in the end, their blood will join yours." A second demon walked out of the dark shadows, and strangely, even if he could pass off as a twin of the first, he didn't have the striking lavender eyes; instead, he had intimidating silver eyes. Kagome couldn't fathom why these two demons with markings and distinct eye colors were not the same as the other four demon puppets.

Rin only felt light-headed when she noticed that he had come from beside the dresser...she realized that the silhouette she had thought she imagined...was actually a demon puppet thing. She didn't even want to know how long he had been watching her...

"Well, let us begin. We don't require much from you ladies tonight. Our master only wishes for blood. Your blood." The silver-eyed demon standing the closest to the stunned pair of teenagers smirked, showing off one of his pearl white fangs in warning of what might happen if the girls decided not to cooperate.

"...huh?" That was Rin's articulate response. She was merely stared at.

"In simple terms, all you need to do is put your palm up like this," the lavender-eyed demon turned his hand over so that his ashen palm faced the ceiling--Kagome oddly felt like she was watching one of those stupid exercise videos, "and then we'll take this dagger and make a small cut. Be assured that there will be no mess because it will suck up your blood like a leech."

That was supposed to be reassuring? The dagger that the demon was holding in his left hand was anything but assuring with its gleaming ruby red blade reminding her of a masked murderer's weapon. That thing is getting no where near me. Kagome nodded to encourage herself. She still wondered why neither she nor Rin had fled from these two frightening demons...the vibrant inhuman silver and lavender of their irises bearing holes into her being was freaking the miko out...

"Shall we then, my princesses?" It's as if they're asking us to dance... Yup, the raven haired teen was still not running away.

"Just who do you think you are?!" Kagome blinked repeatedly and edged away from a now furious Rin. She was so angry that she even marched up to the 'leader' of the two demons and pointed a finger at his black-suited chest. "Do you think we're a blood bank or something?! Hell no! If you want our blood, then you better be suffering from Hemophilia!"

The demon momentarily shut his arctic silver-eyes. "My princess--"

"Don't 'my princess' me, you jerk! What do you want our blood for, anyway? Where's it going and what will be done with it? Hmph, the next thing I know, I'll go into Loki and-- what's this?! A clone of me is buying the shirt I want! And it's the last one on sale for seventy-five percent off!"

Rin hardly noticed that she was yelling at two potentially dangerous demons who could both snap her fragile neck with next to no effort. It just angered her that these jerks came out of no where and expected to receive blood for free! After stalking her for who knows how long--did they really think that she would smile and say, 'Here ya go, misters! Take all the blood you need! I don't mind that you've been watching me, are as scary looking as your daggers, and that I may see my clone running around tomorrow! While you're at it, you can take my kidney, too! Now, would you like some tea?'

Kagome bit her lip and debated whether or not she should interrupt Rin's frenzy. She glanced at the two demons in front of her, and saw them exchange a nod, as if they agreed to do something--but what? She gulped, imagining the worst, and faced her friend, placing her hand on her shoulder to 'assuage' her. If she keeps this up... "Rin, calm down. We could--"

"No way in hell! You can just go stalk some other defenseless women, and tell your master to shove that dagger up his--ah! W-Wha--?!"

The demon had moved so fast that in the blink of an eye, Rin found herself in the arms of whom she recognized as an enemy, with her arms pinned to her sides, and it was now that terror lurked in her heart. His frigid arctic silver eyes contained a fierce bloodthirsty glint in them that seemed to smile at her connivingly...in that moment, she felt like she couldn't look anywhere else...

"R-Rin! RIN!! Snap out of it! Fight back! Move! RIN!" Kagome was shouting at her, and she appeared to be struggling with someone--when had the other demon moved, too? But it wasn't like the obsidian haired teen could glance at her friend, who probably needed her help...the eyes of this demon steadily held her own in a transfixing gaze of dominance.

"I like your spunk, my princess; my master was not lying when he said that you'll need as much restraint as Prince Sesshoumaru," the demon crooned in his smooth voice and leaned his head forward, enough so that his lips were nearly touching hers, "but I am not so patient. You will not let me accomplish my mission willingly, so I will have to achieve it by any means possible..." Rin's heart pounded in her ears. What is this demon getting at? And how does his master, whoever he is, know me?

"RIIIN!! Argh, let go of me!! LET GO!" Kagome still managed to scream with the dark haired demon now choke holding her, but her attempts to rouse her friend from whatever trance she fell in was futile. She watched achingly as the demon who had grabbed Rin let the dagger in his hand fall to the floor with a faint thud, and his free hand went to fist in her obsidian locks of her, pulling her head back without any protest from the teen. The miko momentarily stopped her thrashing and observed the scene before her.

His silver eyes raked over her slender neck and trailed all the way to her luscious rosy lips. "You truly are beautiful for a human, you as well Princess Kagome. It's a shame, Princess Rin, that you will be wasted on an ungrateful mutt who does not desire you..."

That only caused her anger to build up again. "Don't assume that you know--" Her sentence was abruptly cut off when the demon's lips aggressively claimed hers, and as much as she strived to, she couldn't shake him off. She tried to bite his tongue when the damn appendage found its way inside her mouth, as disgusting as it was, but nothing worked! Why did nothing work?! That's it, I'm filing for rape!

Just as quickly as he had kissed her, the demon pulled away from a dazed and annoyed Rin. With one swift movement, he tightened his grip on the teen's hair and jerked her head back, yet it was only to settle his lips over the conjunction of her neck and shoulder. She was just about to tell this overly presumptuous demon off, though, what passed through her lips was actually a pained gasp--he had sunk his sharp fangs into her delicate flesh. Her cinnamon eyes widened as the unfamiliar--and primarily unwanted--sensation of him sucking her blood overtook her senses; it also scared her when she started to feel a little light-headed. What's he...vampire? C-Cool...vampy suck m-me blood...eheh...vampy... A tired moan escaped her lips--now she was feeling pretty dizzy...

"Oh no! Rin! Crap, crap, crap, CRAP!" Where's that goddamn Sesshoumaru when you need him?! And I'm going to fucking kill Inuyasha! Kagome swore profusely in her mind, damning every single thing she could think of, mainly a certain immortal and demon puppets. Wait until I get my hands on-- "AHH! W-What in t-the...?" Her chocolate eyes swept passed the suit-clad arm around her neck, and she managed to catch a glimpse of a black hilt...belonging to a...dagger protruding from her side? That asshole stabbed me!She couldn't think it through when she suddenly felt odd...as if something was...her blood was...crap! The dagger...it's absorbing my blood! Her precious blood was flowing out of her veins and into that abominable 'weapon'--it was a peculiar feeling, no doubt--it was like a swoosh that could've felt immensely pleasurable...if it wasn't a freakin' dagger sucking up her blood!! But Rin... The miko looked up and noted the rivulets of blood staining her friend's orange cami, not to mention that her limp body was practically being held up by that demon puppet person. This is bad! Ugh, I'm losing too much blood...no, I have to help!

There was no way she could win against a demon, though...so she couldn't aid her friend.

I'm useless...so weak.

But then--

BAM!!

"GET AWAY FROM HER YOU FUCKING BASTARD!!"

"I-Inu...ack!" Kagome's face met the carpeted floor the instant she heard a male voice shout vehement profanities she could never muster the courage to utter. She looked up, her heart fluttering with relief and hope, and her lips curved into a wide grin at the sight of her silver-haired hero standing in front of her, bearing his fangs at the demon puppet, who was currently sheathing his dagger with a hand pressed against his wounded side. The grin erased, however, when she caught sight of the tattered 'modern' clothing her fiancé wore, which was ripped and covered in blood stains. "Inuyasha!"

Hadn't he been wearing some kind of regal armor earlier?

She made a move to stand, yet the hanyou growled at her to stay put. She decided to heed him--he looked absolutely furious. Well, Inuyasha's here to save the day...or night, whatever it is, but what about... She trailed off and immediately looked for Rin, and she had to sigh when she saw that her friend was safely tucked in the arms of her own fiancé. How about that...Sesshoumaru looks even scarier than normal...and his clothes aren't any better than Inuyasha's...

"Kizurei, we have what we came here for and the others must have accomplished their task. Master will be pleased." The silver-eyed demon smirked and wiped Rin's and his own blood from the corners of his mouth, acting nonchalant even with the glare Sesshoumaru was giving him.

"Let's head back to our master then, Meimori. It was a pleasure to meet the future ladies of the Western-Eastern Empire. Have a good night." The lavender-eyed demon nodded to the two growling brothers, and without any other words, the two demon puppets silently disappeared into nothingness, not forgetting to bring their daggers with them.

"Fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, FUUUCK! I am going to...to...grr, I'll KILL HIM!!" Inuyasha panted as his throat and chest rumbled with the growls he tried hard to restrain. How could he have let this happen?! How could he have been so stupid as to fall into a trap that not only harmed him, but his fiancée as well--his innocent fiancée who had nothing to do with...with...dammit, she was already being used against him! If she had been killed... I'd never forgive myself.

With that thought, Inuyasha turned around and knelt beside Kagome, and lifted up her strangely blood-free shirt enough to view the thin yet deep cut marring her creamy skin. I'm going to kill the bastard, he mentally growled, and began to heal the wound.

Kagome blinked as she watched him, amazed at the ability she didn't think immortals had. "Wow, you're a healer, too, Inuyasha?" And that demon puppet guy was right--the cut is mess free.

The hanyou kehed. "I'm not actually a healer. I'm just using my energy to quicken what your body can already do. My saliva can do that, too, ya know, the kicks of being a dog demon, but I doubt you'd want me to lick you." The miko giggled due to the tickling sensations of his golden energy infiltrating her stab wound, though it was all over after a few seconds. Once he was done, Inuyasha sighed--it was more of a growl, though--and faced Sesshoumaru to observe his outlook on Rin's condition.

The dog demon cupped Rin's cheek with his free hand, staring deeply into her eyes--he immediately noted how unfocused they were, and her pupils were extremely dilated. She was all but limp in his arms--he had also healed the bite wound on her neck, but unlike his brother, he had licked the injury closed to disperse the scent of that...that bastard. He'd be damned before he would allow her to reek of him. "Rin...? Can you hear me?"

The teenager twitched her fingers a little bit, and she groaned in exhaustion. She could hardly summon the strength to do anything more than that. "Mm, Sesshy-kun...n-no, I like...Fluffy-kun..."

Sesshy-kun? Fluffy-kun? The immortal remembered that Eri had called him the former, and it seemed that his fiancée decided to create another pet name for him. Rin must be in a daze...I am not fluffy. "Rin...snap out of it."

"...bunny...machine gun with bunny...he gonna kill Fluffy-kun...yay...me help..." She suddenly smiled, though it obviously took some effort. "Gnomes say...vampy mean, vampy...gone? Eheh...vampy kiss me again!"

Sesshoumaru tensed. "What does she mean by...again?" The question was aimed at the human miko who had watched the entire confrontation between the silver-eyed demon and Rin, but she couldn't answer when a certain dog demon was glaring at her as if she had pressured her friend into it!

"Err...uh...she just...um..." He wouldn't believe me if I say she's just hallucinating... "Well, that demon guy did kiss her before he bit her neck..." Great, he's even scarier when he has no expression on his face!

"He probably did that just to annoy the hell out of you. Keh, looks like I'm not the only one who wants to rip his damn throat out," Inuyasha mumbled darkly, hiding his concern with the urge to seize retribution. His fiancée glowered at him. That asshole Kizurei better not have kissed Kagome... He sent a suspicious glare at the raven-haired teen, wondering if she was keeping it from him; though, he didn't think he could handle asking her if that bastard truly had kissed her--he'd probably lose control of his already furious inner demon.

"Is she going to be alright?" A pale Kagome asked in obvious worry. She was now leaning on Inuyasha for support after she refused to be carried--she felt only a little weak because, of course, that dagger thing had absorbed most of her blood. Her friend seemed to be worse off, however, since she was hallucinating--she had lost more blood than any one had initially thought. And it troubled her even more when Sesshoumaru refrained from answering.

"Come on, wench, you need to get some rest. It's been a long night." The miko sadly closed her eyes and allowed Inuyasha to lead her to their room. She did, however, glance back at her friend, now unconscious in the arms of Sesshoumaru, and she noticed the nearly concerned look in his golden honey eyes as he stared down at her immobile form. She knew that Rin's condition must not be good if even a stoic demon god was showing his worry for her.

Rin...I hope you get better...


"Are you sure you're going to be ok?"

"Yes, dammit!"

"Well, excuse me for worrying about the gaping hole in your gut!"

"It's not gaping anymore! Shit, I knew I never should've told you!"

"Whatever! What about that gash on your side?"

"The 'gash' is just a scratch."

"Inuyasha, a scratch to you is like that hole in your gut to me."

"Can you shut up about that already?!"

"No! That wound looked terrible! Why didn't you just heal it like you did mine?"

"Because, Kagome, my powers don't work like that! I only used my youki to speed up your slow human healing process! I can't use the youki I already have to quicken my already fast demon healing process!"

"Is there a reason why you're so angry right now?"

"NO!"

"-sigh- What do ya want now?"

"Just that...when you and Sesshoumaru were fighting those demon puppets...why were they different than the demons that came after Rin and I?"

"H-How do you...how do you know about that?"

Inuyasha and Kagome were preparing to sleep for the night...again. They both needed to put on new clothes, anyway, and moving around helped to lessen the tension in their muscles. But the miko had caught sight of her fiancé's not-so-pretty injuries, and remembered that he had fought his own nasty battle...she had then taken the liberty of bandaging the protesting hanyou's wounds, yet she couldn't help worrying about him nonetheless.

It was only when she asked about what had been bothering her that things between her and Inuyasha solemned again.

The silver-haired hanyou god abruptly stilled his movements, a black shirt falling from his hands, and faced Kagome with a bemused glint in his golden amber eyes. She had yet to answer his previous question, and for some reason, she was meekly staring at the dark carpeted floor rather than at him. Was she hiding something important from him?

"Kagome, how in the hell did you find out about that fight?" The hanyou prompted. He knew, however, that there was no credible way that she could have known if she hadn't been told by someone who had been there, namely Sesshoumaru or himself. So how did she know?! Unless...no, that's impossible. We're not mates to have that kind of bond.

At long last, the miko looked up and ceased to fiddle with the hem of her new hunter green sleeping cami. "Well, I...uh... I don't know actually. I was just...sleeping, and I thought I was having a dream about being in an alley at midnight, I guess." The hanyou tensed. So far...she's right about the setting.

She shrugged as if it was nothing new, and dared to peek at her fiancé, but the look on Inuyasha's face was the complete opposite. "You and Sesshoumaru came a second later wearing that cool black armor, but you guys couldn't see me at all, and the demon puppet people appeared out of no where...then you all started fighting--I only woke up when you said that two other demons were sent to attack me and Rin."

The raven-haired teenager blinked when she noticed her fiancé's blank expression. Sure, it was an unnatural thing, but she wasn't freaking out over it. Heck, she hadn't had the time to ponder it since her mind was too occupied with recent events...such as the weak state of her friend, blood-sucking daggers--you know, the 'usual'. So, really, there was no reason for a normally brash hanyou to become stoic in...Wait--does Inuyasha know the cause of my vision, dream, whatever it should be called? "Inu--"

"It's so weird...forget that, it's fucking impossible!"

She cocked her head in confusion. "Yeah, it is, but--"

"I mean, what you...saw, it actually happened. You were there, but then you weren't...No, your subconscious mind was there..." He trailed off before he crossed his arms, his ears twitching a couple of times as he deeply thought about it. Apparently, with the way he growled, he was getting no where.

"And that means...what exactly...?" Kagome inquired, raising a thin brow incredulously.

Inuyasha rolled his eyes. "It means, wench, that you're connected to me in ways we shouldn't be! I don't know how, but your subconscious self sought out mine when I guess I was in 'danger'--but I just don't fucking get it! That's something only mates should have! And remember when we first met in my training grounds? Right after that, I was attacked, and I think you had sensed that."

Kagome was still riding on the merry-go-round in Confuzzled World. "So you're saying the reason why I 'subconsciously' traveled to the immortal realm in the first place was because you were in danger? And I supposedly know these kind of things without actually...knowing?"

She received a nod in return. "Yeah...the chances of having a bond like that is next to nothing--I've heard of such a thing happening only between mates since they're connected in mind, body, and soul."

"We're not mated, yet...right?"

"Keh! Don't you know anything about demons?!" As if they were going to be mated after meeting not even two days ago! What a load of bull! "In order to be mated, we need to...uhh...we just need to mate, ya stupid wench!"

Kagome didn't even wonder why her fiancé was blushing. "Hey, it's not my fault my gramps is boring to listen to!" Letting him rant on about demons will only make someone sleep through a hurricane. "So...that means we're not mated?"

"Keh! Didn't I just make that clear?! Fuck no! We're not mated and we won't be mated until...until...keh!"

"You say 'keh' a lot..."

The hanyou decided to finally pick up his forgotten shirt, the one he wanted to use to hide his bandaged wounds so that Kagome wouldn't nag at him, and replied, "Keh..."

The two teens then sighed in unison and headed towards their bed--they were both substantially exhausted, and sleep sounded like heaven. Though, a thought struck Inuyasha before he could get on the bed, and he stared unwaveringly at his fiancée, who was already snuggling up under the covers. He gulped, wanting so badly to join her but fearing the consequences of doing so. Stupid wench, stupid bed, stupid...stupid, err... stupid Sesshoumaru!

It was only a minute later that Kagome noticed the absence of her fiancé, and she looked towards her opposite side of the bed to see him--with ears cutely drooped and all--staring longingly at the bed. "Something wrong, Inuyasha? Why are you just standing there?" He looks so sad...aww...huh? Cute dog demons will be the death of me..."You of all people should know, wench. I don't want to be called a 'hentai' anymore just because I want a good night's sleep." He crossed his arms and tapped his foot impatiently.

"Fine, fine, fine! I guess it wouldn't hurt for you to sleep on the bed so long as you don't end up raping me..." I love teasing him...

The hanyou recoiled as if she had physically struck him. "Why the hell would I want to rape an annoying bitch like you?!"

"Because you want me..."

"Oh yeah--I want you truly, madly, deeply...because I just saw Sesshoumaru in a thong."

A few minutes later, after Kagome finally recovered from her fit of laughter, in which Inuyasha had fueled her humor by saying more obscene things about his older brother, the couple found themselves on their backs, staring blankly at the ceiling. Sleep wasn't coming easily to them, so there wasn't much to do but...

Wait, Kagome had a question that needed answering!

"Inuyasha, you haven't answered my earlier question!"

The hanyou furrowed his dark brows. "What is it?"

"Why were the demon puppets sent after me different from the ones you fought?"

It took a while for Inuyasha to respond--hell, he didn't even respond at all. The confused miko shifted onto her side to have a better look at the hanyou, who was gazing up at the ceiling as if it was the most entertaining spectacle in the world. Though, the scowl marring his handsome face revealed that it wasn't as entertaining as it seemed...

"Hellooo, is anybody in there?" She wondered why he had suddenly grown quiet, like he didn't want to talk about those demon puppets or about anything that had recently transpired. But she needed answers! It was all too strange, and if she was going to be attacked like that for her blood in the future again, then she might as well be prepared, right? "Inuyasha..."

"Those two bastards who went after you and Rin...aren't demon puppets." His tone of voice was deadpan, almost to the point of being completely emotionless. This topic must be...hard for him to speak about. Or that was what Kagome believed.

However... "If they're not puppets, then what are they?" Duh, what else would they be, Kags? Demon--

"My cousins."

What?! Did she hear him correctly?! His cousins?! "No way! Y-Your cousins...?! W-Why would they...but they're...huh?!"

He sighed and glided a clawed hand over his haggard face. "They're the twin sons of my father's older brother. We all hate each other, though--it's one thing Sesshoumaru and I have in common. The demon puppets we--Sesshoumaru and I--faced were made from their likeness. And before you ask, their master is my uncle."

"Why would they want our blood? And how does your uncle know me?" Kagome was walking through a maze that apparently had no exits--she just couldn't understand any of this! What does our blood have to do with Inuyasha's family? Is there something special about it? Are they going to sell it for money?

"I have no idea--the only thing I know is that my uncle wants not only yours and Rin's blood, but mine and Sesshoumaru's, too. You're not the only one who was stabbed with the Blood Dagger. Keh, and let's assume he knows you the same way your mother knows me."

That's understandable, Kagome mentally sighed, since I wouldn't remember ever meeting him in the first place. And supposedly, I'm able to travel between the realms. It still doesn't explain how they know Rin, though...

Oh well! No use in losing sleep over it!

"Inuyasha..."

The hanyou anticipated what was going to come with the tone his fiancée started in. It was either going to be a question...or she was going to nag him again. "What the hell is it?!"

He didn't like the frown on the miko's face as her chocolate eyes traveled from his torso and up, not that she could see much in the dark like he could. But he instantly knew what she was looking for, anyway...and her response only backed his evidence. "Are you sure you're going to be ok? I mean, do you need any aspirin? With those injuries, you must be in some kind of pain, right?"

"You shouldn't worry about me, wench." Inuyasha suppressed the urge to laugh. "It's all wasted on a hanyou. I'll be completely healed by tomorrow morning, you'll see." She just couldn't understand the fact that his body was made differently than hers--these meager cuts hardly affected him. Sure, he felt a little bit of pain...but he wasn't going to tell her that; it would just lure him deeper into a black hole...

Kagome shut her eyes, willing images of her fiancé fighting two of those demon puppets with morphed limbs out of her mind. The way those fiends overwhelmed him, rendered his sword practically useless...heck, how couldn't she worry about him, especially when she hadn't even seen the climax of the fight? The last thing she remembered seeing was that both Inuyasha and Sesshoumaru were becoming tired--but what occurred afterwards?

Why am I worrying about an idiot like him in the first place? He's been nothing but rude to me and a great pain in the ass. She soon sighed, yielding to her raging emotions. Still, it's like a part of me wants to protect him. A part of me that I never knew I had. A part of me that...that-- "W-Wha...? I-Inu--what are you d-doing...?"

Her eyes immediately bolted open, and the first thing she saw was a pair of beautiful, soft golden amber eyes that glowed amongst the silken sheets of darkness enclosed around them. She didn't know how it happened or when; the only thing Kagome registered, or could even register was the warmth of a body over hers--a body that her own more or less welcomed. His long silver tresses fell all around her head, lying on top of her raven locks, while his head leaned in close to hers, enough so that their breaths tangled into one. She innocently gazed up at him, wondering why her heart was loudly thundering against her rib cage at the tender look she was met with.

Inuyasha smiled, and gently pressed his nose against one of Kagome's flushed cheeks, taking the chance to nuzzle her soft creamy skin. "Thank you," he whispered, his lips touching her cheek as they parted to speak, "thank for you worrying about me, Kagome."

She blinked repeatedly, attempting to comprehend what was currently happening. He's thanking me...for worrying about him? But I...I, uh... "I-It's nothing, really..." Damn, that sounded so lame! This was a once in a lifetime moment with none other than the infamous hot-headed Inuyasha! Heck, she doubted this would ever happen again--and all she could say was that?! What's wrong with me? I feel like a school girl with a crush...

Wait--she was a school girl with a crush...

Inuyasha lifted his head from her cheek, but he was merely a hairsbreadth away from his fiancée. "Kagome..." His voice was much softer than normal--it wasn't gruff and contained no traces of annoyance. Did Inuyasha's cousins clone him so quickly? And why's he staring at me like that?

The miko wanted to desperately know what was going on through his head at the moment...yet, she could hardly guess because of his mesmerizing eyes, which were staring deeply into hers, almost as if he was reading her soul. The perfect golden meld of his irises seemed like a smooth paste of sweet honey compared to their usual brazen pit of vibrant flame--and it entranced her. No other thought could pass through her mind when she was actively searching his eyes for more of the warmth and tenderness she craved--and it was all for her; that was the best part.

It was all aimed towards her.

So, it was only natural that the deeper they stared at each other, the smaller the distance between them became. It was only natural that they should feel each other's wanton desire, the same desire that radiated in the depths of their eyes. It was only natural that their lips should meet to seal each other's affections, and the attraction that they shared--the same attraction that could no longer be denied, even regarding the short time they've truly known each other.

And it was only natural that they were interrupted...

Creeaak!

"KYAA!" POW!

THUD! "OWW! DAMMIT WENCH!!"

"Hn...you'd think that after having a near death experience, you two wouldn't be so...lively..."

It seemed that the gods were against Inuyasha and Kagome--well, mainly Inuyasha because he was the one still rolling on the floor while groaning in pain--especially when Sesshoumaru ever so impassively barged into their room...without knocking. His intrusion had surprised the raven-haired miko, who in response kicked the person on top of her away; unfortunately, she had hidden strength and great precision since she happened to kick the hanyou in a certain sensitive area...Sesshoumaru only smirked at his younger brother's pained form, sadistically enjoying his inferior's suffering while Kagome meekly peered over the edge of the bed.

"What in the fuck is wrong with you, bastard?! Did you lose so much damn blood that you forgot to fucking knock before you enter a room?!" Inuyasha growled and finally stood on shaky limbs, willing himself not to think of the throbbing pain between his legs. Damn, Kagome kicks hard! He would think twice before ever being on top again...

The silver-haired immortal coolly rolled his eyes. "Half-breed, that was something called revenge. Remember how you two intruded on me yesterday?" The couple remained silent. "Exactly. Now, the reason why I'm here is to inform you that I will be taking Rin to the nearest hospital--"

"Is she alright? How is she? Did she wake up at all? Does she have a fever?" Kagome kept asking question after question, so much that Sesshoumaru lost track of them after the first two...not that he was trying to keep track anyway. "Is she hurt anywhere else? Did she--"

"Enough, miko. If you would let me finish, you would already know her condition."

"Keh! You could try being a bit nicer--she's only worried about her friend," Inuyasha grumbled after climbing into his side of the bed, noticeably far from Kagome. His brother observed the blush on his face, even in the darkness, and had to comment on it.

"You could try being a bit bolder, little brother--that blush on your face is unbecoming of you. Oh, and a word of advice: don't wait five minutes to kiss her, it only allows time for interruptions." He impishly smirked at the look of horror on not only Inuyasha's face, but his fiancée's as well. Ah, he loved being a sadist.

"You're a real shithead, bastard! At least I'm not the one who thinks with his--"

"Ok, you guys, you can have your cock fight later when I'm not present. I just want to know why Rin has to go to the hospital." Kagome firmly interrupted the dog demons' brewing argument with a statement neither of them could ignore. And cock fight, come on, what was that? It was...embarrassing, to say the least. Err...maybe.

Anyway... Sesshoumaru resisted the urge to rub his aching temples. "Her body is weakening due to blood loss. I believe she needs a blood transfusion."

The miko gasped as Inuyasha gaped. "Is it that bad? Well, what are you waiting for? Let's go!"

"Neither of you are going." Well, that ruined everything.

Kagome blinked and raised both of her eye brows incredulously. "You're going by yourself? But why?"

"There is no need for you to tag along. I will take Rin to the hospital, demand that she get a blood transfusion, and bring her back here. We should both be back by morning." He sounded so sure of himself, too. The teenager doubted that his plan would work out the way he wanted--doctors were a little iffy about letting their patients go home so soon, especially after something like a blood transfusion.

Inuyasha didn't care either way--he just wanted some sleep. "Why even bother with all that crap? Just take her as your ma--"

"Shut up and never say such foolish things to me again." The hanyou cocked his head at the animosity laced behind his brother's smooth voice. Why would he get so angry after hearing a mere casual suggestion? It's not like he's not going to do it when he marries her...why wouldn't he? He can't be planning to...but he has to!

Sesshoumaru has to...what?

"Uhh...I guess when you put it that way, I don't have to go...but are you sure you'll be back by morning? What if the doctors want Rin to stay longer?" Kagome was still pondering the fact that the immortal believed that he could barge in somewhere, demand this and that, and expect it to be taken care of.

"Yes, and if they do, then they will have to answer to me." Yes, yes! The cynical smile came back with vengeance! Long live the sadist!

Now effectively chilled to the bone, the teen just nervously nodded. "A-Alright, good luck."

"Keh." Inuyasha was still offended from Sesshoumaru's former biting remark. He could not understand his older half-brother, even if it would save his life. The bastard was a complete mystery that if written a book about, it would take a thousand pages for only the first chapter.

"Hn." With that, Sesshoumaru turned around and left the room to retrieve his fiancée.

"Good night, Inuyasha." The miko sighed and laid back onto her pillow, hoping that now she could get some well-deserved rest. Inuyasha followed her example before letting out a tongue-curling yawn. He soon remembered what he had been doing with Kagome before his stupid brother walked in like he owned the world...and crap, he had just gotten rid of his blush! It came back to haunt him!

Uhh...it's sleepy time! "G'night, Kagome."

It did, however, bother him that he hadn't been able to even kiss her. Wasn't it humiliating that stupid-ass Sesshoumaru already got past first base with Rin? He, a prince of two kingdoms with the rank of a hanyou god, couldn't let the arrogant immortal win in anything, right?

Inuyasha smirked as he glanced at a dozing Kagome out of the corners of his eyes. Then I'll just have to take care of that.


A/N: AND IT'S A RAP! I mean WRAP! Or whatever. Next time: it's the first day of school for our two favorite couples! Yes, we're skipping Sunday--so, what mishaps will ensue, hmm? Remember that Kagome has two admirers, so you know what that means...Muahahaha!

Anywho...will we ever find out more about these blood stealing, sexy twin cousins of Inu and Sessh? Why do their master/father need blood? Will Inu and Kags ever get to kiss without Sessh interrupting? Will the gnomes in Rin's mind tell her the answers to her upcoming test? STAY TUNED TO FIND OUT!

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