June 1

It's becoming increasingly annoying to write in this notebook, as blood splatters the pages. My brother gave it to me, a souvenir from his trip overseas. He tells me Italian food is best, but I don't see what that has to do with the blood.

I haven't had a decent night's rest since I last ate, which was last week, due to the lack of food where we live, secluded from most of civilization. I hated what I had been forced to eat, because not only had it been disgusting, but disease-ridden as well. Why Sesshoumaru is allowed to travel all over the place, dining on gourmet food, while I'm stuck in this dinky cabin, forbidden to leave until he returns, I'll never know. I do know it's unfair, though. I've been starving for days now, and I honestly don't know how long I can wait.

Could he be testing my willpower? I wonder. My onii-san knows all too well how I despise tests. They irritate me. My hand is shaking violently even as I write this, and my—

A loud snap punctuated the young man's penning and he sighed in annoyance, grabbing another pencil from his drawer.

The pencil broke in my hands.

Sometimes I let my anger and hunger get the best of me. That might be why he's testing me like this. It also might be why I'm rambling like a fool, instead of ransacking the village like I've been thinking for the past six hours.

Inuyasha stopped to read back over his musings, but the blood randomly dancing across the papers of his journal was beginning to make him dizzy. With an anguished growl, he closed the book and dashed out of his room, heading straight for the front door that he knew was barred. His athletic figure clashed right into the seemingly flimsy door, rebounding into the wall behind him.

"FUCK!" He snarled, yanking on his long hair. It hadn't been his first attempt; in fact, he'd been trying to leave since his brother left. "I'm going to go fucking insane in here." He muttered anxiously, repeatedly ramming his fists into the walls, which never even gave under the intense pressure of his punches. Soon, he became bored and slumped against the wall, glaring menacingly at the door as if he could burn holes into it.

What does he want me to do? Does he want me to die?

Angrily, he ran his claws along the floorboards, taking immense satisfaction in how they curled up like wood shavings. "There's gotta be some way out of here. He wouldn't leave me in here without leaving some f—" A sudden scent abruptly stopped his ranting. He sniffed around, trying to decipher the smell, then his lips curled into a predatory grin as he realized just what it was.

"Fresh meat." Inuyasha licked his dry lips and pasted himself to the wall through which the scent flowed, practically burying his nose between the logs.

Now, how do I get from here...to out there?

He stared up at the ceiling and got an idea. Firmly planting his claws into the wall, he began crawling, until he was within reach of the ceiling, which he easily ripped up with his claws. He gave a triumphant smirk and leapt through the hole, landing safely on the wooden shingles. His dark golden eyes surveyed the woods, a light breeze ominously whipping his hair around his shoulders as he set his sights on the delectable treat walking in his forest. It was a female, his favorite kind, and she seemed scared.

Lost, my little bunny? Don't worry...I'll take you home.

Inuyasha sped through the trees like a bullet, his movements a blur, until he finally stopped behind the girl and tapped her on the shoulder. She gasped in fear, spinning around to face him.

"Hello." He greeted congenially. "I noticed that you seemed to be lost."

"Um...yes. Do you know the way back to the village?"

"I do, but I'm afraid it's far too dark to be able to tell. You should come with me back to my home."

"I...I'm not sure..."

"But my dear lady, I wouldn't be a gentleman if I left you alone out here to be devoured by a horde of wild animals." The girl's eyes widened and Inuyasha knew he had her.

"Well...okay." As he led her back to the cabin, he was busy mentally congratulating himself on his equanimity.

Nii-san would be proud of me for keeping such control. What should I do with the morsel? Eat her raw? Or perhaps wait until her blood is hot and her hormones raging?

He glanced over his shoulder at her, covertly admiring her shapely features. "What, by the way, is your name, beautiful woman?"

"Junshin." Inuyasha bit his lip to keep from squealing in glee.

Purity...

"Junshin." He repeated, a hungry purr in his tone. "Such a nice name."

"Thank you." She blushed, and Inuyasha came to the cabin door, smirking when it yielded to his force. Once Junshin was in the dark cabin, he closed and locked the door behind him, his fingers fidgeting in anticipation. He gently pushed the girl against the wall, sinking his slightly pointed nose in her neck and savoring the blood pulsing beneath her flesh. She gasped, startled when Inuyasha's knee pushed her legs apart.

"Tell me, Junshin...are you a virgin?" He breathed, asking what he already knew, but wanting to hear her sexy voice.

"Y-Yes..." The man smirked, exposing a sharp fang.

"Excellent." Inuyasha licked her neck all the way up to her ear, making her shudder. Feeling his pants tighten at the aroused noise, he lightly caressed both her protruding nipples through her thin blouse. "Have you ever been touched like this before?"

"No...never..." Inuyasha could barely stifle his jubilant laughter as he ran his claw down her skirt, making it pool around her ankles, and did the same with her undergarments.

"Do you know what I am?" His lips marked her chest as personal territory, while he worked on getting off his pants.

"The kyuuketsuki..."

"You are a smart girl." Inuyasha chuckled, relieved when his manhood was finally freed from its cloth prison. "Then you know what I'm going to do to you, right?" Junshin's lips moved, but Inuyasha's tongue on her bare breasts prevented coherence. He melded their bodies so close, his member moved a small distance into her entrance, and positioned his lips right at her ear. "I'm going to deflower you." Giving Junshin only a split second to let this sink in, he thrust into the tight virgin, snarling in pleasure at the feeling of one after so long. She cried out, her pain merely heightening Inuyasha's arousal. He blatantly ignored how her body language screamed at him to stop, and pumped faster into her, feeling her warm juices cover his cock like a blanket. Her pain slowly but surely morphed into pleasure, and before long, her legs were wrapped around Inuyasha's hips, Junshin's moans filling the tiny place. The noises began to get louder and louder, until Junshin screamed her climax, just as Inuyasha sank his fangs into her neck. The combination of her quivering walls tightly clenching his member and the sweet taste of her white-hot blood sent him spiraling into a powerful orgasm, accompanied by a declarative roar.

Inuyasha blew a sigh, attempting to catch his breath and lap up Junshin's rapidly gushing blood at the same time. With the loss of so much, Junshin's eyes had gone blank, giving Inuyasha the opportunity to drink as much as he pleased. Once he had gotten his fill, the deflowered young girl was no longer of use to him. He left her there on the floor and trudged into his bedroom, feeling full and satisfied. Before he drifted off to sleep, he grabbed his journal and wrote four simple words.

I passed his test.

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"We're leaving." Inuyasha yawned and shook his head, not sure he had heard his brother correctly.

"Excuse me, Sesshoumaru?" He mumbled, sitting up in his bed.

"You heard me. We're leaving, so come on."

"What, right now?"

"Yes, right now." The taller man huffed, leaving the room.

"Alright, alright." Inuyasha grunted, grabbing his journal and a pencil and following him out of the cabin.

June 5

This time since Sesshoumaru's been gone has been hard, perhaps harder than the others, but it doesn't matter anymore, because he just woke me out of a sound sleep and told me we were leaving. I haven't left Akaigawa-mura since I was reborn, but Sesshoumaru has. He says it is much better outside than here.

I have no choice but to take his word for it.

"What are you doing?"

"What are you talking about?" Inuyasha blinked, confused.

"With that book."

"I'm writing, what does it look like? Look, you may keep me locked up in that cabin and think I'm gonna become some savage beast if you want to, but I'd like to keep some civility, thanks."

"Are you suggesting that we as kyuuketsuki are thus uncivilized?"

"You obviously don't remember what happened when I was first reborn." He snorted, crossing his arms. "I was such a dumb brute, I ended up biting all my food wrong...blood gushing all over the place...it was horrible. My ass still aches from all those floggings you had to give me."

"Oh, yes. I had forgotten."

"And when you get hungry enough, you tend to devolve into that state. I almost did because someone kept me barred up in the fucking hut for so long!" Inuyasha grumbled.

"How many times have I told you I got sidetracked?" Sesshoumaru rolled his aureate eyes.

"Yeah, whatever. I still say you didn't give a damn. So where are we going?"

"Must you know?"

"Yeah, I must know!"

"A place called Muroran. It's much more modern than this village."

"Modern?"

"You see those clothes you're wearing? Outside this village, they would be considered hopelessly outdated, and you would most likely be mocked for wearing them." Inuyasha looked down at his clothing.

"I see nothing wrong with them."

"Because you're the one wearing them."

"I don't really understand."

"Just know that you're going to need new clothes when you leave here. This village is pathetically Amish, and our kind need to be enveloped within today's world if we ever want to survive."

"Right..." Inuyasha nodded, though he was still confused. "So tell me about the modern world. Is that why you leave for so long?"

"It is. There are several marvels there you won't find here, such as advanced schools in which both females and males attend."

"Oh?" This intrigued the young vampire. "I want to go to school." Sesshoumaru shook his head.

"I figured you would say that. No, you're not going to school."

He has told me we're going to Muroran, wherever that is, and it's supposed to be modern. I'm still not exactly sure what modern means, but from what he's telling me, it means people will mock my clothes. Besides the clothes, he also says that there are schools I can go to...with women in them.

I don't know what modern means...but I like it.

"Why not?" Inuyasha chuckled.

"I refuse you let you run amok in a public setting."

"Amok?! That's an insult, brother! I survived an entire week cooped up in that damned house without an ounce of food until four days ago! And besides, I promise I won't feed from the women!"

"I'm still not completely sure you're ready for school yet. We'll see when we get there."

Sesshoumaru says he'll consider letting me go to school. That usually means yes, but I still had better be on my best behavior just in case.

"Okay." Inuyasha grinned, and Sesshoumaru shushed him as they came into the Akaigawa Village. The villagers eyed them suspiciously as they padded through in silence.

We are now in the village. I wish I could have a last meal, because it is possible I will never return, and I do so hate a missed opportunity, let alone so many. My stomach is growling just thinking about it...

Inuyasha tried his damnedest not to look at the luscious village girls and their deliciously fearful expressions, but his stomach and loins weren't listening to anything his mind was chanting. A sharp elbow in his gut shut both up.

"Stop it." His brother commanded under his breath. Inuyasha growled in annoyance, apparently louder than he thought, because a collective gasp rose throughout the villagers. He sighed, shaking his head.

Finally, they got out of the village, much to Inuyasha's relief. "I thought I'd die with all that temptation...c'mon, Sesshoumaru, we're never coming back anyway...what say we ransack tonight?"

"For Kami's sake, you fool, have some restraint and stop being such a glutton." He rebuked.

"But it's stupid to just leave like this without having a last meal!"

"It's called temperance, not stupidity. Must you feel the need to eat whenever the opportunity arises?"

"I like to take all I can get! Who the hell knows how long it'll be before I eat again? And besides, I'm a growing boy; I gotta have my nutrition."

"Is that right?" Sesshoumaru intoned. "Then how about this alternative: you stay here and feed, and whenever you're done, come find me."

"Wh—" Inuyasha gaped as his brother walked away, then he shrugged.

He's given me permission to feed as I like, but he just walked away and told me to find him when I finish. Ah, well. More for me, I say.

He leapt up into a nearby tree and kept an eye on the village, anticipating nightfall.

Let the feast begin.