The Importance of Being A Youkai's Mate

The concert was thrown on the beach a few miles from the university; most of the students were there. The night air was cool against Sango's skin. She used to love the thrill of performing as a human. Now she realized that thrill came from the people around her. Their excitement spiced up their life force and made her feeding very fulfilling. Sango made her way through the crowd of people towards her beloved who was singing on stage.

Miroku

None of the women could resist him, not even her. Words could not describe Miroku in his moment of glory on stage. When Miroku performed, he like Sango, possessed an otherworldly beauty that caused his pale skin to glow in the moonlight and his dark brown eyes to hypnotize anyone who stared into them. He stood above hundreds of people singing with a smooth, sexy voice that lured in his prey like insects to a bright light.

Miroku

Her dark god, her reason for living, sensual, strong, virile, dangerous and hers, all hers. His eyes found hers when she neared the stage. He bent down on one knee and reached for her. His hair had gotten longer over the past few months and whipped around his shoulders in the wind as she gave him her hand. He pulled her on stage gracefully and wrapped his arms around her waist from behind.

The roar when was deafening when Sango got on stage. The men in the crowd yelled out her name in anticipation and lust. Miroku growled softly in Sango's ear causing a shiver to go down her spine. She knew he didn't like men lusting after her, but what could she do? She was a succubus after all, just as he was an incubus, both of them born to entice men and women and to feed from their sexual energy. She stared at the women who had fainted near the bottom of the stage and raised her eyebrow at Miroku. They had gotten too close and his power had overwhelmed them as well as drained them to dehydration.

"Got a little carried away my love?" Sango asked.

Miroku smiled and playfully nibbled on her earlobe. "They're all yours, my dark angel. Try not to be too greedy," he gave her the mike and moved away from her.

The band immediately began to play a different song, something dark with rhythm. Sango began to sing. Miroku watched her as she worked her magic. She was still new at being a succubus, but she was learning very fast. Her hauntingly sexy voice carried over the crowd in the wind and immediately began to hypnotize the people. Gradually, their life force began to seep out of their bodies and drift through the crowd like smoke. It blended and made one straight line to Sango. Miroku nodded satisfied as it absorbed into her body, she wouldn't have to feed for a month after this unless she wanted to.

"Look at her, the filthy leech," Jacob said as he stood a distance behind the crowd and watched Sango absorb their life force. "Miroku cannot help who he is, but he's turn the human into a monster. She's abomination to us all!" He turned to look at Namu and Koto, the two wolves who were right hand men. They were mesmerized with Sango right along with the crowd.

"She's so beautiful," Namu said in drone voice.

"I want her so badly," Koto said taking a step forward.

Jacob growled and backslapped them hard. "Get a hold of yourselves! Imbeciles! Do I have to do everything myself?"

The two wolf youkai shook themselves and stared at Jacob blankly. "Sorry boss," they said at the same time.

"As I was saying, we have to put a stop to her; can you imagine a mix breed like that feeding off our life force? Disgusting!" He pulled out an object that looked like a whistle from his pocket. "They have no idea that I happen to know about all types and forms of youkai breeds and how to control the less evolved ones." He raised the whistle like object to his lips and began to blow.

Namu and Koto waited for the sound. They frowned in confusion when nothing came out.

"Um, boss, maybe it's broken?" Koto said.

"This isn't a normal whistle. It sends out vibrations that only certain creatures in the sea can feel. Let's see if the mix breed can suck the life out of them." Jacob grinned darkly and retreated to his car. "You better follow me, unless you want to get eaten alive."

Miroku began to feel a strange disturbance in the air. He scanned the crowd wondering if another creature they didn't know about lurked in the midst, one that could be harmful to Sango if she fed on its life force. The waves behind from the ocean began to crash loudly behind them, drowning out the music. Someone in the crowd let out a loud scream just before something huge and long crashed on stage right beside Sango. Before Miroku could react, a giant tentacle wrapped around her body and snatched her up in the air.

"Sango!" Miroku yelled in fear.

The crowd began to run away as another black slimy tentacle crashed on stage and raked across it sending everything, including his band members crashing to the ground. Miroku leaped over it and ran up the tentacle to get to Sango who was being swung violently around in the air.

Sango couldn't breathe. The tentacle wrapped around her body tightly nearly crushing her ribs. She saw Miroku making his way towards her and reached out to him as much as she could. Miroku made a huge leap off the tentacle straight towards her outstretched hands. Another tentacle hit him in mid air and sent him flying backwards into the night. So close, so close, she thought. The gigantic octopus began to sink into the water and pull her down with it.

Miroku had also fallen into the water. He didn't know why the gigantic octopus had suddenly attacked them, the only thing that mattered to him was getting Sango back before she drowned or was crushed by the large tentacle that held her. Being a full blood youkai had its advantages even if he was an incubus. Miroku let his true powers unleash. The water was dark, but he could still see. He swam to the youkai octopus and grabbed the tentacle holding Sango. With inhuman strength, he ripped it apart. The tentacle let go of Sango, he caught her and tried to swim back to the surface. The octopus made a high keening sound of pain and anger and grabbed Miroku's ankle. Miroku held Sango's limp body tight against his side as he turned around and opened his free hand. A dark hole appeared in the middle of his palm. Water began to whirl around the octopus. It screeched loudly underwater as its entire body was slowly sucked in the black void of Miroku's hand. Miroku swam to shore quickly praying that Sango was still alive. At the moment, he couldn't tell until they were safely on shore.

"Look!" Namu pointed to Miroku's figure coming out of the water holding his mate.

"He survived…" Koto said. "That's one powerful youkai!"

Jacob frowned. "Let's go before he realizes this wasn't an accident."

"Do you think his mate survived?" Namu asked as Miroku laid her on the ground.

"I guess we'll know tomorrow," Jacob replied coldly. They got into his car and drove away.

Miroku knew there were other people hurt on the beach. He could hear their groans of pain. He didn't know if his band members were alive or dead, but none of that mattered to him. Right now, Sango was the most important thing in his life.

If she died…..if she died….

"Come on baby, breathe for me please!" Miroku continued to do CPR on her cold lifeless body. Her skin was so pale she was almost translucent. She had lost most of her energy. Something cracked beneath his hands as he tried to massage her chest to get the water out of her lungs. He stopped as he realized in horror that some of her ribs were broken and he wasn't making it better.

"Oh baby," he moaned in pure agony. There was no way around it. He had to give her most of his life force in order for her to survive, but first he had to get home. If he did it here, he wouldn't have the strength to take them home. There was a new power that he'd learn a little while after mating with Sango, the power to flash anywhere he'd wanted to. It drained most of his energy since it was still new to him, but it came in handy, especially now.

"I don't get it, why couldn't we go to the concert?" Kagome pouted as she walked down the hall with Inuyasha. They'd just come from the student union and was about to retire to Inuyasha's apartment.

"This is a concert you don't want to go to. Miroku has one special concert every year by the beach where he drains the life energy of everyone there." Inuyasha began to make a spooky face at her and wiggle his claws. "Do you really want your life drained?" He asked in a creepy voice.

Kagome turned slightly pale and then frowned and hit him upside the head. "Stop that!"

They nearly fell over Miroku and Sango who suddenly appeared in front of them in the hallway. Both were dripping wet and very pale. Miroku was on his knees holding Sango in his arms. Sango looked dead.

"Oh my god what happened!" Kagome screamed.

"We have to get them to their room before someone sees them!" Inuyasha reacted quickly. He helped Miroku stand who still held Sango in his arms and quickly guided him to his room. The door was locked, but with a twist of his wrist he broke the knob and helped him in.

Kagome followed him and closed the door. She watched worriedly as Miroku laid Sango gently on the floor and then weakly turned to Inuyasha who stood hovering behind him. Kagome could barely make out the words that came out of his mouth.

"Sorry man."

Sorry? For what? Kagome thought. Miroku hands suddenly grabbed Inuyasha's legs. Inuyasha stiffened painfully. His golden eyes turned completely white and his body began to glow. Was he draining Inuyasha's energy?

"What, what are you doing?" Kagome asked in shock and horror. She watched as Inuyasha's energy transferred to Miroku's body causing his to glow also. Inuyasha's beautiful white hair began to thin; his skin began to wither before her eyes. He fell to his knees weakly.

"No!" Kagome yelled and grabbed Miroku's arm trying to force him to let go of her mate. "Stop it! You're killing him! Please!" she begged. Grabbing Miroku's arm was like holding on to steel. He completely ignored her. He wasn't going to let go of Inuyasha until he'd restored his energy.

Inuyasha began to make gasping sounds as if his lungs were withering up also. He raised a thin arm to her as if reaching for her. "Kagome! Get the hell away from him! It's okay, he knows what he's doing with me, but if he starts to drain you, I'll be forced to kill him, so get back!"

Inuyasha's voiced raged forcefully in her head. Kagome gasped and let go of Miroku, at the same time, he let go of Inuyasha who fell backwards on the floor gasping for air. Kagome crawled to Inuyasha and moved his head into her lap.

"You bastard!" She yelled angrily at Miroku who was ignoring both of them as he stared down at Sango.

"It's okay," Inuyasha said weakly, this time actually speaking to her.

She looked down at her in surprise. His body was healing fast right before her eyes. "Inuyasha?"

"I'm a youkai, remember? I can heal faster than a human. He didn't hurt me, well maybe a little, but he can't kill me by draining my energy, which was why he chose me instead of you. Even though you're half youkai, you wouldn't have survived if he'd fully replenished himself from your energy." Inuyasha slowly stood up and grabbed Kagome's hand. "Come on let's give them some privacy."

Kagome was too shock from the entire situation to say much. She let Inuyasha lead her out of the room quietly.

Miroku opened Sango's mouth. He took in a deep breath and breathe his life force into her body. He laid his hands on her ribs and felt the shattered bones heal into place. Her lungs began to work again. He moved away as she coughed up the water inside them and began to breathe on her own.

"Sango, sango, open your eyes for me?" He whispered when she'd finished coughing up the water.

Her eyes immediately came open. It took her awhile to focus on him, but when she did, she smiled weakly. "I just had the craziest dream." Her voice was gritty and weak, she frowned. "Why do I hurt all over? Why am I so cold and wet? Why can't I move? Oh god, Miroku what happened?"

Miroku responded to the confusion and fear in her voice. "Shh, it's alright now. Everything is alright. You're safe with me. Safe…god…" He spoke to comfort himself as well as for her. He held her close and rocked back and forth.

From his reaction, Sango knew something terrible had happened. The last thing she remembered was singing on the stage and then something wrapping around her so tightly she couldn't breathe. She had thought it was a dream after waking up in Miroku's arms, but it wasn't. She noticed they were on the living floor. The carpet was soft and plush so she wasn't uncomfortable. He pulled her to his lap and moved his hair away from his neck. "Feed," he demanded.

"Miroku, what happened?" Sango wanted to know.

"There was an incident. I don't know how it happened," Miroku mumbled still in shock over how close he'd come to losing her. "We'll talk about it later after you've fed."

"But..."

"Don't argue with me, Sango. You are not completely well. Until you have your strength back, I'm not telling you anything."

"Why are you snapping at me?" Sango asked shocked and angry.

"I need to know you're going to be all right, baby, please feed. I have more than enough energy for you," Miroku said in a softer pleading tone.

He pushed her head down towards his neck until she had no choice but to sink her fangs into his skin. His energy flowed into her, giving life to her body, which had been weak and full of pain. She had no idea how starved she was until now. She sunk her teeth in deeper, hearing Miroku groan softly. She could feel him growing harder beneath her thighs. Every time she fed from him, it never failed to turn him on. Her body responded to his immediately. Before she knew it, he'd laid her on the floor and ripped her pants off. Sango moaned as she felt him pushing inside of her. He was so big; she felt she would burst if he kept going. She would never get use to his size. He usually took his time with her, made slow sweet love to her, but tonight she sensed urgency in him, as if he was afraid she'd disappear in his arms. It was pure unadulterated passion between them. She fed off his delicious energy and he pounded into her as if he would never stop. The carpet ripped beneath her and she gasped aloud, that had never happened before.

Miroku stopped and pulled away from her. His eyes full of concern. "Did I hurt you? Please tell me I'm not hurting you, I'll die if I know I did."

"No, I'm fine. Miroku what's gotten into you tonight?"

"Sango," he whispered. "My beautiful little dark angel," he stared down at her with passion and love in his eyes. "I almost lost you tonight. Do you know what that can do to a youkai to realize that he almost lost his mate?"

Sango started to say something, but Miroku thrust back into her so forcefully, she could only let out a pleasurable moan. She didn't ask any more questions. He didn't give her a chance, instead, he brought her to several mind blowing orgasms after the other, until they fell into an exhausted sleep.

Two days later...

Sango sat with the girls in their usual favorite spot on the patio of the student union having lunch. Miroku had finally opened up to her and told her what happened the other day. Apparently, it had scarred him for life. The crazy incubus had become obsessed with taking care of her, more than usual.

"Wow, Sango, I didn't know you had the skills to bring a gigantic octopus out of the ocean?" Rin teased.

"The whole thing sounds like a really bad B movie," Kagome said shaking her head.

"How do you imagine I felt when he told me I was nearly killed by the thing?" Sango made a face. "Yucky!"

Kagome and Rin were trying to make light of the situation to ease the grave tension between them. They had almost lost a very dear friend. When Sango had told them what happened, they had hugged her and cried. Sango hadn't expected the tears, but it had made her feel loved and cherished, something she had never felt from other females.

"Do you think Inuyasha had erotic dreams of Miroku as he drained his energy?" Rin asked mischievously.

Kagome nearly spit her food out. She began to cough.

Sango burst out laughing.

"Oh god, stop it! I don't know and I didn't ask!" Kagome said in horror. "I'm still mad at Miroku for doing that, not for doing it to save your life don't get me wrong Sango, but for scaring the crap out of me when he did. He could have given me a little warning!"

Sango gave her a friend a sympathetic smile then suddenly stiffened when she felt invisible hands running over her body. Her nipples hardened visibly in front of her friends and her body began to shiver out of control. "Stop it!" She hissed aloud attracting the attention of the girls and several guys sitting at the next table.

Kagome and Rin stared at her. Their eyes went to her breasts. If Sango wasn't a succubus, she would have blushed like any human girl from embarrassment, but she only sighed out of annoyance.

"Is he doing it again?" Kagome asked.

"Yes! He's constantly checking up on me to see if I need more energy. Seriously every since the incident, he's been driving me crazy. He acts as if I'm going to fall to pieces at the slightest sign of hunger and don't get me started with the sex. We've broken almost every furniture in the apartment and put a hole through the wall. It's as if he has to claim me all over again in order to feel secure."

"Wow and I thought Inuyasha and Sesshoumaru were bad," Kagome said.

"Um don't look now, but I think you have a couple of admirers," Rin pointed to the table of guys next to them. They were practically drooling as they stared at Sango's chest.

Sango grinned. "Free food," she said and puffed out her chest at them. One guy fell out his chair.

"Sango, don't do that. You look like a slut!" Kagome scolded her.

"Miroku is going to get mad at you from feeding off those guys," Rin warned.

"But they feel so yummy. Besides, I'm going to drain them dry, serves them right for ogling at me like that, how rude!"

Kagome stared at Sango worriedly. Her personality had certainly changed from the normal human girl she had been when they first met. She knew Sango was still adjusting to being a succubus, but it didn't seem as if she could control herself yet. Were her new powers taking over her mind as well as her body?

Miroku suddenly flashed in front of Sango and the guys, cutting off the flow of their energy. He glared at Sango silently. She blushed as he covered her chest with his jacket.

Now she blushes, Kagome thought.

"Do I have to constantly scold you for misbehaving?" He asked, his masculine body towering over hers.

He turned around at the group of men who were now passed out at the table. Then he looked around. "Why are there so many human males here?" He asked in a deceptively quiet voice.

The girls frowned in confusion and looked around in surprise. Somehow, they were surrounded by guys, not one girl was on the patio.

"That's strange," Rin mumbled. "When did this happen? I could have sworn there were other girls here when we sat down."

Miroku let out a soft growl and opened his hand. The wind began to blow stronger. Kagome notices it was flowing towards the hole forming in Miroku's hand.

"Miroku!" Sango yelled in disbelief.

"We have to stop him!" Kagome told Rin. She called Inuyasha's name out loud and Rin called Sesshoumaru. Sesshoumaru was always nearby when Rin was out. Inuyasha must have been on his way to get her. Both showed up a minute later.

Sesshoumaru stood on one side of Miroku and Inuyasha on the other.

"Calm down man, it's not that serious," Inuyasha spoke in a stable voice.

"If you kill innocent humans I will be forced to fight you," Sesshoumaru warned him. "It is my job to protect this campus."

"Yeah right, until something happens to Rin then who will protect them from you?" Miroku told him. "Did you know these men purposely surrounded our women?"

Sesshoumaru frowned and looked around finding it odd that not one female was in sight except theirs. "Continue," he ordered.

"Sesshoumaru!" Rin yelled at him.

The guys were falling over each other to get away from the crazy incubus who was about to suck them into oblivion.

Inuyasha laughed clearly enjoying the scene.

Kagome sighed, so much for calling for help. They were only making it worse.

Sango wrapped her arms around Miroku from behind. "Please stop my love, you're scaring me," she pleaded.

Miroku closed his hand and lowered his arm. "I was only trying to scare them away, not you."

"It worked," Inuyasha said. "And Sesshoumaru and I are grateful. It seems whenever our women get together, trouble follows. But, you can't keep going berserk like this, man."

Miroku stared down at Sango, his dark eyes softening with affection. He pulled her into his arms and disappeared with her.

"He's gotta to teach me how to do that," Inuyasha said.

"Inuyasha, is Miroku going crazy?" Kagome asked him.

"Probably," Inuyasha said thoughtfully. "Youkai tend to get crazy when they nearly lose a mate or thinks she's in danger. Do you know how fucking scary it is for a youkai to even think about losing his mate?"

Rin looked at Sesshoumaru remembering how he'd reacted to the worm incident a few days ago. He stared at her intensely. She blushed.

"Give him a few days, he'll be back to normal," Inuyasha said.

Naraku's Apartment

"So you didn't succeed in getting rid of the leeches?" Naraku asked Jacob. Naraku lounged on the couch with an arm wrapped around Kikyo who was feeding him grapes.

"No, Miroku was more powerful than we thought and his mate survived."

"I cannot believe you tried to kill them with a gigantic octopus," Naraku said.

Kikyo laughed. "Would you like some cheese?" She offered Jacob. "It's a food that fits you."

Jacob ignored her.

"If you're going to kill people under my orders at least show a little more class," Naraku sighed.

Jacob nodded. "I'll do my best next time."

"Then go and don't come back until you've actually accomplished something."

Jacob left. He had agreed to work with Naraku because he had given him the information needed for his own cause. So how did he suddenly find himself working for him? Still, Naraku was a very powerful youkai who knew many people in high society. If their planned worked, Naraku could probably take over the campus and the city. They just had to get rid of three powerful enemies who, now, ruled the campus.

A/N: Just wanted to say that the girl that Shippou likes in the first chapter is not Kanna. And this is not the rave Kagome is suppose to go to. I'm back on track. I should have more time to update regularly. So ,expect an update at least once a week. Thanks everyone for the reviews and not giving up on me!