Author's notes
I am still writing the other story, no worries. I will put up another chapter once I have
it all wrote up, I am on that process of doing so. For the wait; read this one for now..
AU; Vamp fanfic
Same warning as the other one...enjoy.
Withering within the Darkness
As the rain fell from the sky itself under dark, heavy clouds hovering over the city, falling. Falling until it splashed against the ground, smaller crowds walking with the umbrellas open widely as the droplets hit against the texture as nothing grew out of worry. Of course that was a lie they kept to themselves, everyone was worried on the inside, about their own and family's lives due to the breaking news that was saught all over Japan, everyone knew about the murders that only raised questions. Most people drove themselves while others took buses as a group, can't be too careful about what goes on now a days. It happened possibly years ago, where a woman walked alone towards her home when a stranger had trailed her. Surely she ran a bit before dashing as she did not feel safe no longer, but then by morning, she was declared missing by her roommate. Never was found until someone had phoned the police, claiming they have found a corpse in an alley outside of their first story window, in fright after checking the poor girl.
As the rain fell from the skies in sadness outside, within the apartment's walls, a figure just lied there under the warmness of the blanket just listening, it felt so soothing to his ears like music, cracking one eye open staring at the clock flashing 10:00 am. Knowing that he could not sleep no longer like before, Lars shift his body from under the covers to a sitting up position, letting his back sit against the wall as his mind wander for a while to wake even more as his body was being adjusted to waking in the mornings instead of his late night business. He was having quite a hard time getting used to this, as he stared outside of the window to see the rain fall onto this city before actually making a move towards the bathroom. As the tv played some kind of show he didn't really care about, the news just cut the program short to show this real important segment:
A woman that went missing for two weeks from Kyoto visiting friends in Yokohama has been found dead in an alley all the way in Osaka after receiving a call from a couple who so happen to see this woman sitting down in a slouching way before they found out she was not breathing. Forensic scientists are baffled at the lack of evidence that is not present to the scene of the crime, like the killer had gotten smart to leave not a trace of blood, so they decided to take it back to HQ for further analyzing. The family is quite upset this loss of their daughter, sad and angry at whoever did this to her...we'll give you more update on this breaking news of the corpse of a dead Kyoto woman on how she could have died from.
Standing there watching the news of any type of vampire activity, with his hair still wet from washing it, brought back some memories from the force. Its been years since he had been with those vampire hunters with his dear friend, secretly saving human lives from being drained, or turned into one of them from being part of the undead. Of course Lars has no meaning to go back there once he told them he was through, so now being here in his apartment room like a normal human being, listening to the news of some mysterious creature killing off humans, and to the fact of he knows about this said creature. They're were everywhere around the world, unable to tell if they were one or not, like wolves in sheep's clothing to blend into the human society, to befriend, to get close, then devour you and leave you to die. Lars sighed to himself, drying his hair while making his way towards the closet, looking through the clothes for something simple to wear, until he stopped at something red and black. His hunter's suit. He wondered why he even kept it in the first place after leaving, maybe there is some kind of reason he just did not know of.
He sighed, grabbing out a simple white, collared shirt and nice fitting blue jeans instead of those heavy equipment back in HQ that supposively helped out with their running from the would-be groups of vampires most of them being altogether. Such a pain to move in those things. A slight knock on the door snapped him out of going down memory lane, who would come this early, he wondered who could it have been. Lili was back in Morocco, Alisa wasn't here, and the others are possibly busy, so who else was it to rule out? Opening the door, possibly to sware at whoever was trying to sale door-to-door, he never thought to see his best friend, Tougou standing there. This was a shock to him, it seemed normal but he felt like there was a catch to it. Still, Lars have not seen him since the day he left, he knew hunter business has no time limit at night, most of the times they would sleep in the mornings and/or train themselves hand-to-hand combat or with weapons if necessary. He wouldn't have the time to do humanly things, not with the leaders and higher-ups breathing down their necks about how many of their hunters were killed. Especially with that fiend on the loose.
"Its good to see you again, since you left and all." He smiled despite being somewhat soaked to the bone in the rain.
Lars slightly smiled to see Tou still the same as he was there before as his right hand man. "Yeah, same here. So what brings you here?" He allowed him to make himself comfy.
"You have to come back," he said bluntly, cutting straight to the chase without dawdling a thought.
"I told you I was not coming back to the force." He said once more, could have sworn this conversation was done during those times.
Tougou sighed, rubbing the back of his head, knowing that his friend is quite stubborn with his answers. But the leaders did tell him to bring Lars back immediately. "The hunters need your expertise to hunt down a real, menacing vampire. The rumors are saying its a strong one, might be the one the hunters had been searching for five years. Eluding us every time we got close.."
"What about it? It has nothing to do with me." He explained to Tougou, Lars did remembered the black and white detailed drawing of that said creature, very unusual for it to look like both an angel and a devil mixed into one. How was that possible?
"It has everything to do with you, the leaders said there would be no time to train new people with that thing running loose. You're the only option we have of catching him."
"Tou, you of all people know that I have no reason to go back there, I've served my purpose."
"I know that, but those leaders are so damn persistent on bringing you back. I can't leave here without you in tow."
"Dammit Tou, I said I wasn't coming back," he snapped. What does it take for him to understand that?
"I cannot go back and face them without your presence," Tou told him, "they'll nag me to death if I do not come back with you."
"Give me a reason why I should come back, why I should go back and hunt with them again?"
"Because you're the person that could possibly fight it, stop it from hurting more people. The leaders said that no one else couldn't get near it without dying, but they believe you can."
Why did those old bastards insist on trying to make this ex-hunter's life in misery? Pleading to come back after he told them of resigning from the hunters, when will they ever learn. "If I were to agree to your terms, you would be free to go back right?" Maybe then, they'll consider changes within the HQ.
"Yes, if you do, just bring your suit with." Tougou sighed, relieved to be going back without being simply bitched at once he got there.
"They may know much history about the vampires, but I don't trust them. They're hiding something," Lars suspected something strange, the higher-ups knows about it as well not to tell anyone else within the hunter HQ, due to some kind of scandal, or chaos breaking out. "Just this once, Tou. I'm not coming back for them, just for the innocent people who doesn't know a thing about them running around."
"I see, but that's what I viewed about you Lars, always working hard for the people." Tou smiled.
Lars couldn't nothing but smile while he went to fetch his hunter's suit, after all Tou is the only person that knows him best than anyone else does. Tou was able to bring back Lars to HQ, the leaders did reassure him that whatever happens the medics will be around in case someone in on the brink of death. Of course the others who somewhat knew of him greeted him back, as for the newbies; they just met. Since they don't know him and all. Now they have practically everyone here, the higher-ups decided to gather up what is left of the hunters that are trained enough to go after one of the menacing vampires ever to elude them for five years straight, taunting them every time when they always came across.
"Everyone, its time you know what we're dealing with," one of the higher-ups told. Lars could recognize him as Even, tall, lanky, and a cocky pretty boy who had never saw, nor been in any vampire killing action in his own life. How he got up to be a higher-up is a question that cannot be answered. "There are enough evidence that tell you that we're dealing with one of the notorious vampire."
