Cowboy Bebop –

The Legend Of The Queen Of The Underworld

Prelude: The Legend

Her breathing became heavier and her lower lip trembled with fear. A sense of danger tickled in the back of her head and brought forward fear. She wasn't aware of the time and place, only that she had to run. The howling wind blew furiously as if trying to stop her, but she refused. She would not let her weak side win…

But win what?

The night was a pitch black and the heavy rain poured hard on her tender, petite body. She wasn't expecting, or anyone else who saw the news, that this day was going to turn out like this. It was beyond cold and her only protection was the school uniform she was wearing. She didn't have time to go home and change before the crazy run-away broke free. She felt tired already, for she's been running for a while. The thing is, she didn't know from whom was she running off nor why.

She stumbled in the dirty water as her knees gave in. A soft, almost desperate sob escaped her cherry-colored lips. Frustration and anger hit her like an ice-cube and tiredness overwhelmed her. She lost…

…But to whom?

"Given up already? I was kind of liking this goose chasing." A manly, but dangerous voice was heard from behind. A light gasp escaped her lips in astonishment. So someone was fallowing her after all. So her life was really at stake.

His canning, cerulean eyes inspected, examined her every move as a mucky smiled played on his lips while he watched her tremble; reaction to his cold touch, he assumed. His slim, yet firm fingers travel her face and her body. She shivered when his fingers made its way to her most sensitive part. Quickly then, he tightly gripped her chin, "Tell me, my child, have you ever heard the legend of the Queen of the Underworld?"

Silently she lowered her eyes, obviously ashamed of her ignorance. An evil smile played on his lips as his face came closer to hers.

"Once there was young girl," he began, "who lived in Venus hundreds of years ago. She was extremely beautiful, and highly sharp. She was smart and sexy. She knew exactly what guys wanted and she made them yearn for her, but she refused to give in to them. She felt in love with this man who loved her like life itself. He had given her his life just for her if he would of have to. But there was one problem…do you know what the problem was?"

When she once again lowered her head, he continued, "The king also wanted her. He met this girl once and he also fell completely in love with her. But when she refused to marry him, he commanded his soldiers to kill her boyfriend, her family, destroy her whole village and to bring her to him. And so they did. Her boyfriend, her mother, father and the rest of her family died. Not to mention her friends and her town were burned to ash without a second thought. She was taken prisoner to the castle were the king made her marry her and made her his."

"She was ashamed, tired and maddened by her destiny. She despised the king with all her heart and dreamt every day for revenge. But once when she was lurking around the castle, she found a secret entrance to an unknown room. Curious, she entered it and found a book. The book was black and had a strange symbol on it. What was surprising though was the fact that her name was written in the book, covered with still flesh blood. She hesitated for a while but opened it realizing then that it was a book of spell, and that she had found her perfect revenge."

The rained stop pouring then, although lighting and thunders still roared the planet. Surprisingly, although the sky was covered with the thick, black clouds the full moon came into view. Taking his eyes of the sky, he turned it to the frightened girl he was holding and continued.

"That same night, when the full moon showed its face, she evoked the spirits within her. The night began to take its course as thunder accompanied by lighting followed. Her eyes began to take an eerie reddish color and her whole body was covered in flames. Everything around her floated, like some sort of strong psycho kinesis and burned into ashes. With these newfound powers she destroyed the castle and the entire village near it. Thousands of people died, except for one…the king. The one person she actually intended to hurt."

"How so?" she finally asked. He looked at her with a grin and answered, "He ran away. It happens that this was predicted. He knew that this day was going to come, and he ran for his life. What did you expected him to do?"

"Coward…" The girl murmured.

He took his eyes from the sky and with a cocky grin, his fingers began to travel her neck and down her chest, "Before she died she swore revenge. Not until she witnesses the king's death by her own hands will her spirit rest in peace."

"But…but…if this happened hundreds of years ago…they are dead. How can she take revenge?" she gulped nervously as his fingers lay once again upon her tiny body.

He gave a small chuckle at the girl's desperation and answered, "You see, the king was ready for her new transformation…you can say it was inevitable. So he made his own destiny. He made a ritual in which he evoked the powers of the underworld, just like the young girl. Except for one difference." He paused, looked at the young girl and continued,  "The king instead of obtaining just magical powers, became a vampire. But not just an ordinary vampire, he became the lord of all wrong, despair, life and death. Every time the full moon matched the day of the three 6's, he will awaken and search for that young girl to destroy her completely."

"Oh god…today is June 6th…"

"Of the year 2076…getting the idea?"

"And the young girl? Isn't she dead?" she asked out loud.

"Oh no, my dear! She's actually far from that! Every two hundred year she is reincarnated into the body of a young girl. Her power doesn't show through, though unless she meets with me. Hah, I actually thought that you were her, but I guess I was wrong."

A small gap escaped her lips as she tried to get away from the man before her, but he stopped her before she could have run away.

"Where do you think you are going, heh? You may not be of any help to me as my queen but I am kind of thirsty…"

She stood up quickly from the harsh, cold floor and hastily tried to escape him, but before she knew it, he was right in front of her. With a piercing scream that filled the heavy sky, and the loudness of a striking thunder, he penetrated her flesh skin drinking her every bit of blood. Finally, after he finished her off, her let her lifeless body fall on the floor.

"After all, legends are just legends…or are they?" Licking his lips, he gave a devilish laugh, and putting on his dark sunglasses he walked swiftly out of the alley to find his next victim…The Queen Of The Underworld.