A/N: So, hi, remember me? xD I used to make a story called Ortus Ecce, which was a Tomb Raider fic, a long time ago. I'm taking a break from TR for now as I'm more into Blood+ at the moment, thus why this AU is taking place. ;)

So I got inspired by another Blood+ AU and decided to make my own, where Riku and Diva live (I won't lie, I plan to have them pair up, but not too soon.). I also got inspired by the movie Maleficent, with the concept of the original story not being entirely accurate, and with the new one being the "true" story. I'm not saying my AU is the true story, because it's not (though things would be different if I owned it), but what if it could be? What would happen if this story was told from the eyes of the witness to the war of the Queens? This is how Blood+ would have been it if were mine...

This starts during the episode of the anime "A Boy Meets Girl" right after the Red Shield's ship's self destruct warning was announced. Also I'm basing this on the English DUBBED version.

Rated MA: Violence, language, sexual themes, rape, blood/gore.

(Note: I do NOT support rape in any form or fashion! It is probably among the most disgusting crimes in humanity and should not be taken lightly. What I write in the story about it, I do not support in real life. I write this purely for the story. I'm writing this because unfortunately, there's going to be a fair amount of it in this story.)

And one other thing, the characters maaaaaaaaay be OOC just a little, but I'll do my best to keep them as close to the actual characters as much as I can.)

Warning: I'm a very slow updater! .

Description:

What if the story was different than what you were told? And what if love ended the war instead of death? Can a mind so deep into insanity be redeemed by a touch of kindness and compassion? What if one boy could change the course of history...?

Prologue:

A Story Told Differently

Sometimes what you hear or see may not entirely be the truth. Sometimes, over the course of years, stories can be altered by those who have never witnessed it. But I've seen it all. Experienced it all. And though I may be centuries old, my memory remains for all that I've seen.

So I will tell you a story... a story that ended differently. A story of fear, horror, and sadness. A story of love and compassion. And a story of hatred, war, and forgiveness.

This is the story of the two Queens, and a boy who had enough kindness in his heart to end the blood and tears of a war that tore the sisters asunder.

Down into the cargo bay of the Red Shield's ship, she was getting closer and closer. She could hear his heart, smell his blood, and hear his voice. He would not hide from her forever. She heard the alarm. The warning that the ship is preparing to self destruct in just a few minutes, but she was determined to make him hers. Her prize. Her boy. Her mate. She would achieve this tonight, and not even her sister, nor the ship getting ready to explode, would stop her.

She neared the metal door and smirked, blue eyes shimmering with desire. She placed her hand on the knob and turned it as subtle as she could, for she wanted to surprise him. She was so anxious to see his reaction, his face.

She wanted to stare into his adorable face, caress his soft skin, embrace his small body. She wanted him.

She patted off any dust that might have accumulated on her cream-white gown off, and tightened the bow that was holding her hair up. She straightened her dress and patted the blue ruffles to make them look more tidy. She had to look her best, after all.

When she was done grooming herself she silently opened the door, being careful to not make so much as a creak in the door, or a patter on the floor. There she saw him, and that older boy named Kai, talking to one another.

"Wait!" The young boy shouted. "What?" Kai said indifferently. The young boy hesitated, but then spoke: "Aren't you scared?" Kai glanced at his little brother Riku, one brow furrowed. Riku continued: "The chiropterans are trying to kill us! And now the ship's about to blow up! How can you be calm and relaxed and act like nothing's happening?!" Riku was clearly agitated at this point. Kai looked at him more intensly, though scoffed. "What the hell. I don't know, Riku." He looked away from Riku now, and closed his eyes, a look more sober now. "I guess it's... just when I have someone like you behind me who I'm supposed to protect, I just stay focused on that.

Riku looked down and only sighed. Kai would never change, though he could never understand his ways. In fact, Riku almost envied him, how he was so brave, strong and confident. And Riku? Afraid, weak, and defenseless. He wish he could have the strength of his older brother, or his Chevalier brother, Haji. Haji was always at her side. His big sister, Saya. He was always able to protect her without fail. But Riku was just... too weak.

Saya. How he missed her at this point. Riku and Saya had become quite close as siblings can be after he woke up as her new Chevalier, and like Haji, always wanted to be with her and protect her. He wanted to be a hero like Haji was. But he would never be that strong, he could feel it. That thought always made him depressed, but he couldn't deny it either.

Riku was knocked out of his thoughts by Kai's voice. "But to tell you the truth, I'm so damn scared..." Kai smiled and did an awkward dance, as if needing the toilet... which wasn't far from his humorous, though obnoxious, response. "...I'm about to pee in my pants!" Kai then stopped and returned his face to his ever-so sober look, and walked away.

Riku turned away in indignation and climbed up the crates in front of him to reach the vent Kai was attempting to open with a quarter earlier. Riku then used said quarter that Kai had handed him earlier and now attempted to open it himself, which was easier said than done. Like with Kai, the bolt wasn't budging. Riku grunted, trying to use his strength to open the damn thing.

No more waiting, it was time. It had to be now or never, and she had so little time to do it. She slowly began to stalk towards the boy on top of the crates, a smile constantly playing on her soft pink lips. Her prize was just there. All she needed to do was...

"Go ahead, Kai. Laugh if you want." Riku snarled, keeping his expression of indignation. "But I don't think I'm brave enough to just sit and crack jokes with you, but I'll do my best." Riku tried harder to open the grating, but still to no avail.

Just a little closer. Just as long as he doesn't try to run away... She thought as she was so much closer to him now. She could feel his heart beat into her very core, and her's sped up from the anticipation of what was about to take place. She was so anxious to do it, so excited. She felt so aroused just looking at him... hearing his voice.

Just a few more steps, and...

Riku was startled by Kai's sudden shout. "Riku! Look out!" Riku became confused, not knowing what Kai was shouting about. But then Riku looked behind him and saw her. The ultimate enemy of the Red Shield and Saya herself. smiling at him in a devilish, yet lustful manner.

Diva.

Riku then heard a gunshot, and saw blood spray out of Diva's back. She held a look of shock and then collapsed to the floor with a thud. It was then Riku heard Kai's voice calling his name, and instantly Riku knew to climb down from the crates to save himself and his brother.

He could never underestimate Diva, so he had to be quick. He knew what she was capable of, draining him of his blood that day. That fateful day he had become Saya's Chevalier. But right now, all that mattered was getting out of there. Riku gasped and began to climb down, but his body jolted when he felt a strong hand firmly grasp his ankle. "Huh?" Riku gasped, and looked down to see Diva grasping him, and then attempted to pull him down to her. Riku shouted in surprise, but then suddenly felt her hand let go, and screamed as he fell to a lower crate.

He saw Kai had pushed her away from him. But Diva's strength was proven to be far superior to that of a mere human's. She grabbed his shirt and with little to no effort, tossed him to the other end of the room. "Out of my way!" She shouted. Kai shouted and hit the metal container with a thud, and landed to the ground in a daze, blood seeping out of his mouth from the injury.

Riku panicked as he saw his big brother nearly knocked unconscious by the blow. He had only one instinct: to protect him. "Kai!" without thinking of the danger, he jumped down from the crate and onto the floor to save him, but was stopped in his tracks as he saw Diva quickly block his path. She only stared at him and smiled, Riku holding an expression of confusion.

"I've come here to see you." She stated in a sweet voice. Riku stared at her, looking more confused than ever. Suddenly, Diva's eyes began to glow a brilliant sapphire, as she stared right into his chocolate-brown eyes.

He began to feel stiff as her eyes penetrated his own, deep into his soul. He could feel her tap into his soul, and attempted to establish a supernatural connection between the two.

Suddenly, he began to feel something that was not entirely his. He felt his body slowly fall out of control, and into her will.

He felt a strange... desire. But it wasn't his. Diva was forcing him to feel this way, he could sense it. And at that moment, Diva's intentions were realized.

There was no getting out of this. She was going to force herself upon him, and there was nothing he could do to escape her.

Diva saw her prize's face morph into fear and confusion. He bared his teeth in panic, and began to slowly back away from her, but he could only control his body enough to back into the crates. He could not run away, Diva had insured that. She began to slowly approach him. And all the ever slower so as to cause him more panic. She found it both fascinating and entertaining, his fear. She wanted to see how far his fear would go before he would crack.

She didn't know why she was about to do this to him, she just wanted to. It was as if her instincts were acting for her. But it was also her as well. So she knew one reason. Fun. She wanted to have fun with him. To find entertainment from him. And what a better way than to get... better acquainted with him? Ever since feeding from his blood, and him surviving, she felt a maddening attraction towards him. She couldn't explain it, she just did. She felt there was another reason besides just pure entertainment. She couldn't put a finger on it just yet, but whatever the mystery was, it was making her desperately want to take him into her embrace and then...

However, the ship began to rumble, and she thought that she wouldn't have enough time to extract what she wanted from him. Not here anyway. Not now. Not this place.

Riku was cornered at this point, and Diva saw his face form into a panic and intense fear. "I-I've g-gotta be strong..." he forced out. "I've gotta protect my brother...!". Diva heard his voice tremble with his body. She had half a mind to strip herself right now, her body quivering with an intense desire and lust. She wanted to embrace him so desperately right now, but she had to fight it for the ship was just minutes from becoming her tomb if she didn't escape. She had to come up with a new plan.

She began to stifle a giggle, which gradually progressed to a full-blown laugh. Riku's expression still held that fear, but confusion was becoming more prominent now. "What...?" He whispered.

At that, Diva ceased laughing and her glowing, shimmering eyes returned back to their deep, oceanic-blue hue. She smiled much more devilishly now.

Riku suddenly felt Diva's supernatural hold release him at last, feeling a sense of relief. As he slowly began to regain control of his body, he prepared to make a run for it. However, his panic was also preventing him from moving. Almost as much as Diva's eyes just some seconds earlier.

"Oh, Riku." She said softly. "This is such a horrible place to have fun, don't you think?"

Riku's facial expression held much more confusion than fear now. "Wh-What are you talking about?" his voice still trembled.

"I find this place oh so boring and bland. And I don't think it would be very fun with us burning up. What do you think Riku? Shall we go play somewhere else?" She said in a sweet, childish tone.

Riku inhaled, and tried to swallow the huge lump in his throat. "Play... somewhere else?" He said slowly with a small and scared voice. His heart was thumping so fast and hard, and his head feeling so light, he felt he could faint at any moment from pure distress and anxiety.

Diva began to approach him again. Slowly and slowly, she was eventually abreast with him. His eyes widened in anxiety, his ears buzzing and the noise around him fading, his vision darkening.

"You and I are going to find a more peaceful and quiet place, where you and I can have the most fun we'll ever have. And during that fun, I'll make you mine. Forever." That was the last thing Riku heard before he closed his eyes and his whole body lost all feeling, and then he collapsed in Diva's arms, falling into a blissful oblivion.

Diva held the unconscious boy in her arms. He had looked so pale while she was approaching him, and was prepared to catch him if he fell, which she did.

"Riku..." She heard a raspy voice call out. She looked over at the young man named Kai, who was just barely conscious himself. He glared at Diva in hatred. "Hmph." Diva scoffed. She wondered if she could make him her own as well. She wanted to give him her blood. So, why not?

She flung Riku over her shoulder. She wasn't going to take chances of him possibly regaining consciousness and attempting to run away from her. No, no, no, that wouldn't do at all. Being a Chiropteran Queen, she had more than enough strength to carry two people at once.

She stalked over towards Kai now. "Hey, Kai." She started, stifling a giggle. "What do you think about becoming my Chevalier? You'll get to see Riku one last time."

Kai's anger grew, he would never side with that monster. "Let him go..." he could only say with a whisper. Diva's only response was the laugh out loud. "But that would be no fun." She morphed her face into a fake pout, but then it reverted back to its trademark devilish smile, and slowly advanced towards him.

When she was close enough, she bit her palm with her fangs, causing it to bleed. She'd have to get him to drink it before her skin healed. Then again, if it did, she could just bite it again. She then used her foot to force Kai on his back so he could face her. She then knelt down, ready to force him to drink her blood. She giggled again. She turned her hand slightly over his mouth.

But before Diva's blood could pour into his mouth, she heard a loud crash, and saw the wall that held the door she walked through to enter this room explode into the room. Through the dust and rubble, she saw two figures fly into the room. One was her Chevalier, Karl, in his Chiropteran form for sure. But the other... the other was that of a teenage girl of identical shape to Diva herself. Her sworn enemy. Diva got distracted from Kai and smiled at the girl.

"Well what'dya know, my big sister!" Diva shouted.

It was Saya.

She saw her red eyed twin look directly at her, but those glowing crimson eyes fell onto the young man next to her and the young Chevalier over her shoulder. "Kai! Riku!" Saya shouted. She stared at Diva with pure rage in her eyes. It almost reminded her of Vietnam. Diva had witnessed her dear sister in that wrathful state so many years ago, singing to lure her to her, which unfortunately had failed.

"Diva! What did you do to them?!"

How rude. Diva thought to herself. How dare she interrupt her fun again! As she's done ever since she released Diva from her prison of a tower. Oh how Diva hated and spurned Saya for having everything she never had. But she kept that rage to herself, and smiled. "I didn't do anything yet, big sister. But you interrupted me just as I was about to give him a lovely taste of my blood." Diva motioned towards Kai. But then looked at the boy over her shoulder, her voice becoming darker and ominous. "And have my fun with him."

"Diva!" Saya shouted in rage. She then raised her katana and advanced towards Diva with a battle cry, attempting to impale her, hell bent on killing her. However, Saya saw the unconscious Riku on Diva's shoulder, and suddenly she was afraid she might end up hurting him. She started to slow down, but before she could act on her thoughts, her hesitation allowed Karl to make his own advance, grabbing her arm so tight that she was forced to drop her katana. "This dance is ours alone, Saya!" Karl shouted in his inhuman voice. The insane Chiropteran then squeezed her arm even tighter and tighter, and eventually a sickening snap of bone could be heard, followed by Saya's cry of pain.

Diva's facial expression was indifferent now. This was no fun and Diva thought that turning Kai wasn't worth all this fuss. All she really wanted was Riku anyway. The ship rumbled again, and Diva could hear an explosion from the upper regions of the ship. The ship had already begun to self-destruct. She had to get herself and Riku out of there now.

She saw Karl drop Saya's limp body to the ground, trembling in such pain radiating throughout her whole right arm. Diva sighed. "Karl. You can do whatever you like with my sister. I've got something better to do right now."

"My pleasure!" Diva's Chevalier said with glee.

Diva walked to Saya, and stood over her. "Oh, my dear big sister. My naive and weak big sister." Diva's voice was completely indifferent, matching her expression perfectly. "Don't you wanna say anything to Riku before I make him mine?"

Saya groaned in pain and looked up at Diva. She could feel the bones in her arm begin to gradually heal. "Don't... do this. Let him... go." Saya tried to reach for her sword, but Diva stomped her foot on Saya's broken arm and made the injury even worse, which caused her to cry out in pain again.

Another explosion was heard, followed by an even stronger quake of the ship. "Well, I have to go now Saya. I wish you and I could have more fun but I've got something even better now." Diva looked at Riku again, who was slowly regaining consciousness at this point as an exhausted moan escaped his mouth.

Saya then slowly tried to get onto her feet, her broken arm making it more difficult. She began to rush towards Diva to try and take Riku back. But was stopped when Diva tossed Kai into Saya's arms to slow her down.

Diva laughed insanely again. And looked at Riku again. She would have so, so much fun with him. So much fun that she wondered if Riku should be allowed to feel anything else so fun, that he might deny Diva's majesty and perhaps Diva herself for something more. No, she would never allow it. She would give him a gift greater than any other for a most grateful thanks for giving her what she desired most. So great, that he could never have anything better. A gift fitting for being such a nice and generous boy. But first, she had to get what he could offer her. And she knew the perfect place.

Yes. An unforgettable location to embrace him. The place where it all began.

She giggled one last time, and looked at Saya, who was now compromised while holding onto Kai and preventing Karl from reaching her.

"Goodbye, Saya."

With that, Diva flashed away at an invisible speed, taking Riku with her. Her destination set all the way back to France...

The Zoo.

Blood+

The War of the Queens

Feels good to be writing again, even if it's not Tomb Raider, though I do plan to rewrite Ortus Ecce one day, so it's not like it's permanently scrapped, just put on hold.

So I'm determined to make this story my best, but I need help from all of you. Constructive criticism is strongly welcomed right now and I very much would like to hear on what I can improve. Be blunt if you have to. Thanks. :)

I hope you enjoy this AU, as this is only the prologue. There will be more to come. ;)

So Diva plans on taking Riku to the place where it all started to have her way with him: The Zoo. What awaits Riku and his terrible fate to come? What will Saya do to try and rescue him? Will the Red Shield be able to recover from this tremendous failure? And what does the future hold for all the friends in this alternate second half of Blood+?

Stay tuned for Chapter 1, coming soon!