Blood Destiny

Disclaimers: I do not own Gundam SEED/Destiny. They belong to their rightful and respected owners. This is a story loosely based (meaning I only took a few ideas inspired from) on Vampire Diaries from the CW network along with the books. It only takes some ides from that story and incorporates in here. They rightly belong to their respective owners as well!

I just have been always been fond of the different vampire lore XD and Athrun as a sexy vampire sounds just yummy!

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…Introduction…

A lone figure stood in one of the towers of a very historical looking structure that had now become a University. He watched as people below him walked around below him without a care in the world or hurried around as if they had somewhere they needed to be. Many without knowledge of what really goes around them and the few that truly understood. His emerald eyes taking in each and every one of them. How innocent some people may appear to be and others that are full of so much deceit, he had hoped at one point in his past that people would all be able to live in some kind of harmony. He closed his eyes remembering a time in his life when he let himself feel that false hope…when a woman once gave him that false hope…only to have been ripped away from him.

…One Hundred and Fifty Years Ago…

Catherine Yula Athha was a woman of poise, beauty, elegance, and refinement. She was known to be one of the most sought after women of the colonial era not only for her fair looks. Her long golden waves currently up in a decorative bun and her air of refinement would have those of the human and supernatural realm both desire her company. There was a function held in her family's honor as one of the founding families of December City. It was an annual celebration they held every month would be a different founding family hosting some kind of celebration.

The blonde woman was wearing her favorite color of mint green at this extravagant gala and was catching the eye of almost every male in the house. However her amber eyes were scanning the room carefully for any unwanted guests. To be more accurate, Vampires…Catherine was one of the few people that knew they actually existed among them and not just of fantasy. They were not some imaginary figure of a novel or a story book to startle little children into obeying their parents; they were real creatures of the night. They looked nothing like demons as those stories would portray them to be…they actually appeared to be human…even their flesh felt warm to the touch.

The only way to know they were a vampire was usually right before they killed you or if you had a friend with mystical powers, a witch to be more precise. They were difficult to detect and there was only two wards that could keep you safe from a vampire…one was a witch or the use of an herb known as Revane. This special herb is like poison to a vampire whether to the touch or by ingestion and would rendered them completely immobile. Only the people that were aware of the supernatural knew of these two wards and knew how to deal with the vampires.

There was an unspoken and unwritten war between them; the humans and witches against the vampires for decades, for generations, for centuries with no end in sight. The vampires had also been torn into their own little 'civil' war…one side that only saw humans as food and the other that wished to live among them in peace. The vampire war was no concern for the humans and witches that sought to be rid of every last vampire not caring for those that wished to live among them. They saw no difference, once someone has been turned into a vampire there was no turning back to being what the once were…no chance of becoming human once again.

The Athha family had been no different; they all had been trained in the arts of defeating vampires with no discrimination if the child born into the family was male or female. Catherine was taught practically from birth of vampires and their wicked ways. She was brought up to see the difference between humans and vampires. Her eyes had been trained to see the several differences, to spot certain preference for jewelry, choices of color, or style of clothing. The way vampires carried themselves was different than of a normal human even though they appeared to be human…they were far from it. The daughter of the famous Lion of the once Proud City of Orb was trained to spot a murderous monster a mile away without a shadow of a doubt.

Catherine was carefully walking about the room until she spotted a man with deep emerald eyes, a smile crossed her lips and made her way to the hidden area. Once she made it to the seemingly dark and unoccupied room she was pulled into a tight embrace and kissed passionately. She returned the kiss more than willingly and wrapped her warms around the man she had spotted just a moment before. They pulled apart from their kiss and Catherine caressed her lover's face, "What took you so long, my love?"

The man smiled back at her affectionately, "I apologize, I had some business to attend to before arriving…" The man was unbelievably handsome with midnight blue hair and deep emerald eyes. His face was well chiseled, he could easily compete against Michelangelo's David…he was just that wonderful. He caressed her soft cheek, "How has your transition been?" He began kissing her neck tenderly.

"I've been well," Catherine replied and let a soft moan escape her lips. "I've been wearing the pendant you gave me."

"Good," the man began kissing her exposed shoulder and collar bone. "You've been able to walk in the sunlight without any problems?"

"Yes," Catherine smiled at him softly and placed a kiss on his lips. "There is no need to worry my love, I am fine. No one suspects either."

"Good," the man smiled. "I do not need your father hunting me down for turning you."

"It was my choice, so I could be with you," Catherine told him softly. "So when can we run away together?"

"Soon," the man kissed her forehead. "I must leave for now…"

"I'll miss you," Catherine said as they kissed for the final time. Then he was gone in a blink of an eye, she smiled and made sure she was presentable before returning to the party. She quickly snuck back into the gala as the other guests were eating and drinking away. She probably went unnoticed that was until her father snuck behind her.

"Catherine," Uzumi Nara Athha said in his usual commanding voice.

"Father," Catherine had heard him approach her. She pretended to be startled and turned around to face her ever stern father.

"Just where has my daughter been hiding," Uzumi asked carefully and Catherine looked up at him confused.

"Whatever do you mean father," the blonde heiress said casually. "I have been mingling with our guests."

"I may be old Catherine, however I am not blind," Uzumi said sternly and his eyes narrowing. "I thought I raised you better than to lie to your own father."

Catherine narrowed her eyes, "I am not lying father, I was mingling with our guests."

"You met him again in the empty study," Uzumi said matter of factly, "After I had strictly forbid it!" He grabbed his daughter's face forcefully and turned her head to the side, "and you have even become one of them."

"Father, you jest," Catherine said pushing his hand away from her face. "Why would I ever become one of them?"

Uzumi narrowed his eyes and pressed a flower against her skin. Catherine hissed at the contact and saw Revane touching her skin. She looked at her father in shock as he grabbed her arm tightly and pushed her into the empty study she had just been in with her lover. There she saw other members of the founding families all looking at her disappointed, "You have disappointed me, Catherine. I thought I had raised you better than this…how long have you been having an affair with him?"

"I do not know what you are speaking about father," Catherine argued as a small vile of Revane was thrown at her. There was some steam coming off of her arm where it had landed burning her skin. She looked over at the person who threw it…she could feel her anger bubbling to the surface. She felt a small transformation growing in her and her eyes narrowed specifically at her father. She growled and it sounded demonic to those in the room. Everyone backed away from her as she bared her fangs and her crimson eyes. She used her supernatural speed to exit the house and the remaining people were looking at the disappointed father.

"Should we let her go," a man asked.

"For now, she will eventually return…and more than likely with him," Uzumi said with a heavy heart. "When she returns we will get her to inform us where the others are hiding."

"It's a pity, she has been a wonderful vampire hunter up until now."

"I agree…he must have compelled her to have feelings for him."

"It's a shame, if only she had been interested in one of our boys instead of that monster!"

"No matter how it came about, it is too late," Uzumi said looking out the open door which is now vampire daughter exited. "She will also have to die by our hands now that she has chosen them over us."

The 'him' they were referring to was the infamous Athrun Zala, one of the known oldest vampires. He was one of the most charming of them all and appeared the most human. He had all of the mannerism of human despite being a vampire and he was the hardest to detect. There were constant rumors floating around about his origins but no one could ever figure the mystery of Athrun Zala. He had come in one day and quickly charmed everyone in December City with his talks of business and trade; he even won over the beautiful Catherine. The woman that had become the image of forbidden fruit as she gave no man a second glace that was until she met Athrun. Uzumi had felt like a fool, he had prided himself in being able to spot a vampire a good distance away and yet he had been completely fooled by the charming green eyed vampire that had also won over his daughter.

"The next time we meet Zala…one of us will surely die," Uzumi said softly and closed his eyes.

It had become a vampire hunt with those that knew of them in the next night and the neighbors that had been informed. Crossbows armed with wooden steaks and aided by witch's magical powers they were planning to free their city of the vampires. As Uzumi had predicted Catherine had come back home to retrieve some of her personal belongings and he had been waiting for her in her bedroom. With the help with one of the local witches she casted a truth spell on the girl after being forced Revane into her system. It was then the hunt began as soon as night fell…one by one, they started killing them off leaving none of them spared. A small group saw them coming and quickly ran off in a small group but some tried to fight back, they would not die so easily. They refused to be taken down by some humans.

Uzumi however was only looking for one in particular but when they reached the hidden mansion and began burning the vampire bodies they had already killed. But he was nowhere in sight. He didn't sight the one he was looking for, he could only guess that he went to the Athha house…there he should have found his deceased daughter. After the information had been extracted from his daughter, he had been the one to end his own daughter's life. He would not be brought to shame by his daughter's sinful relationship with a vampire. If Athrun had truly gone to the Athha manor he would see that there was a wooden steak driven right into heart.

"Burn this place to the ground," Uzumi ordered and quickly they began lighting the mansion on fire using their torches. The crowd began slowly making their way back to their homes after a few chants of victory. They had felt like they had freed their city from the oppression of the vampires looming over them. They all stopped when they spotted Athrun Zala holding his dead beloved Catherine in his arms. Uzumi narrowed his eyes, how dare he take her from her home. He was going to at least bury her rightfully and yet this monster dare to take his daughter again from him even in her death.

"She was your daughter," Athrun said darkly as his tear stained face became visible. The others prepared themselves to kill him but Uzumi motioned for them to hold their positions. Uzumi calmly walked up to the angry vampire. "How could you?"

"The question really is how could you," Uzumi said looking at the vampire holding his dead daughter's body. "How could you turn her into one of you? You took her from everything she was meant to be…how dare you take what is mine…"

Athrun glared but he knew he was severely outnumbered as some of the citizens held up their weapons pointed directly at him. He looked over at Uzumi and he gently laid Catherine down on the ground caressing her face one final time. That would be the last they would ever see of Athrun Zala as he sped away using his supernatural speed from the vampire hunting crowd. Everyone was shocked at his quickness as he faded from their sights. Uzumi then went over to his daughter's body and gently lifted her up. He would properly bury her in the church where the rest of their family was. She would join them; at least in her death she helped them destroy the threat to the city.

…Present Day...

December City had not been plagued with vampires or anything supernatural for over a century and half…however many did live among the humans still hiding their true identities. They were just careful not to be noticed or seen by those that were raised to hunt them. Thanks to modern day technology the vampires no longer had to feed on humans per say…they could go to a blood bank and just raid them for the blood bags. It had become easier to get their need for blood without having to attack humans and making them a little less noticeable…though there were some that still did...that still hunted humans for pure enjoyment. Some that sought to still do it the old fashion messy way as they would say while other preferred the more refined way of using the blood bank.

The war between the two different feuding vampire views were still occurring but mostly at night when humans were sleeping. Those that sill thought humans as only as food and others that sought to live among them. Athrun Zala had been one of those that hoped to live among them peacefully. He knew there were still people that hunted down vampires because that was how ignorantly they were raised to believe. The emerald eyed vampire no longer thought to live among humans peacefully, he would still casually walk around among them but he no longer sought to live with them. However he was casually walking around Archangel University after descending from the tower, some of his fellow vampires had enrolled into this university a few years ago to understand the campus life even though he had greatly disagreed. They had faked their admissions, or rather compelled the admission office personnel in order to have them enrolled. They had student ids, schedules, and they were truly living the campus life.

Athrun didn't see the need in it but figured he come and check up on them since they were his kin. He found it odd in that his four hundred years of life, the only thing he really notice was the change in technology. People remained the same in his eyes, their wars, their desires, their selfishness, it all remained the same just different era and different people. He causally walked with his hands in his pockets but he was getting looks. It didn't surprise him in the least, women gawking at him was not a new concept it nothing was new and he was a well-dressed man…if women didn't notice him…then something had to be wrong with them…something wrong with their eyes.

He stopped searching for his fellow kin when he caught a glimpse of someone very familiar. She had shoulder length, slightly layered blonde hair, a face of an angel…she was dressed in a red t-shirt covered by a light black jacket and dark denim jeans. She had some tennis shoes on her feet, looking ever casual. She had her side pack hanging on her body and a walking closer to him. She could have been easily mistaken for a young man if it were not for her breasts being shown off with her low scoop neck of her red shirt. A name slipped from his lips, "Catherine…"

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