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Summary: Sora is a Bounty Hunter who hates vampires more than anything. One day a vampire named Riku shows up and makes Sora change his mind about one vamp. RikuSora AkuRoku CloudLeon
It was a nice cool day on the Destiny Islands. School was still in session as everyone waited impatiently for the bell to ring. Halloween was something that everyone celebrated on the Destiny Islands-the old and the young. Even high schoolers were excited and a sophomore named Sora was no exception.
Sora was an unusual boy. He had spiky brown hair that defied any laws of gravity anyone ever came up with. His crystal blue eyes stood out on his soft, fair face. There was more to Sora than just spiky hair and clear blue eyes. The truth was that he was a Bounty Hunter and one of the only few that remained in the world. Vampires and Demons were the main source for the lack of Hunters. Sora wasn't so sure about Halloween. Halloween meant that it would be harder to spot a creature, not human, in the crowds of everyone in costumes.
"Hey Sora, you want to go to the graveyard with me?" asked a red haired girl who was sitting beside Sora. The red head, Kairi, was Sora's best friend. In fact she was his only friend. Everyone else made fun of his hair and his height. Sora was not very tall and therefore his spiky hair made him only five foot three. Since Sora had to hide the fact that he was a Bounty Hunter, he had refused to fight back. His strength far outmatched anyone who was "normal".
"Why do you want to go to the graveyard? Wouldn't it be more fun if we get some candy to eat?" Sora really didn't feel like going into that graveyard. Creeps had the annoying habit of hanging around there.
"Where's your sense of fun, Sora? I don't feel like Trick-Or-Treating this year. I really want to go to that creepy graveyard tonight, but I don't want to go alone."
Tidus, a blonde who had lived on the island his whole life like Sora, walked up and smirked at Sora. "So, you and your girlfriend are going on a date in the cemetery? How romantic."
Countless times have people mistakened Sora and Kairi as boyfriend and girlfriend and it made Sora furious. "Kairi and I are not dating! We're just going to go there for a little fun."
"You know that people say that place is haunted by a ghost or something. Anyone that goes in there on the night of Halloween disappear without a trace. You would be crazy to go out there," said Tidus as he walked around Sora and Kairi. Tidus wasn't really a bully though he did tend to pick on Sora a bit.
Sora scoffed and grinned at Tidus. "Let me guess, Tidus, Wakka told you that one. He and Lulu are always coming up with those little stories that people use to scare the hell out of little kids."
Tidus stared at Sora in disbelief. He had been trying to scare Sora his whole life, but failed miserably every time. He walked off and Kairi laughed at him. "Nice job, Sora. He thought he would get you with that one, though half of that is true. People really do say that the cemetery is haunted. I want to go to see if it's true."
Sighing, Sora agreed to go with Kairi. He figured he might as well go bust another ghost story. Were there such things as ghosts? No, but there were vampires, werewolves, zombies, and demons. Zombies are the weakest of the bunch but could still cause someone to believe that ghosts exist.
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"You know, Kairi, it's getting cold out here," said Sora as he looked around. Sora was dressed as a vampire and he knew it was ironic that he hunted them along with various creatures. Kairi was dressed as a princess and wore a long blue dress. The two had gone Trick-Or-Treating an hour earlier and dropped their bags off at their house before going to the graveyard.
"At least you're wearing pants! This dress isn't helping with the cold one bit!" Kairi exclaimed as she wrapped her arms around herself.
"I don't think it's so cold," said a quiet eerie voice from somewhere ahead of them. Sora grabbed Kairi and shoved her behind him. If protecting Kairi meant revealing himself, then so be it. Unfortunately for Sora, he had left all of his weapons at home. He didn't have anywhere to put them and decided that it was best not to bring them. Now, he was regretting it as two red eyes began to appear from the darkness.
"W-Who are y-you and what d-do you w-want from us?" Sora stuttered when he was either scared or cold. At the moment, it was both. Since he was unarmed and did not quite match the skills of undeadthings, Sora was a little worried, but didn't show it in front of Kairi.
The figure with the red eyes walked out of the shadows and into the moonlight. His silver hair glistened in the light and partially covered his red eyes. Immediately, Sora recognized this as a vampire. Vampires were the most powerful creatures in the world and were hard to stop if they were experienced. Sora could tell that this guy had been a vampire for a while because of the fact that he hadn't just rushed at them. This vampire was going to play around with them and there really wasn't anything Sora could do.
Kairi turned around and started running towards the entrance. Her foot tripped over a hidden rock and she hit her head on a headstone, knocking her out.
'Is that considered irony-hitting her head on a headstone? I guess it was for the best now that I don't have to explain myself in front of her. That is, if I even make it out of here to tell her about what happened,'thought Sora.
"What a stupid girl. If I wanted her blood, no matter where she hid I would have found her. However, it's not her blood that I seek. You, boy, are a Bounty Hunter. I can smell it all over you. Wait, could you have fucked a Bounty Hunter?" The vampire started talking to himself as Sora's jaw dropped to the ground.
"I have not fucked anyone, much less a Bounty Hunter Mr. Sick-minded Creep!" Sora yelled and balled his hand into a fist.
"Oh, so you're a virgin. Well then I guess that leaves you as a threat towards me and my siblings." The vampire smiled, showing his pearl-white fangs in his mouth.
Before Sora could blink, the vampire appeared behind Sora and breathed down his neck. It was awkward seeing as vampires didn't need to breathe so normally didn't. Sora felt his hair stand on end and chills run through his spine. The vampire touched Sora's face and felt a fist hit his head. He backed up and saw Sora gritting his teeth, getting ready for another hit.
Sora could tell that the vampire had not liked that and was now angry. He ran past Sora and cut his arm with his finger nail. He felt blood drip down his arm as the vampire charged again and sliced his other arm. After a few hours of this, Sora realized that the vampire was going to cut him down until he was dead. His legs, face, and arms had gashes in them from the vampire's nails.
The vampire then appeared behind Sora and used one hand to lock his hands while using the other to bed Sora's neck exposing an opening to the blood running through it. "Funny, Hunter, that you are dressed as the thing that's going to be the cause of your death as well as the girl's."
Sora froze. There was nothing he could do except to wait for the antagonizing bite that would soon kill him. A ray started to appear over the trees that stood behind the graveyard. Riku looked and laughed but then stopped.
"Dammit! I forgot to bring it with me! Well, Hunter, I must be going. You and the girl got lucky. I'll be back and next time you won't be so lucky." The vampire disappeared through the graveyard while Sora ran over to Kairi. He hoped that she wouldn't remember anything.
He waited there until she woke up. "Sora? What in the world happened? I remember coming to the graveyard and then seeing red eyes."
'Phew, she doesn't fully remember.' thought Sora looking at the enormous bruise forming on Kairi's forehead.
"It was just a guy with two flashlights. You ran towards the entrance and tripped, hitting your head on that headstone."
Kairi rubbed her forehead and looked at the sun. "Sora, I have to get home! My parents will be so worried," exclaimed Kairi who had just seen Sora's limbs and face. "Why are you all cut up?"
"I..umm...chased that kid through the woods and didn't know that branches were everywhere." Kairi seemed to believe it and slowly stood up. Her head was pounding as they walked over towards the entrance.
Sora had dropped Kairi off at her house and went back to his own. He didn't have parents to worry about since he lived by himself. It was a good thing that yesterday had been Friday because Sora didn't think he would be able to go to school. When he stepped through his small house, he jumped in the shower and wiped the dried blood off of his body. Even as his hair got wet, it still stood straight up. Sora always wondered why it did that, but never pondered on it for too long.
The weekend passed by slowly for Sora since Kairi's parents had made her rest in case she had a concussion. Since Sora was a Bounty Hunter, he got paid for protecting the area and that meant he wouldn't really need a job. People had asked Sora how he paid for his house and he told them all the same thing. He remembered when Kairi had asked that and she had been the first to ask.
"Sora, you live by yourself. How do you pay for everything?" Kairi asked as she was swinging on a wooden plank tied to a tree.
"I...err...get money from my grandparents in the mail. They said that it was best that I stayed here since I am old enough to pretty much take care of myself."
"Oh, that makes sense. Don't you ever leave, Sora. You're my best friend and I wouldn't want you to go away."
Sora had always remembered those words. She was really the only person that wanted him to stay and it made him feel good to know that.
He jumped out of the shower and got dressed as he heard a knock at the door. Sora opened it and saw a spiky blonde guy that was about his age, standing at the doorstep.
"Oh hey, Roxas. What's up?" Roxas was a friend of Sora's though they weren't as close as Kairi and him. Roxas also happened to know something about Sora that no one else did.
"Just thought I'd drop by and say hey. How's the creepy crawlies nowadays?" asked Roxas. He was the only one who knew that Sora was a Hunter. He found out when taking a midnight stroll and saw Sora attack a demon. Sora couldn't deny it so Roxas had known ever since.
"Well, last night I was cut into ribbons by a vampire. I'm only here right now because of the sun and the fact that the vampire didn't have his pendant with him," said Sora as he showed Roxas the cuts.
"Oh wow. He really did cut you into ribbons. Why the hell do they need a pendant? Those things are pretty much invincable."
"No they're not. I've fought a few before and killed them. Their main weakness is the sun and they have this pendant that protects them from the sun. Without it, they burn to a crisp"
Roxas nodded and stared at Sora. "So what did you dress up as on Halloween?"
"A vampire," Sora said, flatly. Roxas stared at him and started laughing. "You dressed as the things you killed! What's wrong with that picture?!"
Sora pointed a finger at him and said in a funny voice, "Silence! I kill you!" Roxas lifted an eyebrow at him and asked," So where did you get that one from?"
"Does it even register in that brain of yours that I might make some of the stuff up?," he asked Roxas as he shook his head. "Well then, you're right. I got it from a ventriloquist called Jeff Dunham and his puppet, Achmed the Dead Terrorist. You should check it out on youtube or something."
"Right...like your little quote from The Sixth Sense? 'I see dead people, Roxas.'"
"Hey, you know that's true! Zombies are dead people as well as vamps and demons!" yelled Sora defensively.
"What about that time when I happened to be with you and this demon walks up to you. You stared it down and yelled, 'Hey, who do you think you are-the Pillsbury Doughboy?' from Jumping Jack Flash. It's time you come up with some of your own tag lines."
Sora sighed and sat down on the couch behind him. "I know, but I prefer to use the cool ones. The Undead don't normally watch television anyway."
''Good point. Well, I have to get going. I'll see you later." Roxas walked out of the small house and down towards the beach. Sora looked at the time and decided to fix dinner.
Sunday passed by uneventful for Sora as he relaxed. He hadn't seen the crazed vampire at all since Halloween and began to wonder where he went off to. Sora watched the news and found that there was a family who were murdered. They said that they saw two hole marks in the neck and suspect that some form of poison was injected into them. Sora laughed at the fact that the media had no idea about vampires. However he felt bad for the family since two children were involved.
Sora got up and retreived a steel sword and stuck in on his waist. He filled the red packs that hung down by his waist full of daggers and small knives. If he was going to go out looking for the vampire that did this, he would need to be armed. Stakes worked well, so he packed a few wooden ones between his yellow belt and left his house.
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Wandering through the cemetery was not what Sora really wanted to do. It was dangerous, but at least he had his weapons with him. He kept walking and stopped where he had seen the vampire the last time.
"So, you came back. Where's the girl?" said the cold crisp voice that Sora knew all too well.
"Come out and show yourself," said Sora pulling out one of the wooden stakes.
The vampire gave a laugh that sent chill bumps down Sora's back as the vampire walked in front of Sora. There was something different about the vampire this time and Sora saw that it was his eyes. They were no longer red, but aquamarine instead.
"You're new here. I've never seen you before. Who are you and what brings you here?" demanded Sora.
"How rude, Hunter. You ask my name without first introducing yourself. I guess humans will never change. The name's Riku and my business here is none of your concern."
"You killed that family! You killed those innocent kids, you heartless bastard!" yelled Sora. He did not like to see innocent children murdered.
"Yes I did and I'm not heartless. Vampires have a heart they're just out of use. How else would staking a vampire work? You haven't been a Hunter for very long," Riku said without even a slight trace of guilt.
"Tell me, Riku, why did you do it?" Tears were threatening to pour out of Sora's eyes.
"Well, why do most vampires kill? I was hungry you spike-head moron. Maybe you should get rid of some of that hair. I think that it's blocking your brain from thinking. That family was quite filling and entertaining too. The father tried to shoot me, but it did nothing of course. He was the first to go. Then the mother who was guarding the children was next. She offered her neck to me as long as I didn't harm the children. I didn't promise anything so the little girl came next and I-"
"SHUT UP!" Sora ran towards Riku and tried to stake him but found that the vampire's speed far outmatched his own.
Riku laughed again and pinned Sora against a gravestone. "Did you think it wise to run after me, Hunter?"
Sora gritted his teeth and tried to get out of the grasp of Riku, which failed. "It's Sora and you better not forget it because I'm going to be the one to drive a stake through that dead heart of yours."
Riku began to breathe down Sora's neck and sarcastically said, "Well then Sorahope you keep dreaming because I won't let you do that." The vampire let Sora go and disappeared through the shadows without a trace.
"Damn vampire. I will kill him if it's the last thing I do."
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It was Monday and the tardy bell rang to begin the school day. Everyone began talking about a new student transferring into their class and Sora looked at Kairi in hopes that she would tell him what's going on.
"You haven't heard? We're getting a new student. Supposedly it's a guy! I wonder if he's hot! If so, I'm going after him."
Sora slammed his head on the desk and thought to himself, 'Of course! What would Kairi be if she wasn't a guy, fan crazed girl? How come no one ever obsesses over me? Oh, that's right, I'm a shrimp with weird hair.
Just then, their teacher stood up in the front and motioned for someone to come in. While he walked in the teacher introduced the new student. "Okay class, this is our new student. His name is Riku Kumori. I hope you will make him feel very comfortable in this new environment for him."
Every girl in the class oggled over the silver-haired, aquamarine eyed teenager as he walked in. Sora's jaw dropped to the ground and his eyes grew as big as basketballs.
'There is absolutely no fucking way that the vampire who tried to kill me is transferring in my class. This is just a nightmare!'
Sora looked up to see the vampire sit next to him and flash a smile. "Hi. I'm Riku Kumori. What's your name?"
Author's Note: Thanks Vicky for the little "plot bunnies". Review or I kill you o.o