Of Vampires and Crusniks

Chapter 1:

A New Partner… Well Not That New

A/N: Alright this is my first fanfic so don't be surprised if I suck horribly and please do not expect updates really quickly I am not the type of writer that can write all the time I not only have school but I have to be in the right mood or I can't write. I just thought you should know that before I began the story and as you know from the summary this will be an Abel/Astaroshe because I like that pairing more than any other that I have seen though I do like others. Any way on with the fic… after I put in a disclaimer.

PS. I may make this a slight AU.

Disclaimer: I don't own trinity blood in any way, shape, and/or form.

"…" -speaking

'…' -thinking

………………..-short time skips

Father Abel Nightroad Stood in the imperial palace of The New Human Empire looking towards the empress and the herald that had just announced him.

"Leave us I wish to talk to him alone." said Seth to the herald who promptly bowed deeply before leaving. "So what brings you here nii-san? You usually only come if you need something."

"I need to know if you have any information on Cain's location or what he is doing lately I haven't been able to find anything on my own." replied Abel. Seth sighed as she heard him say this, not that she hadn't been expecting it but one could hope, she knew that Abel wouldn't like what she was about to tell him.

"As you know Cain is the leader of the Rosen Creuz Orden and has been recently looking for the launch codes of the rockets. But we have found out that his group does not consist of a few dozen members like we first suspected but any were from 150 to 300 though that is subject to change as we cannot gain much solid information on them. They seem to have become much more active after your fight with Cain I hope this means they are becoming desprate but, I fear that they may have found something that gives them new confidence. As for Cain's location or how he plans to get the launch codes this time I do not know."

"Do you know were any of their bases of operation are?"

"Unfortunatly I don't but we do have a lead that if we are lucky we will be able to find out all that they are doing and get to Cain quite soon."

"And what is this lead?"

"Astaroshe Athrin has captured one of their agents that tried to infiltrate the empire, in fact she is interrogating him right now." At the mention of his old partner Astaroshe, or as he affectionately called her Asta-chan, Abel smiled slightly he had missed his formerly anti-human partner. (I'm not sure if Abel really does call Asta, Asta-chan as the only subbed versions that I have seen do not use -chan, -san or any other honorifics for that matter and I'm to lazy to go listen to them again I will use that honorific)

"How is Asta-chan doing anyway? I haven't had the chance to talk to her for a long time"

"As far as I know she is doing well, I haven't had much of a chance to find out I've had far to much work to do, but as I said last time I checked she was fine. Speaking of Asta I have a proposition for you Abel would you like to hear it?"

"Very well Seth-chan what is your proposition?"

Seth smiled she had been hoping to get the conversation to this point from the beginning after all she may be the younger sister but you didn't survive as an empress for long if you didn't know how to manipulate people, she just hoped this little bit of manipulation would bring her brother happiness, "Well Asta is heading the investigation of the Rosen Creuz Orden so I think it would be beneficial to both of you if you partnered up to find out their plans. This way Asta will have someone that she is comfortable with to help her in the investigation and you will get to have someone that knows the area and that you are familiar with."

Abel pondered this idea for a few seconds weighing the pros and cons of accepting this offer then after about a minute of thought Abel responded "I think that it would definatly be in my best interest to accept your offer Seth-chan" he said with a smile.

"good, when the investigation is over and we know were Cain is me and you can go after him together, if you had enough power to tie with him last time then together I'm sure we can win and finally rid him and the Rosen Creuz Orden from the world."

"We were sure we could beat Cain 800 years ago to but he is still here isn't he" Abel replied with a now glum expression as memories of the past played through his mind. Of times when he used to be like Cain and hated humanity, of the time when he began to accept humanity and eventually love it, and most of all the time when Lilith had been killed for those same feelings or as Cain had said 'she was a bad influence on you' how he hated Cain after that. He then thought of when he and Seth thought they had finally gained their revenge on Cain when they dropped him from space down to earth only to find that he had returned stronger than ever.

"He may be strong nii-san but he isn't immortal, there is no such thing as immortality in this world no matter how invincible someone seems."

"I know Seth-chan, I know."

"well nii-san I think Asta should be getting done with her interrogation soon and I'm sure you would like to get a bit of rest before you see her so why don't I have some one show you to the room you will be living in for the duration of your stay?"

"thank you Seth-chan, I appreciate all your doing to help me." said Abel with another smile.

"no problem nii-san, if you ever need anything don't hesitate to tell me." she said as she called for a servant.

"I won't Seth-chan, goodbye for now."

"goodbye nii-san" said Seth as able walked away with the servant. She was glad that he had agreed to be Asta's partner again Seth had read the reports on their previous mission and knew it was Abel that was responsible for Asta's new attitude towards terrans and from having talked to her fairly recently about the mission and being partnered with Abel she knew that the Methuselah had a crush on Abel and she could see Abel thought highly of her so hopefully they would be good for each other as more than just partners in the investigation.

Astaroshe Athrin was not having a good day, after hours of interrogating one of their only leads into the Rosen Creuz Orden he died on her before she could get any solid information from him. Sure they had gotten a few tidbits like locations of old bases and such but they were bases that the empire already knew about and had searched repeatedly to try to find anything that would point them in the right direction but such is their luck that the enemy had always been thorough in cleaning out these bases so nothing of value was left behind if they left anything, all they had usually got was the ashes of a once great base.

The thing that annoyed Asta about the death of the prisoner was that it wasn't a death caused by her or one of her subordinates, no somehow the prisoner was able to commit suicide with 7 interrogators in the room including herself. From the autopsy they had found that he had been able to smuggle in some poison in a packet he had swallowed before the captured him, the packet had slowly dissolved so that the poison wouldn't take effect until many hours after he had been captured.

This was Asta's main source of irritation for the day but it certainly wasn't the only one. just when she had gotten home and had just been ready to get into the bath someone knocked on the door to the baths, presumably a servant. "what is it?" she snapped at the person on the other side of the door.

"Forgive me Duchess but there is an imperial messenger here and he has a message for you from the empress, apparently they are new orders." said a calm voice of a servant that Asta recognized as one that had served her for many years and was used to her temper by now. "he said it was important that you read it right away."

"very well I will be out in a moment" she said in annoyance at not being able to relax after a long day of work. Asta came out of the baths and took the message from the servant, broke the seal, then opened and read the letter. 'looks like I won't be bathing today.' thought Asta when she finished the letter. "I will be going to the palace for a few hours don't worry about making dinner"

"yes Duchess" said the servant bowing as Asta walked away wondering about this new partner she would be receiving.

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Asta walked through the halls of the imperial palace towards what she was told was the room of her new partner as she walked quickly hopping to get this done as soon as she could so she could go home when she arrived at his door she knocked loudly so he would be sure to here.

Abel admired his new rooms looking over the finery and exquisite artwork placed through out the room, this was obviously for the more important guests that stayed at the palace. He was amazed that not only was he was living here but that he would have it all to himself. When one lived on the salary of a priest one didn't stay in rooms this fancy often if ever. He was knocked out of his thoughts when he heard a loud pounding on the door. 'I guess Asta is here.' Abel though barley suppressing a laugh Asta was the only person he knew that was that loud and impatient.
Asta gave the door a death glare who ever was in there was making her wait way to long Asta began to tap her foot against the floor impatiently. Then she saw the door knob begin to turn and just as she opened her mouth to shout at her new partner she was at a loss for words, until she heard him say "hello Asta-chan it has been awhile."

"Abel what are you doing here?"

"well Asta-chan I'm your new partner, well not so new really but you get the idea" Abel said with a grin.

A/N: so what do you think, think that was good for my first attempt but if you disagree please tell me though I would like it if you did so in a polite way and I would like some constructive criticism please I really want to know what I did right and what I did wrong. Thanks for reading this far and also I'm not sure when I will have chapter 2 done but it should be before the 1st of next month though I may not be able to until then cya later.