Disclaimer: I do not own Vampire Hunter D or any related characters. All characters are © copyrighted to Hideyuki Kikuchi and any related character design is © copyrighted to Yoshitaka Amano.
Claimer: All original characters, names, places or themes are © copyrighted to me.
Authors Note: Well, I have read the Vampire Hunter D novels by Kikuchi-sama, or at least one through six. I have started seven, but left it at my grandmothers' house thus I have decided to exclude any themes or characters that were revealed after book six from this story. I have been mulling this story idea over in my head since September (when I read the first novel), though some ideas have been added as I read more of the novels, and I am quite fond and happy with it. Though I would like to attempt mimicking Kikuchi-sama's writing style, I just do not have the ability, thus I will write in whatever style you would like to call this (not mine, that is for sure). I hope that you will enjoy this story as much as I do. So, please read and review.
Prologue
The full moon shone brightly in the clear evening sky, casting a beautiful and mysterious glow upon the earth below, causing all who saw it to forget the monstrosities and dangers which the night possessed, for just a moment. A lone horse and dismounted rider rested in a clearing just a mile off of the main dirt road. The horse stood near the tree it was tethered to, head bowed, eyes closed in silent slumber, ears twitching ever so slightly as a light breeze tickled the sensitive flesh. The rider lay upon the ground, using the horses' saddle as a pillow, hair and cloak fluttering just slightly in the breeze that caused the small blades of grass to sway back and forth gently as if dancing. The figure had lay there for an hour already and yet sleep seemed to elude him. If he was not exhausted enough he would have put it off to the way of his bloods nature. While the silent figure lay there he felt the slightest of shifting sensations in his left hand, which rested upon his stomach, but had absolutely no intentions of moving it. A few muffled sounds, along with a light nudging to his stomach disturbed him little for a moment, before his left hand, as if of its own accord turned over so the palm faced upward. A sigh and airy breath hailed from his left hand as the parasitic carbuncle formed upon the palm of the travelers' hand. "I thought you were sleeping." The traveler said in a quiet and low voice so void of emotion it was almost breathtakingly beautiful and horrifying at the same time. The face shifted slightly.
"I was, but the aura you are giving off jarred me awake! It is very hard to ignore!" The parasite complained in a snide and snooty hoarse voice, sounding not just slightly irritated. "What is wrong with you?"
He received no reply, per usual. Left hand huffed. "Not that I am not used to you giving me the silent treatment, but if you don't tell me what's the matter with you I can't help."
"It's nothing, go back to sleep."
"Aha! You just saying 'it's nothing' is proof that something is indeed bothering you! Now what is it?"
Several moments of silence rolled by causing the parasitic carbuncle to twist up its lips in a silent snarl before letting out a snort. "Com'mon kid, we've been through a lot together, and how often have I been a very helpful parasite?"
"I was just thinking." The emotionless man said, cutting the parasite short. "About them."
"Hmn. When you say 'them' I'm assuming you mean Doris, Lina, Leila, Lori, Nan, and Tae?" Receiving no reply the parasite continued with a thoughtful air to his hoarse voice. "Hmn, how long has it been since you'd seen any of them? Let's see, it's been nearly two-hundred-years since any of them have been alive. Why dig up old memories?" The hand questioned, honestly curious. "D?"
D closed his eyes, the feeling of loneliness rolling from him in waves, washing over the parasite that lived in his left hand causing a sudden sensation of misery to overcome the small lesser demon.
"I had hoped that one of them could have been the one." D said truthfully in a voice filled with self loathing. "Be the one who I could not turn my back on."
Left hand choked on his own words and made several 'uh, ah, hmn and guh' sounds before piping up.
"Aw, come on kid, don't be like that. It isn't as bad as you think. I mean, haha really…"
"Doris, Lina, Leila, Lori, Nan and Tae were able to live semi happy lives, but they could never be truly happy after having met me."
Left hand fell silent. He understood what the vampire hunter meant. "If they had never met me, they all could have lived a rather normal life. They could have--"
"Now just wait a minute there. None of them could have even dreamed of living a semi happy life without having met you! Doris would have either been turned into that vampire Magnus Lee's wife, or butchered by his psychopathic daughter! Lina never could have lived a happy life, she would have turned into a monster with or without meeting you, and you gave her hope for a tomorrow that would never come. Leila was afraid that no one would morn her death, but was glad when she knew that you at least would! And Nan…well there was nothing normal about Nan; I mean she was just a dream! And Tae…ah sweet Tae, she lived a very happy life D, and if you want a testimony to that why not travel to Florence and ask her son."
Silence stretched out between hunter and parasite for a long while, the words of the parasite being mulled over by the hunter as he listened to the songs of the night, songs that in total truth were frightening and horrible death cries and hungry roars and screams that shattered the silence of the night. But the hunter didn't seem the least bit frightened of the cries, roars or screams he could handle anything that dwelt in this area of the frontier.
"Perhaps I will." D muttered quietly.
"Huh?" The parasite gaped in surprise; he hadn't thought his suggestion would have moved the hunter to action. "Are you crazy? Florence is WAY on the other side of the frontier! That is a journey for morons and fools! Of course it's not like you are going to listen to me, so which are you?"
D ignored the parasite and let sleep finally claim him. His already nearly silent breathing growing even more silent, and his body becoming even more unmoving. Left hand sighed. "Yeah well what's the sound of one hand yapping." And sunk back into the flesh of the hunters left hand to sleep, leaving the pale flesh smooth and unmarred.
Authors Note: Does D seem a little out of character to you? No. Not really, not if you've read the books at least. D is MUCH more active in the books then he is in the movies. The movies tend to make him seem like he's made out of stone, when in the books sure he's portrayed as heartless…but he shows his true colors by at least the third or fourth chapter in EACH. AND. EVERY. BOOK. And I just get this feeling he may sometimes actually TALK to Left hand…if just a little. And I don't doubt that he is totally self loathing, miserable and unbelievably lonely. And with all the girls he helps…even if 'he says' he won't or he has 'nothing' to do with them, I think he secretly wishes that he could have a relationship with someone. I mean just having that damn left hand (not that I don't love him) as company century after century…I mean come on that's gotta suck. Anyway enough blabbering from me. Please review. Thank you.