Chapter 1

Strobe lights flashed violent shades of green and blue and the stench of alcohol was rich in the air. The throngs of people squished together on the small dance floor were practically soaked in their own sweat as their bodies twisted and weaved as one gigantic beast to the pounding of the bass. There wasn't a single still particle of dust in the entire room, nor was there anyone who suspected anything of the two gorgeous young women who walked inside the rave with blank expressions.

They looked almost exactly alike; their hair was pinned up with chopsticks into the same half-bun and their dresses were cut in the same style: spaghetti straps and skin-tight material that stopped in the middle of the upper part of their thighs. Their hair was black and their pale skin matched each other's perfectly. One wore a dark shade of purple that harmonized with her piercing eyes while the other wore a bright green that reflected the fire that danced in her intense stare.

Their actions were almost synchronized as they moved through the sea of drunk Red Bloods and drooling Black Bloods. This was their territory; their forte. No one suspected them but no one approached them like they would another partygoer. They practically owned the place though they had never set foot in that particular club's walls. Their eyes scrutinized every single face they saw in search for their target: Rafael von Connor.

He was a Black Blood with a vicious history of attacking and killing Red Bloods without any cause other than his own pleasure. He murdered hundreds of innocent women that he picked up off the streets or in unlawful clubs. It was vampires like him that the two sisters hunted down to be put in their place.

Jun, the one in green alerted her twin as she caught sight of a tall, blonde-haired Black Blood. No one heard the comment; it passed without a sound between only them.

Jun turned her purple eyes to her sister and then followed her gaze to the man who seemed to be staring at every single woman that moved within his line of sight. Wordlessly, the two changed direction and walked straight toward the vampire. Their eyes immediately brightened when they got close and they began to dance as though they were simply there to enjoy the party.

By the time they had moved into Rafael's vicinity they could feel his eyes bore into their backs with curiosity and lust. Neither of the girls were strangers to seducing men; in fact they were professionals at it. It was one of the best ways to leave their targets unsuspecting and stupefied.

In unison they turned and pretended to catch sight of the vampire for the first time. Their full, red lips widened into mirrored smiles as they moved toward him and began giving him his own special dance. He reached out and grabbed the woman in green around her waist with a smile.

"What might your name be, Love?" he asked in a low voice that was loud enough to be heard over the music.

"Rin," she replied as she placed her hands on his shoulders. "And you?"

"Rafael," he informed with a wide smile. Jun watched as her sister easily captivated their target and made the move to retreat into a dark corner somewhere; she wouldn't be needed. But, Rafael's chocolate gaze met hers and she stayed in her place. Rin followed the Black Blood's line of vision and she smiled.

She leaned forward and whispered into his ear, "Are you interested in a package? Because we offer those."

Rafael chuckled darkly and offered his right hand to the woman dressed in purple. Jun stepped forward and joined the two in a close-quarters dance.

"And who is this?" Rafael asked her.

"Jun," she said almost breathlessly and took triumph in how a spark seemed to flash in the Black Blood's eyes from her tone.

"A beautiful name," he complimented and glanced at Rin. "Both of you."

They smiled and in unison replied with a "Thanks" and a seducing hip roll.

Rafael's senses were overwhelmed by the two Red Blood's scents as he had never experienced before and more than once during the dance his eyes locked onto the skin of their necks for dangerously long moments at a time. He had enough control to keep his fangs in their place, though.

"Tell me," he said after the rapid paced music switched to something a little more slow, but still lively enough to excite. "What are two lovely young ladies doing in a crowd such as this?"

"Searching," Rin answered. She was always the one quick for words. "For exhilaration. This is one of the few clubs in the Special Zone where both vampires and humans can mingle with no strings attached."

Rafael smiled. "And I take it you enjoy tempting the control of the vampires around you?"

"We live off of temptation," Jun replied this time. Rafael's eyes narrowed and his hands subtly caressed the small of the women's backs.

"Is it only temptation that you thrive in?" he questioned. "Or something a little more… invigorating?"

The twin's hands slid down to Rafael's chest as Rin whispered into his ear, "Temptation is only the beginning."

This graced her with gentle but hungry lips that pressed against her chin and traveled all the way down to her collar bone. On the inside, she spat with disgust and wanted so badly to just stab him through right there, but the point of getting close was so that they didn't have to make a scene. So, she let out a soft, believable moan.

"You're bold, big man," Rin breathed and met his gaze with her own green eyes. "And you seem to want some fun."

"Could you possibly get a room?" Jun asked and pressed her body close to his.

Rafael smirked. "I come prepared," he whispered into the purple-eyed woman's hair and let his tongue travel slowly across the contour of her ear. She responded with an exited groan and the twins smiled as delight flickered in the Black Blood's eyes; he had no idea what was coming for him.

Rafael was practically drooling as he led them to the back of the crowded room and to a metal staircase guarded by two vampires dressed in black suits and sunglasses. When the guards recognized the famous vampire they stepped aside and let him lead Rin and Jun up the black metal stairs.

The room he took them to was large and probably labeled as a suite; it had a queen sized bed and the furniture and walls bore matching shades of dull green and gray. Rin couldn't help but realize how poorly designed it was and had the need to voice her observation to her twin over their telepathic connection.

It's no wonder this place attracts all the junkies, she growled. They could at least add a little more color to these boring walls; I might just puke.

Jun answered with a barely visible smile. Her sister was always so criticizing of practically anything; it wasn't just a habit but a routine that she couldn't stop. This was one of the reasons many of the people they knew kept their distance from her.

Rafael strutted to the bed that leaned against the left wall and sat down with a smile and expecting eyes. Rin stepped forward first and kicked off her high-heels to reveal green nail polish that matched her whole outfit. They way she walked with her hips over-dramatically rolling from side to side captured the Black Blood's gaze. She straddled Rafael's legs and sat down slowly just to tantalize him.

Once there his hands grasped her waist and pulled her close, but before he did anything Jun began to move toward him. He watched as she, too, removed her high heels to expose purple nail polish. Rafael's eyes glinted as he realized the two women not only looked the same but every movement of theirs seemed to be the spitting image of one another's. It drove him crazy.

Jun circled to the other side of the bed and crawled up behind Rafael with a smirk that only Rin could see. At first, Rafael tensed, but when Jun began massaging his back and shoulders he relaxed completely.

"You two can't be just friends," he pointed out. Rin silently thanked him for being such a blabber mouth; she didn't want to let his filthy chops touch one more part of her body.

"Twins," Jun said from behind and Rin nodded with a smile.

"That makes sense," Rafael replied with a twinkle in his eye. Rin decided it was time to end this disgusting little game and she shifted her weight forward on the vampire's lap. The way that she began moving her hips against him completely captured his attention. He leaned forward with his fangs revealed and didn't notice as the woman in purple behind him removed one of the chopsticks from her hair. He didn't notice, that is, until the thing was pointed at his neck and Rin's seductive smile became a triumphant smirk.

"Really," she said. "You are all too easy."

Before Rafael could say a word, Jun plunged the silver stick into his neck and caused his blood to boil and steam as it poured out of the wound.

"Y-you bitches!" was the only thing he could manage to say. Rin and Jun smiled in unison as they returned their feet to the ground and moved to grab their high heels from the floor.

"You're not the first and you certainly aren't going to be the last to say that," Rin said with a smirk over her shoulder. Despite being mortally wounded, the idiot vampire rose to his feet and lunged at the green-eyed woman with rage. He removed the silver that was plunged into his throat and used it as a dagger to force into Rin's heart, but he wasn't fast enough.

She blocked his hand and pulled out one of her own chopsticks to drive a second hole into his neck. He screamed in pain and rage but collapsed to the floor and writhed as the silver slowly ate away at his blood. He convulsed twice before he finally turned to dust in front of the twins.

"Too easy," Rin sighed and leaned down to pick up both of the chopsticks. They were silver; she certainly wasn't going to just leave them there. Jun smiled and opened her mouth to reply but there was suddenly a loud bang as the door to the room was kicked down to reveal two seething Black Bloods who no doubt were in cahoots with Rafael.

"Shit," Rin cursed and tossed one of the chopsticks to her sister. "I hate it when these fools are too paranoid for their own good."

Jun smirked at her sister's attitude and at the same time they removed the other chopstick that held their hair up and held one in each hand like daggers. Against these guys they were much better than daggers.

The Black Bloods roared and each leapt for a different target. Rin ducked under a powerful punch and thrust her hand upward to drive the chopstick under the vampire's ribs but he caught her hand and dug his nails into her wrist. She winced but did her best to ignore the pain and stabbed him in the side with the other chopstick. This caused him to howl in agony and let go of her hand. As soon as her hand was free she shot it forward to dig the chopstick into his throat to turn him to dust.

Jun was having a harder time; the vampire she was against was way more experienced than Rin's. She had to dodge his quick attacks in such rapid succession that she wasn't able to land a solid blow. She was definitely getting him scraped up just as much as she was; however, he aimed a hard punch to her face and caused her to stumble backwards into the wall behind her. Her eyes widened as he leapt forward to deal a death blow, but a green-toed foot slammed into his side and knocked him several feet to the side.

The vampire bared his fangs at the two women; there was no way that they were Red Bloods, but they didn't smell like Black Bloods. It didn't particularly matter to him, though. His boss was already dead and all he wanted was to live another day so he held his hands up in defeat.

This caused Jun to smile and Rin to literally burst into laughter.

"You really are stupid beasts, aren't you?" the green-eyed woman asked when she was able to catch her breath. "You've seen our faces; you aren't getting out of here alive."

His eyes widened and he bared his fangs in surprise; what were those women? Their ruthlessness toward Black Bloods should very well mean that they were Red Bloods, but their damn speed and strength were anything but human. Before he could do or say anything to stop the two assassin's wrath, he had two chopsticks plunged into his neck from either side and he turned to dust.

Rin and Jun stepped back with triumphant smiles but those soon faded as they heard footsteps sprinting up the metal stairs down the hall. They reacted quickly and one closed the door as the other moved a heavy cabinet to block anyone from further entry. When the cabinet was in place Jun swept over the room with her eyes and jogged to the curtains on the far wall with chopsticks and high heels in hand.

She threw aside the curtains and lifted the window just as Rin caught up to her. The two eyed the two story drop with wariness.

"You're the oldest," Rin said. "Protect your little sister."

Jun rolled her eyes at her twin but they didn't have time to argue; there were already vampires banging on the doors to the rooms next to them. Thank goodness they didn't know which room Rafael was in or she and Rin would be dead meat.

Without hesitation, Jun swung her legs over the window sill and landed silently on the rough stone below. Though she and her sister were stronger than an average Red Blood, they weren't quite as versatile as Black Bloods. Rin followed merely seconds after her sister and together they sprinted to the black Mituoka Orochi they had parked a few blocks down.

Once there, Jun dived into the driver's seat and slammed on the gas just as Rin closed the door to the passenger's side. Neither of them celebrated until they were a good fifteen minutes away from the club and sure that no one had followed them. Rin was the first to break into a large smile.

"I told you so," she bragged. Jun glanced over at her with a blank expression.

"I have no idea what you're talking about," she droned. Rin looked at her with a cocked eyebrow and a smirk.

"I told you that it was going to be as easy as taking the trash out on a Sunday morning and guess what? It was."

Jun sniffed as she made a right turn at a red light. She was always cautious on missions and never too cocky, but her sister was entirely different. It bothered her often, but this time she had to admit that it was okay for her twin to be a little over-confident because, yes, it WAS easy to get in and out of that rave without being caught.

"Fine," she gave in and Rin pumped both of her fists in the air.

"Woohoo! Ice cream's on you tonight!" Rin cheered. Jun couldn't help but smile at her sister's childish antics. Every time they went on a mission she placed some sort of bet that had one or the other paying out some kind of cash. Not that it mattered; they shared their money. It was simply a nice sentiment.

"First you have to call the Boss," Jun reminded her. Rin's smile faded and turned into a pout.

"Why do I have to be the one to do it?" she asked even though she knew the answer.

"I'm driving," Jun said with a huff. Rin stuck her tongue out at her sister but obliged and pulled her cell out of the glove box in front of her. She dialed their boss's number reluctantly and waited the first two rings before the call was picked up.

"I suspect your mission went well?" the deep voice on the other end of the line asked immediately.

"Of course it did, Aguri," Rin scoffed. "What a silly question."

There was a chuckle on the other side of the line that sent shivers down both of the women's backs. They weren't scared of many things, but Aguri was the exception to almost all of the rules the two of them had subconsciously set to their lives and he frightened the living daylights out of both of them.

"I'm glad you're safe," Aguri said. "Come back to base; I have another mission for you."

Rin frowned. "Already? What's so important that we don't get to rest before we're reassigned?"

"I can't answer that over the line, I'm afraid. You know the chances of getting the phone bugged are constantly growing, no? Meet me in my office and I'll tell you what you need to know. Ta-ta for now!"

Rin's scowl remained even as she closed the phone after her boss's cheery goodbye. He always seemed so bipolar. He went from being completely serious to absolutely giddy more times than she could count, but that wasn't what bothered her.

"What is it?" Jun asked. She sensed her twin's irritation as though it were her own.

"We have another mission already," Rin growled. "Aguri was probably planning to give it to us before we even made it to the damn club. We probably wouldn't constantly be having this problem if we were free-lance again, you know."

"Yes, but then we would have problems with finding enough money to keep ourselves alive," Jun scoffed. "Besides, the influence Boss has can be rather helpful in some situations."

"Yeah, yeah," Rin grumbled. "That doesn't mean that I have to like it, though."

Jun smiled as she pulled into a driveway that led to one of the nicest mansions of its size in the city. It wasn't large per say, but it wasn't tiny either. Black, iron gates blocked the way and a metal box poked out of the ground on the driver's side of the road. Jun pulled up to it with her window rolled down and pushed the large red button that was the only thing other than a speaker on its smooth surface.

"State your business," a bored sounding voice came through the speaker. Or maybe the voice was tired; it was some time in the early morning, after all.

"Hey, Ralph," Jun greeted cheerfully.

"Ah, Jun," the voice instantly came to life. "Welcome back, I'll buzz you in."

"Thanks, Ralph," Jun responded politely before she sat back and rolled up her window. It was only a moment before the gates slowly slid open. Jun drove a little more slowly on this road than she did in the open city which made it easy to take in the beautiful scenery surrounding the mansion.

The road was lined with pristinely cut bushes and a gorgeous garden spread around the house in which countless types of flowers and trees overflowed. The mansion itself was a traditional Japanese lay out. Its roof was made of black shale and its walls were white with engraved wood carvings dancing about them playfully. Red posts held the house up and accented the red rose bushes that were in front of the door very nicely.

The road eventually came to a round about with a large marble fountain resting in the middle. The fountain was probably the most detailed and beautiful of all of the items to be found on the property. Eleven of the Zodiac animals made up the bottom pillar and the top was a mighty dragon that spewed a steady stream of water instead of a burning fire. Both Rin and Jun had found that they could stare at the fountain all day and never get bored.

Jun pulled the car up to the front of the house and parked it but left everything on; a valet was standing there to meet them and would no doubt move the car out of the way of any other visitors. It was entirely irrational due to how late it was in the night, but traditions and protocols were to be followed on their boss's property.

The twins got out of the car in sync—they still had their high heels in their hands—and walked up the steps that led to the front door. They were met by a servant who showed them where to place their shoes before she escorted them to their boss's study.

The servant left them outside the door and Rin coughed awkwardly when no sound came from inside the room. They both knew that their boss could both hear and smell them, but he liked to test their patience too much. Jun was fine with it, but Rin was so obviously not.

"Come in," Aguri finally chirped. Rin sighed with relief and slid the paper door open violently. Jun followed her as she walked into the room and then closed the door quietly so as to spare them any of Aguri's wrath. He hated it when they treated the doors too harshly.

The study was large; its walls were covered in nothing but books and the middle of the floor was occupied by an oversized, wooden desk. A man with somewhat messy brown hair sat in a leather chair facing the door and his piercing red gaze was currently absorbed in the contents of a book neither of the twins could place.

"So," Rin said as she stood in front of the desk with her hands on her hips. "Would you care to tell us who exactly it is you need taken down at this very precise moment?"

Jun came to stand next to her and a small smile crept on her lips when Aguri simply continued to read his book. He was really only a couple of years older than the twenty-three year olds and that made the way he always treated Rin like a child hilarious beyond all means. Rin hated it, but she couldn't do zilch about it.

"What do you know about the legend of Asura?" Aguri finally asked. Rin blinked as though he were stupid. Actually, it was she who was stupid because she had no idea what he was talking about. Thankfully Jun did, so Rin didn't have to try to come up with some lie to cover herself up.

"It is said that he was a god who gave his blood many years ago to a line of vampires," Jun explained. "That line was given amazing abilities, but has since very nearly died out. Only a few of the line are known to be left. Correct?"

Aguri closed his book and looked up at the purple-eyed woman.

"That is correct," he confirmed. "There is one individual in particular who seems to be content with meddling in my affairs. He is of this blood line and he is the one I want you to kill."

Jun's eyes widened. "But Aguri-"

Aguri held his hand up for silence. "I know that this mission will be incredibly hard for you to complete, but I believe that you two are the only ones who will be able to accomplish the task."

Jun pierced her lips into a white line but nodded in compliance. Rin looked from Aguri to Jun with a raised eyebrow.

"What's so special about this Asura blood line?" she inquired with cluelessness. She really should begin to study up on things like this, but she could always just ask her sister if she needed to know something so she just didn't.

Jun sighed and relayed what she knew in a monotone. "Asura is an ancient god of wrath and fire: his power is unmatchable to anything that can be created on earth. When he gave his blood to the vampires he gave them the power to harness and control fire with their will. If one of the Asura bloodline wanted to, he could burn down a whole village with a single thought."

This caused Rin to pale. "Fire?" she practically squeaked and her eyes shot to Aguri. "You want to send me into a battle with someone who controls fire?"

Aguri just nodded and Rin's hotheadedness immediately awakened.

"There is no damn way!" she yelled. "My attacks won't be able to do shit against fire, you know that! You cannot be serious about me trying to go into battle with a damn pyromaniac!"

Aguri tilted his head to the side and smirked. "What's the matter, Rin? Too scared for a challenge?"

This stalled whatever words were about to come out of the woman's mouth next. She hated him. She hated him. She hated him. She hated him. She hated him. SHE FREAKING HATED HIM. But what she hated more was her damn pride that didn't let her get away from anything that could potentially put her life in danger if someone challenged her to do it.

"Fine," she grumbled as she looked away and crossed her arms over her chest. Aguri nodded with his smirk still plainly visible on his face, but didn't say what it seemed he wanted to. This was Jun's chance to cut in.

"Who exactly is it that we're going after?" she asked Aguri. There were a few of the Asura bloodline she knew about but only one that set her nerves on edge. She hoped it wasn't him who she and her sister needed to take out.

"Oh, forgive me," Aguri said with a smile. "Your target's name is Zelman Clock."

Both of the twins froze; that was a name they both knew full well. Rin's anger returned and she gave Aguri the best death glare she could muster.

"WHAT?!"

So? Good first chapter? I hope so because I stayed up until four in the morning trying to finish it. XD I got the idea and decided that I needed to write it down right away. Just a warning: I already have two other fanfics that I'm writing right now (because I'm stupid and I'm trying to multitask XP) so I might not post too often. Unless, of course, you give me reviews that make me happy enough to ignore my to-do list long enough to write more than one chapter a week. I'm counting on you guys to do it!

Well... Thanks for reading, I hope you enjoyed. ^^

-KC