Blood-Stained Snow
Disclaimer: Shaman King is property of Hiroyuki Takei and whoever the hell published it for him. It's not mine and it never will be.
-Xue's POV-
"Darkness, my ally. You will come to aid me. My Vampire blood I repay you with. Now heed my commands!" I finished my summoning chant and sliced the back of my left hand with my small knife, letting the ruby droplets of blood fall into the darkness of the shadows. The darkness came to life and swarmed around me, the numerous souls residing in darkness murmured their thanks to me for bringing them back. I smirked and a deranged look came into my eyes. "It's time for the feast." I spotted three teenagers and swooped down upon them, riding the darkness.
-Ren's POV-
I was walking home with Yoh and Horohoro, carrying groceries for Anna, when darkness swooped down upon us, pinning the three of us down to the ground.
"Oi, what the hell?!" I managed to choke out through the death hold the darkness had on me. I was struggling to escape and out of the corner of my eye, I could see Yoh and Horohoro were trying to escape too.
"Oi! Pipe down." A female voice sliced through the air. I turned and looked at the source. A girl of around fifteen was…riding the darkness?! She jumped off of the huge mass and landed on the ground beside me.
"I'm only going to drink you're blood." She said with a smirk.
"You can't do that to us!!" I yelled. She looked at me with the coldest glare I've ever seen.
"Oh, can't I, Tao Ren?" The words maliciously rolled out of her mouth and my eyes widened in shock.
"How do you know my name?!" I shouted in fury. The girl covered her ears.
"Jesus Christ. No need to be so fuckin' loud. And to answer your question, the souls in the darkness tell me everything." She looked us up and down. Her eyes widened for a moment but she soon returned to a calm, collected state.
"Damn. I guess I can't drink your blood after all. The three of you are virgins. Great, just great. I figured with young people these days you might not be virgins but unfortunately, you aren't. Damn! This sucks." She sighed and ran a hand through her hair.
"What in the hell does being a virgin have to do with anything?! And what do you mean "young people these days"?! You're close to our age!!" Horohoro shouted, his face a bright red. The girl walked over and ran her fingernail across his face, drawing a little bit of blood and making Horohoro cringe. She examined the blood before wiping it on her pants leg.
"Fool. I may look your age but I'm 2,000 years old. It is a special skill certain vampires posses, to be able to change your appearance. And let me explain. When a vampire drinks the blood of a virgin that is the opposite sex, the victim becomes a vampire. If I drank the blood of you three, I would have three more vampires to fight for the blood of human beings, making it harder for me to survive. Besides, how could you know?!" She laughed hatefully. "All of you wretched human scum think we drink the blood of a virgin to have pure blood, blood that was not tainted by sins of the flesh. And once we're done drinking the virgin's blood, said virgin dies! But that's not the truth! We drink virgin blood to create more vampires! You moronic fools also think we die at the sight of a cross, we can't go out in daylight, and we can't stand garlic! Bah! Rumors! That's why I've lived for 2,000 years! I've lived in England and there are plenty of crosses there! They use them to ward off us "blasphemous Anti-Christs"! Those bastards think those pathetic little crosses that represent their "Great Savior" will stop us?! Those little shits have no idea how to kill a vampire! I'm still alive, aren't I?! The true way to kill us is…" She stopped talking.
"Yeah?" Horohoro asked, waiting for her to continue.
"…a secret!" the girl smiled a sickeningly sweet smile. She turned and started to walk away from the three of us. She snapped her fingers and the darkness released us to follow her. Yoh stared at her in horror.
"What are you?" he croaked out, his voice openly showing he was afraid. She turned back to us and smiled, giving us a full view of her fangs.
"A monster. I'm a shaman and a vampire. Better yet, I'm blood-stained snow." My eyes widened in realization. I knew who this was. It was the vampire shaman who attacked the Tao family 2,000 years ago and wiped out more than half of them. The most feared vampire in all of ancient China, Zhou Xue!
"You…" I muttered. "You're Zhou Xue. The vampire shaman that wiped out more than half the Tao family 2,000 years ago!" "Xue" laughed.
"Glad you recognized me from your ancient family scriptures Ren! I had forgotten how delicious the blood of the Tao tasted. Thank you for reminding me! Don't worry though. I'll have a sample of your blood too in the near future." She rode away on the darkness and I could feel her smirking at me and hear her laugh taunting me.
-Xue's POV-
I rode away, smirking at the priceless look on Ren's face. I licked my lips as memories of the delicious Tao blood came flowing back into my mind. 'Ah,' I thought. 'I sucked over 7-dozen corpses dry that day. It was wonderful.' I was lost in thought. 'What I would do to taste that wonderful Tao blood again. Yes. I could disguise myself and seduce him, see to it that he isn't a virgin anymore and then suck his blood. But it may be a good idea to make him a vampire." I jumped off of the darkness, put my hands behind my head, and continued walking. 'Aw hell. Whatever. Either way, I'm gonna have a taste of that Tao blood.' I started laughing to myself when a teenage girl walked by. I examined her. 'Good. Not a virgin.' I smirked and slit the girl's throat using my knife. She screamed in pain and horror. "Aw, shut up." I plunged the knife into the pre-made hole in her throat and mutilated her larynx, making the screaming stop. "Can't have you making too much of a fuss." Crimson blood came gushing out of her throat when I pulled the knife out. I licked my lips, positioned myself near her neck, and drank the blood flowing out. Then, to make sure I had gotten every ounce of blood I could, I bit into her body and sucked it dry. I needed to survive after all. After the body was sucked dry, I threw it to the darkness. "Dispose of it. I don't care how you do it. Just get rid of it." I said harshly. I wiped my mouth because that blood was foul. It was the blood of one that worked in a brothel. The blood of a whore. At least it would last me for a month before I needed to feast again. A month would be long enough to figure out a way to get Ren's blood. I smirked and walked on, the darkness no longer following me. I didn't worry. I would probably call forth the darkness again tomorrow to make another pact for its assistance.
I have nothing against Christians. I apologize if this offended you in any way. Nor do I have anything against humans, considering I am one.
Note: Xue is a Chinese name. In China they do the same thing as Japan, last name first, first name last. That's why the name is written 'Zhou Xue'. In America, her name would be Xue Zhou. Just wanted to make that clear.
Note 2: The larynx is where the vocal chords are located, so any mutilation of it would stop any noise connected to the use of the vocal chords.
Note 3: I am borderline of if I want to put this under 'M' or 'T'. If I decide to put anything too adult in there, I'll make it 'M'. But for now, it's 'T'. -.-' Oy vey...