Summery: A young woman of only twenty-one, seeks her revenge on the king of Vampires, but what was suppose to be a simple plan, turns into a hectic situation. She finds herself becoming half part of the creature she hates the most and part of something quite different, the question of what that is though, remains unknown... Will she ever get her vengeance, or will the future it self break her heart and spirit...?
RSG: I don't own InuYasha and co. just the plot and my characters, so don't accuse me of owning them!
It's been ten years. Ten years since that terrible day happened, I was eleven at the time. I remember it so clearly. And that is why I am here now, hunting, searching, and seeking my vengeance.
I remember it so clearly the day mother was taken from our small, happy, but poor family. He was called Dracula and still is Dracula, that low back stabbing fiend. But he won't be able to hide from me now. I'll hunt him down, and he'll be the one to die at my hands for doing what he did to my mother!
Flash Back
A girl merely of the age of eleven was out in the yard, with a friend she had made, a demon friend even; he was twelve, just a year older then the girl. He had a younger brother that was her age. They both had silver hair and golden eyes; they had been playing that day out in the yard after having breakfast with each other. They were such a happy playful trio, until the village was raided from vampires, later on that night.
Her father was wounded in an attempt to protect Mother but he was not killed, thankfully. As far as she was concerned, InuYasha and Sesshoumaru were safe also. She was hiding out of her own safety, but she could clearly see it happen from her hiding spot.
Her mother was screaming as Dracula had scooped her up, from his steed. Her father had rushed out, in an attempted to retrieve her.
"Put her down you fiend!" he had hollered.
Dracula had laughed at the persistent human, holding up a spear, "Die insignificant fool!" Was his cold reply as he threw, it at the man.
The hidden girl could only watch in horror, as it struck her father in the shoulder, and listen to the screams of her mother, pleading for his husband's life.
"Please! Don't harm him! I beg of you!" The woman had sobbed, "Who will parent the children, if he dies!"
This seemed to spark the vampire's interest, "Children you say?" he had a mischievous glint in his eyes, dead and cold as they were.
The woman had realized her mistake in mentioning her children, but she still in a desperate attempt, tried to interest him with something else. "Please leave my babies be, I'll take their place! I'll do anything, just don't kill them!" She had the face of a desperate housewife, who'd do anything to save her family.
A cold smile spread across the fiends face, "Anything now." He murmured, cupping her face within his clawed hand, to make her look at him. "You will do." he chuckled out darkly.
The girl's mother was fair and young, she was a beauty to behold, and she could tell from the look upon her Papa's face, he was horrified of losing her to this beast. "Claudia! Don't do this please! Reconsider your offer!" He begged.
"No Ryuchii." Claudia had murmured softly, "There is nothing else I can do. Please take care of the children." Her head was downcast, the bangs of her hair covering her eyes from view. The decision was a hard one, but she felt she had done all she could do to protect her family from harm. "On one condition." Claudia had said softly.
Dracula smirked, "Requests I see. I suppose I can do you one favor." He chuckled out, trailing a clawed hand along her jaw line and neck.
Claudia shuddered, "Leave my family alone in peace, and have no harm come upon them."
Dracula paused his movement of his hand, seeming to contemplate this, "Fine. They will be left alone, with each new generation; there must be an offer of your first oldest daughter and granddaughters." He smirked; there was always a catch with this devil's beast.
"Hai." Claudia had said quietly, she did all she could for her family.
Dracula jerked the reigns of his dead steed, it kicking up as he road off from the village in laughter, cold blooded laughter, his little goons and minions following in his foot steps.
Ryuchii fell to his knee's grasping the spear around his shoulder and removing it, with a wince. He would not die undoubtedly; he'd simply be scarred for life, and live with a broken arm for some time being till it healed.
It was then did she come from her hiding place and rushed to her fathers side...
End Flash Back
I laughed at the memory in bitter, dry humor. "But everything will change now." I told myself quietly, from my place within the dark shadowed trees, bushes, and forms of plants. "But for now, it will be best to stay low..." I lowered down within the bushes near me. This forest was like an undead one, the tree's dark and blackened as if centuries ago they had long been sent to peace, and yet clearly blackened leaves grew from the branches. Dead, like the walking dead, such as the fiend Dracula, surely I was getting close to the bastards hideout.
A cold chilled wind swift across my flesh sending a nervous shudder down my spine, with practiced silence I lowered further within the bushes parting a few leaves to the side to peer out. I went deathly still. Vampires flew overhead, and upon the ground, seeming to be floating saints of the devils spawn, rather then Gods. Yes, clearly they were the devil's children, and not that of the Gods, beings, dead beings, that lived upon the blood of the living. Disgusting vile creatures indeed, they should all perish.
I sat there within my bushes, my weapons strapped to my back and hips as I scanned their numbers, there must have been hundreds of them, this would prove to be a difficult task if I wanted my vengeance. But that did not mean I'd give up without trying. Alas though, I had more then just one reason to hate these creature's and the father of them all being Dracula, there were two other reasons still fresh within my mind...
Flash Back
A fifteen year old, with a developing body of a young woman's, walked upon the dusty trail of there small village, her two demon friends, one fifteen the other sixteen, always bickering about something or the other. The girl merely laughed at the quarreling brothers at her sides, already arguing about whom should marry whom, at such a age, but then again, this was a young time, girls of her age and boys of their age would have been married already. But clearly, they weren't and thus why they were arguing about it.
The girl though, had fallen for the eldest of the two brothers, but she never brought such a subject up, she was far too embarrassed and feared he'd only see her as a friend and nothing more, simply she didn't want to be rejected. In the years she grew up with him she had slowly fallen for the boy, no, the young man that he was now. He proved to be far more mature then his younger brother, so calm, collective, and cool headed. His appearance demanded attention even, such a handsome beautiful face he had and the way he carried himself with such elegance and grace, one could not help but look the other eye again when he was around. But deep down inside she felt she never had a chance with him, so many girls swooned over him, so many girls were far more prettier then herself, from her point of view. She repeatedly told herself her hopes were far to high, after all, he was a pure demon, and she just a human girl. But I guess that didn't mean she'd stop trying anyway now did it?
As for his younger half brother, he was a hanyou. Admittedly he was rough around the edges, but no less admirably handsome in his own way. Like a hanyou, he carried a characteristic of his demonic side, dog-ears. Though, silently to herself, she'd be tempted to rub them time-to-time if it would stop the boys from quarreling. But she also knew the hanyou enjoyed such attention, yet sometimes she swore his brother would be jealous because of it.
"You don't deserve such a woman!" InuYasha, the youngest brother shouted in his usual annoyed gruff voice.
"You're right." Sesshoumaru, the older of the two said smoothly, unfazed by his brothers yelling.
"I am?" InuYasha said baffled in confusion.
"I deserve better." Sesshoumaru grinned.
"Do you two ever give it a rest?"
"No." They both said in unison.
"That's what I feared." The girl mumbled out. As usual the boys went back to arguing, and the girl gave a halfhearted sigh, but it would seem their bickering would soon come to an end.
The village had burst to life immediately, screaming town's folk and the like, were now bustling about in fear of there lives, which could only mean one thing, vampires.
She hadn't realized what happened until it did, for a brief moment she felt the cool hands of Sesshoumaru on her shoulders pushing her down onto the ground along with InuYasha. It wasn't the pleasant of positions getting a face full of dirt, but something was horridly wrong, his hands had disappeared from her form, as if pulled from her. And when she looked up she went into a cold sweat of fear as she saw him being dragged off on horseback, by that she-devil, the one they called Kagome.
She had screamed out his name in dismay and pained heartache, but he heard her, and for a brief moment his eyes connected with hers fearfully as he struggled for freedom, and then he was gone around the bend. And following after was InuYasha, as she watched him be pried from the ground by the twin she-devil Kikyou. She reached out and soon screamed his name in fear, before he too disappeared around the bend, and then she was deserted alone on the street. The two she-devils were but only around her age, Kikyou fifteen and Kagome sixteen, and they were both vampires. She never saw them again afterwards, and feared the worst...
End Flash Back
My eyes narrowed at the hateful memory. Three to kill out of rage the rest out of hatred for their kind and existence. Something caught my eye though within this crowd of vampires, it was two heads of silver hair, and I almost choked on sobs. Almost. I had tensed when their heads turned towards the bush I was hiding within. Two sets of gorgeous undead golden eyes, appearing to stare right at me. It seems...even the undead grew with age. And just as quickly as it happened they looked away and I let out my breath I didn't realize I was holding in. So it would seem the twin she-devils did turn them after all. I wasn't sure how I should handle this, they were now the things I hated the most, and once before they were my friends and one of them I had loved.
It made me wonder really, how would I react if I were to face him? Would such old emotions spark again from six years ago? Would I be able to find the will to kill him or his half-brother? Perhaps I shouldn't worry with such questions quite yet. When it came time to do such, to take my vengeance, then would I worry about such questions, as for now it would be best to keep low to the ground and follow them hidden within the forest of undead. But before I could do that, I had a pest to deal with it would seem, as my ears twitched to movement behind me, my eyes shifting to the side, but my head not turning to look at the intruder. I simply gave the act of one that did not hear the pest.
Ah, but when it came to close, I chuckled inwardly, I moved swift and silent unsheathing my weapon, the blade humming just slightly, as I whirled around and decapitated it's head clean off. The remainder of it's body shattered and crumbled to the ground in dust. A smirk crossed my face in pleasure of the kill, trailing my tongue across the blade where it's un-living blood remained the only sign it was once living, if you could even consider it living. I re-sheathed my weapon silently, to check the crowd of vampires to make sure I did not attract attention, thankfully though I didn't.
"Now," I breathed barely even in a whisper, as not to be heard, "would be the time to follow them while the moon is still within the sky." And like the low-lying swift fox I followed them hidden in the underbrush of the forest. It did not take long till they came upon a gate, but unfortunately the forest did not of course follow into the grounds, so I sat there in wait as the gate was opened and they moved in either on foot or flew over, did not matter to them. And there they were again, those two silver heads, pausing again too look within the forest, for a moment I actually felt fear take hold of me, but for the luck of me, I found myself thanking those blasted she-devils for being there to drag them in through the gates talking to them. Probably saying that they were being paranoid, when they had a right to be, cause I was the one following them after all.
I actually sat there for hours through the night watching them file in through the gate. What's so damn special on the other side of those walls anyway? I don't know when it happened but I must have dozed off into a light sleep, cause I came around to the sound of the gates closing, in a stiff squeaking way. It was only then did I move through the forest to the wall to climb up it silently with grace, peering over its ledge. I could feel a cold smirk grace my face as the castle of my hated enemy laid before me...
It was gorgeous in it's own dark way, from afar, but still I stayed low, they still were moving towards it after all. Only when they all dispersed into the castle did I pull my body atop of the wall, to silently move across it. As I neared I studied the castle, surprisingly the first floor I could see was made of a clear glass in front and back of the building, probably so they could see enemies coming from the front and back, but that would also mean they did not stay on the floor when it was day time, cause the light would shine in. The other floors of the castle were shut off from light, except for a few small narrow windows seen if looked closely, but most likely rooms where their captured were thrown into. I unfortunately had no intentions on being one of those captured innocents, after all if I was what would they do with me? Certainly not feed upon me, I was the youngest daughter, no harm would come to me, just my oldest sister and her oldest child, of a daughter and so on would be worried about. There was no doubt in my mind though that they had lower floors hidden underneath which could not be viewed from outside.
From the looks of it, there seemed to be a conversation going on amongst the beasts upon the first floor, I'd have to make sure I was not seen from the front or back. Swiftly and silently I moved across the wall drawing near to the castle, I desired and where my enemy laid. Ha, and he thought he'd be safe and left alone here, well he was wrong.
I stopped when the west wall of the castle faced me, so as not to be seen as I swung over off the wall, landing on my feet for just a moment before rolling over so as not to break my legs. I stood up then to make my way towards the solid wall, pressing my back against it as I shifted on my feet towards the front of the castle. When I reached the edge I peered in swiftly, but none of them seemed to notice, far too much engrossed with their little chitchat. There had been something troubling my mind when I had studied the castle from after, these bazaar pads that were seen on some of the rooftops and hidden within the grass along the ground. What did they mean? One looked like the sign of God, the other sign of the Devil, but why would Dracula of all people, no THINGS, have a sign of GOD on his castle?
I did not however have the honor of thinking my thoughts through, as the sound of a scream from the gates drew my attention. As far as I could see a human was being chased by something of the likes of a dead corpse, but I did not move from where I stayed hidden from view. I could only watch in disgust as this...THING... devoured the human alive, but I made no move to give off my position. But it would seem Lady's luck had suddenly left me, for the creature had turned its attention towards where I laid and came running at me, full speed ahead...