I am not sure where I am going to go with this but I kind of want to write the crap out of this story!
Disclaimer: I do not own Vampire Hunter D only my character Shibou.
Let the hell begin! :]
Prologue
The sound of crunching leaves made it's way to the vampire hunter as he rested against a tree's hallowed trunk. D stayed perfectly still listening to the quite footfalls of the approaching figure hidden by shadows. Long-lashed eyelids opened to reveal dark orbs. The figure slowed it's pace and stood a few feet away from D's sitting form. Using his highly trained eyes D could make out the figure perfectly in the dark. It was a woman, not human, but close to it aside from the fox like features adorning her head and backside. The auburn colored fox ears twitched slightly and the tail whipped back and forth in annoyance as the stranger stood still and continued to stare at D. A few clouds above moved to reveal the full moon, which graced the two still figures. D took note to the strange fox-like woman's hair, it reflected the light of the moon, with all it's glory. The silver shine of her hair reminded him of his own blade leaning on his shoulder at the moment. Her clothes were something strange, almost as strange as her ears, but made D wonder where this woman was from. She wore a red cape over her black and red styled dress, resembling something close to a bath robe in the way it was wrapped but was made of pure silk. Around her waist was a tight red and white corset with silver buttons replacing the area where the string that held it together was supposed to be. She had a high-collared undershirt underneath her bath-robe styled dress that was cut off at the shoulders along with her robe. Her upper arms were bare until halfway to the elbow where metal cuffs held long white silk sleeves. The dress or robe, whatever it be, ended at her knees showing off well built legs and bare feet.
D looked towards her face and his eyes met violet ones. This woman or fox-creature, whatever she may be, had the other worldly look to her, just like he. Above her eyebrows where two small perfectly aligned red dots. He wasn't sure why they were there but decided to not question it, after all she did have fox ears and a tail. The woman continued to stare at him and he at her until his Left-hand decided to speak up. "What a strange aura this one has, not vampire but something else. As strong as a Noble." Left-hand said and was answered with a "Hn." from D. The woman looked in the direction of his left hand and her tail stopped flicking back and forth in annoyance. She chose this moment to speak up: "You have a parasite in your left hand, yet you do not cut it off. Why is this?" she questioned. D reveled on how calm her voice was and wondered how she could know that he had the parasite. "It comes in handy." was all D said to the woman, deciding if she could figure out this much, why not let her find out on her own. The woman lifted her head and sniffed the air and looked back at D and said "You are a half-breed, are you not?" she asked. Silence was her answer as D nodded once and stared at her approaching form. She sat down next to D and turned her head towards him and asked "Why do you hunt your own kind?" D only stared ahead of him and pondered her question, how should he answer this? He decided best to answer with a question of his own: "Who are you?" She continued to look at him and seemed to be in thought when she finally decided to answer. "I am Shibou, or in your language it means Death, I would prefer if you called me Shibou." D thought about the name in his head as the pair stayed still, neither saying anything else until she decided to break the silence. "You are wondering what I am and why I am here." it was a statement rather than a question as if she knew what he was thinking the whole time. D only nodded and waited for her to explain what she was. "I am a Kitsune demon, or a fox, as you would call them." Shibou gave a look of disgust at the name fox when she said it. D nodded for her to continue and she did. "I am looking for a town not far from here, they asked me to help them with a vampire problem and would pay greatly." she said and he noticed she did not make a face at the word vampire. D thought on this for a little while. Left-hand spoke up then. "So you are headed to the same town as we, and for the same reason." the parasite stated. Shibou nodded her head and answered with a simple answer "Yes it seems so." With this she stood and said "I shall accompany you but do not get in my way." D nodded to answer her and stood, placing his sword on his back. He made his way to his horse and mounted it. After a few minutes he nudged his cyborg horse into a slow gait and noticed Shibou was fallowing him. The pair made their way towards the town they were to hunt vampires in silently.
Tell me what you think? Much better than my first version of this right? R and R please!
Colleen