Princess and Priestess

A Kannazuki no Miko Fan Fiction

By Pork-chizzle654

Disclaimer: I do not own KnM nor do I intend to ever vie for such a position. Any characters that are created for this fan fiction are my own. Please enjoy the story.

NOTE: This IS set in the future. If there is anything not understood, bring it up and I will do my best to address it. (Sorry about the long delay in the story.)

Chapter 1: The Thirst.

Blood ran from the corner of her mouth, her head cocked to the side and her eyes were wide in surprise as she slowly turned back to face her assailant. The man was huge, standing six foot eight inches with light brown hair that was done in a ponytail running down his back, the bottom of his face covered in a rough beard. Though he was heavily muscled but he did not put all of his strength behind the slap, she probably would have died if he did. Stern steel-blue eyes glared down at her and for a moment she was sure that another blow was coming. Chikane closed her eyes in preparation.

"Open your eyes, girl," The man demanded as he put his arms around her and hugged her tight, "I have no excuse for doing that. I lose my mind when it comes to you being in danger, please remember that. Ever since I lost your mother, you are all I have. I wish you would quit sneaking out at night. You are a princess."

The woman let herself be buried in the huge arms of her father, her sapphire-blue eyes pressed into his broad chest and her long midnight-blue hair pressed to her back in the firm embrace. She knew it had been wrong for her to sneak out of the castle so late at night but she always felt so trapped. It was not the first time and she was actually surprised she had gotten away with it for so long before she was punished. Of course she never expected her father to actually strike her with enough force to make her bleed.

"It was my fault for insisting on leaving," The woman said as she slowly parted from the big man's grasp.

The man shook his head and wiped the left-over blood from the corner of her mouth, "No, that was uncalled for. It is late now so you had better get to bed."

"What about you, father?"

The man smiled reassuringly at her and turned with a flourish, "I will sleep in a little while, there is a little more work for me to do."

"Okay, goodnight, father."

With that the woman exited the room and walked down the ornately decorated metal corridor to her room. It was a heavy oak double door meant to repel attack should anyone get inside the castle but it made it a pain for her to open the huge entrance. Inside was lavish with a huge bed that had girlish frills and big stuffed animals that Chikane had never really liked. It was not as if she was a tomboy but her father kept trying to force his image of a perfect daughter on her as if his life depended on it. In public he was an unforgiving bear of a man that could never be bested in battle. In private, however, he was as doting as any other father that cared too much for their daughter. With a sigh, Chikane flopped face down on the bed, her slender form splayed out with her face half-buried in the thick bedding that covered her bed. It had been an excruciatingly long day and she did not even feel the energy to climb under the bedding. She never told her father but the real reason she had been sneaking out of the castle was because she was lonely. Though there were plenty of people in the castle they were all soldiers and too wary of her to even consider being her friend.

The woman rolled over and sighed before closing her eyes and drifting off to sleep. There was no person in the castle that could predict the turn of events that would once again lead Chikane to leave her home and follow her own path to find her destiny.

(World Wide New)

The world had been thrown into chaos by constant wars and hatred towards religion and government of countries that had nothing related with each other. Where there were suppose to be great advances in technology, there was only ruin and set back. Cars existed but only in a few minor communities, there were all the refinements of the late nineties but not of the material to make any replacements for the technology. The greater part of the center of America was a dust bowl, most of the countries in the north were frozen, and even parts of the island countries were either too hot or too cold to sustain any kind of peaceful life. Those places that had high populations were halved, China and Japan being hit the hardest. Tokyo was filled with closed shops, barren streets, and ruined buildings. Governments in Japan had gone backwards with many lords ruling a region and an Emperor to oversee everyone. Those territories that were held were only held by the force of an army and the power of a ruler. Great castles were built from the cannibalization of defunct sky scraping buildings.

It was not until late into the 2200s that everything stabilized enough to be able to live with some form of peace, but even this peace was set off by rebels and fools. The world had become a desolate place full of injustice and crime. At least the long standing war was over.

(Daymn!)

It was night when Chikane woke, she had only been asleep for an hour before sounds from outside her chamber woke her. She realized idly that she had not changed into her night clothes and slowly she rose from the bed to pad across the floor and peak outside the heavy door. As she did, Chikane was witness to soldiers running frantically back and forth with weapons in their hands. The young woman disappeared back inside the door and made to change into her sleeping clothes, figuring that whatever the alarm was would be dealt with. It was only on chance that she noticed a petite female figure perched on her widow sill wearing a black dress with a bandage wrapping her head and covering one eye. An amethyst eye stared into hers, or were they red? No, they were definitely amethyst, lack of sleep was probably catching up to her. Blond hair framed the woman's delicate face and she was holding one black gloved hand to her injured face with seething pain. Chikane could see that her boots, leather and as black as the rest of her clothing, were barely holding purchase on the sill of the window.

For a good minute the two were held in one another's gaze, spellbound by the sight that lay before them but neither of them knowing the others thoughts. Then, as Chikane watched, the young woman finally lost her footing and started to fall backwards out of the window, which was not a little ways off the ground. There was no conscious effort put into the next movements, the dark-haired young woman lunged with all her speed and grabbed at the rapidly fading arm of the blond woman grasping firmly and pulling with all of her strength. To Chikane's surprise the woman was around the total estimated weight of a single feather. This miscalculation caused her to stumble backwards with the blond girl flying into her arms and making her stumble into a chair just behind her. The two finally came to rest with Chikane's legs draped over the chair and the woman embraced on top of her.

Suddenly the weight of the woman returned and Chikane found it difficult to move from her position on the floor. It was apparent that this young woman on top of her was in no frame of mind to think to clearly as her crimson face lay inches away from the softness of Chikane's lips. It was like an eternity then, passing just for the two of them in a world that was only theirs. Ever so slowly the young woman on top of Chikane began to drop her head ever lower, intent on stealing a kiss from the woman. Or perhaps it was just wishful thinking on Chikane's part. Sadly, her want was not answered this night as a knock sounded at the door and the blond woman became suddenly alert of her surroundings. With a quick motion more like an animal than a human, the woman leapt to her feet and made for the window.

It was about this time that Chikane finally regained control of her mind and she leapt to her feet, "Wait! Please, at least give me a name."

There was a pause and the sound of pounding on the door became louder, the blond turned her head but kept her body facing towards the window, "I will not right now."

With those last words the woman disappeared out the window the the door to Chikane's room burst open to a sea of armored soldiers. Seeing Chikane staring at the window the rushed to see what was there and found nothing. In the back of her mind Chikane knew that she had just met an enemy face to face and survived, but she would keep it a secret for herself. There was something she could not place about the blond woman's face. It was familiar and yet far away. Scratching at the edge of consciousness like a stray cat demanding to be let inside.

(Peace and War and Confusion)

In the time following peace there were many reports of beasts, humanoid in appearance, that would attack people in the cover of darkness. It was never really known if these beasts needed to travel in darkness but since nobody ever saw them during the day it was assumed that they would not touch someone in the day. Some even called these beasts vampires as they would sometimes find corpses with fang marks in the neck, their body withered from what was assumed to be the lack of moisture caused by drinking blood. None of this was ever proven because these unknown beasts were never caught. Fear became great and soon hatred towards the fellow man was aimed solely at these unknowns. Hunting parties were formed and soon there was an all out war among humans on the beings. The only place that remained neutral towards the beasts was Japan and so many of them migrated to the outreaches and only ventured into the community at night to feed on the humans before retreating back to the safety of their solitary hiding grounds. Before long Japan, the last safe haven, could no longer overlook the beasts and war began there as well. Peace among the human race meant war with another race. A scapegoat had been created.

The truth was they were not vampires and they did not suck blood. They did feed on humans.

(Huh? Vampires?)

The next day Chikane was not allowed outside the castle. Her father was on edge and deeply disturbed by the fact that there was a person that had made their way into the castle to be discovered in his daughters room. Chikane did not see what all of the fuss was, she had not been hurt even though there were plenty of chances for the intruder to do so. It was all a waste of effort. Most of the day she just wondered from area to area inside the wall of the castle and sighed discontentedly while guards peered at her out of the corner of their eyes. There was absolutely nobody in the castle that would even talk to her. As the hours passed she only felt more and more lonely and finally she gave up and decided to seclude herself in her room until such time as she felt the need to sleep.

When night came there was only silence and Chikane felt as though it was a world that was separate from the one she knew. Even the guards outside her door where quiet and there was no wind blowing by her window. It was unnerving and sleep came slowly and hesitantly to the young woman, but it did eventually come. She woke again during the night when a soft caress brushed her face and Chikane opened her eyes to see a familiar blond haired young woman smiling at her. Looking over at a clock there was proof that she had been asleep for a couple hours. There was no commotion outside and there was a feeling of relief as she slowly sat up in her bed.

"I did not think you would really come," Chikane said as she put a hand to her chest, "I thought that they might have captured you."

The blond smiled, "No."

Chikane found it strange that she was not afraid of the girl in front of her, "Are you really dangerous."

"When I'm hungry," The young woman answered, "I feed on humans unfortunately. But... I don't like it..."

Chikane placed a reassuring hand on the girls shoulder, "Lets forget about that for now. You said last time that you would give me your name when you came back. I am Himemiya Chikane."

Hesitantly the girl answered back, "Kurusugawa Himeko."

In the pause that followed there were the sound of footsteps from the other side of the door and both of the young women were on edge, "I was hoping to talk to you."

Himeko blinked at the sudden words, "About what?"

Chikane blushed and cleared her throat quietly, "I truthfully do not know. I do not have much practice with casual conversing as I have not been out of the walls of the castle much. What do friends usually speak of?"

"Friends?" Himeko was wholly surprised by the word, "Never has a human called me a... friend. Usually they call me a killer."

This confused Chikane, "What? Are you not human?"

Himeko shook her head, "No. I understand now why you do not treat me like the rest. If... if you wish I will.. leave."

"Nonsense!" Chikane grabbed the girl roughly, scaring her to the point that she nearly ceased to exist in the world, "I just met you. You may not be human but you can not be all that evil. After all, you have had many chances to kill me."

There was a long silence and suddenly Chikane noticed the footsteps halted and voices sounded from beyond the door. It was obvious that someone was demanding to be let into the room and Chikane quickly drew the young woman under the bedding, selecting a large stuffed animal and placing it close to her to hide the bulge that her friend left. She was hoping that whoever was on the other side of the was not attentive enough to realize that it was strange for her to sleep with a stuffed animal. The person who step through the door was her father and there was a cold feeling in Chikane's stomach as she saw the man give her a quizzical look and start to walk towards her. Panic started to take its hold on the young woman and she tried her hardest to think of something to get the big man to turn away. She came up with nothing in the end.

"I'm glad you are okay," The man said as he sat on the edge of the bed and placed a hand on her side, she did not turn to him for it would give away her secret, "Even my cool daughter seems to have a girlish side to her. I never would have imagined you would sleep with a stuffed animal."

Chikane muttered back, "I was scared after the intruder appeared."

"That is understandable. I am sure that you are very tired so I will let you sleep. Goodnight my daughter," The man stood and exited the room.

Chikane quickly threw the bedding off and looked to see the young woman next to her breathing heavily, panting. Her amethyst eyes were flashing with an evil red glow and a single fang protruded from the right side of her mouth. She still wore the bandage over her eye and there was no way to confirm if the other eye was even there but Chikane was sure it would look the same as her right eye.

"What's wrong, Kurusugawa-san?"

In breathless gasps the girl pulled Chikane close and brought her lips to Chikane's ear, "I need to feed, when I get too hot."

Fear gripped Chikane then and she pushed the young woman out of the bed. The pain of landing on the floor was probably less than what the dark-haired woman felt as she saw the hurt expression in Himeko's face. Slowly the young woman rose from the floor and started to walk dejectedly towards the window. Behind her Chikane felt fear give way to disgust with herself and she clenched her fist and rose briskly from the bed and paced across the floor to grab her new friend by the arm and spin her around. Without hesitation she brushed her hair back and exposed her neck for the blond to see. There was surprise that gave way to a smile and then a full laugh as Himeko fell against Chikane. Though she seemed happy, Chikane could feel the warm dampness start to spread over her chest and moisten her nightgown.

"You seem to not know what you want to do," Chikane said with a smile.

Himeko nodded and her hands balled into small fists as she pushed herself away from the woman in front of her and looked into those sapphire colored eyes, "I thought you would hate me for revealing my true nature. When you came up to me like that I was surprised and confused at first, before I realized you were saying I could use you for a meal. It's just, that's not how we get our food from humans. My species has fangs as more of a cruel joke than a tool for feeding."

Chikane blinked, "Then how do you feed?"

There was a hesitant pause before the blond blushed and tried several times to speak before she looked down and whispered, "...esir..."

For her part, Chikane could hear little of what was said and had to lean in closer, "Pardon me?"

Himeko tried one more time and quietly managed a whole word as her face became even more inflamed, "Desire."

At this, Chikane blinked, closing her eyes and scratching her head, "I am still not positive of the meaning of your words. What 'desire' are you talking about?"

"Please don't make me say more!" Himeko said a little to loudly, desperation in her voice.

Chikane rushed forward and put her hand against Himeko's mouth, looking hesitantly at the door to her room. After a few minutes it was clear that nobody was intending on entering the room and the two girls calmed slightly. The pause in the conversation was enough to give the both of them time to breath and finally Himeko calmed. Until Chikane suddenly seemed to realize what the blond had meant.

"Oh! Like a succubus!"

At this Himeko immediately gave a small embarrassed sound and her face lit up again, "No! Well not really... Just a little... Nothing too bad okay!"

Chikane grinned evilly, "So would this desire be sated by a simple kiss or is more needed?"

"Well a kiss should be fine," Himeko admitted, though she was a little disappointed with herself at that fact, not as if Chikane would go along with her wishful thinking anyways, "but you have to promise me one thing."

"What is it?"

Himeko became desperate, "If I start feeding too much, stop me any way possible. You may even have to kill me."

"Wait," Chikane said, "I won't, you are a friend. I cannot possibly kill you."

The blond grabbed her friends arm and look into her eyes, "It is because we're friends that you must do as I ask. I could never live with your death, I will not ask you to live with mine, but I can't kill myself."

Something in that statement confused Chikane but she decided to save an explanation for later, because for her it would give hope to have something to ask, "Fine, but you will answer my questions later."

With a nod Himeko slowly started to move forward and a hesitant kiss formed between the two, built of hunger and giving way to an unknown passion. Int he midst of her pleasure, Chikane did not notice her friends eyes starting to glow red. She most definitely did not notice the labored breath that matched her own as the two lost their senses to lust. Time passed and eventually the kiss became more and more active until Chikane finally felt a tongue work its was between her teeth and start to search her mouth. To say she lost it was an understatement. The dark haired girl pushed the blond away and started to pant as she tried to get air back into her starved lungs. Himeko was on the floor with a dazed look on her face that shortly gave way to comprehension and she stood quickly and made for the window.

"I have to go," The blond said quickly as she saw light starting to rise on the horizon, "We can only travel at night to avoid harm."

Chikane sat on her bed weakly and glanced at her out of the corner of her eye, "Will you be back."

Himeko gave a smile, "I guarantee it, please wait for me."

"I'm glad," Chikane fell back on the bed with her legs draped over the edge.

Jumping to the window sill, Himeko turned one last time and said, "Thank you for being a friend."

Chikane did not respond as her eyes were closed and Himeko turned and leapt from the window and disappeared into the rapidly fading darkness. Only the gentle rise and fall of Chikane's chest told that the girl was only asleep from the drain of energy. It was the best sleep she had in a long time.

(Chiiigaou!)

So I think this turned out good. I think... it is really up to the reader. I felt the small background sections would let people know what was going on while not detracting from the main story line so I left it as is. Background is important but it does not good if people lose interest in what is going on. Depending on reviews this may change but for now expect the same. Yes Chikane and Himeko will fall in love, no it was not be right away as my other story did that a little TOO quickly I felt. Also, there are no vampires in my story. The reason is that I do not believe that Himeko as a vampire makes sense in the first place and they are way too overused as it is. Yes there are similarities but try to think of her as more of a toned down succubus than a vampire. Any other questions will be answered either by me, if I do not intend to answer them along the way, or in the story itself. Thank you for reading.

In case you were wondering, Chikane is the princess and Himeko is a priestess. You will see what I mean in future chapters.

(Hey, someone had to keep the KnM stories coming.)