A Rabbit And A God Of Death

Chapter 1: Girl Meets Guy

Written By Illuminet

Disclaimer: The characters from BlazBlue - Calamity Trigger are the rightful property of Arc System Works. I do not own any of them.

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2199/06/08 Kagutsuchi City-Park

"I smell it...blood..." She spoke to herself, ruby red eyes opening. To her, it was a sweet smell. It ignited her body, the smell of human blood. It was her fate, being born a vampire. No one really knew, thinking she was just a young girl with a weak constitution. How wrong they truly were. She sat along a wide tree branch, well under the shade, lest the sun burn at pale skin. She usually liked to wear black, but in the summer, the weather could get incredibly and unbearably hot. Such was the case for this sunny afternoon. Around her petite body she wore a simple yellow colored sun dress with flower imprinted designs that a friend gave to her, saying it matched her golden hair, and some white stockings to help protect her legs from the sun. Her hair was very long, held in two tails on either side by her head by long blue ribbons.

"Come Nago. I wish to leave this spot." She spoke regally, extending out a small arm. A black ball materialized in her hand, becoming a cat shaped umbrella.

"Yes, Princess." The cat said dutifully. She hopped off the branch, sneaker covered feet making contact with the ground without a sound. She left the park and headed a bit deeper into the city. She headed the way the blood scent carried her to. Though she kept her emotions neutral, deep down she felt giddy. Whoever it was, the person's blood smelled the sweetest she had ever known before. She kept a steady pace through the back streets and alleys, taking a shortcut to the very place the blood scent was strongest, at it's source. It happened to be in a construction site. The setting sun, usually bringing a fear of the unknown with the coming darkness, was a welcome to the female vampire. She made her way about the twisted structure, still only a shell of the skyscraper it would become in the near future. Her ultra sensitive hearing picked up on voices, and she sensed that there were two voices speaking. Both male. Her powers increased in darkness, her body melded with the long shadows.

"You know I won't allow you to succeed. It will remained sealed. The destruction of the past must not be repeated. I will never allow you to find it." One voice spoke, deep and throaty, but muffled as if talking from a mask or something.

"Bastard...you've stopped me for now, but it won't be over...no, not unless you kill me. And we both know...you won't do it. Not with that thing you Humans call a conscious. You've only sated me temporarily. I will return again someday soon...stronger and more powerful then ever. You'll tell me what I want to know then once I beat it out of you." The other said, also a fairly deep voice, one that sounded in pain. Soon she heard the footsteps of the second person rapidly going to the end of floor.

"No! Wait!" The other person's steps sounded as he rushed the other man. She had to rush to the end of the floor she was on just to see as a figure took an impressive leap through the air a few stories higher than her own.

'That man...it's his blood I smell. I must...' She was about to give chase, but midway through his leap his body disappeared, having been engulfed in the darkness itself.

"That tortured soul...he got away. To think it had returned in the shape of a man. There is still some Humanity left...if only..." The other figure spoke cryptic at best, making the vampire understand little. His presence faded, just like the first man's.

"I am...irritated, Nago. He got away, however..." She made her way to the floor the two unknown figures had been at. Obvious signs of a fight took place, but to her luck, the scent of the man's blood was still here, if only in little remnants from the fight. She knew it was rather unladylike of her, but the man's blood fueled her to get on all fours and lap at the remains. There wasn't nearly as much as she'd hoped, but it sated her appetite for the time being. Unfortunately as the blood had been shed, it had grown cold from exposure to the air, lowering it's taste, but she could not complain.

"Let's go home, Nago." She made the cat transform to a portal door that would allow her to be instantly at her house.

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2199/06/08 Kagutsuchi City-Back Alleyways

"Hakumen...that asshole...uhhh..." He had gotten away from his opponent, half naked but alive none the less. Shameful it was to have lost the fight, but he had injured his opponent quite badly as well. His tall figure was practically crawling through the alleyways, a hand along the walls for support while the other dragged a giant sword across the ground. His muscular body had several deep cuts from a long sword, a nodachi. What remained of his red coat was but a few shreds hanging over one shoulder and the black shirt underneath that as well. The pair of black hakama he wore were torn and filled with holes. He finally reached a shabby looking building, the remains of a cheap hotel that went out of business after it could not compete with a chain of hotels that had made it's way in this city. Melting into the shadows, he went through the back way undetected and reached a room by the fire escape.

"This Human body is so frail...damn it all...where is it?! WHERE?!" His sword left large swaths in the walls as he swung it like a wild animal. Soon he calmed himself down, falling to his knees and breathing heavily. Long silver hair was matted to his face from blood and sweat. He needed to calm down lest he cause his wounds to enlarge. His room was as shabby as the rest, but he cared little if at all. A few medical kits were scattered about the room and he gathered them up, planting his weapon into the carpet in a slant so he could sit against it. He got to work disinfecting and bandaging his wounds. Due to his life absorbing abilities and his abnormal resilience, he was able to survive these wounds that most Humans would have died from. His mind numbed out the stinging pain as he started to fall asleep against his weapon.

"Must find it...Black Beast...my original..." His eyes gazed into the surface of his blade, seeing his eyes. The right one was a brilliant emerald green, the left a deep crimson like dried blood. It was his red pupil that seemed to shift between normal Human looking to slitted like an animal. He was starting to feel the rage building up again, chasing his sleep away. He closed his eyes quickly, calming himself down.

"Hakumen...why did you curse me like this...? It's pull is too great...a beast can only be a beast..."

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2199/06/08 Kagutsuchi Region Outskirts-Mountains

She had been transported instantly to her room. Nago became a simple house cat now, purring and rubbing his body against his master's leg. Her hope for peace and quiet was halted by the sound of her red bat familiar, overreacting as usual.

"Princess Rachel! Where have you been? And why is your dress all dirty? You had me worried sick..." Before he could say more, the chubby bat was grabbed by the cheeks of the vampire. She looked into his white eyes with a haunting expression.

"Gii...shut up." She then stretched his cheeks as far as her arms could extend before releasing them, making the flab slam right back into his own face and sending him reeling. There was a small knock on the door, before a youthful looking woman with long blue hair as dark as the night sky and wearing a form fitting red dress entered, a tray with a cup of tea on it.

"Mama..." Rachel felt slightly embarrassed for her messy appearance in front of her mother. Both her parents weren't truly related to her, as she had been adopted by a powerful vampire and his wife when she had been quite young. Her mother spoke not a word, a mute as far as Rachel knew. The woman smiled none the less. She seemed to always know when her daughter arrived home and would always come up with tea ready.

"Welcome home, Rachel." A voice boomed from all sides of her room. A massive red cape emerged from the air and out of the inlaid black cloth stepped out her adopted father, dressed always impeccably in his green suit and red tie. He was as wise as he looked, his brown hair combed forward and neatly trimmed mustache and beard. A pipe was always in his mouth too as far as she could remember, along with his eye piece.

"Papa..." His mere presence, no matter how friendly, always intimidated and awed her. She bowed respectfully to him.

"Hmmm...? Seems you've been out and about having some fun in the city, Rachel, my dear. The night is still young. Would you like to join us for dinner?" He smiled.

"Papa, you know I have to keep up the appearance as a Human requires me to be up during the day. I can't stay up for much longer." She had picked up the fascination of Human Observation from her father, though he was powerful enough to go out without any form of protection against the sun for vastly longer periods of time then she herself could.

"It would seem you've already eaten, as well...this man's blood...your quite smitten by it, aren't you?" His words brought a small blush to her cheeks. His wife gave him a leveled glance, to make sure he wouldn't go too far in embarrassing their daughter.

"Children grow up so fast it seems...already my precious daughter has fallen in love with a man." He decided to tease her a bit more, causing Rachel's blush to spill from cheeks to further along her pretty face.

"PAPA!!"

"Hahahaha! I apologize. But..." His gaze was now serious as was his face, kneeling down to look at her more closely.

"Be careful...I know you've grown up much under our care, but are still a child in body if not in mind. You have not developed your senses quite enough to sense the power in this person's blood. I will not stop you if you happen to cross paths again, but I want you to be aware. Understand, Rachel?" His words were something she took to heart, though they could be a little too cryptic sometimes or let her figure things out herself. These were the freedoms he allowed, which she was thankful of.

"Yes, Papa. I understand. I'll be careful, though I doubt I'll see the man again. I was hardly able to see what he looked like anyway." That was true, as the man seemed to be a total shadow when she saw him leap off the building, her honed senses unable to see through it.

"Hmmm...well, Sharon, take care of Rachel first and then let's be off." He decided he had spoken enough and taken up enough of his daughter's time.

"That's okay, Mama. You and Papa go ahead. I'll have Gii take care of things. I insist." Rachel said with a pleasant smile.

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2199/06/09 Kagutsuchi City-City Streets

The next day, Rachel had left her castle home far in the secluded mountains via Nago, some pink ribbons in her hair, a violet colored sun dress on with pink sakura petals imprinted design. She was going to meet her friends at a fast food joint before they hung out in an amusement park. She had walked through the city streets and would have headed to the assigned place until by sheer coincidence her nose twitched, picking up the enticing scent of the man's blood from last night amongst the crowd.

'Impossible...' Her objective swayed, she followed her nose. It hadn't took her too far off course, just a few blocks away. She felt it coming closer in her direction, making her feel elated, perhaps too much so. She quite literally got stuck in a small crowd and had to push through them only bump into the man she sought. Before she could fall and lose balance, his arm was behind her, easily wrapping about her small frame. She was awestruck by his appearance to say the least.

'Handsome...' The thought came suddenly. He had a bit of a gruff appearance, silver hair spiked about, and his skin was very lightly tanned. He wore a red sleeveless vest, under a sleeveless black top and some black pants. He also wore red boots with steel toe plating. A few bandages appeared on his arms, from his fight last night. His different colored orbs held her gaze, making a tiny tint of red show on her cheeks. Luckily she still held onto her Nago umbrella. He gave her a once over before scowling and setting her on her feet so she could support herself again on her own two feet.

"Shit...watch where your going...rabbit." He called her that as a small afterthought upon seeing the way her ribbons stood up on her head.

"Rabbit?" She found her voice, but he made his way through the crowd and disappeared from her vision, though not her nose. She wanted to follow him, but realized she would be late to meet her friends if she did.

'Today is starting out...irritating...'

...Con't...