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Kasumi the Vampire slayer
Kasumi Tendo walked down the streets of Nerima ward in her normal calm and graceful manner. Unexpected guests had arrived at the Tendo household and a quick trip to the market had been needed in order to provide the normal tea service for everyone. She had been planning on restocking the pantry tomorrow but Father's friends had been very hungry. It seemed such a shame to miss out on the excitement that guests provided, even if it was only for long enough to be a proper hostess. Perhaps she should ask Akane to go shopping next time, although if she did go she might want to prepare the snack as well, and…
The darkness of the alley she had passed seemed to fill with malevolent energy and a cold shiver passed down her spine. Something was lurking in the night, something unnatural. Curiously unworried by this she peered into the blackness of the alley trying to see what was causing the feelings.
While not an active practitioner of the Tendo School of Anything Goes Martial Arts, Kasumi had done some basic training when she was a child. Fond memories of spending time in the dojo with Mother and Father practicing slow meditative katas were some of the happiest of her early childhood, overshadowed only by following Mother around the house helping with the daily chores. It was the echoes of this long ago training that let her feel the arm reaching for her out of the alleyway. Stronger and faster than anything she had ever felt, the arm pulled her roughly into the shadows.
The arm was joined by another, and together they held her close to the body they were attached to. The feeling of wrongness intensified as she stared, transfixed, at the face of her attacker. The short black hair was set over an angular face with a wide mouth set in an awful smirk. Struggling against his arms quickly proved futile, and Kasumi's fear rose. 'Odd that it took until now to be afraid', she remarked to herself. 'I wish Father was here to rescue me.'
Suddenly it occurred to her that she could try to fight. 'Now where did that come from?' she asked herself. Shaking the thought off she swept her arms up and inside his grip to break his hold on her shoulders. To her utter amazement the move worked, but her shock prevented her from making any use of the opening she had just created. Further shocking the girl was her opponent's face. What had once before been a normal, if very mean looking, human had become something…else. Prominent eyebrow ridged topped suddenly yellow eyes. His opened mouth showed pointed teeth that could only be described as fangs. A fresh wave of terror struck as a voice in the back of her head whispered 'Vampire'.
Before she had time to question how she knew this, he was on her. Slammed up against the alley wall, Kasumi was lifted off the ground with one hand as the other landed several devastating punches to her abdomen. Repressing a sudden feeling of nausea, Kasumi kicked out with her right leg. Feeling a solid impact the Brunette was rewarded with a brief grimace of pain from her tormentor. Quick hand chops to his neck weakened his grip enough to allow her to twist free of his grip. Reacting with a speed she had never known before, Kasumi crouched low to the ground and threw herself to one side. Rolling clear of the Larger Vampire's legs, she grabbed a broken slat from a wooden crate. Attempting to come out of the roll on her feet, Kasumi was instead grabbed again by her opponent's powerful hands. Struggling to free the arm with her weapon she tried to throw the larger heavier man off balance. His grip tightened as she was lifted clear of the ground and he licked his fangs menacingly. He leaned forwards and whispered into her ear, "Not good enough, slayer." Sudden movement and a pain at her neck and it was happening. Her struggles weakened as he drank, and quickly stopped altogether.
Bolting upright with a gasp, Kasumi Tendo clasped her hands to her heart in an attempt to slow it's racing pace. Taking deep breaths to reassure herself that she still could, she nervously blurted out the first thing that came to her mind, "Oh, my!"