Demon

The underworld syndicate was the most dangerous place of all. Not just drug lords, thieves, assasins, mercenaries, black market operates or criminals and murderers thrived but horrors of the night one only read about in books and horror tales. In the streets of Tokyo, the centre of extortion, shifty dealings and murders, the girl who was walking alone by herself at one in the morning on a week-day, could be considered insane. She was dressed like a school-girl, with a simple white shirt, a black tie, a red blazer with the school's crest on the breast pocket already having been damaged beyond recognition and a checkered dress.

And her hair was tied to the side in an odd fashion. Slung over her shoulder, there was a long, thin object wrapped in a purple cloth. Keeping her head down, she weaved through the few people out at this time, mumbling a sorry whenever she bumped into one of them by accident. Finally, she turned into a virtually empty alleyway with a dead end and the two men who had been tailing her from the last traffic light stood in the entrance of the alleyway, blocking her escape.

"Well, well look who we have here…" One of them laughed, his eyes gleaming.

"Come on girlie you wanna have a fun time?" The other, a guy with a mohawk, jeered.

Still, the girl said nothing, facing the wall.

"What's the matter with you? My brother asked you a question. Be a good girl and answer it already!" The first one frowned, his flushed face growing red in the streetlight.

"Come closer," The girl's voice, sharp and firm but soft, rang through the air like a scythe.

The two men approached her unsteadily, stumbling over their own feet.

"Ok now-" The first guy touched her shoulder but that proved to be a mistake. She spun around, smashing the guy's nose with strength that a girl her age shouldn't have carried and broke his neck.

"What the…" The second guy stumbled back, staring, his face white as his brother fell to the ground.

The girl finally stepped into the light, lifting her face and what he saw, would be the last thing he saw in this life. There was a flash of silver, the wet, sick impact of metal meeting bone and soon he lay on the ground in two pieces, blood pooling around his already dead corpse. The girl sheathed her sword and wrapped it up again in the purple cloth, red eyes gazing down at her victims coldly. There was a rustle and she looked up.

"Did you really have to be so messy Setsuna? And look, you're already wasting blood on that guy," A blonde girl who could only be about 10 hovered in mid-air with her arms crossed and glared down at her.

"I'm efficient. Would you rather their screams have brought us unwanted attention?" Setsuna said coolly. She picked up the man without the Mohawk and with a whoosh, a pair of black feathered wings unfurled from her shoulders. Throwing the man to the girl who caught him with an ease that was abnormal to say the least, she bent down to pick up the upper half of the guy with the Mohawk. "You only need one body Evangeline-sama."

Rolling her eyes, the girl muttered. "Damn birdbrain servant."

Seeming not to hear her, the "damn birdbrain servant" propelled herself into the air with one great sweep of her wings. With a frustrated sigh, the shorter girl followed her, her cloak seeming to act as large wings as it spanned out on both sides. Catching up to her once they were high above in the air, Evangeline twisted, soaring alongside her. The short girl had suddenly transformed into a tall, voluptuous woman with long platinum blonde hair. She focused a pair of ice blue eyes on the other, observing her with barely disguised disgust.

"You were only meant to go for a patrol, not hunt out victims," Evangeline glared at her. "Or did you forget that?"

"They were following me and besides, this takes care of two problems does it not? You get your food and you pay back the debt you owe to the wolf demons," Setsuna replied shortly.

Screeching to a halt, Evangeline wrenched a fist-ful of her shirt, jerking her towards her so they were only inches apart and raised the other hand upwards as if to strike her, red energy pulsing in it. Her quarry spiraled downwards, landing on the rooftop of a skyscraper below.

"Need I remind you, you nearly ruined the deal by attacking that idiot mutt in the first place! If anything, I should've handed your sorry ass over to him right there and then!" Evangeline hissed dangerously.

"I sincerely thought he was going to double-cross you," Setsuna lied. She eyed the glowing ball of energy nervously but the minute Evangeline had grabbed her, she had whipped out her sword and had it at the now taller blonde's neck.

"You wouldn't dare," Evangeline sneered.

"One move master and you're dead," Setsuna whispered, eyes glinting. There was an expression of awe on her handsome features, a hatred lacing her words.

Evangeline placed the ball closer to Setsuna's face, the red light of the energy reflected upon hers making her seem maniacal. "You know…if I didn't know any better I would've thought you wanted that mutt to kill you…did you?"

Instead of answering Setsuna swung her sword, cleaving her master's head straight from her body. At least…that's what she intended. Evangeline vanished the moment she saw her servant's muscles tense, the slightest movement of the blade against her flesh. Spinning around, sword at the ready, she was blocked the barrage of ice shards just in time. Evangeline hovered in the air across from her, her expression one of utmost contempt

"Iaculatio Grandinis!" Thrusting her hand out, a massive chunk of ice formed and she sent it at Setsuna.

Barely having recovered from the first attack, she caught it full-on and fell, crashing into the roof-top of a skyscraper.

As the ice shattered into pieces upon impact, Setsuna glared up at Evangeline who was gazing down at her, arms crossed. She could taste blood in her mouth and the first attack had left cuts on her arms and face when she had tried to block it best as she could. The second had winded her completely and as she lay there in the rubble, back against the hard concrete, her fingers clenched even tighter around Yuunagi, shaking.

"A contract is a contract eh Setsuna," Evangeline said softly as she glided down in front of her. "Don't look at me like that. What do you think happens when a dog disobeys its master? It gets punished, just like you."

"I could kill you in your damn sleep," Sestuna spat.

"Don't be so stupid. Are you so eager to end your life so quickly? You only have another two human years after this year passes and then you're free," Evangeline snorted. "Stop being foolish and fetch the bodies…since you're the one that made us lose them in the first place."

Setsuna muttered something under her breath, stumbling to her feet and gliding down to where the bodies fell. Her healing powers were already kicking in, repairing the cuts. Soon she would be free of this hell but for now, she had to survive and it was more than her life was worth, taking on the mistress of darkness. Feared and respected her vampire master with-held one of the strongest reputations in the magical under-ground community. She inspired terror and the mention of her very name made mere mortals tremble. As her lowly servant, Setsuna received much lesser recognition but no one dared harm her, at least not in front of Evangeline and she guessed that was the best place she could be at right now.

After all…the underworld was a cutthroat place. One wrong look, one step in the wrong direction and anything could happen. When demons, magic and vampires were added into the brew, where friends turned into enemies and enemies into friends it was good to have an insurance policy. Even though Setsuna loathed Evangeline she respected her, albeit grudgingly. Associating with her meant no one else was likely to say, shoot her dead in her sleep which would be very possible.

As Setsuna slung one half of the first body over her shoulder, she mused darkly. After all, I'll be free from this soon. Maybe I'll die before then.

A.N: Alrighty I am going to give people fair warning. This story isn't for you if you don't like

a) Vampires (By vampires I mean old-school vampires not that sparkly lame crap that I am not going to mention by name). There will be blood, there will be violence

b) The supernatural

However there will be KonoSetsu but in a different way ;D. How? Well now if I told you that would ruin everything wouldn't it? But rest assured KonoSetsu is on, KonoSetsu is always on. There will be magic and that is just the tip of the iceberg. So...read on brave travellers and do leave reviews -opens a door-