Disclaimer: I do not own Vampire Hunter D. I do however own the character Katarina.
A word from the author: Based on a RP I made. Please review or there will be no point in continuing with the updates.
Katarina sighed listening to all the offers pouring in. They were nonstop, mostly they were followers for the ones who really wanted Katarina's assistance.
"My boss promises you gold!" a young human boy shouted through the commotion.
"I came on behalf of Count Shree, he guarantees you a chance to rule by his side!" said a weak looking vampire man.
"I will marry you!" said a female vampire.
"I'll MARRY you! I don't care you're a boy!" a male vampire shouted.
Katarina sighed throwing up his hands, "listen, listen, I am not the one you are looking for, I don't even know what you are talking about," he said, "Katarina has been retired for many years now, you must have me mistaken."
The area was silent, Katarina used this time to try to sneak back inside his shop. But the group did not let way and began to attack with promises once again leaving Katarina to sigh and listen nodding along carelessly.
What don't these people get, Katarina thought as he watched his shop which was only a foot away. He had been caught while he was doing some yard work and was now wishing he hadn't left his little shop.
They're so stupid! That was all that kept crossing the young man's mind as the offers got more and more grand. Of course none of these interested him so he was left to just listen. Between two vampires was an opening and Katarina gazed into it seeing a girl.
"Rose..." he said in a whisper.
The girl had her hands full with a basket of apples staring into the crowd.
Katarina glared and began pushing everyone away, "all right that's enough, outta my way!" he commanded breaking through the crowd and making his way over to the girl.
"Hi Rose," he said with a smile.
Rose gave a grin and then laughed a little covering her mouth. As she did this she began to drop her basket and she gasped but before it fell Katarina caught it and took it out of Rose's hands and placed it on his shoulder, "how about I carry this for you," he said with a smile.
When Rose and Katarina passed a group of two guys and a girl they began to whisper when Katarina was out of earshot, or so they thought.
"If you ask me, he's a little strange," the girl said looking over her shoulder to Katarina.
"Yes, I heard he's the reason all these vampires are around," one guy said.
"A strange boy from a strange family," the other guy laughed.
Katarina's eyes dimmed as he looked to the ground still holding the basket for Rose.
Rose placed a hand on Katarina's back giving a light rub, "I don't think you're strange at all," she said with a smile. Katarina looked over at Rose with a weak smile.
The vampire hunter known as D, sat on his horse and surveyed the landscape. The small village had a rather classy feel to it, though it was clear the people within it thought it to be more tropical. Colors and styles seemed more flamboyant than usual, even from the hill where he resided. Sighing to himself, he rode down the hill and continued down the dirt path.
Katarina placed the basket of apples at Rose's stand where she sold fruit of all kinds. He picked himself out an apple and leaned against the stand biting into it while Rose went around behind the stand and put on her apron.
"It must be nice to come from such a wealthy family," she said trying to make conversation, "oh wait, sorry, I didn't mean-"
"What makes you think I'm wealthy?" Katarina asked looking up immediately from the apple.
"Well you are always surrounded by all those counts and countesses," Rose said in almost a whispered tone, "and," she pointed to Katarina's hair clamp. Katarina felt for the clamp and laughed a little tossing out the rest of the apple, "you can't go by those things," he said, "I consider you wealthy, more so than me."
Rose looked confused as Katarina walked off, "you are wealthy in spirit, and that is what counts."
D rode into the town entering through the elegant gate. He saw a tavern near and went inside. Noticing two people arguing savagly in the back, D slipped into a seat close to them and began to listen as the two men discussed the strange vampiric interest in Katarina.
Katarina saw that his shop was clear so he took one last look around before running inside. With his back to the door, he shut it tight giving a sigh, "even if I wanted to..." he glanced around the shop, "I don't even know. Such a head ache."
After listening to the men talk for a few minutes, D left the tavern pausing by his mount, he heard a voice say to him, "things could get interesting and dangerous. I wonder why the nobility is so interested in some kid...this could be fun." D got onto his horse and rode around the town.
Katarina went into another room of the shop and poured himself something to drink before taking a seat at the counter. He pulled off his hair clamp and looked at it for a while wondering if that one accessory made him look that much different in the eyes of everyone else. Shaking his head he clamped it back on, making a pony tail and drinking some water he got earlier.
D soon heard the voice speak with him again, saying, "his tale should be an interesting one to hear, wonder where he lives."
Rose looked behind her stand at a shelf and gasped. She had baked a blue berry pie for Katarina but had forgotten to give it to him. She grabbed it and began to dash to his shop as quickly as she could holding the pie out in front of her. Rose tried not to drop it, though she did stumble a numerous amount of times.
D caught sight of the girl dashing with the pie. He watched as she left his sight, "there's something you don't see every day," he muttered following after Rose.
"There's something that I can't ever see," the voice muttered hotly.
Once Rose finally made it to Katarina's shop, she placed the pie down but when she went to knock she could hear a flute being played. She listened for a while and then shook her head going back to the job at hand. Rose gave three firm knocks and from the other side of the door came three knocks back.
Rose laughed, "stop it Katarina!" she said as the door opened.
Katarina was laughing when he stepped out of the shop, "now what can I do for you?" he asked.
Rose quickly picked up the pie, "I baked this for you, but I forgot to give it to you," she then hit herself in the head, "heh, silly me."
Katarina smiled taking the pie, "well thank you," he said. Looking over Rose's head he could see D in the distance. He gave a slight frown but went back to his sweet nature quickly.
"Well I guess I'll go back now, heh," Rose said nervously running off once more.
Katarina held the pie in his right hand and waved to Rose with his left, watching her leave. From behind him, he could feel it suddenly get colder and his hair began to stand on end.
"Gold..." a voice whispered. At this, Katarina nervously turned and was met by two red eyes. Katarina screamed when he saw the man vampires and even people holding baskets of objects. From fruits and chocolates to gold and flowers, they had it all. One guy had even came with two human girls on a leash.
"Oh come on! Just a moment please!" Katarina cried holding the pie close to him.
One of the vampires snatched the pie out of Katarina's hands and tossed it saying, "you don't want that stale pie."
D who was watching from a distance was surprised by the sudden arrival of people and vampires alike, "what's all this about?" he wondered in a neutral voice that carried over the hubbub.
One of the vampires looked back at D, "oh no, boss won't be to happy about this," he said running off.
"A hunter," someone else gasped and everyone began to split up.
Katarina watched confused, "thats all it took? Note to self, remember to put up signs that say a hunter is near," he muttered to himself with a sigh.
"I take it you're Katarina," D said as he rode towards him, "now please tell me what this is all about. Normally the Nobility would just bite someone they like..." he said in an icy voice.
"Katarina has been retired for eight years, he has moved to a desert village in an unknown part of the world," Katarina said walking to the door of his shop. He then looked over his shoulder to D, "so I have no idea what this is about."
"Don't lie to me," D said in a cold voice, "it's painfully obvious Katarina is here, otherwise the Nobility would be seeking him elsewhere. They can track you with their technology after all, so now I ask you again, what is this about?" D asked.
"The nobility are stupid," Katarina said turning around to face D, "their technology isn't so great."
"You forget they ruled this planet for 3,000 years, they resurrected humanity and its civilization, without them we would not have all of the technology," D said in a cold aloof tone, "the Nobility arn't dumb either, as a vampire hunter I know that. Do not form opinions without information. Many good hunters have died from those same thoughts," D said as he rode closer to Katarina.
Katarina laughed, "then they should know I am Katarina the 4th," he said, "meaning there are three with the same name before me. The one they want is nearly 80 years old, yet they seem to think I am him because I have taken over the family shop. Or maybe they think I know about whatever they are talking about"
"Ah so that's who you are," D said when he reached the steps of the shop, "the 4th eh? Well they must be after something the first katarina had then," D muttered.
"Well he's a quarter past dead," Katarina said, "this I know."
There was then a scream, a scream that Katarina knew very well he turned around and frowned running off.
"Rose!" he shouted heading for her stand. Once he got into view he could someone in the air. The figure held in his arms an unconsious Rose.
"Give her back," Katarina growled.
The figure said nothing and just threw down a letter with speeds so great that it dug into the ground it hit with smoke coming from it. When Katarina picked it up the figure flew off disapearing in the distance.
"Do you wish to enlist my services?" D asked as Katarina opened the letter.
Katarina read over the letter that simply said, "bring it to me, a castle in the Newports," he then sighed. He glanced over at D and scratched his head, "so what do you do and what are you gonna charge?"