Blood Lust Chapter 1: The Beginning of the Tale, a shugo chara! fanfic

Title: Blood Lust

Author: CryingInsideOut

Summary: After three months of fuzzy memories and getting used to her vampire senses, Amu finds comfort within the Hoshina vampire clan. As she tries to piece together her previous mundane memories, war is coming, but the Hoshina clan will have little survival without help from the enemy Tsukiyomi vampire clan. Relationships will be made and waters will be tested as war looms ahead.

Disclaimer: I don't own Shugo Chara!, although it would be cool if I did.

Chapter 1: The Beginning of the Tale

{Edit 08.14.14: It's been 109324802384 years. Rewatched a few eps of SC!, and am ready to finish the story. But first things first: gotta rewrite/revise all these crappy chapters bc there's like friggen plot holes and I am NOT satisfied. Please be patient bc currently fixing all the chapters. Some things might be different, but hopefully it won't affect the story too much. Thank you so much for being patient, encouraging, and super supportive. Love you. (: }

The newspaper headline glared at a pink-haired girl from inside a little metal vending machine: Seiyo under mysterious attack – death toll rises once more. It had been a while since the fourteen-year-old had laid her eyes on a newspaper. In fact, there were hardly any more newspapers lying around nowadays. The moon glistened way up ahead, and she noticed the black and white rectangular picture to the left of the article. It showed two police cars, a few caution tapes, and three police men standing about.

The girl snorted and was about to turn away when three words caught her attention: victim survives attack. Fists were clenched, then shoved through the newspaper vending machine, the force so strong that the glass shattered in no time. The rosette sucked in a breath and brushed away a few of the twinkling glasses stuck in her knuckles before picking up a fresh copy. She realized that it probably would've been less messy if she had fed the machine a few coins instead, but come to think of it, she wasn't carrying any spare change at the moment. The dark eerie night made it hard to read, but with the moonlight shining, it was better than having no light source at all.

"What do you have there, Amu?"

Amu dropped the newspaper, startled, and whirled around to face her best friend Mashiro Rima. Her wheat, bouncy curls fell around her waist line quite messily, but on her it looked like a fashionable hairdo. Her pale skin seemed to sparkle under the moonlight, and her pale red eyes from earlier seemed to have been replaced with a warm amber tone.

"N-nothing. It's nothing. Are you finished?" She pushed a lock of her bright pink hair behind her ear and nervously fidgeted with the hem of her navy blue skirt.

"Mm, not quite. I still want to have one more for tonight." Rima murmured and dusted her sky blue cardigan free from any dust or whatnot.

"Sure. Let's go someplace else. This place sort of gives me the creeps." Amu whispered the last part more to herself than sharing the thought out loud. Rima either didn't hear what she had said (which was unlikely, with their supersonic hearing), or didn't say anything and nodded once.

The two girls ran through the open village streets to see if there were any signs of anyone that had been here. With their vampire speed, they made it to their desired location in about 30 seconds when normally it would take 20 minutes to walk 3 huge blocks for a mundane.

"You look like you could use a few drinks too, Amu." Rima took note of her comrade's dying honey eyes. Amu gulped, but nodded. Now that she had mentioned it, Amu was a bit thirsty. She only had three people this evening while Rima had around five. Amu decided that she should take advantage of being able to go hunting tonight since their leader wasn't going to let them out for about another three days.

"Listen," Amu whispered to Rima, and her eyes immediately seemed to brighten up. The rosette noticed a smirk curl upon the blonde's face as they heard a few faint cries of yelling. Two females, three male. Rima seemed to be thinking what Amu was thinking, because as soon as Amu dashed towards the noises following her sound instincts, Rima was already right next to her, their paces even.

Rima was a few months older than Amu although they were both newborns. Rima had been a vampire for about seven months while Amu was practically a baby, having only changed three months ago. Although a seven month, Rima was still pretty fast. Younger newborns were to have better instincts and were supposedly faster than older newborns. Rima seemed to prove this wrong. So did their leader: Hoshina Utau.

The confident leader was a fifteenth month, so calling her a newborn would not be the correct term. In fact, it should be no surprise that Utau had the strength and energy of a newborn; she is a leader after all, and in order to be an efficient leader, you had to have everything ranging from skills to smarts to power.

When Amu had first lived under her rule, Rima made sure to tell her all the kinks and quirks about Utau. The ruler apparently has a thing for seducing guys and tricking them into sleeping with her, but as soon as she got what she wanted, she would just discard them by drinking their blood, never taking pity on any. Even male vampires fall for her trick every now and then.

According to vampire legend, it says that Hoshina Utau is the sister of Tsukiyomi Ikuto. In the past, there was a story almost similar to Romeo and Juliet; two star-crossed lovers, one from each clan. Words, shouts, tears, and reluctance was exchanged until the Hoshina clan and the Tsukiyomi clan finally agreed to merge into one to form and take the name Tsukiyomi. However, something drastic had happened and the two clans had split once again. Each clan then swore that they were to be nothing more but enemies.

In the midst of all that, Ikuto and Utau were born. However, when the two clans separated, so did Utau and Ikuto. Now, each sibling rules one clan. Although enemies on the surface, Amu knew that deep down Utau and Ikuto still held onto a thin grip of the love they had for each other from when they were young.

"Amu!"

The newborn shook away her thoughts and turned around to find out that Rima had already knocked out the five victims.

"What were you thinking about? Tsukiyomi? I bet you secretly love him!" Rima teased her a bit, and the Hinamori rolled her eyes. Her partner in crime seemed to be obsessed with teasing her about Tsukiyomi Ikuto, even though she had no idea how the thought of her and Ikuto being 'lovers' even surfaced.

"Don't be stupid," Amu sighed and knelt down beside one of the males who were knocked out. She wrinkled her nose in disgust once she realized he smelt like cigarettes and alcohol.

"They aren't pure," Amu commented, but Rima was already gulping down large amounts of blood from a bald man. She watched her comrade swallow the blood greedily and noted that the man seemed to be "drying up," if that was the correct term. She eventually snapped her head back and tried to catch her breath.

"Slow down, will you?" Amu giggled a bit and Rima just grinned cheekily at her, fangs and all included.

"They aren't pure, but at least we have something to snack on you know?" She licked the extra blood around her mouth clean before throwing the dried up body onto the floor.

"Don't kill the girls. I think the guys were going to assault them. And if they end up dead and missing, someone will notice for sure. They're wearing Seiyo High School's uniform, so I'm assuming they have a family waiting for them at home."

Amu nodded and picked up one of the men by their collars. Taking a deep breath, she buried her head into the nape of his neck before opening her mouth wide. Fangs punctured his skin, and the newborn was greeted by glorious amounts of blood. It was rich and sweet, and she couldn't help but savor it in her mouth, letting the cool liquid slide down her burning throat and satisfy her lust. She could just imagine her eyes turning into a warm shade of honey. Amu ignored the tastes of ecstasy and beer and continued to gulp down whatever was left.

"Amu. We should get back."

Feeling more energized, Amu opened her eyes and slowly pulled back, quite sad that she had already finished drinking his heavenly blood.

"You already drank everything else?" Amu licked her mouth clean before asking and stood up from her crouch. Rima readjusted her black ribbon headband on top of her hair and nodded.

"You took too long. But you can have the next two when we go out again next time."

Amu nodded and they gathered up as much saliva as they could before spitting them onto the dead bodies. She pulled out her red lighter from her black trench coat before igniting it and throwing it onto the bodies; Rima did the same. They watched the flames grow bigger and bigger before all the bodies were burning and smoke was rising way up into the starry sky.

"We should head back. We're gonna be dead if we're late." Rima spoke as she snapped her orange phone shut after glancing at the clock. Amu sighed before nodding in agreement. They then fled from the burning scene and dashed back to the abandoned hotel where the rest of Utau's tribe was hiding at. All while on the way home, Amu kept wondering what tomorrow's newspaper would hypothesize about the mess she and Rima had created.

My name is Hinamori Amu. I am a three month newborn and I honestly don't remember how I got turned into a vampire. When I was awakened, everything was so fuzzy, including my eyesight, hearing, and memories. My throat carried the most painful burn, and my teeth ached. I remembered it hurt like hell, like someone had slit my throat and knocked my teeth out before leaving me there to die. I remember dry heaving and warm tears running down my face. But what I remembered the most throughout the pain was the hand that cupped my face and cradled my body as my throat burned and itched.

"Gomen. I need you to survive by all means," a voice whispered into my ear as my mouth opened on its own. Breaths gasped out, and it felt like I was teething. I needed to bite something to stop the unsettling feeling. There was a loud ringing in my ear, as I leaned in closer to follow the voice. Something smelled of sweat and strongly of blood, but I also smelled sweetness as I inched closer. "When you gain consciousness, take the knapsack I have placed next to you. Inside, there will be a piece of paper with directions written on it as well as your most precious items. You must follow the paper if you wish to live. Iie, I need you to live."

The ringing continued to grow louder as my teeth found the object it was looking for. Sweet, sweet smell. It taunted me, and I could no longer control myself as my teeth bit down hard, and I began sucking. Then, everything seemed to stop.

"Aishiteru…"

Terminology:

Gomen - Sorry

Iie - No

Aishiteru - I love you