UPDATE: Hello my fellow readers!
I just wanted to warn you about the slow start of this story and it's progression.
BUT I promise that after just about the first 4 or 5 chapters you'll begin to notice how the story line will become far more dramatic and plot twisty(might not be an actual word) as you continue.
So I ask that you please bear with me and just give it a chance.
Soon you'll all definitely(at least I hope) enjoy this fellow Karin fiction as it moves along.
Thanks a lot and enjoy!
The Moon.
A round piece of space rock that illuminates the clear night sky.
An average person would say that the luminescent globe were beautiful. Or maybe even say that it were romantic?
Some believe it to be just a spectacle; a beacon they could observe to somehow make one feel better about themselves in times of distress. Something they could rely on when all else failed.
To a normal human; this is what the moon represents...
But to a different species it may mean something else on an completely different level plane.
Perhaps courage? Or maybe even confidence?
But petty emotions such as these are completely meaningless...
Especially if you are a Vampire.
Yes.
A vampire.
A creature of the night who hunts the humans that dare to stare at the moon.
Anyone who is mortal, may fall prey to the most deadly of predators.
A vampire.
And on this particular night, the moonlight was especially powerful, which in turn gave the menacing beasts a boost in their pursuit of what they craved above all else.
Blood.
In order to survive, this was what was required for them to live. Without it, they would be nothing more than dust and bones.
While most of their species normally kept a low profile to avoid conflict and problems with the very humans they fed on; others were not so secretive about their affairs. Or if they were, then they made sure that their prey would forget about anything that they "might" have seen.
Most of these strange creatures possessed such mysterious and incredible power.
With many different types of methods of capturing mortals, there were none quite as odd as the strategies used by a singular one.
Ren Maaka.
A powerful, yet young man who possessed light shoulder length silver hair and alluring golden wolf-like eyes that matched the glow of the moon's rays; which only shone brighter with it's assistance.
Handsome; and charismatic of the highest order, the man of only 21 years of age walked arm in arm with an unknown woman, who currently continued to babble on and on about how fantastic her new lover was.
With the looks of a model...
No.
With looks surpassing even that, the girl holding his arm had been awestruck that she had actually managed to snag a man with such beauty, looked down at her with a charming smile.
If one had managed to look at the man long enough, then perhaps maybe they could see the false actions behind that smile of his.
Unfortunately for the girl, she was far too distracted with his looks and smooth planned out sweet nothings to notice anything out of the ordinary.
If only she had realized...that he was using her.
After all...
He was a vampire...
And for the most part, a simple guy.
He only had 3 basic codes...and to maintain his current care free lifestyle; he would make certain that he keep them.
#3. He(with a passion) HATED humans.
That...he was sure of.
After all they were nothing more but the tools that he needed to supply him with the second most important thing on his list.
#2. He loved drinking blood.
A small grin appeared on his face.
Nothing felt better than when he sank his teeth into the neck of a beautiful woman.
Especially during sex.
Biting a woman when at her sexual peak was null of being the most exhilarating rush that he had ever experienced.
But opposed to women, he hated men even more; never really caring for them, not to mention he positively refused to bite one. Nothing disgusted him more; for reasons that were quite frankly unknown. Although that may just bring up a new subject.
For every vampire... There came a certain preference; or rather known by their kind as an "affinity", that they sought after in a human.
In his case, he preferred the affinity of "stress."
The taste of stress called out to him like a moth to a flame.
And whenever he encountered a woman with an high amount of it flowing through her veins; his entire body reacted by itself. Sometimes he would be unable to control himself, but unfortunately nowadays the women in the large city were beginning to focus more on partying with their friends and family and relieving their stress rather than building it.
But away from that for now.
The last but most important code that the young vampire intended to keep.
#1. He would never ever, under ANY circumstances...
Fall in love.
Especially with a worthless mortal.
Ren couldn't help but let out a small chuckle at that last one.
"Ren? What's so funny?" The girl who had her arm wrapped around his own squeezed it tighter.
He averted his eyes down to her face, where she eagerly stared into them waiting for an answer.
With a sly but charming smile he waved it off. "Nothing at all my darling Teru. I was just admiring how cute you were." He replied cooly.
Now it was time for Teru to swoon again. The slight sultriness embedded in his deep voice rattled her to her very core. Never before had a man sounded quite so sexy. In fact she almost had a mini heart attack from the mere resonate of it.
Ren noticed her reaction and internally smirked to himself. He had her right where he wanted her, as per usual.
In fact he had already slept with, and gotten what he wanted from her.
The sex was pretty adequate, and her stress was high enough to almost satisfy him...
Almost.
It was quite a bummer to have so little women with high stress levels at this time. And he had hoped that tonight he would have finally found a girl to completely satisfy him.
But there were still plenty of fish in the sea. And he needed to go catch them.
So he worked his magic and managed to persuade the clingy woman to allow him escape.
"Darling I apologize, but I'm afraid I have to take my leave. You see my family is waiting for me, and I promised them that I would spend as much time with them as possible." He lied flawlessly. The girl in turn began to slightly whine in dissatisfaction and gripped his arm a little tighter.
She certainly was persistent.
Looks like he'd have to turn up the heat... Just a little bit of course.
Without hesitation he leaned down and firmly pressed his lips against Teru's.
As soon as they collided, the girl's arms went limp on contact. It was as if her entire body was immobilized. With a small curl of his lips Ren could see where he had bitten the local part time waitress. Two small indents were embedded directly on the right side of her neck.
They were barely visible now, since he had managed to make it look like two small faint scars that she may have achieved on the job.
And with that; his job was done.
The girl lay fainted in his arms. The look of pure bliss written all over her face from what he egotistically assumed was the best kiss she had received in her entire pathetic lifetime.
He hurriedly carried her back to her small apartment. And it went smoothly considering she had so foolishly given him a key, not that he would ever use it again anytime soon.
With a brief thump, Ren dropped her sleeping form onto her bed and took his leave. But he made sure to remain quiet just in case she was a light sleeper.
His skin came back into contact with the cool night air as he stepped outside.
He was relieved that he was done with that girl(who's name was already forgotten) and ready to look for another easy prey. Suddenly his cell phone vibrated inside of his pocket.
Quickly taking it out and flipping it open he grinned deviously when he realized that it was another one of his old girlfriends who also wanted to see him.
Right now.
And from the looks of it; she was very keen on reuniting with him as soon as possible.
"Reeeen! You never called me back last month! I can't wait any longer. I need to have you again! Pleeease?!
-Suzuki."
Her desperation revealed it all. If she was like this, then her stress levels must have been at it's peak for a while now. And a little more sex wouldn't be too shabby either.
Without a second thought his fingers swiftly pressed a few buttons sealing the girl's "fate."
"Of course sweet Suzuki. I'm on my way.
-Ren."
Then he clamped his phone shut and began making way towards the poor girl's direction.
Now that Ren managed to snag another meal, he felt a bit happier.
He couldn't ask for a better life. But even though he found the prospect of feeding off human women entertaining, the women themselves were a major pain in the ass.
In fact all humans were positively detestable.
Their bodies and lives were all so fragile and unbearably imperfect. Whenever he was with a woman, he had to use extra care not to use too much of his strength, otherwise he could accidentally break them in half.
Or whenever he erased a person's memory. If he used too much of his power he might wipe their entire mind clean.
They were weak creatures. And they lived only to be the prey of vampires such as himself. Superior beings like him deserved to be at the top of the food chain. And he would be damned(well more than he already was) if anything were to change that...
While lost in his thoughts, Ren abruptly felt something bump into him and then fall to the ground with a thud. Followed by the sound of several papers flying all over around him.
"Ouch." A small voice grumbled.
"Hm? What the?" He blinked confused, and then looked down to figure out the cause of all the noise.
A strong breeze picked up and blew past him; and for a moment all the young vampire could see was something...unusual.
The color violet.
A relatively youthful looking girl stood in front of him.
The top of her head came up to about the middle of his chest, maybe a little higher. She wore dark brown square glasses that resembled a slight leopard pattern. With a perfectly chiseled heart/square shaped face and slightly tan skin, she may have possessed a miniscule amount of foreign blood. Her cheeks looked naturally flushed and full of color. With pursed, full dark pink lips. And hidden behind those glasses of hers, were bright hazel eyes.
Normally he didn't care for women that looked intelligent such as she did. Mostly because they were too much of a pain to seduce; since they always asked questions and demanded the answers to his motives.
But something felt different about this girl and her entire aura.
Squinting his eyes and taking a closer look revealed that she must have been in college. Maybe a freshman or a sophomore.
Her outfit consisted of a black and white knee length pleated skirt, a pure white long sleeved collar shirt with a black tie neatly wound around her neck, under the knee white socks, and sharp black shoes.
(A private school?) He'd finally decide on.
She certainly was modest wasn't she? The only really visible skin he could spot were her hands, neck and face.
An evil smile began to pull at the corner of his lips.
Reserved women were after all, very fun to toy with. And very, very, very fun to unwrap.
Out of all types of girls, docile and innocent were his favorite pastime.
She was also... Different than what he was used to picking up; a natural beauty. One who didn't require a lot of or any amount of make up at all to be stunningly gorgeous like most girls strive to achieve.
But what really caught his eye...was her hair color.
A stygian midnight violet.
One that appeared to be almost completely pitch-black if it weren't for the moon's luminescent light shining down on it.
She had it styled into a long and high, semi-messy ponytail that reached just above the middle of her back. Her bangs fell perfectly uneven upon her face. With them being relatively shorter near her eyes but longer next to her cheeks. If it were better assembled then for the most part it would probably be straight with a brief waviness here and there. Regardless, Ren hadn't seen anything like it.
It was utterly breathtaking.
And to top it all off...
Her stress level was rising at an incredibly vast pace.
She rubbed her head in pain from the sudden impact.
After taking a moment to realize what had just happened, the mysterious girl voiced her apologies as calmly as she could.
"Ah? I am so sorry! I wasn't paying attention to where I was going." She started as she leaned down and began to gather her scattered papers and fallen jacket.
Ren's smile grew bigger.
Maybe he could play along for a bit. Then work his magic later and perhaps have a little extra fun?
He was in no rush to get back to wannabe Suzuki anyway; who in comparison to this girl had little-to-zero stress in her system. Not to mention also losing miserably in the looks department.
And if she resisted...? Then he could always just suck her blood and erase the events of it from her memory.
With the plan created inside of his head set, the sly vampire put on his best innocent expression and bent down to help the girl retrieve her things.
"It's not a problem at all Miss. I should be the one apologizing." He said breezily.
The girl glanced up at him for a moment before returning her gaze back to the papers and shook her head.
"No. I was the one who wasn't paying attention. If I had looked at where I was walking then I could have avoided, well, all of this." She retorted.
Taking the blame even though he tried to take it for her? How odd.
But utterly adorable nonetheless.
He could just eat her up(in more ways than one). Which pushed him to delve further.
"Are you a university student?" He questioned, obviously expecting a "Yes."
"Actually, no I'm not."
Ren's eyebrow perked up. Well that was unexpected. Just how old was this girl exactly?
She seemed to catch his slightly confused expression even without looking up at his face.
"I'm a light novelist... I also draw manga as a side job. I did go to college, but only for about a year and I obtained a certificate in digital media." She explained further.
His brows furrowed for a moment until he decided to get the rest of the formalities out of the way as quickly as possible. Things would go by faster if he could just get her name. Then suddenly he thought of an idea.
"A light novelist you say? Would I happen to know your name?" He asked.
Once again she didn't look up to meet his gaze, even though he was eyeing her intently.
She seemed to first take a moment to finish collecting her materials before Ren handed her the papers that he picked up himself, and then she shuffled them around to make them look at least a bit more presentable. And since he was becoming impatient just watching her regain composure, he decided to take the moment to observe her body's features further.
Although she covered her skin up rather well, his eyes still managed to get a pretty decent reading of what lay beneath all of that clothing.
From what he could tell; her breasts were smaller in size compared to his younger sister Karen(whom he considered to be a failure to the vampire name and as a person all around. But deep down he may actually really care about her) and his late mother Callera(who both for some reason had the biggest tits that Ren had ever seen), but noticeably larger than most of the other girls that he came across.
And they were certainly large enough for Ren to grab a nice handful of.
Speaking of a handful... His golden eyes drifted downwards to that skirt of hers.
She was slender all right, but that didn't take away from the perfect round shape of her ass. Unfortunately he couldn't tell exactly how it would look like. But then again he was about to fix that in just a few moments, if she would tell him her damn name already.
With a short nod of approval, the girl stood up and dusted her outfit off before finally returning his gaze. She pushed up her glasses before smiling softly.
"I'm only just starting out as a writer but I guess it wouldn't hurt to tell you my name. It's Sumire Tasogarē." She said.
Tasogarē? What a weird name.
"That's an interesting name." He replied squinting.
Sumire nodded.
"Yeah I know it's a bit different. My father gave me that name. He had this whole obsession with the moon. But personally I like the name. It sort of makes sense considering the color of my hair and my shared love for that big rock." She added.
All of this talking was beginning to make Ren's head ache.
"So can I ask for your name too?" She asked.
And just like that, the vampire regained his confidence and replied almost immediately.
"Well for a pretty girl such as yourself I'll tell you anything you want." He practically purred.
Sumire jumped a bit at the word "pretty." Then a light blush crept across her cheeks; which hadn't gone unnoticed by Ren.
Now he was getting somewhere.
Bending down to her eye level, the taller man whispered his name in a seductive tone.
"It's Ren Maaka...~"
Shuddering as his breath ghosted across her neck, the grip around the papers she held tightened against her chest. Her cheeks turning a darker shade as the cocky Ren pulled away to admire his work.
"And I would love to get to know you better..." He added breathlessly.
Sumire let out a small gasp as her body stiffened. She averted her gaze to the side and smiled nervously.
"I-Is that so?" She stuttered scratching her cheek.
After noticing how she shuffled her feet in anxiety, Ren knew that he was finally getting under that beautiful skin of hers. He couldn't help but stare when she gave him an access view of her jugular.
What a delicious looking neck.
"What's the matter? Did I say something wrong?" He teased.
Sumire shook her head. "Not at all! I think Ren is a nice name." She started. "Oh, and thank you for helping me gather my things. But I actually have to go home now." She apologized before bowing. Then the girl turned on her heel as if about to walk away from him.
Not good.
He still hadn't gotten his meal, and the fact that after she finished speaking; her stress shot up even higher than it was before. Unfortunately there were too many people out on the streets for him to just grab her and drink her blood by force. Thinking quickly he started walking beside to her.
"Ah? Is something the matter Maaka?" Ren refrained from frowning. Since when did a girl refer to him by his last name? It made him sound like just another stranger; and he didn't like it.
So instead he just smiled. "Please, just call me Ren." He replied looking directly into her eyes.
When he noticed her blush again, he felt reassured.
"Ren...kun." She hesitated for a moment.
'Where the hell did the "Kun" come from?' He thought. Whatever. Right now he'd take it.
"So Ren-kun... Why are you following me? You aren't trying to find out where I live are you?" She smiled almost playfully.
Damn. She was pretty observant.
Fucking smart girls... They were too intelligent for their own good sometimes.
"No I thought I'd talk to you a bit more. So I could get to know you better." He almost snickered as soon as he had said it.
Like he really cared about her life story. But if discussing it with her was the only way he could drink her dry, then who was he to complain?
Sumire obviously took a moment to think about it, but in the end she decided. 'What could it hurt?'
"Sure." She smiled joyfully. "Just make sure to keep up. It's pretty crowded out tonight."
And with that the vampire made sure not to lose sight of her for even a moment.
But as they continued on the journey to her house, Ren couldn't deny his curiosity when it came to this girl.
How was it that she managed to look so calm and cheerful on the outside, but be this stressed on the inside?
Obviously she was able to shield her emotions rather well, but something about this woman felt different. As if she weren't telling him the exact story that she spilled earlier.
Perhaps she really was in college and just didn't want him to know? Or that she was younger than she appeared? Well, whatever it was, he wanted to find out before he might comit adultery.
"If you're wondering how old I am, I'm 19. And no I did not lie to you earlier. I really am a light novelist. If you have a hard time believing it then you could always just look me up right?" She laughed.
Ren almost froze in his tracks. 'She... Really is pretty observant.' He thought. But hey, at least that pretty much gave him the "Go" sign he needed to make a move.
"Not bad. You're pretty impressive." (For a human).
Sumire shook her head; the smile still there. "Nah. Just the vibe I got from the sudden silence. But I think maybe I should be asking about you." She retorted.
"Me you say? Well, what would you like to know?" He asked playing along.
She turned her eyes back in front of her.
"How about how old YOU are? It's a little hard to tell at times. The moon's lighting does that occasionally."
Ren chuckled. It's not like she'd remember this night after the events that were about to unfold happened but whatever.
"21. So I'm your senior. Maybe you should be a little more... Respectful..." He hushed his voice for that last word, and then purposefully brushed his hand along her free one.
"Ah?" She flinched and raised her hand up to help her other in holding the papers in her arms.
'What a wonderful voice.' He thought. In fact he didn't think that he'd ever heard a voice as lovely as hers.
Hopefully she would allow him to bed her tonight so that he could hear more of it.
"Something the matter?" He grinned.
"I've never really... Done this before." She replied, almost in a whisper.
Ren's eyebrow perked up. What did she mean by that?
"Done what?" He decided to ask.
"Talked to a man." She could feel his gaze burn on her face and blushed as she continued. "Well what I mean is, I've talked to men before but... Not any man really outside of my job description." She finished.
Wow. This girl must have really been shy.
So he was the first man she'd communicated with outside of her work?
Then maybe he could be "first" for a few other things.
This game was becoming fun.
"I'm surprised that a girl as lovely as you has never experienced such a thing. Does that mean that you've never even been on a date? Or do you prefer girls in that sense?" Her eyes widened in shock at the question. And she needed to take a moment to clarify his embarrassing accusation to answer him correctly. And Ren took great pleasure in witnessing it.
"N-no. I'm positive that I like men. But it's true that I've never been on a date." She replied as calmly as she could muster.
"So, you've never slept with a man either... Is that right?"
He grinned evily as he saw her cheeks flush. With his over heightened ear senses, he could hear her heart beating at a marvelously quick pace.
Looks like he hit the jackpot.
There was nothing better than a natural beautifully shy woman of course; but out of all the prey he encountered...
He never once had the opportunity to take the virginity of one.
A new mission formed inside of his mind.
Not only would he drink her blood, but now he wouldn't stop pursuing Sumire until he had stolen the most precious of her body's treasures.
And he was going to make sure that it would happen tonight.
Still visibly flustered from the previous question, her gaze wandered away for a bit until she looked him directly in the eyes(and frankly shocking Ren by doing so) and nodded.
How cute.
"But I bet someone handsome like you has been with at least a dozen girls am I right?" She asked poking him in the arm lightly with a laugh.
Ren felt a bit surprised that she finally touched him.
It was brief...but she still did.
And she wasn't wrong in the slightest. He had in fact slept with a dozen girls.
But he also almost laughed out loud at the fact that she was off the correct margin by far more than that.
In fact he was sure that he slept with well over 100.
Even so, she was the first of them to be a virgin.
Ren obviously would deny such claims. He didn't want to scare her off before he would've even started.
"I've only been with 3 actually. I decided a while ago to stay single until I eventually found the right girl." He lied.
Just the mere thought of settling down made Ren feel like he was suffocating. And the thought of actually settling with a human woman, made his stomach wretch.
Sumire suddenly came to a stop, and Ren followed suit(although he was a little irritated that she stopped so abruptly without saying anything). He looked down at her to see her staring at a large black, gray, and white building that consisted of at least 20 floors.
It appeared to be a newly built apartment complex. A fairly nice place to live for only being an 19 year old light novelist.
"Well... I live in this building, so this is where I have to take my leave. Oh, but thank you for walking me home and talking with me Ren-kun. And I hope you find a wonderful person that makes you happy for the rest of your life." She bowed smiling.
She glanced at the building for a brief second, then her eyes flickered back towards him as she gave him a wave and turned to walk away. But before she took two steps Ren reached out and grabbed her hand, stopping her.
The vampire sensed her stress rise drastically.
Could such a simple gesture really make her feel so nervous?
Ren had to admit... He was enjoying himself a little too much right now.
Sumire blinked for a few moments. From the looks of it she still hadn't processed what exactly just happened. But the second she looked down at her right hand and noticed a considerably larger one grasping it she couldn't help but feel a little confused.
"Ren-kun? Is something the matter?" She asked still observing his hand.
With a fake pout Ren put on his best disappointed expression(which in reality he was a little disappointed).
"Do you really have to go so soon? I really enjoy talking to you." His face grew significantly softer as he stated the question.
Her eyes widened a bit before a small blush crept onto her cheeks. She looked down at her feet and shuffled them. Maybe she was having second thoughts about leaving him so soon?
'Damn she really is cute.' He grinned mentally. It looked like he might not even have to use force.
"Well um, I'm not sure. I have a lot of work to do tonight that's due tomorrow. I wouldn't be able to talk to you much... Also I didn't have time to clean my apartment this morning when I left for work. And I think that would be unfair to you." She replied blushing as his grip on her hand tightened.
He gave her his best understanding smile. "That's fine. I don't care about how your living arrangements look. Or even if you can't talk much. I just want to spend more time with you... Sumire."
Once he finished, she flicked her irises to the large building one more time before pondering the words he had told her.
But no matter what her answer was, he would still have his way with her.
Maybe he wouldn't steal her virginity... tonight. But at least he would be able to sink his fangs into her beautiful, lightly tanned neck.
"If... If you really don't mind the mess then I guess I have no problem with letting you in." She replied shyly.
Looks like he might be getting everything he wanted after all...
"Great. Then lead the way~"
Omg well I am so sorry that I've been gone for a while(again, heh...sorry). But my laptop stopped working correctly because of a virus, so now I can't even go on the internet, which means I can't access the word pad files on it! Ahhh, It's horrible!
So I guess I'll just have to get it fixed somehow. *Sigh* But I've almost finished the next one shot of my Fire Emblem Awakening stories. Which of course is the one for FE!Robin and Chrom. And might I say that it is soooo long that I might have to split it into two parts, haha!
Anyway I just started a new story. And it stars the fabulously conceited and horny devil himself, Ren Maaka! Woo! And obviously my OC named Sumire Tasogarē. Which literally translates to the title of the entire story "Violet Moonlight."
Although I'm a little sad that the Karin series has seen a decline in readers...(at least I think it had? XD)
Enough reminiscing though, I'll leave the fate of this story up to my fans(if any of you still are my fans, because frankly even I hate myself for making you all wait for my Ferriswheelshipping story, which I am still going to continue, I just want to get my mojo back first). And I will leave it at that. See you all soon!