Hey everyone. here is the next volume in the Hunter and Vampire series.
HUNTER AND VAMPIRE
VOLUME 6
HERITAGE
Previously on Hunter and Vampire
A werewolf attack on a Hunter team and from within the Monastery itself caused a stir. While Rei had killed the Werewolf, it sends her, Lilly and Misato on the hunt for those who send it. Meanwhile, Asuka had tried to mend her old friendship with Hikari which didn't end well, leaving Asuka feeling isolated from the rest of the Hunter. ON the hunt, Rei and the group got attacked by a vampire and her slave, the vampire being Rei's own sister; A fight issued one which Lilly's end is unknown and Rei going in for the kill…
Chapter Twenty-Two
Legend
Asuka was seating in her room. She had been in here ever since her conversation with Hikari. She had hoped to rekindle the old friendship with her old friend, but it hadn't got the way she had planned it to Hikari had passed her hatred for vampire on her since Asuka had chosen to protect both Rei and Lilly.
She had went to find Misato, but her old Guardian had left the Monastery with both Rei and Lilly on the hunt for the werewolf that had caused the bloody mess earlier today. She continued to watch the floor in front of her, thinking of returning to Tokyo after this is over.
When this is over, she thought, this war will never be over, we might as well fight our entire lives, forgetting the reason we started to fight with.
She ran a hand through her red mane.
Then a slight knock drew her attention.
"C'mon in,"
The door opened and Ritsuko, the blonde friend of Misato entered the room.
"Everything okay?" she asked.
Asuka stood up.
"Everything's fine," she answered.
Ritsuko nodded, "C'mon, Father Louis want to talk to you."
"Okay," the redhead said.
She followed the blonde down the empty hallway that even in daylight was lightened with torches. The blonde woman glanced at the redhead beside her.
"Something on your mind Asuka?"
The redhead sighed.
"It's just something that Hikari told me, that's bugging me."
"Oh! Really, and what is that?"
"Does everyone here really expect me to kill Rei and Lilly just because it's part of the Hunter's Code?"
Ritsuko sighed heavily.
"Maybe it's because that's the only thing that keep a purpose to this place."
That drew a confused frown from Asuka.
"Purpose?"
Ritsuko glanced at the ceiling.
"The only thing we learn here is the art of combat against vampires which is our mortal enemy," Ritsuko said, "or it is according to our Elders. Some of us here have nowhere to go, all of our beliefs is that killing a vampire is regarded something out of respect."
"Not killing it is going against that?"
Ritsuko looked at her.
"Wouldn't you be against someone who challenges everything you ever believe in?"
Asuka thought back at Hikari's words
Since you protect those leeches, you're less of a Hunter than any of us here..
She knew that Hikari truly believe in what the Monastery was doing. That killing vampires was the right thing to do.
"I understand," Asuka said.
"I'm glad you do," Ritsuko told her, "anyway, we've arrived."
The two had arrived at a large oak door which Ritsuko opened and entered. It was a large office, with a fireplace that was burning, bathing the room in its warmth. Painting filled the wall, most of them dressed in Hunter's outfits, with a plaque beneath it showing their names and years of birth and death. A mahogany desk was filled with papers and many other item which were unfamiliar to Asuka, and Father Louis who was working on something, looked up his glasses up his nose.
"Here she is Father Louis," Ritsuko said.
"Ah! Thank you Ritsuko," Father Louis answered, "You may go now."
The blonde woman nodded and left the room.
"C'mon Asuka, there is a matter that I wish to discuss with you," Father Louis said.
Asuka approached the desk, taking a seat in front of the desk, wondering what the man wanted to talk about. Father Louis had taken off his glasses and leaned forward on his desk.
"How is the Hunter Training going with Hikari?"
"It's going fine," Asuka answered, "I have learned the Hunter's Sight."
Father Louis nodded, "That's good, but the matter I wish to speak with you is that, have you ever hear of beings called Angels?"
"Er…" Asuka said, an image of a person with wings and halo appeared in her mind.
"Not the obvious one,"
Asuka shook her head.
"No, well I'm not surprised. A few selected individuals are aware of their existence in the first place," Father Louis told her, "Legends goes that the Angels lay hidden in corners of the World, and that even fewer had been able to locate them. They are powerful, compared to the strength of a God on Earth, to most and they are Vital keys in turning this battle around."
"Vital Key?"
"With one of those beings under our control, our abilities will increase greatly putting us on part with the vampires strongest such as Ayanami Rei, and many other…even Vlad Drakul himself, the Vampire God."
Asuka frowned, not understanding why she was being told all of this.
"Why telling me?"
Father Louis smiled.
"That's because you are one of the few selected people on Earth that can control and Use one of the Angel's Powers."
Asuka's eyes widened in shock.
"What?"
"This was believably why your mother Kyoko was such a prodigy and a force that even the Vampire feared," Father Louis said, "she wielded one of the Angel's Tears."
"Angel's Tear…?"
"A weapon that had been blessed with the Angel's power," Father Louis explained, "Imagine wielding such weapon, the power of the Angel at your hand. Your mother has been able to wield it. Its only fair that you should inherit it."
"You have this…here?"
"Not here," Father Louis said, "But if you like, I would put it past it down to you as the best link of your mother to you."
Asuka seated there, reflecting on what she was just told. A weapon that carries the powers of a God, but a part of Asuka reacted knowing that her mother had wielded such weapon made her, and couldn't curb her curiosity of wanting to see the weapon itself.
"Where is it?"
Father Louis smiled.
"Come with me to the city, I'll show you."
Asuka nodded.
A little while later, Father Louis and Asuka were on their way to the city. Asuka was glad to have left the Monastery thought she was somewhat saddened of not seeing Rei before she left, but she knew that will see each other in the morning.
Father Louis himself smiled inwardly as he drove. He had done his job, and all that was left was for Asuka in the end to master and control the weapon itself, and with such a weapon under his control, the war's direction will change for the Hunter forever.
what devious plan do Father Louis have for our dear Asuka?
Let's find out...
