A New World

By: Gisei

Gentle candle light flicked upon the decrepit walls of the hotel lobby. The walls, once brilliantly painted bright red, were decayed and rotting. Large arched windows were empty after loosing their glass long ago. A spiral staircase was near the corner of the room, continuing up past the ceiling into upper levels. The staircase would have collapsed over time, except for a thick stone beam. Some wooden steps were missing and others were rotting. The floors were picture marble.

On these floors were two gothic girls, surrounded by white candles. The first ones name was Gisei(sacrifice). Her mid thigh high length, gray hair rested around her body. She was kneeling comfortably on the cold marble. Her eyes were an abnormal plume color. She wore a low-cut, strapless, black shirt. Her wrist held black bands. Under those bands were scars from countless self inflicted wounds. Her skirt was black and had a jagged bottom. Against her knees was her constant companion, a small rabbit plush.

Across from Gisei, sat another girl named Remon(lemon). Her vibrant blond hair gave her her name. Unlike Gisei, she had relatively normal blue eyes, though they are odd for a Japanese girl. It was rumored she was mixed. What was truly astounding about her was her cat ears and tail. They were both pale white and the tail had a bell at the end. She told everyone it was a fashion statement, but they were indeed very real. She never knew why she had them, but she did. Her common attire consisted of a french maid's dress, bows in her hair and ears, and thigh high stockings. Remon's therapeutic black cat friend rested in the same way as Gisei's bunny.

In front of each of them was a black magic book that peaked their interests as they passed by the bookstore that time forgot. It was open to a particular spell about teleportation to The Death World.

Gisei began. "We fear not death nor pain."

Remon picked it up. "We fear not blood and gore and embrace despair."

"We embrace the dark forces and yearn for eternal night."

"We believe death is not the end, but only the beginning."

The girls finished the chant but their eyes remained closed. The candles went off simultaneously, making the entire room dark. The candles relit only this time, the flame was black. The girls were unaware of this. A blue light surrounded the candles and the girls.

Suddenly, the girls felt as if they were falling. They opened their eyes and saw themselves falling into a completely new world. It was much more gothic then the previous one. Hills were dense with trees, but the leaves were different shades of gray. The sky they were falling in was pitch black with mysterious, exotic, flying demons.

Gisei and Remon landed with an uncomfortable thud in a black grass-field. Gisei was unscathed, but Remon had a few minor scratches. "Would you like me to heal you?"

Remon looked around to make absolutely sure no one was near. "If you would."

Gisei set to work. First, she licked a cut to clean it. "I'm weak from the fall, will you lend me a bit of your blood?"

"Yeah, you can have it, I don't want it back." She laughed lightly. Gisei chose a small scratch on Remon's left wrist. It was directly at an artery. She sucked and swallowed a few mouthfuls of blood. The wound didn't clot because she had a chemical in her saliva that didn't let it. "I'm getting dizzy. Do you have enough?"

"Yes." She waved her hand over the cut and it healed. She cleaned and healed everything else.

Gisei licked her lips. "I love the taste of your blood. It tastes so silky and smooth."

"I'm surprised we did not get hurt worse from falling at that height."

"We have sustained larger accidents." When they were four, the wheels of a car rolled over them. It hurt like hell but they were still alive in the end. At that time, Gisei learned she could heal Remon, in exchange for blood. She figured she was a vampire of sorts. In the beginning, they kept it a secret because they thought people would be mad at them(don't know why, but at that age you think people will get mad at you for everything). As they got older, they kept it a secret because scientist would use them for experiments and they didn't want to live like lab mice.

Then, coming towards them at an alarming rate, were two men. They couldn't tell their exact features and could only make out they had purple and white hair. They pinned the girls down, the purple-haired one pinned Gisei, the white-haired one pinned Remon.

The white-haired one asked harshly, "Why are you here. I remember everyone in this village and I don't recall ever seeing you." Remon could see him in better detail. He had a handsome face with golden eyes that had cat-like pupils. He wore a white shirt with only two buttons done and that revealed his naval. Over his shirt he wore a simple black coat. His pants matched his coat and ended at his ankle. His feet were bare and clean as if he had just washed them.

Remon blushed hard and looked away. "We are not from around here, er I don't think so. This place looks eerily familiar but I cannot place where I have seen it before."

"You must be a spy of our enemies of our king. I will rip you into pieces and give your spirit to our king. I think I might take your ears as a trophy and mount them on my wall."

Meanwhile........

Gisei gave the purple-haired man an angry look. "Get off me, you messed up he-she." she snarled. She could tell he was a man because he wore a vest that revealed his toned chest but he had a feminine face. His hair was long in the front but regular men's length in the back. His eyes matched his hair color and had large pupils. He wore bands around his wrist, like she did.

"Not until you tell me why you tell me why you are here." Gisei struggled under him but he was surprisingly strong.

"Black magic. We come from a different world. We preformed a spell and here we are. Now I repeat, let me go you he-she!!" At that second, she heard what the white-haired man said to Remon. "Remon!!!!!!!!!" She pulled the purpled-haired man down and bit his neck. His blood tasted better than Remon's. She was distracted by the taste but regained her purpose. He fell limp in her arms. She pushed him off and ran to Remon.

Gisei saw her struggling friend and bit the white-haired man. His blood tasted bitter to her but she kept on sucking until he was unconscious. "Remon, we have to run." They broke into a dead run. They had a supernatural running ability. Several hundred feet away, Gisei tripped. "Go hide, I'll find you later."

"No Gisei. We will stay and hide together. Without you, I am all alone." Remon helped Gisei into a bush. They huddled together and could sense the men nearing. They tightened their grip on each other, only to be forcibly ripped apart. "Gisei!" Remon reached for Gisei but they were already too far apart.

"Remon was back in the white-haired man's grip. "Any last words?"

A deep voice came from a mist, "Taiyoo, Raimu, put them down! What are you doing to my daughter and step-daughter!"

The two men let the girls go and fell to their knees, bowing to the mist. Out of the mist came a skeleton in a black robe. He had small blue lights in his eyes and had a scythe in hand.

"Shinigami-sama. We thought they were spies from our enemies of death. We had no idea they were family members." He purple-haired man rambled off.

"We are Death's daughters!"

"Only Remon. Gisei is my step-daughter. Remon is a hanyou, half death, half vampire. Gisei is full vampire."

Gisei mumbled, "That must be why I like blood. That explains a lot."

Death seemed to ignore her comment. "That is why she can heal Remon and is a tad more powerful. It's a long story. Please follow me." The girls followed him into the mist.