The vampire stands before the priest, skin white as the salt he always carries, eyes glinting like holy water in candlelight.
Of the two, Shizuo knows, the vampire looks far less like a monster, far more human. The vampire's black hair is perfectly coiffed, though his skin is as pale as a corpse's; a stark contrast, indeed, to the priest's wild blond hair and sun-browned skin. The vampire's dressed most elegantly, opera cloak flapping behind him like a flag in the breeze, and Shizuo's clad in a dark, threadbare cassock.
The vampire's red eyes are much sharper than Shizuo's, and they're fixed firmly on his throat.
"You again? You're late," he says, and pulls the crucifix from his sleeve.
"Shizu, darrrling," the vampire drawls. "I almost expected you to run for the hills again."
"Kill kill kill…" he mutters under his breath, before remembering where he is and crossing himself. "You've crossed a line, flea. Get out of my town."
"I hardly think so." The vampire's walk is so mincing, so effeminate, that it makes the priest feel slightly ill. "I have business, and I need the blood of a virgin… as you know full well."
"You don't need anything, flea. Except to get out of my town."
Shizuo raises the crucifix high, just as the vampire lunges at him, eyes ablaze.
He steps back justin time, as claws skid an inch past his face. The vampire knocks the crucifix aside with an easy blow, chuckling darkly.
"Oh, I like you," he says, and stomps, hard, on the crucifix. The wood splinters with a crunch like the breaking of a bone.
"All words, aren't you, monster?"
"RAAAAAUUUUUUUGH-"
A well-aimed punch hits the flea square in the jaw, sending him flying across the room. Shizuo stands there, panting.
"You did well," the vampire says, standing shakily. "Almost as if you were one of us."
"I'm cursed. Don't you dare compare me to you…" Shizuo readies himself to throw another punch.
"Oh, I won't. Sweet dreams."
A howling dark surrounds the priest, blanking his mind and sending him to his knees. The last thing he hears is the vampire's mocking laughter.