Disclaimer: I do not own Vampire Hunter D and any of it's characters. It's not intended for copyright infringement. It's just for the sole purpose of fun.

A/N: This fiction is solely based on the movie Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust. It would just take into consideration what the characters might be going through during the movie, it will go beyond the movie, and I am intending to make multiple pairings.

PART I: Anticipation

The bounty hunters stepped out of the ruins of a building in the middle of the desert. They walked to their vehicle that is parked outside of it, the seemingly leader of the group, obviously suppressing his laughter.

"I don't see what you find so funny, Borgoff." The man with an orange hair, slightly smaller than him commented.

Borgoff looked at this man and rolled his eyes. "Of course you don't get it Kyle, well, you never get my jokes."

"Well your jokes are always stupid so how would I get it?" Kyle said with a smirk and as he shrugged his shoulders.

"Heh." Borgoff replied. He took out a pack of cigars from his pocket and began to chew on them. He nudged the big man beside him as he nodded his head on Kyle's direction. "Why don't you go tell him Nolt."

Nolt slung his gigantic hammer on his shoulders. "Borgoff was laughing because of the old man's security." He began explaining.

"What about them?"

"Do we need to explain everything to you?" Borgoff sighed. "I just found it funny because they think that guns like those and shooters like them could work against us. It is better if they don't hire any security at all."

"Ah, I do. It is still not funny though." Kyle replied.

Borgoff looked at Nolt, and Nolt looked at him. Both Nolt and him looked at Kyle, and the three of them burst in a hearty laughter as they went back to their truck.

A blonde haired woman tinkered at the buttons as she looked at the monitors with saddened eyes. She again repeated the act hoping that a second look at them would change what she is seeing.

"Leila?" a voice called on to her, and she peeled her eyes away from the screen to look at the man lying helplessly on the bed. "Why the sad eyes?" the man said with a soft smile on his lips.

"It's nothing Grove, I'm just tired." she smiled back at him.

"Leila... you should rest." His frail voice commanded, as he tried to sit to get a better look at her.

Leila rushed towards him and pushed him softly to halt him from sitting up. "Don't worry about me Grove, I'm fine." You should worry more about yourself than me, she wanted to add.

Grove couldn't help but comply as he looked into those sad green eyes. "You shouldn't worry about me too. If I am gonna die, so be it."

Leila stared at the man in front of him, or the shadow of the man that he used to be. She couldn't help but recall the first time she laid her eyes upon him. He was the most beautiful man she ever saw, and she fell in love right then and there. She remembered the first time as he laid his gentle yet strong hands upon her shoulders, it was the first time since his father died that she felt safe again. Now she looked upon those hands, hands that looked like skeletons covered with skin, hands that look so frail that one movement might be enough break them.

Leila opened her mouth to say something but the doors to their vehicle opened. Both she and grove turned to look at the door.

The three hunters entered gasping for breath as they laughed their hearts out.

Leila looked at them with raised eyebrows and waited for them to stop. When after five minutes, they were still laughing, she cleared her throat to get their attention.

Borgoff looked at her wiping his eyes still wearing that wide smile on his face, "I'm sorry Leila, didn't notice you there."

"So, how did the deal go?" The only female within their group asked.

"Well, it went well." It was Kyle who answered. The three again burst into a fitful of laughter.

"You guys are unbelievable." Leila said as she shook her head and sat beside Grove.

"You didn't say you wanted the details." Borgoff said in between his laughs. He composed himself and took a deep breath, "But fine, if it is details that you want, then details you will get."

He pulled a chair and sat in front of both Leila and Grove. "He offered 10 million dollars to rescue his daughter, who was abducted by Meier Link."

"10 million? Meier Link?" Leila's eyes widened. "Isn't that too small considering who we would be dealing with?"

"That's what I said." Kyle said as he leaned against the wall of their vehicle.

"Let me finish." Borgoff shot a glare at Kyle. "So, I accepted the deal, after he agreed to double the price. He already gave us half of the bounty, the next half when we return his daughter, dead or alive."

Borgoff paused for effect. "That is not all, here's the juiciest part. We get to work against the vampire hunter, D."

"What?" Grove reacted.

"You heard me right. We've got some competition, but that is if he accepts the same offer. I don't see any reason why he won't."

"This gets you excited doesn't it Borgoff." Kyle commented.

"All our hunts lately have been so boring, easy targets, small bounty. This is a nice change don't you think?" Borgoff looked at his comrades and brothers to get an approval.

"I don't think so," Grove sighed. "Meier Link is dangerous enough already, I don't see why we would like the added risk of a Dunpeal hunter hunting with us."

"Well it is part of the deal and we are just in it for the ride. It wasn't our decision to make, it was the old man's." Nolt said from behind Kyle. "By the way, the girl's name is Charlotte."

"Charlotte huh, that's a pretty name." Leila stated.

"Anyway," Borgoff said as he stood up, "we should start moving, I heard this hunter is very good, and better have a big head start. And Grove" he said looking back at him, "rest up brother, we might use you again this time."

Borgoff, Kyle and Nolt went to their seats in front of the truck and started the engine.

"A dunpeal... I wonder what he is like?" Leila said to herself.

"No different from any other vampires Leila, except that they could walk in the sun."

"That makes them even more dangerous. Have you seen one Grove?"

"I did, quite a long time ago, back when I was still able to walk." Grove gazed sadly to his side.

Leila leaned toward him and brushed a hand against his hair. "Don't worry Grove, I'll make sure you will walk again. I'll do anything I can to see you walk again"

Grove reached for her hands and brought it to his lips. "Thank you Leila, thank you for always being there for me." He closed his eyes and went to sleep.

Leila took her hands gently from his sleeping form and gazed outside through the barred windows of their truck. She couldn't stand seeing Grove get weaker every passing day. She knew she was lying when she told him that he would walk again. She wiped a single tear from her eyes, surprising herself. She thought that she had lost the ability to cry a long time ago. With everything that she had seen, death seems nothing more than taking a breath of air.

Leila sat at the small chair near groves bed. She found her eyes heavy with sleepiness. She closed her eyes as she rested. Thoughts of the faceless dunpeal hunter entered her mind as she was lulled into sleep.

A/N (again): So how did you like the first chapter? I am intending to make my own history of the Markus brothers, particularly Leila and Grove, and I am actually planning to make a POV from D sometime soon? So I'd like to hear from you, please review. Thank you, there is already an outline to this. I'll write the next chapter soon, depeneding on how the fic is recieved I. I do apologize for any grammar errors, I did not reread this fic.