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HUNTER AND VAMPIRE

VOLUME 15

Raison

Previously on Hunter and Vampire

The mysterious Arael delves deep into Rei's mind revealing the beginning of Rei's change from the Doll persona. Meanwhile, Asuka finally told Shinji some of truth about herself when Shinji start to ask questions. Meanwhile, Lilly in route to an unknown location and thinks back to her past on the first time she met Rei and the beginnings of their friendship. Now seventeen years old, Elizabeth runs with an injured Rei after walking straight into a Hunter's ambush…

Chapter Fifty-Eight

The Village

Elizabeth was huffing as her horse continued to gallop through the forest. She was losing blood, and she knew she had to get to a safe place before to start taking of their wounds.

The horse came to stop beside a river and Elizabeth got off, wincing since she had an arrow still stuck upon her body. She kneeled by the water, putting a piece of clothes within her mouth before pulling at the arrow and her scream of pain was muffled when the arrow came out and she threw the thing upon the ground.

Still huffing, Elizabeth stood up and walked toward her horse where Rei was still lying on.

"C'mon Rei," she said.

The vampire put an arm around her shoulders and she walked with Rei before putting her against a tree. She removed the arm and looked at the vampire's pale face. Her eyes widened slightly noticing the white in Rei's normally red eyes.

"Rei…your eyes?" she said.

"The…vamridic is…working in my system," Rei gasped out, "It's…weakening me."

"I'm going to pull the arrow out," Elizabeth said, hearing her own fear in her voice, "T…That way you can heal."

Rei nodded weakly. Elizabeth's two hands took hold of the wood and felt herself shaking.

"On three okay Rei," she said, tightening her grip, "One…two…Three."

She pulled it out and Rei let out a gasp of pain. Elizabeth threw the arrow and quickly removed Rei's armor to inspect the wound.

"It's not healing," she said, "Why isn't it healing?"

"Too weak to heal myself," Rei told her, "I…I need blood to straighten."

Elizabeth looked at the vampire's reddish white eyes.

"Rei…I could…"

"NO," Rei cut her off, "You've lost blood…If I start…I don't know if I'll be able to stop."

Elizabeth looked conflicted, her hand still on the handle of her sword.

"Trust me," Rei gasped.

Elizabeth nodded at her before glancing toward the horizon seeing that the sun was already setting. She quickly went into the forest so that she can get some firewood and by the time she had a fire going it was already dark. She had tied something on Rei's wound so that she could help it heal before doing something for her own wound.

The next morning, Elizabeth woke up to the sound of chariot causing her to draw her sword, looking out. A little way down from them, a man was giving water to his horses and still armed with her sword and she approached them. The man noticed her presence.

She can see the surprise etched across his face when he saw her standing there with a sword.

"Ahoy," he waved, "Is everything alright?"

It didn't take long for his eyes to find the still unconscious Rei on the ground.

"Dear God, is she alright?"

Elizabeth raised her blade at him, stopping him for coming any closer.

"Who are you?" she asked, her voice leaving no place for lies.

"I meant no harm," he said, raising his hand in the air, "My name is Nathaniel and I'm a farmer in a village not too far away from here."

"A village?" Elizabeth repeated, lowering her sword, "I didn't know they were a village around here."

"Soldiers hardly ever come this far in the West," Nathaniel said, "Our Village had stayed out of the War that had been stretching into the East and South."

"My friend was hurt," Elizabeth said, "and she is a red-eyed soldier."

Nathaniel nodded and quickly helped her put the unconscious Rei into the chariot. He drove the vehicle and in minutes they were passing a large open field willed with flowers and in the distance, Elizabeth can see the smoke and people moving about. A woman approached the arriving chariot.

"Nathaniel," she said, "I didn't expect you back till midday."

"Something comes up Evra," Nathaniel told her, "We found an injured soldier…and she is in need of help."

Evra, a woman with long raven hair, her skin lightly tanned approached helping both Elizabeth and her husband carrying Rei inside the house and put her into one of the room.

Elizabeth hissed in pain putting a hand on her back drawing Evra's attention.

"You've been wounded also," she said, "Come, I will clean the wounds for you."

"But…"

"Don't worry about your friend," Evra told her, "I'll send my daughter to look after her. She is good at healing wounds."

Elizabeth nodded at her but she decided to leave her sword beside Rei's, that way, Rei will know that she was nearby. Then she walked with Evra who led her straight into another room and seated her there.

The woman came back with bandages and water before starting upon her work.

"You're quite young to be a soldier," she said.

"It was my choice," Elizabeth answered her.

"Your accent," Evra said, "You're from the Western land."

Elizabeth turned her head sharply toward her.

"How d'you…?"

"I used to travel a lot when I was younger," Evra said, "Had a lot of friends over there, but I've heard the war had reached there a couple of years ago…eventually, it will reach here too."

Elizabeth looked down a little.

"Seeing one as young as you a soldier," Evra continued, "It make me thinks times have changed a lot since I was a child."

Evra finished wrapping the bandages around her body and Elizabeth quickly put her shirt back on. At that moment, a young woman appeared in the doorway. She was dressed in a long dress, and had the same curly raven hair as her mother, Evra thought her eyes were definitely her father's.

"Mother she is awake," the young woman said.

Elizabeth quickly walked past her and was running inside the room, finding Rei still lying down but the latter turned her head toward her.

"Lilly," she said, "Where are we?"

She sounded better than she did yesterday.

"In a village," Elizabeth told her, kneeling beside the bed, "How are you feeling?"

"Better than yesterday," Rei answered her, "I should be fine in a few days."

"That's good," Elizabeth told her, "W should be leaving then. We don't know where the Hunters who attacked us are or if they are even heading toward the Village at the moment."

Rei smiled a little at her.

"You've done all you can Lilly," she said, "I'm proud of you."

Elizabeth raised an eyebrow at the name.

"Lilly?"

"Sorry," Rei said, "I wanted to give you a nickname instead of calling you Elizabeth all the time…"

Elizabeth smirked.

"I like it,"

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