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The Shinma's Attack

Prologue
It's been 2 years since the girl Hitomi Kanzaki returned from Gaea, 2 sad, painfully, long years. When Hitomi first went to Gaea and met Van and the others, never in her whole life had she been so happy. On Gaea she made true friends for the first time in her life, she finally understood what love and friendship was, and maybe had fallen in love.

Yes, Gaea had really shown Hitomi a whole new way of life; they helped her understand that there is more to life than pain, sadness, and death. But when it was time for her to return home she wasn't happy, but didn't show it on her face to Van or anyone really while she was on Gaea; and if anyone did catch her with a sad look on her face she would quickly make up something and if they didn't believe her and kept asking her what was wrong she would never answer them.

Hitomi wished that she could have stayed in Gaea with Van forever, but she knew that could never be. When Hitomi was talking with Van one night about each other's families Hitomi had lied about hers. Hitomi didn't have a father, a mother, or a little brother nor a family. She had no one. Not even friends, Amano and Yukari weren't even real friends to her in the first place. They were just.there. They never did truly care for her own well being.

Hitomi hated to lie to Van like that, but what could she do? What else could she say? She couldn't tell Van! She could never tell Van what she really was; she could never tell Van that she wasn't even human! That she stays alive by killing humans and feeding on there blood! She could never tell Van that she was a shinma! A demon of the darkness. Demon of hell.

Yes. Hitomi Kanzkai was indeed a shinma, but not just any shinma, a vampire shinma. Whenever Hitomi could she would sneak away from Van and the others and look for animals to feed on instead of humans. But at times the hunger would take control of her and she would attack some helpless human and then dump the body so no one would know of what she was. Besides the animal blood wasn't enough, she needed human blood to stay strong and alive. Animal blood wasn't helping her much.

Hitomi felt so ashamed every time she did that, but that was the life of a shinma. Shinma's stay alive by killing humans or that's how most do. Some stay alive just by taking advantage of a human's heart, fears, or greatest desires. There are even some shinma's though very few, that don't even need to feed on humans to stay alive. But still they do cause trouble that can be most fatal.

It goes to show that humans and shinma's can't live in the same world together, for only disaster will come. A shinma's very presences can cause death and pain to a human just because.the shinma is there. Shinma's can do that because they were born from the darkness and are evil beings that have no love in they're hearts. At least there not suppose to.

Hitomi was just like every other shinma, cold, heartless, doesn't care who lives or dies. But when she met Van he helped her open up her heart to other's, help her see the world from a different view. That was the first time that someone showed her true friendship and kindness.

Later after that she learned to love, then leaned to love him. Van. But it could never be. She could not stay on Gaea for she would only bring more disaster and for her love towards Van she would leave Gaea and spare him of all the trouble. She would do it just for him. Him. Van. Van deserved all the happiness that he could get; he didn't need any more trouble. So she left. Hitomi left him.

Now 2 years have gone by and Hitomi is just as miserable as you can be. She lives a human life by day and shinma by night doing what every shinma does, taking advantage of a human and using them to there own advantages and making sure that they don't get caught by the Guardian.

The Guardian. the one person that every shinma hates. The Guardian is a shinma that tracks down other shinma's mainly known as stray shinma's and sends the strays back to where they belong, the darkness. Shinma's like Hitomi will slip out of the darkness once in awhile and cause disaster wherever they go and it's up to the Guardian to send the strays back to the darkness.

The Guardian is said to be a teenager and will remain as one forever until all the stray shinma's are sent back to the darkness, giving the Guardian forever to find every shinma.

Hitomi knows of the Guardian and tries her hardest not to be found out. For if she was discovered then she wouldn't be able to return to Gaea someday like she hopped. She still had strong feelings for Van and would do anything for him. Hitomi knows that if she wishes hard enough she can go to Gaea, but while she is wishing she will give out many energy signs that she was there and the guardian would be there in a flash. Even if she wasn't caught by the Guardian, in Gaea she would bring disaster to the world with her poison her very presences.

That was the only reason why she has not yet return to Van. Van. Van. `Van, I miss you so much.` Was all that Hitomi thought. Little did she know that there was a new evil about to arise from the shadows that will threaten the entire world of Gaea.