Blood slowly oozed onto the pavement creating a sea of crimson beneath the stillness of her body.
Her eyes gazed up at the orb-like object what was supposed to be the moon shimmering in the night sky, but her vision was far too distorted by the tears gathering and falling from her eyes. Just in left the corner of her perception she could see him…the blurred shape of the beast, licking away the blood stuck to his fingers, and silently watching over her.
His smile filled with cruel amusement as she laid there, not even a half of the person she had been minutes ago.
"To think that the Association would be as cunning as to have secret orders to kill me…but I' am not entirely disappointed… from this I have found myself such amusing toys." He curled his smile into a sneer.
Her jaw dropped open, forming a silent gasp.
The beast chuckled at her reaction, and with a sinister gleam in his eye, he took a step forward, making the girl's body instinctively jerk backward.
"I've created enough pawns to dominate this game completely, more than enough actually. But none of them are particularly noteworthy, you see. A specimen as powerful as yourself little miss…that is what I am lacking… that is what I seek." He continued on striding over to her, ignoring the fearful pleas in her eyes to stir away.
" –N-no….stay a-away…!" She attempted desperately to skid her body across the pavement but the intense pain coming from her stomach paralyzed her before she could move.
He pointed a thin finger in her direction. "I know! I'll turn you and your friend into my most treasured weapons. How does that sound, little miss Hunter?"
He flashed his sharp canines at the girl, threatening to pierce into her skin. She screamed in the sudden realization of what the significance of that meant, at that instant when his fangs buried themselves into her neck she knew she would be cursed with a fate much more bitter than death.
• 11 months earlier
They were told to assemble within a specific room buried deep inside the association's walls. It hadn't been used in years and the dust was collecting heavily in the air and to add to that unfortunately, was the fact that there were no windows or nor anything for that matter, to filter out the moldy smell inside the room. The girl could manage to tolerate with the smell but it was the dust that she could do without.
Soon the administrator began to speak, but- "Ah…" "You two-" "Ah…" "ha-" "Achoooo!" A loud sneezed echoed throughout the room before he could even begin to form a sentence. "…Bless you." The man said in a slightly sarcastic tone as an irritated vein pulsed in his forehead.
The culprit of the interruption, namely, Cel, quickly wiped the snot away from her nose with the end of her sleeve. She miserably failed to draw away the attention on herself as she had hoped and instead was stared at with faces of disapproval "It's really dusty in here, isn't it? Hehe…" She could feel her cheeks starting to burn up. "Bless you" said a much kinder and feminine voice belonging to Ashley, the blonde girl chuckling beside her. "T-Thanks"
The man coughed and quickly resumed to what he was saying. "Listen- you two have gained the privilege of taking on this mission; it is your power and corporation that has proved you worthy and we trust that you girls will finally be able to successfully carry out the long-awaited extermination of the association's nemesis; Rido Kuran." His voice laced with hatred once he mentioned Rido's name.
The two girl's mouths gaped open. "R-really you want us to take on someone like him?" The blonde girl whimpered. "And a Pureblooded Kuran at that…" Cel added.
"I am aware that a mission at this level is highly dangerous but unfortunately you two have no right to refuse. This mission is of too high of importance."
"We are aware." Cel knew it all too obviously.
"So the association is desperate to kill off this Rido guy, is it?" Ashley spoke.
"That is correct. He is of high-bounty within the association and we would stop at nothing or even the slightest chance of exterminating him."
"So what's this Rido guy been up to now?" Cel finally inquired.
The man hesitated. "We… believe that he has been resting for almost a course of 10 years now. As of the moment we have no further information."
"So how do you expect us to find him?" The girl tried desperately to keep from yelling as she cocked an eyebrow at the man.
"We have leads that might bring Rido out of his slumber; believe me the association has done its job."
"Leads?" Ashley repeated curiously. "What leads?" Cel followed.
He cut straight to the point. "Are you girls' familiar with the events that took place in the Kuran mansion 10 years ago?"
Cel recollected. "Yeah I think I've read about it somewhere."
"Let me refresh your memory."
"The data we have collected overtime reads: Rido's final days were spent searching for his brother's and sister's secret child, whom he intended to feed upon. Both Juuri Kuran and Haruka Kuran were killed in that night and the Kuran princess has been believed to be missing ever since. The only known survivor of the Kuran clan is now Kuran Kaname. We have no clear conclusion of what has happened to Rido after then but, we also have a reason to believe that bastard is still alive; therefore, we will take every precaution to kill him off."
Cel and Ashley marveled that this civilized-looking man with his cool demeanor had just called someone a 'bastard'.
"Heh. Sounds like you really hate his guts." Cel was intrigued; she admitted.
The man turned his back to the girls.
"Naturally. Any enemy of the association is a personal enemy of mine." He gazed back at them with piercing eyes; almost telepathically demanding their attention.
"Celeste D'Arco! Ashley Bloch! From this day onwards you will not be called by those names! From now on you will take on the secret identities of normal students attending Cross academy. Your leads both attend this particular school. Your new names will be Alice De Angelis and Ange Johnson, respectively."
Before they could utter a word, the man continued on; ignoring them.
"-Each of you will be assigned to keep a close eye upon Kaname Kuran and Yuuki Cross; whom we believe to be the lost Kuran princess transformed as a human. You've must not let anyone else find out about your true purposes."
And with that the man took out two pairs of rings and handed them to the girls who were still processing the information that was given to them in their overwhelmed minds. They eyed the object carefully.
"What's this for?" Ashley asked as she examined the silver ring cupped in her palm.
"It's a magical charm used to hide the user's presence, it will help you greatly on your mission, I assure you. But it might take a little bit of getting used to."
"Ehh…" Ashley stared in wonder at the ring.
"Wait a minute, so the association even has information on the "missing" princess?" Celeste was admittedly impressed on how well-investigated the situation was already.
"Do not underestimate the association in these kinds of matters." The man replied proudly.
"And she was even turned into a human" This must be the power of the purebloods, Ashley guessed. She grimaced at the thought.
The man now facing their direction; took out two pieces of paper in each hand and offered them to the girls.
Celeste, no, Alice, squinted her eyes to study the photograph of a teenaged-girl it seemed. She tried her best to cope with the minimal amount of light inside the room.
The girl in the photo had short brown hair, a small skinny frame with lively brown eyes that stared back at 'Alice's' own. The girl wore a slight smile upon in her lips; nothing too distinguishing, anyone would have dismissed her as just as any other normal teen-aged girl, but who could have thought that this normal looking girl was the suspected Kuran princess?
Ange's picture on the other hand was that of a handsome young-man with lonely-looking eyes that purebloods often seemed to wear, and curled dark brown hair.
After a few minutes the man spoke again. "We leave the outcome of this mission upon your hands. After all you two have never failed us before."
The two girls simultaneously smiled to each other. "We get it; leave it up to us sir!" They replied.
"I wish you two good luck. By the way, your arrangements in Cross Academy have already been taken care of; I suggest you head there immediately." He smiled.
"We will! Thank you!" Ange waved. Alice flashed a grin. They then proceeded through the doors, into the dark halls, leaving their fates tightly coiled around God's hands as they've done so many times before.
Full Summary: Celeste and Ashley are one of the most unusual Vampire Hunter duos to assemble amongst their generation. One being an actual Vampire and the other being an outcast with the unimaginable dream of becoming the next Association President and together, they are assigned the most formidable mission yet; to kill a certain Pureblood that has been missing for the last 10 years. With only few leads, the two girls are forced to adopt the facades of normal Cross academy students but, when paranoia and suspicions start to rise, bloodshed threatens the peace that Cross academy has struggled to maintain.
Pairings: Most original cannon pairings, Implied Zero x OC, One-sided(?) Shiki x OC and various OC x OC pairings.
Warnings for: Violence, Blood and Gore, Mild adult situations, Language, and spoilers :3
Yes, I've decided to write this over again. .o Just felt that the old one was a little too bland and now I think that I've given too much spoilers about the story here but I think this was for the best although, that is to be decided by the reader. So c'mon how do you guys and gals that have read this before and those that had just read this for the first time like it? :) Please be sure to review or give some concrit it would be very appreciated.