A/n: Very loosely based off the Twilight Series by Stephenie Meyer. This was written just after I read the books. Edward Cullen just reminded me a lot about Kurama.
Full Moon
By: C.K Degu
Chapter One: Cold Spell
A cold spell had taken over the area. Weather forecasts say that the skies will continue to be dark for a while, with occasional rains. Kurama looked outside his dark and dreary school window. Darkness was never a welcome thing for him. Tapping his pen against his notebook, Kurama was blankly listening to his teacher. He already knew all this, that was for certain. Trigonometry was always his favorite subjects. He eyed the strange weather once again, a lovely distraction from the humdrum of human life. There was not a single ray of light outside.
There was a knock on the classroom door and that got everyone's attention. Distractions were always welcome. The door slid open and someone entered. She was about their age, and she was the most eerily beautiful creature that Kurama had ever laid eyes on. She was tall and poised, with each graceful step so graceful in fact that it was intimidating. Her skin was pale, and her eyes were a blaze of amber. Her cheeks were pink and her ink black hair fell effortlessly to her chest. The girl inhaled, and suddenly groaned and swayed a little. She grabbed the teacher desk so hard that Kurama could see her already pale face flush. He was just about to get up and help her when she stood up straight again and handed the teacher a letter from the principal. It was then that Kurama noticed that something seemed to have changed. Her eyes grew sullen, and seemingly changed, darker. There were dark circles beneath her eyes. Her fists were clenched, and she looked like she was going to be sick. And seemed that only Kurama had noticed the change. He narrowed his eyes. What was that?
The teacher read the letter quickly and turned to the class.
"People, this is your new classmate. She just came in from a different part of the world. Why don't you introduce yourself, dear?" The teacher persuaded towards the girl. But she made no move. Her hands were clasped together now, and her head was bowed. She was in pain, Kurama could tell, but the teacher seemed to misinterpret this for shyness.
"Well
it seems that Miss Ceres Hale is a bit shy. Why don't you sit next
to Mister Minamino over there?"
Ceres gave the teacher a
withering stare and sat next to Kurama. But before he could make any
decent conversation with her, she turned away from him and they
didn't exchange a single word. Even when Kurama tried to engage her
in conversation, she didn't seem to hear him.
The bell rang, and Ceres Hale was out of her seat and out the door before Kurama could even flinch. Wow. That was fast for a human.
"Suuichi,"
one of his classmates said, "What did you say to that Hale chick?
She was treating you like the plague back there."
"I didn't
say a word," Kurama confessed mystified.
The next day, Ceres Hale was absent. Kurama wondered if he had anything to do with it. After her first class with him yesterday, Kurama found her talking to the teacher about switching classes. Kurama wondered what he had done to make himself so repulsed. He was trying to think of answers when he saw Botan floating over him on her oar. Kurama was alone at the moment, so there had been no fuss. Botan looked flustered, as she always did when there was a new mission at hand. He didn't say a word.
"They're waiting for you at the alley," she told him, obviously referring to Yusuke, Hiei and Kuwabara. "Murders of a supernatural kind have been occurring all over the Human World, and Koenma needs the four of you to investigate."
As they walked, Botan filled Kurama in with all the information she knew. The killer was definitely not human. All the victims seemed to be killed by a single bite.
When they arrived, Kurama observed the bite on the human's neck. The body was still fresh, but it was nearly frozen in cold. The darkness in the sky made it difficult to see anything else.
"There seems to be no other cause of death," Kurama said, "there's no blood at all."
"You mean the bite really killed him?" Yusuke asked, disbelieving as he crouched next to Kurama.
"Yes," Kurama replied.
"Watch out Kurama, the next thing you know, you'll tell us that someone sucked the life out of this guy! Like a vampire! Awoooo!" Kuwabara exclaimed, waving his hands in waving motions. And he started to howl in laughter.
"Shut up, idiot," Hiei muttered to him. A brawl ensued, but Yusuke cut them off.
"We
have to find out what we're dealing with," Yusuke said, "The
two of you shut up."
"But without any other information, we
cannot continue," Kurama said.
"I am telling you guys. VAMPIRES," Kuwabara said. But as soon as he did, a smooth voice behind him said, "You called?"
"Kuwabara, watch out!" Kurama exclaimed, seeing a pair of teeth bared. Hiei pushed Kuwabara aside, and everyone prepared for a battle. But before they could even blink, the creature was gone. Hiei stood up a little straighter.
"The oaf was actually right," Hiei muttered, "Vampires."
End Chapter One