Hey everybody, how are you doing? Well, guess what? I'm writing a new Ronin Warriors fic. I've had the idea for a few months now. I was about to forget about it entirely, until I saw Underworld and Underworld Evoloution again. Since then, this thought has not left my mind. I also mentioned the idea for this fic on Samurai Fanservice, under the topic of Ronin dreams. Disclaimers: I do not, in anyway possible, own any of the YST characters. The only characters I own are characters from my other stories. Credits: All the credit for Ronin Warriors and Samurai Troopers belong to their respected creators and artists. All the credit for Underworld belongs to it's creators as well. This story will only have vampires in it, but several different clans fighting amongst themselves. All five of my main female characters will be in this story, just thought I'd warn all of you reading this fic.

Summary: In this fic Ryo is a lone vampire hunter, who lost his family when he was nine. He now works for a government agency that specializes in hunting down and destroying the vampires that now threaten to destroy every human that gets in their path. He carries a special dislike for them because of the way his parents were killed. He has psychic premonitions in the form of nightmares, and has a unique ability to absorb fire into his body.

Vengence Against the Vampires

Chapter 1 Welcome to Ryo's World

It was the dream. The same dream he had on and off for about eleven years now. The dream where he saw his entire clan killed by vampires. All of his family members, grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins, parents. All had been slaughtered that night. They had been killed just so that the vampires could feast. While he had been silently glad none had been turned, it still disgusted him, that they had to die, just so their attackers could drink all they wanted to. Their arms and heads had been ripped off, so as to make it easier for their attackers, before they had left to cause more damage. And he had been the only one spared. Mearly because he had been pulled out of the way by another being of the night.

He had trusted her, had been her friend, and she had betrayed him. So she wasn't to surprised to see him run at her. For a nine year old, he held great potential as a vampire slayer, just as his entire clan had been. She side-stepped his attack, only getting a small scratch on the right side of her jaw. He was furious, tears were falling down his face as he shook with each breath. He leveled his two katana at her and glared at her before giving her the only warning he would ever give her.

" 'Ra-san, how could you? How could you betray me like that? You were my friend. And, just this once, since you were my friend, I'll let you go. But, should I ever see your face anytime after tonight, I will kill you. Do you understand?" She looked at the three foot something boy, with sadness in her eyes. She had known of the boy's temper was dangerous, but she had thought that had made the little boy with short black hair and kind, innocent brown eyes, look more adorable. Now she knew he would keep his promise, and kill her slowly. She nodded, before turning around, and leaving.

It had taken a couple hours of gathering everyone, whole or not, together in one pile, before igniting the pile. He didn't want to do it, but it was a precaution his clan had taken up. He watched the fire as more tears rolled down his face. Twice did he hear screams and see members of his family twitch in the fire before quieting down and disentigrating. So, two of his family members had been turned. It was better that he had built the fire. So he didn't have to kill his own family. Once the fire was out, all that remained was ashes. He stood there watching and made a promise to hunt down and destroy every vampire he came across.

He heard his alarm clock going off and smacked the snooze alarm. As he lay there a little longer, he heard it go off again. Knowing he had to get up anyway, he sat up in bed, stretched, and turned off his alarm. Twisting his body to the sdie of his bed, he quietly placed his feet on the floor and stood. Deciding to go and take a shower, he gathered a dark blue shirt, a pair of black briefs, and a pair of black jeans, before turning to enter his small bathroom. Twenty minutes later, he walked out of the shower over to the sink, with a towel wrapped around his waist. Pulling his still wet hair back into a ponytail with a rubber band, he looked at his face, and sighed. How he had wished he looked like the other kids when he was little. The normal black haired, brown eyed kids. Sighing again, he opened his medicine cabinet and removed a small box. Taking a container out, he untwisted both sides and removed two small objects.

Leaning his head back, he placed both contacts in his eyes, successfully covering his brilliant blue eyes. Checking his reflection again he couldn't help but grin. Just because he had been born with blue eyes, didn't mean he couldn't blend in with the other people at school, at work, or on the street. He brushed his teeth before removing his towel and changing his clothes. No sooner had he finished pulling his shirt down over his six-pack, then he heard his cell phone ringing. It took him all of five seconds to reach it before he answered.

"Moshi moshi, Sanada Ryo speaking."

"You can quit with the formalities Sanada. I've got an assignment for you." Ryo instently tensed up when he heard those words come from his boss's mouth. Hadn't he told his boss yesterday, that today was supposed to be his day off. As if reading his mind, his boss spoke up. "Look Sanada, you're the best hunter I've got on my payroll. I don't care if it is your day off. Now get your ass up here pronto." Ryo could feel himself getting angry. Even the best had to get some rest every now and then.

"Alright fine boss, I'm coming in. And while we're on the topic of money, rent is due at the end of this week. Just wanted to remind you." Ryo sweetly sang before fliping his cell shut. If his boss was going to be a prick, so was he. He sighed again before picking out a new pair of socks and sitting down to put the on. Once he had accomplished this, he stood up walked over to his desk and unhooked his laptop. Carrying his laptop, he grabbed his camera case and carried them over to the kitchen table and sticking the laptop in his backpack. He organized his camera and his rolls of film before sticking those in his backpack as well. Walking back over to his desk, he grabbed a second camera and unplugged it before collecting a few memory cards and walked back to the table to place them in his backpack as well. As he was zipping it up before folding the flap over the top, his phone started vibrating. Grabbing it and looking at the screen he saw he had a new message. Flipping it open and checking his text messages, he had to smile.

you had better get down here within the hour or i'll personally kick your skinny ass. oh and just so you know your rent's been paid. hope you're happy ya dumb little sob.

That just made his day. He shut his phone and stuck it in his pocket. Flipping his pack shut, he went over to his closet and withdrew his sword belt. He fastened it around his waist before he grabbed his trench coat and putting it on. Throwing his pack over his shoulder, and slipping his feet into his boots before refastening them. Making sure he had his keys and helmet, he locked his door and left. Once he got to the garage, it didn't take long to find his motorcycle. Putting his helmet on, he stradled the bike and put the key in the ignition, before turning, reving, and slowly manuvering out of the garage before flying down the street. He saw the cop following him, and grinned as the cop recognized who he was and let him continue on his way. Less then thirty minutes later, he pulled into the garage that housed the vechicles of his fellow coworkers. Turning the bike off and removing his helmet, he realized he didn't have his id badge. As he began to curse, he stuck his hand in one of his pockets and sighed in relief as his fingers touched his chain. Grabbing it and leaving his helmet, he walked towards the door. Once inside, he walked to the window where he had to sign in. The security guard looked up from what she was reading and he held his badge up for her to see, before she nodded her head and he walked past her to the elevator.

He opened the doors to the sixth floor of the building and walked over to his boss's office. He knocked before hearing his boss tell him to enter. As he walked in, his boss looked up from whatever he had been reading. Seeing Ryo standing there, he motioned for him to sit down until he hung up from his phone call. Ryo choose to remain standing, if only for the fact that it irritated his boss. The phone call ended less than a minute later and his boss started rubbing the bridge of his nose. Seeing Ryo still standing, he had to suppress a growl. Ryo was an annoying pain in the ass when he wanted to be, but the younger man was more skilled then anyone else in their department. He had managed to completely destroy five of the thirty vampire clans in Japan almost single handedly. And had managed to scatter another three. And he had taken two smaller clans down outside of Japan.

"I'm not even going to chit-chat with you. Here's your assignment. I want you to hunt her down, track her, at a safe distance mind you, and take pictures for the next two days." Ryo opened the folder that had been flung at him. There on the top of the file was a picture of a young woman with short brunette hair, that was cut into the style of a vertical A-line. Her beautiful green eyes make Ryo think she's a model. Until he looks at the left side of her neck and sees a mark. A tattoo, that is a symbol of the top white half of a ying-yang symbol, below that is a tattoo of a pink Sakura flower, and just below that, were the characters that spelt the name Mara. Ryo flips to the next page to see her name is Harada Mara. Or was rather, as she supposedly died at the age of 17 nearly 100 years ago. Then Ryo looked at her picture again and gasped. She was walking around in plain sight, in the daylight. As far as he knew, no vampire walked around in the daylight. That would betray what they were.

"I heard that gasp, Sanada. That's the whole reason I need you to tail that woman. If she is a vampire, like those files make me believe, why is she out in the daylight? Now, I'll admit, I have seen vamps out in the daytime, but that was on a cloudy day and they were wrapped up really good. She's hardly dressed. Those files could be lying though. She could just be turning 20 or something." At this Ryo shook his head.

"I've seen these marks before. The half a ying-yang sign, it's the sign for a small clan, rather old though. Yamano, I think is the name of the group. The sakura flower I've seen as well. The symbol of the first female turned." He exhaled slowly before continuing. "Other then observation, why do I need to follow her?"

"To see who turned her. And to see just how strong they really are. That's all, you can go now Sanada." Ryo bowed and turned and left. If things kept up like he thought they were, he'd run into her before long. After all, she had those marks as well. That meant, that this Mara, might know her. Whatever. He had things to do. He walked down the hall to the elevator and pushed the down button. Less then a minute later, he exited and walked past the sign-in window. He didn't have to sign-in because he had a badge, and all he had to do was flash it. And he just flashed it as he walked out to his bike. Once he was at his bike he put his badge back in his pocket and undid his pack so as to place the folder in it. Redoing the zipper, he put his helmet back on and started his bike. He pulled out of the garage and started back towards his apartment. Once there, he parked his bike and removed his helmet again. Just as he was walking back to his apartment, he ran into his next door neighbor.

"Hey Ryo, sweetie." That made Ryo cringe, and the crazy old lady next door knew it. That's why she did it. "Where did you disappear to earlier today? I thought you were off today?"

"I was, but I got called in. I've got to get something and I won't be back for a few days, okay? Now, I really got to go." He said as he unlocked his door and shut it behind him. He took off his shoes and went to his bedroom. He knelt down next to the nightstand and reached in to the back of the bottom drawer, to find something. When his fingers touched, something, he grabbed it and pulled it out. It was a photo album. He opened it and began to look through the pictures of him and his family members. Even after eleven years, seeing there faces still made his eyes water. He continued to look at the pictures, til he found the one he had been looking for. A picture of her, the one who he had concidered a friend. Until the night she had arrived after the other vampires. And had ignored all the others, just focused on him. The thing that had irritated him, was that she tried to save only one person that night, didn't even try to help any of the others. She should have atleast tried to help one of the others, they were skilled, stronger then him. He had been the weakest. And she hadn't even tried to stop the other vampires, she ignored them as well.

Not that it mattered entirely, after the death of his entire clan, he had taken it upon himself to train harder, everyday. Now, at twenty years old, he was the best of the best of the vampire hunters. All because he had been the weakest member of his family. He was good, but he kept goofing off, and his grand-parents and the other elders had told him that if he didn't straighten up, he would be a failure to his family. It was no wonder his father had left the clan, because of all it's strict rules. But he had returned, with a wife and a son. Ryo thought back to the elders and thought to himself, 'I wonder if they think I've straightened out enough.' He returned his thoughts to the woman in the picture. He looked at her waist length black hair, that always had the top half braided and the bottom half left hanging free. He looked at her intense, calm, somewhat sad brown eyes. Then he looked at the tattoo on the left side of her neck.

He looked at the white upper piece of the ying-yang and below it has another tattoo of a sakura flower. With a third and final tattoo that were the characters for the name Sakura. Once he was done, he decided to take the picture out of the album and stick it with Mara's file. He stuck the album back in the drawer. Shutting it, he opened the drawer above it and removed a couple pairs of underwear and a pair a shorts. Shutting that one he stood and opened the top one and withdrew a couple shirts and two pairs of pants. Walking over to the right side of the bed, he picked up his duffel bag and placed his articles of clothing inside it. He grabbed his pair of leather chaps and put them in it as well. He grabbed his portable cd player, headphones, spare batteries, flashlight, and a few other things and placed them in as well. As he was about to turn and leave, he saw his leather jacket and grabbed it, stuffing it in his duffle as well. And remembering his contacts, he quickly went to the bathroom to retreave them, his tooth brush and toothpaste, and deodorant. After making sure he had everything he was going to need, he went to the door, put his shoes back on, and left.

Making sure his door was shut and locked up tight, he turned around and ran to the elevator to avoid his other neighbors. As he was making his way to the garage, he felt as if someone was watching him. He turned around and blooked only a few seconds before he meet the stare of a strange man. The man had to be foriegn, because Japan wasn't known for having blonde headed people. The man was handsome looking with his pale blonde hair, that seemed to cover half of the right side of his face. And he had pale crystal blue eyes. There was something about the man that unnerved Ryo, though. It seemed like he hadn't blinked, and the way he was staring at him, made Ryo shiver unintentionally. Ryo felt himself shiver and broke the stare he had on the blonde, before making his way to his bike.

The blonde however kept watching Ryo, until he entered the garage. Said blonde let out a sigh before a young woman with knee length black hair and emerald green eyes approached him.

"Do shita no, Seiji-san?" Seiji turned towards the young woman and shook his head.

"Nan demo nai, Kasumi-san. I was watching someone over there. The young man's aura was very strong, but I senced a deep inner sadness. He has had a tough life, whoever he is."

"There's nothing we can do about it. Anyway, I just got a call from Yui-san, she said she and Touma-san are going to feed tonight. She wanted to know if we were going to join them." At this Seiji turned to her and smiled a small smile before nooding his head.

"Yes, that would be a good idea. We haven't fed in over three months, I would love to go with them." Seiji turned his head back around when he heard a motorcycle pull out of the garage and speed on down the road. "That was the young man I was looking at. You can see his aura better then I can. What do you see, Kasumi-san?" She followed his gaze and saw Ryo before he turned off to go left. She sighed.

"It's just as you said, he's aura is strong, but it's an interesting shade of red. He seems to carry alot of anger and sadness within himself. I wouldn't want to cross paths with him. Shall we go now, Seiji-san?" Seiji nooded his head and Kasumi went on there way. Unaware of what fate had in store for them and the human they had just talked about. But they would before 48 hours were up.

I should also mention, there are no guns in this world. It takes place in a modern setting. Maybe a few years from now. No guns, but anything else will appear. Hope you like.