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Chapter Nineteen

Parting of Ways

Ritsuko continued to step back, wondering how a dead body could be shifting into a werewolf. Since not much is known of the werewolves, it could be the way they multiply. The clothes were already ripped from it's from which was covered in a thick brownish fur, and the beast got on all four, its eyes finding Ritsuko as his prey.

The werewolf was getting ready to lunge at the blonde when a small arrow stabbed him in the shoulder, making him stumble back a little.

"Get out of here Rits," Misato yelled her small automatic bow in her hands.

Hikari had pulled out her dual silver colt which gleamed in the soft light of the room before opening fires upon the werewolf, splats of bloods flying as the bullets hit their intended targets as the werewolf snarled and roared, before jumping straight at Hikari.

It was her training as a Hunter that saved Hikari's life as she dive out of the way, leaving the werewolf to crash upon the large door, slamming it down in an almighty crash.

Two Hunters which were standing guards beside the said door, were startled by the sudden appearance of the beast, took hold of their weapons but before they could even fire, the werewolf was upon them and with one clawing swing, sending one of them flying with a nasty wound on his chest and taking the other's face into its jaws crunching its face into a bloody mess of flesh, bone and hair, as blood splattered around its jaws.

Rei, Asuka, and Lilly arrived there finding the werewolf dragging a headless body, leaving a trail of blood on the ground.

"God," Asuka whispered.

Then Rei noticed Hikari, Misato and the blonde woman coming out of a building. Hikari raised her dual guns at the beast, firing at it and hitting the intended target but it was having no effect, except making the wolf rage rise to new heights.

"Shit, why won't you fucking die?" Hikari yelled, still firing.

"Why won't he die?"

"The human vessel is already dead," Rei said.

She picked up a discarded broom, knocking the end of it off and with her nail quickly made a pointed tip.

"You might want to get out of here Asuka," Rei said, "Lilly keep her safe."

"Sure why not?" Lilly answered as Rei charged forward.

"She can take it on," Asuka asked.

"My dear Asuka, you're about to be surprised," Lilly grinned wickedly.

Why won't he die?

Hikari had unloaded nearly two dozen bullets into the fucking beast and yet it was still alive. Cursing, she was sill firing at the werewolf who was roaring as the bullets pierced its flesh…

Then the two colts rang out.

Misato continued to fire also with her small crossbow, as the werewolf lunged at them, and Hikari pulled out her scabbard, getting ready for the fight of her life.

That is until a lance of some kind pierced the wolf through its chest from behind, making the beast fall down on the ground. Glancing up, Hikari found the blue-haired vampire, Rei Ayanami, a satisfied look on her face. Hikari could feel her hatred grew for the, having being saved by the vampire was a bad bruise to her ego.

Then the werewolf stood back up, roaring again mad that someone had hurt him, and Hikari sprung forward stabbing it straight unto the chest. The werewolf roared before clawing at her, sending the pigtailed girl backward with a bleeding shoulder.

Rei used her speed to flash in front of the werewolf, baring her fangs at it. The werewolf roared at her, instincts recognizing the challenge that another powerful creature was sending him. At this point, any other werewolf with a conscious mind would have stepped back a little, but this werewolf right here didn't have this consciousness, and it attacked straight forward, hungry for blood. Rei had also charged at him, snarling and took the blade that was struck on his chest. The wolf clawed at her which Rei jumped over him. While in midair, Rei righted the sword, and then stabbed it straight through the skull the other tip coming out from under the muzzle.

The werewolf falls down the ground, and didn't get back up again.

"Wow," Asuka said, having seeing the way Rei had killed it.

Lilly grinned, "And that is why Rei is the deadliest vampire in the world."

Rei watched the dead werewolf that was slowly reverting back to the man it was before. Then, she noticed the Hunter, Hikari, approaching her, her eyes fixed on the dead man.

"I shot this thing more than I could count," she snarled, "Why didn't it fucking die?"

"It's not that easy to kill a werewolf," Rei told her, "or they would have die out by now. Unloading bullets unto it won't do, thought I can hardly blame you, this was your first time fighting a werewolf after all."

Hikari glared daggers at her.

"Why don't you have that shoulder looked at?" Rei asked, "that way you won't bleed to death."

Hikari simply walked away and said, "Get rid of that."

A couple of Hunters quickly did so and carried the body away as Misato approached her.

"Thanks for saving us,"

Rei turned toward her, "I saved you not her. She could die for all I care."

Misato seemed stunned at her words, "But…why?"

"If you die, Asuka will have no one left," Rei told her, staring straight at her.

Misato stared back, frowning.

There it was again, that concern about Asuka's safety. Misato watched the vampire across her, then asked.

"Why do Asuka means so much to you?"

Rei's gaze didn't falter one bit.

"You'll have more to worry about than me or Asuka, for the creator of this werewolf is still out there, and who know how many people that the thing had attacked."

If Misato noticed the sudden change of subject, she didn't show it.

"I'll talk to the elder about it, to send a party," Misato told her.

Rei turned toward her, a little smile on her face.

"Can I have a request?"

Asuka arrived inside the Hospital Wing, finding Hikari and a nurse inside, the woman putting bandages on the wounds Hikari had gotten on her shoulder.

"Hikari,"

The girl looked up, narrowing her eyes a little.

"You can leave," Hikari told the nurse, "I'll finish it myself."

The nurse nodded briefly at her before walking off. Hikari started to do the bandage, although clumsily.

"Let me do it," Asuka said approaching her.

Hikari looked like she was about to refuse for a second, but she sighed before nodding. Smiling, Asuka approached approach her and started working on the bandages in silence. It was nice, comfortable silence, broken with only the shuffle of clothes, and the soft breathing of the two occupants.

"It's been a long time since you've done this," Hikari said softly.

"It's been a long time since I've been here," Asuka told her.

"True," was Hikari's dry reply.

"I just…I never thought I'll be back here," Asuka told her.

Hikari glanced at her, "Why not?"

"Fighting is just not me Hikari," Asuka told her, "This isn't my war…never wanted it to be."

Hikari chuckled.

"It's your war, my war…everyone who lives here is part of it. You just don't know it yet," she said, "Our ancestors fought this war against those bloodsuckers so that the world could be what it is today. It's in our blood to fight them…you've never felt the rush, that's why you're talking like this."

Hikari's eyes met Asuka's, and she can see the venom in the stare.

"Since you protect those leeches, you're less of a Hunter than any of us here,"

Asuka stopped what she was doing and looked at her old friend.

"Is…Is that how you really think of me Hikari?"

"Yes," was the cold answer she received

Crap that was cold. there is no other way around it.

Jacques0 out.

R&R.