-1Disclaimer: I swear, it's like talking to a fricken monkey; NO I do not own Tekken.
Chapter Two: Trouble
Hwoarang transformed into his human (well, close to human) form and staggered under a tree. He examined the scorch marks on his arms and chest.
"Damn Kazama." He cursed under his breath. His skin stretched tight over the injuries when he moved, and he was really tired for some reason. He glanced at his surroundings. He was in some park, and the night was young.
"Yeah, I can afford a little rest." He decided, and leaned against the tree to nap.
About eight hours later…
Hwoarang woke up because he was burning. He opened his eyes and was nearly blinded by the flecks of light that penetrated the leaves. Yelping, he rolled out of the way and managed to land in a completely shady spot.
"Ow." He muttered, rubbing the new burns. He looked around. It was now day time, and the sunlight was as bright as it could possibly be. Hwoarang glared at the cheerful children running around. One of the little boys, noticing him, threw a ball at him.
"Ooh, you're lucky you're in the sun." Hwoarang growled.
"You're a freak." The boy commented, sticking out his tongue. He retrieved his ball from the edges of the sunlight and ran off, turning around to make a raspberry noise before disappearing completely.
"Dirty little bastard." Hwoarang mumbled. He leaned back against the tree, figuring he might as well wait until nightfall when he noticed a little girl approaching.
"What do you want?" He asked. How many kids were going to harass him today?
Wordlessly, she held a daisy out to him. Her eyes were large and innocent, and she stepped shyly towards him.
"Uh, no thanks kid." Hwoarang replied. The girl continued to advance on him. "Knock it off." She had invaded his shade. She was mere inches from him, just staring at him and holding the daisy out to him.
"Scram!" Hwoarang hissed, baring his fangs. The little girl screamed before running away.
"Do you get any dumber?" Hwoarang asked himself, watching the girl's figure grow smaller and smaller.
"Hwoarang?" The new vampire turned to see Julia standing a few feet away, mangled metal in her arms.
"What?" He was starting to get annoyed with all of the humans.
"Are you alright?" She asked, eyes raking over Hwoarang's new appearance. "You don't look well."
"You're not looking so hot yourself." He retorted. She scowled and he smirked, closing his eyes. "Now get." He finished, waving his hand in a "shooing" motion.
"You don't own the park, in fact, you're loitering!" Julia fumed. Hwoarang sighed in exasperation; it was going to be tough to get her to leave him alone now.
"Don't you have a life? And that doesn't look like your property." He noted, red eyes flickering to the metal Julia was carrying.
"That's none of your business!" She huffed.
"What the hell is that anyways?" He asked, taking amusement in her frustration.
"Well…you know those fences that surround trees in the park?" she asked.
"You yanked them out?" He asked in disbelief.
"There's no point in fencing in a tree!" She defended herself. "Besides, you're benefiting from it, too. You're leaning against one of the trees I freed yesterday." She said smugly.
"Touché." He replied. The wind blew, and he sniffed a slightly familiar scent. "Hey, is Lei around here?"
"What are you--"
"Julia Chang you are under arrest for trespassing and destroying public property." Lei announced. His eyes darted to Hwoarang. "And you, too."
"What did I do?" Hwoarang asked.
"Please, you being in the area and not causing any trouble when a crime's just been committed?" The cop snorted.
"But this is gay!" He was insulted that Lei thought he'd commit such a waste of a crime.
"Even so, Jin Kazama filed a complaint for Harassment a couple of days ago." Lei informed him.
"Nature forever!" Julia shrieked before darting in the opposite direction.
"Dammit!" Hwoarang cursed. He dodged a bullet and sprinted after Julia, the sun burning his pale flesh. He lifted her quite easily over her head and proceeded to use her as a human umbrella. The metal fell from her arms and clanged on the sidewalk as he sprinted.
"Why couldn't you be fat!?" Hwoarang yelled at her, trying to position her so he wouldn't get burned. "Oh, your hips are wide enough." Indeed, Julia's hips kept him mostly covered. Julia would have responded, but the inhuman speed was making her queasy.
He ran until he reached the shade of his hotel, then threw Julia onto the ground. "You owe me one." He told her, and she rubbed her sore backside that she had landed on.
"Thanks, I guess." She replied. "So, what did happen to you anyways?" She added, noticing his burn marks.
"Uh," For a second Hwoarang thought about telling the truth, but why should he when he could lie? He put on a serious face. "Okay, follow me." She followed him up to his hotel room silently, curious.
"We can't be heard." He said in a hushed voice, closing the drapes (and only singeing his skin). He motioned for her to sit, and he sat on his bed.
"Okay, you know Kazama's in charge of the Mishima Zaibatsu now, right?" He paused to let her nod. "Well, he's doing some freaky ass projects."
"What are you talking about?" Julia asked, a look of genuine concern on her face.
"He's finding new DNA patterns, things other than his Devil gene." Hwoarang continued in a hushed voice. "He found the Vampire Gene." He stopped for a dramatic effect.
"The Vampire Gene?" Julia repeated.
"Yeah," Hwoarang confirmed with a nod of his head. "He found it in some remote part of Transylvania. He's after the power, but he wanted test subjects." He finished bitterly, red eyes locking onto Julia.
"But why you? He can't stand you." She stated.
"That's exactly why." Hwoarang told her. "He hates me. Why not experiment on the person you hate? He had me kidnapped from Korea so he could do his project. As you can see, it was a success." She sat almost perfectly still at the edge of her seat, her eyes wide.
"Do you know what the worst part is?" Hwoarang whispered.
"Wh-what?" she asked nervously.
"I'm thirsty." He gave a slow leap (well, slow by his standards) and Julia screamed. She was out of the room faster than he thought possible. He clutched his side and rolled on the floor, howling with laughter.
"Oh, she's so stupid!" he wheezed, pounding his fist on the floor. He suddenly stopped, eyes going wide with realization. He was thirsty. "Ah, hell. Hey Julia, come back!" He leaned out of his door, but the American was long gone. "I was just kidding!" He slumped back into his room, dejected. His stomach growled. "Yeah, I hear ya." He assured it, giving it an affectionate rub. He was wondering what he could do when he heard familiar voices three floors above him.
"So glad you could make it, Ms. Williams." A soft voice greeted.
"I wouldn't miss it for the world, Mr. Lee Chaolan." Hwoarang could almost see Anna shaking her hips.
"Oh, this is too good." Hwoarang's face lit up, and he bolted upstairs.
"Did you feel that?" Anna asked, stepping in.
"Feel what?" Lee asked, too distracted to notice anything out of the ordinary.
"That sudden breeze." Anna answered, looking around.
"The building's drafty." Lee reassured her, closing the door for her.
"Why did we come here again?" Anna asked, taking in the small room with just a hint of disgust.
"Because your sister found us everywhere else we went." Lee answered a little angrily.
"Right. Let's not talk about that abomination any longer, hm?" Anna suggested.
Hwoarang watched from the cracked closet door. Lee's blood smelled surprisingly clean; it reminded him of the crispness of lettuce. Anna's was equally clean, with a somehow mint after-smell.
I guess everyone has their own flavor. Hwoarang thought to himself. He was never a man for salad when there was dessert, and he decided to make his move before things got X-rated. He kicked open the closet, causing it to bang against the wall before transforming into a bat.
"What was that?" Anna and Lee stopped what they were doing to look at the closet. They hadn't seen Hwoarang.
"I don't know." Lee answered, squinting into the closet.
"Go check it out." Anna commanded, pushing him.
"Oh come on." He tried to dismiss it, but Anna sat up and folded her hands across her chest.
"Now." She growled. He sighed before getting up. Anna curled up at the bed frame.
He peeked into the closet. "See, nothing." He teased, stepping into the closet. Hwoarang flew head on into the door and slammed it shut. Morphing back into his human form, he threw the desk into the door, locking Lee in.
"Get me out of here!" Lee's muffled yells could be heard.
"Ha, a closet you can't come out of!" Hwoarang laughed. He glanced at Anna, who was white as a sheet. He grinned.
"Get away from me you freak!" She threw the hotel alarm clock at him, but it was still attached to the outlet, so it fell short. She kept grabbing random items and hurling them at him.
"Don't flatter yourself, lady." Hwoarang said, knocking down item after item. "I'm just hungry.
All Lee could hear was one scream from Anna, and then silence. After struggling for about half an hour, he was able to get the heavy desk away from the door.
"Anna?" He asked cautiously, peeking. When he decided it was safe, he slowly opened the whole door. Anna was on the bed, unconscious. Two small drops of blood welled up at her throat.
"I am so outta here." Lee muttered to himself before running as fast as he could. Good thing he had registered under Kazuya's information as payback for his childhood torment.
"Still thirsty." Hwoarang complained in his room. Sure, he could have attacked Lee, but that would be extremely gay. He'd have to think of someone else to snack on. He recalled, with crystal clarity, some handwritten notes he had snooped through while Asuka was looking for the embarrassing photo of Jin. It had all been written in code, so he hadn't been able to decipher it. He got out his own piece of paper, and wrote down the code perfectly. He was able to decode it in minutes.
Ling and Asuka were planning a slumber party.
"It doesn't get much better than this." Hwoarang smiled to himself.
End Chapter
A/N: Yeah, not so funny near the end; I got really into the Vampire theme. Sorry, I'll try to make next chapter funnier. R&R!