Hey, it's me again. Surprisingly, people liked the fic. Woohoo. Disclaimers: I do not, in anyway shape or form, own YST, or Underworld. Credits: YST is owned by Sunrise, Hajime Yatate, and anyone else who actually worked on the series. Ronin Warriors is owned by Graz and whoever else at that studio company. Underworld and Underwolrd Evoloution is owned by it's wonderful creators. Personal Thanks: I would like to thank all of the kind readers of this story. I would also like to thank Inda for her kind review. I should also mention, this is not shonen-ai. It exists in this story only as a running gag, that's all. And now, on with chapter two.
Vengence Against the Vampires
Chapter 2 Night of Surprises
After making his way through town, Ryo went inside a fancy looking building to seek out an old friend of his. The old friend was a powerful psychic ability, and would be able to tell Ryo where to look for Mara. Ryo's boss knew about Ryo's source of information and allowed the hunter to go there often on cases such as these. As he passed through the doors, he quickly removed his backpack, trench coat, and swords and placed them on the counter next to the wide structure that looked like the frame of a doorway. He walked through the structure, only to hear it beep loudly. He watched as two security guards walked over to him. He hadn't seen these two before and easily recognized them as being of African decent. He walked back through the structure, walked over to the counter and proceded to remove his belt, his watch and his earring from the top of his left ear.
He walked through a second time and had to suppress a curse as it went off again. The two security guards motioned for him to step away from the metal detector, where they proceded to scan his body for any type of metal objects. One of the guards, a tall male with white hair, ran the scanner over his outstreched arms and down over his legs. The other, a smaller female with blue hair and unfocused eyes kept a close watch on Ryo. When the scanner kept beeping over Ryo's right wrist, he turned to the woman.
"There's a reason why I keep beeping. The two of you are new here, so you definately don't know who I am. There should be a computer with a laser over there. If you'll walk me over there, I'll show you why." The white haired man looked at him, with a scowl on his face, before looking over at his partner.
"Naria." He said to the young woman, before slipping into there native tongue and talking to her for a minute. After they stopped, she looked at Ryo and motioned for him and her partner to walk over to the computer. Once there, she picked up the laser and Ryo held up his right wrist. She looked at him and blinked, before scanning it, much like a librarian scans the code on the back of a book. After a few seconds, something beeped on the screen.
"It says here, your 'tattoo' signifies you're part of government agency. May I see your badge please?" Ryo nodded, before digging into his pocket and pulling out his badge. When he handed her the badge, she scanned it, just as she had done to his wrist. Another beep and she handed his badge back to him. "Now that we have that straightened out, what can we do for you today, Mr. Sanada?"
"It's just Ryo, and I'm looking for Mr. Tadaki. Is he in?"
"Wait just a moment and I'll check." She said before picking up the phone and asking for Mr. Tadaki's secretary. When she was put through, she asked if his was in. She nodded her head before saying thanks and hanging up. "I'm sorry, Ryo, but it seems that he is away on a meeting and won't be back for a few days. Would you like me to leave a message for him?"
"Damn. No, that's okay, I really need to ask him for a little help finding someone. I've known him since I was little. His father and my grandfather worked together several times and he's helped my dad and me before. I knew he might be busy with the company, I just didn't think he'd be out of town today. Well, I guess it shows how much he cares about his international business trade. Thank you very much for your help. I guess I'll see the two of you around." He said before bowing to the woman named Naria, recieving a bow in return. He turned and bowed to her male partner, watching as the tall silent man closed his eyes, and bowed as well. Ryo walked through the metal detectors and grabbed his things. Naria walked over to the black man and sighed. He looked at her and saw she was worried.
"Mukala, I sense danger around that boy. I sense so much pain and anger as well. The one thing I sense that is stronger then those things however, is, that that young man, is going to die. I know it's a terrible thought, but it worries me to no end, and I've only just met him." She hugged Mukala and was slightly startled when he returned the motion. Speaking in their native tongue, he told her everything was going to be alright. He too had sensed something off about the boy, but the feeling, was just that he had known fighting a long time. And as a warrior, he would be okay. Naria nodded and smiled. Then she heard Mukala say something else.
"Naria, if we just stand here hugging, we might get fired. I know how much you love this job, now we have work to do." Naria looked into Mukala's eye's, and smiled. He almost never spoke in Japanese, even though, he could speak it as well as she. She lifted her hands and proceded to striaghten out his tie, which caused him to growl slightly.
Ryo had left the building with no clue as to where Mara could be. Her file said nothing of were she liked to hang out. That was probabally why Ryo had been sent to track her. When he got through with this assignment, he was going to plant his foot so far up his boss's ass. He got on his bike and adjusted his swords and pack. He placed his helmet on his head and started his bike, fully intent on riding to a few of the clubs and bars a young woman might go to. Either to dance and party, or to search for blood. So he was entirely surprised to see her entering the first club he rode to. He wasn't sure of the name of the club, but he wasn't too concerned, as long as he found what he was looking for.
He followed her inside and tried to blend into the crowd. He had never gotten used to the city and now, he found himself wincing at the loud music that came from the speakers. He looked around to find his target, only to discover, she had slipped away. He continued his search for a few minutes, before seeing her walking uptowards the stage, that was located towards the back of the large main room of this club. Strangely she was wearing a long trench coat. She walked over to the dj and his turntable, undid the belt of her trench coat, dropped the coat, and Ryo felt himself blush at the outfit she wore under her coat. She was wearing a skin-tight sea green halter top, with a aquamarine lace up corset over the shirt. The corset had been laced downward to make her waist look smaller. Her shirt was an interesting mix to her dark crystal blue skirt, that had a wide slit that went up to her right knee. She had wedge shoes that were a darker shade of the green corset she wore.
Ryo realized he was staring at her and was about to look away, when he noticed her tattoos. Only, instead of having three, like he had originally thought, she had four. The white half of a ying-yang, a sakure blossom, what looked like a couple of ocean waves, and then the characters that made up her name. While observing her, he also realized that the crowd had gone wild after she lost her trench coat. Then the dj started a new song, that Ryo recognized as an American song. He had heard it everytime he had went to the United States. He turned his head to look for something he had seen, only catching a glimpse of Midnight blue hair, pulled into two odango style buns. The crowd was cheering louldy now, and Ryo knew why. Mara was dancing up on stage, and Ryo could see certain members of the crowd taking pictures of her. Still standing at the back of the room, he pulled out his cell and digital camera. He turned his camera on and snapped a few pictures of the mysterious vampire vixen. Then he switched to his phone and used it to capture a couple of minutes of live footage. After he had done so, he put his camera and cell phone away, only to be hit with a strong psychic wave.
'Why are you here, hunter? I've felt your eyes on me ever since I first walked in here.', he felt a woman's voice speak. She knew who he was, he had blown his cover. He sighed before turning to Mara, she had a content smile on her face, which was in complete contrast to the tone in her voice.
'When did I give myself away, lady of the dark? I was keeping my thoughts to myself.'
'The look on your face is one of seriousness, not enjoyment, like everyone else. That, and I can see your katana from up here. Only hunters are allowed to wear their weapons in plain sight.'
'Then I won't have to hide every time you turn around. I was given a mission, observe you, find out who turned you, and discover how it is you can walk in the daylight.' Ryo stopped in his mental statement, when Mara nearly tripped on the stage, the expression on her face having become absolutely terrified. Which some of the men nearest to the stage were a little too happy about. She corrected herself on stage, changed her expression back to a smile, took a few steps back and continued to dance.
'You don't know what you ask, hunter. Only those who are vampires can understand that. If I were to tell you, I'd have to either kill you or turn you. And I'm not doing either, so, a word to the wise? Don't persue that question any further, you'll regret it if you do.', she said ending their little mental conversation. Ryo was glad it was over, his abilities were dream premonitions and pyrokinesis. Neither helped support telepathic thoughts, he thought to himself while rubbing his temples to make his head stop hurting. He took a glance around and noticed two or three hours had passed since he had entered. He knew it was getting dark as he came in, and now it was completely dark.
Ryo's head wasn't the only part of him that was hurting, he realized as he felt his stomach grumble loudly. It was then he came to the conclusion that his stomach was grumbling because, he hadn't eaten since the night before. He was hungry, starting to get tired, had a headache and was feeling nauseous. He headed outside and was immediately glad he had. It had been hot, noisy and there were too many smells to try to identify inside. He went to his bike to try and gather his thoughts. He opened his pack to see if he could find anything edible, before he heard someone walking up to him from one of the many allyways. He heard a laugh, from who he assumed was a man before almost choking on his energy bar.
"It's almost a shame you're a hunter, you're really quite a cute young man." Ryo jerked his head up to see a young man about twenty years of age with short light brown hair and light greenish-blue eyes. The young man, was smiling like he had just told a humorous joke, that Ryo just couldn't get. The brunette was wearing dark blue jeans that had chains attached to every one of his belt loops. His converse tennis shoes were light blue surprisingly, and went very well with is jeans and dark blue t-shirt. His black leather jacket was left open. He stopped less then three yards from Ryo, before he realized he had just called him a hunter. The brunette was about to say something else, when he looked up at the door to see an angry Mara stomping her way to thw two of them.
"I knew you were cheating on me Shin. I just didn't think you'd cheat with a man. As a vampire, we cannot preform as humans can, and can only revel in each others presence. And we can only be with one of the opposite gender. Why would you do this to me Shin?" She said with a slight quiver in her lip. Shin's smile shifted from a humorous look to a more sincere and caring smile. He walked over to her, lifted her chin with his right hand, and looked her straight in the eyes.
"Mara, my love, you should know better then anyone, that I would never cheat on you with a male. I know the rules of being a vampire, for it was I who turned you, remember? I was mearly telling this young hunter, he was very cute, much like a child." Neither of them saw Ryo as he reached for his cell phone, flip it open, move into a good angle and snap a picture of the two of them. They did notice the flash from his phone and turned to look at him, with looks of irritation on their faces. He flipped his phone shut and stuck it back in his pants pocket.
"That makes two of you that knew I'm a hunter. How did you know that tidbit of information? Did she tell you through your telepathy, is it my swords, or am I giving off this info against my best wishes?" Ryo asked as he faced the two vampires. Mara looked at Shin, Shin nodded his head and Ryo knew they had spoken telepathically. Shin dropped his hand and looked at the young hunter sadly.
"There have been rumors that a young man, about early twenties, with shoulder length black hair and an earring in his left ear. This young man, was been said to be an extremely skilled vampire hunter. One of the rumors say that he is the last in a long line of vampire slayers. No one knows entirely what truth is behind them, except maybe you. You match the description perfectly, so you have to be the hunter, that's how we knew. And, who else would want to know how their cover was blown, but a government agency member." Ryo was about to comment on that, when he senced something. He quickly turned his body and had his katana half drawn when they saw the explosion. Shin bit back a curse as he recognized who had caused the explosion. Mara had drawn her hunting knife from a holder strapped to the the top of her right thigh. When she pulled up her skirt to get her knife, any normal onlooker would have seen a pair of navy blue shorts that stopped just a couple of inches short of her knee.
She called Shin's name and tossed the knife to him. He caught it without looking over his shoulder. He had the knife in front of him just a few seconds before a fast and ugly looking vampire ran at him. Shin only needed to side step the attack that had been used on him. Before his assaliant had turned around completely, Shin had stabbed him in the heart and pulled straight up rather quickly. Leaving a deep gash from the heart up throughthe shoulder blade. Mara might have lost her knife, but she more then made up for it with her strength. Her assailant was dead before he hit the ground.
Ryo was watching the two vampires with intrest, before his quick reflexes brought his swords up to protect from an airborn attack. The vampire that had attacked Ryo was much stronger then the human. Ryo wasn't to be underestimated however. He knew his attackers strength was too much for him, so he settled on tripping his opponent. With his balance lost, the vamp fell sideways. Ryo took advantage of this, and lopped the vamps head off. He looked up expecting more, but saw none. Shin was staring at him, with a look that was a cross between impression and disbelief. Ryo had taken down the strongest of the three, with seemingly little effort. Mara was staring as well, she was just glad he had only been sent to observe her. She sent Shin a telepathic message, telling him what the hunter had said. When he heard the last part, about why Mara was able to walk in the daylight, his face lost all of it's color.
"Mara, get back to the safe house, now." Mara looked at Shin as he handed her the knife back. Ryo looked over his shoulder to look at the two. Shin turned around to look at Ryo, his expression, one of seriousness, anger. "It would be best, young hunter, to leave now and tell whoever it is you work for, not to persue us anymore. You have no idea the trouble you're messing with at this particular moment, so just drop it. NOW!" Shin yelled at Ryo, before turning his gaze back to Mara and nodding once. She sighed, nodded her head once, turned around, took up a position much like a track runner, and took off running so fast that when Ryo blinked, she was gone. He turned to look at Shin again, only to notice Shin had disappaered as well. He shook his head in defeat, before sheathing his twin katana. He walked back over to his bike and picked up his pack, from where he had taken it off. He straddled his bike, placed his helmet back on his head, turned the key and took off in the direction Mara had left.
He didn't realize a young woman, maybe sixteen years of age, was watching the whole conversation from atop the sixth floor of the building she was standing on. She stood there watching the direction Ryo had taken off down. She just smiled and laughed evilly as her green eyes sparkeled with happiness, and lifted her hand to push back a lock of loose hanging midnight blue hair, that was still being worn in the odango style. A young man that looked slightly older then her walked up to her and knelt down behind her. He lifted his strange green colored head to reveal an interesting shade of dark green eyes.
"Lady Kayura, your plan worked perfectly. Now do you want me to chase after Shin and kill him?" Kayura turned her head toward her green haired accomplice.
"Hmmm, no, I don't think that's nessesary Naaza. I want a few more of those stupid idiots to follow him and attack. The two of you are the same strength, and I don't want to see either of you four hurt. Do you understand? Just continue working on part two of the plan. Don't worry, you'll get your fun sooner or later." Naaza smilled evilly, like Kayura, before bowing his head, standing to his feet and walking away. Oh, how Kayura was going to enjoy destroying both of his daughters, their lovers, friends and that troublesome hunter. He was going to pay for betraying her like he did, especially after all she did for him before both of them had been turned. The thought of her brother made her sad for a moment before, she was smirking again. She turned away and left, without ever being seen.
My fingers hurt now, but oh well. I hope you liked it. I left a few things open for you to wonder about. Why did Naria have to scan Ryo's wrist? Just how strong is Ryo really? What's the whole deal with the vampires? What did Kayura mean by, 'he will pay'? What's she going to do? And just who exactly is her brother? Stay with me for further updates to find out. Till next time, this is Animefreak99-06 signing out.