Assassin of the Night

Hey! Sorry for the delay, but I couldn't really think of an idea for this chapter, but I guess it's better late then never, right?

Disclaimer: I don't own Golden Sun...That was easy...

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Sieg: Gee thanx for the compliment. I never expected this to spark someone's attention so quickly! ^o^

luner: Yes, I do like vampires! They're cool.

QueenDragonGoddess: As to being confused...I wouldn't say the first part was confusing but then again...But it was only the prologue, so not much was revealed.

Triad Orion: Yes, my grammer mistakes do probably get in the way, but I don't think many people notice it...If they all started to complain how they can't figure out what's going on, then there's a problem. And as to not describing the characters in much detail, it was only the prologue. I like to save that for the actual start of the story.

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Rai Dorian: Thanks for reviewing! And opposed to what kind of school this is, it's supposed to be a night school of sorts (Otherwise Isaac would be dead right now!). I'm not exactly sure of the customs in Japan about night schools, so I took a wild guess! Let's hope it's right!

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Chapter 1 "Pain."

That had happened a few days ago, and Isaac could honestly say he regreted taking the stupid paper and going to the class. It was boring, and it was impossible to concentrate when there was the smell of mortals all over the desks and chairs. And he couldn't stand the female mortals staring at him with star filled eyes; they would never have a chance to live once they got near him anyway...

He stared at the people around him through the corner of his eyes; they were to stupid to notice him staring at them. He looked around for a potential victim, but wasn't sure who to pick; they all looked pretty pathetic anyway.

The girl with short blonde hair and the eerie violet eyes seemed to sense Isaac's eyes on her back, because she shifted around in her chair, and narrowed her eyes in his direction. Isaac sighed and looked away towards any other people who wouldn't catch him staring. It was wierd how she was able to notice someone looking at her, but it was at that moment he caught the gaze of another person with blonde hair and violet eyes; the only exception being that it was a boy.

Isaac held him in his gaze, refusing to look away for showing any signs of weakness. The boy frowned, and then looked away. Isaac, satisfied with making someone feel uncomfortable turned towards the front and suddenly got the feeling of something or someone watching him. His eyes scanned the class, but there was no one paying attention to him; if you don't count the girls nearly drooling all over him.

Even though he couldn't quite put his finger on it, and he was too proud to admit it, the feeling of someone's eyes boring into your back made him shift uncomfortably in his chair. The girl, Mia, seemed to notice his discomfort, and leaned towards him asking in a hushed voice, "Are those girls making you uncomfortable?"

Looking for an excuse to get into his usual hermitism, Isaac nodded. Mia chuckled low in her throat and said, "I thought so. Those girls hook onto anyone who will make them look good. They're like fish who want to get fried." Isaac looked away, feeling something he hadn't felt in a long time resurface.

Reassurance.

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Nobody had ever shown Isaac reassurance ever since he became what he was. The last person to do so had been...

Alex.

How Isaac cursed that name every living-or so to speak-day he spent on this earth, cursed with the life of immortality. He hated Alex, hated him like very breath Isaac took, when he should be lying six feet under.

He could still remmber the words Alex whispered to him as he was slowly fed the blood of a vampire... It had saved Isaac, but he had rather be dead then to see Alex's face again. But there was nothing he could do. Alex was the only one he could really trust from all the vampires he had met.

Most of them didn't kill to feed. Most just for the sheer fun of it...Nothing more... All Isaac could really think of Alex was as a security blanket he didn't want.

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As soon as the bell to end the class rang, Isaac was out of there before anyone could walk out the door. He thought he heard someone calling his name but he ignored it; all he thought about was the feeling of knowing someone cared and the feeling of someone out there who wanted to harm him.

He stopped in front of the restaurant all the mortals hung out at after the class, gnoring the people who swamred around him like a river. Despite being with a whole bunch of people, he still felt alone.

"Isaac!" called a voice, sounding terribly familiar in his ears. He turned his head slightly, and caught the sight of flowing aqua hair. Mia caught up with him and asked, "Why did you leave so quickly? Aren't you going to come with us?" Isaac looked beyond Mia's shoulder and noticed, Garet, Jenna, and the people he had only met yesterday, Sheba, Ivan, Felix and Picard. He knew what she was talking about, about they're ritual get together at the restaurant, but Isaac wasn't in the mood.

"I'd rather not." he said as simply as he could. "I have a few things to do."

"At this time of night?" Mia asked, a little surprised. "Why don't you just come with us? I don't think you have something terribly important at this time." She reached out and grabbed his hand. "Come on!" she said, smiling. "Let's go!" She followed her statement by pulling Isaac into the restaurant; Isaac didn't even bother to resist.

They sat down in front of the window, all of them chattering cheerfully. Isaac stayed silent, trying to figure out the feelings that had resurfaced again. Why did, in his mind, he not want to not be there, but in his heart...

"What do you want to eat?" asked Mia again, holding the menu almost right up his nose. Isaac slowly pushed Mia's hand down and said, "Anything would be fine." Mia smiled. "Alright!" Then she went back to her conversation with Jenna.

Isaac could feel eyes on him again, and he couldn't help but look around. He noticed that it wasn't the person that he had thought, but rather, it was the boy with blonde hair and violet eyes. Just by looking into his eyes, Isaac felt uncomfortable. The boy, Ivan, was young, only at the age of 15; Sheba, 14; Felix, 18; and Picard, 17; yet he seemed as though he was the same age as them, maybe older. Ivan smiled at him and asked, "What's wrong."

"Nothing." Isaac said dismissing the whole idea; there was no way Isaac was going to start making friends. Ivan smiled at him and said, "That doesn't seem to be the case!"

"Look." Isaac hissed under his breathe, his hands nearly wrapping around his neck. "Stay out of my way if you don't want to be hurt. I'm not in a good mood right now." Ivan frowned and said thoughtfully, "You wouldn't hurt me."

Isaac's hand quivered. "Try me."

The girl, Sheba noticed they're little conversation, and leaned towards Ivan's ear. She whispered something to him, and then looked Isaac in the eye. "You're right." Ivan said as cheerfully as he could. "There's nothing wrong. Sorry I bothered you."

Isaac scowled at him, and turned away, ignoring the wierd looks that Sheba threw his way. A young girl with bouncy brown hair and bright blue eyes came up to them, and asked cheerfully, "Can I take your order?"

Isaac dimly heard them order whatever the heck they wanted, but decided he wanted no part of it. All he wanted was to get out of there so he could figure why he felt like someone was watching him. Mia gave him a pat on the hand and smiled at him. "What's wrong?"

"Nothing." Isaac couldn't help but growl. He was in a bad mood and it didn't help that Mia was pestering him with questions. "Nothing's wrong."

"Did you pass that test yesterday?" Garet said loudly, interrupting the neat conversation Isaac and Mia were having. "I failed that one!"

"No surprise there..." Ivan muttered, whilst Sheba snickered as silently as she could, yet Garet still caught what Ivan said. "You shrimp!" Garet roared lunging for Ivan. There was a pile up of sorts as Garet tried to wring Ivan's neck, while everyone else jumped on him to get him off.

Isaac sighed and saw that everyone else hadn't even made a move to stop them; he guessed that this was a normal occurence in the restaurant with them there. It was looking around the restaurant that Isaac finally saw who it was that had been watching him for so long, and he could feel his anger and hate boil to the surface.

It was Alex.

Isaac growled low in his throat and stood up, ignoring everyone lese who were still trying to pull Garet off Ivan. He was about to step out of the restaurant, when Mia caught up to him and called, "Isaac! Where are you going?"

Isaac had the strong urge to just turn around and slash Mia's neck, but he wouldn't do that with everyone looking. "I forgot I had to do that homeowrk we got." Isaac said finally, not turning around to look at her. "Well, we can do it together." Mia said. "You just have to help us from Garet killing Ivan."

"I..." Isaac finally turned around and stared into Mia's aqua eyes. "I can't. I really have to go." Mia looked a little saddened by his remark and said, "But you'll do it right if we do it together."

This time Isaac couldn't keep his rage down. "Look, I have something important to do, and I can't have someone like you stopping me from doing these things! Now if you just go, I can do what I was about to do before you stopped me with you're stupid questions!"

This time, Isaac could see the hurt in her eyes. "Oh..." was all she said, before she turned and walked back to the fray of bodies. Isaac glared after her, but couldn't ignore the stab of guilt that flew into his heart. Why did he feel like this? He hadn't ever felt this way when he put down a human, but why now, of all times?

"I see you've taken a liking to these, mortals, Isaac." said a calm voice. Isaac whirled around and demanded, "You! What are you doing here?" Alex flipped his aqua hair and said, "I simply wanted to check in on my little pet. I just never expected you to be surrounded by mortals."

"Shut up." Isaac snapped. "And I am not your pet." Isaac felt like he wanted to throw up just thinking of the word, pet. "Of course you are." Alex said, taking Isaac's hands into his own. "You swore your soul to me when I saved you from the brink of death."

He pulled them out of his grip and hissed, "I didn't swear. I simply did what I could to survive!" Alex let out a horrible laugh and said, "And your prolonged life came with a price."

"Just get out of here Alex." Isaac said. "I don't even want to see your face."

"Isaac..." Alex said, suddenly swooping Isaac into a vice like hug. "You don't understand. I simly wanted you to be happy." Isaac struggled against his grip, but it was futile. "But if you don't want to see me, then I can kill you." Alex's hands travelled towards Isaac's chest. "I can end it all with a simple stab."

"Let me go." Isaac said, his nervousness suddenly surfacing. If Alex were to accidently stab Isaac, then he would die.

"You see, Isaac." Alex continued, ignoring Isaac's remark. He ran his hand through Isaac's golden hair. "You are too good pet to give up. I can't let you subcome to a human girl's taint. If that were to happen..." His fingernails cut through Isaac's shirt, and slowly cut his flesh. Isaac winced as his hand slowly started to descend to his heart. Alex smiled and took his hand away. "Well, I'll leave that for you to realize..."

"Just leave." Isaac said as firmly as he could, even though pain lanced in his chest. "Go away." Alex smiled and slowly said, "Did you hear me? I can't allow you to becom tainted by this human girl. As punishment for this, I want you to kill her. She is the only one you can feed from. I will not allow you to feed until that girl is dead."

"You want me to kill Mia?" Isaac asked, shocked by Alex's words.

"Mia is her name? Such a shame that she won't live to hear her name be called out again..." Alex said thoughfully. "Remember that if she doesn't die, then you cannot feed." With that, Alex stepped towards the busy streets, leaving Isaac alone in the alleyway.

Isaac brought a hand to his chest and noticed there was no cut, no blood. Another curse of immortality. He never had a problem killing humans, so why did he feel this way?

Why did he feel pain?

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Well there it is..The actual first chapter of the story1 I'm not that sure it turned out the way I wanted to, but I guess I can't leave you all hanging like that forever.

Fury: You ought to update sooner then this time, otherwise you won't live to see any daylight!

MEEP! That's not good. Oh, and as to that little conversation between Alex and Isaac, it takes place in the slleyway. Isaac went through the back door; just to clear up any confusion!

Fury: They're not that stupid...I'm just not sure about you...

They might still get confused! (And I'm not stupid... .) Anyway, I'll update as soon as possible, okies? Alright! Until next chapter!

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