The first thing Ichigo felt when he opened his eyes was a severe headache. Blinking, the orange-haired teen leaned a hand on the wall because of the light dizziness that struck him and began to get up. Soon after managing to stand upright and starting to feel his head getting clear, Ichigo moved his good hand to the left side of his neck and touched it lightly, only to remove it quickly when a sudden pain was felt on the spot. It was not a painful as the one he felt on his right arm, but it was still enough to bother him.
'' What the fuck happened? '', The young man asked himself in his mind.
Looking around, the teenager's brown eyes widened as he saw the corpses of the punks who wanted to rob him earlier that night. The horrendous scene of the dismembered bodies caused the most recent events to return with full force to him.
'' That woman ... She spared my life? But why?''
No matter how much he wondered about it, Ichigo could see no reason for the woman with ruby eyes to let him live when she did all this carnage without any effort, and moreover, with a smile on her face while she killed them.
The image of her smile as the blood of the headless body gushed from the it's neck caused a small shiver to ran thorugh Ichigo's body.
Shaking his head to remove this disturbing image from his mind, Ichigo started to walk towards the end of the alley, his best option at the moment was to leave this place as soon as possible because if the police saw him in a place with so many bodies, he certainty would spend the whole night at a police station being questioned.
With weak steps due to the lack of strength he felt all over his body and breathing heavily, Ichigo managed to walk out of the bloody alley. As he reached the street, he spotted a digital clock on top of a clothing store, the time set was 23:30.
''Huh? I'm sure it was around 8:00 p.m when that group dragged me into the alley ... does it mean tthat I was unconscious for almost 4 hours ?! Damn, Yuzu will kill me for sure! "
As soon as this thought crossed his mind, the orange-haired young man started walking to the nearest bus stop, but to his misfortune, the buses in Karakura city just worked on weekends till 11:00 p.m, the subway was also not an option since the city stations were all distant from his house.
With no other choice, Ichigo sighed slightly and let his feet lead him through the city streets toward his home, the Kurosaki clinic. The walk lasted about 45 minutes, while he walked,Ichigo's mind continued to return to the mysterious woman with purple hair and red eyes, she was not human, no one with such physical strength, agility and speed could be.
''Not to mention that she drank my blood.''
The memory of the toned body of the woman pressing against his while her tongue came into contact with his skin made Ichigo blush slighlty, it was not the first time he had such contact with a girl, after all, in the last year of high school he had some rather more ... physical activities with Tatsuki, but he still possessed a certain amount of innocence, so such an act was still enough to embarrass him. But anyway, what he felt in moment was what really left the teen puzzled and made him start to ponder.
''I felt something pierce my skin, two little sharp things, combined with the fact that she sucked my blood... that woman can only be a vampire. ''
This was the most obvious conclusion Ichigo could find, and he was betting that anyone who had been through this kind of thing would have arrived at the same answer. His concentration was broken when he finally saw the slogan of the Kurosaki clinic. Ichigo sighed with relief, during the entire walk to his house, the excruciating pain he felt in his arm never stopped, but now that he was at home, he could make his dumb dad treat it. As he drew closer to his house, Ichigo could clearly see the light from the living room, which meant that his father and probably his sisters were waiting for him.
Gently, the teenager opened the door.
''I'm home.''
"You're late!" A male voice shouted as a shadow covered the young man. Taking a step to the side, Ichigo managed to avoid a flying kick that almost scraped his right ear. The person who tried to attack him then landed on the ground and turned to him, '' How can you have the courage to make your sisters worry about you, you stupid son! '' Exclaiming this, Kurosaki Isshin tried to land a knee in the stomach of his eldest son, only for it to be blocked and to feel a fist crash against his face, sending him flying and causing him to crash into the wall, which gained another hole in the shape of a human body , another one to be add to the many that have been made over the years.
''Shut the fuck up! Is this how you treat your wounded son? If you did not notice, one of my arms is fucking broken!'', Ichigo exclaimed. Hearing the words of his son, Isshin got out of the wall as if nothing had happened and stared at his son with seriousness.
''Then what are you waiting for? Go to the clinic Ichigo.'' Isshin ordered. Waving to his father, he passed by his sisters, who stared at him with worried eyes, Yuzu was almost crying. With his good arm, he caressed the girls hair's, probably in a way to reassure them and say that he was fine, and entered the small clinical area of the house.
Isshin then walked to the door and stopped, turning to his two daughters with a smile.
''You can let me take care of your brother, it's late and you two have classes tomorrow, go to bed.''
The two non-identical twins of fourteen years nodded their heads and started to walk upstairs. Karin then stopped on the first stair step and looked over her shoulder at her father.
"Take care of him goat chin, otherwise the one who's going to have a broken arm is going to be you." With these scary words, Kurosaki Karin climbed the stairs and disappeared from Isshin's sight.
As they both had gone to their bed, the smile on Isshin's face vanished and he entered the clinical part of the house. Ichigo was already sitting on the stretcher, a grimace marked his face, certainly because of his arm.
Walking to one of the shelves, Isshin took a syringe and a small bottle.
"Can you tell me what happened to you son?" Isshin asked as he filled the syringe with the liquid tha was inside the bottle. Ichigo, who until now only grunted from time to time because of the injury, managed to speak calmly.
"I was attacked by some punks and I retaliated, one of them was with a metal bat and managed to break my arm before I knocked him out, end of story.", Ichigo said, giving a shrug with his left shoulder as if saying 'nothing abnormal'.
Isshin sighed and shook his head with a tired smile.
''Another group of troublemakers looking for a fight with you? Son you really have bad luck. ''
''Oh really? I didn't even notice it.", Ichigo replied with a little sarcasm in his voice, which made Isshin let ou a small laugh.
Very carefully, Isshin applied the anesthetic to the arm of the young man with orange hair. After the remedy began to take effect, and the pain in Ichigo's arm almost completely disappeared, the older Kurosaki proceeded with the treatment of the fractured bone. First, Isshin took an x-ray of the wound with the machine he had installed in the clinic. It took about 30 minutes for all results to be ready. After analyzing the x-ray and seeing that by luck, the bone broke in a straight line, and not in several fragments, which would have been much more serious, Isshin realigned the bone as fast as he could, causing the eyes of the teenager, who was almost falling asleep because of the anesthetic, to widen because of the wave of pain that struck him.
This process lasted just over an hour, and after being done, all Isshin had to do was put a mold on his son's arm, who sighed in relief after it was all over.
"Well, it's not as bad as you probably thought, son. I'll give you some medicine to take to ease the pain, '' Isshin said as he took some medicine from a cabinet, '' It shouldn't take more than a month and a half for the bone to heal, after that we can start with the physiotherapy to make the bone and muscles strong again.'', He concluded.
''Got it dad.''
''And wait for the plaster to dry a little before you sleep. '' Isshin warned once more.
Ichigo nodded and got up from the stretcher, still a little drowsy because of the medicine. As the young man stood up and started walking to his room, Isshin's voice rang out through the clinic.
''Ichigo, what's that mark on your neck? '' Isshin questioned. He saw the mark when his son had passed by his side.
The orange-haired young man immediately covered his neck. Still with his back turned to his father, Ichigo managed to think of something to say.
''It's a scratch, one of the guys tried to strangle me and he ended up scratching me.'', Ichigo said with extreme calm.
Isshin was a little skeptical about the fact that the wound was just a scratch because the wound looked more like small holes than a small cut, but he decided to believe his son's words.
''Ichigo would have no reason to lie about such small wound, I must be thinking too much about it. ''
"Okay then, son, I'm going to bed in a few minutes, I'm tired and you must be too, go get some sleep," Isshin advised.
Nodding, Ichigo left the room whike muttering a ''good night'' to his father and went straight up to his room, his brain wanting to believe that the events that transpassed a few hours ago were just a nightmare while his heart knew that they were real and actually happened.
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''I still can't believe you made that carnage! What if your parents find out? They're going to be incredibly angry! "Diarmuid exclaimed as he walked through Scathach's room, his nervousness clear in his handosme features.
Unlike the daughter who considered humans only food and did not care so much about killing them because of her grandfather's teachings, Vlad and Carmilla were more conservative about human life, they usually got fresh blood from hospitals and blood banks because they did not like to take the life of a normal person and also for not wanting the involvement of the police, because if the population discovered about the existence not only of the vampires, but of the whole supernatural world in general, the governments of all the countries around the world might want to start a ''monster hunt'', and that could have terrible consequences for all of them.
''Stop Diarmuid, I already apologized for that, didn't I? Not to mention that the police will think it was some serial killer who did that or even a gang, so you can calm down now.'' Scathach spoke quietly from her bed.
Knowing that the crimson-eyed princess had a point, Diarmuid took a deep breath and did as she said. Looking at his friend, he noticed how she was staring at the ceiling, as if lost in thought.
"What is it?" Diarmuid asked as he sat down beside her on the bed.
Scathach blinked for a moment and glanced at her bodyguard, ''Huh?''
''It just seems that you have something on your mind.'', he clarified.
''Ah yes, I'm just thinking a little bit about Ichigo.'' she replied.
Diarmuid raised an eyebrow.
''Ichigo?''
''That orange-haired man in the alley remember? '' Diarmuid still had a puzzled look on his face, but then, a bell rang inside his head.
''Are you talking about that young man that you almost killed by draining a portion of his blood?'', Scathach frowned, not liking the way Diarmuid described her actions, but decided to simply ignore his comment.
''Yes, he's the one. ''
''And what in the name of Gaia made you think of this young man? '', Diarmuid was surprised, in all the years he knew Scathach, she had never thought of one of her 'preys' before.
''You don't understand Diarmuid, that young man, his blood is simply fantastic, the best I've tasted in all my life!'', She exclaimed suddenly, wich alarmed the man a little, '' It would be such a waste if a man with such delicious blood died, then I simply spared his life so that I could feed more later. '' She continued. Diarmuid could swear that he saw some drool dripping from the corner of her mouth at the thought of the blood of the teenager who fought against her earlier, but he decided to pretend it was just his imagination, ''Actually, I have a little job for you. '' '
This left the dark-haired man curious, '' What kind of job?''
''I want you to start going to this University of Karakura and observe it. When you see Ichigo, follow him and find out where he lives.''
''What?! ", Diarmuid exclaimed as he stood up," Scathach, I don't think that this is a good idea!", He suddenly stopped talking when she gave him a cold look and smiled, but not in a happy way.
''You will do as I say, Won't you, Diarmuid? '' She asked, making him swallow and respond with an almost inaudible ''Yes.''
''Excellent! Start tomorrow and let me know anything that happens.'' She said jovially.
The bodyguard only nodded and left the room with quick, but steady steps. Now all alone, Scathach rolled her body on the bed and buried her face in the soft white pillow.
"I can't wait to drink your blood again, Ichigo."
Meanwhile in the corridor, Diarmuid could not help but feel a little sympathy and pity for the orange-haired boy, he knew that the life of that teenager would never be the same because now, he somehow managed to catch the attention of the vampire princess.
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University of Karakura- 8 days later.
"Why do I have this strange feeling of being watched?", Ichigo pondered his mind as he passed through the university gates.
After treating his broken arm, the teenager spent days resting at home, plus the fact that a three-day sports festival took place at his university and that his father only warned him at the weekend that he could finally return to school, 8 days had already passed. Luckily, Uryu had let him know the lessons that were given while he was away from classes.
Entering the building a voice called for him.
''Kurosaki-kun! '' Turning in the direction of the voice, Ichigo saw Inoue Orihime walking towards him, just behind her were Ishida Uryu and Yasutora Sado, or simply 'Chad' as Ichigo always called him.
''Yo Inoue, Ishida, Chad. How are you guys doing? '' He asked, he had not seen Orihime and Chad since the afternoon of the day he confronted that woman, not to mention they didn't had the time to visit him or even talk to him on facebook or whatsapp since they were both studying like crazy for the tests of their courses.
"We're doing good Kurosak-kun, I got the maximum score on my tests, Sado-kun was also well on his tests," Orihime said and Chad just gave a thumbs up while making a ''hm'', confirming the words of the girl with orange hair. Uryu simply adjusted his glasses and murmured a "everything went well as always''.
The group continued walking through the building until they had to separate and go to their respective classes. Since Ichigo and Uryu studied the same course, the two had the same classes, so they walked together to the clasroom. By the time they arrived in the room, the bell rang. Sitting in his seat, Ichigo withdrew his notebook and, as the teacher entered the room and began the class, he started to write notes in his notebook with his good hand and focused on what the teacher was saying.
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Inside a black car that was standing a few meters from the front of the university of Karakura, Diarmuid was sitting comfortably on the seat while he drank a cup of coffee he bought on his way to the university. Finally Kurosaki Ichigo had appeared! Since the teenager had not come to the university in the last few days, Scathach's mood was really terrible, according to her, staying so long without having a single drop of the berry head's blood was almost like torture, at one point Diarmuid even thought that she looked like drug addicts in their abstinence phase.
Glancing at his watch, the vampire sighed with relief.
''Just another 10 minutes until afternoon classes are over, thanks to Gaia!''
To make these last few minutes pass faster, Diarmuid decided to play a game called Silent Hill on his smartphone. After the age of technology had arrived, Diarmuid began to take an interest in the new machines, especially in computers and video games, Grainne even jokingly called him a nerd when he was installing a PS4 in their living room the other day.
With every noise he heard in the game, Diarmuid's body tensed a little.
"It's kind of funny that a vampire like me is freaking out with a '90s horror game.'', He thought with amusement.
A few minutes later, the students began to leave the building. Diarmuid quickly put his cell phone away when he saw Ichigo leave the university and say goodbye to his friends. As soon as the boy started to leave, Diarmuid turned the key and brought the car back to life. Unnoticed by the teenager, he began to follow him. 20 minutes passed and Diarmuid saw Ichigo stop in front of a house that had ''Kurosaki Clinic'' written in large letters right above the door. Watching the boy enter the house, Diarmuid picked up his cell phone and dialed a number. After a few seconds, his call was answered.
''Yes?''
''It's me, I've already found out where Kurosaki lives, I'll give you the address by message.'', He could hear a joyful laugh on the other end of the line.
''Thank you Diarmuid, and good job.'', With those last words, the call ended.
Typing the address of the Kurosaki's house and sending it to the Vampire Princess's cell phone, Diarmuid turned on the car again and drove away from the house, glad that his job was finally over.
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Coming out of the shower with just a shorts and a towel over his head, Ichigo drew a long sigh of relief. When he got home and went to the kitchen to get something to drink, he saw a piece of paper stuck in the refrigerator. It was a message from Isshin saying that he and Yuzu had gone to watch Karin's soccer match. Ichigo remembered her commenting on this match with excitement, which was something rare to see. Unfortunately, the match would take place during his classes, so it was impossible for him to go watch it too.
''I have to make it up for her later.''
Entering his room, Ichigo hung the towel in his chair and turned on the light ... only for his eyes to widen and his heart start to beat faster when he saw the voluptuous figure of a woman with purple hair and eyes as red as blood sitting on his bed and staring at him intensely.
The silence of the room was broken by the woman's melodious voice.
''Hello my dear Ichigo.'', Scathach began, a joy in her voice that made the hairs on the back of the teen's neck rise,''We finally meet each other again.''
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AN: And here is the second chapter of ''Bloody Love'', Thank you to everyone who favorited, followed and reviewed this story, I actually didn't think that this would caught so much attention since it's a vampire AU!(even if it'll have the involvement of other type of monsters in the future too), I hope that this chapter was enjoyable to all of you.
Now let's talk about this story, just to clear a few things up:
Updates: I plan to update this story monthly, the portuguese version(wich is the original) will always be updated first, the english version will be update 2 or 3 days after the portuguese version.
How long the story will be: I actually don't know, I'm actually planning on finishing this with 20 chapters, I have all the events of the story planned and I do have more ideas regarding some characters but I don't know if I'll use it, maybe I'll finish this and use those ideas in a sequel, who knows.
Now let's jump to the reviews!
ATK-49: Thank you, I actually think it's better to write the story in my native language and then just translate it, that way the amount of grammatical errors will decline drastically.
akd48: Here's the update! Sorry for the lateness!
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warrior of six blades: Thank you bro, glad that you liked it :D, I also don't like arrogant people but I do think that it fits with vampires, and how Scathach will make Ichigo hers? Let's say that she is a persistent and possessive woman lol
Bunny153539: Glad that you enjoyed it too! Let's see if this story gives me inspiration to update When a God and a Goddess Collide lol
Zrh221: I'm happy that you think that the introduction of this story is good, comments like this always make an author happy, so thank you very much.
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Aesir19: Thank you and I'm glad that the concept of this story caught your attention! The original story is also mine so it's not unfinished, it's just that in the beginning I was planning for this to ne a one shot or three shot, but my plans changed xD
Neema Amiry: Yeah, pretty crazy first chapter, must be the gore xD
Once again I didn't have someone to beta this, so forgive me for any mistakes that you find, see you all in the next chapter!