Wow! Thankyou so much for all those reviews last chapter! well, apparently people are liking the vampirey goodness. Cool! Well, here's the next chapter! It may be modified at a later date (like the first one) but the general structure won't be changed. -nods- Thankyou!

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Night Vigil

by WishingforaZoroplushie

Chapter 2: Eyes

Kuro's eyes snapped open as he heard that little brat's voice coming down the hallway.

"What's his name Nami?" Luffy called. Kuro frowned. How he hated that child. Ever since the little brat had lived through one of his bites. Damn that Shanks. If he hadn't intervened, Luffy would be no more than a pile of bones and dust. Gritting his teeth, Kuro rose from his bed and moved towards his desk in the corner.

"Sanji, Luffy." and then there was a knock on his door. Kuro's lips rose in a small snarl.

"Come in." He replied. Nami poked her head in the room, and spotting Kuro in the corner, she tilted her head.

"Excuse me Elder Kuro, but, have you seen Elder Robin?" Nami asked. Kuro turned to her.

"She is no concern of mine, child." he replied. Nami frowned before putting on a sarcastic smile.

"Thankyou for your time sir." she commented and closed the door with a snap. Kuro frowned some more and then looked outside.

The sun was rising.

Quickly pulling his blinds down, Kuro sighed and leaned on his desk again before smiling cruelly, tiny white pointed tips protruding over his bottom lip as a dark, almost blood red glow came to his eyes. Tomorrow night he would have another feast. He really couldn't wait to taste the coppery scent of blood, the warmness of it, and the utter power he had over the person he was drinking from. It would be another glorious night.

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Luffy trotted after Nami, turning every so often to make sure the hypnotized Sanji was still following.

"Why don't we convert him?" Luffy inquired. Nami smirked.

"And have it go horribly wrong? I don't think so." she replied. Luffy pouted.

"But… how do we know it would go wrong? I mean, the Elders are vampires just like us."

"Luffy, I've explained this to you a million times now. You can't just suck their blood, they need to have energy put back into their veins so they can live like us."

"Mweh…" Luffy whined, not understanding.

"Oh Luffy." Nami barked harshly, "The energy we use is unique. Once enough blood has been taken, it needs to be replaced, and so, the Elders replace it with the energy. You, of all people, should know how this all works."

"Yeah… I don't remember much about that. I just remember waking up and seeing Shanks. Nothing before that."

"Hmm." Nami hummed, avoiding a subject that she really didn't wish to discuss with Luffy. Actually, she knew very well that Luffy knew who had bitten him in the first place, and Luffy remembered a lot more than he let on. But it was a sore subject with the boy, and she didn't like reopening old wounds. Suddenly, Sanji stopped in place, blinking rapidly and then looking around the hall in confusion.

"AH!" Luffy cried and pointed at Sanji. Nami turned around and hissed angrily.

"Damnit." she muttered before stepping up to Sanji and gently taking the side of his head, directing his eyes down towards her.

"Nami-san?" he asked.

"Shhh." Nami replied, staring into Sanji's eyes. Luffy watched in interest. The blonde man blinked rapidly for a few minutes before his face became overtaken by a goofy smile and his eyes became dull and lifeless. Luffy chuckled.

"It's always funny when they fall asleep like that." Luffy commented, putting his hands on his hips. Nami turned and winked at Luffy.

"Absolutely." she replied.

"Luffy!" another male voice cried. Luffy turned as Nami led Sanji away again.

"Usopp!" Luffy replied, grinning widely and spreading his arms wide. Usopp was one of the very few young vampires who were allowed to stay home at night. All the others were sent out to recruit, fight, or gather intelligence. Usopp was an inventor though.

Making special guns, special armour, special anything to fight against the Fairies with, was Usopp's job. And the long nosed boy didn't mean to brag, but, he was damn good at it. The two youngest vampires met in the middle of the corridor and grinned at each other.

"How did everything go tonight? Did you find someone you wanted to recruit?" Usopp asked interestedly. Luffy looked behind him and then beckoned Usopp to his room. When they were in the dark room, Luffy flicked on a light and grinned at Usopp.

"No. Not a recruit, but a friend." he replied. Usopp sighed.

"Luffy, remember what happe-"

"Yeah yeah, I know. But I won't let that happen this time. Kuro's such a bastard." and Luffy growled under his breath for a minute before grinning again.

"So… what's his name, or her, or… whatever?" Usopp asked.

"It's a he, and I don't know his name. But, he had green hair, so, he's the 'Green haired dude'!" and the boy grinned. Usopp raised an eyebrow.

"Green… haired… dude? That's worse than the name you gave me." Usopp muttered. Luffy tilted his head.

"Long nose curly hair?"

"Yeah." and Usopp looked around the room before yawning, "I'm gonna go to bed. See you tonight Luffy." and the long nose walked out of the room, leaving Luffy to grin to himself about his newly made… well, soon to be newly made friend. Yawning as well, Luffy made for his own bed. The sun was obviously up, and the sun served as a sedation for most vampires. Especially the young ones.

The Elders were able to stay awake day and night with merely an hour of meditation. Luffy envied them sometimes, but he also wanted to be like them. Especially Shanks. Lying down on his bed, and wrapping a large blanket around him, Luffy reached up and flicked a hand. He wasn't supposed to use those powers as of yet, until he was trained, but at least the light switch did as it was told, and flicked off. Smiling happily to himself, the young vampire drifted into a peaceful sleep.

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Zoro grunted as he was awoken by a soft tinkling. Blinking wearily, he looked around, raising one hand to rub at his eyes.

"The hell?" he muttered upon seeing his front door was open. Standing and reaching down by his side, Zoro felt the hard handle of his sword knock against his knuckle. So they were still there. Moving quietly towards the door, Zoro peered outside into the blinding sunlight before looking back in.

Another tinkling was heard, followed by a loud crash that made Zoro frown. Whatever it was, was in the kitchen, and because it was day time, it was either a Fairy, or a burglar. And judging by the softly shimmering light coming from the door, it wasn't an average human.

"Hey!" Zoro barked, jumping into the doorway with two of his swords out and ready. At least ten Fairies look back at him, emerald eyes glinting. Zoro blinked. Okay, so he hadn't expected there to be ten of the little blood lusting creatures. They glared at him.

"Human." the largest said, his wings covered in diamonds and speckled with rubies. He was the captain of the squad in other words. The Fairies were the size of an average human, but could shrink down to the size of a bug. It was frightening when you were chasing them, and they disappeared before appearing again behind you.

Really frightening. Zoro frowned, taking one step back. Two of the front Fairies were sporting bows and arrows, while another two had a dagger in either hand. The other five were sporting long swords that were crusted with blood.

"Attack!" the leader ordered, pointing a long, red finger at Zoro. The swordsman turned and sprinted in the opposite direction, bolting out of his door and down the street. Some people had ventured out in the day, because the fighting didn't happen as often due to the fact that Vampires were incapable of living in the sun. The few mortals who were standing on the street, jumped out of Zoro's way as he ran. One fairy he could handle, two was easy.

Three was a little harder, but it was fun. Four was becoming hard, and ten was just plain ridiculous. Those little bastards were tough. Especially with their steel-like wings. Looking ahead, Zoro saw a large stick coming up near him. Heading towards it, he flicked a foot and caught the stick between his teeth. Jumping up and twisting in mid-air, he dropped the stick and then kicked it at one of the Fairies before continuing. There was a dull thunk and Zoro silently cursed. The stick had hit those hard wings and rebounded.

"Faster!" a squeak sounded and the hum of wings flapping at a hundred miles an hour, filled the air.

"Shit!" Zoro yelled, turning a corner and racing down an alleyway. Glancing on either side, he saw brick walls and grinned devilishly.

"This should stump you little bastards." he muttered before stretching out both arms and letting the swords slide through the brick walls. Bricks, mortar and dust went everywhere. Small squeaks could be heard behind him and Zoro smiled as he turned another corner. But, the wayward swordsman was brought up short as he saw a dead end ahead.

"…fuck." he muttered. He really didn't know his way around here. Two Fairies buzzed their way into the alley, and then smiled sharp toothed grins when they saw him.

"Alone. Human alone." one said. The other nodded before licking his lips and turning back to Zoro, who frowned and reached up to his arm, pulling a dark, almost black bandana from his bicep and tying it around his head.

"You're messing with the wrong human you little flying bastards." he muttered, taking out his third sword and placing the handle between his teeth. The Fairies didn't take any notice of his comment. The Fairies flew towards him, almost vanishing at the speed they were going. Zoro spun low and crossed his two swords over his chest, before stopping and flinging them out. One squeak and a dull thunk was heard.

Zoro glanced to his right and saw a Fairy laying on the ground, split in two and bleeding green. He didn't have time to comment about the disgusting, in human colour of the Fairy's blood, before the other Fairy was swinging a cutlass at him. Jumping backwards, he brought one of his swords up, the other down, creating a scissor affect that served to slice both wings from the Fairy's shoulders. It fell to the ground and writhed before beginning to crawl away.

"Oh no you don't. Last time I let one of you go, five of your little mates returned." Zoro growled before standing over it and finishing the nasty creature off. He sighed and glanced at his watch, before pulling the bandana from his head. It was half past three.

"Slept all damn day." he muttered. Sanji would be pissed. The two of them started work at the local restaurant at one.

"Dang, what a pity." Zoro muttered sarcastically. He was probably going to be fired and he would probably face the wrath of Sanji when he next saw him but, meh, that really didn't worry him right now. Adrenaline was rushing through his veins, and it was making his usually bad attitude, even worse. Climbing easily over the bricks, he jumped up and down on them three times before jumping down and giving the bricks the finger.

"Little bastards." he muttered as he exited the alleyway. Looking around, Zoro realized something that could potentially make his afternoon, very frustrating. He was lost. Frightened humans glanced at him from barred, and curtained windows. Dogs cringed outside the locked doors. Cats strolled the rooftops, but hid at any sign of movement. Zoro walked along, one hand on his hip right near his swords so he could whip them out at any moment.

The centre of the road was cratered and ripped in places from recent skirmishes between the Fairies and Vampires. Zoro frowned. He hated seeing the world like this. Normally, he wouldn't give a damn, but right now, these Fairy invasions were becoming more and more frequent.

And it was getting on his nerves. Dried blood splatters were on the sidewalk, trees were stripped of their leaves and bark, and the grass was turning a sickly yellow. A little girl ran out into the street, only to have her father run out after her and then cart her back inside. Yes, this world had truly gone to hell.

"Damnit!" Zoro yelled as he looked around the park he had thought he had just left. The sun was setting, and a small sliver of a bright orange, full moon could be seen just over the horizon. Vampires would soon be patrolling the streets, and Fairies would be looking to fight. And if Zoro continued the way he was going, he would be caught right in the middle. He groaned and sat down on a park bench, rubbing furiously at his tired eyes. He wanted sleep! God how he wanted sleep. The last of the sun disappeared, and Zoro heard the first terrifying noise of the night.

A scream.

High pitched and terrified. Zoro jumped from the seat and whirled around, eyes searching the slowly darkening space behind him. There. He could just see two shapes grappling in the dark. And then two eyes… amber like a cat's, looked right at him. Zoro turned away for second, before his gaze was forced to return. Such was the power of a vampire. He began to approach, dragging the unfortunate person behind him. Finally seeing what it was, Zoro shuddered.

A girl, barely older than sixteen, had had her neck ravaged and she was now dead. What had she been doing out here this late at night anyway? Silly girl. Zoro silently cursed the being who was now standing in front of him. He would have run, would have fought, would have done something, but, there was one little problem with that. Zoro could not move. Not one part of his body. His lungs seemed to have seized up, and his heart seemed to have stopped beating.

Vague, tiny shakes shivered down his spine and along his arms and legs as he stared at those two glowing eyes before him. There was nothing he could do to stop the face that leant close to his, fangs dripping with the already spilt blood of the woman behind him. Is this how he was going to die? After years of fighting to stay alive, of barely escaping Fairies, and of defeating idiotic vampires who had no idea what they were doing, or who they were up against. Zoro's face paled as he felt warm blood drip from the creature's fangs and onto his neck, sliding down to his shoulder before there were twin, sharp points penetrating his skin.

"HEY!" a voice cried. Zoro's lips had begun to turn blue from the fear of not being able to move. The fear of dying. But suddenly, the creature was ripped off of him and thrown to the ground. The boy. The one who had annoyed him last time he had come out at night, was standing over the man, his body wracked by heaving breaths.

"Kuro…" Luffy snarled. The creature lying on the ground, ran the back of a hand across his lips, removing the last traces of blood.

"Luffy…" Kuro replied as he stood, and began dusting off his good jacket. Luffy glared at Kuro, and Zoro watched in alarm, still petrified. His neck ached, in fact, his whole body ached. Cracking his neck slightly, the older man looked down on Luffy with harsh eyes.

"Child, you are a pain. A thorn in my side. A prickle in my finger and if you do not step aside and let me convert this man, then I am going to have to kill you." It was plainly obvious that Kuro was lying, and that his true intention was to simply suck all the blood from the poor man and leave him dead, without a conversion. Luffy glanced over his shoulder at Zoro before turning back to Kuro.

"You are not supposed to convert without Elder Shanks' consent." Luffy replied. Kuro frowned.

"What makes you think he has the right to tell me what to do? I am Klahadore C Kuro, Vampire Elder, and a puny little whining wimp like him, or you, will not be able to defeat me."

"Back. Down, Kuro." Luffy growled, getting ready to defend in case Kuro attacked. And it was lucky Luffy did, for barely a second after the young vampire had finished his sentence, Kuro lunged at him. Swiping with bladed hands, and lashing out with a harsh kick. Luffy dodged the kick, but the blades on the Elder's hands slashed a large and deep criss-cross pattern on Luffy's front. His shirt fell open, torn to pieces. Wincing, Luffy grabbed at his stomach before frowning further.

"I'd like to stay here and kill you, but, I have some pressing matters to attend to before the sun rises. But know this child… if you so much as utter one word about what happened here tonight, you won't live to see another moon rise." Kuro threatened. Luffy frowned.

"Doesn't matter. My life isn't that great to me." he replied softly.

"Fine. Then I'll kill that green haired human. Hunt him down and rip him into so many pieces, that not even his dental records will help the police identify him." Kuro threatened. Luffy frowned but finally sighed.

"…fine." and smirking, Kuro left. When the older male was out of sight, Luffy groaned and gripped his stomach. Kuro had really hurt him this time, but, that wasn't his concern right now. Turning, he spotted Zoro sitting on the ground, his jaw slack and a hand on his neck.

"Green haired dude!" Luffy cried and hurried over to him, kneeling down beside Zoro. The man turned to him shakily.

"Wha- who- how did he do that?" Zoro stuttered, his face pale. Luffy tilted his head.

"Shit." he muttered before taking Zoro's shoulders and lifting him to his feet, "You need a drink of water or something. Umm…" and Luffy looked around. Spotting a water fountain nearby, he hurried Zoro over to it. Gently pushing Zoro near the tap, he pressed the button. Some of the water went into Zoro's mouth, but the rest of it went all over the man's face and clothes. 'Green haired dude', sputtered and began to shake violently.

"Damn. Where's Nami!?" Luffy panicked as he gently made Zoro lay down on the ground. After effects of being hypnotized as strongly as Zoro had been. Usually, Vampires would send their victim/target, into a deep trance where they couldn't see anything. But Luffy knew Kuro, and if what he was thinking was right, then this was a hypnotisation beyond that.

One where the target could see, hear and feel everything, but every nerve in their body was frozen rock solid and they couldn't move. Luffy watched over Zoro, and finally after five minutes of shaking that made Luffy worry badly, 'green haired dude' began to come around again. His shaking began to slow to small shivers, while his eyes were able to focus on Luffy's face. Zoro's hands lifted in front of his face as he sat up.

"What happened to me?" he asked.

"You were hypnotisded." Luffy replied, so happy and relieved to see Zoro was going to be okay that he didn't notice his mistake. Standing, Luffy grinned down at his newly titled 'friend'.

"Come on. Get up." Luffy instructed. Zoro moved himself along the ground, getting his feet underneath him shakily as he moved to stand. Finally, he was on his feet and staring at Luffy, the shaking dying down completely and replaced instead with curiosity.

"Why did you help me?" Zoro asked angrily, "I didn't ask for your help."

"You needed it."

"Doesn't matter!" Zoro barked. He was scared, and being scared had made him angry. Scared was a feeling he generally tried to avoid. Luffy blinked and frowned.

"Fine. Next time, I'll let him suck you dry!" Luffy growled in return and turned away. Zoro frowned and crossed his arms, before gritting his teeth.

"Roronoa Zoro." he muttered. Luffy paused and turned back again.

"What?"

"My name. You asked me my name yesterday. Roronoa Zoro."

"Ha!" and Luffy ran back, "Mon-"

"Monkey D Luffy. Yeah, I remember." Zoro grouched, crossing his arms and then wincing as his neck suddenly throbbed harshly. He moved over to a swingset and sat down, Luffy trailing after him.

"So… you're a vampire. Aren't you?" Zoro asked, holding a hand to his neck as he sat down on the wooden plank and wound his free arm around the chain. Luffy blinked at him from where he was standing in the middle of the see-saw, balancing it carefully.

"Na Zoro. Of course. Thought that was obvious." and Luffy giggled as he slid down the see-saw and jumped onto the ground after it. He grinned, baring his sharp teeth and then laughing loudly and holding his tattered straw hat to his head.

"Yeah… just checking." Zoro muttered to himself. Luffy grinned some more and in a single graceful leap, was standing on the bar above Zoro's head. He put his arms out on either side of him and began walking the thin pole. Zoro blinked up at him.

"That's… kind of cool." he muttered. Luffy suddenly hung upside down, his nose coming to within inches of Zoro's own. The green haired man yelped and toppled backwards off of the swing, landing on the ground with a heavy thud. Luffy blinked and jumped down, grabbing his hat and laughing loudly again.

"Well that was silly, wasn't it." Luffy commented. Zoro glared and he noticed the blood running down Luffy's legs, and arms and the large bare patches of his shirt.

"You're bleeding." Zoro commented as he got up. Luffy looked down at himself.

"Oh. Well. That's okay. I'll be okay." the boy replied. Zoro frowned.

"No you won't. Loosing that much blood isn't healthy. Trust me… I know." and Zoro moved over to Luffy and inspected the wounds. The boy suddenly swayed.

"Whoa… ha ha, guess I did lose a lot more blood than I thought." and without another word, he fell forward. Zoro, surprised by the sudden faint, only just caught the boy before he hit the ground.

"Shit." Zoro muttered. What if this kid died? Luffy had rescued him, and now he was going to die. He couldn't let that happen. But… did Vampire's die? Well, if they bled he guessed they must. Zoro had no idea where this kid's home was, so… it looked like he was taking him home.

"Damnit. I always get the bad luck." he muttered before hurrying in the direction he hoped was his house.

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Ok, with any luck these chapters will get longer each time. Anyway, hope you enjoyed this chappie. Aren't my Fairy creations absolutely incredible? -hugs them and then gets bitten- owie...