Chapter 2
On the other side of the desolate and run down city, a boy of 18 stood solemnly looking out his small apartment window. Takuma had gotten in another argument when his grandfather, Ichio had tried to push him to take over the Ichijo Company. Takuma had refused the offer multiple times but this last one seemed to have pushed Ichio over the edge. He was acting as if I declared war with China. Like a volcano erupting. Takuma sighed at this thought but quickly changed his down expression into a light smile. He had run away to allow his grandfather to cool off from his outburst so Takuma fled to the nearest place that Ichio would probably never look for him. Downtown Tokyo, District 5. Definitely not my first choice to go for sightseeing but there is no way that my grandfather would look here for me.
District 5 was the one of the worst places in Tokyo to be. It was crawling with criminals (not any big time ones but still), abandoned warehouses, and was almost infested with Level E vampires. Takuma was unfortunately unaware of this fact so it became his first choice thinking it only contained humans. There was one police station standing alone on the edge of the district but it obviously did not have much of a reputation considering the colorful graffiti covering the back of it. There were not any legally open businesses in the district either so Takuma had to find an apartment as close to the border as he could manage.
Takuma moved away from the window to look at the time realizing that he should probably get some sleep. Stepping toward the single bed in the small room, he stopped, checked the clock on the bedside table again, and almost face palmed himself. Oh man, I forgot again. To blend in I should probably be out and about during the daytime so I am not mistaken for a burglar at night. Plus, my grandfather would only look for me at night so that works perfectly. Takuma smiled wider as he picked up his jacket and headed out to look for a library or a book store. Maybe I can find some good manga in this city. I hope so or this is going to be a long break.
(Story Break)
Kohana groaned as she picked up her head and groggily looked at her surroundings. She blinked her eyes slowly as bits of sunlight came streaming down on her cold body from a hole in the ceiling. Huh? Where am I? Did I get caught? With that last thought, she jerked her sleepy eyes open in fear before relaxing when she saw that she was still free. The moment of relief was instantly replaced with hunger as Kohana's stomach growled loudly. She scanned the area of cement that she had been sleeping on for her prize that she had snatched last night. Her cloudy blue eyes ended their search on a small loaf of bread sitting on the ground in front of her. Kohana scooped the stolen food from the ground, brushed some dirt off it, and proceeded to eat it with gusto. The two men from last night had been chasing after Kohana because they had caught her as she was stealing food from a grocery store. Without thinking much on where she was going, Kohana made a dash for the city limits and had unknowingly entered District 5 in search for a hiding place. Finishing the bread, she got up slowly and winced at a pain in her left leg. Looking down, she noticed a trail of blood escaping from a gash on her knee. I must have cut it when I fell last night in that puddle. Ouch! It really stings. I better find something to wrap it in. Making sure to be careful and not infect her knee, Kohana started rummaging around the building for anything that might be useful.
She first found a puddle of water under a hole in the ceiling to wash her bloodied knee in, and then she found a battered, weather beaten box that held old moth eaten cloths. Kohana tore off strips from the least damaged piece of cloth and wrapped it tightly around her wound. Satisfied with her handiwork, she got off of the ground and headed toward the small opening that she had first crawled through. Suddenly, she heard a frantic scrambling behind her. Turning around she expected to see a stray dog, but instead was faced with a terrifying sight. Kohana's blue eyes widened as a scraggly man broke through a nearby door and began to stalk toward her in manner that was awfully similar to a lion hunting its prey.
"Hello little girl," greeted the man in a voice that made Kohana back away fearfully, "Did you get hurt? I could smell your blood from across the street. It smells delicious. May I have some?" The man's eyes began to glow red as he spoke, sharp fangs grew from under his top lip and his hands morphed into hideous claws. Then the Level E bared his fangs and lunged at Kohana while swiping at her with one of his clawed hands.
Kohana screamed and put her right arm in front of her face to protect herself. The vampire made contact with her outstretched hand causing three deep scratch marks to appear on the frightened girl's arm. Kohana cried out in pain and fell down in front of the opening while clutching her now bleeding arm. The vampire paused in his attack to lick the blood that had fallen onto his hand when he had lashed out at the girl on the floor. Kohana's brain kicked into auto-pilot and began moving her body toward the hole in the building as an escape. She struggled hard and barely managed to squeeze through the opening before the Level E attempted to grab her after it realized what happened. Still holding onto her wounded arm and with tears falling rapidly down her cheeks from the pain, Kohana limped away from the building as fast as she could.
(Story Break)
About a half hour had gone by and Kohana could barely stand on her wobbly legs. She collapsed on the ground outside of a building with lights that were beginning to turn off one by one. She had made it into the city limits just passed the police station on the border when she had collapsed from exhaustion. I finally got away. I don't know what that monster was but it is gone now. I'm safe. But now I need to fix my arm before it gets worse. I think I'll rest for a little bit and then patch up these scratches. A dark figure suddenly dropped from the top of the building and landed in front of her.
"Found you. I followed the smell of your sweet blood all the way." The Level E chuckled darkly as Kohana crawled away from the vampire in a desperate attempt at escape. It grabbed hold of the girl's injured leg and dragged her back towards it.
"AH! Let me go. That hurts. Let go," Kohana screamed and thrashed as much as her disabled body would allow her. She suddenly collapsed on the ground, giving up. I am going to die. It's not like I had much to live for anyway. Kohana struggled to keep her dimming eyes open. At least I put up a fight. The Level E vampire opened its jaws wide and lunged for the girl's thin pale neck. Her small head thudded against the pavement as she lost consciousness. The last thing she heard was a sharp slicing sound as a gust of wind blew by her. Kohana assumed it was her imagination but she swore she heard someone speaking to her in a concerned voice as she slipped into unconsciousness.
(Story End)
There is chapter 2. Bit of a long one but it is 2 a.m. and my eyes are fried. I hope you like it. Please leave a review. Bye.
-AA Dragon
