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Shizuo sighed as he trudged through the streets. Really… no street lights. It was dumb. Surely it'd make it easier to hunt down the creatures of the night, or at least make it so unsuspecting people had more of a chance to survive the night.
He stopped. There were sounds… sounds he knew well. Wolves. There were wolves around. Shizuo grabbed his pistol. He walked around, waiting, when out of the corner of his eyes, he saw it. A wolf. But it was one… He heard many. …Who cared?
Letting out a roar, Shizuo charged towards the wolf, and was surprised to it turn to run. "Hell no! You're not getting away and attacking someone else!" He didn't think, he just ran after the wolf, running from the city, until he was away from the city.
Only then did the wolf turn and tried to attack him. Too late though. A shot rang through the air, and the wolf fell dead. Shizuo grinned and turned to leave, only to freeze again.
In front of him, not even five feet away, was a vampire. Shizuo scowled. Great. And he was away from civilization. Not that far, but still away. Quickly, he exchanged the pistol for a cross.
"Wait… I want to talk."
Shizuo's eyes widened, surprised. "You talk?" He didn't lower the cross, but he didn't advance.
"Yes. I talk. We aren't ghouls, zombies or wolves. Vampires are a different sort of human."
Shizuo scowled. "No. You're not."
The vampire showed it's fangs. "I talk. We have the same proportions. We must drink your blood to live, else we wouldn't. A full drink is a whole person. And we have names. I am called Celty. Celty Sturluson." Now the vampire leaned it's head forward, letting her hair fall forward.
"I thought it best to let monster hunters of our ways, so that we are no longer hunted. Perhaps we'd get blood donations, and would no longer need to kill to survive." She cast a glance to the side. "I was twenty when I was turned. I do not know how many years have passed since then. But I once returned to my village, and there was no village."
Shizuo slightly lowered the cross. "I still don't see why. Those are valid points… but do you help us with the ghouls? The zombies? The wolves?"
"I'm keeping them away now. The wolves."
"Do you keep them away from others?"
Celty frowned and shook her head. "No… I cannot without fear of being killed." She glanced at the sky before back to Shizuo. "Hei…wa…ji…ma… Shi…zu…o." Shizuo jumped back now, his cross held up high. "I'm sorry to do this to you, but I'm oh so thirsty… I won't kill you. I couldn't. You're a good man."
She advanced, her read eyes glowing. She should have fed before approaching. But too late now. There was fresh blood here. Faster than Shizuo could react, her fangs were locked in his neck. Shizuo tried to stick the cross to her, but found that he could barely move.
No… I can't…He felt his eyes drooping. He was going to die… All of Shizuo's things fell to the ground in a clatter. Celty pulled her fangs from Shizuo, letting a few droplets of his blood drip to the ground. Right before his eyes shut, he felt Celty's fangs dip into his bottom lip, injecting him with his own blood and vampire saliva. Then there was nothing.
Izaya frowned when the four monster hunters returned without Shizuo and carrying his equipment. However, he said nothing. The four of them must have an account of their own to say.
"We found his stuff out there. In the forests. There was a pile of what seemed to be wolves remain. At least, a bullet was it in, so it wasn't the wolves that got him. However…" Erika paused, unsure of how exactly to continue. Finally, she inhaled and shook her head. "There were blood droplets by his stuff. Three of them. I think he may be a wolf now. Though we should note that his cross had fallen as if he had held onto it too…"
Izaya scowled. "So you're saying SHizu-chan is either a wolf or a vampire right now?" That was… Actually funny. "You four are dismissed." Think about it. Shizuo Heiwajima, the human monster… and actually monster now.
Izaya's scowl changed from a scowl into a grin, and as soon as the four had left, he let out a string of laughter. Monster hunter human monster turned monster. It was ironic and funny. Just everything about it.
However, now Izaya's laughter faded. If Shizuo was a wolf… then it would be impossible to tell which was him. And he doubted that if he was a vampire, that he'd stay in a town full of people he knew, friends and family. Either way… he couldn't poke and prod at him anymore.
The raven frowned now. As a vampire, the only person he'd want to feed off of was Izaya, and that would never be able to happy. Creatures of the night could not attack priests without permission from said priest, and he didn't want to die. So then… what was it? No.. No, not what was it… but what was the question he wanted to ask? He didn't know. He really didn't.
Izaya sighed and shook his head. It didn't matter. He most hated enemy was gone. It was a relief. No more having to dodge the church chairs being thrown at him. No more worrying his arms would be broken. No more pissing Shizuo off. No more…
No. It was a relief. Izaya grinned. They had extra equipment now. Equipment that could and would be used to protect all his lovely humans. Ah. Yes. This was something. Something enjoyable. Quickly, Izaya pushed thoughts of Shizuo away. That monster of a monster hunter was gone and would be dead.
There was no use dwelling on the past. You had to run past it and look towards the future. Else that past would rule over you, and be your god. And his past was not a god. Izaya knew that.
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