Hysteric Moon
Written by Kazumi Kairi or Kairi-chan
A/N: Yay! I'm really happy there were a lot of reviews. I'm so touched there are lot is interested reading my story. While I was working on this chapter I also drew a fan art based on this story. If you're interested to see it you can go to my profile and go to my homepage. It's entitled 'Hysteric Moon fanart'.
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Into the story!!
Night 3
The Ice Hunter
"Release Ryuuzaki or the next shot will be your head." The mysterious hunter threatened him as he readies another strike.
Three vampires and Sakuno were staring at the lone person who is ready himself to aim another shoot. Yuuta, still with has his different voice tone, is shooting some bullet sweats in his skin thinking his bigger plan is going to be foiled. As Ryoma and Fuji, they were surprised not that the person is a Hunter just that they knew him really well, even the petite girl too.
"So this is one of the descendants of that Hunter but this one is an Ice Hunter." Yuuta sneered at the stoic hunter. "Damn. I thought they don't exist anymore."
Fuji and Ryoma stare at the additional person that was standing behind them. They could see a guy who seems to be in a third year high school like Fuji. Not only that, the trio knew him very well as they were more surprise to see something not to be expected.
"Tezuka-sempai!" shouted the petite girl.
Indeed it was Tezuka standing behind Fuji within a few distances away from him but there is something different from him when Ryoma and Fuji have seen him in the last few minutes. The stoic captain still wears the black uniform of their school, except underneath the blazer has the same symbol on the arrow that aimed Yuuta and he is holding a very detailed bow almost like a dragon's scale. Yet for somehow the two vampires felt the bow's color was somewhat the same from the captain's tennis racket.
"Let me say this once, Vampire. Release her now." Tezuka warned Yuuta as he readies another arrow in his bow.
Before Yuuta could even say, the stoic hunter has already launched his attack to the opponent. Despite the speed has increased than the first, the younger Fuji had managed to avoid perfectly, still has Sakuno as his only hostage, yet there is something different from the second shot. Just as he had avoided, he could have sworn that arrow moved on it's own and it was still trying to aim him. As the arrow is about to hit him, he suddenly brought his hostage to cover him but the arrow just stops as it falls on the ground.
"So my thought is correct." He mumbled. "Your attack never aims to anyone but me."
"Bastard you even use her as your shield." Ryoma clenched his teeth. He wanted to kill that younger Fuji so badly yet he is still in the grasp of the dead.
Tezuka, whom he still has the same expression, stares at Yuuta. "My attacks can move on its own unless I get a hit to my target." He revealed.
"Have you forgotten I have this girl as a hostage!!" Yuuta angrily yelled at Tezuka as he tightens his grip, which hurts the poor girl. Then again this causes angrier to Fuji and Ryoma.
"Of course not." He simply answered casually yet his eyes were flaming in anger and confident. "But have you forgotten the capability of this Hunter you're facing… Fuji Yuuta?"
A hint of confusion yet surprise at Tezuka's word for the younger Fuji, with that the hunter took the opportunity to hit Yuuta at his shoulder perfectly as he winces in pain. Yet he is also hurting Sakuno along as Ryoma and Fuji had seen it well. The Tensai vampire is definitely angry as he could not stand to see her suffer more. He wanted to punch his brother so badly yet he could not stand there and watch all the torment.
"I won't let you take her soul." He muttered angrily.
With the anger raised in him, he raises his left hand pointing at his brother until a strong gust came out from his grasp as it aims at Yuuta's head directly. The younger Fuji, who was unable to avoid his brother's attack, grumbles angrily yet he was surprise at Fuji's strong attack even the Tensai vampire was surprise at himself too. That wasn't his power, he thought.
"What just happened to me?" gasped the Tensai surprisingly at the changes of his powers as he stares at his left hand.
"Fuji use that technique again to Echizen. It may release him from those dead." Tezuka instructed the Tensai vampire.
The Tensai vampire just nods his head as he turns his attention to Ryoma and uses the same technique for the second time which led the youngest vampire to freedom. Now they need to focus on saving the Sakuno. Before they could even start out with a plan, Tezuka has already weakening the enemy and of course Sakuno was unharmed to his attacks.
"You're no ordinary Hunter I've known." The evil vampire glared at the stoic Hunter.
"I'm an Ice Hunter like you said." He stated bluntly.
Then Tezuka shoot again only this time the arrow was different as it aims to Yuuta's hand only this time it's more painful than ever. He released his grasps which cause to Sakuno to fall down. She is about to get hit by the time her body is nearing to the ground but then her fall cushion when Ryoma and Fuji appeared in a nick of time.
"Are you all right, Sakuno/Sakuno-chan?" both vampires questioned her worriedly.
"I'm fine. I only got minor bruises." She smiled at them weakly just to ease their worried ness but then tears are coming out with her eyes. She tries to stop yet it continues to flow out of her eyes. The young vampire wants to comfort her but then the Tensai done it first before he could do.
"It's okay, Sakuno-chan." Fuji comforted her as he hugs her.
Sakuno blushed at Fuji's warmth yet she seems to like it very much as she hugs him back. Ryoma watches them envy as he glares at the sadist lad, Fuji notices it quickly yet he smiles in victory. The youngest vampire turns his attention away from the scene as he focus looking back at Tezuka and Yuuta as he saw something that surprises him most as he sees what the stoic Hunter is holding right now.
"That gun… It's Bloody Rose." Ryoma sweated as he gives a good view of a gun that the stoic Hunter is holding causing Sakuno to release her hug to Fuji as she turns her attention to Tezuka.
Sakuno surprisingly looked at the gun and it was indeed the Bloody Rose. The gun was a proof Tezuka is a Hunter however unlike that gun she had read from the books there is something different. She remembers Bloody Rose is supposedly silver and long however the gun Tezuka has is silver and black and there are few tiny taint of red as if those were blood drop either from a human or something. It is the first time they ever see a different Bloody Rose from a Hunter.
Yuuta didn't move a budge from his fallen place as Tezuka cast a very powerful spell just to make sure his prey would not escape. The younger Fuji tries to bewitch him by just looking into his eyes but it was backfiring as the stoic hunter continues walking towards him. Fuji plans to interfere just to avoid from killing his brother yet for somehow he felt he should trust what their captain is planning to do with a gun.
"You're done." The Hunter mumbled.
Then a loud bang coming from the Bloody Rose as the bullet really shot through the younger Fuji's chest. Yuuta falls down as his back hits on the ground with his eyes open wide. Ryoma and Fuji quickly turn Sakuno's attention away from the sight fearing that the terrible fate of the brother's body of Fuji but then they witnessed something else had happened. Instead of blood or the body to disappear, they saw a huge black cloud coming out of Yuuta, the Ice Hunter just stares coldly at the dark cloud while holding his gun pointing at it then he pulls the trigger. As he shot another one there was a screeching scream coming from the cloud until it disappeared completely.
"Mission accomplished." He replied as he draws his gun away.
Fuji quickly gets his feet to his brother's body and kneels down next to him. Indeed Yuuta is only unconscious yet his sleeping figure is almost like a corpse. He touches his younger brother's face as the Tensai vampire finds it no dream which he finds it very surprising to him. He turns his attention to the stoic Hunter who is holding his bow. He clicks something that was at the tip as it transform into his tennis racket.
"Don't worry, your brother still lives." the stoic hunter replied which surprises Fuji even Ryoma and Sakuno.
"But what about the shot you did? Also isn't Bloody Rose specializes killing Vampires?" Sakuno informed.
Ryoma agreed to the petite girl's statement while he continues glaring at the stoic Hunter as if he is demanding for answers. "True but unlike this gun I have, it has the ability to remove a Vampire's shadow within him." Tezuka replied. "Like you have witnessed what I did to him."
"Then again why aren't you hunting us down, Tezuka?" Fuji implied him. "Isn't what you Hunters are supposed to do?"
The stoic Hunter was in silence while he stares at Fuji's vampire eyes then he turns his gaze away. "Would I hunt down vampires who are trying to save Ryuuzaki and pretended to be a normal human?" Tezuka pointed out. "Beside you two don't look like a threat to me."
Both vampires were staring at Tezuka strangely as if they doubt him yet they were not sure whether they could trust a Hunter or not. However the stoic Hunter had never shown any intention of Hunting Ryoma or Fuji after he finished his battle with Yuuta.
"It's already late. You shouldn't let your guard down." He advised them as he already gone ahead of them.
Ryoma, Fuji and Sakuno could only stare at the stoic Hunter until the petite girl was the first to speak up. "Umm… I think it is best we should get out of here." She stated out.
"Right." They replied in unison.
Within the darkness, an unknown figure is watching the event where it happened at the park using a crystal ball placing right in front of him. He replays the battle event until it stops to the part where Tezuka holding Bloody Rose aiming at Yuuta.
"Curses!!" he slammed his hands to the table while glaring at the crystal ball. "I was sure the Hunter races were wiped but how come this one survived?"
"Maybe he got the information wrong." Another one inquired him yet he receives a death glare which he shuts his mouth completely.
"But you're now satisfied of the data you've gathered about their strength, what should we do now?" a third member asked who appears standing behind the mastermind.
"Of course our goal is still the same." The mastermind concluded. "We're going to use a different method this time."
"Um I don't want to say this but why did we have to use that girl for two times?" the second one asked him curiously.
As the second companion asked the question, the mastermind could only smirk evilly while staring at his companions. "Let's just say I'm only testing out how valuable their Blood Partner." He informed his companion. "It seems she is more than just a Blood Partner. Yet their strength aren't at the highest level as they were supposed to be."
In the mansion, they brought Yuuta in their home since Sakuno insisted that there isn't any danger he would do. Ryoma originally against to the idea but Fuji supported her, which he gave up in the end. The younger Fuji is lying on a spare room which was unused for long yet the petite girl has an amazing talent on cleaning their home. So far Yuuta has been sleeping for two hours yet there was no sudden movement ever since they've arrived. It worries the Tensai vampire of his sibling.
"Don't worry, Syuusuke-kun. I'm sure your brother will wake up soon." She cheered him.
Fuji looks at her with a sad expression even Ryoma who looks guiltier yet his white cap covers his expression which the petite girl notices the Tensai quickly. "We'd like to apologize. If weren't that weak we would have saved you earlier." Ryoma apologized.
"It doesn't matter, Syuusuke-kun, Ryoma-kun. I know you tried your best. What matters to me now we're okay." She smiled sweetly at them which ease the two vampire's mind. "Also we have to thank Tezuka-sempai's help."
A loud groan was heard clearly enough for the trio to turn their attention as they get to see Yuuta is waking up from his slumber. "Are? What happened to me? And how did I get here?" Yuuta questioned himself as he gazes around his surrounding until he spots Fuji standing next to his bed with two unknown comer. "ANIKI!? It's been a while since we last saw each other!" he exclaimed excitedly.
The younger Fuji, without the different tone of his voice, was hugging the Tensai vampire which surprises Fuji of the sudden changes of his brother. He quickly notices his brother's Chi was retrieve to his normal even the tone of his voice is normal too.
"By the way who are those two?" Yuuta quickly asked his brother as he is glancing at Ryoma and Sakuno.
Fuji looks at his brother as he sees his expression are normal which relieves him. "Yuuta this is Echizen Ryoma and this lovely girl over here is Ryuuzaki Sakuno. They are my underclassmen in Seigaku where we attended." The Tensai vampire smiled as he introduced his underclassmen to his brother.
"Ryuuzaki Sakuno?" questioned the younger Fuji as he stares at the petite girl curiously, "So you're a human."
"YUU-TA." An angry glare yet smile focus to his brother as if he wanted to wring his neck badly, which scares Yuuta at his smile.
"Anou… Fuji-san." Sakuno called the younger Fuji's attention. "Call me 'Yuuta', Sakuno." Yuuta assured her.
"Then Yuuta-kun, do you remember anything like earlier today?" she curiously asked him.
Yuuta's expression turned into frown while crossing his arms against over his chest as he tries to recall. "That's really strange. The only thing I remembered I was having a practice with my team until I black out all the sudden." He revealed. "I wonder how many days have I slept?"
More questions are starting to edge for the trio of the younger Fuji's mysterious amnesia as they find it really odd. Honestly, it has never occurred anything like that nor even from the history of their ancestor or the other vampires. Still they think it is best not to talk more in front of Yuuta, since he has no recollection what he had done earlier, as they decided to move another topic. It took them awhile until their conversation was finally over as Yuuta drifts off to his slumber. Ryoma, Fuji and Sakuno exit themselves of Yuuta's room and went to another room far enough.
"What's going on?" Sakuno gasped. "How come Yuuta-kun can't remember what happened earlier?"
"True enough. Also I could not feel the other disgusting Chi we felt earlier." Ryoma added. "It's like his other self mysteriously vanished like that dark cloud came out from his body."
Another silence fallen on them as they were thinking real deep until Fuji was the first to talk. "I think I know whom we should ask." Smiled the Tensai vampire.
"Buchou we need to talk…. Privately." the young regular demanded.
Ryoma and Tezuka are at the tennis court as there is a lot who are practicing for the up coming tournament. Everyone, including the Regulars, was eyeing to the two all rounder players to know what's going on between them. Though they are getting a bit noisy Oishi manages to tell them off to return their practice.
"What do you want to know?" Tezuka asked him.
Before the young tennis prodigy could say another word, Inui interrupted them. "If you're going to converse something important I suggest you should talk somewhere safer." Inui advised them then he walks off.
"Well then. Come over to my house. There we would have a better talk." The tennis captain suggested as he begins to walk away he whispers to Ryoma only. "Also bring those two along too."
As Tezuka walks away, the youngest regular could only watch at the stoic captain with the usual cold stare only that his left eye turns to his vampire mode as if he's trying to take some information whether Tezuka is lying or not.
"So I guess we have to accept Tezuka's invitation." Fuji sighed heavily as he earns a nod from the youngest vampire. "And bring her along."
Ryoma flinched a little at Fuji's additional sentence as he secretly stares at the older teen. He could see the Tensai vampire is smiling except his blue eyes were showing. Fuji is staring at the young vampire.
"Is there something you want to say, Ryoma?" Fuji asked him before Ryoma could even say a word he added. "It's about Sakuno-chan, isn't?" The youngest regular glared at him yet the Tensai kept on talking. "I know Sakuno-chan is our Blood Partner but to me, I see more than that. I'm referring her as a wonderful young lady not a prey or our food."
With that, the sadist Tensai left leaving the young vampire still glaring at him. Just as he was already in the court, Ryoma stares at the ground angrily at his senior.
School finally ends there was no tennis practice for now so this Fuji, Ryoma and Sakuno head their way to Tezuka's house since he insisted them to go ahead of him as he has something to do first. Good thing the Tensai vampire had visited the stoic Hunter's place once and remembers the direction clearly. Just as they've arrived their destination, the juniors were staring astonish at the view they're seeing.
"I guess Tezuka-sempai's house is really normal." Sakuno awed in amaze at the sight.
"Here I was thinking there might be a spell like we did but I guess it was normal." Ryoma added while staring at the house.
As they only stare at the Tezuka residence, the stoic Hunter arrives in the scene as he invites them in his house. Just as they were all in the residence, Ryoma takes one quick glance at the outside with his vampire eyes but unlike his usual vampire eyes the gold color were replace to bloody red. Then he followed behind them but unknown to him there was another person who is standing behind the nearby pole watches him carefully.
"In my clan, we only kill those who are dwelling within the Darkness. There are various weapons we use that can eliminate their existent or release evil in them." Tezuka explained to them.
They were talking seriously as Tezuka has explained the trio of his powers and weapons since they were curious about the differences of a Hunter himself and the previous Hunters. So far the tennis captain is either a Vampire Hunter or any Hunter they could name out. His stoic gaze turns his attention to Fuji who has his eyes open all the time. "By the way Fuji, your brother was definitely not pure evil. It seems that he was controlled by someone with a stronger power. Like the dark black cloud we saw yesterday." He informed the Tensai vampire who is really surprise at the news.
"How can you be sure?" Ryoma demanded. "Is there such creature or race capable doing such a thing?"
"There must be a mistake, Tezuka-sempai. There wasn't any creature mentioning in the books I've read." Sakuno argued.
Silence fallen on their conversation due to the petite girl's outburst of her knowledge, which she finds herself really embarrassed at herself as she quickly, apologizes. The stoic Hunter just stares at Sakuno very surprisingly yet he seems amazed how such normal being like her knows such things. He wanted to ask her but then his attention turns to the two vampires who were smirking at her silliness.
"It seems you've taught her quite a lot." The tennis captain complimented amazingly at the girl's knowledge.
"Not exactly, Tezuka. Sakuno-chan reads a lot of books in our home ever since she was little." Fuji corrected him. "Because our books contain information of different races and creatures she is currently obsess on these stuffs."
Ryoma nodded in agreement to the Tensai vampire's explanation with a smirk pasting on his lips. "Unlike any girls around, she's the only one who never reads the girls' novels." He also added with a proud smirk.
Now this made Sakuno even more embarrassed the information the two vampires have given to Tezuka. "Hey we're not here just to chat about me!" she pouted cutely. "What about this unknown creature who controlled Yuuta-kun!"
Now this draws their attention back to the main topic. Of course they were being aware of it yet Tezuka's expression seems to be more serious than ever since the petite girl mentioned about the unknown creature that controlled the younger Fuji. Of course, the two vampires were also curious about their new discovery.
"There was one person whom I'm trying to track down ever since I was little." He revealed.
"However Tezuka has never succeeded finding this strangely race's new identification." A familiar voice added the information.
Everyone, excluding Tezuka, turn their attention coming behind the stoic Hunter. At first they could only see the shadow but when he comes out it revealed to be no other than Inui who appears to be wearing a lab coat over his school uniform. Of course he still wears his glasses and carrying a notebook in his hand.
"Inui-sempai… what are you doing here?" Sakuno stiffen scared at the Data Player's sudden appearance.
"You don't have to worry about him. Inui is actually a weapon maker and a scientist." The stoic captain assured them. "He's the one who created my bow disguising as my tennis racket and creating new weapons. Of course, he already knew you two are vampires."
"That's not the problem." Ryoma gritted his teeth as it was showing his fangs. "What I want to know how did Inui-sempai manage to get through the barrier?"
The petite girl blinks her eyes confusedly as she turns to Fuji who still smiles calmly. "Before we entered Tezuka's house, Ryoma put a strongest barrier so no one would interrupt our secret conversation." He explained to her as his eyes were open while he stares at Inui showing his vampire eyes. "But I'm quite surprise you've got such strongest Chi."
"Even though you've created a barrier, I have my ways to get through." Inui smirked as his glasses glinted which scares Sakuno. "I don't want to know." Sakuno whimpered
The stoic Hunter gets their full attention again to their main topic as they began to converse more seriously. Tezuka and Inui explained to the trio everything including how the two were aware of their existence and etc.
"Anyway the Penal Tea and my Special Veggie you drank, Fuji, has also the specialty to increase your Vampire ability far stronger than you were aside to increase your tennis skills." The Data man informed him.
"I see… no wonder why I felt it was increased at the time." The Tensai vampire thought while he looks at his left hand as he reminisce sing yesterday event.
"Ch! And here I thought there you're weirder than someone else I know." Ryoma added in sarcasm.
"Saa… I wonder which one you're referring." Fuji smiled in questioning pretending to be curious at the young vampire.
"But we're not the only ones knew." Added the Data man with a normal smile. Ryoma, Fuji and Sakuno questioned of Inui's statement until they heard a doorbell ringing. "It seems he has arrived as I predicted." He stated.
To Be Continue…
Next on 'Hysteric Moon'
Night 4: More Myths And Surprises
"A were-cat!?" Ryoma gasped surprisingly.
"Hoi! Hoi! Have I waited you long, guys?" questioned in an energetic tone.
Sakuno is staring at the person who is standing in front of her. She could tell it was an older boy but something unusual that she didn't expect to witness within her very eyes. The guy has a pair of cat ears above his head and a tail behind. But that's not all he wears a Seigaku Tennis jersey uniform and his appearance were more familiar to everyone.
A/N: Yep people, Tezuka is belongs to Hunter race and he is given Ice Hunter as his nickname. I have to thank and congratulate to those who have guessed. Also I know what you're about to say Tezuka's nick name really sucks… I don't have other originality at all! As for Bloody Rose I got the idea from Vampire Knight but I made a little different after I've researched on other Vampire hunting tools.
Also I have to confess, I originally intended to use another PoT character as the Hunter but it seems Tezuka gained a huge popularity guesses. The group of mysterious boys and their goals will be revealing sooner. As for Yuuta, nope he's not that all evil. Another character is going to reveal but can you guess whom Inui is talking about?
Anyway I need to thank the following for reviewing my last chapter:
animechix112, Otakugal, Nina Natsu, hai-chan13, jv, sweetgal144, Elizabeth Éclair Rose, xXHitsuxSakuXx, feiry, yi-chan, FujixSaku0709 and RoyaleDeuce.
I hope there would be more people reading to my fic.
I'll see you again!