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Warnings: Minor warnings apply. A few scenes with...questionable material use caution.

A.N-Oh my god. ONE WHOLE F-ING MONTH!...I'm ashamed. :( I am so sorry for not updating quicker. Life just gets in the way of all my creativity. I hope everyone is still with me. Anyways, chapter 6 is done and ready for you to...hopefully enjoy. So stop reading about my pathetically slow update and go read Chapter 6...FINALLY!


Chapter 6

"Axel…I…I need to tell you something." Axel took a few steps closer to the blond. He had the urge to reach out and comfort Demyx. He looked as though he was about to break into a million pieces.

"I…I like you…a lot." Demyx did it, he said the words, he pulled the pin out of the grenade, now the question is, will it explode in his face? Axel blinked a couple of times, trying to process what the blond had just said.

"To answer your question Demyx…Yeah, I think I like you very much." Axel murmured.

Zero's mind was spinning with questions as he watched the vampires work.

Who are you Inuyasha? Where do you come from? What happened there that you don't wish to return? God, why do you have to be such a mystery?


"See you later Kyomi, I'll call you later so we can make plans for this weekend."

"Sounds good; I'll be sure to ask my parents tonight when I get home. Bye." Kyomi made her way through the rain, hugging her school bag, and coat close; her umbrella was raised above her head, shielding most of her from the cold droplets. It was finally Friday, and to make things even better, she had gotten the highest score on her Algebra exam today. She couldn't wait to tell her parents. He dad would be so proud of her. She only lived a few blocks from school, so it wasn't a big deal for her to walk home. Plus, this was only a small shower, nothing too bad. She contemplated what she was going to do for the rest of her night. She figured that her parents would want her to get some homework done tonight if she wanted to have big plans with her friends for the weekend. Other than that, she would probably get on Facebook or watch a movie, or something. She walked up the steps to her home, and shook out her umbrella once she was safely under the eaves of her house. She propped the umbrella up against the side of the house to dry, and turned to open the door. She grabbed the handle, then realized that…the door was already open.

Huh, that's funny. Misaki must have come out to get the mail or something, and forgot to close the door all the way. Man what a pain little brothers can be.

"Mom, I'm home." She pushed the door firmly closed, and then set her shoes on the matt provided before going further in. Hearing no response, she tried again.

"Mom?" Still no answer…what was going on?

"Mom? Dad…Misaki, where are you guys…Hello?" She made her way into the kitchen, and was immediately overwhelmed by a foul smell. She put her hand over her nose and mouth, trying to block out the bad odor.

I don't like this…where's that stench coming from? She cautiously made her way around to the front of the kitchen counter when she suddenly stopped dead in her tracks. She had stepped in something, something wet and sticky. She looked down and saw her socks stained with a red liquid. She was standing in a large pool of it. Her eyes followed the trail of red liquid to its source, and when she found it, she screamed as loud as her voice allowed. There not three feet in front of her was her mother, dead in a pool of her own blood. She quickly pieced together that the foul odor she smelled was the putrid stench of death. Her wide open eyes, stared lifelessly at Kyomi. She screamed and ran to get help, when she burst into her father's study, she found him dead in his expensive leather chair, they had gotten him for Christmas last year. Kyomi ran from the room, tears streaming down her face, she ran upstairs trying to find her brother. She couldn't help but continue to scream when she found him dead as well, lying face down on his bed. She didn't understand what was happening. She ran back downstairs, prepared to flee her house and call the police from the safety of her neighbors home, but before she could reach the front door, she heard a bone chilling laugh from behind her, and a puff of warm breath against the back of her neck.

"I was wondering when you'd arrive. From your pictures, I gathered that you were quite a sight for sore eyes." Kyomi felt paralyzed. She couldn't even scream she was so terrified.

"I hope you taste as sweet as you smell." She felt a hand grip her shoulder, she had just enough time to scream one last time before she felt something sharp sink into the side of her throat, and she heard a sickly amused voice laugh wickedly as everything went black.


2:30am – Cross Academy

"Attention all hunters: please report immediately to the council room. I repeat: all hunters to the council room. Thank you." The loud speaker crackled then went silent. Inuyasha glanced up from his container of ramen noodles, and gave a mournful sigh.

What could possibly be so freaking important that they feel the need to disturb my noodle time? He picked up his soup and slowly made his way towards the council room.

Zero yawned and stretched his limbs as he practically fell out of his bed…his warm, soft, comfortable bed…that he could still be laying in…having a wonderful time in the land of Z's and dreams. But no… now he was throwing on a T-shirt, and sleepily stumbling out into the blinding white light of his dorms hallways so he could make his way to the main building and attend some last minute meeting they felt obligated to hold at stupid o'clock in the morning…uugh!

"A-Axel…stop! Axel we need to…nugh…oh god. Axel we have to go to the council room!" Demyx moaned. Axel ceased his movements, although he thought it would kill him to do so…he was so fucking close. Damn you loud speaker!

"Fine…but for the record, this does not make me a happy camper." Demyx sat up, and laughed. He kissed his lover lightly on the lips.

"I'll be sure to let them all know that. Come on, let's go."


Inuyasha was the first to arrive at the council room. The first thing he noticed was that it wasn't only the hunters from the academy gathered; it was basically the entire association. He saw a few familiar faces, he could see Cloud Strife and Squall Leonheart (Leon), Zachary Fair…wasn't he suspended? (Shrugs), and a few others that were sitting around the table. He also saw that Headmaster Cross was sitting beside Yagari along with Kaname Kuran. One thing was for sure: this was not your average ordinary everyday council meeting.

"Inuyasha, I'm glad that you're here, please take a seat. Do you know where the others in your group are?" Yagari asked. Inuyasha made his way over to a vacant seat beside an older hunter with a long black mustache.

"No, but I'm sure they are on their way." He assured Yagari who nodded in response. Zero was the second to arrive, sporting a bed head, a plain white T-shit, and a pair of blue, plaid, boxers. When he saw who all was waiting, his eyes grew much more alert than they had been when he had first walked in.

"Zero…did we wake you? I'm sorry, but I assure you that this meeting was called for a very important reason. Please have a seat." Yagari motioned to an empty chair for Zero, who obediently sat down. He glanced at Inuyasha with a questioning gaze. Inuyasha shook his head, and shrugged his shoulders. He didn't know any more about this than Zero did. After three more minutes of waiting, Axel and Demyx sauntered in. Axel clad in a pair of sweat pants and a hoodie, and Demyx in a T-Shirt, and p-j pants. They were clearly surprised by the gathering, and after an invitation to take their seats from Yagari was given, the meeting came to session.

"Thank you all for being here. We are gathered here to discuss a rather pressing matter. There have been many unexplained deaths in a town about 80 miles from here. All the victims that have been found so far have been reported to have been drained of blood, but there has been no physical puncture wounds visible that could have caused this to happen." Yagari paused in his report in case anyone had anything they wanted to say.

"No physical puncture wounds? How is that possible?" One of the younger members asked. Zero folded his hands behind his head, turning in his chair to face the speaker.

"Vampire saliva. It has healing properties, they can use it to close up any wounds that they make." He explained. One of the older members continued this thought,

"This indicates that we aren't working with just another level E vampire. This has got to be a rogue aristocrat." Inuyasha shook his head at that.

"Not necessarily, an aristocrat wouldn't be so careless to leave the bodies where people could easily find them." The older hunter scoffed at Inuyasha, offended that Inuyasha would dare tell him he's wrong.

"Well it certainly wasn't a level E or a pureblood. What else could it be?" Yagari held up his hand in an order to attain peace.

"Kaname what do you think about these proposals?" Kaname who had been silent up until now, looked over at Yagari and then over at the arrogant hunter.

"Inuyasha is quite right when he says that it couldn't have been an aristocrat, it is much too sloppy of an operation." The hunter frowned his distaste at being proved wrong by a pureblood.

"However you are quite correct Bushin when you say that it could not have been a pureblood or a Level E."

"Then…what are you saying? If it wasn't an aristocrat, pureblood, or a level E, what is it we are working with here?" Zackary Fair questioned. Yagari looked pointedly at Zero and Inuyasha from across the table.

"I have already discussed this possibility with Kaname, and we believe that we are going after a…Level D, who is struggling with his blood lust."

"A level D? Like Zero and Inuyasha?" Demyx hesitantly asked, smiling apologetically at his fellow hunters.

"Yes. That is why the council has decided that we need Zero and Inuyasha to take this task upon themselves. We will be there for any type of backup you will need, but we think that this would go much more smoothly if we sent someone who knows exactly what to expect because of firsthand experience." Inuyasha and Zero looked at each other, then stood up.

"We accept this mission." Inuyasha announced.

"Very good, you will leave at dawn. Please make the proper preparations for your journey and be ready to depart at the first hint of sunlight. Your mission is to find and exterminate the threat. That is all. Meeting adjourned."


Zero didn't really know what he was supposed to feel about this whole thing. He had never been put in this type of situation before. He understood Yagari's reasoning, it was always easier to handle a job when you knew what would be waiting for you on the other side. Zero never felt conflicted about killing a level E, or an aristocrat, or even a pureblood; this should be no different. This…monster was terrorizing humans, it was a hunter's duty to exterminate vermin like that no matter the danger, no matter what type of creature they were working with.

Zero shoved a fresh pair of pants into his bag, and a sweatshirt. He didn't need to pack much in the way of personal items. He only packed what he thought he might need. Zero looked up when he heard a quiet knock on his door. Inuyasha came into the room, his bag slung over his shoulder.

"You ready?" He asked.

"Almost. I just need to make a stop at the armory, then I should be good." Zero zipped up his bag, and threw it over his shoulder, and turned to properly face the other hunter.

"Feeling conflicted?" Inuyasha's eyes narrowed with concern. Zero was yet again amazed at this man's ability to read him so easily. It made him feel slightly vulnerable.

"It wouldn't matter even if I was. We have our orders. The threat must be eliminated, that's all there is to it." Zero started to move past Inuyasha when he was stopped by a firm but gentle hand on his shoulder.

"It's not a bad thing to feel conflicted over taking a life Zero. No matter the life. Even as hunters, killing should never come easily. We are trained to kill; we are not trained to take it lightly. That's what proves we're still human." Inuyasha's words comforted Zero greatly. Even if his theory was correct, and Inuyasha wasn't anything close to a level D vampire; he knew that Inuyasha still struggled with his own inner demons. Zero didn't know what they were, but since he had found the letters, Zero was more determined than ever to find out everything there was to know about the raven haired hunter.

"Thank you Inuyasha." Zero reached up and gave the hand still resting on his shoulder a soft squeeze.

"Okay, okay enough of the sappy motivational speeches. Now, for the real reason I'm here." Inuyasha moved closer to Zero, till his lips were at Zero's ear.

"Do you need to feed before we go?" The whispered words sent tingles down Zero's spine, and flames of desire throughout his throat. Was Inuyasha offering his blood again? His succulent god-like blood? The temptation was far too great to resist. Zero didn't trust his voice, so he simply nodded his agreement.

"That being the case, I thing you should postpone your trip to the armory for a few minutes." Zero nodded again, turning around to face Inuyasha. Inuyasha reached up to take Zero's bag from him, and then threw both of their bags down onto the floor beside the bed. Inuyasha pulled his red T-shirt over his shoulders, not wanting to risk getting blood on it; then sat cross-legged on the floor waiting for Zero to feed.

Zero was once again mesmerized by the others flawless, golden, tanned skin. The way his muscles flexed as his shirt was removed. How even now, his long graceful fingers brushed soft black hair away from his precious porcelain neck. Every square inch of this man screamed 'devour me', and Zero was not about to say no. He moved slowly, but steadily over to the other hunter. He kneeled in front of the man, and brushed a few stray strands of black silk that had been missed out of his path. He bent down, and gently caressed the warm flesh with his tongue and lips, prepping it for penetration. The salty sweet taste of Inuyasha's skin was very pleasurable against his tongue. He could hear Inuyasha's breathe hitch, and felt more than heard a pleasured hum escape parted lips. When Zero deemed the sensitive area ready, he gently let his fangs break the skin, and couldn't help but moan when his senses were once again subjected to the incredible blood ecstasy that was now filling his mouth and soul. It was just as he remembered, maybe even better. He couldn't help but drink large draughts at a time; he simply couldn't get enough of this Adonis's blood. He knew that if gods truly could bleed, this would be the taste of their blood. He couldn't imagine anything more potent, sweeter, more…addicting than Inuyasha's blood. Somewhere in the back of his mind, the part that wasn't having a blood induced orgasm, he reminded himself to be careful and not take too much…after all, Inuyasha probably needed at least some of his own blood don'cha think? He allowed himself one last mouth full of Inuyasha's sweet blood, then smoothly slid his fangs out, and licked the puncture wounds shut. He opened his eyes, and was pleasantly surprised to see that he had had been able to stop before Inuyasha grew too dizzy from blood loss, then again, he hadn't been so terribly, uncontrollably thirsty this time, which probably helped. He also found that he hadn't spilt all that much, only a few small droplets slid down Inuyasha's neck, and pooled in the hollow of his collarbone, running down his marble chest. Inuyasha stood up slowly, just to be safe, and went into Zero's bathroom to clean himself up. Zero licked his lips, wiped his mouth, straightened his clothes, and patted his hair down while he waited for Inuyasha to emerge from the bathroom. Inuyasha returned to the room. His neck now washed with no evidence of their activities left. He walked over, and pulled his shirt and jacket back on, then picked up his gear.

"You ready to go?" He looked over at Zero who was also picking up his gear.

"You bet. Let's go." The two hunters exited the room, and made their way to the armory to pick up additional weapons and protection.


"Zero, might I have a word with you?" Zero and Inuyasha turned to see who had spoken. They were just about to enter the armory. Kaname Kuran stood two feet away. Zero turned to Inuyasha.

"Go ahead, I'll be right there." Inuyasha nodded, and pulled the heavy door open, he glanced between the hunter and pureblood once again, narrowing his eyes, before going in and shutting the door behind him.

"What is it Kuran? We don't have long before we need to leave." Zero narrowed Kaname with a questioning look.

"I know your time is short, but I thought it would be to everyone's benefit if you feed before you went out on this mission. It has been some time since you have eaten last, and I figured that it wouldn't be very considerate to let you go out on the field starving." Kaname's face and voice were calm; the perfect image of under control. But Zero could see something along the lines of stress bundled up behind those dark brown eyes. What was he supposed to say? No thanks, I already ate? That wouldn't go over well. Was it safe to let Kaname know that he was taking blood from Inuyasha now? Then again Zero didn't know if Inuyasha's offer was only for special occasions, or just during emergencies or when they're crunched on time. He didn't want to insult Kaname and then never be allowed access to his blood again. He would be in real trouble if that were to happen. Should he just accept the offer? But he was already full from Inuyasha's blood. Too much blood wasn't a good idea either. It made you lose focus, almost as if you were blood drunk. He couldn't have that when he was about to go off on an important mission.

"Thank you, but I think I'm still good from last time." Zero answered. Hoping Kaname would just accept that answer, and let him go.

Kaname narrowed his eyes at this. What had he just said? Zero had never gone out of his way to be polite to the pureblood before. It had been weeks since Zero had last fed from him, there was no way he could still be running off the last time. Before, Zero would need to feed at least once every week, sometimes even twice a week depending on the condition he was in. He studied Zero's features. He seemed uneasy, but not hungry. In fact his eyes didn't show any signs that he was ravaging for blood. That didn't make any sense, but Kaname couldn't deny what he saw with his own eyes; though he couldn't stop feeling as though Zero was hiding something.

"Very well, I will see you when you get back. Have a safe journey Kiryu." With that, Kaname turned and walked back to the moon dorms, thoughts troubled with unanswered questions.

Zero released a long breath of relief before turning back to enter the armory. Once inside, he could hear the clang of metal as though weapons were either being made of tested. As usual, it was rather dark, save for a few lanterns, no electrical light in this place. He walked through the stone corridor that would lead to the main weapon vault. Every few yards, there was another torch hanging on the wall, although Zero hardly needed the light, he knew his way through these passages well. However, if you had never been here before, it would be quite easy to get lost in the many tunnels that ran through the armory. Soon he emerged into the main vault, several large fire places were blazing, making the room an uncomfortable temperature, this was where the anti-vampire weapons were forged. Contrary to most belief, they were not common weapons; you couldn't just walk down to your nearest shopping center or weapon dealer and pick one up. No, all of their weapons were hand crafted to suit their needs. He took the passage that leads off to the left of the fires, and walked a few more feet in total darkness, no lights were supplied in this hallway; they figured it was too short to bother. He emerged into the supply room, where he detected voices coming from. Inuyasha and Axel were discussing something as he came up to them. Behind them, Zero could see one of the weapon smiths sharpening Inuyasha's blades.

"There you are. Axel has a present for us." Inuyasha greeted. Zero laughed as he came to join his friends.

"Oh yeah? What kind of present?" Zero turned his attention to the…slightly evil gleam in the red headed hunter's eyes. Axel reached into his back pocket, and pulled out a small tan pouch.

"This, my friends is filled with vampire dust." Inuyasha and Zero exchanged a look, and then looked back at Axel.

"You remember the last big mission we all went on? That guy Davenport that we killed? Well, I was able to gather some of his ashes before we left." Axel announced proudly.

"I want you guys to use some for your mission." He continued.

"You sure you want us to use it? You gathered it, so it's yours to use." Zero protested.

"Sure I'm sure. There's enough for you both to use some and have plenty left over." Axel set the pouch down on the table before them. Zero went over to the wall the housed all of their swords and daggers and spears, and other sharp pointy objects you might use when hunting vampires. Even though his main weapon was his gun, he always carried a backup set of daggers, or throwing knives. He picked out his usual pair of daggers, and went over to the pouch. He was very careful not to get any of the dust on his skin, as he carefully poured a tiny bit of dust upon his daggers. Zero remembered back to when Yagari had explained this ritual to him. He remembered seeing one of the other hunters coating his weapons with dust from a dead aristocrat.

"When most vampires die, they turn into a pile of dust; that dust is very useful to us hunters Zero. When anti-vampire weapons are coated with this dust, it becomes a poison to other vampires. Especially if the vampire you use it on is weaker than the vampire the dust came from. Aristocrat dust will be more potent to level E's than it would to another aristocrat, and of course, it wouldn't have much of an effect on purebloods. But if you were to stab a level E with a dagger coated with the dust of an aristocrat, the level E would be dead within seconds. All it takes is one blow."

Zero had used this trick many times before, so this was nothing new. He coated both of his daggers with the dust, and watched as Inuyasha did the same to his swords took two back up supply stocks. They were ready now to begin their journey. Just in time too, the sun was beginning to rise. Just as Yagari had instructed, both men were on the road and headed to their destination as soon as the first hint of light leaked through the clouds. It wasn't a very pleasant day, the sky was all gray and overcast, and a thick fog hung in the air, which made it difficult to see a long way in the distance. They decided to take the motorcycle, to save time and space. Inuyasha drove, and Zero discretely hung on to his waist from the back. It was about 80 miles to the town, and Inuyasha was trying to take it at a decent speed despite the fog. His eyes could see well enough. They should be able to make it to the town in a little over an hour. Even though they didn't really need them, both Inuyasha and Zero wore helmets, to protect against the moisture in the fog from getting into their eyes more than anything else. Thankfully, the protective gear they wore helped to keep the chill of the air from making the two men too terribly cold. After one hour and ten minutes, they arrived in the small town of *Abunai, not really sure where they were supposed to start looking for the intruding level D. They thought it would be a good idea to talk to the man who had called them for help. Because vampires were only "myths", their hunters association was known as the Special Force Agency to everyone else, and were called in when unexplained disappearances and deaths started to happen that no one could explain. Then man who had called them in was the head of the law enforcement around these parts. The man told them that recently, the deaths had been occurring around the south end of town. He said that the main victims, were almost always high school girls, on occasion their families, but he was sure that the killer's main targets were the girls. Zero and Inuyasha thanked the man, and then drove down towards the south end of town. They weren't seeing much, nothing too suspicious, except for the fact that the streets were deserted. There were no signs of life anywhere. Zero suspected that it was out of fear that kept them off the streets. Inuyasha pulled in front of "Abunai High School for Girls," and killed the engine.

"This looks like the best place to start. You don't sense anything do you?" Inuyasha looked over at Zero as he said this. Zero shook his head. He couldn't sense any hint as to where this monster was hiding. However, there was something different about this building,

"You can smell that can't you?" He asked Inuyasha.

"Yeah…this whole building reeks of death. Let's go." Inuyasha lead the way up the front steps, as they approached the front door, Inuyasha pulled out one of his swords. Zero pulled out and cocked his gun. Inuyasha quietly pushed the door open. The stench amplified as they entered the hallway. They could smell rotting corpse, but didn't see any bodies yet. They must be further in the building. The hallways were dark, like the power had been cut. Only a few lights flickered overhead at random intervals. Needless to say, it was the perfect setting for some creepy horror movie to take place. Zero new it was stupid, but he couldn't shake the feeling that something like a demonic doll with a chainsaw was going jump out at them when they least expected it. Right on cue, Inuyasha stepped in a puddle of red liquid. He stepped back, and silently, followed the trail of blood that seeped from under the door to what appeared to be the cafeteria…of course. He motioned for Zero and his gun to go first. Zero stepped forward, and kicked the door open, pointing his gun strait again of him, but as he looked around, it was obvious that their vampire wasn't in the cafeteria. Inuyasha came in behind Zero. Zero looked around the room, disgusted by what he found, and smelt. There were the bodies of five young girls lying on the floor, and across the tables. Inuyasha went up to one of the girls and checked for a pulse, but, finding none, he examined the wounds. They were relatively fresh, though no blood flowed out of them, which meant that this girl hadn't been dead for long. If they had gotten here just a little sooner…

The face was young, he guessed maybe fifteen, her neck and wrists were brutally mauled, and her windpipe crushed. Her skull punctured on the side. Zero examined another body with similar injuries, except with one small difference, This one's clothing was shredded, with claw markings all up and down her back and stomach, and thighs. Both Inuyasha and Zero knew that these girls weren't just fed upon, they were tortured beyond reasoning. Zero knew now that they were not dealing with just another blood crazed level D. This vampire enjoyed making his victims scream and suffer. He enjoyed their pain, and delighted when their last breath was drawn from their bodies. He was a certified monster. Unfortunately for him, monsters were not allowed to live in this world, not if Zero had anything to say about it…and Zero had exactly twelve rounds of ammunition in his gun to say about it. They would come back for the bodies later; right now they had to find the killer. He had an appointment with the Grim Reaper, and it was Zero and Inuyasha's job to make sure he wasn't late. They exited the cafeteria, and made their way through another dark hallway. They passed many empty classrooms, and a few more bodies before their shape hearing picked up on the sound of something that sounded like someone crying. They instantly looked for the source. It sounded like it was coming from one of the lockers. Zero listened hard, and picked out the right locker, he gripped the door, and pulled it off of its hinges. A student was curled up in the locker, with her head between her knees. Zero set the door down and kneeled down to talk to the girl.

"Hey there honey, my names Zero, and this is Inuyasha, we're here to help you. Okay, you don't need to be scared of us alright, we're here to get rid of the bad guy that did this to your school okay?" He spoke quietly, and calmly. She looked up at Zero, and jumped into his arms, wrapping her arms around his neck for dear life. Zero pulled her out of the locker, and held her in his arms, whispering assurances in her ear as he cried I relief. She was very small, maybe even a little smaller than Yuki. He noticed that her left arm was bleeding,

"What's your name sweetheart?" Inuyasha asked softly. The girl sniffed, and tried to get enough oxygen into her lungs so she could answer.

"H-Hina she stuttered." Inuyasha nodded.

"Hi Hina, how old are you?"

Sniff, "fourteen," sniff, "I'm a first year."

"Alright Hina, we're going to get you back to your parents okay." She started sobbing again, but nodded.

"There have to be more survivors. Zero, look in all the classrooms, especially locked ones, keep her with you; I'll go on ahead, and see if I can find our man, okay?" Inuyasha didn't wait for a reply; he turned and jogged down the hallway and around the corner. Zero watched his back till he went around the corner, then set to his task. He carried the child through the hallways he had already passed, and shielded her face when they passed her former classmates. He looked in all the classrooms that he found on the way and all were completely empty of any human beings. Finally after about ten minutes of trying doors, and looking in classrooms, he found a door that was locked. He looked in the classroom window, and could barely pick out what looked to be another student hiding behind one of the desks. He broke the door handle easily, and opened the door. He was almost immediately confronted by a man, obviously a teacher, who was holding gun at Zero.

"Hold it right there. Put the child down or I will shoot you." The man, with large round glasses, and greased back brown hair, ordered. Zero did as he was told, not liking the way the gun in the nervous man's hands shook as he held it between his sweaty palms. Hina ran to what appeared to be a female teacher who sat with a group of students in the back of the classroom. Zero put his hands up in a submissive gesture.

"Sir, my name is Zero Kiryu, I work for the Special Force Agency, I'm here to help you. I'm going to reach into my coat pocket and pull out my badge and ID, okay?" The man nodded, but kept the gun trained on Zero. Yagari had badges made for all the hunters in case something like this were to happen. Zero carefully held out his hand so that the man could look at his identification. Once the man saw the information, he slowly lowered his gun, and wiped the sweat from his brow and upper lip.

"I'm sorry." He said, breathing hard, as he gave Zero back his ID and badge.

"It's alright. Now is everyone in here injured?" Zero got down to business.

"A few of the girls have scrapes, and bruises, but other than that we're all fine." The female teacher explained. That's all I need to know, please stay here until we have apprehended the man responsible. Keep the door shut, I broke the lock, but you should be fine. I don't think he will come back this way. Stay here until I say it's safe to come out." Zero instructed.

"One more thing, do you know if there are any other survivors in any other classrooms."

"A lot of our students fled to the gym." The man said as he sat down next to the other teacher. Zero nodded, and pulled the door shut as he left. He ran down the hallways, hoping to either run into Inuyasha, the gym, or their culprit…all three would be ideal. He came across a set of large wooden doors; he peered inside the small oval windows, and found to his relief, a basketball court. It was the gym. He opened the doors quietly, and looked around for any sign of life. He heard sounds of a struggle that sounded like it was coming from within the locker room. He made a b-line for the door. He jerked it open, and had to suppress the urge to gag. The scent of freshly rotting flesh was strong within the small confines of the closed in room. He ventured in, and let his ears guide his path. He checked to make sure his gun was cocked, and then turned the corner, keeping his gun pointed out in front of him. He saw Inuyasha wrestling with the level D on the ground. The D had surprising strength for his level. Zero looked around, and found an additional four bodies. That was twelve bodies total…despicable. Inuyasha kicked the level D off of him, and went to wrap his hands around the monster's throat, his weapons already been thrown from his hands. Zero kept his eyes locked with the dead ones of the young girl at his feet. This mindless slaughter ended now. Zero lifted his gun, never taking his eyes from the body, and pulled the trigger. The bullet whizzed past Inuyasha's skull, nearly nicking him, and sunk deep into the forehead of the murderer, so let out a strangled cry, and turned to dust in between Inuyasha's hands. The other hunter, startled, whirled around, so see Zero standing there.

"Good god Zero, you couldn't give some semblance of a warning?" Inuyasha panted.

"Sorry, I ready to be done with this mission." Zero said. Inuyasha nodded.

"Are you going to collect some of the dust?" Inuyasha asked. Zero shook his head,

"Nah, level D dust isn't going to do much." Inuyasha nodded his agreement. He walked over to where his weapons had been thrown to. He had managed to surprise the D, and get a good slice of his aristocrat coated blade to his arm, that had started the fight off to Inuyasha's advantage. It wasn't enough to kill the D obviously, because he hadn't been able to run him through, just scratch the surface. He put his blades back into their sheaths behind his back, and then went to pick up one of the girls bodies, one girl in each arm, Zero did the same, they intended to put them all in the same room, probably the cafeteria, so when the police came here to put the them into body bags, they wouldn't have to look everywhere to make sure they had them all. Zero and Inuyasha weren't allowed by the association to linger long. They were to complete the mission, and then leave. They left a note on the police chief's door, telling him that the murderer has been apprehended, and the bodies piled in the cafeteria, the survivors were all in a classroom. They were done. They had fulfilled their mission. It didn't feel like enough to either of them. These types of missions never did. Not with so many losses. But it couldn't be helped. They had to follow the orders of the association. They had ridden out of the town, before stopping to gather their wits. They had driven into a meadow further into the mountains surrounding the town; they would rest here for a few minutes before continuing their journey home. Zero decided to see if he could find any sort of creek or river to wash up in before leaving. He didn't like the idea of riding back smelling of human blood the whole way home. He walked further into the forest while Inuyasha rearranged their belongings. Zero took his extra clothes with him, so he could change into something clean if he were able to wash up. Sadly, there were no rivers or creeks around this part of the mountain that he was able to find. However, he did find a well, it was one of those old fashioned wells that people used before indoor pumps and plumbing were invented. The wood surrounding it looked very old. It created a square box around the opening of the well. It was too dark inside to tell if it contained any water, his guess was that it had dried up several years ago, but you never know, it might have something left within its dark depths. He picked up a stone from the ground and threw it in. He listened to see if he heard it hit water or dirt. The funny thing was that he didn't hear either; it didn't hit anything that his sensitive ears could hear. He frowned.

"Inuyasha, do you know how to work a well?" He called out.

"A well?" came the answer.

"Yeah, like an old fashion water well?"

"What are you talking about? There's no wells out here moron."

"Well then what I'm I standing by? Inuyasha come look at this."

Inuyasha grumbled as he got up from his bag. He trudged through the woods following Zero's scent to the so called well he think he found. There hasn't been actual water wells like that here since the seventeenth century. He walked into the small clearing that Zero was in, and…froze. He felt his breathe still, and his blood run cold. Chills were shooting down his spine, and his instincts were going crazy, telling him to get out of there, not safe…not right. This was not right.

"I'm pretty sure this is a well Inuyasha, I'm not that freaking stupid." He turned to look at his companion, the expression on Inuyasha's face, had Zero looking behind him to make sure there was no unexpected enemy behind him. Seeing no one, he looked back to see the absolutely horrified expression on his friend's features, but not understanding the reason behind his fear.

"Inuyasha, what's wrong?" Inuyasha didn't answer, he moved cautiously forward. No, no it couldn't be. There was no way it was the same well. He was just seeing things, hallucinating. He reached out hesitantly, and touched the wood of the well. He took a deep breath, and looked over the edge. It was too dark for him to see clearly, he reached into his pocket, and pulled a small flashlight, he turned it on, and then shone it into the opening…

Zero looked in too. What he saw, surprised him,

"Bones?" Zero questioned. Some poor animal must have fallen in, and died trying to get out. But that didn't explain the now…almost haunted look that was plastered all over Inuyasha's face.

It was the same well. How is this possible? How can this well be here in this world?

"Inuyasha will you please tell me what the fuck is going on?" Zero was becoming very uneasy.

"This isn't right. This shouldn't be here. This doesn't belong in this world." Inuyasha whispered in a voice so void of emotion, Zero thought he was hearing a ghost speak.

"What do you mean? The well? Why doesn't the well belong here?...Inuyasha please talk to me." Inuyasha looked over at Zero, trying to get ahold of himself.

"This well…I know it. It's called the Bone Eaters Well."

"Bone Eaters well?" Zero asked. Grateful that Inuyasha was finally explaining himself.

"Yes. In my home town, we call it a village there, anyways, there's a legend among my people. They have spoken of the Bone Eaters Well, telling of how their ancestors would throw a demon's remains into the well, and they would vanish, never to be seen again. They say, that the reason bones disappear, is because this well, is a portal between worlds. Between the demon world, and the mortal world."

"But that was just a legend right, just a story? I mean, demon's don't actually exist…not like that anyway." Zero prompted. He was trying to understand and comfort Inuyasha at the same time, and it wasn't working too well. "I'm sure they just threw level E vampires into the well. You said your father was a hunter right?" Inuyasha looked up at Zero when he said this.

"You're wrong Zero. Demons most certainly do exist. Not so much anymore, but there was a time when demons walked the same earth as humans. Zero, demons and vampires are not the same. They are two completely different creatures. I know that this must sound crazy, but Zero it's the truth. That well, is a direct portal to the demon world." Inuyasha explained. He couldn't explain his irrational fear to Zero. He didn't even fully understand it. For the first time in years, he could feel something along the lines of a demonic aura. It didn't seem to be terribly close by. Like…like the aura was coming from inside the well. He didn't see anything when he'd looked in before, and as he stared into the depths, he didn't see anything now. Maybe…maybe he'd never noticed it before, but, maybe the well itself had an aura, and he was just now picking up on it because it had been such a long time since he had felt one. In any case it was making him extremely uneasy, the aura seemed…foreign, yet familiar at the same time. He didn't like it, it had a very sinister quality to it that was making his hair stand on end. They needed to get out of here…Now.

"Come Zero, we need to leave." He grabbed Zero's wrist, and stopped only to pick up their belongings, then pulled Zero back to bike quickly, only risking one final glance behind himself at the well of his past, before throwing their stuff onto the bike and jumping on himself, Zero right behind him. Inuyasha sped off through the mountain paths, till they hit the pavement of the highway. The fog had cleared, but the sun had not come out. He took the roads at almost dangerous speeds, trying to put as much distance between that aura and themselves. Zero held onto Inuyasha's waist, confused by Inuyasha's reaction to the well, and unsure of whether to believe Inuyasha about the demons or not, but he knew that even if the legend wasn't true, Inuyasha's concern was. He'd never seen the hunter this shaken up, it worried him greatly, so he went along without confrontation, or questions.

They made it back to the academy in record time. Inuyasha left Zero to report into Yagari. Yagari welcomed him home, and told him to get some rest.

Zero walked though the hunter's dorm, questions about everything that had taken place were swirling though his mind. If what Inuyasha had told him about humans and demons were really true, then maybe his parent's old stories about his ancestry wasn't really so far out. He found himself standing before Inuyasha's door. He knocked, and waited. Inside the door, he heard a muffled come in. He opened the door, and found Inuyasha lying face down on his bed, his arms up around his head.

"Inuyasha?" Zero came over, and sat down on the floor by Inuyasha's head. His back resting against the frame.

"I'm sorry I didn't react very well back there. I guess I was just a little freaked out, you know?" Inuyasha didn't answer.

"I was thinking about what you told me earlier, about there being a time when demons and humans walked on the same earth at the same time. I was just remembering stories my parents used to tell me. My mom, once told me that "magic" blood flows through our veins. I was five when she told me this. Anyways, she said that's why the Kiryu's are such good hunters. It's been passed down through the generations. She said that one of my greatest ancestors was a priestess that lived in the time of the feudal era." At this, he felt Inuyasha lift his head to stare at the back of his head.

"She was said to be one of the best priestess there ever was. My mom said she defeated monsters…demons. Up until now I thought she meant vampires, but…maybe not."

"…Do you remember the priestess's name?" Inuyasha asked, feigning disinterest.

"…Kikyo, mom said her name was Priestess Kikyo."


Oh boy What now? Didn't see that comin did ya? This is probably the longest chapter I have written for this story. 25 freaking pages. whew! I'm beat. I promise i WILL have the next chapter up a hell of a lot faster than this one. good god this was just rediculous. Well i hope you liked chapter 6 and look forward to the next instalment of Black and Scarlet Oblivion...wow, thats a mouthful, why did i give this stoy such a long title? cuz it sound freaking awesome...duh! lol Oh yeah...REVIEW PLEASE! Thanks guys!