-1(A.N. It has been a long time. I consider Black Angel to be my favorite of all my stories. Unfortunately I'm constantly getting sidetracked by other things I enjoy. Since I started this in '02' I'm sure my writing hasn't gotten much better but I don't write for the enjoyment of others. I'm also working on a chapter for Ran Inu: Wild Dog of the Western Lands.)

The Black Angel Ch 8

Ranma hated patrols, hated them with a passion he reserved for stupid humans and foolish vampires. His temper was at it's breaking point for today he had, had to deal with all three at one time.

Some pathetic girl barely 17 years old had fallen 'In Love' with a woman who turned out to be a freshly turned vampire. Ranma had with all his normal bad luck come upon the scene of the two of them necking and of course got the wrong idea.

'The wrong idea?' Pestilence chuckled deviously. 'You ripped the poor Vampire bitch apart and almost killed the silly human child in the process,' she laughed again and continue. 'I loved the look on the girls face as she was coated with her lovers blood, you are just too much Ranma,'

So his temper continued to build. 'Your going to blow Ranma, come on lets have some fun and work off the stress, or maybe Genesis is willing to… give you relief.' Pestilence chuckled deeply in his mind.

Ranma couldn't help it but a smile smirk appeared on his face at the thought. He felt something for the beautiful female werewolf. Genesis was his companion, his equal in battle and lust. They had shared many things over the years. Ranma was sure her heart was one of them. As a childe of Dracula did Ranma have a heart? He always wondered these things in the night. When he was younger he asked his former master.

Flash Back

In the dank dungeons of the Helsing manor Ranma kneeled before his master. The Vampire Lord, Alucard formerly known as the child of The Dragon, Dracula. Vlad Tepes.

"Master do we… beings such as us have a.. a heart?" The master gave the child a wide grin showing his prominent fangs and glowing red eyes. "The heart of a human being," The beast licked his lips in recollection. "Is a fearsome tool," His eyes closed slowly, then he spoke again. "The heart of a monster," He tapped his chest slowly. "Source of our great dark power," He nodded his eyes flashed open but only showed a dull shine.

'Only you can pick which is appropriate for you,' The thought slithered into his mind.

Ranma understood.

End

'You have a heart Ranma,' Pestilence whispered seductively. He could almost see her at times like this. 'A heart capable of so much while your young, a heart as black as night is not something you are born with,' She sighed loudly In his mind. Ranma could feel her dread and anguish from his connection with the gauntlet. 'It's something gained through a long life of hate, anger, lust and sheer malevolence. Then one day you'd slaughter and devour a hundred souls and find yourself feasting on their pain and suffering, becoming more powerful and then you'd know,' She went quiet then and Absolution vibrated slightly against his back.

Ranma nodded to himself understanding her words. Then he felt it but it was far too late.

"CRACK"

His skull exploded into a gory mess.

"CRACK"

His chest was destroyed by the follow up attack aim at his heart.

Ranma grinned through the pain and launch himself sideways escaping another blistering shoot. Blocking out the pain and gathering his remaining energy, Ranma was focused on healing and continued dodging the lightening like attacks with ease.

'It's trap Ranma their leadi…Shit,' His last dive brought him crashing in behind a being of tremendous strength. He stood swiftly bringing his massive sword to the side. Ranma grinned savagely. Slowly the being turned around

'RUN,' Pestilence roared in his mind. It was a massive humanoid like man with dark skin, bulging with muscle. Most startling of all was the head of a Hyena that was perched atop his shoulders. Within it's arms was a massive M61 Vulcan Gatling gun. The beast opened fire. Ranma's grinned grew even more as he prepared for this tremendous fight to begin. Instead of the normal ammunition he was prepared for the Gatling started to spit raw Hellfire.

'SHIELD,' Pestilence roared once again. This time Ranma listened. Pulling his sword forward and concentrating briefly a dome of purplish energy appeared in front of him. The Vulcan roared loudly as the hellfire continued to slam into his energy dome.

"Shit," Ranma cursed the powerful hellfire was quickly draining his energy. 'I can take much more of this it's time to fight fire with fire,' he spoke mentally to Pestilence. 'NO, Ranma this a true demon from the 3rd level of hell, an enforcer of the devil himself,' Ranma ignored her warnings. He threw himself into a roll underneath the hellfire missiles, bringing absolution forward he swept threw the demons stomach leaving a ragged gaping scar, knocking the gun aside he slammed absolution straight into the demons chest with a savage twist an push he force the demon to the ground.

Bringing his armored gauntlet forward with a twisted grin on his face. "PESTILENCE BURN," He roared and the tiger headed gauntlet replied with a tremendous eruption of bluish hellfire, scorching the beast flesh and the entire surrounding area. Within seconds a massive fist rose and hammered him in the jaw sending him flying into the ground and slamming head first into a dilapidated building, causing It to cave in on him.

"You should have listened to the spirit little vampire," The demon spoke as his wounds smoke and healed instantly, his voice more like a guttural growl. Before Ranma could gather anymore energy he heard the distinctive whine of the Vulcan M61. 'RUN RANMA, please you must RUN!,' She barked in his mind. Then the Hellfire was upon him once again and it was too late to run.

'Genesis,' was his last thought before his body was ripped to shreds and Hellfire burned his very being. 'I believe I do love her.'

"RANMA," Genesis roared. Jumping off the next building behind the demon, her arm and fingers lengthening to form sharp claws. Claws that slammed into the demon ripping his head off his shoulders, she brought her other hand up and slammed it into the demons chest crushing ribs and severing the spine with ease. She vaulted over him leaping towards Ranma, she grabbed his broken form, she cradle him gently giving him some of her energy. "Ranko," she yelled and with a flash of light she was gone.

After her disappearance the demon stood easily with no signs of damage. "Hnh useless," he said as he sanked into the shadows.

(A.N. after 3 years I figured I would post something.)