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Warning:Face sucking action at the end of this chapter. Skip it if you feel like it. Very mild but I did warn you just in case.
The Midori Incident
Chapter 10
"This is Kuran Yuuki. It's complicated but she's the one who had tamed him and as notorious as he is that other one there needs no introduction," Takamiya's tone did nothing to disguise his hate towards vampires. Towards him.
"I'm sorry for barging in like this but it was that jerk that blew your cupboard," the insolent hunter accused like a six year old brat. Yuuki had a pleading look on her face, almost like a worried mother begging him to behave. So he did nothing but stare at the mysterious hooded hunter who was studying the mess in silence, not even acknowledging their presence. Just another typical arrogantly ignorant imbecile like Yagari.
"It's just a cupboard and I'm sure your temper had to do something with that too," said the hooded one. He smelt like death. Pungent vampire blood shrouded him like plumes of dust. Something about the mingling scents was off, told his instincts. "It's an honour to meet you Kuran Kaname-dono," he said while pulling his hood down. "I just came back from an assignment, so forgive me for forgetting my manners."
He got a good look at him. Kiriyu? He thought for a second. 's not him. Kaname coolly stared at the newly arrived hunter. The smiling hunter had the same shade of silver hair tied back in leather cords. The hunter was sizing him up. He hated the sharp amber eyes that were fearlessly staring right back at him, a powerful pureblood vampire like he was a common insect. Well, well, well.. You have guts. He hated him simply because he resembled that impertinent Kiriyu Zero. He was unfamiliar with the hunter family's history. The two might be related to share some common familial resemblance. But to his knowledge, only the Kiriyus had that shade of silver.
"I'm Tomohisa Atsushi, Zero and Kaito's former instructor," sneering, the hunter shifted his gaze to Yuuki. She was unfazed but he could tell the brown haired girl had something on her mind. Yuuki might be gullible at times but he felt he could trust her judgement this time especially after that daring stunt she pulled to get him from ripping Takamiya's throat out.
Instantly, Kaname remembered the laminated photograph he found earlier. His temper started to boil again as the image flashed in his mind. A 'teacher' wouldn't do such things to his 'pupil'. Takamiya's reaction when he saw it was enough to tell him that there was more to it and he shall find it all out.
"So Kaito, you wanted that book to get Zero?" Tomohisa moved towards the shattered cupboard and started picking up the pieces of scattered paper. Takamiya nodded and immediately helped him. The hunter completely ignored the fact he had enemies in his territory and continued to lecture the redhead, "I can't say I'm not upset with your intrusion.. And for dragging the Kurans along your reckless ride. I can't believe you've brought purebloods to my home. Where did that entire vampire hating bravado of yours disappear to? Have you lost your mind? What if the nobles thought that you've blackmailed them to come here by force? Do we need another war in our hands? I understand that you need that book but you should have called me about it."
"Sorry, sensei. Won't happen again," the redhead responded, not looking at the older hunter.
Tomohisa stood up, walked over pass him to the desk and piled the paper in a messy heap. He had his gaze set upon Takamiya who was still busy cleaning up the destruction, "You know very well that I care as much as you do for Zero despite of what he had become. I'll do anything for his sake." He suspected the words held a hidden meaning as soon as Takamiya froze. Kaname observed the two silently, collecting the pieces. There's more to this and Takamiya knows. He had tried to hide the book, his strong reaction to that wretched picture, and now he is all obedient and compliant. Who is this Tomohisa?
The older let out an exasperated sigh, "Forgive my rudeness, Kuran-dono. I was engrossed in being disappointed in him that I forgot that the two of you are here. I don't really know what's going on but if you wanted to find Zero through the taming tattoo, you've come to the right place."
"So it is possible?" Yuuki spoke up. Her anxiety showed and she still had the red book clutched firmly at her side.
The silver haired hunter smiled kindly and nodded, "Yes. But you'll need some of his blood too."
"I have it," she replied firmly.
"Good. Then Kaito-kun should go on and help you with it,"
Takamiya stiffened again. He set the things he had collected aside and dusted his coat awkwardly but said nothing as if he was cautious of Tomohisa or he was feeling guilty of his intrusion and was anticipating a punishment. The older hunter had the air of a cunningly strict teacher. Not surprisingly, Tomohisa's amber hued eyes lit up in satisfaction. Kaname did not have to know the two well to tell that they had something else going on. He had the urge to strap the two hunters down and interrogate and bleed the facts out of them. The hunters did not say anything to one another for a few seconds. Yuuki fiddled with the ends of her hair in that uncomfortable silence. He shot her a look and she stopped, pursing her lips nervously.
"Won't you help sensei? We're running out of time as we speak," it was Takamiya who had spoken. Tomohisa's smile diminished by a few millimetres and he sighed, "I want to Kaito, but as much as I care for him, I can't. I had specific orders to not to get myself into any matters which directly involves Zero unless it was by the association's formal instruction. I wouldn't have known about this disappearance of his if it was not for all of you coming here. I hate to say this but.. You're on your own,"
"You can't possibly say that, Tomohisa-san. ." protested Yuuki.
"I'm afraid orders stands as orders and I'll abide them unquestioningly," he clarified. He was no longer smiling. Takamiya averted his gaze elsewhere to avoid Tomohisa's glare. Yuuki said nothing.
"Fine," Kaname took the book from Yuuki, studying the bronze wolf emblem that decorated the spine, "We shall take our leave, Tomohisa-san. But we would have to borrow this and Takamiya too of course." he said while gazing coldly at the redhead who in turn looked intently back at him in disbelief.
"Be my guess. I hope you'll find Zero soon. As unstable as he is, something bad might happen if he's compromised. The taming tattoo wouldn't be enough to stop him from falling to Level-E. We'll be forced to put him on the list," Tomohisa sounded earnest but Kaname believed otherwise. Yuuki had tears welling in her eyes. No doubt she's worried again. Takamiya kept quiet, studying the katana hanging by the metal door.
"How would you know that?" Yuuki was fighting back her tears and she was angry. "He won't lose that easily."
The bitter smile graced Tomohisa's face once again, "Because I was the one who tattooed that ink on him and although he seemed unbreakable, I've pushed him beyond his limits before."
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"Leave me here and escape, senpai. It's not worth it." Kiriyu tried to pry himself away. Bravo! Pick this time to be selfless and I'll sacrifice you for sure. The silver bangs were plastered over his dimming red eyes. He was weak but it was so unlike Kiriyu to give up. But who knows? It's not like we're friends..
He whacked the vampire hunter hard on the head. "Should I punch you? After I got skewered to save you? Yuuki-sama would castrate me if I leave you here. I don't care if you don't feel like it but pick another vampire to die on, please. Shut up and move!" He may he yelled that too loudly because the rumbling footsteps started again, followed by some ear deafening booms on the east side of the building. Please, please move stupid. The pests had scaled their way down.
He growled in frustration when Kiriyu refused to budge. "Move, Kiriyu!" he shouted, not caring if his voice gave away their exact location in the old slaughter freezer. He coiled the long chain dangling from Kiriyu's shackles in his left hand and used his might to haul him towards the door. Kiriyu was exerting his energy to control his breathing and keep up from being half-carried half-dragged by him. The wet muddied floor made it harder for him to keep his balance but at least the gangly teen was cooperating.
"Why do you have to grow so tall, dumbass? God must really hate me.." he complained. Kiriyu didn't answer back. Aidou got a good look at the real extent Kiriyu had sustained. The injured hands should belong to a week old rotting corpse and he could feel the bare clammy vampire hunter's skin fractioning against his skin underneath the torn silk shirt. Kiriyu was like a lump of half-dead carcass. The vampire hunter was extremely weak, that he could tell. Nonetheless, his consideration to staying back to die infuriated him. I'll protect you no matter what to the end. I'll show you. Oh.. That sounds so wrong. Whatever!
He pushed the door open and snuck a hesitant peek at the unmoving Takahashi. Kiriyu coughed as the result of the sudden jerk. "He'll be torn to pieces," croaked the vampire hunter. He had read his mind.
"He signed his own doom the minute he betrayed me," he murmured and Kiriyu replied nothing but no doubt he could feel his conflict. The strange hunter was too soft-hearted for his own good. He bared his neck for you Hanabusa. What do you expect? Grouchily, he kicked hinged the door shut and locked it. "There. He stands a chance all right. Stop pouting and focus on living!"
There was an eerie moment of silence and he could feel the Es closing in. Both of them were caked in dried blood and there were no way the vile creatures would miss them. Kiriyu would not like it but he would have to stop them alone before they could get to Kiriyu because the said hunter was in no shape to fight. Like he'll ever admit that fact. Hurriedly, he dragged the confused vampire hunter to a corner where a cluster of old rusty drum bin were lined and dumped him and the black haversack behind them. Aidou saw a metal meat hook on the floor, picked it up and trusted it into Kiriyu's metal bound hands, "I know you're capable of fighting but please let me handle this one." Kiriyu looked pissed and was about to snarl something out but he kicked the teen in the ribs, sending him into a coughing fit. "Just stay down!" he barked and raced to the front.
After several deafening bangs, the front door of the warehouse flew open and he immediately saw three silhouettes standing against the black painted night. Their tattered, mud covered clothing was not enough to mask the smell of rot and death that spewed and cloaked around them. Like typical Level-Es, their eyes glowed in bloodlust. What the hell? They were blazing yellow instead of the anticipated red. The drugs! Moreover, he could sense something very wrong.
"Get his head!" an awfully familiar voice roared in the background. Oh, hello Mr. Ogre... Simultaneously, the three Level-Es screeched and charged at him. One of them was a woman with long brown dirty hair and her once red coloured dress was reduced to rags. Her face contorted in her drugged bloodthirsty frenzy. She took a swipe at him with the elongated claws but he managed to dodge and sent her crashing several feet away with a kick to her side. Her shrill yell made his hair stood on its ends.
The two males closed in, baring their fangs. Aidou lunged forward and twisted the head off of one of them with all his might. Ewwww! Get rid of it! His mind screamed and he flung the grotesque head away through the door. The body floundered violently in search of the missing head before disintegrating into dust. That was too easy. His strength was back. Now..As for my ice. He concentrated, summoning it but nothing happened. Shit!
All of a sudden, something collided with him and he crashed onto the floor. It was a boy about Kiriyu's age. The other male E had moved faster than he had anticipated, straddled and pinned him down, raising his sharp right claws above his head to drive it straight for his heart. He felt it, the sickening tow in his loins when he knew that he had messed up. He could see the female E in the distance, licking her lips in anticipation from the corner of his eye.
But the male's hand stopped mid-way, and blood spurted from its left shoulder. He caught the glint of curved metal embedded in the wound. Who? Then he realized. Stupid Kiriyu! The male E was wrenched backwards, and his vision was locked onto a wheezing silver haired vampire hunter. The freshly bloodied meat hook was held firmly in his hands. Kiriyu's eyes were burning red, stimulated by the heavy scent of blood.
It was Kiriyu's turn to be pounced. The female E had all her clawed fingers around his neck, screeching loudly while smashing and pounding the vampire hunter's head repeatedly against the concrete floor. She's not going to bite him? Kiriyu roared in rage and kneed her in the stomach, sending her flying off in a red blur. Aidou got back onto his feet, rushed over to the disorientated Kiriyu and pulled him up, "I told you to stay down!"
"Like I would listen to you..." whispered the vampire hunter hoarsely while shaking his giddy head. "They're strange."
"Tell me something I don't know," he pushed the vampire hunter away before the crazed female could hurtle into them. She landed perfectly on all fours and took a swipe at Kiriyu back and shrieked delightedly licking his blood. The vampire hunter seized the moment to deliver a vicious kick into her face, crunching bones and cartilage into messy pulp. The E let out an anguished scream and tried to scamper away but Kiriyu had grabbed one of her ankles, pulled her down and drove the meat hook swiftly into her heart. She exploded into dust.
However, both of them had overlooked the injured young E who had been waiting for his chance to attack. The E charged into Kiriyu, knocking the makeshift weapon off his hands. Aidou had anticipated the E to skewer him with it but instead, it grabbed him by the hair and pushed him face first onto the floor. The E licked the long cut on Kiriyu's back, chortling in delight, "Yesss... Master had told me you are delicious.."
Master? Must be that sicko.. Aidou observed the glowing yellow eyes changed to red as it bared it's fangs to sink it. Finally, behaving like an E.. He has seen enough so he used his vampire speed to sprint towards it and elbowed the unguarded E in the neck, crushing the windpipe but not enough to kill it. Kiriyu got up to his knees and bashed the screeching E repeatedly with his anti-vampire shackles in the head, splattering singed E blood and grey matter onto himself making Aidou cringe. Count on Kiriyu to fight like a Neanderthal. Any implications of Tomohisa so far were enough to trigger him mad and senseless. He would let Kiriyu vent out his craziness because he had a bigger fish to catch.
Then he saw his target, the pea-brained lumbering hunter was scurrying out of the warehouse like a big-fat giant rat. Aidou turned on his heels and intercepted the giant at the main entrance. Grinning, he punched the man in the face, careful not to damage it so much. Mr. Ogre howled in pain and quickly brandish out his weapon. A two feet long club like weapon with a spiked end. Oh yikes.. A morning star. That's so drearily medieval.. Blood dripped from the stumpy nose into his mouth, staining the crooked teeth red. Aidou licked his lips just to rattle the man.
"Do NOT kill him!" he heard Kiriyu's warning. Hey.. Give me some credit Kiriyu.
Mr. Ogre let out his battle yell and swung the spiky thing at him. He dodged, swooped low and kicked the man in his right kneecap before rolling out of the way. As expected, the clumsy giant howled in pain before crashing down like rotten timbre. The oaf still managed to hold onto the weapon and swung it dangerously close to his right foot. It snagged the leg of his filthy dress pants and tore it. Aidou leaped back out of range but he could hear Kiriyu dragging himself closer to the fight. Stupid moron! I could handle this just fine!
During his brief distraction to search for Kiriyu, the fallen hunter had done something he had not anticipated because he could no longer move his bare feet. They were grounded solid onto the floor because he was standing on a flickering webbed ring of some sort. Shit fuck! Hunter crafts.. Shit, shit, shit! The ugly mammoth of a man snorted, let out a horrid satisfied guffaw as he got up to his feet to take a swing with that blasphemous piece of weapon. No, I refuse to die in the hands of something this ugly! No, no, no, no! Kaname-sama, please help me! Panic engulfed him.
However, Mr. Ogre's cackle was punctuated by a spluttered choke. Aidou could not pin-point the source but he could clearly see the chains that were tightly coiled around the hunter's neck. The vampire hunter had somehow managed to wrap the free, cement encrusted end of the chain attached to his shackles as a weapon. Kiriyu was either a genius, had worked part-time as a gaucho herding cattle, or a sick combat maniac to improvise the thing like a bolas because the cemented end was a perfect substitute for a counterweight for the chain.
Finally, Aidou got a good glimpse at the silver haired vampire hunter staggering form when the teen stepped on the long chain with his foot so that the man was forced to crash down violently headfirst back onto the floor. Timbre! Gotcha Mr. Ogre.. The menacingly spiky weapon cluttered a few feet away. Kiriyu managed to glare at him before dropping down to his knees in, coughing and heaving.
As soon as the paralyzing web dispersed, Aidou sprung onto the struggling giant, applying pressure onto the wrangled neck and let a manic grin permanently plastered on his face, "Credits to you for pulling that fancy-schmancy voodoo on me. Too bad you've forgotten Kiriyu's so in love with me that he'll save me no matter what," the silver haired vampire hunter could kill him later because he was thoroughly enjoying the disgusted look on the human's face.
"You know what I'm going to do to you, hunter?" He wrapped the longer end of the chain around his hand and yanked it tighter. The skin on his palms hissed as it was burned by the anti-vampire metal but he clamped down the pain. It would heal. Mr. Ogre's eyes bulged as he choked and spluttered for air. He clawed at the coils around his neck in his futile effort to loosen it. The oaf was convinced he was going to die and that made the blond grin wider.
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"Kaname!" she called after him. "Wait!" He turned back and saw her hurrying alongside the red haired hunter towards him. Their urgent steps echoed loudly in the dark wet tunnel. The three of them had taken their leave from the grey washed, shiny hunter morgue through the double steel doors. According to the despicable hunter called Tomohisa, they should emerge from the transportation tunnel somewhere at the west side of the hill. He had called for the chauffer to wait for them there. The silver haired hunter had not been lying about the tunnel's main function, to enable trucks, cars or even hearses to transport dead bodies in and out of the place. Tire tracks and potholes covered the soft ground and he could smell the faint traces of exhaust fumes off the granite walls.
Finally, the two caught up to him. Yuuki was panting in the exertion while Takamiya wore a uninterested expression. Kaname resumed his pace and Yuuki groaned in protest, hugging the heavy old book closer to her torso. Her delicate shoes were spoilt, dirtied, covered with grime but she did not seem to care and yelled, "Why are you so mad, Kaname. Wait up!" He could smell fresh air up ahead and heard the faint sound of the idling car engine so he quickened his pace.
Outside, the chauffer was waiting, standing alert with his sword securely sheathed by his side. The beams from the headlights cut through the starless nightscape. He nodded to Kaname and opened the passenger's door. A few seconds later, Yuuki emerged from behind the dark foliage covered entrance with an edgy looking hunter trailing close behind her.
"Hand it to me, Takamiya," he commanded, stretching out his right hand. The hunter cocked his head to one side and scrunched his forehead in feigned puzzlement. Kaname felt his temper boiling, "Give me the sword. Now!"
Much to Yuuki's astonishment, Takamiya made a cheeky face, reached back under his long olive green coat and produce an elegant black sheathed katana and threw it over to his ready hands, "Good man, you make a perfect thief." He mockingly complimented the redhead who in turn snorted back disdainfully. The three of them gathered closer together to examine the weapon.
Yuuki gathered her hair to one side and prodded the thing with her forefinger, "I can't believe you took it, Takamiya-san. Is this the one Zero's master hung by the door? It's not hunter-made." Then she arched her eyebrows in shock and pulled the blade partially out by the haft.
"Now what?" asked the redhead. "I took it only because I knew it does not belong to Tomohisa-sensei," he quipped.
Kaname tugged it gently out of Yuuki's grasp and turned the scabbard over, revealing a unique three-petal flower enclosed in a complete circle engraved on the haft. Yuuki inhaled sharply and fingered the design, "This symbol belongs to the Aidou clan. I saw it a few times before. What does this means, Kaname? And this scent.."
She noticed it, the familiar but mingled scent of Kiriyu's blood. Obviously the distracting second contributor must be Aidou and another unidentified vampire but to his knowledge, the blond had never carried or owned a sword to begin with. He ignored her and glared distrustfully at the suddenly placid Takamiya, "You planned this didn't you? You knew of the book, the photograph, and that master of yours."
Yuuki's eyes widened in disbelief and she stepped closer to him, clutching his left arm for security, "Planned? Takamiya-san?"
The redhead sighed and shook his head, "Believe what you want but seriously, I don't really know what you're getting at. I had a hunch, all right? The minute I heard Zero going AWOL, that character you met back there popped into my head. A hunch, get it? You saw that thing right?" He must have been meaning the laminated piece of profanity. Yes, I did. And I abhorred it. The piece of photograph was still lying uselessly in his coat pocket. He could tell Yuuki wanted to tear it out from him to get a look but she kept her composure and glared at him instead.
Takamiya continued his defence, "The princess's request to use the taming tattoo is worth checking it out. What did you noses tell you, vampires? Am I right?"
"You might be. But I don't appreciate being stage-managed like a common hoodwink. Especially by a callous hunter like you," he seethed. Yuuki held on to him tighter as if cautioning him not to flare out in his impending rage. Why am I so upset over that worthless Level-D? Takamiya turned his gaze elsewhere and smacked his lips worriedly. Kaname knew his eyes had turned a shade redder than the usual brown. The chauffer must have sensed his displeasure and had placed a wary hand on the hilt of his own sword.
It was Yuuki's turn to speak, "Come to think of it, Takamiya-san had never said that it was Zero who had been missing. Tomohisa-san came out with that on his own."
-FLASHBACK-
"So you have gone over your distaste for vampires, Kaito-kun? You've even brought purebloods over, I'm impressed."
"I haven't sensei. Something happened to that boy and I have to bring them along to try out the tracing spell in that book,"
"What happened to Zero? You lost him, Kaito-kun?"
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"Fine, my gravest apologies. Nevertheless, we have a lead now. I'll report back to Cross," suggested the hunter. Yuuki shifted her eyes from the hunter to him, waiting for his support in the matter.
However, Kaname was not thoroughly convinced, "Do that, Yuuki will make sure of it. She'll deal with you in case you're building another armada of lies. Then, you'll assist her to track down Kiriyu using that alleged spell of whatsoever. I've sent Akatsuki over there earlier."
Yuuki released his arm and held his gaze worriedly. She reached up to gently stoke his cheek and intuitively he leaned in to the touch. He had the impression that she had casted him aside in neglect in her worry for the two before but he had been proven wrong. "What about you, Kaname?" She asked in concern. Takamiya scoffed at their open display of affection and muttered something like sappy vamps and incest. Kaname chose to ignore the idiot.
"Go. No need to be anxious over me," he smiled at her before dispersing in a flurry of flapping black winged creatures.
Yuuki had her lips pursed into a bitter smile. She seemed lonely clutching the book close like a lost ghostly pale girl with her long brown hair fluttering in the wind. Let her grow. Trust her, said his inner voice. Takamiya looked up with his arms crossed, almost happy to have him out of his hair. As for the hunter, although as devious as he was, Kaname could temporarily count on Takamiya Kaito for keeping harm from getting to his beloved. Except, he is not as trustworthy as Kiriyu Zero.
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"Stop playing around, princess!" he heard Kiriyu's raspy voice in the background. Oh right, he's just at the other end of the fucking chain. Aidou could no longer feel the vampire hunter's presence. It's either he was masking it or he was too weak to emit his vampire waves. Aidou settled on the latter hypothesis. He had to do something fast. Dead Kiryu means no Kiriyu, and no Kiriyu, slim chance to get that memory fragment back. Fuck!
Mr. Ogre's frantic gurgle snapped him back to reality, "Oh, sorry. I forgot about you for a moment there." Aidou tightened the chain and watched the oaf's eyes roll slightly back, and released the pressure. Immediately, Mr. Ogre spluttered from the sudden intake of air. Aidou raised the head off the floor and slammed it back down roughly. The hunter was breathing hard. Why does this seem a way bit off?
"Quit it Aidou! You fucking gross!" barked Kiriyu. Aidou looked over to the vampire hunter who had an extremely sickened expression on his face and it was not due to his injuries or bloodlust. Then it dawned upon him. Eeewww! He got the wrong idea. Oh, fuck! Ewwww...
In his disgust, Aidou slapped the hunter a bit too hard across the face, cutting his cheek in the process. The small of his blood made him wanted to heave. And I thought all hunter's blood should taste like Kiriyu's. Bummer! Mr. Orge snarled back so he applied the pressure back. "Sorry pal, Kiriyu just never permits me to do breath-play with anybody else but I couldn't resist to experiment," he smirked deviously and consequently heard the silver haired vampire grunt out in revulsion. He eased the constriction and let the man breath again.
"Now listen and do as I say or I'll kill you. Do you read?" Aidou taunted his captive. Mr. Ogre tried to push him off but he immediately strangled him again. The hunter nodded his head urgently in forced agreement so Aidou smiled wickedly and demanded, "First, free Kiriyu. No tricks or I'll twist your head off so fast you won't even have the chance to scream for mommy. Get it?"
Mr. Ogre glared at him with his glazed, bloodshot eyes and reluctantly nodded. "Not convincing enough, fat boy," he jeered, tightening the chains again. The hunter opened his mouth in desperation and gurgled out his concurrence. "Good," he grinned and eased his hold. Hey, hey..This is fun. He was beginning to enjoy himself.
"Git im clo'er," Mr. Ogre croaked. The chains must have damaged his vocal chords. Woopps...
Looking over his shoulder, Aidou beckoned Kiriyu to move closer but the vampire hunter refused, "He can fucking do that from there." With that information, Aidou snapped his gaze back onto the obese hunter and increased the strain on the chains again. "Do it before I decide to squeeze your neck tight into a sausage!" he was beginning to lose his patience.
Anticipating a trick, he gripped the hunter's chin with his left hand and twisted it far to one side as if to snap it off at any second. Unsurprisingly, the lumbering mammoth complied. There was the familiar warmth surging in the chains and he heard Kiriyu throw the now deactivated shackles onto the floor.
"Put it on him, Kiriyu," he ordered. The vampire hunter shot him a bored, tired look, but reach over and silently snapped it on Mr. Ogre. Satisfied, he flashed a teasing grin at the glowering Kiriyu, "Thanks my dear." In response, Kiryu rolled his still red tainted eyes. Too bad Kiriyu was feeling under the weather, or else he would have been rewarded with a string of colourfully explosive insults.
Aidou got up to his feet and did his best to dust off his destroyed dress pants and made a quick assessment on his torn, once cream coloured silk shirt, "Oh, my mom's so going to kill me. It's all ruined," he whined sardonically. The restrained hunter tried to scoot off and run away but he caught him squirming by the collar like a six year-old brat and hauled him back onto the floor.
"Now, now.. Stay still," he pretended to coax the man and grasped the top of the man's head violently. "If you think we vampire's don't have some voodoo tricks of our own, then you're wrong, Mister Hunter," he leered, letting some of his energy seep through the man's cranium into his brain. Behave like an obedient doggy like you're supposed to till I tell you otherwise, he commanded before releasing the man. The effect may be temporary considering his current limitations to his vimpiric abilities but even so, the traitorous hunter sank down onto his knees, eyes blank and passive as Aidou wanted him to be. Kiriyu watched whole event in grim silence.
The blond smirked at the vampire hunter who was staggering up onto his feet. Despite of his compromised state, Kiriyu Zero's pale luminous skin and fiercely fiery determination overshadowed his weaknesses. Pleased with the rare sight, Aidou stepped up closer to him and stared squarely at those tantalizing red stained, amethyst orbs. The thirst was getting out of control, he could very much tell because although the vampire hunter tried to suppress it mainly by controlling his erratic breathing, the lust was reflected in those eyes like they were crystalline glass mirrors.
"As for you, my tragic Melpomene. Let's do something about your pain," he smiled sinisterly at the silver haired vampire while reaching up, letting his right fingers brush against that perfectly ashen skin marked by the intimidating but intricate tattoo on the left side of his neck. Kiriyu stiffened and grasped his wrist roughly in his attempt to push them away but Aidou had the upper hand in terms of strength. Unperturbed, the blond swiftly laced both of his hands in that silvery tresses, behind those exotically pierced ears and pulled the vampire hunter's head down beside his own. He could hear his own heartbeat pounding in his ears but he had made his resolve.
Kiriyu snarled in his futile defiance, released the wrists and placed them against the blond's violently beating chest. "You think I like this, Kiriyu?" he hissed. "Do you think I really want to do this?" he asked, sensing the vampire hunter's rage while holding him firmly by the head. He turned the glowering vampire's face towards his. I won't make this too easy for you.
Aidou smirked and bit his own tongue repeatedly, cutting and tearing it till the welling blood seeped past his lips; he was sure the scent had hit Kiriyu's senses hard because he saw the fangs lengthening past those discoloured lips, unable to resist the temptation any longer. Oh hell, you're so stubborn that you'll end up dead, arrogant prick! Hah!
"Fuck princess, let go! " Kiriyu barked in his face.
"Oh, I will, once you've done just the same," Aidou whispered it so sarcastically soft as he moved in to lick those vile sensuously insolent lips, teasing them and smearing them with his own blood. His impulsive act both repulsed and intrigued him simultaneously. "Now we can both let go, don't you think?" he teased, parting his lips in deliberate slowness, letting a trace of the crimson sinful life source spill down his chin. Kiriyu's eyes immediately burned red and trailed it downwards like a predator.
It was too late for Aidou to regret or back off because the vampire hunter had jerked his head back and erased the bloody trickle with his soft tongue; licking his way sinuously up from the side of the blond vampire's neck up to his jaw, his chin and his lips. Oh shit, fuck! What the hell? His nerves burned from the sensation and to his horror, he shivered involuntarily and his own fangs elongated in his frantic confusion. Kiriyu had lost himself because soon, he was sucking off the blonds' lips hard enough to bruise. Shit!
Accidentally, he released his hold on Kiriyu's head and the silver haired vampire hunter seized the opportunity to catch the noble's mouth, covering it with his own. Sucking and lapping the blood in unrestrained fervour. Curse my fucking God make him stop.. Shit, shit, shit!
He got another electrifying shock when the vampire hunter's tongue caressed his, sucking on it to get it to bleed more. Those long, graceful fingers had buried themselves in his hair, supporting his neck as Kiriyu leaned more into him, causing him to throw his head back and claw at the strong broad shoulders to prevent him to completely lose his leverage.
As the result he had unintentionally pulled himself flush against Kiriyu firmly muscled torso and worse, he had gripped the shoulders too hard, breaking the skin, puncturing it with his sharp fingernails; drawing blood. Stifling a moan, he felt his own bloodlust surfacing when he caught a whiff of the silver haired vampire's unusual flavour.
He smelt like the purebloods. Of sin, of pleasure and of authority. Stop it, I want none of it!
But automatically, he wanted to experience it again like the time Kiriyu had brought him back with his blood; to have that wonderfully delicious liquid wash over his palette, seeping into his loins and reliving that indescribably delightful high.
And the power that comes with it.
The tattoo on the side of Kiriyu's neck blazed fiercely and those sinewy thick bluish veins taunted him to puncture them with his fangs and lap up the glorious blood surging within. Suddenly, Kiriyu fisted his hair and yanked so hard that he screamed out in pain. Then he felt it, Kiriyu's sharp hot canines ghosting against his quivering skin; anticipating the rupture. "Just do it!" he hissed furiously at the vampire hunter.
The vampire hunter let out an indistinct groan and then, he felt them. He felt the razor-like columns push deeper and deeper into his yielding flesh. Veins punctured and the sound of his rushing blood deafened his sensed. He felt helplessly submissive; like a rat bitten and paralyzed by a venomous viper. Strangely, he was engulfed in unexplained warmth, every of his sensitive nerve endings lit up and responded to Kiriyu's punishing hold on him. He felt it, the pressure of each and every fingers that were indented into his skin, the sharp stabs of the half-moon fingernails, the rippling hard muscles in those arms as the moved on his clothed back tortured him to the edge. Deceiving his brain of the rapid impending danger by masking the pain with adrenaline heightened pleasure.
He could no longer feel his legs and silver haired vampire and brought them both down to their knees. One of Kiriyu's hands had moved down to his back, forcing the blond to arch his spine further while securely supporting his unrelenting neck with the other. Whatever Kiriyu was doing to him, he was helpless and he was diminishing. Fast.
A/N- Hullo guys. *smirks* Need I say more? It's not too confusing right? Some stuff happened at work and I end up a bit slow and gradually turning dumb. Eeeepp!
Point out any mistakes if you see them coz my brain can't really detect typos or grammatical screw ups too well. I'll amend them afterwards. And a bit of statistic report, this fic had 1,364 hits this year. Sure there are 9 chapters but hey, CONSIDERING THE FEW AIDOU FANS OUT THERE, seeing that much made my day. Thanks!
To k1216: Uh-huh.. you are.I look forward to your reviews (as much as to your fic chapter updates). I'm giving them fangirls (and myself) something to munch/chew/drool on from this point onwards.I just hope this won't get too cliche'. Maybe not too 's for the they're they don't want to review. (*3*) But never mind.I'll write it for you.*grins*.No,I'm not from the States and I don't think my English's that good either.I just like to read like style's different coz it's translated/rephrased from my native language.
To jezared: There.. Kiriyu got to Aidou. Hope you're happy, coz I am. *grins* Thanks for reviewing and I highly appreciate it. I'll try my best not to make a 'himbo' out of Aidou or a passive log out of Zero. Don't worry, I'll make them try their best to bite each other's head of as often as they can.
And I've updated the other fic The Black Iris.
Buh-bye