Chapter 3: The Beast

Flicka798: Wow, another chapter already! This chapter goes back to Kaname and Yuki, to find out what they have been up to! I also got some pretty good reviews and comments on how this story is similar to Van Helsing. Yes, that is true, but the whole story is going to be different. There are no werewolves! Just the different kinds of vampires from the Vampire Knight series!!

The beast circled the small clearing, he was staring at his prey. A young man with dark brown hair and brown eyes was tied to a tree in the clearing. The vampire could hear and smell the human's blood flow through his body. It was making him thirsty.

Kaname looked through the trees for any sign of the monster that he knew was somewhere in the trees. He looked carefully, trying to find anything out of the ordinary. Then, he heard the crack of a stick from behind him. Kaname gripped at the ropes that bound him.

"Come on, that bastard released you for a reason…!" He whispered. Then, there was a roar and the beast leaped from the trees and he jumped into the tree that Kaname was bound to. When Kaname saw the beast leap into the tree, he pulled free of the rope, and he began to pull. That was when an iron cage appeared out of the cover of some branches, and it caught the beast inside.

Kaname was gasping for breath as he looked at the man-beast in the small prison.

"Kaname!" A woman called from the side. He looked over to see his younger sister, Yuki, walking toward him from the trees.

Ten years had passed since there parents' deaths and Kaname had ruled over their small country of Tetsuna, and he had also taken care of Yuki. From the small girl that he had carried in his arms, Yuki had grown into a beautiful young woman with long brown hair and deep brown eyes. Now, she was a brave fighter, who had the skill of ten men, combined.

"So, what do we have in there? A Level E?" She asked, looked in the cage. Kaname looked up at it, too.

"Probably, but, it seems to be quite new. He probably still has some of his human intelligence." Kaname answered, Yuki nodded in understanding.

Then, as the cage shook, Kaname noticed that a few of the ropes were rubbing against the tree branches, and they were about to come loose.

"Yuki! We need to dispose of the creature!" he said, urgency in his voice. "Before that thing comes loose and murders more innocent people!" Kaname said, then, Yuki pulled out a small, silver pistol and she aimed it at the creature inside. Then, she pulled the trigger. The bullet went right through the bars of the cage, and it hit the creature right in the back. After a few seconds, the creature's body turned to dust, and it fell through the bars of the cage and onto the ground. Yuki noticed that there was a chain that fell onto the ground as well. She went over to the pile of dust, covered her mouth with a cloth, and she picked up a small chain from the dust. At the end was a cross.

"What is that, Yuki?" Kaname asked from where he still stood. Yuki looked over at his face and she held up the chain. Kaname was shocked. The chain had belonged to the head priest! Yuki held the chain up to the sunlight, and she noticed faint blood stains on the cross and chain. She pointed them out to Kaname.

"Hm, they must have been from when he was attacked." He said as he held the chain up, then, he placed the chain around his neck and the cross rested on his chest. Then, there was a loud roar from above them. Yuki pulled her sword out, and Kaname pulled out a pistol. Then, from behind, a vampire rammed into Kaname's back and shoved him into the dust remains of the vampire Yuki killed.

"Kaname!!" She shouted, then, she ran her sword through the creatures' abdomen. The creature, whose skin looked red and its bluish veins shown through its skin, shrieked in agony. Then, his body turned to dust. Yuki sheathed the sword and she bent down over Kaname, who was lying face down in the dusted remains of, now, two vampires.

"Kaname! Kaname!!" She shook his body, he turned over with a groan. His eyes were red from getting some dust in his eyes. Yuki gasped.

"Don't worry, Yuki. I'll be alright-" Then, Kaname began to cough, Yuki helped Kaname to his feet, and she put his arm over his shoulders.

"I'm getting you back to the castle!" She said. And, as she walked through the forest, she thought desperately.

Please, God…Help us…and let Kaname be alright…he's all I have!! She thought, then, she felt tears in her eyes as she walked. The dusted remains can, if consumed over a long period, can make a human suffer a transformation. Then, she shook her head in defiance.

No!! Kaname will be alright!! He will not transform!! She thought as she reached two horses. They were both black stallions. She grabbed the reins of one,

"Kaname, do you think you can ride?" She asked urgently. Kaname nodded as he pulled his arm off of her shoulders, and he grabbed the other stallions' reins.

"Yes," He said, his voice, already, sounded hoarse. This worried Yuki.

"Good, because you need to get back to the castle so I can take care of you!" She said, climbing onto the stallions' back. Kaname struggled a bit before he got onto his stallions' back, he looked over at Yuki, but, her face told him that there was no stopping her. So, he nodded and he turned his horse and he followed Yuki out of the forest at a Gallop.

Please, Lord. Save Kaname and let him be alright!! He's the only family I have left!! Please, give him…and all of us…your aid!! She thought desperately in her mind.

Yet, what Yuki didn't realize, was that, crossing the sea now, was a legendary hunter on his way to give her his aid!!

Flicka798: Well, this is the end of the next chapter! And, it was different from Van Helsing! Ha!! Anyway, I am going to get started on the next chapter, now. Hope to hear from ya'll!!