Monster

A/N: I have so much to get finished before August 10th that I'm trying to rush with. I might not update for a few days so I can get things back settled so I can start school again. =P Yeah, my school starts August 10th. I hate it.

Anyway, to the story!

Ulrich and Yumi ran as fast as they could toward the school.

"How do you know that something's wrong?" she asked, panting as the two came near the forest. Yumi knew her father's organization was close, but not that close.

"I can just feel it, okay? Just because you're a Hunter doesn't mean that you know everything about us werewolves. I know there's something wrong with Jeremie and Aelita," he told her, barely out of breath.

Yumi knew that werewolves could nearly sense the ones closest to them, but she didn't think that with the distance he would have been able to. It was strange, but she put her faith in his intuition and it turned out he could possibly be right.

Ulrich stopped Yumi and the two quickly hid themselves within the leafy contents of the forest. "You see Herve and Emilie? They're watching. They're waiting for me to come out of here. They know I've gotten out. I don't see William so that must mean…" he trailed off, but grabbed his phone and dialed Odd's number.

"Hey Ulrich, what's up? Delmas knows about the Hunter's plan and so your dad isn't coming, but Delmas said that you should call your dad as soon as possible," Odd answered with his normal, happy tone.

"Odd, where are you right now?" he asked, looking around making note that Emilie and Herve were still moving.

"In our dorm, why?"

"Where are Jeremie and Aelita?"

"Last time I saw them we were all huddled together in the gym. I think they went off to Einstein's room to work on something, but I can't be positive. Why all the question?"

"Because, I've got a bad feeling. Two of the other werewolves are patrolling around outside and normally if they're doing that then William has something up his sleeve. I'm not sure what yet, but I know it's not good. Go and check and then text me when you find out if they're in either of their rooms, alright?"

Yumi looked over at Ulrich with a worried expression. She knew that something was wrong.

"Listen, I need you to walk inside the school and pretend like nothing happened at all. Lie through your teeth if you have to. Don't mention to anyone that you've seen me. Check William's room and see if he's there. If he's not let me know and then meet me at the Factory. I have a feeling Jeremie and Aelita aren't going to be in their rooms," he whispered as he noticed that Emilie and Herve looked his way, but not exactly at him.

Yumi nodded and put a hand on his shoulder, "Stay safe."

Ulrich watched as Yumi crawled back a bit and stood up, walking toward the school. Once she was far enough away he silently made his way through the trees and toward the manhole that lead to the Factory.

He knew that if he skateboarded it would be faster, but running would help him blow off steam in case Jeremie and Aelita really were fine. He hadn't gotten to take his medicine that morning and so his senses were normal. He knew that Aelita and Jeremie wouldn't be in their room and he also knew that William wouldn't be in his, but he had needed to keep Yumi and Odd safe for the time being.

Yumi, he knew, could handle herself in a fight against William. She had the in-born ability to be able to. Odd wouldn't be able to and Ulrich knew it. He also knew that if William bit Yumi, it would only hurt. She had the immune system to not be able to be turned in to a werewolf. Odd, on the other hand, did not and neither did Jeremie or Aelita and that's what worried him. He knew that William had something up his sleeve…

(*)(*)(*)(*) The Factory (*)(*)(*)(*) [A/N: For the sake of this story, we're going to say that it's almost night time and a day after Ulrich took that test thing in the Gym, 'kay?]

It had taken him about ten minutes to actually get there while running, but he was glad that he'd made it. He quickly sniffed the air. He'd been right. William was there as well as Aelita and Jeremie. Luckily he didn't catch the scent of any blood.

Ulrich swung down the rope and looked around, trying to follow anyone's scent in the Factory would be hard. It smelled like rust, but he couldn't catch anything else except for the faint scent of every single one of his friends that had been here at some point.

If it weren't for the scream that echoed through the room, he would've never found the three.

-Odd-

He sat on his bed and petted Kiwi. Things were not going well for him. His sisters had called earlier and once he'd finally gotten them to hand Adele the phone he heard the bad news. His parents had been in some sort of accident and his mother was in the hospital. He knew that the others had too much going on, so he couldn't burden them with the news, but he needed someone to talk to…

He was about to get up to go and get something from the vending machine when he heard a knock from the door. When he opened it an unfamiliar face looked back.

"I was told that I could find Ulrich Stern here," the girl replied, moving her snow white hair out of her face.

"He's not here right now, but you're welcome to wait if you want…" he said, his voice getting smaller.

She nodded and moved past him and in from the hallway, sitting down on Ulrich's bed. "Cute dog."

-Ulrich-

He ran toward the sound and saw that Yumi wasn't too far behind him. She'd just reached the ropes. He kept running and gasped when he saw Aelita and Jeremie. He saw William over Aelita's trembling form with his teeth sunk in to her arm, half transformed.

"She'll be changed and then she'll join my side… If I'm the one that made her one, then I hold dominance over her…" William told Ulrich as he stood up.

Ulrich glared at William as Yumi ran in, giving the same reaction that Ulrich had. "Yumi, take Aelita and get her to Yolanda. Jeremie, you go with them."

"You know, I hadn't thought about it until now. Xana is actually a decent ally. It's helping me get what I want and in the process helping itself. You wouldn't want this to happen again, would you?" William asked, stepping closer to Ulrich as Yumi collected up Aelita. "You three had better not tattle or else you don't want to know what I'll do to you…"

"Yumi, do what he says," Ulrich commanded.

The Japanese girl frowned, but nodded and left with her other two friends.

"See, listening to me wasn't so hard. Now, we can do this the easy way or the hard way," William stated as the two began to circle each other. "Your choice."

Ulrich lunged at William. Transformed or not he was going to take William down.

A/N: Honestly, I'm not sure of the whole plot of this story. I definitely want a big fight for Kadic to be the finisher, but I'm not exactly sure how I'll go about it as of yet. Though, I've had some ideas. Don't worry, you'll find out who's of what race soon enough. X3 And this story will soon veer away from Ulrich's issues and be a small insight into some of the Hunters and the vampires. Not including the two elves and the dragon.

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~MoonlitxAngel