The Burdens of a Vampire Hunter ch 14
A/N: So before I continue the actual story line I thought it would be nice to show a little more of Tsukune's past. So this chapter will be when he is the ruthless vampire hunter that everyone feared and that everyone used to love. This chapter follows Tsukune, Inazuma, and the big guy.. he does have a name and I just figured it suited him. Anyway I hope you guys like it!
"He went to the left!" Inazuma yelled as she dashed around a corner quickly, they were in the old city of Rome. Rain water had been laying on the ground and Inazuma splashed it around when her feet hit the laid bricks of the floor. The man she was chasing was a vampire who had a sick obsession with killing humans for fun. This vampire was somewhat of a serial killer, he would find his prey then kill them in a public place. Letting all of the vampire hunters know that he was there, after a while Inazuma was sent with her team.
The vampire avoided the water puddles as he smiled and looked back at Inazuma, "Come and get me vampire hunter!" The vampire said as he quickly made a skid to a stop. Right in front of him was a rather large man, he was the biggest human that this vampire had ever seen. "Randal get him!" Inazuma yelled as she ran faster trying to catch up. The vampire smiled at the large mans hesitation, he used the hesitation as a way to get away.
The vampire ran down an ally way that was on his right side, the vampire figured he had made another clean get away. Looking down the ally he could see another man, before he could think about where he was going the man had rushed the vampire. The man pulled out a small dagger and swung it at the vampire cutting only a little bit of his skin. The vampire put the palm of his hand on the mans chest and pushed him into the wall of the building that concealed the ally.
"Ah, its only a scratch!" The vampire said laughing as he continued to run, but to no avail it was a dead end alleyway. "Ugh, good now we can have some real fun.." The vampire turned around and looked at the man he had just pushed into a building. Coming up from behind him was Inazuma and Randal, they didn't even try to arrest the vampire or kill him they just stood their and watched. "Tsukune, you've got this guy?" Inazuma asked as she leaned against one of the buildings that concealed the alleyway.
Tsukune rolled his shoulder and looked back at Inazuma with a smile on his face, "Of course!" Tsukune said as he stuck his tongue out at her. They had grown up training, when Tsukune turned fourteen was when he was allowed to train with her, they were now seventeen and Tsukune grew to love the feel of killing vampires. Tsukune began to walk up to the vampire with a calm look on his face, "Ha your joking!" The vampire laughed as Tsukune continued to walk closer, the vampire swung his fist trying to his Tsukune in the gut.
The vampires eyes widened as Tsukune dodged the punch and his own fist had made contact with the vampires face. Tsukune didn't hold back, "Whats wrong..?" Tsukune asked smiling at the vampire who was now very angry. The vampire swung his fist trying to hit Tsukune in the face now and only hit the wall of a building, Tsukune's fist came flying upward to the inside of the vampires ribcage. When Tsukune's fist made contact he could feel the ribs cracking under pressure. Blood shot out of the vampires mouth and he fell to the ground, "Who... are you?" The vampire asked as he held his side, "Tsukune... Aono.." After Tsukune told the vampire his name his fist came down with all his strength on the vampires face.
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After the incident was resolved Tsukune and the others had to return to their master, it was a long journey but it didn't bother Tsukune as much because he had the chance to run into more and more vampires. They were now on their way back and they were riding on a boat, close to the only transportation that could hold and support Randal's body weight and size. Tsukune was laying back and relaxing on the deck of the boat, it was nighttime and the stars never looked so bright.
They were docked at town for the night and everyone had decided to go look around, Tsukune didn't feel that was necessary, if they were worth fighting then they would seek him out themselves. "Hey lazy ass!" Inazuma said as she walked up the the wooden plank that was used as stairs from the dock to the boat. "Did you find anything?" Tsukune asked looking at the now passed out girl laying on the floor. She had gotten drunk and couldn't even finish her insult.
Tsukune sighed as he helped her to the captions quarters, the ship itself was just for Tsukune and his other vampire hunters but there had to be some sort of deck hands to operate the ship safely. Tsukune shut the door behind him and looked at the town, candle light illuminated the little town. He could hear the sound of the ocean waves crashing on the boat and the sound of drunkards in the distance. His attention was quickly drawn to a man who was running on the docks. This man had short golden hair and looked like he was in some sort of a panic.
Tsukune walked to the edge of the boat that was closest to the dock, the man was looking in other boats for the easiest way to ex cape the town. Tsukune wasn't the law, he didn't have any sort of power to arrest or deal justice upon humans. "Hey, what are you doing?" Tsukune asked as he made his way off of his boat and to the dock. He had cut off the mans only way of escaping, "Maybe you can help me!" The man said as he fell to his knees and put his hands on Tsukune's suit sleeves.
"There was some sort of monster not far from here, she brought me and my brother there then killed him!" The man had tears streaming from his eyes, he didn't look like a liar, then again a vampire in this town was something of a rarity. Tsukune sighed as he looked up at the boat, "Show me where this happened.." Tsukune said as he watched the man smile as if he had just gotten his brother back.
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Tsukune had followed this man a good distance and had stopped when they reached a cave, they had walked along the beach for about twenty minutes and the water from the ocean was almost reaching their feet now. Tsukune put his back towards the still sobbing man, "You say there is a monster in here?" Tsukune asked with no excitement in his face. "Hahaha, I cant believe you fell for that!" The man yelled.
Tsukune turned around and looked at the man, he had a flint lock pistol and it was pointed at Tsukune. He was fast but a bullet traveled a little to fast for him to dodge, "Very convincing, I couldn't tell you were lying." Tsukune said as he cracked a little smile. "Thanks, now hand over everything you've got!" The blond hair boy said as he pointed the gun at Tsukune and began to wave it around. Tsukune took his overcoat off and now all he had on was a vest blood red vest with golden buttons, and his long black pants. Tsukune grabbed his dagger and looked at it then at the man. Tsukune tossed the dagger on the ground and held his hands in the air.
"Good now back into the cave!" Tsukune could see the mans reactions, they were telling Tsukune that this man would not let him live, he was going to wait until Tsukune backed up into the cave then he would shoot him. Tsukune began to back up slowly, he had a perfect plan and it was to- before he could finish the plan in his head the human with the gun fell into the sand.
Standing up behind the man was the person who had saved Tsukune, "Well, are you just going to stand there handsome?" The woman asked as she flicked her nails. She had short blue baby blue hair but Tsukune could be wrong it was nighttime, he cloths consisted of tight jackets of leather and many buttons. Tsukune walked closer to his stuff never taking his eyes off of this woman. Tsukune knew that this woman is a succubus, able to control the opposite sex and make them do what they want them to.
Tsukune grabbed his dagger and then his over coat. It was almost like a wave of cold air that blew over Tsukune, he could feel his body clamping up. She had used some sort of charm on him and now he couldn't move, the woman walked around Tsukune in a circle. He tried to move his body, but it was no used he would tell his mind but it just didn't respond. "Well, from the looks of it your a vampire hunter right?" The woman asked, being a monster she had to know all of the people who wanted her dead and that included those who kill other monsters.
"Why would you save me just to kill me?" Tsukune asked, the more he struggled to get free the more it seemed to not work. "My name is Kurumu, and who said I wanted to kill you?" Kurumu asked as she let her charm go. Tsukune drew his dagger and pushed Kurumu against the cave wall, "Lets see if you can charm me before I kill you?" Tsukune said holding his blade to Kurumu's neck. "Then do it, but if you would like to find some vampires then I would back away.." Kurumu said looking at Tsukune, she was rather cute but that was just the point.
Tsukune backed away from the girl and put his dagger away, he dusted his overcoat off and began to put it on. "And what do you get out of it?" Tsukune asked as he looked over at the busty Kurumu. "Nothing really, I figured you do me this favor and maybe I will owe you later on... you never know when you could need some help." Kurumu said looking at Tsukune as she walked closer to her. "Show me where they are, but if this is a trap I wont hesitate to slit your throat." Tsukune held his hand out to the succubus.
"You don't beat around the bush do you?" Kurumu said as she grabbed Tsukune's hand, she was a little nervous. Tsukune gave off such a terrifying aroma, as if death was constantly looking over his shoulder and waiting for him to die. "Hey, are you going to show me where this vampire clan lives?" Tsukune asked trying to get Kurumu's attention.
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Tsukune had followed Kurumu to a place that looked abandoned but it surely wasn't, usually people would stay away from this place but Tsukune wasn't like normal people. It was his job to go to places like that to kill vampires. Tsukune walked up to the front of the massive sized building, it was rather large and was strange that it was abandoned. Tsukune opened the wooden door and looked inside, there was no one in sight but that was normal when looking for vampires.
If they were a clan that lived in this town and pried on the villagers then Tsukune would have to be careful. If they have been there for long they probably have a lot of vampires and many security measures. Slowly and carefully following behind Tsukune was Kurumu, she had some sort of attachment to this place, or maybe she was just doing this out of the kindness of her heart.
"AHHH!" Out of the corner of the darkness, a vampire had ran out at Tsukune. They were in the lobby of the building and in the lobby there was four pillars standing at the four corners of the room. Tsukune pulled his dagger out of his hidden pocket and as the vampire dashed at Tsukune, he fell to the ground with one quick movement. Tsukune had cut the head off of the vampire and his body was now laying on the floor. "Wow, I'm impressed, then why didn't you just kill that man who had you at gun point?" Kurumu asked looking at Tsukune who didn't answer her question.
He just waited, he knew there was more then just one look out. His scream had probably brought the rest of the vampires out and they too were hiding. "Please leave..." A small and quite voice came through the darkness. Tsukune looked at the source of the sound, a little girl was walking out of the darkness and Tsukune clenched his fists. The girl looked pail, she wasn't a vampire but Tsukune knew what was wrong with her.
Many people had done this, yet all of them had failed in their attempts. The vampires blood has a strong healing ability to it. When people get desperate enough they will make pacts with vampires for their blood, in exchange they will provide humans for a blood bank. The rules were anything that lives and breaths as a vampire dies. This little girl was on the verge of death and not only that she could easily become a ghoul and even kill the vampire she made the pact with.
"Please just leave... I beg of you!" The little girl couldn't even walk straight, she had her hand on one of the pillars just to keep her upright. "Nori, get back from that guy hes dangerous!" Another light voice came through the shadows. A little boy had walked up to her side, with eyes a red as the blood in his veins. Standing behind the boy and the little girl were two people, it was probably the boys parents. They were just a family that didn't want to be bothered and the sons girlfriend that they wanted to keep alive as long as they possibly could.
"These people have been stealing all of the men in this town that I use.." Kurumu said looking at the parents of the boy. "Please, just leave you don't have to do this just let us go and we will never come back to this place!" The father of the boy said trying to reach Tsukune. "Good, and if I ever see you come back to this place then its going to be bad!" Kurumu said, once she noticed the boy and the little girl she didn't want them to die, who would? They were just living in peace, they were helping this little girl get through her illness that would have killed her already.
The father put his arms around his wife's hip and his hand on his sons shoulder. Tsukune stood firm in the way of the exit, "I cant let any of you leave..." Tsukune said as he feet took a pouncing position. "Wait, you cant be serious, they are just kids!" Kurumu said as she looked at Tsukune's serous face. Before Kurumu could say anything Tsukune had took off after the family.
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Tsukune sat on the steps of the abandoned building, his blade was dripping with blood and his hands were soaked with blood as well. Kurumu came walking out of the building behind him, "I didn't kill robber that was taking all of my stuff because I refuse to kill humans..." Tsukune said not looking away from his bloody blade. "That.. girl in there was- Kurumu's words didn't faze Tsukune's emotionless face. "She would have died soon anyway, besides that she had the blood of vampires in her." Tsukune had killed the family, everyone in that building that was a vampire or had vampire blood was now dead.
"I said it before, I owe you a favor now..." Kurumu said as she walked away from Tsukune. She had disappeared after a minute of walking. Maybe she just disappeared because Tsukune wasn't paying attention to her. After about ten minutes of just sitting there Tsukune had decided to make his way back to the boat, it was beginning to become morning and he the would sail soon.
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Tsukune was laying on the deck of the boat as he looked up at the sky, the clouds in the sky were covering up the blue. "Hey, sorry about last night I got a little drunk, what did you do last night?" Inazuma asked as she sat down next to Tsukune. It was in the afternoon now and the sun was bright, "I killed a family last night, and I hate myself.." Tsukune said looking over at Inazuma. "Why do you hate yourself, they were vampires right?" Inazuma asked, "I don't hate myself for killing them, I hate myself for not being able to feel anything for killing them." Tsukune was always the one who never doubted killing, not even once. He wasn't doubting it now either, he was just wondering what kind of monster could kill a family in cold blood and not feel anything...
A/N: I hope you guys like this insight to Tsukune's evil and somewhat disturbing life. I bet you didn't see the whole Kurumu thing coming did you! Next chapter will be the Tsukune Moka fluff, and meeting the father. I hope you liked it!