Thanks for the reviews everyone, because I am so grateful, I went and wrote this! Have another chapter of vampirehunter!Eriol and vampire!Tomoyo. Chronologically speaking, this would be second in the series. The first time vampire!Tomoyo meets vampirehunter!Eriol.

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017. Play

Tomoyo surveys the bar from her seat at the counter, it was the first time Syaoran had let her out alone to feed. She resolves to stay out of trouble and do him proud. He was her only family after all. Or so she was told. She had woken up with no memories and found herself as she was – different, not human. Syaoran had taught her the ways of her kind and after many years was finally trusting her to be on her own.

Shaking her head to clear her thoughts, she resumes her task of finding her prey for the night. Just then, someone slides into the seat next to her, "Can I buy you a drink?"

She turns to look straight at azure eyes, and nods, "Of course." Oh, that was easy.

"I'm Eriol." Her prey says.

"Tomoyo." She inclines her head towards him, making sure to look up at him through her lashes.

"It's a pleasure to meet you, Miss Tomoyo."

Her stomach clenches involuntarily. She finds his greeting strangely familiar.

Have we met before? Instead of voicing her thoughts, she shoots him what she hopes is a seductive smile, "Just Tomoyo, please."

He blinks and smiles down at his drink. Looking up, he whispers lowly, "Good to meet you, Tomoyo."

She feels a tingle travel from her spine down to her toes, she wonders suddenly just who is doing the seducing here?

As their drinks arrive, Tomoyo repeats her mantra silently in her head. Be coy, be mysterious, lower his guard but stay detached.

"So, how is it that a girl like you is alone in a bar like this?" Eriol enquires pleasantly, as he picks up his drink.

Be coy, Tomoyo.

"Well, I'm not exactly alone now am I?" Tomoyo replies, shooting Eriol a well practised smile.

Eriol chuckles, "No, I guess not." He downs his shot, "I suppose I just thought it strange that you would be without company."

Tomoyo thinks of Syaoran, and his worried expression as he let her out alone into the night. She was going to show him that she was ready.

Be mysterious.

"I am usually with someone, but tonight, I'm quite alone." Tomoyo swirls her drink lazily in her glass.

Eriol smiles as he signals the bartender for another shot, "You have a way of saying something and revealing nothing."

Tomoyo raises her eyebrow. He picked up on that quickly. Changing the subject, Tomoyo swivels on her bar stool and fixes Eriol with a calculating stare, "You know, I could ask the same to you. Why would someone like you be without a girl on his arm in a bar like this?"

Tomoyo notices that almost every girl in the bar is shooting the handsome azure eyed man next to her surreptitious looks of longing.

Eriol smiles blandly back at her.

"Do you perhaps have a reputation I'm not aware of?" Tomoyo asks lightly, nudging him with a foot.

Eriol scoffs, "A reputation? I suppose I might have one, although probably not in the way you're thinking of." He turns to her and smiles, "I have a girl actually. She just doesn't really know."

"That sounds creepy." Tomoyo replies, "You're actually a stalker right? That would explain the lack of girls."

Eriol laughs, he turns to her with a grin and a twinkle in his eye, "You got me, I really am a stalker. You better watch out for me."

Tomoyo smiles inwardly. The conversation is going well, she doesn't really care if Eriol ends up really being a shady character, in fact, it'll probably ease her sense of guilt considering what she plans to do with him later.

"So..." Tomoyo leans closer towards Eriol, "if you really have a girl, what are you doing here, buying me a drink?"

Eriol shrugged, "You looked like you needed a drink, and it gave me an excuse to talk to you."

"That's... not very faithful isn't it?" Tomoyo says as she inclines her body closer to Eriol.

Eriol smiles, "I'm just buying you a drink, I'm not going home with you, or bringing you home."

Tomoyo recoils, "Ah, I see."

Lower his guard.

"Tell me about this girl of yours."

Eriol looks down at his drink, and Tomoyo notices a smile forming on his face, his eyes slightly glazed over as if he is replaying memories, "She sings. She has a wonderful, amazing voice. I could listen to her all day."

Tomoyo nods, smiling involuntarily as she watches Eriol.

"I... I think she might have loved me." Eriol whispers softly, looking up at Tomoyo.

His gaze seems to paralyses her and they are silent for a moment. Finding her tongue finally, Tomoyo speaks, "You used the past tense."

Eriol looks away from her and back down at his drink, "I did. Technically, I haven't seen her in a long time... she might feel different."

"Oh."

She feels... sorry for Eriol. Tomoyo curses herself in her head. She is not suppose to feel sorry for her prey. That was Syaoran's first lesson. Sighing inwardly, she looks around the bar, looking for another potential meal. She doubts Eriol would be interested in leaving the bar with her, he is still obviously pining for someone else. Suddenly, she spots a man over by the door giving her an appreciative stare and she smirks, this one definitely looks like he wants to leave with her.

"Do you want to go out for some fresh air?" Eriol asks, breaking her train of thought.

She turns to look back at Eriol, about to give an excuse but when they lock eyes, she hears herself saying, "Yes."

They walk out the bar into the cool night air.

Stay detached, Tomoyo.

Too late.

"It's nice out," Tomoyo sighs happily. There is a dark alley just beside the bar, but she does not think of the many ways she can get Eriol in there.

"It is." Eriol replies, smiling back at her. Stepping closer to her, he places a hand behind her neck and rests his forehead against hers, "Thank you Tomoyo. I really needed tonight."

Tomoyo holds her breath, their proximity rattled her, yet she longed for him to close the gap between them. Slowly, her eyes fluttered close.

"Just what are you doing Eriol?" A familiar voice sounded from behind her.

Tomoyo spins around quickly, "You know him Syaoran?"

"Yes." Syaoran replies flatly, standing on the pavement with his hands shoved in his pockets. "He is a hunter."

Tomoyo's eyes widen, "As in, a vampire hunter?" she whispers, looking at Syaoran worriedly.

He nods. "What other type of hunter will I concern myself with?"

Tomoyo whirls around on Eriol, "You liar!"

"That isn't exactly the kind of behaviour one should have when dealing with a hunter, Tomoyo." Syaoran's voice sounds from behind her before Eriol can speak up in his defence.

Tomoyo recognises Syaoran's 'teacher' voice so she calms down and turns back to him. Syaoran continues, "When dealing with normal hunters, one should ideally keep a safe distance."

"Oh." She hears the underlying implication. "And Eriol is not normal?"

"Eriol is not normal." Syaoran agrees.

She looks over at Eriol, who strangely does not look insulted but is smiling as if enjoying Syaoran's little lesson.

"Even so, no matter how unhinged Eriol is, he is still a hunter." Syaoran says, "And he has to hunt us." Syaoran does not seem to be speaking to her now, rather his words seems to be directed at Eriol as he stares straight at him.

Tomoyo turns to looks at Eriol again and realises that he is not smiling any more. In fact, he looks almost sad. After a beat, Eriol nods stiffly, seeming to have understood whatever subliminal message Syaoran was sending his way. Without any further warning, he lunged.

Tomoyo sprung away, and followed closely on Syaoran's heels as they suddenly found themselves chased by the vampire hunter Tomoyo had spent the whole night with.

That was the first time Tomoyo ran away from Eriol.

It would not be her last.

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I do have other ideas that might fit into this universe, but they're still in the early stages of scampering around in my head. Hope you guys enjoyed that, let me know!