I'm really sorry for not updating in quite a long time. I'm trying to catch up the proof-reading for all the previous chapter, so please please forgive us~
(and not everything had been done, so…. Hope I – and my cute little Spideymonkeycat – could catch up with everything)
Meanwhile, I finished the latest chapter, so… why not~ for those who had been waiting, enjoy~
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CURSED or BLESSED [11] : Revenge is Dish Best Served Cold
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"We won't" Answered the green head curtly, scratching his not itch mane. Sanji abruptly tilted up his head just to be lock with his dark brown bead but it wasn't as cold as before. Then he realized.
"Y-your.. eye..." sanji stretched his hand already, but abruptly he stopped, hesitating and retreated back.
"Ah. It's nothing."
"I told you, I bring bad luck."
"This is what you called bad luck? Nonsense. I called this is a reminder not to fall into the same mistakes." Sanji frowned. This beast was absurd. Yeah, he was.
"But you said it yourself, didn't you?"
"Then it was because of my words then."
"What?"
"The real reason you left."
"No. it was my choice." The Vampire answered, averting his gaze.
"See.. you are contradicting yourself again. what's wrong with you seriously." Sighed the beast.
"I am not!"
"Really? Then why do you choose to stay amongst Mennesente? Why you tried your best to co-exist with us? You seem happier when you are around us, though you still have this melancholic feeling when you were day-dreaming alone." Sanji eyes widen, he saw all of him thoroughly. Who exactly was this Vill?
"Look. I'm sorry for what I said before. I have no intention to hurt you. If I do hurt you, I do apologize." He said again, this time much more gentle. This guy was really a big-hearted guy. He just apologized like he was the one hurt the blonde. Well, he might be but, he didn't do it intentionally. The beast just didn't know what he had been through.
"Apology accepted." Sanji smiled. Something inside his chest unravel ever so slightly, which he never had this kind of feeling before, but it was a pleasant feeling.
"Have enough of me?" asked Zoro staring him straightly into his amber beads. He jerked and averted his gaze. Blushed a bit. [What a choice of word you got there, idiot moss head! Very clever.]
"Then serve yourself. It still dripping anyway." Continued him. His facial feature didn't change at all, he wasn't teasing the blond. Sanji cringed and complied to his words. Hundred years of sucking animal blood compared to this – well this too actually was an animal blood – but it couldn't be compare to anything, even the virgin blood. How could a Vill tasted this delicious? Wait.. Was that why those Vill after him? because they knew he tasted great? Eh?
"Do I... taste as good as your blood?"
"Wh-what?!"
"Those Vill from before. They after me. And one of them was… was my-" Sanji stuttered. He just couldn't finish his words. It was too painful for him.
"I see."
"Was it- was it my fault?"
"What was?"
"Rain Base, the workers.. they-" Sanji hitched, he couldn't stop his tears for flowing out, but he didn't want to be weak in front this arrogant Vill, either.
"No."
"So, why them.. why-"
"Their fate just sucks. That's why." Sanji frowned, this Vill sure was harsh and he had no concern towards others either, so why was he care so much about the noirette? About the restaurant? About him? He couldn't understand him at all.
"Why do you care about them so much?" asked Sanji curious.
"Told you, they are my friends, and reasons. C'mon finish your feast already. It's quite a pain to have an open cut like this." cut the beast quick. He seemed didn't want to answer about anything. Sanji respected that, because he himself knew, some things better left unspoken.
"When the times come, would you mind tell me about it?"
"We'll see." Zoro smirked, which captivated the blond Vampire. Who knew this arrogant beast could let out a sexy smirk like that.
"Oi! Hurry up and finish this. We have no time already."
"O-okay."
"Seriously, how many years already you hadn't take human blood?"
"Uh.. hundreds maybe? I lost count already."
"No wonder you take so much."
"Oh shut up! It's my decision to make."
"Well, actually I'm actually surprised you could hold on for that long." Before Sanji could response with his usual contradicting antique, Zoro suddenly tensed up.
"Shit! They found us." Hissed the beast.
"Give me five minutes. I'll beat them for you." Grinned the blond.
"Ohh, what a jackass!" retorted the green head. Sanji gave his forearm a last lick, before he stood up and stretch himself.
"Thank you for the meal."
"I'm not giving that for free."
"I know. That's why you stay here, I'll take care the rest."
"Oh no you don't! Don't go to the party by yourself, kuso-cook."
"Well, you're welcome to the party if you want, just don't be a pain, baka- marimo."
"Wh-WHAT is that?!" Zoro groaned, while Sanji was laughing at the beast cute reaction. Sanji ran towards the cave mouth, spread his black wings and flew into the night. His amber beads were turning into bloody red ruby, glowing in the dark. His thirst had been quenched, his hunger had been fulfilled and he was at his full power. Zoro's sange*1 was amazing. Hundred years of blood thirst he had been enduring, fulfilled just like that. He couldn't thank that moss beast enough.
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"There he is!" shouted the voice from below him on the ground of the dark woods.
"Yeah! It's him! It sure is him! But, why does his smell different?"
"Don't sweat the small stuff! Hurry and take him down! Akai-san isn't going to spare us any longer."
"Well, yes it's me. Thanks for earlier, fuckers! Payback time." Spat the blond.
"Oh, you look better now, blondie. Finished feasting on a virgin, I assumed." Derided the pack leader.
"Not a virgin, but yeah I did feast on. I should thank you for giving me some new info." He grinned wickedly.
"No shit! You feast on that Farligenete who saved you? How cruel can you be?" jeered Billy again. "You who speak about no human blood bullshit some hours ago!" he continued with a malicious growl.
"How dare a low Vill like you judging me?" hissed the now annoyed Vampire. He had enough of this bullshit.
"Let see what you have then, little runt." Billy roared and making his first move, slashing his claws into the air, making a big 'X-mark'. Sanji smirked. With a gracious movement, he dodged all the incoming attacks in the sky. He looked down to them – well, of course because Sanji was flying and they were on the ground – gathering his power on his hand. A small black ball appeared, which getting bigger with every passing seconds.
"wh- WHAT IS THAT?!" shouted one of the pack.
"I don't know! But I have a bad feeling about that!" the other shrieked in fear.
"BOYS! GET HIM!" barked the pack's leader, ignoring his panic packs. Obeying his leader, the duo jumped tried hard to reach Sanji, to no avail. Sanji flap his wings, flew a little higher, squinted his eye in rage then he set the black ball loose. It turned into a swarm of bats. With one movement of his slender hand, the swarm was flying eerily towards the duo. In a blink of an eye, both Farligenetes were consumed in the dark swarm and loud painful cried was heard. Minutes later, they were falling down freely, no movement, no sign of life either. They were killed. Their blood sucked dried.
"Y-YOU!" screamed the only left Vill.
"Bet you didn't see that coming." Said Sanji flatly. Killing wasn't into his list but, for him to protected himself, there was no other way. Because it was just how the world work, though he hated it to the core.
"Get down! Let us settle this fair and square!"
"Said the one who brought all of his packs to hunt down a wounded person." The blond chided, his tone icy cold. Though he did come down, folded his wings in and ready to kick his ass, avenging his fallen comrade.
"Let settle this then." Stated Sanji, face contorted with unimaginable rage.
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Billy was irritated! How could this timid blond emit such energy, having such tremendous power, and he was just dying hours ago! It wasn't even more than four hours for fuck sake! What did exactly he feast on? Was it really that idiot Farligenete who saved him? so it was true then, A Nesatios who feasted on Farligenete would get his unimaginable potential to awaken. FUCK! He just leaked out a fucking dangerous secret, to his enemy no less. He was fuckin screwed!
"Is that all what you got?" mocked that blonde fucker. Billy eyed him, even more provoked than before. The pack leader panted hard, cold sweats rolling from his temple down to his jaw. He was in a deep trouble. The blonde scanned the leader of the pack, then he sneered.
[BITCH! I'LL KILL HIM!] Billy thought in sudden outburst, ignoring his screaming instinct. He leaped towards the blond, tensing his claws, targeting his pale neck. But the Nesatios was quicker, he eluded to the left and landed a kick the Farligenete's on the head, and then another kick on his back of the knee, his stomach, and closed it with direct kick on his face, sending the Farligenete flew towards trees, breaking some of them in the process, coughing blood.
"Weaklings!" the blonde spat bitterly. "you're not even worth to be killed. Stay here and rot!" he continued, turning away and left the unconscious Farligenete.
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[Darn! Was it too much?] He thought to himself. He was panting hard, he didn't understand why, but he felt tired, exhausted to be precise. What happened to him, he never been like this before.. before that Kuso sucked his blood like a fuckin vampire, oh wait he was a vampire. Err.. so maybe this was the side effect? Having his blood lost more than half and then had to fight against this fuckin dog was actually a trouble.
"Is that it? Beast hunter? I'm disappointed." Said his opponent. But Zoro didn't care. He inhaled and then exhaled a long breath. The green head opened his only eye, and set his focus on his opponent, though his breath halted and nearly collapsed, his focus didn't waver. He clenched his fist then he opened it again, his energy was shattering unable to gathered on, thus his favorite blades were unable to go wild. But he didn't need them to face this opponent. He had to win this, he needed to defeat this jerk who already messed with that idiot's life.
"I don't care with that title, but yeah, I need to beat you." With that Zoro charged. His claws tensed, sharper. And both Farligenete clashed. He pierced towards Akai's heart, though the dog was able to dodged the vital wound, he still got a deep wound to his left waist. The dog growled. He struck back, grazing Zoro's arm and cheek. They were both equally fierce, equally strong. But suddenly a wave of dizziness swept Zoro's focus away. His vision blurred and Akai noticed that. Wasting no time, he punched the wolf's stomach with his spiky knuckle, launching the green head onto a big rock with his back, and with wounded stomach from the punch.
"Gaah!" Zoro let out a painful cried and curled up when he slid down the rock.
"Oh, I didn't punch you that hard." The dog jeered, licking his knuckle which covered in Zoro's blood. Again, Zoro didn't respond. With the help of the sturdy hard rock, he tried to stand up, heaving painfully. He coughed several times, blood coming out from his mouth. He reached his limits. His head was spinning, his vision blurred, he couldn't stand still. He was lacking Esenta.
"I thought you were more than this." The dog growled, stepping closer. Zoro glanced a bit, but he still panted. Akai saw an opening, he dashed, once again clenching his fist and some spikes poked up covering his knuckle. He smirked viciously. He had this. The were-wolf got no strength to fight back, he was sure of it. He laughed and that was his mistake. The damn were-wolf was gone. Nowhere. He just disappeared just like that. No trace at all, not even his smell.
"I'm sorry but, by the time you thought you won this, it was your lost." Came the voice, from beneath him, followed by an atrocious slash on his chest, red blood spurted out terribly from the cut. Then he felt another slashed on his neck, slit open another fatal wound, making the dog choke his own blood.
"I won't make an easy death for you." Said the green head, limping away, leaving the dying dog alone.
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His vision was getting blur, everything was unclear. His eyelid didn't obey him to stay open anymore. His body ached, trembling as he walked to only God knew where, he might be lost, he didn't – he couldn't know. He followed his legs to wherever his legs wanted to. He let his instinct took over him. he was beyond exhausted. He suddenly bumped onto something, then everything was dark.
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"So? Have you found our target yet?" asked the person in the shadow."
"Yes, my lord. I found our target." Said a flying creature who got two small horns on its head.
"Good. Make sure you mark him. It will be easier for me to hunt him down."
"Yes, my lord. I'll mark him as fast as possible. So, that you can be our new king. Qiqiqiqiqi!"
"Hmmh! I'm glad you side with me, Doom." He said smiling devilishly.
"Then my lord, I'll take my leave."
"Hmp! Go my son. Make me proud."
"Qiqiqiqiqi~ as you command." And the creature disappeared into a shadow. The man in the shadow moved his hand, shadow was gathering above his muscular hand and suddenly a thumping heart appeared on his hand. He gave it a little squeeze.
"Let see how long you can survive this, Demon King. UHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!" he laughed imperiously.
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"Have you found him?"
"Have not!" he spat to a den-den mushi.
"Hurry up!"
"It will be better if I work on this alone."
"This is the only thing I won't let it fail, even it costs me my life!"
"Fancy you said that words."
"Fucker!"
"Yeah, yeah! I agree with you. I won't let it fail."
"Then you better get going. Find him! find everything you need. That is the least I can back you up with."
"Yeah."
"Hey.."
"Hn?"
"Thank you for following my selfishness." The person across the phone heard a sighed.
"It's okay. I do this also for myself."
"I know but still.."
"Keep your words. I need those back up indeed."
"I will. Good luck." And then the connection was off.
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I'm tired, very tired.
So no blabbering for today ;P
See you in the later chapter ;)
Jyaa~ ^,^/
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