A.N: The next chapter will be in the present, since were all finished with the past crap. Now, we only have one or maybe two more chapters to go until the end of this thing! I'm glad all you reviewers gave me such positive and wonderful reviews. It really inspires me to write more. Thank you so much!
Kiss of Immortal Death
Chapter Five
By SaturnsFirefly
**=Flashback
1900 AD
Tokyo, Japan
"We are condemned together in hatred and love."
Guneve's words floated through Hotaru's mind, even after these long, thirty-one years. The night of Guneve's murder all the vampire wanted to do was join her daughter, but when she was walking back to her home on the damp, dark streets of Paris, a cloaked figure stopped had stopped her.
**
"'Tis painful to loose a loved one, isn't it?" He had asked her, voice low and deep.
"Don't bother me, peasant," Hotaru had said back to him, "I am not in the condition to be pestered."
He had let out a long laugh, before he replied, "I am not here to pester you, my dear, I am just here to warn you of the future."
"What about the future?"
"The day of destiny is coming, Hotaru," The figure had murmured, "In just one-hundred and three years you will face your destiny. That may seem like a long time, but it is very short in reality."
"What are you talking about?" She had asked angrily.
He ignored her, continuing on, "But listen to me, and listen well. There will come a day when you are labeled as the messiah, but then someone will take the name away from you. Her name is Princess Selenity, whom will claim to be the messiah and it will be proved. It is false; everything in that is a scam. Remember this, my dear, as it may save your life. You are the messiah, let no one tell you different. And you will be the one to save the world. But then you will be the one to destroy it. Remember and believe Hotaru. Remember and believe..."
Hotaru had opened her mouth to respond but a loud crackle came from the sky. She looked up sharply, seeing a bunch of dark clouds come rolling in, indicating it was almost going to rain. When she had looked back down, the mysterious figure was gone, nowhere to be seen.
**
She had left Paris the night after talking to that man, no longer bearing to be remembered of the streets she had walked with Guneve, the stores that Guneve had dragged her in. Now she was back where she started again, alone, a loner, hurt and confused and lost. But just as she had pulled herself away from Setsuna, she would pull her memories from Guneve...all though she seemed to have no success at all. Every time she slept, her dreams were haunted with her vampire-daughter, every time she awoke she expected to see Guneve in the living room, awaiting for her to awake. There was just no escaping it.
Now she lived in the peaceful city of Tokyo, which was having some problems with the United States, but nothing major as she could tell. She liked here, there was always enough food for her, since Tokyo was crammed, and it was calm and quiet. It was a breezy August day, and Hotaru was out walking, thinking like usual. Since it was cloudy out, revealing a dark light, she could go out, but never could she come into the day if there was no clouds in sight. She liked days like these, where she could come out into the day, it was more freedom for her.
Many people past her, double glancing at the beautiful but emotionally old vampire, eyes wide with awe at the sight of her. She merely brushed by them, not giving them a second thought, her mind lost in the deep mist of concentration. A soft whisper that seemed to be carried by the wind pulled her from the haze, making her stop beneath a large oak tree. She blinked, brows furrowing slightly before she continued on her way again.
"Hotaru..."
The whisper came again and this time the vampire heard it loud and clear. She stopped once more, amethyst eyes searching frantically for the source of her whispered name. It stopped on an elegant looking woman who was across the road from her, standing in front of a parlor. A wise smile played on her face as the wind danced with her dark green strands of hair, her magenta eyes were glued directly on Hotaru.
'It couldn't be...not after all this time,' Hotaru thought, before the single name escaped her lips, "Setsuna?"
As if hearing her the woman nodded her smile growing slightly. Hotaru stood paralyzed to the spot, as Setsuna crossed the street and took her place in front of her. She blinked several times, trying to decide if the figure in front of her was actually real and not a figure of her imagination. It took a couple of moments for Hotaru to decide that Setsuna was actually there, breathing and alive, before her, in Tokyo, Japan.
"What are you doing here, Setsuna," Hotaru's tone was anything but strict and firm.
"I've been here for a long, long time, my dear," She said simply, waving her hand, "I moved here when you left me. This, Hotaru, is where the prophecy will take place in exactly one hundred and one years...on New Years Day."
The younger vampire said nothing, but stared at Setsuna solemnly, letting her continue, "Come, let's walk together and talk of what you have been doing these past years. So much heartache you have in you? You gave in to easily to Guneve, I must say."
"I know that," Hotaru snapped, not bothering to ask how she had known about her past. It seemed like Setsuna knew everything, "I didn't have a choice...she...tricked me."
"Ah, no, don't put the blame on her. You know as well as I do it was your own faults," The woman chided.
"Just forget it, Ok, Setsuna?" Hotaru all but yelled, attracting some attention, "It's done, it's over with, it's in the past. I just want to drop it and move on."
Not surprisingly Setsuna wasn't effected with the harsh tone, but only smiled softly, "Whatever you say, firefly...whatever you say."
There was a silence for a few more moments before Hotaru spoke up again, "Why are you here, seriously?"
"I have alrea-"
"Yeah, but I don't buy that bullshit. Now tell me why the hell you're here!" Hotaru demanded, yanking on Setsuna's arm so she came to a stop.
"Your destiny, Hotaru," The other said softly, but firmly, "Your destiny."
"What do you mean?"
Setsuna let out a wary sigh, and took the younger vampire's hand, pulling her up a pair of steps and into her apartment, "We should talk in here...please, take a seat."
She sat down cautiously, eyeing the small, dark room as the magenta eyed woman continued, "The evil will come soon, the messiah of destruction I believe," She waved her hand, "She shall try to take over you but Selenity will beat her, so you have nothing to worry about. But that is the least of our problems now. An evil so strong is quickly forming itself, and as the prophecy in my dream stated it will shrivel the whole human race away. And that is where you step in and-"
"Destroy the world," Hotaru finished softly, "But...isn't their another way?"
"I'm afraid not," Setsuna said sadly, "'Tis the only way to beat a true evil."
"So what am I supposed to do until then? Wait for Selenity and her little crew to be born into this world and then destroy it? Its ridiculous!" Hotaru growled, standing up and pacing around.
"Become young again," The woman said simply, as if it made no difference, "And finish the first half of your destiny."
"Become young again? Finish the first half of my destiny?" Hotaru shook her head, stopping, before her eyes widened, "Wait a minute...is that why I was brought into this world? To finish my destiny? Is that all I am? A tool for destroying the evil on this planet?"
"It's not like that..." Setsuna trailed off, "Your here for so much more then that, believe me." She paused, "But that isn't important at the moment, in order to finish the first part of your destiny and become the messiah where you get your powers, you need to become young. Not that young, mind you, around twelve or thirteen."
"So. I won't be a vampire anymore?"
"Ah, no, you'll be a vampire...only a few other things will be changed. You can go out into the daylight, but you must feed off of humans, I'm afraid."
"How is that even possible for me to go out into daylight?"
"I'm one of Serenity's loyal subject, I have many powers that you will not know of. Enjoy it while you can, though, because once the clock strikes midnight for 2002 you will be a full vampire again. But I guess it wouldn't matter, since that is the time..." She stopped and lowered her head, "Nevermind, we are wasting much time. I need to make you young again, or with least with the appearance of a young girl."
Setsuna stood from her chair, taking Hotaru's hand and pulling her over next to her. She placed a pale hand over the amethyst-eyed vampire. Hotaru felt a warmth inside her body in which she had never felt before, but she was so very tired. She stumbled backward onto the chair, struggling to keep her eyes open as Setsuna's looming form took place above her.
"Goodbye, my lovely little girl...I shall see you again in one-hundred and one years."
The whispered voice of Setsuna was barely heard, as that was the last thing she remembered before she fell into a peaceful sleep for the first time in her reign of being a vampire.
End Chapter Five.
End Notes: Ok, so maybe that wasn't that long but that's only because were getting nearer to the end. Yay! Please R/R even if you already have, I don't mind it!
Kiss of Immortal Death
Chapter Five
By SaturnsFirefly
**=Flashback
1900 AD
Tokyo, Japan
"We are condemned together in hatred and love."
Guneve's words floated through Hotaru's mind, even after these long, thirty-one years. The night of Guneve's murder all the vampire wanted to do was join her daughter, but when she was walking back to her home on the damp, dark streets of Paris, a cloaked figure stopped had stopped her.
**
"'Tis painful to loose a loved one, isn't it?" He had asked her, voice low and deep.
"Don't bother me, peasant," Hotaru had said back to him, "I am not in the condition to be pestered."
He had let out a long laugh, before he replied, "I am not here to pester you, my dear, I am just here to warn you of the future."
"What about the future?"
"The day of destiny is coming, Hotaru," The figure had murmured, "In just one-hundred and three years you will face your destiny. That may seem like a long time, but it is very short in reality."
"What are you talking about?" She had asked angrily.
He ignored her, continuing on, "But listen to me, and listen well. There will come a day when you are labeled as the messiah, but then someone will take the name away from you. Her name is Princess Selenity, whom will claim to be the messiah and it will be proved. It is false; everything in that is a scam. Remember this, my dear, as it may save your life. You are the messiah, let no one tell you different. And you will be the one to save the world. But then you will be the one to destroy it. Remember and believe Hotaru. Remember and believe..."
Hotaru had opened her mouth to respond but a loud crackle came from the sky. She looked up sharply, seeing a bunch of dark clouds come rolling in, indicating it was almost going to rain. When she had looked back down, the mysterious figure was gone, nowhere to be seen.
**
She had left Paris the night after talking to that man, no longer bearing to be remembered of the streets she had walked with Guneve, the stores that Guneve had dragged her in. Now she was back where she started again, alone, a loner, hurt and confused and lost. But just as she had pulled herself away from Setsuna, she would pull her memories from Guneve...all though she seemed to have no success at all. Every time she slept, her dreams were haunted with her vampire-daughter, every time she awoke she expected to see Guneve in the living room, awaiting for her to awake. There was just no escaping it.
Now she lived in the peaceful city of Tokyo, which was having some problems with the United States, but nothing major as she could tell. She liked here, there was always enough food for her, since Tokyo was crammed, and it was calm and quiet. It was a breezy August day, and Hotaru was out walking, thinking like usual. Since it was cloudy out, revealing a dark light, she could go out, but never could she come into the day if there was no clouds in sight. She liked days like these, where she could come out into the day, it was more freedom for her.
Many people past her, double glancing at the beautiful but emotionally old vampire, eyes wide with awe at the sight of her. She merely brushed by them, not giving them a second thought, her mind lost in the deep mist of concentration. A soft whisper that seemed to be carried by the wind pulled her from the haze, making her stop beneath a large oak tree. She blinked, brows furrowing slightly before she continued on her way again.
"Hotaru..."
The whisper came again and this time the vampire heard it loud and clear. She stopped once more, amethyst eyes searching frantically for the source of her whispered name. It stopped on an elegant looking woman who was across the road from her, standing in front of a parlor. A wise smile played on her face as the wind danced with her dark green strands of hair, her magenta eyes were glued directly on Hotaru.
'It couldn't be...not after all this time,' Hotaru thought, before the single name escaped her lips, "Setsuna?"
As if hearing her the woman nodded her smile growing slightly. Hotaru stood paralyzed to the spot, as Setsuna crossed the street and took her place in front of her. She blinked several times, trying to decide if the figure in front of her was actually real and not a figure of her imagination. It took a couple of moments for Hotaru to decide that Setsuna was actually there, breathing and alive, before her, in Tokyo, Japan.
"What are you doing here, Setsuna," Hotaru's tone was anything but strict and firm.
"I've been here for a long, long time, my dear," She said simply, waving her hand, "I moved here when you left me. This, Hotaru, is where the prophecy will take place in exactly one hundred and one years...on New Years Day."
The younger vampire said nothing, but stared at Setsuna solemnly, letting her continue, "Come, let's walk together and talk of what you have been doing these past years. So much heartache you have in you? You gave in to easily to Guneve, I must say."
"I know that," Hotaru snapped, not bothering to ask how she had known about her past. It seemed like Setsuna knew everything, "I didn't have a choice...she...tricked me."
"Ah, no, don't put the blame on her. You know as well as I do it was your own faults," The woman chided.
"Just forget it, Ok, Setsuna?" Hotaru all but yelled, attracting some attention, "It's done, it's over with, it's in the past. I just want to drop it and move on."
Not surprisingly Setsuna wasn't effected with the harsh tone, but only smiled softly, "Whatever you say, firefly...whatever you say."
There was a silence for a few more moments before Hotaru spoke up again, "Why are you here, seriously?"
"I have alrea-"
"Yeah, but I don't buy that bullshit. Now tell me why the hell you're here!" Hotaru demanded, yanking on Setsuna's arm so she came to a stop.
"Your destiny, Hotaru," The other said softly, but firmly, "Your destiny."
"What do you mean?"
Setsuna let out a wary sigh, and took the younger vampire's hand, pulling her up a pair of steps and into her apartment, "We should talk in here...please, take a seat."
She sat down cautiously, eyeing the small, dark room as the magenta eyed woman continued, "The evil will come soon, the messiah of destruction I believe," She waved her hand, "She shall try to take over you but Selenity will beat her, so you have nothing to worry about. But that is the least of our problems now. An evil so strong is quickly forming itself, and as the prophecy in my dream stated it will shrivel the whole human race away. And that is where you step in and-"
"Destroy the world," Hotaru finished softly, "But...isn't their another way?"
"I'm afraid not," Setsuna said sadly, "'Tis the only way to beat a true evil."
"So what am I supposed to do until then? Wait for Selenity and her little crew to be born into this world and then destroy it? Its ridiculous!" Hotaru growled, standing up and pacing around.
"Become young again," The woman said simply, as if it made no difference, "And finish the first half of your destiny."
"Become young again? Finish the first half of my destiny?" Hotaru shook her head, stopping, before her eyes widened, "Wait a minute...is that why I was brought into this world? To finish my destiny? Is that all I am? A tool for destroying the evil on this planet?"
"It's not like that..." Setsuna trailed off, "Your here for so much more then that, believe me." She paused, "But that isn't important at the moment, in order to finish the first part of your destiny and become the messiah where you get your powers, you need to become young. Not that young, mind you, around twelve or thirteen."
"So. I won't be a vampire anymore?"
"Ah, no, you'll be a vampire...only a few other things will be changed. You can go out into the daylight, but you must feed off of humans, I'm afraid."
"How is that even possible for me to go out into daylight?"
"I'm one of Serenity's loyal subject, I have many powers that you will not know of. Enjoy it while you can, though, because once the clock strikes midnight for 2002 you will be a full vampire again. But I guess it wouldn't matter, since that is the time..." She stopped and lowered her head, "Nevermind, we are wasting much time. I need to make you young again, or with least with the appearance of a young girl."
Setsuna stood from her chair, taking Hotaru's hand and pulling her over next to her. She placed a pale hand over the amethyst-eyed vampire. Hotaru felt a warmth inside her body in which she had never felt before, but she was so very tired. She stumbled backward onto the chair, struggling to keep her eyes open as Setsuna's looming form took place above her.
"Goodbye, my lovely little girl...I shall see you again in one-hundred and one years."
The whispered voice of Setsuna was barely heard, as that was the last thing she remembered before she fell into a peaceful sleep for the first time in her reign of being a vampire.
End Chapter Five.
End Notes: Ok, so maybe that wasn't that long but that's only because were getting nearer to the end. Yay! Please R/R even if you already have, I don't mind it!
