Angel Wings
Chapter 1: First Meeting
By: Rusty-chan
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The sunlight poured in on a young eighteen year old girl with sandy blonde hair cut short at a little lower than her ears and the brightest, clearest emerald eyes in the world. If you looked hard, enough you could probably see your reflection in her eyes.
"Hitomi!" An old woman proceeded into the room and walked over to the young girl's bedside, she proceeded to shake the girl slowly and then harder.
The young girl opened her eyes slowly and yawned, she brought a hand to her mouth and proceeded to take a glance at her watch, "OH MY GOD! I AM GOING TO BE LATE!"
The sandy blonde haired female threw the covers off her and nearly knocked the older woman aside. Hitomi hesitated for a second and looked up at the older woman, "Oh good morning Elsie," she smiled and then glared softly at the woman, "Why didn't you wake me up on time!" Hitomi whined softly as the older woman placed her hands on her hips and laughed through words.
"Well, Hitomi…I tried many times before but you're a heavy sleeper and I mean heavy! You actually fell asleep on the couch last night and I dragged you up here!" The woman pretended to flex her muscles and Hitomi giggled along with her.
Hitomi looked up at Elsie making contact with her eyes, she smiled lightly, Elsie was about Hitomi's height just a little shorter, she had grayish hair tied back in a ponytail that she had hanging over her shoulder. Her eyes were a soft dim bluish grayish color, and she was wearing an apron over her morning church clothes, obviously, she had been cooking.
Hitomi sniffed the air gently, "What are you cooking?" She brought her head back down to eye level with Elsie and proceeded to take another whiff of the air as Elsie cleared her throat.
"Yes I fixed you breakfast but you better hurry now, you don't want to be late for your summer job at the library! It's already 10:30 am! Hurry girl!" Elsie proceeded to help yank the panic stricken girl off the bed and steadied her on her own two feet.
Hitomi smiled warmly, "Thanks Elsie!" The young emerald eyed female then proceeded to search through her dresser for some wearable clothes. She finally decided on a pair of short cut denim jeans, a stripped tank top that was all pink with just a horizontal yellow thick strip through the middle and brown sandals. Then she raced into the bathroom.
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About twenty minutes later a panic stricken and time pressured Hitomi raced out of the door of the small hut. As she ran down the sidewalk, she not only tried to devour a piece of toast that remained protruding from her mouth but she tried to finish combing her hair.
"Man I am going to be SO LATE!" Hitomi whined loudly as she threw the comb in her bag that she had slung over her shoulder and finished gulping down the last few pieces of the toast. "Allen is going to be so pissed at me! Oh gods…run faster Hitomi!" She whimpered and gasped breath after breath as she quickened her pace a bit and raced down the sidewalk.
Middle way down the sidewalk something made Hitomi stopped, her superior instincts kicked in and she sniffed the air gently, "Who's there?" She scanned the area with her eyes; someone was watching her but from where? Hitomi's eyes fell upon a pair of crimson eyes set in the trees above her, their eyes locked and then the figure darted out of her line of vision.
"Wait!" She hollered after the shadow figure but it moved too quick for her, Hitomi bit her lip and stopped to catch her breath, 'Was that…a draconian?" She thought silently to herself 'But…I have never seen any draconian with crimson eyes like that before…"
Hitomi's thoughts were interrupted as she watched a single angel feather fall to the ground, she walked towards it and gently picked it up, in her palm she examined it, "Had to be…a draconian…" She paused and closed her eyes letting her vampire senses take control and let her tune into the world around her, 'What was I thinking anyways, they aren't all destroyed yet, no…not yet, but they will be, tonight…I hunt'. Hitomi heard her watch beep and pulled her senses to a halt as she realized the time, once again she turned panic stricken and raced down the rest of the way to the library screaming, "I'M GOING TO BE LATE!"
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As Hitomi neared the library, she was huffing and puffing from so much running, and as her hazy fogged over eyes danced from the ground to the sky she didn't realize where she was going and bumped into someone.
"I'm so Sorry! I didn't see where I was going!" The young sandy blonde haired female looked up to examine the poor innocent bystander she had hit, but instead she was caught with surprise at the not so innocent person she had bumped into.
"Allen?" The emerald-eyed girl held a shocked expression on her face.
Allen chuckled, "Hello Hitomi, your late…as always," He shrugged and continued to laugh a bit. Allen was about 6' or so and had long blonde hair, it went down to about his waist maybe even longer but he had it tied into a limp ponytail in the back. He had dazzling starlight blue eyes and held a regal air about him, but Hitomi knew better, he was a womanizer and had even tried to ask her out many times but she only agreed to being his partner to get him off her back.
"Yes nice to see you too Allen," Hitomi bowed and gritted her teeth as she felt a bad taste well up in her mouth from showing so much friendliness towards this jerk. 'God I feel like I am going to puke, quick the bush over there!' The young sandy blonde haired female raced over to a bush by the library fence and proceeded to throw up the bad taste contents in her mouth.
Allen stroked back a lock of hair out of his eyes and looked over at the poor Hitomi, he laughed and gently reached his hand down to stroke her hips, he started to go lower when Hitomi brought herself back up. She had an angry and flustered look on her face at the same time, brought up her hand slowly, and drove it seamlessly across Allen's cheek causing a huge sound of WHAP!
Allen blinded almost from the attack, stumbled back a bit and held one hand over his red cheek wincing a bit in pain. "What was that for?" He snapped back at her.
Hitomi turned her back to him and huffed, "Well…PERVERT…maybe you should next time keep your hands in your pockets…WHERE THEY BELONG!" Hitomi stomped off towards the library as she left a stunned and hurting Allen to tag-along.
Allen hesitated a moment before following Hitomi, he heard soft laughter somewhere and looked around for the source but could not find it. He brushed the awkward feeling away and continued on. In the tree above a pair of gentle crimson eyes glowed.
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Hitomi turned the corner nearing the library and smiled as she realized that she gained a few miles or so on Allen.
"That jerk…" Hitomi huffed some as she spoke softly almost in a whisper; her voice was completely hoarse almost from running so hard. She slowly paced towards the library doors. As she began to open them, she felt the cold air conditioning breeze pour over her face and streak through her hair. Hitomi closed her eyes and let the breeze overwhelm her as she wiped a bit of the sweat from her running off her forehead. All too suddenly, Hitomi's welcomed peace was shattered by the thundering screams of her boss.
"KANZAKI!" Hitomi's boss Mr. Hugo's thunderous screams shook throughout the entire library as he stomped up to the innocent, pale, emerald eyed girl.
Hitomi gulped, she knew that she was about to get not only the longest and most boring lecture on the planet but also she might not get her pay for today and that would totally SUCK!
"Kanzaki your over an hour late! I should just fire you, but since we barely get any help around here I will have to overlook your tardiness AGAIN, for the sake of this library!" Mr. Hugo preached aloud and clear for everyone to hear.
'He makes it seem like my mistake of being tardy all the time will cost him his job and besides I don't give a crap what he thinks…his preaching is falling on deaf ears' Hitomi thought silently to herself as she pretended to listen to the warthog's words.
Mr. Hugo was a short stubby man just over a little taller than Hitomi, but he had the stomach to make up for his height, he looked like a bowling ball is what Hitomi always said. He even wore a toupee and coke bottle classes that rested uneasily on the end of his huge nose.
Hitomi watched as the man made eye contact with her and squinted with his beady eyes through his coke bottle framed glasses. "Now get to work! And clean up those fallen book cases over there!" He pointed to a corner in the library where a few couple hundred of books had fallen off probably due to some little kids.
Hitomi sighed and marched over, as she passed the stubby man she breathed silently under her breath, "Fat-ass bastard…"
At that moment Hitomi saw Allen crawling up the steps, he really must have tried to keep up with her and looked like he was about to die with all the panting and huffing he was doing. Hitomi planted a huge smirk on her face and almost died laughing, but then she groaned at what Mr. Hugo said next, "Schezard! Help Miss Kanzaki out here with her picking up of fallen books, and make it worth her while…"
Mr. Hugo smirked over at the sandy-blonde haired female and laughed viciously.
'That rotten bastard! Ugh…my day is turning out to be so wasted…I DON'T BELIEVE MY STUPID LUCK!' The emerald-eyed female groaned loudly and blew some strands of her hair out of her eyes as she trotted off toward the bookcases with Allen hot on her tail.
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Later that day after the library Hitomi came home to her adoptive mother tired and exhausted from all that heavy book hauling.
"God…" The young sandy blonde haired female threw herself onto her bed and sighed heavily as her mother, Elsie, walked in softly and tapped on the wall, "Is it ok if I join you dear?"
Hitomi nodded her head.
Hitomi propped herself up a bit against the bed post as Elsie sat down at the end of the bed, she looked at Hitomi with a grave expression in her eyes. "Why are you so tired?"
The eighteen year old female laughed sarcastically and then replied with very little amusement, "Mr. Hugo gave me his speech again today and forced me to clean up more than a hundred or so books that had fallen off some shelves, besides that Allen was suppose to help but all he did was make more attempts at my body. I swear that one day I don't care if Allen isn't what I hunt I am going to kill him still!" The young female raised her fist up and shook it furiously.
Elsie laughed a bit and placed her hand of her mouth, "Calm down, we don't want to murder the innocent you remember your job and I do as well. Although I do admit it is so tempting and he is such a flirt and womanizer, you would be doing the whole community a favor if you got rid of Allen but sorry the law prevents you."
Elsie lowered her head a bit and sighed with depression.
Hitomi looked over at her adoptive mother and smiled gently, "It's alright, then again what I hunt already is against the law but the law doesn't know whom they really are…" Hitomi smirked and licked her lips gently giggling.
Elsie looked back up at her foster daughter and nodded, "Yes…but I wish that we didn't have to shed so much blood, are you sure that this is all necessary for your revenge? I mean…so many of them have to die and yet you still don't stop, you act almost as ruthless as them when they hunt at night filling their lust for blood…"
"SHUT UP! How dare you compare me to them! Those veil creatures that dare walk this earth when they have committed such a sin against me and all humans!" Hitomi angrily brought her fist down into the bed and shook violently with rage as tears began to stream from her eyes.
Elsie covered her mouth with shock as she watched the emerald eyed girl weep feverishly, carefully she gently bent over and touched her shoulder softly with a hand, "Hitomi…" She spoke almost in a whisper being careful not to upset the young girl more.
Hitomi brought her head up, what Elsie saw shocked her even more. Hitomi's eyes were burning with tears, fresh and old, and her entire face was red with anger. Elsie felt Hitomi's shoulder shake uncontrollably under her grip.
"I understand…I am sorry…I can never understand what you went through but I still think of you as my daughter, my only one, and…I just worry about you and don't want to see you get hurt. Please…promise me that once you are over with your hunts that you will live the rest of your life here with me and be a normal girl…" Elsie's old wrinkled face seem to try and place a smile on itself but she was still filled with worry and all that her face could manage was half between a smile and a frown.
Hitomi placed her left hand on Elsie's and used her right to wipe away the tears as she slowly started to calm down and sighed once more before speaking, "I promise Elsie…but," She squeezed Elsie's hand a bit more before removing it gently and placing it upon the covers of the bed, "I will never be normal…" She turned her eyes away from Elsie's line of vision as she shadowed herself in shame, "I will…will…always…"
Elsie watched as the girl shook once more, but this time with sadness and shame shadowing over her.
"I will always be a freak!" Hitomi screamed loudly, fresh new tears escaped from her eyes and her eyes became puffy once more as they reddened with sadness. "Never will I be normal for I am a halfling and always will be one!" Hitomi cried even harder now as she yelled at the top of her lungs with displeasure.
Then something surprising happened. Elsie grabbed the young girl, wrapped her up tightly in her frail but still strong arms and pulled Hitomi's head against her breast, caressing her hair gently as she whispered words through strands of sandy blonde hair.
"My daughter…you pressure your self so much with your past, put it behind you…and once you forget it you can live a normal life. Don't think about who you were, think about who you are now, you aren't the same person anymore, you are my daughter, the one I love and the one this community loves. Sure you are half vampire and half human but still…think of it as a gift not as a curse and you will be able to get on with your life." Elsie held the girl tightly in her grasp as she gently leaned down and kissed the shaking girl's forehead and smiled as she nuzzled her nose in Hitomi's hair.
Hitomi's face flustered as she felt the warmth radiate from both bodies and closed her eyes starting to relax in Elsie's strong but comforting embrace.
"Thank you Elsie…your right," Hitomi murmured through breaths softly as she felt her self-slip into a light slumber.
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In the old abandoned museum just on the outskirts of town, in the basement rested a huge coffin with gold print on it that said, "Do not open till sun set"
From the top of the stairs leading down into the basement a figure appeared and down walked a young youth of about the age of nineteen, he was the draconian Hitomi had spotted early who had the crimson eyes. He was about 5'8" with black moppy hair sticking out here and there. He wore long black tight jeans, red muscle shirt that cut off at just above his belly button (it also gave good appearance to his young youthful muscles); over this, he wore a jet-black trench coat that reached down to about his a little below his calves. He also had on black gloves that reached up to the wrists, and finally to top it all off he wore nothing on his feet for he usually flew all the time.
In the moonlight, he gently opened his mouth and let his long sharp fangs glimmer in the moonlight as he licked over them gently being careful not to draw blood from him. He slowly made his way toward the coffin, shuffling his feet as he made his way, once there he gently unlatched the three locks with his super strength and slide off the cover throwing it aside. Then he proceeded to step aside, kneel on one knee, and lower his head as if bowing to royalty. Not too long after the coffin top was removed, a pair of yellowish eyes glowed inside the darkness of the coffin and soon out came another draconian. This draconian was like 6'1" or so; he looked about twenty-seven or so and had light bluish hair that stood up kind of.
The older draconian gently yawned and stretched, as he did this his white wings shot out from his back and he smiled softly closing his eyes as he addressed the other youth draconian.
"Van…you may rise now…" The older draconian pronounced with deepness in his voice.
The younger draconian proceeded to rise and bowed respectfully as he came up beside the older draconian. "Brother…it is finally sun set and the Huntress will begin her new hunt soon…"
The older draconian opened up his eyes and smiled warmly, "Yes…Van…what a lovely young girl she is…how foolish youths are…" A wide evil smirk crossed his face as he laughed softly and turned to Van.
Van stiffened up and tried to look tough as his brother spoke to him.
"Do you remember your training Van?" His brother spoke to him softly but in a firm tone at the same time.
Van nodded at this.
"You must assassinate the Huntress and get her out of our hair once and for all…for see…" The older draconian turned his back to Van and walked a little ways forward, "She…is the reason we have been suffering a lost in most of our hunts for blood to satisfy our craving. She is a nuisance and one that we can't let live…" He turned back towards Van and walked towards him a little, placing his hand on Van's right shoulder he smiled wickedly, "Do you understand?"
Van's crimson eyes glowed wickedly as he nodded with eagerness, "Yes…" He gently let his fangs show once more and licked his lips delighted, "I will kill her…and make her stay for dead!"
In that instant Van teleported out of the basement and to the outside where he headed into the village once more to track the Huntress and end her life for good.
Back at the run down museum, the older draconian snapped his fingers and forth came another draconian out of mid air. This one was a young girl about Hitomi's age, maybe a littler taller, her eyes burned a clear watery blue, she had long brownish blonde hair tied back in a pony tail. Her outfit was a long scarlet dress that had slits cut up the sides that went to about her hips and she wore red heels with it.
"Yes, Lord Folken?" The young female draconian answered back.
"Millerna…" The older draconian turned. He smiled with pleasure as he walked towards the girl and placed both hands on her shoulders. He proceeded to lick her lips and then kiss her passionately.
After he had pulled back to catch air he whispered softly in her ear, "Follow Van…make sure he doesn't mess up this time…" He then kissed her ear gently and watched as she shivered gently and replied breathless, "Yes…Lord Folken."
She then vanished.
Folken walked towards the middle of the basement and looked out the window staring up at the full moon, he whispered gently, "Tonight…Huntress…you will be ours…" His eyes flared violently and then he brought up a hand and made his fingernails sprout out long like blades.
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Back at the small hut, Hitomi was getting ready for her night of hunting, Elsie watched her foster daughter with worried and teary eyes as she dressed and prepared herself.
"Sometimes I wonder what life would have been like if you hadn't come to me…and then I think…how glad I am that you are the person you are…or else I might have never found such a wonderful foster daughter like you." Elsie smiled letting the wrinkles on her face move upward with her smile as a single tear dropped from her eyes. She quickly wiped it away and covered her mouth, turning her head away from Hitomi's sight as she rushed out of the room too teary eyed to control herself anymore.
Hitomi looked up and sighed, this was hard for both her and Elsie but she had to do this to avenge her parents' ruthless murder. She just had to…and yet, was this the right thing? She was hurting Elsie so much, and Elsie had done so much for her…she practically raised her since she was six…and was the only friend in the world she had after the rest of the world had turned their backs on her and shunned her for her differences.
"I'm sorry Elsie…for everything" Hitomi whispered as she finished zipping up the zippers on the sides of her knee long black boots. She then proceeded to throw on her black trench coat and tighten the short black skirt that she wore. Her hunting outfit also consisted of a pink tank top under the trench coat. In the trench coat she carried fifty or so knives, two dozen or so of some small star shaped things that you threw as well, and if those two things were not enough she also carried a long blade that remained loose in its sheath, which was tied tightly at her side.
Hitomi slowly lifted her head and gazed into the mirror at her "other self" as she always called it. She smiled softly, examining herself as she turned around some in the mirror and checked the outfit that she felt was a second skin, for she almost always put it on every night at sun set.
"Too bad…that those free days as a child are over…now that I know I must avenge my parents' death, I have become…The Huntress…" Hitomi sighed and slowly took another breathe of air before walking out of her room and proceeding over to Elsie's bedroom to say goodbye.
As she neared the door, she could hear the cries of the old woman, it made her heart sink deep in her chest and she swallowed hard trying to not let her emotions overwhelm her.
"Elsie?" The emerald-eyed female reached out to touch the old woman's shoulder as she neared her crying foster mother.
Elsie turned and pulled away suddenly, her body shook as she leaned against the back of the bed. "Don't come near me Hitomi…I am ok…just…I get so afraid that one day I will loose you and never have you in my life again. I would never forgive myself if I knew that I could have prevented your death by keeping you home when I needed you most." Elsie's pale grayish bluish eyes glimmered as tears started to well up.
Hitomi's throat seemed to be stuck and the loss of words was prominent as she felt herself choke with emotion and tears welling up inside of her. Somehow she managed to purse her lips and then speak the words, "I promise…Elsie…that I will come back to you after this night…"
Elsie brought her head up and looked into Hitomi's emerald-eyes once more, she could see that Hitomi was hurting too and watched as the sandy blonde haired female sat down on the bed next to her and reached out one of her hands.
Elsie grabbed it and kissed it gently then let go and nodded, she watched as her adopted daughter walked from the room and exited through one of the hallway windows out in the darkness of the night to begin her hunt.
Elsie smiled softly and spoke in a whisper as another tear fell and wet the bed sheets, "That's what you say every night…"
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Outside the night air was freezing, it bit at Hitomi's thighs, ears, and face as she raced across the street and sidewalk, scanning the area with her vampire senses.
It was amazing how at night when she gained full potential of her vampire side how fast she could run, covering some 3 to 5 miles in a few minutes. Of course jumping was another possibility but still, she preferred the running to jumping and climbing. For some reason it didn't suit her and she remembered the last bad experience she had one her second hunting night when she wore a skirt as well and had it catch on a limb and she almost broke her neck. Not to mention that she would end up bait for a draconian if she hadn't gotten out of there so quick. Short skirts fit her more now, even thought they didn't keep her as warm, they let her run faster and let her not have to worry about them getting in the way when she fought.
Hitomi for some reason found her mind drifting off to that strange occurrence today on her way to the library. She found herself yearning to find that one draconian who had spied on her, maybe even teach him a lesson for following The Huntress. Hitomi smirked gently as she continued her pace at full speed down the rest of Millbury Street.
Suddenly something caught Hitomi's vampire senses and she alerted all her senses to home in on the smell. It wasn't a new one to her though. She could detect and identify that smell a mile away; it was the smell of a fresh draconian. The smell was coming from the park on Cherry Tree Forest Lane! Hitomi kicked into overdrive and raced towards it.
'This night might not be so boring after all, I might even have a little fun and sport' Hitomi chuckled to herself silently.
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In the park, Van was waiting for Hitomi, he quietly sat on a bench near the park fountain knowing that she would show up soon enough and he wouldn't have to spend all the time hunting her down since she did a good enough job of that herself.
Just as he had guessed suddenly a blast of air flew over the area and soon enough Hitomi appeared in the entranceway to the park near the fountain, she spotted Van instantly and grinned.
"So you're the one I sensed." Hitomi stared at Van viciously with anger.
"You know it so interesting that you have to run your way here, why can't you just teleport, that would seem so much more the vampire thing to do. Oh, wait! I just remembered that you're a halfling and part human as well so you can't do that, silly me!" Van raised one of his gloved hands to his mouth and laughed mockingly at Hitomi, he watched as her face boiled with anger.
"I see that you will be a fun one to put an end to with all your jokes!" Hitomi growled with intense anger as she fingered the handle of her long blade at her side.
"You know…" Van walked closer to Hitomi and grinned showing his fangs in the moonlight, "I always wondered why you held such a grudge against us…I mean, what did we ever do to you?" He started to circle Hitomi his crimson eyes watching her carefully and glowing ever so brightly.
Hitomi followed him with her eyes as well making eye contact with him as he paced around, she turned her lips down in disgust and replied, "Your ancestors' murdered my parents!" Without thinking, Hitomi let her anger overwhelm her and in a quick precise motion out came the long blade, Van of course had predicted this and casually stepped back, chuckling a bit.
Van's eyes brightened as he watched Hitomi huff with her anger, it growing all the time. Van fingered the end of the blade gently with his right- gloved hand and pulled it to his lips licking it gently. He then proceeded to cut a small slit with the blade into his tongue and watched as blood dropped from his tongue onto the blade. He smiled wickedly as he watched the young sandy blonde haired girl freeze for a second unsure of what to think of his actions.
"Isn't this the blood of mine you so viciously seek?" Van asked knowingly, "Sometimes I think you crave blood just as much as I do…you just might learn to love it if you taste it once…" Van pushed the blade away for a second and reached out with his left hand grabbing Hitomi's chin as he pulled her closer he grinned evilly. He quickly pressed his lips to hers and placed his tongue in her mouth letting her get the taste of the blood still dripping from his palette.
Hitomi's eyes widen with shock as she felt him deepen the kiss, she quickly pushed him away and coughing and spitting at the ground in disgust.
"You draconians are all alike!" She slowly brought her head back up and looked at him glaring gently, "Filthy scum bags that I can't stand at all!" Hitomi cried angrily but this time made sure to keep her emotions in check.
"I'm sorry you feel that way…" Van licked his lips once more and finally brought his tongue back in, smiling gently as the pale moonlight streaked across his face, his crimson eyes glowing with excitement.
Hitomi brought the end of the long blade back to his chest and steadied it, "Now I will finish what I came here for…" She eyed Van.
"It really is such a shame that I will have to kill you now as well…" Van sighed and snapped his fingers lightly.
Hitomi watched as her sword flew from her hand to the ground and when she reached for it vines grew around it preventing it from retrieval.
"You…Bastard!" Hitomi pulled out two knives from her one pocket in her trench coat and threw them at Van, she watched with displeasure as he directed them back at her and drove them deep into her right shoulder and lower leg.
Hitomi clenched her teeth and felt her skin rip and give way as the knives dug themselves deep in her calf and shoulder. Pain wrecked her body as she stumbled back a bit.
"Are you sure your really the Huntress?" Van placed a forefinger and thumb to his lips as he thought, "I mean you are pretty easy to take down, I was hoping for more of a challenge…oh well…better get this done quick now…" Van closed his eyes and crossed his arms, he winced a bit in pain as white wings sprouted out of his back and shimmered in the milky moonlight.
Hitomi's eyes were hazy as her body filled with pain from the two wounds, she couldn't focus as Van flew toward her and pinned her against a cement wall with both his hands gripped tightly around her neck.
Hitomi tried to pull his hands off but he was so much stronger than she was and the wounds kept reminding her body of what it had to concentrate on more.
Hitomi started to feel herself beginning to choke, she was loosing air and felt her lungs starting to cave in slowly, 'Is this the end for me finally? After all these nights of hunting…I have finally met my match…' Hitomi smiled weakly as her vision went black.
Van kept a tight hold on her neck as he continued to squeeze. "Man…its too bad that this pretty beauty has to die, and especially after barely putting up a fight."
Suddenly as Hitomi's death, neared close a white light engulfed the entire park area around the fountain. Van felt himself being thrown off Hitomi and watched as his hands loosened their grip and he flew backwards onto the ground. Hitomi's now lifeless body fell to the ground limp and unmoving, propped up against the cement wall.
"What…what was that?" Van shook his head and his eyes focused back, he turned and saw a figure step into his line of vision. "Who's there!" He shouted.
'A young girl? No…a young cat girl?' Van examined the figure hard and propped himself up on his hands trying to get a clearer picture at the thing that had interrupted his moment of triumph.
"Prince Van of the draconians, keep your hands off The Huntress…or answer to me!" The feline girl stepped into view and pushed back a strand of her pink hair gracefully as she let her head once more drop to her side. The girl looked about fifteen or so and had pinkish hair which was cut short at about her shoulders, she was part feline and part human, she wore a simple dress that cut off at her knees it was all yellow with white spots on it.
"Who…who are you?" Van demanded loudly, he slowly began to stand, ready to fight back if necessary.
"You can call me Merle…if you must, but I ask that you kindly hand over The Huntress or else I will blast another bolt your way Prince," The feline smiled delighted at her accomplishment.
Van clenched both his gloved hands into fists, he steadied himself and looked down smirking, "You think I will hand her over that easily?" He laughed under his breath a bit.
Suddenly Millerna appeared, standing on the top of the cement wall above Hitomi, "Van forget the girl and hurry! We will get her later, right now we must regroup and assess the situation," The young female draconian had her arms crossed and looked determined.
Van growled and brought his head back up to look at Millerna, "I can handle this, SHUT UP!" He glared at her viciously.
Millerna smirked and replied, "Don't be foolish, your brother wouldn't forgive you and ever let you hunt again if you screw up now, so I suggest that you come with me."
Van growled again and nodded solemnly. The two draconians disappeared with a blink of the eye.
Merle hurried over to Hitomi's lifeless body, she carefully pulled out the two knives and held her hand over the wounds. Her hands began to glow and in an instant the wounds were healed, she did the job so well that it looked like there hadn't even been any wounds there.
Soon after that Hitomi began to regain consciousness and she moaned softly as her, eyes slowly but surely began to open and blink trying to focus in on her surroundings.
"Wha…what happened?" Hitomi lifted up her right arm and placed her right hand on her head, "God I have a splitting headache…"
Merle smiled and giggled, "Well I healed your wounds but I can't heal a splitting headache…sorry,"
Hitomi's eyes widen, "WHO ARE YOU?" The sandy blonde haired female backed away against the cement wall and held a shocked expression on her face.
Merle giggled, "Oh yeah…I'm…"
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AN: Yeah I know it seemed somewhat rushed at the end, but still I hope you enjoyed the chapter! I stayed up until 3 am to write this and dad was yelling at me anyway so I rather hurried to get to bed. Anyways, I was lucky to get this out before all my parties on Easter weekend so I have no idea when the next chapter will be up but hopefully soon! I promise to get it out ASAP! Wow, can you imagine Hitomi and Van will fall in love later when now they are at each others' throats? It's somewhat scary in a way but then again they are cute together ^_^. Oh yeah Merle is cool with her powers and I am still unsure of where her character will go but then again I have a lot of time to think so I hope that you think too and remember when you review, give me helpful ideas and stuff, it would help a lot! Your ideas mean a lot to me and I will try to incorporate some into the next chapter if I can, if not then they still help me get ideas! So, send me email also if you want! Anyways see you in the next chapter! Peace out ^_~*
Chapter 1: First Meeting
By: Rusty-chan
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The sunlight poured in on a young eighteen year old girl with sandy blonde hair cut short at a little lower than her ears and the brightest, clearest emerald eyes in the world. If you looked hard, enough you could probably see your reflection in her eyes.
"Hitomi!" An old woman proceeded into the room and walked over to the young girl's bedside, she proceeded to shake the girl slowly and then harder.
The young girl opened her eyes slowly and yawned, she brought a hand to her mouth and proceeded to take a glance at her watch, "OH MY GOD! I AM GOING TO BE LATE!"
The sandy blonde haired female threw the covers off her and nearly knocked the older woman aside. Hitomi hesitated for a second and looked up at the older woman, "Oh good morning Elsie," she smiled and then glared softly at the woman, "Why didn't you wake me up on time!" Hitomi whined softly as the older woman placed her hands on her hips and laughed through words.
"Well, Hitomi…I tried many times before but you're a heavy sleeper and I mean heavy! You actually fell asleep on the couch last night and I dragged you up here!" The woman pretended to flex her muscles and Hitomi giggled along with her.
Hitomi looked up at Elsie making contact with her eyes, she smiled lightly, Elsie was about Hitomi's height just a little shorter, she had grayish hair tied back in a ponytail that she had hanging over her shoulder. Her eyes were a soft dim bluish grayish color, and she was wearing an apron over her morning church clothes, obviously, she had been cooking.
Hitomi sniffed the air gently, "What are you cooking?" She brought her head back down to eye level with Elsie and proceeded to take another whiff of the air as Elsie cleared her throat.
"Yes I fixed you breakfast but you better hurry now, you don't want to be late for your summer job at the library! It's already 10:30 am! Hurry girl!" Elsie proceeded to help yank the panic stricken girl off the bed and steadied her on her own two feet.
Hitomi smiled warmly, "Thanks Elsie!" The young emerald eyed female then proceeded to search through her dresser for some wearable clothes. She finally decided on a pair of short cut denim jeans, a stripped tank top that was all pink with just a horizontal yellow thick strip through the middle and brown sandals. Then she raced into the bathroom.
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About twenty minutes later a panic stricken and time pressured Hitomi raced out of the door of the small hut. As she ran down the sidewalk, she not only tried to devour a piece of toast that remained protruding from her mouth but she tried to finish combing her hair.
"Man I am going to be SO LATE!" Hitomi whined loudly as she threw the comb in her bag that she had slung over her shoulder and finished gulping down the last few pieces of the toast. "Allen is going to be so pissed at me! Oh gods…run faster Hitomi!" She whimpered and gasped breath after breath as she quickened her pace a bit and raced down the sidewalk.
Middle way down the sidewalk something made Hitomi stopped, her superior instincts kicked in and she sniffed the air gently, "Who's there?" She scanned the area with her eyes; someone was watching her but from where? Hitomi's eyes fell upon a pair of crimson eyes set in the trees above her, their eyes locked and then the figure darted out of her line of vision.
"Wait!" She hollered after the shadow figure but it moved too quick for her, Hitomi bit her lip and stopped to catch her breath, 'Was that…a draconian?" She thought silently to herself 'But…I have never seen any draconian with crimson eyes like that before…"
Hitomi's thoughts were interrupted as she watched a single angel feather fall to the ground, she walked towards it and gently picked it up, in her palm she examined it, "Had to be…a draconian…" She paused and closed her eyes letting her vampire senses take control and let her tune into the world around her, 'What was I thinking anyways, they aren't all destroyed yet, no…not yet, but they will be, tonight…I hunt'. Hitomi heard her watch beep and pulled her senses to a halt as she realized the time, once again she turned panic stricken and raced down the rest of the way to the library screaming, "I'M GOING TO BE LATE!"
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As Hitomi neared the library, she was huffing and puffing from so much running, and as her hazy fogged over eyes danced from the ground to the sky she didn't realize where she was going and bumped into someone.
"I'm so Sorry! I didn't see where I was going!" The young sandy blonde haired female looked up to examine the poor innocent bystander she had hit, but instead she was caught with surprise at the not so innocent person she had bumped into.
"Allen?" The emerald-eyed girl held a shocked expression on her face.
Allen chuckled, "Hello Hitomi, your late…as always," He shrugged and continued to laugh a bit. Allen was about 6' or so and had long blonde hair, it went down to about his waist maybe even longer but he had it tied into a limp ponytail in the back. He had dazzling starlight blue eyes and held a regal air about him, but Hitomi knew better, he was a womanizer and had even tried to ask her out many times but she only agreed to being his partner to get him off her back.
"Yes nice to see you too Allen," Hitomi bowed and gritted her teeth as she felt a bad taste well up in her mouth from showing so much friendliness towards this jerk. 'God I feel like I am going to puke, quick the bush over there!' The young sandy blonde haired female raced over to a bush by the library fence and proceeded to throw up the bad taste contents in her mouth.
Allen stroked back a lock of hair out of his eyes and looked over at the poor Hitomi, he laughed and gently reached his hand down to stroke her hips, he started to go lower when Hitomi brought herself back up. She had an angry and flustered look on her face at the same time, brought up her hand slowly, and drove it seamlessly across Allen's cheek causing a huge sound of WHAP!
Allen blinded almost from the attack, stumbled back a bit and held one hand over his red cheek wincing a bit in pain. "What was that for?" He snapped back at her.
Hitomi turned her back to him and huffed, "Well…PERVERT…maybe you should next time keep your hands in your pockets…WHERE THEY BELONG!" Hitomi stomped off towards the library as she left a stunned and hurting Allen to tag-along.
Allen hesitated a moment before following Hitomi, he heard soft laughter somewhere and looked around for the source but could not find it. He brushed the awkward feeling away and continued on. In the tree above a pair of gentle crimson eyes glowed.
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Hitomi turned the corner nearing the library and smiled as she realized that she gained a few miles or so on Allen.
"That jerk…" Hitomi huffed some as she spoke softly almost in a whisper; her voice was completely hoarse almost from running so hard. She slowly paced towards the library doors. As she began to open them, she felt the cold air conditioning breeze pour over her face and streak through her hair. Hitomi closed her eyes and let the breeze overwhelm her as she wiped a bit of the sweat from her running off her forehead. All too suddenly, Hitomi's welcomed peace was shattered by the thundering screams of her boss.
"KANZAKI!" Hitomi's boss Mr. Hugo's thunderous screams shook throughout the entire library as he stomped up to the innocent, pale, emerald eyed girl.
Hitomi gulped, she knew that she was about to get not only the longest and most boring lecture on the planet but also she might not get her pay for today and that would totally SUCK!
"Kanzaki your over an hour late! I should just fire you, but since we barely get any help around here I will have to overlook your tardiness AGAIN, for the sake of this library!" Mr. Hugo preached aloud and clear for everyone to hear.
'He makes it seem like my mistake of being tardy all the time will cost him his job and besides I don't give a crap what he thinks…his preaching is falling on deaf ears' Hitomi thought silently to herself as she pretended to listen to the warthog's words.
Mr. Hugo was a short stubby man just over a little taller than Hitomi, but he had the stomach to make up for his height, he looked like a bowling ball is what Hitomi always said. He even wore a toupee and coke bottle classes that rested uneasily on the end of his huge nose.
Hitomi watched as the man made eye contact with her and squinted with his beady eyes through his coke bottle framed glasses. "Now get to work! And clean up those fallen book cases over there!" He pointed to a corner in the library where a few couple hundred of books had fallen off probably due to some little kids.
Hitomi sighed and marched over, as she passed the stubby man she breathed silently under her breath, "Fat-ass bastard…"
At that moment Hitomi saw Allen crawling up the steps, he really must have tried to keep up with her and looked like he was about to die with all the panting and huffing he was doing. Hitomi planted a huge smirk on her face and almost died laughing, but then she groaned at what Mr. Hugo said next, "Schezard! Help Miss Kanzaki out here with her picking up of fallen books, and make it worth her while…"
Mr. Hugo smirked over at the sandy-blonde haired female and laughed viciously.
'That rotten bastard! Ugh…my day is turning out to be so wasted…I DON'T BELIEVE MY STUPID LUCK!' The emerald-eyed female groaned loudly and blew some strands of her hair out of her eyes as she trotted off toward the bookcases with Allen hot on her tail.
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Later that day after the library Hitomi came home to her adoptive mother tired and exhausted from all that heavy book hauling.
"God…" The young sandy blonde haired female threw herself onto her bed and sighed heavily as her mother, Elsie, walked in softly and tapped on the wall, "Is it ok if I join you dear?"
Hitomi nodded her head.
Hitomi propped herself up a bit against the bed post as Elsie sat down at the end of the bed, she looked at Hitomi with a grave expression in her eyes. "Why are you so tired?"
The eighteen year old female laughed sarcastically and then replied with very little amusement, "Mr. Hugo gave me his speech again today and forced me to clean up more than a hundred or so books that had fallen off some shelves, besides that Allen was suppose to help but all he did was make more attempts at my body. I swear that one day I don't care if Allen isn't what I hunt I am going to kill him still!" The young female raised her fist up and shook it furiously.
Elsie laughed a bit and placed her hand of her mouth, "Calm down, we don't want to murder the innocent you remember your job and I do as well. Although I do admit it is so tempting and he is such a flirt and womanizer, you would be doing the whole community a favor if you got rid of Allen but sorry the law prevents you."
Elsie lowered her head a bit and sighed with depression.
Hitomi looked over at her adoptive mother and smiled gently, "It's alright, then again what I hunt already is against the law but the law doesn't know whom they really are…" Hitomi smirked and licked her lips gently giggling.
Elsie looked back up at her foster daughter and nodded, "Yes…but I wish that we didn't have to shed so much blood, are you sure that this is all necessary for your revenge? I mean…so many of them have to die and yet you still don't stop, you act almost as ruthless as them when they hunt at night filling their lust for blood…"
"SHUT UP! How dare you compare me to them! Those veil creatures that dare walk this earth when they have committed such a sin against me and all humans!" Hitomi angrily brought her fist down into the bed and shook violently with rage as tears began to stream from her eyes.
Elsie covered her mouth with shock as she watched the emerald eyed girl weep feverishly, carefully she gently bent over and touched her shoulder softly with a hand, "Hitomi…" She spoke almost in a whisper being careful not to upset the young girl more.
Hitomi brought her head up, what Elsie saw shocked her even more. Hitomi's eyes were burning with tears, fresh and old, and her entire face was red with anger. Elsie felt Hitomi's shoulder shake uncontrollably under her grip.
"I understand…I am sorry…I can never understand what you went through but I still think of you as my daughter, my only one, and…I just worry about you and don't want to see you get hurt. Please…promise me that once you are over with your hunts that you will live the rest of your life here with me and be a normal girl…" Elsie's old wrinkled face seem to try and place a smile on itself but she was still filled with worry and all that her face could manage was half between a smile and a frown.
Hitomi placed her left hand on Elsie's and used her right to wipe away the tears as she slowly started to calm down and sighed once more before speaking, "I promise Elsie…but," She squeezed Elsie's hand a bit more before removing it gently and placing it upon the covers of the bed, "I will never be normal…" She turned her eyes away from Elsie's line of vision as she shadowed herself in shame, "I will…will…always…"
Elsie watched as the girl shook once more, but this time with sadness and shame shadowing over her.
"I will always be a freak!" Hitomi screamed loudly, fresh new tears escaped from her eyes and her eyes became puffy once more as they reddened with sadness. "Never will I be normal for I am a halfling and always will be one!" Hitomi cried even harder now as she yelled at the top of her lungs with displeasure.
Then something surprising happened. Elsie grabbed the young girl, wrapped her up tightly in her frail but still strong arms and pulled Hitomi's head against her breast, caressing her hair gently as she whispered words through strands of sandy blonde hair.
"My daughter…you pressure your self so much with your past, put it behind you…and once you forget it you can live a normal life. Don't think about who you were, think about who you are now, you aren't the same person anymore, you are my daughter, the one I love and the one this community loves. Sure you are half vampire and half human but still…think of it as a gift not as a curse and you will be able to get on with your life." Elsie held the girl tightly in her grasp as she gently leaned down and kissed the shaking girl's forehead and smiled as she nuzzled her nose in Hitomi's hair.
Hitomi's face flustered as she felt the warmth radiate from both bodies and closed her eyes starting to relax in Elsie's strong but comforting embrace.
"Thank you Elsie…your right," Hitomi murmured through breaths softly as she felt her self-slip into a light slumber.
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In the old abandoned museum just on the outskirts of town, in the basement rested a huge coffin with gold print on it that said, "Do not open till sun set"
From the top of the stairs leading down into the basement a figure appeared and down walked a young youth of about the age of nineteen, he was the draconian Hitomi had spotted early who had the crimson eyes. He was about 5'8" with black moppy hair sticking out here and there. He wore long black tight jeans, red muscle shirt that cut off at just above his belly button (it also gave good appearance to his young youthful muscles); over this, he wore a jet-black trench coat that reached down to about his a little below his calves. He also had on black gloves that reached up to the wrists, and finally to top it all off he wore nothing on his feet for he usually flew all the time.
In the moonlight, he gently opened his mouth and let his long sharp fangs glimmer in the moonlight as he licked over them gently being careful not to draw blood from him. He slowly made his way toward the coffin, shuffling his feet as he made his way, once there he gently unlatched the three locks with his super strength and slide off the cover throwing it aside. Then he proceeded to step aside, kneel on one knee, and lower his head as if bowing to royalty. Not too long after the coffin top was removed, a pair of yellowish eyes glowed inside the darkness of the coffin and soon out came another draconian. This draconian was like 6'1" or so; he looked about twenty-seven or so and had light bluish hair that stood up kind of.
The older draconian gently yawned and stretched, as he did this his white wings shot out from his back and he smiled softly closing his eyes as he addressed the other youth draconian.
"Van…you may rise now…" The older draconian pronounced with deepness in his voice.
The younger draconian proceeded to rise and bowed respectfully as he came up beside the older draconian. "Brother…it is finally sun set and the Huntress will begin her new hunt soon…"
The older draconian opened up his eyes and smiled warmly, "Yes…Van…what a lovely young girl she is…how foolish youths are…" A wide evil smirk crossed his face as he laughed softly and turned to Van.
Van stiffened up and tried to look tough as his brother spoke to him.
"Do you remember your training Van?" His brother spoke to him softly but in a firm tone at the same time.
Van nodded at this.
"You must assassinate the Huntress and get her out of our hair once and for all…for see…" The older draconian turned his back to Van and walked a little ways forward, "She…is the reason we have been suffering a lost in most of our hunts for blood to satisfy our craving. She is a nuisance and one that we can't let live…" He turned back towards Van and walked towards him a little, placing his hand on Van's right shoulder he smiled wickedly, "Do you understand?"
Van's crimson eyes glowed wickedly as he nodded with eagerness, "Yes…" He gently let his fangs show once more and licked his lips delighted, "I will kill her…and make her stay for dead!"
In that instant Van teleported out of the basement and to the outside where he headed into the village once more to track the Huntress and end her life for good.
Back at the run down museum, the older draconian snapped his fingers and forth came another draconian out of mid air. This one was a young girl about Hitomi's age, maybe a littler taller, her eyes burned a clear watery blue, she had long brownish blonde hair tied back in a pony tail. Her outfit was a long scarlet dress that had slits cut up the sides that went to about her hips and she wore red heels with it.
"Yes, Lord Folken?" The young female draconian answered back.
"Millerna…" The older draconian turned. He smiled with pleasure as he walked towards the girl and placed both hands on her shoulders. He proceeded to lick her lips and then kiss her passionately.
After he had pulled back to catch air he whispered softly in her ear, "Follow Van…make sure he doesn't mess up this time…" He then kissed her ear gently and watched as she shivered gently and replied breathless, "Yes…Lord Folken."
She then vanished.
Folken walked towards the middle of the basement and looked out the window staring up at the full moon, he whispered gently, "Tonight…Huntress…you will be ours…" His eyes flared violently and then he brought up a hand and made his fingernails sprout out long like blades.
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Back at the small hut, Hitomi was getting ready for her night of hunting, Elsie watched her foster daughter with worried and teary eyes as she dressed and prepared herself.
"Sometimes I wonder what life would have been like if you hadn't come to me…and then I think…how glad I am that you are the person you are…or else I might have never found such a wonderful foster daughter like you." Elsie smiled letting the wrinkles on her face move upward with her smile as a single tear dropped from her eyes. She quickly wiped it away and covered her mouth, turning her head away from Hitomi's sight as she rushed out of the room too teary eyed to control herself anymore.
Hitomi looked up and sighed, this was hard for both her and Elsie but she had to do this to avenge her parents' ruthless murder. She just had to…and yet, was this the right thing? She was hurting Elsie so much, and Elsie had done so much for her…she practically raised her since she was six…and was the only friend in the world she had after the rest of the world had turned their backs on her and shunned her for her differences.
"I'm sorry Elsie…for everything" Hitomi whispered as she finished zipping up the zippers on the sides of her knee long black boots. She then proceeded to throw on her black trench coat and tighten the short black skirt that she wore. Her hunting outfit also consisted of a pink tank top under the trench coat. In the trench coat she carried fifty or so knives, two dozen or so of some small star shaped things that you threw as well, and if those two things were not enough she also carried a long blade that remained loose in its sheath, which was tied tightly at her side.
Hitomi slowly lifted her head and gazed into the mirror at her "other self" as she always called it. She smiled softly, examining herself as she turned around some in the mirror and checked the outfit that she felt was a second skin, for she almost always put it on every night at sun set.
"Too bad…that those free days as a child are over…now that I know I must avenge my parents' death, I have become…The Huntress…" Hitomi sighed and slowly took another breathe of air before walking out of her room and proceeding over to Elsie's bedroom to say goodbye.
As she neared the door, she could hear the cries of the old woman, it made her heart sink deep in her chest and she swallowed hard trying to not let her emotions overwhelm her.
"Elsie?" The emerald-eyed female reached out to touch the old woman's shoulder as she neared her crying foster mother.
Elsie turned and pulled away suddenly, her body shook as she leaned against the back of the bed. "Don't come near me Hitomi…I am ok…just…I get so afraid that one day I will loose you and never have you in my life again. I would never forgive myself if I knew that I could have prevented your death by keeping you home when I needed you most." Elsie's pale grayish bluish eyes glimmered as tears started to well up.
Hitomi's throat seemed to be stuck and the loss of words was prominent as she felt herself choke with emotion and tears welling up inside of her. Somehow she managed to purse her lips and then speak the words, "I promise…Elsie…that I will come back to you after this night…"
Elsie brought her head up and looked into Hitomi's emerald-eyes once more, she could see that Hitomi was hurting too and watched as the sandy blonde haired female sat down on the bed next to her and reached out one of her hands.
Elsie grabbed it and kissed it gently then let go and nodded, she watched as her adopted daughter walked from the room and exited through one of the hallway windows out in the darkness of the night to begin her hunt.
Elsie smiled softly and spoke in a whisper as another tear fell and wet the bed sheets, "That's what you say every night…"
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Outside the night air was freezing, it bit at Hitomi's thighs, ears, and face as she raced across the street and sidewalk, scanning the area with her vampire senses.
It was amazing how at night when she gained full potential of her vampire side how fast she could run, covering some 3 to 5 miles in a few minutes. Of course jumping was another possibility but still, she preferred the running to jumping and climbing. For some reason it didn't suit her and she remembered the last bad experience she had one her second hunting night when she wore a skirt as well and had it catch on a limb and she almost broke her neck. Not to mention that she would end up bait for a draconian if she hadn't gotten out of there so quick. Short skirts fit her more now, even thought they didn't keep her as warm, they let her run faster and let her not have to worry about them getting in the way when she fought.
Hitomi for some reason found her mind drifting off to that strange occurrence today on her way to the library. She found herself yearning to find that one draconian who had spied on her, maybe even teach him a lesson for following The Huntress. Hitomi smirked gently as she continued her pace at full speed down the rest of Millbury Street.
Suddenly something caught Hitomi's vampire senses and she alerted all her senses to home in on the smell. It wasn't a new one to her though. She could detect and identify that smell a mile away; it was the smell of a fresh draconian. The smell was coming from the park on Cherry Tree Forest Lane! Hitomi kicked into overdrive and raced towards it.
'This night might not be so boring after all, I might even have a little fun and sport' Hitomi chuckled to herself silently.
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In the park, Van was waiting for Hitomi, he quietly sat on a bench near the park fountain knowing that she would show up soon enough and he wouldn't have to spend all the time hunting her down since she did a good enough job of that herself.
Just as he had guessed suddenly a blast of air flew over the area and soon enough Hitomi appeared in the entranceway to the park near the fountain, she spotted Van instantly and grinned.
"So you're the one I sensed." Hitomi stared at Van viciously with anger.
"You know it so interesting that you have to run your way here, why can't you just teleport, that would seem so much more the vampire thing to do. Oh, wait! I just remembered that you're a halfling and part human as well so you can't do that, silly me!" Van raised one of his gloved hands to his mouth and laughed mockingly at Hitomi, he watched as her face boiled with anger.
"I see that you will be a fun one to put an end to with all your jokes!" Hitomi growled with intense anger as she fingered the handle of her long blade at her side.
"You know…" Van walked closer to Hitomi and grinned showing his fangs in the moonlight, "I always wondered why you held such a grudge against us…I mean, what did we ever do to you?" He started to circle Hitomi his crimson eyes watching her carefully and glowing ever so brightly.
Hitomi followed him with her eyes as well making eye contact with him as he paced around, she turned her lips down in disgust and replied, "Your ancestors' murdered my parents!" Without thinking, Hitomi let her anger overwhelm her and in a quick precise motion out came the long blade, Van of course had predicted this and casually stepped back, chuckling a bit.
Van's eyes brightened as he watched Hitomi huff with her anger, it growing all the time. Van fingered the end of the blade gently with his right- gloved hand and pulled it to his lips licking it gently. He then proceeded to cut a small slit with the blade into his tongue and watched as blood dropped from his tongue onto the blade. He smiled wickedly as he watched the young sandy blonde haired girl freeze for a second unsure of what to think of his actions.
"Isn't this the blood of mine you so viciously seek?" Van asked knowingly, "Sometimes I think you crave blood just as much as I do…you just might learn to love it if you taste it once…" Van pushed the blade away for a second and reached out with his left hand grabbing Hitomi's chin as he pulled her closer he grinned evilly. He quickly pressed his lips to hers and placed his tongue in her mouth letting her get the taste of the blood still dripping from his palette.
Hitomi's eyes widen with shock as she felt him deepen the kiss, she quickly pushed him away and coughing and spitting at the ground in disgust.
"You draconians are all alike!" She slowly brought her head back up and looked at him glaring gently, "Filthy scum bags that I can't stand at all!" Hitomi cried angrily but this time made sure to keep her emotions in check.
"I'm sorry you feel that way…" Van licked his lips once more and finally brought his tongue back in, smiling gently as the pale moonlight streaked across his face, his crimson eyes glowing with excitement.
Hitomi brought the end of the long blade back to his chest and steadied it, "Now I will finish what I came here for…" She eyed Van.
"It really is such a shame that I will have to kill you now as well…" Van sighed and snapped his fingers lightly.
Hitomi watched as her sword flew from her hand to the ground and when she reached for it vines grew around it preventing it from retrieval.
"You…Bastard!" Hitomi pulled out two knives from her one pocket in her trench coat and threw them at Van, she watched with displeasure as he directed them back at her and drove them deep into her right shoulder and lower leg.
Hitomi clenched her teeth and felt her skin rip and give way as the knives dug themselves deep in her calf and shoulder. Pain wrecked her body as she stumbled back a bit.
"Are you sure your really the Huntress?" Van placed a forefinger and thumb to his lips as he thought, "I mean you are pretty easy to take down, I was hoping for more of a challenge…oh well…better get this done quick now…" Van closed his eyes and crossed his arms, he winced a bit in pain as white wings sprouted out of his back and shimmered in the milky moonlight.
Hitomi's eyes were hazy as her body filled with pain from the two wounds, she couldn't focus as Van flew toward her and pinned her against a cement wall with both his hands gripped tightly around her neck.
Hitomi tried to pull his hands off but he was so much stronger than she was and the wounds kept reminding her body of what it had to concentrate on more.
Hitomi started to feel herself beginning to choke, she was loosing air and felt her lungs starting to cave in slowly, 'Is this the end for me finally? After all these nights of hunting…I have finally met my match…' Hitomi smiled weakly as her vision went black.
Van kept a tight hold on her neck as he continued to squeeze. "Man…its too bad that this pretty beauty has to die, and especially after barely putting up a fight."
Suddenly as Hitomi's death, neared close a white light engulfed the entire park area around the fountain. Van felt himself being thrown off Hitomi and watched as his hands loosened their grip and he flew backwards onto the ground. Hitomi's now lifeless body fell to the ground limp and unmoving, propped up against the cement wall.
"What…what was that?" Van shook his head and his eyes focused back, he turned and saw a figure step into his line of vision. "Who's there!" He shouted.
'A young girl? No…a young cat girl?' Van examined the figure hard and propped himself up on his hands trying to get a clearer picture at the thing that had interrupted his moment of triumph.
"Prince Van of the draconians, keep your hands off The Huntress…or answer to me!" The feline girl stepped into view and pushed back a strand of her pink hair gracefully as she let her head once more drop to her side. The girl looked about fifteen or so and had pinkish hair which was cut short at about her shoulders, she was part feline and part human, she wore a simple dress that cut off at her knees it was all yellow with white spots on it.
"Who…who are you?" Van demanded loudly, he slowly began to stand, ready to fight back if necessary.
"You can call me Merle…if you must, but I ask that you kindly hand over The Huntress or else I will blast another bolt your way Prince," The feline smiled delighted at her accomplishment.
Van clenched both his gloved hands into fists, he steadied himself and looked down smirking, "You think I will hand her over that easily?" He laughed under his breath a bit.
Suddenly Millerna appeared, standing on the top of the cement wall above Hitomi, "Van forget the girl and hurry! We will get her later, right now we must regroup and assess the situation," The young female draconian had her arms crossed and looked determined.
Van growled and brought his head back up to look at Millerna, "I can handle this, SHUT UP!" He glared at her viciously.
Millerna smirked and replied, "Don't be foolish, your brother wouldn't forgive you and ever let you hunt again if you screw up now, so I suggest that you come with me."
Van growled again and nodded solemnly. The two draconians disappeared with a blink of the eye.
Merle hurried over to Hitomi's lifeless body, she carefully pulled out the two knives and held her hand over the wounds. Her hands began to glow and in an instant the wounds were healed, she did the job so well that it looked like there hadn't even been any wounds there.
Soon after that Hitomi began to regain consciousness and she moaned softly as her, eyes slowly but surely began to open and blink trying to focus in on her surroundings.
"Wha…what happened?" Hitomi lifted up her right arm and placed her right hand on her head, "God I have a splitting headache…"
Merle smiled and giggled, "Well I healed your wounds but I can't heal a splitting headache…sorry,"
Hitomi's eyes widen, "WHO ARE YOU?" The sandy blonde haired female backed away against the cement wall and held a shocked expression on her face.
Merle giggled, "Oh yeah…I'm…"
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AN: Yeah I know it seemed somewhat rushed at the end, but still I hope you enjoyed the chapter! I stayed up until 3 am to write this and dad was yelling at me anyway so I rather hurried to get to bed. Anyways, I was lucky to get this out before all my parties on Easter weekend so I have no idea when the next chapter will be up but hopefully soon! I promise to get it out ASAP! Wow, can you imagine Hitomi and Van will fall in love later when now they are at each others' throats? It's somewhat scary in a way but then again they are cute together ^_^. Oh yeah Merle is cool with her powers and I am still unsure of where her character will go but then again I have a lot of time to think so I hope that you think too and remember when you review, give me helpful ideas and stuff, it would help a lot! Your ideas mean a lot to me and I will try to incorporate some into the next chapter if I can, if not then they still help me get ideas! So, send me email also if you want! Anyways see you in the next chapter! Peace out ^_~*