(Note: Riho will be replaced with my own character, Hiromi Takabe, because
I don't really like Riho's totally innocent maiden attitude. Hiro is a
little bit more real. Also I often switch character prospective from Hiromi
to Shido: three stars indicate this)
Disclaimer: Nightwalker is the property or those guys with long complicated names that I don't feel like looking up right now. Or in laymen's terms: don't own 'em, wish I did, don't sue me.
Hiromi ran down the street confident she was safe, with Shido watching out for her. She knew that she was laying her life on the line, but strangely, Hiromi felt no fear. Rather, a sense of exhilaration coursed through her mind and body. Leaning forward for more speed, Hiromi rode a wave of adrenaline, letting it lend strength to her legs. She would be all right; nothing could hurt her.
Hiromi saw a flash of glowing red out of the corner of her eye, and turned her head in time to see what looked like a boomerang zoom towards her face. She ducked instinctively, and her momentum carried her forward into the sidewalk. She landed hard on her side, knocking the wind from her chest. The Breed gave a triumphant screech and dove forward, its mouth gaping. Forcing her stunned body to obey, Hiromi rolled onto her back and brought her feet up to meet the Breed's chest. Gritting her teeth, she grabbed its shoulders and used its momentum to send it up and over her own body, flipping it onto its back as it landed.
It rolled and crouched; facing Hiromi and hissing as brackish spittle drooled from its lips. It studied Hiromi now, watched her as it calculated its next move. The old "flip trick" her father had taught her would not help Hiromi again.
Hiromi rolled to her feet, her mind dimly wondering where the hell Shido was. Well, he wasn't here and for now, she would have to take care of herself. Pulling out Yayoi's gun, Hiromi pointed it at her foe, and squeezed at the trigger.
***
"I'll grant, the child is resourceful," Cain mused as he watched Hiromi flip Minako's body over her own.
Shido had rushed forward as soon as Cain had lifted his hand to his mouth, but had been too slow to stop Cain's Blood Boomerang from flying. As Hiromi struggled against the Breed, Shido ran to the rooftops edge, drawing his own Bloodsword, and intending to land between Hiromi and the monster that was once Minako.
Shido leapt into the air, hoping against hope that he would get there in time, but something jerked him back, and pinned his arms against his sides. He looked down to see Cain's Bloodwhip wrapped tightly around his chest and arms.
"Now Shido, don't spoil the fun. Wouldn't you like to see how the little trollop makes out?"
"Bastard."
Cain's look of peace finally faded, as he frowned and tightened the whip around Shido, "That is no way to speak to your master: the one who blessed you with the gift of immortality."
Though the whip was tight enough around him to break his ribs, Shido doubled his efforts to break free, "Gift? What 'gift' is it to wander cold darkness forever, never to see the sun rise, always thirsting for human blood? You may have once been my master, Cain, and once I may have even loved you, but I swear on my life's blood, that I will be dead before I return to you!"
Cain looked as if he was going to reply, but was cut off by a crack that drew both vampire's attention.
Disclaimer: Nightwalker is the property or those guys with long complicated names that I don't feel like looking up right now. Or in laymen's terms: don't own 'em, wish I did, don't sue me.
Hiromi ran down the street confident she was safe, with Shido watching out for her. She knew that she was laying her life on the line, but strangely, Hiromi felt no fear. Rather, a sense of exhilaration coursed through her mind and body. Leaning forward for more speed, Hiromi rode a wave of adrenaline, letting it lend strength to her legs. She would be all right; nothing could hurt her.
Hiromi saw a flash of glowing red out of the corner of her eye, and turned her head in time to see what looked like a boomerang zoom towards her face. She ducked instinctively, and her momentum carried her forward into the sidewalk. She landed hard on her side, knocking the wind from her chest. The Breed gave a triumphant screech and dove forward, its mouth gaping. Forcing her stunned body to obey, Hiromi rolled onto her back and brought her feet up to meet the Breed's chest. Gritting her teeth, she grabbed its shoulders and used its momentum to send it up and over her own body, flipping it onto its back as it landed.
It rolled and crouched; facing Hiromi and hissing as brackish spittle drooled from its lips. It studied Hiromi now, watched her as it calculated its next move. The old "flip trick" her father had taught her would not help Hiromi again.
Hiromi rolled to her feet, her mind dimly wondering where the hell Shido was. Well, he wasn't here and for now, she would have to take care of herself. Pulling out Yayoi's gun, Hiromi pointed it at her foe, and squeezed at the trigger.
***
"I'll grant, the child is resourceful," Cain mused as he watched Hiromi flip Minako's body over her own.
Shido had rushed forward as soon as Cain had lifted his hand to his mouth, but had been too slow to stop Cain's Blood Boomerang from flying. As Hiromi struggled against the Breed, Shido ran to the rooftops edge, drawing his own Bloodsword, and intending to land between Hiromi and the monster that was once Minako.
Shido leapt into the air, hoping against hope that he would get there in time, but something jerked him back, and pinned his arms against his sides. He looked down to see Cain's Bloodwhip wrapped tightly around his chest and arms.
"Now Shido, don't spoil the fun. Wouldn't you like to see how the little trollop makes out?"
"Bastard."
Cain's look of peace finally faded, as he frowned and tightened the whip around Shido, "That is no way to speak to your master: the one who blessed you with the gift of immortality."
Though the whip was tight enough around him to break his ribs, Shido doubled his efforts to break free, "Gift? What 'gift' is it to wander cold darkness forever, never to see the sun rise, always thirsting for human blood? You may have once been my master, Cain, and once I may have even loved you, but I swear on my life's blood, that I will be dead before I return to you!"
Cain looked as if he was going to reply, but was cut off by a crack that drew both vampire's attention.