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VAMPYR
Pika the Vampire Hunter
Chapter Three: Silver
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"Mom, Dad, we're going to Silver!" Killua called.
"Have a good time!" Silva called.
"Don't lose Kurapika!" Kikyou added.
Walking down the dark street, Kurapika sensed that they were being watched. Nearing an alley, she told this to Killua and Caruto. "You go on ahead. I meet you there."
Ducking into the alley, Kurapika swung onto an overhanging pipe. It was true; they had been followed. Someone came into the alley. Kurapika dropped down and pinned them against the wall.
"What do you want?" She hissed. She couldn't see the person's face, except for some red hair.
"To tell you something bad will happen tonight." He broke free from her grip and threw something at her.
Kurapika caught it. It was a silver cross. She looked up.
The man had disappeared.

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Entering Silver, Kurapika looked for Killua and Caruto. She found Senritsu sitting by the counter. "Have you seen Killua or Caruto?"
"I think they're on the dance floor." Senritsu replied.
"Why aren't you over there?"
"No one to go with."
"Well, don't just sit there! Seize the moment!" With that, Kurapika walked off, leaving Senritsu to mutter, "Seize the moment. Seize the moment..."
On the balcony overlooking the dance floor, Kurapika found Leorio sitting at a table. She knocked on his head. "Anybody home?"
"Look at them. They're unaware of the surrounding danger."
"They're lucky." Kurapika sat down in a chair across from her Watcher.
"A vamp? Let's see... Yeah, in the corner over there."
"How can you tell?"
Kurapika didn't answer. Instead, Her face had turned a ghastly shade of gray. "That girl he's with... it's Senritsu!"
She ran towards the departing couple, brushing aside other dancers. In the hurry, Kurapika didn't notice a person dressed in black say to a dark-headed girl, "What's your name?" When the girl responded, the guy flashed a smile. His teeth were white. Very, very white.
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"Wait a minute." Senritsu stopped. "This isn't the way to the ice cream shop."
"We're taking a shortcut." Akira led her on. In the direction of the cemetery.
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As Kurapika made her way to the exit, someone grabbed her arm. She wrenched away. "Kurapika!" it was Killua.
"What?!"
"Where're you going?"
"Nowhere!"
"Really?" Killua came up beside her on the sidewalk. "Or are you going vampire hunting?"
Kurapika suddenly stopped and Killua crashed into her. "Des the whole city know, or what?"
"I happened to be in the library. What is this 'Hunter' stuff?"
"Whatever. I'll tell you about it later. Right now we've got to save Senritsu."
They ran on.
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Senritsu nervously looked at her surroundings. A dark empty one-room house. The door they'd entered behind her, and a small, barely noticeable iron door at the opposite end. "What are we doing here?"
Akira turned around. Somehow, his face had changed into a hideous mask. Senritsu stepped back and bumped into someone. Anoter eerie person. And behind him...
Caruto.
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Outside, Kurapika handed Killua a cross and some stakes. "If a vampire tries to bite you, show them the cross. If you get close enough, ram the stake into their heart, 'kay?"
"Got it." They went inside, just as Akira was about to drain Senritsu.
"Well, isn't this nice!" Kurapika's voice echoed in the small room. "Fancy seeing you here."
Akira scowled. He didn't like to be taken as a fool. Dropping Senritsu, he came towards Kurapika.
"Run, run, run!" Killua whispered fiercely. He, Caruto, and Senritsu sped off, burning rubber in their sneakers.
Kurapika turned aroud to watch them go. At the same time, she whipped out a stake and thrust it out behind her. Akira crumbled into dust as the stake went through him.
The other vampire, Isumi, started attacking. Kurapika blocked all punches and kicks, landing a few of her own. Finally, she stamped a foot on Isumi's chest, bringing him to the ground. "Who are you?" Isumi glared up at her.
"Don't you know?" Before Kurapika could move the hand that held the stake, someone—a third vampire—grabbed her by the neck, lifting her off. Isumi slowly got up, as the new vampire, Ubogin, told him to capture the others. Isumi left and Kurapika struggled out of Ubogin's vise-like grip.
She painfully stood, spent from her encounter with Isumi. Ubogin, sensing this, lunged out and sent her hurling into a wall. From there on, it became a wrestling match, Kurapika attempting to move the stake towards Ubogin's heart, and Ubogin trying to strangle her.
The vampire finally pinned Kurapika down by her wrists. As he unzipped her jacket to reveal her neck, he gave a shout of frustration. It was the cross the stranger had given to her.
With a new burst of strength, Kurapika jumped up and ran out the door.
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"Uh-oh..." Killua muttered. In front of them were two vampires. They didn't have to look back to realize that Isumi was behind them.
"Hi, what's your name again?" A cheery, but breathy voice called. Isumi glared, recognizing.
As Kurapika came in sight. She saw Killua being dragged away. Taking two long stakes, she twirled them like a cheerleader, did a front-wards flip and shot a stake into each vampire's heart. She ended with a split.
"Show-off." Isumi muttered.
"Man... something hit me..." Killua mumbled, a bit disoriented.
"Are you all right?" Kurapika asked Senritsu.
"Yes, I'm fine."
"Wait..." Killua sounded panicky, "Where's Caruto?"
"That guy took him." Senritsu said.
"Which way?"
"I don't know..."
Kurapika honed her senses, but could find anything.
She felt sad. "Caruto..."
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Princess Floréa: So... how d'ya like it?
Floraleon: Poor Caruto...
Kurapika-sama: *morphs into vamp-form*{'vv'}
Princess Floréa: Stay away!!! *brandishes a cross* +
Floraleon: What would happen if Hisoka were a vampire?
Princess Floréa: I would rather not think about that...
Hisoka-sama: {*'vv';}
Princess Floréa, Floraleon, and Kurapika-sama: *scream* Eeeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaauuuuughhhhhhhhh!!! + + +