~ Disclaimer ~ I don't own Trigun, nor do I own the characters. I only own some of the characters you don't recognize ^^;. Well, hope you like the fic. It will turn to first person in one part. Might be slightly confusing..

- Title - Vampire Tendencies.

- Author - CheezePilotOfPluto99X

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- Chapter - Nine

- Title - Blood Count.

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"Nicole! Wake up, Nicole!" A voice beckoned.

I opened my eyes and Legato was nelt over me. His eyes seemed to water. "Thank the vampire blood....you're awake."

Chris was standing by the wall with a black eye. I sat up. "What happened to you?" I inquired.

"Your damn foot did this to me!" Chris snapped.

I had the need to laugh. But right now wasn't a great time to laugh. I was warned I would die. I didn't want to die. I wanted to be with Legato forever. I turned and hugged Legato tight. "I don't want to die...I have a life ahead of me!" I cried, tears spilling out of my eyes.

Legato petted my head and nodded. "I don't want you to die either....you won't. I'll make sure of that."

"How can you be so sure..it isn't going to be you who will kill her?" Chris inquired.

I looked over at Chris. "What the hell is that supposed to mean! Legato would never kill me!"

"Vampires get hungry. If they go over a week or two without eating...well, they might as well kill something to get the needed amount of blood. The nearest thing to having a great blood supply would be you, in Legato's case."

I frowned. "He always stops himself if he goes over a week, he doesn't want to kill me."

Legato remained silent. Chris shook his head. "Repeated times...he will eventually not be able to tear himself away from you if he is deathly hungry."

Legato pulled me into him and held me tight as he stood up. He let go of me and walked over to the door. "What else would kill her?" He asked.

"Steller said he was going to come back. Rai did also. I came back to warn you about Nicole dying. But now...I don't think we can defeat Steller and Rai when they join forces. Yeah, Rai is a stupid dumbass with no intelligence...but, Steller. He has the whole vampire fleet in his hands. He can wipe out any village before you blink an eye," Chris replied with a frown.

I walked over to Chris. "Can I help in any way to stop them?"

"You are human...your powers are nothing. With a flick of Steller's finger...you could be killed."

I turned to Legato. "Make me a vampire."

The two gasped suddenly. Legato looked over at Chris and Chris looked away. "That would mean...," Chris mumbled.

"What!? Don't you just have to bite the person and release some kind of toxin?" I inquired.

Deborah appeared and crossed her arms under her chest. "It takes more than that for a female, Nicole," she said as she gazed over at Chris.

"What do you mean?" I asked.

Deborah walked over to Chris and smiled. Chris's cheeks turned a slight rose color. "I made Deborah into what she is today," Chris said.

"But tell me how!!!"

Legato walked over to me and put his hands onto my shoulders. "Intercourse," he said.

I felt like the whole world stabbed me with a dagger. Deborah gently pushed Legato away and gazed into my eyes. "Nicole...you don't want to be a vampire. It really isn't a great life. We hide from the sun...we can't speak to anything but vampires and we have strict rules to follow in this world. You could be killed in your first day here in the vampiric world. Yes..there are great qualities...like..never growing old. Getting powerful and having these grand powers."

I shook my head. "But I want to help...I'll do anything to help."

I gazed over at Legato. I could tell he wanted to. But his posture was unreadable. Chris stepped forward. "I almost killed Deborah...it was a mixture of feeding and intercourse. Blood and power," he said.

"Legato," I whispered.

Legato looked at me and smiled slightly. "I don't want you to become a vampire. I don't want you to change into a blood sucker like me. I love the way you are and I don't want to change you," he said.

Deborah let go of my arms and I walked over to Legato, running my hands up his chest and behind his neck. "But..I want to help."

Legato averted his gaze from me. Deborah sighed. "Nicole...you don't want to help."

"But I do!"

"Nicole. I was the one going to make you a vampire before Legato came. To take away the hurt. I was the medicine. But, I should have known that I would have made a huge mistake...I knew you would have became a great vampire. But, there are rules here that you would have to get used to. And you were beautiful...more beautiful than any vampire," Chris said.

I pulled away from Legato and stood infront of all three of the vampires. "But, I want to help. What can I do as a human? Get in the way...that's all I can do."

Legato fiddled with his earlobe. I just noticed a gold loop earring. It made him more rogue and sexy than ever. The three suddenly tensed up. "He's here," Chris hissed.

Deborah's nails grew longer and she bared her fangs. I backed away from the door as the sound of a high pitch squeel grew nearer. "I am coming for all of you!!!" Steller's voice bellowed.

Legato grabbed me and I yelped in surprise. He threw me onto the bed and turned back to the door as it burst into millions of pieces. Rai and Steller entered the room wearing robes of red and black. "What? No dinner party?" Steller asked.

Chris sneered." Not for you, hell spawn."

Rai turned to Chris and a huge wave of energy hit him. Sending Chris into the wall, well through it. Steller turned his gaze to me. "Wait...there's dinner. Legato..be a peach and bring the main course over here."

"You will not take her, Steller," Legato snapped.

Deborah smirked and tugged at her earring. "It'll be over our dead bodies that you will," she purred.

Steller's eyes widened and he looked over at Deborah. "By the way, Deborah. How many vampires does it take to make a human one of us?" He inquired.

"Just one, and that won't be you."

Steller chuckled and raised his hand up. Rai stepped forward, his gaze settling on me. "Go retrieve her for me," Steller yawned.

Rai burst forward with infinite speed. Legato stepped in his way and raked his nails across Rai's left eye. Rai snarled and kicked Legato with a dagger pointed boot, sending blood to the floor. Deborah went for Steller. Chris emerged from the wall and his face was twisted into a mixture of pain and fury. He flew forward and knocked Rai to the ground. Legato turned to me and burst into a cloud of dust. Rai had knocked Chris into another wall and he turned to me. "Now...I'll take you to hell and make you mine!" He thundered.

He flew towards me and took my wrist in an ice cold hand. I screamed in agony and kicked him in the right eye, making his hand release. He cried out in pain and fell back slightly. I took this chance to jump between his legs and run for the door. Steller cut through Deborah's throat and shoved her through the hole in the wall. He turned and came for me. Legato appeared and Steller's nailed hand peirced through his abdomen. I screamed in horror as blood hit the ground. Legato turned his head to me. "Go, Nicole! I'll be fine!" He ordered.

I rushed around the two and out the door. Someone grabbed me and pulled me into a tight hug. Rai appeared and walked right past me, not even noticing I was there. "Just be calm, child," a voice soothed and I fell into a slumber.

Legato dodged an attack by Steller and spun around. His nailed hands lashed out and they gorged into Steller's cheek. Legato spiraled around and Steller was thrown out the window. Deborah lay motionless on the floor while Chris struggled to regain his footing with a broken leg. Rai came back and Legato snarled. "This is for you!" He snapped.

A large power hit Rai and made the whole wall explode, sending Rai through four walls of concrete. Legato placed his hand over his wound and fell to his knees. Blood slid down his cheeks and he coughed. "I....I don't know if I can heal," he muttered.

I woke up and realized there was a hole in the wall. Stepping over the dust and debris, I spotted Legato. I didn't notice his eyes and smiled. "Legato!" I cried.

He looked up quickly, baring his fangs at me. His body quickly came over mine and it pressed me against a hard concrete wall. "Good evening girl," he snarled, blood running down his chin.

I screamed in horror as he neared my throat. Legato was deathly hungry. His fangs brushed my throat and I tensed up. Fearing for my life. He was busily calculating where the most blood circulated. "What brings you here?" He inquired while examining my throat.

"Legato...it's me...Nicole," I sobbed.

Tears slid down my cheeks as his right fang poked a tiny hole in my throat and his tongue tasted it. "Nicole? I do not know that name..."

"You call me your love....Legato..please. You said...you said you loved me. I know you wouldn't want to kill me."

"Killing you is the first thing on my mind, human," he said gruffly as he poked another hole in my throat.

I shook with sorrow. Chris was right, it was Legato who would kill me. But, I didn't want to die at the hands..well, fangs of my only love. His mouth opened and I closed my eyes tight, biting my lip so not to scream. I could feel his cold breath on my neck. My hands trembled and my heart had broken into millions of pieces. Was I to die tonight?

-- To Be Continued -- Wooo! Cliffhanger! Will Legato kill Nicole? Find out in chapter ten!