Title: Strange World – Learning to Live
Author: Shinigami195
Rating: PG-13
Summary: 5 years have passed since Heero was turned a vampire and he's about to start a new life. Only things aren't that simple, he needs help and is surprised to find it so easily but then who is this strange girl?
Pairings: 1+2 Solo+2 1xOC
Warnings: Vampires
Notes: This is the 2nd fic in my 'Strange World' Arc. One shot. Comes five years after the 1st fic.
HI!!!! I'm back after finishing Holiday From Hell, I am working on the sequel to that but I thought I should do some more updating of other fics before I starting putting that up. It will be up soon! Anyway, I'm turning the oneshot 'A Strange World' into an arc and this is fic 2 of that arc. Hope you like.
Thanks to: FlaconIce, April Aries, Jordan, Sakura, Grey Mitten (Sorry Solox1x2 ain't gonna happen when I'm writing a fic ::shudders::), JupLuna, Little Demon, animegirl1234, Katya E. M (I hope the time jumps are easy to understand, I have tried my best), Joey Rose and Crystalstorm21. Lovely reviewers, I adore all of you!!!!
Please keep reviewing!!!
Strange World #2 – Learning to Live
Heero shivered in the pouring rain as his made his way down an empty pitch-black street. His footsteps echoed loudly and his body shivered from coldness. Pain burst forth from his lungs and chest and he sank to his knees groaning.
5 years of living with Relena and being served blood to him on a plate had taught him nothing on how to hunt for blood and learn how to approach humans without them hearing him. His skills had become rusty and now as he knelt there, curled up in a ball he wondered how stupid he really was.
Flashback
"Why must you go? Heero, there will always be a place here for you!"
Heero turned and looked at Relena, now she was 24 years old and had grown up, the pink clothes had been thrown away and now she wore a suit of dark purple and her hair had been cut short. Upon her finger was a thin gold band and standing behind her was a man wearing a similar ring.
"Heero there is really no need for you to go. As long as we live here you'll always be welcome."
Heero smiled at the happy marriage couple. "It's not about not feeling welcome. It's about me Relena. I can't stand by and watch you become old when I can't age myself. I would be better off among my own kind."
"We can give you money." Relena's husband said but Heero shook his head.
"I don't wish for anything. I have no need for it anyway, I still have money left over from the war."
"Huh?"
"I took a lot of money from Oz soldiers banks to keep food and clothing for me and the other pilots. We never used it all and it's all in my name. If I need anything I can use that."
Relena glided over to Heero and hugged him. "Good luck my friend, I hope you will return one day and let us know how you are getting on."
"Good bye Heero." Relena's husband bowed and exited the room.
Heero turned back and swung a jacket over his tank top and jeans.
"Are you going to L2?" Relena asked. Heero paused and looked at her.
"Why should I go there?"
"Duo is up there."
"So?"
"Maybe visiting him will help you adjust to life on your own."
Heero just grunted.
"Please Heero!!! If you ever need anything just come and ask. I will give it to you if I can!"
Heero picked up his small bag.
"Thank You for everything Relena. You've been a true friend and I wish you happiness."
"Good bye Heero." Relena whispered as Heero left the room and her life for what would most likely be the last time.
End flashback
"Shouldn't have left Relena's!!!" Heero hissed at himself as he struggled to his feet and he began a painful journey through the rain.
"You want some help there?" A female voice called out to him through the thundering rain.
"Who are you?" Heero kept on walking.
"My name is Ashley and you're a vampire, just like me. You're a newbie aren't you?"
"Hn."
"I can help." She said walking along side Heero.
"How?"
She jumped in front of Heero and held up her wrist. "Here you go! Drink!"
Heero blinked as he stared at the pale skin.
"You want me to?"
"Feed! You can hardly walk as it is Newbie, make it easy on yourself."
Heero felt his fangs descend and he pressed them into her flesh and let her warm blood seep into his blood.
"That's enough!" She tugged her hand away after about a minute. The pain inside of Heero had disappeared and he was left with a longing for more. He could have sworn he had tasted blood like Ashley's before.
"You got a place to stay Newbie?"
"Heero."
"Huh?"
"My name is Heero."
"Nice to met you!" She grinned. "Have you?"
"Got a place to stay? No."
"Come with me, I can give you shelter and I can help you adjust. You can't be that old Newbie. Not to let yourself get in that state! How old are you? Few days new?"
"I'm 5 years."
She blinked. "You mean? Your maker must have failed in teaching you anything! You can't even hunt."
"My maker?"
"You probably didn't know him." She sighed. "Don't worry I'll help you with everything!!! It'll be light soon, let's go find you a human!"
She grabbed his hand and pulled him away.
"Ask and I'll give all the information I can."
"How old are you?"
"I'm 297 years."
"What's a maker?"
"A maker is the person who turned you into a vampire, he's meant to stick with you until you can feed for yourself and look after yourself."
"Who was your maker?"
She flashed Heero a grin. "I didn't have one! I'm a born vampire."
"What's that?"
"A born vampire is what is created when two vampires have children, silly."
"Where are we going?"
"The red light district! Lots of whores there, you can get 'um for free!"
She stopped and pointed at a young girl standing on a street corner shivering.
"She'll be happy to have someone go up to her, she hasn't had anyone approach her yet."
"How do you know this?"
"Vampires have powers to sense things like that, feelings, anything we wanna! Now go feed!!!"
Heero walked quickly across the street and the girl turned and looked at him.
"Hay sexy, what's up?" She purred and Heero stopped in front of her.
"I need something off you." Heero told her and she grabbed hold of his groin.
"Take it then! I'm £100 an night."
"What I want is free."
Before she could reply Heero's teeth were deep in her neck and she fell limp against him.
"HEERO STOP!!!" Ashley cried and Heero released her cold body.
"She's dead?" Heero said, his voice shaking, he hadn't killed since the war had ended.
"Vampires should only take what they need to survive, its not your fault, you didn't know, don't beat yourself up. Come on let's get out of here!"
Ashley led a shaking Heero quickly away.
"You really know nothing about vampires?" Ashley was leading Heero down a dark alley and towards a rundown building.
"Nothing."
"I can teach you everything I know! My parents were the two most strongest vampires around and they taught me all they know!" She threw open a door and entered a dark room. "I'M HOME!!!" She yelled and a light flicked on overhead and 4 heads appeared.
Heero took Ashley in for the first time that night, large violet eyes smiled at him and her long chestnut and red hair was braided hanging down her back, the sight was eerily familiar but Heero pushed the feeling down, it was nothing but coincidence he told himself.
"Guys this is Heero. Say hi! Heero this is…"
"I'm Shady!" The boy with mousy blond hair waved.
"Hay there, I'm Zak." A dark haired boy said.
"Kimmy!" A long blond haired girl said with yellow eyes.
"I'm Kuno." Another guy, this one with purple, black and red shoulder length hair.
"Nice to met you all." Heero bowed to them.
"Heero's a newbie, so we gotta teach him all we know!" Ashley told her friends.
"Well love too but it's nearly sunrise and we really should be in hiding." Kimmy said, her smile showing off her fangs. "There's room down here for you too Heero."
Heero touched the cross hanging round his neck. "No need. I'll be safe."
"Is that a… Oh My God!!! Your maker gave you that? Who was he?"
"A friend gave this to me, he wasn't my maker."
"Oh! Well bedtime girlies!"
"We're males Ash!"
"Your point?"
"You're impossible! See you tonight Heero."
And Heero was left alone as the 5 friends went below ground into a vault, leaving Heero to find himself somewhere comfortable to sleep.
* * *
"Lesson One!"
"Never let a human see you when you are hunting!" Zak said,
"Oh yeah and never let them see you when you are feeding! One vampire did and the human stalked him until he was forced to kill her." Ashley said smiling sweetly at Shady who blushed.
"It was my first hunt. I didn't know she would like it!" He said.
"She loved it, it made her feel…"
"Complete!" Kimmy giggled with Ashley.
The six of them were walking down the star lit streets with Shady and Ashley one side of Heero and the other three the other side of Heero.
"Quit it guys." Shady said.
"Anyway, if a human sees or hears you just walk straight pass, act normal. Normally chatting them up is the best way to get them along but there is always a risk someone might see you." Ashley said holding Heero's arm.
"Most vampires can hide their scents, it's a good thing you couldn't or Ash wouldn't have been able to find you. She could smell you were in trouble."
"Hn."
"Don't talk much does he?" Kimmy laughed.
"Hay Kimmy, don't be mean!" Kuno, Kimmy's twin, said.
"Well ready to try your hand at hunting Heero?" Zak asked.
Heero raised his head and sniffed the air. "Lets go!"
* * *
Days turned into weeks and weeks into months and months into years. Time passed quickly and Heero found himself becoming a strong and able vampire. There wasn't anything he couldn't do. His friends were the second closest he had ever had. But he still couldn't forget his old friends. He pushed thoughts of them to the back of his mind and continued on with his life.
"Hay Heero!"
Heero looked up from the engine of the car he was working on. The sun had just set and the others had finally risen.
"Good evening." He smiled. He had grown a little, vampires were able to control their speed of aging and Heero had let himself grow until he was 22 years old looking.
"Whatcha doing?"
"Just finishing off this engine. It should be working now."
Ash grinned over his shoulder. "Where did you learn how to mend engines?"
"A friend taught me."
"A friend? Who was that?"
Heero sighed. "He was nothing."
And Heero walked off to clean the oil off him.
"Was it something I said?" Ashley asked.
Zak snorted. "Doesn't Ash's boyfriend love her any more?"
Ashley glared at Zak. "Heero is NOT my boyfriend."
"Aye, but you love him." Kimmy said gently.
Ashley sighed and Heero came back into view.
"Yeah." She whispered.
* * *
Kuno stretched and hissed as sunlight hit his face. He rolled over quickly into the shade but found he couldn't escape the burning light.
"Here."
Kuno felt a cool shadow fall over him.
"Heero?"
"The roof has collapsed. The others are over there. Here I'll carry you."
Kuno felt Heero's arms wrap around him and picked him up. Quickly Heero ran across the sunbeam lit floor and into the only patch still covered by the roof.
"We'll have to find somewhere else to live." Ashley said softly.
"I'll go find somewhere. You five stay here."
Ashley and the others watched Heero go.
"A real hero isn't he?" Kimmy said and Ashley gave a nod.
* * *
Heero needed a place to stay, but he couldn't think of anywhere he could take the others that would be safe. He wondered around the small town until he reached the outskirts and the small forest that laid on the edge.
As Heero stared deep into the forest his mind supplied him with old memories.
Flashback
"Tell me again why we had to hide our gundams deep in a cave?"
"It was the safest place, Duo." Quatre said holding tightly to Trowa.
All five pilots were walking down a dirt track path in a forest.
Heero snorted as Duo continued to complain.
"What's the problem Maxwell, sun too bright for you?" Wufei joked, but the dark look he got off Duo made him shut up quickly.
"Come on guys! Only a few more meters."
End Flashback
"I guess it was too bright for him." Heero muttered as his feet moved forward taking him down an old familiar path which he had walked so long ago.
* * *
"What a place!"
"How did you find this?"
"So cool. So dark."
"Perfect."
"It's just like home." Ashley whispered quietly and Heero found himself smiling at her reaction.
"You all like?"
"Yeah."
"Of course."
"Yes."
"Thank you Heero."
"It was nothing. I'm repaying you for what you did for me."
Ashley turned, her violet eyes smiling at Heero in the dark and Heero was once again strongly reminded of Duo.
"What did we do to deserve you Heero?" She asked.
"You saved me."
The others all slipped away.
Ashley looked away from Heero's eyes.
"I…"
"I know."
She looked up quickly. "How?"
"Cause I feel it too."
"Really?"
Heero gave a nod and the girl jumped at him, her arms wrapped around his neck and her lips sealed themselves on his.
No words needed to be said.
Heero kissed her back just as hard as she gave and their bodies melded into one. He ran his hands over her body familiarising himself with every curve and every inch of her creamy soft skin. Ashley was doing the same, her hands tugged at Heero's clothes until they gave way to her hands and she was able to take them off him. Her own clothes followed shortly after.
Zak, Kuno, Kimmy and Shady gave a sigh as they sat out under the stars listening to the moans and cries that came from the cave.
"How long do you think they'll be at each?"
"Too long." Shady replied.
Kuno sighed against his own lover's chest, "At least she'll be happy." Zak tighten his grip round Kuno's waist.
"It's about time."
"Things aren't good though." Kimmy said.
"What do you mean?"
"Vampires are leaving Earth, heading up to L2. They say there is going to be a war between two clans."
"War? There hasn't been a war since the Gundam War."
"Yeah but the vampires don't care. Earth and the Colonies don't like each other. Humans don't want a repeat of last time and are just ignoring their feelings. Vampires aren't."
"I take it the vampires are going up to L2 to decide whose side to be on?"
"Yes. We should decide if we are going to fight or not."
"If a vampire war starts a human war will start. And the vampire war wont end until the human war does." Kuno sighed.
"We shouldn't fight."
"We'll be killed."
"We can ask for protection."
"They wont give us protection. We must fight."
"Ashley will join her father's side and Heero will follow her."
"That's it then."
"We're fighting on Shinigami's side."
* * *
"Another war? Is the vampire race that stupid?" Heero asked.
They were sitting on a shuttle heading towards L2.
"The vampire war will cause a human war." Kuno told him.
"I know. I see why now."
"You see what now?" Ashley asked.
Heero shook his head and squeezed her hand.
"Doesn't matter."
"Vampires will always fight." A man turned round and spoke to Heero.
"How do you know?"
"I'm a vampire too. 1058 years."
"That's old." Ashley commented.
"Whose side are you on?"
"Does it matter?" Ashley asked.
"Yes."
"Shinigami's."
The man smirked widely at them.
"Then I'm sorry to have to do this to you."
OWARI
Cliffie????!!!! Duo will be coming in soon and the other ex pilots will also be in later on. Hope you like and I'm sorry for the OOC Heero. ^_^
~Shinigami195~
