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***Blood and Love***

**Don't Wanna Get Hurt...Again**

I heard someone chuckling behind me as soon as I was finished with my prey.

I dropped the now dead girl and turned around. Seifer. I glared at him, my eyes still

crimson. He laughed.

"Ah-ah-ah," he warned. "Remember the last time you tried to duel with me?"

I scowled as memories of my past flooded into my mind.

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I woke up with a stinging pain in my head. I looked at my surroundings

around me. The drapes were closed to block any sunlight from coming in. The only

source of light in the dim room were a few candles. The door opened, letting in bright

light. It blinded me and I tried my best to cover my eyes. I heard the door close.

"You can open your eyes now," said a feminine voice.

"Rinoa?" I blurted out, opening my eyes. Rinoa was the first thing on my

mind. But I couldn't remember who she was. The woman had blonde hair and blue

eyes. I looked at the other woman who was lying unconscious on the floor.

"Quistis Trepe. You need to feed," informed the blonde woman, gesturing her

hand to the unconscious woman. I looked at her confusingly. What did she want me

to do? Why was that woman unconsicous?

"You're a vampire now, Squall. You need to drink her blood," said Quistis. I

looked at her incredulously. How could I have become a vampire? I never signed the

Devil's book.

"Seifer bit you. He forced some of his blood into you. He made you into a

vampire. You can feed or you can die," said Quistis after reading my mind.

The stinging pain came, but it was more intensified. I clutched my head. My vampiric

instincts took over and I soon found myself drinking the woman's life away. I

dropped her to the ground and stared at the corpse. I had just drank blood from a

woman. I'm damned now. Damned to hell.

"If it makes you feel any better, she was an accused witch to be hanged

tomorrow. She would've died anyways," stated Quistis. I looked down at the dead

woman. She had midnite-black hair. Rinoa...Suddenly, memories of last night came

flooding into my mind. I shook my head and walked towards the door. I wanted to

get out of this nightmare. None of this wasn't real.

"Where are you going?" asked Quistis.

"I'm not a vampire. You're not real. Rinoa's not dead!" I couldn't accept the

fact that Rinoa was dead. She couldn't be dead, not before I expressed my feelings

to her.

It took me awhile to get used the sunlight. I clutched the silver cross hanging

around my neck. Ha! I'm not a vampire! I didn't melt before the sunlight! I did not

burn from the silver and cross! I smiled and quickened my pace to Rinoa's house.

I knocked five times before someone opened the door. My smile disappeared as soon

as I saw Rinoa's father. His eyes were red from crying. I looked at him questioninly.

"She's dead," he croaked. I stared at him.

"Rinoa's dead! She's dead! It's all because of you! You couldn't protect her!

Now my only daughter's dead!" cried Rinoa's father. Before I could say anything, he

slammed the door in my face. Rinoa...dead? But how? One name came up. Seifer

Almasy. I heard someone laughing behind me. I turned around and saw him. I glared

at him. Without thinking about the consequences, I ran at him and tackled him to

the ground.

"How could you killed her!? What did she do to you?" His eyes glowed crimson

and I was thrown into the air. I fell down, painfully, and slowly got up. He smiled at

me and threw a sword at my feet.

"I thought something like this would happen. Duel to the death?" grinned

Seifer. I picked up the sword. I did not know how to use a sword, but at this point,

I would do anything to avenge Rinoa's death.

"No powers," I said. He nodded. I ran towards him, sword in the air. I was

shocked on how well I handled the sword. Everything was going in my favor;

I managed to get Seifer on the ground with my sword at his throat--until he

disappeared. Someone tapped me on my shoulder and I turned around. All I saw was

a flash of steel. Then I attacked. I smiled. I may have missed his black heart, but I

made a gash between his eyes. I felt blood dripping down my face. I touched my

head and looked at my hand. Blood. I suddenly realized that Seifer had also made

a gash on my face. Quistis came just as we were about to clash our swords again.

"Stop it! This is foolishness!" cried Quistis, stopping between us. Seifer glared

at her and dropped his sword. He turned to me.

"You're just lucky Quistis got here in time." I noticed that his gash was

replaced by a scar. I wonder if I also had a scar now.

"Yes. Squall, your scar will stay. It will constantly remind you that you are a

vampire."

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I scowled at him and started walking away.

"You know, Rinoa looks much prettier now than she did those three centuries

ago," said Seifer. I froze.

"Stay away from her," I said. I suddenly felt protective of Rinoa. Damn, you're

letting your feelings out!

Seifer just laughed, a laugh that chilled me, even now.

"You should be staying away from her. She's mine, Leonhart," said Seifer. I

turned around.

"Why do want a human for? I thought Quistis was the woman for you, she's a

vampiress after all," I retorted.

"Quistis...is nothing to me," he said weakly.

"Whatever," I mumbled as I walked away. I don't wanna stay and "chat" with

Seifer.

I was walking home when I saw her again. If you guessed Rinoa, start patting

yourself on the back. I sighed.

"Hi Squall!" she chirped. "I haven't seen you for a while!"

"Whatever."

"How are you doing?"

"Whatever." She jumped in front of me with a frown on her face.

"What do you want?" I was surprised when she linked her arm around mine. I

tried to stop the blood from rushing to my cheeks.

"We're gonna go to the mall! I'll introduce you to my friends!" Whoop- de-doo,

we're going to the mall and I'm gonna carry all your clothes! What fun...

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