~ Disclaimer ~ I do not own Trigun, but I do own the characters that which
the Trigun creators themselves have not created. This is the sequel to
Vampire Tendencies, hope you like. And do not worry, there may be
appearences by other Trigun characters and Legato 'might' come back. So, if
you you want to know how it all turns out, read the sequel.
- Title - Bleeding Heart.
- Author - EngelWachter ( shortened my name when I write, or put ownership on my stories )
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- Chapter - Seven
- Title - My Guardian Vampire, Thine Heart Trembles with Fury.
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"Jesonsi," I mumbled before waking up.
I swallowed morning saliva and looked towards the window. Darkness. Time to go out and feed.
"I wouldn't go out right now, Nicole," a familiar voice warned.
I turned and my eyes widened. Great white wings framed a powerful steel frame, broad shoulders and a strong jaw. White and silver hair was tossled and curly while his eyes were a golden red. His pants were undisturbed white and had not a stain on them. "W-who are you?" I stammered.
His grin was quick and I recognized him. "Jesse!?"
"Yeah, it's me. Jesonsi to be more exact, but I like Jesse much better than my birth name."
I looked him over again and ended up staring into his golden red eyes which swirled with life and determination. Worry and hope. "What are you?" I blurted out.
"The question should be who I am...not what I am. But if you'd like to know, I am a fifth generation Angire. Half vampire and half angel to be exact. I'm here to protect you, Nicole. I won't let anything out of the ordinary happen to you and Legato will not come near you while I'm here," he replied while resting his right elbow on his knee and propping his head up.
"How can you protect me from the most powerful vampire?"
"Easy....I have a special ability to ward of evil spirits because I'm all holy and sacred."
I couldn't help but laugh and felt at ease when Jesse did also.
Vash entered the room and looked at me. His eyes dimmed slightly as he turned and walked over to the window, sat down on the sill and stared outside. "I was out and I saw Legato and Knives wandering," he said.
Jesse jumped down from his place on the desk. "Did they follow you?" He asked.
"No."
"Did they see you?"
Vash looked over at Jesse and smirked. "Yeah."
Jesse clenched his hands into tight fists and bared his teeth at Vash. "That's nothing to smile about! But...we are safe here because of me. So I don't think it would matter if they saw you or not...but that's not the point! You need to be more careful, they could have went after you!"
Vash got up and frowned. "You don't have to yell at me! I'm not a kid anymore Jesonsi! I'm a full grown vampire and I know how to take care of myself!"
I stared at Vash and turned to Jesse. The two stared at each other until Jesse's fists relaxed. "I know you are, Vash. And I know you are responsible enough to carry your own weight on your own shoulders. The past is so far behind that I can't really see you as a grown man," he said as his wings folded neatly behind his back.
"I want to stop them," I said.
Vash and Jesse turned to me. "What?"
I got out of the bed and stood at the end of it. "I want to stop them. Before they can carry out what they plan to do."
"Nicole, you're in no-"
"I'm well enough!" I snapped at Vash.
Vash's eyebrows knit together in worry. Jesse took a step towards me. "Do you know how powerful those two are united like that?" He inquired.
"I don't care. I'll use every ounce of energy I have to kill them...Legato lied to me many times, and I can't ignore the urge to rip him apart. Knives took something precious from Vash...and I want him to pay for that. I don't care if I lose my life trying to fight for what I believe in, I hate being the weakling at the end of this! I want to at least do something even when it seems out of reach. This bloody road is built for few, but why don't we widen it with our own blood? Why don't we just try to work together?"
Vash looked at Jesse then back at me. "Are we going to or not?"
Jesse turned to me and his eyes were hard. "No," he said sternly.
"Damnit! Jesse! Please, let me fight them!" I cried, tears of weakness sliding down my cheeks.
"This isn't some game you can just go into and figure you can stop any time, Nicole! This is a matter of life and death you're trying to tempt! There is no room for blinded vampires to just run into battle and get killed!"
I felt at a loss and Jesse was making me feel as if I was a child. As if I wasn't enough to fight Knives and Legato. "Nicole, you're carrying another life. Do you want to put that baby in danger?" Jesse inquired.
"No."
Vash touched my arm and looked at Jesse. "I'm ready to go whenever you change your mind, Jesonsi," he said.
"I'm not going to change my mind, Vash. I won't lose another Innocent like I lost Erik."
"Erik?" I asked.
"Yes, he was your father, Nicole."
"My father was an Innocent?! But I thought he was attacked by wild wolves while out on a trip with friends!"
Jesse frowned. "Destiny works in strange ways. And don't ask me anymore about your father...I don't have the heart to tell you what else happened."
"That's enough," Vash said.
His voice sounded almost dark. I turned and looked at him. A shadow had casted over his eyes as he looked at Jesse. "Jesonsi...you can watch over her..but please, from a distance for now."
"Fine," Jesse said as his form vanished.
"Vash?"
He looked over at me and smiled crookedly. His arms cam around me and he hugged me tightly. "Nicole...don't make decisions like that again...it made my heart drop to my gut," he whispered.
"I'm sorry," I replied.
"It's alright...just promise me...you won't go against Legato or Knives."
"I promise."
Vash stepped back and put his finger under my chin, leaned down and kissed me. I opened my eyes and felt tears slide down my cheeks. I knew I would break that promise, but I didn't know when.
I couldn't sleep when I was lying in my bed next to Vash. His heartbeat drummed against my back and his breath fanned my neck. I got out of bed and threw on a pair of jeans and a sweatshirt. Before heading out the door I turned to Vash's sleeping form. "I'm sorry....my love," I whispered before racing out of the room.
I ran down the staircase and burst through the door. It was raining out when I stood in the middle of the barren street. My breath misted as it left my parted lips and I felt an ice cold chill run up my spine as two dark figures stood almost a yard away from where I was. "I see you broke that promise," Legato's voice sneered.
"And I don't think Vash will notice you're gone until you cry out in agony," Knives said.
The two stopped when they came six feet from me. My hands trembled as the rain drenched my clothes. "I want you two to stop what you're doing," I said.
"And if we don't? What are you going to do, scream in our ears until we get headaches?" Knives inquired with a sneer.
"No, I'll kill you."
"Empty threats don't run well here, Nicole," Legato warned.
"And you. How dare you even have said you loved me! I trusted you so much that I would have willingly given you my child to use for your own pleasures, but now...you're but dust in my mind," I snapped.
Legato snickered. "Oh, don't be so sour, love. All is fair in love and war."
"Do not call me love, Legato."
Knives took a step towards me. "I wouldn't do that if I were you," I said.
"Why? You have nothing...you are weak. All you have up your sleeve is that Innocent ancestry, nothing else but pure lady like capabilities," he sneered.
"I have power to destroy you both."
Legato folded his arms across his chest. "Then show us this great power your beholding, Nicole. Don't hold back..because if you do, you might break a nail. When you're done playing vampire princess, I'll tear that baby from your own womb and watch you wither and die on this gravel dirt," he said.
I began to wonder if this was a good idea. But I wouldn't give up, not without a fight. I had to get revenge for everything Legato had taken from me. I had to take them and rip them to shreds for what they had done to me. Even if it meant dying in the process.
-- To Be Continued -- Oooh, a stand off with Nicole, Knives and Legato. Will she die trying? Or will someone come to the rescue just before it's too late?
- Title - Bleeding Heart.
- Author - EngelWachter ( shortened my name when I write, or put ownership on my stories )
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- Chapter - Seven
- Title - My Guardian Vampire, Thine Heart Trembles with Fury.
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"Jesonsi," I mumbled before waking up.
I swallowed morning saliva and looked towards the window. Darkness. Time to go out and feed.
"I wouldn't go out right now, Nicole," a familiar voice warned.
I turned and my eyes widened. Great white wings framed a powerful steel frame, broad shoulders and a strong jaw. White and silver hair was tossled and curly while his eyes were a golden red. His pants were undisturbed white and had not a stain on them. "W-who are you?" I stammered.
His grin was quick and I recognized him. "Jesse!?"
"Yeah, it's me. Jesonsi to be more exact, but I like Jesse much better than my birth name."
I looked him over again and ended up staring into his golden red eyes which swirled with life and determination. Worry and hope. "What are you?" I blurted out.
"The question should be who I am...not what I am. But if you'd like to know, I am a fifth generation Angire. Half vampire and half angel to be exact. I'm here to protect you, Nicole. I won't let anything out of the ordinary happen to you and Legato will not come near you while I'm here," he replied while resting his right elbow on his knee and propping his head up.
"How can you protect me from the most powerful vampire?"
"Easy....I have a special ability to ward of evil spirits because I'm all holy and sacred."
I couldn't help but laugh and felt at ease when Jesse did also.
Vash entered the room and looked at me. His eyes dimmed slightly as he turned and walked over to the window, sat down on the sill and stared outside. "I was out and I saw Legato and Knives wandering," he said.
Jesse jumped down from his place on the desk. "Did they follow you?" He asked.
"No."
"Did they see you?"
Vash looked over at Jesse and smirked. "Yeah."
Jesse clenched his hands into tight fists and bared his teeth at Vash. "That's nothing to smile about! But...we are safe here because of me. So I don't think it would matter if they saw you or not...but that's not the point! You need to be more careful, they could have went after you!"
Vash got up and frowned. "You don't have to yell at me! I'm not a kid anymore Jesonsi! I'm a full grown vampire and I know how to take care of myself!"
I stared at Vash and turned to Jesse. The two stared at each other until Jesse's fists relaxed. "I know you are, Vash. And I know you are responsible enough to carry your own weight on your own shoulders. The past is so far behind that I can't really see you as a grown man," he said as his wings folded neatly behind his back.
"I want to stop them," I said.
Vash and Jesse turned to me. "What?"
I got out of the bed and stood at the end of it. "I want to stop them. Before they can carry out what they plan to do."
"Nicole, you're in no-"
"I'm well enough!" I snapped at Vash.
Vash's eyebrows knit together in worry. Jesse took a step towards me. "Do you know how powerful those two are united like that?" He inquired.
"I don't care. I'll use every ounce of energy I have to kill them...Legato lied to me many times, and I can't ignore the urge to rip him apart. Knives took something precious from Vash...and I want him to pay for that. I don't care if I lose my life trying to fight for what I believe in, I hate being the weakling at the end of this! I want to at least do something even when it seems out of reach. This bloody road is built for few, but why don't we widen it with our own blood? Why don't we just try to work together?"
Vash looked at Jesse then back at me. "Are we going to or not?"
Jesse turned to me and his eyes were hard. "No," he said sternly.
"Damnit! Jesse! Please, let me fight them!" I cried, tears of weakness sliding down my cheeks.
"This isn't some game you can just go into and figure you can stop any time, Nicole! This is a matter of life and death you're trying to tempt! There is no room for blinded vampires to just run into battle and get killed!"
I felt at a loss and Jesse was making me feel as if I was a child. As if I wasn't enough to fight Knives and Legato. "Nicole, you're carrying another life. Do you want to put that baby in danger?" Jesse inquired.
"No."
Vash touched my arm and looked at Jesse. "I'm ready to go whenever you change your mind, Jesonsi," he said.
"I'm not going to change my mind, Vash. I won't lose another Innocent like I lost Erik."
"Erik?" I asked.
"Yes, he was your father, Nicole."
"My father was an Innocent?! But I thought he was attacked by wild wolves while out on a trip with friends!"
Jesse frowned. "Destiny works in strange ways. And don't ask me anymore about your father...I don't have the heart to tell you what else happened."
"That's enough," Vash said.
His voice sounded almost dark. I turned and looked at him. A shadow had casted over his eyes as he looked at Jesse. "Jesonsi...you can watch over her..but please, from a distance for now."
"Fine," Jesse said as his form vanished.
"Vash?"
He looked over at me and smiled crookedly. His arms cam around me and he hugged me tightly. "Nicole...don't make decisions like that again...it made my heart drop to my gut," he whispered.
"I'm sorry," I replied.
"It's alright...just promise me...you won't go against Legato or Knives."
"I promise."
Vash stepped back and put his finger under my chin, leaned down and kissed me. I opened my eyes and felt tears slide down my cheeks. I knew I would break that promise, but I didn't know when.
I couldn't sleep when I was lying in my bed next to Vash. His heartbeat drummed against my back and his breath fanned my neck. I got out of bed and threw on a pair of jeans and a sweatshirt. Before heading out the door I turned to Vash's sleeping form. "I'm sorry....my love," I whispered before racing out of the room.
I ran down the staircase and burst through the door. It was raining out when I stood in the middle of the barren street. My breath misted as it left my parted lips and I felt an ice cold chill run up my spine as two dark figures stood almost a yard away from where I was. "I see you broke that promise," Legato's voice sneered.
"And I don't think Vash will notice you're gone until you cry out in agony," Knives said.
The two stopped when they came six feet from me. My hands trembled as the rain drenched my clothes. "I want you two to stop what you're doing," I said.
"And if we don't? What are you going to do, scream in our ears until we get headaches?" Knives inquired with a sneer.
"No, I'll kill you."
"Empty threats don't run well here, Nicole," Legato warned.
"And you. How dare you even have said you loved me! I trusted you so much that I would have willingly given you my child to use for your own pleasures, but now...you're but dust in my mind," I snapped.
Legato snickered. "Oh, don't be so sour, love. All is fair in love and war."
"Do not call me love, Legato."
Knives took a step towards me. "I wouldn't do that if I were you," I said.
"Why? You have nothing...you are weak. All you have up your sleeve is that Innocent ancestry, nothing else but pure lady like capabilities," he sneered.
"I have power to destroy you both."
Legato folded his arms across his chest. "Then show us this great power your beholding, Nicole. Don't hold back..because if you do, you might break a nail. When you're done playing vampire princess, I'll tear that baby from your own womb and watch you wither and die on this gravel dirt," he said.
I began to wonder if this was a good idea. But I wouldn't give up, not without a fight. I had to get revenge for everything Legato had taken from me. I had to take them and rip them to shreds for what they had done to me. Even if it meant dying in the process.
-- To Be Continued -- Oooh, a stand off with Nicole, Knives and Legato. Will she die trying? Or will someone come to the rescue just before it's too late?