A/N: I'm sorry for not updating! Writer's block. Man. Be careful of this
chapter, it has violence in it, as well as some things younger readers
should not read. I'll mark off where those parts are, you can skip them.
Alright, bye!
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Those words echoed in Hikari's mind. She felt blood drain from her face slowly, leaving her usually ruddy complexion white.
He noticed and smirked slowly. That burned away her fear with anger. "What do you want with me then?" she asked as calmly as she could, repeating the question from before.
"I feel so fascinated with you," he whispered, going to her and circling her slowly.
The slayer looked disgusted. "So I'm going to be a sex-toy."
"Not quite," Takeru, or rather the Dark Angel, purred, pushing aside a lock of her hair and pressing a chaste kiss on her cheek.
She tried to resist, tried to prevent himself from enjoying this. "Bastard," she hissed, flushing. What self-control she had left whipped away like cobwebs in a high wind.
"Hush now," he whispered, now directly behind her, arms wrapping around her. "You're in my world."
~*~
"Hikari, where are you?" Taichi muttered, starting to get worried. His little sister always kept her word and even if she were going to be late, she would at least call him by some way.
It was getting late, and Hikari hadn't come back. He picked up his cell phone and dialed a number. "Syaoran? Yeah, it's me. Listen, I'm coming into HQ tonight. I know, I know. But something's come up and my gut tells me it's something wrong. No! I didn't eat at that hotdog stand. This is serious. Let the boss know, k? Alright."
~*~
The amber-eyed Chinese man met the brunette at the front doors. "What is it?" he demanded sharply. "I have duties as well."
"Hikari," Taichi said, now frantic. "She promised me she would come in time for our shift, but that was hours ago. I'm worried."
Honey-brown eyes widened slightly. "I'll get an APP on her as fast as I can, but she's an adult, we have restrictions."
"Dammit, my sister is out there, and could be in danger!" Taichi screamed, shaking the Chinese man by the front of his shirt.
It was a sudden movement, but an effective one. Taichi staggered back, clutching one side of his face. Syaoran lightly rubbed his fist as he gritted out, "Get a hold of yourself, man, you are thinking way too much with your heart. Are you a slayer or not?"
"Damn you hit hard," Taichi swore, but smiled, after grimacing. "I need that. Thanks, Li."
"Anytime." What looked like a smile passed over the usually stoic face as the other man offered a hand. "Come on."
~*~
Looking in retrospect, Hikari found her memories of what happened in that prison very vague. All that she could remember clearly was when she met Nakuru, and Spinel.
A drowsy Hikari woke up to a bubbly sounding voice saying, "Konbanwa! Ohhh, Takeru never said you were so kawaii!"
Opening her eyes and blinking, the slayer saw a rather odd looking woman perched easily on the edge of a chair. Was that magenta hair? The most striking feature was a pair of large black butterfly wings coming from the back of the woman, which fluttered from time to time. She was dressed in rather odd clothing, colored black and red, complimenting her features.
"Who are you?" Hikari asked, puzzled and a little scared (who wouldn't be?).
"Oh! My name is Ruby Moon or I'm more commonly known as Nakuru! This is Suppi!" She pointed a very grumpy looking black cat creature perched on her shoulder. Like her, he had butterfly wings, but with much tinier in proportion to his body than hers.
"Spinel," he growled at her, irritated.
Amused vaguely, Hikari sat up in her bed. "So, why are you both here?"
"Takeru wants me to look over you," the woman said matter-of-factly. But she squealed in delight. "I never knew you would be so cute though!"
Hikari blinked and thought to herself that this vampire was a little stranger than she had first thought.
~*~
"We can't do an APP," Honda argued to Taichi. "You heard the boss."
"My sister is out there, and she could be dead for all we know!" the other brunette shouted, a vein popping clearly in his head.
"Calm down," said a very cold voice. Taichi turned to see a familiar face seen at the headquarters.
Standing at a tall 6', Yue glared pointedly at Taichi. Looking like an angel, complete with wings, the man was technically genderless, but didn't care about titles. His white hair gleamed as ice blue eyes glittered coldly.
"There is no reason to make such a fuss," he said quietly. "Use your mind and be reasonable. We can only do so much. Do not make me forcibly put you down." With that, he walked off, muttering something along the lines of, "Humans and their emotions."
"Just because you don't have that many emotions doesn't mean we have to be like you, Yue," Taichi growled under his breath irritably, still fuming.
~*~
Hikari backed away a little as Takeru approached. "Scared? And you don't know what I have in mind," he teased her.
"Stay away from me," she warned, shirting into a position.
"How droll," he drawled and looking straight at her, his sapphire blue eyes beckoned.
She was lost in them. They were so tempting, like water surrounding her, whispered promises wafting around her. Then she noticed how cold they were, how lost they seemed. She exerted her own will frantically and he stepped back, taken aback.
"What did you do?" he whispered and whirling, he disappeared.
"What the hell was that about?" Hikari puzzled, sagging to the ground, exhausted. Then her eyes rolled up as she fainted.
~*~
Hell, what was wrong with me? No one, and I mean no one, could ever truly stand up to me. Not even Yamato's gaze could break me down, but one second looking into this woman's eyes and I cracked like glass.
I must be breaking. I must be hallucinating.
"Not quite, dark one." A soft, melodic voice came from someone leaning on the wall of one of the corridors.
"Who are you?" I snarled and made out the face of a male.
He seemed very so sad, despite the emotionless, beautiful mask of his face. Platinum blond hair covered his right eye and the other was amber, with the slit pupil of a cat within it. He wore no shirt, only faded jeans, revealing a lithe, firm chest and arms, which were currently crossed. Oddest of all, except for hair and eyes, he could have passed for my twin, only taller, sadder than me.
"Your tenshi," he said simply.
"What need does a vampire have of an angel?" I growled, going past.
"Because even the darkest of souls may be redeemed, a mirror of dark glass show light," he said softly and I froze in my tracks. Those words, they were almost the exact words of the Fates.
"Alright, but never get in my way. I never had a fucking conscience and I am not going to start having one now," I said coldly. (Ooohhh, such language Takeru!)
"I do have a name," my tenshi responded, hardly fazed. Even though he always seemed so sad, it apparently took a lot to ruffle him.
"What is it then?" I snapped, going on.
"Adrian," he answered, before disappearing.
~*~
Taichi fretted on and on until Honda, sick and tired of it, knocked him out. After the two hours he was unconscious, however, he was back up and pacing restlessly. The boss had given him direct orders to not leave headquarters, and he had to follow them.
"Will you stop pacing, you're making me dizzy," Honda complained.
"Why don't you just go out of the room?" the other brunette snarled.
"Taichi-san, Honda-san!" A young intern ran in. "You have to come, something horrible has happened to the boss!"
"Damnation! What is it?" Taichi swore, leaping at the young man.
Frightened the boy could say, "You have to see it for yourself, follow me!" Trading looks, both slayers, followed the obviously hysterical young man.
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"What the bloody hell happened here?!" Taichi roared, suppressing the urge to vomit.
The hacked up body of his former boss, and the pieces, were on the ground of the office, blood everywhere. Behind him, Honda's eyes widened as he covered his mouth.
"God," he whispered.
"I just found him here, like this," the intern explained nervously.
Taichi's mind rushed but he tried to remain calm, at least for the intern. "You, go get division 67, now. We need investigators and doctors in here immediately. After that, get division 49, we're going to need pull this together. The organization must not collapse on this incident. Run!"
The young man didn't need further encouragement. Taichi continued coolly, "Honda, help me get a general observation of this room, but don't touch anything."
Wordlessly, the other man went in, careful of the puddles of blood, as well as body parts. Taichi sent a silent prayer as he held a silver cross in his pocket, finishing by doing the Sign of the Cross.
"Hey, Tai," Honda called, crouching by a part of the wall. "You might want to see this."
Going over, Taichi nearly vomited right then and there. The lifeless eyes of his boss stared at him from the separated head tossed into a corner. A pentagram was burned onto the forehead, the center filled with runes.
"Incubi," Taichi whispered murderously.
"How?" Honda asked softly.
"I don't know, but we have to get to the bottom of this, and fast."
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Hikari cracked her eyes open to find something beside her, actually someone. Someone very familiar. She screamed and Takeru opened his icy blue eyes to look at her.
He smiled cynically. "I didn't do anything. You were a virgin when you were sleeping and you still are."
"How can I take your word for it?" she gasped, her heart thumping as she clutched her sheet around her. She had been wearing only a tanktop and cutoffs and yet they were still on. Even still, she hated being so- exposed to the vampire.
He raised his left hand, a pentagram star burned on it. "I swear on my word."
She closed her eyes, not quite trusting him. When she opened them again, he was smiling again, looking amused. Her mouth opened to say something when he bent over and kissed her. It was so wrong, but for a few seconds, it felt completely right.
Then she fell into darkness, his cold voice whispering, "I always keep my word, little slayer, always."
~*~
Taichi ran a hand through his unruly hair, his eyes red rimmed, not from tears, but from weariness. He had been running about the organization headquarter, doing things. Surprisingly, not much had fallen apart. Everyone had kept their cool, working efficiently to catch up with the situation and deal with it.
"Hey man, rest," Honda urged gently.
"I'll be fine. Do you have a bit of brandy on you?" Taichi croaked.
"I think so." Honda searched around, coming up with a thin, clear glass vial filled halfway with a blue liquid. "Brandy" was the code name for their chemical, a whim of one of the chemists.
Taichi accepted it gratefully, biting off the top and spitting it out. He then drank the liquid gingerly. It burned his mouth, throat, and stomach, but he felt reenergized and far awake then he had been.
The intern who had led them to the scene of the boss's murder came up, his face pale. "Sir?"
"What is it?" Taichi asked quietly. He had to take over as a temporary leader, until one could be found, with no protest from anyone, even far more experienced slayers.
"Your sister," the young man whispered. "They found her."
~*~
"Slow down Taichi, you're going to crash into something!" Honda complained.
Taichi tensely, leaned over the wheel. He ignored his colleague as he barely sped through a red light. Then he slammed on the brakes, stopping in front of a hospital. An ambulance was already there, unloading someone, otherwise known as his sister.
"Hikari!" he screamed, running over.
"Sir, you will have to remain calm and step away," a nurse said firmly, and he shot her a glare that would have split a stone.
"She's my sister!" he snarled. Hikari opened her eyes slowly.
"Tai?" she whispered.
"Kari! I'm so glad you're alright, I was worried." He followed her, holding her hand as they wheeled her into the hospital. She smiled wanly before falling unconscious. "Kari? Hikari!"
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A/N: Sorry about the short chapter, but I will be writing the next one quickly! What will happen to Hikari? How did she get away? Who murdered the boss? Please review!
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Those words echoed in Hikari's mind. She felt blood drain from her face slowly, leaving her usually ruddy complexion white.
He noticed and smirked slowly. That burned away her fear with anger. "What do you want with me then?" she asked as calmly as she could, repeating the question from before.
"I feel so fascinated with you," he whispered, going to her and circling her slowly.
The slayer looked disgusted. "So I'm going to be a sex-toy."
"Not quite," Takeru, or rather the Dark Angel, purred, pushing aside a lock of her hair and pressing a chaste kiss on her cheek.
She tried to resist, tried to prevent himself from enjoying this. "Bastard," she hissed, flushing. What self-control she had left whipped away like cobwebs in a high wind.
"Hush now," he whispered, now directly behind her, arms wrapping around her. "You're in my world."
~*~
"Hikari, where are you?" Taichi muttered, starting to get worried. His little sister always kept her word and even if she were going to be late, she would at least call him by some way.
It was getting late, and Hikari hadn't come back. He picked up his cell phone and dialed a number. "Syaoran? Yeah, it's me. Listen, I'm coming into HQ tonight. I know, I know. But something's come up and my gut tells me it's something wrong. No! I didn't eat at that hotdog stand. This is serious. Let the boss know, k? Alright."
~*~
The amber-eyed Chinese man met the brunette at the front doors. "What is it?" he demanded sharply. "I have duties as well."
"Hikari," Taichi said, now frantic. "She promised me she would come in time for our shift, but that was hours ago. I'm worried."
Honey-brown eyes widened slightly. "I'll get an APP on her as fast as I can, but she's an adult, we have restrictions."
"Dammit, my sister is out there, and could be in danger!" Taichi screamed, shaking the Chinese man by the front of his shirt.
It was a sudden movement, but an effective one. Taichi staggered back, clutching one side of his face. Syaoran lightly rubbed his fist as he gritted out, "Get a hold of yourself, man, you are thinking way too much with your heart. Are you a slayer or not?"
"Damn you hit hard," Taichi swore, but smiled, after grimacing. "I need that. Thanks, Li."
"Anytime." What looked like a smile passed over the usually stoic face as the other man offered a hand. "Come on."
~*~
Looking in retrospect, Hikari found her memories of what happened in that prison very vague. All that she could remember clearly was when she met Nakuru, and Spinel.
A drowsy Hikari woke up to a bubbly sounding voice saying, "Konbanwa! Ohhh, Takeru never said you were so kawaii!"
Opening her eyes and blinking, the slayer saw a rather odd looking woman perched easily on the edge of a chair. Was that magenta hair? The most striking feature was a pair of large black butterfly wings coming from the back of the woman, which fluttered from time to time. She was dressed in rather odd clothing, colored black and red, complimenting her features.
"Who are you?" Hikari asked, puzzled and a little scared (who wouldn't be?).
"Oh! My name is Ruby Moon or I'm more commonly known as Nakuru! This is Suppi!" She pointed a very grumpy looking black cat creature perched on her shoulder. Like her, he had butterfly wings, but with much tinier in proportion to his body than hers.
"Spinel," he growled at her, irritated.
Amused vaguely, Hikari sat up in her bed. "So, why are you both here?"
"Takeru wants me to look over you," the woman said matter-of-factly. But she squealed in delight. "I never knew you would be so cute though!"
Hikari blinked and thought to herself that this vampire was a little stranger than she had first thought.
~*~
"We can't do an APP," Honda argued to Taichi. "You heard the boss."
"My sister is out there, and she could be dead for all we know!" the other brunette shouted, a vein popping clearly in his head.
"Calm down," said a very cold voice. Taichi turned to see a familiar face seen at the headquarters.
Standing at a tall 6', Yue glared pointedly at Taichi. Looking like an angel, complete with wings, the man was technically genderless, but didn't care about titles. His white hair gleamed as ice blue eyes glittered coldly.
"There is no reason to make such a fuss," he said quietly. "Use your mind and be reasonable. We can only do so much. Do not make me forcibly put you down." With that, he walked off, muttering something along the lines of, "Humans and their emotions."
"Just because you don't have that many emotions doesn't mean we have to be like you, Yue," Taichi growled under his breath irritably, still fuming.
~*~
Hikari backed away a little as Takeru approached. "Scared? And you don't know what I have in mind," he teased her.
"Stay away from me," she warned, shirting into a position.
"How droll," he drawled and looking straight at her, his sapphire blue eyes beckoned.
She was lost in them. They were so tempting, like water surrounding her, whispered promises wafting around her. Then she noticed how cold they were, how lost they seemed. She exerted her own will frantically and he stepped back, taken aback.
"What did you do?" he whispered and whirling, he disappeared.
"What the hell was that about?" Hikari puzzled, sagging to the ground, exhausted. Then her eyes rolled up as she fainted.
~*~
Hell, what was wrong with me? No one, and I mean no one, could ever truly stand up to me. Not even Yamato's gaze could break me down, but one second looking into this woman's eyes and I cracked like glass.
I must be breaking. I must be hallucinating.
"Not quite, dark one." A soft, melodic voice came from someone leaning on the wall of one of the corridors.
"Who are you?" I snarled and made out the face of a male.
He seemed very so sad, despite the emotionless, beautiful mask of his face. Platinum blond hair covered his right eye and the other was amber, with the slit pupil of a cat within it. He wore no shirt, only faded jeans, revealing a lithe, firm chest and arms, which were currently crossed. Oddest of all, except for hair and eyes, he could have passed for my twin, only taller, sadder than me.
"Your tenshi," he said simply.
"What need does a vampire have of an angel?" I growled, going past.
"Because even the darkest of souls may be redeemed, a mirror of dark glass show light," he said softly and I froze in my tracks. Those words, they were almost the exact words of the Fates.
"Alright, but never get in my way. I never had a fucking conscience and I am not going to start having one now," I said coldly. (Ooohhh, such language Takeru!)
"I do have a name," my tenshi responded, hardly fazed. Even though he always seemed so sad, it apparently took a lot to ruffle him.
"What is it then?" I snapped, going on.
"Adrian," he answered, before disappearing.
~*~
Taichi fretted on and on until Honda, sick and tired of it, knocked him out. After the two hours he was unconscious, however, he was back up and pacing restlessly. The boss had given him direct orders to not leave headquarters, and he had to follow them.
"Will you stop pacing, you're making me dizzy," Honda complained.
"Why don't you just go out of the room?" the other brunette snarled.
"Taichi-san, Honda-san!" A young intern ran in. "You have to come, something horrible has happened to the boss!"
"Damnation! What is it?" Taichi swore, leaping at the young man.
Frightened the boy could say, "You have to see it for yourself, follow me!" Trading looks, both slayers, followed the obviously hysterical young man.
**************************************************************************** ****************
"What the bloody hell happened here?!" Taichi roared, suppressing the urge to vomit.
The hacked up body of his former boss, and the pieces, were on the ground of the office, blood everywhere. Behind him, Honda's eyes widened as he covered his mouth.
"God," he whispered.
"I just found him here, like this," the intern explained nervously.
Taichi's mind rushed but he tried to remain calm, at least for the intern. "You, go get division 67, now. We need investigators and doctors in here immediately. After that, get division 49, we're going to need pull this together. The organization must not collapse on this incident. Run!"
The young man didn't need further encouragement. Taichi continued coolly, "Honda, help me get a general observation of this room, but don't touch anything."
Wordlessly, the other man went in, careful of the puddles of blood, as well as body parts. Taichi sent a silent prayer as he held a silver cross in his pocket, finishing by doing the Sign of the Cross.
"Hey, Tai," Honda called, crouching by a part of the wall. "You might want to see this."
Going over, Taichi nearly vomited right then and there. The lifeless eyes of his boss stared at him from the separated head tossed into a corner. A pentagram was burned onto the forehead, the center filled with runes.
"Incubi," Taichi whispered murderously.
"How?" Honda asked softly.
"I don't know, but we have to get to the bottom of this, and fast."
**************************************************************************** ****************
Hikari cracked her eyes open to find something beside her, actually someone. Someone very familiar. She screamed and Takeru opened his icy blue eyes to look at her.
He smiled cynically. "I didn't do anything. You were a virgin when you were sleeping and you still are."
"How can I take your word for it?" she gasped, her heart thumping as she clutched her sheet around her. She had been wearing only a tanktop and cutoffs and yet they were still on. Even still, she hated being so- exposed to the vampire.
He raised his left hand, a pentagram star burned on it. "I swear on my word."
She closed her eyes, not quite trusting him. When she opened them again, he was smiling again, looking amused. Her mouth opened to say something when he bent over and kissed her. It was so wrong, but for a few seconds, it felt completely right.
Then she fell into darkness, his cold voice whispering, "I always keep my word, little slayer, always."
~*~
Taichi ran a hand through his unruly hair, his eyes red rimmed, not from tears, but from weariness. He had been running about the organization headquarter, doing things. Surprisingly, not much had fallen apart. Everyone had kept their cool, working efficiently to catch up with the situation and deal with it.
"Hey man, rest," Honda urged gently.
"I'll be fine. Do you have a bit of brandy on you?" Taichi croaked.
"I think so." Honda searched around, coming up with a thin, clear glass vial filled halfway with a blue liquid. "Brandy" was the code name for their chemical, a whim of one of the chemists.
Taichi accepted it gratefully, biting off the top and spitting it out. He then drank the liquid gingerly. It burned his mouth, throat, and stomach, but he felt reenergized and far awake then he had been.
The intern who had led them to the scene of the boss's murder came up, his face pale. "Sir?"
"What is it?" Taichi asked quietly. He had to take over as a temporary leader, until one could be found, with no protest from anyone, even far more experienced slayers.
"Your sister," the young man whispered. "They found her."
~*~
"Slow down Taichi, you're going to crash into something!" Honda complained.
Taichi tensely, leaned over the wheel. He ignored his colleague as he barely sped through a red light. Then he slammed on the brakes, stopping in front of a hospital. An ambulance was already there, unloading someone, otherwise known as his sister.
"Hikari!" he screamed, running over.
"Sir, you will have to remain calm and step away," a nurse said firmly, and he shot her a glare that would have split a stone.
"She's my sister!" he snarled. Hikari opened her eyes slowly.
"Tai?" she whispered.
"Kari! I'm so glad you're alright, I was worried." He followed her, holding her hand as they wheeled her into the hospital. She smiled wanly before falling unconscious. "Kari? Hikari!"
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A/N: Sorry about the short chapter, but I will be writing the next one quickly! What will happen to Hikari? How did she get away? Who murdered the boss? Please review!