~Chapter 2~

"What on Gods green earth do ye want with me?" Usagi asked tilting her head in bewilderment. Whenever she grew anxious or excited, her Irish accent appeared, her motherland being Ireland.

William chuckled at her show of innocence and accent. "Let's play a game ducks," he said his mind quickly running through different scenarios.

"What kind of game?" she asked, intrigued.

"Hide and go tag. I'm 'it,' so you get to hide. Once I find you it turns into a game of tag. If I catch you, you're mine. free to do whatever I please with you. You win, you live," he looked at her.

She looked straight back at him, red. "Weel, there doesnae seem to be a choice to me life," she said, frowning, obviously agitated.

William shrugged. "Yes well, I prefer to think of it as forced participation.with a price," he grinned, showing teeth glinting in the rising of the moon.

She growled. "So, it's do or die?" she asked ironically.

William laughed. "Yes. Now, I'm getting impatient. Let's start." He vamped out, laughing wickedly when she gave a startled squeak. "NOW pet! I'd run an' 'ide, if'n I was you!"

She took off like a dart, crashing through the foliage, dodging bushes. She ran for about an hour, changing directions every so often to throw him off. She found a stream and waded about ten minutes up, then grabbed hold of a low tree branch and hauled herself up, then promptly scrambled back against the main trunk of the tree, hugging it. She shivered occasionally, panting hard. She strained to hear any noise the vampire made, but to no avail. She took a pocket watch out of her jacket and upon looking at it, frowned. 'It was only a little after midnight!' she thought with dismay. She shrugged and leaned against the trunk. Ten minutes later, she was asleep.

William sniffed the air delicately and grinned. She had been here recently. He followed her trail and then lost it at the stream. He chuckled, "Smart li'l chit," he said with affection. He wandered up the stream for about an hour, searching the trees and bushes alongside it. Finally he caught her scent again and looked around. 'Where the bloody hell was she?' he asked himself.

Then, as he was walking down the bank, a low branch stuck his head and he fell into the water with a curse. "Oh fuck!" he whimpered, holding his hand to his head. He sniffed and his eyes widened. He looked up and saw a leg dangling, the body hidden amongst the leaves. He grinned. "Tha's m' girl."

~In the tree~

Usagi felt cold. And stiff. And then she remembered. She stretched her arms out and let out a less than tuneful "hmm." Her eyes fluttered open to look. directly into William the Bloody's beautiful, warm, ice-blue eyes. She screeched and tried to jump out of the tree, but William held her tight. "Don't fight it love," he said gently as he pulled her into his arms. She trembled, not only because she was afraid, but also because in all her long life, she had never been held so intimately before.

She closed her eyes and let out a sob. He began to rub her back in comforting circles and that was all it took for the dam to break. The tears became torrential. He drew back, face troubled, to look at her. "There, there, non o' tha'," he said awkwardly.

"B-but I dinna wan' to die!" Usagi wailed pitifully.

William chuckled wryly. "Jus' think of it as living anew pet," he said comfortingly.

He kissed the crown of her head lightly and drew her close once more. Then he swung out of the tree, Usagi tight in his hold. He took of at a fast pace, Usagi whimpering and twining her thin arms around his neck. "Pet, I need you to wrap your legs around me so I can travel faster. Dawn is coming." She obeyed and he felt himself reacting to her warmth.

'Not now you great lummox!' he chided himself. 'Come down, an' you'll be dust an' your soon-to-be Childe will suffer a mental breakdown.' He gained in speed.

Half an hour later, they were situated in his mother's house, which he had taken over once she had died. 'Once I killed her,' he thought with anguish.

He wiped away a lone blood tear and turned to the waif-like girl in his arms. "Hmmm.. I do think that it was love at first sight," he whispered in her sleeping ear. He chuckled humorlessly. "Time to wake up, my little Kitten," he said, shaking her lightly.

She grumbled and swatted his hand away. He laughed, for real this time, and shook her awake. She gasped and struggled to get down. He set her down and she backed away, watching him warily. "Why have ye nae killed me yet?" she asked suspiciously.

He shrugged. "Jus' thought you'd like to watch your last sunrise before anything happened," he said indifferently.

She nodded sadly, hurt and fear shining in those deep blue eyes. She turned with longing in her eyes and walked over to the black shades, pulling them open. William shrank into the shadows, watching longingly as Usagi stood rapturously in the sunlight, the sun giving her hair the appearance of white gold. She stood there for the next twenty minutes, watching the sun climb high into the sky. She wiped her tears away and shut the blinds, then turned to William and took a deep breath.

"I-I'm ready," she said tonelessly, staring into his eyes.

He smiled tenderly and walked up to her. He reached for her and flinched as she shied away. "Luv." he began, running a slim hand through his mat of curls. "'m not gonna kill you."

Usagi looked at him, bewilderment and suspicion in her eyes. "Aye? An' what're ye plannin' on doin' then?"

He took a deep breath. "I was planning on making you my Childe."

She gasped. "A-a vampire?" He nodded.

"So its best if you don't struggle pet. Plus, it'll be easier this way." He turned her around, pulled to him so that her back was touching his torso, and put a drenched handkerchief over her mouth and nose.

She struggled for a moment, but soon sank into a deep sleep, the chloroform taking effect. He sighed. Now it was time to be extraordinarily careful.

He laid her down on the chaise and tenderly pushed her hair away from her face and neck. "Don' worry, Kitten," he said, nuzzling her throat. "'ll take care of you." And he bit down.

~End Chapter 2~