Supernova
A/N: I'm really taking advantage of this mid-winter break to work on fanfictions. Wow. Just making an observation. I don't
own Nightwalker, sadly. Notes from previous chapters apply.
A big thanks to all of my wonderful readers and reviewers! Cookies to you all! ^-^
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"Riho?!"
The vampire girl grinned and beared her fangs at Shido and Cain.
Be careful, Shido.
Shido acknowledged his lover Cain's telepathic message, and sent one back:
Put up your mental shields. She kills with her mind.
"Come on, Shido. What are you, afraid to fight a former girlfriend?," Riho taunted.
"No, Riho. Stop this! It's madness," Shido pleaded.
"Why should I? You left me for Cain, when you said you hated him. You told me it was just 'work'. You told me you loved me-"
"But I did!"
"Yeah, until you went back to- to- to HIM! You made a lot of mistakes, oh Shido my love, but your biggest mistake was
lying to me about your feelings for me!"
"No, Riho! My biggest mistake was teaching you to kill and trusting you with that kind of power! Come back to me, to us!
Cain and I can teach you how to use your powers better than I ever could alone! I know what's wrong with you. It's
madness, yes. You just went mad with power, that's all."
"Oh, Shido, sweet, blinded Shido. Can't you tell? I'm not mad. I was never mad! I just love to kill!"
"NO!"
"Oh, yeah. Believe it. This is your fault, baby, all your fault. But enough of that. I have some other business to attend to."
And with that, Riho disappeared. The young woman lay dead on the floor, and Shido collapsed and began to sob.
//It is all my fault.//, he realized. //I taught her to kill. I drove her away. I lied to her! I should be dead instead of that
innocent little girl. THAT SHOULD BE ME ON THE FLOOR!//
"Come, Shido. People will be arriving soon to investigate, and I don't think we want to be here," Cain said, and, picking up
Shido in his arms, left the building and returned to the office.
"Cain," Shido moaned tearfully into Cain's shoulder, "I should be the one who's dead. If it wasn't for me, all of those people
would be alive right now! I'm as bad as she is. I'm as much a murderer as she is, do you realize that?"
"Shido, you are a fool," Cain whispered softly, lovingly, into Shido's ear, "A sweet, conscientious fool, but a fool
nonetheless. You cannot control who you love, and when, no more than you can control Riho and her actions. You did not
know that teaching Riho how to help others by killing Nightbreeds would lead to her killing others like a Nightbreed herself.
Do not cry, Shido."
Shido still sniffled into Cain's shoulder as he was carried into their apartment and placed on a breaking, torn Victorian
lounge chair. Cain picked a book up from a near-by bookshelf and flipped through it with an amused expression on his face.
"What's this?," he asked, handing the book to Shido. "A fellow vampire telling the secrets of our kind? And, my, does he
sound like a certain vampire I know!"
Shido looked up at Cain, smiling slightly through his tears.
"Yeah. 'Interview with the Vampire'... It's a good book. I assume you mean that I am like Louis?," he replied.
Cain smiled at Shido and sat down on his lap, kissing his nose.
"My Shido...," he sighed.
"And you're like Lestat. You two could be blood relatives!," Shido told Cain, and laughed softly at the confused expression
on Cain's face. "He's Louis' lover."
"You've cheered up."
"You helped, Cain."
Shido slid out from where he was sitting, and sat down on Cain's lap.
"You make a nice pillow," he muttered.
"Shido, I don't know whether to take that as a compliment or an insult," Cain said back. "Are you sure you're feeling better?"
"Cain... I've always been like this after a trauma. I'll come back to reality soon, and then... Then, Cain, save me from myself.
You'll have to."
The two vampires fell asleep in their embrace, not moving from the old and once-fine chair.
The next night, the vampires woke up, and walked downstairs to the office a bit later, only to find Yayoi standing at the
door, briefcase in hand.
"Extracurricular activities?," she asked, not even bothering to hide the fact that she had an impudent smirk on her face.
Cain glared. "What right do you have to tell us what to do, mortal?"
"People are dying out there! You should be solving this case, not having sex!," Yayoi snapped.
Shido gave Cain a pointed look and apologized to Yayoi. Then, he unlocked the office, and the silent trio filed in and sat
down on the couch.
"Well, ten more were murdered last night, including a girl that Riho was friends with. Your fingerprints were found at the
scene," Yayoi announced. "Has Riho been by lately? I haven't seen her anywhere. And why were your fingerprints there?"
"I can answer both questions," Shido sighed. "We were there because we heard screams. We went to investigate. And
Riho- Riho...," Shido began, but he broke into sobs before he could finish his sentence.
"Oh, Shido, I'm sorry. Was she a victim, too? The NOS might not have seen her file," Yayoi said, reaching over to pat
Shido's hand.
"Riho is the perpetrator," Cain finished for his lover. "She doesn't look like she's stopping anytime soon."
"Damn," Yayoi said, unbelieving. "Shido, if she's captured... If she's captured, she'll be killed. You know that, right?"
Shido just began to sob louder. "No! No, don't kill her. Part of her doesn't want to kill, I know that. She's just...mad... Yes.
She's mad."
Cain slapped Shido. "You idiot! She knows fully what she's doing, that makes her even more dangerous! You are blind.
You've been blinded by love. Your love is no longer romantic, it is paternal, but it is still there, and it is blinding you! Come
to terms with it, my love. I'm doing this to help you, I'm doing this because I love you. Her death will help you, Shido. It will
take away the guilt you feel for those mortals, and it will take away this sadness."
Shido began to dry his tears. "Cain, it is you that wants her dead. I want her to be herself again. I know you love me, but
that is not how to go about it."
"Shido, all I want is for you to smile just like you did so many years ago in Transylvania. Do you remember? We sat in our
home, together, with your sister who became our daughter when we made her one of us. We were so happy then. I just want
to see your beautiful face light up again, Shido, instead of the tears that now course down your cheeks daily."
"When this is over, Cain, I'll smile again."
Yayoi cleared her throat loudly, and asked, "Shouldn't we be out trying to stop your wayward ex, Shido?"
"Looking for me?," an unearthly giggle came from the corner.
Shido sent a message out to Cain: Keep your shields up!
Cain nodded. What about Yayoi?
She knows. I just hope she's strong enough.
The mortal woman wasn't strong enough. She died in torment only minutes after Riho revealed herself. Her last words were
a declaration of immortal love to her husband, and curses at Riho.
"NO! YAYOI!," Shido screamed.
He began to take shaky steps towards Riho, the sword made from his own blood held in one hand. Cain, however, pulled
him back.
"Shido, you're not thinking clearly. She will kill you now, if you fight her. Wait. Hide," Cain whispered.
The two vampires watched as Riho bent to drain Yayoi of all of her blood. Tears streamed down Shido's face, and Cain
took his lover's face in his hands and turned it gently away. He and Shido held each other. Even Cain felt some sadness for
the mortal woman, but he didn't show it.
When Riho left, the two other vampires stood up.
"Let's call an ambulance," Shido murmured faintly, still reeling from watching his ex-girlfriend kill one of his best friends.
The ambulance was called, and the two vampires were questioned briefly by the NOS without incident. They did, however,
reveal the killer's identity: Riho, a vampire.
When they were back at home, Shido rounded on Cain.
"Why didn't you let me kill her?," Shido shouted. He was furious.
Cain shouted back, "I am not going to let you throw your life away! She'd have killed you! Your shield was slipping!"
"Then let her kill me! One life in exchange for so many others, now that seems like a fair trade."
Cain hit Shido, knocking him on to the chair where they'd blissfully cuddled the night before.
"Cain...," Shido looked up at Cain with a pained expression, "Why?"
"Because I love you. You are not well. Your moods change so suddenly that it is impossible that you are completely sane,
Shido. You are slowly going mad, my love," Cain whispered.
"My ex-lover, my fledgling, my little Riho, is running around killing people! And I'm not supposed to be upset? Sometimes,
I think you're an emotionless monster!"
Cain's eyes widened in pain; the insult hurt him more than he let on. "Shido, I really do love you. I just do not allow my
emotions to surface. It is weak."
"No, it is not, Cain," Shido reached up to touch Cain's face, "Live, show your emotions. I know I'm scaring you, and I'm
sorry. I'm used to your unpredictability, and I know that you don't want to hurt me. It's just your emotions coming through."
"Oh, Shido, Shido, Shido... Sometimes I do want to hurt you. I do, and I'm sorry. I truly am a monster, aren't I? All I can
feel now...is hate."
"No, Cain. You can feel love and fright. I know you don't want to hurt me, but..."
Shido trailed off in amazement. For the first time in his life, he saw his lover cry real tears. Cain was showing his emotions,
and he buried his face in Shido's chest and sobbed, apologizing over and over.
Cain could not speak, so he sent Shido a message telepathically instead. Shido, this is the first time I've cried honest tears
since the day you left me.
Shido replied, petting Cain's head gently. I know, my love. I'm so proud of you.
Do something for me.
What?
Stay sane, Shido. You're slipping. I can tell.
How?
You had no idea where you were last night when we sat together on that chair. You thought we might be back in
Transylvania, but uncertainty was rolling off you in waves.
No...
Stay sane. Please.
I'll try.
That's not good enough.
Cain looked up. He'd stopped crying, but now Shido was the one with tears in his eyes.
"Let's see if anyone else has been killed," Cain muttered, getting up off the chair and turning on a radio.
The radio came on, and the head of NOS was giving a speech of some sort:
"...we know who has been perpetrating the murders that are plaguing our city. The perpetrator is a vampire, known only as
Riho to our organization, and she can apparently kill by torturing the victim with her mind. If she should approach you, there
is no hope. Following the death of prominent NOS member Matsunaga Yayoi, we must consider all vampires to be this
dangerous. As a result, every vampire on this earth must be killed. Methods..."
Cain turned the radio off. He was in shock, and Shido rose from the chair to take his hand. They hoped they'd heard wrong.
They had to have heard wrong. But in their hearts, both vampires knew what the man on the radio had said.
There was going to be an all-out war on vampires.
And then, the pounding on the door and the shouting started.
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Oh, poor vampires, I left them in a cliffhanger... ::winces:: Ouch... Hopefully I'll write more soon. Please review, and even if
you don't, thanks for reading!
-Meowiegirl
