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Teil 4
Slowly Ryo opened his eyes again and directly looked in Dee's face. What was he doing here...? Then, however, he remembered and immediately started back, laying a hand to his neck. "Why did you bite me?!? How could you? I trusted you..."
Dee shook his head sadly and a bit confused as well. "But, Ryo...of course I didn't bite you! Please, believe me! I just feigned it to bring you out of this hall. I don't know what that red liquid was, however,...but whatever it was, it certainly wasn't blood. Vampires are able to smell that, you know? Perhaps Kyuketsuki did a trick to help us. I wouldn't bite you. Never.", Dee implored.
Still unsure Ryo ran his hand over his neck. "Strange the red liquid isn't there anymore..." "I know...it vanished about two minutes after I carried you here."
Ryo looked around. How long had he been unconscious? Indeed, they weren't near the building where the dance had taken place anymore... . They were in a dark, uncanny area. It certainly wasn't the centre of the town, because there were trees...well, if one could call those skeletons trees... . He was laying on the trunk of one of those trees, which had fallen to the ground.
"Ryo...you would feel it if you were a vampire...believe me...I talk out of experience..." He suddenly heard Dee's voice and felt his hand on his arm. This time he didn't start back. Indeed he didn't feel different, just a little dizzy...certainly from this terrible dim light, which was still there. At last he nodded.
"Yes...I think you are right...I believe you. I'm sorry, Dee...it's just...I'm confused... . First you tell them, that you will bite me, then you tell me, that you won't and then suddenly I see something which looks very similar to blood running down my neck... ." Dee embraced Ryo slowly, not sure if the blonde cop would push him away. But Ryo stayed.
Dee sighed silently in relief and answered: „It's alright...I'm sorry, too...but I wouldn't have been able to save you otherwise...and I'm sorry, that I reacted so stupid, when I saw you with that girl, after all what you have done for me, ...but I was so jealous..." "Well, she is rather nice and pretty", Ryo grinned when he heard Dee growl, "without her I wouldn't have been able to find you...but she can become really tiresome..."
Dee grinned. Ryo smiled back, then he wondered thoughtfully: "But Dee...what exactly did I do for you? After all it was you who had to save me..." "You came here to look for me...thank you...but, Ryo that was terribly dangerous! I could have lost you!" "Well, if I hadn't come I would have lost you, wouldn't I?" Dee cast his eyes down. "I guess you are right...sorry... . But, really, if not for Kyuketsuki you certainly would have been bitten already..."
Ryo sighed and laid his head tiredly on Dee's shoulder. "Maybe...but Obscur has helped me as well. Did he really bite you? I can't imagine that..." Dee looked at him sadly. "I fear you think wrongly of Obscur.... I believe he is rather evil, like many of those vampires... And if you can believe it or not, even Kyuketsuki has to eat...or better, to drink..." Indeed, Ryo found it difficult to imagine Kyuketsuki biting a human... "But what did happen actually?"
Dee sighed. "Well, you know, I wore a mask which was produced by this strange company. I don't really know what is up with that, but apparently they know about the vampires. They absolutely hate them - well, okay, they are vampires after all – and they try to make them known and unpopular in the whole world. They also attack them, whenever they see them, and make it very difficult for the vampires to bite anyone. And of course the vampires aren't so amused about that ... .
So the vampires took me out of fury, because their plan to eliminate their enemies hadn't worked, into their world and gave me to Obscur who, of course has bitten me with predilection. He himself doesn't like human beings at all...except for biting, of course... ." Ryo looked rather shocked. "Wow I didn't know it was that bad...well, I heard, that he didn't want you to become a vampire, you tore yourself off, however..."
Now, Dee laughed. "Yes...physically he isn't the strongest really. On the contrary to Kyuketsuki who kept me easily from hitting Obscur. But then he told me how to get out." Ryo looked at him sadly. "And then you came back and I..." "It's alright...really Ryo. Your reaction was absolutely normal! A vampire...I can't believe it myself!" "Okay...what do we do now, Dee? Shall we go back to our world? You know, Bicky is waiting...and you are an half-vampire, you can live in the human- world..."
He wished he could just go back, to their normal life and forget all these strange events... but it wasn't that simple... "What do you want to do?" Dee suddenly asked. He seemed to feel that there was something which still bothered Ryo.
"Of course, I want to go back as soon as possible. Bikky is certainly terribly anxious...I don't know how much time has passed... . But somehow...I don't know... . This issue with that company bothers me thoroughly. It doesn't seem fair what they are doing. And those vampires, well at least Kyuketsuki, don't appear that evil... . Perhaps we could do something..." He looked at Dee helplessly.
"Always the cop, aren't you? I can understand you, though, I feel the same. Kyuketsuki has helped us a lot. And I'm rather interested in this company. What they are doing doesn't seem so legal... . But still, they are vampires..."
"Exactly!" Suddenly Ryo felt a cold hand at his neck and he jumped out of shock. Obscur was standing next to him. "Don't forget on whose side you are." Ryo jumped again. Kyuketsuki was standing on the other side. Dee looked rather shocked as well. Obscur sat down next to Ryo, his hand still at his neck.
"How did you like my little trick? Rather helpful, isn't it?" "That was you?? Dee looked at him rather astonished. "Well, not many besides me are able to do that." Obscur replied with little modesty.
Then he turned serious. "Would you really be willing to help us? You could be a huge help for us. You wouldn't need to do much. Just go back to your world and find out what the guys of that company want. Somehow it seems to me as if their reasons are...well, personal. I mean, really, just look at those masks! And some of their actions simply make no sense. Besides...I have no idea how they know that much about us...it's really strange..."
Kyuketsuki looked slightly uncomfortable, but then his expression changed quickly. "Obscur, you can't ask something like that of them! They certainly have other things to do..." "Oh, no, that's all right.", Ryo cut in. "It would just be fair, especially if there are personal reasons behind it all."
Dee nodded as well. "The more I hear about them the less they seem legal..." He seemed to be still astonished that Obscur had helped them. He smiled at Kyuketsuki reassuringly. "That's exactly our job! We are cops after all." "Well, all right. Thank you..." Kyuketski turned around. "Let's go then! I'll take you to the entrance to your world."
Ryo nodded relieved. He felt very exhausted, which didn't only come from a lack of sleep, but above all from this gloomy depressing atmosphere. That was probably the affect which this world had on human beings. No human being was able to live here in the long run, just like no vampire could exist in the human world forever ---
In no time they reached the gate. Dee noticed that Obscur had obviously worked a little magic. Kyuketsuki told him he was right. Most of the vampires used those little charms to go faster from place to place.
Ryo listened to them silently. Strange. If someone had told him about all this he would have laid it aside as nonsense. But now... . Kyuketsuki smiled at Dee as a Good-bye and embraced Ryo, who was rather surprised.
Then, however, Kyuketsuki whispered to him silently: "Keep a sharp eye on him and above all pay attention, that he doesn't bite anybody, even out of accident. He can survive as a half-vampire on normal food, but if he bites someone I don't know what would happen...he probably would become a real vampire... . And one thing more...please, don't judge to quickly with your investigations...Good-Bye!"
Ryo nodded confused but before he could say something Kyuketsuki pushed him through the gate to Dee. He became unconscious, when he was pulled back into his own world. ---
This time he awoke rather fast again. Dee opened his eyes at the same moment. "Where are we?" In the old factory hall." Ryo replied thoughtfully. "Dee...was what happened just now real or did I simply have a bad dream?" he added hopefully. Dee showed him his fangs sadly. "No, I fear it's reality." Ryo sighed. "Okay, let's go home." He got up and went outside, closely followed by Dee.
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Of course they went as fast as possible to Ryo's flat. They weren't sure how long they had been away. It hadn't seemed to be a long time, but one never knows... . Ryo had hardly opened the door when Bikky already fell around his neck. "Ryo, where have you been that long? You have never been away for two days, because of a case without calling or something like that!"
"I'm terribly sorry, but I wasn't able to. Well, now I'm here again and everything is all right." He smiled reassuringly. He was really very sorry to have worried Bikky like that...he had been absolutely irresponsible, as he had to admit...but what else could he have done?
Bikky nodded. "It's all right...Anyway I was most of the time at Carol's. He grinned. "Was it at least worth it?" Ryo turned around to Dee smilingly and nodded. "Yes...definitely." Then he yawned. "I'm terribly tired... . I'll go to bed, all right?" Dee agreed. "Me too." Bikky went into his room shaking his head. "It's bright midday!"
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In the late afternoon Ryo awakened again. He looked at Dee, who was still sleeping deeply. His mouth was slightly open, so one could see his long vampire teeth. Well, obviously it really hadn't been a dream... . He wondered how Dee could hide them from other people. Was this possible at all? He sighed.
He went to the window and decided looking outside that he could as well go to the library and look something up about the company, while Dee was still sleeping. The sooner it was over, the better. Without even admitting it he still hoped, that there would be a way for Dee to become entirely human again... After telling Bikky where he was going he left.
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Dee awoke only some hours later. Sleepily he looked out of the window. He still was terribly tired, even though it was already evening! He really would have to change his sleeping habitudes again... . While he noticed rather terrified in the bathroom that he wasn't able to see his mirror reflection anymore, Ryo arrived at home again.
"Hi Dee, awake at least?" He smiled and kissed him on the cheek. In the next moment, however, he froze. "That's...frightening...I can see my reflection...but I can't see yours! I appear as if I am holding pure air..." "I know..." Dee replied silently.
Then he turned around, standing in front of Ryo, so both of them couldn't see the mirror anymore. "What do I look like?" "Well...terribly pale. And your canine teeth...they are really attracting too much attention..." "But what can we do about them?" Dee sighed, then however his expression changed and he pulled Ryo in an embrace, grinning. He kissed him.
"Do my teeth disturb you?" Ryo laughed silently and responded. "No, they really don't disturb me..." Then he became serious again. "Do you think we should tell Bikky?" "I think we have to tell him...unless we find a way how to make me a human being again." Dee smiled sadly and continued: "So I think we will have to tell him. Oh by the way, where have you been?"
"In the library. I've collected information about this company. Their name is surprisingly 'Halloween'." "How fitting..." Dee said sarcastically. "I thought they didn't like vampires?" "Well, besides that I didn't learn much about them. Of course there was much about this blackmailing, but nothing, which we didn't know before anyway. They produce masks and similar accessories for Halloween, which are all very ugly. They are very detailed. And they also sell false vampire teeth and other things like that." "Well, I could rather use the opposite...", Dee threw in grinning.
Ryo smiled. "The strange thing is, they also sell books now or then or write something for the newspaper... . We should take a look at those books and newspaper articles sometime, I think." "Rather dubious, I've never heard of a company which handles so many different things..." Dee shook his head. "Has no one noticed this yet?"
"Well, it appears that harming vampires in any way is the only thing they have on mind. You haven't heard everything, yet. It is said, that they also offer courses how to find and kill vampires, as well as things which should be useful against vampires ...but well, nobody seems to believe them really, they sell almost nothing."
"What? But how can they still exist?" "Well, the company is almost bankruptcy all of the time...but never fully bankrupt. Something always seems to help them out in the last minute ... . About their motives I can't say anything. Their behaviour is absolutely absurd, it just makes no sense. I also don't know if they are aware of this balance of powers, which Obscur told us they are disturbing. But I also found something which could be of great use."
He pulled a sheet of paper out of his pocket. "I found an address, which we can use to find out more about them. And the best of it: This place is in New York!" "Great! Well done!"Dee patted his shoulder. Ryo nodded. "I would suggest, that we first work on those books and newspaper articles tomorrow after work. That will certainly be interesting."
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"Ryo! Dee! Could you please give me one plausible reason why you were absent for two days without notifying me? Dee, I hope you don't conceal something about your disappearance after Halloween? Were you abducted or attacked by any chance? In this case it would be, as you know very well, an affair for the police, don't even think of investigating by yourself."
Berkeley looked at Dee with a strict expression, which became softer, however, once he turned to Ryo. Dee shook his head. "How can you think of something like that?!? I only caught a cold, because I stayed outside so long in the cold and Ryo took care of me of course. And that kept him so on the move that he totally forgot calling you, because I also infected Bikky and so he had to take care of him as well...well, you certainly know how difficult this is, with children and all...", Dee lied, without batting an eyelash.
Berkeley appeared rather disbelieving, which changed quickly when Ryo smiled at him friendly and said: "Really, sir, that's true. Bikky , by the way, is luckily feeling much better now as well." "I am glad to hear that." Berkeley returned the smile. „Fine, that clears up the matter."
Dee glared at Berkeley angrily, always minding not to open his mouth too far. When Berkeley noticed something Dee could only hope that he thought it a bad Halloween joke... luckily that holiday took place not so long ago... . He wondered whether Berkeley would let a vampire work in a police office... .
He was ripped out of his thoughts when Berkeley began explaining the new case and Ryo gripped his arm abruptly. "Ryo?" Surprised Berkeley looked at him. „Oh, everything is all right, I was simply surprised..." Ryo smiled nervously.
Dee regarded him with a concerned look and now listened to what Berkeley was explaining to them. "Well, as I already said, it's absolutely unexplainable, how this person was killed. Indeed there was found a wound to the throat, but that can't be the cause of death. The death cause seems to be however, that this person had almost no blood in her body left. Why, is unknown.
There wasn't found any blood around her and what kind of murderer would take the time to remove the blood? And these cases have appeared rather often in the last time." Dee could very well think of someone who would do something like that. Too well.
Now he knew the reason why Ryo had been so shocked. Aloud he said: "All right, somehow we will find out who has committed that crime..." Berkeley nodded and the both of them left the room slowly. "What shall we do now, Dee? We can impossibly arrest a vampire!" "I don't know...we will have to think of something. But we have one advantage: Now we can occupy us with the topic at work as well and we don't have to do everything after work."
Ryo nodded hesitatingly. "Dee...? That....that wasn't...you, was it...?" Terrified Dee turned around. "Ryo, tell me you don't seriously believe this." "No..." "I'm, opposite to real vampires, able to eat normal food as well, don't be afraid."
Ryo nodded slowly "It's so terrible...one forgets it totally, when one is in their presence, but on the whole they are still just murderers...they should at least make their victims vampires...then they wouldn't die..." "I know....but still it's somehow different... . Besides there are certainly many people who would rather die than become a vampire."
"But...perhaps we shouldn't help them, after all, they..." "Ryo...." Dee cut in shaking his head. "We can't do anything about their nature...you remember this balance of power? And besides I'm sure that it mainly is the fault of this company. The vampires are angry and...now that I think about it...perhaps some ...no, most of the murders are caused by the company. I'm not sure of course, but it would be very possible..." "Possible...indeed..." Ryo nodded thoughtfully.
"And with that we have a really good reason for stopping that company, haven't we? Or have you ever heard of such cases before?" Dee laid an arm around Ryo's shoulders and pulled him close. Ryo smiled gently.
In the meantime they had reached their office and just in this moment JJ's voice sounded: "Hey, you're at work here, have you already forgot?" But his timbre changed, as soon as he reached Dee. "It's so great, that you're back! How are you? Are you okay? I heard, you were ill!" Dee tried desperately to shake off JJ, while Ryo shot deathly glances in their direction.
Suddenly JJ let go off Dee and stared at him irritated. "Is something wrong?" Dee asked nervously. As precaution he turned he head away while he spoke. "No...no, I just thought for a second...your teeth...they appeared so strange..." Then JJ laughed. "Funny, the hallucinations I have, aren't they?" He grinned and went away. Dee looked after him concerned. "Dear Lord...even JJ is beginning to notice something..."
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"Now we have been working on this case the whole day already and not the slightest progress..." Dee sighed and let his head sink onto the desk. "And I'm so tired...." Ryo regarded him over the edge of his glasses. "I'm tired as well...we can go home soon, but as least try to find anything until then., at least...Wait a moment, what's that? Look at that!!!"
Dee stood up and looked over Ryo's shoulder onto his monitor. "So what?" „That's a member of the company Halloween....50 years ago! And do you recognize that person who is standing next to him?" Dee pondered. Indeed, the person seemed well known. A rather tall young man with almost white hair and black eyes. Only the skin colour seemed wrong. It was too dark.
Then he started. "That's... Kyuketsuki? But... what is he doing there?" "I don't know...just...when we went, he said to me, that we shouldn't judge to fast ...perhaps he was speaking of this?"
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TBC! I hope you still like it...Again I'm sorry, that I'm that slow, but I can't really promise to be faster next time, because I never manage to keep my promises...sigh Oh by the way, I've drawn some pictures of Obscur and Kyuketsuki, please send me an e-mail if you want to see them. Please tell me, what you think about that chapter!!! Love, Lichtelfe
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Disclaimer: Fake belongs to Sanami Matoh and I'm earning no money with this story of course.
Warnings: Shonen-Ai(of course it is, it's FAKE), Fantasy and perhaps a little bit Horror
Teil 4
Slowly Ryo opened his eyes again and directly looked in Dee's face. What was he doing here...? Then, however, he remembered and immediately started back, laying a hand to his neck. "Why did you bite me?!? How could you? I trusted you..."
Dee shook his head sadly and a bit confused as well. "But, Ryo...of course I didn't bite you! Please, believe me! I just feigned it to bring you out of this hall. I don't know what that red liquid was, however,...but whatever it was, it certainly wasn't blood. Vampires are able to smell that, you know? Perhaps Kyuketsuki did a trick to help us. I wouldn't bite you. Never.", Dee implored.
Still unsure Ryo ran his hand over his neck. "Strange the red liquid isn't there anymore..." "I know...it vanished about two minutes after I carried you here."
Ryo looked around. How long had he been unconscious? Indeed, they weren't near the building where the dance had taken place anymore... . They were in a dark, uncanny area. It certainly wasn't the centre of the town, because there were trees...well, if one could call those skeletons trees... . He was laying on the trunk of one of those trees, which had fallen to the ground.
"Ryo...you would feel it if you were a vampire...believe me...I talk out of experience..." He suddenly heard Dee's voice and felt his hand on his arm. This time he didn't start back. Indeed he didn't feel different, just a little dizzy...certainly from this terrible dim light, which was still there. At last he nodded.
"Yes...I think you are right...I believe you. I'm sorry, Dee...it's just...I'm confused... . First you tell them, that you will bite me, then you tell me, that you won't and then suddenly I see something which looks very similar to blood running down my neck... ." Dee embraced Ryo slowly, not sure if the blonde cop would push him away. But Ryo stayed.
Dee sighed silently in relief and answered: „It's alright...I'm sorry, too...but I wouldn't have been able to save you otherwise...and I'm sorry, that I reacted so stupid, when I saw you with that girl, after all what you have done for me, ...but I was so jealous..." "Well, she is rather nice and pretty", Ryo grinned when he heard Dee growl, "without her I wouldn't have been able to find you...but she can become really tiresome..."
Dee grinned. Ryo smiled back, then he wondered thoughtfully: "But Dee...what exactly did I do for you? After all it was you who had to save me..." "You came here to look for me...thank you...but, Ryo that was terribly dangerous! I could have lost you!" "Well, if I hadn't come I would have lost you, wouldn't I?" Dee cast his eyes down. "I guess you are right...sorry... . But, really, if not for Kyuketsuki you certainly would have been bitten already..."
Ryo sighed and laid his head tiredly on Dee's shoulder. "Maybe...but Obscur has helped me as well. Did he really bite you? I can't imagine that..." Dee looked at him sadly. "I fear you think wrongly of Obscur.... I believe he is rather evil, like many of those vampires... And if you can believe it or not, even Kyuketsuki has to eat...or better, to drink..." Indeed, Ryo found it difficult to imagine Kyuketsuki biting a human... "But what did happen actually?"
Dee sighed. "Well, you know, I wore a mask which was produced by this strange company. I don't really know what is up with that, but apparently they know about the vampires. They absolutely hate them - well, okay, they are vampires after all – and they try to make them known and unpopular in the whole world. They also attack them, whenever they see them, and make it very difficult for the vampires to bite anyone. And of course the vampires aren't so amused about that ... .
So the vampires took me out of fury, because their plan to eliminate their enemies hadn't worked, into their world and gave me to Obscur who, of course has bitten me with predilection. He himself doesn't like human beings at all...except for biting, of course... ." Ryo looked rather shocked. "Wow I didn't know it was that bad...well, I heard, that he didn't want you to become a vampire, you tore yourself off, however..."
Now, Dee laughed. "Yes...physically he isn't the strongest really. On the contrary to Kyuketsuki who kept me easily from hitting Obscur. But then he told me how to get out." Ryo looked at him sadly. "And then you came back and I..." "It's alright...really Ryo. Your reaction was absolutely normal! A vampire...I can't believe it myself!" "Okay...what do we do now, Dee? Shall we go back to our world? You know, Bicky is waiting...and you are an half-vampire, you can live in the human- world..."
He wished he could just go back, to their normal life and forget all these strange events... but it wasn't that simple... "What do you want to do?" Dee suddenly asked. He seemed to feel that there was something which still bothered Ryo.
"Of course, I want to go back as soon as possible. Bikky is certainly terribly anxious...I don't know how much time has passed... . But somehow...I don't know... . This issue with that company bothers me thoroughly. It doesn't seem fair what they are doing. And those vampires, well at least Kyuketsuki, don't appear that evil... . Perhaps we could do something..." He looked at Dee helplessly.
"Always the cop, aren't you? I can understand you, though, I feel the same. Kyuketsuki has helped us a lot. And I'm rather interested in this company. What they are doing doesn't seem so legal... . But still, they are vampires..."
"Exactly!" Suddenly Ryo felt a cold hand at his neck and he jumped out of shock. Obscur was standing next to him. "Don't forget on whose side you are." Ryo jumped again. Kyuketsuki was standing on the other side. Dee looked rather shocked as well. Obscur sat down next to Ryo, his hand still at his neck.
"How did you like my little trick? Rather helpful, isn't it?" "That was you?? Dee looked at him rather astonished. "Well, not many besides me are able to do that." Obscur replied with little modesty.
Then he turned serious. "Would you really be willing to help us? You could be a huge help for us. You wouldn't need to do much. Just go back to your world and find out what the guys of that company want. Somehow it seems to me as if their reasons are...well, personal. I mean, really, just look at those masks! And some of their actions simply make no sense. Besides...I have no idea how they know that much about us...it's really strange..."
Kyuketsuki looked slightly uncomfortable, but then his expression changed quickly. "Obscur, you can't ask something like that of them! They certainly have other things to do..." "Oh, no, that's all right.", Ryo cut in. "It would just be fair, especially if there are personal reasons behind it all."
Dee nodded as well. "The more I hear about them the less they seem legal..." He seemed to be still astonished that Obscur had helped them. He smiled at Kyuketsuki reassuringly. "That's exactly our job! We are cops after all." "Well, all right. Thank you..." Kyuketski turned around. "Let's go then! I'll take you to the entrance to your world."
Ryo nodded relieved. He felt very exhausted, which didn't only come from a lack of sleep, but above all from this gloomy depressing atmosphere. That was probably the affect which this world had on human beings. No human being was able to live here in the long run, just like no vampire could exist in the human world forever ---
In no time they reached the gate. Dee noticed that Obscur had obviously worked a little magic. Kyuketsuki told him he was right. Most of the vampires used those little charms to go faster from place to place.
Ryo listened to them silently. Strange. If someone had told him about all this he would have laid it aside as nonsense. But now... . Kyuketsuki smiled at Dee as a Good-bye and embraced Ryo, who was rather surprised.
Then, however, Kyuketsuki whispered to him silently: "Keep a sharp eye on him and above all pay attention, that he doesn't bite anybody, even out of accident. He can survive as a half-vampire on normal food, but if he bites someone I don't know what would happen...he probably would become a real vampire... . And one thing more...please, don't judge to quickly with your investigations...Good-Bye!"
Ryo nodded confused but before he could say something Kyuketsuki pushed him through the gate to Dee. He became unconscious, when he was pulled back into his own world. ---
This time he awoke rather fast again. Dee opened his eyes at the same moment. "Where are we?" In the old factory hall." Ryo replied thoughtfully. "Dee...was what happened just now real or did I simply have a bad dream?" he added hopefully. Dee showed him his fangs sadly. "No, I fear it's reality." Ryo sighed. "Okay, let's go home." He got up and went outside, closely followed by Dee.
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Of course they went as fast as possible to Ryo's flat. They weren't sure how long they had been away. It hadn't seemed to be a long time, but one never knows... . Ryo had hardly opened the door when Bikky already fell around his neck. "Ryo, where have you been that long? You have never been away for two days, because of a case without calling or something like that!"
"I'm terribly sorry, but I wasn't able to. Well, now I'm here again and everything is all right." He smiled reassuringly. He was really very sorry to have worried Bikky like that...he had been absolutely irresponsible, as he had to admit...but what else could he have done?
Bikky nodded. "It's all right...Anyway I was most of the time at Carol's. He grinned. "Was it at least worth it?" Ryo turned around to Dee smilingly and nodded. "Yes...definitely." Then he yawned. "I'm terribly tired... . I'll go to bed, all right?" Dee agreed. "Me too." Bikky went into his room shaking his head. "It's bright midday!"
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In the late afternoon Ryo awakened again. He looked at Dee, who was still sleeping deeply. His mouth was slightly open, so one could see his long vampire teeth. Well, obviously it really hadn't been a dream... . He wondered how Dee could hide them from other people. Was this possible at all? He sighed.
He went to the window and decided looking outside that he could as well go to the library and look something up about the company, while Dee was still sleeping. The sooner it was over, the better. Without even admitting it he still hoped, that there would be a way for Dee to become entirely human again... After telling Bikky where he was going he left.
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Dee awoke only some hours later. Sleepily he looked out of the window. He still was terribly tired, even though it was already evening! He really would have to change his sleeping habitudes again... . While he noticed rather terrified in the bathroom that he wasn't able to see his mirror reflection anymore, Ryo arrived at home again.
"Hi Dee, awake at least?" He smiled and kissed him on the cheek. In the next moment, however, he froze. "That's...frightening...I can see my reflection...but I can't see yours! I appear as if I am holding pure air..." "I know..." Dee replied silently.
Then he turned around, standing in front of Ryo, so both of them couldn't see the mirror anymore. "What do I look like?" "Well...terribly pale. And your canine teeth...they are really attracting too much attention..." "But what can we do about them?" Dee sighed, then however his expression changed and he pulled Ryo in an embrace, grinning. He kissed him.
"Do my teeth disturb you?" Ryo laughed silently and responded. "No, they really don't disturb me..." Then he became serious again. "Do you think we should tell Bikky?" "I think we have to tell him...unless we find a way how to make me a human being again." Dee smiled sadly and continued: "So I think we will have to tell him. Oh by the way, where have you been?"
"In the library. I've collected information about this company. Their name is surprisingly 'Halloween'." "How fitting..." Dee said sarcastically. "I thought they didn't like vampires?" "Well, besides that I didn't learn much about them. Of course there was much about this blackmailing, but nothing, which we didn't know before anyway. They produce masks and similar accessories for Halloween, which are all very ugly. They are very detailed. And they also sell false vampire teeth and other things like that." "Well, I could rather use the opposite...", Dee threw in grinning.
Ryo smiled. "The strange thing is, they also sell books now or then or write something for the newspaper... . We should take a look at those books and newspaper articles sometime, I think." "Rather dubious, I've never heard of a company which handles so many different things..." Dee shook his head. "Has no one noticed this yet?"
"Well, it appears that harming vampires in any way is the only thing they have on mind. You haven't heard everything, yet. It is said, that they also offer courses how to find and kill vampires, as well as things which should be useful against vampires ...but well, nobody seems to believe them really, they sell almost nothing."
"What? But how can they still exist?" "Well, the company is almost bankruptcy all of the time...but never fully bankrupt. Something always seems to help them out in the last minute ... . About their motives I can't say anything. Their behaviour is absolutely absurd, it just makes no sense. I also don't know if they are aware of this balance of powers, which Obscur told us they are disturbing. But I also found something which could be of great use."
He pulled a sheet of paper out of his pocket. "I found an address, which we can use to find out more about them. And the best of it: This place is in New York!" "Great! Well done!"Dee patted his shoulder. Ryo nodded. "I would suggest, that we first work on those books and newspaper articles tomorrow after work. That will certainly be interesting."
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"Ryo! Dee! Could you please give me one plausible reason why you were absent for two days without notifying me? Dee, I hope you don't conceal something about your disappearance after Halloween? Were you abducted or attacked by any chance? In this case it would be, as you know very well, an affair for the police, don't even think of investigating by yourself."
Berkeley looked at Dee with a strict expression, which became softer, however, once he turned to Ryo. Dee shook his head. "How can you think of something like that?!? I only caught a cold, because I stayed outside so long in the cold and Ryo took care of me of course. And that kept him so on the move that he totally forgot calling you, because I also infected Bikky and so he had to take care of him as well...well, you certainly know how difficult this is, with children and all...", Dee lied, without batting an eyelash.
Berkeley appeared rather disbelieving, which changed quickly when Ryo smiled at him friendly and said: "Really, sir, that's true. Bikky , by the way, is luckily feeling much better now as well." "I am glad to hear that." Berkeley returned the smile. „Fine, that clears up the matter."
Dee glared at Berkeley angrily, always minding not to open his mouth too far. When Berkeley noticed something Dee could only hope that he thought it a bad Halloween joke... luckily that holiday took place not so long ago... . He wondered whether Berkeley would let a vampire work in a police office... .
He was ripped out of his thoughts when Berkeley began explaining the new case and Ryo gripped his arm abruptly. "Ryo?" Surprised Berkeley looked at him. „Oh, everything is all right, I was simply surprised..." Ryo smiled nervously.
Dee regarded him with a concerned look and now listened to what Berkeley was explaining to them. "Well, as I already said, it's absolutely unexplainable, how this person was killed. Indeed there was found a wound to the throat, but that can't be the cause of death. The death cause seems to be however, that this person had almost no blood in her body left. Why, is unknown.
There wasn't found any blood around her and what kind of murderer would take the time to remove the blood? And these cases have appeared rather often in the last time." Dee could very well think of someone who would do something like that. Too well.
Now he knew the reason why Ryo had been so shocked. Aloud he said: "All right, somehow we will find out who has committed that crime..." Berkeley nodded and the both of them left the room slowly. "What shall we do now, Dee? We can impossibly arrest a vampire!" "I don't know...we will have to think of something. But we have one advantage: Now we can occupy us with the topic at work as well and we don't have to do everything after work."
Ryo nodded hesitatingly. "Dee...? That....that wasn't...you, was it...?" Terrified Dee turned around. "Ryo, tell me you don't seriously believe this." "No..." "I'm, opposite to real vampires, able to eat normal food as well, don't be afraid."
Ryo nodded slowly "It's so terrible...one forgets it totally, when one is in their presence, but on the whole they are still just murderers...they should at least make their victims vampires...then they wouldn't die..." "I know....but still it's somehow different... . Besides there are certainly many people who would rather die than become a vampire."
"But...perhaps we shouldn't help them, after all, they..." "Ryo...." Dee cut in shaking his head. "We can't do anything about their nature...you remember this balance of power? And besides I'm sure that it mainly is the fault of this company. The vampires are angry and...now that I think about it...perhaps some ...no, most of the murders are caused by the company. I'm not sure of course, but it would be very possible..." "Possible...indeed..." Ryo nodded thoughtfully.
"And with that we have a really good reason for stopping that company, haven't we? Or have you ever heard of such cases before?" Dee laid an arm around Ryo's shoulders and pulled him close. Ryo smiled gently.
In the meantime they had reached their office and just in this moment JJ's voice sounded: "Hey, you're at work here, have you already forgot?" But his timbre changed, as soon as he reached Dee. "It's so great, that you're back! How are you? Are you okay? I heard, you were ill!" Dee tried desperately to shake off JJ, while Ryo shot deathly glances in their direction.
Suddenly JJ let go off Dee and stared at him irritated. "Is something wrong?" Dee asked nervously. As precaution he turned he head away while he spoke. "No...no, I just thought for a second...your teeth...they appeared so strange..." Then JJ laughed. "Funny, the hallucinations I have, aren't they?" He grinned and went away. Dee looked after him concerned. "Dear Lord...even JJ is beginning to notice something..."
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"Now we have been working on this case the whole day already and not the slightest progress..." Dee sighed and let his head sink onto the desk. "And I'm so tired...." Ryo regarded him over the edge of his glasses. "I'm tired as well...we can go home soon, but as least try to find anything until then., at least...Wait a moment, what's that? Look at that!!!"
Dee stood up and looked over Ryo's shoulder onto his monitor. "So what?" „That's a member of the company Halloween....50 years ago! And do you recognize that person who is standing next to him?" Dee pondered. Indeed, the person seemed well known. A rather tall young man with almost white hair and black eyes. Only the skin colour seemed wrong. It was too dark.
Then he started. "That's... Kyuketsuki? But... what is he doing there?" "I don't know...just...when we went, he said to me, that we shouldn't judge to fast ...perhaps he was speaking of this?"
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TBC! I hope you still like it...Again I'm sorry, that I'm that slow, but I can't really promise to be faster next time, because I never manage to keep my promises...sigh Oh by the way, I've drawn some pictures of Obscur and Kyuketsuki, please send me an e-mail if you want to see them. Please tell me, what you think about that chapter!!! Love, Lichtelfe