Author's Notes: Well shit, I just figured I'm working on like 13 fics. Gyah! Ah well.

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Chapter 2: Unseverable

Her entire body ached. Her eyes were closed, but she knew it was dark still. She was laying down, on a bed perhaps? She moved an arm...a leg. Bare skin rustled against sheets and it was then she realized she was naked.

Panic set in and with a burst of adrenaline she opened her eyes and sat up, wincing at she did. Her muscles ached as if she had trained for hours, her eyes hurt, she felt weak...drained. And as she blinked in the darkness, she realized there was a stickiness on her skin and as she looked she realized it was red...it was blood.

She tried to make a sound, but it came out as a whimper. Her vocal chords felt strained. Had she been yelling? She closed her eyes, trying to remember.

She had been out..with Ryoga. They were dancing. Music, pulse, then darkness. Wait...there has been more. Ryoga's hands..on her. His lips.

Ryoga.

He was...

"It would be best if you laid back down, Ukyo."

She looked to her left, where Ryoga sat in a chair looking out the window. His gaze slowly turned to look back at her and she was startled by his eyes. They almost seemed to glow.

"R..Ryo.." she paused, swallowing.

"I'm sure you are wondering what has happened, am I right?" he murmured, standing up and walking over to her, gently pushing her shoulders back to lay her down as she numbly complied, her mind a jumbled mass of confusion.

He gently brushed her bangs out of her blue eyes, and caressed her face...noticing a smear of blood on her cheek.

"I was careless...you made me so hungry that I didn't anticipate getting so..carried away." he continued, licking the stain from her cheek.

Her eyes bore into his, questioning with fear.

"I will tell you Ukyo. Tell you everything. It happened in China, as I traveled. A woman appeared, crying for help. I went to her assistance but she did not need help as it turns out. It was then she bit me, and showed me her true face. I woke up disoriented and confused...as I must imagine you feel. I began noticing changes then. Sunlight irritated me, I was cold all the time, and when splashed with water..I did not change. And I was hungry...always hungry. It wasn't until before I left that I realized what I was craving. And what I had become."

He stopped to sit at the edge of the bed and smiled wistfully.

"I suppose no one would ever imagine that Hibiki Ryoga would become a vampire. I came back here with one goal in mind...Tendo Akane. Yes, I still yearn for her and to do so...I needed you. Please don't be too upset, it's just you're the only person I trust for this. I didn't expect you to make me so hungry in the process. I couldn't afford to give you a choice, and for that I'm sorry. I had to bite you, but you aren't what I have become. I have made you my servant of sorts, Ukyo. You will help me get what I want and I will help you. I know you desire Ranma, despite what you say. You will not crave human blood, but only accept what I give you. Such is our bond."

He pressed his lips softly against hers, fleeting.

He could feel her tremble.

"Ah, you must be hungry now." he murmured, and raised his wrist to his mouth to bite into the flesh. Blood poured from the wound, and he pressed it to Ukyo's pale lips. She did not want to part her lips, but the warm liquid against her mouth...she felt a craving for it.

Gingerly, she flicked her tongue against the wound, tasting. She closed her eyes and grabbed his wrist, sucking and drinking his blood feverishly until she stopped and her body shook with convulsions as she made a soft moaning noise.

Ryoga smiled as she opened her eyes and sat up wiping her mouth.

"Feeling better now?" he asked.

She nodded.

As if in a daze, she stood up and walked naked to her closet and grabbed some clothes then padded to the bathroom. He heard the noise of the shower running as he walked back to the chair and looked out at the sky.

He knew she was in a daze about it all, the initial change to her would soon give way and she would realize what she was now.

His servant, a minion. They were now bound by blood. She would serve him as long as he fed her. He could sense her wherever she was if needed, could summon her through thought...she would do whatever he asked.

Part of him felt almost guilty to use her as a tool for his gain, but she truly was the only one he could trust. Somehow though, he knew the way to make her a mere servant and not what he was. It was like the blood of the one who bit him gave him her knowledge too.

Soon enough he heard the shower stop and Ukyo walked out moments later dressed in pajamas.

All traces of blood were gone.

She numbly slipped into bed and looked at him blankly.

"Ryoga...you felt cold." she mumbled, tired.

He looked at her, his smile gone.

"I know."

"Do you want to sleep here with me?"

He shook his head and got up.

"We already slept together." he murmured.

"Huh?"

"Nothing." he said, leaving her room and shutting the door.

He went to his room and drew the thick black curtains shut and locked the door. He stripped off his clothes and slid into bed, sensing dawn was approaching soon.

He was thankful she wouldn't recall much of what had happened. After he seduced her and bit her at the club, they had returned home. He had brought her up the stairs, to her room, and then proceeded to fuck her senseless until his desire had been sated. He had bit her again, drank from her until he finally collapsed atop of her. She had cried out his name so many times that it was no wonder her vocal chords were strained.

It had not been part of the method to make her his servant. It had been for his own need and desire. It had been so intense, the want for her. She would suit his plans better than he thought. He knew the desire would return, and she would be there to sate him.

They both wanted other people, it was a perfect solution.

He closed his eyes.

He would get what he wanted.

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Tendo Nabiki walked hand in hand with Kuno. They had gone for coffee and to a movie and were now headed back to his mansion, where after some prodding on her part he agreed to let her spend the night.

"Nee, Kuno-chan...why do you always argue with me about spending the night?"

Kuno's cheeks reddened and he coughed nervously.

"It is..not appropriate."

"Oh? But you can still sleep with me."

"Ah..can we talk about this later, Tendo Nabiki?"

"Sure thing, Kuno-chan!" she murmured, snuggling closer to him.

As they walked, a tall girl passed by them and Nabiki did a double take.

Pale, wearing all black..but..

"Ukyo?"

"What's that?" Kuno asked.

"Ah, nothing. I thought I saw Ukyo but...nevermind."

She looked back once more.

Ukyo rounded the corner, wondering if Nabiki had recognized her. She wasn't concerned with Kuno, as the man was always oblivious.

Entering her restaurant, she undid her ponytail and sighed.

She hadn't any appetite, and felt...strange.

During the day she felt sluggish, but at night she felt energetic...invicible...and...her blood boiled. It was at night she felt the strange urge to be at Ryoga's side.

Perhaps it was their newfound bond.

And speak of the devil, Ryoga sat at her counter...watching her.

"All back today." he murmured, commenting on her black jeans and tee-shirt.

"I suppose I'm living the cliche." she murmured, going to her refrigerator and grabbing some water.

As she arched her neck back to gulp, Ryoga found himself fascinated by the pale, slim column of flesh and in the blink of an eyes grabbed her, lips nuzzling against her neck.

"I'm feeling hungry Ukyo."

She gasped softly when his tongue darted out to lick the skin of her neck before she felt a slight sting as his fangs sank into her flesh. The pain was gone instantly and a pleasurable feeling filled her body, making her moan.

His thirst gave way to another need: desire.

Removing his mouth from her neck, he ripped her clothing off of her before she could even react and was above her.

She couldn't...wouldn't deny him or her the release they both wanted from each other. He was her master...and at the moment was mastering her body into singing for him.

She wondered briefly, for the moment where their bond weakened as relief came close...if she would ever be independent again...or if she even wanted to.

He stared down at her with an intensity she had never seen in his eyes.

"Our bond is unseverable, Ukyo. Never forget."

She nodded before crying out his name.

In the aftermath, he held her close as they laid behind the counter of her closed restaurant.

His thoughts were erratic.

It had happened again, he hadn't planned on wanting her...especially so soon after first taking her. Ah, but he had felt it coursing through him as he drank from her, desire so potent...it was intoxicating.

He knew it wasn't right to use her so, especially when she wasn't completely herself anymore. He was influencing her thinking, but there was no time for a moral dilemma. So he fed off of her blood, so what if he couldn't help but want to take her?

Wasn't that why she was his servant?

To also aid in his plans for Akane...

He furrowed his brows.

The past two times he had been with Ukyo, he had felt no guilt in it, nor thought of Akane.

Something about that didn't seem...quite right.

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That's it for now. Brain hurts.