I started working on this about a year or two ago and I've finally worked it out so that I can post it.
Disclaimer: I own nothing to do with Digimon or its components.
Spring. A colorful time of the year. For any young woman it is a pleasant time, but for one girl it's hell. Instead of seeing colors all that is seen is dark and gray. 17yrs old and part of the damned.
Izumi Orimoto stands next to two graves holding back tears of sadness and hatred because she knows that they will not being back her parents. Her mother, Melina Orimoto, a beautiful and well known fashion designer and her father, James Orimoto, one of the top lawyers of this time gone because of a vampire's desire for her.
"I miss you Mama, Daddy." She whispered struggling to keep the tears back.
"It's because of your stubbornness that they are gone Izumi." A chilling voice echoed from the shadows.
"I did nothing!" She yelled back at the voice.
"Exactly. You did nothing to save them."
"I couldn't. You killed them when I was with friends. I had no way to save them." The sound of guilt took over her voice.
"You could have saved them, but your stubbornness and purity got in the way."
"I hate you Deblin! I hate all vampires!" She yelled at the figure emerging from the shadows.
"You hate yourself then?" It was more of a statement then a question.
"Especially myself. I didn't chose to become a killer, you fucking chose for me. When you poured your damned blood in my mouth forcefully, you chose my future, my fate. All you want me for is your own god damned pleasure. I wish I could kill you."
"Why don't you?" He taunted her his platinum hair falling over his porcelain face.
"I'm not like you. I don't kill to get what I want. I don't kill period except for those disgusting rats." She glared at him her silver-turquoise eyes glistening in the moonlight.
"You've never tasted how sweet human blood is? I'm surprised you have lasted this long. Any vampire that lives on only rats is bound to waste away to nothing within a week." He taunted again his emerald eyes gazing upon her figure.
"I could live longer than you Deblin."
"Ha! I'm well over 200yrs old. You are merely 17. You could never last longer than me." He walked towards her.
"Stay away from me." She scowled.
"I love the feisty ones, but you're going to need some training." He pinned her against a tree with his agile reflexes.
"I'm no one's whore."
"We can fix that." He growled.
"Drop the girl Deblin." A young man around Izumi's age appeared from the shadows.
He wore a dark blue duster with a lighter blue jacket that covered a yellow shirt. He had medium dark blue hair pulled back into a ponytail, his side-burns down and the rest of his hair covered by a blue bandana with brown stripes in various places. His blue eyes bore into Deblin.
"Stay out of this Mitoko."
"I can't do that. I'm not going to let you hurt anyone anymore. It's kind of obvious you killed that fashion designer and her husband. You ruined a girl's life as did mine and my friends. I'm not about to let you ruin another's." His face was hard and emotionless. "Now let her go."
"You do know I will kill you once I let go." Deblin chuckled at him.
"You have yet to kill me. What makes you think you can do it now?" He asked reaching under his duster and pulling out a silver scythe then twirling it.
"Foolish boy." Deblin dropped Izumi and attacked the boy.
When Izumi regained her footing she looked long and hard at her 'rescuer'.
'All this because of me. I'm disgusted for even living. The boy is holding up well against Deblin though, next time I see him I shall have to get his name.' Izumi thought to herself as she walked away from the dueling men.
The fight between the boy and Deblin commenced till Deblin noticed that Izumi's presence was no longer there. He growled and jumped away from the boy.
"We'll finish this later Kenji." He sneered as he ran into the shadows.
"He never knows when to stop." Kenji said coldly as his scythe disappeared beneath his duster then he too retreated to the shadows.
"Looks like our Deblin has chosen another target my dear. What should we do with this one?" A girl giggled to the man standing next to her.
"What do you purpose darling? It seems to me that Kenji Mitoko has taken a liking to this girl even if his expression denies it. Maybe we could use her to be rid of him."
"Oh what fun!" She exclaimed clasping her hands together, "Maybe then we can finally release our power to the world. What do you think Taten?" She shined her silver-pink eyes up at her
lover.
"Perfect Allana. You deem your title well love." He held her in his arms.
"We will rule again and this time we will not have balance stop us from our objectives." She giggled evilly.
"Izumi! Hey Izumi!"
"Oh hello Melanie. How have you been?" Izumi walked towards her friend.
"Fine. It's good to see you in school again. How have you been holding up?" Melanie asked pushing her brown curls behind her ear.
"Better than expected. You do know you have to fill me in on all the gossip i've missed"
"You so missed it. Yesterday Victoria Lockwood came to school trying to do your red streaks and we had that swimming test and after she was done with hers her hair turned pink. She ran into the locker room crying."
"She is such a poser. I don't see what boys see in her."
"My thoughts exactly. Oh yea I heard that there is a new student that is the hottest. I think his name is Kenji Mitoko. Oh my gosh he's right there." Melanie pointed to a guy being swarmed by girls looking rather annoyed.
"Doesn't seem that special to me. Looks like another guy that is going to have a fan club." Izumi shrugged as she saw Victoria walk up to him, "I thought her hair was pink?"
"Must have got it dyed back last night."
"Well I feel like getting on her nerves. Come on." Izumi walked over to Kenji and the mob of girls.
"Hi there. I'm Izumi Orimoto." She said politely holding out her hand to him.
"Kenji." He said in a monotone.
"Not very enthusiastic are we."
"Well she isn't dead. Darn I thought my wish finally came true." Victoria said sarcastically.
"The day I die hell will freeze over Victoria." Izumi glared at her.
"I really thought you would join your parents in hell by now Izumi." Victoria chuckled, "Of course they got what was coming to them. Now that they are gone I guess you really can't hold up your rep since 'mommy' was who set it for you with your designer clothes."
"What did you say?" Izumi's voice became agitated and sounded like she was going to kill something.
"Geez do I have to spell it out to you. You-are-finished. You're parents deserved what came to them." She placed her hands on her hips grinning.
Izumi then lost it. She hit Victoria in the jaw then pinned her to the wall by her throat, but not putting enough pressure to choke her.
"Don't you know it's rude to speak ill of the dead Victoria? If I ever hear you speak of my parents like that again I swear I will kill you." Izumi's eyes flashed a silver-turquoise at Victoria.
It was only when Izumi felt hands on her shoulders did she let go of her. She turned around to see Kenji looking at her his eyes gentle and comforting.
"Can I talk to you alone?" He smiled at her.
"Fine." She said coldly picking up her discarded books and walking to different part of the school Kenji following her.
"That bitch. It's true her parents got what they deserved." Victoria said to herself rubbing her neck, 'How dare she try to take my Deblin away from me.'
"You know it's not every day I'm choosing to have a decent conversation with a vampire." Kenji said looking at the sky.
"You must be a hunter then. I heard about your kind from Deblin. I've been told to stay away from people like you, but I don't care if I die. It's what I want more than anything except to see Deblin die." Izumi leaned against a wall, "Why don't you kill me if you're a hunter?"
"I can't."
"Why? Only hunt at night?" She taunted.
"No I hunt when I want. It's against the code to kill the balance, vampire or human." He than looked at her, "Even if they are the most dangerous thing on earth. The prophecies are true. I'm Kenji Mitoko, one of the head vampire hunters. The objectives of the vampire hunters is to protect humans from the vampires, but most of all protect the balance from the Queen of the Vamps, Allana."
"So what you're saying is I'm the balance and you're here to protect me?" She looked at him like he was a nut.
"No you're only half the balance. The balance is male and female, you happen to be the female part. Allana has no idea that the balance is two separate people and only knows of the male portion and believes he is the complete balance."
"Now I think you are a total nutcase." Izumi started to walk away.
"If you don't believe me then go to the park on east 10th street at 8 pm."
"Whatever." Then the two parted their meeting set if Izumi decided she wanted proof.
"He said 8 so where is he?" Izumi was growing impatient.
It was now 8:15pm and Kenji had yet to show his face. She had been waiting 15 minutes and was getting pretty pissed off and hungry.
"I'm surprised you gave into your curiosity." Kenji stepped from behind a nearby tree.
"I didn't give in to anything. I just wanted to see more of what a nutcase you are. Come on, me part of the balance? I'm a freaking vamp. What kind of balance is that?" She pushed her long blond hair behind her right ear.
"You don't believe in anything do you?"
"When you lost your life to a bastard like Deblin there is really nothing to believe in, not even love."
"Love is present where ever you are, just believing in it will unleash it."
"I thought you were a vamp hunter not a philosopher."
"Come with me. Put this on." He tossed her his bandana.
"Why?" She stood there looking at it.
"Can't have you seeing the way to our hideout. Now put it on." He ordered in his monotone voice his loose blue hair blowing in the wind.
"Fine." She folded it up into a blindfold and tied it around her head, "How am I supposed to follow you if I can't see where I'm going?"
Shortly after she had said that she felt the soft skin of his hand take hers.
"You need to be quiet on the way there." He said in a hushed voice.
Shortly after they had set off they entered a building.
"You can take it off now."
Izumi took off her blindfold and handed it back to Kenji.
"Why is it so bright?" Izumi shielded her eyes from the blinding light.
"It's to ward off intruders who some how find their way here." Kenji also shielded his eyes and went to the nearest wall.
He tapped on it twice and it opened.
"Follow me." He signaled her with his hand.
Izumi followed and soon they were in a dark corridor. They walked down it and soon came upon a French door. Kenji opened it and revealed a beautiful room that had thousands of books and 2 figures sitting in chairs reading.
"Hey Kenji." A girl said not looking up from her book.
"Lilith I was wondering...."
"Don't even think about PJ." Lilith glanced up from her book to look at the brown haired boy in front of her with blue-gray eyes.
"But Lilith-"
"No buts PJ you can not date the female balance." She then shifted and looked at Kenji and Izumi before she jumped up pulling a knife out of her shoe, "Kenji, do you know what is behind you?"
"Yes. We had a little mishap happen. Deblin got to her before we did, so our female balance is now a vampire." He took off his duster and hung it on the coat rack.
"Who's your friend Kenji?" A voice came from behind Izumi. She jumped out of the way just incase this new person tried to jump at her presence. "Jumpy isn't she."
"You would be too if you were in a room with vampire hunters if you were a vampire Taguya." Kenji told the brown haired boy going downstairs.
"So she is the other half we have been looking for. She sure is prettier than we expected." Lilith put her knife back in her shoe.
"What did you expect me to have warts all over my face and be a sickly green?"
"You're thinking of the head witch, that's really what she looks like. I'm Lilith Himi." She brushed her black hair over her shoulder and held out her hand in a friendly gesture.
"Izumi Orimoto."
"Orimoto? So you're the daughter of Melina Orimoto. Pleasure to meet you. My mother worked with yours till she passed away 5 months ago."
"What's all the noise about?" A young man looked about 17 years old came out of a joining room.
"Sorry to wake you Daddy. We have a guest. Izumi this is my father Tomiki Himi, Daddy Izumi Orimoto."
"Nice to meet you." She was a bit baffled that this little boy was her father and she was her age.
"Tomiki here is the Head Vampire hunter." PJ explained to Izumi, "I'm PJ Mawall."
"The head vampire hunter? But he's so young."
"I'm 3,000yrs old. The oldest living vampire hunter on Earth and the third oldest at that." Tomiki looked at her trough his turquoise eyes.
"Sorry if I offended you sir."
"Sorry to interrupt the introductions, but I'm going to steal her for right now." Kenji came up behind
Izumi.
"Yes I do suppose you need to fill her in on what is going on." Tomiki nodded.
Kenji took Izumi to another room and let her sit in a chair in front of a fire. He took the chair across from hers.
"So do you have proof that all you say is true?" Izumi asked leaning back in her chair.
"It's all in this book. It is a journal of a past balance, the male part. His name was Ken Himi. Through out the balances the look is about the same and from what Tomiki has told me that pretty much the same personality except have different aspects on things. There was Ken, Hito, David, Damien, and many others. I've dated back as far as I can on this and Ken is the first male balance."
"So this started about what 3,000yrs ago?"
"No. You see about 20yrs after the Queen of Vampires, Allana, sired Tomiki, a good witch separated the balance in order to save her from Allana. Up until then the balance was always female till this witch. She used what was left of her power and made the dieing girl, Catharine, the balance of her time become 2 figures a girl and a boy. Tomiki was present at the time and was told to take care of Ken."
"So this is all the information you have?"
"No, the four of us were each given a different part of the balance to research. I study the male half, Lilith the female half, Taguya the ritual, and PJ the history of the meetings."
"If I'm the female part of the balance who is the male part?"
"You will find that out when the time comes and the world needs you and him." He stated plainly standing up and leaving her in the room to comprehend what was just told to her.
Izumi opened the journal and began to read it's contents.
"What did she have to say about it?" PJ asked when Kenji walked out of the room.
"I think she is starting to believe me."
"Did you tell her that you are the other half?" Izumi added.
"All I told her is that when the time the world needs us that he will be reviled to her."