Disclaimer: I don't own Nightwalker but I do own Kitani and Hex and another one that's coming soon.

He walked through the streets in silence, staring at his feet. How could he have allowed this to happen? But then, how could he have stopped it? There would be only one reason that Cain would create another vampire and that's to convince Shido into coming back. That was the soul reason. It had to be.

But now what was he going to do? He could try to bring the girl over to his side, he could kill her, or he could follow Cain's wishes and return. But what good would that do? He sighed heavily. There was nothing he could do. There seemed to be no way out. He continued into the park, leaving the brighter city behind him. He needed somewhere to think. Sitting on a bench, he watched the fountain in front of his bubble and shimmer in the pale light of the moon.

It wasn't this one, but it looked just like the fountain where they had found that body. He remembered every little gory detail of the scene but how could one forget such a sight? The only difference from the others was that he had found some sort of amulet hanging around the body's neck. He pulled it out of his pocket and stared at it. It seemed to be a normal little trinket. It was a small silver oval with a ruby in the middle and surrounded by a few opals. There was nothing strange about it. It twirled on its chain and Shido caught a glimpse of something on the back of it that hadn't been there before.

But just as he was about to investigate, a teenager stepped up to him. "Are you the one named Shido?" he asked, his voice was untrusting. The detective nodded in reply. "Then I have a message for you, from Mistress Kitani."

To the woman's name, Shido looked up surprised at the boy. He wore a pair of tight leather pants with a shining silver belt, no shirt, and a red and black overcoat. His faded black hair was cut short except for a long lock that extended down from the back of his neck.

He smiled, his soulless bright blue eyes flashing with amusement at the detective's distress. "She wanted me to tell you that that look doesn't work for you."

"What do you mean?"

"That look you gave her before she left, the one of desperation. She wanted me to tell you that not even the most heart wrenching of looks will convince her to betray our master." Shido's breath was caught in his throat. Ours? Does that mean, he's created more?

The boy smiled again. "My name is Hex, or that's what you can call me. I don't remember my real name. I chose to get rid of those awful memories of being human. And there's another thing." He paused as Shido gripped the amulet tightly. He was disguised. How could this boy say that being human was awful when Shido'd give anything to return to that existence?

"There is no truth, only perception, there is no dreams only wishes." He spoke those words in a rhythm and before Shido could think, the world had gone black and he lay unconscious at the boy's feet. Hex smiled down at the older vampire then vanished as if he were never there.

Shido looked around him; it was a bright autumn day in a rural area. Out of instinct, he flipped on his sunglasses. He walked down the street; passing houses adorn with beautiful gardens and people who all waved at each other. As he passed many shops, the door opened to the butcher and a man with a large leg of meat stepped out. He bowed to the storeowner and some coins swapped hands.

"Thank you again." The man turned and began to walk down the street toward Shido. With one glimpse of his midnight blue skin, purple eyes, and light bluish-gray hair, it was clear he was a breed. But his smile was innocent and face honest; he had a different feel to him than all the breeds Shido had met. He passed Shido without the fainted notice of the young vampire. Continuing down the street, he unlocked the gate in front of one of the houses. Before he could take a step inside the yard, a small figure bowled him over. He was sitting on the sidewalk, a stunned look on his face. A small girl sat in his lap, glaring up at him. Her hair was like his except it was curly and a lot longer.

"You're wate," she growled, folding her arms over her chest. He smiled genuinely and sat up, looking her in the face.

"Sorry sweet, I was having a conversation with the butcher." He nuzzled their noses together before turning to address the woman standing, giggling, at the gate. She looked human at least, her eyes with a subtle brown and her brown hair was wavy and fell past her hips. He got up, his eyes not leaving hers, and kissed her gently.

"I'm sorry, we were having some fun." He kissed her again and she smiled.

"I sure hope you didn't drink too much this time." He smiled back and led her into the house, followed closely by the little girl. Instantly, Shido was in their kitchen. They passed by him without the slightest notice, as the man put the large leg on the counter.

"There you go dearest," he said cheerily, "you know how I like it." She nodded and the girl tugged at her father's pants leg. He picked her up and cradled her.

"Yes, Kitani?" he asked, tickling her so she couldn't answer.

When he stopped, her laughter lingered before she opened her large violet eyes and asked. "Can we go out to da forest for a wittle while, I wanna twy my wings again." He nodded, told his wife where they were going and left, holding the child's hand tightly.

In a flash Shido was in the center of a large thicket. The young girl hovered just inches off the ground using every ounce of strength to lift yourself up. With a sigh of defeat, she fell to the ground. Gently her father picked her up and cradled her in his arms.

"It's ok, you're still a bit young, it'll come in time just wait." She looked up at him smiling then jumped from his grasp and ran away. He followed her, chasing her happily. Then there was a shot. Shido turned to see a bunch of people standing there guns aimed at the girl's father. He rose his hands into the air in submission.

"I'm sorry but I think you've got the wrong person, I've done nothing wrong." One of the men stepped up and fired at him, wounding him in the shoulder. The girl screamed and hugged his leg as he used his own body as a shield. The man fired on him dozens of time, ranting about some injustice. Finally, the breed stood up and shoved his daughter back before lunging at the. At that moment the whole world went into a bright light and the only thing heard was gunshots.

When Shido could see again he was back in the man's house. His wife was crying along with her daughter who was curled up in her lap, clutching her mother. The pair seemed to cry for ages until the world faded into a week later.

There were boxes everywhere and a moving van out in front of the house. Over just a few moments, they had loaded everything and moved to a larger city. Soon enough three years had gone by in the blink of an eye. The mother was remarried and lived with her new husband and his two daughters. Shido was standing outside a brick school when the bell rang and all the students came pouring out. He saw Kitani; she was about fourteen and walked past him staring at the ground. All the other kids were greeted by their parents or friends and left with smiles, while she walked alone down the sidewalk. He followed her and soon enough a car pulled up beside her.

"Kitani, would you like to come to my house? We can have cookies in the garden like yesterday," a kind, older lady said, unlocking the car as Kitani opened the door and sat in the passenger seat. The engine revved and they drove out of sight.

There was another flash and Shido stood in a garden. He saw Kitani, the old woman, and her husband sitting on a garden lounge chairs sharing cookies and milk. They laughed together.

"KITANI!!!!!" An angry shout echoed and the girl cringed. She stood up and jumped the gate without saying a word, then turned around to wave before running back to her house not too far down the street. The moment she entered the door a punch was landed on her face. She fell to the ground and looked up at her stepfather, his face red with alcohol.

"You're late you monster," he growled. She stood up and rubbed her face, tears welling up in her eyes.

"I was visiting the old lady down the street, that's all, I'm sorry." Her voice was desperate and scared as she tried to go around him. But as she passed, he shoved her and her head cracked on the stairs.

"Get up to your room!" He kicked her in the gut causing her to double over. "I said get up to your ROOM!!!" Kicking her over and over, he forced her up the stairs. Reaching down her took her hair and pulled her to her feet. Shido cringed as he slammed her face into the wall and she slid to the ground. He kicked her in the ribs, making a sickening cracking sound and sent her sprawling across the floor. She struggled to crawl past the threshold of her door but was helped along by a brutally swung bat across her head.

The detective couldn't help the tears welling up in his eyes as she trembled on the ground, gasping for breath before passing out. He watched for an hour before she regained life and struggled into the hallway bathroom, being careful not to be seen or heard. She used a wet cloth to wipe away the blood on her face and uncover the terrible bruises. Shedding her shirt, she cleaned up her sides as best as possible then replaced it with a nightgown. She dropped her pants and wrapped her head with her shirt to stop the bleeding.

After checking herself in the mirror, she peeked out the door and quickly made her way back to her room. She curled up on her mattress that was lying on the floor and covered herself with a thin sheet. Her room was bland; the walls were an off white and there was no furniture save the mattress and a small dresser. The only sound in the room as she drifted into sleep, was the ticking of the clock that was the only thing hanging on her walls.

The next morning Shido jumped as her stepfather burst through the door of her room.

"Get up you disgusting beast," he billowed as he grabbed a hold of her blood encrusted hair. She squealed as he dragged her across the floor and into the hallway. "You'll be late." He literally threw her down the stairs and she hit the front door with a smack. Her book bag and lunch followed along with a glass beer bottle that hit the side of her head causing it to bleed again. Scrambling for her stuff, she raced out the door only stopping to catch her breath when she was sure she wasn't being followed, then made her way to school.

At the end of school, she sighed and walked back home. Another year flew in front of Shido's eyes and the next thing he saw was a calendar with her birthday written on it that had a red circle around it. That day was her sixteenth birthday.

The detective watched as she walked home from school with an unusual smile on her face. She creaked open the front door and ran up the stairs, carrying a small box. Just as she was about to open her bedroom door, a bottle creaked across the back of her head and made her collide with the door. As she sank to her knees, arms covering her head, the box was snatched from her lap.

"So, someone actually gave a monster like you a gift." He grabbed her hair and pulled her off her feet, making her look him straight in the eye. "Who was it," he growled. She whimpered when he shook her hard.

"It-it was the old lady down the street, she gave it to me for my birthday," she answered hurriedly. He dropped her and looked at the package. Ripping it open, he found a bag of fresh cookies and a note that had a hotline to report child abuse on a piece of paper.

"Why thank you for giving me this," he snorted, kicking her in the ribs again before ripping apart the paper and leaving to go to the bar. Slowly, she got to her feet, tears flowing like uncontrollable rivers down her face and made her way into her room. She sat on the mattress and cried, her back heaving and her face shrouded in shadow. Shido had this urge to walk over and hug her, to tell her it was going to be okay, but he knew that here he couldn't be seen.

Two hours passed as Kitani lay asleep in a ball on her bed. A car pulled into the driveway and hit the closed garage door. Her drunken stepfather made his way to the front door and slammed it open.

"Kitani!!!! Get down here NOW!!!!" Shido could see the girl tighten in her ball out of fear. Downstairs her mother ran up to her new husband.

"What's wrong dear, what did she do?" She seemed frightened for her first daughter, though Shido hadn't seen her intervene like this before.

"That bitch made me lose all my money!" he screamed, backslapping his wife. "It's your fault to ever baring her but you aren't the one who should be punished! It's he for allowing herself to live this long!!!" Her mother cringed tears running down her face before fleeing through the front door and to the neighbor's house where she always went when he was like this. When she left, he stomped up the stairs and burst through Kitani's door, knocking it off the hinges. She jumped and backed against the wall.

"You don't deserve what I pay to give you!" He wrapped his large hands around her throat and choked off her air. She gasped, trying to pry off his fingers but there was no use. "You're the reason the family is so miserable! You're the reason that my girls have to live in a hellhole!!!" He tightened his grip as tears rolled down her face.

"I-I'm so-orry," her voice was raspy and her eyes were shut tightly. He threw her against the wall and let her catch her breath.

"You're sorry!?!? Is that all you can say!?!?" he screamed as he pulled a pistol out of his jacket and leveled it at her as she rose to her feet. She gasped and shook in fear when she saw the hate in his eyes. Shido was down on his knees, trembling. He couldn't stand it anymore; it wasn't fair. Even if she was part breed, she still had a human heart. He reached and tried to lower the gun but his hand passed through it.

"I'm really sorry, I'll do anything to make it up to you!" Kitani screamed as she backed away again.

"THEN DIE!!!" He fired. Shido screamed as a crack echoed through the room and hit Kitani in the side. Tears rolled down his face for her as three more blows followed and she lay motionless on the ground. Silently, her stepfather put the gun in his jacket again and left through the front door.

The detective watched in horror as Kitani flipped herself onto her back and stared at the ceiling. "I hate humans," she said quietly, her voice shaking. "I hate them . . . . . . I wish they would all die . . . . . ."

Her eyes were almost completely shut when another figure faded out of the shadows. Cain walked silently over to her and knelt down, brushing a strand of hair from her face. They spoke a few words that Shido for some reason couldn't hear. Cain smiled down at her and pulled her up onto his knee before leaning in to sink his fangs carefully into her neck. Her eyes rolled back, the color draining from her skin. Pulling back, he slit his own wrist and pressed it against her mouth. She licked at it gently then almost attacked it, wrapping her lips around the cut and filling her veins with a strange new strange new power. She laid back again his strong shoulder and said something. Then, without another word, he picked her up and faded off into the shadows from which he had come.

Shido stood there in awe at what had happened before him. Was this really a dream? It had to be? But why would he dream about this? The world went back and his mind drifted over all the possibilities of why he had seen this. In the silence, he heard his name being called. It was a familiar female voice. The call started soft then grew in volume and worry.

He opened his eyes to look at the ceiling in his office. Turning his head he saw Riho kneeling beside the couch and Guni resting on her shoulder.

"Oh, I was so worried about you." She hugged him as best she could then pulled back. "What happened?" she asked but he stood up and walked into the kitchen, splashing some cold water on his face. What was that?

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