DISCLAIMER! I did not create the Vampire Hunter D universe, nor had any part in its creation. This story is just my way of showing my interest in the material. Hope you all enjoy.

CHAPTER 1: The Evil Vampire Toran Osirus

Why do they hate me? D thought to himself, as he often did after accepting a bounty. They hire me, yet they fear me so. He was of course referring to the people who inhabit this world. It was rare he would receive any praise for his work; slaying the undead. But what else was there for a Dunpeal to do? It does seem ironic though. D was himself, half-vampire, killing the creatures of the dark for the humans. But he did enjoy his work. Having vampire blood in him, who else could know how evil vampires and other monsters could be? But he often did wonder… Why help them?

"Hey D, your mind is wondering again." The demon that possessed D's left hand spoke at last, as much as D would get annoyed by the creature it truly was the only friend he had. D looked down at his hand and smirked.

"Don't act like you don't know what I'm talking about. I know I don't need to remind you that I am a part of you. We have a new job now, your eye should remain on the prize, or have you forgotten that we have to slay Toran Osirus for this job? Why you would accept such a crazy bounty is beyond me."

"I thought you could read my thoughts." D replied in kind.

"Humph! I still say this job is too risky, you know Osirus is famous for killing hunters. He always feeds them to that bitch of his Zaura." The demon thought a moment. "You know there are rumors that vampires are assembling in packs, seems to be a last ditch effort to increase their dwindling numbers. Osirus is never alone, he is a cold calculating monster who isn't gonna go down without a fight. You know D I've heard other rumors too, ones about a group of vampire's searching the land killing off Dunpeal's one by one. You, you're a hunter and a Dunpeal, oh man you're really fucked."

"I had to accept this job; we will need the money for the winter. Besides if this is the group of vampire's you've heard of then it would be best to take them out now, rather then wait for their numbers to grow."

"But there-"

"That's enough talk for now." D told the demon. "Just let me ride in peace." His hand respected his wish and was silent. The horse D rode on was as black as the night and looked to be as frightening as it was beautiful. It moved at a slow pace, not by D's choice however; the terrain was as hilly as it was rocky, but it was the fastest route to Toran Osirus' castle. It was still only morning, the sun would still be up by the time he would arrive at the castle. To attack a vampire like Osirus at night would be dangerous even for a hunter like D. Attacking Osirus during the day was going to be hard enough; odds are that his lover Zuara would also be at the castle. Perhaps this was fortunate though, if D could kill Zaura in combat, Toran would be crushed, his focus would be lost. Slaying him would take little effort then.

One month earlier…

Toran Osirus was a notorious vampire known for showing no mercy when it came to feasting on humans. Men, women, children, it did not matter to Toran, he saw humans for what they were to vampires; food. There has been a bounty on Toran's head for decades now; no hunter has ever come close to killing him though many have tried. He particularly liked killing hunters, he would never feed on them, instead he would torture them usually for days on end. Sometimes though, he did let his lover Zaura Lee drain them of their blood. For some reason feeding on a hunter always made her want to be with her lover. It was strange how even a creature as evil as Toran Osirus could still fall in love.

His hunger was strong this particular night. Toran loved to stalk his prey, he especially loved to watch them suffer and die as he sucked the blood out of their arteries, especially with women. Their blood always seemed to be more exhilarating as well as better tasting then a man's blood. It was usually easy for Toran to kill women; he was a very handsome looking man standing about 6'-2". His hair was black with a silver streak running along both sides, and it was long, but fell no shorter then his shoulders. Wearing a green cloak made of fine silks Toran always wore expensive clothing. He was of vampiric nobility and very much so looked the part.

He stood in the shadows of an alley, invisible except for his silver eyes, which shined like exotic gems. If it wasn't for Toran's ability to control the weak minds of the town's people he would've been easily identifiable. It took several minutes of observing the crowd of people who were walking by before he finally found a suitable prey; a mother and her child. His fangs in his mouth had begun to grow slightly; this was his target this night. The streets weren't that crowded this late at night, it was a surprise indeed that a mother would be out here with her child. She wasn't a bad looking woman either, young, late 20's shimmering red hair with blonde highlights and a figure that would leave most men looking. Her son looked to be no older then 10, he shared the same red hair as her mother, as well as a handsome face. He was obviously tired, holding his mothers hand and leaning his head against her side, she wrapped her free hand around his shoulders holding him close, protecting him like a mother would a child.

"Don't worry Lawrence we're almost home." The mother told her son, he just looked up at her and smiled slightly.

"Katherine…" The woman stopped, and looked around; no one seemed to pay her any notice. Someone had called her name didn't they? She must be hearing things she convinced herself.

"Katherine, over here…" She looked towards an alley across the street and saw her husband standing there in the dark.

"Gene?" Katherine was surprised to see her husband there.

"Daddy!" Lawrence exclaimed.

"Come here Katherine, come here son. I have something I want to show you." It's too easy. Toran thought too himself. "Come, it's at the end of the alley."

Katherine and Lawrence had already crossed the street and entered into the alley. "Come, just a little more my family." Toran lured them deeper into the dark alley, until they had reached a brick wall which prevented them from going any further. Then with a snap of his hand the spell Toran had over Katherine and Lawrence was broken.

"How did we-" Katherine began but was cut short when Toran grabbed her and Lawrence by the throat and slammed them both into the nearby wall. He grasped their throats so tight they could not let out a cry for help. Wrapped around Toran's neck was a two-headed snake with no tail, for its heads were at both ends of its body. Toran always kept this monster close by, its lethal poison paralyzed it's victims often times sending them into seizures so severe that it would break nearly every bone in its prey's body. Toran used this beast often too paralyze his victims; since the monster was one of Toran's Familiars its poison was not lethal to him.

The monster slowly exposed its heads out of Toran's cloak; each head was staring Lawrence and Katherine in the eye. "You can have the child my pet." Toran said. "He is too small for my hunger." With a slow methodical speed the deadly snake slithered its way around Toran's arm until finally stopping in front of Lawrence's face; already purple from the lack of oxygen. The snake's dual heads hovered in front of Lawrence waiting for Toran to release his death grip so they could strike at the neck.

"Say good bye to your child Katherine." Loosening his grip around Katherine's neck slightly, Toran turned her head so that she would be forced to see the two headed beast literally destroy her son. Tears streamed down Katherine's face. Toran let go of Lawrence, the monster struck with a hungry fury, each head sinking its venomous fangs into the boy's neck. He dropped instantly convulsing from the lethal injection only a second later. Katherine tried to look away, but Toran forced her to watch as he slowly licked the tears off of her cheek.

"Don't worry." Toran whispered into her ear. "I assure you his death was very painful, but don't worry you'll experience that pain as well." He exposed his fangs they grew slowly, as he looked her in the eyes, looking at her fear, at her desperation. Then he released Katherine from his grip, but quickly dug his fangs deep into her throat, penetrating her flesh, blood flowed out of her neck like water crashing through a dam. Toran drained her until she died. He then tilted his head back and let the feeling of fresh blood rejuvenate his body, it was an unbelievable high. His pet finished with the boy, and made its way back into Toran's cloak.

"I think this will bring the dunpeal for sure master." Toran said to the figure that now appeared out of the darkness. He was a tall man covered in black armor with a black cloak covering his features; he stepped forward and observed Toran's prey.

"I hope you're the one I've been looking for D." The shadowy figure said to himself. "Very good Toran, when they find these bodies they will surely hire the dunpeal to find you. Let's go Toran, we've laid our bait, now let's wait and reel this fish in." His voice was cold and dark; it even made Toran cower a bit, but like an obedient dog Toran obeyed and the two jumped up to the rooftops and made their way back to Toran's castle.

Present time…

"There it is D." D's hand said. As they both stared down the entrance to Toran Osirus' castle. "Can you feel the evil aura emanating from it, definitely more then one vampire in there. Are you ready for this D? I have a bad feeling about this one, even with the sun still up." D just sat on his horse in silence, staring down his bounty's lair. The castle really wasn't that big, at least compared to a lot of the castle's D had seen, it was very fortified however; but there were no monsters guarding the area The demon was right, D shared his bad feeling about this place. He was ready though, he was always ready to fight, always ready to survive. He had no one else to depend on except for himself.

D took a deep breath, and motioned his horse forward. "Let's do this." He said finally.