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Chapter three: Fabliau de Un Cauchemar Sanguinaire
Next Morning
C'mon, you coming? Kagome beckoned Sango and Soleil over towards the nearby hot spring.
She was startled out of her musings by a slight gasp from behind her. Both Sango and Kagome were staring at her back. Damn, they saw.
Sango murmured.
Yeah... weird... Kagome agreed.
A strange black design, like a celtic knot, stood out starkly against the pale flesh of her back. Intertwined among the loops and curls was an intricate letter K.
What is th-? Kagome asked.
I don't want to talk about it. Soleil cut her off abruptly. The mention of the design brought painful memories back that she did not want to think about.
Oh... okay... The three continued bathing, but Kagome and Sango kept shooting furtive looks at the French girl. One thought ran through both minds-
What is that?
Soleil quickly wrapped herself in a towel that she borrowed from Kagome as she slipped out of the spring. Glancing behind her, she noticed Sango and Kagome quickly looking away when she looked back. She sighed.
This is why I never got close to anyone after last year... they thought I was strange, avoided me.
Sango and Kagome glanced at each other as Soleil got out. They watched in silence as she walked away, stopping to pick up her clothes.
Hmm... strange. Demon markings, do you think? Sango commented.
Well, I know she's not a demon, I would have sensed it. But she does have a very strange aura about her... like nothing I've ever seen, not that I've seen much.
-THUD-
Kagome glanced behind her, where Sango had just thrown a rock.
Just testing.
Soleil sat down on a convenient rock. She had gone back to the camp when dressed, and decided to walk a bit and think things over. She started brushing out her hair, which was full of knots.
Right. Looks like I'm staying with them, for a while at least. But they'll probably get the story of last year out of me one way or another. Hope they take it well...
Suddenly she gasped. Standing up and running off, she burst into the circle of firelight where everybody was sitting, gasping with her damp hair flying wildly about her face. Everyone sat up quickly with guilty looks on their faces. They had been discussing the mark on Soleil's back with Inuyasha and Miroku while she was away.
Soleil paid no heed. When is the full moon?! She demanded, eyes gleaming with a feral light in the shadow of the flames.
Kagome stared at the out-of-control girl.
Full moon! When is it?!Tomorrow. The moon will rise a couple of hours after sunset. Inuyasha replied from his perch in a tree that he had reclaimed when Soleil had ran in.
Inuyasha, how do you kn- never mind. Kagome muttered.
Soleil sat down with a thump. Damn. Are you sure? was his reply.
Oh, God... Soleil put her head in her hands.
Why, Soleil? Sango asked.
Um. Well. Um. Soleil had a rather sheepish look on when she took her head off her hands.
Let me guess... this has something to do with the mark on your back? Kagome ventured.
She sighed.
Can you tell us, Soleil? Kagome asked kindly.
She sighed again. I knew this was gonna happen... why so soon, though?!
Okay, I guess.I loved him, she growled, clenching her fists, And then, him and I went walking in the woods. She clenched her fists tighter, leaving little half-moon punctures on her palm from her nails.
Then he... she faltered for a moment.
He told me what he was. here she fully stopped.
Miroku, who had up until now been quiet, broke the silence.
And what was he?A... what you would call a vampire. But not exactly. Un cauchemar sanguinaire.
Yes... un cauchemar sanguinaire. A vampire, banpaia, kyuuketsuki, satsubatsu akumu. Kagome said in a small voice.
He... bloodbonded with me. I am one also. To fully bond me to him, to make me his queen, he branded me with his blood, boiling it and searing the symbol into my skin. But I, unlike him, am not a cold murderer. Her voice grew steely.
I was able to go without feeding for two weeks, and then I only killed small animals such as deer and raccoon. But... on the full moon, I... she stopped again.
I was unable to suppress my vampire blood. I hunted and drained humans. But even then I only sustained myself with thieves and murderers. But then... she stopped again.
The vampire in me was unleashed. I lost control of my mind and became fully vampire because I had suppressed it for so long. Rather like how you said Inuyasha becomes full demon, Kagome.
Then in an almost inaudible voice, she said, I killed twenty-seven innocent people that night. One of them was my brother.
Everyone stared at her, the only sound the crackling of the fire.
Then Kagome gave her a gentle hug. I'm so sorry, Soleil.
After a couple of silent minutes, she smiled at them, swiping at the few tears that had escaped the confines of her eyelashes.
Sorry. But this is the fist time I've told anyone.Yeah, well, even vampires need a good cry now and then. Kagome remarked, getting to her feet.
You mean you don't mind? Soleil asked in astonishment.
No. After all, you didn't want to become one, and you only kill out of need, not pleasure. Sango said, also getting to her feet.
Thank you so much. she whispered.
Kagome replied.
Dusk, with the inu-gumi
Everyone was lounging about, waiting for night to fall, Inu in his tree, Sango, Shippo, and Kagome talking quietly while preparing dinner, and Miroku sulking in a corner with a rather large red hand print on the left side of his face.
But not Soleil. She was pacing, dreading the onset of night. For tonight was the full moon, the night when the bloodthirsty monster within her was unleashed. It had used to be tame on the full moon, only a slight bloodlust, but ever since that time last year when she lost control, it had become more violent, taking over completely. She no longer remembered who she was or any of her morals... the only thing that remained was the need. That insatiable need... to feel them dying at her hands, tasting and stopping the flow of their sweet lifeblood... it consumed her, till there was nothing left, only the thrill of the hunt and the all-consuming bloodlust.
Oh, shit... she spoke aloud. Even now, hours before moonrise, it was surfacing. The blood... red filled her vision, she could taste the sweet crimson liquid running down her throat...
Panting, she shook it off with an effort. When it was not the full moon, the vampire within sometimes rose, when provoked. And since it was almost full moon, it was getting worse. She just had to control it... he had spoken to her, as she died, and told her what it was like to be one of them. He had told her that she was only part-blood, and could sometimes control it, be he advised not to suppress it. She could now see why, but he had had different motives.
His words rang in her head... Give in to the need... let it consume you... I will rule all vampires... and you, a full-fledged vampire, will be my queen... join me... give in... give in... to the hunt... to the kill... to the need... to the blood...
No. She would not give in.
Flashback
Never! I... will... never give... in! And I will... never... ever... be your queen! she panted, even through the unbearable pain as he drove a knife through her side,
Ah, well. he shrugged. And he bit her, his long, sharp fangs sinking into the delicate flesh of her neck.
He grinned up at her from his position at her neck.
Now you have no choice. Someday, you will lose control... and on that day, you will come to me...
So until then, my dear... He kissed her, hard on the lips. The kiss was cruel, ravaging her lips until they were bruised and sore. He stroked a rough hand along her cheek, longing and diabolical lust gleaming in his heated gaze. Then he disappeared.
The pain intensified threefold, until she was practically unconscious from the it. But by the end of the night, she was wishing for blessed darkness.
She was awake as she died. She felt her own heart still, her breath stop. Her life's blood no longer running through her veins. The pain was incredible...
Then a new feeling came to her. It wasn't pain, it was something else. She only wanted the pain to go away... vampiric blood now coursed through her veins.
It was exhilarating, that first rush of power. She embraced the darkness.
And then she woke up. It was almost dawn. Looking down at herself, one thing rang throughout her muddled and confused mind-
My god... what have I done? What am I...?
End Flashback
She looked up sharply, shaking off the last of the nostalgia.
She inhaled sharply.
Oh, shit... she repeated. The moon was rising.
Sesshomaru touched down lightly nearby Inuyasha's domain.
Now, what to do with Rin... he mused.
Leaving her on a riverbank, with Ah and Un guarding her, he set off to find his brother.
They all looked up as she screamed. Bathed in the light of the rising moon, her silhouette was deformed, as she hunched over, clawing at her face. Strange protrusions from her shoulders struggled to get free, her shirt tearing loudly as they ripped through both shirt and skin. Giant, leathery wings unfurled from her back, flicking blood into the air as they unfolded.
Her back arched as she bared her face to the moon, screaming with the voices of the lost as the pure light touched her visage. Bloody grooves marred her pale skin, grown paler still where the moon touched it.
Her blood-red eyes grew narrow, her pupils slit like a cats, her lips black with old, encrusted blood.
She paused, her strange figure frozen against the huge moon.
Then she tore off into the night, leaving a trail of destruction in her wake. They all ran after her, their footsteps falling faster as they heard a scream, a child's scream, rent the night,
That one voice, one scream, was joined by others, a cacophany of the damned swirling into the night.
Above it all, they could hear her laughing.
CHAPTER END (can't you tell?)
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Translations:
un cauchemar sanguinaire- a bloodthirsty nightmare (basically)
banpaia- vampire
kyuuketsuki- a vampire, bloodsucker
satsubatsu akumu- a bloodthirsty nightmare (again, basically)
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