ALONE IN THE DARK
CHAPTER TWO
THE OTHER SHE-VAMP
The girls sat in bed at 9 that night, exhausted from the day's activity. Who knew Tokyo was really that big? They had ordered out sushi and were eating it while playing cards on the floor in the middle of the room. Classivere had already eaten about five pieces and Blue had tucked her into bed.
Flashback
They were in the music store when Kurama stole Skye away from Blue and chatted animatedly to her about some of the artists and albums that had just come out. He was giving her basics on Japanese music a few aisles away.
Blue was about to go get informed too when she noticed the glassy look in her friend's eyes and realized that Skye hadn't heard a word Kurama had said, only the look on his face. The temptation to embarrass her was overwhelming. She took a couple steps toward them and opened her mouth to shout out something before a warm hand covered her mouth.
"Shut up and don't ruin it for your friend. She's enjoying this." A pair of big headphones covered her ears and Japanese punk rock blared in her ears. The hand removed itself from her mouth and rested on her waist, moving her to the beat of the music. She got into it on her own and put on the CD Hiei handed her from her right.
She took another glance at Skye and saw her giggling and gasping dramatically. Blue rolled her eyes and watched Hiei bob his head up and down, practically unnoticeably, to the rhythm of the song. She convinced herself to buy a couple of the albums for her and Skye.
End flashback
Blue laid down three of a kind of sixes. Skye let out an air of frustration. It was the fourth time she had lost that game tonight. They had only played four times so far. She threw her cards down, a pair of jacks and an ace. Blue put down her chop sticks and pulled the stack of poker chips to add to her pile. She had all the chips and won the game.
"Play again?"
"Not this game, let's play bridge."
"That's for old ladies. I'm not playing that."
"Go fish?"
"That was back in second grade."
"Ok, how about Gin?"
"Oklahoma or Rummy?"
"Rummy."
"Open or closed?"
"Open, got to practice as much as possible."
"So open Gin Rummy?"
"Yes, why ask again?"
"Just making sure you're aware that you picked the game I'm going to beat you at."
"Open Gin Rummy."
"Done."
Blue dealt the cards after taking another piece of sushi from the plate. The sushi in Tokyo was so much better than that in New York, but New York's soft pretzel's and hotdogs were simply unbeatable.
"Do you want the eel or the salmon?" Blue looked at the last two pieces of sushi on the dish.
"Depends, what else is in them?" Skye didn't even bother to look at the plate herself, she was determined to win this game.
"The salmon has carrots and avocado and the eel has cucumber and avocado." She pushed the two away from each other in the plate.
"Salmon." Blue took the eel one and enjoyed it. It worked out for both of them since Blue liked the eel more anyways. A small pop was heard from Blue's bunk and they looked up to see a small line of smoke rise to the ceiling. Blue jumped up and disconnected her laptop from the wire.
"Wow, we're lucky it still works! These Japanese outlets must carry some hefty electricity in them to almost fry my computer like that." She unplugged the computer from the recharge wire and the wire from the wall.
"What happened?" Skye looked at the smoke curiously.
"I made a technical foul and almost murdered our lifeline by melting the insides of the Moo." Blue sat on the bed, still chewing her sushi, and looked at Skye.
"Is there any way to fix the Moo?" Skye picked a grain of rice off her cheek and swallowed it.
"Yeah, we can probably go into town tomorrow and find a computer store. After all, we're in Japan. I think I'll be able to pick up a transformer that'll reduce the amount of electricity the Moo can take in." They called Blue's computer the Moo since it was a Gateway and the Gateway logo was a Holstein cow, the black and white kind. Blue sat down in front of Skye again and they resumed their game of Gin Rummy. Only 4 minutes later, Blue fanned out the cards in her hand and threw them down.
"Three Aces, three Kings, and a pair of Queens, put that in your pipe and smoke it." Skye growled and slammed her hand down. She was obviously trying to collect all the spades, but that would be impossible since Blue held the necessary ones. The phone rang. The girls looked at the phone and then at each other through the corner of their eyes before facing each other fully.
"Must be the wrong number. Who would call us at this time of night? Should I get it?" Skye got up and was about to pick up the phone, but Blue's hand got there first, stopping her from picking it up.
"Say 'Moch-Johnson residence, Johnson speaking. How may I help you?'" Blue dictated to Skye and let her pick up the phone.
"Moch-Johnson residence, Johnson speaking. How may I help you?" Skye said what she was told as Blue held her breath and put her ear close to the receiver. They heard a ragged panting on the other side and a loud growl, then a bark.
"Skye! Skye I need help! This is Yusuke! Is Blue there! Is she!" It stunned both girls but Blue recovered quickly and answered instantly.
"Yeah Yusuke, what is it? Are you alright?" She spoke in a worried tone which, given the situation, was appropriate.
"You said you were half vampire, right!"
"Yeah, so?"
"Well I got a vampire problem! I'm fighting one and I put a stake through its heart but it won't go away! How do you kill a vampire!" Blue made a disgusted face at the phone.
"You expect me to tell you how to- where are you? Quickly, c'mon!"
"Corner of Lime Light and 32nd. There's a dark alley just after the lamp post, in there. Hurry!"
Blue hung up and glanced over at her sleeping mother before sliding on her trench coat and stepping into her combat boots but not bothering to lace them. Skye had already called the elevator but it was taking too long so they jumped from the fifth floor down to the ground level, Blue after Skye. Once outside, they revved up their motorcycles and sped off. Skye followed Blue since Blue knew where everything was because she was paying better attention yesterday than Skye, who was too busy flirting with Kurama.
They got there and stopped the bikes. A loud canine growl reached their ears and they raced blindly into the alley. The street lamp illuminated the alley like a candle would, very faintly. They saw a large wolf standing in front of them with its back to them. It stood between them and the dead end of the alley. Yusuke, Kuwabara, Kurama, and Hiei were cornered at the end. Kuwabara was totally knocked out. Kurama had his eyes open, but the girls expected he was near unconsciousness. Hiei was laid out against the wall, also on the brim of reality. Yusuke crouched on one knee; his cell phone had been thrown out of his hand and was a ways away from him. He saw the girls and a small smile graced his features as he passed out. He already trusted them with all of their lives.
The amount of blood spilt was unbearable for Skye. She pulled her shirt over her nose and mouth and squinted her eyes. Being a vampire, the blood was almost attractive, but she was able to restrain herself. The wolf realized their presence and turned around to face them. It realized one of them was a vampire also and they saw it let its guard down momentarily. Blue reached behind her and pulled out a small black hand pistol, only about four inches long. The wolf saw this and lunged at Skye instead. Skye was weak from the blood and wouldn't react fast enough.
Blue knew this and took the opportunity to jump in front of the girl. The wolf sunk its teeth into Blue's left upper arm, but Blue put one specially made bullet right between its eyes. The wolf stopped moving but continued to grip Blue's arm. They all relaxed on the floor for a moment. Blue finally pried the wolf's jaws open and released her arm of its grasp. It was another two seconds before it burst into a cloud of ashes. Some ashes lay in a pile, partially on Blue and partially on the concrete, and the rest was swept away by the small breeze.
"Oh no, Blue! It bit you!" Blue shook her head but told Skye to start up the motorcycles. She complied as Blue got up and walked over to the four boys. She closed Kurama's eyes as she brought him out and placed him across Skye's lap. She put Kuwabara in the spare seat behind Skye. Skye took off toward the apartment but not before Blue could talk to her.
"Stay out of and away from the street lamps and posts or people. Take to the shadows and stay there. We don't want questions." Skye roared away and Blue sighed, how subtle. She loaded Yusuke on behind her and Hiei across her lap. She quietly started her motor and followed her own directions until she reached the apartment. She picked up the boys and slung each one over her shoulders, taking the stairs instead of calling the elevator.
Skye had already dressed Kuwabara's wounds, just a few minor scratches and a head injury. He would probably wake up with a headache and a nasty bruise. Blue Looked at the boys and saw that beside a dislocated arm, Yusuke was okay. He pulled him into a sitting position and pulled the arm back before shoving it forward. It popped back in place and Yusuke woke with a sharp yelp. He looked around and Blue explained what happened. He seemed to be remembering just fine so there probably wasn't any head trauma from the fall he took.
"Care to explain what you were doing in a dark alley at midnight fighting a vampire? Oh and by the way, I got your cell phone for you, but there's blood in it so you have to buy a new one. The chip will still work though so all you need is the actual phone." She stuck her hand in her trench coat pocket and handed him the phone. She stepped out of her boots and hung her trench coat over the back of a chair.
"You know how Koenma gives us all our assignments as spirit detectives right?" Blue nodded for him to continue and Skye listened in too. "Well he told us about a vampire that was entering a club so we had to lure her out and we got her into the alley where we thought we could take her, but she morphed into this dog-" Blue stopped and interrupted him, "Wolf", Yusuke continued, "Right, sorry, wolf. Then she attacked us and we couldn't fight her. She was immune to my spirit gun for crying out loud. So Kuwabara went down first, then Kurama. Hiei held it off while I called you guys so he got the brunt of the attacks. He couldn't hold out forever and finally gave in just as you guys came around. Thanks so much. What happened while I was out? What'd I miss?"
Blue undid the clasp on Hiei's cloak and pulled his shirt over his head. He had a series of bloody scratches and bite marks covering his chest. "Not much really, it's only been a few minutes. I killed it and we brought you here so we could stop you all from hemorrhaging to death on us."
"Wow, thanks a lot, really. You saved our lives." Yusuke gave them both a kind smile showing true appreciation. Skye returned it as nothing but it bothered Blue.
"I just don't want another death on my hands." She mumbled quietly to herself. Fortunately, Yusuke didn't hear her and simply watched as she washed away the blood on Hiei's chest with a towel.
'They might not have heard you, but don't think I didn't. I'll be asking you later what you mean by another, so come up with a good answer.' Blue looked at Hiei's face, his eyes were open and he was breathing shallowly and in uneven breaths.
'So I've got a rude telepath on my hands now. Great.' Hiei smirked and closed his eyes but cried out when she disinfected him wounds with almost pure alcohol.
'That hurt like a bitch, god damn!' Hiei cringed in pain.
'Oh hey, I got your katana for you too. It's a bloody mess so I'll try to clean it up for you as best as I can.' Hiei looked at his reflection in the glass of the terrace's sliding door.
'I got bit by that vampire. What's going to happen to me?' He looked at her worriedly. Did he think he was going to become a vampire? How silly.
'Don't worry, nothing's going to happen. I'm going to fix your wounds and Skye'll help me heal them for you. You'll get better soon, don't worry.' Hiei fell back into a dreamless sleep listening to the assuring sound of her voice.