AN: Wow…a few of you guys got the clue….Hohoho! Well this will be fun!
Also, I just want to introduce my Creativity Demon, Daemon. He's the one responsible for my inspirations to write. (scratches Daemon's silver wolf puppy ears.) Though he has a strange habit of giving me an idea when I'm in the shower…
Daemon: (grins wolfishly)
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Some of you asked me questions and while some I can't answer since it will spoil the story (don't worry though! I still love you guys! (winks)) I have to reply to a few people since their review struck me most.
MysticShadowWanderer– yay! I love your fics! Especially 'The Devil's Workshop'…Thank you for the compliment, I really appreciate it. Also…yeah, I'll be happy to take your offer…if you're still willing that is. (smiles)
BLONDE GOTH – yey! Another Kaoru fan who feels the same way I do! Yes, I do think that Kaoru was being a little underestimated in the series because in my opinion, she's a much better fighter than most of the men there…Hohoho!
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Katana Haibane – yes it is a bit bizarre if you think about it…But then what's the point of being unique if you're just going to be like others? Hohoho! (smiles)
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Supernatural Love
Chapter Two: New Student
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Kaoru turned another page as she scanned the profile her lord gave to her one more time.
A semi-large energy ball of blue-indigo flames hovering above her gave Kaoru the light she needed.
Heaving a sigh; the female closed the folder and laid it down on her desk.
Kaoru craned her neck to lessen the tension of strained muscles as she leant back casually on her black, lounge chair.
Turning her head up; Kaoru's mind drifted off as she stared blankly at the ceiling of her room. It was enchanted so that instead of dark mahogany wooden planks; a cloudless starry evening sky could be seen, giving the illusion that there was no roof at all.
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"Tell me, my Lord." started Kaoru as she stared down at the red contents of her wineglass.
"And I want an answer this time."
The blonde-black-streaked male raised an eyebrow at her in question. He tapped the cup of his own glass as a sign for her to continue.
"Why him? Forgive me if I may seem to be over-bold but you can't deny the fact that I'm interested to know."
The male spared her a smirk. "Of course you would be. You are my curious little bird who always follows my orders."
The raven-haired female resisted the urge to roll her indigo eyes.
Seeing that Kaoru wasn't about to relent and stray away from the subject, he sighed and complied.
"Alright, I shall answer your question then."
He took a sip of his red wine and continued.
"You saw the aura surrounding that mortal right?"
He gazed intently at Kaoru from his seat, his sapphire eyes fixed on hers, expecting a reply.
Kaoru nodded her head.
Of course she'd seen it. The aura around the human was so thick that Kaoru had feared that she would lose herself in its vastness.
Kaoru involuntarily shivered. The redhead mortal's ki was so high…too high to be considered as a normal human's.
"Yes," She voiced out. "His aura was bright and a mixture of amethyst and gold…quite strange since the ki most humans have are of a single color."
Her companion nodded his head.
"That's right."
He put down his glass on top of a floating pitch black coffee table.
Clasping his hands together; the sapphire-eyed male stared at Kaoru intensely.
His voice was serious as he spoke.
"I'm growing weaker by the second Kaoru,"
He paused. "And I'm afraid that I may not make it through to the final day."
Kaoru's eyes widened with surprise at the revelation.
She'd known that her Lord was getting weaker nowadays but Kaoru had just dismissed it since the time of the Black Moon was approaching.
Since she could remember, the Black Moon has always had that effect on their people. It was a time that all beings of her kind would grow weaker in order for the rays of the Black Moon to pass through their defenses and will not only revitalize them but make them stronger as well.
What made it a risk though was that every supernatural being would have to wait until the last day of the Black Moon for their powers to regain.
However, Kaoru was spared from the side effects that plagued her kin. Instead, she would keep her powers but still become stronger at the final day of the Black Moon.
That is why she's the only one her lord could trust to lent some of her energy to him during the Black Moon's passing.
Kaoru's indigo eyes brightened as her mind registered the current situation and understanding pooled in her features.
She leaned back on her chair, her voice soft as she said.
"Now I understand. Because Himura is a human with superior, if not a bit eerily, energy; you wanted me to absorb his energy just enough for you to live with until the Passing; am I right?"
The handsome male smiled. "You got it. I always knew that you're too sharp for your own good."
Kaoru rolled her eyes.
"Even still, that doesn't explain why I should go…You know I don't like to associate myself with mortals, my Lord."
For a moment, the male's sapphire eyes blazed with an emotion that Kaoru couldn't percept.
However, just as it had appeared, it vanished.
"Himura Kenshin is no ordinary human as you may have notice, my little bird." He said slowly; allowing each of his words to sink in.
"After an event like last night, he wouldn't want to be caught unaware. That's why I want you to go…"
Kaoru raised both her eyebrows as she got the hidden message.
"You mean you want me to absorb his energy during the day time?!" There was an exasperated tone in her voice.
At the nod of her companion's head; Kaoru's right eye twitched.
"But that's like committing suicide! He'll surely notice."
"Not if you make him think that you're just interested in him…"
There was a certain gleam in his eyes as her lord said the words.
Kaoru bit her lip to prevent a series of profanities from spilling out of her mouth. Instead, she closed her unique-colored eyes to prevent the rage building inside her from showing and took long deep, breaths as she slowly counted to ten.
At the last number, Kaoru opened her eyes and said.
"Fine."
With that, the raven-haired female stood up and unfolded her large bat-like wings. Just as Kaoru was about to glide out of the room, the male spoke up.
"Oh, and Kaoru."
Kaoru turned her head to look back at the blonde-black-streaked haired male.
"Yes?" Her voice was cool and soft.
He chuckled. "Call me by my name. You can't keep calling me 'Lord' forever."
If Kaoru was surprised by his request, she didn't show it.
"As you wish…Haitei "
Haitei smiled.
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"Nice place you got here." A sudden voice interrupted Kaoru from her reminisce.
"Can I get the number of your interior designer?" The voice added.
The raven-haired female glanced at the corner of her eyes to see a figure in the shadows of her room. The figure's long, flowing white dress prevented it from blending well within the dark.
Kaoru narrowed her eyes in slight suspicion. She was about to question who it was when the figure stepped forward into the light illuminated by Kaoru's fireball.
Magnificent indigo depths widened slightly in surprise yet it wasn't long before a pleasant smile began to curve up Kaoru's lips.
"Hey, Oiwa." Kaoru greeted. "How are you?"
Oiwa smiled and flicked back her long dark hair over her shoulder. Her deep-set brown eyes had a rare spark in them as she answered.
"If you would count being a shape-shifting murderer as an answer, then I'm just fine and dandy."
Kaoru frowned at her friend's words. "That's not true Oiwa. You are not a murderer; you were just doing your job – an honorable job, I might add –. You have nothing to be ashamed of."
Oiwa shook her head sadly, the long strands of her dark hair swaying along with the movement.
"You are right." She agreed. "I shouldn't feel guilty. After all, that is my faith as the Nopperabo."
Her lips began to twist into somewhat of a smile that didn't quite reach her eyes.
Finding a seat at the edge of Kaoru's queen-sized bed, Oiwa lifted the ends of her white dress to cross her legs.
Her gaze soft yet intense, the dark-haired young-looking female looked at the other raven-haired female with mild interest.
"So," Oiwa started. "How's life being a succubus treating you?" She asked.
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It was late afternoon; the last class of the day had already started…
Well it would have…if not for the fact that the teacher wasn't present at the moment.
So the whole class contended themselves either with talking to their friends or trying to copy down their assignments as fast as they could.
However; it is in one certain group whose conversation is 'slightly' different from the others that we turned our attention to.
"But Kenshin, that couldn't be possible." ranted Misao as she stared at the redhead in disbelief.
"I know Misao. I'm just as baffled as you are but I couldn't think of any other reasonable explanation." Kenshin replied.
"Reasonable? What's so reasonable about that?!"
Aoshi, the tall and handsome 'Silent Okashira' of their class, suddenly spoke up from beside his girlfriend.
"I would have to agree with Kenshin." He said simply.
Misao looked up at him; her face a mixture of shock and anger. "What? You mean to tell me that you actually believed that Kenshin had an encounter with the supernatural?"
Aoshi glanced down at his shorter girlfriend. "What I meant was that there are things in this world that are unexplained and could be connected to another world…"
Misao snorted. "Yeah, a world of ghosts and ghouls… Aoshi, I just don't understand you sometimes. You can be such a puzzle." She said mockingly.
Aoshi smiled, knowing that Misao wasn't being serious. He wrapped his long arms around her small stature.
"Well I guess it works both ways then." He answered.
"Hey!"
Megumi rolled her eyes at the two's antics and redirected her gaze to Kenshin.
"Perhaps you were just imagining it, Ken-san. You didn't sleep late again last night, did you?" She asked.
Kenshin shook his head. "No, and I'm not imagining it Megumi."
The redhead zipped open his backpack and placed something on the surface of his desk. Misao, Aoshi and Megumi leaned closer to see that the note and the jasmine flower that was left to him that morning.
Misao gasped as she read the contents of the note and blush a bright red. Kenshin, noticing the coloring of her face, began to blush as well. Megumi, however, had a disbelieved frown on her face while Aoshi inspected the blue-lavender jasmine bloom in great interest.
"I don't believe this." Megumi said finally. "I mean, what if it was just a prank your uncle pulled on you?"
It was Kenshin's turn to give the cinnamon-eyed girl a disbelieving look.
"My uncle?"
Megumi tapped her chin with her finger, deep in thought.
"Now that I think about it, he doesn't seem the type, does he?" She commented.
Just then, the classroom door burst opened as a slightly tousled Sano entered the room. The spiky-brown haired young man glided over to the group and sat down on his desk in front of Kenshin.
"Hey guys! Why all the gloomy faces?" He asked; noticing the look on his friends' faces.
The others exchanged looks. It was Megumi however who spoke up as she turned to face her boyfriend.
"Sano, you're the supernatural expert out of all of us. Tell us what you think."
Sano quirked an eyebrow at this but listened intently anyways as Kenshin began to reiterate the story of his encounter…again.
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Kaoru looked at her reflection for one last time, a disapproving frown on her face.
The raven-haired female turned slightly to the right, casting a critical look at her appearance.
If it weren't for the undeniably powerful aura that emitted in her being; no one would've guessed that she'd be anything more than a normal human girl.
Kaoru placed a delicate hand atop the middle of her back where her wings should be and heaved a sigh.
She'd already started to miss her wings.
"If I hadn't known better, I would've thought of you as a human, Kaoru-chan." Spoke a voice from behind her.
Kaoru turned her gaze away from her full-length mirror and smiled as she saw who the voice belonged to.
"Hey Harry. What are you doing here?" she asked.
The greenish-brown goblin, somewhat resembling a fat, short and very hairy man, scratched his dirty unkempt hair as he answered.
"Haitei wanted me to give you these."
Harry gestured a long-nailed and dirty hand from behind him. Kaoru followed the direction of his hand with her eyes and saw a ridiculously-pink shoulder bag large enough for her to carry her books and other supplies she would need.
Kaoru then frowned as she remembered how Harry addressed her lord.
"Harry, how come you never seem to call Lord Haitei by his title?"
Harry raised a thick bushy eyebrow, causing his already large eyes to grow in height.
"For a smart one, I thought you would've figured it out by now."
The goblin continued.
"Being a kapre, I am neither as well rounded nor as superior in rank as you guys…"
It was Kaoru's turn to raise her eyebrow.
" 'You guys'? What the heck is that supposed to mean?" She interrupted him.
Harry shrugged. "I mean you guys, you know, the really powerful but strangely unpopular ones."
"The only reason that most humans have never heard of us is because we usually aren't portrayed in their silly movies, books, and the likes. Only the so-called vampires, witches and werewolves were foolish and unlucky enough to get caught."
"Get caught?"
Kaoru nodded her head. "The knowledge of the Carpathians, or wrongly-dubbed by humans as vampires, spread because of one man's capability to write a book about the so-called life of a vampire named 'Dracula.'"
Kaoru frowned. "Who is this 'Dracula'person anyway? I'd never heard of him aside from the gossip tablets of the 'Underworld' and I've been here since the time of Feudal Japan."
Harry could only shrug in reply. He listened intently as the raven-haired female continued.
"Lycans, or dubbed as werewolves, were only found out when a lone rouge lycan in wolf form attacked a whole village in the early times of Europe."
"And the truth of the Magickers, or as humans called them, 'witches'; were also found out in the Middle Ages when the so-called 'Witch Hunt' was popular then, am I right?" asked Harry, throwing in his two cents.
"Yes." Kaoru replied before a smirk etched on her pale facial features.
"I think that was the silliest thing humans had cooked up with their over-active imagination yet." She commented.
Kaoru continued. "Humans either drowned, burned at stake, or hanged their own species just to quell their fears. They never knew that real Magickers can easily cast a spell to prevent themselves from getting killed and only pretended to die until the humans left."
The indigo-eyed female shook her head in dismay.
"Ah, how simple-minded these humans really are." She muttered.
Harry only nodded his head in agreement as he took out a cigar and bit the wider edge of it.
Kaoru had a grossed look on her face as she watched as the kapre swallowed the bitten piece of tobacco.
"Eww… That stuff's going to kill you one of these days, Harry."
Harry only shrugged his shoulders in an uncaring manner.
"I don't care…Think you can lit up a flare for me so I can smoke."
Kaoru wrinkled her nose in unhidden disgust.
"Well I care so could you do a favor and put that thing away?"
It was an order, not a question.
Harry frowned but relented at the glare Kaoru cast at him.
The kapre let down his cigar and tucked it in the folds of his loincloth.
"You're no fun, Kaoru." He muttered.
Kaoru simply smirked in triumph.
"My apartment, my rules."
She glided over to pick up the bag Lord Haitei sent her. Kaoru wrinkled her nose in distaste as she took a closer look at the color of the material.
"Really, does he have to pick such an awful color?" She mumbled.
Harry gave a great big laugh, his large belly throbbing with each huff of laughter.
In the midst of their conversation; Kaoru had completely forgotten that the goblin hadn't answered her earlier question.
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"….and that's what happened." Kenshin said, finished with his story.
The redhead heaved a relieved sigh. He was getting thirsty and his throat's starting to hurt from all the talking he did.
Sano rubbed his chin thoughtfully. It took a long time before the brown-haired man finally replied.
"Well Kenshin, from what I can think of, you seemed to have an encounter with a succubus."
Kenshin raised an eyebrow.
"A succubus?"
Sano nodded his head.
"From what you told me, she does fit the description."
"She?"
It was a skeptic Megumi who asked the single-word question.
Sano glanced at his girlfriend. "Yes, a 'she'."
"What is a suckubise anyway?" asked Misao.
Sano glared at Misao.
"It's succubus, Weasel." He corrected.
Ignoring the outraged protests of the small dark-haired girl; Sano looked at Kenshin with a raised eyebrow.
"What did you think she was anyway?" He asked his best friend.
Kenshin grinned sheepishly and scratched his head.
"I thought it was a vampiress." He told Sano truthfully.
Sano rolled his eyes at the assumption.
"A succubus is different from a vampire, Kenshin." He said.
Sano opened his mouth to explain further when Aoshi cut him off.
"A vampires is a female vampire who is rumored to drink the blood of humans while a succubus absorbs the energy of humans in their sleep, preferably while the victims are dreaming."
The ice blue-eyed man continued.
"Most paranormal experts believed that succubi steal energy from men while their male counterpart, the incubus, stole from females. Though there have been rare cases of a succubus thriving on women victims."
Aoshi noticed the shocked looks on his friends' faces.
"What?"
Kenshin was the first to be shaken out of his reverie. Once he got his bearings; the redhead asked.
"How does the succubus steal energy from their victims?"
A smirk played on Sano's face while Aoshi's lips twitched, as if to hide a smile.
"They seduce men in their sleep and steal their life force by the process of copulation."
Obviously, only Aoshi could say such a thing out of the two.
If their life was an anime show (AN: (snickers)), Kenshin's eyes would've grown thrice their size.
"WHAT?!"
Aoshi clamped the redhead's mouth shut before he could make a scene and embarrass himself further.
Not to mention embarrass them as well.
Misao waved off her hands to their fellow classmates who were staring at them queerly.
"It's nothing folks. Himura's here just excited that he…ugh…got kendo practice today."
The group heaved sighs of relief as soon as their classmates muttered illegibly and returned to what they were doing before.
In a hush voice, Kenshin leaned closer to Sano and Aoshi and asked.
"You mean they actually have sex with their victims just to absorb their energy?"
Sano nodded his head. "That's what people say."
Then a sly smirk etched in his mouth. The brown-haired man nudged his redhead friend in the ribs.
"You sly dog, you."
The rest, even the skeptic Megumi and the silent Aoshi, chuckled as Kenshin's face burnt a bright red.
Sano however, stopped as soon as he saw the amber-eyed glare Kenshin tossed at him and gulped.
"Jeeze, Kenshin. Can't you just take a joke?"
Sano laughed nervously to prove his point.
Kenshin crossed his arms and continued to glare silently at the other young man.
Fortunately for Sano, their staring contest was interrupted with the arrival of their professor.
Professor Saitou Hajime, popularly known by his students as the Wolf, cast them all an intimidating glare and it wasn't long before all of the class were in their proper seats, sitting still like the little 'angels' they are.
"Sorry for my tardiness class." Professor Hajime's voice was firm and his topaz eyes show no remorse at all.
"But the Principal requested my audience…"
"Ohh…." The whole class murmured.
The professor tossed them a glare and everyone shut their mouths.
He gave a small, creepy smile at their actions.
"Good."
Hajime continued. "As I was saying; the principal requested my audience to escort the new student to her next class which is mine for the information of all you dimwits here who couldn't figure it out."
The tall man made a motion with his hand to the doorway of the classroom.
"Come here Miss Kamiya and introduce yourself."
Kenshin, who was looking curiously at the doorway, stared as a slender figure made it's way from the door and at the front center of the class.
The expression on his face was a mixture of surprise and perhaps even confusion as he continued to stare at the new student standing before them all.
The young woman smiled as she tucked a long lock of her raven hair behind her ear.
Her indigo eyes gleamed with mirth as she crooned out in a soft, melodious voice.
"Hello, my name's Kamiya Kaoru."
She gave a short bow. As she stood upright, her eyes caught Kenshin's and her smile turned mischievous.
"It's a pleasure to meet you."
The commentary was addressed to the whole class yet the woman's eyes continued to lock with the redhead's violet depths.
"Oh Shit!"
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To be continued
Sapphire: Well, now you guys know what Kaoru-chan is…However, as you will later see in the future chapters, the others would soon find out that they're not entirely right at all…
I really hope that everyone liked this chapter. No lime/lemon yet but hey, what did you expect? This is just the second chapter.
Anyway, don't forget to review!
Trivia time!
Added note: In my story, I will change a few facts about these supernatural beings for the sake of the plot. Just to let you guys know.
Black Moon Passing – my own creation. (Don't you dare steal it from me or I'll sic Daemon on you!) I think I'd explained what it is so I'll just go on right ahead with the next one.
Nopperabo – also known as the 'Angel of Death'. A Nopperabo is a human mortal (I made her immortal however in this fic) cursed with having the ability of changing her face to that of a female victim who died unjustly and seek revenge by killing the ones responsible for the crime.
Japanese legend (At least I think it was Japanese…I'm not sure) has it that while passing through, a young man saw a young curvy maiden standing too close near the river. Feeling chivalrous, and a bit lecherous as well, the man moved towards the young woman to warn her of danger when the woman turned her head and the man was shocked to see nothing but a blank space where her face should be.
Nopperabos are always females who are guided by their ever-immortal Watcher. (but that's for another chapter…)
Kapre – an elemental creature from Philippine folklore (yey! (grins)) that resembles a short, big-bellied man except that its' either green or brown skin is covered with very thick and curly hair. It is usually found near forests or at least in areas with large, ancient trees.
A cigar in it's hand; the kapre frightens travelers out of their wits by appearing to them, especially dark at night, sitting on a branch staring at them with it's wide eyes and an equally wide grin etched in it's faces.
Kapres are usually harmless creatures, preferring instead to scare people out of their wits instead. Be careful that you don't make one as an enemy for you will soon find yourself die from laughter or cursed. Kapres are also very over protective of their young and their homes so don't threatening one unless you want to suffer the dire consequences.
Succubus – the female counterpart of an incubus. Often appearing as hornless demons, sometimes with large bat-like wings either on their back or on top of their head, they seduced men, especially monks, in their dreams and force the victims to have sexual intercourse with them in order for the succubus to obtain their energy/life force and grow stronger and live longer. In most cases, the amount of energy taken from the victim was so great that the human usually dies in his sleep.
In the earlier times, the symbol of a succubus upon a door or in any other part of a building signifies that the house was actually a brothel.
Incubus – male counterpart of an succubus. Similar to a succubus except that the incubus preys on women and not men.
Acknowledgements: (Just in case anyone tries to sue me for stealing… Hohoho!)
Facts about the Nopperabo are obtained from the internet but are mostly from the anime magazine, Questor, in which a comic strip is dedicated to it. For those who have the magazine, I salute you. (winks)
Information about the Kapre are obtained from the book series called 'True Philippine Ghost Stories' and also from what my grandparents told me as a child.
Wikiepidia (sp?) Encyclopedia and 'True Philippine Ghost Stories' book series are responsible for providing the information about the Succubus and the Incubus.