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Chapter 2: There's Something About Naru
Author: Sci-Fi Raptor
I figured I'd update while I'm still up…
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BAM!
The gunshot echoed back at varying times because of the strange angles of the docks. But the target was no where he should have been. He should have been lying on the ground, dead. Instead, he had flickered off into the shadows.
"Damnit, you just had to make this difficult!" Naru said, and gave chase. He had almost a second headstart, but he used his time wisely. Flat out sprinting, he toppled over anything that would slow her down.
Naru kept calm. She expected something like this. She really didn't mind. Chasing this guy made the hunt fun. Unlike a certain ronin, he had the courtesy to fight back before she swooped down for the kill. Speaking of which, she took a quick glance at the sky. I was already sunset…
Uh-oh… she thought in worry. She picked up her pace and managed to close the distance. She leaped onto his back and blasted three caps through his right lung. Needless to say, he collapsed in a heap.
"Thank god…" Naru said in relief. She would never have been able to keep up that pace for much longer. She got off the carcass and rolled it over to get a better look at her prey.
He was Italian.
"I had no idea they had infiltrated so far…" Naru said with worry.
SMACK!
She was launched into a nearby cargo contained with a slap to the face. She quickly got up and had her gun leveled at his head. But he just stood there, staring at her with the eyes of a predator. He smirked.
Crack…
"Shit!" Naru yelled and blasted away. Round after automatic round inserted itself into the maniac, but he just stood his ground smiling. Naru had to reload her clip, which was exactly the moment everything happened.
His muscles grew. This bones shifted and thickened. His skin became covered in fur. The poor Armani suit became shreds.
"Grrr…" he growled, standing on his hind legs. Naru looked up in horror and saw that he was twice her height now.
"Goddammit!" Naru cursed out loud. "There isn't even a full moon out!" she said after scanning the sky quickly. Since when could they transform at will? The wolf jumped, but Naru dodged.
It was time for her own transformation.
She moved with fluid motions and soon latched onto its back. She held herself still while her eyes restructured and her fangs grew back.
She had turned into a Vampire.
She bit him in the neck, hoping to get the jugular. The wolf howled in pain, but grabbed her by the arm and threw her like a rag doll. She crashed shoulder first into another cargo container but quickly got her composure back. She checked the wound quickly and found that she was loosing blood very quickly. She gave herself two minutes before she'd black out. She reached behind her and pulled out a dagger. And expensive dagger. A silver dagger.
The werewolf sensed the metal, but did not relent. It jumped at her with jaws bared and claws greedily searching for her flesh. She ducked and made an uppercut just as it moved past. It howled in pain as the wound burned like acid. While it automatically moved to nurse itself (it was a novice), Naru stabbed it in the leg. It fell to the ground in agony and started flailing violently. Naru straddled herself on its chest and held her dagger precariously over its heart.
Had it been two minutes already? Why wouldn't her dagger embrace its chest cavity?
"It's alright, Naru. You can stop…" someone said. Naru looked to her right and found Kanako holding her arm up.
She glared at her and said, "It's a Wolf!"
"We need him alive…" Seta said from her left.
"We need to interrogate him first," Seta supplied when Naru gave them a confused look. It was completely dark now, so the two had deactivated the active-UV screens, a nifty gadget developed by and stolen from the military. They were in their true vampire states and had the air of nobility about them. Seeing Seta as she did, she was reminded of that night when he had turned her.
"Naru?" Seta asked when she would stop staring at him. She would have blushed, but she was running desperately low on blood. Her face turned cold when she got up and sheathed her dagger.
"I'll leave him to you then," Naru said to the man angrily and moved to leave. She turned into her human form to save energy. However, she had lost too much blood and stumbled over her feet.
"I'll take her home," Kanako said before Seta could move. "You take care of him."
"Thanks, Kanako-chan," Seta said warmly and lifted the monster onto his shoulder. Kanako held Naru in her arms bridal style and disappeared to a safe house.
"Who'd of thought that that crazy bastard was a Vamp!" she complained to herself as she wired some blood into Naru.
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Back during supper
Naru felt a burning sensation on her face. She looked in its direction and found Kanako glaring brimstone at her. She shuddered, thinking of what antics she would pull on her for being so close with her brother in front of her.
"No Su! That's not food!" Shinobu exclaimed, trying to pull a spatula out of the said girl's mouth. Naru just shook her head at the tech wiz. Dinner went by as usual and ended with a special watermelon dessert to celebrate the three ronin's reunion from back when Naru and Keitaro had both failed the Todai entrance exams.
Its been such a long time, Naru thought as she watched the merriment of the tenants. Kitsune naturally distributed alcohol like water and the place became very lively. After a while, Naru retired to her room. After she slipped into her futon, she looked into her locket. It was pitch black, but her eyes were adept in this environment. The stared at the picture of the man inside. He was strong. He was proud.
He was dead.
Seeing Seta like that today reminded her of how she had gotten her powers. It had been such a long time since she last thought of him. Naru held to locket close to her heart and cried.
Daddy… she thought in pain.
He had been killed by a werewolf when she was in high school. They were both leaving a park when it happened. It was so fast that Naru didn't even see it. One second her dad was laughing next to her. The next one, he was lying on the ground with his chest wide open. She had been too afraid to move back then. But Seta came out of nowhere and grabbed her. He took her to safety, even though she cried to be with her father. When she calmed down, he explained what had happened and told her how she could get revenge. She had single handedly wiped out every Wolf on Japanese soil since then.
But it didn't bring him back…
Her mother had a memory implanted that they had divorced. It was painful to watch her find another man, marry him and have his child. Naru didn't hate her step-father or sister. They were good people, but they reminded her so much of what had happened to her father and how easily he was replaced.
No one could replace him.
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Keitaro lingered by her door for a few moments before he continued walking. He sensed that something was wrong with Naru during dinner, but didn't have the nerve to ask her. She just always seemed… unapproachable. It pained him to find her crying herself to sleep. He would do anything to comfort her. He wished she knew that he would be there for her. Sighing, he made his way to the roof and lay on his back while watching the stars. The moon was out tonight, making it slightly harder to see them, but it was lovely.
He felt something warm next to him. He turned to look and found his little sister laying next to him, holding his hand. He smiled warmly and gave it a squeeze. Kanako turned to look back at him and smiled back. It was a very romantic atmosphere.
"Onii-chan," Kanako said after being lost in his eyes. She so wanted to be held in his embrace just then.
"They're really beautiful, aren't they?" Keitaro said, still smiling while turning to look back at the night sky. Kanako struggled not to say, "Not as beautiful as you." She sighed and looked at them with him. It had been a long time since the two had been so close. She decided to just enjoy the moment and gaze for a while.
Soon after, she heard a gentle snoring. She turned and found her brother sleeping. She giggled, and admired at his babyish face. She moved so that her face was over his and slowly moved down. She couldn't help it, she body move on her own.
"Naru…" he whispered just as she was about to lock lips, and said some incomprehensible things. Kanako sighed. She moved away and picked him up bridal style. She took him to his room and gently put him to bed. The glared at the person sleeping above. Last time I save your sorry carcass… she thought angrily.
Kanako looked down at her brother and felt saddened. Why did he like her so much? What was it about her? Would he still feel the same if he knew she was a famous killer?
No. She could never tell him the truth. No matter how much she loved him, she could never cross that line. She had been assigned to infiltrate his family so that she could keep an eye out on them for the Brethren. She didn't know why, but there was something special about his parents back then. Even though she was old enough to be granny Hina's grandma, Kanako fallen for the young human. She had the ability to change the appearance of her age like all Vampires, but it didn't change the fact that the human children would ridicule her. But her brother, he was something else. Caring and understanding from the moment they met, he loved her like she had been siblings all their lives.
Kanako sighed. It was the one thing she hated the most about their relationship. No matter how much they aged or how close they got, he would always see her as his little sister. She had been tempted to tell him the truth many times, but feared what Seta would do to her. They had known each other for too long a time for her to make a mistake like that. She smirked.
He may not see me as a woman, but I am his 'little sister,' she thought as she slipped into the futon with him. She embraced him from the front and was delighted to be embraced back.
She got annoyed, however, when he started mumbling about Naru again.
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Motoko got up with a start. Something felt wrong. She felt an impending doom coming to the house. And for every second it took for her to reach it, the stronger it got.