AN: Yeah it's been a LONG ASS TIME however! I have NOT given up. Don't worry…things are just a little complicated now. I work almost 10 hours straight! Aaaaaahhhhhh! And I don't have much time to write but I do whenever possible. Not to mention I have to start working on other projects to get money for school…I bead and make outfits, and paint etc. want more info? Email me. okay here's the next chapter…sorry it took so long! And I know it's short but I PROMISE that the next will be longer…

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Knight in Black Armor

He looked her over, nothing to worry about. Other than the dirt on her face and the hay in her hair she looked perfectly healthy. She looked the same as he remembered she did five years ago. Small, fragile, innocent, and still held that look he remembered being so shocked about. The look any damsel would give her hero. The look of shire amazement. But even though her body looked to be healthy, the mind and the heart would be a different thing. "Are you alright?" he asked.

She was still in awe that he was standing before her but gave the slightest nod of acknowledgement. "Good" he said "Stay here."

She looked down at the body of the vampire. He then picked it up and tossed it aside. "Contiue to hide" he said "I'll be back."

With that he stood at his full impressive height. He gave his sword a slight twitch to shake the blood from it. before turning and continuing his extermination of the vampires.

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He'd found his way there somehow. Another assignment had brought him to that area. He had been on his way to the said assignment when he found himself standing at the end of her road with the flash of her face crossing his mind. And when he heard the screams and saw the shadows he moved and helped to defeat the demons in the shadows…unfortunately he was not fast enough…not enough. Just enough to save her.

He sighed as he shook the blood from his sword.

"Attempting to figure out what to do?" an annoying voice sounded.

"Silence" he told it.

"You can't leave her there that's for sure" the voice said "But you can't take her with you at the same time…what to do…what to do…"

D shook the blood from his blade then turned back to the barn. She was still the same place, hiding beneath the hay. "You can come out now" D said in his monotone voice "They're all dead now."

The hay didn't move for a moment…but then it stirred. A ivory hand came from beneath it and soon the entire pile began to move. She lifted herself up and brushed herself off, looking up at him she smiled. "I'm so glad you came" she said.

"Your parents are dead" he said.

The light from her eyes quickly faded. Her head turned down and her shoulders slumped. "Oh"

It sounded more like a squeak. Like something that sounded from deep in her soul rather than her mouth. Silence enveloped the two and seemed to drift along. Tears streaked down her face. After a minute she looked back up at him and smiled "Does this mean I can go with you?" she asked.

D stood silent. So be honest although it did not show, he was shocked. He'd expected her to be angry, to be upset…to blame him. Blame him that he didn't get there in time. But instead she was giving him the same look she'd given when they'd first met.

He couldn't leave her there by herself, there was no way to make sure that all the vampires had attacked at once. But he couldn't take her with him all the same. His life was far too dangerous for a child to live in. He sighed internally "Come on" he said turning.

She bounced happily behind him "I'll take you to the next village."

She stopped and her happy exterior dropped.

He stopped and looked over his shoulder at her drooping form. He continued walking and soon heard her dragging footsteps behind him. They walked to his horse, he turned then picked her up, she let out a small squeal before he settled her on his horse. Jumping on after her D turned his horse and then started down the road. "Hold on" he said.

After she secured herself they started a gallop towards the moon.

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The town was quiet…quiet as night…quiet as the night they arrived in…but not death…no…not death. Not the death she'd just experienced…no…

But…but they why?...Why didn't she cry? Why did only few tears fall? Why didn't she start bawling at the thought that she wouldn't see either of them again? Why didn't she care? Did she ever care? Is it…is it because…

She turned her head upwards to see him gazing straight ahead.

…of him?

Was it because…"Of D?"
"What?"
She blushed "Oh…um…nothing!"

She smiled up at him.

He looked down at her blankly then turned back up.

They rode down a long path to the village quietly "What are you going to do?" her voice finally sounded "I mean…after this."

"I have a job to do…after that they'll be another…then another…"

She looked up at him with questionable eyes.

"Then…why can't I go with you?"

He didn't bother looking at her while he answered "This life is no life for a child."

She looked down at his hands and laid her hands on his cold ones "But then you'll be lonely" she whispered.

He turned looking down at the top of her head and then to the hand she grasped.

"What's the point of going through this life if it's going to be alone?" she squeezed his hand "What's the point of life if you're not going to live?"

Her words were not that of a mere child. They were those of an adult. Speaking clearly from the heart. "I…I want to go with you D."

They suddenly stopped. In front of a big house. She turned up "D?"
He looked down at her…then dismounted. Her grip tightened on the saddle "I don't want to go" she whispered as her eyes slammed shut "I want to stay with you."

"Is this her then?"

Her eyes snapped open. She looked to the direction of a voice to see a balding overweight man standing there beside D. D was tilting his hat down not daring to look at her. Her eyes filled with tears, and she looked down at her hero. "D?"

The man walked over and reached up at her "No!" she cried out tightening her grip.

Suddenly two cold hands took a hold of her. Her grip loosened and her head hung low.
The hands picked her up and took her down from the cyborg horse. "D…"

Her feet hit the ground. She looked up at him, tears streaming down her face "Why?" she asked him "Why can't I go with you?"

He looked down at her and she could swear that even thought his eyes did not show it…she could see…behind his eyes…sadness. "Because I am a Vampire Hunter" he said "And I am a Dhampir. I am alone…Vampire Hunters only accept the company of other Vampire Hunters…"

He turned and patted her on the head "Farewell…"

He then turned once again to horse.

Letting out a cry Sada ran over and hugged him tightly "I'll always believe in you D" she whispered "And I'll see you again…nothing can take my belief in you away from me…"

She then let go and gave him a brave smile.

D stared at her for awhile like she was a new species of flower. Then turned and mounted his horse.

With a tip of his hat he then rode off into the moonlight.

As she watched him leave with a sad wave his words echoed in her ears "Vampire Hunters only accept the company of other Vampire Hunters…"

Determination set itself inside of her and grew to her eyes 'I will see you again D' she told herself 'And I will be with you…I swear it…even if it kills me.'

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AN: I started reading the Vampire Hunter D books…damn good…get one. And I'm trying to write in the same context that the original writer would.

So hopefully the next chapter will be sooner…sorry if it isn't but I very much intend to finish this story…even if it is a few months before the next chapter.