Shadow: Okay, finaly the second chapter. It took us awhile but we did it, first a thanks to our reviewers.
Korde: OMG WE'RE SO SORRY! We are so sorry for getting your gender wrong, Ryo though you were a girl. Anyway, we would like to see that one-shot, if you'd like any inspiration or help, drop us an e-mail since we have nothing better to do.
Milleniumdunpealrising: Thank you for the compliments on Jack, we know how some characters turn out cheesy and we were so thankful we managed to make Jack rather natural. Thanks for your review
Mannariel: Thank you so much for your review as we have read your stories alot. I do alotof my work on my school computer so the review functions don't really work. We hope you like our story thus far and we hope this chapter is up to par!
Ryo: So in conclusion, we love you all for reviewing so much! (hugs all the reviewers in chibi form)
Evangiline: so kawaii
Amelia; Anyway, to the fic

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Chapter 2: Ghoul Fight

D waited, crouched next to Jack, muscles tense and ready for anything. Jack suddenly smirked in a predatory way, eyes glinting gold and lightly glowing. "They smell us too. Follow me, tie up your horse." Jack whispered to D who was staring at him.

After he tied the horses to a tree root, D followed Jack through the underbrush. "Why aren't we facing them head on?" D's symbiot asked. Jack simply gave his smirk again, it was slightly more predatory then the last and you could see razor sharp fangs easily. That smirk sent an unnoticed chill up the Dunpeal's spine.

"We can't go fight head on because there are too many. If we can get the drop on them, it will be much easier then being over powered and slaughtered." Jack whispered, a mild intensity to his voice.

Soon the scent of rotting flesh and congealed blood became apparent, overwhelming almost. Jack waited, quiet and intense, like a snake about to strike at it's foes throat, then grabbed both guns from his belt and ran sideways from the underbrush, stopping in the middle of the road, guns drawn and arms crossed and that smirk on his face. Both guns were unusually large silver pistols with markings up the sides outlined in black. The ghouls approaching lunged for him and he jumped to the left, emptying his clip into about forty of the monsters. The ghouls started to lunge at him as he re-loaded the gun with a fresh clip attached to the lining in his cloak.

He dodged the swipe of claws and blades effortlessly. A particularly large ghoul pinned him and he fell backwards, as the ghoul leaded forward his pistol pushed itself against the creature's forehead. Jack's eyes flickered darkly and he smirked, "game over for you big guy." He pulled the trigger and pumped a sharp bullet into the creature's head, blood and skull pieces bursting and blood hitting the side of Jack's cheek. Jack stood up; eyes glinting and smirking like a demon.

D rushed out after him, a lethal swing of his blade felling the monsters. The simple power that came with using his sword allowed him to surrender the real world he knew and fight as if tomorrow had ceased to exist to him. Heat and power coiled through his veins though he would never admit it. This was all he could do for these poor souls who were now to be counted amongst the damned and departed. Humanity and free will no longer existed to them, now they were merely pawns to be used and killed.

Ghouls fell one by one in the onslaught. D's blade felled them like they were weeds and Jack's bullets found their new homes the heads and torsos of the ghouls easily. Jack and D were about twenty feet from each other during the battle.

The blade was an extension of his will, and his will was to slay these creatures. It was the only help you could give a ghoul, better to die then live as a mindless zombie. D didn't notice the one behind him, raising a blade above his head.

"D, look out!" Jack's voice shouted through the haze of gunfire and blood and yells and grunts. Jack's body collided with D's as he shot a ghoul that had been holding a blade over D's head. A few seconds later and poor D would have had gotten a nasty haircut. Jack's body was crouched on its knees over D who was lying on the ground, held down by the other hunter's weight. He shot down most of them and the rest began to back away. Jack's golden eyes were glowing in a predatory way as they backed off.

Blood and body parts and bodies littered the mossy ground as the ghouls backed away in fear of the dark man with the glowing eyes. They were relatively young ghouls, barely one century old; they still had human feelings that were supposed to be gone. They feared their master out of instinct, but this man, struck true terror into their un-beating hearts. Only a true hunter or a hellish wolf had those eyes. The man opened his mouth to speak, and they saw his fangs glistening as he did so.

"Return to your master and let him know that his head will be mine. Tell him that I have finally decided to come after him." Jack said to the remaining few, looking at him in fear and shriveling under a predator's gaze. "Tell him to take this opportunity to find a corner to hide in and beg for mercy."

They shuffled off, fearful. Jack still had yet to realize the position he was in, he was willing the predator in him away, the beast that wished for blood. He dropped his guns and looked up at the sky. Starry and beautiful acting as if no blood had been shed her tonight. He was sweating a bit, this predator, this monster inside of him always brought the feelings of his first vampire encounter rushing back but the monster had saved his life long ago. It still gave him a light sense of fear when he saw all the blood he could spill so easily and without remorse. He would never hurt a person he cared about, or even an innocent person, but the creature…no he could control it. He knew he could. He'd never lose control again, not like back then.

'What is going on!' D's mind screamed. 'He saved me from getting decapitated, that's what's going on. But what's wrong with him?' "Jack?" D asked quietly. Jack shook his head then looked down at D. Eyes no longer glowing and back to their regular piercing gold that were looking directly into D's dark blue eyes. He gave D a small smile. "You okay?" He asked. D nodded calmly then said, "You saved me. Why?" "Heh, for now we're partners. Plus you're younger then I am so I have to look out for you. We have to look out for each other; I don't think it should be too hard." Jack said softly. He then started to take notice of the fact he was still kneeling over the Dunpeal hunter.

Jack started to get up but D shot upright too fast, putting them nose-to-nose. For a minuet they were just staring at each other with blank expressions. The symbiot snickered loudly and D clenched his fist in annoyance. Jack pulled himself off of D and offered his hand after picking up his guns and putting them away. D took his hand calmly and was pulled up easily. "Well, let's head off. We'll stop in the morning if you like." Jack said with a small, friendly smile. Was this the same Jack who could kill so effectively? Who seemed so merciless in the heat of battle and seemed so thirsty for the blood of the damned? D shook his head. "It's alright." D said softly as he got their horses and pulled them over.

So they continued to walk, the next town a few miles away. Little did they know how much D's symbiot noticed, the reactions they gave, and his little observations lead to one conclusion…get these two together and laugh about it later! Hell yeah! The symbiot could hear his own evil laughter in his mind. This will be soooooooooooooo good. The symbiot began his diabolical planning as the two hunters walked on in silence.

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Shadow: Okay, this chapter wasn't as good as the last but that's because we wrote the interlude after we first wrote this chapter, we did alot of rewrites
Ryo: Yeah, we hope this was okay for what it was, working at four in the morning is such a pain
Amelia: We got a term paper done at the same time so it was worth it
All: till next time, Happy Reading!