When the Song Ends
Disclaimer: I do not own any of the characters in this story besides Virulentia and Nomad. And if I did own them don't you think there would have been a lot more sex in the Anime (Nightwalker which I do not own... T.T). And even if you do decide to sue me, YOU WILL GET NOTHING! Because I spend all the money I get on porn...
A/N: I like yaoi. That means there will be much having of the yaoi in my story So...#$& YOU IF YOU DO NOT LIKE IT! And please do send your flamers, I will be needing them to forge my ALMIGHTY FRYING PAN OF DOOOOOOM! I love ya'll bub-bye! I gotta go know cause I'm about to be abducted by aliens. Wish me luck, cause I going to take over their planet! MUHAHAHAHAHEHEHEHEHUHUHUHO!
Chapter Two: Foreign Territory
In the end we lose everything.
Nothing more,
And nothing less than we need.
When the time comes to leave:
Run faster than the wind.
Get away,
Far away.
And be free,
To live and die as you please.
So don't freeze when it's your time to flee.
For the longer you wait,
The lesser you'll see how great you could really be.
So flee when you see the opportunity,
Cause one day you're gonna change the world.
By; Christa M. Bonney
Three weeks later Shido awoke to a dully aching body, and a ravenous hunger. A young girl entered the room, he tried not to think so, but he was extremely hungry and couldn't help but have his gaze travel to the pulse in her bared throa- wait! Where she was supposed to have a pulse, there was none! And there was something else he couldn't quite grasp about her. She was surrounded by an aura(11) of power, it was kind of like Cain's but more powerful...Wait! No!
"You're a Master!" He croaked the sudden revelation. He tried to lift himself up from the bed, but in a flash the girl was by his side and easing him back down onto the pillows.
"Easy, easy! You've been asleep for the past three weeks and were heavily wounded. You also lost a severe amount of blood. And sleep can only do so much to heal your wounds!" She informed him softly, lightly scolding him for his carelessness.
Shido was awed by her kindness, no other vampire other than Cain had ever been this genuinely considerate of him the others usually were just acting (the other vampires were usually only nice so that they could gain Cain's favor(12) through him, like a pawn, he hadn't liked that and had felt very betrayed after the first few times until he had stopped trusting the other vampires altogether).
"When did you last feed?" Viru asked him, earnestly worried.
"Two days before I ran into you and the breed..." Shido answered hoarsely.
The Ancient mentally swore. On the outside she barely frowned. This was not good. The Childe had not fed in almost a month(13), and he was in grave need of a lot of human blood and quickly! Unfortunately she did not have that much human blood. The only option she had was to feed him her own blood(14). 'Well,' She thought, 'here goes nothing.' "Shido, drink."
Shido was brought out of his thoughts by the image of the other Vampire's eyes turning from a tranquil, pale bronze to a smoldering crimson(15). Shido tensed, ready for an attack. But the attack never came. Virulentia merely sighed a world-weary sigh and slit her wrist with a pearly white fang and offered it to the younger vampire beside her. Shido hesitated, unsure of how to react, no matter how hungry he was.
"Trust me Shido, if I had wanted to hurt you I would have done so weeks ago while you were resting vulnerable, and unconscious in this bed. Now please drink, so that may regain your strength. And besides, I would rather not sit here for the rest of the evening, bleeding to death on my new bedspread because as you can tell, Old Bloodstain Brown really wouldn't match the décor of this room. The colors would clash rather horribly, wouldn't you agree." She carried on casually, as if she were drinking tea and talking about the weather, instead of rambling on about bloodstains and color schemes, while bleeding quite profusely from a deep slit in her wrist. To say the least it was disturbing enough to frighten Shido (who had seen many a horrific and disturbing thing in his lifetime, or if your anally picky, his death-time) to the point where he was starting to doubt her sanity (which he more or less already did).
Shido did not hesitate for another moment longer and pressed her slender wrist to his mouth. He drank deeply, she tasted like a burst of raspberries, chocolate, and oranges(16). It did not take long for his hunger to be sated by his elder's blood.
Weakened by blood loss and pulled into a deep healing sleep, both vampires curled together on the bed and that was the start of a long and joyous friendship.
End Flashback
Viru entered her room and climbed into her bed. Tomorrow she would tell her beloved friend of her brilliant (her opinion, yet to be a proven fact) plan. Until than it was off to dreamland for the to vampires as the began to rise over the horizon.
Sunset the Next Day
Crying,
Dying.
Can't see your eyes,
Can't see the lies.
"W-what!" Shido spluttered, spraying the coffee he had been drinking(17) all over the dining room table when Viru had told him her plan.
Want to touch you,
See you,
Hear you,
To be near you.
Can't believe your real.
Can't believe your emotions,
You can't feel.
"It's very simple my dear. We shall meet Cain at one of the local nightclubs, and talk until we come to an agreement that will benefit and please both parties. Although I would prefer it if we were to do this at one of my nightclubs(18)." The bronze-eyed told her stressed out companion calmly. Shido stared at her, flabbergasted.
Want to make it right.
Wish to end your plight.
Wish you wouldn't fight.
Gotta make it right.
"I can't decide though, Which club should we use? I was thinking either the 'Siren's Allure' or the 'Misspent Maverick'..." She babbled on, choosing to ignore Shido's outraged mutterings at being forced to live with a psychotic vampire with to much power for her and the world's own good.
Didn't mean to make you cry.
Didn't want to see you die.
Pray that you will forgive me,
For the curse that I did give thee.
"Alright, I've decided! We'll go to the 'Siren's Allure'!" The Elder cried excitedly. She believed (despite all of Shido's irate mutterings) that with her being an Elder and all She had a right to be excited because this was the most excitement she had had in centuries.
Hope you're happy now,
Pray that you're at peace now.
Never meant to give you Immortality.
Now I'm gonna be alone for the rest of Eternity,
Wishing I'd left you alone,
Back in the cold world,
Soaked to the bone;
Blood on your feet and tears in your eyes,
That bear an air of debilitating agony that never seems to falter.
Even when you were with me.
"...Hmph! Well I guess there's no deterring you. Viru give me the rundown on this plan of yours please. And are you sure he won't be able to kidnap me? I mean he could entrance some poor humans into kidnapping me, knowing full well that I swore never to hurt another human again." He asked her worriedly.
Wish I'd left you crying in the blood-soaked street.
Shoulda looked away,
Turned around and left you where you laid.
Gave in to temptation,
Swept you away,
And took you in.
"Yes Shido, I'm positive. My clubs are purely for vampires, most of which are completely devoted to me. Even though I haven't Sired a Childe in my life..." She trailed off softly and sadly.
I Fell in love with you,
Quicker than I was wise to.
Didn't care though.
As long as you were mine,
I just stuck to ya like glue.
"Viru, Why haven't you ever Sired(19) anyone before." The wayward Mate asked her. Even he had Sired a Childe himself. Of Riho had left him taking Guni and Yayoi (who she had Turned) with her. But that was years ago and even though he had suffered and struggled horribly until he had met Virulentia, who had Adopted(20) him into her Line (which he was immensely grateful for).
Couldn't bear to see you cry.
Woulda did if you were to die.
And when you fell inevitably ill,
I took the fatal plunge,
Took a chance and made you eternally mine.
And now we're both paying a horrible price.
Virulentia was Head of the most powerful Line(21) of vampires, the Savernious Line. Shido was of a rival Line that had harassed and waged all-out war on the Savernious Line ever since the Savernious had won Fealty(22) from all of the other Lines.
And though I regret much,
I will never regret the time we spent together,
When you were mine.
Having the Head of the Savernious Line(28) Adopt one of the Childre of the Line of Corocal(29) was a grave insult to their Line (That's another reason for why Cain is chasing Shido down. Shido humiliated their Line by escaping and evading capture for so long. And now that he has been adopted into the Savernious Line, the Corocallan Elders(23) have set a bounty out upon Shido's head for him to be caught dead or alive).
I know I can't ask for your forgiveness.
I will never be able to do enough for you to forgive me.
So all I can say is:
"No matter how much you hate me.
Till the end of Eternity and all the rest,
I'll be there for you to lean on.
And I can honestly say,
That till the end of our days,
You will be the only one to hold my heart,
The way that is so undeniably unique to only you."
By; Christa M. Bonney
"Shido I've never Sired a Childe because...You see my...Sire," She spat the word out with undisguised revulsion, "had never Sired any of his Childre out of love or even friendship. No, all of us were either Turnedout of revenge, to be a Toy(24), a servant or a tool. I was the only one lucky, if that's what you can call it, enough to be Turned for another purpose. You see because he had not found his Mate he could not have any Blood-Children(25) of his own he had to Sire an Heir(26). I was his unfortunate, powerful, little Heir...Shido I didn't ever want to be like him, so when he was killed in a Blood Feud War with the Head of the Corocal Line I took the Title(27) and signed a Peace Treaty with the Corocal Line's new Head. I never Sired any Childre, because I do not want to make a mistake and Turn someone I could not love. So I have waited all these years to find my Mate...because then and only then will I ever be able to Blood-Children, not Childre that I know I will be able to love..." Viru finished in a whisper, her eyes downcast. She started to cry. "Shido, I'm so afraid! It's been so long and I still haven't been able to find him! What if I never find my Mate!" She cried hysterically.
Shido was visibly shaken by his friend's breakdown, in all the time that he had known her, he had never seen his strong, resilient friend breakdown before, much less seen her cry. He pulled his savior into his arms and uttered soothing sweet-nothings into her hair as she buried her face into the crook of his neck, crying out her heart and muffling her wails of anguish into his shoulder as she shook in his tight embrace.
A/N: Hey another chapter down! Yahoo! I tried to go for drama here, but I think I made it a little to dramatic...As you can see there is some new words in the glossary, and unless you think you will be able to understand the rest of the story without first knowing what the terms are I suggest you read the new words in the glossary. So tell me what you think and hopefully I'll update in the next few days or so...Oh! And if you like my story I suggest you some of my friend that I met on the site. Her username is Eclipse'sCHICK .
Glossary
#1. Master Vampire: Vampires with immense strength, age, and wealth,. They are also high in station or ranking.
#2. "Snack": Virulentia + Vampire + "SNACK" Vampires drink BLOOD (what kind of imbecile doesn't know that)!
#3. Nightbreeds: Creatures of evil intent that inhabit the bodies of the dead, transforming the bodies into hideously deformed shells under the breed's control.
#4. Blood-Saber: Some of the More powerful vampires can turn their blood into weapons (swords, whips, bullets, ect.).
#5. Childe: One who is turned into a vampire by a Master.
#6. Master: A Master Vampire.
#7. Blood Seeing: Very old Masters can see into the pasts of others through tasting their blood.
#8. Cain: Shido's Master and Mate.
#9. Mates: Vampire soulmates, ones who complete the other vampire in every aspect, and who's fate are intricately tied together.
#10. Shadow Traveling: Using spells Masters can travel through the Shadow Lands.
#12. Using Shido to Get to Cain: Cain is a very influential figure in the Vampire Society. So to get on his good side and get his favor, is to literally get like a promotion in the Society.
#13. Feeding: The younger a vampire is, the shorter the time periods that they can go without feeding are.
#14. Masters' blood: The blood of Masters by far more potent than humans. The older a vampire is the more powerful their blood is. Vampires blood also has high healing capabilities. The more Ancient vampires' blood are highly desired for potions, though it is very hard to acquire though legal means.
#15. Rare Eye Colors: Vampires who are Ancients, that are very powerful and are the Head of their Line tend to get different eye colors when they transform into their vampiric forms (fangs, golden eyes, slit cat pupils, ect.), and also some rare fledglings when made, sometimes have different eye colors.
#16. Blood Flavors: All people (and vampires) have a very distinct, and unique taste to their blood. The taste can be strengthened by certain strong emotions (fear, lust, happiness, anger, blood-lust an overwhelming urge to kill, sorrow, and love).
#17. Drinking Coffee: In other stories vampires can only drink blood. But in my story they can drink other liquids (and let's face it people, they're vampires, they wake up at night. At night there is no sun to blind you, to happy cheeping birds to annoy you, and no fuckin' morning people I swear those morning people are freaking insane! I mean you gotta be shittin' me. You cannot wake up, cheerfully fucking awake in the mornings, and not be holy-cow-fuckin'-nun-tippin'-ballsack-suckin' NUTS! to freakin' cruelly pry you from your blissful grogginess from being half awake in the mornings...Soooooo...They need to drink coffee at night (that's so obvious, but it just sounds so god-damned ridiculous) to help them wake up peace fully (well that at least goes for the other vampires, but poor Shido can't wake up peacefully because he lives with one of the most dreaded creatures known to the vampiric population, and that is a...A NIGHT PERSON VAMPIRE OH THE HORROR!).
#18. Rich Vampires: Vampires do need to make money you know. And Virulentia, like other Ancients and Masters, have had a good amount of time to stockpile their money.
#19.Siring: To Sire is to Turn a human into a vampire, and to take full responsibility for the Childe's physical and mental well-being and safety. Also they must teach their Childe how to take care of themselves, how to act amongst other vampires, their vampiric family, how to care for their health, how to fight, act amongst humans, how to fight, to hunt, earn a stockpile of wealth, and care for their own Childre, and also how to develop their powers and use them.
#20. Adoption: When a Sire cannot care for, abandons, abuses or mistreats their Childre of Childe it is possible for another (older, more better off, kinder, or more responsible) Master or Sire to Adopt the aforementioned Childre or Childe through willingly (both vampires must be willing or bearing no ill intentions towards each other) to be able to form a Sire-Childe or Grandsire-GrandChilde kind of Bond.
#21. Vampire BloodLines: All vampires originate from a certain Line of Vampires, each Line has its own powers that are unique to only the members of their Line. Though their are exceptions to this rule, for their is a Line (the Head of the Vampire Lines) that bears the powers of every Line. This Line is known as the Savernious Line.
#22.Fealty: Fealty is when the other Lines swear loyalty to another, stronger Line.
#23. Council of Elders: For every Line there is a Council of Elders. The Council is made up of the Eldest Vampires in the Line. There can be between six and twelve Elders to a Council depending on how large the Line is. The Head of the Council is the Second Eldest of the Line, the Eldest of the Line is the Head of Line and has the final say on whatever issues are brought before the Council. The Council is left to rule the Line if the Head of the Line is indisposed of or if the Head is dead, they rule until the Heir is found and settled or until the Heir is instated. They will also rule if the Heir is not of age, And they will rule becomes of Age to take the Title of the Head of the Line.
#24. Toy: A sex slave.
#25. Blood-Children: When two Vampires Mate in the utmost height of love. The Mates may be able to conceive a Blood-Childe. A Blood-Child is the actual, true, biological child of two Mates. The Submissive Mate is the one with the ability to bear and conceive the babe. And it is very rare for true Blood-Children to be conceived. And it is very rare for a child to survive to come to full term, much less survive the birth (which is both very stressful for both the 'Mother' and the child); and if the baby survives birth, then there is also the very high chance of the being killed by rival Lines, enemies, and Vampire Hunters before it grow to an age where it is fully capable of defending itself. Which is why if conceived the Mate is jealously guarded by their Dominant Mate and close Family. And that is why the successful birth and survival of a Blood Child is greatly celebrated.
#26. Heirs: The predetermined Heir to the Head of the Line. The Heir is chosen to rule the Line because of certain attributes that were essential to the proper ruler of a Line that they had. An Heir is determined if either there is more than one Blood-Childe (as rare as that is the ruler of a Line, if there is more than one Blood-Child, is not determined by age, but by whichever child is best suited by the List of Attributes needed to rule that were by the unknown Creator of the Vampire Lines the only Vampire who knows of the true origin of the Lines is the Ancient Master, Virulentia Savernious.
#27. Title: The position of being Head of a Line.
#28. The Savernious Line: The Savernious Line is considered to be the royalty of the Vampire Society. They hold a vast amount of power in and over the vampire community. But ironically, with all great amounts of wealth, age, influence, knowledge, and power, there are very few members of the Savernious Line. Because with the exceptions of past generations of the Heads of the Line, the most recent and powerful ruler of the Line have become (along with her kin) extremely fickle as to who is allowed to be initiated into the ranks of their Line, and the Line members have become an especially close-knit family under the influence of their current ruling Head, known solely as Virulentia, the Vampire Queen.
#29. The Corocal Line: The rival Line of the Savernious Line.