Chapter 7

Disclaimer: I do not own Vampire Princess Miyu, but I still wonder what the anime world would be like if I did own it. In the middle of the story Lemures says something weird. Well I have him speaking in German. (I've always imagined him as a nazi type of guy.) I really don't know what it means, I just took it out of my script book for the Diary of Anne Frank. (The poem was made up by me)

I run across the darken valley

The moon as my only guide

The black branches reach out for me

They are like dark hands trying to pull me back

You are not here with me

And I am so very frighten

Please return to me, I don't know how long I can last

In this land of loneliness, of eternal dark

Return To Me (part II)

Miyu looked up as black feathers showered down upon her from up above like black rain. Her ears began to ring as the loud, high pitch scream faded away.

"Show yourself, Lemures!" Miyu yelled up towards a black figure that hovered above her. 'Give Larva back to me,' she thought as she braced herself for an attack.

But what came down from the sky was neither Lemures nor Carlua. Miyu was not even quite sure what it was, but when it came out of the shadows her whole body became numb with fear.

It was a being she had never seen in all the centuries she had been living. Half dragon, half bird; it stood before her waiting, just waiting. She took her time in analyzing its massive body. It stood on all fours; its body was completely covered in black scales excluding its wings, which were cover with black feathers. It had the head of a dragon and the talons of a bird; its eyes were as shiny and bright as blue sapphires.

Miyu could feel her stomach turn. 'What the hell is this thing!' she thought. She looked around her and spotted Lemures leaning comfortably against the trunk of a crooked tree.

"Lemures!" Miyu called to him. "What is the meaning of this being?"

Lemures did not answer her.

"Where is Larva?" Miyu demanded.

Lemures still did not answer her question.

Suddenly, Miyu felt a blast of warm arm hit her body. She turned only to see her reflection in the sapphire eyes of the creature. As she looked in to the creature's eyes she could see the fear on her face reflected in them. Then the creature struck.

Her reflexes saved her as she jumped out of the way of the sharp talons that were meant to rip her open. When she landed on the ground with the gracefulness of a cat she looked down to find five long, bloody, claw marks on her chest. Her flesh burned like fire, she could not even imagine what it would feel like if the talons had done more then grazed her.

"You better well stay on your toes guardian if you wish to stay alive," Lemures said breaking his silence.

"Answer me Lemures!" Miyu hissed. "What is the meaning of this vicious being and where is Larva?!"

"Oh, do not fret dear guardian," Lemures replied. "Larva is still alive. Actually, you could almost say that he is here with us."

"What?" Miyu asked. "What do you mean?" She looked around her.

"Why do you waste your time? He's already half gone." Miyu whirled around and saw Carlua standing next to the creature that almost seemed to be trembling because of her presence.

"Half gone?" Miyu asked slowly. "What do you mean by 'half gone'?"

"Why don't you find out for yourself?" Carlua asked as her hand brushed against the neck of the creature. It screamed, almost as if it were in pain, and ran at Miyu. Miyu jumped out of the way as it slashed at her with its talons.

'I must first deal with this creature,' Miyu thought. Her flame appeared in her hand. "I shall return you to the darkness from whence you came," Miyu said. Her flame lurched from her hand and rushed towards the creature. "There is no escape for you."

The creature saw the flame rushing towards it and raised itself onto its hind quarters. It pulled its massive wings back and, before the flame even had a chance to hit its target, the wings came forward, and the flame was blown back towards Miyu.

'Impossible!' Miyu thought as she dodged her own flame. 'How could it........' Her thoughts were interrupted when the creature appeared in front of her and struck her down with the side of its massive, black wing.

Miyu hit the ground hard and with a sickening crack, felt the bones in her right arm shatter like glass. Miyu cried out in pain as she pushed herself up on to her knees. She saw the shadow on the creature on the ground and tried to move out of the way but the pain in her arm and chest slowed her down and the creatures was too fast. She felt its talons dig deep in to her flesh, literally ripping it from her back.

Miyu screamed and she jump to her feet and quickly moved away from the creature. She could hear the sickening sound of the talons being pulled out of her ragged flesh as she moved away from it.

She turned around and saw the creature running at her. She turned back around and ran, ran as fast as she could through the forest.

She could not fight this creature. It was too powerful. Even her flame could not do any harm to it unless she was given a chance to ambush it when its defense was down. She looked behind her. The creature had disappeared but she could hear it pursuing her. She could hear the bushes and the low branches of the trees being torn apart as it ran after her.

Miyu was not sure how long she could run at full speed. Her ankle still throbbed with the pain from the time she had fallen down the hill.

Suddenly, a black figure appeared in front of her and struck her hard across the face. Miyu fell to the ground in shock but quickly got on her feet.

She turned around and saw that the creature had halted. It stood frozen, but Miyu could see that every muscle in its body was tense, getting ready for the time that it could strike her down.

Miyu turned toward the figure that had struck her down. "You may have your way after all Carlua," Miyu said. Tears began to stream down her cheeks. It was over. They had actually won after all. There was no way she could win against the three of them, even if she was lucky enough to defeat the creature. She would still have Carlua and Lemures to deal with. Miyu sighed. "Tell Larva I said good-bye," she whispered.

"Don't worry Miss. Guardian," Carlua said. "You will get to say good-bye to him yourself."

Miyu looked at her confused then she turned around and the creature tackled her on to the ground.

Blood sputtered out of her mouth as she tried to scream. The creature's talons dug in to her shoulders to keep her from moving. Miyu struggled to get away but the more she struggled the stronger the creature's grip became.

"Look in to the eyes of your demise Miyu," Carlua said.

Miyu opened her eyes and looked in to the sapphire eyes of the creature who stared back in to her golden eyes. Everything was still and quiet. Miyu could hear the creature breathing and was surprised to find that it sounded as if it were struggling to breathe. It could have been her imagination but as she listened more closely she could here the creature gasping for breath. It was in pain.

"Why are you in pain?" Miyu asked the creature not really expecting a real answer. She continued to stare in to its eyes and then suddenly saw a flash.

"Lar. . .va," she whispered. "Is it you?"

The creature began to tremble and the talons seem to loosen from her shoulders. It continued to look in to her eyes but its sapphire eyes began to become foggy.

"What have they done to you?" Miyu sobbed.

The creature moved to the side of her then collapsed. She could hear it struggling more and more to breath.

Carlua took a step back. 'No! Not now,' she thought. 'He can't die now.' She looked at Lemures. He seemed calm, so she figured that everything would be alright, hopefully.

Miyu crawled over to where the creature laid and cradled its head in her arms. "Please hang on Larva," she whispered. "I'll find a way to change you back." She turned to Carlua, her golden eyes burning with rage. "What have you done to him Carlua!" Miyu screamed at her.

Carlua took another step back away from Miyu. "We just injected him with a serum that stresses the body to transform," Carlua replied. "The stress from the injection is slowly killing him."

"You bitch!" Miyu hissed. "I will not forgive this." She held out her left hand and her flame appeared. "You will both be reduced to ashes."

"Auf machen, da drinnen, schnell!" Lemures said.

The creature jumped up and slashed at Miyu with its talons. The talons ripped across her lower torso and she fell back in to a puddle of her own blood.

Lemures looked down on to Miyu's tattered form. "I created the serum from dragon scales and my blood," he said. "I alone can control it."

"Larva has my blood," Miyu gasped. "Even if you do control the creature, you can not control my servant."

"Lemures!" Carlua called to him.

Miyu lifted her head and saw that the creature had once again collapsed.

Lemures stood next to her.

"It's dead," Carlua whispered.

Tears streamed down Miyu's blood stained face. "No!" she sobbed. "Larva you can't die!!!"

To Be Continued.

BlueDragonGirl1: Here is my early Christmas present to all my fans. Sorry it took so long to update but I could not think of how to write this chapter. I mean, I knew what I was going to write but I didn't know how to put it into words. Now for those of you who think you are going to stop reading this story because you think Larva is dead you better as well think twice. I have quite a few surprises in store for you (although I do not know which surprise I will use) so stay tuned. R&R!!!!! (I am still waiting for new reviews for New Vampire Miyu: To Change The Future!!!!!)

If you have notice I've changed my name. BlueDragonGirl#2 has moved away (YES!) but she is not gone for good. She is now known as BlackDragonGirl04 and she now has a story up called Yu-Gi-Oh's Vacation. So if you are a yugioh fan, go check it out. We both have websites now if you are interested in checking those out as well.