ALRIGHTY THEN! MOVING ON!
For the reviewers… if any…
Specter: Okay, so! Thank you people who might have reviewed for the prologue and I didn't get to their review before I posted this next chapter. It's a Sunday and everybody's home, and I've already used up my Internet time, not including the sneak work. So relax, sit back and read.
On with the fic! (I'm getting this ominous feeling of de javu…)
Specter: Actually, surprisingly enough… because of the way I rewrote this…. We can actually start with the fic... like… now…
Rei: So it's time for me and the gang to vanish, we'll check ya later at the end.
Bryan: Don't try to kill anyone I wouldn't. Dragging Tala off-screen
Kurama: If that doesn't make us feel better…
Specter: Don't worry, I'm not Karasu, who kills what I like.
Dark Card (D.C.) Mushrambo: He and Akabane, of Getbackers, could fight to the death, kill each other, come back, and laugh about it.
Yami: That's a scary thought…
Specter: Sh, sh, sh, shush! I don't want Akabane present…! I'm saving him for later, him and Eclipse of Demon Diary.
Hiei: An anime crossover called 'Just cause he wears the hat…' will feature Akabane and 'Demon Lords: Best of Both Worlds' will feature Eclipse, both crossovers with Yu Yu Hakusho.
Specter: shuth Hiei! You weren't supposed to tell them of what's coming up; you'll ruin it when it does!
Hiei: Ow, what the—
Specter: OH SH—
Kurama: Um… yes. I think you should start Lupin…
Lupin: Professor Specter does not own Beyblade or any of us other characters that don't belong to her. Don't sue, she doesn't have much to give…
Kurama: If she could hear you she'd say, "I'd bash you, but I'm ready to start and don't wanna ruin the mood."
Lupin: Flattered.
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…………………Ah, inside the darkness……………………
……………………………the moon is white…………
Chapter One
Kai's POV
'You must infiltrate the neko-jin lands and search for vantage points on their own ground.' Ha, is that all I'm good for? I could sneak up and down all night, but I'm a much better warrior. I mean, who was the one that fended off that recent surprise attack, even though we were at our most disadvantaged point of the day. Me, no thanks to that red-haired obsessed a—never mind.
They say neko-jins are stronger, smarter, and faster then normal humans that we've conquered, and as such it makes them more deadly. But judging by how they've held ground so far, I still say, enhancements be damned, they don't hold a candle to us. Oh well… at least I may be able to get a decent meal out of this spying. I am so freakin hungry, when was the last time I ate? I'll just have to see if the rumors of the sweet tasting neko-jin blood are true.
I land down on the outskirts of the main neko-jin village. They spread themselves out en masse in smaller areas all connected behind this main sanctum, but it's a thin layer, so to speak. However, those areas are sure to have spies awake and on guard. Here, everything is shut down, no guards, no one awake… not a sound… It is bathed eerily in moonlight, a mild power source for my kind, and yet another advantage to us, since we can only attack at night. Well there's nothing to be found here at the boundaries. I think I'll have a look at their artillery.
"Maybe I can find out what the big deal about that ivory-and-silver stone is all about…" I mutter to myself.
"That's only if you're willing to look hard enough."
I spin around on the spot, bathed in moonlight. Someone is watching me eh? Only a coward hides in the shadows, but hey, dark places are where I hunt the best.
Rei's POV
Damn that was smart Rei, tell him your position. Man this one looks more maniacal than the rest… or maybe it's just hunger pains, and if he can see me, I must look mighty tasty. And speaking of which… he looks pretty good himself… purr… Gah! Stop purring! This is just what the elder was worried about. 'Rei you're our top general, we can't have your lovesickness become our downfall.' Hell, let Lee lead if I'm so unfocused. I am lovesick, damn it! Of course I can't concentrate. No one here suits me, female or male, and just cause I've been taking an eye to every vampire spy that passes through or lands doesn't mean I'm gonna fall for them. Hell, half of them are better looking then everyone here. And—
Hold on.
He went… where?
"Looking for me?" My eyes catch him on my right as I quickly spring away back into the openness of my village. Jarring, fierce, passionate… deep crimson… I can't help but lick my lips and grin, feeling my fang poke over the flesh. It's smirk of many feelings, this time, it means mischievous, but at the same time hiding my caution. I spread my arms out in a defenseless position.
"Here I am. Now you can get me," I say. Water drips from my soaked raven bangs, catching on my eyelashes and sending a chill down my cheek. I'd have a fever by now if I let all my hair out. He is just drinking in this image; I can see it in his eyes. "You know your options: Leave or attack." I wait for a few more moments. Wasted, for the vampire doesn't move. Whatever. I lower my arms and turn my back to him, mind wandering to midnight snack attack. I know he's still there, he's breathing quite loudly…
Kai's POV
I don't know what he's thinking, but now he's just made himself an easy target. This is exactly my point of how foolish they make themselves seem. I cannot say that they are: after all they've managed to turn an invasion into an actual war. Whatever. He had only taken a few strides when I shoot out and truck him to the ground.
"Ow," he states boringly, staring out to the left. I gently pull away his soaking raven locks from his neck.
"Sorry about that," I respond. "That might've been avoided if I attacked you while you were already lying down."
"You'd go through all that trouble to make killing me comfortable?" he says coolly.
"Only when you're beautiful,"
"Not flattered. I lost my innocence the last time I fell for obsequiousness."
"I'd be lying to say 'I'm sorry' this time. I must thank you for making this so easy on me. I've been a little off for a few days and prey of such class is a real treat." I tauntingly brush my fangs over his neck, gaining no response whatsoever. I move closer to his face, brushing across his cheek to his lips. He gives a low hiss like an annoyed tiger. "Hn. I thought your kind was supposed to be sharper than this."
"We are, I am," he says. "I heard your presence miles away and still saw you just now. Kill me if you insist, I've tried my best to be as distasteful as possible. But won't you devour me somewhere less conspicuous?" I turn him onto his back, knees on either side of his hips. The calm look puzzles me. Maybe he's been threatened so many times the novelty has worn off…
"What are you playing at?" I ask suspiciously. He grins. I only glimpse it for a second before I'm pulled back by my neck onto the ground. "Agh!" His legs wrap securely around my neck, cutting off my air supply as he sits up. He stares at me calmly for a few seconds, vital seconds for me, passing by like minutes. His grip loosens just as I start to feel lightheaded. He leans over me so his bangs brush over my face.
"My name is Kon Rei. I'm the top general of the neko-jin clan martial forces. Take my advice and stay away from my village, me especially." A small glint catches my eye and I feel a smooth cool, acute something gliding across my face. "I look innocent and nice on the outside. We all do. And when we kill, we still look innocent and nice. I can kill you right now and this face would not change until after your dead."
"You waste time telling me this instead of actually killing me, Rei," I point out to him. Rei shrugs and withdraws the kunai knife from my flesh.
"Now I'm not."
"Feh. My name is Hiwatari Kai, and you're a five-star meal begging to be consumed." I burst into my bat cloud form, easily escaping his noose and swarming him. He bends low, face to the ground and doesn't fight back, once again making it easy for me to carry him off.
I should do this stuff more often if the results are always so worthwhile…
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Specter: The fight that ensued was hilarious…
FLASHBACK
Gatem: I see you've all simmered down.
Bakura: We stopped as soon as you wrote the summary.
Yami: Call it easily amused…
Bakura: Come again Pharaoh?
Lupin: Do I detect WWX…?
Sesshomaru: Where's Jaganshi? He'll miss the ringside seats.
Kurama: He's getting food I believe.
Mushrambo: I ordered nachos, extra peppers…
Gatem: You are all hopeless.
Hiei: FOOD!
Gatem: Ah well... Bye Hiei.
Hiei: Anime question mark off the side of his head Wha? Becomes crushed by everyone jumping him for food.
InuYasha: Completely hopeless.
Gatem: shuth DAMN IT! Will you guys stop popping up everywhere? R&R peoples!
END FLASHBACK
Specter: It was funny Hiei, you know it.
Hiei: Hn. You get squashed beneath Sesshomaru and Mushrambo and tell me how funny it is.
Specter: Not funny, fun…
