HELLOOOOOO PEOPLES! I'M BACK!
SORRY FOR TAKING FOREVER…
HIGH SCHOOL SUCKS! IT RUINS YOUR UPDATE TIME!
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. My update times have been few and far between. So relax, sit back and read.
On with the fic! (I'm getting this ominous feeling of de javu…)
Specter: God damn I haven't updated in forever, if I knew high school was gonna kill my update time this bad, I would've put up a retirement note during the school year. I have to go back to my strategy…
Lupin: And perhaps not writing two stories at once. It was a valiant effort though…
Hiei: Someone kicked off your first chapter anyway…
Specter: shuth I also have just noticed that this story in the book of fanfiction doesn't have opening commentary. So I think I shall save this for disclaimer, and then put what I wrote in the book as Gatem-sama at the end.
Lupin: Makes sense. Shall I?
Specter: Please.
Lupin: Professor Specter does not own Beyblade stuff, except for some graphic novels, and she doesn't own those who speak/have spoken from various sundry places.
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...kokoro no mama...
………. ni tada Fighting to dream……………….
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Chapter Two
Normal POV
Kai swarmed Rei in an instant, the combined strength of the little winged creatures carrying him off, back into the Dark Forest, closer to the vampire territory. As Kai was slowly dipping down, Rei suddenly lashed out.
God damnit! Kai hissed to himself, while physically the bats screeched at having broken their formation. Rei escaped out entirely, and fell into the coverage below, his body twisting so as to land on his feet. Kai reverted into his humanoid form and dove after him, crashing through the thick tree coverage and landing hard on his feet. Rei was no where to be found. Kai's ruby eyes narrowed as he scowled. (A/N: maha, Kai scowling, lol…)
"They certainly are quicker…" he grumbled.
"Aren't we though?" Kai sharply turned to just barely catch a gleam of orange that quickly flashed out of sight. Kai smirked triumphantly. He took off like a bullet into the brushwood. "BHANG!" Kai glanced farther up, momentarily distracted.
BAM!
Kai ran smack into the tree branch that the neko-jin general perched on. "Looks to me like your as blind as your namesake," Rei said, looking down at Kai, sitting on the forest floor rubbing his head cursing. Rei had mastered and turned throwing his voice anyway he wanted into an art form. As such he successfully lured Kai exactly in front of the branch.
"I disappoint myself when I say I agree with you for now…" Kai growled. Rei gently ran down the tree trunk and stood elegantly before him. "What're you planning?" he hissed. He didn't like that stare; a gaze of golden orange that locked on his and desired to open his mind and read all his thoughts.
"You are weakened… and the dawn will rise at any moment." Rei took a step towards him. "Then you will be at my mercy…" Kai was rooted to the spot as Rei came closer and kneeled down in front of him. "Even more so… than you were… a few moments ago…"
The brilliant sun broke across the horizon, just starting to shed its golden rays through the gloom of the Dark Forest. Kai regained mobility and backed out of the lights, as the thin beams through tree branches and leaves had started to burn his skin. Rei slowly followed him as Kai retreated, knowing he had won. The sun's rays in his eyes only made them gleam with more ferocity. Kai faced facts that he was outmatched, and admitted defeat.
"If you do not kill me now you will regret it… I will regain my strength quick enough if you do anything less," he said, closing his eyes and tilting his head back against the tree trunk behind him. Using a tiny brush made from a lock of his raven hair, Rei used Kai's laps to lay a coat of a clear sleeping drug on his lips. Might as well have a little fun if he wasn't going to fight back… Kai looked up when Rei was a mere foot away from him.
"Then you won't mind at all if I do this." Rei quickly leaned forward.
"What the hell are you—Mm!" Rei crushed his lips against the vampire's and pinned his arms against the tree as he pressed harder, forcing entry. Kai felt the neko-jin's legs inching up on both sides of his thighs so as to get a better angle to kiss harder. But soon his mind couldn't focus enough to fight back, to tell him not to succumb to defeat in such way. His eyes started to close as consciousness left him. Withdrawing, Rei gently held Kai up as he slumped forward and gently nuzzled his cheek against the pale skin, purring. His mind shouted at him to stop, but he felt so comfortable caressing his cheek against Kai's. A vicious, daring… how should he say it… cold, but mature spirit, so well combining and contrasting with his own smooth and mild enigmatic—and nowadays, rather maudlin—persona… what's not to love? He is of the enemy kind… Rei thought as he picked the vampire up bridal style and left for his village. It is my duty as the general of my clan… no enemy I come across can live to tell the tale…
The village council was up earlier that morning and as Rei approached with his prisoner, a secondary general and one of Rei's best friends, Lee, spotted him. Lee was only second to none to Rei merely by his notion to leap before he looked. Though because of their close, almost brotherly relation, rivalry between ranks was few and far between. Lee motioned for Rei to meet at the assembly gates before the Elder called for report.
"Caught another one, Rei?" Lee asked, observing the unconscious vampire. "Mmmm… you weren't gone all night with this one were you?"
"No. He's a spy… I caught him coming back from the lake, no more than thirty minutes ago."
"Did he put up a good fight?" Lee added, knowing Rei became extremely merciless or vulnerable in his fights now-and-then due to his growing love lust. Rei grinned mischievously as he shook his head. Lee translated it and returned it with his own before nodding, and then the two headed off in opposite directions.
Rather than leaving Kai in the prisoners cell, the neko-jin chose instead to take him to his room of the many edifice complex of the White Tiger clan (A/N: just think ancient Chinese homes like in the Asian Tournament story arc). He quietly went upstairs, slipped into his room and slid the door shut with his foot, then carefully set Kai own his low bed, sitting on his legs beside him.
"Rise and shine prisoner…" he whispered into the vampire's ear. "Unless I'm hearing things, you're awake. Or was being defeated with a kiss too much of a blow to your pride?" Deep crimson orbs that golden orange longed to look into did not reveal themselves, much to Rei's chagrin. He hmphed, staring at the shadow above Kai's head… the Chinese symbol for 'longevity' from his window. "Well I'm warning you now don't sit up until later, unless you'd rather burn alive…" To Rei's surprise, that made Kai open his eyes and… sit up…
"AAUGHH!" …Into the glare of sunlight pouring through Rei's window.
"Shut up, damnit!" hissed Rei, forcing Kai to lay back down and reflexively covering his mouth. "Did you do that on purpose or are you really not that sharp?" Kai narrowed his eyes and bit Rei's hand. "AOW! DAMN YOU!" Without thinking Rei punched Kai dead between the eyes. "Damnit now I'm shouting, your defeating my—"
"AOW, SHIT! WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH YOU!" Kai snarled, sitting up once again with one hand covering his eyes. Rei stood in the way of the sunlight so he wouldn't have to push Kai back down.
"Damnit I'm sorry! Shut up already!" Rather than possibly having the cycle repeated, Kai silenced to disgruntled growls and hisses of pain as he rubbed the bruise where Rei had striked him (A/N: that may not be a word, but in my dictionary it is now. Lupin: it's called 'struck.' Specter: …oh yeah…). His quick recovery abilities left no blood and no visible swelling but it still throbbed as he moved his hand back into his hair. His eyes caught the slow dripping blood from the bite he inflicted upon Rei. Inside, his mind screamed for him take it, use your speed to feed on him quickly, then kill this foolish neko-jin by slowly draining him into a chalk white corpse of flesh and bone. But his composure merely shivered as he stared hungrily. Rei sensed his desire… a mischievous smirk pulled at the corner of his lips. He held out his hand.
"You trust that I won't drink until you're dead?" asked Kai not looking up.
"Heh." Kai shifted to stand on his knees and reached out for Rei's hand. Before he grabbed it, Rei sharply withdrew it. "Do you forgive me for hitting you? I don't spout apologies just to hear myself speak…" Kai stood up, glaring coldly at the neko-jin now level with him. "No?" Rei's irises and pupils dilated to thin needle like slits that pierced through Kai's crimson eyes. Kai took Rei's bleeding hand and slowly licked the tiny trail of now cooler blood that ran down his wrist. Rei's eyes softened to normal as he relaxed and watched Kai's actions. Not because of suspicion, rather for entertainment…
"What was that stuff that knocked me out?" asked Kai before he started to suck on the bite itself. "Most things like that don't work on my kind…"
"This is one of the few things that do then, isn't it? I'm not gonna tell you," said Rei almost laughingly. "Don't you have a smart vampire who can tell you what it is? You just made it clear only a few things do the trick." Kai huffed. Sure we got a smart vampire that would kill anyone or anything that pisses him off, including his own kind…Kai thought. "Hey, that's enough." Kai let go as Rei motioned to yank his hand away and watched the neko-jin wrap the wound with a thin strip of cloth-like bandages. "Now…what to do with you…"
"Aren't you gonna kill me in the end anyway?" asked Kai, suddenly getting this… ominous feeling Rei had something other than a torturous death planned for him. Though if he was killed there would be an ultimate invasion upon the cat people, seeing as how he was the grandson of the Vampire King. He thought to question whether Rei knew of that. If so this could turn into a surrenderance-by-hostage sorta thing (A/N: would that be considered blackmail? And yes, that is another word just added to my dictionary. Lupin: you could just say 'surrender'…).
"Maybe not. I am in charge of you while you are my prisoner of war." Rei sat back down.
"Aargh…!" Rei pulled Kai to the bed space in front of him.
"In truth before I do anything I would like to talk," Rei continued, oblivious to Kai's moans and smoking flesh. Kai reached up as he made to sit back up. Rei grabbed his hand and pulled him upright so their faces were mere centimeters apart. "Why do we have to be enemies, Kai? In our short stretch of time together we have come to blows of only the smallest kind, very unlike of what is supposed to happen when our two kin meet. You're… different from the others…"
"I'm frustrated," admitted Kai, still aware of their close proximity. "My own kind needs to sort out their priorities. My grandfather merely throws around our army like a much vaunted weapon because he underestimates your kind." Kai couldn't help but smirk a little. "He doesn't see that you are no ordinary opponent… and for that matter, a greater benefit to our overall strength when consumed."
"What will you do if your kind wins the war?"
"…Live off the populous of the conquered land until Soichiro wants to advance forward."
"In the event that my kind should win, what will you do then?"
There was a long pause.
"…Well…"
"What? Haven't thought that far because you know your going to win?"
"No… it's not that, it's just like… if you do win, and for all incentive purposes I want your kind to win, I wanted… to somehow… rid myself of this form… and become human… or in this case, neko-jin."
"That's sweet, but my kind would never take you in, had you transformed or not."
"And that's why every time I fight to win so I won't have to worry about that." Rei grinned a little more widely. Kai is interesting…Rei thought.
"I hope you and I meet again in a more suitable atmosphere, and get to know one another better. It would be a shame for one of the more eccentric vampires I know to never be seen again."
"You're letting me go?"
"Give it a few days."
"You're one to talk about eccentric." Kai leaned back on Rei's bed.
He and I have the power to turn this war around in either's favor. But I wonder… has Kai realized that? Rei thought.
If I play my cards right, he and I can make this work out in our favor. I wonder if Rei has realized that. Kai thought.
Deep crimson and liquid gold-orange caught each others glance. Both scowled and looked away, but grinned inwardly.
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…………..Honoo no, kokoro………………Kesenai, My Dark Side………………... ………………………………………………………………………………………………
Specter: Well that was longer than I thought… Now I gotta move back into what I actually wrote huh?
Lupin: Whatever works best for you.
Hiei: Hn. So long as you don't hurt us in the process.
Specter: shuth Urusai.
Hiei: That's part of my song isn't it? 'Dark Side Stories.'
Specter: OMG! I love it, it's so cool already, could you imagine if they made a dance mix version?
Alucard: Have you seen Vincent?
Hiei and Lupin: O.O
Specter: Thata way. Points
Alucard: Evil-clever-fanged grin
Specter: You're in luck, I think Akabane is in town too.
Alucard: Yum… Leaves
Hiei: Who the hell was that? Karasu's vampire reincarnate!
Lupin: Oh this… this will not bode well… I'm leaving for a moment…
Eclipse: That was my line…
Specter: We coulda used you when I was writing this man…
Eclipse: Writing what?
Specter: Riku, the 'play flashback' button is beside you…
Riku: presses 'play flashback' button
FLASHBACK
Rei: Am I about to be killed?
Gatem: Quiet, I gotta watch Sesshoumaru kill Inuyasha's ass...
Kurama: His sword is taller than you Hiei... perhaps even wider, you never seem to eat...
Hiei: Hn.
Bakura, Yami, Lupin: Sh!
Rei:
Gatem:
Hiei:
Kurama:
D.C. Mushrambo: Being a demon sucks... you can get killed instead of carded.
Inuyasha: WIND SCAR!
Sesshoumaru: SOKURYUHAA!
Everyone else: Oh shit...
END FLASHBACK
Specter: Jeez, I did not have it together back then…
Hiei: Still think you don't…
Specter: Anime forehead pulse, Inu-bash
Kyouji: Crying a little Specter-kun-sensei…! Sensei, where's Black Death?
Specter: Ah, mmm… Red Death was looking for him, weren't you with him? (he's still recovering right? Kyouji nods) Maybe he found him…?
Eclipse: So is everyone that looks alike classified by color and death?
Specter: You know what Eclipse, just for that you can help Kyouji find his precious Black Death, and while you're at it, make sure he gets along with Alucard and they're happy.
Eclipse: close to smacking forehead
Kurama (thinking): I suppose eventually she'll remember that Lupin has left the scene… ah Lupin, I have grown used to having another sane person around here and miss you as much… But what are you doing?
Riku: So Alucard is Red Death, and Akabane is Black Death or Black Angel counterpart, when referring directly to Kyouji.
D.C. Mushrambo: Can't you come up with anything better than Red Death for Alucard?
Specter: I am not going to answer that, oh you-who-is-a-dark-counterpart-of-an-original-character-as-well-so-you-shouldn't-be-talking-since-you-have-pretty-much-the-same-name.
D.C. Mushrambo: All that for no comment.
Specter: Urusei. R&R peoples out there.
