AN: Just wanted to quickly thank all of the people who are still reading this story before the start of the chapter. Ideas are always welcome. Enjoy!
Chapter 6: Presents from the Poison-Hearted
"Master, I have some news for you." A vampire said as she entered Shinji's throne room, not showing any fear of approaching her master, though she clearly felt fear as she approached him.
"What is it?" He asked, an amused look on his face; he could smell the fear dripping off of her.
"W-well, there's been a report from the watch teams that a red headed woman and a purple haired woman have been getting close to the castle, and -" but she was cut off by Shinji.
"The red haired bitch!" he said, standing up abruptly, surprising Bridgette, who was standing behind his chair, as well as the young vampire in front of him.
"I never thought she would go to such lengths to find me, as to travel far and wide. Some thing must be done, and it must be done quickly before the over - confident bitch finds us!" Shinji said as he walked towards a wall and then disappeared.
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"Achoo!"
"Are you sure you're okay, Asuka? That's the second time in two minutes that you've sneezed." Misato said, turning to her companion.
"Shut up! I don't need someone getting worried about me; we're here to do a job!!" Asuka yelled, wiping her nose with the back of her hand.
"Alright, I get the picture." Misato said, turning back towards the underground entrance of the "castle". "Are you sure this is the place?" Misato asked, looking at the old doors that they were standing in front of.
"YES!! Now quit doubting me!!" Asuka again yelled.
Holding her hands up in defense of herself, Misato sweat dropped as the red head continued to yell at her and raise her fists, though she never swung.
After some minutes, they both began to feel a cold feeling moving up their spines. They immediately started looking around, but saw no one and no thing around them, but they felt an extremely chilling presence.
Then they heard a voice before they saw the speaker. "Hello there, Red. I never thought our paths would cross again so soon." He then appeared before the two and bowed low, one arm crossing his stomach as he did so. "And good evening to you, miss…?"
"Katsuragi, and don't you forget it, vampire." Misato said, venom dripping from her voice.
"My, my, quite the rude one to be so forward on the first meeting." Shinji said, standing up straight.
"Shut it, you vampire scum!" Asuka demanded as she pulled out a cross from her pocket and held it before her."
"Hahahahahaha… you know, those things don't work on us. Or did you know? I wonder…" Shinji mused for a moment before disappearing and then reappearing in front of the cross, and then touching it. It melted the second he touched it and Asuka drew back her hand in pain.
Misato then drew her gun from it's holster, and pointed it at him. He laughed evilly before appearing directly in front of her weapon. "Go ahead, little girl, shoot me, it won't do a thing." She was quickly losing her wits and, in an act of desperation, fired six time into his chest. He laughed again before grabbing the revolver from her hands and throwing it aside.
"If a cross doesn't work, then what makes you think a gun would?" he asked her in her ear, sending shivers down her spine, and even more being sent down her spine as she realized that she hadn't even seen him move after she emptied her revolver into him.
Humans are such funny creatures he said as he appeared in front of the two again. Asuka had recovered from the melting of her cross, which had singed and burned her hand badly. She then drew what looked like a short katana from a sheath on her hip that he hadn't noticed.
"A Wakizashi, eh? Should prove interesting." He said as he smirked in a vampiric way.
Asuka gripped the handle with both hands and prepared to attack. Shinji closed his eyes for a second and opened them when she charged forward, holding the point of her sword towards him. He disappeared when she neared him, and reappeared some feet behind her, a sword in his right hand. She turned around and charged at him yet again. He blocked with his sword as she pushed against the blade with all her might.
He sighed before he said, "At this rate, all that's going to happen is being injured and having a broken sword.
"Shut up!" she screamed at him as she pulled her sword back and swung again. He blocked again, looking more and more bored as the sword battle wore on, though it was rather one – sided, with Asuka losing due to her lack of control over herself.
"Red, this getting rather boring. You'd actually be good at sword fighting if you didn't let your hate take control over you." Shinji said in a bored tone as Asuka sat on the ground, panting for breath.
"Sh-shut u-up!" she said as she continued panting. However, that's when Misato stepped forward, and walked to Asuka. "Hand me the sword." She said.
"Why?" Asuka asked.
Misato said nothing further before she kneeled down and grabbed the sword from Asuka. "Hey, that's my-" she started, until she was knocked unconscious by way of Misato's boot to her head. "You really need to shut up once in a while." Misato said to the unconscious red head. Before stepping forward, and bringing up the Wakizashi.
"My turn!" she said as she rushed forward. Shinji immediately dropped the bored look off his face, as he could tell that this opponent was focused.
He blocked attack after attack and fought back as well, but all his strikes were met with a sword blocking them. "Well, well, a worthy opponent for once. I'm impressed, human." He said with a smirk as he did his disappearing act again. She immediately did a three-sixty degree turn with the sword, however, she hit nothing but air.
"For such a worthy opponent, you sure do fall for things easily." He said into her ear from behind her, sending shivers down her spine like he had done earlier. She then felt something piece her back, and saw the point of a sword pierce her stomach, on the right side of her.
She felt a bit of a warm and giddy feeling flow through her as she realized that she was probably about to die, and started laughing uncontrollably, tossing her head back as she continued to laugh until she finally dropped to the floor.
He drew his sword out of Misato quickly after putting something into Asuka's pocket before he picked up Misato and disappeared into the underground castle, heading for his chamber.
Once inside his chamber, he could feel her life almost slipping away. He lay her down before nearing her head. Once her life force was all but gone, he bit down on her neck with the intent to turn her into a vampire. Once he drank a certain amount of blood, he then sliced his wrist open and brought it to her lips, which were slightly parted. When his blood hit her throat, she swallowed it. After a bit he pulled his wrist back, and allowed her to sleep in his four poster coffin as he headed out to his throne again.
"Bridgette, place a guard in my chambers." He said as he continued walking until he was in front of his chair and then sat down in it.
"May I ask why, Master?"
"You may ask." He said in a way that meant that she could ask, but she would not get an answer.
"Very well, Master, I shall take care of it myself." She said as she bowed low in front of him and then disappeared and then reappeared inside his chamber.
'So, another one, eh? Wait a minute…' She thought as she stepped nearer to what she was supposed to be protecting. She jumped a bit in surprise when she noticed the hair color. 'Purple… like that other woman we heard about that was traveling with that red haired devil.'
Shinji then appeared in the chamber and surprised Bridgette. "Yes, she is the other woman that we heard was with Red."
Bridgette frowned, but said nothing further. Shinji sighed and then unnecessarily explained why he made her a vampire.
"Look, she has information that we could use, and she was about to die, so I turned her. Besides, we are somewhat in short supply of servants ever since they started attacking each other for blood."
"Master, you should have told them that they could go out and hunt."
"I did, but they didn't listen, as usual. It's a good thing I announced it myself after I killed Javier." A few moments of awkward silence passed between them before he said, " Bridgette, I think I'll look after her myself after all. You are dismissed."
"Yes, Master." She said, bowing low before disappearing.
Shinji sat down on the bed that Misato was currently sleeping in, and brushed her hair out of her eyes. "Well, Miss Katsuragi, it seems you'll be useful for more than just information after all." He said, leaning down towards her face and then lightly kissing her lips as she slept. After a moment, he moved away and stood up before taking a seat in a chair on the opposite side of the room and poured himself a glass of red wine and picking up a book and opening to where he was last and continuing to read from where he had left off.
Unbeknownst to Shinji, but knownst to us, Bridgette was watching his every move from the shadows. Of course, this was only because he was allowing himself to be distracted, which is a rare occasion.
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AN: I should be able to start updating more quickly and with longer chapters than before, as that month or so of no updates had given me some time to think and come up with new ideas and stuff, as well as motivate myself to write and get better at writing. Anyway, enough of my babbling, I'm off to start on the next chapter!