Blood-Stained Snow 2

-No one's POV-

Xue continued walking along in the darkness, her mind full of thoughts of Ren.

-Xue's POV-

'I want to make Ren a vampire for blood any time,' I thought. 'So I don't want to make him lose his virginity, but I'll still have to disguise myself to get close to him. Oh well. Not a problem. I'll just use the transformation "spell". I'll do it tomorrow though. I've wasted too much energy today.' I yawned and jumped into a nearby tree. It wouldn't do if some human caught me. I leaned back against the tree and fell asleep, dreaming my scheme.

-5:00 P.M.-Ren's POV-

I woke up, still reflecting what happened last night. It haunted me to my very core. Xue said she'd get my blood somehow, and I didn't doubt her. All of what happened last night kept replaying vividly last night, especially what happened after the fight.

-Flashback-

Horohoro and Yoh looked at me in shock.

"H-how do you know her?" Horohoro asked fearfully.

"I read about her in my ancient family scriptures. She attacked the Tao family 2,000 years ago and took out 7-dozen of them. The survivors fearfully asked who she was. She said the same words she said tonight but she included her name then. 'A monster. A shaman and a vampire. Better yet, blood stained snow. But you can just call me Zhou Xue.' Those were her words before she departed into the night. I had no idea she was even alive." I said shakily. "Shit. I need to find a way to kill her. If only she finished that sentence…" I trailed off as we entered the inn. Anna turned and glared harshly at us.

"Where are the groceries?!" she yelled. Yoh and Horohoro flinched and looked at each other.

"U-um, a vampire attacked us, making us drop the groceries everywhere.' Yoh stuttered.

"That's stupid Yoh! Vampires don't exist! They're only mythical creatures!" I turned and looked at Anna, my eyes more serious than ever.

"No Anna. Vampires do exist." She looked back at me in shock.

"What the hell are you talking about Ren?"

"Like I said, vampires do exist. The one that attacked us, her name was Zhou Xue. She attacked my family 2,000 years ago for their blood and now she's back for mine.

My thoughts came to an abrupt end when I heard a knock at the door. The door creaked as it opened and Anna and Yoh started talking to someone with a German accent.

"Oh yeah. I'll pay for food and board."

"Good. You can now stay at the Flame Inn Miss…?"

"Catherine. Catherine Abend." I sighed. Now we had a German person staying with us. And a month before the Shaman Finals too. It wouldn't matter to me though, because I had family business to take care of. It was still such an annoyance.

"Catherine! We can't accept all this money! Where did you even get this much money anyway?!" Refusing money from a stranger. Typical Yoh. I mean, it's enough to refuse it from your friends, but honestly.

"I get all that money from vampire hunting. I'm a professional vampire hunter, but I'm also a shaman." As soon as I heard the words vampire hunter, I ran out there. All three of them stared at me. I examined the girl. She looked a lot like Xue, but instead of ear-length black hair and red eyes, she had shoulder-length white hair and green eyes. She also wore a cross around her neck.

"Ah Ren," Yoh started. "This is Catherine." I ignored Yoh and grabbed Catherine's wrist, pulling her to my temporary room.

-"Catherine's" POV-

The lad that suddenly burst into the room started pulling me by the wrist to some unknown place.

"Oi! What are you doing and where are you taking me?!" I yelled at him. He ignored me and I chuckled inwardly. I knew he wanted to talk to me because I was a "vampire hunter". Luckily, he didn't know my true identity. I'd reveal the fact that I was Xue later, once I got his blood. I just needed to wait until the opportune moment, when he let his guard down. After last night's attack, I doubt it would be likely for him to let his guard down. Even so, he was taking the enemy to be alone with him, even if he didn't know it.

"I need to talk with you." He said and I sighed.

"About Xue, right?" Ren froze ant turned to face me, eyes wide in shock.

"You know about Xue and what happened last night?"

"Of course. I've been tracking her for a long time now, so my spirit ally, Kasimir, was there. He told me all of what happened. So, your family was attacked by her too?"

"Your family was attacked by her?!"

"Yep. About 1,500 years ago, she came to Germany and attacked my family. Because of that, I've lived to kill vampires. Anti-Christ freaks." I kisses the cross hanging around my neck. It made me sick to my stomach to talk like that, shaming vampires, but I had to so I could keep up the disguise.

"So you know how to kill vampires."

"Oh yeah. But we should sit and talk about it." We walked into his room and sat on the Tatami floor. I started to explain.

"There are two kinds of vampires," I said, holding up two fingers. "The natural vampires and the virgins made into vampires by having their blood sucked, or unnatural vampires." Ren interrupted my explanation.

"Wait a minute. I'm confused. How are you a natural born vampire?"

"It's like a regular baby, but it's born with vampire powers. Vampires do not breed like normal humans. They drink the blood of a virgin to create a new vampire. A vampire baby, a natural vampire, is spawned from normal humans but at birth they're given the "gift" of vampire powers. Understand now?" Ren nodded so I continued talking.

"Only natural vampires may create new vampires by drinking the blood of a virgin. If an unnatural vampire drinks the blood of a virgin, nothing happens but injury or death of the victim. Now on to how to kill vampires, both kinds." I figured it wouldn't matter if I told him how to kill vampires, because even with that secret, he wouldn't be able to kill me.

"Let's start with the unnatural vampires. You can kill them with anything but it has to go through the heart, like a regular bullet or a stake. They're not too hard to get rid of. The tricky ones are the one ones that have been vampires since birth, natural vampires, like Xue. You have to kill them with a certain weapon. I reached into the pouch tied to my back and pulled out my gun.

"You have to shoot them in the heart using a gun exactly like this. If you try to kill the natural vampires with anything else, they will use a special skill to turn into mist and regenerate. Unfortunately, there are only two guns like this in the entire world. I have one and Xue has the other." Ren interrupted me once again.

"Why does Xue have a gun that could kill her?"

"To keep other people from using that gun to kill her."

"I'll need to borrow your gun so I can exact on her for my family." Ren held out his hand expectantly, like an five year old wanting his favorite toy back after his mother took it from him for being bad. I started laughing.

"If it were that easy, don't you think I'd have killed Xue off by now for my family?!" I stopped laughing. "There's another catch besides the weapon. The vampire has to be killed by a certain. Kinda like…a chosen one for that certain vampire."

"I'm afraid I don't get it." Ren looked confused as he said this.

"The vampire has to be killed by the one they love." Ren looked shocked by this statement.

"Vampires can love?!" I rolled my eyes and sighed.

"Of course they can. Anything alive can love. Say, hypothetically speaking, Xue were to fall in love with you." We both became highly disgusted at that mental image. "Anyway, if Xue were to fall in love with you, which I highly doubt, you could then shoot her using one of our guns. But I doubt her icy-cold heart would melt to love." Ren nodded.

"So do you understand vampires a little better now?" I asked and smiled. Ren nodded. I stood up to stretch. "We've been talking so long, everyone's probably worried about. Plus, it's close to supper." We walked out of the room and I excused myself to the restroom. Once inside, I locked myself in and I ran to the toilet. I felt the vomit rising in my throat. I knelt down and vomited into the toilet, ridding my body of that rancid stuff. It killed me acting like a Christian and pretending I hated my own kind and myself. It made me so sick I had to vomit. At least I, "Catherine", had a damn good background story. No one would suspect a thing. I flushed the vomit down, washed my hands and face, and left for dinner. It would probably be hell at supper tonight for "Catherine".

End Notes: Oi…a boring (to me) but needed chapter. How to kill a vampire. Don't try it. It won't work. Xue will be referred to as Catherine until she reveals herself as Xue. And yes, I realize Ren woke up late. He needed his rest after that attack.

Side note: I'd really appreciate constructive criticism and reviews please. You know, they keep me writing.