水汐吸血鬼：Chapter 4
Title: Suishio Kyuketsuki: Chapter 4, Fire and Brimstone
Author: Mide
Characters/Pairings: Jacob/?, Edward/?
Genre: Slash
Rating: NC-17
Warnings: minor foul language, graphic scenes, sexual themes.
Summary: Jacob Black begins his first year of public schooling at Forks High School at the persuasion of his best friend, Bella Swan. However, he is not the only newcomer to Forks; an ethereal beauty threatens the normal abnormality of this small Washington town.
Disclaimer: I don't own Twilight or the Characters, everything is for playplay.
Author's Note: I didn't have my super-de-duper editor to proof read it for me but i did the best job i could, hah! Time for some action, and then maybe some "action." ( '-')b
Jacob shoved the vampire away from him and turned to escape, but he got no further than a few paces before his entire world went dark. Startled, Jacob stopped dead in his tracks and realized it was not only his sight that was taken from him, but he also couldn't smell the soot on the ground, hear the wind rustling through the trees, or taste his own mouth. He tried to feel his way around and assess the situation, but he couldn't do that either. Jacob took a few more steps and tripped over a deceased log, and fell to the ground. He felt paralyzed – unable to hear, see, taste, smell, or feel anything. It was as if he didn't exist anymore. It occurred to him that he could already be dead and Jacob began to softly cry- or at least he thought he did; he couldn't feel much of anything right now.
Suddenly with a loud pop, the world snapped back into place and Jacob was indeed on the ground, curled up hugging his knees in a seated position. He looked at where Alec had been what felt like an eternity ago and in his place stood a man dressed in a dark blue and black shozoku. His face was even covered in an appropriate, ninja-like mask. How, a bit unclear, but Alec was was across the clearing seemingly thrown into a tree which was falling outward into the forest. He was picking himself up off the ground, readying a counter attack. Panning back to the left, Jacob searched for the girl who, at that point, disappeared with a blur in order to dodge an attack from Jasper.
"Get up cry baby." Edward was standing in front of him, holding out a hand to help him up.
Jacob shook off his tears. "I'm not crying and I don't need your help." Jacob stood up and brushed himself off. "What the fuck are you doing here?"
Edward smiled and went to make some joke about having just saved Jacob's life but was interrupted by another woman with crimson eyes and a dreary wardrobe. She had blindsided Edward with a rather large tree branch and Edward was no longer in close proximity to Jacob. Ignoring Jacob, the woman followed Edward's flight path.
Jacob was tired of just sitting back and watching; he wanted in on the action and to get back at that pervert for touching his face. He started to run toward where the masked assassin was waiting for Alec to gather himself. The man turned around casually and looked at Jacob with bright silver eyes. He held up a hand and Jacob stopped in his tracks. He felt his own body betray him and start to retreat to the outskirts of the circle. When Jacob had reached the forest his body stopped and he regained control of limbs again. He looked back toward the battlefield.
Hye Ki...?
Hye Ki threw one of his thermoses into the air as Alec sprinted toward him for revenge. The canister erupted with water and Hye Ki pulled it down at his opponent, side-swiping Alec from the right, moments before he would have impacted with Hye Ki. Hye Ki gathered the water again and quickly sent thin, long, high speed, liquid blades toward Alec's direction with a series of lateral kicks and arm motions. Alec dug his hand into the ground as he was soaring toward the forest in order to change his direction upward, narrowly evading being made into a cadaver; there was no time to bounce of a tree. He landed unscathed on a nearby branch and gave a playful laugh.
"Hahahaha, Demetri was right-- You are quite skilled. Sung Hye Ki. I haven't had this much fun in centuries." Alec smiled, thrilled with his new prey.
Hye Ki removed his mask-- futile to try and keep his identity a secret if he was going to actively use his powers. His white hair rustled in the wind and still had that moonshine surrounding it. Jacob could smell him again the moment he removed the mask. He felt calmer and was also relieved that Sam and Seth had recovered from the intense pain they were feeling moments before. Sam had phased into his wolf form and was perspicaciously guarding Quil. He was sure he would get in the way if he tried to help defeat their attackers, nor would his canonical instincts allow him to side with either party. Seth was back on his feet and helping Billy out of his chair and on to his back. This battlefield was no place for an immobilized elder. Jacob seriously had enough of not doing anything and transformed into his beast, uncaring of the clothes he had just tattered at the ground. His pack needed him whether Hye Ki wanted him in the warzone or not.
Is dad ok?
He's ok Jake. We all experienced some pretty intense pain, but we seem to be physically unharmed. It must be one of the leeches' powers. I'm going to take Billy back to the reservation and get help. Don't you dare get hurt out here.
Jacob nodded to Seth. Right. Thanks Seth. Jacob joined Sam near Old Quil, watching for any sign of a direct attack, and if there were any more enemies approaching.
The girl appeared next to Alec in the treetop. She seemed pleased to join her brother in battling Hye Ki. "Jane," Alec was also happy to be joined by family. "I thought you were busy with that sad-looking Cullen."
"I made him believe he was being eaten by wolves," Jane smiled, revealing her fangs. "He shouldn't be a problem now."
"Can't you do anything about him?" Alec pointed toward Hye Ki-- standing, waiting.
Jane's smile disappeared. She looked a little angry. "I tried when he hit you but he didn't even flinch."
"Mine seem pretty ineffective as well." Alec Sighed and crossed his arms. "Looks like we have to do this the old fashioned way."
"If you two were even worthy of being my opponents you would have already assumed that your powers wouldn't work." Hye Ki cut in. "I'm assuming you're looking for me?"
"Not exactly, but I wouldn't dream of disabusing our plans. So you can happily exculpate yourself from the cause of this situation. However, you do know how much we would love to take you home." Alec eyed Hye Ki lustfully. "I know at least I would."
"I've declined the Volturi's invitation several times – you are well aware. I'll be happy to inform you that your axiomatic powers are functioning. Jane's is easily countered by simple charms and well," Hye Ki continued to censure the siblings quite pleased with the logic of his planning, "you, Alec, might be able to eliminate the five senses, but there's nothing you can do about my sense of water. This entire forest is full of living things, except for this one desolate circle so I would have no problem feeling out the environment, especially because you would make it incredibly easy to place all my concentration into one element. And you two – although unliving – seem to have had a fresh snack on the way over here from Italy. You will make easy targets." Jane and Alec were fuming. "I suggest you two stop hiding behind your gifts and get serious about this fight. Trying to rely on your powers will only end up with me killing you faster."
Loosing all sights of their convoluted plan, Jane and Alec made a leap for Hye Ki but Jane was caught mid-air by Jasper and thrown by her arm into the ground. Alec extemporaneous attack succeeded in making it to where Hye Ki was waiting, but his fist contacted with nothing but a puddle. Hye Ki had obviated the futile leap and was gone – Alec was engulfed by the remains. He tried to dodge it but it came at him from all angles and hardened into ice, freezing the vampire as a frigid statue. Hye Ki was standing a few yards away with frost on his breath.
Jasper had Jane pinned to the ground, relegating her as his target. "You should be a little more creative for your victims' sake. I'd rather be eaten alive than endure the pain I feel from other people some days." He stepped on her head and started to apply pressure. "Your fear is exhilarating."
Jacob and Sam were still waiting for Quil to return back to his physical body, not letting up from their poised positions and ready to strike at anyone who made an attempt at their spirit medium. A bright pale blue light came rushing at them from across the circle. Jacob made a low growl and could tell it was heading straight for Old Quil. He leaped at the foreign object, but it passed directly through him and into Quil's body. Quil opened his eyes, stood up and climbed onto Sam's back. Jacob felt a little embarrassed by his misjudgment.
I'm getting Old Quil back to the reservation. Then we're going to make sure that these vampires don't get drawn toward our tribe. Do not get involved in this fight unless they come at you Jacob. Let these undead souls battle it out for themselves.
Sam took off. Jacob went to follow but was blocked by Edward thrown from the sky down at where Quil had been meditating. The ground shook and Jacob leaped backward to avoid some of the debris.
"Tch. That girl can throw." Edward was tired of playing around. He caught Chelsea's next attack in his hand and grabbed her throat with the other one. Edward loved that people had to think to do everything. "Hey, mutt. Are you gonna sit there staring at me or are you gonna help me out?" Jacob noted that Edward lacked the eloquence that Hye Ki sung through every word.
Sam would definitely not give his approbation for this. No, this isn't my fight. You blood suckers can work this out yourself. Just get away from La Push already.
"This bitch was ready to help kill you and your Alpha. I'm stuck here fighting in a forest that reeks of dog, with people I shouldn't be fighting." Edward capriciously threw Chelsea away into the forest with a perfunctory attitude and wiped off his hands. "That's it, you can fucking fend for yourself. I'm out of here."
Good. Jacob didn't really want Chelsea coming after him next but he didn't want Edward around either. Chelsea didn't seem to have any scary active powers either so maybe he could take her. The hell did you come for anyway?
Edward stopped and turned around. "Wasn't my choice. Jasper could feel that pup was in trouble and couldn't stand to have his new found love in pain."
So the Cullens did have some prescience of this attack, Jacob thought.
Wait. What?
"Yea and then Hye Ki got involved because he could sense a group of vampires coming into forks that weren't vegetarians. He was right about guessing it was the Volturi." Edward looked over at Hye Ki, who had just finished freezing his target.
Chelsea exploded up out of the ground a few feet from Edward, interrupting Jacob and Edward's conversation again. Jacob was glad he didn't have to talk to Edward for another couple of minutes but pissed because he wanted answers about Jasper and Seth.
Werewolves can't imprint on vampires.... can they? He fretted to himself.
Chelsea saw Edward looking over toward Hye Ki and Jasper, and formulated a plan. "Aww, don't leave! I was just about to make things really interesting." She looked at Edward and her eyes seemed to pulse once. Edward blinked a few times, stupefied, and then rushed away; Chelsea's chicanery almost always worked. "Now. As for you. I've always wanted a pet." She went to try and pet Jacob but he growled and bit at her. She pouted. "Fine! I was thinking you'd make a better rug anyway." She lunged to tackle Jacob but he side stepped her and began to chase after her. He was no dog.
Hye Ki breathed in deeply and hoped that would hold Alec until he could make sure that the other two were incapacitated. Edward ran over and stopped next to Hye Ki, attentively.
"Hey. Are you alright? Don't wear yourself out, we can help you out too you know."
"What ...? I'm fine. He didn't even touch me, nor did I break a sweat. What happened to Chelsea?"
"Oh, she's attacking that dog over there." Edward didn't seem to care much that he had just left Jacob alone with her. "I was worried about you so I came to make sure Alec wasn't trying any of his pervy tricks on you."
Hye Ki stared at Edward, surprised there were no watery remarks or poorly constructed nicknames. "I told you, I'm fine. What the fuck are you doing? Go help Jacob."
A little angry and jealous that Hye Ki cared about that wolf, Edward furrowed his brow but obeyed and went to go assist Jacob. It wasn't the first time Edward had felt inured.
Hye Ki was glad that they had gotten here before anyone had gotten seriously injured, and thought it was about time he let his guard down, seeing Jasper about to crush Jane's skull for causing his lover pain.
It was a good thing he was still alert because he felt the heat rushing in from behind him just in time to jump away. A rope of noxious fire extending from the overhead kick of a tan-skinned, dark-haired boy rushed in from above. He landed on the ground, the fire dissipated, and he stood up. He was wearing darker clothes like the rest of them, but they were much less flowing, and much more martial. The unknown boy's eyes glowed like fire but still had the lustrous color of blood, and those audacious eyes gave away his predilection for consumables. The fire enervated Alec's statue just enough for him to burst free, shivering.
The new threat shot a closed fist at Jasper, narrowly missing with a fire ball, but forcing Jasper to remove his boot from Jane's face. Hye Ki and Jasper regrouped but were quickly surrounded by the three vampires.
"Isn't a little dangerous for Vampires to be playing with fire?" Hye Ki looked over at the boy he didn't recognize.
"Good thing I'm only half then." He shot right back at Hye Ki without missing a beat. He had his arms cocked and loaded.
Alec smiled. Their effrontery returned and he was glad to be freed from the ice prison. "I think it's our turn for a little filibuster. How do you like our newest protégé? He's quite skilled like you, Hye Ki. I think you guys would make such a cute couple. Fire and Ice." Alec sighed at the romantic thought.
"He learned from the Amazon tribes in South America. He just accepted our invitation to the coven yesterday." Jane beamed. She had been the one to scout the boy.
"I didn't think you'd bring a trainee for this kind of mission. Isn't that a little risky?" Hye Ki was angry with himself that he couldn't sense the boy approaching sooner.
"Oh now, come on." Alec began, "If you were even worthy of being our opponent you would have already assumed we would bring back up."
"How ingenuous," Hye Ki scoffed.
"Show them what you can do, Nahuel." Jane stepped back to give him the stage.
"Jasper, Run!"
Nahuel roared and flames erupted from his mouth and engulfed the area where Hye Ki and Jasper were cornered. Hye Ki stepped in front of Jasper. He squandered the rest of the water he had carried on his person and also robbed the surrounding ring of living trees' water, leaving them shrunken and withered; the leaves turned dead and fell to the ground. Hye Ki precipitated the water into the flames and the two discordant forces extinguished each other. Hye Ki managed to stymie Nahuel's initial attack before it was able to ignite Jasper or he on fire and the arena was shrouded in steam.
Jasper ran left-- Hye Ki right. Jasper ran toward Edward who was half-ass fighting Chelsea in order to quell the nagging commands his conscious was giving him regarding Hye Ki's orders. He pulled Edward by the bicep and absconded away from the setting sun.
Hye Ki ran toward Chelsea. He was sick of this bitch toying with Jacob. Hye Ki drew his gladius strapped to his back and quickly made work of her right arm. She bellowed in rage and pain, but Hye Ki had no time for this so he kicked her away from Jacob and said, "Comon, We have to go."
Jacob ran off into the woods, following Hye Ki- unable to keep up with his full speed, but trying his hardest. He needed to update his pack on what was going on as well.
Sam. Everyone is fleeing from the scene. There was one more vampire accompanying the Volturi. He has the power to manipulate fire. The one named Alec also has the power to null the five senses. There is another woman-- very tall. She doesn't seem to have any active gifts but she is certainly strong. Jacob was weaving in and out of the trees. He could tell they were heading toward the setting sun but other than that, he wasn't sure what their destination was, nor even if they had one. He just hoped that the fire-breathing monster didn't catch up with them.
Right, we're having everyone move into the shelter in the event they decided to come down and harm the reservation. We should be fine but please be careful. We expect you to come help out here as soon as you can.
Dark blurs were moving above them from tree to tree. They were being followed by two of the Volturi. Nahuel sped up and starting bouncing from trunk to trunk, launching fire bullets at Hye Ki and Jacob.
"Shibarl..." Hye Ki cursed under his breath as he dodged a fireball aimed at his head. Nahuel's attacks were becoming less sporadic, and more voracious.
Jacob wasn't at nimble as Hye Ki and Nahuel quickly caught on to which prey should be eliminated first, assuming that Hye Ki wouldn't leave Jacob behind. Nahuel flashed ahead and dropped to the forest floor. A quick kick-punch-punch combo sent three projectiles in Jacob's direction. Unfortunately he could only effectively evade two.
Jacob yelped and slammed into a tree trunk, knocking him unconscious and out of his shifted form. He lay naked and helpless below the tree with a blemish of charred flesh on his left hind leg. Chelsea virulently fell toward Jacob to finish the job.
Hye Ki would not be as magnanimous as the monks had taught him to live if something were to happen to Jacob. His irises began to glow with the same ruby color of the discs in their biology textbook earlier today. He slid to a stop, pivoted, and with an urgent and angry grunt pulled his gladius out from his back over his head and chucked it toward Chelsea with furor. The sword pierced Chelsea directly between the breasts and tacked her against the trunk of the tree. She was unable to remove the sword.
Nahuel had brought one target down and he wasn't about to lose the other one. He breathed deep, and began to wind up a fire blast to melt his watery enemy. Hye Ki squatted, and began to motion to draw more moisture from his surroundings in defense. Chelsea could feel the human blood coursing through her veins and arteries being drawn to the point of entry of Hye Ki's gladius. With one grand motion Hye Ki ripped the blood from Chelsea's body with his arms and aimed it in the direction of Nahuel's attack.
The two forces met and the crimson water extinguished the flames easily and did not stop advancing toward Nahuel even after it had partially evaporated. Hye Ki closed his left hand to condense the blood mist back into the main attack. With his right hand Hye Ki aimed the fluid toward Nahuel who stood in disbelief of what was hurling at him. The blood crystallized into fine points and picked up speed. However, Nahuel was able to narrowly escape Hye Ki's grasp by propelling himself back up into the tree tops with his flames. Nahuel began to send a barrage of fire down on Hye Ki but Hye Ki's ruby eyes were relentless and followed Nahuel's every action - every muscle movement. The two trees closest to Hye Ki were drained and counteracted Nahuel's barrage. Nahuel landed on a tree to regain his balance momentarily and launch another attack.
"Big mistake." Hye Ki beckoned for the tree that Nahuel had landed on to yield its life to his will. The water spilled out from the tree and drew Nahuel toward it. Hye Ki exhaled and froze over the South American's face just as he was about to spit fire in a delayed reaction. Nahuel was pasted against the tree like an abhorrent knot. Chelsea hung limp from her post, her eyes no longer red and she was too weak to move.
Hye Ki brought his finger tips inward so that they met, stretched his arms downward in front of him and exhaled. The blood drained from his irises and they reverted to their normal, calm, silver state. He zipped over to Chelsea to retrieve his sword. She grunted in pain when he slid it out of her, but she was unable to do much of anything in this state and fell to the ground with a thud. Hye Ki approached Jacob's colored delicate body.
Hye Ki kneeled down to inspect his vitals.
Thank god, he's still breathing.
Hye Ki recognized the damage wasn't severe and the unconscious state was caused by Jacob's reaction to the fire. Hye Ki pulled a thin blue sheet from out of his shozoku and gently wrapped Jacob in the blanket with a solicitous face and picked him up into his arms. His wounds were not exigent but Jacob had a bruise forming on his forehead and the burn on his thigh was pretty nasty.
Knowing that the ice would not hold Nahuel for very long, Hye Ki stood up and departed to the edge of the forest.
"Hang in there, pup."
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