"Chapter 3: Darkstalker of the Shard"

The next day the owner of the bar called up to repair his own restaurant. "What happened here?" asked the police. "There was a man and a woman both in black who came into this bar. The woman challenged the man to battle but before he could accept it, he asked me to shove of the other customers in this bar so that no one else gets hurt. Well I didn't know about them is they're both demons that destroyed the whole bar as their battlefield. After that the woman left and the man gave me a huge amount of money and fled away," answered the bartender.

"Demons? They must be Darkstalkers for sure. I better call the famous hunter to take care of them," said the police chief. "But sir one of them gave me a huge amount of money so I was able to repair the bar. I was only able to spend a few portion of it because the cash is so big. I didn't even know if I would use this to make the place better," replied the bartender. "But still we must find those Darkstalkers before they destroy something else," the chief said firmly.

Moments later, a group of suppliers came into the restaurant to help them to repair it. One of them is a young boy named John Statley. They worked for long hours 'till nightfall. Suddenly, the weather didn't look good. "Look at that, the sky's all weird," John said. "You're right you can see the moon but you can't see any stars. A storm might be brewing up. Let's get this place cleaned up and called it a day John," one of his companions said.

Suddenly a purple lightning struck and John saw the lightning. Meanwhile, in a distance, Ronald saw the lightning too. "Now that's odd. I arrived here first before Lilith does? But she was able to get out of the castle before I was also able to," he said, surprised.

"Hey John, I know what you're thinking what was that right now but didn't that lightning fall near your home? John's companion told him. After wards John ran home trying to look if the lightning destroyed his home.

Lilith arrived to the human world and right at John's house. Lilith tried to stand up on where she had fallen but she too much power to do that. Instead she fell asleep because of extreme tiredness.

The next morning Lilith found herself wrapped in a blanket and heard something pounding from above. "Hey how are you feeling?" John called from above. "What are you doing there?" Lilith asked. "What am I doing? I'm fixing the roof. You did break open a really big hole," he answered. "I see. You put this on me?" she asked again. "Yup, you were just sleeping so peacefully, so I thought that I shouldn't wake you up but I'd also be a problem if you caught a cold," he replied. "By the way who are you?" she asked John once more. John didn't answer her but he said "You fell from the sky, wearing those weird clothes." Lilith was shocked, "Uh, uh I'm …" she stammered. "If he finds out that I'm form Makai…" she thought.

Suddenly, Lilith's stomach growled. "Pfft! You must be hungry," John laughed. "I'll go and prepare breakfast for you," he offered. "Holy crap that was close. But what a weird guy I obliterated his roof and he's still nice to me. Put a blanket on me when I was asleep and he's making me food," Lilith thought.

"Which reminds me I didn't ask for your name yet, I'm John Statley, what's your name?" he asked. "Lilith" she replied. "Lilith…huh? That's a nice name. Pleased to meet you, Lilith," he replied. "That's the name Ronald gave me. Whenever it is a good name or not, the thought never crossed my mind," Lilith murmured to herself.

Lilith saw a painting in a canvas in the corner. "UH, hey, who's that guy in green in this painting?" she asked John. "Oh, that guy? He's the legendary hero that lives in Sherwood Forest, Robin Hood "Show us our destiny, golden arrow like the wind," Robin Hood was a master marksman that could pickoff foes no matter how far they were. He was a freedom fighter who fought for the oppressed always opposing villains and rulers of life. "We were born so that we can live" that's what he would say," John replied.

"You see, my parents died in an accident when I was little. I had to live alone, and there were times that I was crushed by hopelessness or overwhelmed by loneliness. It reminds me that I have to live strong but when I read the story of Robin Hood, he became my hero and my prefect motif," John told her.

Outside the house, where John and Lilith can't see, there was Ronald standing at the nearby tree, watching them. He seemed to be quite relieved but when he saw Morrigan flew overhead, he knew that she will get her at an instant so he kept himself hidden and started to look at Morrigan, watching her every move.

Morrigan had come into the house. "I've come to pick you up, Lilith," she said as she came in. "Who are you?" Lilith exclaimed. "I'm Morrigan, Morrigan Aensland".

"Morrigan, Jedah told me that she is my… Lilith thought. As she thought the past, "…my counterpart?" she asked Jedah. "Yes, you were born from a portion of Morrigan's powers. That flesh is only temporary. Someday, you will return to her," Jedah answered.

"Lilith, you are me… and I'm sure that you already know what I want," Morrigan said to Lilith. "Lilith, what exactly are you?" John asked Lilith nervously. "John Statley, I hope you understand if Morrigan is going to tell you about this," Ronald began to speak to John in his mind. "I am a succubus and Lilith is only a part of my powers in other words, Lilith is a piece of a Darkstalker," Morrigan answered. "Right, Lilith fell from the sky with that lightning, Lilith is a …" John thought.

Lilith tried to come to John but John moved back. "Humans are afraid of Darkstalkers like us; it was obvious from the start, John would be afraid too," Lilith thought back. "Looks like your little friend hates you now, poor girl, you are a lost child without a place to belong or do have a place to go but don't worry, I'll take you in," Morrigan whispered to Lilith. "C'mon John, what are you waiting for? Do you want to let Lilith to get away like this? Stand up and do something!" Ronald exclaimed in John's mind. "Come back tome…" Morrigan whispered to Lilith. "It's just as Jedah said, I guess a "piece" has to be a part of a whole…" Lilith thought. "Don't be afraid… we're just going to become one. I'll let you forget everything just leave everything to me," Morrigan added.

As the fusion started to begin, "You hear that John, once Lilith and Morrigan will become one she will never come back to you. So, are you just let that happen? Are you'll gonna' just run away like that? If you'll keep on running away, you'll just end up like that," Ronald told John once more. Those words echoed in John's mind and tears start to run down in his cheeks. "In the end, I can't run away from it…no!" he murmured. "Sweet dreams Lilith," Morrigan told Lilith. "No, no, no, no, no, no, no, NO!" John exclaimed. "John?" Lilith murmured and quite surprised. "You can't do this… I don't care… I don't care even if Lilith is a Darkstalker or a piece of something or whatever. But if you're absorbed, you'll disappear. That's just wrong. Lilith, you have your own life to live," he said.

"Lilith, be a good girl and don't listen to him," Morrigan told Lilith. "I don't know whether you're going back to where you came from but you shouldn't be forced to go back. That's just wrong," John said. "You spoke at your own will. You laugh at your own will. Even you were born to live," he added.

Upon realizing Lilith's purpose of her leaving from the Dohma castle, she shoved Morrigan away out of her. "That's right. I ran away from Makai so that I can fly in my own wings, see with my own eyes and live at my own will. Morrigan, I'm no longer a piece of you. I am Lilith," she said.

"Is that so? Fine then, I see you're going to refuse me if you want to get really hurt bad," Morrigan said and began to turn her wings into deadly spikes from her back. As she executed her first attack, "Just remember that you asked for it," she told Lilith. Lilith was thrown out of the house creating a huge hole in the wall. The tree broke off on where was Ronald hiding and he couldn't hide elsewhere. Instead, he watched the two hesitating to help any of them. "It would be unfair if I would interfere or help any of them because Lilith won't learn if I would help her in the battle and it will be more brutal to her if I will help Morrigan," he thought.

"Apparently you don't have any idea how to fight. Poor thing, but don't think that I'm finished with your punishment," Morrigan said, executing another attack. "You are more persistent than I thought," she added. "But that's fine with me. I can have more fun that way," she said as she executed another attack. Lilith was thrown to the wall, John jumped over to catch her. "This is starting to get boring. I might as well finish this. This will take care for the both of you…" Morrigan said executing her powerful soul fist attack.

"Lilith, remember what I told you in learning how to fight. You must remember everything. You won't survive if you'll just stand there and do nothing," Ronald told Lilith with his mind. "Sigh… at least I could help her even for a little bit," he said to himself, quite relieved. "But I guess Morrigan won't follow our agreement for sure. I must watch her every move. If she would try to kill the boy, she's toast," he added.

Upon hearing this, Lilith remembered what Ronald taught her. In her memories, "Lilith, in order to win every battle, first you have to gain focus to the enemy. Don't get too distracted by any other things that cold only deceive you," Ronald told her. "That's it. I'll try it… I have to save John," Lilith murmured. She tried to execute a counter-attack and she did.

"Now that was good. And now I am already standing out here like a jerk but I can't get out of here. I guess Morrigan won't hesitate to touch the boy," Ronald said to himself. "That's it Lilith, everyone has the power to cut their own path. The golden arrow that shows you your destiny," John said to Lilith. "Destiny? Looks like this little boy has a little wisdom about something…hmmm…" Ronald told himself again.

"Teaching Lilith such useless things, you've been quite naughty," Morrigan grabbed John with her hands. "John…" Lilith exclaimed. "Humph… I knew it…" Ronald said.

"I'll show you a dream…the sweet dream of a succubus…drown in the sea of pleasure…" Morrigan whispered to John attempting to use her kiss of death spell to him. "Lilith huh, that's a nice name…I don't care if you're a Darkstalker or a piece of someone else…Lilith, you have your own life to live," John's voice comes in Lilith mind. "Anybody who looks in the eyes of a succubus…DEATH…but he's the one who see me for me," she said.

"John is going to die? STOP!" Lilith screamed at the top of her voice. Morrigan was failed in her spell. Soon enough, Ronald ran past through the two of them, grabbing John and bringing him into a safe place. He was too fast that both Lilith and Morrigan didn't notice him. "I want to be stronger. Strong enough to cut my own path," Lilith said as she used her power to lift a broken streetlight pole from the ground.

"Hey, John, are you alright?" Ronald asked John. "Who are you? How did you know my name? What are you doing here," John asked back. "It doesn't matter. What matters most is that…" Ronald replied. "I have to find Lilith. She needs me…" John stood up and limped away to where Lilith is. "Hey, John, wait! It's too dangerous… come back here… you're not that well enough to go through there… you even got yourself killed in there," Ronald said chasing John but he was too fast. They both stopped to where Lilith was and they witnessed how Lilith used her powers to lift a broken street post.

"Show us our destiny, oh golden arrow… like the wind," Lilith whispered. "She made an arrow from the debris," Morrigan murmured trying to get away. "You're not getting form this one, Morrigan," Lilith shouted releasing the arrow. Morrigan was directly hit. Ronald ran past John grabbing Morrigan in his arms and went out of sight. "I suppose I underestimated you… but I haven't had that much fun in a while so I'll let you go this time… We should do this some other time and when that time comes I'll make sure that I'll take you back too," Morrigan's voice is being heard as she fades away in the distance.

"Who is that guy? If he's with Morrigan, why did he help me in their battle?" John murmured. "Well then, I should get going too," Lilith said. John was surprised. "See you around john and thanks for everything," she said as she flew away.

But she didn't go away. Next day she was at the top of John's house. "Being alone sucks, but he knows that I'm a Darkstalker now. He'll probably be afraid of me. I can't see him anymore…right?" she murmured to herself peeking at the window.

There she saw John painting a picture of her. She forced herself in as John sees him. "That looks nothing like me," she said. John was surprised. "My nose isn't that big and I definitely have bigger boobs than that," Lilith pouted. "Are you sure?" John replied. "I was having a hard time drawing it. I don't have a model after all. Would you mind staying here for a while?" he added. "If you would draw me a little cuter, I'll think about it," Lilith answered.

Outside, Ronald was watching them, smiling in relief. "I guess Lilith would be safe if she's with John for now. Wait for me Jedah, someday the sleeping half of my power will awaken and I shall be a true vampire. And if that happens, I assure you that I'll stop you from your insanity" he thought staring at the sky.