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Summary: Sora is a Bounty Hunter who hates vampires more than anything. One day a vampire named Riku shows up and makes Sora change his mind about one vamp. RikuSora AkuRoku CloudLeon
Sora threw his alarm clock to the floor when it began to go off. It was time to get up for school and Sora only managed to squeeze in three hours of sleep. His spiky hair was more of a mess than usual, but quickly went back to normal after Sora got in the shower. He stumbled out and quickly got dressed before leaving.
On his way to school, he usually eats a Pop Tart. Today, he had a strawberry flavored one and hastened to shove it down his throat.
When he arrived at his class, he notice that Riku looked pissed off. Sora walked over and slightly slammed his books on his desk. "So Riku, did you have fun almost killing me once again?" whispered Sora as he shot a daring look at Riku. Riku returned the look with his own glare and quietly said, "Shut up, Hunter."
'If looks could kill, I would have died ten times over,' thought Sora while he sat in his seat. The teacher continued talking about boring subjects to Sora, such as the Great Awakening.
Lunch came and the students ran out of the room and to the cafeteria. Sora took his normal seat beside Kairi who talked nonstop about Riku. He finally learned to block out her conversations and occasionally respond with a "yes" or an "uh huh." Roxas walked over, dressed in his clothes that he normally wore to work. Roxas' family owned a little grocery center behind the school. After his parents decided to move away leaving Roxas, he decided to take over the small business. It earned quite a lot and supported Roxas enough so that he could pay for his own rent.
"Hey Roxas, what's up?" asked Sora as Kairi got up to go throw her trash away. "I just wanted to see what you were doing and to tell you that I'm on my way to work," he said as he switched arms holding his books.
"Well, I'm eating and after I get home, I get a few hours of sleep and then back out patrolling. If I can, I'll stop by the store."
"Sounds like a plan. I'll see you later," Roxas said waving his hand and walked off.
Kairi came back and started talking again. Sora looked over at her and stated, "Kairi, no offense but I don't care." Kairi was quiet the rest of the lunch period and Sora was relieved that he wouldn't have to hear about Riku.
The last part of the day always went extremely slow. Sora continued to pester Riku for answers when Riku finally stood up and yelled at Sora while the teacher was out of the room.
"WHY THE FUCK WON'T YOU LEAVE ME ALONE!? I TOLD YOU TO FUCK OFF AND YOU'RE STILL TALKING TO ME." Riku grabbed Sora by his shirt and pulled him out of his desk.
Just as Riku was about to smash Sora's face into pieces, someone ran into Sora, pushing him. Everyone watched at the very awkward moment as the two touched each others lips with their own. As Riku froze in surprise, Sora took the moment to land a fist into Riku's gut. It didn't even faze Riku who puched Sora in the face. He was sure to contain some of his strength so that way no one would question him about it.
Before another fist was thrown, the teacher walked in and everything fell silent. Riku and Sora straightened up and pretended like nothing had happened. Not one person in the room told the teacher about the little brawl in fear of being beheaded.
After the final bell rang, Riku raced out of the class before anyone got up. Kairi walked over to Sora and slapped him. "I hope you're happy! You just caused Riku to be upset." She walked off leaving an even more pissed off Sora.
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Riku reached his house and saw that only Sephiroth was home. "How was your day?" Sephiroth asked as he looked up from the newspaper he held in his hands.
Not responding, Riku went to his room and threw his books on the ground. He just wanted to be left alone. He was still aggravated from the previous night and the Hunter had made it worse.
"I wonder where the others went off to," Riku said as he gazed out of the window that overlooked the town.
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Roxas looked around the tiny store. There was no one in there for once which wasn't a bad thing. He normally got really good business. Just as he was about to walk to the back room, someone walked through the door. He had red hair that was spikier than Sora's.
'I must tell Sora that I've found someone with spikier hair than him!' thought Roxas as he greeted the customer.
"You got any wine?" asked the redhead. Roxas pointed to the back shelf that contained some of the island's best wine.
"So, where are you from? I've never seen you around here before," called Roxas as the redhead walked off. "You know, around."
The redhead walked in front of the counter to pay for a red wine he found and said, "The name's Axel. Got it memorized?"
"Axel. Got it. Here's your change." Roxas handed Axel his change and watched him leave the store. "What an odd guy."
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Sora walked cautiously through his front door, expecting to see Riku standing there. When Sora looked around, the vampire was nowhere to be found. He sat down and worked on his pile of homework that he didn't finish thanks to Riku.
As Sora put his books away after finishing, he heard a knock at his door. He looked through the tiny hole in the door and saw Leon standing on his porch. Sora opened the door and let his Hunter friend in.
"I just came to see how you were doing," he said looking around the house. Leon had never been in Sora's house before and thought it looked unusually normal.
"I'm fine," Sora said as he looked at Leon's face. "What happened there?" he asked, pointing at a gash that rested in between his eyes.
"That damn vampire slashed my face." Sora narrowed his eyes and said, "Riku? He did that? I didn't think he would do that."
"Riku? Oh, that must have been his little friend. This vampire's name was Cloud and he's a tough one."
"There's more of those things!? I thought Riku was the only one!" exclaimed Sora. If there was a vampire who beat Leon in a fight, he had to be tough.
"I saw two of them. A blonde and one with silver hair."
"I wonder if they're related," wondered Sora. He looked at Leon who was on his way out the front door. "Watch yourself, Kid. I doubt I'll be near the next time."
Sora watched Leon leave and gathered his gear together. "Next time I see a vamp, I'm not hesitating."
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Axel walked on the sidewalk and met up with Demyx. They talked the rest of the way home. Demyx was curious what was in the paper bag and looked at it with hungry eyes.
"It's red wine. I'm having it with dinner tonight. Where have you been off to today?" said Axel pulling out the glass bottle.
"Well if you must know, I've been out with Zexy. He's too sweet and he doesn't care that I refuse to drink blood from humans." Demyx smiled happily over at Axel who shook his head. "Zexion doesn't care because he doesn't really care about anything. That's just the way he is and be thankful for it."
"Oh, trust me Axel. I'm very thankful for him. It's time you found someone as well. You and everyone else needs someone. I feel like I'm the only one having fun."
Axel let out a small laugh as they reached the door to their house. They walked inside to see Sephiroth sitting there with nothing to do. When this happened, it usually meant he was deep in thought.
"Riku's in his room. I advise you not to bother him." Axel and Demyx nodded and went to their rooms.
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Cloud walked around the streets to get used to the area that he had never before been to. His head was full of events from the previous night.
"How could a part werewolf almost win against our little match? He was powerful for someone who was only a half breed. How did the Bounty Hunters accept someone with werewolf blood in him? It doesn't make sense at all."
He looked up just as he ran into someone. The smell made him a little naucious as he realized it was the half breed. "It's you!" yelled Cloud, getting ready to attack.
Leon just glared and said, "It's Leon. I'd appreciate if you use my name Blood-Sucker." Cloud bared his teeth and glared back in return. "Fine, Leon. By the way, it's Cloud. I'm surprised you don't remember that I beat your ass last night. Lucky my brother was there to stop me or we wouldn't be standing here arguing right now."
"You don't know that. In fact I'm pretty sure that your next move would have been your fatal mistake."
For the next few minutes, they glared each other down until someone else came up. Leon looked down to see his friend standing there with a blade in his hands. "Sora, what the hell are you doing here? You're supposed to patrol the other side."
"I came out looking for that bastard, Riku. I want to finish our little fight."
Cloud looked down at the little boy and asked, "You know Riku?" Sora nodded in response. Looking the Hunters over he said, "Of course my brother would make himself well known to the Hunters. I'd love to stay and chat, but I must get going." Before Leon could stop Cloud, he disappeared without another word. He closed his eyes in annoyance and then looked back at Sora. "That was Cloud, the other vampire. It looks like they're brothers."
"Interesting. I'm off to go find Riku. Later." Sora walked off as the moon began to rise in the dark sky.
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Cloud returned home and was warned by Sephiroth. He ignored it and knocked on Riku's door. Riku didn't respond and so Cloud opened the door.
"Cloud, get out." Riku glared at his older brother who had an evil grin on his face. "The Hunter is looking for you. He said he wanted to finish the little fight between you guys."
Riku stood up from his bed and walked over to Cloud. "I said get out," he said, getting up in Cloud's face. "Now I know why you have no partner in life. You always act like this in front of them. No one likes an asshole as their partner, Riku. You will do well to learn that."
"You're one to talk. I don't see you having anyone," Riku replied as he was getting even more irritated. "Oh, don't worry Riku. I'll have one before long. I've already found someone who would keep me...entertained."
"Don't tell me it's that dumb mutt that you're talking about."
Cloud walked out of the door after saying, "If you say anything to Sephiroth I'll have your head on a platter and offer it as a peace treaty to him. Don't think I won't do it either."
Riku took one last look at Cloud before jumping out of the window to go meet Sora.
He walked around until he caught the smell of the Hunter. Riku saw Sora walking around with his hands in his pockets. As quietly as possible, Riku walked up behind Sora and coolly said, "I heard you were looking for me."
Sora jumped at his voice and turned around. "Why the hell do you have to act like a stalker and appear behind me out of nowhere?" Riku grinned and said, "First off, my brother told me that you were looking for me so it really shouldn't be a surprise that I showed up. Second, I'm not a stalker nor do I act like one so don't think like that about people. It's rather rude. Do you honestly want to finish up our little fight?"
"Yes," said Sora as he pulled out a blade. Riku lifted an eyebrow and looked at the intimidating blade that was pointed at him. "Well, too bad. I'm not in the mood to fight anymore. I came to tell you something quite amusing."
Sora perked up at this and looked at Riku closely. "What is it?" Riku smiled at the boy's curiosity. "My brother, Cloud, have you met him yet?"
"Yes."
"Well then you must also know that he almost killed your werewolf friend." Sora rolled his eyes as he was becoming impatient. "His name is Leon. Will you just get on with it?!"
"You need to learn to be more patient. Anyway, my brother has somehow managed to take a liking to your friend. If you know Cloud like I do, then you'll know that he will do anything to get whoever he wants. I advise you to warn Leon to be cautious. I don't care how strong you say that werewolf is. I just want you to know that Cloud is one of the strongest vampires in the world. He is among the most respected as well as my sire, Sephiroth."
Sora's curious look changed to completely confused and lost. "Why are you telling me this? I hope you know that puts your family in more peril by sharing this information with a Hunter."
Riku nodded his head. "I told you because I wouldn't want you to come after me for Cloud's mistake. Leon seemed like a strong guy, but not one to think things over. As for Sephiroth, stay away from him. He'll kill you without a second thought."
"Now you're warning me!"
"I warn you because if you die, that means I'll have to go back to my boring life as an average vampire. Your life is to kill things of the nonhuman race that are a threat to your kind. Vampires pretty much have no purpose but to live on forever unless staked or killed some other way. I'll be honest with you. I'm in search of some sort of key. I don't know what it looks like but I've heard that it's powerful and worth the search. For some reason, I believe you can help me find it."
Sora looked at the vampire to make sure it was the same one who had tried to kill him in previous meetings. "Why do you need this key?"
"I can't say that. Others might be nearby and listening and some have powers that can read the mind and understand my intentions. One of my other brothers can do that. It takes a lot to block him."
"How many brothers do you have!?" exclaimed Sora.
"I have a total of three brothers. They're all annoying as hell too. I've got to go before they find out I'm gone. I guess I'll see you tomorrow."
Riku disappeared through a back alley leaving Sora alone in the middle of the night on the street. He resumed patrolling the area as his mind was filled with the key that Riku was looking for and what he could possibly need it for.
Author's Note: Sorry I made this chapter a little boring. I've been busy with AP homework that's got to be done before school starts back up. Band doesn't really help the whole time thing either. This chapter is dedicated to two people. Vicky, I know how much you just hate Riku so I put in a fight scene. Then I put in the little kissing scene since you suggested it and it sounded amusing. The other person is SoraNeku who has supported me in more than one story. To the rest that have reviewed/favorited/alerted this story I give you many thanks!! I promise to make the next chapter more interesting if you review :)