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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
Axel, Demyx, and Roxas grabbed bags full of Roxas' things. He didn't have much in his apartment so they only had to make one trip. After getting all of the possessions in Roxas' new room, everyone went back to their rooms. Roxas sat in his room since he didn't know what else to do. He was a bit nervous at staying in a vampire's house and didn't know what the rules were. At least Sora would be with him for a while.
Someone began to knock quietly on Roxas' door. He got up and opened it to see Axel standing there. "I just came by to see how you liked your new room."
"It's ummm, great," said Roxas uneasily. Axel walked in and took a look around. "You seem nervous. Well, don't me. I got your back. I'm not going to let anyone get your blood. Got it memorized?"
Roxas laughed. "Yeah, Axel I do. You like to say that a lot don't you?"
"That's right. It's my tagline. No one else has got a tagline unless you count Demyx and his little lame 'Dance water dance!' thing. He only says it to be cool like me," he said as he pointed to himself.
"So he's water and your fire. Shouldn't you two be enemies or something?"
"Nope. We actually make good brothers unlike Riku and Cloud both of which always want to kill us. They don't get that by being rude and selfish that they're never going to find anyone."
"Have you found someone?" Roxas asked as he saw the redhead blush. "I don't know."
"How can you not know?"
"Well, Roxas, I mean I am totally crushing on someone but I don't think he knows that I like him or maybe he's not gay either. It's sad really."
"You could just talk to him, you know. If he pushes you away then just don't press it any more. Hopefully, in the end you two will still be able to be friends if he doesn't like you that way."
Axel stared at the blonde and took in every little thing he said. "It's easier said than done. We don't even know each other that well, but I'll give it some thought. Thanks for the advice."
"No problem," said Roxas as he watched the redhead leave the room. "Why am I always the one that has the advice?" He sighed and lay on his bed looking at the ceiling.
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Leon leaned his upper back against the wall and put his hands in his pockets. The weather was starting to get cooler which made Leon suspicious. It never got this cool in November on Destiny Islands. They lived too close to the Equator.
"How many of those creatures are going to come out tonight and where the hell is Sora? Surely he's not slacking off when things start to get busy."
"Actually, Sora is at my house," said a cool crisp voice that Leon automatically identified as Cloud. "What is he doing at your house?"
Cloud slowly walked closer to Leon until he was only a foot away from him. "The Hunter was injured in a fight from a demon. My little brother, Riku, found him and took him in so he could heal. Those creatures that are here are known as Heartless. Let me guess, your weapons won't work on them."
Leon narrowed his eyes as images of the two flashed through his head. "You're right. I can't find anything that works on them." Cloud moved even closer, pinning Leon against the wall. "It looks as if you're going to need a better weapon," he said as he began to nuzzle his neck. "Human weapons won't work on the Heartless, but vampires can kill most with one swipe."
"Are you saying that you want to turn me into a vampire? Well, forget it. I'm not about to be a third of vampire."
Cloud ran his tongue over the mark he had made on Leon. Leon shivered and froze. "When you turn into a vampire, all your previous blood is drained meaning that you would be a pure breed and besides, what if I didn't give you the choice?"
"I'd kill you."
Cloud looked Leon in the eyes and backed off. "You're right. You can just sit by and fight an endless and pointless battle while you watch everyone around you fall." He started to walk away when Leon grabbed his wrist and held him back. "Wait." Cloud looked down at the hand who was holding him back and then back at the brunet.
"Well?" asked as he turned around to face Leon.
"What do I have to do?"
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"What are we going to do? I don't exactly know how to use the thing." said Sora as he watched Riku pace around the bedroom.
Riku was deep in thought and didn't even hear Sora's voice. 'I bet I could take down Xehonart with that Keyblade, but how? Are there more out there? If so, how do I get one?'
"RIKU!? ARE YOU STILL HERE!?" yelled Sora and realized it sent a wave of pain through his side.
"Yes I'm still here you moron. I was just thinking that with that Keyblade you can probably take down Xehonart. If you do that, all of us will be free from his grasp. No more going back to Castle Oblivion to-anyway, that blade is pretty odd. It doesn't even look like it will do any damage."
"You should have seen it when I slaughtered that bud demon. I killed it with one hit. It's more powerful than it looks, Riku."
Riku sat down on the bed next to Sora and looked at him with needy eyes. He was about to say something when a certain smell caught his nose. His eyes widened as he looked towards the door. He grabbed Sora shoved him under the bed and then lay on his bed just as the door opened. A man with silver hair and yellow eyes walked in.
Sora stayed quiet and softened his breathing. He could tell already that Riku did not want this guy to know that he was there.
"Riku, how long is it going to take you to-it smells awful in here. This smell is identical to a Hunter's. Have you been keeping one here?"
Riku shook his head and said, "I've been tracking one and we got into a fight earlier. Don't worry Xehonart, I learned my lesson."
Xehonart looked at Riku with suspicious yellow eyes. "How long do you plan to keep me waiting? I told Sephiroth to bring you to me."
"What have I done this time?" Riku said through his clenched teeth.
"Riku, Riku, Riku. Do not act as if you are not conspiring against me. You plan to find that certain key and put it through my heart. Now, come along."
Riku's heartbeat quickened as he got up. "I hope you have a heart because one day I'm going to drive a stake through it." Xehonart just laughed and walked out of the door followed by Riku.
Sora could hear Demyx and Axel come out of their rooms and guessed that they watched Riku being taken away. He heard footsteps and soon saw that they belonged to Axel. "Sora, are you still here?"
Crawling out from under the bed, Sora looked up at the worried Axel. Demyx ran in and grabbed the door frame. "What happened!?"
"That guy showed up. Riku hid me under the bed. Xehonart was saying something about conspiring against him. What is he going to do to him?"
Demyx shook his head and looked at the ground. "No one but Sephiroth knows. Riku refuses to tell anyone about anything that happened. All we know is that whatever he did, pretty much scarred the guy for life."
Sora looked down at the floor and clenched his fists. He glared at the two and asked in a harsh voice, "Where's Sephiroth?" Axel and Demyx fell backwards and stared at the Hunter. "You need to learn what to say so that way you won't have your head chopped off! I think Sephiroth is out scoping the area for Heartless.
A bright light flashed in the room as a key appeared in Sora's hands. "I'm going to need someone to wrap my ribs for me."
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"I'm getting sick of those things!" yelled Sephiroth as he butchered another Heartless with his long blade. He looked around and realized that more were popping up. "These bastards are popping up like little daisies!" As Sephiroth drove his long blade into another one, the smell of Riku and Xehonart passed his sensitive nose. "Why is he here?!"
Just as a Heartless jumped at him, a blur flashed by his head and killed the Heartless. He looked to see Sora standing there as something lit up in his hands.
"Sora, why are you here?! I don't have time to keep my eyes on you. Dammit Riku, I told you to keep an eye on the kid."
Axel and Demyx appeared out of the shadows with their weapons in hand. Axel had silver and red, spiky chakrams while Demyx had a purplish-blue sitar. "Xehonart took Riku. Sora made us find you."
Sephiroth walked over to the determined looking Sora. "What do you want, kid? Axel, you left Roxas all alone didn't you? Dammit, why can't you guys ever do as I ask?"
"I told Axel to stay in his room and don't come out. He'll be fine, Dad."
"I came to find out about Riku and you're going to tell me." Sora pointed the Keyblade at Sephiroth as Axel and Demyx tensed.
"Why should I tell you?" he said flatly, getting his blade ready.
Sora, with amazing speed, slammed Sephiroth against the wall while Axel and Demyx stayed back, surprised that Sora could do that even though his ribs were wrapped up to suppress some of the pain.
"BECAUSE IF YOU DON'T, I'M GOING TO DRIVE THIS BLADE ACROSS YOUR NECK!" yelled Sora, holding the Keyblade up to the vampire's neck.
"Calm down. I never said I wasn't going to tell you. If you do not let me go this instant, I'll kill you."
Sora dropped Sephiroth and wondered where he had gotten the speed, strength, and courage from.
"Shortly after Riku was Turned, Xehonart took Riku away from me. He does it to most of the fledglings, but with Riku it's different. Riku refused to drink blood. He didn't eat anything and so Xehonart took him. He locked Riku in a cell and injected him with a type of drug that increases blood lust in a vampire. Why do you think it takes a lot to feel Riku up? You were lucky that he didn't kill you that first night. When that drug is in him, he kills for blood no matter who it is. Xehonart takes him back every now and then to do that. Riku knows I can scan people's memories and so he knew that I knew. He asked me to keep it a secret but looks like I can't do that any more. Are you satisfied now?"
"No. Where's the castle at?"
"I'll take you there. Axel, you stay here and make sure nothing happens to Roxas. Demyx, you're with us."
"WHAT NOW, AXEL!? I'M NOT THE ONE BABYSITTING ANY MORE!" Demyx started dancing around as every one rolled their eyes.
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Riku clenched his teeth as he felt the cold iron grip around his wrist. Xehonart had chained him up and was about to grab the syringe when another man walked up. "Xehonart, we need to talk." Xehonart turned around and nodded. He walked out of the cell and down the hall. Lucky for Riku, his hearing was beyond normal for a vampire. That was another thing he inherited when he became a vampire. He could boost his hearing whenever he needed it.
"Xemnas, why have the Hunters not even attacked the vampires?" said Xehonart.
"I don't know. All of the Heartless that you empowered to me have been defeated by one of your own. Sora has not been seen for a few days and the other one has disappeared off the radar. We inserted a tracking device in the werewolf's blood, but it's not showing up now. Do you think that they've found out about our plan?"
"I doubt that. Even if they have, it's too late now. War is unavoidable. Soon, we will control the strongest army and wipe out the human race."
'What!? The Bounty Hunter leader and Xehonart are working together!? What the fuck? I have got to tell Sora and the others. But how?'
--+--+--+--
Roxas jumped when he heard a knock at his door. "It's just me," called Axel. Roxas opened the door and saw the vampire standing at his door.
"What's going on? Where did everyone go?"
"It's a long story. Well, to summarize things, Riku was taken to Castle Oblivion by our leader Xehonart. There, Xehonart pumps a drug into his body that makes him thirst for blood at an extreme rate. The others went to get him back. I have no idea where Cloud is. Probably off fucking the werewolf again. That damn useless bastard."
"Say that again, little brother," Cloud said coldly from behind Axel.
Roxas jumped right into Axel's arms who barely caught him because of trying to keep himself on his feet. The two looked at each other and blushed as Axel put Roxas back on the ground. "Where have you been!? Riku's been taken to Castle Oblivion."
"Don't act like my mother. I was out doing stuff."
Axel sniffed the air and smelled a new presence. "You didn't!?" exclaimed Axel as he looked in the direction of Cloud's room.
"He's in my room, sleeping the pain off. I guess there's one use to my pathetic ability after all."
"Cloud can make people fall asleep," whispered Axel. He looked back up at Cloud. "So, you made the werewolf a vampire?"
"Precisely. You are so quick to catch things," said Cloud in a sarcastic tone.
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Cloud grabbed Leon and pushed him back against the wall. He tilted Leon's head to expose much of his pale neck. He felt his canine teeth extend. Leon closed his eyes as he felt Cloud's cold fangs pierce into his neck for the second time.
Pain quickly rushed through Leon's body as he gritted his teeth. He felt a liquid that he presumed was vampire venom, flow into his blood. Cloud finally pulled his fangs out from Leon after what seemed like forever.
Leon fell on his knees grabbing his neck. Cloud crouched down and removed Leon's hand from the mark. He moved closer and gently kissed the mark.
"I'm sorry, Leon, but it had to be done." Cloud looked at Leon's eyes intensely. Leon felt really tired all of a sudden and passed out. Before Leon could hit the ground, Cloud caught him and picked him up.
"It'll be over soon," whispered Cloud as he stepped through the dark portal he had created with Leon in his hands.
Cloud walked over and lay the new fledgling on his bed. He felt bad for causing Leon pain, but he couldn't help it. "At least he can sleep it off."
With one last look at his lover, Cloud walked out of his room to investigate the human smell coming from the guest room.
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Sephiroth looked around the back entrance to make sure no one was guarding it. He put his index finger to his mouth, making a shut up motion as they quietly walked to the door.
"I'll get the location of Riku from Xehonart. You two stay hidden and don't let anyone see you."
A few minutes after Sephiroth disappeared, a vampire walked by and caught sight of Sora's spiky hair sticking out from the bushes. The vampire walked by and tugged on the hair.
"OWWWWW!! WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT FOR?! I DON'T GO AROUND PULLING YOUR HAIR DO I?!" yelled Sora at the shocked vampire.
Demyx jumped out with a microphone along with his sitar and looked at the enemy.
"Who are you? You aren't human!" yelled the opposing vampire.
Demyx looked closely at the name tag that was pinned to the vampire's shirt.
"Well, Johnny, it seems as if you never heard of Melodious Nocturne before. Let me tell you, or rather sing to you to show you who I am."
Demyx cleared his throat as he looked at the beyond confused vamp. Sora pulled out some vibes out of no where and started hitting them.
Demyx grabbed the microphone after a few notes and started to sing.
"The seaweed is always greener in somebody else's lake.
You dream about going up there, but that is a big mistake.
Just look at the world around you right here on the ocean floor.
Such wonderful things surround you, what more is you looking for?"
The enemy vampire started to run around in circles as he covered his ears screaming for Demyx to stop. Unfortunately, Sora had to stop playing the vibes in order to cover his ears as well. While closing his eyes, he too started running but slammed into a wall.
"Darling it's better down where it's wetter take it from me!
Up on the shore they work all day.
Out in the sun they slave away…"
"AHHHHHHHHHHHH!! HQ. HQ. ENEMY SIGHTED. COMMENCING ALERT FORMATION!" yelled the vampire while Demyx continued to sing. Sora accidentally ran straight into the vampire, knocking him out. "Roger that. Sending reinforcements. Use extra caution," said a voice from the radio the vampire was carrying.
'Lucky!! At least you don't have to listen to this tragedy!!' thought Sora as Demyx finally stopped singing.
"I believe he loved it!" Demyx said as he wiped a happy tear from his eye. Sora muttered under his breath and turned to Demyx. "THANKS A LOT! NOW I HAVE BRAIN DAMAGE ALONG WITH HEARING LOSS!!"
Demyx made a fist and directed it at Sora. "ARE YOU SAYING MY SINGING IS BAD!? AT LEAST MY HAIR DOESN'T STICK UP LIKE FREAKING STALAGTITES!!"
"IT'S NOT STALAGTITES! IT'S STALAGMITES YOU MORON AND AT LEAST I HAVE A HAIR STYLE. WHAT IS THAT BUSH YOU CALL ON YOUR HEAD!?"
Before Demyx could answer Sora, about five more vampires showed up. The two looked and started to run. Demyx grabbed the random microphone and started to sing again as Sora pulled out a pair of sound proof ear muffs.
"When you walk away, you don't hear me say,
Please, oh baby don't go.
Simple and clean is the way that your making me feel tonight
It's hard to let go…"
Sora fell to the ground and laughed as the vampires ran into each other from not watching where they were going. After a few more minutes of singing, the vampires were finished off and on the ground, unconscious.
Demyx walked over and grabbed a radio from one of the scouting vampires. "HQ. HQ. Umm…All clear here."
"Roger that. Return to your positions."
Sora let out a the breath of air he was holding as he took off the ear muffs. "Well, that was close."
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Riku paused when his ears picked up a horrible voice that actually made him feel better. He could tell it belonged to Demyx because of the horrible singing. His eye twitched when he heard Demyx sing the last song.
"Hold me. Whatever lies beyond this morning is a little later on.
Regardless of warnings the future doesn't scare me at all.
Nothing's like before."
Riku shook his head and looked at the direction the singing was coming from. 'I feel sort of bad for whoever is with him. It's a torture worse than death.'
Author's Note: Credits to Vicky for giving me a few of these ideas. Vibes are like a Xylophone, but way bigger. It's the instrument used in "Under the Sea" at the beginning. It was a random little scene but it was time for a bit of humor even though I'm sure I'm the only one laughing at that O.O Also, I got the "HQ. HQ. Enemy sighted. Commencing alert formation" and all that from Metal Gear Solid 3 and 4. I got Johnny from the MGS games as well. He's a reoccuring character that provides the comic relief. It's only natural that I picture Demyx singing in a horrible voice. It makes me picture me being Demyx and Vicky being Sora since I can't sing to save my life but oh well.