Dracula X

Chapter 2

Author's Note: So finally finished the second Chapter and it seems this story will get longer than I planned it to become. Oh well, can't be helped. It's fun to write it anyway!
A few comments on the following:
I have to admit, the scene with the vampires was "a bit" different, when I first wrote it... ;-) But then I decided to change it, so the rating doesn't need to be changed to mature... And now I think the scene fits better into the story and doesn't distract too much from the actual plot.
There will be more X references from now on, as well! Look forward to Van Helsing's appearance and you'll know what I mean+g+
Last but not least, thanks for the reviews! I hope you enjoy this chapter and I'd be happy if you left a few positive words!!

Disclaimer: The characters in this story belong to CLAMP. The story is based on Bram Stoker's "Dracula".

My beloved Subaru,

One day has already passed since I arrived safely at the old castle in the snow-covered forests of Transylvania. Tonight, I'm supposed to meet the Count again and get the business done with him. I'm sure it won't take long, so I'll be back soon. I just wanted you to know that I'm alright.

Hopefully, you are fine as well. Send my best regards to your sister Hokuto-san.

I'm longing to see your smile again.

Love, Kamui

Subaru sighed and put the letter away. "Kamui…"

"Hohoho!" A load voice laughed next to his ear.

Terrified, Subaru jumped aside.

Hokuto grabbed the letter and opened it. "Uh, a love letter, again!" She snickered. "Are you still lamenting your fiancé? Oh, Subaru, you're so old fashioned!"
"Hokuto-chan…"

The girl turned around and returned him the sheet. "Kamui-san is not the only person in this world! You just gotta open your eyes!"

"But…"
Hokuto took her brother's arm and lead him across the garden. "You know what? Your caring sister invited a few friends tonight. Maybe you can socialize with them a bit …"

"Hokuto-chan!" Subaru stopped. "I'm going to get married soon. As soon as Kamui returns…"

"But he hasn't returned yet, has he?" Suddenly, her expression became serious. "Subaru. All I want is your happiness, believe me. I want you to be sure about your feelings before you get married." She closed her eyes for a second then smiled at him worriedly. "But… if you promise me that you'll be happy with Kamui, then it's alright with me."

Subaru smiled softly as she hugged him. "I know that, Hokuto-chan. I'm sure I'll be very happy."

"Okay", she whispered. "But you'll still come to my party tonight?"

"Alright. Though I'm sure all those men are just coming for you."

"Hohohoho!" Hokuto bowed slightly. "Of course they are. And who knows, maybe soon we'll both be celebrating our marriages..."

It was a cloudy morning as Kamui finally opened his eyes. The events of last night seemed like a dream to him. Like a nightmare. He sighed and got up.

To his surprise the door wasn't locked anymore.

Quickly he slid into the corridor, left all his belongings behind and rushed down the large stairs towards the main gate. With all his force he pushed against the stone, but nothing happened. Cursing, he turned around and pushed again, but useless. His heart sank. 'I'll never get out of here alive…', he thought as nostalgia and longing, to see the faces of his loved ones again, made him sad. He hit the door hard. "Dammit!", he cried under tears and leaned against the gate. It took him a few minutes to get his collectedness back.

'Alright, Kamui, don't give up! It's a large castle, there has to be an exit somewhere!'

Carefully he started to explore the castle even closer. There were only a few rooms which were unlocked. Two of them were empty and didn't seem to serve any proper purpose. Another one seemed to be somewhat of a repository, the last one was the bibliotheca. As Kamui entered, the sun was already setting again, for he had spent the entire day searching the other rooms. And his delusion to find an exit was so strong that he didn't waste one single glance to look at the sun.

The bibliotheca was full of large book shelves. More books than Kamui had ever seen in his life, but he didn't care at all. 'A secret passage. There has to be one behind these shelves!' Hectically he started his work again, knocking against the wood, pushing against the walls, dropping the books.

Nothing.

Suddenly he froze as he noticed the darkness that already filled the room. His eyes wandered to the window. 'Oh my God, the sun is already gone!'

A sound. He swallowed. Again. It was like a quiet snicker.

He wanted to run, but something inside him paralyzed his feet.

"Kamui…"
Was that a voice?! Or did he imagine things?
"Kamui… come here…"

A female voice… Kamui turned around. He felt as if something had touched his face. Fear filled his heart and yet…

"Kamui…"

And suddenly, between the book shelves, it seemed to him as if there was a small gap. 'Impossible! I swear it wasn't there before!'

A feeling inside warned him, but there was that voice again. "Kamui… ahhh…" A moan.

Kamui tensed. Hesitatingly, he approached the gap. Something lured him to go on. He climbed inside and stopped.

There was a room behind the shelves, dimly lit by a few candles. In its middle was a large bed.

Two hands touched his back from behind and pushed him inside. He stumbled and turned around. There was a woman closing the door. And suddenly, the room seemed to be a lot smaller then before. He was trapped, but…

The woman turned to face him, loosening her long, black hair.

It was late at night as Subaru and Hokuto went down into Hokuto's large living room, where many guests were already gathered.

"Be sure to enjoy yourself tonight, Subaru!" Hokuto smiled at him and touched his arm encouragingly.

"Yes, Hokuto-chan. You as well."

"Oh, hohoho, I will!" She turned around to face the door which was opened at once. "Dr. Seward!!!" Immediately, she rushed towards him. "Oh, I'm so glad to see you again!"

"Hokuto-san, what a pleasure!"

Hokuto waved at Subaru, who followed her hesitatingly. "Subaru, may I introduce? This is Dr. Daisuke Seward. He's an excellent psychiatrist, you know. Daisuke-san, this is my brother Subaru."

Daisuke shook hands with Subaru. "Nice to meet you."

Subaru smiled. "Yes, I…"

But Daisuke's attention was already back with Hokuto. "I hope you're doing well, Hokuto-san. You know, there's hardly a second I don't think of…"

"Kakyou Holmwood!!" Hokuto jumped across the floor. "I'm glad you came!!" Her voice resounded throughout the entire room.

"Good evening, Hokuto-san." Kakyou put down his hat. Next to him was another man with a bright smile and foreign-looking clothes.

"Oh, you brought someone with you, Kakyou?"

"That's right. He's an old friend of mine. An American. His name is Sorata P. Morris", Kakyou explained. "Sorata-san, this is Hokuto-san."

"Wow, never thought England's girls could be that pretty."

Hokuto chuckled. "You Americans really do know how to please a lady."

"Oh, in every sense of the word, Miss", Sorata winked.

"Hohoho! Did you hear that, Subaru?" She turned around. "Subaru??"

From one of the corners Subaru was watching his sister. He sighed. 'Hokuto-chan really knows how to deal with people. No wonders they all care for her. Sometimes I wish I could be like her…' Slowly, he shook his head. 'No, this is not the world I belong in.' He averted his eyes from Hokuto, who was surrounded by her suitors, and closed his eyes. 'Kamui… I wish you could be here with me now… I miss you. Please come back to me soon. I wonder what you're doing right now… Are you thinking of me as well…?' He smiled softly and walked towards his sister.

Kamui's pulse started to speed up.

"Kamui…", the woman whispered in a seductive manner. "You're finally here…" Slowly, she approached him.

Kamui noticed her tight, silken dress, revealing a lascivious figure. He swallowed as she touched his face with her left hand, starting to suck seductively at his neck. He felt her hips touching against his thigh. The woman took his right hand and put it at her hip. Giggling, she kissed his neck and grabbed his hair. "Kamui… Will you stay with us for a little while…?"

Kamui felt another hand at his thigh. He turned around facing a second woman with shorter, fire-red hair. She, as well, pushed her body against his, throwing him onto the bed.

He didn't resist a second as he felt her weight on top of him. "I haven't introduced myself, Mr. Harker…", she licked her fingers lasciviously. "My name is Karen, this is Kanoe and…" She giggled, unbuttoning her dress.

Suddenly, Kamui felt Kanoe's hands sliding under his shirt, touching and caressing his chest.

Karen stripped off her dress now completely, revealing her soft skin and moving hips. She took Kamui's hands and let them explore her entire body, the delicate curves of her hips. Helplessly, Kamui moaned.

Kanoe unbuttoned his shirt and kissed his bare chest, licking higher until she reached his neck.

Kamui's eyes rolled away. He wasn't sure whether he could stand all those sensations or not. His body moved while he moaned once again.

"Kamui." Another voice. This time a lot deeper.

Kamui struggled to get his eyes open. The women were now next to him, revealing a third person who came towards Kamui and pushed him against the cushions.

"What took you so long, Fuma?", Kanoe whispered hoarsely, but the man didn't answer. His eyes were fixed on the body beneath him. He bowed down, once he met Kamui's large, violet eyes, and bit his neck softly.

It hurt, but Kamui didn't care anymore.

Fuma took off his own shirt, revealing a broad, muscular chest.

Kamui didn't know where to look first, what to touch first. And finally he gave in to all those pleasant sensations around him.

His moans grew louder and he cried joyfully as he lay there on the bed with luring anticipation of what would happen now.

'Is this hell or paradise?' Kamui closed his eyes and surrendered.

"Have I not told you to stay away from him?!" A loud voice resounded throughout the chamber and an icy chill blew out the candles.

The vampires turned around and instantly desisted from Kamui.

Kamui slowly opened his eyes, still lost in trance. Next to the door he recognized the Count's silhouette.

The man rushed towards them and scared the blood-thirsty creatures away. "Harker belongs to me!!!", he yelled angrily.

Obediently, the vampires huddled together on the floor.

Fuma bared his teeth. "Actually, Kamui belongs to me", he hissed and added with dark voice: "He is my Twin Star!"

"Uh!" The others rolled their eyes.

Seishiro sighed. "Jeez, cut it out, will you! We're not in X here!" He shook his head. "This time, Kamui belongs to me."

Fuma crossed his arms. "No, he doesn't!"

"He does! He totally does!!"

"No, no, no! Leave your hands off Kamui! You've already got your Subaru!"

"But Subaru is my fiancé! He belongs to me!", Kamui whimpered at once.

Seishiro threw an evil glare at Kamui. "Over my dead body!! In Tokyo Babylon he was mine, in X he was absolutely mine and in Dracula he'll be mine as well! That's the way it is!"

Fuma lifted his finger. "Well actually, in X, he belongs to me. He joined the Dragons of Earth, in case you didn't know, which makes him entirely mine now."

Seishiro opened his mouth to protest, but Karen punched against the wall forcefully. "Hell, stop it, all of you! Could we please get back to the topic now!"

"Yes!" Fuma nodded. "I wanna get things done with Kamui now."

"What?!" Kamui scared up.

Fuma threw an evil smirk at him. "I know you can't wait."

Kamui turned red instantly as he realized what he had done. No. What he had been about to do. 'Nothing has happened yet…', he tired to calm himself.

"Silence now!", Seishiro shouted and pulled out a small pack. "This is for you!" He threw it at the three vampires as if they were predators to be fed.

And instantly Kamui recognized the pack. He pressed his hand onto his mouth. "Oh God, that's the baby of that woman from the carriage!"

Fear filled his heart and thoughtlessly he rushed towards the gap, through the bibliotheca and straight forward, until he reached the gates again. "Oh my God!", he yelled and hit the door. "I need to get away from here!" Sweat was on his forehead.

"What's wrong with you, Mr. Harker?"

Kamui scared up and turned around.

Again, the Count was standing so close to him that he could feel his breath.

"What on Earth are you…?", Kamui whispered desperately.

Seishiro smirked. "What I am?" He reached out and touched Kamui's neck, where the latter had been bitten by Fuma. "I thought, I'd already told you." His fingers were red with Kamui's blood. Grinning, he licked the liquid off his hand. "I am…"

Appalled, Kamui pushed the man away and started running towards his room. Quickly, he rushed towards the window and looked down into the depths. "Oh God…", he hissed and climbed outside.

His feet slid away, but instinctively Kamui took hold at the scratches of the brickwork.

Helplessly, he was hanging at the walls of the large castle, icy wind around him and deadly depths beneath him.

From the castle he could hear the Seishiro's laughter. "Sayonara, Mr. Harker."