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AN: Thank you all so much for the reviews. I really appreciate it. Now here's Part 2 of the 1st Night. Hope you guys enjoy.
1st Night:
Night's Visitor Part 2
On an interstate, a group of policemen were directing traffic as Yayoi was trying to talk with the commissioner who was also there. The NOS woman tried to tell them it would be safer for the innocents that they issue all-restrictions for the metropolitan highways, especially under the current conditions of another night-breed related accident would no doubt happen.
The old geezer (heh, he looks to be in his late forties to me), looked doubtful as he cleared his voice while saying, "Again, with the 'night breeds'! Really, Matsunaga-san! Can you imagine the consequences of cutting off the main arteries of the metropolis? It's vital functions itself will be paralyzed! This is the best I can do!" He made a motion to show her that them directing the traffic was the best he could do.
"But sir!" Yayoi tried to protest but was cut off as the man asked her, "Isn't it the duty of you NOS people to prevent such crises?" His undertone showed that he really didn't like the NOS department…
After he walked off, Yayoi cursed before walking back to her rental car and getting in.
In the driver's seat, the man's words rang in her mind, 'I wish you the best of luck. Well, goodbye, ma'am.' Yayoi's frown deepened before clenching her fist and hitting the car horn, cursing, "Damn it! What a crock of shit!" And while still cursing, she drove off to find Shido and tell him the bad news… while also cursing her luck about getting such a cheap ass rental.
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Elsewhere, under the Bay Bridge where the recent accident happened, policemen and crew workers were trying to clean up the scene of the practically wrecked cars while Shido watched on from the side close to the curious onlookers.
"What's your next move, Shido? That breed's coming back for sure." Guni asked the vampire from her hiding place between his hair and collar of his trench coat.
Shido's answer came as he continued to watch through dark blue shaded sunglasses as the police hauled away the wrecked car, "With that injury, it couldn't have gone too far." Although… Shido wasn't really thinking of the night breed. His still strayed to the fact that Kagome was catching on to what he truly was, what with her blood being in the tea that she made for him that morning.
"All the more reason to be alarmed. Who knows what their kind is capable of doing in a pinch?"
Before Shido was about to reply, a meow was heard at his right as well as the feel of something rubbing against his leg. Looking down, he saw a familiar black cat that had a white crescent moon on its chest.
"Luna…" Shido murmured before leaning down to pick up the feline.
(The cat that Kagome found will be a bit of a minor character until later in the fic where she'll play a more concrete roll in the story, maybe. And plus, I decided to make this part completely different since the scene with Riho giving Shido a Bento Lunch was just stupid in my eyes.)
Sometime after Kagome had taken in the cat she had found on the day she met with Shido, the miko did everything she could to find the kitten a good home but whenever she did, she'd get complaints about it being a troublemaker or something. So with permission from her landlady, Kagome was able to keep the cat and called her Luna.
Ever since then, Kagome took care of it and sometimes brought her with her to the office when visiting Shido. But the vampire wondered why the cat was here at the wreck sight.
His question was soon answered when he heard a familiar voice call his name. Looking to where the voice came from, he saw Kagome as she spoke out in relief, "Oh! And you found Luna." She walked up to him, passed one of the policemen who were trying to keep the crowd back.
Shido handed the small cat to its owner, absently noticing that she had changed out of her clothes from this morning to a pair of jeans and a dark blue t-shirt over a white long-sleeve that made her appear to be male, before asking, "Why was Luna around here?"
Looking up from her nuzzling the cat's fur, making the said feline purr, before the miko answered, "After going home since my boss was being a tightwad about me working extra hours, I decided to take Luna to the Vet for her annual checkup but she ran off on me when she recognized her surroundings to the animal clinic."
"More like she was trying to use her cat as an excuse to see you again." Guni whispered to Shido, a teasing smirk could be heard in her voice. She knew that Kagome was telling the truth about her cat, but she just couldn't help teasing Shido when it came to the girl.
"That's not funny." Shido muttered to her, a light blush coloring his cheeks.
"Huh? Did you say something Shido-san?" Kagome asked when she heard him mutter something while she was lightly scolding her cat about running off.
"Īe, gomen…" Before Shido was about to say more, Yayoi drove up before stepping out of her rental, saying, "This is bad. I've got no leads whatsoever. And those damn bastards-" she then noticed Kagome with her cat, "Oh, Kagome-chan? You don't have any classes today? Y'know that the police can still pick you up for goofing around here."
"Don't worry. I was just on my way after finding Luna. And as for classes, Shido-san might tell you about that. Well, ja ne!" And with that, Kagome left in a bit of a sprint so that she could get to her taxi before the dial increases how much she owed before getting to the animal clinic in time for Luna's appointment.
Shido watched her as Guni suggested; "I think you should be straight with someone like her, Shido. Especially when she may be on to your secret…"
"How can I do that? To a loner who's lost most of her family to that night breed incident and is hardly able to see her brother because of her concern for his safety?" Shido asked, not really wanting to admit that Guni was right.
"Aren't you the loner, Shido?" The wisdom in Guni's voice question made Shido turn his head to her as she looked at him from her place on his shoulder before continuing while leaning on her hands, "Don't do it just because you want an ally. Remember that you're not another guy in the crowd and Kagome is more observant and smart than any normal girl her age."
"I realize that." Shido pointed out before Yayoi said that they should get going to look at another crime scene.
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Later that day, Kagome stood in Shido's, wondering what she should do with her free time from school while setting her hand on Shido's wooden and green cushioned office chair. She had already taken Luna home after her checkup and now she was bored.
On the desk she notice the teacup she served Shido that morning and it was half finished. She brought the cup up to her nose, taking in its aroma that was still there despite that it no longer held its heat from when it was first made.
After taking a whiff, Kagome noticed that something was slightly off about the cold tea's scent. It had a bit of a metallic smell to it…
With a furrowed brow as she thought, 'Blood…? How did that get in there…?' Then on the rim of the cup she saw a drop blood before remembering the cut she got from the little demon that was in the kitchen that morning. Her eyes widened as she gasped in realization, "Crap! The blood from my cut must've fallen in the tea that I served Shido-san… and he still DRANK IT!"
Kagome's then accidentally bumped into the stack of papers that were on the side of Shido's desk, making her curse at herself for being such a klutz at times before setting the cup back on the desk and kneeled down to pick up the papers that had fallen. While she was picking them up, she noticed that they were copies of newspaper clippings about the accidents that had been happening at the Bay Bridge.
The clippings were titled "The Curse of The Bay Bridge", "Accidents Continue", and "Vicious Pranks Gone Wild?" while photos of the victims from the accidents were held to the clippings by a paper clip.
Even while walking home after putting the papers back where they were and cleaning up the teacup, what she read and saw in those papers made her frown while a shiver went up her spine, knowing that something supernatural was at work on the Bay Bridge.
Not knowing if she should take care of it or not, an SUV pulled up to her as she heard a familiar voice call out to her, "Oi! Higurashi-kun! How's it going?" She turned to see who it was and noticed that it was a pair of her neighbors from her apartment complex.
The one driving had long shoulder length cherry blond hair while the other had short black hair while wearing his cap backwards. The two guys were college students who lived in the apartment right above her and they were quite acquainted with her while they thought that she was a feminine looking guy who was into the supernatural and knew a lot about girls. They always came asking her to give them tips on how to pick up girls or at least ask them out. And other times, they would ask her to party with them on her nights off.
She gave them a smirk before answering with a tenor voice, "Hey guys. Where you headed?"
"Nowhere, just driving around to see if we can find any girls to ask out." The one in the cap answered before, the cherry blond guy asked, "But since we can't find any, wanna do something with us? There's a party going on across the Bay Bridge." The said cherry blond guy had asked this while he had a light blush on his cheeks, making Kagome wonder if he was homosexual… not that she had anything against them. I mean they DID think that she was a guy and she encouraged the idea by acting and dressing like one…
With the thought of a demon being involved in the accidents, Kagome lied to them saying that she would like to come with them. She knew that she was taking a chance by putting their lives in danger by going to the Bay Bridge with most likely demon on the lose… but she had to go… her being a miko called for it.
The guy with the cap switched seats to the back while giving Kagome the passenger seat. And once they were buckled in, they were off.
During the drive, the same guy was telling her about this chick he met some days ago and asked what he should do to ask her out. Kagome gave him simple but helpful advice by saying just be himself and treat the girl with respect and he would be sure to ask her out.
Other than that the drive was quiet with the radio being low while playing "Tragic" by BOA.
After the cherry blond guy announced that they were about to come at the Bay Bridge, he muttered, "That's strange…"
"Huh? What is?" His friend asked before he was about to ask Kagome another question about how to pick up girls.
"The bridge is never this quiet."
Kagome looked around with a calculating eye as the ball cap guy spoke, "You're right. I don't see any cars or trucks anywhere ahead or behind us…" after he looked behind them, he added, "Oh, my bad. There is someone behind us. Some biker, I think."
The miko felt doubt as she looked into the side mirror. The feel of jyaki hit her as some type of winged creature appeared on the mirror, making her gasp from its sudden appearance.
Turning to the cherry blond guy, she urged, "Senpai! Step on it!" But it came too late as the demon caught up to them, grabbing a hold of the vehicle's roof and tried to swerve it.
It all happened so fast… before Kagome could comprehend what was happening, the headlights of another coming at them blinded her before she heard the sounds of glass breaking, metal crashing, the pained and frightful cries of her senpais and the feel of unbearable pain and her senpais' energies fading. And the next thing she knew, her whole world went black as she felt some enter her from the head wound she got from the crash…
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Should I stop here? NAH! I'll be nice. XP
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Some ways away, the car phone of Yayoi's rental rang before she picked it up to answer it. After stating that it was her speaking, her expression changed when she was told another accident happened at the Bay Bridge with Shido turning to her, asking what was going on.
After Yayoi repeated what she was told, Shido cursed, "Shit! Why now of all times?! Yayoi, quick!" They were stuck in backed up traffic when the call came, and he couldn't believe the timing.
Not one to be told twice, Yayoi stepped on the gas, pushing the car in front of her a little before switching the gears in reverse and crashing into the truck behind them and quickly driving of their lane and into the one-way traffic that was going in the opposite direction they were going.
Neither of them heard the truck driver yell at them. But he got back inside the window of his vehicle before he was hit by a van.
With their speed picking up, they made it to the bridge in record time with a team already there trying to put out a fire that broke out in the crash.
After stopping the car and Shido confirmed that it was the same night breed from before, the two of them got out of the now partially wrecked rental and ran to the scene passed the old geezer who was in charge of covering the accidents and traffic control. They didn't pay attention to him as he yelled out that they couldn't go in.
As they came close to the crash, Yayoi kept her gun in hand, ready to aim and shoot while saying lowly that the night breed was close. Shido agreed, feeling its presence close and it's scent over that of burning flesh.
Yayoi notice a pair of feet, one shoe off while the other was still on, from the other side of the SUV and silently cocked her gun before she stepped on the broken glass from the cars with a crunch.
Large and malicious cat-slit red eyes that were slightly covered by raven bangs acknowledged the sound and floated up a bit so it wouldn't be sighted from underneath the vehicle.
Shido felt the action and silently told Yayoi through eye contact while also silently telling her to be on her guard. Yayoi nodded and then kneeled to look under the car as Shido suddenly disappeared, leaving his trench coat to flutter to the ground. The armed woman not at all disturbed by the action.
Shido then silently landed on the roof of the SUV, just above the night breed before it felt his presence and start to stumble forward as if it wasn't in complete control of the body he took possession of.
The vampiric detective noticed the long raven hair and clothes no matter how tattered or messed up they were due to the accident, "Can't be… Kagome?"
Yayoi then came out from the front of the car and aimed her gun at the night breed that was in possession of Kagome's body.
The night breed made Kagome's body turn around as if she was a zombie, showing Shido and Yayoi that it had indeed possessed the miko's body. Her skin was an almost deathly but dirtied color while the right side of her face was covered in her blood because of the accident, same with her right leg- fabric of her pants on that leg was covered in blood reaching passed her knee.
The night breed then spoke through her with demonic red eyes, the sound of Kagome's voice sounding wrong to Shido's ears, "Well, well, it's you two. Perfect timing."
Shido murmured Kagome's name, feeling almost hesitant to take action but wanted to save her as the night breed hunched over with a twisted smile, wrapping Kagome's arms over her stomach, twitching as the night breed spoke again, the miko's voice changing into the night breed's true tone and pitch as it said the last two sentences, "I get this pain during the day. Right where you injured me. It throbs and throbs and throbs."
Not yet seeing that the night breed possessed Kagome, Yayoi asked 'Kagome' what she was doing at the crash sight, lifting her gun so that it wasn't aimed at the girl anymore.
"She's possessed." Guni said from her place on Shido's shoulder, her eyes reflecting worry for the girl.
Shido's eyes furrowed as he said to the pixie, "No, not yet." And then ordered the night breed, "Give that body back! Release her!"
"Not a chance. I've been looking so long for this ideal body. It's easy enough to kill and hijack a body…" it's evil chuckle sounded with irony before it continued, "but most of the time, the body gets too damaged. It took me a while to get it just right." It then started to laugh, as if not believing its' luck, "Although, I never thought that I would be able to get a body like this that has so much power within its' small, frail, female frame."
Shido stepped off the roof of the vehicle to the pavement before ordering one more time, "Give that body back."
"What would you know?" The night breed asked, still hunched over in Kagome's body, "You know nothing about the pains of those who are confined to a meager existence in the frigid darkness!" It then made its energy flow into Kagome's hair, not realizing the danger of doing so when Kagome's energy was it's bi-polar opposite. The demonic energy not only made Kagome's hair grow longer but the night breed was able to use it like tentacles.
It smirked at what it thought would be considered its victory as it made the tendrils of hair dart out to constrict its enemies' movements but before they could make a grab for Shido and Yayoi… the night breed was stopped by someone he didn't expect.
Kagome, who had been unconscious until she felt the night breed release its energy, alerting her miko energy and started destroying her from within without the night breed's notice. Because of the pain, she was awakened and did what she could to regain control of her body and stop the demon from hurting Shido and Yayoi.
Shido was baffled to see Kagome try regaining her body from the night breed through an internal struggle. One eye stayed demonic red- showing that the night breed was still within Kagome's body while the other eye turned into Kagome's natural sapphire blue. Her face contorted into a struggle for control over her body. Her actual voice sounded, reflecting that struggle, "Shido… san… g… get… it out… get it out… of me." Tears started to leak from her eyes because of the burning pain she was feeling of being purified by her own power from within. "It hurts… it's hurting me! It burns so much…"
Before she could continue, the night breed gained control of her voice again, ordering her to not interfere. It's attention then turned to Shido as it struggled to gain control again, "With this body, I will attain the light. The eternal light! I won't let you lowly humans get in my way!"
Shido took this opportunity to quickly appear behind the night breed, taking it by surprise before biting down on Kagome's neck to force the night breed out of her. The said night breed struggled but it was useless as it questioned why Shido, a creature of darkness himself, was siding with the humans.
Once Kagome's body started to go limp, Shido wrapped his right arm around her torso while his left hand cradled her head as he continued to suck the night breed out of her through her blood. After pulling away from Kagome's neck, the night breed no long in her body (making her hair change back to its original length), Shido answered the night breed's question with glowing amber, cat slit eyes, "Perhaps it's because I still possess a human heart." He then spat out the blood he drained from Kagome onto the pavement.
After gaining her senses again, Yayoi cocked her gun again ready to use it as the blood Shido spat out turned into the night breed that possessed Kagome. The vampire gently laid the unconscious miko on the pavement as the night breed retook its demonic form, its body filled with what appeared to be burns that weren't there before.
Not bothering to ask it how it received those burns, Shido stood and bit his finger to form a sword before attacking.
(I'm not gonna go into detail as write down the fight between the night breed and Shido but just know that Shido got bit in the arm by it before he destroyed it.)
After Shido destroyed the night breed, the vampire kneeled to catch his breath but was relieved that it was over and that Kagome was all right. As he was looking toward her, she was already conscious with an unreadable expression in her eyes combined with clear surprise.
Guni then flew up in front of Kagome, saying, "Yare, yare, that settles it for now." The pixie then turned to the miko, blaming her for being the reason why Shido was injured.
'No… it's not her fault… I was careless…' was what Shido wanted to say but he felt so weak from the amount of blood he lost from the wound on his arm. He felt Yayoi help him up a bit before he asked if she could let him feed.
Once Kagome saw what would look like an intimate moment, she saw it change as Shido bit down on Yayoi's neck, making the older woman gasp from pleasure. The scene looked like it was from a vampire flick from America.
The miko was very surprised. She knew that Shido wasn't human but never thought of the possibility of him being a vampire.
When Shido was done feeding, he looked toward Kagome stating as he held Yayoi in his arms, "Now you know. I come from the same world as the one who killed your mother and grandfather."
Kagome wanted to speak, say that she didn't care, but the words couldn't seem to get passed her throat. She then saw Shido stand with Yayoi's help, continuing, "This isn't a game. Stay with someone like me long enough and you'll be drifted from having a normal life for good." Guni then flew to Shido's side, taking her hiding place in his hair as he said with no room for argument, "it's best that we part here." His eyes change from their glowing amber color to their warm teal color.
As much as it pained Shido to part ways with the young girl he had come to care for, the vampire felt and knew it was best to let her go for her own safety and for the sake of her being able to live a normal life without having to see so much death and blood.
He and Yayoi walked away as Kagome started to regain her voice, yelling out to them, begging them to wait. But they didn't look back as she was left behind. Tears leaked from her eyes as she faintly heard the sirens of the ambulance and police came closer to the wreckage.
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The next day… Shido was sitting at his desk with Guni lounging on the inside of his top hat and Yayoi sat on the loveseat of the office.
"I guess Kagome's not coming back after what happened…" Guni said before Shido pointed out, "People meet and people part. Living hundreds of years as we do, vampires get used it."
Although Shido said this, deep down he felt horribly depressed even though he didn't show it. He would never be able to see Kagome again and he would dearly miss her presence no matter how many years pass for him… even if she passed over from old age.
"Ah, so you say but don't you miss her even a little?" Yayoi asked him.
Shido was about to answer until a familiar presence walked through the door.
It was Kagome, much to his surprise… and she looked PISSED. Why was she pissed? None of them knew until she asked Shido with some bite to her voice, "Really, Tatsuhiko Shido, what gives you the right in making decisions for me? First of all, if you had stayed a bit longer at the bridge and give a chance to hear me out, you would have heard me say that I didn't and still don't care that you're a vampire. And second,'Hang around with someone like you long enough, then I'll drift from having a normal life'? I'll have you know bloodsucker, that it's already too late for that. I haven't had much of a normal life since BEFORE my mother and grandfather died. Not to mention that it's probably YOU who will be needing my help at times, rather than the other way around."
"What do you, Kagome? How do you think you can help?" Guni asked as she glided to Kagome so that she was right in front of her face.
Kagome just gave a smirk, counting down the reasons, "Well… 1) I can sense inhuman entities, whether they are night breeds, pixies like you, spirits, and other such demons, 2) sure, Shido-san is a vampire who can go on par with the night breeds and Yayoi-san may have those silver coated bullets of hers, but they lack one thing that I have…"
Her smirk grew confident as continued, "coming from a shrine family, being a priestess not only became my birthright by bloodline but by Reiki level as well, unlike most mikos today who can act and dress the part but don't know squat about what being a miko is truly about."
Shido's eyes widened at this. Yes, he knew of the of mikos from olden times and had sensed that Kagome had some of that same power in her but he never thought that she was aware of it.
"Oh, yeah, and 3)… what about if and when Yayoi-san gets sick and Shido-san needs to feed?" Kagome added, gaining a look of realization from Yayoi and a light blush from the said vampire because he remembered how her blood tasted from the tea Kagome served him yesterday morning.
Yayoi then just chuckled before looking to Shido, saying, "Well, Shido, looks like you have a permanent worker for your office."
Clearing his throat and letting Kagome's last reason slide, he smiled to her, "Well, Kagome-san… what you first do as a permanent worker here?"
Kagome made an innocent face while giving the impression that she was thinking before beaming at him 'innocently', "How about some of my special blended tea? And since I now know you're a vampire… I can fix it the same way I did yesterday morning for you." Not noticing Yayoi's curious look or Shido's blush, Kagome added as an afterthought, "Although the first time was a bit of an accident because that little troll-looking male pixie in the kitchen…"
Part 2 of the 1st night is finished! Hope you guys enjoyed it. With every episode of NightWalker, I might write them in two parts or give the episode an entire chapter. I'm not too sure. It really depends on how generous I feel or how much I want to give a GOOD update.
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