Oh look guys. VAMP updated, which means Arre is alive and well.
However, I have some bad news. Naruto is loosing my interest by huge amounts daily. The manga right now is really boring. My thoughts at the end of it were "WOW, SASUKE'S ALIVE!" Whoopee-doo. I don't like Sasuke.
This story is four chapters from being complete. I'm not going to promise that the sequel, I.R.E, will actually be written. Just know that I do have a sequel in mind.
Chapter 14: Guardian Angel.
"So this is how it will go then. The Vampires that will become 'sick' will do so over the course of the next ten days. Some of them will get sick-sick, others will have symptoms. Their partners will take them into the forests, traveling alongside the railroad track. They should reach the town we're having constructed for them before the rest of the Vampires do..." Shikaku informed his men before dropping back into his chair. Timeless, one of Fugaku's old friends, narrowed his eyes.
"Why are we not just wiping those scum off the map?"
Shikaku got in his face, "one: we made a deal with the Prince. Gotta' complaint, take it to him, personally. Two: I really don't want to face a revolt amongst the people. You know that some of their loved ones are Vampires. You should also know, seeing as you are one of Fugaku's old friends, that one of his own sons is a Vampire," Shikaku turned to the other men, "anyone else have a complaint?"
They shook their heads and muttered many variations of "no" under their breath.
"Good. Back to business. We will evacuate the Vampires. I have no doubt some of them will be upset about this; only the Prince and the ones involved know, and they are under strict instruction from their Prince not to inform anyone else. Hopefully this will make those of you that are uninformed behave and stop whining to me."
Timeless' face turned red, and one younger man bolted out of his chair, fuming, "uniformed?! What's that supposed to mean, Captain Thatch?"
"What it means, is that some of you are uninformed of the treaty that our mayor made with their Prince. Those of you that are actually informed of this have yet refused to believe it, even when the mayor said it himself. If it were up to me... I would have all of you exiled."
Several of the women present gasped but Shikaku ignored them.
"That's all for now; dismissed."
Once the Slayers – murmuring and bickering amongst themselves – were gone, he turned to his right-hand man, Raptor.
"What's got you all jumpy, Raptor?"
"I dunno' sir, it's just... I need to go for a jog. I'll come back later."
Shikaku didn't have time to think of a response, because Raptor was suddenly at the door and going off down the hall, leaving a trail of white behind him.
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"Well, seeing as I beat the rest of them here... I might as well take care of the object of my hatred."
Hidan snarled viciously at Pein, crouching in front of Kurenai who held a very scared Konan close to her body. Already Pein had made an attack. Fortunately the only victim was Hidan's steaming wall.
"Get the hell out of here, Pein. I never did anything to you," Hidan hissed, briefly baring his fangs. Pein smirked, "oh yes you did."
"I didn't steal her from you, dumb-ass. She dumped you and then she realized I existed."
Pein's smirk turned to a scowl and he charged. Hidan flipped back from his crouched position and caught Pein in the chin with his feet. Pein, Hidan noticed, wasn't as acrobatic as he was, and so the ginger-head fell flat on his face from the blow. Had it been any other time, Hidan would've started laughing.
However, he resumed his crouched position, holding one hand in front of him defensively. If worse came to worse he would use his fangs... but they were a last resort. One bite and all his problems would be solved.
'But then I'd be in it for murder. He should be in it for assault. Damn it, Slayer bastards. Not gonna' detain him just because a bunch of Vampires decided to deflect him... damn...'
He ducked to avoid a punch and then thrust his head into Pein's stomach. The head butt was as successful as a head butt could be, and it sent Pein stumbling backwards before he fell. To Hidan's dismay Pein chuckled and rose to his feet again.
"The more you hit me the stronger I get. The stronger I get..." Pein suddenly thrust his hand forward, "THE SOONER YOU DIE!"
As the orb barreled toward Hidan he froze like a deer in the headlights. Behind him Konan broke free of Kurenai's grasp and wrapped her arms around him.
"Konan! NO!" Kurenai screeched, reaching for the girl. Hidan unfroze too late.
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There was a reason why he shared the name with a fast, ferocious animal. The forests were nothing to him. He breezed over fallen trees and wide streams – ran over the streams, actually.
But despite his name it was nothing related to the power he had hidden within him. His feet carried him to where he should have been all along, and he leapt from the edge of the forests into the run-down side of town. His taloned feet made grooves in the concrete roads before he exploded forward down the road, his destination clear in his mind though he had never been there before.
He leapt through the nearest window, shattering the glass, and activated what was always hidden.
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The sound of shattering glass and a brilliant burst of light beat Pein's attack to Hidan.
But to Hidan it didn't make sense at all.
He had been aware of the swift approaching signature of a Vampire, but there was no such thing as a Vampire that could turn into an angelic being and appear out of nowhere. There was just no such thing.
However, standing in front of him, Kurenai and Konan was such a being. He – 'it is a he, right?' - was protecting all three of them from a very pissed off Pein.
"You will go no further than this."
"And you're going to stop me?!"
"I already have."
Despite how hard Pein tried, nothing worked. Nothing got past the angel's wings. He flapped them once and Pein was sent careening into the far wall. The sound of a body thudding loudly against the wall made Hidan cringe, and instinctively he wrapped an arm around Konan – at his left – and the other around Kurenai – to his right.
The two girls huddled closer to him, tears streaming down Konan's face and Kurenai's expression making Hidan wonder if she was either extremely terrified or extremely pissed off. He voted for the latter.
The angel in front of them remained stock still, eyes focused on Pein's unmoving body. Cautiously the angel approached the ginger head before surrounding him with a white orb. He looked over his shoulder, sadly almost, at Konan.
"I'm sorry. I had to kill him."
Hidan stared.
Protruding through Pein's chest was a large, sharp white feather. The angel easily pulled the feather out of Pein's body, and he slumped to the floor, lifeless. The angel stared down at him, then jerked his head up.
"I'll be leaving now. Take care."
"W-wait! Who are you?"
The angel smiled at Hidan, his face hidden by bright white, "I am your Guardian Angel, sworn to protect you at your birth, but only when you need me."
Then he was gone, and not a moment too soon, because Kisame then burst into the room, breathing heavily.
"I could have sworn – well I'll be damned. He's dead."
Kisame stared blankly at Pein's body for a moment before hurrying over to Hidan, Sasori in his arms.
"Take a look at him first, kid. Konan, Kurenai, I need you two to move to the bed."
Hidan checked Sasori, 'nothing too bad, mostly power depletion and blood loss... he took some big hits though... broke his arm... HOLY shit!'
When Hidan saw Tobi he abandoned Sasori and immediately fell into healing the young Vampire. The others stared at him, "but Sasori -"
"Sasori will fucking live! Tobi doesn't stand a chance if I don't heal him now!" Hidan snapped at Deidara, silently wondering why everyone thought Sasori was the one in danger. Through all the white around him Hidan managed to notice that Anko had joined Konan and Kurenai, and that she and her daughter were currently clinging to each other and weeping.
'At least that bastard is dead... at least... at least I can save Tobi...'
Hidan closed his misty white eyes tightly as thoughts of Sakura and that day came back to him. He remembered how he had failed to heal her.
"Stop thinking about it Hidan. Just stop."
"But, Kisame I... I..."
"It was my own damn fault. Focus on healing Tobi. Let me do the remembering."
"..."
Hidan knew that Kisame knew that he didn't believe Kisame would actually do any remembering, because Kisame was not the type of man to grieve over a death for very long.
Hidan shook his head and put more strength into healing Tobi. He glanced at Zetsu and wanted to rip his hair out.
'This is going to be a long night...'
*Does a happy dance* did you like? I hope so. Finally will also be updating. I really, REALLY need to finish that one, because now I know exactly how I want it to end.
By the way, yes you all know who the angel is, no he is not a new character. I shall give you some hints:
1) "he shared his name with a fast, ferocious animal"
2) "taloned feet"
3) "trail of white"
And those are all the hints I'm giving you :)