Authors Note: Nothing to say really… you probably know why I was off a few days, but nonetheless, here you go.

Chapter 10: The Hunters

Traverse Town – 8:00am

Outside the hotel that Sora, Riku, and Sophie were staying at, a man wearing a white cloak. He stared at the window of the room that they were staying in (well when you're the only one that closes up the curtains you do tend to stick out), and smiled. He bowed his head and uttered something quietly, hands clasped together as if in prayer. He put on his glasses, and entered the hotel.

"Good morning sir, how can I help you?" The hotel receptionist said.

"Ah, yes, I was wondering, have you seen this person?" He produced a picture of Sora.

"Why?"

"I am a good friend of his. I was looking for him yesterday, said he'd meet me, but I couldn't find him. I'm worried."

"Ah, yes, I noticed them yesterday."

"Them?"

"Yes, he came with 2 other people, a tall, young silver-haired boy, and a girl with long black hair. They didn't say anything, they just slapped the money down and took a vacant key. I was going to say something, but that one you're asking about, he seemed to be coughing up blood, at least I thought he was."

"Coughing up blood? Are you sure?"

"Positive. Also, that picture is wrong. His eyes were red."

The man seemed to think long and hard about that last bit. 'So, they have taken him. I guess I am too late. In that case, I have no choice. I must kill the Keyblade Master, by any means necessary. It is sad, but it is our Lord's wishes.'

"Sir? Should I call an ambulance for him then? They told me not to, but-"

"No, that will not be necessary. I will see if he requires an ambulance. If he does, I will phone room service and request one. One more thing. If their room is full, may I have a room next to or near theirs?"

"Why, certainly! Here, room 14, just next to theirs on the second floor. Ok? Hello?"

She looked up and noticed that the man was gone. He had taken the key, and left the correct amount of money. "Strange…"

Speaking of Sora and company (Who were all except Riku, sleeping), Riku waited on the chair, Keyblade in hand. He felt hungry, so he took the keys and willed his Keyblade away.

"Be back in a… oh yeah, you're asleep…" He said. He left and locked the door.

On the way to the cafeteria, he walked in to another person by accident, who seemed a bit annoyed.

"Oof! Sorry!" Riku said.

"Oh, no problem, my bad. Here, let me help you up." The man was indeed the man from the reception, but Riku didn't know this.

'Ah, he must be Riku, The Child of Twilight. This will be interesting.' He pulled up Riku and got a look at his aqua-green eyes. 'So he hasn't been turned. Very good. He could help me.'

"Sorry, I was just headed to the cafeteria, but I didn't see you there."

"Oh, the cafeteria? Why, me too. Come on, let me buy you a drink."

"No, really, it's okay-"

"No, I insist. Come on."

Riku could have sworn he was headed away from that area, but he decided to ignore it and go with him.

Riku got a hamburger and soda, while the cloaked man got himself a coffee.

"So, are you staying here?"

"Yes. Why are you interested?" Riku didn't like being questioned, watched or anything like that.

"Because I know who you are, Riku, Keyblade Wielder. Though not the Wielder of light, you are still in possession of a Keyblade."

Riku nearly choked on his burger. How did this guy know?

"Excuse me?"

"I've been looking for you for a day now, or more precisely, your friend, Sora."

"Who are you…"

"My name is Sean. And I am a Vampire Hunter."

Riku's eyes narrowed. What Sophie had said was obviously true, but if he was here to kill Sora, he had another thing coming.

"Are you here to-"

"-Kill him? He's the Keyblade Master, why would I kill him if he fights the darkness, not wields it."

"Because he has become a vampire."

"Has he? Didn't know about that, but if he has, then it… complicates matters…" Sean feigned innocence and stupidity.

"In what way? If you-"

"Don't worry, I won't harm ya."

And with that, Sean walked away. Riku finished his burger and ran back to the room. He quickly unlocked the door and ran in, to find nothing out of the ordinary. Nothing. Sora and Sophie still on their beds, and Sean nowhere to be found.

"Phew… that's pretty good."

But as soon as he said that, he wished he hadn't. Something hard hit him from behind, knocking him unconscious. It was Sean. Dragging Riku into he room, he took the keys and locked the door. He took off his glasses, and slowly walked towards Sora. He looked at Sora caringly, but really he didn't care about Sora anymore.

He pulled out a silver stake from his jacket, and raised the weapon to take a strike…

But suddenly, from out of nowhere, Sophie sprung up and punched his wrist, knocking the stake onto the floor. She tried to bite him, but Sean was very strong and athletic for a human. He tried to throw her onto the stake, but failed. The commotion caused Sora to wake from his slumber, and look up to notice Sean and Sophie battling it out. He didn't think twice, and punched him in the head with the silver gauntlet. But Sora had assumed this was a vampire, and was pretty shocked to see Sean come out with just a head graze, and a minor cut. Sean looked pissed, and took the opportunity to grab from his jacket, a bag of silver dust. He chucked it at Sora, but Sora assumed it was bad, and dodged it. Unfortunately, some of the dust came into contact with his left arm, and it burnt the skin. Sora wailed in pain, and not being used to pain as a vampire, he fell to the ground and clutched the wound, which was bleeding. Sean then hit Sophie square in the face, knocking her down for a few seconds. He then picked up the stake, and began to stalk Sora, who was edging towards the window.

"May the Lord have mercy on your soul, Keyblade Wielder."

He was about to stab down, until he was stabbed himself, in the back by Riku's Keyblade. He wailed in pain, as Sora took this opportunity to grab him and throw him out the closed window. He threw him so hard, he broke the window into a million pieces.

"I guess I don't know my own str-"

Sora realized his mistake as the curtains flew open again and permanently this time, exposing him to the sun. He screamed in pain, as the sun felt like pure agony all over his body. Riku rushed to him and pulled him into the shadows, saving him. He noticed that Sora had left a trail of smoke behind him, not a very noticeable one, but he could still see it. Sora shook a lot, still in a lot of pain as his hands and arms showed light burns all over them. His face also had a few burn marks. Riku was very worried. What if Sora stayed like this? Permanently defaced?

"Don't… worry about him…" Sophie said as she closed the curtains, being careful not to get touched by the suns rays.

"They'll heal up at night time. So he should be fine. But we can stop the pain if he takes blood."

"But he just got some last night! And we are not going hunting!"

"Then he can have some from me." A familiar voice said.

They tuned around to see Frank standing in the doorway.

"But first, let's get to a better place."

He summoned a portal, leading to another place.

"Where's that lead to?"

"My place. Come on, I'll carry Sora." Frank took off his gauntlets for safety, and picked up Sora. They all then proceeded to walk through it.

They emerged in a large hallway, probably belonging to a mansion. They were stunned at the look of it. It windows, but it was night time outside.

"Welcome… to my home. And here, it is always night time."

End Chapter

Authors Note: So there you go. Bit of a stupid place to leave the chapter end, but time constraints, people. I have work to do. Remember to Read & Review!

-Tr1cky